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A68302	A most excellent and comfortable treatise, for all such as are any maner of way either troubled in minde or afflicted in bodie, made by Andrew Kingesmyl Gentleman, sometime fellowe of Alsolne Colledge in Oxforde. Whereunto is adioyned a verie godly and learned exhortation to suffer patiently al afflictions for the gospel of Christ Iesus. And also a conference betwixt a godly learned Christian [and] an afflicted conscie[n]ce: wherein, by the holy Scriptures the sleights of Satan are made manifest, and ouerthrowen: with a godly prayer thereunto annexed	Kingsmill, Andrew, 1538-1569.; Mills, Francis.	1577 (1577)	STC 15000; ESTC S107429	44,945	104

without al doubt the mistrust in Gods prouidēce wherewith all fleshe is naturally infected feare of the great painfull bitternes that hunger imprisonment persecution bringeth alwayes obiected and propounded by the delicate fleshe doth moue the heart of man to hate and flye by alwayes the crosse and to inuent and pretende excuses and causes which it should be better to refuse thē to enter into trouble among which this is not the least that the flesh not regarding Gods working in the middes of afflictiō far aboue the capacitie of mans witte pretendeth as though it would gladly for trueths sake enterprise great matter but that it hath not power giuen able to go thorow withal accordingly And this excuse is pretēded euen by them that yet wil not seme to be fleshly but spirituall not flattering the world for feare but fauouring the trueth of loue so deceiue them selues where they vtterly forsake refuse that thing they would seeme most gladly to obtayne Wherein they cōmit double offence of hypocrisie whē they would seeme to be that they are not and of incredulitie for that they declare plainely in this saying that they thinke either that God can not or els that he will not cōfort strengthen and deliuer them forth of all miseries not esteeming his promises wherein he hath declared his will neither marking his wonderous working for his children from time to time in their afflictions wherein his power most manifestly appeareth neyther yet considering his fatherlie care which is more mindfull and tender ouer his then the mother can be ouer her onely beloued childe It sufficeth betwixt man and man specially if they be of honestie credit that things passe by word and writing we persuade our selues that the thing so promised confirmed ought and also shal be performed Vpon this persuasion if the Prince promise to the subiect the noble man to the meane the father to the sonne and among marchants one to another it is accounted so sure that we will make our reckoning thereof as though we had it in possessiō such trust we giue one vnto another and shall we then doubt in Gods promise which hath not only past by words but also by writing sealed confirmed with the bloud and death of his onely Sonne Is there any man so mindfull of his promise or so able to performe the same as our heauēly Father is of that he promiseth to vs It is cōmonly seene among men that leagues couenantes and bargaines can not be so wisely made nor so surely confirmed but that with wyelie falshoode and false vnfaithfulnes they are defeated of none effect But God is so faithful in performing the thing to vs which he promiseth that heauen and earth shal rather come to nothing thē one title of his promise shal be vnperformed Yea they that mistrust or doubt of the suretie of his promise are no lesse in doubt whether there be a God or no. For to doubt or denie his trueth and fidelitie is to mistrust or denie him to be god A Prince noble man for his owne honour sake a Father for his father like affection to his childe a Marchaunt for his credit sake will kepe their promise would not our heauenly Prince who as he hath made all things to serue to his owne glorie so will not giue the same to any creature haue his honour herein aduanced and most highly regarded that he is most sure iuste and true of promise Would not our heauenly Father we should persuade our selues that his loue towardes vs doth farre surmount the affection of a carnal father to his childe Can any man so much esteeme his owne credite and estimation of trustines as he who is faithful trueth it selfe regardeth so to be knowen to his creatures It is the greatest dishonestie among men to be so vnthankfull to suspect or mistrust him whose friendlie fidelitie and faithfull friendship we haue bene sure of at al times whensoeuer we haue bene in distresse much more shame is it to suspect mistrust or doubt of Gods faythful assistance whēsoeuer we shal haue need for so much as his faithful friendship friendly loue is farre aboue the trustines of man as heauē aboue the earth fine golde aboue filthie drosse precious pearles aboue dirtie doung Yea there is no engine wherwith the deuil worketh so forcibly mans destructiō which draweth so many frō god doth wring forth of Gods iustice his fearfull vengeance as mistrust in gods promise incredulity On the other part nothing attaineth saluation bringeth men nere to Gods presence draweth forth of gods mercie his fauourable loue but only fayth constant affiance in his most sure faithfull promises The losse of riches landes earthly possessions is a sore grief but is not the winning of an hundred fould so much and the obtaining of an euerlasting kingdome a good salue for this sore If we gaine with the losse of transitorie things heauenly treasures with the forsaking of worldly friēds Christ to be our deare sure friend and with refusing father mother brother sister wife childrē purchase God to be our most mercifull Father Christ our most louing brother to be loued of the Sōne of God as his deare dearlings only beloued spouse what haue wee lost what greater gain can we haue or what more profitable exchāge can be made This bargaine and profite hath our heauenly Father promised vnto vs by a byl of his owne hand sealed with the bloud of his only Sōne testified by the witnes of his Apostles and left with vs in our owne custodie to be paide at the sight whensoeuer we shall require it whereof this is the content Who so hath forsaken house brother sister father mother wife children or landes for my Names sake he shall receiue an hundreth folde and the inheritance of euerlasting life Who will denie but that hunger colde nakednes extreme pouertie want of things partly necessarie are an heauie burden for man to beare but the weight hereof is lightned and made easie to thē that with right eye vnfainedly do beleue Gods promise and cast their care on him Cast thy care vpō the Lord for he hath care ouer thee Your heauenly Father knoweth that you haue neede of all these things meate drinke and clothes he ministreth these things in due time to the beastes of the earth the fouls of the aire the fishes in the sea he clotheth and decketh with beautifull apparell the flowers of the fielde according to his promise and wil he not keepe his promise vnto vs for whose sakes he hath made these creatures and hath made vs lords ouer them What cause haue we rather to mistrust his promise thē the birde that flieth forth in the morning vpon this natural persuasion that she shal finde foode not douting but he who made her wil not suffer her to sterue with hūger Haue we seene such as haue put their

heauenly comfort of his holy Spirit that peace which the world can not giue and that constant patience in all his fatherly corrections that we be not founde false hirelings but true and trustie seruants no bastard children but by vnfained faith the blessed posteritie of the blessed Abraham and true regenerates of God by our Sauiour Christ And the holie sanctifying Spirit of trueth and God be blessed for euer Amen A verie godly and learned Exhortation to suffer patiently imprisonment exile or what miserie soeuer els may happen to a man in this life for the profession of the Gospel of CHRIST IESVS IF the worlde hate you good Brethren and thereupon with sundrie afflictions and griefes do moleste and vexe you marueile not with grudging but prayse GOD with patience who in this fornace fashioneth you to the lykenesse and image of his owne Sonne whome the worlde hath hated from the beginning for whose sake also in no wise it can loue you but with moste spitefull hate will pursue you euen vnto the death for that you are chosen by Christ from the worlde to walke foorth and bring out fruite which shall continue to sanctification whereof the end shal be euerlasting life For as a riche and beautifull Harlot full of amorouse filth with a painted face wantō looks trimme araye fayre wordes large promises great giftes with the entisement of quiet wealthie and pleasant life allureth them on whom she casteth loue yet at the end rewardeth them with pockes piles fighting brawling and most shamefull death whom if she can by no meanes entise to folow her fancie she hateth so deadly that she ceaseth not but causeth the whole rablement of her bawdie bawdes ruffling roysterkins with brawling bragges shamefull slaunders subtill surmises quarreling questions and falsly fayned accusations to vexe trouble and bring to destructiō So the Princesse of the world that most filthie harlot wooeth Gods children espoused vnto his sonne Christ to breake their faith and trouth to him plighted and to become her dearlings setting before their eyes all the kingdomes of the worlde and the glorie thereof promising with holowe holines subtill suspicion falsely fained religion and a pokefull of such pretie persuasions that if they wil fal downe and worship as she doeth she will giue vnto them all these same for then shall they be her owne deare dearlings and she will loue them as her owne but the end shal be most dreadful damnation Whom if she cannot perswade neither by one way or by other vnto her loue from Christ their best and onely beloued spouse she conceiueth so great an hatred against them that she stirreth all her champions with might maine to doe them displeasure in their goods to worke them hatred of their friendes to impayre their good name to punishe their bodies to offende their consciences to make their life yrksome vnto them and moste cruelly without mercie to kill them yet whose death is most precious in Gods sight and hath to rewarde a most glorious resurrection Thus the worlde hath serued our deare and best beloued Christ before vs for our sakes who was giuen into the handes of this harlot to be thus cruelly dealt withall for to be vnto vs a patern which we should folow an image after which we must be fashioned painted forth before our eyes in the Scriptures to teache vs to folowe his trace with patience and in running this race to cōceiue comfort hoping after victorie through fayth in him who both gaue vs warning of the paine and lest we should faint to comfort vs promised victorie saying In the world shall you haue affliction but in me peace be of good cheare for I haue ouercommed the worlde To fight with a puissant enemie whose courage was neuer abated whose strength is inuincible and who hath bene oftentymes assailed by many but neuer vanquished might discomfort a weake heart and cause it to giue ouer at the first without further resistance But for so much as this stern madame with all her chiualrie and force is so ouercome and weakened to our handes that she is not able to resist what countenance so euer she makes much lesse able to ouercome such as doe stoutly withstand her malice and crueltie how faint hearted cowardly milksoppes may we be iudged that wil be abashed and may not abyde the lowring countenance of a feeble maymed and beaten bragger especially seeing that in striuing faithfully against her and her souldiours the losse of renowme here is the purchasing of eternall glorie the losse of worldly goods the gayning of heauenly riches the losse of a miserable and short life here the winning and very entrance into a ioyfull and euerlasting life in heauen Is the friendshippe of the worlde so deare to vs that therefore we should not esteeme Gods fauour Ought our goods wife children friendes landes and possessions so much to be regarded that for to saue them we should forsake the heauenly riches and euerlasting inheritance Ought we to be so desirous to liue here that for a short life and vnpleasant we will purchase an euerlasting and most painefull death But the burthen of pouertie is importable hunger imprisonment exile is intolerable the bitter stormes of persecution and the sharpe showres of death are so insufferable that we feare least we shoulde not be of power to abide and passe thorow them and therefore do thinke it better to sit still then to rise take a fall better not to enterprise the conflict then in the middes for lacke of strength through faintnes to giue ouer with shame and runne away How delicate fearfull and therefore vnwilling the fleshe is to suffer common experience teacheth al men hauing any feeling of them selues perceiue and chiefely they who setting all persuasions of the fleshe apart haue of full purpose and resolute determination with them selues entred into the schoole of sufferance beginning at Christ his crosse and so forth to learne therein onely to glorie can by that they feele in them selues best declare For as the deadly foe to mankinde assaulted our deare brother Iesus Christ then most hotly after he perceiued by plaine tokens that he was Gods Sonne bent by the crosse and contempt of the world to enter into glorie with the firie dartes of famine pouerty ignominy shame afterward with the feare of death on the other part with plentie riches honour possessions and glorie of the whole world knowing most perfectly that these perswasions should be most strong to moue persuade the fleshe to refuse the crosse weying the paines the trauail with one eye the pleasant wealthy honour with the other so he ceasseth not to assayle Christes mēbers with the self same entisements to cause the fleshe to abhorre the crosse and seeke after ease but then most busilie when he perceyueth the heart moued by Gods Spirit to cōtemne these as vanities and to seeke after true wealth quietnes and glorie And

likewise the historie sheweth of Ammonarion Mercuria Dionysia and other notable women that were so vnfearefull to suffer most sharpe death that they woulde runne when they heard where the execution was in hande and carie their young children with them such delight had they to suffer for Christes sake in great hast as vnto a ioyfull feast fearing nothing els but that the tormentours would spare them and that they should not be thought worthie to beare witnesse to Christes death with their owne bloud Call to your remembrance that faithfull woman and worthie martyr of Iesus Christ your owne countrie woman Anne Askew her imprisonment moued her not she litle weyed the cruel torture and tearing her bodie on the racke she ioyfully went to the fyer and was of more comfort in feeling the paine and lesse wearie thereof then the lookers on to beholde or the tormētours to do execution The historie sayeth that Theodorus a yong man was so grieuously tormēted with diuers and sundrie kindes of tormentes and at length his bodie so rent and torne that they left him for dead Whome Ruffinus the writer of the Ecclesiasticall storie afterward asked whether he felt not grieuous paines whiles he was in the torments to whom he aunswered that he felt verie litle paine For said he there stood as he thought a yong man by him who always wiped the sweat from him and so much comforted his stomacke that the time of the tormenting seemed to him much more pleasaunt then painefull Who made the yong men walke in the fire and burne not Who hardened these martyrs of men and women that they did not shrinke at paine but ranne thorow fire water and most cruell torments and not be ouercome Certainely euen he who had promised them that neither in fier water no nor yet in the shadowe of death he woulde be from them but woulde be their buckler defendour and shield faithfully performing that no temptation should so assaile them but that he woulde giue a ioyfull ende and deliuerance whereunto they trusted and so by their constant fayth ouercame and had the victorie For this is the victorie that ouercommeth the worlde euen our fayth Yea as S. Paul saith the time woulde not serue vs if we would rehearse how the Patriarks prophets Apostles Martyrs through faith subdued kingdomes wrought righteousnes obtained the promises stopped the mouthes of Lyons quenched the violence of fire escaped the edge of the sworde out of weaknes were made strōg waxed valiant in fight turned to flight the armies of the aliants the women receiued their dead raysed to life againe Other were racked and would not be deliuered that they might inherit a better resurrection Againe other were tried with mockings and scourgings moreouer with bonds and imprisonments were stoned were hewen in sunder were tempted were slaine with sworde And these al through fayth obtayned good report The holy Ghost hath caused these histories to be kept in writing for vs that are now in the latter dayes to this ende that we should not onely behold in them the fierie raging of the world from the beginning against the chosen people of God how stoutly they withstood ouercame by faythfull patience the malice therof but also that by reading of thē we should in our like troubles learne like patience receiue the same cōfort being thorowly tried cōceiue a sure hope of the same victorie which they after many sundrie trials did winne whereof we shal not be disapointed if we to the ende striue lawfully If it be to hard aboue your capacitie to beholde al the histories exāples propounded in the scriptures the Chronicles of Christes church with such cōsideration that you may espie behold in them the order of Gods working with his Church in all ages wherby to perceiue these your grieuous chaunges to be no new and vnwonted work of God If you doe not perceiue see in them the true iust cause which moueth the Lord hereunto and thereby to learne faithful repētance if you doe not vnderstand in diligent perusing them that the end and issue was alwayes ioyfull and glorious victorie deliueraunce wherewith to comfort your selues in the middes of miseries take into your handes the comfortable historie of King Dauid marke his whole life from that time he was taken from his fathers sheepe to his death beholde in him your selues in the people during the time of his rule the church of England and in the wonderfull iudgement of God in ordering his Church then what shal be the ende of his sharpe crosse wherwith he doeth exercise you at this time And to the ende you may the better see how to wade in considering his whole life we haue disclosed and opened for you to beholde a part thereof wherein you shall see plainely that the grieuous afflictions of euery one of you seuerally and of the whole Church of England together is not fallen by chaunce of euill or good fortune but by the mightie hande of God whose good will it is thus to haue you tried for a while also for what cause GOD thus worketh and what shal be the ende of al these dooings After the Lorde had founde out Dauid a man after his owne minde and appointed him King ouer his people who laboured worthily to deliuer and defend Gods people from their enemies the Idolatours that dwelt nere about them he did not graūt to him such quietnes neither to his people but that he was in continuall troubles and no small daungers during the life of Saul and also after his death the Idolatours and also Sauls friends seeking all the wayes that might be to disturbe him forth of his kingdome And not onely was he thus vexed with his foraine enemies but also most grieuously of all by those of his houshold who shoulde haue bin his most deare friends his owne natural sonne Absalom his most priuie Counselours the nobilitie of his Realme the most part of his subiectes Absalom pretending to his father Dauid a great holines as the maner of the hypocrites is desired to haue leaue to go into Hebron there to doe sacrifice for the performance of a vowe which he had made in the time of his being in Syria but his meaning was to obtaine the kingdome from his Father and to stirre all Israel against him which he brought to passe Dauid was banished and pursued vnto the death by his owne sonne who wrought so much vilanie against his father that he did not forbeare in the despite of him to misuse his fathers wiues in the sight of all the people how grieuouse and daungerous this sodaine chaunge was to Dauid to the godly people which were but a very fewe in respect of the great number of the malicious hypocrites which folowed Absalom it appeareth plainly in the storie and you may easely consider The best that was like to come of the matter was that whiles the kingdome of Israel was