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A08305	A sinfull mans solace most sweete and comfortable, for the sicke and sorowful soule: contriued, into seuen seuerall daies conference, betweene Christ and a carelesse sinner. Wherin, euerie man, from the highest, to the lowest: from the richest, to the poorest: and aboue all, the sorowfull sinner: maye take such sweet repaste of resolution, to amendment of lyfe, and confirmation of fayth: that (in respect of the heauenlie solace, therin faithfully remembered:) all the pompes and pleasures of this wicked worlde, shall be plainely perceiued to be meere miserie. Writcen [sic], by Iohn Norden.	Norden, John, 1548-1625?	1585 (1585)	STC 18634; ESTC S110181	160,012	334

Meale that the more she spent the more she had And mine heauenly father at the faithfull prayer of Eliah sent fire from heauen vpon his sacrafice to manifest my fathers power and to confound the false Prophets of Baall Ioshua the King to bee reuenged of his enemies prayeth vnto mine heauenly father in a strong faith that the Sunne and Moone should stay and stand still so they did vntill he had ouercome fiue Kings and hanged them This faith was the guide of mine Embassadour and forerunner Iohn Baptist wherby he executed and performed the will of mine heauenly father and by the eyes of the same faith saw before what should come to passe afterward preparing that path by Baptisme by water vnto Repentaunce which represented that heauenly Baptisme wherewith I afterward Baptised with the holy Ghost to eternall saluation Peter and Andrewe his brother mine Apostles being poore Fishers when I willed them to follow mee euen by this faith left their Nettes and followed me so did the rest of mine Apostles And through this faith Aarons Rod budded did beare blossomes ripe Almonds for a testimonie against the rebellious children who grudged to haue him to serue y e Lord in the Tabernacl efor the people The theefe that hūg on the Crosse with me beleeued in me and was saued So excellent a thing is faith that by it are all the fierie darts of Sathan the deuices of the wicked all impediments of the mind quēched ouercome And they that want the same are in most miserable and hard estate for that without it they are not able to resist the deuill the Prince of darknesse who draweth thē headlong into endles distruction This faith I say is the sure defence shield of thy saluation my right hand vpholdeth all thē that put their trust in mee They that beleeue in mee shall alwaies reioyce they shalbe alwaies giuing of thankes I will blesse them and with my fauourable louing kindnesse I will compasse them about as with a shield Verely verely I say vnto thee if thou heare my wordes and beleeue on him that sent me thou hast euerlasting life and shalt not taste of death but shalt liue But those that put not their confidence in mee but goe on still in their wicked waies them I say will I roote out of the earth I wil consume thē with the breath of my mouth I wil cut them off like grasse and they shal wither like the greene hearbe They that forsake me beleeue not my sayings though for a time they florish make a shewe of prosperitie yet they shall perish consume away as y e fat of Lambes euen like smoke shal they vanish away for the God of this world hath blinded their hearts that the light of my glorious Gospel should not shine vnto thē who shalbe damned for not beleeuing the trueth but tooke delight in vnrighteousnesse in vanities and lyes The Prince that would not beleeue the words of Elisha the Prophet of mine heauēly father who promised plentie of victual to Samaria was troden to death by the people The sonnes in law of Lot beleeued not the words of Lot were destroyed among the Sodomites with fire and Brimstone This vnbeleefe was the ground of the fal of Adam and Eue for had they beleeued y e words of mine heauenly father which he told thē that in what day soeuer they eate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good euill they should dye the death they had liued but they did not beleeue it but hearkened to the Serpent and lost the freedome of the Garden Verely I say vnto thee he that shall beleeue and bee Baptised shalbe saued but he that will not beleeue shalbe damned and loose the freedome of eternall blisse The sinfull man A sharp cōclusion which doth seeme the summe of all whereby The faithfull ones shall liue for aye and vnbeleeuers die Solace THou conceiuest it aright for they y t beleeue not my gospel they that despise my cōmandements work not my wil though they make a shew of feined holines for a time in the world they doe but beguile themselues whose ioye in the ende shalbe weeping and mourning whose estaste is resemblable to the great and mightie trees of the earth y t men grub vp by the rootes the printe of whose place can be no more seene Yea cursed is that man that putteth not his trust in the helpe of myne heauenly father but reposeth his confidence in fleshly and transitorie meanes as in his owne strength in th'abundāce of his riches in the multitude of his great and wealthy friends and in the ayde that commeth of flesh for he shall wither like th●e grasse consume away like y e greene hearbe whose strēgth is meere weakenes whose wisdome is meere foolishnes The Childrē of Israel putting their trust in their owne strength were slaine of the childrē of Beniamin Abiiah putting his trust in the helpe of mine heauenly father disstrusting in the power of his owne people preuailed and slewe fiue hundred thousand chosen men of Israel Hezekiah king of Iuda put his whole confidence in the help of mine heauenly father and all that he tooke in hand prospered God is the strength the buckler strong shield of them that faithfully beleeue in him he that vnfeinedly trusteth in God mine heauenly father shal be as the mount Syon which can neuer be moued but remaineth stedfast sure for euer whom no tribulation no storme tempestes of aduersitie nor worldly vanitities can remooue frō holding fast and surely depending vpon the prouidence of mine heauenly father They that trust in Chariots horses are soone ouercome but those that faithfully depend vpō mine helpe and strength stād fast inuincible for euer and shalbe like the tree plāted by the riuers side that bringeth forth his fruit in due season whose leafe shal neuer wither away and whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper he shall florish like an oliue tree in my fathers house that neuer decaieth he shal inherite the lād and possesse the holy mountaine that is he shalbe fed releeued while he liueth vpō earth and in y e end be partaker of mine eternall inheritaunce which by the shedding of my blood I haue purchased for all them that beleeue which blood of mine remaineth alwaies fresh in y e sight of mine heauenly father to whō thou hast thorowe me free accesse with him my self a continual Mediatour for thy sinnes wherfore come boldly vnto the throane of grace come w t a true heart ful assured faith be sprinckled with my blood from an euil conscience keepe the possession of a sure hope of saluatiō in me without wauering The iust shal liue by faith for if thou withdrawe thy self from trust in mee my soule shal haue no pleasure in thee and

giuing thee whatsoeuer is necessarie for thee And for that cause oughtest thou to be subiect and obedient vnto his will in all thinges and to pray for the setting forth and sanctifying of his holy name which is to haue his word truely taught louingly imbraced diligently followed him to be worshipped according to the trueth thereof in all thinges And therefore when thou intendest to pray either for good thinges to bee giuen thee or euill things to be taken frō thee thou must haue a principal regarde to the magnifying of his holy name and to the setting forth of his most worthie praises for his mercies and goodnesse with ardent desire that his holy name may be hallowed and his kingdome come That is that his holy spirite would so direct thee in all thy doinges thoughtes and desires that thine heart varie not from his will but bee so setled in the performaunce thereof in all thinges that true humilitie vnfeyned loue vndoubted hope and constaunt faith may begin in thee that tranquilitie and peace of cōscience which may assure thee through me to bee the heire of his euerlasting kingdome to the ouerthrowe of Sathans rule and destruction of all his power whereby he endeuoureth to leade all mankinde into vtter destruction Pray therefore that his kingdome may come which is his holy spirite which hee hath promised to powre out vppon those that earnestly desire it which shall guide thee to the true seruice of mine heauenly father here in this world vntill such time as I shall appeare in the Clowdes to chaunge thy mortal body and place it in that kingdome wherein thou shalt remaine in blisse vnspeakeable for euer Thou must pray also that myne heauenly fathers will bee done in earth as it is in heauen that is that not onely thy self but all the people of the earth may doe that which in his worde is prescribed and commaunded to be done and that there may bee such obedience such loue such godly behauiour in this world amōg men as is required to be that as the Angelles in heauen are obedient vnto his will and cōmaundements whereby he is glorified there so he might be obeyed to the magnifying of his name here in earth And therfore art thou commaunded faithfully to pray vnto him that he would vouchsafe to gouerne all men as Princes Pastors and Teachers Gouernours and Magistrates that they may performe his will here in earth as it is done in heauen And that all men may execute their vocations truely to the praise of his holy name In which three former petitions thou hast to learne that it behoueth thee principally in thy praiers to regarde the glorie of God mine heauenly father And now attend and thou shalt perceiue that as thou art commaunded in the former petitions to haue respect onely vnto the honour of myne heauenly fathers name So art thou also louingly called to craue corporall blessings namely for such thinges as are necessarie and expedient for the maintenaunce of this life by this petitiō Giue vs this day our daily bread which comprehendeth in it not onely request for bread but for a competent liuing and good successe in thy vocation namely that hee will blesse it and make thy trauayle prosperous in such sort as by the fruites thereof thou mayst be able without vnlawfull meanes to liue and be rather helpefull then burdensome to others Yea thou hast warrant in this petition to craue all things belonging to this life not onely sufficiencie of foode and apparell but also health of body and other temporall benefites The Prophet declareth in the Psalmes that hungrie and thirstie soules wandring in the wildernes called vnto myne heauenly father and were releeued and sent away replenished Yea those rhat lye in prison and in the shadowe of death fast bound in miserie and iron without all hope of healpe calling vpon him in hearty and faithfull prayer are heard their prayers graunted and they deliuered Such also as are afflicted and pining away with sicknesse and heauinesse of heart humbling themselues vnto him in prayer are cured of their diseases When thou art therfore in such or any other afflictiō be it sicknesse imprisonment pouertie daunger of enemies or any other trouble whatsoeuer referre thee to the cōsideration of this petition and there shalt thou finde that thou hast sufficient warrant to flye vnto mine heauenly father in my name in heartie prayer for deliueraunce from thy distresse who is nere vnto all them that cal vpon him yea to all that cal vpon him in trueth he will fulfill the desire of them that feare him he will heare their prayers and saue them In this petition therefore it behoueth thee and all aswell the rich as the poore to consider that it is not great aboundaunce of riches and store of all worldly thinges nor the labour industrie and earnest diligence of their vocations but the onely blessing of mine heauenly father whereby their store is preserued and the labour of their handes so prospered as it serueth for the preseruation of their mortall liues And therefore all men ought so to referre them selues vnto mine heauenly fathers will bee they poore or rich in zealous and heartie prayer as that in the good successe both of their store and calling they may referre the glorie vnto him the aucthor of all their welfare and whose blessing it is that maketh rich and releeueth the poore Thou hast heard before that it behoueth thee in all thy prayers first to craue forgiuenesse of thy sinnes and reconciliation with God myne heauenly father through mee And in this former most excellent forme of prayer which must be thy direction to all thy praiers thou art warranted to aske for remission of thy sinnes But vpon this condition namely that thou forgiue freely and from thine heart all those that haue offended thee Wherein thou hast then to consider that if thou come vnto mine heauenly father endewed as before thou hast been taught with especiall loue of him and vnfeyned loue towardes all men come freely and boldly vnto him in the name of mee thy continuall Mediatour and craue in a true faith that for my sake hee will forgiue thy sinnes and receiue thee againe into his fauour assuring thy selfe that hauing mee the high Bishop praying for thee through whom thou being iustified by faith art at peace and at one with God mine heauenly father Thinke therefore diligently vpon the forgiuenesse of thy sinnes in me and whensoeuer thine owne vnworthinesse through feare so cloyeth thy poore conscience that thou thinke nothing but condemnation due vnto thee Cast the eyes of thine heart through a liuely faith vppon my merites standing at no time vppon thine owne deseruinges craue reconciliation and remission for my sake assuring thy selfe to bee heard and receiued into mine heauenly fathers fauour againe And beware thou stande not righteous in thine owne conceit for if thou

mee in mercie hold mee vp that I fall not suppresse all vngodly motions in mee dryue all dulnesse from myne heart darkenesse from myne vnderstanding make mee subiect vnto thy will in all things and assure mee of saluation Let thine holy spirite woorke vnfayned beliefe of all thy louing promises and driue away all doubtes of thy blessed fauour for most louing Iesus my redeemer and daily mediatour such and so many are the pernicious sleightes and mischieuous deuices of that subtile serpent whereby he neuer ceasseth but continually seeketh to torment the troubled consciences of those that he hath wounded with the Darte of sinne working in them a lothsome desire to liue and a great desire to die pricking them forwards to many mischieues drawing them into many daungerous and noysome conceits to cast themselues away and to seeke death before their due time So hath hee sought sweete Iesus to intangle mee to mooue mee to cast away my life whereby ariseth in mee such a conflict betweene him and thine holy spirite that it euen bringeth me into the dungion of vtter dispaire Oh good Iesu helpe mee good Iesu comfort mee sweete Iesu defend mee from his tyranny Come thou vnto mee shewe thy selfe in me that the filthy feend may see and perceiue that a stronger then hee keepeth the house of my poore soule Oh most inuincible Iesu let him knowe that I serue vnder the banner of that most mightie Captayne that ouercame him long agoe and conquered all his kingdome Oh sweete Iesu leaue mee not depart thou not from mee but let thy grace remayne in me as a sufficient Buckler against that ougly Serpent that olde Traytour Sathan who neuer ceasseth to assault mee heare mee oh sweete Iesu and giue me strength Amen Oh Lorde increase my fayth THE VVEDNESday or third daies Conference betweene Solace and the sinfull man VVhereas the sinfull man was yesterday striken with dispayre of being saued by reason of his manifold offences which Solace proued and his conscience confessed him to bee guiltie of receiuing some comforte againe by the sweete counsaile of Solace Now Solace beginneth to prescribe him the way that he must begin to take to become a newe man The sinfull man LOe Solace here I am to day as thou appointest mee Thy counsaile is so passing sweete I long full sore for thee Solace Then here am I attend giue eare imbrace my counsaile deare If thou be sorie for thy sinne it will full soone appeare And doe with faithfull heart beleeue the Solace which I showe Repenting truely all thy sinnes on me lay all thyne woe And cast the burthen of thy sinne on me without delay Be strong in faith attend to me and gad no more astray The sinfull man Oh Solace art thou readie here loe I attend thy will But for repentaunce and for faith as yet doe passe my skill Solace THou must learne them then for they are things most necessarie Faith and Repentaunce are the very beginning the foundation and ground-worke of a new life and are so lineked and vnited together that the one cannot work effectually in thee without the other And for asmuch as thou sayst thou art ignoraunt in them I will shewe thee what they are and how they worke if thou wilt attend a little while The sinfull man Yes with good wil good Solace shew at large what thou hast sayd Proceede to finish in mine heart the plat which thou hast layd Solace WEll sith then thou desirest to be instructed in the path that leadeth vnto amendement of life knowe this that Faith is the ground of all goodnesse whatsoeuer and whatsoeuer proceedeth not of Faith is sinne And therefore wil I shew first what Faith is which must be the foundation of thy true repentance Faith as mine Apostle Paule in the 11. to the Hebrewes by the instinct of my grace hath rightly defyned it is a certaine and sure beleefe of the obtayning thinges alreadie hoped for and an euident feeling of the manifold promises which God mine heauenly father hath made vnto thee touching thy saluatiō in me his Sonne And whereby also thou maist inwardly taste of the vnspeakeable ioyes whereof thou shalt be made ful partaker hereafter in heauen The sinfull man Oh rare and passing thing is this a glasse of heauenly skill Whereby on earth I may behold in thee thy fathers will Solace SO it is in deede and without it it is impossible to please mine heauenly father or to take any benefite of that sacred counsaile which I haue before giuen thee Thou must therfore remember that as I haue rowsed thee out of the sleepe of this sinful securitie and redeemed thée out of the clawes of Sathan so to stand vndoubtedly perswaded that I had such an especiall care of thy saluation as through the free fauour and mercy of mine heauenly father thou art by my blood shedding without any desart or merite of thine at all vpon thy true and vnfeyned repentaunce freely pardoned of all thy sinne As Mary Magdaline a most sinfull woman out of whom I cast seuen deuills through this faith was attentiue vnto my wordes and grewe into such a loathing of her sinnes and griefe of heart for her iniquities that she truely repented fell prostrate on y e knees of her heart wept and washed my feete with her teares and wiped them with the heire of her head this was the working of a true faith Whereby mine Apostle Peter also confessed me to be very Christ the Sonne of the liuing God and that I was eternall life By this faith also did Abraham beleeue the promises of mine heauenly father and refused not to sacrifice his owne sonne Isacke to fulfill the will of the Lord and by reason of his beleefe was accompted righteouse Mary the blessed Uirgin the minister by whom I was borne in the flesh beleeued the message of the Angell Gabriell and was blessed The Eunuch by this faith beleeued the preaching of Phillip that I was the Sonne of God who desired and was Baptised Mine heauenly father through the earnest and faithfull prayer of Elisha discōfited and strake with blindnesse his enemies that came to take him With this weapon did Ionathan with a yong mā his Armour bearer discomfite put to flight a great Garrison of the Philistines Dauid when he was a poore Sheepheard by faith ouercame y e great and mightie Gyaunt Goliah and thereby discomfited all the host of his enemies The three Children by this faith were deliuered out of the hot burning Furnace and the ministers of Nabugadonazer consumed with the same fire Eliah in the Wildernesse in his great distresse of hunger was by faith fed twise euery day with the bread and flesh that was brought him by the Rauens sent by y e prouidence of mine heauenly father And by the same faith restored frō death to life the widowes sonne of Zarephath and so increased and multiplied her Oyle and

yet in nature coosen Iermaines workes of mischiefe Voluntarie dispaire Faire wordes is franckest when the game is fairest Dissimulation is not daintie in the ambitious man Dotage in doubte· He will cut his throat first and lay a plaister afterwardes A small demaund He promiseth honie and giues gall Qui ante non cauet post do lebit The poore mans griefe a pastime to the rich The promise of honie performed with gall Bagges of golde and siluer are the egges whereon Sathan fits abroode to breede young Diuils to torment thē that put their confidence therein Wealth and a gay house foolish and vnperfect felicitie God sendeth men knowledge of their error onely of loue to win them to saluation The trueth is straunge to the woldly ones whose wits are occupied about transitorie and vaine causes The riche measure other mens wisdome and honestie by their owne wealth The greatest wealth is cōtentation Mans blindnes can not see the miserie of this world nor vnderstand the perfect happines of heauen Monie accepted as a God to redresse manie miseries Where there are all things at will to content the flesh there is seldome any thing to quicken the spirit Many may but few haue reliefe of the wealthie Many sing when they should sigh and laugh when they should weep Many build l●oft for the body but thinke not of the pore ●oule where it shall dwell in the ende the dūgion of hell Harkē to god defie the deuill Riches in respecte of the vncertentie of them are not to be accompted a mans owne· Worldlinges doe perswade thē selues to liue for euer that there is noe God to take againe what he hath giuen them· But make Fortune the Author of happynes It is the fashiō of fickle Fortune to fauour to day and to frown to morrow But the surest hold of happines is to trust in God It is a rare matter to finde a man willing to forgoe his wealth or to take the losse of his abound●n●e with p●tience To shun the inconuenience that Riches bringeth is to repose no further trust in them then as vrgēt necessitie forceth Psal. 62 10. Iam. 1.10 11. The rich and their riches compared to the flower of the field 〈…〉 in this world to to be found Worldlie promotions no sparke of true happines There be too manie that thinke that there is neither heauen nor hell but the pleasure and paines of this world Lyke Epicures who shall finde it contrarie to their endles destruction The glorie of this world a pricke of euill The arrogant man is ●oth to be re●oued but if he feele himselfe manifestly touched with his fault he wil put on a stout ●ace and couer his wickednes with audaci●●e The sweetest Solace for an offender is ●●●don for 〈◊〉 crime· The word of God is not to draw men to but to withdraw men frō sinne Nothing too deare for the fleshe but euerie trifle accompted too deare for the Soule Heauenly comfort reuealed to none that haue their whol delight to fulfill the will of the f●esh· This solace is contrary to the rich mans ●xpectation He that perswadeth a worldling from his inordinat cares of the world he accepteth him as his vtter enimy Too much affiance in a ches is enmitie to God Riches can not saue a mans life He that loueth not God heareth not his word In the 12. of Luke Though God be vnknowē to man yet he seeth the secrets of the heart of man and iudgeth accordinglie God is iust to punish the ofenders and to turne their pleasures into paine God Punisheth with the want of that that we here aboūde withall Gods iudgemēt is without redemption Luk. 16. Dogges cruel by kinde yet here more curteous then men Pouertie and Sores no bar to keepe the Soule from blisse If mony could saue the soule the deuill had lost his share The rich mans griefe encreaseth to see the poore man in blisse To denie helpe to the needy is sinne before God Many are redie to rifle But few to relieue the poore A hard Sentence to a miserable mā to giue al that they haue to the poore Pro. 19.17 He lēdeth to the Lord that hath pity on the poore ●ob 4.8 9. A foundation laid vpon the pleasures of this world is the grounde work of distruction Luk. 12.20 Hard for the rich man but impossible for the wicked rich man to enter into heauen Iosu. 7.10 Achan stoned to death for stealing Ahabs wicked desire of Naboths vinyarde The wickednes of Iesabell A iust reward Pardon vpon repentance God seeth the wickednes of man ●rueth vnpleasaunt to the wicked Abraham Iob and Dauid rich Gen. 15. ●9 Iob. 1.3 1. King 15.4 The abuse of riches to be auoyded The Rich should esteeme of themselues as hauing nothing Riches withdraweth the heartes of men from the trueth Luke 16. Riches not auaileable without the grace of God to guide the same We must be cōtent withour estate be it high or lowe· We must giue account of our Tallent It is a harde thing for a rich man to discharge him selfe of all ill means to get his goods Mat. 19.20 Occasion the minister of much mischief The rich rob themselues of the freedom of a good minde through vnsaciable couetousnes It is the least care in this world to a uoid the paynes of the world to come· The vncerta●ntie of riches by the example of Iob. All riches are in the handes of god he is able to take awaye what he hath giuen Mans foly to promise him selfe ease in respect of his riches Man is but tenaunt at will of his worldly substance Happines is not in the aboundance nor vnhappines in the want of wealth Iob. 17 13. Euill gotten soone spent 2. King 5.22 The rewarde of Bribers Act. 5.3.4 Mat. 27.5 The reward of Iudas for betraying Christ. Coueitousnes odious in the sight of God Mat. 14.20 Io· 6.11 Mat. 15.33 Water giuen out of the hard rock 1 King 19.6 Eliah fed in the wildernes Dani. 4.22 The fall of Nabugodonozer for his pride and rebellion against god No respect of persons with god Luk. 1.2 Osee. 13. God euen with the breth of his mouth can shake our foolish buildings to peeces 1. Tim. 6.17 Libertie sold for a pound of flatterie The plot and groūd-work of a notable b●lding The sea side of Sathan Quick-sands Priuie conspiracie The stamp of a good concience The stones of a mans life hewen with the hammer of gods word The leuel of a true faith The holy ghost the work man We muste breake promise with the body A work-m● of a contrarie building Sathan Sathan the workeman of all mischief Esay 5.8 Abac. 2.6 Esa 2.12 An inordinate care of riches a worme to the conscience Pro. 27.20 Couetousnes setteth the end of al sacietie in things wished for· The couetous man enimie to all m●n 〈◊〉 and chiefly to himselfe 1. Io. 2.15 Of concupiscence springeth all euil Concupiscēce of the flesh Cōcupiscēce of the eies Pride of life