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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15341	Large letters Three in number, containing much necessarie matter, for the intruction and comfort of such, as are distressed in conscience by feeling of sinne, and feare of Gods wrath. Written heeretofore by T. W. for some deare friends of his, and now published and printed for the raising vp of such as labor vnder the heauie burthen of an affected spirite.	T. W. (Thomas Wilcox), 1549?-1608.	1589 (1589)	STC 25624; ESTC S103076	55,013	150

effectual pledges vnto vs as of Gods great fauor shed abroad into our harts so of the crowning of those his graces in vs with wonde●ful honour and glorious immortality at the last Lastlie it seemeth vnto me Of sin it self that e●en from sinne it selfe though not in it owne nature for so it is abhominable in the Lords sight o Ha●a● 1.13 whose pure eies cannot s●e euill neither yet in the effects that commonly it bringeth foorth for so is it alwaies bytter making a fearefull p Isaiah 59.2 seperation betweene the Lord and vs hauing for the q Rom. 6 2● wages of it eternal death and damnation yet euen in the heynousnes and heyght thereof being accompanied with gods fauour in the forgiuenes of the same we should may reap an inuincible argument of much consolation and singular comfort For wherein shal or can the mercy of God in this life so much appear towards his people as in pardoning the sinnes of his seruants To whom had they not offended neither could gods mercie that way foorth haue bin declared nor Christ for thē haue bin r 1. Tim. 3.16 God manifested in the flesh who therefore came into the world not to call s Math. 9.13 the righteous but sinners to repentaunce and did therefore appeare amongest men not onely that he might t 1 Ioh. 3.5.8 loose the works of the deuil but also that he might take away our sins Outward tokens of Gods fauour All the outward fauours that wee haue in this life if we should reckon thē vp one by one as for example creation preseruation health wealth c. or binde them all in a bundle together cannot so sensibly set before vs Gods loue because some of them are in some sort commō to other creatures with men reach but to the bodie for the most part this time present onely the wicked many times beeing before Gods saintes in some of the same God also v Ps 17.14 filling their bellies with his hid treasure their children hauing inough and leauing inough of their substance for their children Spiritual graces Nay I will say more many of those spirituall graces that God vouchsaseth vnto his Church as h s worde sacraments praier of which the holy ghost saith he x Psal 147.19 sheweth his word vnto Iacob his statutes and his iudgments vnto Israell and he hath not dealt so with euerie nation doe not so plain●iy ex●r●sse the fauour and loue of the Lorde towardes hys people as the free pardon and full forgiuenesse of their transgressions the reason is because y Math 22.14 manye are called and fewe are chosen and diuers bee in the Churche that bee not of the Church This grace also extending it s●●e not onelye to bodye and soule in says lyfe carrying with it comfort and the peace of a good conscience here but reaching euen vnto the life that is to come eternal saluation and life euerlasting being an inseperable companion to the forgiuenesse of our sinnes And that we might the better be perswaded that this is a verie speciall fauour God himselfe taketh vpon himself as a principall point of his glory this great worke of forgiuing laying z ●saiah 42.25 I euen I am he that putteth away thine iniquities for my owne sake and will not remember thy sinnes And in an other Prophet rehearsing the graces that he will vouchsafe vnto his people in the newe Testament he reckoneth vp this as the last and chiefest a Iere 31 34. I wil forgiue their iniquitie b Rom. 5.20 and remember their sinne no more that beeing true here that the Apostle saieth that where sinne abounded there grace abounded much more To conclude then good Madam out of all that is gone before The co●clusion S●●h in thys poynt of the forgiuenes of sins God who is greater than al is b Rom 8 3 on our side therefore wee neede not care who be agaynst vs Iesus Christ standeth for vs who is c Math 3 17 his dearely beloued sonne in whome onely hee is well pleased and thorow whome he hath d 2 Cor 3 19 reconciled the world vnto himselfe the word generally part●cularly the promises in the same which are in Iesus Christ e 2 Cor 1 20 yea and amen speake comfo●table things vnto vs the holy sacramentes ordeined by God for the strengthning of our weake faith seale vp that great and gracious fauor vnto vs the dis●pline and voyce of the Church which is the f 1 Tim 3 16 piller ground of trueth and as it were Gods owne voyce from heauen confirmeth it the particular examples o● his saintes hauing in former time found it and felt it true doe ratifie and confirme the same the peculiar fauo●s that God hath giuen vs our selues in this life and namely faith g 2 Thess 3 2 which all men haue not with the sound tru●tes thereof doe pledge it vp and that god that maketh the h Psal 76 10 rage of men to turne to his praise and in the beginning comma●nded i 2 Cor. 4 6 the light to shine out of darkenesse now maketh sin to serue for the magnifying and manifesting of his mercie and the comfort and good of his children who is it that can distrust or rather who hath not iust cause with the Apostles and saintes of God to sing and say k 1. Cor. 15.54.55.56.57 death is swallowed vp into victorie O deathe where is thy sting O graue where is thy victorie The sting of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the lawe But thanks be to God which hath giuen vs victorie thorow our Lord Iesus Christ And againe l Rom. 8 38 39. I am perswaded that neyther death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor thinges present nor thinges to come nor height nor dep●h nor anie other creature shal be able to separate vs frō the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. Thus good Madame I haue as your honour seeth plainely deliuered my poore iudgement in this worthie point touching the comfortable feeling of the forgiuenesse of sinnes and some such assured seales and pledges of the same as by m Deut. 17 18 19 Ioshua 1 8 Psalm 1.2 Iohn 5 39 dayly reading of the holie scriptures and continuall meditation in the same holie duties that I and all other christians of what qualitie or calling so euer are bound vnto by Gods word to performe and woulde to God all did it as may knowe and confesse it the Lorde in much fauor I freely confesse it hath bene pleased in the dayes of my distresse to manifest to me miserable man that I am and that not onely for instruction and comfort vnto my self alone for God neuer bestoweth anie grace vpon vs much lesse such excellent fauors to that ende onely but for the good and consolation of others who being n 2

like to the saints seruants of God who haue gone before you in the flesh in the faith yea euen to Iesus christ him selfe the eternal sonne of the eternall father Dauid was a k 2. Sam. 13.14 man according to Gods own hart vpon whō the Lord had set his eie delight for much good and yet who more afflicted this way thē he he conceiuing of God as of one that was in vtter displeasure with him and that had cleane forgotten him and quite takē his mercy from him Of which if you doubt may it please you to peruse Psal l Psal 6. 38. 42. 77. 88. 102. 6.38.42.77.88.102 whither also for shortnes sake I do referre you I doubt not but you shal be thorowly perswaded therof m Act. 9.15 26.18 Paul was an elect chosen vessel and that not onely to carry Christs name among the gentiles but euen vnto eternal life and yet n 2. Cor. 12.7 least he should be exalted out of measure thorow the abundāce of reuelations there was giuen vnto him a prick in the fleshe and the Angell Satan to buffet him which least we should imagine to be peculiar vnto him he doth in another place affirme of him selfe and the faythfull together o Heb. 2.17 4.15 Though wee doubt yet we despaire not But what stand we repeating these petie examples which though they be pregnant for the purpose whereunto they are produced are not yet matchable with that that followeth sith we may most liuely see it in him who though hee was compassed about with our fleshe was yet free from the taint or staine of anie corruption and though he had naturall passions was vtterly voyd of extremitie or sinne in them or any thing els whatsoeuer being the very true and naturall sonne of God and equall with the father was so farre humbled and brought lowe that hee did yet notwithstanding through fearefull feeling of Gods wrath and extreme anguishe in himselfe demand of his father p Mat. 27.46 whie hee had forsaken him Of whome also the Apostle witnesseth by the spirit q Heb. 3.7 that in the daies of his flesh he did offer vp his prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death and was heard also in that which hee feared Nowe if the strength of temptations coulde bring our sauiour to so lowe an estate and hard condition as a man would saie so that he seemed not onely to be at the verie brinke but to be plunged into the pit not of feare alone but of doubting and distrustfulnesse as it might seeme who yet notwithstanding was the onely beloued of God and had receiued all the graces of the Spirite generallie and therefore no doubt the spirite of fortitude and power particularlie in moste absolute and full measure shall wee thinke it strange that the sonnes and daughters of God who during the time of their mortalitie vpon earth haue sinne dwelling in their brittle bodies who also howsoeuer they be beloued of God are not affected for their owne sakes but for his sake alone and who notwithstanding many gifts they haue receiued for the gathering together and building vp of thēselues and of the fellowship of saintes haue yet not so much as a sparke or crum of grace compared with the infinite and incomprehensible treasures of Gods goodnesse in Christ be greatly assaulted and daily beaten on euerie side yea as seemeth vnto them selues and others sometimes ouerwhelmed Neyther herein alone standeth your comfort good sir yea our comfort that we are r Rom. 8.19 conformed and made like vnto the seruantes of God yea the only begotten sonne of God in his and their sufferinges but that as hee caused his almightie ſ 2. Cor. 12 9. strength to appeare in their poore weakenesse making t 1. Cor. 10.13 an issue out of their temptations for them that they might escape that the l●ke mercie fauour and strength hee will shew vnto vs and in vs notwithstanding our infirmities because that as the v Esay 59.1 Arme of God is not thorowe length of time or working of wonders anie maner of waie shortned so is the fatherly affection that hee setteth vppon his children vtterly vnchangeable Whereof yet wee may be the better assured because hee hath performed these great workes not onely in some of his excellent seruauntes through his grace strength alone but in Iesus Christ our heade and Captaine whose victorie as in other respectes so in this particularlie is in such sorte become ours that we cannot chuse but in him become more x Rom. 8 37 than conquerours as the Apostle sayth For if his absolute obedience be sufficient to take awaie our sinnes and the imputation of his righteousnes powerfull inough to make vs stand as righteous and innocent in the presence of our heauenly father why shoulde not his vanquishing both of death and y Heb 2 14 him that had the power of death that is the deuill be an assured pledge also of our ouercomming sith we know and beleeue that hee conquered not for hymselfe but for vs that wee in hym might bee as was euen nowe sayd a little before more than conquerours Of great impatience or waywardnes The second point that you complain of as in regard of your selfe is the great impatience and waywardnesse that you finde at home in your owne soule the same sometimes breaking out so farre that it is not onely made manifest vnto God and men thorow disquiet behauiour and vnsauorie words but manie times also breaketh forth into better cursinges Answere This I cannot chuse bu● acknowledge to be hard and heauie as in respect of your selfe and the iniquitie high and great as in respect of God Howbeit euen against this also you shal well perceiue and finde A Comfort that the Lord hath prouided comfort for you yea comfort in his ho●y worde which word of his as it farre exceedeth all humaine speach and writing that euer haue bin are or shal be and is indeede to speake propeperly the onely trueth so doubtlesse the comfortes therein conteined infinitely surmount all worldly consolations whatsoeuer and are indeede onelie to be taken for the true ioyes In which respect I wou d haue you not to be afraid for the magnifying of Gods singular mercies and for the extolling of the comfortes of the word to your spirituall ioy to vrge and pr●●●e against your sel●e as hard as you can and as farre as anie maner of way you may with trueth your owne sinne and yet I am sure you shall neuer find it to reache further than to blaspheme against the father or the sonne to which depth of iniquitie for anie thing I know it hath not atteined But suppose it had ascended so high doth not yet our sauiour being trueth it selfe in the word of all trueth assure vs 2 Math. 12.32