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heaven_n	bless_v	lord_n	sun_n	2,399	5	9.5160	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06990	A treatise of the sin against the holy ghost made by M. Augustine Marlorate. Translated out of French to the great consolation of all such as repent them of their sinnes, and to the astonying of of [sic] those that mock and despise the gospell of our Lord Jesus Christ; Traité du péché contre le Saint Esprit. English.	Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562.	1570 (1570)	STC 17410; ESTC S102682	17,651	42

holy Ghost séeing he renounced yea and that with cursing and hanning the troth whiche he him self had before knowen and confessed And yet he that shall so iudge must néeds be blamed of rashnesse and vntroth aswel because of the repentance of this Disciple as of the pardon which he obtained of his master and lord And if any wil say that there ar diuers such as the Apostle describeth euen as we wil not deny it for asmuche as these things are not written for nought and that Iesus Christ wold not haue made so expresse mention of the sin against the holy Ghost if there had not béen such a sin so likewise we say it is not so easy to be knowen as it séemeth and it is much better to suspēd our iudgment in this case and to leaue the knowledge therof to god who knoweth those that be his then lightly and rashly to condemne those that possibly God hath determined to shew mercy vnto that the more horrible the sin séemeth and void of all pardon the more he might magnifie his great goodnesse and mercy For it often commeth to passe that where sin hath abounded there grace aboundeth much more Beside this the faith which we haue in the promises of God whiche promiseth pardon to all those that repēt them from the bottom of their harts and the charitie which we bere to our neighbor prouoketh vs to hope wel of all men and to pray to God for the saluation of all sinners euen of those that séem to be the moste desperate in the world Also what shall we say by this cōmaundmēt that Christ gaue to his disciples saying Loue your enmies blesse those that curse you doo good to those that hate you pray for those that hurt you persecute you that ye may be the children of your father which is in heauē for he maketh his Sun to shine vpon the good and bad and sendeth his rain vpon the iust and vniust And S. Paule saith The seruāt of the Lord must not striue but must bee gentle towards all men apt to teach suffering the euil men patiently instructing them with méeknesse that are cōtrary minded prouing if God at any time wil giue them repentance that they may knowe the troth and that they may come to amendment out of the snare of the Deuil whiche are taken of him at his wil. In deed the Apostle speaketh not directly of those that resist the troth that they once knew neither yet excludeth he those which are such because God is able inough to call them again to the true knowledge of the troth and to giue them that taste of Heauenly and deuine things whiche before they had lost Seeing then that we know not how God wil woork with men and that the conuersion of sinners is in his hand and that we are not sure whether they whiche resist the troth to day shall consent to morrow or whether they be misled by ignorance wekenesse or any fond zeale we cannot doo amisse to commend them to God and to pray for their conuersion and amendment Touching the answers and solutions of the former obiections we first confesse that all our prayers ought to be made in faith without the which man may not look to obtain any thing at Gods hand as S. Iames saith We confesse also that the woord of God commaundeth vs not to pray for these that sin against the holy Ghost But therwith we say that it is not easy for vs to knowe such sinners as appéereth by the reasons before alleged For they somtimes ar thought to sin maliciously and of determinate purpose that are rather misled with fond zeale and blinde ignorance then of determinate malice It may sometimes come to passe thē that amongst those that persecute the Gospel some sin of ignorance and other some of malice and so consequently against the holy Ghost But for that the intent of the hart is reserued to the knowledge of God alone the faithful ought stil to pray for all in generall As we sée S. Stephen did For though they were of his aduersaries that resisted the holly Ghost as he laid to their charge yet when he was redy to yéeld vp the Ghost he ceassed not to pray in generall without exception of this man or that man saying Lord lay not this sin to their charge for they knowe not what they doo And in déed if we should iudge who sinned against the holy Ghost in persecuting this holy man should we not put Saule in the number of them at the least For from his youth he had béen instructed in the law vnder that excellent doctor Gamaliel and could wel iudge that all that S. Steuen alleged for the defēce of his doctrin was drawen out of the pure fountain of the holy scriptures and neuerthelesse his sudain wonderful conuersion dooth sufficiently declare that his sin was not vnpardonable as hee him self dooth sufficiently witnesse Also we sée many that séemed to be wholly cast away and desperat which neuerthelesse are so touched with the féeling of their sinnes that they ernestly repent are set foorth to others as mirrors examples of the goodnesse of God which giueth life to the dead and calleth the things that be not as though they were The example of the Corinthians and Galathians may serue to this purpose very wel for some of them were so far departed frō that pure doctrin the S. Paule had preached vnto thē that they douted of the resurrection of the dead these were strayed frō Christ which had called thē through grace to an other gospel so far that they thought the ceremonies of the law were necessary to saluatiō wherin they not only gainsaid the doctrin of the Apostle but also like mad men bereued them selues of the frute that all the faithful haue by the death of Iesꝰ Christ neuerthelesse the holy Apostle leaueth not to indeuer to bring thē bothe again into the right way of troth For the sin against the holy Ghost importeth not simply some euil or false opinion that one may holde against some or many points of Religion but a generall reuolting and apostasie from all Christianitie whē hauing béen illuminate by the vertue of the holy Ghost resisteth of determinate malice the doctrin of the trueth with intent to resist it And it is no maruail if this sin be vnpardonable séeing that he which is is giltie of them maliciously despiseth Iesus Christ and maketh a mock of his doctrin without the which none can obtain pardon of his iniquities and we may not think it straunge and accuse God of crueltie though he pardō not such sin séeing that they which cōmit it cōe not to repentance And is it reason the God shuld pardon the sin that the offēder nothing repenteth This is it that the Apostle affirmeth saying If we sin willingly after that we haue receiued the knowledge of the trueth