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B07162	Andrewes repentance, sounding alarum to returne from his sins vnto Almightie God. Perfectly guiding all those that hope to bee saued, in the direct way of repentance, whereby they may attain eternall life: : newly made in the autumne or declining of his age ...	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1631 (1631)	STC 589.5; ESTC S90287	12,430	24

vnto God by repentance as these Scriptures teach you O yee children of Israel saith Esay turne againe from your euill wayes wherein you haue drowned your selues a Esay 31 6. turne you turne you from all your euill wayes for why will yee die O yee house of Israel b Ezech. 33.11 Returne vnto me and I will returne vnto you saith the Lord c Mal 3.7 Againe O Ierusalem wash thine heart from wickednesse that thou mayest bee saued d Ier. 4.14 And againe Let the wicked forsake their euill wayes and returne vnto the Lord and he will haue mercie on them for he is mercifull and very ready to forgiue e Esay 55.7 So that Nemo ad Deum flens accessit qui non quod postulauit accepit No man came euer wéeping vnto God who did not receiue that which he required especially if he sought it through faith in his repentance wherefore Saint Peter wept bitterly that his teares might wash away his sinnes f Mat. 26 75. Oh let vs dayly labour with all humility to wash away the pollution of our sinnes with teares in our repentance that we may be saued Now good Christian Readers I would haue you to consider that I made not this booke onely for mine owne priuate vse with an Attende mihi a suit vnto God for my selfe which of all men haue most néed of repentance but also like the poore Italian begger with an Attende tihi Now for Gods sake your owne sake and your soules sake be mrecifull be charitable and comfortable vnto your owne soules and Repent yee So that you with me and I with you may all from the bottome of our hearts returne vnto the Lord by true repentance And as Tertullian saith Sperando timebimus timendo cauebimus cauendo salui erimus In hoping or desiring to repent we shall feare our sinnes in fearing take héed to amend our liues and in taking héed through our true repentance by the merits of our Sauiour a Psal 18.1 2 Sam. 22.3 Acts 5.31 Luk. 2.11 Mat. 1.21 1 Tim. 4 1● Iesus Christ be saued For God assures no man pardon for his sinnes b Luk. 13.3 Nahum 1.2 Esay 59 2. 1 Ioh. 1.9 1 Ioh. 3.8 but such as returne vnto him by true repentance become new creatures c 1 Pet. 1.23 Gal. 6 15. 2 Cor 5.17 Rom 11.5 and walke in newnesse of life d Rom. 6.4 1 Pet. 2 9 10 11 12. Acts 3 16. Ephes 4 1. Gal 5 10. 1 Ioh. 2 3 5 6. Wherefore beloued séeing that mine and all our soules are infected with the poyson of sinne let vs not looke or thinke on our worldly businesse nor let our soules gad abroad with Dinah but commune with our owne hearts and returne vnto God by spéedy repentance for Periculum est animae our soules lie at the stake or point of death bléeding with the heauie burthen of our sinnes and can be no way cured or saued but by repentance whom none can pardon but God a Luk. 5 21. Dan 9 9. Hest 13 4. Hos 14.1 4. Ioh. 1.29 Psal 32.1 2 3 Ioh. 1.15 16. Psal 3.8 Psal 49.7 8. Mat. 1.21 Psal 17.7 Luk. 17.30 Ioh. 6.36 Luk. 1.77 Iohn 4 10. Psal 79 9. Psal 51.12 13. 1 Tim. 1.15 1 Iohn 3.5 6. 1 Ioh. 1.7 Psal 4.8 Therefore let vs repent while me may haue time and deferre it not vntill hereafter for Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit He that is not ready to repent to day will be lesse ready to morrow because his heart will be more hardened his conscience more seared his soule more stung with sinne and himselfe more weake to get out of the clawes of the Deuill O Lord my God b Psal 109.25 Psal 7.2 Psal 40 6. 1 King 7.20 21. Psal 18.1 Psal 30.2 Psal 99.8 9. it is my sinnes oh it is mine vnrepented sinnes that kindleth the fire of thy wrath against me and nothing but my teares I shed for them in my dayly repentance through the merits of my Lord and Sauiour c Acts 5.31 Psal 18.1 Luk 2.11 2 Sam. 22.3 Mat. 11.21 1 Tim 4. ● Iesus Christ will be the water to quench them Repent yee If euer precept came home vnto our hearts to warne vs to forsake our sinnes it is this if euer charge was reasonable or most néedfull for our soules saluation it is this Repent yee God hath giuen vs membra duplicia two members two eyes two eares two armes two legges that the failing of the one may be supplyed by the other animam vero vnam he hath giuen vs but one soule when that is lost there is no supplie I sée gentle Readers the more I enter into repentance the more tender mine heart is and the more my vnrepented sinnes doe grieue me so that the griefe of mine heart is so great for my sinnes that I can goe no further to instruct you in the doctrine of repentance before I haue eased mine owne heart by bewailing my sins vnto Almighty God and like the poore Lazarus or wounded begger lay ouen all my wounds blaines and putrifying sores of sinne vnto my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ Now I know no way better to grieue and lament for my sinnes than with Aannah b 1 Sam. 1.10 to powre out my soule vnto thée O Lord my God c Psal 30.2 Psal 7. ● Psal 109.25 1 King 17.20 21. Psal 18.1 Psal 40.6 Psal 7.2 Psal 99.8 9. by my most humble fasting and deuout praying with all humility vnto thée thot through thy merits dnd bitter passion on the crosse vpon my true repentance thou wilt haue mercy on me O Lord haue mercy on me Wherefore with griefe for my sinnes from the bottome of mine heart I will prostrate my selfe before thée my swéet and louing Sauiour d 2 Sam. 22.3 Acts 5.31 Psal 18.1 Luk. 2.11 1 Tim. 4.10 Mat. 1.21 most humbly desiring thy mercifull eares to heare and pitifull eyes to looke backe vpon me as thou diddest on the woman of Canaan e Mat. 15.28 the poore Publican f Luk. 18.13 on Mary Magdalen g Ioh. 20.15 or the penitent theefe h Luk. 23.40 which came vnto thée in his last houre

him l Iob 13.15 And thus with a true affection and desire of heart m Ioh. 4.23 24. Psal 145.18 through the inward féeling of our miseries n 2 Chron. 20.21 Psal 2.11 Esay 66.2 you must cast your selues downe prostrate in the presence of Almightie God o Rom. 10.14 and build your selues on this sure foundation p Iam. 1.6 that yée though farre vnworthie yet for Iesus Christ his sake are certainly heard of God q Ioh. 14.13 euen as he hath promised in his word r Mat. 7.7 8. Mat. 11.24 Luk. 11.9 Ioh. 16.24 And withall you must bée so feruent with God in your dayly prayers for the forgiuenesse of your sinnes that yée must with Iacob euen wrestle with God ſ Gen. 32.26 and neuer let the Lord goe vntill he blesse you but with sighs groanes and teares t Iam. 4.9 Deut. 14.5 bewaile your sinnes beg for his mercies and that so entirely as it were for life and death yea wéepe for your sinnes like Mary Magdalen u Ioh. 20.15 and powre forth flouds of teares like Ezechia * 2 King 20.3 vntill yée doe so you shall neuer haue peace nor quietnesse of conscience neither any sound comfort of Gods holy Spirit in you Thus all those which haue truly repented and continued in newnesse of life are spiritually renati et iustificati borne againe in righteousnesse and iustified from sin wherefore I conclude with this beléefe that I doe fully hope through the merits of Iesus Christ to be saued and am resolued that eternall life belongs not vnto others only but vnto me also so that Christ died for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification and that God who gaue him for me gaue me all things with him Rom. 8.32 If all things then he gaue me eternall life This is my faith and from this faith permanet in facto mens mea firma suo feares shall not compell me lachrymae voluuntur inanes and teares shall not moue me to change my minde Quia mens immota manet for I am fully resolued neuer to alter it and I doe rest in hope and am alwayes waiting for the accomplishment thereof Now whereas I haue laid open the certainty of mans saluation as farre and as faire as I can by the authority of Gods word I purpose in this second Chapter by the helpe of God to set forth the doctrine of repentance and shew the necessity thereof and so conclude according vnto this Text of Scripture Matth. 3.2 Repent yee GOod Christian Readers if yée looke thorow the whole booke of God from the Alpha of Genesis vnto the Omega of the Reuelation you shall finde scarce any Text to be shorter than this yet howsoeuer there is none more néedfull nor any more profitable neither doth the Holy Ghost so much labour in all the Scripture as he doth to draw men vnto repentance Repent yee a Ezech. 18.21 Eccles 8.21 22. Ier. 18.11 Acts 17.30 2 King 17.13 Ier. 25.5 Acts 11.18 Luk 3 3. Ier 36.3 Mat. 3.2 8. 2 Pet. 3.9 Mat. 4.14.17 Act. 2.38 Hos 14.1 2. Esay 31 6. Mal. 3.7 Ezech. 33.11 Ierem. 4.14 Esay 1.16 Esay 55.7 Luk. 13 3. 2 Chro. 33.6 Great néed requires great haste and the wound that is déepest hath néed of the diligentest cure so that the longer I haue continued in sinne the more earnestly I doe returne vnto my God by repentance for repentance ought to bring forth as much sorrow as sinne gaue delight example in Manasses b Manass pr. Mary Magdalen c Luk. 7.18 and the like Saint Augustine was a great sinner and wrote many bookes of repentance which sheweth to whom much is forgiuen they ought to loue much and the greater their sinnes are the more néed they haue of repentance Repent yee And I which am the vnworthiest of all men haue wrote for the benefit of others as well as my selfe almost all the bookes that euer I made concerning repentance and the longer I haue written of it the more tender my heart is and the more earnest my desire is to returne vnto my God by repentance and amendment of life in the which I pray God to gire me his grace to continue vnto my liues end And as a Traytor that is condemned to die if he loued his Prince he would goe neare to breake his heart with griefe to thinke that he should be so villanous vnto so gracious a Prince that would forgiue al● his fact if he would but aske for pardon become a new man and true subiect vnto him Euen so it is with me through griefe for my sinnes each time I behold Gods mercies towards me a miserable and most wretched sinner in sparing me so long and giuing me such a large time of repentance Repent yee Duo verba duo luminaria These two words are like the two great lights in Heauen a Gen. 1.16 which serue to direct vs in all our wayes they are the Supersedeas and discharge of sin b Iam. 3.5 Mat. 12.41 Luk. 11.32 Esay 1.16 Gen. 50 17. 2 Pet. 3.9 Ezech. 18.20 21. Mal. 13.7 Esay 55.7 Zach. 1.3 Ezech 33.5 Esay 56.2 Ier. 4.14 through the merits of Iesus Christ c 1 Pet 1 18 19. Heb 9.14 Reuel 1.5 And the cause of vnity betwéene God and man They are Imperatoria breuitas a Lord-like breuity T is short for feare lest mans brittle memory should come short of it and it is the full weight of a few words Virtus maxima in mole minima very much in a little And they are more precious than any pearle or pure gold and as néedfull to direct me that made this booke as you that reade it wherefore if euer wée hope to be saued we must needs forsake our sinnes and with all humility returne vnto God by repentance according vnto my Text Repent yee For as God is mercifull vnto the penitent sinner g Exod. 34.5 6 7. Psal 145 9. Exod. 20 6. he also sheweth his iustice vnto the reprobate h Deut 32.4 Psal 55.6 Exod. 20.7 Nahum 1.2 3. VVisd 14.9 whose anger vnto them is most dreadfull i Psal 18 7. Reuel 6 15. Heb. 12.16 Odio est Deo impius impietas eius God hateth the wicked man and his wickednesse too k Pro. 15.8 9 29. 1 Ioh. 3.8 Pro 11.6 Pro. 1.28 Yea their very thoughts l Wisd 1.9 Mar. 12.36 words and works m Rom. 1.18 Psal 5.6 Exod 20.5 Ephes 5 6. God hateth and therefore without repentance there is no saluation n Luk. 13.3 Esay 59 2. Mal 1.2 Againe Inanis poenitentia quam sequens culpa de nouo iterat Vaine is that repentance which an after fall defileth It auaileth a man nothing to aske of God for pardon of his sinnes and fall like an hog into the mire of his sinnefull life afresh againe Wherefore if yée will truly repent yée must forsake all your sinnes for euer and returne