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A47079	An antidote for troubled soules, or, The fruit of repentance taken out of the word of God, and delivered to Thomas Jones of the city of Hereford ...	Jones, Thomas, of Hereford.	1646 (1646)	Wing J993; ESTC R15721	10,050	23

the Definition is this Repentance is the work of the Spirit of God whereby a sinner mourns for his sin and turns to God in all holy and hearty obedience The use is first for trial Thou hopest to be saved ●nd who doth not But if thou wilt be saved thou must repent Art thou regenerated Hast thou releived the Spirit of grace Art thou become a new ●reature Hast thou mourned in secret with godly ●orrow for sin Is there no sin that thou lovest or ●…lowest Is there no sin but thou hatest no duty but thou doest or desirest to do Then thou hast ●epented else no repentance no hope of salvation The second Vse is for repro●●e and terror to all ●mpenitent persons who had never the grace to mourn for their sinnes or turn from them to God Do we not see that the most live in abominable sins ●wearing drunkennesse whoredome fraud lying ●osenage contempt of Gods word prophaning of the Sabbath drinking iniquity as the Axe drinks wa●er thinking they shall never have enough And ●ow few of these repent If without repentance ●o salvation what will become of these wretches that live in open practise of abominable sins Others ●hink themselves in a good estate because they are not so bad as others they are honest civil men need●ng no repentance they know no hurt they have done what shall they repent of they do no man wrong ●hey keep the Church are good natured bountifull But what are all these but splendida peccata And what is their reward but the wrath of God Others are so pure in their own eyes that they think them●elves past repentance so clean as they need no repentance But Publicans and sinners shall enter into the Kingdome of heaven as soon as they and sooner too And by how much the more cleaner they are in their own eyes by so much more hatefull are their hearts to God Like Baalam they will cry O let me die the death of the Righteous but never let ●e live his life They will fast and put on mourning countenances in time of judgement they will seem to mourn but the oppressed feele no ease from them when the storm is past they are euen as Ahab more wicked then before Some talk of repentance but know no more then brute beasts what repentance means Some yea the most in time of sicknesse ●alk of it O if they should liue then they would become new men if they die then surely because of ●his they must go to heauen charity thinks the best But if they liue with the dog they return to their ●omit and with the swine to her former wallowing ●n the myre Some indéed will mourne and séem to ●epent and make restitution but remember Judas ●ll this he did yet he hanged himself It is either ●hame or to quiet a brawling conscience or the praise ●f men that makes them do s● They sorrow not for ●in because they haue grieued God they return from ●ne sin to another from prodigality to couetousnesse ●f such repentance which is but only a shew were ●rue repentance then we should haue many Repentants But who can find one true Repentant in his day-light of the Gospel But behold thou ●retched sinner the gate of hell opens for thee Gods ●urse hangs ouer thy head thy life i● short and Gods ●●dgement sharp thy conscience shall be ransacked by thoughts and deeds laid open thy self accursed to the pit of Hell where thou shalt haue easelesse endlesse and remedilesse pains If one be rewarded with that curse if one sin deserves the curse what will all thy cursed sins deserue But God is mercifull and Christ died for sinners that is my comfort say many Answ Yea but God is iust likewise mercifull indeed to the Penitent but iust to the impenitent And Christ died only for the penitent God hath been mercifull unto thee he hath giuen thée means of repentance and called thée to repentance but if thou repent not the mercy of God which thou hast abused the blood of Christ which thou hast despised and the Word which thou hast neglected shall rise up in iudgement against thee and a thousand millions that haue not grace giuen to them as it hath béen offered to thée they shall rise up in iudgement against thee Therefore it is better if thou couldst to say Christ did not die for thée and God is not mercifull Know that thou treasurest up wrath against the day of wrath And if thou dost giue us the lie Moses proviseth Deut. 29.19 When he shall heare the words of this curse he shall blesse himself in his heart saying I shall have peace though I walk according to the stubbornesse of mine own heart Thus adding drunkennesse to thirst the Lord will not be mercifull unto him but the wrath of God and his iealousie shall smoke against that man and euery curse that is written in this book shall light upon him and the Lord shall put his name out from under heauen The third Vse is to exhort us as we hope to be saued to apply our selues to the practise of repentance to mourn with hearty sorrow for sinne to returne from all sinne to God to the conscionable practise of all good works Doth not euery soul desire to e●cape the wrath of God without repentance if it were possible Quest But what shall we do to repent Answ It is God that works it in us Therefore seek to him for it Now the means that he useth in working is his Word his Spirit and correction By his word he teacheth and worketh repentance in the heart Thus Paul tels us that his preaching was to turn the Gentiles from darknesse to light The Word is a hammer to break the stony heart it is a fire to purge out drosse and corruption of force to conuert the Soule as David saith Psal 19. It regenerateth sanctifieth and quickneth the soul to newnesse of life Whosoeuer then will repent must lend 〈◊〉 diligent eare to the Word of God and they that despise it must neuer look to repent Did men consider this they would either giue off hope of their repentance or be more constant in hearing the Word then they be Secondly Gods spirit is the means whereby repentance is wrougyt in the heart Repentance is the work and gift of the Spirit Therefore while we hear Gods word we must pray sigh groan and cry unto him for his Spirit acknowledging we can do nothing of our selues but his Spirit must work euery grace in us Thirdly Gods corrections are an ordinary meane not of themselues but by the blessing of his Spirit whereby he works repentance in the heart Thus Manasses brought to chaines was brought to repentance Thus the Thief crucified with our Sauiour learned to repent Hos 6.1 Come say they let us return to the Lord he hath smitten us he hath torn us First therefore if we will repent we must be diligent in attending to the Word and praying for his Spirit so to

maintenance o● our estates Lastly it is a means to obtain increase of grace with peace of conscience and increase of ioy and comfort Thus Saint Peter exhorts Repent saith he and then he promiseth the gift of the Holy Ghost should flow forth to them and after grace followes peace and spirituall joy Christ will make thee par taker of true ioy he will dwell with the humble and revive their spirits The sixt Motive to perswade ●is to Repentance may be taken from the consideration of our baptisme we have set our hands to the ●eal of baptisme to bind us to the duty of repentance therefore we are bound to it by our own seale our own p●omise and vow Again Repentance makes our persons workes ●cceptable to God the broken the contrite heart is acceptable to God A broken heart G Lord thou wilt not despise Another Motive may be taken from the considera●ion of the last judgement Now God wisheth all men to repent because hee hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world with righteousnesse saith Saint Paul Then shall their sinnes be laid open O let us bethink ous selves in what estate we would be found before the great Iudge at the last day whether with our sinnes remaining or pardoned and forgiven Lastly consider the wofull estate of sinners in hel and the blessed estate of the paitent in heaven Let the consideration of all those things move us to turne to God by repentance and make conscience of a new life But some will say repentance is a bitter thing But he that will taste of the sweetnesse of salvation must partake of the bitternesse of repentance Is repentacce a bitter thing know then that the fruit of impenitency is more bitter Nay though repentance be bitter to flesh and blood yet God havei●g ●●fused grace into the repentant soul it doth becomen weet unto him But some will say it I should set my selfe to the practise of repentance it will be my undoing I should lose my gaine But tel me what will it availe thee to win the whole world and to lose thine owne soul Now if thou wilt beleeve Christ thou shalt gaine an hundred fold Mat. 19.29 The gaine that thou hast by impenitency what is it but the cause of Gods iudgements against thee Goe too now ye impenitent wretches weepe and houle your garments are moth-eaten You treasure up riches here to increase Gods vengeance hereafter But repentance gains Gods blessing in this life and a Kingdome in the world to come Now s●me will say I would faine repent for my sinnes but I am s●●umbred with the things of this life that I cannot apply my selfe unto it But cast of the incumbrances of this world first and know that repentance will not hinder thee in t●y honest calling Some other would say I am willing to repent but I am ●o intangled with carnall friends that I shall displease them and I shall have a weary life with them But he that forsaketh not father and mother and brother and sister and all things else for my sake saith our Saviour is not worthy of me Wilt thou despite God and Christ and thine owne soule for thy carnall friends Repent then God and Christ and all the Saints and Angells will be thy friends Now others will say I purpose to repent and cannot yet apply my selfe unto it But when dost thou purpose to repent Is the time in thy hand Thou knowest not how suddenly thou shalt be cut off therefore deferre not the time o● thy repentance Doe we not sée many in their youth health a●d weal●h quickly gone And dost not thou byd l●y make the burthen heavier encreasing thy s●●●e Is not the worke harder when thou dost performe it then In the mea●e while thou art the Devils slave Yet suppose thou dost intend according to thy promise to repent in thy sicknesse or in old age thou shalt find as the burthen is greater so the taske to be more hard and difficult when sicknesse comes and old age is burthen enough of it selfe and needs not any greater Lastly consider the gift of Gods grace is not in thy power Now is the day of grace now is the appo●nted time and if thou wilt not now accept his grace offered unto thee when thou callest hereafter upon him how knowest thou if hee will hear thee seeing now thou refusest grace when it is offered thee If ever thou meanest to repent now is the tim● slight not the grace of God now it is offered unto thee Some will say I h●ve repented already but if thou hast thy repentance must be perpetuall and ●o●tinuall it is not the worke of a day but o● a●ise As long as thou bre●the●t thou dost sinne the●efore ●epent as oft as thou sinnest Betake the s●lfe to a more déep search renew thy repentance daily looke back to thy former sinnes and life to thy birth and corruption and know that the more thou repentest the more swéet and easie will thy repentance be and at last nothing will comfort thy soule so much as repentance The last use is for comfort to all those that have repented indéed they shall be saved thou shalt lose nothing by thy repentance thou shalt have great recompence thy prayers shall be acceptable to God thou shalt have peace in death boldnesse in iudgement and glory in Heaven GENERAL RVLES Of a Godly Life He 's only wise who God doth know And doth by life his knowledge show EVery day thou drawest neerer to thy Death Iudgement and Eternity Therefore thinke every day how thou mayest be able to ●and in that most strict and severe Iudgement ●nd so live for ever Look diligently to thy ●houghts Words and Deeds Every evening ●hink thou shalt dye that night Every mor●ing thinke thou shalt die that day Doe not deferre thy conversion and good works till to Morrow because to morrow is uncertaine but Death is certaine and hangs over thy head every day Nothing is more contrary to Godlinesse than delay If thou contem●test the inward calling of the Holy Spirit thou shalt never attaine to true conversion Deferre not thy conversion and good works till thine old age but offer unto God the flower of thy youth It is uncertaine whether the young man shall live till he be old But it is certaine that destruction is prepared for the young man that is impenitent No age is fitter for Gods service than youth which flourisheth in body and minde For no mans sake undertake an evill cause for it is not man but God that shall hereafter judge thee do not therefore preferre the favour of men before the grace of God In the way of the Lord either we goe forwards or else we goe backwards Therefore examine the life every day whether thou goest forwards or backwards in the study of piety to stand in the way of the Lord is to goe back Delight not then to stand still in the course of godlinesse but study alwayes to walke in the way of the Lord let thy conversation be evermore courteous unto all grievous to none familiar with few To God live piously to thy selfe chastly to thy neighbour justly Shew favour to thy friend Shew patience towards thy enemie Shew thy good will towards all an● thy bounty to whoml thou art able In thy life die daily unto thy selfe and unto thy vices So in death thou shalt ●ive unto God FINIS