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A12708	A short treatise, very comfortable for all those Christians that be troubled and disquieted in theyr consciences with the sight of their owne infirmities wherein is shevved hovv such may in their owne selues finde whereby to assure them of their free election, effectuall vocation, and iustification.	Sparke, Thomas, 1548-1616.	1580 (1580)	STC 23025; ESTC S102432	22,600	64

¶ A short Treatise very comfortable for all those Christians that be troubled and disquieted in theyr consciences with the sight of their owne infirmities Wherein is shevved hovv such may in their owne selues finde whereby to assure them of their free election effectuall vocation and iustification Math. 7. verse 17. Euery good tree bringeth foorth good fruite and a corrupt tree bringeth foorth euill fruite Math. 4. verse 18. A good tree can not bring foorth euill fruite neither can a corrupt tree bring foorth good fruite Printed at London by Ralph Newbery Anno Domini 1580. To the Christian Reader saluation in Christ IESVS WHen these few leaues were writ at the first Christian Reader it was not my meaning thus by print to haue made them common for they were writte vpō the request of a perticular man for the comfort and consolation of his troubled soule but since one written coppy hath begot so many and made me haue so many suters for moe the number of afflicted cōsciences being in these dayes so many as I know they be and they that haue had the reading heereof already reporting and confessing vnto me that thereby they haue bin much comforted though I know that it was not nor is not penned so exactly nor yet the matter dealt in so substātially as things in these dayes to be published had neede to be yet I haue suffered my selfe by the importunitie of the godly that haue requested euen this at my hands to be ouerread and so to publish it I hope for the benefite of all those that shall reade it for this I am sure of I haue so layd downe comforts for the healing of the broken hearted Christian that withall I haue I hope taken all occasion from the prophane and godlesse of taking cause to be sure by any thing heere set downe which I take to bee very necessary to be regarded in such preatises and discourses wherefore be the Reader hereof a right and true Christian or a carnall and counterfeyte Gospeller he may in this short and briefe tracte find that which may be profitable for him if he be of the later sort then here shal he learne that where true iustification in deede is there is also sanctification and that therefore he deceyues himselfe in presuming of the former hauing neuer had any aquayntance with the later and if he be of the first sort be he weake or strong in faith heere shall he find both matter to leade him on in his strēgth and to rayse him vp in his weakenesse and therefore take it vnto thee Christian Reader and learne to make thy profite of it according to thy hearte and a salue of it according to thy sore That thou mayest thus do I beseech the Lord to direct thee in reading of it with his spirit and hauing done I pray thee recompence my good will in commending me vnto God in thy heartie Prayers agayne Farewell Thine in Christ Iesus Thomas Sparke Archdeacon How a man shall be assured in his ovvne conscience of his election effectuall vocation and iustification THis is certayne he that is desirous to knowe whether he be one whome God hath elected and according to the same his election effectually called and iustifyed he is to consider whether he be yet sanctified or no and thereby to iudge of his election vocation and iustification for where this sanctification is founde there the partye that hath it in possession is assured that he is the chosen childe of God effectuallie called vnto that estate and in Christ Iesus iustified and so in the ende sure to bée glorifyed as it maye well and euidentelye appeare bothe by the iudgemente of Peter and also of Paule whereof the firste exhortyng to the particular braunches of sanctificatiō as namely to knowledge temperance patience godlynesse brotherly kindnesse and loue addeth thys as a reason to adde force vnto his exhortation Bréethren giue diligēce to make your calling and election sure for if you do these things ye shal neuer fal 2. Pet. 1. verse 5. and the other Rom. 8. as he assureth those that be in Christ of their election vocation and iustification yea and in the end of their assured glorification saying there is no condemnation to those that be in Christ Iesus so he in the words immediatly following teacheth how to know those that be in Christ and so consequently those that be elected called iustified and in the end to be glorifyed saying Which walk not after the flesh but after the spirit which same lesson Christ our sauiour hathe taught vs Math. 7. verse 18. saying A good trée cannot bring forth had fruite nor yet a had trée can bring forth good fruite and also Ioh. 15. verse 4. 5. where he saith as the branch can not beare fruite of it selfe except it abide in the vine no more can yée except yée abide in me I am the vine yée are the branches he that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruite Héereby I say then it is euident as séeking the cause why we are elected called iustified and finally shall be glorified we find the only cause to be Christ Iesus and therfore are enforced to acknowledge hym the only dore into the shéepefold Ioh. 10. the way the truth and the life Iohn 14. and his name to be the only name whereby commeth saluatiō Act. 4. so we are compelled being asked who be elected called iustified and to be glorified to answere they onely that ioyne vertue to their faith that walke not after fleshe but after the spirite and so being good trées of the Lordes planting in Christ Iesus Esa 61. and Iohn 13. bring foorth the fruites of righteousnesse that is those only that be sanctified for those the word accompteth sanctified in whome the sanctifying spirit sheweth it selfe to dwell by the right fruites of the spirit wrought in them which all consist in sacrificing crucifying ●●●●●cising mortifying killing and burying of the old man and in putting on ●●●●●ing renuing and strengthning of the new man which representeth the ymage of God in holynesse and righteousnesse Ephesi 4. If therefore to our eternall comfort we would be certifyed of thys poynte whether we be of the number of those that shall be saued let vs not séeke to be resolued thereof by ●urious entring into consideration of Gods secret purpose but let vs in the reuelation of Iesus Christ vnto vs and in the assured tokens and mar●es of those whome God in him hath purposed to saue learne to know and vnderstande what Gods purpose is towardes vs. For as it is written by Paule in the firste Chapter vnto the Ephesians and the thirde verse In hym it is in whome the heauenlye father hathe blessed vs in all manner of spirituall blessings in heauenly things according as he had chosen vs in him before the soundations of the worlde were ●ayde that we shoulde be holy and withoute blame before him thorough Loue. In déede God in

yet it getteth the but with grudging misliking of the spirit so hath neuer ful obedience yéelded it as before euery day it obtaineth lesse obedience lesse So the I may wel compare the obediēce that sin hath being in his kingdome to the obediēce y● a lawfull welbeloued King getteth of hys subiectes and the obedience that sin only dwelling in man obtaineth to the obedience the a tyrant vsurper getteth of his subiectes that loue him not Both of these get their things that they commaund done but in great dinersitie for the one is obeyed in all that willingly hartily faithfully the other in as little as they can in that repyningly with inwarde griefe misliking the they shoulde obey such a one at al euen the like difference betwixt obedience yéelded to him before regeneration and after is there Take we héed therfore that sin raigne not in vs wrestle wée and striue we by the spirite euery day more and more to withdrawe our bodies and soules from yéelding any obedience to sin dwelling in vs and in thus doing though with Paule we fynd some tyme this tyrant letting vs from doing the good we would and drawing vs on to do the euil that we mislike yet with the same Paule as wée do take occasion to crye oute of oure owne wretchednesse and of the tyranny of sinne in vs so let vs comfort our selues assuring our selues that this wrestling against sinne in the inner man is a sure argument of our most assured purposed saluation in the bloud of Iesus Christ But to the end that this doctrine now thus generally layde downe may be to the more comfort of thée Christian Reader particularly let vs sée now how it can be applyed to thy fore to salue it to thy sicknesse to cure it to thy afflicted conscience to solace and comfort it thou mournest and thy soule is troubled desquieted and sore vered within thée yea thou thinkest thy selfe euen compassed about with the paynes of hell and therfore in bitternesse of heart complaynest as one cast off forgotten and forsaken of God fearing greatly that thy ende and portion shall be with the wicked and why is all this bycause sayest thou I find in my selfe such doubting whether I shall be saued for Christes sake or no and many other sinnes and infirmities in my selfe beside for the which I deserue vtterly to be reiected But tell me also and dissemble not with me doest thou not greatly mislike this thy doubting art thou not gréeued with thy selfe for it findest thou not in thy selfe an earnest desire to be ridde of it that thou mightest fully beléeue that thou shalt be saued for Christes sake and further concerning the other infirmities doest thou not mislike them and condemne them in thy selfe and wrestle and striue to lessen them in thy selfe and yet to go one step further with theée doest thou not vnfeynedly finde in thy selfe loue towards Gods truth and the professors thereof euen for that they do professe it and embrace it and a loue after godlinesse euen for godlinesse sake And that in answering of me in these two last poyntes you be not deceyued consider whether you take any comfort pleasure and delight in reading of Gods booke in studying of his truth in hearing it preached and commoned on and whether it be a gréefe vnto you to heare it withstoode or misliked or the professors and preachers thereof abused if these things be in you it is certayne you haue loue towardes God and his truth and to the bréethren that professe it and as for loue after godlynesse vniuersally euen for godlynesse sake then it is in you if you be at this poynt that you could finde in your heart to absteyne frō sinne though it might aduantage you not hurt you in procuring you here any shame or punishment to embrace vertue though it purchase you mockes scoffes and tauntes and any other displeasure and gayne you nothing wyth menne euen bycause your God hathe condemned the one and cōmended the other And whether your abstaynyng from sinne and embracing of vertue be such as this you may be able to iudge if you consider whither you be as carefull to absteyne from those sinnes that man punisheth not or accounteth not of as from other and if you way whether you be not as well willing to embrace those poyntes of godlynesse whiche are most dispised amongst mē as those that he highliest estéemed you can not deny but that to these questions you must néedes answer that it is thus with your selfe notwithstanding your complayning of lacke of faith and doubting that sometime you haue good comforte in hearing Gods truth in Christ Iesus and great consolation in powring forth your Prayers vnto God in the bitte●nes of your soule this is it that discomforts you that this comfort of yours lasteth but for a short time your doubting being renued and yet you can not I am sure say to the contrarye but that you hope of the renuing of your comfort in Christ and of saluation through him in the ende Be it then that this is thy state Christian Reader let vs sée nowe what comfortes the worde of God ministreth vnto thée to binde vp thy broken heart and to heale thy woūded conscience This I dare say vnto you by g●●d and plentiful experience to begin withall in the wordes of Paule 1. Cor. 10. verse 23. there hath no tēptatiō takē you but such as aperteineth to mā and God is faithfull which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able but wil giue the issue with the temptation that you may be able to beare it thus hath he before now oftentimes brought downe to Hell and carryed backe agayne he hath throwne downe that hée might rayse vp wounded that he might heale thus doth he vse to breake vp the fallow landes of the hearts of his children to prepare them as méete ground for the immortal séede of his word thus doth he according to his promise Ezech. ●6 take from his their stony heartes and bestowes soft and fleshie hearts vppon them such a broken and contrite heart as this is is so acceptable a sacrifice to God that he will not despise it Psal 51. yea to the great consolation of such it is sayd by God Esay 66. verse 2. to him will I looke that is poore and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my wordes and therefore so farre off is it that you should be perswaded that God hath forgotten you or left you off bycause of the trouble and vexation which you féele in your soule that euen therein you haue matter of comfort assuring you that you are one whome most tenderly he looketh vpon and regardeth In déede it can not be denyed but that where there is no faith in Christ Iesus there is yet the state of damnation for as it is written He that beléeueth in him shall not be condemned so it followeth writ