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conscience_n	heart_n	sin_n	smite_v	1,347	5	9.5535	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06068	Two godly and fruitfull treatises the one, vpon the Lords prayer. The other, vpon the sixe principles. Both penned by that learned man, Paul Baine, sometimes preacher of Gods word at S. Andrewes in Cambridge.	Baynes, Paul, d. 1617.	1619 (1619)	STC 1649; ESTC S115503	46,776	286

know a thirst naturall from an vnnaturall thirst which a dropsie or ague causeth the one with a draught is so satisfied that another is not cared for the other once serued doth make way for fresh desire after a second so these sinfull ones the enioying one is but the beginning of another The 5. Petition And forgiue vs c. This petition hath two thing to be marked First the request it selfe Secondly the insinuation of it To forgiue a sinne is to quit vs and set vs free from the guilt and punishment which by reason of sinne we haue brought our selues into and to accept of vs and to vse vs as if we neuer had offended by our sinnes for sinne maketh vs stand debtors to Gods iustice indebted so farre as to satisfie by suffering deserued punishment As we forgiue These words do not pleade a cause vpon which God should forgiue vs for we cannot loue and so by consequent cannot forgiue others till God hath forgiuen vs first as the wall cannot reflect heate vppon a stander by till the Sunne hath shined vpon it Neither do they make comparison in this wise to forgiue me no otherwise but as thou seest me ready to forgiue another as if our forgiuenesse were a master sampler or picture after which God were to cōforme his forgiuing of vs but they do serue partly to insinuate with God by argument taken from the greater We that haue much of the old leauen by the sparke of thy grace in vs are ready to forgiue be thou much more or by holding forth a signe testifying of vs that we are persons to whom belongeth forgiuenesse not shewing why wee should be forgiuen and thus strengthening our faith to beleeue that we are heard in that request Lastly marke we are said to forgiue trespasses against vs for the sinne against God we cannot but the iniurie or dammage against our persons we may as if the Magistrate take a theefe wronging vs we may forgiue him his iniurious mind towards vs but cannot absolue him from the offence against the law First we aske that God would apply that mercie of his reaching to forgiuenesse vnto them that are yet the children of wrath ouer whom yet his anger abideth through their vnbeleefe and this we aske in respect of our brethren by grace of election yet vncalled Secondly for our selues we do not aske that God would iustifie vs for God is not off and on he playeth not fast and loose Whom once he iustifieth and forgiueth their sinnes he neuer remembreth sinne against them We therefore whose sinnes he hath pardoned aske three things the continuance of his grace that his mercifull pardon may be a gift without repentance Secondly we aske the manifestation of it that he would make vs see and feele this forgiuenesse of his for our daily sinnes do weaken our comfortable apprehension and dim the spirituall sight of our soules and do blot the counterpaine with vs of this release God hath made vs. Now we get by this petition our release newly exemplified our sight cleared our sence restored To this second branch therefore must be referred these three things as asked by vs. First that God would heale the doubtings and darknesse of our minds Secondly that he would strengthē our faith to ful assurance in this point that our sinnes are pardoned Thirdly that he would make vs feele our peace in the ioy following it Thirdly we aske in this petition that God would spare vs as a father doth his children remouing from vs those temporall chastisements which our sinnes might euery way bring vpon vs to our great smart for though God as a Iudge hath pardoned our sinnes yet as a father he may scourge them in vs. The first meane of the more deuotionall propounding this petition is to let our hearts smite vs in the sinnes which of infirmitie we we fall into for because men passe by sinne impenitently without conscience of it all the day therefore they without life and power and feeling desire propound this request to God at euening Secondly to marke how vncomfortable it is when Gods countenance this way is hid from vs and how heauie it is when darknesse and doubting do grow vpon vs. Thirdly we must get a feare of Gods fatherly corrections which we prouoke The child that feareth the rod will be afraid and crie to haue a fault pardoned So we must thinke what a ioy and sweet state it is to haue our Quietus est daily by vs. Let vs then earnestly and affectionatly cry to our God Forgiue vs our trespasses What will a Malefactor now in danger leaue vnattempted to get his pardon what it one might be released from his debt but asking to haue it forgiuen who would not seeke instantly who would spare to speake that haue this hope The conclusions follow First against the Papists here is to be noted that God onely can forgiue sinne and restore the feeling of his grace to vs. No man can haue the life of God before iustification vnto life on Gods part Now contrition out of loue to God is a supernaturall life and therefore must needs follow Gods pardon This is a demonstration against the Papists none can forgiue sinnes but God Secondly against the Papists note that Gods forgiuenesse is free we do not redeeme it with our satisfactions but beg it of mercie Thirdly marke that no man liueth without his daily sinnes we like infants haue our scapes like wounded persons cured our scarres like white swans our blacke feete Fourthly that we may come to assurance that our sinnes are forgiuen For whatsoeuer we aske in Christ agreeable with his will we know that we are heard in it Obiect They who beg a pardon of sinne are not sure of pardon Answ False for then Saint Peter who knew by Papists confession his sinnes pardoned could not say this prayer Secondly the construction before sheweth that the continuance in forgiuenesse not the first beginning onely is here asked We may inuert it they who may aske forgiuenesse may come to assurance that they haue it Fiftly marke that our faith and inuocation touching this point must daily be renewed Out of the insinuation that our forgiuing others is a signe we are such to whom forgiuenesse belongeth or a helpe strengthening vs to beleeue the forgiuenesse of our sinnes obserue All Gods actions to vs imprint their stampe in vs his election maketh vs chuse him and chuse the houshold of faith before all others Know as the Apostle saith according to the spirit not the flesh his loue of vs maketh vs loue him and our brethren his forgiuing vs maketh vs forgiue our brethren Againe when we find that a sparke of grace maketh vs readie to forgiue how much more may we assure our selues that God will out of his endlesse mercies be readie to forgiue vs and this Act of ours though it is no cause yet it is a condition in which God doth make vs come to feele the pardon of our