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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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