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The troubled mans medicine verye profitable to be redde of al men wherein they may learne pacyently to suffer all kyndes of aduersitie made [and] wrytten by wyllyam Hughe to a frende of his.
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Hugh, William, d. 1549.
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art not thou taught by my sonne Iesu Math â to call me thy father haue not I promised that I wolde be thy father by my prophet Hierel my Hiere 31. and thou shuldest be my son why doest thou not therfore aske me forgyuenes well hopinge for pardoÌ who is it of you although you be euyll that wyl not forgiue his sonne forthynkynge his fautes being supplyant desiring pardon and promisyng amendment notwithstandyng that he hathe prouoked him to angre an hundreth tymes And thynkest thou that I whiche am the father of mercies Ephe. 3 of whome all fatherly nes in heuen and earth is named which possesse the ryches of good nes patience longanimite Rom. 2 not to be redy to forgyue my chyldreÌ truly repentinge Be of good comforte my chylde be of good comfort mistrusryng not my mercy â hyche surpasseth not onelye mans mercy how greate so euer it be but all my owne workes also Iudgement withoute mercye shall they feale whose hartes be obdutate hardened and will not resent whiche delyte styll in their syns and will neuer leaue their wyckednes which contemne my worde and trust me not froÌ the in dede health must nedes be fur away But as for the Math 3 repent and the kyngdome of heauen shall drawe nyghe trust and thy fayth shall saue the. for as Moyses hath exalted a serpeÌâ in the desert Mat. 9. so hath my soÌne ben exalted thaâ euery maÌ beleuyng in hym might be saued Ioh. 3. and haue lyfe euerla stynge I wolde haue all men âabe sauyd 1 Timoâ â and no man to peryssh my fashyon is euer to retreate thynkynge lest he perishe vtterly whych is abiect It is not my wâââ beleue me that one of these mylytle ones be cast away Math. 18. Whome I haue euer loued so well that I wolde vouchesafe to gyue my only sonne for them But thy trespaces be greate wherfore thou arte not lyghtly perswadyd to truste in my mercy Chryste Iesu came into the worlde to saue synnets 1 Tâmoth 1 He is thyne aduocate 1 Ioh 1 and not for thyne only but for the synnes of the hole world he came to call transgressours not the iust to saue that which waslost I knew ãâã thou an offender shuldest offeÌd Mat. 9. and as a transgressor I called the from thy mothers wombe yet for my names sake wyll I make my fury farre of thy good workes be of no suche perfeccione âsal 46. that they may be able to saue the nor thine euyll workes so that thou repent with hope of mercy can hurle the into the helly fyer for I am I am which put away thine iniquities for myne owne sake and thy syns wyll not I remember Easâ 43 I am dere sonne I am that puttethe awaye thy lynnes for my selfe for my selfe and wyll gyue my glorye to none other Suppose thy synnes be as redde as scarlette they shall be made as whyte as snowe Whyche I haue scattered as clowdes and as mystes haue dyspearsed them Tourne to me I say for I haue redemed the. I haue redemed the whiche haue pitie of all men and for repentaunce wynke at mens syns Saps 11. I wold thou shuldest know that I thy lorde god am meke and geÌtle 2 par 36 nether can I turne my face from the so that thou wilt return to me It is commonly saide that if a man dimisse his wyfe and she departinge marieth an other husbande shall he returne to hyr any more Hiert â shall not she be as a polluted and a defiled woman thou haste committed fornication with many louers yet for all that am I rede to returne to the so that thou wylt retourne to me Such is my facilite so geÌtle I am such is my benignite so greate is my mercy whyche thy most louyng brother and aduocate christ that wasshed the from thy syns in his bloude hathe purchased continually prayenge for the Hast thou not herde how merciful I shewed my selfe to Dauid to the Niniuiââs and Achab to Magdalen to the thefe others innumerable why doest thou not open the examples of theÌ as a table or glasse wherein thou mayest well learne howe exorable I am howe redye and wyllyng to forgiue Consyder with thy selfe howe heynous ââutes I haue pardoned them theft adultrye murder idolatrye Hirâ 3 and what not Go to therfore be ãâã good chere lyft vp thine eyes mistrust me no leÌger turne to me and thou shalt be sauyde Esal 45. Commende thy spirite into my handes and the prince of this world shall haue nothyng to do with the. for by me the lorde of trueth thou art truely redemyd Who hearynge these wordes of hys heauenly father as they be his wordes in dede so swetly alluringe hym so earnestly confortyng hym so pleasauntly drawynge hym to hym selfe wyll any more doute of his mercy Dispaire you not vtterlye dere frende nor yet be you sorrowfull for anye thynge But if youre false ennemie the deuyââ approche obiectynge against you the multytude and greuousnes of your synnes turne you to gââ and say vnto hym Curne aâââ thy face from my syns good lââ and looke on the face of thy ãâã Iesu Thy syns saithe your enemie in number passe the sandes of the sea Answere The mercye of god is moch more plenteouss How canst thou hope for the ââwarde of iustice beinge all together vniuste Christ Iesu is ây iustice Shalt thou beyng coâered with synnes entre ãâã teste with Peter and Paule Na but with the thefe which hardem the ââsse this day thou shalt be with me in paradise Howe haste thou this trust whiche neuer dââveste good I haue a good lorde an exorable iudge and a gratious admeare Thou shalt be drawen to hell My heade is in heauen all ââdy from it the inferiour members caÌ not be seueryd thou shalt be daÌned the art a fals accuser no ââdge a daÌned spirit no coÌdener Many legioÌs of deuyls do wait for thy soule I shuld despaire in âede yf I had not a defeâer whiche hath ouercoÌmed your tiraÌny God is vniust if he geue for euill ââdes euerlasting life He is iuste âkepeth his promise I haue alredy appelid froÌ his iustice to his mercy Thou doest flatter thy self with vâme hope The trueth ãâã not lye To make false promissiâ belongeth vnto the. what thoâ leauest here thou seest but whââ thou shalte haue thou seeste not Thynges which are sene are ãâã porâll but thinges which are ãâã sene are eternal Thou goest ãâã loden with euyll dâdes and âââked of al good workes I shal be syre god to eronerate me of myne euyls couer me with his goodnes God heareth no synners yet be heareth them that repent and for synners be dyed Thy repââtaunce is to late It was not ãâã late for the thefe The thefe haâ a stedfast faithe thyne is wâââ tynge I shall desyre god that ãâã wyl encrease my fayth Thou âââest falsly persuade