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A06676	Paraphrasticall and devout discourses vpon the Psalme Miserere, composed by Ch. M.	Kellison, Matthew.	1635 (1635)	STC 17130; ESTC S102830	80,842	304

hatred vvhich he committeth him selfe but also to carnall sinnes vvhich he can not cōmitt though he be guiltie of them in inticing vs. And I ô Lord doe ingeniouslie confesse that I haue beene the Deuills Agent in prouoking others to sinne either by persuasion or euill example by vvhich I haue offended thee ruined them and by the same sinne haue runne myne ovvne soule through to vvound them In this Kind preachers of false doctrine and Princes and superiours vvho cōmand or persuade their subiectes to sinne doe offend and vvho not by euill example 5. Wherefore I ô Lord as heretofore I haue cooperated vvith thy professed enemie the Deuill to peruert others thereby to ruine their soules so hereafter I will serue no such master I will be no instrumēt nor Agēt nor factour for him but as I am sorrie for the sinnes past by which I haue offēded thee and cooperated with him to the spirituall ruine of my neighbours soule so hereafter if it may please thee to giue me the grace I will be thy instrument thy factour and coadiutour will labour with thee and vnder thee for the conuersion of soules 1. Cor. 3 6. It is a greate sinne by persuasion or ill example to peruert others it is to cooperate vvith the Deuill it is worse then Dauids murder of Vrias because that killed the body this the soule And contrariewise to cooperate vvith God as his instrument and Minister to the conuersiō of sinners is the noblest office imploiment that can be It is the verie office of CHRIST IESVS the sonne of God who came not to call the Iuste but sinners to penance Mat. 9. Luc. 5. 1. Tim. 1. and as S Paule saith came into this world to saue sinners and therefore he was Incarnate borne liued 33. yeares amongest vs taught vs exhorted vs by wordes and deedes wrought miracles to confirme what he sayd and at length suffered and dyed for sinners and had not beene man S. Tho. 3 p●● 4.1 art 3. nor had descēded from Heauen to earth but to saue sinners For as S. Augustin saith nulla fuit causa veniendi Christo Domino Aug. 〈◊〉 9. de verbis Apost nisi peccatores saluos facere tolle morbos tolle vulnera nulla est causa medicinae There was no cause of Christ his comming but to saue sinners take away diseases take away wounds of sinne and there will be no cause of a medicine In this we doe Gods will and pleasure who of him selfe will all men to be saued 1. Tim. 2. and to come to the knowledge of the truth For saith he by his Prophet Ezechiel why is the death of a sinner my will Ezech. 18. and not that he conuert from his wayes and liue 7. This worke of the conuersion and Iustification of a sinner Aug. tract 72. in Ioan. to 9. S. Th. 1. 2. q. 113 art 9. is greater then the creation of the world because creation had for its effect this world which is a thing naturall Iustification of a Sinner hath for its effect grace which is a thing supernaturall that is nature this aboue nature that is temporall for Heauen and Earth shall passe in respect of their state qualitie Matth. 24. this of it selfe eternall because it is the seede of glorie which is eternall that is a participatiō of God as he is Authour of nature this as he is Authour of grace that ordaineth vs to God as he is our naturall end this as he is our supernaturall end and as creatiō is of nothing so the iustification of a sinner is of no merit of his And although glorie glorification be absolutlie greater thē the Iustificatiō of a sinner because glorie is greater then grace yet glorie is giuen to the iust vho deserue it by their merites the grace of iustification of a sinner is giuē to him that deserueth it not and so is a greater guifte fauour because not deserued And although creation iustification glorification be all great workes and doe argue Gods infinite power yet the Iustification of a sinner is a worke of greater yea greatest mercie It is a greater worke to cōuert a sinner thē to raise a dead man to life because by that miracle a dead body is raised to a tēporall life onely by the conuersion of a sinner the soule is raised from the death of sinne to the life of grace which causeth life euerlasting if by our fault we doe not loose it 8. Seeing then ô God thou hast wrought so great a worke as is the conuersion of a sinner not onely in Dauid but as I hope in me also I will hereafter say so ô penitent sinner to shew my selfe gratefull for so greate a benefite teach with Dauid the vniust thy wayes and I will endeauour to conuert the impious vnto thee They that haue liued in captiuitie doe most cōmiserat captiues and prisoners they that haue liued long in banishement take greatest compassion on the banished they that haue beene greeueouslie sicke doe take most pittie on the sicke And I who haue beene a great sinner who haue experiēced the miserie and daūger sinne bringeth with it will hereafter take compassion on sinners I will enflame my selfe with Dauids zeale of soules Ps 68. 3. Reg. 19. This zeale of soules did eate Dauid and cōsumed Elias it shall consume me for I will employ my selfe my talētes my labours my endeauours and all I am and haue for the conuersion of sinners 9. This zeale of soules Greg. Hom. 12. super Ezech. as S. Gregorie saith is a most pleasing sacrifice to God it is an holocaust because it consumeth all we are and haue to gaine soules It is Dionys lib. de Eccles Hier. as S. Dionysius the Areopagite saith Diuinorum operum diuinissimum of all the Diuine workes the most Diuine The cōuersion of soules was the office of the sonne of God of his Apostles and all Apostolicall men who haue consecrated themselues to the conuersion of Countries it shall be my office whilst I liue for if I can not cooperate to the conuersion of sinners vvith CHRIST IESVS the principall Sauiour and conuertour of them by preaching teaching or writing of bookes as the Apostles did and as Doctours Pastours the learned ought to doe I will at least doe my indeauour herein by my coūsell good examples knovving that he which maketh a sinner to be conuerted from the errour of his waye Iacobi 5. shall saue his soule from death and couereth a multitude ofo his owne sinnes Dan. 12. Knowing that they who instruct others to iustice shall shine as starres vnto perpetuall eternities This is now my mynd this mind by Gods grace I will carrie to my dying day Libera me de sanguinibus Deus Deus salutis meae exultabit lingua mea iustitiam tuam Deliuer me from bloodes ô God the God of my saluation and my tongue shall

te Thou hast made vs ô Lord to thee and our heart is neuer quiet till it rest in thee Seeke then ô my soule for true riches true beautie true pleasure true contentement but seeke for them in God where they are not in creatures where they are not seeke for vvhat thou seekest but not where thou seekest If thou seeke still for thē in the creatures thou shalt alvvaies seeke and neuer finde if thou seeke for thē in God there thou shalt finde them for that there they are in their prime cause and fountaine there they are in their prime perfection 7. Returne then ô my soule to thy Lord God and remember vvhat ioye and solide consolation thou enioyedst when thou louedst and seruedst him Thē thou spakest not but of him thoughtst not but of him dreamedst not but of him louedst nothing but him or for him reioicedst in nothing but in him or for him this brought thee such ioy and consolation that thou enioyedst a kind of Heauen in earth and hadst a tast feeling of the ioyes of Heauen vvhich there are laid vp in store for them that feare God loue him and serue him 8. This a wordling vvill not easelie conceaue for he hauing or esteeming no other Heauen but this vvorld and proposing to him selfe no beautie but corporall beautie no riches but vvordlie riches no pleasure but carnall pleasure is a sensuall man 1. Cor. 2. which perceaueth not those thinges that are of the spirit of God But a spirituall man vnderstandeth vvhat I saye knoweth by experience that it is true For if the bodie as it is animated by the sensuall parte of the soule hath its delights if corporall beautie please the eyes of the body if musicke of mens voices or instrumēts please thr eares if worldlie riches content in some sorte for a tyme vvhat delight hath the soule according to her reasonable and superiour parte vvhich is more noble and hath more pure noble obiectes what delight taketh the deuoute soule in the contemplation of Heauenlie thinges in the exercise of morall and supernaturall vertues If vertue could be seene sayth one as to the spirituall mans eye it is seene mirabiles excitaret amores it would straūglie enamour vs If a beautifull creature draweth and as it vvere enchanteth our affections vvhat delight taketh the deuout and contemplatiue man in the loue and cōtemplation of God the creatour fountaine of all beautie riches pleasure perfection if the good vve find in creatures though finit and imperfect not pure but mixt with something that is displeasing in it doth so allure vs hovv doth the goodnes of God in vvhom God and good is all one vvhose goodnes is the fountaine of all that is good in creatures rauish and transport the deuout and spirituall man 9. O sweet Lord render me this ioy of thy saluation so called because it is the effect of iustifying grace caused by the merite of thy sacred passion our redemption and saluation If thou now render it to me againe it vvill be after my disgust discontentement taken in sinne and in the seruice of the vvorld as a greate benefite so far more gratefull and pleasing then it vvas before my sinne For euen as the good cheare the Prodigall sonne made after his returne to his Father and after the huskes he had eaten Lucae 15. seemed more delicious then euer it did before Or as peace is more vvellcome after vvarre sweet more pleasing after sower and heate after cold light after darkenes sight after blindnes health after sicknes libertie after seruitude rest after labour is more gratlull so the manna of spirituall consolations vvherewith novv I shall be feasted vvill seeme more delicious after my hoggish fare in sinne and the peace of conscience after vvarre vvaged against God by sinne the sweetnes of vertue after the sower tast of sinne the heate of grace charitie after the nipping cold of sinne the light of grace after the darkenes and blindnes I endured in sinne my spirituall health receaued by grace after the mortall sicknes of sinne my libertie of spirit and grace after the slauerie of sinne the rest and quietnes of minde after my drudgerie in sinne will be more pleasing gratefull and delightfull then euer they vvere before my sinne 10. Render me then ô Lord this ioy of thy saluation and doe not onelie render it but conserue it to my dying daye that I may carrie it vvith me to the eternall ioyes of Heauen and that it may be thus conserued in me I beseech thee to confirme me with thy principall Spirit the holie Ghost the principall Spirit and fountaine from vvhich all create spirits of grace doe flowe let this Spirit conserue this ioy of my saluation so constantly that I may neuer loose it so pure that it may neuer be mixed vvith any ioy of thy creatures which is not pleasing to thee let this Spirit be my guide my directour my conductour my protectour in all my vvayes actiōs and proceedinges that I may neuer loose againe by sinne thy iustifying grace purchassed by penance and consequently may euer conserue this ioy of thy saluation this ioy of conscience the effect of this grace 11. The Apostles and Martyrs by this principall Spirit and the spirit of grace vvhich it giueth vvere so confirmed and hartned that all the tormentes vvhich they suffered of the cruell Tyrants and persecutors could not daunt them but they so ioyed in their persecutions and tormentes that either they felt them not or they ioyed in feeling them for thy sake Their persecutions were of themselues the bitter vvaters of Mara Exod. 15 but by the vvood of the Crosse dipped in them that is by consideration of thy passion suffered on it they became sweet They vvere of themselues bitter pills but being wrapped in the sugar of this ioie of saluation they seemed not bitter but pleasing to the taste of the soule this thy principall Spirit did so fill their heartes with ioye that there was no place for greefe or sorrow but vvhen they vvere scourged persecuted they wēt frō the sight of the Councell reioicing because they were accounted worthie to suffer reproch for the name of IESVS Act. 5. And if thou vouchsafe ô Lord to confirme me vvith this principall Spirit by the grace it giueth I shall neuer be separated againe from thee by sinne I shall neuer forsake so good a God as thou hast beene vnto me either for feare of persecutiō or death it selfe or for loue of whatsoeuer the world cā afford but rather shall so ioy in all temporall sufferances and losses for thee here on earth that I shall be made worthie to ioy and reioice vvith thy Angells and saintes by thy cleare vision and fruition for all eternitie Docebo iniquos vias tuas impij ad te conuertentur I will teach the vniust thy wayes and the impious shall be conuerted 1. A Scarr spott or blott in the