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A04503	An excellent treatise touching the restoring againe of him that is fallen written by the worthy, Saint Chrysostome to Theodorus a friend of his, who by leud liuing, was fallen from the Gospell; fit to read for reclaiming their hearts which are in like case. Englished (out of an auncient Latin translation, written in velume) by R.W. With an annexed epistle of comfort from one friend to another, wherin the Anabaptists error of desperation is briefly confuted, and the sinne against the holy Ghost plainly declared.	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Cottesford, Thomas. Epistle of comfort.; Wolcomb, Robert, b. 1567 or 8.	1609 (1609)	STC 14631; ESTC S121653	61,720	216

backe again open sinners and blasphemers to earnest repentaunce for their owne sinfulnesse and to haue a sure trust in the mercy of God and in the merit of Christs passion and death though they be euen at the departure out of this presēt life for it is neuer too late so long as life lasteth Let vs therefore with all feruentnesse call vpon them and exhort them in any wise with a good courage and a sure and vndoubful faith aske call and cry for Gods mercy for his sweet sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ his sake and vndoubtedly they shall haue it For since the beginning of the world hitherto was there neuer one that in faith asked mercy heartely but he had it through the gratious goodnesse of our aforesaid most mercifull sauiour Iesus Christ vnto whome with the Father and the holy Ghost be all honour laude and praise world without end Amen Yours at commaund to his power T. C. Giue all the honor laud and praise to God onely 1. Tim. 1. The prayer of Daniel turned into metre and applyed vnto our time Daniel IX O Lord thou high and fearefull God By whom all things do moue Thy mercies great are sure to such As thy precepts doe loue We sinfull men haue sore transgrest Against thy lawes deuine Full frowardly we haue fled backe From these precepts of thine Thy Prophets deare to speake were prest In setting forth thy name Both rich and poore as bold were bent For to gainesay the same To thee therefore thou Lord of hoastes All iustice doth belong To poure on vs such shame and griefe In this we haue no wrong Our shame is great and due to all Our flight is but in vaine To tread strange lands our sin hath sought Our shame doth still remaine But though such shame a reward iust To all in common be Yet mercy Lord and to forgiue Doth still belong to thee Indeede O Lord as for our selues No lesse confesse wee can But that thy lawes wee set at nought Much lesse haue kept them than Thy Prophets spake wee would not heare Ne of thee stand in awe Strange plagues from time to time we felt For breaking of thy lawe The force whereof so fiercely bent Was such as hath not bene For all the plagues in Moses lawe Fell on this Realme for sinne And yet to thee who made his sute His path way so to guide That flying vice might learne thy lawe And therein to abide Wwerefore thou sawest all would not helpe And couldst not hold thine hand But haste thy curse which now doth fall Vpon this sinfull land For as thou art a righteous God Thy workes doe soe appeare Consuming such as scorne doth take Thy louing voyce to heare But yet O Lord thou broughtest forth Thy flocke from Egipt land Whereby thy name was largely spread So now stretch forth thine hand But we haue sinned more then they Oh Lord yet stay thy rod. As for this land was sometime thine And thou also our God Our sinnes and eke our fathers faultes This day to passe hath brought That all which border vs about They set vs cleane at nought Now then O Lord hide not thy face Oh heare thy seruaunts cry Behold thine house sometime full rich How wast it doth nowe lie Thy truth is fled thy flock fast bound As sheepe led to be slaine Thy foes preuaile and prosper much Though mischiefe they maintaine And wilt not thou thy foes confound That thus thy workes reproue At least yet for thy great names sake Their vile intents remoue For why as for our owne deserts We can no such thing haue It is for thy great mercies sake That we such thinges doe craue Forgiue vs Lord intreated be To heare vs make no stay We beare thy name it is thy cause Oh Lord make no delay A Prayer against Despaire O Eternall God most louing and gratious father in Iesus Christ who art alwaies praysed and magnified by thy children in theyr great deliuerances and preseruation from their perils and daungers but especially when they perceiue themselues freede from the power of Satan death and hell from the which no creature can saue and deliuer them but thou onely O Lorde And because no chaine of the deuill or euill temptation is more strong to fetter the body and soule of man then despaire which is a wilfull forsaking of faith and confidence in thee O God it arising springing from fear and doubt as if thou wert not faithfull in thy promises or able in thy power to preserue vs Helpe Lord I beseech thee and free and deliuer me thy poore seruaunt from this temptation thraldome of Satan and soe strengthen I humbly pray thee my faith and confidence euer more in thee that in al my perils necessities wants sorrowes and griefe in this world I may haue a strong and stedfast hope in thee whereby I may ouercome repell and keepe backe the dangerous and subtill suggestions of Satan the world and the flesh to thy great glory and praise and my eternall and vnspeakable comfort through Iesus Christ my onely Lord and Sauiour Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Morning O Lord thou which couerest the night with darkenesse and causest man therein to take his rest and by euery day and night doest shew thy great glory in the heauens and also thy wisdome and power by gouerning and preseruing all thy creatures vpon the earth O Lord I thy poore seruaunt and creature doe most humbly thanke thee from the bottome of my heart for my sweete and comfortable rest this night past and for watching ouer mée by thine eye of prouidence and kéeping both my body and soule by thy grace from sinne and death beseeching thée O Lorde God my father Sauiour and comforter to blesse to sanctifie direct and preserue me in this thy new day and that I may become a newe creature vnto thée O God in holinesse and righteousnesse labouring faithfully and painfully in my calling that so my laboures this day may be sanctified and blessed vnto mée and mine and that I may shew forth thy praise in al my waies and declare my loue and charity vnto men in all my works that after the dayes of this my life and pilgrimage finished and ended here in this world I may liue with thee for euer in the world to come throgh Iesus Christ my Lorde and Sauiour who liueth and reigneth with thée and the holy Ghost euer one God world without end Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Euening O gratious and mercifull God I am most bound vnto thy heauenly Maiesty for my preseruatiō this day because I and al men are continually subiect vnto all dangers and perils griefes sorrowes sicknesse and death yea we lie open vnles thy grace and might doe defend vs vnto the temptations tyranny of the world the flesh the deuill which daily seek and desire our hurt and confusion both of body soule for euer Wherefore O gratious and euerliuing God as thy right hand and sauing health hath bene with mée this day and thou hast directed blessed and comforted mee thy poore seruaunt in all my wayes and labours for the which I most hūbly thank thée so I most earnestly entreat thy Maiesty in thy loue and mercy for Christ Iesus sake to keepe mée and al mine in safety this night and to couer vs vnder the shadow of thy winges from all perils and dangers whatsoeuer and that our soules as well as our bodies may take their swéet and comfortable rest and ioy in thée and likewise that thou wouldest grant that whensoeuer thou shalt knocke at the doore of our hearts to call vs vnto thee O God we may with the wise Virgins be watchfull haue oyle in our lamps that we may be receiued into eternall rest through Iesus Christ thy deare sonn and our onely Sauiour Amen FINIS

whom he will not spare not those which haue sinned but those which haue not repented and not onely not repented but once or twise admonished of their faults haue refused to obey For in that he saith I told you before and tell you before as though I had beene present the second time so write I now being absent he signifieth thus much that being warned they contemned counsell For which cause I feare me the same will fall out to vs and although the same Paule who threatned the Corinthians bee not at our elbowes yet Christ is present who spake by him and if wee perseuer in hardnesse of heart he will say to vs I will not spare you not onely in the time present but not in the time to come neither Wherefore let vs preuent his face by confession We will acknowledge our sins and in confession intend not to com mit them againe assuring our selues of remission Ecclus. 21.1 Pro. 18.17 Or he that is first in his cause is iust and let vs power out our hearts in his sight * Hast thou sinned Saith the Scripture doe so no more pray for thy fore-sins that they may be forgiuen thee And againe * The iust is an accuser of himselfe in the beginning of his speech Let vs not then looke till our aduersary accuse vs but let vs preuent him by confession and so make the iudge more fauourable towards vs. And surely this I assuredly know thou confessest thy transgressions and mournest for thy selfe but this I doe not alonely require of thee for I would haue the amendment of the things to come arise of the confession of the things past and so I would haue it done that whilest thou doest it be thou ascertained of forgi enesse For euery one that doth ought vnlesse he know the thing he hath in hand will profit him goeth about it either carelesly or not seriously For example he that soweth seed vnles he be sure and certaine there will be raine that the earth will send forth the blade and that the fruit will ripen he will neuer reape And as none would faine spend labour in wast nor bestow diligence in that which shall not be beneficiall vnto him so he that soweth sorrow teares and confession which is without hope vnprofitable cannot cease from sinne being holden fast by incredulity But as the husband man which hath no hope to reape fruit careth not to driue off the birds from his corne or beasts or any other nociue things right so he that soweth confession with teares and hopeth not it will be gainefull putteth and driueth nothing from his heart which may hurt repentance Repentance is hurted if it be enwrapped in such euils as hee was first When one buildeth and another breaketh downe Ecclus. 34 24. what profit haue they then saith the scripture but labour And he that is purged from the touching of a corse and againe toucheth the dead what auaileth washing So he that fasteth to decline sinnes and goeth backe againe to them who will heare his prayers Ecclus. 26 29. And againe it is said when one departeth from righteousnesse to sinne the Lord appoynteth such to the sword And as a dog is odious that licketh vp his vomite againe Prou. 26.11 so is a fool● whē he returneth to his transgressions So then this sufficeth not to accuse thy selfe by declaring thy sinnes but doe it with that zeale that hope of iustification may proceede of repentaunce and so you may bridle your soule to commit neuer the thinges againe of which you haue made confession One for to giue censure against himselfe is common to the faithfull and faithlesse Many actors on stage which represent vnchast queanes whormongers call themselues sinners and naughty folke but not with purpose to amend and therefore in very deede it is no confession For they speake it not for griefe of heart nor with bitternesse of teares nor with hatred of the things they confesse as if they would no more eyther heare or doe the like but the words be all the matter which they blab out with their lips not touched or pinched in minde but after a sort hunting for praise throgh the elegancie and trimnesse of speech which they vse to theyr auditors Neither are sinnes so greeuous when they are colorably declared as whē indeed they are committed Againe some are so benummed with ouer-great despaire and are so deuoyde of sence that making like account of good illreport with great impudency they disclose their sinnes as though they were another bodies But I would haue thee to do nothing so neither for despaire to come to confession but with good and sure hope of forgiuenes the very roote of despaire being cut off Now the root of despaire is sloathfulnes and not the root onely but the nurse too * A man is caused to thinke that any good thing is hard and not possible to be obtained by him or any other through too great bashfulnesse which when it ruleth in ones affection he thinketh it may be eased by no good thing And because sloathfulnes is a certaine deiectiue pensiuenes of the spirit it commeth to passe that despaire ariseth of sloath Thom. Aquin. lib. 2. s p. q. 20. de desper For as a garment breedeth mothes and nourisheth them also so sloath doth not alone beget desperation but nourisheth and fostereth it Insomuch that they wax and grow togither the one being cut off the other without question maneth and decreaseth Wherefore separate this link of sinnes and breake their yoake By the yoake of thy soule I meane vice whereto as it were a yoake the life of man is tyed for when the thought of man is not right the axle-tree of life is carried headlong Harken yet what more we will say Often times it falleth out that a man amendeth many and great sinnes by repentance yet he committeth faults after the good he hath wrought And this is it which layeth chiefely despaire on the soule because she seemeth to pull downe that shee builded and vainely to haue spent all her trauell this cogitation I say depriueth the soule of hope and confidence Contrariwise we must thinke what way this bad hurtful thought may be expelled namely that vnlesse the good we doe and the amendment gotten by repentance prohibited and were as it were a contrary weight to our sinnes there were no stay but that wee should be carried downeward into the depth of mischiefe And as a strong habergion suffereth not a keine and poysoned dart to pierce the intrals of the body but in some part stoppeth the force therof so is it certain that he that carieth hence many good thinges and many bad shall find some ease in his punishment and he that shall depart without any goodnesse and with great store of euill what should I speake of his punishment For there questionlesse good and bad workes shall be rewarded and each as it were shall be ballanced and the part