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A20782	The iaylors conuersion Wherein is liuely represented, the true image of a soule rightlye touched, and conuerted by the spirit of God. The waightie circumstances of which supernaturall worke, for the sweete amplifications, and fit applications to the present time, are now set downe for the comfort of the strong, and confirmation of the weake. By Hugh Dowriche Batch. of Diuinitie.	Dowriche, Hugh, b. 1552 or 3.	1596 (1596)	STC 7160; ESTC S111947	34,879	82

motions of the body the other moued but the outward limbes and sences with a suddaine fleshly feare without the spirite of God For let vs see how many great men gentlemen rich men which before that time were whoremongers adulterers vsurers theeues pirats rackers of rents and and vnmerciful to their poore tenants how manye that were swearers blasphemers Athiests of no Religion neither hote nor colde wantons and libertines haue beene sithens soundly conuerted haue taken an accounte of their liues of their behauiours of their sinnes and haue repented hartely for them and haue come vnto their Preachers and Ministers to learne the right way to be saued and haue euer sithens continued in that godly course which all we see this Iaylor did I know not what other preachers can testifie but for my selfe I can witnesse but of a verie few or rather none There were in some fewe places solemne generall fastes by the Pastors proclaimed many did resorte from manye places perchance many for the noueltie of the matter more then for any touch of conscience but the follie of some the great hypocrisie of a number the short continuance of the good mind the quicke forgetting of these iudgements and the murmuring of manye against these proceedings doe argue plainely that the best of vs all were farre from the perfect inioying of that sweete motion which called this Iaylor to a sorrowfull repentance and kept him alwaies in a perfect obedience If we consider this we may lament that the Lord in 38. yeares peace and preaching of the Gospel hath not by his grace giuen vnto vs so perfect harts and sorrowfull consideration of our sin neither such desire to seeke him nor such obedience to heare him belieue him and continue with him as at a suddaine hee gaue then vnto this poore and miserable Iaylor but now a happie and ioyful belieuer God graunt that we now seeing our want our imperfections and our blindnesse which is the curse of God vppon our sinne may with this Iaylor be perfectly by the spirite of God moued vpon the sight of our sinne to true repentance to humble hearts to an earnest desire to seeke our saluation in Christ that so we may continue in perfect obedience to the worde of life and vnder the protection of Christ escape those plagues miseries warres and calamities which our sinne rebellion and vnthankfulnesse doe now threaten to pull vpon vs. Lastly this Iaylor receiued no comfort ioye or peace of conscience vntill hee was moued by the spirit of God to loue comfort the preachers of the word to heare the voice of the Gospell and yeelde obedience vnto the same so we learne that we which are sicke are not to hope for health we that are weake are not to looke for strength and we that are wicked are not to promise vnto our selues pardon and forgiuenesse vntill we haue with sorrow confessed and acknowledged our sicknesse weakenesse and wickednes and haue sought helpe at the Lord and his word and haue freely and willingly submitted our rebelling affections to the orders and direction of the same The second circumstance Of whom he demaunded this question Hee came to the poore Apostles The keeper to his prisoners a free-man to them that were in bondage he that before thoght well of himselfe vnto men that were despised c. For now out of all question hee knew assuredly that they were the seruants of God and preachers of the truth Which opinion he had conceiued by this strange and wonderfull miracle which GOD for their sakes had lately wrought It may be marueled why he feeling his conscience sore burdened with feare sorrow griefe and remorse of sinne had not gon for comfort and consolation vnto the great Scribes and Pharisies which before had taught him Surely the spirit of God had secretly made him to see that they were all blinde guides that they were farre out of the right way therfore now at length was well content to forsake them all and to yeelde vnto the manifest truth which at this time appeared plainly and would no longer wilfully stoppe his eares and refuse the proffered grace Wherin hee did maruelously disgrace the whole company of the Priests Scribes Doctors in that hee preferred these mens learning counsell and doctrine before all theirs These being poore men straungers and in the outward shew of the world abiects and the other men rich glorious graue and in the opinion of most men learned and great Rabbies Besides all this he put him selfe in great daunger of excommunication of life and liuing which they had published against Io. 9. 23 34. all such as should enter either acquaintance or familiaritie with them which spake or taught in the name of Iesus whom they had crucified Yet we see that hee casting away all feare and not consulting with flesh and Gala. 1. 16. bloud submitted himselfe happyly to bee a Scholer vnto these Apostles Application Doctrine First we learne in our extremities miseries feare doubts heauie trouble of conscience where we are to seeke for ease helpe and comfort not of the blinded proude and cruel Pharisie which is not acquainted with the motions of Gods spirit but of the pure word of God reuealed and preached vnto vs and of the true preachers and Apostles which leade vs directly to Christ no other When we will take comfort by the word we must not consult with the Papists Torrensis in confess Augustiniana lib. 1. cap. 7. Housius de expresso verbo the Iudasites terming themselues Iesuites for they will tell vs that the Scriptures are hard and obscure and that it is but lost labour to reade them c. But the spirite of God in the Scripture teacheth vs the contrarie that the worde of the Lord is a light Psal 119. Prou. 6. Esay 45. Iohn 6. 2. Pet. 1. vnto our feete and a lanthrone vnto our pathes When wee are troubled with concupisence the first motions of sinne the prickes of Sathan in our flesh which driue the godly to great sorrow we may not goe for counsell Torrens lib. 1. ca. 2. Cathechismus ex decret Cons Trident. in Sacra Baptism and remedy vnto the Pharisaicall Papist for hee will goe about to perswade vs that this Concupisence and the first motions are no sinne in their owne nature neither any sinne at all either in name or substance except Consent go with it which deuilish voice and lie is confuted by the word of God for it is called Enmitie against God it is against the commaundement Thou shalt not lust or couet It confirmes their horrible sin which Rom. 8. 7. Exod. 20. 17 1. Iohn 1. ● Mat. 5. 22. say They haue no sinne Christ accountes the motion of anger a deadly sinne and worthie iudgement Lastly the definition of sinne by Saint Iohn confutes them Sinne is the transgression 1. Iohn 3. 4 of the law Litle comfort shall the weake younglings finde in them which

say that the Scripture is not sufficient for their saluation but they must seeke other traditions which say that to belieue in Christ is not sufficient except he keepe the whole law which impudently and wickedly affirme that Christ by his death hath not sufficiently purged their sins but that there is an other Purgatorie appointed to clense and make cleane the faithfull Col. 2. 8. thorough which euery one must passe that shall enter into heauen Contrarie to the preaching of the true Apostles and the sacred word for wee are bid to take heede of Tit. 1. 14 mens traditions that wee bee not deceiued by them Againe that wee follow not commaundements of men which turne from the truth And in the very next verse to my text Act. 16. 31. Paule tolde this Iaylor that it was sufficient both for him and his housholde to be saued Ioh 3. 18. 5. 24. if he did onely belieue Christ hath said He that belieueth shall be saued Hee that belieueth in the sonne shall not come into iudgement Hee Wisd 3. 1. that heareth my word and belieueth in him that sent me hath life euerlasting hee shall not bee iudged but hath passed from death vnto life The soules of the righteous are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them Heb. 1. 3. Christ by himselfe hath purged our sinne therefore we neede no other Purgatories we defie such as haue inuented them to the derogation of Christs power and honour Litle comfort may a wounded conscience Torrensis lib ● ca. 4. lib. 8. cap. 4. Consilium Tridenti●um sess 6. ●an 12. ●3 can ●5 16. find at their hand who teach That men must alwaies doubt and neuer assure themselues of their election in Christ what motions so euer they feele and that they must alwaies carrie an vncertaine opinion whether they shall perseuere vnto the end or not But let them come to the pure foūtaine of the word of God and then they shall heare the spirite Iam. 1. 7. tell them that except they belieue the Forgiuenes of sinnes without doubting or if they wauer vncertainely in doubtfull dumpes they shall neuer obtaine anye thing of the Mat. 9. 2. Lord they shall heare Christ say Son stand not in doubt but comfort thy selfe assure thy selfe Thy sins are forgiuen thee They shall heare that Abraham after the promise was made vnto him neuer doubted of the Rom. 4. 18. 19 performance of it not considering himselfe and the weakenesse of his owne body but the promise and the abilitie of the Lorde that had promised They shall heare the spirite of God tell the Corinthians and vnder them vs that we being sometime disobedient hauing now receiued and belieued the word Are sanctified are iustified in the name 1. Cor. 6. 11 of the Lord Iesus Christ and by the spirite of our God They shall heare Paule in the full assuraunce of his election to reioyce without doubting I liue yet not I now but Christ liueth in me and in that that I now liue in the flesh I Gala. 2. 20. 〈◊〉 by the faith in the sonne of God who hath loued me and giuen himselfe for me They shal heare the spirite exhorting them to go boldly Heb. 4. 16. 10. 19. to the throne of grace and not to doubt but rather that by the bloud of Christ they may be bolde trust perfectly not doubtingly 1. Pet. 1. 13. on the grace that is brought vnto them c. Aske of the Papists which teach this doubting doctrine what is ment by that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or fulnesse of faith whereof the Scripture makes so much mention calling it the full Assurance of vnderstanding and the effectuall Col. 2. 2. faith they must needs if they answere truely say that it is A peculiar application whereby euerie perfect beleeuer that feeleth the earnest pennie of his election doth applye vnto 1. Thes 1. 3. himselfe the promise of eternall life in Christ Iesus Now for perseuerance vnto the end of which the Papists would haue vs to doubt Let them consider whether they saye not daily in their beliefe I belieue euerlasting life If they doe let them consider what they be that Christ saith shall be saued They that indure to the end Such as be not werie in weldoing Mat. 24. 13. 2. The. 3 13 Then if they belieue that any shal be saued they must needes also belieue that they shal endure to the end So that they must needes confesse that the faithfull shall indure vnto the end such I meane as are appointed to eternall life And if this argument suffice not let vs see what speeches the full assurance of this perseuerāce vnto the end hath brought forth in the elect and godly Dauid sayth Doubtlesse goodnes and mercie shall follow me Psal 23. 9. all the daies of my life c. Paule saith I am perswaded that neither death nor life c. shall seperate vs frō the loue of God which is in Christ Rom. 8. 38. Iesus our Lord. Againe the same Paule saith vnto such as afterwarde had receiued the word and belieued in this Cittie of Phillippie where our Iaylor was I am perswaded Phil. 1. 6. that he which hath begun this good work in you will performe it vntill the day of our Lord Iesus Christ Thus we see that wee are to comfort our selues in this that if wee pertaine vnto Christ we may not doubt of our election or perseuerance which both we must be assured of not by reason of any perfection strength or goodnesse in our selues but onely relying on the might and mercie of Iesus Christ which by his bloude hath redeemed our dayly and fleshly imperfections and fals that our continuaunce in him and by him may neuer be finally broken off Thus we see to whome we must goe with this Iaylor for comfort in our extremitie whome we must auoide We see further that GOD hath at all times confirmed his trueth spoken by his seruants with manifest signes and tokens whereby they that were not quite forsaken might bee called to the knowledge of the same What good our signes and tokens haue done to vs I can not see but onely that manye by them are made the more hard harted and carelesse no doubt to their farder condemnation This Iaylor no sooner saw the power of God making manifest and giuing testimonie vnto the truth which the Apostles had preached but he presently yeelded vnto it imbraced it sought his remedie by it forsooke his olde customes and masters was content and willing to learne He no sooner saw the iudgements of God but straight he remembred his sinne he repented hee bad farwell to his former delightes pleasures pastimes wantonnesse and wickednesse and of an enemie became a friend of a persecutor a professor of a proude master an humble seruant and of a sinfull Iaylor a penitent beleeuer Therefore as