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law_n	apostle_n	justify_v	work_n	13,797	5	6.2631	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04930	A fort for the afflicted VVherin are ministred many notable & excellent remedies against the stormes of tribulation. Written chiefly for the comforte of Christes little flocke, which is the final number of the faithfull, by Iohn Knoxe.; Percel of the. vi. Psalme expounded	Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1580 (1580)	STC 15074.8; ESTC S121924	38,221	112

vnfained hart we may desire not only an end of our troubles for that shal come to vs by death but also of al the troubles of the churche of God which shal not bee before the comming again of the Lorde Iesus The thirde cause I collect of Moses wordes to the Israelites saying The Lorde thy God shal cast out these nations by little and little before thee Hee wil not cast them out all at once lest perchaunce the wilde beasts be multiplied against thee And also when thou shalt enter into that lande and shalt dwell in the houses that thou neuer buildest and that thou shalt eate and bee filled giue thankes vnto the Lorde thy God and beware that thou forget him not and that thou say not in thy hearte The strength of mine own hand hath brought these great riches vnto mee In these woordes are twoo thinges appertaining vnto our matter most worthie to bee noted First that Moses saieth that the Lorde will not at once but by little and little destroy those nations adding the cause least perchaunce saith hee the wilde beastes bee multiplied and make vp●o are against thee The seconde that when they had abundance that then they shoulde declare themselues mindeful of God his benefites and that they should not thinke that their owne power wisedome nor prouision was any cause that they had the fruition of those commodities By these Presidents the holy Ghost teacheth them that like as they did not possesse nor obtaine the first interest of that lande by their owne strength but that the Lorde God did freelie giue it to them so likewise were they not able to brooke nor enioy the same by any power of themselues For albeeit that God shoulde haue in one moment destroied al their enemies yet if hee shoulde not haue beene their perpetual safegarde the wilde beastes shoulde haue troubled them And if they had demaunded the question why wilt thou not destroy the wild beasts also he answereth least thou forget the Lorde thy God and say in thy heart my strength hath obtained this quietnesse to my selfe Consider deerely beloued that such things as the spirite of God foresawe dangerous and damnable vnto them the same things are to be feared in vs for al things happened vnto them in figures They were in Egypt corporally punished by a cruel tyrant wee were in spirituall bondage of the Deuil by sinne and incredulitie God gaue to them a land that flowed with milke and hony for which they neuer laboured God hath opened to vs the knowledge of Christ Iesus which we neuer deserued nor yet hoped for the same They were not able to defende the land after they were possessed in it wee are not able to retaine our selues in the true knowledge of Christ but by his grace onelie Some enimies were left to exercise thē Sinne is left in vs that we may learne to fight If enemies had not beene wilde beasts should haue multiplied amongest them If such beastes as wee thinke most doe trouble vs were not permitted so to doe worse beastes shoulde haue dominion ouer vs that is to wit Trust in our selfe arrogancie obliuion forgetfulnes of that estate from which GOD hath deliuered vs togither with a light estimation of all Christes merites which sinnes are the beastes that alas do deuour no smal nūber of mē Neither yet let any mā thinke that if al kinde of crosses were taken from vs during the time that wee beare the earthly Image of Adam that wee shoulde bee more perfect in vsing the spiritual giftes of God to wit the remission of sinnes his free grace and Christ his iustice for which wee neuer laboured than that people shoulde haue beene in vsing of those corporall giftes And Moyses saith vnto them Beware that thou forget not the Lorde thy God Hee who knoweth the secretes of heartes giueth not his preceptes in vaine if man his hearte had not beene prone and readie to forget God and to glorie in his owne strength God had not giuen this precept and repeated it so diligently For hee neither doeth nor speaketh in vaine but knowing what thinges be most able to blinde and deceiue man the wisedome of God by his contrarie preceptes giueth him warning of the same Experience hath taught vs howe such beastes haue troubled the churche of God to speake nothing of the time of the Prophetes of the Apostles or of the primitiue church What trouble made Pelagius by his heresie affirming that man by natural power and free wil might fulfil the lawe of GOD and deserue for himselfe remission and grace And to come a little neere to our owne age hath it not beene openly preached and affirmed in schooles and set out by writings that onelie faith doeth not iustifie but that workes doe also iustifie Hath it not beene taught that good workes may goe before faith and may prouoke God to giue his graces What hath beene taught of man his merites and of the workes of supererogation some openly affirming that some men haue wrought more good woorkes then were necessarie to their owne saluation I pray you consider if these men saide not our hande and our strength hath giuen these thinges vnto vs. What were these Diuelishe heresies and others that haue infected the whole Papistrie Assuredly they were cruel and rauenous beastes able to deuour the soules of al those vpon whome they get the vpper hande but the mercifull prouidence of our God willing our saluation wil not suffer vs to come to that vnthankefulnesse and obliuion And therefore heere hee permitteth vs of our enemies with his Apostle Paule to be suffered to the ende that wee may mourne for sinne and hate the same that we may knowe the onelie mediatour and the dignitie of his office that we may vnfaynedly thirst the comming of the Lorde Iesus and that wee neither bee presumptuous lightly esteeming Christ his death neither yet vnmindful of out former estate and miseries And so this cuppe is as it were a medicine prepared by the wisedome of our eternal Phisition who onelie knoweth the remedies of our corrupt nature Aduerte and marke deere mother that al commeth to vs for our most singular profite It is a medicine and therefore presently it cannot bee pleasing But howe gladly woulde wee vse and receiue when the bodies were sicke how vnpleasant bitter soeuer it were to drinke that medicine which would remoue sicknesse restore health But Oh how much more ought wee with patience and thanksgiuing to receiue this medicine of our fathers handes that from our soule remoueth many mortal diseases his holy Ghost so working by the same such as is pride presumption contempt of grace and vnthankefulnesse which bee the very mortal diseases that by vnbeliefe doe kil the soule And doeth restore vnto vs lowlinesse feare inuocation of God his name remembrance of our owne weakenesse and of God his infinite benefite by Christ receiued Which bee the very euident signes that Iesus Christ liueth in vs 〈◊〉