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A04866	A vievve of mans estate wherein the great mercie of God in mans free iustification by Christ, is very comfortably declared. By Andrewe Kingesmill. Diuided into chapters in such sorte as may best serue for the commoditie of the reader. Wherevnto is annexed a godly aduise giuen by the author touching mariage. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.	Kingsmill, Andrew, 1538-1569.; Mills, Francis.	1574 (1574)	STC 15003; ESTC S108060	71,905	194

euill and he that followeth euill counsell bycause he hath sinned he muste be payde with the wages of sinne here then are we as far to séeke as at the firste here then are we as farre out of the way as before here is no sure ground for vs to stand on yet that sting of death sticketh as déepe in vs as euer it did The eight Chapter ¶ The distresse and dispaire of man in the viewe of his owne wickednesse HOwe then is there no remedie to be founde must we néedes lie stil sweating in the greace of our own fleshly wickednesse is there none to delyuer vs from this body of death if it be so then sucke on Serpent then death take thy pleasure then craue thy righte graue open thy mouth Hell swallowe vp thy portion for thou God haste forsaken vs thou hast yéelded vp all thy right whyther shall we flée then where may we finde rest for our soules Thy face thou mightie one is alwayes against vs we sweate we burne we frie with the furie of wrath all places are to hote for man to reste on so is thine indignation kindled If I saye I haue done iustly then thou reprouest me as a lyer if I haue sinned then thou wilt streightly looke vnto me and wilte not holde me guiltlesse of mine iniquitie and séeing thou markest iniquitie straightly who shall abide it wherefore then hath thine handes fashioned me O that I had perished in my conception and that none eye had séene me and that I were as I had not bene that my graue had bene my mother beholde I goe and shall not returne euen to the lande of darkenesse into a lande I saye darke as darkenesse it selfe into the shadowe of deathe where is no order but the light is there as darknesse my dayes are as the smoke and my life as the shadowe O ye wormes I am your foode O corruption thou art my father O death thou art my mother out of thee was I taken and into thée I return to thée I bequeath that whyche I hadde from thée this lumpe of earthe this masse of fleshe To whome shall I betake my spirite I maye not long possesse it my selfe séeing thou wilte not haue it thou holy one I muste néedes yéelde it vp as a praye vnto myne enimie The ninth Chapter ¶ That Chryste from the beginning hath bene is and shall be the only staye and comforte of all sortes of men BVt thou sonne of man staye thée a whyle in pacience doe not so gyue ouer thy soule as to saye thy sinne is greater than it may be forgiuen humble thy selfe acknowledge thy rebellion but despaire not cast not thy selfe headlong into Hell is there no remedie to be found on earth then lifte vp thyne eyes to heauen there is a comfort there is a comfort cōming there is a sauing healthe in hande thy wounde is great indeede but there is a strong medicine a tempering thy fall was grieuous but thy rysing vp shall be as wonderfull many and mightie are thine enimies but there is one that shall fight for thée whose name is the Lorde of Hostes and he shall subdue all power Beholde thy creator hath not vtterly cast thée off thou hast found fauor in his sight S. Iohn saith God loueth the world yea suche store of mercie there is with God that although we were his enimies yet he is become our God againe and wyll stand an enimie against our enimies and although he seeth that the imagination of mans heart is euill euen from his youth yet he doth not vtterly cast vs off Goe to then Lorde we beséech thée we haue séene thy iudgements how terrible they are we are full fedde with the gall of thy bitter vengeance now if it be thy good pleasure turne thy face from our sinnes and blot out our offences create in vs a new hart renew a right spirit in our bowels shewe thy selfe once againe a mercyfull God we knowe we are not worthy to be called thy children we haue sinned againste heauen and against earth they bare part of our curse againste thée againste thée haue we sinned but if it be thy good pleasure turne thy louing countenaunce towardes vs Surely there is mercie wyth God he hath heard the gronings and afflictions of his people he is moued wyth compassion and pitie towardes vs beholde we that were shattered in pieces lying still in the sounde of sinne and buried vp in death the Lorde of his infinite goodnesse goth about togather vs vp and to set vs vpright agayne he intendeth to cast Adam in a newe mould and to make him a newe creature not of earth earthly but of heauen heauenly For there is a Lambe a killing whose bloud shall washe awaye our sinnes there is a stone framing it shall be layde in Sion it shal fall vpon our enimie it shal grinde his heade and crushe it in pieces we are but héele hurted but he shall be wounded on the head And it shall be thine owne childe Adam thyne owne séede Eue that shall thus subdue the Serpent So good and gracious is the Lorde he promiseth a victorie his owne mouth hath spoken it and wyth his mightie hande hath he brought it to passe for God so loueth the worlde that he hath sente what hath he sente euen that sauing séede that innocent Lambe prouided from the beginning he hath sent his onely begotten sonne bringing with him that pearle not to perishe with that heauenly treasure to haue lyfe euerlasting héere then maye we caste anchor all other remedies failing vs this is it we muste trust vnto this is the sure pledge of Gods fauor towardes vs without this comforte we had bene altogither comfortlesse but nowe is our ioy full and plenteous This is that ioyfull tydings sent from heauen brought by the Angell belonging to all as well as to those ioyful shepherdes be not afrayd saith the angel for beholde I bring you tidings of greate ioy that shall be to all the people that vnto you this day is borne a Sauiour in the citie of Dauid which is Christe O glorious daye wherein shineth suche a sunne the verye sun of God the bright sunne of righteousnesse in that day so bright were the beames of the sunne that they shyned euē into the dim eyes of Abraham this was the glorious day which he saw with such ioy Nowe by this is God truely become the God of Abraham Isaack and Iacob here is the performance of the heauenly promise and blessed bargaine made for him vs all betwixt Abraham and his God for when it might séeme a hope against hope that aged Abraham should haue any suche séede the Lorde knew that Sara would laugh and wonder at his worde yet the Lorde of his loue wherewith he loued the worlde established his couenaunt wyth them that in them sholude all nations be blessed yea we of England Irelande haue our parte in this blessing and of

Sara Kings also should come And to cōfirme vs in opinion that this is the very true promised seede by the whiche Abraham should become a blessed father and we his happie Children and by the which Adam should subdue the Serpent S. Paule proueth vnto vs arguing of the forme of the promise he sayth not to the seedes as speaking of many but and to thy seede as of one as thoughe he hadde sayde of all the Kings comming of Sara yet was there but one by whome we shall obtaine the kingdome of heauen of all the seede of Abraham whyche was innumerable as the starres of the heauen and the sande of the Sea shore yet was there but one séede whyche brought this blessing with it and that was as he there sayth onely Chryste and as S. Iohn here speaketh the onely begotten sonne of God for it was not that earthly Isaack that fleshely sonne of Sara but it is this heauenly Isaack the onely begotten sonne of God that bringeth his blessing on his backe neyther was it that Iacob the begotten of Isaack but the onely begotten of God in whome the promise was performed this is that wise warie Iacob that supplanteth and vndermineth all enuious Esaus this is the mightie and sturdie Israell that subdueth all powers to whom al knées be they neuer so stiffe shal crouch here beneath and aboue in earth in hell and in heauen this is the very séede out of which springeth all blessing all that are blessed among the begotten of men it is by this begotten of God this seede blesseth both the begetting and begotten the sonne and the father the first as Alpha and the laste as Omega without this heauenly Iacob had that bene but a detested Esau and not a beloued Iacob without this Isaack had that other bene in worse case than wilde Ismael and in this Isaack stoode the chiefe ioy of Abraham yea before Abraham was this Isaack was for but in respecte of him had blessed Shem bene an accursed Ham it is written that Noah foūd grace in the sight of the Lord had it not bene for this gracious Lord he had not founde suche grace for it was the hope of this grace giuen by Chryste that bore the Arke and saued him from those roaring floudes And this Isaack stoode by Abell shadowing him with his blessing while Caine was cursed and this is the selfe seede that saueth Adam from the serpent And that blessed among women the mother of our Sauioure wherein stoode hir blessednesse but in that the Angel said Thou hast found fauor with God for loe thou shalte conceiue in thy womb beare a sonne and shalt cal his name Iesus and she of hir selfe from henceforth shall all nations call me blessed From that tyme when God had so shewed his fauour as that she was ouershadowed by the power of the highest and had conceiued that fruit of the wombe then from that time became she blessed and not she onely but all those nations calling hir blissed haue part with hir in the blissed séede in the conceiued fruite Iesus This therefore is the loue wherewith God so loueth vs that he sending his onely begotten sonne his dearely beloued Chryste we stand in possibilitie to become the blessed sonnes of blessed Abraham let vs therefore the children with our father reioyce in this daye whereof the Aungell speaketh and wherof the Lorde himselfe sayth Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten thee This day was such as many Kings and Prophets desired to sée yea happy were they that were so happie as to hope for this day for all the blessed among the fathers rested in this hope This was the comfort of Iacobs féeble spirite nowe entring into the graue for thus he gloryed before his son Ioseph visiting him in Egypt in his sicknesse and to him was it ioyfull tydings to hear that saying at his fathers mouth God almightie appeared vnto me at Luze in the lande of Canaan and blessed me in the which blissing was cōteined the promise of the hoped and performed sauiour and a litle before his last breath he declareth his hope by these words O Lord I haue waited for thy saluation and this was the comfort wherewith the prophetes comforted themselues and the people of God declaring it in suche sorte as though the insensible creatures the heauens and the earth the mountaines and the valleyes should be refreshed withall such was the prophecie of Esaye Reioyce O heauens and be ioyfull O earth burst forth into prayse O mountaines for God hath comforted his people and will haue mercie on his afflicted And by the prophet Zacharie thus said the Lord Reioyce with great ioy O daughter Sion shoute for ioye O daughter Ierusalem behold thy King commeth vnto thée And by Micheas And thou Bethléem in the land of Iuda art not the least among the Princes of Iuda for out of thée shall come the gouernour that shall féede my people Israell and to the comforte of the gentiles thus he saith speking as it were to his Chryste Beholde thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not and a nation that knewe not thée shall runne vnto thée bicause of the Lord thy God and the holy one of Israell thus was Chryste alwayes a comforte for the hope of the fathers to rest vpon and by him was their hope full with ioy So did God loue them his chosen of Israell that he hath sent thē the gouernor that should féede his people he hath sent them the good shepeherd that should saue the lost shepe But this loue is suche that it resteth not in the compasse of Ierusalem for S. Iohn saith it is the loue wherewyth God loued the worlde God hath sent his sonne and he hath sent him as well for the light and ioye of the Gentile as for the glory of the Iewe and we that knew not God may now know him and nowe if fayth fayle not it shall please God as well to be called the God of Englande as the God of Israell for he hath sent the promised seede of Abraham that shall blesse the one nation as well as the other and he hath sente his sonne to bestowe his loue vpon all partes of the worlde that in him all people shoulde be blessed The tenth Chapter ¶ What Chryste is and in what state he wrought the worke of our saluation NOwe this hithervnto spoken we haue béene thus farre in the fauor of God and haue tasted howe gracious the Lorde is that we know euen for the loue he beareth vnto vs he hath sent vs a redéemer whiche shall be a reconciliation for vs and shall quicken vs lying in the shadowe of death that we might not perishe but liue for euer and who it is that he maketh our redéemer as by the fleshe the blessed séede of Abraham a true man and yet the onely begotten sonne of God him he hath not spared to make a Messanger of saluation