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A47079	An antidote for troubled soules, or, The fruit of repentance taken out of the word of God, and delivered to Thomas Jones of the city of Hereford ...	Jones, Thomas, of Hereford.	1646 (1646)	Wing J993; ESTC R15721	10,050	23

maintenance o● our estates Lastly it is a means to obtain increase of grace with peace of conscience and increase of ioy and comfort Thus Saint Peter exhorts Repent saith he and then he promiseth the gift of the Holy Ghost should flow forth to them and after grace followes peace and spirituall joy Christ will make thee par taker of true ioy he will dwell with the humble and revive their spirits The sixt Motive to perswade ●is to Repentance may be taken from the consideration of our baptisme we have set our hands to the ●eal of baptisme to bind us to the duty of repentance therefore we are bound to it by our own seale our own p●omise and vow Again Repentance makes our persons workes ●cceptable to God the broken the contrite heart is acceptable to God A broken heart G Lord thou wilt not despise Another Motive may be taken from the considera●ion of the last judgement Now God wisheth all men to repent because hee hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world with righteousnesse saith Saint Paul Then shall their sinnes be laid open O let us bethink ous selves in what estate we would be found before the great Iudge at the last day whether with our sinnes remaining or pardoned and forgiven Lastly consider the wofull estate of sinners in hel and the blessed estate of the paitent in heaven Let the consideration of all those things move us to turne to God by repentance and make conscience of a new life But some will say repentance is a bitter thing But he that will taste of the sweetnesse of salvation must partake of the bitternesse of repentance Is repentacce a bitter thing know then that the fruit of impenitency is more bitter Nay though repentance be bitter to flesh and blood yet God havei●g ●●fused grace into the repentant soul it doth becomen weet unto him But some will say it I should set my selfe to the practise of repentance it will be my undoing I should lose my gaine But tel me what will it availe thee to win the whole world and to lose thine owne soul Now if thou wilt beleeve Christ thou shalt gaine an hundred fold Mat. 19.29 The gaine that thou hast by impenitency what is it but the cause of Gods iudgements against thee Goe too now ye impenitent wretches weepe and houle your garments are moth-eaten You treasure up riches here to increase Gods vengeance hereafter But repentance gains Gods blessing in this life and a Kingdome in the world to come Now s●me will say I would faine repent for my sinnes but I am s●●umbred with the things of this life that I cannot apply my selfe unto it But cast of the incumbrances of this world first and know that repentance will not hinder thee in t●y honest calling Some other would say I am willing to repent but I am ●o intangled with carnall friends that I shall displease them and I shall have a weary life with them But he that forsaketh not father and mother and brother and sister and all things else for my sake saith our Saviour is not worthy of me Wilt thou despite God and Christ and thine owne soule for thy carnall friends Repent then God and Christ and all the Saints and Angells will be thy friends Now others will say I purpose to repent and cannot yet apply my selfe unto it But when dost thou purpose to repent Is the time in thy hand Thou knowest not how suddenly thou shalt be cut off therefore deferre not the time o● thy repentance Doe we not sée many in their youth health a●d weal●h quickly gone And dost not thou byd l●y make the burthen heavier encreasing thy s●●●e Is not the worke harder when thou dost performe it then In the mea●e while thou art the Devils slave Yet suppose thou dost intend according to thy promise to repent in thy sicknesse or in old age thou shalt find as the burthen is greater so the taske to be more hard and difficult when sicknesse comes and old age is burthen enough of it selfe and needs not any greater Lastly consider the gift of Gods grace is not in thy power Now is the day of grace now is the appo●nted time and if thou wilt not now accept his grace offered unto thee when thou callest hereafter upon him how knowest thou if hee will hear thee seeing now thou refusest grace when it is offered thee If ever thou meanest to repent now is the tim● slight not the grace of God now it is offered unto thee Some will say I h●ve repented already but if thou hast thy repentance must be perpetuall and ●o●tinuall it is not the worke of a day but o● a●ise As long as thou bre●the●t thou dost sinne the●efore ●epent as oft as thou sinnest Betake the s●lfe to a more déep search renew thy repentance daily looke back to thy former sinnes and life to thy birth and corruption and know that the more thou repentest the more swéet and easie will thy repentance be and at last nothing will comfort thy soule so much as repentance The last use is for comfort to all those that have repented indéed they shall be saved thou shalt lose nothing by thy repentance thou shalt have great recompence thy prayers shall be acceptable to God thou shalt have peace in death boldnesse in iudgement and glory in Heaven GENERAL RVLES Of a Godly Life He 's only wise who God doth know And doth by life his knowledge show EVery day thou drawest neerer to thy Death Iudgement and Eternity Therefore thinke every day how thou mayest be able to ●and in that most strict and severe Iudgement ●nd so live for ever Look diligently to thy ●houghts Words and Deeds Every evening ●hink thou shalt dye that night Every mor●ing thinke thou shalt die that day Doe not deferre thy conversion and good works till to Morrow because to morrow is uncertaine but Death is certaine and hangs over thy head every day Nothing is more contrary to Godlinesse than delay If thou contem●test the inward calling of the Holy Spirit thou shalt never attaine to true conversion Deferre not thy conversion and good works till thine old age but offer unto God the flower of thy youth It is uncertaine whether the young man shall live till he be old But it is certaine that destruction is prepared for the young man that is impenitent No age is fitter for Gods service than youth which flourisheth in body and minde For no mans sake undertake an evill cause for it is not man but God that shall hereafter judge thee do not therefore preferre the favour of men before the grace of God In the way of the Lord either we goe forwards or else we goe backwards Therefore examine the life every day whether thou goest forwards or backwards in the study of piety to stand in the way of the Lord is to goe back Delight not then to stand still in the course of godlinesse but study alwayes to walke in the way of the Lord let thy conversation be evermore courteous unto all grievous to none familiar with few To God live piously to thy selfe chastly to thy neighbour justly Shew favour to thy friend Shew patience towards thy enemie Shew thy good will towards all an● thy bounty to whoml thou art able In thy life die daily unto thy selfe and unto thy vices So in death thou shalt ●ive unto God FINIS

AN ANTIDOTE FOR Troubled Soules Or The Fruit of Repentance Taken out of the Word of God and Delivered to Thomas Jones of the City of Hereford who was many yeares afflicted both in body and in minde for violating or prophaning the Lords Sabbath day And thinking this Antidote to be part of the Talent which the Lord gave him since he repented for the same being commanded in his sleep to give an account thereof he hath thought it requisite to publish it for the good of all penitent Sinners Published with License Rom. 8.18 I account the afflictions of this present life not worthy of the glory which shall be shewed unto us 2 Cor. 4.17 Our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for as a far more exceeding and eternall weight of glory London Printed for John Wright at the signe of the Kings head in the Old Baily 1646. The Fruit of REPENTANCE Acts 2.38 Then Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for remission of sinnes and ye shall receive the Holy Ghost WE heard in the former verse the question of these pricked hearts to Peter and the rest of the Apostles Men and Brethren What shall we do Teaching us how much it imports every Soule to seek for the was and meanes to Salvation We proceed now to the answer given from the mouth of Peter prescribing the means of salvation in this verse now read unto you which are two first Repentance then Baptisme afterwards he perswades them to the practise thereof in the next verse At this time only of the first means of Salvation that is Repentance The Doctrine is That he that will be saved must repent Men and brethren say they what shall we do meaning to be saved as the Gaoler expresseth himelf Repent saith Peter as if he should say If ye repent ye shall be saved but if ye will not repent ye shall not be saved Except ye repent saith our Saviour ye shall all likewise perish Luke 13.3 The reason is First because we are all by nature sinners and consequently under the eternall wrath of God children of wrath and there is no means to avoid Gods eternall curse and wrath without repentance O generations of Vipers saith John the Baptist to the Pharisees Mat. 3.7 Who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come bring forth therefore fruit meet for Repentance As if he should say You think your great holinesse that was shall save you but who hath taught you to escape the wrath of God thereby Let me teach you if you will escape the wrath to come trust not to your holy religion but see you make good your repentance Secondly on the condition of repentance God hath promised what Christ hath merited that is pardon of sin Esa 1.16 The Prophet exhorteth Wash you make you clean put away the evil of your doings cease to do evil learn to do well that is Repent And then in the eighteenth verse he promiseth Though your sinnes be as scarlet yet they shall be as white as snow though they be as red as crimson yet they shall be as wooll Act. 5.13 The Apostle saith They God of our Fathers hath exalted Christ to be a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance to Israel and forgivenesse of sins Pardon of sin upon repentance So then without repentance there is no means possible to escape the wrath of God Vpon repentance God hath promised pardon of all sins even as Christ hath merited If any might be saved without repentance then Christs disciples might be saved but our Saviour tels them Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish And if any might not be saved with repentance then those murtherers of Christ would not be saved Yet Peter saith Repent and ye shall be saved Vpon this string all the Prophets harped Repent Repent This was John Baptists first Sermon this was the thing that Christ did preach first and this must be the burden of our song unto the end of the world Luk. 24.37 It is necessary saith our Saviour that repentance and remission of sinnes be preached to all Nations We preach nothing without repentance yea there is no salvation without repentance Now it will be necessary to shew what repentance is The nature of repentance is a large thing much hath been written of it I will give you therefore briefly the cheif part of repentance In repentance there is the work of God and the work of man Gods work is Regeneration a new creation which makes a man a new creature by taking ●way the stony heart and giving him a heart of flesh ●n the place of it and this is done by a two-fold grace First Preventing grace which pricks and breaks the heart Herein he is a meer patient Secondly Subsequent grace enabling a man to the practice of repentance Mans work in repentance stands chiefly in two things Mourning and Turning as the Prophet Joel expresseth it Joel 2.12 Turn to the Lord with fasting weeping and mourning rent your hearts and turn to the Lord. There are the principall parts of repentance expressed First then in repentance there must be a mourning of the heart with godly sorrow for sin chiefly because God is offended and Christ pierced otherwise it is not godly sorrow This the Apostle 2 Cor. 7.10 makes the first and chiefest whéel in the clock or the first mover to repentance Godly sorrow causeth repentance unto salvation not to be repented of If thy heart be first broken with godly sorrow thy repentance is from the heart else howsoever it doth appear it is but hypocrisie it tends to thy greater damnation Secondly after mourning there must be a turning Act. 3.19 Repent and be converted This conversion must be from sin to God First it must be from sinne Repent and turn your selves from all your transgressions saith the Lord Ezek. 18.3 Secondly this turning must be to God Repent and turn to the Lord saith the Apostle Act. 26.20 Now this turning or conversion must have thrée properties It must be 1 Inward 2 Outward 3 Universall First it must be an inward turning a change of the heart Joel 2.12 with all your heart Ezek. 18. Make you a new heart and a new spirit This inward change must be by mortifying our concupiscence by purging out corruption hiding the Word in our hearts cherishing the motions of the Spirit Truth in the inward part hating sin and delighting in holinesse Secondly it must be outward Cast away from you all your transgressions wherwith you have transgressed Ezek. 18 31. Thirdly this turning must be universall as with all the heart so likewise from all sinne As the Prophet requireth Ezek. 18.30.31 Turn your selves from all your sinnes and cast away all your transgressions Secondly it must be a turning to all good works Jam. 2.10 If a man keep the whole law and offend in one point he is guilty of all Thus you sée the hate of it