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B11989	Vade mecum. = Goe vvith mee deare pietie, and rare charitie. VVhose flame is stirred vp, to dispell the cold out of the minde. By Otho Casmanne, preacher at Stoade. Translated out of Latine, by H.T. minister. The contents appeare in the page following.; Vade mecum. English	Casmann, Otto, d. 1607.; Tripp, Henry, d. 1612.	1606 (1606)	STC 4769; ESTC S107899	102,540	274

whereof is comprised in this Sillogisme or reason Cursed is euery one that abideth not in al thinges that are written in the Lawe to doe them From hence the conscience gathereth but I haue not a bidden in them wherevpon it concludeth Ergo I am accursed Héerevpon ariseth that sorrow or rather horror of mind not so much for sinne which is in the assumption as for the punishment of the Curse which is in the conclusion This Terrour of the Lawe if the grace of the Gospell come not betweene would driue a man to desperation 2 The second sorrow is for Sinne it Sorrow of offence 2. Cor. 2. selfe and for the Offences committed against God it is called Godly sorrow or a sorrow to Saluation The Efficient cause of this sorrow is Efficient cause the holy Ghost who in this case is called the Spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Spirit of Adoption Abba Father This openeth our mouth and enlargeth our hart to call God our Father and to call vpon him familiarly Now the Instrument whereby the holy-Ghost doth worke this sorrow or Instrument rather loue in our hearts is the Preaching of the Gospell the somme whereof is comprised in this Sillogisme or reason Hee that beleeueth shal obtaine remission A Sillogisme of sinnes shal be iustified and saued From hence the hart by Faith gathereth but I beleeue Ergo I shall obtaine remission of my Sinnes I shal be iustified and saued In this cōclusion as their is matter of vnspeakable ioy So also there is in that same matter of sorrow which is conceaued vpon the knowledge of Gods mercy for offending so mercifull a father Of this sorrow the same Bernard saith Bernard When I bethink me how I haue offēded my heauenly father I haue good cause to be ashamed Sorrow though I be not terrified He hath voluntarily begotten me by the worde of Truth Hee spared not his only begotten for me so begotten So he hath shewed himselfe a Father to me but I haue not againe shewed my selfe a Sonn to him With what face do I now lift vp mine eies to behold so good a Father being so bad a Sonne I am ashamed that I haue cōmitted things vnworthy my begetting Iam ashamed that I Or my kind haue liued so degenerate frō such a father O let mine eyes gush out with water Let confusion couer my face Let shame ouerwhelm my coūtenance darknes possesse it Let my life languish in sorrow and my yeres in mourning fie for shame whatfruit Rom 6 had we of those things wherof we are now ashamed If I haue sowne in the flesh I shal reape nothing of the flesh but corruption if in the world that also passeth the lusts thereof what I haue not beene ashamed wretched mā to preferre transitory vaine thinges whose ende is death before the loue and honor of my Eternall father I am confounded I am confounded to heare If I be your Father where is my honor c. Reuersion or returne to God A descripti-of God 2 Hauing turned frō sin y● worst euil return to God the best good whom thou hast forsaken Take a view of God who calleth thee to whom thou must haue recourse He is Ens Compleat absolute of himselfe the chéefest good most simple most perfect therfore diuine Eternall before all things in all things after all things and in the highest degrée within all things not included without all things not excluded aboue all things not lifted vp vnder all things not cast downe to this Ens return thou Hee is the cheefe good most actuall most liberall indefficient perfect in him all goodnes Essentially and aboue all Excellency is found from him all goodnes is deriued to all creatures without any diminution to himselfe By cleauing vnto him by Faith and Charitie all the Saints are made good and happy whom by communion and participation of his goodnes he doth fill and as it were make drunke with plentie To this most excellent and most bountifull good returne that being deliuered from euill thou maiest be made pertaker of good Now thou doest returne by Faith and How to remine confidence of minde wholy resting in the mercy of God the Father through Iesus Christ and his merits This is a wonderful and supernaturall faculty of the hart apprehending and receiuing of Christ by the holy ghost and applying him to our selues Heareof riseth an internall and effectuall An Internall perswasion perswasion by the forcible working or certification of the holy Spirit concerning the mercy of God the Father in Christ Verily verily I say vnto you hee Ioh 6. that beleeueth in mee hath Eternall life Item beleeue in the Lorde Iesus and thou Act 16. Ephes 3. Eph 1. shalt be saued Item By Christ wee haue an entrance through confidence Item In whom yee haue hoped after that yee hard the worde of Truth euen the Gospell of Saluation In whom after ye beleeued yee were sealed with the holy spirit of promise Item Which spirit testifieth to our spirit Rom. 6. that wee are the sonnes of God But that this Faith which is the frée The practise of Faith gift of God and is not giuen to euery one may arise in thy hart First thou shalt doe thy endeuour to The knowledge of the Gospell attaine the knowledg of the Gospel by the illumination of the holy Ghost My iust seruant by his knowledg shal iustefie many Especially thou shalt labour by an inward sence of thine owne wants to consider the promises of the Gospell whereby thou shalt giue an assent to the Gospell hard that thou be not in that number of whom it is saide That the Worde hard Heb. 4. did not profit them because it was not ioyned with faith in them that hard it For God would haue all men to be saued and to come to the knowledge of the Truth Secondly thou shalt conceiue Hope of pardon whereby thou shalt beleeue that Hope of pardon thy sinne is pardonable though it be not yet pardoned thou shalt say with the prodigal Luke 15. sonne I wil arise and go to my Father and wil say vnto him Father I haue sinned against heauen and against thee neither am I worthy any more to be called thy sonne make me as one of thy hyred seruants Thirdly thou shalt eagerly hunger and Hungring thirsting for grace thirst for his grace whieh is offred thee in Christ and shalt earnestly begge that He who is Alpha and Omega the first and the last will giue thee of the fountaine of liuing Water freely When thou art proceeded thus farre Christ doth count thee happy Blessed are they that hunger and Math. 5. thirst after righteousnes for they shal be satisfied Fourthly thou shalt come to the throne Accesse to the throne of grace Heb. 4. of grace that by apprehending Christ there thou maist finde mercy with the father Now in

this accesse thou shalt performe two things First thou shalt humbly purely and Confession of sinne faithfully confesse thy sinnes generally and in particular Whervpon shal follow remission of them before God According to that I wil make my sinne knowne Psal 32. vnto thee and mine iniquitie will I not hide I said I will confesse my defaults vnto thee O Lorde and thou tookest awaye the punishments of my sinne Say with the Prodigal sonn Father I haue sinned against Luke 15. Heauen and against thee neyther am I worthy any more to be called thy sonne Secondly thou shalt intreat for pardon Intreating for pardon Rom. 8. for thy sinnes with grones that cannot be expressed and that with continuance In which case the spirit will helpe forward our infirmities For we know not what to aske as we ought but the spirit entreateth for vs. Finally to conclude a certaine and speciall perswasion must be sensibly and effectually A certayne perswasion imprinted in the hart whereby the promises of the Gospell must be applyed to thy Faith that Christ may speak inwardly to thy hart Be of good comfort my Sonne thy sinnes are forgiuen thée Sée therefore O man thou that returnest to God that thou giue thine assent vnto the Worde of God and withstand doubting and distrust and then by experience thou shalt féele a sence of ioy and comfort A patterne of the practise of Dauids repentance Dauid after his fall repenting giues the first place to the knowledge of his Knowledge of sinne sinne Haue mercie saith he on me O God after thy great mercie And vpon Psal 51. which Psalme Gregorie sayeth I should despayre of the healing of my wound If I did not presume of the omnipotencie of my Phisition Let others seeke for small mercy that haue sinned ignorantly I as I haue grieuously falne so haue I greatly offended But thou O omnipotent Phisition dost both correct the contemners and instruct the ignorant and pardon the confessors I doe know mine owne wickednesse and my sinne is alwaies against mee Here is present sayeth Gregorie the miserable Gregorye man let mercie also be at hand I know my own miserie if I did not acknowledge my selfe miserable I should not labour in mourning 1 I acknowledge that I haue sinned of Manifold acknowledgements mine owne accord and wicked will therefore I doe not hide mine vnrighteousnesse I know from what I am falne and what I haue incurred I know to whom I haue inthral'd my selfe by sinne euen to the Diuell the enemie of all goodnes I know the blot that I haue gotten by sinne and the filth wherewith I haue horriby defiled my selfe 2 I acknowledge that I haue sinned against Manifould wayes against God thée onely and done euill before thée against thee my Creator whom I vnhappy creature haue not serued but haue rather cleaued to the creature then to the Creator Against my Lorde against whome I as a most wicked seruant haue rebelled to obey thine enemye against thée my Law giuer whose will while I shoulde haue followed I haue shamefully despised and to satisfie my lust I haue transgressed thy Lawes Against thee my most louing Father for whose innumerable benefits I haue béene so long vnthankefull yea with whose benefits beeing fatted and pampred I haue kicked against thée my Father and being forgetfull of thy loue I haue preferred mine owne Loue and the Loue of the Creatures before thée Finally against thee my good God most mightie most iust haue I sinned whiles I haue departed from thée on whome I should wholy haue depended and in whome onely as my ende I should haue rested 2 After the knowledge of sinne came A consternation Psal 6. a feare or cōsternation of his mind which did inuade his minde Lorde sayeth he rebuke me not in thy fury neyther chasten me in thy wrath 3 Héere vpon a great sorrow possessed Sorrow for sinne Ps 38 his hart Mine iniquities are gone ouer my head and are like asore burthen to heauy for mee to beare my wounds are putrified and corrupt through my foolishnesse I am racked and vexed exceedingly my hart panteth my strength hath Ps 51. forsaken me c but an humble and contrite hart thou wilt not despise Hope of pardon psal 6. 4 Hope of pardon succéedeth Turne thee O Lorde and deliuer my soule saue mee for thy mercie sake because in death no man remembreth thee and in Hell who will confesse thee As my soule sayeth Gregorie is turned to thee by the storme of repentance so turne thou to Gregorie me by the calme of mercy and being turned to me deliuer my soule And therefore Dauid saieth to his soule why art Psal 42 thou cast downe O my soule and why frettest thou within me Trust in God for I will yet praise him 5 After hope of pardon Dauid communeth Faith p●al 25. with God and resteth in him O my God in thee doe I trust let me not be put to confusion The Lorde is my saluation In thee O Lorde doe I hope let me neuer be confounded 6 Out of this Faith breaketh out from Confession the soule a cōfession watching to heauen I said I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Psal 32. Lord and thou tookest away the punishment of my sinne My sorrow is euer Psal 38. in my sight for I will open my iniquitye before thee and bee carefull for my sinne 7 A purpose of amendment of life followeth Purpose of Amendmēt Psal 6. Psa 39. Depart from mee all yee that worke iniquitie For the Lord hath heard the voyce of my weepin● I saide I will take heede to my waies that I offend not in my tongue 8 Finally he reioyceth with an inward Inward ioy and peace Psal 103. sense of ioy and peace Praise the Lorde O my soule and forget not all his benefits who forgiueth all thine iniquities and healeth all thy diseases he will not alway be striuing or chiding neither keepeth in his anger for euer c. Returne into thy rest O my soule because God hath beene bountifull to thee Thus doe we depart from euill not Counersion not without greefe without a sorrow of euill that is wee are sorry wee haue béene euill neyther doe we approach to good as to God without Faith in him For hee that will come to Heb. 11. God must beleeue that God is Now this departing from euill and approaching to good imports a certaine Conuersion imports a change vnde et alio Threefould chaunge which hath two tearmes or bondes vz from whence and whether This chaunge is in the minde will and harte An the minde there is a change of the 1 In the mind Iudgement and counsell The minde disaloweth the euill that is done and alloweth the good that is to be done 2 In the will In the will the chaunge is on this wise the will refuseth the euill which hetherto it

Vade mecum Goe with mee Deare Pietie and rare Charitie VVhose flame is stirred vp to dispell the cold out of the minde By Otho Casmanne Preacher at Stoade Translated out of Latine by H. T. Minister The Contents appeare in the Page following Duc me nec sine me per me Christ optimë duci Nam duce me pereo Te duce saluus ero Guide me sweet Sauiour Christ The way Let not my selfe me guide If thou me guide I shall be safe If I my selfe I slide LONDON Imprinted for Thomas Charde 1606. The Contents of this Booke The Epistle Dedicatorie of the Translator The Epistle Dedicatorie of the Author A Synopsis or view of this Booke A Prologue sententious Foure members 1. Incipe Beginne 2. Ne desice seu re gredere Faint not or goe not backward 3. Sed profice Goe forward or profit 4. By denying vnrighteousnes and By follewing of righteousnes An Epilogue sententious Prayers framed to the parts and members of this Booke To the three Right worshipful The Epistle by the Translator and religiously vertuous Gentlewomen Mistres Anne Osbourne widowe of the Right Worshipfull Maister Peter Osbourne Esquire Mistresse Dorothie Osbourne the wife of M. Iohn Osbourne Esquire Mist Grace Chapman the Widow of M. William Chapman Citizen Encrease of grace in this life with assured hope of glorie in the world to come HAuing had long experience Right vertuous Gentlewomen of your Christian Pietie and Charitie grounded vpon a true knowledge of the word of God I haue thought good to present vnto you this short Treatise of a learned Writer Translated by me for the good liking I had thereof Wherein he directeth euery Christian how to begin to goe forward to perseuere in the way of Pietie Charitie till he haue attained the marke which is eternall life Not that I thought you to haue much need of any such direction to be prescribed you who haue long since both found the way and practised the course of a Christian life and by Gods grace shall so perseuere But yet I iudged it might be a good confirmation to you that you haue not hetherto wandered vncertainly in your course as also that it might be some encouragement vnto you to perseuere But vnto other who haue not yet either sound the way or begun to walk or haue but slowly or faintly gone forward in this course to such this booke may be both a guide to direct thē in the way of Pittie and Charitie and also a spur to stirre them vp to goe forward I haue bene bold to ioyne you three in the Inscription of this Epistle as my three Charites or Graces of whom the Poets make mention Three louing and bountifull sisters And sure I am that grace is in euery of your Names and Nature hath ioyned you in Consanguinitie and neere Affinitie as also GOD hath vnited you in Pietie Now as in the Etymologie of your Names ye carry Grace so I doubt not but in your hearts ye possesse the three Christian Graces Faith Hope and Charitie which by Gods mercy shall neuer leaue you till they haue brought you to the expected end of your Faith and Hope euen eternall life Which God for his sonne Iesus Christs sake graunt to you and all true Christians Amen So fare ye well Your vnworthy Pastor H. T. To the whole bodie of the Colledge of S. Mary at Stoad Otho Casmanne The Epistle Dedicatorie of the Author Preacher of the said Colledge wisheth saluation in Christ YOu venerable and Reuerend men and Brethren greatly beloued in Christ vnto whom by the fauourable will prouidence of Iesus Christ whose vnworthy Minister I acknowledge my selfe I do execute the embassage of the Gospel who also for that purpose haue chosen and called me to teach among you the word of Christian veritie and sanctitie Are not to be passed ouer by me The tongue serues to teach but giue me leaue I beseech you by writing to warne those whom with mourning I daily wish to teach by example life and work would to God I might perceiue that it were in my power to performe it It is a great matter certainly to be a Minister of the Word but to bee a Worke-maister aunswerable to the word is by Christ a farre greater matter Wee loue a frequent Hearer of the word of God but a diligent Doer of A dooer of the word hard to finde the word heard kept we admire These are my grones these are my wishes in this calling which by the will and grace of God I maintaine pardon me I pray you if I vnburthen these things into your bosome with that Charitie and Faith that is meete to wit That I be not a monster hauing a larger tongue than hands For that saying of my maister Iesus Christ doeth sounde in my eares He that teacheth and doth he shal Mat. 5. be called great in the kingdome of heauen He will haue me not only to be the salt of the earth in soundnesse of doctrine but also the light of the world in holinesse of life example of vertue Otherwise of mine owne mouth will hee iudge me as an vngratious seruant And Luc. 19. Ibid. 12. I shall bee beaten with many stripes If I binde together heauie burthens and laie them on other mens shoulders and I my selfe scarse touch them or moue them with my little finger Euery man must shewe his faith by his workes as a tree is knowne by her fruite Let vs all heare that saying of Aurelius Numerianus Be that which thou art reported to be Or that of Horace Tu recte vivis si curas esse quod audis Well doest thou liue if thou endeuer To be the same thou hearest euer We are called Christians let vs liue a Christian life We are called spirituall let vs liue in the spirit and mortifie the deeds of the flesh Let vs ioyne in wishes and mingle mournings that by begging and getting the helpe of the holy Ghost we may rather be than desire to seeme good For as one saith It skilleth more what thou art thā what thou art accounted Let vs I say on all sides endeuour with ioynt forces to bee the same before God that we wold seeme to be before men That shall we do if ioyning Charitie with Knowledge Holinesse with Veritie we lead a godly and Christian life Surely God is holy and we his seruants ought to be holy that we may be vnited to him Wee are not our owne men Why then should our owne Reason will beare the sway in our counsels and actions Let vs labour in all the parts of our life to enioy God as the chiefe ende hauing a respect vnto his will to do it We are in the Church the holy Citie of God whom he hath consecrated to himselfe Let vs count it a wickednes Motiues to godlines to prophane it with our impuritie Christ who hath recōciled vs to God is a pattern set before vs let vs