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prayer_n	forgive_v	lord_n	trespass_n	3,485	5	11.3824	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18639	A Christian and wholesom admonition directed to the Frenchmen, which are reuolted from true religion, and haue polluted themselues with the superstition and idolatrie of poperie.; Remonstrance chrestienne et salutaire. English	Constant, Léonard, d. 1610.; Fetherston, Christopher.	1587 (1587)	STC 5154; ESTC S120782	56,315	146

Ezech. 18.33 and which will not giue place to his admonitions but yet hee is also full of compassion and pitie towarde poore sinners which acknowledge their faultes which humble themselues before him Ioh. 1. which with weeping teares sighes and feruent praiers aske pardon at his handes If wee confesse our sinnes saieth Saint Iohn the Lorde is faithfull to forgiue vs them Hee which confesseth and acknowledgeth his trespasses and forsaketh them Prou. 28. shall obtaine mercie saieth Salomon I graunt your sinne is great but yet Gods mercie is greater Rom. 5. Heb. 4. Where sinne hath abounded saieth the Apostle there grace hath abounded much more Let vs drawe néere then with assurance to the throane of grace that wee maie obtaine mercie and finde grace to bee holpen in due time This is the exhortation which the spirite of God maketh vnto you speaking by the Apostle to the Hebrues that hee maie take from you all distrust of reconciliation and of grace There bee examples in the Scriptures which will well fitte your purpose for this matter as that of Dauid that of Manasses and that of Peter Which I praie you reade and meditate vppon them diligentlie not to the ende you maie flatter and bring your selues fast on sleepe in the infirmitie of your fleshe and that you maie thereby couer excuse and lessen your sinne as manie doe to their iudgement and condemnation for such exāples are not set before vs to this ende but rather to the end you may strēgthen and arme your selues against the temptations of Satan who if he sée that God toucheth your hearts with anie repentance wil do what he can to cast you headlong into dispaire moreouer it is to the end you maie come to the throne of the grace of God by the self same waie may enter in by the verie same gate wherby they came entred in thither And what waie gate is this it is true repentance and a true liuelie faith accompanied with true amendement without which all the rest is as nothing Marke what Dauid did So soone as he was tolde of his fault by the Prophet Nathan hee sought no starting holes or friuolous excuses to cloake or couer the same anie manner of waie but on the contrarie hee confesseth it and doeth fréelie acknowledge it he himselfe condemneth it and accuseth himselfe before God he doth wonderfullie humble himselfe with wéeping sobbing sighing night and daie And as he was not ashamed to committe the sinne no more was he ashamed to confesse and acknowledge the same openlie and as it were to make an honourable amendes for the same before the whole Churche that was in his time and that was to come afterwarde For the Psalmes which hee made are as it were a publike confession to be briefe hee sheweth all tokens and testimonies of a true penitent heart which was contrite and humbled through the feeling of sinne and by the knowledge of the wrath of GOD which beateth him downe euen to the depth afterwarde hee riseth againe by the meanes of faith which setteth before him the greatnesse and the multitude of the compassions and mercies of this most mercifull father to whom he maketh recourse with feruent praier to craue pardon and mercie Which thing hee doth with certaine perswasion and assuraunce that the Lord would receyue him to mercie as hee did through his grace Marke then what manner repentaunce and faith that of Dauids was and what was the fruite thereof Nowe all this was acompanied with a readie amendement for after that the Prophete was humbled before the Lorde after that hee had craued pardon and after that hee perceiued that the wrath of GOD conceiued against him was appeased and that his conscience was at rest what doeth hee Doeth hee lye wallowing still in his filthe Doeth hee driue off to amende him selfe and to repaire his fault vntill suche time as hee might commodiouslie doe it without anie lette or hinderaunce of other businesse Not so but hee resolueth out of hande to walke all the rest of his life in the feare and obedience of the Lorde consecrating him selfe whollie to his seruice Thus did Manasses king of Iuda for after that hee was tolde of his faultes and iniquities not by some Prophet but euen by the Lord himselfe who because he would not loose him 1. Chr. 33. spake to him with his fatherlie rodde deliuering him vp into the handes of the Assyrians which bounde him with manicles and chaines and carried him to Babylon After that hee was thus visited by the Lorde it is said that he humbled himself before him that is to saie that hee acknowledged and confessed his faultes with griefe and sorrow when he perceiued the wrath of God which he had deserued It is said further that hee praied vnto the Lord that is he had recourse vnto his grace and mercie with full confidence and assurance that he should obtaine it As indéed the Lord was mercifull vnto him for it is said that hee heard his prayer he receiued him into fauour againe and made him returne to Ierusalem that he might establish him again in his kingdome Hereupon insued a readie chaunge and amendment for he tooke away the strange gods and idols that were in the house of the Lord he broke downe all the altars which he had built contrarie to his commandement hee reedified the true altar of the lord and offered thereon peace offerings and sacrifices of praise Also he gaue commaundemēt throughout al Iuda that they should serue the Lord the God of Israel to bee short he made such and so readie an amendment of all his faultes that he did indéede declare that there was no feigning nor hipocrisie in his repentance and in his faith but that it was pure intire and sincere Such was his reuersiō such was that of Sainct Peter True it is indéede that there is not so ample mention made of it in the Gospell as of that of Dauid and that of Manasses for it is onely said that after that Sainct Peter had denyed his maister and that Iesus Christ had beheld him the Cocke cruel then was he so well awaked and touched at the quicke Mat. 26. Mat. 14. Luk. 22. that he rushed out of the Priestes house and wept bitterly Now that which followed thereupon sheweth plainely that his fault was forgiuen For Iesus Christ tooke him afterward for his disciple and continued him in his office of an Apostle Then wee maye conclude that this faith and repentance was true and intire for that his bitter wéeping shewed that he was throughly touched with his fault and that he was extreemely grieued at it not onely because he saw the punishment which hée had deserued if God would haue handled him sharpely and seuerely but principally by reason of his too monstrous vnthankfulnes backsliding and disloyaltie which made him ashamed before God and men If then his repentance were true and intire whereby hee was beaten downe euen to