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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03950	Certaine godlie and learned sermons Made vpon these sixe following parables of our Sauiour Christ, declared in the Gospell. 1. Of the vncleane spirit. 2. Of the prodigall sonne. 3. Of the rich man and Lazarus. 4. Of the vvounded man. 5. Of the vnmercifull seruant. 6. Of the faithfull seruant. By S.I.	I. S.	1601 (1601)	STC 14058; ESTC S119692	196,316	502

in the same crosse Eph. 2. He hath quickned vs which were dead in trespasses and sinnes wherein in tyme past wee walked according to the course of this world after the prince that ruleth in the ayre euen the spirit that nowe worketh in the children of disobedience Among whom we also haue had our conuersation in time past in the lustes of our flesh in fulfilling the will of the flesh and of the minde and were by nature the children of wrath as vvell as others But God which is rich in mercy through his great loue where-with he loued vs euen when we were dead in sinnes hath quickned vs together in Christ by whose grace ye are saued And hath raised vs vp Wee which were without Christ and were aliants from the common wealth of Israell and strangers from the couenaunt of promise and had no hope and were without God in the vvorld and were once a farre off by the blood of Christ are now made neere For he is our peace betwixt GOD the Father vs in him we haue the peace of conscience and boldnes towards God as wee read 1. Iohn 3.20.21 If our hart condemne vs God is greater thē our hart knoweth all things Beloued if our hart condemne vs not then haue we boldnesse towards God And what soeuer wee aske we receiue of him because wee keepe his commaundements and doe those thinges which are pleasing in his sight Now therfore wee are no more strangers and forrainers but Cittizens with the Saints and of the houshold of God For through him we haue an entrance vnto the Father So that now we may reioyce in God through our Lord Iesus Christ by whom we haue now receiued the attonement Then beeing iustified by faith Ro. 5. we haue peace toward GOD through our Lord Iesus Christ by whom also wee haue accesse to God our Father who onely hath brought vs into his presence arrayed vs with his owne garment of holines and innocencie Heb. 10.22 Let vs draw neere with a true hart in assurance of fayth sprinckled in our harts from an euill conscience washed in our bodies with pure water chap. 4.16 and let vs go boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may receaue mercy and finde grace to helpe in time of neede Through this comfort that most vn godly King Manasses after the view and sight of his former iniquities hope of mercy forgiuenes was incouraged to com to god as his father Thou are the most high Lord saith he of great cōpassion long suffering and most mercifull repentest for mans miseries Thou ô Lord according to thy great goodnes hast promised repentance and forgiuenes to thē that sin against thee for thy infinite mercies hast appoynted repentance vnto sinners that they may bee saued Thou therfore ô Lord that art the God of the iust hast no appoynted repentance to the iust as to Abraham Isaac and Iacob which haue not finned against thee in like sort as I haue doone but thou hast appoynted repentance to mee that am a sinner for I haue finned aboue the nūber of the sand of the sea My transgressions ô lord are multiplyed my transgressions are exceeding many and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of the heauens for the multitude of mine vnrighteousnes I haue prouoked thy wrath done euill before thee I did not thy wil neither kept I thy commaundements I haue set vp abhominations haue multiplyed offences Now therfore I bow the knee of my hart beseeching thee of grace And so foorth most excellently as appereth in his prayer set down after the 2. booke of Chronicles Peter went out and wept bitterly Mary Magdalen washed Christ his feete vvith teares and wiped them with the hayre of her head The Publicane would not cast vp his eyes to heauen Manasses boweth the knees of his hart beseeching grace the prodigall sonne calling himselfe to remembrance and humbling himselfe by repentance and in great hope of pardon and forgiuenes approcheth vnto GOD saying Father I haue finned against heauen and before thee The name of Father is a cōfortable name therefore hath Christ placed it in the beginning of that daylie prayer which he hath taught his disciples Our father which art in heauen c. that they might the more boldly cherfully come before him and what can the father deny the son who taketh pleasure in dooing his child good See also how merciful the lord is who being offended doth not disdaine to be called a father of great sinners who haue mightily dishonoured him I haue finned hee humbly confesseth his fault neither dooth he excuse himselfe as Adam and Eue did neyther doth hee lay the faulte eyther vpon his corrupt nature or the deuils inticement or euil company counsell or euill examples in the world which might prouoke him therevnto but onely vpon himselfe For when we sin it is more our own fault then other mens for we are not compeld there-unto Wherefore Dauid beholding the destruction of his people saith O Lord it is I that haue finned but these sheepe what haue they done This confession of sinne dooth GOD require of a sinner although hee know all hee looketh for the voyce of thy confession For by the mouth man confesseth vnto saluation The sinner accusing himselfe dooth preuent the accuser and doth prouoke Gods mercy Father I haue sinned not as other men but my sins are more then the haires of my head I haue finned against heauen as the prophet calleth the heauen and the earth to witnes against the Israelites I will not go about to cleere my selfe but I will plainely confesle that I am vnwoorthy of all fauour These thoughts came not vnto him by the course of his naturall wit and worldly reason but through the grace of God which altered his minde and by the force of faith which made him mount aboue all earthly considerations For if hee had followed his owne naturall reason he woulde haue saide I did not vnderstand wherein I offended neyther haue I done these things of set purpose but foolishlie was I led away through ill company and bad counsell and therefore there is cause why I should be pardoned Which course of he had followed he might rather haue prouoked his Fathers displeasure then drawne him vnto mercy Before an earthly Iudge our confession dooth condemne vs but before God it is the meanes to procure our saluation The Lord saith Ezech. 18 My wayes are not as your wayes neyther are my thoughts as your thoughts Dauid Manasses Mary Magdalen Peter the publican and the thiefe did humbly confesse that theyr offences were greater then theyr punishment and therefore they obtained mercy whereof Caine Saule and Achab and other missed because proudly and not humbly they asked gods mercy I haue sinned against heauen because I haue made more account of earthly and corruptible matters then of heauenly as if a man should more highly esteem the seruant