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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04930	A fort for the afflicted VVherin are ministred many notable & excellent remedies against the stormes of tribulation. Written chiefly for the comforte of Christes little flocke, which is the final number of the faithfull, by Iohn Knoxe.; Percel of the. vi. Psalme expounded	Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1580 (1580)	STC 15074.8; ESTC S121924	38,221	112

A ¶ Fort for the afflicted Wherin are ministred many notable excellent remedies against the stormes of tribulation Written chiefly for the comforte of Christes little flocke which is the smal number of the Faithfull by Iohn Knoxe Iohn 16. 33 In the vvorlde yee shall haue affliction but be of good comfort I haue ouercome the vvorld Imprinted at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson 1580. To the Religious Reader WHo art thou O Christian that beeing sicke in soule and desirest to be sound Sorowfull in spirit crauest comfort vnquiet in minde seekest to be at rest wounded in conscience and wouldest be in safetie tormented in thought and longest for reliefe Who art thou I say that hauing offēded thy God and art therfore punished tried with tribulation and criest out to bee refreshed visited with affliction and faine wouldest be deliuered Get thee to Gods woorde and there learne thy lesson heare his holy Gospell preached and thereby receiue instruction peruse and ponder examine and consider meditate and exercise thy selfe in the good bookes of Gods faithful seruants and they shall teach thee wisedome And among all bookes tending to this 〈…〉 Christian● to bee imbraced and followed this notable exposition of that zealous man of God Maister Iohn Knoxe vppon the sixt Psalme contayning sundry comfortable and excellent doctrines in number many in matter weightie vnder the person of that Princely Prophet Dauid and after his example and patterne too bee applied vnto all suche as are touched eyther in minde or bodie with any kind of crosse or calamitie to direct them to the path of patience and to shew them by a president vnto whom they must run for refuge in the time of their visitation if they desire eyther partly too haue theyr miseries mitigated or themselues wholly from troubles to be deliuered The benefite of this Booke belongeth to euery particular member of Christes Mysticall bodie and they onelie haue the grace to vse this and the like at conuenient seasons Moreouer the manifolde comfortes of this woorthy Authors most fruitefull Epistle written for the consolation of Christes afflicted flocke are of no lesse force and vertue in cases of calamitie then his other treatise the one commodious the other necessary both beneficiall Thine to doe thee good Abraham Flemming To his beloued Mother I. K. sendeth greeting in the Lorde THE desire that I haue to heare of your continuāce which Christ Iesus in the day of this his battell which shortly shall end to the confusion of his proud enimies neither by tong neither yet by penne can I expresse beloued Mother Assuredly it is such that it vanquisheth and ouercommeth all remembrance solicitude which the fleshe vseth to take for feeding and defence of herselfe For in euery realme and nation God wil stirre vp some one or other to minister those thinges that appertaine to this wretched life and if men wil ceasse to doe their office yet will hee sende his rauens so that in euery place percha●ce I may finde some fethers to my body But alas where I shal finde children to be begotten vnto God by the worde of life that can I not presently consider And therfore the spiritual life of such as somtime boldly professed Christ god knoweth is to my hearte more deare then all the glory riches and honour in the earth And the falling backe of such men as I heare dayly to turne backe to that idol againe is to mee more dolorous then I trust the corporal death shalbe when euer it shal come at God his appointment Some wil aske then why did I flie assuredly I cannot tel But of one thing I am sure that the feare of death was not the chiefest cause of my flying I trust that one cause hath beene to let mee see with my corporall eies that al had not a true heart vnto Christ that in the day of rest and peace bare a faire face But my flying is no matter by God his grace I may come to battel before al the conflict be ended And haste the time O Lord at thy good pleasure that once againe my tongue may praise thy holy name before the congregation if it were but euen in the very hour● of death I haue writtē a large treatise touching the plagues that assuredly shall apprehende obstinate Idolaters and those also that dissembling with them deny Christ in obeying to idolatrie which I woulde you should reade diligently If it come not to you from the South I shal prouide that it shal come to you by some other meanes Touching your continual trouble giuen vnto you by God for better purpose then wee can presently espie I haue begunne vnto you the exposition of the sixth Psalme And as God shal graunt vnto me opportunitie and health of body which now is very weake I purpose to absolue the same The Argument IT appeareth that Dauid after his offēce fel into some great dangerous sicknes in the which he was sore tormented not so much by corporal infirmities as by susteining drinking some large portion of the cup of God his wrath and albeit that he was deliuered as then from the corporal death yet it appeareth that long after yea and I verily beleeue that all his life he had some sense and remembrance of the horrible feare which before he suffered in the time of his sicknes And therfore the holy Ghost speaking in him sheweth vnto vs what be the complaintes of God his elect vnder such crosse howe diuersly they are tormented how that they appeare to haue no sure holde of GOD but to be abiect from him and yet what are the signes that they are Gods elect And so doeth the holy Ghost to teach vs to seeke helpe of God euen when hee is punishing and appeareth to bee angrie with vs. The sixth Psalme 1 O Lorde rebuke mee not in thine anger nor chastice mee in thy hot displeasure DAuid sore troubled both in body and spirite lamentably praieth vnto God which that you may more surely vnderstande I will attempt to expres in moe woordes Dauid speaketh vnto God as hee would speake vnto a man in this manner O Lorde I feele what is the waight and strength of thy displeasure I haue experience howe intollerable is the heauinesse of thine hande which I most wretched man haue prouoked against my selfe by my horrible sinnes Thou whippest me and scourgest mee bitterly yea thou so vexest mee that vnlesse thou withdrawe thine hande and remit thy displeasure ther resteth nothing vnto mee but vtterly to bee confounded I beseeche thee O Lorde rage not neither bee commoued against mee aboue measure remit and take away thy heauie displeasure which by mine iniquitie I haue prouoked against my selfe This appeareth to haue beene the meaning of Dauid in his first woordes whereby he declareth him selfe to haue felt the gre●uous wrath of God before that hee burst foorth to these wordes In which first is to bee noted●