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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10976	The righteous mans euidences for heauen, or, A treatise shewing how euery one, while hee liues heere, may certainely know what shall become of him after his departure out of this life	Rogers, Timothy, 1589-1650?	1624 (1624)	STC 21245; ESTC S953	57,847	316

set grinnes for me purposing to cause my steps to slide and to ouerthrow my soule these do I see whereas men of the world see no such snares laid in their wayes by their spirituall enemies for the entrapping of their soules the murthering thereof for aske them and they cannot tell you of any but are like Samson f Iudg 1● 20.21 their enemies are vpon them and they fast a sleep in carnall security and so the Diuell preuailes against them puts out their eies and leades them captiues at his pleasure hee makes a mocke of them and makes sport with them but at length hee falls from iesting and brings them to destruction in good earnest Thirdly whereas these my enemies doe continually besiege mee seeking to inuade mee I therefore keepe daily watch and ward fortifying in this my little Kingdome the City of my soule and Castle of my heart I haue a speciall care to looke well to the gates and cinqueports my outward senses whereby oftentimes diuers traiterous thoughts and rebellious lusts are ready to steale in which cause very often much mutinie in the soules common-wealth for if I should grant liberty for sinne to breake in the diuell would enter too with his great Armado of his hellish spirits and would take possession placing his deputies in strongest holds as the spirit of blindnesse in the vnderstanding of error in the iudgement of lying and slumber in the conscience of deadnesse and hardnesse in the heart and so in the rest Thus with his Legions would hee ouer-runne mee desolate Fourthly I resolue when I am in the conflict with the allurements of the world the inticements of sinne the temptations of Sathan * Imperato rem oportet mori stantem said Vespatian so Christianū militantē may we say rather to die then to yeeld to any of them I purpose neuer to giue ouer fighting as long as I haue any breath within mee not doubting but I shall at length haue perfect victory onely through the might of the Almighty God who strengtheneth mee Fight thou O God against them that fight against me and stand vp for my helpe through thee I shall doe vallantly for thou shalt tread downe my enemies and bruise Sathan vnder my feet Min. Who else shall bee saued according to the tenure of the records of holy writ Con. Such as are g 2 Tim. 2.21 purged frō the pollutions of prophane ones and are sanctified are vessells vnto honour that is they which are made partakers of true grace and so haue the Image of God renewed in them h Eph. 4.24 which consisteth in Holinesse and true Righteousnesse shall bee heyres of glory these are they which are called Saints Yea the Lord himselfe that high and mighty Potentate is their Godfather for he hath giuen them this name what mortall man then dares bee so bold as to nick-name them with tearmes of reproach or to finde fault with this name of Saints which their heauenly God-father hath giuen vnto them Min. Me thinks none should dare once to miscall these or to deny them their names saying we cannot bee Saints heere but let them goe What is true sanctifying grace Con. A new created quallitie of holinesse throughout the i 1 Thes 5.23 whole man in spirit soule and bodie that is in minde will and all our bodily members yea in all the powers of the soule and parts of the bodie wrought in vs by Gods spirit for the honouring of him Min. Haue you this new qualitie of holinesse in you Con. I dare not denie but God of his mercy hath begun this worke of grace in some weak measure in mee for how could I possibly bee thankfull to the Lord for such an inestimable gift if I should not take notice of it and acknowledge it especially considering that the very least measure of sauing grace that can be is farre more worth than I can expresse or praise God for enough so long as I liue deny it therefore I dare not though it bee very small least I should bee vnthankfull to the Lord for so great a mercie as the lest seede of grace is but this I dare doe to pray to him for more yea and I beseech him to make me rich in all grace k Ph. 1.12 filled with the fruits of righteousnes vnto his glory and praise for he alone is l Act. 20.32 able to build mee vp further and to giue mee an inheritance among all them which are sanctified Min. It appeares by all these signes which you haue produced that your assurance is not that common counterfeit ware which goes for currant among a number of men a vaine fleeting conceit in the braine but that you are truly assured of your saluation I must confesse I can no way mislike these your euidences hauing thus examined them nor I thinke a whole councell of Diuines if they should sit to determine thereon I cannot see how any can pick a hole or finde a flaw herein I iudge that you haue as good a title to Heauen by these your Scripture euidences as the best landed man in the world hath or can haue to his best freehold by his parchment euidences But I pray you now tell mee further are you not somtimes troubled with feare and doubting of your saluation for all this Con. Oh alas good sir I must needs confesse that I am and that not a little to my griefe I am none of those confident fooles which neuer doubted in all their liues whereby they giue euidence against themselues that they neuer yet beleeued Min. But how then To striue against doubting diuers reasons do you not striue against doubting as being a very euill and permicious thing Con. Yes that I doe for to yeelde vnto that were to entertaine Sathan for my counceller who is my greatest aduersay and to take him for my chirurgian to heale my wounded hart who is my deadliest enemy no Sathan shall not be my chirurgian for in stead of healing the wounds of my heart hee will make himselfe more worke hee will make more sores then hee heales and those which hee seemes to heale hee doth but skin ouer with the stinking salue of falshood and the wounds which are hee will make deeper and more incurable let all good people take heede of this murdering chirurgian I haue experience enough of him therefore though hee doe impudently obtrude his salue vnto mee yet I cast it away from me that is I striue against doubting with all my might and power as one would worke against the pangs of death to retain life and breath and I am bound in conscience so to doe because I know for as much as I haue the true signes of saluation in mee doubting proceeds from the malice of Sathan who meanes me no good and from vnbeleefe of heart in me and is much preiudiciall to my soules comfort it is also greatly dishonourable to God for as a man hurts himselfe most by