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A12708	A short treatise, very comfortable for all those Christians that be troubled and disquieted in theyr consciences with the sight of their owne infirmities wherein is shevved hovv such may in their owne selues finde whereby to assure them of their free election, effectuall vocation, and iustification.	Sparke, Thomas, 1548-1616.	1580 (1580)	STC 23025; ESTC S102432	22,600	64

GOD hymselfe that made vs whyche is greate blasphemy Wherefore to lette goe talking of youre owne sence and féeling if you be destrous to know your estate would you haue a better and surer Iudge than God himselfe to tell you it In déede says you if hée woulde come downe from Heauen and tell me I should then I hope beléeue hym Euen so he hathe in hys worde and if an Aungell from Heauen shoulde come and tell you otherwise than in his worde he hathe tolde you you haue Paules war●●● Gal●●● to holde him accursed therefore and I hope you wil hold that sēce that féeling that reason that person that Diuel accursed that dare be so bold ●●reafter as to tell you otherwise of your selfe and your estate than GOD hymselfe hathe pronounced in this hys worde Hearken therefore wyth a mind readye to yéelde your subscription vnto Gods iudgement in hys worde We are tolde Esay 61. that Christe was annoynted bycause the spirite of God was vpon him to preach glad tydings vnto the pore to bind vp the brokē hearted to preache libertie to the captiues and to them that are bound the opening of the prison to preache the acceptable yeare of the Lords and the daye of vengeance of our● God to comforte all that mourne to appoynt vnto them that mourne in Syon and to giue vnto them beautie for ashes the oyle of ioye for mourning the ●a●ment of gladnesse for the spirite of heauinesse that they myghte bée called Trées of Righteousnesse the planting of the Lorde that he myghts 〈◊〉 glorified whereby wée learne that those Christe hathe cured and comforted that bée trées of Ryghteousnesse of the Lordes plantyng whereby 〈◊〉 is glorified Nowe Iohn 15. wée learne that those trées of Ryghteousnesse that bee of the Lordes planting they bée planted and grafted into Christ Iesus and there also we are taughte as the branch cannot heare fruit of it selfe excepte it abide in the Vine no more can wée excepte wée abyde in Christe In these twoo places then this doctrine is flatlye taughte vs that wée can not bee good trées of Ryghteousnesse wherevpon good fruite is found gr●●●ing vnlesse we be such as be enriched fréed deli●●●ed cured and healed by Christ yea vntill we be such as both be ingrafted into Christ and childe in him Now the they that be in this case be elected and iustified hane faith be the children and sonnes of God in the ende to be glorified you can not denie now then looke vpon your wres●●ing against infidelitie and other sinnes your loue towards God and his truth and to all godlynesse vnseypedly and you shall sinne that not only the matter of godlynesse which 〈◊〉 found in hipocrites but the matter done in right maner according to the rules before set downe be founde in you what betteth then but that according to Saint Peters counsel you should accompt your election sure and that you shall neuer fall 1. Peter 2. These things you know that doing in●●rie to the spirite of God that hathe wrought them in you you can not deny but that they are good fruites of fayth and of one iustified thereby and then séeing you are enforced to conf●sse that these be in you vnlesse you would● cleane contrarie to Christes indgemēt say Math. 7. that an yll trée can bring foorth good fruite confesse that you are in the sight of God a good trée as the Lorde hath made it manifest to you to your comfort by causing these fruites to grow on you To come to particulers you know Christ hath sayde Lou● one another as I haue loued you that is as Iohn expoundes it in déede an● truth 1. Epistle Chap. 3. and by this shall all men knowe that you are 〈◊〉 Disciples whiche less●n was of that force with Iohn that finding in himselfe loue towardes the bréethren without hypocriste he set downe this po●●tion of hymselfe and of all suche W● knowe that we are translated from death vnto life bycause we loue the bréethren 1. Iohn 2. verse 14. Marke he sayeth we know not we thinke or suppose thereby teaching vs to accompt thys fruite founde in vs an infallible argumente of oure blessed estate And in the nexte Chapter hée teacheth vs to knowe whether we bée ledde by the spirite of truth or errour by oure willingnesse to heare the faithfull ministers of God saying He that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not héereby knowe we the spirite of errour and the spirite of truth 〈◊〉 and a little after he addeth and héereby knowe we that we dwell 〈◊〉 hym and he in vs bycause he hathe gyuen vs of hys spirit Thus then you in the iudgement● of the word is that you are a g●●● tree of the Lordes planting and ●●g●aning abiding in Christ Iesus that you are one of Christes Disciples translated from deathe to life and ledde by the spirite of truth and therefore suche an one as dwelles in the fauour of God this is Gods sentence and iudgement of you and therefore thankefully prayse him and bring once all your thoughtes and imaginations that set vp thēselues against this into obedience herevnto quench not the spirit neyther yet gréeue any longer the spirite of grace 1. Thess 19. Ephe. 4.30 whereby you are thus comfortably sealed vnto the day of redemption be no longer vnthankefull vnto God in staying from confessing your selfe to be his childe and to haue faith Be of good cheere the Lorde hath giuen you beautie for ashes the oyle of ioy for m●●rning the garment of gladnesse for the spirite of heauinesse and therefore say with the Prophet in the same place Esay 61. I will greatly reioyce in the Lord and we soule shall be ioyfull in my God for he hath clothed me with the garments of saluation and couered me with the robe of righteousnesse yea he hath decked me like a Bridegrome and as a Bride tireth hirselfe with iewels and let not yours weakenesse and brusednesse any wore dismay you for you haue a God that will not quench the smoking s●are not yet breake the brused réede Neyther yet let the chaunges and alterations that you find in your selfe disco●●●t you for God is no changeling neyther in himselfe nor in his giftes Mal. 3. Iames. 1 ●om 11. and though Sathan be bu●●e in making warre and in renewing his assaults yet ●●●r●st not if you were not Gods childe and o●e in Gods kingdome he néeded not neyther yet would so striue with you he warreth not against those that be his but is at peace with them and Christ that hath taken in hande the kéeping of you is a good Shepeheard and hath triumphed ouer sinne and ouercome him and therefore he is bold to say Iohn 10. My Shéepe shall neuer perish neyther shall anye plucke them out of my hands Psal 28. if we by the force of the enemie be caused to stray sometime yet he giueth vs not ouer but séeketh vs till he finde vs and then he layeth vs on his shoulder and bringeth vs home againe Luke 15. and therefore let vs euen boldly trust our selues with him nothing doubting but that if he leade vs at any time into tēptation he wil stand by vs and so preserue vs that we shal happily get out again to his glory and our comforte whiche God the Father graunt vs euen for this hys sonnes sake now and euer Amen To which God the Father God the Sonne and God the holy Ghost thrée persons and one true and euer liuing God be all prayse honor and dominion for euermore Amen

yet it getteth the but with grudging misliking of the spirit so hath neuer ful obedience yéelded it as before euery day it obtaineth lesse obedience lesse So the I may wel compare the obediēce that sin hath being in his kingdome to the obediēce y● a lawfull welbeloued King getteth of hys subiectes and the obedience that sin only dwelling in man obtaineth to the obedience the a tyrant vsurper getteth of his subiectes that loue him not Both of these get their things that they commaund done but in great dinersitie for the one is obeyed in all that willingly hartily faithfully the other in as little as they can in that repyningly with inwarde griefe misliking the they shoulde obey such a one at al euen the like difference betwixt obedience yéelded to him before regeneration and after is there Take we héed therfore that sin raigne not in vs wrestle wée and striue we by the spirite euery day more and more to withdrawe our bodies and soules from yéelding any obedience to sin dwelling in vs and in thus doing though with Paule we fynd some tyme this tyrant letting vs from doing the good we would and drawing vs on to do the euil that we mislike yet with the same Paule as wée do take occasion to crye oute of oure owne wretchednesse and of the tyranny of sinne in vs so let vs comfort our selues assuring our selues that this wrestling against sinne in the inner man is a sure argument of our most assured purposed saluation in the bloud of Iesus Christ But to the end that this doctrine now thus generally layde downe may be to the more comfort of thée Christian Reader particularly let vs sée now how it can be applyed to thy fore to salue it to thy sicknesse to cure it to thy afflicted conscience to solace and comfort it thou mournest and thy soule is troubled desquieted and sore vered within thée yea thou thinkest thy selfe euen compassed about with the paynes of hell and therfore in bitternesse of heart complaynest as one cast off forgotten and forsaken of God fearing greatly that thy ende and portion shall be with the wicked and why is all this bycause sayest thou I find in my selfe such doubting whether I shall be saued for Christes sake or no and many other sinnes and infirmities in my selfe beside for the which I deserue vtterly to be reiected But tell me also and dissemble not with me doest thou not greatly mislike this thy doubting art thou not gréeued with thy selfe for it findest thou not in thy selfe an earnest desire to be ridde of it that thou mightest fully beléeue that thou shalt be saued for Christes sake and further concerning the other infirmities doest thou not mislike them and condemne them in thy selfe and wrestle and striue to lessen them in thy selfe and yet to go one step further with theée doest thou not vnfeynedly finde in thy selfe loue towards Gods truth and the professors thereof euen for that they do professe it and embrace it and a loue after godlinesse euen for godlinesse sake And that in answering of me in these two last poyntes you be not deceyued consider whether you take any comfort pleasure and delight in reading of Gods booke in studying of his truth in hearing it preached and commoned on and whether it be a gréefe vnto you to heare it withstoode or misliked or the professors and preachers thereof abused if these things be in you it is certayne you haue loue towardes God and his truth and to the bréethren that professe it and as for loue after godlynesse vniuersally euen for godlynesse sake then it is in you if you be at this poynt that you could finde in your heart to absteyne frō sinne though it might aduantage you not hurt you in procuring you here any shame or punishment to embrace vertue though it purchase you mockes scoffes and tauntes and any other displeasure and gayne you nothing wyth menne euen bycause your God hathe condemned the one and cōmended the other And whether your abstaynyng from sinne and embracing of vertue be such as this you may be able to iudge if you consider whither you be as carefull to absteyne from those sinnes that man punisheth not or accounteth not of as from other and if you way whether you be not as well willing to embrace those poyntes of godlynesse whiche are most dispised amongst mē as those that he highliest estéemed you can not deny but that to these questions you must néedes answer that it is thus with your selfe notwithstanding your complayning of lacke of faith and doubting that sometime you haue good comforte in hearing Gods truth in Christ Iesus and great consolation in powring forth your Prayers vnto God in the bitte●nes of your soule this is it that discomforts you that this comfort of yours lasteth but for a short time your doubting being renued and yet you can not I am sure say to the contrarye but that you hope of the renuing of your comfort in Christ and of saluation through him in the ende Be it then that this is thy state Christian Reader let vs sée nowe what comfortes the worde of God ministreth vnto thée to binde vp thy broken heart and to heale thy woūded conscience This I dare say vnto you by g●●d and plentiful experience to begin withall in the wordes of Paule 1. Cor. 10. verse 23. there hath no tēptatiō takē you but such as aperteineth to mā and God is faithfull which will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able but wil giue the issue with the temptation that you may be able to beare it thus hath he before now oftentimes brought downe to Hell and carryed backe agayne he hath throwne downe that hée might rayse vp wounded that he might heale thus doth he vse to breake vp the fallow landes of the hearts of his children to prepare them as méete ground for the immortal séede of his word thus doth he according to his promise Ezech. ●6 take from his their stony heartes and bestowes soft and fleshie hearts vppon them such a broken and contrite heart as this is is so acceptable a sacrifice to God that he will not despise it Psal 51. yea to the great consolation of such it is sayd by God Esay 66. verse 2. to him will I looke that is poore and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my wordes and therefore so farre off is it that you should be perswaded that God hath forgotten you or left you off bycause of the trouble and vexation which you féele in your soule that euen therein you haue matter of comfort assuring you that you are one whome most tenderly he looketh vpon and regardeth In déede it can not be denyed but that where there is no faith in Christ Iesus there is yet the state of damnation for as it is written He that beléeueth in him shall not be condemned so it followeth writ