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spirit_n	adoption_n	cry_v	receive_v	6,371	5	5.4895	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72063	A sermon preached at Paules crosse the firste Sunday after Newyeeres day, beeing the thirde day of Ianuary. 1580. By William Fisher student of diuinitie	Fisher, William, student of diuinitie.	1580 (1580)	STC 10920.3; ESTC S124925	28,377	84

their owne miserie and too giue them faith whereby they may see their great felicitie in Iesus Christ Repentaunce is tearmed Vinum Angelorum August ad Romanos the wine of Angels for that the teares of a sinner more reioyce the Angels in Heauen then any Wine doth the heart of man To repent as sayth Augustine is to bee sory for sinnes committed not to commit the like againe In deede Repentance hath the rod of sorowe in one hand wherwith she scourgeth her selfe when she calles to minde her former sinnes But in the other she hath the Ancour of Faith wherewith she taketh sure holde fast in the rock Iesus Christ otherwise her owne teares would drowne her in the Seas of desperation Repentaunce in this place includeth Iustification and is indeede the true and direct meanes to Iustification For when the sinner is called to an inwarde sorrow for his sinnes once Iesus Christ for his cōfort giues him faith which faith bringeth to him by a heauenly violence al the merits of Christ applyeth them to the sinful soule And this it is deerly beloued which makes repentance of that prerogatiue that At what time soeuer a sinner repenteth the Lord will put al his wickednes out of his remēbrāce that there shal be more ioy in heauen c. O Lord Iesus Christ make vs partakers of this priuiledge cal vs to repentance that we die not in our sins It is hie time it is hie time I say dearely beloued for England to pray for the priuiledge of repētance pardon in Iesus christ For let England make the best of her self she can deuise she is but like a speckled leopard which hath fiue black spots for one whit And to speake generally and truly what wickednes is there from which England may wash her hands say I am not defiled with any such The glorious gospel of Iesus Christ which should be our shield in al extremities we tread it vnder our feete as a vile thing Prayer which should be our sword of defence alwayes lieth rusting in the scaberde of securitie The olde sinne of Damascus is renued in Englande She threshed Gilead with iron flayles we thresh the poore with the siluer flayles of Vsurie which is al one The wickednes of Israel is now twise done and committed in England Shee solde the R. for olde shoes we sell iustice for rewards which is all one In Israel a man and his father would go in vnto one womā which is the father defloureth a maid to make her amends marieth her to his owne sonne which is all one Yea euen the abominations of Sodome are multiplied in our dayes Pride Fulnes of Breade Idlenesse and Contempte of the poore For the which the plague of Sodome hanges ouer our heades would out of hand consume vs were it not for those tenne righteous ones which God be thanked we haue among vs for whose sakes the mercie of God entreateth his iustice to spare the whole Realme Therfore it is high time I say once againe for vs to praye for the priuiledge of Repentaunce That so wee may weepe bitterly with Peter washe our sauiours feet with the vnfained tears of Repentance with Mary Magdaline Wherefore we beseeche thee O heauenly father be merciful vnto vs boutsafe vs thy deare sonne Iesus Christ too cal vs from the danger of thy displeasure and the vncleannesse of our sinnes vnto vnfained repentance that so in sorrow of heart and liuelinesse of faith we may receiue the spirit of Adoption wherby we cry Abba Father And that the same spirit may certifie our spirit that we are the sonnes of God albeit called iustified and glorified in Iesus Christ our onely Lord and Sauiour in whom grant vs the fruition of thy glorious pleasure with Aungels and Archangels in thine euerlasting kingdom where thou raign●st in al Maiestie with Iesus Christ sitting at thy right hand and the holy ghost the spirite of grace To whom three persons and one God be all glory and honour now and for euer Amen ¶ IMPRINTED at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson for Edward Aggas and Thomas Charde 1580.