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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17888	A spirituall combat a tryall of a faithfull soule or consolation in temptation. Written in French by I.P. Camus Bishope of Belley, and translated into English by M.C. P. of the Eng. Coll. of Doway.; Lutte spirituelle, ou encouragement à une âme tentée de l'esprit de blasphème et d'infidélité. English.	Camus, Jean-Pierre, 1584-1652.; Carre, Thomas, 1599-1674.	1632 (1632)	STC 4553; ESTC S107507	60,746	308

their reward be who haue suffered in Gods cause in his power haue ouercome temptations Certes they shall haue the same with the Angels who threw downe the diuels since men are to repaire the ruines of the Heauenly Hierusalem But what is that Verily no humane hart can conceaue it like as no eye hath seene nor eare hath heard it * We know onely by the Apostle writing vnto the Romanes that the pleasures which passe can enter into no cōparison with the glory which shall be reuealed vnto vs in Heauen * And to the Corinthians that those moments of labour doe worke in vs aboue measure exceedinglie an eternall waight of glory * of a wonderous hight By it we are holilie Chastised CHAP. XXVI HOw vniustly then should we thinke that we are forsaken of God when temptations doe oppresse vs sith Charity doth then specially presse vs that the heauenly rayes doe beate vpon our foreheades For though we feele the smarte of his rodde yet who knowes not that he treates vs licke a Father who doth not chastise his child but for the loue he beares him the desire he hath to bring him to goodnesse So farre is it saith S. CHRISOSTOME from being a signe that we are forsaken by God that it is euen a peculiar marke of his loue and care for by that meanes he will rouse vs vp out of our drousie and languishing neglect to make vs more diligent in his seruice * For on the other side is it not he who cryes out vnto vs come vnto me ô you that are loaden and oppressed and I will refresh you * We are sensible indeede that one of his hands doth waigh a litle heauy vpon vs but we also see if we please the other streched out to support and helpe vs. Though the iust man be euen waighed downe vnder his burden yet shall he not be oppressed saith the Psalmist because our Lord doth hold him vp with one of his hands O how worthy to be loued and adored is this hand in the distribution of afflictions which it sends vs since by them he opens our vnderstanding and makes vs know the true good * How good it is for me ô Lord saith the diuine Psalmist that thou hast humbled me * and againe we haue reioyced in the dayes of our humiliation and when we were taken by calamity With great reason did this great King speake in this sort because the rough times when he was persecuted by SAVL ABSALON and SEMEI were farre more aduantagious vnto him then his times of prosperity wherein he was cast downe into so grosse faultes that he stood in need of the great mercy * of God to cleanse him A violent sicknesse saith the wiseman brings the soule to sobriety * and wisdoms arriuall is accōpagned with the rodde and correction * This made IEREMIE say thou hast chastised me ô Lord and I haue beene brought vnder the yoake like vnto a yoūg bull * This is the gall by which the Angell restored TOBIE his sight and by the durt of this humiliation the Sōne of God cured the borne-blind God prone to assiste the tempted CHAP. XXVII IF it please you THEOPISTE maturely and holily to pōder these cōsiderations I dare assure you you shall appcase your frightes cease your plaints Verily be a complainte as iust as it will yet it is alwayes to be suspected of daintinesse for it is an vndoubted truth that God who is faithfull in his promises doth neuer permit vs to be tempted beyond our strength but makes vs euen from the temptation it selfe rayse new forces to oppose the temptation Hence we gather by a necessary consequence that such as doe yeald themselues vp made not such resistance as they were able and when they endeauour out of their frailty to pleade their sinnes excuse * one may stoppe their mouth * by saying that iniquity hath lyed to it selfe * as those wicked wretches did whom the wiseman brings in saying that the Sunne of Iustice hath not enlightned them * and that God hauing cultiuated the vine of their interiour in euery necessary sort it is their owne onely naughtinesse which makes branbles spring from their hart in lieu of grapes * And if before the tribunall of the diuine Iustice they were so audacious as to couer their fault with the cloake of the infirmity of their flesh * how many Sainctes would rise vp in Iudgment against them making them clearely fee by their example that with a lesse measure of grace they vanquished greater temptations then those to which their cowerdise rendered vp themselues No no God doth neuer deny his helping hand to such as performe their duty * He is good to those that are of a right hart * He who watcheth ouer Israel neuer sleepes * If during the tempest he seeme sometimes to slumber he infallibly awakes in time of neede for he doth opportunely come in to our ayde in time of tribulation * True it is he doth now and then let vs come to extreamities to essay our vallour Patience He expected till Israel was come betwixt the sea the sword but to make them way through them he swallowed vp PHARAO with his chariots army He reduced IOB to tearmes that strike temerous and feeble soules with dread yet he sent the storme according to the shippe the winde with proportion to the sayles Why if it please him to kill vs that he may rayse vs againe as he permitted LAZARVS to die to bestowe a new life vpon him if he will carry vs downe to Hell and bring vs backe againe * who hath right to aske him why he doth so * doe we not know that he keepes the keyes of death and Hell that is able to draw backe whom he pleaseth from deathes doore * and from the Abisses below to deliuer our soule out of the clawes of death to wipe the teares from our eyes and to warrant our foote from falling * by his power to beare away our soules out of Hell * to effect that its depth deuoure vs not * and that the mouth of the infernall Abisses be not wide open to swallow vs vp * Who is able to declare the power of our Lord Our ayde then and sufficiēcie yea more then sufficiencie proceedes from him but our destruction from our selues * because we loose courage like to the children of Ephraim who shot meruellous well at Butts yet fled from the face of the enemy with whom they were to fight * We loose Patience and leaue God thinking though falsely that he hath left vs whereas the Psalmist assures vs that those who expect God shall not be frustrated in their expectation * And ABACVC though he stay long yet leaue not to expect for coming he will come that is speedily and he will not delay * Nor is he indeed long ere he come to our succour but our patiēce is too short our hope too weake O if we had those sacred promises deepelye engrauen in