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A10737	The repentance of Peter and Iudas Together with the frailtie of the faithfull, and the fearefull ende of wicked hypocrites.	Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617.; Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?	1612 (1612)	STC 21016A; ESTC S120149	271,441	294

Vse 1 they care not how Qui rem faciunt quocunque modo Horat. lib. 1. Epist 1. lucri bonus est odor ex re Qualibet Iuuen. sat 14. whether by hooke or crooke by right or wrong that thinke the smell of all gaine to be good which way soeuer it cōmeth For euē as many times the greedy fish while she hunteth after the bait is caught and choaked with the hook so these gredy Cormorants which with an vnsatiable desire do hunt after riches many times get such a sting in their conscience as tormēteth their soules with endles woe Vse 2 Secondly it serueth to admonish al men neuer to increase their riches by vnlawfull meanes nor to bring home a pennie that is ill gotten least it proue a canker to wast and consume all the rest of their substance Though a garment bee neuer so costly yet if the plague haue infected it we will not meddle with it So though ill gotten goods doe glister gloriously in the eies of men yet because they are infected with a plague which will not only indanger those riches that are iustly gotten but hazard the soule also therefore we should haue no dealing with them For as our Sauiour Christ saith What wil it profit a mā to win the whole world lose his soule Mat. 16.26 And thus we haue handled the seuerall parts of Iudas his repentance Let vs in a word apply it to our selues We see what hee performed in his repentance we must be carefull to supply that which he wanted or else our repentance will doe vs no good But I feare me if due examination were had it would appeare that many of vs neuer goe so farre in the worke of repentance as Iudas did How then can we hope to be saued since Iudas did all this that wee haue heard and yet is damned Shall hee bee sorrowfull for his sinne shall he confesse his sinne in particular manner and shall he make restitution of that which he hath gotten vnlawfully and yet goe to hell And shall we doe none of all these things and hope to goe to heauen Oh let vs not deceiue our selues As our Sauiour Christ said to his Disciples Except your righteousnesse exceede the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees Mat. 5.20 yee shall not enter into the Kingdome of heauen So say I in this case Except our repentance goe beyond the repentance of Iudas and all such as Iudas was we shall neuer be saued Shall Kain cry out Gen. 4.13 Exod. 9.27 My sinne is greater then can be forgiuen me Shall Pharaoh confesse his sinne and acknowledge that God is righteous 1. Kings 21.27 Shall Ahab humble himselfe before the Lord in sacke-cloth and ashes Shall Simon Magus be sorie for his sinne Act. 8.24 and desire the Apostle Peter to pray for him Nay to say yet more shall the Deuill himselfe beleeue and tremble Iam. 2.19 and yet be all of them damned And shall we doe nothing at all shall wee neuer be moued and yet hope to be saued Nay rather all these shal be so many witnesses against vs at the great and dreadfull day of iudgement He departed This is the preparation vnto Iudas his wretched end that followed He shunned the sight of men and his conscience tormenting him and driuing him to the gallowes he went aside and sought some secret place If he had conuersed amongst men it is likely hee might haue beene preuented and therefore the Deuill draweth him in to some solitarie place From whence ariseth this instruction Doct. that it is very dangerous for men to liue in solitarinesse Solitarinesse is very dangerous Eccles 4.10 Gen. 2.18 Woe be to him saith that diuine Preacher that is alone The reason is because hee lieth open to tentations and offereth himselfe to the snare of the Deuill Hereupon the Lord said It is not good for man to be himselfe alone If not in Paradise whiles man was innocent much lesse now that he is wholly corrupted And wee see when the Deuill encountred with our Sauiour Christ Mat. 4.1 Gen. 3.1.2 Gen. 34.1.2 2. Sam. 11.2 hee made choise of the wildernesse implying that such places are fittest for his working And therefore wee reade that when Euah was stragling alone from her husband curiously viewing the pleasures of the garden the Deuill set vpon her and caused her to tast the forbidden fruit When Dinah Iacobs daughter was wandring alone from her Fathers Tents idly to see the fashions of the countrie Shechem the sonne of Hamor caught her and defiled her And when Dauid was walking alone on the toppe of his house he was tempted to lust after Bathshebah and to commit adulterie with her So that we see what occasions of sinne are offered vnto vs when wee are alone and how ready we are to yeeld vnto them And therefore a Vnum primò aggr●ssus vt lupus ouem secernere à grege vt accipiter columbam ab agmine volantium separare tentauerat Nam cui non est aduersus omnes satis virium circumvenire quaerit solitudinem singulorum Cypr. lib. 1. epist 1. Mich. 2.1 one saith wel that as the Wolfe laboureth to seperate the sheep from the rest of the flocke and the Hawke to seuer the Pidgeon from the rest of the flight So the Deuil laboureth to single out men from the societie of others that so he may the more easily ouercome them For hee that hath not strength enough to set vpon al together seeketh to circumuent them one by one Yea the greatest iniquities and grossest sinnes that haue beene done in the sight of the world were first plotted and purposed warped and contriued by men alone As the Prophet Michah saith of wicked men They worke wickednesse vpon their beds and when the morning is light they practise it And wee haue all experience of this in our selues For we are no sooner from companie but armies of ill thoughts and desires like so many swarmes of Bees about a mans eares are solliciting and offering themselues vnto vs. And this the Heathen man knew also when he said b Nemo est ex imprudentibus qui relinqui sibi debeat Tunc mala confilia agitant tunc aut alijs aut ipsis futura pericula struunt Tunc cupiditates improbas ordinant tunc quicquid aut metu aut pudore animus celabat exponit c. Seneca Epist 10. There is no indiscreet or foolish man that ought to be left to himselfe For then euill counsels doe molest him then hee deuiseth danger either to himselfe or others Then he frameth euill desires then the mind laieth open whatsoeuer either for feare or fauour it concealed before c. And we want not examples of many that being alone haue fallen into fearfull dangers This serueth first of all to reproue the Papists who so Vse 1 highly commend their Eremitical life as though it were the most excellent and the most perfite estate But wee see