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A10737	The repentance of Peter and Iudas Together with the frailtie of the faithfull, and the fearefull ende of wicked hypocrites.	Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617.; Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?	1612 (1612)	STC 21016A; ESTC S120149	271,441	294

Vse 1 they care not how Qui rem faciunt quocunque modo Horat. lib. 1. Epist 1. lucri bonus est odor ex re Qualibet Iuuen. sat 14. whether by hooke or crooke by right or wrong that thinke the smell of all gaine to be good which way soeuer it cōmeth For euē as many times the greedy fish while she hunteth after the bait is caught and choaked with the hook so these gredy Cormorants which with an vnsatiable desire do hunt after riches many times get such a sting in their conscience as tormēteth their soules with endles woe Vse 2 Secondly it serueth to admonish al men neuer to increase their riches by vnlawfull meanes nor to bring home a pennie that is ill gotten least it proue a canker to wast and consume all the rest of their substance Though a garment bee neuer so costly yet if the plague haue infected it we will not meddle with it So though ill gotten goods doe glister gloriously in the eies of men yet because they are infected with a plague which will not only indanger those riches that are iustly gotten but hazard the soule also therefore we should haue no dealing with them For as our Sauiour Christ saith What wil it profit a mā to win the whole world lose his soule Mat. 16.26 And thus we haue handled the seuerall parts of Iudas his repentance Let vs in a word apply it to our selues We see what hee performed in his repentance we must be carefull to supply that which he wanted or else our repentance will doe vs no good But I feare me if due examination were had it would appeare that many of vs neuer goe so farre in the worke of repentance as Iudas did How then can we hope to be saued since Iudas did all this that wee haue heard and yet is damned Shall hee bee sorrowfull for his sinne shall he confesse his sinne in particular manner and shall he make restitution of that which he hath gotten vnlawfully and yet goe to hell And shall we doe none of all these things and hope to goe to heauen Oh let vs not deceiue our selues As our Sauiour Christ said to his Disciples Except your righteousnesse exceede the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees Mat. 5.20 yee shall not enter into the Kingdome of heauen So say I in this case Except our repentance goe beyond the repentance of Iudas and all such as Iudas was we shall neuer be saued Shall Kain cry out Gen. 4.13 Exod. 9.27 My sinne is greater then can be forgiuen me Shall Pharaoh confesse his sinne and acknowledge that God is righteous 1. Kings 21.27 Shall Ahab humble himselfe before the Lord in sacke-cloth and ashes Shall Simon Magus be sorie for his sinne Act. 8.24 and desire the Apostle Peter to pray for him Nay to say yet more shall the Deuill himselfe beleeue and tremble Iam. 2.19 and yet be all of them damned And shall we doe nothing at all shall wee neuer be moued and yet hope to be saued Nay rather all these shal be so many witnesses against vs at the great and dreadfull day of iudgement He departed This is the preparation vnto Iudas his wretched end that followed He shunned the sight of men and his conscience tormenting him and driuing him to the gallowes he went aside and sought some secret place If he had conuersed amongst men it is likely hee might haue beene preuented and therefore the Deuill draweth him in to some solitarie place From whence ariseth this instruction Doct. that it is very dangerous for men to liue in solitarinesse Solitarinesse is very dangerous Eccles 4.10 Gen. 2.18 Woe be to him saith that diuine Preacher that is alone The reason is because hee lieth open to tentations and offereth himselfe to the snare of the Deuill Hereupon the Lord said It is not good for man to be himselfe alone If not in Paradise whiles man was innocent much lesse now that he is wholly corrupted And wee see when the Deuill encountred with our Sauiour Christ Mat. 4.1 Gen. 3.1.2 Gen. 34.1.2 2. Sam. 11.2 hee made choise of the wildernesse implying that such places are fittest for his working And therefore wee reade that when Euah was stragling alone from her husband curiously viewing the pleasures of the garden the Deuill set vpon her and caused her to tast the forbidden fruit When Dinah Iacobs daughter was wandring alone from her Fathers Tents idly to see the fashions of the countrie Shechem the sonne of Hamor caught her and defiled her And when Dauid was walking alone on the toppe of his house he was tempted to lust after Bathshebah and to commit adulterie with her So that we see what occasions of sinne are offered vnto vs when wee are alone and how ready we are to yeeld vnto them And therefore a Vnum primò aggr●ssus vt lupus ouem secernere à grege vt accipiter columbam ab agmine volantium separare tentauerat Nam cui non est aduersus omnes satis virium circumvenire quaerit solitudinem singulorum Cypr. lib. 1. epist 1. Mich. 2.1 one saith wel that as the Wolfe laboureth to seperate the sheep from the rest of the flocke and the Hawke to seuer the Pidgeon from the rest of the flight So the Deuil laboureth to single out men from the societie of others that so he may the more easily ouercome them For hee that hath not strength enough to set vpon al together seeketh to circumuent them one by one Yea the greatest iniquities and grossest sinnes that haue beene done in the sight of the world were first plotted and purposed warped and contriued by men alone As the Prophet Michah saith of wicked men They worke wickednesse vpon their beds and when the morning is light they practise it And wee haue all experience of this in our selues For we are no sooner from companie but armies of ill thoughts and desires like so many swarmes of Bees about a mans eares are solliciting and offering themselues vnto vs. And this the Heathen man knew also when he said b Nemo est ex imprudentibus qui relinqui sibi debeat Tunc mala confilia agitant tunc aut alijs aut ipsis futura pericula struunt Tunc cupiditates improbas ordinant tunc quicquid aut metu aut pudore animus celabat exponit c. Seneca Epist 10. There is no indiscreet or foolish man that ought to be left to himselfe For then euill counsels doe molest him then hee deuiseth danger either to himselfe or others Then he frameth euill desires then the mind laieth open whatsoeuer either for feare or fauour it concealed before c. And we want not examples of many that being alone haue fallen into fearfull dangers This serueth first of all to reproue the Papists who so Vse 1 highly commend their Eremitical life as though it were the most excellent and the most perfite estate But wee see

And therefore if we conuerse with them there is danger that we should be en wrapped in their punishments when the wrath of God breaketh out against them As Salomon threatneth The companion of fooles shall be afflicted Pro. 13.20 Gen 13.10.11.12 13. 14.12 19.16 And so wee see it fell out with Lot who by the fruitfulnesse of the place being drawne to liue in Sodome where the men were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord when they were taken prisoners he was taken prisoner with them And had not the Lord beene mercifull vnto him he had perished in the generall ouerthrow of the citty And therefore when the Lord was about to destroy Corah and his company for their rebellion Num. 16.26 Moses chargeth all the congregation to depart from the tents of those wicked men and to touch nothing of theirs least they perish in all their sinnes And it was the voyce of God from heauen concerning Babilon Apoc. 18.4 Qui iunguntur in culpa non seperantur in paena Cyprian lib. 1 Epist. 4. Euseb eccle hist lib. 4. cap. 14. Goe out of her my people that ye be not partakers in her sinnes and that yee receiue not of her plagues Hence was it that the Apostle Iohn comming into a bath at Ephesus to wash himselfe and finding there vnlooked for Cerinthus that wicked heretike straight way leapt backe and departed vnwashed saying to those that were with him Let vs flee from hence least the bath fall vpon our heads wherein this enemy of Gods truth is washed 5. Their company is contagious and there is great danger to be infected by them wicked men for the most part hold the old rule The more the merrier And therefore as Salomon saith Pro. 1.10.11.14 Noui ego hoc seculum moribus quibus sit Malus bonum malum esse vult vt sit sui similis Plant. Trinum they will entise and draw on others to come with them and to cast in their lot c. As it is the Deuils desire to make many partakers of his owne damnation so his instruments haue the same affection They that are bad would make the good bad also that they may be like themselues As they say he that hath the plague running on him hath a desire to infect others so he that is infected with any vice laboureth to make others as bad as himselfe As we see in drunkards and swearers and such like they loue none but such as will swill and drinke and sweare and swagger with them And as wee haue heard before the danger in this case is the greater because of our selues we are * Dociles imitandis turpibus prauis omnes sumus Iuuen. Sat. 14. Ad deteriora faciles sumus Sen. Epist 97. all so apt and prone to sin we are all of vs too apt schollers to learne that that is naught As the Painter with a light hand and running pencill can expresse the wrinckles warts moles in the face but not so easily the face it selfe sowe are hardly brought to follow the vertues of our friends if any be but for their vices we imitate them without any labour It is with vs in this case Seneca Epist 7. Si quis magistrū cap●t improbum ipsum animum aegrotum ad deteriorem partem plaerûmque applicat Terent. And. Pro. 22.24.25 Non tuta tibi tua bonitas obsessa malis non magis quàm sanitas vicino serpente de confid ad Eg. lib. 40. as with one that hath beene long weakened with sickenesse that as he can hardly come abroad but he taketh some cold and is the worse for it so it is as hard for vs to come into lewd company and receiue no hurt If they cannot cause vs wittingly to yeeld to sinne yet they will giue vs some staine at vnawares And therefore Salomon giueth vs good counsell Make no friendship with an angry man neither goe with the furious man least thou learne his waies c. The like may be said of all other sins And Bernard hath a good saying to this purpose It is as hard for a man to preserue his goodnesse in the middest of euill men as it is hard to keepe his health in the middest of serpents For there is a secret poyson both in their words and deeds which fretteth and infecteth whomsoeuer it touceth as the Apostle speaketh of Hymenaeus and Philetus Hence is it that by reason of the manifold sinnes that beare sway the Apostle saith the times are perilous times 2 Tim. 3.1.2.3 such as it should be hard for a man to keepe faith a good conscience in them * Aliquid mali propter vicinum malum Eras adag Eras de lingua Dum spectant laesos oculi laeduntur ipsi Ouid. de remed It is a true prouerbe Much euill comes by an ill neighbour He that dwelleth by a man that halteth shall learne to limpe of him He that liueth daily among them that stammer shall in time learne to stut like them And he that is much conuersant with them that haue bleare eyes is in danger to catch the disease himselfe So he that is familiar with wicked men will in time become as bad as they a Haerebit tibi auaritia quandiu auaro sordidoque conuixeris Incendent libidines tuas adulterorum sodalitia Sen. Ep. 104. Eccles 13.1 Ecclus. 13.1 Pro. 6.27 Let a man liue with a base couetous person couetousnesse will strik vnto him Let him keep company with whore-masters and it will set his lusts on fire And as Ecclesiasticus saith He that is familiar with the proud shall be like vnto him As it is hard for a man to goe into a mill and not to haue some meale sticke on his cloathes or to touch pitch and not be defiled with it or to walke much in the Sunne and not to be tanned and sunne-burnt or to take fire in his bosome and his cloathes not be burnt or to goe into a pest-house and not take infection so it is as hard for a man to come into lewd and profane company and not be tainted with some vice or other For this cause the Lord gaue such straight charge to the people of Israel that they should haue no dealing with the inhabitants of the land of Canaan Exod. 23.32.33 34.12.15.16 Deut. 7.2.3.4 Thou shalt make no couenant with them nor with their Gods Neither shall they dwell in thy land least they make thee sinne against me And againe Take heed to thy selfe that thou make no compact with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest least they be the cause of ruine among you Least when they go a whoring after their Gods some man call thee and thou goe a whoring also And againe Thou shalt make no couenant with them Neither shalt thou make mariages with them neither giue thy daughter to his sonne nor take his daughter to thy sonne For they will cause thy sonne to turne away