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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02921	A learned and fruitefull commentarie vpon the Epistle of Iames the Apostle vvherein are diligently and profitably entreated all such matters and chiefe common places of religion as are touched in the same epistle: written in Latine by the learned clerke Nicholas Hemminge, professour of diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Hafnie, and nevvly translated into English by VV.G.	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Gace, William.	1577 (1577)	STC 13060; ESTC S103941	145,341	189

God according to these sayings Repent for the kingdome of God is at hande Nowe the kingdome of God is the kingdome of grace in which Christ being a King and Priest doth reygne Ierem. 36. Returne euery man from his euill waye that I may forgiue their iniquitie and their sinnes Againe I desire not the death of the wicked returne and come agayne Also O ye disobedient children returne and I will heale your rebellions And Christ saith I am not come to call the righteous but the sinners to repentance These testimonies doe sufficiently proue that mercye through Christ is the foundation of the preaching of repentance For without all doubt repent or as the Prophetes speake returne is not the voyce of the lawe condemning but of God hauing mercie and offering saluation life and deliuerance from the sentence of the law that condemneth Wherefore there is no doubt but the preaching of repentance is a part of the preaching of the Gospell especiallye since it is manifest that the lawe doth preach vnto sinners eternall punishment and Christ being raysed vp from the dead doth affirme that repentance and forgiuenesse of sinnes is to be preached in his name But bicause there are two things in man which doe hinder him that he cannot see his euilles and repent and amende at the voyce of the Gospell to wit ignorance and dulnesse or sluggishnesse The Lorde doth giue a remedie for both these euils He remedieth ignorance by the law For by the preaching of the lawe he bringeth vs to the knowledge of sinne whereof the Gospell biddeth vs repent that we may be saued By the lawe as Paule sayth commeth the knowledge of sinne Dulnesse or sluggishnesse he shaketh of by diuers meanes he setteth forth threatenings of eternall death he denounceth wrath and displeasure agaynst them that doe not amende He chasteneth the impenitent with corporal punishments with diseases and by diuers other meanes he setteth tragicall and lamentable examples before their eyes as of Cain Iudas Saule Achitophel and diuers others which examples Christ doth applie vnto all when he sayth Except ye amende your liues ye shall all likewise perishe He witnesseth his wrath and displeasure by diuers signes in the heauen the earth and in the sea sometime by pestilence sometime by warres he stirreth vs vp to obey the voyce of the Gospell he setteth forth the death of his sonne which doth witnesse of the wrath of God agaynst sinners except they repent Act. 2. Christ which calleth all that he weary and laden vnto him y t they being conuerted by repentance may be eased of their burden doth sende the Lawyer that doth not acknowledge his euill vnto the law We haue a most excellent and liuely example hereof Luk. 15. in the prodigall sonne He being first pinched with hunger doth perceyue his euill Then a hope of a better state if he did returne to his father gaue to the yong man a mynde to repent for he is encouraged by confidence in his fathers gentlenesse to seeke for reconciliation This example doth teach plainly that the beginning of repentance is an acknowledging of the mercy of God which stirreth vs up to hope well which doe see and perceyue our owne euils and perils For as this yong man through trust in his fathers clemencie doth returne vnto his father after that he being taught by hunger did perceiue his euils so we with confidence of mercy in Christ doe returne vnto God after that by the preaching of the lawe we haue come into the knowledge of our selues by feeling the curse and wrath of God doe shake of our dulnesse and sluggishnesse Nowe what wholesome and true repentance is and of what parres it consisteth we will declare by testimonies of the Scripture and by examples Ieremie sayth Let euery man returne from his euill way and I will forgiue your iniquitie and your sinnes This saying conteyneth two things a commaundement and a promise The commandement is that the vngodly doe returne from his euill wayes The promise is of reconciliation and attonement for sinne Herevpon it is gathered that repentance is a conuersion or a turning of man vnto God in the which conuersion he doth depart from euill he beleueth the promise of reconciliation and studieth to leade a newe lyfe according to the will of God Adam hauing fallen into sinne did hyde himselfe with the leaues which he tooke of the tree and did not see his euill neyther as yet did knowe the promise concerning the seede but when he is accused by the voyce of God threatning death vnto him he acknowledgeth his sinne which also did exceedingly displease him so that there was in him a misliking of his fact but not true repentance But when he heareth the promise concerning the seede of the woman which shoulde come and breake the heade of the serpent and abolishe sinne he returneth vnto the Lorde with true repentance he is sorie for his sinne he comforteth himselfe with the fayth of the promise calleth vppon God and taketh heede least that agayne he doth agaynst his conscience offende God Dauid hauing fallen into adulterie being as it were lulled a sleepe with a certayne drowsinesse doth liue securely but when he is reprehended of the Prophet he begynneth to lament his sinne and there were in him horrible terrours and extreme feare which he himselfe describeth in the Psalmes There is no rest in my bones bicause of my sinne for he did feare euerlasting punishment But hearing this voyce of the Prophet by the commaundement of God Thou shalt not die the Lorde hath put away thy sinne He turneth agayne vnto the Lorde and repenteth he hateth his sinne he flieth vnto mercie by fayth saying Haue mercie vpon me O God according to thy louing kindenesse He promiseth obedience in time to come My mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse Also I shall teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shall be conuerted vnto thee In this example also we see what conuersion is what is the foundation and partes thereof Lyke vnto this were the examples of Manasses of the sinfull woman of the theefe of Peter of Paule which examples when we doe applie them to the rule they doe most plainly set before vs the liuely formes of true repentance But bicause the doctrine of repentance is chiefe in the Church and bicause it is very profitable for men to be well instructed concerning it we will briefly declare by definitions the partes thereof as they are taught in our Churches oute of the word of God and by famous and well knowne examples The partes thereof as is sayd before are contrition fayth and newe obedience Contrition is not a misliking of the fact as was in Iudas but it is the beginning of true repentance to wit an extreme feare of conscience for sinne a true hatred of sinne and an auoyding of sinne not without hope of