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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18521	The consolation of the soule being an assurance of the forgiuenesse of sinnes, with the most notable promises of God conteined in holy Scripture, both in the olde and newe Testament: briefly expounded and applied, as hereafter followeth. With certaine examples woorth the bearing in minde, touching the great mercies of God, towards poore, and miserable sinners. ... Made by Iohn Chassanion, and englished by H. S. of Greyes Inne. Gent.; Consolation de l'âme sur l'asseurance de la remission des pechez. English.	Chassanion, Jean de, 1531-1598.	1590 (1590)	STC 5061; ESTC S118621	36,864	96

vertue that he can blot out our sinnes perticularly how many soeuer they be Iohn 1. Epist Chap. 2. ver 1. If any man sinne wee haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ the rightuous and he is the reconciliation for our sinnes and not for ours onely but also the sinnes of the whole world THere is none without sinne and consequently al are guiltie before GOD yet behold the Apostle witnesseth that the Lord Iesus Christ doth pray and make request for vs as it is sayd in the Epistle to the Romaines Chap. 8. and to the Heb. Chap. 7. which intercession betweene God and man was of such force and vertue that no others but he was found worthie and able to make vs vnderstande the gentle and fauourable goodwill of God the father for he dyed for our sinnes vndertooke to make an agreement and reconciliation for our misdeedes to God which excellent and worthy desert is not onely restrayned to some particuler person but reacheth to all generally that all might perceiue the loue of their Redeemer Iohn 1. Epist Chap. 3. ver 10. In this are the children of God knowne and the children of the deuill whosoeuer doth not rightly is not of God neither he that loueth not his brother and this is appoynted a reward for sinnes THis place is like vnto the place afore rehearsed contayning more fully the loue and mercifulnesse of GOD towards vs in that he hath brought vs againe vnto him by his welbeloued Sonne who gaue himselfe for vs. Of faith in Christ Ioh. Cap. 3. ver 16. God so loued the world that he hath giuen his onely begotten sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting THe beginning and first cause of our saluation is in GOD who in his mercie and fatherly loue saued vs. The second is in Christ who by the merite of his death passion redeemed vs the onely instrument and meanes to obtain such great good is by faith in Iesus Christ which is of such vertue and efficacie that by it man is reconciled vnto God by the free remission of sinne wherfore he cannot fall vtterly in as much as he is deliuered from eternall death and made partaker of an happie life Iohn Chap. 5. vers 24. Verely verely I say vnto you he that heareth my words and beleeueth in him that sent me hath euerlasting life and shal not come into condemnation but passeth from death to life THis is to confirme our selues in the assurance wee haue in Christ and in the certaine perswasion of his doctrine when as wee doe vnderstand that our faith resting in him is not founded vppon a mortall man but on the very and true sonne of God wherefore it is sayde that we are iustified that wee are sanctified in and by the bloud of Christ Iesus Rom. Chap. 3. vers 27. we be absolued from our sinnes neither can bee condemned any wise beeing so warranted by him which is eternall by whome we obtaine life and felicitie which continueth for euer Rom. Chap. 10. vers 9. If thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Iesus and shalt beleeue in thy heart that God raysed him vp from death thou shalt be saued HOw easie the way of saluation is vnto vs S. Paule sheweth in this place not vsing many words neither sending vs backe to the profound and deepe secrets of almightie God but giueth vs to vnderstand that by the grace of God which is in vs we are saued if so be we hould fast the faith not lightly in the Braine but rooted profoundly in the heart apprehending perfectly Iesus Christ which once died for our sinnes and rose againe for our iustification as it is in the 4. Chap. of this Epistle And although the confession of the mouth bee required which principally serueth for an outward testimony and a manifest declaration of the hope which is in vs yet especially wee must haue the heart lyne lye touched with a sure perswasion of faith whose mouth will not bee stopped Seeing that with the heart we beleeue and with the mouth declare our iustification as the Prophet saith in 116. Psalme vers 10. I haue beleeued and therefore I haue spoken Acts Chap. 10. ver 43. To him do all the Prophets giue witnesse that through his name all that beleeue in him might receiue remission of sinne IT is theÌ„ by the meanes of faith in Christ that we doe obtaine forgiuenesse of sinne if so be we assure and rest our selues wholy vppon the merrit and intercession of him following the predictions and writings not only of the Prophets but of those also which haue Prophesied in the vnitie of the same spirite whereby we attaine fully all the promises of eternall life by and through the meanes of Christ Iesus and let this be for a full confirmation of this Article Of Repentance FOr so much as the grace of God and saluation hath appeared to al men to the end we might giue ouer al vnfaithfulnesse and worldly desires and that we should liue iustly in all christianitie seeing we be bought by the bloud of the immaculate LaÌ„be Iesus Christ and therefore ought to bee vnto him a peculiar people giuen vnto all good workes for this cause we must take great heede that we abuse not the great benignitie and long sufferance of God by continuing in sinne and iniquitie which is the only meanes to heape vppon vs his wrath and vengeaunce to our condemnation For whensoeuer we erre or fall into sinne whether it be by the imperfection of our nature or frailtie of our flesh sufficient meanes to heape the burning coles of Gods seueritie vpon vs if in iudgement hee should stand against vs yet we must not deferre from day to day but rent our heartes not our garments and in earnest contrition of our soules and sincere repenting by confessing our miserable estate and desirous to bee loosed from the heauie burden of our sinnes shewe all duetie and amendement of life For as saint Cyprian saith that the first degree of our felicitie is to commit no sinne so the second is to acknowledge our sinne committed Therefore whensoeuer we fall as who is not vncleane in the eyes of his Creator And the righteous man sinneth seauen times aday yet we must not lye groueling on the ground but rayse vp our selues by faith in the promises of God in the hope of eternall life assuring our selues that he will receiue vs to mercie and spred vpon vs his grace for he is our Shepheard and wee shall not want he hath placed vs as a signet on his finger and printed vs in the palme of his right hand so that none shall be able to plucke vs of or blot vs out of his remembrance but of his mercie he hath regenerated vs and made vs partakers of the inward washing sealed into vs in the outward Baptisme and grafting vs into the bodie of Christ by receiuing vs into his Church neuer to be hereafter excluded

as Newe Testament which are most fit and notable promises of the grace and mercie of God for the forgiuenes of sinnes which beeing here set on a rowe one by another and placed as it were on a table all in sight it shall serue for the instruction of the poore penitent sinner and that in this wee may keepe some order we wil first shewe the testimonies which are apparant of the goodnes of God which is as it were the surest foundation and the first cause of all our hope In the second place we wil adde the causes which are as it were the matter and substance concerning the desert and intercession of our Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of GOD then the causes of faith and repentaunce shall followe and finally that which belongeth to Inuocation and praier these are the poyntes and degrees by which the faithfull soule ought to goe vp to the throne and to the grace of God for to receiue the consolation and Spirituall health First therefore it must looke vppon the obiects of the loue and mercie of God and the benefites of Christ to haue therein a perfect knowledge then it must by Faith allie and whollie trust vpon him with a perfect consolation of God in calling vpon him it must I say perswade it self of the loue and mercie of God and after haue full assurance of the merites of Christ which caÌ„not be done without faith it is therefore requisite to vse this prayer which followeth Of the bountie and mercie of God Exo. Chap. xxxiiij WHen the Lord passed before Moses face hee cryed out The Lord the Lord strong mercifull and gracious slowe to anger abouÌ„dant in goodnes trueth reseruing mercie for thousands forgiuing iniquitie transgression and sinne not pardoning the wicked As God hath created the world mainteineth and preserueth it so doth he mainteyne nourish and giues vs health and prosperitie in this life wherein he shewes vnto vs his omnipotent and eternall power his wisedome and wonderfull foresight and his great bouÌ„tie but in that we haue offended him by our sinnes and iniquities yet he receiueth vs into his mercie againe reconciling himself to vs forgiuing vs our transgressions so that in this hee declareth vnto vs his clemencie and infinite mercie whereof he certifieth and giueth vs full assurance in his worde as he doth in this place to Moses saying that hee is not onely the eternall God almightie but also mercifull and gentle for to haue mercie and compassion vppon poore miserable sinners belongeth to God and in that he is of great patience he sheweth a manifest declaration that he neuer punisheth the wicked so soone as they offend but a long time staieth for their amendment before he makes them feele his wrath and indignation by which reason he accompteth himselfe to bee slowe to anger and of great patience And in the ende that none may thinke his mercie be either short or scant that it cannot suffice for diuers sinners he also addeth that he aboundant in benignitie shewing by the same that his bountie is so full that it can neuer bee emptied He is altogether infinite eternall and cannot be restrayned nor contayned in the heauen of heauens nor determined in the measure of any time it can neuer be stayed being a liuely flowing spring which cannot be dryed vp for most certaintie whereof he maketh meÌ„tion of his fidelitie repeating vp his promises by which he may assure vs that he will mercifull vnto vs wherein he sheweth himselfe alwaies to be true in that he is aboundant in benignitie and also faithfull in keeping promise how full of mercie he is he declareth in that which followeth that he is mercifull vnto thousands wherein wee may learne that he sheweth not his mercies vnto some little number or some particuler place but to many hundreth and thousands shewing by this word an infinite and the greatest number that can be expressed by which maner of speech diuersitie of ages and varietie of liues maye bee vnderstood as it is sayd in other places that he is mercifull gentle and faithfull in which words he expresseth that he is alwaies prone and readie to forgiue our sinnes and to pardon our misdeedes wherein we see that the true and proper effect of God is to haue forgiuenesse of our sinnes Then to the ende that none may think that he forgiueth some light offences onely he vseth diuers words which comprehende all kinde of sinnes not only naming the sinne whereby all offences are shewed but also the iniquitie which is done maliciously with deliberation and setled purpose when iniurie or hurt is wrought against others The meaning then of this worde transgression is a disobedience or rebellious action or intent against God which is a greeuous and horrible sinne which although of all others it be most detestable yet God doth here promise to make full remission and forgiuenes of sinne Let vs hold this then for a certaine and vnfâ—llible rule that there is no forfeite so great or transgression so monsterous but it is forgiuen by the meere mercie of God And wheras it is said in the end that he forgiueth none it is onely ment of those which are wicked and obstinate in their wickednesse and those which shall feele finally the seuere vengeaunce of God For so much then as he is named gentle it is to poore and penitent sinners which doe repent them of their sinnes committed so is he also termed a iust Iudge for to giue punishment to the hard and impenitent sinner to the ende that none should abuse his grace and clemencie ouer much Deut. Chap. 32. ver 4. Ye nations praise him praise him his people for he will auenge the blood of his seruants and will execute vengaunce vppon his aduersaries and will bee mercifull vnto his land and to his people MOses speaketh this here in the name and authoritie of GOD as a Prophet assuring the people of Israell that after GOD hath visited them with his rod and punished them with sudden and straunge calamities for their misdeedes he would also make punishment of their enemies and deliuer them from their miseries and tribulations being mercifull vnto the land that is to the inhabitants of the land The Children of Israell hauing purged themselues and made them cleane of their sinnes by Gods mere fauour and onely mercie that he might bee alwaies fauourable towards them and that forraine nations and straunge people might praise the children of God and haue them in estimation and accompt them happie in hauing the fauour of such a mightie God and that thereby others should haue occasion to reioyce together for so great and bountifull benefites froÌ„ the Lord. If then the Gentiles had receiued such ioye as to be partakers of so great happinesse we must needes esteeme this promise to pertaine to vs also and that continually though he doth afflict vs which is not but in good cause and iustly for to correct vs for our offences Yet he is

gentle and very ready to receiue vs into fauour of his bountifull fauour not imputing vnto vs our iniquities whereof wee maye haue alwaies cause to praise our God eternally after that he hath drawne vs forth out of the handes of the oppressors and calamities of this world and hath receiued vs into his eternall rest Psal 103. The Lorde is full of compassion and mercie slowe to anger and of great kindnesse he will not alwaies chide nor keepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities for as high as the heauen is aboue the earth so great is his mercie towards them that feare him As farre as the East is from the West so farre hath he put our sinnes from vs. As a father hath compassion on his children so hath the Lorde compassion on them that feare him THe more a man is miserable and worthy of death and damnation the more the mercie of God surmounteth and ouerpasseth our miserie and calamitie which is declared vnto vs in diuers places of holy Scriptures as it may appeare in that which wee haue heretofore spoken of Exod. 34. which portion of Scripture is agreable vnto this although it containe a more ample declaration so great is the mercies of God to aduaunce and amplifie the time knowledge of him his clemencie towards his people by the ministrie of his Prophetes by whom the mercy of God is shewed vnto vs either by a singnall promise by holy scripture and marueilously amplified by comparisons parables both fit and excellent to this ende that we may be better perswaded of the Lord and his mercie as Dauid confesseth saying The Lord is mercifull gentle slow to anger and of great compassion These are the very selfe same titles which God doth attribute vnto himselfe in the place aforesayd wherein his nature is described vnto vs because this matter concerneth our saluation principally for this thing is shewed plainly by his effectes in that he saith That he is not alwaies angrie c. for seeing we be disobedient and rebellious vnto him and do not giue him such honour as wee ought yet he pleadeth not in his wrath against vs for to haue his right and that which especially doth pertaine vnto him but that which hee doth he doth by admonitions reprehensions threatnings of his worde corrections that her by he may punish the transgressors and in this maner it is sayd that by the space of fourtie yeeres he striued in the Wildernes with a stubber generation an vnthankfull people of Israel as the Prophet witnesseth in the 95. Psal vers 10. Neither leaueth he here but doth the like with their posteritie and ofspring in forbearing with their sinnes and wickednes as it appeareth in the first verse of the 4. Chap. of Hoseas in all which places hee sheweth himselfe marueilous patient when being Lord almightie and soueraine iudge of all the earth yet abaseth him selfe so much as to contende and maintaine his right against so poore and feeble creatures whome he might haue destroyed and ouerthrowen in a moment if he had extended his iust iudgement seueritie against them for although hee might iustly complaine of vs at all times and at euery hower because of our wickednesse yet hee is so mercifull that he chideth vs not continually but many times demisseth all complaints and suites and yeeldeth vp his owne right because his mercie endureth for euer neither doth he correct vs continually as we deserue neither is he angrie with vs for euer and although he punish vs for our iniquities yet not according to the custome of men who suffer them selues to bee caried away by the rage and strength of her violence and excessiue affections but according to the reprehension and feeling of those which hee striketh with his rodde and visiteth with his Plagues if hee seeme to be angrie it is for a time it can not continue for euer neither last long Wherefore they which be striken by him doe truely feele it and makes their coÌ„plaint vnto God saying why dost thou continue thine anger for euer or shal thy wrath burne against the sheepe of thy pasture Psal 74. How long Lord shal thine anger continue without ceasing Psal 79. vers 5. But if we consider the greatnesse and multitude of our sinnes wee shall finde that the wrath of God is of smale continuance towards vs seeing we bee not consumed of him we may finde him as wee imagine sharpe whereas on the contrary we shall thinke him in his great and inestimable goodnes freely to forgiue vs after so many sorts and fashions For this cause it is saide that his wrath continueth but a short time but in his fauour resteth life euerlasting Heauines may lodge with a man one night but ioye commeth in the morning as it appeareth by this which followeth The church speaking vnto God by declaring his euerlasting mercie that although he hideth his face â—rom them and consumeth them because of â—heir sinnes yet in as much as they bee the worke of his owne hands he will not suffer â—he Cittie of his Sanctuarie to lye waste Esay 54. For after that GOD had afflicted Israel by the Asserians and troubled them â—y the Madianites by the Philistines Moaâ—ites and such other nations that knew not him he sufficiently sheweth that he was angrie against his people yet in that he raised vp Iudges Heads and Captaines by whom he deliuered theÌ„ from the hands of their oppressors and gaue them quietnes and peace in the Land wherby he caused them to know that his indignation was past neither did it continue or last for euer The captiuitie of Babilon was an euident testimony of the wrath of God against the Iewes yet by the Commaundement and Edict of Cyrus hee brought them backe againe into their country and caused the people to knowe that hee had altogether ceased from his anger and put away the burning of his indignation as he sheweth in the 85. Psal vers 4. See how he hath quieted himselfe and doth not hould his anger for euer But all this which is spoken toucheth the faithfull onely as for the vnfaithfull which do not beleeue the wrath of God remaynes on them as it is said Ioh. Cha. 3. ver 36. The third effect of Gods clemencie the cheefest towards vs is that he rewardeth vs not acccording to our wickednes neither correcteth vs according to our sinnes for the fruites and reward of sinne is anguish tribulation damnation and death on euery soule as it is written to the Rom. Chap. 2. ver 9. and Chap. 6. vers 23. Then if God should punish vs and handle vs according to our deserts we should be excessiuely afflicted and continually in anguish without ende yea one should bee alreadie ouerthrowen and destroyed but in as much as he spareth forbeareth vs defending vs from so many perrils and deliuering vs from so manyfold dangers and which is more that

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