thou must praye for grace and assistance to doe that which in those two Tables is conteyned And what by reason of thine owne weakenes thou canst not performe thereof thou must beware that although I haue vndertaken to stand betweene thy selfe the curse due for the same thou thinke not thy selfe so discharged of performance thereof as farre as thou canst least by the careles câ—sting of the burden thereof vppon mee thou runne headlong into those euils that Sathan shall pricke thee vnto perswading thy selfe that I haue vndertaken to release thee of that which heretofore was layde on thee to be performed and so thincke it needlesse to doe that which is commaunded thee Take heede I say take heede least that this conceite drawe thee into a negligent going forward to doe good and a promisse to doe euill But bring foorth the fruites of amendement of life work righteousnesse execute iudgement growing and proceeding from fayth to fayth ioyning thereunto a good conuersation with knowledge and much patience accompanied with brotherly kindnes and loue wherein thou must shewe thy selfe willing to doe good vnto all men to speake the trueth from thine heart to imagine no deceit against thy neighbour but to doe vnto him as thou wouldest others should doe vnto thee shewing thy selfe fruitfull in the knowledge of the trueth confirming thy free election in mee by the workes proceeding of the Spirit through a liuely and a woorking faythe wherein acknowledging thy true and earnest repentaunce by disclayming thine owne merits thou shalt in the ende receiue that swéet and endles solace which by my death I haue purchased whiche is the moste comfortable presence of my father in heuen life euerlasting without the· which there is nothyng but vtter destâ—â—ction The sinfull man Then Lorde of lords oh Solace sweet Oh louing Iesu deere Whose passing power by word of trueth created heauens cleere The Sea that surgeth too and fro the earth and Creatures all Thy wisdome is surpassyng high thy mercies great withall So that the workes which thou hast done doo all depend on thee And I among them all the woorst crye come Lorde come to mee Who am a Uessell fraught with wo whose dayes are past in sinne My nature proane to wickednesse reteines mee yet therin But thou that art the God of blisse extende thy mercie meere Let not the furious Feend preuaile against thy Creatures heere Thou canst attend before I crie support before I fall Thou canst relieue before I craue forgiue before I call Thy grace is of so great effect thy counsaile Lord so pure That whome thou wilt preserue and keepe remaineth most secure Thou art of grace the giuer true the God of mercie meere Who wouldest not that Sinners die but turne to thee in feare So that Oh Lord abounding so with loue and mercie store Thou didst vouchsafe to send a salue to cure my cruell sore Thy onely Sonne delight and ioy who came in humaine weede Into this vale of deepe annoy to kyll the Serpents seede Who did betray and bryng to woe our former Parentes twaine Whom thou hadst set in blessed state for aye there to remaine And I poore wretch the seede of sinne so subiect vnto yll Haue swerued from y e word of trueth and sore transgrest thy wyll Imbracing with great greedinesse my substance and my store Which I by couin and deceit haue gotten heretofore And in delight haue past my dayes as Sathan rulde my will I framde my â—â—nfies all and some to thinges peruers and ill Haue mercie mercie Lord on mee whoe haue deserued thrall Refuse mee not though I be dust by nature proane to fall Blot out of thine accompting Booke what I haue done amisse Oh pardon my Offences all and place my soule in blisse Wash me from all vngodlinesse make soule and body cleene That not a spot of filthinesse in neither may be seene I doo confesse O Lord to thee I doo confesse my sinne And doo condempne my selfe of all that I haue liued in I am a frowarde Childe to thee prouokyng thee to Ire But Lord vouchsafe call mee againe I would full faine retire From wandring in such vanities to walke the wayes of light Extend thy loue Lorde let me liue from hence a life vpright I disobeyed thy Preceptes and did what Nature would I did not that that Uertue wyld and what of right I should Most wickedly I walked in the wayes that were vniust Esteeming filthy Carcase so as it had not ben dust Oh Lorde I stood no feare of thee nor reuerenst thy name But as a disobedient wretche haue lead my life in blame Thy Lawes I cast behinde my back and doo not them fulfyll I follow with all greedinesse mine owne corrupted wyll I haue most lewdly lead my life without remorce of minde Neglecting true repentance styll to wickednes inclinde I roue at randone too and fro from sinne to sinne I runne And therin wallow as the Sow in durtie soyle in Sunne The Solace whiche I should haue shund I sought with gredinesse And shund the Solace which I shuld haue held as happinesse Which thou O lord thou doost behold yea what I thinke or saye What I haue done and what I doo and how I gad astraye How I despised thy commaund and how I breake thy wyll How like a senceles man I run by rash conceit to yll Wherfore I neede to say no more my sinnes my soule annoy Mine heart doeth harbour such conflict that gone is all my ioy Solace Dispaire not man let sorrow passe take solace now of mee I am the God that neuer was nor wyll vnfaithfull bee My mercie is a thousand fould to him that doth repent Repent therfore saye on be bould the contrite is not shent What if thou be a sinfull man in hart repent therfore Be sure thou shalt haue pardon then but see thou sinne no more The Thiefe that hung on tree w t mee as he gaue vp the Ghost Did craue that he might saued bee whose praiers were not lost And Marie Magdaline that was a sinfull woman came To mee in heart repenting sinne and I forgaue the same By death I say I ouerthrew the Serpent and his trayne Mine heauenly fathers wyll I dyd obey without disdaine Upon the Crosse with euyll men my Corps were nayled fast Not as a Sinner but for thee when helpe of hope was past Proceede therfore confesse in haste what thou hast done amisse For Sinne I know remains in thee as in all men there is The sinfull man Then Lorde I see thou doest beholde with thy supernall eye The creaturs which in thraldome bee and hearest when they crie I sinfull soule distressed sore in plungyng pangues of woe Doo craue the cruÌ„mes of mercie store which from thy Table floe For Lorde I see that thou art prest to ease my sinfull sore Refuse me not vouchsafe mee rest in heart that call therfore Who by my sinfull lyfe haue lost thy loue and purchast
myne heauenly father aswell for heauenly as earthly blessinges which if thou seeke at his handes by any other meanes then only by mee thou deceiuest thy selfe for I haue taken vpon me to obteyne it freely for all them that faithfully aske it of him through mee alone not ioyning any other in their prayers for any parte of their welfare bodily or ghostly with mee for that it doth so shadowe and darken my mercies free obteyning thinges necessary for them that I cannot bee seene in the fulnesse of my grace by reason of such imparting my office to other whose helpe cannot auayle thee in thy distresse There is none other God I say but myne heauenly father who is a iust God a mercifull God and a Sauiour looke vpon him in me who am the brightnesse of his glory the ingraued forme of his person equall with him as thou hast heard before wherfore faithfully repayre thou in all thy necessities to him through me and thou shalt be saued euery knee shall bowe vnto him and euery tongue shall sweare by him in whome is all righteousnesse and strength and all that prouoke him shalbe ashamed Remember these things therefore and bee reformed cast away al trust in any besides him who hath put away thy transgressiōs like a Clowde and thy sinnes as a Mist turne vnto him through mee who haue redeemed thee worship him serue him and pray vnto him onely in and by me and by none other neither Sainct or Angell Beware of that auncient blindnesse wherein men haue falne downe to worship not only Saincts and Angels but very stockes and stones paynted pictures and such like wherein consisteth no helpe Myne Euangelist Iohn professeth that he fell downe to worship the Angel and that the Angel said vnto him see thou doe it not for I am thy fellowe seruaunt and the fellowe seruaunt of thy brethren the Prophets and of them that keepe the wordes of this Booke worship God wherby thou mayst perceiue that worship and seruice belongeth vnto myne heauenly father only to none other And therfore doth he forbid thee to make vnto thy self any grauē Image or y e likenesse of any thing in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or waters vnder the earth to fall downe therunto to giue it honor or reuerēce as a God or intending to worship my heauēly father in it no he cānot abide to be worshipped praised or prayed vnto in any visible Image but in me his sōne only because hee himself is inuisible incōprehensible whose eares are open and attentiue vnto the Praiers made in my name and stopped that he will not only not here thē that are made in the name of another but pronounceth them accursed confounded that fal downe to grauen Images to serue them and that glorie in their Idolles And therfore sayth the Wiseman Let not the inuētiōs of mē deceiue thee nor the vnprofitable labour of the Caruers or Paynters miscarie thee nor the Images which they make who haue eyes see not eares and heare not mouthes and speake not and which are set foorth with diuers goodly goldē colours moue thee to bow vnto thē But some haue said why we bow not to the Idole we serue not the Image but our intent is to serue God and to be the oftner put in mind therof by the Image and therfore y e intēt not onely not to be misliked but very necessarie good But be thou assured y t for this deuice there is no warrāt in the word of mine Heauenly father But as y e Wiseman saith the sight therof stirreth vp y e ignorāt to fal down before y e dead image which hath no life wherby thei turn the glory of y e incorrubtible god to y e similitude of a corruptible mā of beasts birds and such like prouoking mine heauenly father to such high indignation for turning his trueth vnto a lye for worshipping and seruing the creature forsaking the Creator who is blessed for euer and euer that hee smiteth their hearts with such blindnesse that they cannot glorifie him as they ought but runne headlong according to the imagination of their owne hearts professing themselues to be most wise when in deede they are very fooles Which foolishnesse of theirs mine heauenly father hath by his word brought to light signifying that such naturall deuices and foolish conceiptes of men preuaile not with him But that the hearing of his worde and doing thereof is the onely worship that pleaseth him without the which he accepteth no seruice beare it neuer so fayre a shewe in the eyes of mortall men Therefore thou must vnderstand that in prohibiting thee to worship such grauē moulten or painted Images he forbiddeth thee all other worshipping of him inuented by man And therefore is hee called a ielous God who cannot abide that thou shouldest haue any other God or to ioyne with him any other in thy prayers for thy welfare for that he of himself as he is of power to doe all thinges so is he willing and ready for my sake freely to doe al thinges which belong vnto thy safetie Hee hath a most louing and a most tēder affection towards all such as come in that true worship vnto the Throane of his mercie not reposing the hope of their helpe in any besides him alone because that he would haue them to attribute the whole meane of their releefe and comforte vnto him and to accompt them selues as in deede they are most bound and beholden vnto him and depend wholy vpō his goodnesse and to acknowledge him the onely author and worker of their happinesse which they cannot do if they repose a quantitie of their trust in any other or thinke that their deuised worship hath been the meane of their releefe and their benefites receiued for that as they haue imparted their confidence in the helpe of others so can they not but imparte the thankes vnto them whom they worship together with mine heauenly father and so take they away the due praises from him to whom al honor praise and worship of right belongeth And therefore in this Commaundement hee threatneth vengeaunce vnto all such as prostitute and lay open their faith vnto others which is due onely vnto him and that he will punish them to the third and fourth generation that shall be found guiltie therein And therefore he pronounceth them haters of him that cast their loue vpon any other then himselfe and I will haue no pittie vpon their children but with the fire of my ielousie will I burne vpon such as hate me saith he euen vnto the third and fourth generation and promiseth to be mercifull vnto thousandes of them which loue him and keepe his Commaundements whereby it appeareth that the cheefest worship wherewith he is pleased is loue not that loue which is deuided and giuen parte vnto him and parte vnto an other but that
me all thinges pacified both in heauen and earth by me thou art reconciled and made at one againe with God myne heauenly father and by me if thou beleeue thou shalt obteine forgiuenesse of all thy sinnes and pardon for al thine offences for thy manifold transgressions rebellion and dissobedience And to thee that art sinfull ignorant and farr from knowledge to thee is here euen in my blood saluation offred and the true spirite of wisedome opened that the eyes of thy mynd that now are so dimmed with the shadowe of the olde man may bee lightened with the Candle of my sacred counsaile and truely perceiue and thine heart rightly conceiue what the ende is of this hope whervnto I am come to call thee what the riches of my glorious inheritance which I here proffer thee is and the greatnesse of my power which I promise thee who as I sayd before haue torne in peeces and cancelled the Obligation wherein thou stoodest bound I haue taken it away and fastened it on the Crosse I haue losed thee from the seruitude and slauerie of Sathan who as thou sayst doth chalenge thy seruice I haue set thee free from the workes of darknesse who am the light and no man that beleeueth in me shal remaine any more in darknesse beleeue therefore in the light that thou mayst bee made the childe of light and obteine life againe that now art dead vnder the Prince of darkenesse who had once the power of death But I haue deliuered all them that beleeue in me and liue in my feare and haue takē away that partition that was set betwene God my father and them So that through me thou mayst haue free accesse vnto him yea Iewes and Gentiles are vnited and knit to one God euen my father who for their sakes gaue me an oblation and sacrifice to bee offered vpon the Crosse to the ende that by myne obedience they might bee made righteous I was accurssed that through my curse they might be blessed and deliuered from the heauy burthen of the lawe yea I became poore to make all men rich but not as thou hast gloried to bee rich in goodes and great aboundaunce but in grace and the fauour of myne heauenly father with whom I haue obteined peace for thee and deliuered thee out of y e thraldome of that spirituall Pharao by offering my body a Pascall Lambe sprinckling my blood vpon the doore postes of the hearts of all true beleeuers in me Wherfore come vnto me thou that art so heauie loden and I wil refresh thee Confesse me with thy mouth beléeue in thine heart that God raised me from death and thou shalt be saued for my comming into this world was to seeke and to saue that was lost Wherefore heare me for if thou heare my wordes and beleeue in him that sent me I will raise thee vp in the last day to eternall life for there is saluation in none but in me onely who haue the power euen in mine owne handes to recouer that againe for thee which was lost by the fall of Adam The sinfull man Oh passing comfort now I feele renue in me againe Me thinkes I heare that Sathan saies now is my labour vaine Which I and mine haue had w t him that now conuerted is Me thinkes I heare him rage y t I should take the way to blisse But let him fret and fume his sill and doe his worst to me I doe not force my sure refuge good Solace is in thee True comfort doth begin I see encrease it more and more And let that furious feend leaue of to vexe my soule so sore And shew what I must doe in haste because the night is nye For I intend to follow thee good Solace till I dye Solace SO sayd Peter mine Apostle that he would followe me whether soeuer I went yea he would not refuse to dye with me but when the raging and boysterous stormes of Satans ministers blewe about mine eares and began to beate vpon the walles of his frailtie being demaūded whether he were not of my companie he flatly denied me nay he forsware me sayd that he knew me not Be not therefore too bold at the first brunt though thou feele more comfort and thy minde more quieted and Sathan not so strong with thee as he was take heede thou faint not take heede thou returne not to thine olde vomit to the wallowing in the mire and dirte of the dregges of Sathans poyson But be thou mindfull of these wordes of mine and the comfortable counsaile which this day I haue giuē thee Beleeue my sayinges and because the night is at hande I will referre other thinges which I must learne thee towardes the amendement of thy sinfull life till to morrowe when thou shalt finde mee readie here in the meane time be meditating of my former speaches retaine them in memorie and praise mine heauenly father in mee for thy comfort already obtayned The ende of the Tuesdayes Conference A THANKESGIuing to Christ our Sauiour for his comfort in the affliction of conscience with a prayer for his continuall assistance to be preserued from dispayre OH Gracious and Omnipotent God Oh Iesu my Sauiour I yeeld thee all possible thanks and praises that in my great distresse and conflict of conscience thou hast vouchsaued to send mee comfort and inward feeling of thy mercie and the vnfayned loue and care which thou hast of the saluation of my poore soule which Sathan myne aduersarie and the vtter enemy of all mankind hath inuironed with so many doubts of thy mercie and my saluation and layde before the eyes of my poore conscience so many grieuous sinnes most horrible offences such manifest rebellion against thee that I standing as a guiltie wretch a condemned person at the Barre of thy iust iudgemēt expecting nothing but the sharp sentence of death thou hast vouchsaued such is thine vnspeakable mercie louingly to call me out of that deepe dungion of dispaire to rescue mee from the cruell clawes of Sathan and to set mee free from the most fearfull and iust doome of death Insomuch sweete Iesu as I feele my selfe comforted I feele mee relieued and my soule freely ransomed from the captiuitie of that monstrous enemy that ougly Serpent that filthy feend most cruell aduersarie of mine Sathan and that by thy death and bitter passion whereby thou hast lead captiuitie captiue when thou ascendest into heauen yea thou hast vanquished the death of death thou hast vanquished the deuill and triumphed ouer death and hell all power both in heauen and earth is in thine hands and that Sathan that hath so sharply assaulted mee is within the cōpasse of thy power hold him vnder sweete Iesu keep him down let him not preuaile against mee and as my poore soule and weake body are subiect vnto sinne being destitute of thine helpe wanting thy grace So sweete Iesu looke fauourably vpon
mee in mercie hold mee vp that I fall not suppresse all vngodly motions in mee dryue all dulnesse from myne heart darkenesse from myne vnderstanding make mee subiect vnto thy will in all things and assure mee of saluation Let thine holy spirite woorke vnfayned beliefe of all thy louing promises and driue away all doubtes of thy blessed fauour for most louing Iesus my redeemer and daily mediatour such and so many are the pernicious sleightes and mischieuous deuices of that subtile serpent whereby he neuer ceasseth but continually seeketh to torment the troubled consciences of those that he hath wounded with the Darte of sinne working in them a lothsome desire to liue and a great desire to die pricking them forwards to many mischieues drawing them into many daungerous and noysome conceits to cast themselues away and to seeke death before their due time So hath hee sought sweete Iesus to intangle mee to mooue mee to cast away my life whereby ariseth in mee such a conflict betweene him and thine holy spirite that it euen bringeth me into the dungion of vtter dispaire Oh good Iesu helpe mee good Iesu comfort mee sweete Iesu defend mee from his tyranny Come thou vnto mee shewe thy selfe in me that the filthy feend may see and perceiue that a stronger then hee keepeth the house of my poore soule Oh most inuincible Iesu let him knowe that I serue vnder the banner of that most mightie Captayne that ouercame him long agoe and conquered all his kingdome Oh sweete Iesu leaue mee not depart thou not from mee but let thy grace remayne in me as a sufficient Buckler against that ougly Serpent that olde Traytour Sathan who neuer ceasseth to assault mee heare mee oh sweete Iesu and giue me strength Amen Oh Lorde increase my fayth THE VVEDNESday or third daies Conference betweene Solace and the sinfull man VVhereas the sinfull man was yesterday striken with dispayre of being saued by reason of his manifold offences which Solace proued and his conscience confessed him to bee guiltie of receiuing some comforte againe by the sweete counsaile of Solace Now Solace beginneth to prescribe him the way that he must begin to take to become a newe man The sinfull man LOe Solace here I am to day as thou appointest mee Thy counsaile is so passing sweete I long full sore for thee Solace Then here am I attend giue eare imbrace my counsaile deare If thou be sorie for thy sinne it will full soone appeare And doe with faithfull heart beleeue the Solace which I showe Repenting truely all thy sinnes on me lay all thyne woe And cast the burthen of thy sinne on me without delay Be strong in faith attend to me and gad no more astray The sinfull man Oh Solace art thou readie here loe I attend thy will But for repentaunce and for faith as yet doe passe my skill Solace THou must learne them then for they are things most necessarie Faith and Repentaunce are the very beginning the foundation and ground-worke of a new life and are so lineked and vnited together that the one cannot work effectually in thee without the other And for asmuch as thou sayst thou art ignoraunt in them I will shewe thee what they are and how they worke if thou wilt attend a little while The sinfull man Yes with good wil good Solace shew at large what thou hast sayd Proceede to finish in mine heart the plat which thou hast layd Solace WEll sith then thou desirest to be instructed in the path that leadeth vnto amendement of life knowe this that Faith is the ground of all goodnesse whatsoeuer and whatsoeuer proceedeth not of Faith is sinne And therefore wil I shew first what Faith is which must be the foundation of thy true repentance Faith as mine Apostle Paule in the 11. to the Hebrewes by the instinct of my grace hath rightly defyned it is a certaine and sure beleefe of the obtayning thinges alreadie hoped for and an euident feeling of the manifold promises which God mine heauenly father hath made vnto thee touching thy saluatiō in me his Sonne And whereby also thou maist inwardly taste of the vnspeakeable ioyes whereof thou shalt be made ful partaker hereafter in heauen The sinfull man Oh rare and passing thing is this a glasse of heauenly skill Whereby on earth I may behold in thee thy fathers will Solace SO it is in deede and without it it is impossible to please mine heauenly father or to take any benefite of that sacred counsaile which I haue before giuen thee Thou must therfore remember that as I haue rowsed thee out of the sleepe of this sinful securitie and redeemed thée out of the clawes of Sathan so to stand vndoubtedly perswaded that I had such an especiall care of thy saluation as through the free fauour and mercy of mine heauenly father thou art by my blood shedding without any desart or merite of thine at all vpon thy true and vnfeyned repentaunce freely pardoned of all thy sinne As Mary Magdaline a most sinfull woman out of whom I cast seuen deuills through this faith was attentiue vnto my wordes and grewe into such a loathing of her sinnes and griefe of heart for her iniquities that she truely repented fell prostrate on y e knees of her heart wept and washed my feete with her teares and wiped them with the heire of her head this was the working of a true faith Whereby mine Apostle Peter also confessed me to be very Christ the Sonne of the liuing God and that I was eternall life By this faith also did Abraham beleeue the promises of mine heauenly father and refused not to sacrifice his owne sonne Isacke to fulfill the will of the Lord and by reason of his beleefe was accompted righteouse Mary the blessed Uirgin the minister by whom I was borne in the flesh beleeued the message of the Angell Gabriell and was blessed The Eunuch by this faith beleeued the preaching of Phillip that I was the Sonne of God who desired and was Baptised Mine heauenly father through the earnest and faithfull prayer of Elisha discōfited and strake with blindnesse his enemies that came to take him With this weapon did Ionathan with a yong mā his Armour bearer discomfite put to flight a great Garrison of the Philistines Dauid when he was a poore Sheepheard by faith ouercame y e great and mightie Gyaunt Goliah and thereby discomfited all the host of his enemies The three Children by this faith were deliuered out of the hot burning Furnace and the ministers of Nabugadonazer consumed with the same fire Eliah in the Wildernesse in his great distresse of hunger was by faith fed twise euery day with the bread and flesh that was brought him by the Rauens sent by y e prouidence of mine heauenly father And by the same faith restored frō death to life the widowes sonne of Zarephath and so increased and multiplied her Oyle and
thy soule shal dye y e euerlasting death Wherfore let not Sathan I say ouerrule thee to drawe thine affections with the force of worldly reasons into the gulfe of dispayre againe as he hath indeuoured heretofore for thou must renounce al pollicies al forecasts al whatsoeuer reason teacheth thee and with the foote of a true faith staÌ„pe it to peeces only setling thine heart and whole mind to performe that in all thine actions thoughtes which the eye of faith shall see poynted out with the finger of myne holy Spirite for thy comforte and vndoubted saluation Wherefore let the eyes of thine heart bee alwayes open and the shielde of a true faith alwaies readie to see and strongly to withstande the deceiptes and errours of Sathan least hee dazell thyne vnderstanding and quench the good motions of the spirite with the vanities of the olde man and so take this shielde of faith from thee and make thee vnable to take holde of those thinges the beleefe whereof leadeth vnto eternall blisse the vnbeleefe turne to thy destruction Thou must beware I say of naturall reason in causes touching thy saluation for Sathan manie times layeth it as a block for the children of God to stumble at as an hindrance of their faith wherby he went about to quench the faith of my disciples and to driue them to think it impossible for me te feed foure thowsand men with seuen loaues and a fewe fishes The woman of Samaria being led by reason could not perceiue what that water of lyfe was which I promised her but when she had pluct away the vaile of reason and felte a sparkle of saith she perswaded her selfe that I was Christ the Sauiour of the world This reason could not perceiue how Abraham that was so long before mee could sée my dayes to see mee in the flesh which in deede he sawe a farre of with the eyes of an vndoubted fayth the eye of which fayth taketh his lighte of y e word of mine heaueÌ„lye father the writinges of the Prophets and of the Gospell of trueth and by that eye he sawe me so long before and by that eye must thou direct all thine affections and measure all thy desires For the eye of reason taketh her light from worldly and naturall wisdome which is foolishnes before me for the naturall man cannot comprehend my doctrine he knoweth not what God mine heauenly father is neither can he vnderstand what his will is when he is in 〈◊〉 and when he is in error when he is in light and when he sitteth in darknes he cannot â—aste of the word of trueth but remaineth in voluntarie blindnes and to such is the preaching of the sacrifice which I offered once for all vpon the Crosse foolishnes But vnto such as beléeue in faith it is the power of God my father vnto all nations wherfore be not ashamed of my Gospell for it is the very instrument of saluation to all that beleeue for thereby is the righteousnes opened which if thou attaine vnto by proceeding froÌ„ faith to faith thou shalt appeare in the last daye among the number of them that shall liue for euer Shut vp therefore the eye of reason wherewith thou hast bin so long led into error and vanities And haue the eye of faith opened whereby thou mayest be guided to true beléefe in the liuing God mine heauenly father who made thee in me his Sonne who haue redéemed thee and in the holy ghost who hath sanctified thée and all those that are appoynted to eternall Saluation wherein consisteth the whole summe of all that which thou arte bound to beleeue to be saued The sinfull man Oh Solace should my whole beleefe be grounded on you three Then shewe I pray thee more at large what my beliefe must bee I doe alreadie vnderstand that faith must be the eye Whereby I must expect to haue saluation from on hye I doe belieue helpe vnbeliefe and shewe thy selfe to mee I doe repose my confidence and all my trust in thee Solace Well then for as much as I sée thée desirous to be more fully instructed and to haue thy fayth more strongly confirmed towchinâ— the Trinity THou must first beleeue there is a God one in essence three in person namely the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost which three persons thou must vndoubtedly belieue to be one very God of an vndeuided and vnseparable substance without beginning or ending who hath made heauen earth and all things contayned in them he hath made thee to his owne image and lykenes not to liue onely in this world to thy selfe namely to fulfill thine owne desires but to glorifie him to beleue in him to serue him and to hope for the inheritance of his kingdome and to be partaker of the glory and blisse which I haue purchased by my bloud Thou must beleeue that hee is the creator of all thinges visible and inuisible reasonable and vnreasonable man and beast whose power is infinite whom thou must onely serue onely loue onely worship and to whome thou must praie in the time of thy necessities â—aithfully beleuing that he it is that helpeth thee feedeth thee defendeth thee froÌ„ whom proceedeth all thinges that are good and nothing that is euill in him is all light no darknes all righteousnes and abhorreth sin And therefore must thou verily beleue that in the beginning he made Adam the first man according to his owne image and lykenes and placed him in Paradice the garden of happines there to haue continued in ioy without sorrow in comfort without care in ease without labor and in a blessed estate had he not by his owne Freewill which then he had yeelded vnto the deceitfull allurings of y e serpent eating of the fruite of the tree which was forbidden him the tree of the knowledge of good euill where in obeying that subtill Sathan he lost the benefit of the garden was driuen froÌ„ thence by y e Angel of mine heaueÌ„ly father And where the serpeÌ„t falsly perswaded them that in eating of y e forbidden tree they should be as Gods knowing good and euill they were as Deuills doing nothing that was good at all but insteade of knowledge became starke Fooles in stead of happines purchased vnhappynes not onely to them selues but to all their posteritie for euer in whome by reason of their rebellion there resteth no will to doe good but a desire to doe euill forsaking their Sauiour and cleauing to Sathan disobeying God and obeying the Deuill of a free man be come a captiue and bondslaue sould vnder sin By whose transgression and disobedience thou must beleeue that all his posteritie which is all men in generall my selfe the promised Sauiour excepted became disobedient sinners in such sorte as all men are corrupt vnperfect vniust lyars and rebels against God
forâ—ed to cry with a lowde voyce My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Such were the cruel torments that I suffered for thee O sinfull man and for all mankinde as that by reason of the extreamitie thereof I thought my selfe euen forsaken of my father But so heauie was his displeasure against the sinne of all mankinde and all the punishment due for it layd onely vpon me that requisite it was that the stripes wherewith so great a disease should be healed should be grieuous and many And therefore thou must not thinke that I was forsaken of God though I were contemned of the world but highly in his fauour for it behoued that I should suffer and afterwardes enter into my Fathers glorie That I should fall into the handes of mortall men be crucified and made a Sacrifice for the sin of all mankinde that they might be made the righteousnes of mine heauenly Father in me who haue paid the rauÌ„some for all the posteritie of Adam and redeemed them out of the bondage of Sathan death and hell my death is to all beleeuers lyfe by my humilitie are they exalted by my contempt are thy made glorious by my pouertie are they made rich and by my miserie haue they eternall felicitie I descended also into hell to make man inheritor of heaueÌ„ So precious was my death and so glorious my conteÌ„pt that by death I haue not onely ouercome death but all men by me In my victorie consisteth thy victorie by my triumph all mankinde may iustly triumph I am the way the trueth and the life who so will goe to the Father must come through me who so will be saued must beleue in me and liue in me for to me hath mine heauenly Father giuen all power and aucthoritie both in heauen and earth that I might giue eternall lyfe to as many as he hath giuen me who as Ionas liued in the Whales belly three dayes and three nighces the third day was cast on land liuing So after my death being taken downe of the Crosse I was layd in the Sepulchre where I lay three dayes to accomplish the sayinges of the Prophets and to vereâ—ie that which was long before writen of me and that I rose againe the third day for the Iustification of all that beleeue shewing my selfe openly to my Disciples eating with them and talking with them and with a Clowd was taken vp into heauen and placed at the right hand of God mine heaueÌ„ly Father crowned with that glory honor and immortalitie wherewith I was indued before the fouÌ„ndation of the world who by my selfe haue purged thee from all thy sinnes and haue made free passage vnto mine heauenly Father for all theÌ„ that in a true faith followe me in life coÌ„uersation treading the steps of righteousnesse for whoÌ„ I remaine a continual intercessour Mediatour Aduocate vnto mine heauenly father for things necessary aswell for their bodies as their soules faithfully asking and praying for the same in my name yea y u maist not accept of any other meane or instrument to come vnto mine heaueÌ„ly father then my selfe for then doest thou greatly erre thou blasphemest mine heauenly father and dishonorest me for he wilbe serued honored praied vnto in mee and in the name of none other Thou must lay aside all prayers to Saincts and cast away all beleefe that there resteth in them any power to appease the wrath of mine heauenly father for thy sinnes or to procure thee helpe in thy necessities but must come in my name and then thou shalt be sure to be heard if thou beleeue yet not despising but faithfully imitating in good life and holy conuersation those blessed members of mine departed out of this life before thee As for all remission of sinnes al helpe and releefe thou must hoâ—e for and acknowledge to come froÌ„ mine heauenly father by my meanes onely and by none other Wherfore I say thou must beleeue in none other but in mee Iesus Christ crucified God and man sitting in heauen at the right hand of mine heauenly father and remayning a Mediatour betweene him and all those y t in faith come to mee Take hold of me therefore I say who am that Sonne of God and man that was borne of the Uâ—rgine Mary for the saluation of all mankinde who was conuersant here in this miserable worlde layde first in a Maunger most basely and wheÌ„ according to the course of other meÌ„ by sucking eating drinking I grew in stature I preached taught the will of my father glad tydinges vnto the world I was betraied and solde by Iudas I was bound and buffited I was rayled at and reuiled I was turned ouer from one to an other to Annas to Cayphas to Pylate to Herode to y e Hall held vp mine hande at Barre there falsly accused then scourged and caried to the place of Execution where I was most miserably tormented hanged on the Crosse then layd in the graue from whence I rose and now ascended aboue all heauens and al this for thy â—ake al this for no desert of mine but â—or the redemption of all mankinde â—rom the curse of the law for there is â—o coÌ„demnation to them that are in 〈◊〉 walking not after the flesh but â—fter the spirite The power of the â—pirite of life wich is in mee hath deâ—uered thee from the power of sinne â—nd death but he that hath not my â—pirite he is not mine but shall dye â—herefore must thou mortefie the â—edes of the flesh by the spirite that â—ou mayst liue Also thou must beâ—eue that as I ascended visibly into â—eauen with the very body wherein I suffered so must thou likewise beleeue that in the same body I shall come againe in great glory and magestie to iudge both the quicke and the dead at whose hands all meÌ„ shalâ— receiue rewarde according to their well and euill doing which Iudgement shalbe finall generall whereat all men shall appeare all men shalâ— giue accompt of their doinges yea 〈◊〉 euery idle worde and euill thought and that then shall those that hauâ— done good be set in peaceable possesâ—sion for euer of the vnspeakable ioyeâ— of heauen and they that be found iâ— the seruice of Sathan and caried 〈◊〉 way with y e cares of this worlde thâ— Couetouse persons the Drunkerds the Extortioners Lyers Usurers and al those that haue not obeyed thâ— worde of my heauenly father in 〈◊〉 but haue liued in sinne and haue 〈◊〉 truely repented such I say shall bâ— cast into vtter darknesse where shaâ— be coÌ„tinual sorrow no ioy al paineâ— and no pleasure all griefe no glaâ—â—nesse with such continuall and endles torments as the tongue of man cannot expresse with howling weeping gnashing of teeth where the worme of the conscience shall neuer dye Thou must also beleeue that the
thou art forbidden to sweare by heauen or by earth but for the confirmation of the trueth and determining of strife and controuersies betweene men hee hath vouchsafed the vse of his owne name which is his word to be taken as a witnesse of the trueth wherein thou must haue a speciall regard that thou take not him as a witnesse in an vntrue matter but with great reuerence to vse it to the decyding and manifesting of matters of great importaunce hauing onely the superioritie ouer all creatures to iustifie righteousnesse and to bring the wickednesse of the wicked vpon their owne pates Wherefore it behoueth thee to examine thy former life and to consider whether thou haue not taken the name of myne heauenly father in vaine either by neglecting and not performing his precepts and thy dueties commaunded thee by his word whether there haue bene such a due regarde in thee of the fulfilling that which the worde hath directed and appoynted thee to doe and auoyded that which by the same word thou were forbidden whether thou haue refrayned thy toÌ„gue from blasphemous othes and from taking any other to witnesse in matters of doubt then my heauenly father wherein if thou be guiltie thou shalt not escape vnpunished vnlesse in my name thou speedely returne to the true seruice of my heauenly father againe whose mercy extendeth vnto thousandes of them that loue him and obserue his will Wherefore leaue of to walke any longer in the waies that may lead thee froÌ„ y e reuerent honoring of God mine heaueÌ„ly father and from a godly feare to offend him for he that dispiseth his worde shalbe destroyed but he that feareth the CoÌ„maundement shal be rewarded The fourth commandeth thee to keepe holy the Saboth day which is the seuenth day wherin mine heauely father after the finishing of all his Creatures rested from his worke and sanctified it vpon which day hath he commaunded thee to cease from thy labours and daily businesse and to referre thy selfe to such godly exercises as may bee to the glory of his name namely deuout praiers and giuing of thankes hearing his word as also which is the principal misterie of this Saboth day thou must rest from the workes of the olde man as the fulfilling of the lustes of the flesh to tame thy peruerse affections of thine heart and wholy to imploy thine endeuour to the wil of mine heauenly father For the Prophet saith that he is blessed that doth this and the sonne of man that taketh holde on it hee that keepeth the Saboth and polluteth iâ— not and keepeth his hands froÌ„ doing any euill If thou abstaine from thine owne wicked waies vpon the Saboth day and consecrate it as glorious vnto the Lord honouring him not seeking thine owne wil nor speaking a vaine worde Then shall hee lift thee vp vpon the high places of the earth and blesse thee for the true obseruation and hallowing of the Saboth day is ceassing from sinnes which are thine owne waies by reason of that corruption which is rooted in thy peruerse Nature whereby thou bringest foorth the fruites of wickednes Thou must therefore remember that the Saboth or seaueth day as it is a day wherein thou must cease from thy worldly and bodily labours so to ceasse from doing things displeasing mine heauenly father which may not bee for that day onely but all thy life Thy Seruants thine Oxen thy Cattell and all which is within thy gates must likewise that day leaue their labors and referre them selues to reste wherein thou haste to consider that it is thy charge and duetie to see vnto and haue regard vnto thy seruants and family this day to keepe them from wantonnesse and loosenesse of life and to exhort and prouoke them to the Seruice of mine heauenly father to spende aswell that day therein as all other dayes in the weeke in thine owne priuate businesse and labour whom if thou suffer to runne and gad abroad to wantonnesse and sinne like vntamed Coltes and like strâ—y sheepe that seeme to haue no guyde It can not but bewray thine owne coldnesse in the true seruice of God and then vngodly behauiour growing by thy carelesse regard to see them to performe their dueties to GOD and man will be a witnesse against thee that thou hast not hallowed the Saboth day in such decent maner as is commaunded thee It pleased myne heauenly father to giue thee the vse of sixe daies in seauen to labor thy selfe thine in thy worldly businesse contenting himselfe with one day to bee serued in not to the ende that in these sixe daies there should bee no regard of him or wherein he expecteth no seruice at thine handes but thou must serue him daylie and continually in prayers and supplications and in executing thy vocation with trueth and honest dealing which hee accepteth as a pleasaunt seruice of him and in the seuenth to imploye thee wholy to the truely keeping holy thereof As ceasing from doing thine owne will which is corrupted with Couetousnesse and vncleannes and to mortefie thyne owne euill desires and inordinate affections euill concupiscence and couetousnesse which is Idolatry wherein thou hast to take heede that thou accompt not this day ordeined onely for corporall rest as too many doe or the ende thereof to bee for a time of banquetting playing sporting wantonnesse excesse vnreuerent meetings and vndecent behauiour as the more parte by their vngodly conuersations bewray their opinions to bee quite contrary to myne heauenly fathers most grâ—â—ious institution thereof for where it ought to be a time for the body to refresh it selfe with rest and the soule to bee comforted with hearing the word and seruice of God mine heauenly father the same day is made more wearisome to the body by vnseemely practises and pastymes and the soule more intangled with vices then before in so much as the remembraunce of that daies wantonnes holdeth their mindes subiect to desire that day againe wherein to fal to their wonted wallowing in wickednesse In which Commaundement thou hast to consider how thou hast resisted and suppressed thine euill affections and vngodly desires And how thou hast endeuoured thy self to the seruice of myne heauenly father And whether according to the trueth and prescript rule thereof thou haue led thy life wherein as thou canst not excuse thy selfe but acknowledge thy selfe guiltie and worthy of reproofe so hast thou free passage vnto mine heauenly father through me by whose death and bitter passion the curse which was due for the not performing thereof is taken away and his mercie ready if in a true faith thou betake thy selfe vnto mee thyne onely Mediatour anv Sauiour carefully suppressing thine euill affections and so much the more cosidering that my righteousnes is made thy righteousnesse wherein thy godly and zealous endeuour shall please mine heauenly father and be acceptable not for the worthinesse thereof but through
cattell destroyed and howses and all his substaunce consumed he betooke him vnto the Lorde saying Oh Lord naked came I into the worlde and naked shall I returne to earth againe thou hast giuen and thou hast taken away now blessed be thy name for euermore Who in his extreme miserie dispayred not neither limited a time of his releefe but referring himself vnto mine heauenly fathers wil in perfect patience was in the ende holpen and wonderfully releeued Wherefore I say thou mayst be assured of releefe in all thy necessities if thus thou betake thee in my name vnto myne heauenly fathers will Looke vpon the three children in the hot Ouen who choosing rather to dye then to commit Idolatrie cryed out faithfully saying Our God whom we serue can deliuer vs But if he will not knowe this oh King that we will not worship thy God Which three childreÌ„ were in the Ouen and not consumed mine heauenly father was readie to deliuer them they did not indent and compouÌ„d with him that if hee would deliuer them they would defie the Image of Nabugodoazer but referred themselues vnto his prouideÌ„ce in true obedience So what dauÌ„ger necessitie or trouble soeuer thou hap to fall into thou must with Dauid and these three children submit thy self vnto mine heauenly fathers will without appointing the maner or time to be releeued And with Iob to say the name of God be praised for euermore Cast thy care vpon mine heauenly father in my name he shall nourish thee he shall defende thee releeue and succour thee and shall not suffer thee to be in perpetuall trouble And therefore thou must pray in hope and that alwaies not being wearie for that thou hast an ende of thy troubles and releefe in thy necessities promised when in what maner by what meanes thou mayst not appoint but whether he tarie long ere he helpe thee or sende thee releefe presently it is for thy best And therefore in all thy prayers thou must ad this if it be his will for that he knoweth what is most conuenient for thee what is for thy benefite whereof thou art altogether ignoraunt But reioyce alway pray continually in al things be thankfull for this is the will of God mine heauenly father in me his Sonne towards all men The sinfull man What are the thinges for which I ought most specially to pray Instruct me that from hence I may thy sacred will obey Solace IN deede it behoueth thee to haue consideration what thou requirest at mine heauenly fathers handes who although he will thee to come freely vnto him and he will helpe thee he doth not admit thee to come in such wise as that thy petitions should vary from his worde wherin he hath prescribed vnto thee what thou shouldest aske namely whatsoeuer things are honest whatsoeuer thinges are iust whatsoeuer thinges apperteine vnto loue whatsoeuer thinges are godly vertuous and tending to y e glorie of his holy name In these thinges oughtest thou to be carefull and for such things to make thy zealous and heartie prayers in my name and thou shalt obteyne both corporall and spirituall thinges to thine vnspeakeable comforte But thou must put a difference betweene the thinges thou prayest for namely to aske spirituall thinges as forgiuenesse of sinnes and to be preserued from sinne and eternall death for the gift of the holy Ghost for euerlasting life without any condition in a true faith for I wil not the death of a sinner but rather that he reâ—â—rne and liue And therefore thou mayst take 〈◊〉 of reconciliation in me and assure thy self of eternall life In the same faith also as thou hast heard thou mayst flye vnto him in my name for all thy corporall necessities but with this condition namely if it please him And it is required of thee that before thou enter into this so excellent and so precious a worke thou examine thy selfe namely whether hatred against thy brother malice desire of reuenge or any other vncharitable matter be depeÌ„ding betweene any other and thy selfe If so then behoueth it theeâ— before thou approach vnto mine heauenly father in requesting any thing spirituall or temporall to growe into a godly desire of vnitie and from thine heart to forgiue whatsoeuer thou haue against any man that myne heauenly father may forgiue thee For knowe this that if thou forgiue not those that haue offended thee be it neuer so highly mine heauenly father will not pardon thee of thine offences which are many and great against him But being in a charitable desire of other mens welfare as of thine owne thou hast free accesse through mee vnto myne heauenly Father to whome thou mayst come boldly for things appertaynig both to body and soule as thou art taught by these words Our father which art in heauen hallowed be thy name thy kingdome come thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our dayly bread and forgiue vs our offences as wee forgiue them that haue offended vs And lead vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill In which breefe forme of prayer consisteth the whole summe both of spirituall and corporall requestes And whatsoeuer thou askest it is comprehended within this praier or otherwise it is without any warrant and therefore not to be graunted And therefore by this rule it behooueth thee to guide all thy petitions for in this forme of prayer are conteined things eternall things spirituall and corporal things present things to come which things onely ought to stirre vp thy dull mind to faithfull and heartie prayer The sinfull man Declare thou these thinges more at large good Solace that I may In faith be stirred vp in thee for what and when to pray Solace THen vnderstande that by this forme before recited thou art taught not onely that prayer is necessarie and that it is commaunded as a principal seruice and worship of mine heauenly father but thou art directed to whom and for what to pray Thou must pray therefore yea aboue all thinges to whom to mine heauenly father for what especially for thinges tending to eternall saluation and then for bodily necessaries when continually least thou fall into temptatioÌ„ Thou must pray vnto mine heauenly father why because he is God eternal omnipotent maker and creator of all things the preseruer the defender the saftie and life of all and without whose deuine prouidence nothing can continue Buâ— by whom or by whose or what meanes doth he heare thee and graunt thy requestes only by me and whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of him in my name he shall giue it thee And therefore whensoeuer thou praiest thou must be faithfully perswaded that he is fatherly affected towards thee and is become so fauourable vnto thee for my sake that he both heareth thee and will graunt thy requestes And therefore oughtest thou to call him father who for my sake accepteth thee as his sonne
giuing thee whatsoeuer is necessarie for thee And for that cause oughtest thou to be subiect and obedient vnto his will in all thinges and to pray for the setting forth and sanctifying of his holy name which is to haue his word truely taught louingly imbraced diligently followed him to be worshipped according to the trueth thereof in all thinges And therefore when thou intendest to pray either for good thinges to bee giuen thee or euill things to be taken frō thee thou must haue a principal regarde to the magnifying of his holy name and to the setting forth of his most worthie praises for his mercies and goodnesse with ardent desire that his holy name may be hallowed and his kingdome come That is that his holy spirite would so direct thee in all thy doinges thoughtes and desires that thine heart varie not from his will but bee so setled in the performaunce thereof in all thinges that true humilitie vnfeyned loue vndoubted hope and constaunt faith may begin in thee that tranquilitie and peace of cōscience which may assure thee through me to bee the heire of his euerlasting kingdome to the ouerthrowe of Sathans rule and destruction of all his power whereby he endeuoureth to leade all mankinde into vtter destruction Pray therefore that his kingdome may come which is his holy spirite which hee hath promised to powre out vppon those that earnestly desire it which shall guide thee to the true seruice of mine heauenly father here in this world vntill such time as I shall appeare in the Clowdes to chaunge thy mortal body and place it in that kingdome wherein thou shalt remaine in blisse vnspeakeable for euer Thou must pray also that myne heauenly fathers will bee done in earth as it is in heauen that is that not onely thy self but all the people of the earth may doe that which in his worde is prescribed and commaunded to be done and that there may bee such obedience such loue such godly behauiour in this world amōg men as is required to be that as the Angelles in heauen are obedient vnto his will and cōmaundements whereby he is glorified there so he might be obeyed to the magnifying of his name here in earth And therfore art thou commaunded faithfully to pray vnto him that he would vouchsafe to gouerne all men as Princes Pastors and Teachers Gouernours and Magistrates that they may performe his will here in earth as it is done in heauen And that all men may execute their vocations truely to the praise of his holy name In which three former petitions thou hast to learne that it behoueth thee principally in thy praiers to regarde the glorie of God mine heauenly father And now attend and thou shalt perceiue that as thou art commaunded in the former petitions to haue respect onely vnto the honour of myne heauenly fathers name So art thou also louingly called to craue corporall blessings namely for such thinges as are necessarie and expedient for the maintenaunce of this life by this petitiō Giue vs this day our daily bread which comprehendeth in it not onely request for bread but for a competent liuing and good successe in thy vocation namely that hee will blesse it and make thy trauayle prosperous in such sort as by the fruites thereof thou mayst be able without vnlawfull meanes to liue and be rather helpefull then burdensome to others Yea thou hast warrant in this petition to craue all things belonging to this life not onely sufficiencie of foode and apparell but also health of body and other temporall benefites The Prophet declareth in the Psalmes that hungrie and thirstie soules wandring in the wildernes called vnto myne heauenly father and were releeued and sent away replenished Yea those rhat lye in prison and in the shadowe of death fast bound in miserie and iron without all hope of healpe calling vpon him in hearty and faithfull prayer are heard their prayers graunted and they deliuered Such also as are afflicted and pining away with sicknesse and heauinesse of heart humbling themselues vnto him in prayer are cured of their diseases When thou art therfore in such or any other afflictiō be it sicknesse imprisonment pouertie daunger of enemies or any other trouble whatsoeuer referre thee to the cōsideration of this petition and there shalt thou finde that thou hast sufficient warrant to flye vnto mine heauenly father in my name in heartie prayer for deliueraunce from thy distresse who is nere vnto all them that cal vpon him yea to all that cal vpon him in trueth he will fulfill the desire of them that feare him he will heare their prayers and saue them In this petition therefore it behoueth thee and all aswell the rich as the poore to consider that it is not great aboundaunce of riches and store of all worldly thinges nor the labour industrie and earnest diligence of their vocations but the onely blessing of mine heauenly father whereby their store is preserued and the labour of their handes so prospered as it serueth for the preseruation of their mortall liues And therefore all men ought so to referre them selues vnto mine heauenly fathers will bee they poore or rich in zealous and heartie prayer as that in the good successe both of their store and calling they may referre the glorie vnto him the aucthor of all their welfare and whose blessing it is that maketh rich and releeueth the poore Thou hast heard before that it behoueth thee in all thy prayers first to craue forgiuenesse of thy sinnes and reconciliation with God myne heauenly father through mee And in this former most excellent forme of prayer which must be thy direction to all thy praiers thou art warranted to aske for remission of thy sinnes But vpon this condition namely that thou forgiue freely and from thine heart all those that haue offended thee Wherein thou hast then to consider that if thou come vnto mine heauenly father endewed as before thou hast been taught with especiall loue of him and vnfeyned loue towardes all men come freely and boldly vnto him in the name of mee thy continuall Mediatour and craue in a true faith that for my sake hee will forgiue thy sinnes and receiue thee againe into his fauour assuring thy selfe that hauing mee the high Bishop praying for thee through whom thou being iustified by faith art at peace and at one with God mine heauenly father Thinke therefore diligently vpon the forgiuenesse of thy sinnes in me and whensoeuer thine owne vnworthinesse through feare so cloyeth thy poore conscience that thou thinke nothing but condemnation due vnto thee Cast the eyes of thine heart through a liuely faith vppon my merites standing at no time vppon thine owne deseruinges craue reconciliation and remission for my sake assuring thy selfe to bee heard and receiued into mine heauenly fathers fauour againe And beware thou stande not righteous in thine owne conceit for if thou