which beléeueth beléeue then without any doubte that Iesus Christe taking to him oure flesh became very man wherefore he dyed for you hauing borne all your sinnes in his body to blotte and put them out Present vnto God the pretious deathe of his sonne Iesus Christ and by the merit of the same death and passion aske him mercie in saying from the bottome of youre heart in great humilitie and repentance LOrd God Almightie be merciful to me poore wretched sinner for the loue of thy sonne Iesus Christe my Lord and Sauiour And for the merite of his deathe and passion it maye please thee to receiue my soule the which I recommend into thy hands B. S. N. Put your strong trust in God for séeing that he is for you none shall be against you for Iesus Christ which is the Lamb without spotte hathe ouercome all for you he offered himselfe once onely for you and by the same only oblation hathe wholly wiped out all youre sinnes he hath made of none effecte your folly imustice abhomination with thys good Lord Iesus Christ God the father hathe giuen you all things B. S. N. Fortifie your selfe in Iesus Christ the whiche calleth you and iuuiteth you by his Prophets Apostles and Euangelistes to addresse youre selfe fréely to him saying all you which haue thirst come to the great fountayne Come to me all ye that laboure and are loden and I will ease you B. S. N. Beléeue stedfastly that Iesus Christ hath set you frée from all your sinnes and hath reconciled you to God his father to whome in great humilitie and repentance say you from the bottome of your heart LOrd God Almightie be mercifull vnto mee poore wretched Sinner for the loue of thy sonne Iesus Christ my Lorde and Sauioure And for the merit of his deathe and passion it may please thee to receiue my Soule the which I recommende into thy hands B. S. N. Be of good chéere for vndoubtedly he will receyue youre soule as his for the loue of his sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde whiche is the Sauioure and Redéemer of all those which beléeue in him Moyses and all the Prophets haue borne witnesse that all people shal receiue saluation and blessing by Iesus Christ The Apostles and Euangelistes witnesse that Iesus Christe is not come to call the iust but the sinners te repentance and to giue his soule for the Redemption of many for hée hath shedde his bloud for the remission of sinne Beléeue then and doubt not at all for Iesus Christe hathe made the purgation of all youre sinnes hauing promised that all those which shal beléeue in him and in his father which hath sent him shall haue eternall life and shall not come at all into iudgemente but shall passe from death into life Go to now B. S. N. reioyce in Iesus Christe for he hathe loued you and washed you from al your sinnes in his bloud Take this strong faith wherewith to fighte valiantlye against the aduersarie haue none other buckler to defende youre selfe withall but this pretious bloud of Iesus Christ the which by the vertue of his deathe and passion hathe reconciled you to God his father vnto whome from the bottome of your hearte in great humilitie and repentance presente this Prayer LOrd God Almightie shew mercie vnto me poore wretched sinner for the loue of thy sonne Iesus Christe my Lorde and Sauiour and for the merite of his death and passion it may please thee to receyue my soule the whiche I commend into thy handes B. S. N. Holde fast this hope and stedfast fasth that thy good God full of all mercie will receyue youre soule as his into his handes for the loue of his sonne Iesus Christe for there is none other name vnder the Heauen giuen to men by the which we maye be saued and there is no saluatiō in any other than in Iesus Christ arme you then well wyth this good Iesus Christe for he hathe done all for you he hath fulfilled the Law for you he hathe ouercome all for you Now go too B. S. N. reioyce you in God stand alwayes fast in thys liuely fayth Followe and imitate the holy Patriarkes Prophets and Apostles which are all saued in this faith who do all assure you that the aduersarie can in no wise hurt you for youre cause is wonne by Iesus Christe whiche is youre Iudge and your aduocate both togither wherefore saye alwayes in this stedfast faith Albeit I shoulde walke in the middest of the shadowe of deathe I will feare no euill for thou Lorde God art with me B. S. N. Be you also neuer wéerie to say from the bottome of youre heart in great humilitie and repentance LOrde God Almightie be mercifull to me poore wretched sinner for the loue of thy sonne Iesus Christe my Lord and Sauiour And for the merite of his death and passion it may please thee to receyue my soule the whiche I commende into thy hands So be it A singular Prayer for one whyche is greately afflicted wyth sickenesse the whiche is more lyke to dye than to liue With a little Catechisme made of purpose to instructe the sicke person and to cause him to behold by Faith the greate misterie of oure Redemption Ecclesiasticus 18. Before the sicknesse vse medicine and before thou come to Iudgemente examine thy selfe and in the presence of God thou shalte finde fauoure Nowe the Lorde admonisheth vs to pray alwayes chiefely when we are touched with his rods Wherefore all the faithfull parentes and friends which visit the sicke person shoulde not onely visit and comforte the body but also should searche and enquire for spirituall medicine for his soule whiche thing shoulde bée done by good Prayers confession of sinnes and Christian exhortation according to the word of God without the whiche man can not liue but is deade béeyng yet lyuing And to the end that all these things may be done in good order and wyth zeale first it is néedefull to prostrate themselues before the Maiestie of God and to pray vnto him begynning in this sort Our helpe is in the name of the lord c. Then to presente vnto hym the generall confession of sinnes and consequently thys presente Prayer as followeth O Lord God Almighty and father of all mercies we are aēssbled in the name of thy welbeloued Sonne oure Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe in the fauour of whome we are bold to presente oure selues vnto thée to call vpon thy most blessed name hauing oure onely resuge to thy soueraigne goodnesse the whiche we doe not desire to féele and tast in oure selues only but also in the necessitie of thy poore creature being afflicted both with bodily sicknesse and affliction and calamitie of the spirite We know O Lord that thou doest iustly visit and chastice him wyth thy roddes to cause hym to vnderstande thy fatherly affection but thy great mercies whiche thou hast
vayne glorye and would perswade vs that we haue deserued Heauen and eternall life by our workes vnto whome we muste answere in this sort O thou horrible enchanter thou bearest me in hande that I am a Saincte to the ende thou mightest make me a Diuell Who is he that doth that which is commanded him to doe none no not one wher are then my deserts I wil shew thee Sathan my Lorde Christ hathe taken from mee all my sinnes and hath nayled them to his crosse and hath cancelled the obligation which was againste me yea he hath done more for me he hathe giuen mee all his deserts to witte his obedience iustice righteousnesse and innocencie as to a member of his bodye wherefore I being a member of his body can no more bee damned than my Lorde Christe may Now when hee seeth himselfe thus aunswered and proued a lyar by the sacred Scriptures of God whiche are the onely weapon wherewith to put him to flight he then yeeldeth all lost therfore we may easily see how needeful it is to be armed against Sathan with the most blessed word of God wherwith to quenche all his fierie dartes and to repulse all his assaults Wherfore I haue turned this exhortation into our english tongue the whych was written in the French by a reuerend worthy learned and godly father to a noble martiall and Christian Gentleman of France his good Lorde and friende wherewith in the time of his quietnesse he might fitte his armoure and weapons in suche sort as by battayle he might valiantly fighting obtayne a glorious and victorious Crowne For as your honor knoweth he that will be a good Souldioure must enter timely into the warres therefore I saye I haue turned into the Englishe the same exhortation for the profite of the Churche of God heere in Englande And albeit that the wordes be not many they be of singular valew and effecte the whiche I haue published vnder your honors name doubting not but that you will take my poore trauel in this behalfe in good part I haue added in the ende of it a Table of certayne consolatorie passages of Scripture whiche I haue gathered out of the old and new Testament for confirmation of oure faith in the moste sweete and comfortable promises of the almighty For when we shal come to the battayle the which we must once sighte eyther in the time of our health or else in the article of deathe for none is crowned that fighteth not and a Christian life is a continuall warre by the grace of God thys shorte exhortation shall greatly helpe as manye as shall make the same familiar vnto them towardes the obteyning of the victorie agaynste the aforesayde trayned experimented cunning mightie and cruell enimie In London the twentith of Marche Anno Domini 1579. Your honours humble euer to commaunde I. S. To the faithfull Reader saluation FRiende Reader take in good parte the exhortation the vvhich I haue heere vvritten for the great comfort and profit of al persons vvhich feare God vvherevvith to serue them at neede vvhen it shall please the Lord to call them But note you that to vse thys vvell that of these three letters B. S. N. the firste letter signifieth brother if the partie be a manne the seconde Sister being a vvoman and the third signifyeth the propre name of the person vvherby he must be named For vve may not then honor them by names of vvorldlye honour and dignitie but to stand firmely against Satan in the vertue of the Lorde We must name thē by their proper names vvhiche they haue receyued at the holye Sacramente of Baptisme This doing thou shalt obey God vvhome I beseech to be merciful vnto thee in the secret day of his comming ¶ To my Lorde my Lord of Senarpont Knight of the Kings order Captayne of fiftie men at armes and his Lieutenant generall in Picardie MY Lorde hauing oftentimes considered the beginning the continuance and the ende of mās life I haue plainelye knowen as by an ordinarie experience that men are more curious and carefull for the entertaynement and conseruation of this their life than to prepare themselues to a more happie ende according to God for man being in this bodily prison as blinde and not perfectlye regenerated do the better loue the darkenesse of suche an earthly prison than hee doth the heauenlye lighte for the whiche cause it is written that hee that is of the earthe speaketh of the earth As beeyng like the sonnes of Agar whiche soughte the wisedome of this worlde the whiche is foolishnesse before god Howe manye bee there at this day vnto whome the remembrance of death is very vnpleasaunt yea rather detestable so delighting themselues in their worldly pleasures that they seeme to haue forgotten God not caring any thing at all for Religion nor for the vengeance and iudgement of God terrible and fearefull to all those which haue their names written in the earth being scraped out of the booke of life VVherefore my Lord to the end you walke not in the large way which bringeth to destruction being taught by the wise man saying In all thy workes see thou doe remember thy latter dayes and thou shalt neuer sinne I haue thoughte good to drawe out of the holye Scriptures a Christian exhortation to bee recited with a loude voyce before euerie faithfull person the whiche approcheth to this bodily death couered with a casuall life passing on to one muche better and more happie For hauing this done I will attribute to my selfe nothing for I am but earth and durt yet notwithstanding I do not thinke to haue laboured in vayne considering that the Lorde Iesus Christ do the admonishe vs that we shoulde be alwayes readie not knowing the houre for the day of the Lord wil come suddainely as a theefe in the night O how happie then shall they be whiche shall put themselues into his safegard VVherefore my Lord I do present you this little Christian exhortation very humbly beseeching you to keepe the same to serue you at youre neede at what time it shall please the Lorde God to call you I know well that when the same tyme shall come you shall haue good meanes to haue with you some man learned and furnished with holy letters to declare vnto you the worde of life yet for all that not knowing the time nor the place ne yet the oportunitie that we may haue I dare boldly say without beast that hearing thys exhortation redde with a loude voyce being in mortall agonie it maye be vnto you as holesome as the Christian consolation of the best learned Doctor of the Religion for they might preach no more vnto you than the Prophets and Apostles doe preach vnto you in the sayd exhortation the which I beseech you to receyue with as good heart as I do desire the supreme gouernour to giue you the grace my Lorde to glorifie him as well in your life as in your
A Christian exhortation taken oute of the holy Scriptures for the great comfort of euery faithfull person being in the agonie of deathe before whome it must be oftētimes red and recited if neede be euē to his last breath Wherevnto is ioyned in the end a singular Prayer for the partie greeuously afflicted by sicknesse dravving tovvard his death Therewith is a briefe Catechisme which is not only to instructe the sicke but also to refresh his memorie vvith the greate mysterie of our redemption Printed at London by Henry Bynneman Anno. 1579. Mathewe 24.51 The carelesse and negligente seruante shall be surprinsed and cutte off and haue his parte vvith the hypocrites there shall be vveeping and gnasshing of teeth Death is the end and beginning of life Ecclesiasticus 18.18 Before sicknesse vse medicine and before thou come to iudgement examine thy selfe and in the sight of God thou shalt finde fauoure Apocalips If thou doest not vvatch I vvil come vpon thee as a theefe and thou knovvest not at vvhat time I vvill come vpon thee Apocalips 16. Blessed is he vvhiche vvatcheth and keepeth his garmentes least he vvalke naked and that men see his filthynesse Mathew 24. Luke 12. Be ye readie for yee knovv not in vvhat hour the sonne of man shall come To the very Honorable his singular good Lord the Earle of Lincolne Lord Clinton and Say Lorde high Admirall of Englande Knighte of hir Maiesties order and one of the Lordes of hir Highnesse most honourable priuie Counsell THe greate and cunning workemaister yea the maister of all mischiefe Satan hath not ceased euen from the firste creation of man to molest and persecute the same lying euer in wayt to destroy him as is playnely seene in his assaults deliuered to our first parents Adam and Eue very shortlye after their creatiō he neuer left them vntill suche time as he hadde caused them to transgresse the commandement of the Almighty wherby they purchaced to themselues and to all their posteritie eternall damnation He continually putteth his cunning and Stratagemes in vse against seely poore man Sometime by open battaile as causing him to commit murther adulterie theft extortion and such like grosse offences against the commaundementes of the seconde Table Another time he solliciteth him to pride Idolatry blaspheming vnbeliefe lothing the word of God contempte of the same rebellion againste God vnthankefulnesse toward God and such like against the commandements of the first Table whereby he deliuereth vnto vs terrible and dangerous assaultes othertimes he dresseth agaynst vs surprinses as when by meane of the ingraffed corruption whiche dwelleth in vs he raiseth in vs horrible motions thoughtes affections and consentes yea and that whiche most daungerous of all is he hath so banded oure eyes that the greatest number of men doe thinke filthy motions vncleane thoughts corrupt affections and detestable consents to be no sin vnlesse the acte do ensue But indede the Eternall which hath created the heart seeth all these things in vs and abhorreth and condemneth them he is the searcher of the raines which knoweth the thought before it bee hatched in vs Wherefore we haue great cause to beg of God his grace that we may vnderstand and know the ruzes and deceiptes of Sathan whereby to auoyde them and when he shal at any time sollicite vs to any of the aboue named things or suche like let vs then know that the enimy is at hand that he dresseth his scaramuches againste vs and that he placeth his ambushes to cut betweene vs and our saluation wherefore it behoueth vs to bee alwayes armed with the armour of God whereof Sainct Paule speaketh in the Epistle to the Ephesians 6. Chapter and to bee well acquaynted with the perfect vse of our weapon for oure enimie is both strong and skilfull and woulde soone make an end of mankind if that God did not holde him in bridle his cunnings are in maner infinite he can transfigure himselfe sometime into the likenesse of an Angel of light yea into the likenesse of Christe himselfe and alleage the Scriptures vnto vs but it shall be altogither to cast vs downe with the weight of our sinnes into desperation and so to damne vs for he wyll alleadge vnto vs the iustice of God the horrour of oure sinnes and the Law cleane contrarie to Christe for Christe is the nouriture medicine and consolation of afflicted soules he will not breake the bruzed reede nor quench the smoking tow wherfore we must beware of this false and counterfetted Christe he can make this day that which is horrible sinne to seeme to me to be no sinne and to morrow that whiche is no sinne to be horrible sinne thus can he amplifie and swell the least euill thing that is and make it to seeme as great and huge as a mightie Mountayne I haue spoken some thing of this cūning aduersarie whiche the sacred Scripture calleth the great Leuiathā and the redde Dragon to the ende we might beware of him and auoide his snares which he laieth aboue and beneath vs before and behinde on euery side and within and without vs to the ende that when wee shall feele our selues in any sort solicited by him ▪ we maye forthwith repaire to our Panacea and most holesome medicine for al diseases which is the word of God in the which we shall finde all comforte and hauing founde it we must lay sure holde on it in all humilitie and Prayer the whiche word doth euen repulse and chase Sathan from vs It is a lighte whiche lighteneth to our feete it is a most pure thing it cōuerteth soules it is a faithfull witnesle yea it is the power of God to saluation to all beleeuers Saincte Paule calleth it the Sword of the Spirit the which wōudeth and putteth Sathan to flighte it is that Sword without the whiche we may not fight the battayle wyth that strong and mightie enimie with whome wee must euerye one of vs fight a battayle eyther in the time of oure healthe or else in the article of our death for then beginneth he to play sharply the accuser then setteth he forth vnto vs the Lord Christe as a lawgiuer and exactor then maketh he euery sinne to seeme twenty to the ende he maye make vs to dishonour God through vnbeleefe and so to fall into desperation our aunswer must be to him Satan thou canst not speake truth except it be to get credite whereby afterward thou mayst the more boldly tel millions of lyes but know thou that my Lord Iesus Christe hathe payde my debt more than abundantly for with one onely offering he hath cōsecrated for euer thē which are sanctified Nowe God is iust yea iustice it selfe wherefore he is contente with one more than sufficient paymente for one thyng wherfore thou canst in no wise hurt me if he can not in this sort preuaile Then commeth he in another lykenesse with his faire face with flattering and entising words to lift vs vp into pride and
death and in the meane time that it maye please him to make you to prosper from good to better and to giue me to perseuere in your seruice as your very humble and very obedient seruant for euer * ⎠* A Christian exhortation the vvhyche must bee recited with a loude voyce before euery faithfull person being in the agonie of Death HE that is of GOD let him heare the word of GOD and let hym not only hear it but let him kéepe it and put it in execution for all thinges shall haue an ende and shall weare as a garmente but the worde of the Lorde GOD remayneth eternally Nowe séeing it is so that by one man sinne is come into the worlde and by sinne death and consequentlye all afflictions and aduersities depend of the same therefore iustly the life of man is nothing else but a continuall battell vpon the earth in suche sorte that the flesh sighteth against the spirite and the spirite against the Diuell the Worlde and the Flesh which are the enimies of our soules But following the counsell of the Apostle to obteyne victorie in that spirituall battayle you must constantly resist by Faith for the victorie which ouercommeth the world it is our faith the whiche is a true and stedfast knowledge of the loue of God towards vs according as by his Gospell he declareth himselfe to be oure father and sauioure by the meane of Iesus Christ Hauing then suche a stedfast Faith for your principal foundation acknowledge and confesse without fayning before the Maiestie of God that you are a poore and miserable sinner conceiued and borne in iniquitie and corruption prompte to all euill doing vnapte to anye good thing and that by youre vice you haue transgressed without ende and withoute ceassing the whole commaundementes of god In which thing doing you haue drawen by hys iust iudgemente ruine and destruction vpon you yet for all that you are displeased in your self that you haue offended him and do condemne your selfe and youre vices with true repentance desiring that the grace of God doe help your calamitie Praye then in such stedfast fayth if you can not with youre mouth pray wyth youre hearte that God our very louing and most mercifull father doe not enter at all into iudgement nor into accompt with you but that hée will haue pitie vpoÌ„ you in the name of his sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and that it may please him to blotte out our vices and spottes by the merites of the death and passion of the same Iesus Christe in whose name presente you to him his holy Prayer the whiche he hath taught vs in saying with a pure hearte Our Father which art in Heauen thy name be halowed Thy Kingdome come Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread And pardon vs our offences as we pardon them whiche haue offended vs And leade vs not at all into temptation but deliuer vs from the euill For thine is thy Kyngdome the power and the glorie throughout all ages So be it B. S. N. Acknowledge with all youre hearte your vniustice be forse for your sinnes repent you continually and the Kingdome of God shal draw néere vnto you acknowledge that there is no iustice nor innocencie nor anye good workes of you or in you but as a child of wrath conceyued borne in the sinne of the old Adam you do deserue eternall death and damnation Yet for all that let not the same nor all the sinnes of the world if you should haue committed theÌ„ feare you at al for Iesus Christ the true and eternall sonne of God is made verye man conceyued by the holy Ghost borne of a holy Virgin To sanctify and to cleanse you he hath suffered vnder Ponce Pilate many afflictions iniuries and outrages making himselfe a seruante and captine to sette you into full libertie Iesus Christ was crucifyed vpon the woodde of the Crosse to delyuer you from the eternall cursse Iesus Christ dyed in sheding his precious blaud for youre redemption to deliuer you fully from deathe from Hell and from the power of Satan Iesus Christ was buried in the Sepulchre to burie all youre sinnes the which he hathe borne blotted out Iesus Christe is descended into the lower partes in suffering an extreame anguish to deliuer you from all paynes and griefes of death Iesus Christe arose agayne from the dead to make you to rise agayne in your proper body and glorious immortalitie Iesus Christ is gone vp into Heauen to make you to go vp after him Iesus Christ is set at the right haÌ„d of God his father almightie being youre aduocate and intercessor towardes him and the appointment of all your sinnes We a waite for him that he shall come to iudge the liuing and the dead to yeèlde to euery one according to his workes but to his faithfull ones whiche beléeue in him he will not impute at all their sinnes but hauing iustified them by his grace will make them to raigne for euer with him in hys heauenly throne B. S. N. Such is the great misterie of our redemption the whiche by the helpe of the grace of the holye Ghoste you oughte stedfastly to beléeue to baue bin wrought for youre saluation And doubt not at all but that by the merite of Iesus Christe the head of his Churche you are made a member incorporate to the same yéelding him thankes in great humilitie that he hathe giuen you the grace to haue liued in the communion and companye of his faithfull hauing nouâ—ished you with hyword with his bodye and with hys bloud acknowledging as well assured the great mercie of God by the remission of all youre sinnes the which he hath giuen you by Iesus Christ who will make you to rise againe at the latter daye to raigne with him in the life eternall the which he hath promised to all those whiche beléeue in him being baptised in his name Nowe B. S. N. séeing that you haue this Faith doubt not at all to receyue the promise of Faith for God is true he is not a lyar as man is rather Heauen and Earth shall passe but the worde of God remayneth for euer God is youre father and creator you are hys creature and the worke of his hands he hath not made you to destroy you for hée is the sauiour of all men and willeth not the deathe of a sinner but that he conuert and liue wherefore I declare vnto you in the name of God that of his great goodnesse and mercie he giueth you full pardon and remission of all your sinnes by the onely merite of his sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde in the sheding of his pretious bloud for he is the propitiation not only of all your sinnes but of all the sinnes of the whole world B. S. N. Iesus Christ sayeth with his owne mouth that all things are possible to him
of his sonne our Lord only sauiour Iesus Christ And euen as the good old mâ—n Simeon of whom S. Luke maketh mention after that he had séene according to the promise made vnto him Iesus Christ whome hee had wayted for and desired of long time blessing and praysing God did say Lorde thou lettest goe nowe thy seruante in peace according to thy word for so much as mine eyes hane séene thy saluation the whiche thou hast prepared before the face of all people a lighte for the lightening of the GeÌ„tiles the glory of thy people Israell Euen so we after that wée haue knowen the sonne of God oure mediator and Aduocate after that we haue séene him with the eyes of our saith with the good old Simeon yea he whiche is the Christ and anoynted of the Lorde let vs gyue thankes with ioy and gladnesse to the great liuing God and let vs sing very Christian songs prayses and himites in the holye company of the faithful and let vs depart from thys life willingly with a glad hearte at what time soeuer it shall please this good heauenly father yea and being in good healthe lette vs desire with S. Paule to be separated from this body to be leste in peace with Simeon to the ende that we maye lastly come to that only and eternal ioy of Angels and of men whych is Iesus Christ after whom the faithfull doe languishe with a burning zeale to enioy his so amiable company with all the Saincts God the author of euery good thing and blessing the father the sonne and the holy Ghost make vs partakers of this holye grace vnto whome bée prayse euerlastingly So be it Hebr. 13. Remember those which are afflicted as being your selfe of the same bodye and subiecte to endure as much The end of the Catechismes ¶ Heere followe certayne consolatorie sentences concerning the loue of God towards man and of the benefits of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christe bestowed vpon vs taken out of holy scripture for the comfort and confirmation of the afflicted in mind whome Sathan by all his cunnings would drawe into desperation and he that would escape comforte of thys small collection must haue the Bible by hym and turne to the sentences heerein vvritten and not onely reade the sentences heere cyted but also that vvhich goeth next before it and that also vvhich follovveth next after is * ⎠* FIrst God is the God of loue and peace 2. Cor. 11. God deliuereth vs froÌ„ ouil Esa. 3. a. 63. ye know the he appeared the he might take away our sins in him is no sinne Ioh. 3. b but God setteth out his loue toward vs séeing that while we were yet sinners Christ dyed for vs Ro. 5. b. for those which he hathe predestinate to be made like to the image of his son to the end he should be the first born amongst very many brethreÌ„ Ro. 8. f. and that which I liue now in the flesh I liue in the faith of the son of God who hath loued giuen himselfe for me Gala. 2. d and walke in loue eueÌ„ as Christe bath loued vs hathe giuen hymselfe for vs to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sméet smelling sauoure to God Ephe. 5. a. Grace and Peace be vnto you froÌ„ hym that is that was and that is to come from the seauen spirites which are before his throne froÌ„ Iesus Christ which is a faithfull witnesse the first borne of the dead and Prince of the Kings of the earth vnto him that loued vs and washed vs in his bloud froÌ„ oure sins Apoc. a. b. for the Lorde doeth chastice him that he loueth euen as the father doth the childe in whome he delighteth my sonne despise not the chastning of the Lord neither fainte when thou arte rebuked for whome the Lord loueth he chastneth and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth If ye endure chastizemeÌ„t God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sons for what sonne is he c. Hebr. â— i. b. c. Prouer â— b. But Sion sayd the Lord hath forgotten me can a woman forgette hir childe and not haue coÌ„passion of the sonne of hir wombr though they should forget yet I will not forget thée Esay 49. d.e. I haue sound thée saith the Lord with an euerlasting loue therefore with merrie haue I drawen thée Iere. 31. a. b. What shall we then saye to these things if God be on our side who caÌ„ be againste vs who spared not hys owne sonne but gaue him for all to deathe howe shall he not with hym giue vs all things also Rom. 8. f. So we doe therefore loue him bycause he loued vs first Iohn 4. d. as my father knoweth me euen so knowe I my father and I lay downe my life for my Shéepe Ioh. 10. b. c. the false Prophete whiche woulde drawe vs from the loue and perfecte trust that we ought to haue in God ought not to be heard but slayne Deut. 13. a. b. c. Call vppon me in the daye of thy trouble and I will deliuer thée and thou shalt glorifie me Psalm 50. c. for O Lorde thou arte good and mercifull of greate kindnesse vnto all theÌ„ which call vpon thée Psal. 80. â— The Lorde is ful of compassion and mercie flowe to anger and of greate kindnesse he will not alwayes chide nor kéepe his anger for euer Ps. 103. a. The Lord is gratious merciful flowe to anger and of great mercie The Lord is good to al his mercies are ouer al his works Psalm 102. At what time soeuer a sinner doth repeÌ„t him of his sin from the bottome of hys hart I wil put all his wickednes out of my remeÌ„braunce saith the Lorde Ezechiel 18. g. A sorrowfull spirite is a sacrifice vnto God dispise not O Lord humble and contrite harts Ps. 51. Séeke the Lord whilst hée may be souÌ„d cal vpoÌ„ him whilest he is néere let the wicked forsake his wayes the vnrighteous his own imaginations returne to the Lord he will haue mercie vpoÌ„ him to our God for he is very ready to forgiue Esa. 55. b. c. Then shall ye crie vnto me and yée shall goe and pray vnto me and I will heare you and yée shall séeke me and find me bycause ye shal séeke me with all your hearte and I wyll bée founde of you sayth the Lorde and I will turne awaye youre captiuitie Ierem. 29. c. Grace be vnto you and peace from God the father and from oure Lorde Iesus Christ who gaue himselfe for our sinnes to deliuer vs from this presente wicked world according to the will of God dure Father to whome be glorie for euer So be it Galath i. a. Amend your liues for the kingdome of God is at hande Math. 4. c. I am not come to call the righteous but the sinners to repentance Math. 9. b. Come vnto me all ye that are loden and wéerie and I will ease you Math. â—â— d. If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the righteous and he is the reconciliation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world 1. Iohn 2. a. * ⎠* The Ende 2. Cor. 12.13.14 Hebr. 1.10 14. 2 Cor. 5. d. Rom. 8. 1. Cor. 15. g. Ephes 1.19 Ephes 2.1.13 Coloss 1.20 2.14.15 Iohn 3. Baâ—â—c 3. 2. Cor. 1. Eccles 41. Psal. 52.72 Psalme 68. Math. 7. Eccles 7. Luc. 12. Math. 24. 2. Pet. 3. 1. thess. 5. Psal. 2. Iohn 8. Math. 7. Esay 40. Rom. 7. Note Hebr. 11. Psalme 51. Psal. 142. Math. 3. Tit. 3. Ephes 2. Psal. 51. Rom. 8. Rom. 1. Math. 1. Philip. 2. Acts. 3. Math. 27. Esay 53. Apocal. 1. Hebr. 9. 1. Pet. 1. Rom. 6. Marke 16. 1. Cor. 15. Actes 1. Coloss 3. Hebr. 7. Math. 25. Psalme 61. Rom. 8. Math. 25. Ephes 1. Math. 4. 1. Cor. 11. An excellent gifte Rom. 5. 1. Cor. 15. Marke 16. Rom. 3. Math. 24. Esay 40. Genes 1. 1. Tim. 2. Tit. 3. 1. Tim. 1. Actes 4. Apocal. 1. ☞ 1. Iohn 2. Math. 17. Rom. 1. Philip. 1. 1. Pet. 2. Rom. 3. Iohn 14. Math. 26. Psalme 30. Rom. 8. Esay 55. Math. 11. 1. Iohn 5. Rom. 3. Iohn 14. Math. 26. Psalme 30. Marke 16. Deut. 18. Psalme 2. Esay 53. Genes 3.3 Math. 9. Iohn 10. Luc. 22. Hebr. 1. Ionh 5. Esay 53. Apocal. 1. Rom. 7. Rom. 3. Iohn 14. Marke 26. Psalme 30. Iohn 10. Actes 4. Rom. 8. Rom. 10. Hebr. 11. Iohn 5. 1. Iohn 2. Psalme 22. Rom. 3. Iohn 14. Math. 26. Math. 26. Math. 18. Iohn 14. Iames. 5. 1. Cor. 11. Psalme 74. Math. 26. Psalm 102. Iohn 14. Hebr. 7. Math. 6. Rom. 11. Rom. 8. Iohn 1. Psalme 30. Psalme 71. Psalme 51. Iohh 14. Math. 6. Hebr. â—â— Iohn 8. Eccles 18. Genes 1. Psalme 51. Ephes 2. Rom. 5. 2. Cor. 11. Psal. 31. Rom. 10. Genes 1. Psalme 26. Genes 1. 1. Iohn 1. Luc. 1. 1. Iohn 5. Genes 18. Iohn â—7 Rom. 5. Psalme 51. Luke 24. Psalme 21. Rom. 1â— Math. 1. Luc. 12. Ephes 2. Psalme 51. Rom. 8. Rom. 5. Math. 26. Hebr. 7. Actes 3. Bray 53. Math. 26. Marke 16. 1. Cor. 15. Actes 1. Coloss â— 1. Iohn â— Rom. 8. Iohn 5. Rom. â— 1. Iohn 5. Ephes 5. Math. 4. 1. Cor. 11. 1. Cor. 10. Psalme 51. Luke 17. 1. Tim. 1. Actes 4. Apocal. 1. Math. 26. Math. 10. Marke 11. Math. 5. Math. 16. Luke 23. Hebr. 9. Genes 3. Esay 38. Esay 55. 〈…〉 Math. 6. Psalme 38. Esay 38. 1. Cor. 15. Apocal. 1. Note this blasphemie Luke 2.