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A09945 A Godlye and holesome preseruatyue against desperatiƵ at all times necessarye for the soule but then chiefly to be bled and ministred when the deuill doth assault us moost fiercely, and deth approcheth niest. 1548 (1548) STC 20203.5; ESTC S1645 20,252 80

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dead to synne by Christes deathe we haue also certaine and sure remission of our synnes by Christes dethe we be raised also to a newe and euerlastinge life For baptime is a couenand betwixt God and vs. And a signe of his grace and fauour towarde vs wherin we be reconciled and made at one with god againe so that we may nowe haue a ioyfull and quiet cōscience for somoche as our synnes be forgeuē vs through the resurrection of Iesus christ Yea christ also in the institucion of the most blessed sacramēt of his last supper speaketh also to vs saing that his blood is shed for the remission of synne Nowe although we haue not liued alwaie innocentlie nether led suche a lyfe as we ought to haue done Yet we maye not dispayre but wtout delaye resort vnto god by true repentaunce cal faithfullye vpon his name and we shal be saued Rom. x. Ye let euery one of vs with a meke harte burst out in to these or like wordes and say O moste mercifull God father of al mercy father of oure LORD Iesu Christe be mercyfull vnto me a wretched synner make spede to deliuer me for the most bitter but moost precious death and passion of Iesu Christe thy onlie begotten sonne oure redemer and only sauioure Amen Enter not o lord in to iudgement with thy feruaunte handle me not accordinge to my deseruinge nether do vnto me after my iniquities but accordinge to thy infinite and botomles goodnes mercy take me vnto the. I a miserable and wretched creature am ī thy hand I am in thy debt daunger thou mayst do with me what it please the. O mooste mercifull father forsake me not nether cast me of I am thine all that I am There can no man comfort no man help no mā deliuer me but thou alone Thou art the true comfort the most present helpe the surest bulwarke in all necessitie Thou god art my refuge my strength my helpe in al trouble Thou art my Lord in thy handes resteth al my chaunce and affaires Shewe thy louing and mercyfull face vpon thy seruaunt saue me in thy mercy O lord but in any ways in our extreme sicknes and affliction let vs beware we loke not to earnestly neither to longe vpon our synnes But rather let vs haue the image of Christes moste helthfull and precious deth before our eys Let vs fix that in our mynd and be fully persuaded that Christ is now bourdened with our synnes that he hathe nowe taken theim vpon his owne shoulders and so hathe satisfied for theim and washed them away that he wil neuer charge vs with thē but frelie forgeaue vs theim as we professe in our Crede whē we say Credimus remissionē peccatorū we beleue the remyssion of synnes Here it shal be mete that in our sicknes we call to remebraunce such places of holie scripture as testifieth of remission of synne purchased by Christe of the which some be here subscribed Io. i. BEhold the lambe of god which takith away the synne of the world We are bought with no golde i. Pet. i. nor siluer nether any corruptible price but with the precious blood of the vnspotted and vndefyled lambe Iesus Christe So god hath loued the world that he gaue his onlie begotten sonne to th ende that we so beleuinge in him should not perishe but haue lyfe euerlastinge Io. iii. I come not to call the righteous but the synners to repentaunce Mar. ix Come vnto me al ye that laboure and are laden and I shall refreish you Lo he calleth al he refuseth Math. xi he excludeth none we must includ also our selues within this worde All we must resorte to him and he will receaue and refresh vs. God setteth forth his loue toward vs. For Christ died for vs Rom. 5. when we were yet sinners muche more now therfore we being iustified by his blood shal be sauffe frō wrath by him i. cor i. Christ Iesus is becommed vnto vs wisdome rightousnes holines redempcion Here let vs cōfort our selues that though we haue be neuer so great sinners let vs cōfesse and knowledge our sinne let vs call for mercy and pardon let vs vnfainedly beleue Christ to be our only helth Iustice and redēption and straight waye he is so he will by and by couer and put away our synnes in such sort that we shal nede fere no peril nor daūger ii co v. Him that knew no sinne hath god made sinne .i. a paymente of sinne for vs that we shulde becōe the righteousnes of god by him Gala. i. Christ gaue him selfe for oure sinnes that he might deliuer vs frō this presēt wicked world according to the wil of god our father In Christ we haue redempciō thorough his bloude Ephesi i. euen the remission of sinnes according to the riches of his grace Christ Iesus is come into this worlde to saue synners i. Ti. i. Christ Iesus hath geuin him self a redemption for al men i. Ti. ii This let vs constātly beleue vndoubted we be of the number of those that shal be saued For whē he is come a redemption for all these thinges that he hath suffered pertaineth no lesse to the me euery one of vs so we beleue than to Peter or Paule i. Pe. ii Christ hath borne our sinnes in his body vpō the crosse Christ died once for our sinnes the righteous for the vnrighteous i. petr iii The bloud of Iesus christ clēseth vs from al sinne i. Io. i. Yf any mā doth sinne we haue a aduocate with the father euē Iesus i. Ioan. ii Christ the righteouse and he is the attonemente for our synnes Not for ours onely but for the sinnes of the whole worlde By these places and suche like we maye se howe god the father which wil not the death of a sinner but that we shulde turne and liue for that most feruent burning loue that he beareth toward vs hath eased vs of the burden of our sin hath laide it vpō the back of his most dere beloued sonne which his sōne hath so takē borne and suffered for them that they can neuer condemne vs. For god taketh and reputeth the death of his sonne for a full satisfaction paiment for al our sinnes so that we truly beleue in him For seing that our sinnes thus laide vpon Christe could not ouercome him detain him in deth nor dāne him for why he rose againe vndoubtedly a full satisfaccion is alredy made for them the iustice of god is fully answered and they be vtterly hid and forgeuen Let vs beleue this and we shall not perishe euerlastignly For Christ is now become ours with al that he hath with his death with his resurrection with his assencion into heauen with his life Qui proprio filio suo non pepercit his merits his glorie As saint Paule witnesse Rom. viii wherfore Satan hath nowe no title
death Fleshe and blood beinge corruptible and mortal can not inherit the kyngdō of god wher nothing is but life Therfore this corruptible body must put on īcorrupciō thys mortal must put on immortality Ore xiiii Esa xxv Than shal the saing that is writtē be fulfilled Death is swalowed vp in victory They that beleue in Christ hath nowe ouercomed synne deathe and hel Therfore not fearinge deathe but stronge bold and wel harted in Christe they may saye deathe where is thy sting death where is thy victorie The stinge of deathe is synne and the power of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto god which hathe geauen vs the victorie through our lorde Iesus Christe Let vs heare also more sentēces full of godly and mightie consolacion He that hathe raised vp Iesus shall raise vs vp also with Iesus ii Cor. iiii Phili. iii. Our conuersaciō is in heuin frō whence we do loke for the sauiour our lorde Iesus christ which shal chaūge our vile body that it may be like fashioned vnto his glorious bodie according to the workinge of his power by the which also he is able to subdue all thinges vnto him self Col. iii. Ye are dead and your life is hid with christ in god but when christ your life shall appere then shal ye also appere in glorie with him i. Tesso 4. We woulde not brethern that ye shuld be ignorant concerninge them that sleepe that ye sorowe not also as other do whiche haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus christ died and rose againe euin thē also which are a slepe through Iesus shal God bringe with him ii Tim. ii Sainct Paule also doth comforte Timothe with the article of resurrection saing Remembre the the lord Iesus Christ beinge the seed of Dauid rose again from the dead accordinge to my gospell And if we be dead with him we shall also liue with him Yf we suffer paciētly we shal also raign with him It is writen also to the Hebreus that Christe tasted deathe for all men Hebre. ii and that he was partaker of flesche and bloode .i. became verie mā that he might destroy him which had the rule of death that is the deuil and that he might deliuer theim which were in bondage all their life tyme by the reason of the feare of death God hathe deliueryd vs ii Tim. i. and called vs with an holie calling not accordinge to our workes but accordinge to his purpose grace whiche is geauen vs in Christe Iesu before the tyme of the world but is nowe made manifest by the apperinge of oure sauioure Iesu Christ which trulie hath destroied death and hathe brought life and immortalitie to lighte by the gospell i. Io. iii. We knowe that we are translated frome life to death because we loue the brethern i. Io. 4. In this hathe the loue of god apperid in vs because God sent his onlie begotten sonne into the world that we might liue through him Iob. xix I knowe that my redemer dothe liue and in the last daie I shall rise againe and againe be wrapped in my owne skine And in my owne flesshe shall see God whome I my self shall see these my eyes shall beholde and none other These places of hollie scripture and suche like if we diligentlie remēbre faithfullie imbrace we shall perceaue great consolacion and conforte Phi. iii. And euin with saincte Paule reioyse that we knowe christe and the power of his resurrection wherby deth is ouercomed Nether is there nowe to these that beleue in Christ any thinge in deathe terrible or to be feared sauinge onlye the Image and outwarde forme hurt it can not Like as a dede serpent keapith stil his old fearful shape and forme but to stinge or do harme he hathe no power at al. And like as by the brasin serpente whiche Moses by goddes commaundemente sette vp in deserte when it was loked vpō through the power of goddes woord men were deliuerid frome daunger of the liuelie and venyme serpentes so our deathe is made harmles and we deliuered frome the fear and daunger of it so oft as with the eys of our faithe we do beholde the helthefull and medicinable dethe of Christe In conclusion deathe is nowe become but a Image and shadowe of deathe yea the entraunce and gate to life For Christ who is trueth it self saithe Yf any man kepe my worde Io. viii he shall neuer see deathe For a man trustinge to the mercy of God through faithe which he conceauith by heringe of Christes gospell is so vnite and knitt to christ his lorde and maister that he can not be plucked nor seperate from him The body in dede for a tyme is seperate from the soule but in certaine hope of risinge againe to euerlastinge life And so he that beleuithe in Christe dothe not see nor fele the euerlastinge dethe of body and soule which is euerlastinge dampnacion For the deathe of good men is nothinge els but a departure from this transitory and mortal life to immortality to christ to his angelles and sainctes Hell and dampnacion DOth offer it self at the hour of death so that manye tymes man doth greatly feare lest he be abiect frō the fauour of god and appoynted to euerlastyng payne The deuyll which seketh by all meanes howe to deuoure vs steringe vp in oure myndes manye daungerous and troubellous thoughtes concerninge our eleccion and predestinacion A medicine against the feare of hel and dampnacion WHen the deuil goeth about to cause vs to dyspaire or to doubt of our election whether we be of the numbre of theim that are appointed to euerlastinge life or no In any wais let vs not be to boulde in copinge with him let vs not enter disputacion against him for he is to subtile and expert for vs but say shortly vnto him Away Satan with sorrowe it is writen thou shalt not tempt the lord thy God For seing that god as a most louinge father hathe not only geauen vs life fedde and preseruid vs to this houre but also hathe indued and euen loden vs from tyme to time with his singuler benefites what madnes were it contrary to our former experience nowe to dout of his mercy He hathe receauyd vs in to his flocke by baptime He hathe sente vs the gospell of his grace wherein he hathe promised to become oure father we haue be fedde with the flesshe and bloode of his sonne oure sauioure CHRISTE in remembraunce that oure debtes be paide and we acquited whye shoulde we nowe then doubte of the good will of GOD towarde vs lette vs not therefore admitte the doutfull and daungerous Imaginacions of oure predestinacion which the deuill like a craftie and malicyous marchaunt doth labor to iustill But let vs thinke vpon suche sentences as God would haue our myndes occupied withall whiche Chryst him selfe hath prescribed as Iohn .iii. where he sayethe GOD hathe so loued the