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A14172	Amendment of life three sermons, vpon Actes 2. verses 37. 38. conteining the true effect of the worde of God, in the conuersion of the godly: and the maner how it changeth their harts, and reformeth their liues, which is the true vvorke of regeneration. By Iohn Vdall, preacher of the worde of God, at Kingstone vpon Thames.	Udall, John, 1560?-1592.	1584 (1584)	STC 24489; ESTC S102078	40,987	110

and that we be sinners and therefore in his iustice though he would he cannot pardon vs our faith findeth out a meane whereby the iustice of God is satisfied to the full also his mercy purchased for vs which is Iesus Christ both God and man to ouercome as he is God all the enimies of our saluation Sathan sinne and death and to suffer as he is man all y ● paines and tormentes that we had deserued both in body and soule and so presenteth vs in his owne righteousnesse and merits blamelesse before the face of God and maketh vs heyres of his eternall glory This being set downe in fewe wordes is the substance of the gospell he telleth vs by his owne mouthe that no man commeth to the father but by him and S. Paule saieth that in him are all the promises of God yea and amen because he is the waye whereby al the mercyes of God are conueyed vnto vs the father being we pleased in him The vse of which doctrine being rightly applied is very comfortable for first it bringeth vnto vs a comfort that the seuere wrath of God is appeased against vs. Secondly it teacheth that in all our néedes and necessities in all our praiers and thankesgiuing and in the whole course of our conuersation we are to begge the Lords assistance in through his sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ in whome he is pleased and without whose mediation our praiers are abhominable our praises stinck in the nostrells of the father and we our selues are the abiecte and refuse of the world Grounded vpon the promises of God c. This is set downe to shewe whereupon faith taketh hold to wit the promises of God for when we heare out of the word of God what mercy God promiseth vnto them that beléeue in him it is the office of a true faith to apply the same particularly vnto our selues whereby we sée that same yet further veryfied that was spoken before that faith respecteth not our selues nor nothing that is in vs but the promises which God offereth vnto vs in his blessed word and therefore our faith is not to respecte the decrées of mā nor to leane vpon any thing sauing y e word of God only which is the thing whereby faith is wrought strengthened and established in our heartes Sealed in our heartes by the holy Ghost The promises of God are generall offered indifferently to al men both good and bad without exception in the ministery of the word and yet effectuall only to a fewe and therefore here may arise a question how I may assure myne owne soule and cōscience that they be particularly applied vnto me Which is answered thus by doctrine though euery man féeleth best by his owne experience when the word is preached to many we sée that it is effectuall onelie to fewe because in the most it knocketh only in their outward eares moueth them nothing at al but to those few vnto whom it is effectuall God openeth their hearts that they attend vnto the word and as by the same he speaketh through the ministery of man vnto the outward eares so inwardly he preacheth vnto the soule by his holy spirit whereby those words are ingraffed into their hearts they vnfainedly perswaded of them in their soules which spirit doth kéep cōtinual residence in their hearts afterward assuring them of his mercy This S. Paul setteth down saying we haue not receiued y e spirit of bōdage to feare againe but the spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba father y e same spirit witnesseth w e ours that we are the children of God and in an other place it is God which stablisheth vs with you in Christ and hath anointed vs who hath also sealed vs and hath giuen the earnest of his spirite into our heartes hereby we know that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath giuen vs of his spirit This being euident by the word that whomsoeuer God calleth he sealeth with his holy spirit it resteth y ● euery one of vs examine himselfe how he féeleth himselfe affected in this point whether we can féele this spirite comfort vs at all times and seasons or no. The which triall that it may be the better I will set downe thrée effects of this spirit in them that haue it whereby thou mayest examine thy selfe The first is this whereas we by nature cannot away with or care not for the worde of God because it is to our reason méere folishnes the holy ghost worketh in vs alone of the same to take delight and comfort in hearing and reading of it therefor they are said to be of God y ● heare his word Which sentence Saint Iohn applieth to the hearing of of the ministers of God preaching the the same worde The second is the fruit that floweth out of this which is comfort by the word and increase of faith with féeling of the working of the same in our hearts for many heare the word and that with some ioy who yet haue little comfort by it for that they cannot applie it to themselues for their particular vse and profit Therefore this is the effect of the holy ghost to be vnfainedly perswaded that all the mercies of God in Iesus Christ promised in his word are as effectuall to me as if they were set downe only to me by name The 3. is a loathing of sinne and a thirsting after godlines whereby we indeuour to leaue sinne and to liue in all obedience of conuersation This Saint Paule setteth downe in expresse wordes saying if any man haue not the spirit of Christ the same is none of his and if Christ be in you the body is deade because of sin but the spirit is life for righteousnesse sake so then these thrée Loue to the word Perswasion of Gods mercyes and Reformation of life are in all them that haue the holy ghost Thus we sée briefely the particular pointes of of faith set downe out of the word of God Let vs pray The third Sermon of amendment of Life NOw remaineth to speak of the fruites and effectes of the same faith which are wrought by it in the heartes of all them that haue it which be of two sorts inward in the soule and outward in the conuersation inwarde be 1 Remission of sinnes 2. The loue of the Father 3 Promise to be hearde in our praiers All which procéede one out of another Outwarde is godlines in life and conuersation For the first which is remission of sinnes to be the fruite of faith is proued by many places of scripture our Sauiour Iesus Christ hauing a man sicke of the palsey broughte vnto him seing their faith said be of good comforte thy sinnes are forgiuen thée Where we haue to cōsider that not their faith but his owne applied remission of sinnes vnto him S. Paule in a long discourse in that heauenly Epistle written to the Romans concludeth with

calleth such Idell shéepeheardes dumbe Dogges that cannot barke Salt with out saltnesse not good for the Dunghill and yet this churche of Englande a grieuous thinge to bée considered is euen pestered with suche and they swarme like Locustes lette oute of the lake The Lord for his mercy sake either conuert them to better vses or in his good time send an east winde to blow them into the bottome of the sea and place séeing watchmen and painefull labourers in his vineyarde that will dresse it and not fast themselues therein Amend your liues This is the counsell of Peters a sentence very shorte in wordes but long in matter containing the very substance of all religion and the whole 〈◊〉 of Christianitie the originall word signifieth to recou●● with griefe it is commonly translat●● repent and the m●●ter called repentance which is a turning of our liues vnto God procéeding from a true feare of his iudgments for sinne imbracing God his promises in Iesus Christ and reforming the life according to the prescript rule of Gods worde the which that we may the more orderly procéed consisteth of these thrée principall partes 1. A sorrow for sinne 2 Faith in Christ and 3. Godlinesse of conuersation which laste in truth is rather a fruite of faith as in a place conuenient shall be proued then any part of the whole all which things in some measure more or lesse are to be found in all them that are Gods children and haue receyued any tast of his grace The first Sorrowe for sinne may be thus defined it is a griefe of the soule for sinne wrought by the iudgementes of God layed out in his word whereby the party conuicted is truly humbled I call it a griefe of the soule because it bringeth man euen into the gulfe of condemnation and setteth before his eies the heauie wrath of God and hell torments that his owne conscience telleth him he hath iustly deserued This was wrought in Dauid when his owne mouth condemned him to be the child of death It was in Iosias when his heart melted at the hearing of the Lawe expounded vnto him It was in Marie that washed our Sauiour Christ Iesus his féete with hir teares it was in these that cried out in the anguishe of their hearts men and brethren what shall we doe it is in all them among vs that haue any working of Gods spirit in them when they consider God to be a iust God a reuenger of iniquitye and themselues to be most horrible and wretched sinners Whereby we may take good occasion to examine our selues whether we be of God or no which we shall do thus If I do not tremble at Gods iudgments if my sins grieue me not surely I am hardned but if they make me sigh grone vnto the Lord vnder the weight thereof if I loth them both in my selfe others then I haue a marke of Gods grace in me that he worketh my saluation and sealeth it vnto me This sorrowe may after a sorte be in a man and yet not the true sorrowe for many are grieued because they they are not better for that through their naughtinesse they forgette preferment or credit that else they shoulde haue and therefore it is saide that this muste be wroughte by the iudgementes of God laid out in his worde that is when by Gods Lawe I perceiue the straighte lyne that is inioyned to me and the cursse of God that hang ouer my heade for my disobedience that bringeth with it condemnation of bodye and soule this is the thing wherefore I shoulde be grieued And if wée wey the matter well it carryeth with it iust cause of sorrowe for though I inioye all the delightes and pleasures that bee in the worlde I shall haue them a very shorte time and the rewarde of sinne is eternal wo without ease or intermission which all men haue iustly deserued and from which none shall be deliuered that is not broughte to sorrowe for sinne and to séeke to Iesus Christe the life of them that rightelye séeke him This being the firste steppe to God and entrance into his fauour is mightely gainesaid by the subtile enimie Sathan that would haue vs make a sporte of sinne Secondly by the world that blereth our eies with the poysoned baits of vanities 3. by our owne flesh y ● lusteth after those things that bring perdition and therefore the Lord who hath a care that his chosen should not be deceyued by all these or any of them hath in his word set downe many most strong reasons and forcible persuasions to induce vs to this sorrow for sinne as first his seuere iudgementes executed vppon others Idolators were giuen ouer into the handes of spoilers Blasphemers consumed by the Angell of God Corrupters of Gods sincere worshippe presently strooke downe dead Disobedient rebells swallowed vppe quicke into the earth Murderers requited with murther Generally the whole world except eyght persons drowned for sinne Sodome and Gomorrah burned with fire and brimstone from heauen because of pride riotte idlenesse and contempte of y ● poore Foure sins that now I am perswaded are as rife as euer they were in those Citties and al these as they receyued suddaine punishment in this worlde so to vs no other is knowen but that eternall condemnation followed Now how must these thinges bring vs to sorrowe for sinnes Thus we haue committed the same sinnes in some pointe that they did and therfore being guilty of the same condemnation there is no way for vs to escape it but to flée to the Lorde with penitent heartes and sorrowing soules Saint Paule teacheth vs this doctrine the same vse of it saiing these are written as exampls for vs that we sinne not as they did least we receyue the same condemation Whereby we learne that the scriptures of God are not written to vs as histories to read and heare for pleasure but for our learning and instruction that we may learne by the example of the wicked there mentioned to leaue sinne and of the godly to be stirred vp vnto godlines Againe when we consider how mercyfull God hath bene vnto vs that whereas in his iuste iudgemente be might haue not onely cutte vs of and cast vs into eternal condemnation when first we began to conceiue any inclination vnto sinne but euen before we were borne haue drowned vs in originall guilte and neuer sufferd vs to come to any knowledge of good or euill hath so long a time we committing so many and infinite sinnes against his maiesty yet spared vs not dealt rigorously with vs this shoulde make vs very sory that we haue so long prouoked so merciful a God vnto anger which vse S. Paule setteth downe saying that the mercy of God leadeth to repentance But alas we take occasion to sin by the same and so are carelesse to amend euer hauing this in our mouths God is mercifull and