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B07162	Andrewes repentance, sounding alarum to returne from his sins vnto Almightie God. Perfectly guiding all those that hope to bee saued, in the direct way of repentance, whereby they may attain eternall life: : newly made in the autumne or declining of his age ...	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1631 (1631)	STC 589.5; ESTC S90287	12,430	24

him l Iob 13.15 And thus with a true affection and desire of heart m Ioh. 4.23 24. Psal 145.18 through the inward féeling of our miseries n 2 Chron. 20.21 Psal 2.11 Esay 66.2 you must cast your selues downe prostrate in the presence of Almightie God o Rom. 10.14 and build your selues on this sure foundation p Iam. 1.6 that yée though farre vnworthie yet for Iesus Christ his sake are certainly heard of God q Ioh. 14.13 euen as he hath promised in his word r Mat. 7.7 8. Mat. 11.24 Luk. 11.9 Ioh. 16.24 And withall you must bée so feruent with God in your dayly prayers for the forgiuenesse of your sinnes that yée must with Iacob euen wrestle with God ſ Gen. 32.26 and neuer let the Lord goe vntill he blesse you but with sighs groanes and teares t Iam. 4.9 Deut. 14.5 bewaile your sinnes beg for his mercies and that so entirely as it were for life and death yea wéepe for your sinnes like Mary Magdalen u Ioh. 20.15 and powre forth flouds of teares like Ezechia * 2 King 20.3 vntill yée doe so you shall neuer haue peace nor quietnesse of conscience neither any sound comfort of Gods holy Spirit in you Thus all those which haue truly repented and continued in newnesse of life are spiritually renati et iustificati borne againe in righteousnesse and iustified from sin wherefore I conclude with this beléefe that I doe fully hope through the merits of Iesus Christ to be saued and am resolued that eternall life belongs not vnto others only but vnto me also so that Christ died for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification and that God who gaue him for me gaue me all things with him Rom. 8.32 If all things then he gaue me eternall life This is my faith and from this faith permanet in facto mens mea firma suo feares shall not compell me lachrymae voluuntur inanes and teares shall not moue me to change my minde Quia mens immota manet for I am fully resolued neuer to alter it and I doe rest in hope and am alwayes waiting for the accomplishment thereof Now whereas I haue laid open the certainty of mans saluation as farre and as faire as I can by the authority of Gods word I purpose in this second Chapter by the helpe of God to set forth the doctrine of repentance and shew the necessity thereof and so conclude according vnto this Text of Scripture Matth. 3.2 Repent yee GOod Christian Readers if yée looke thorow the whole booke of God from the Alpha of Genesis vnto the Omega of the Reuelation you shall finde scarce any Text to be shorter than this yet howsoeuer there is none more néedfull nor any more profitable neither doth the Holy Ghost so much labour in all the Scripture as he doth to draw men vnto repentance Repent yee a Ezech. 18.21 Eccles 8.21 22. Ier. 18.11 Acts 17.30 2 King 17.13 Ier. 25.5 Acts 11.18 Luk 3 3. Ier 36.3 Mat. 3.2 8. 2 Pet. 3.9 Mat. 4.14.17 Act. 2.38 Hos 14.1 2. Esay 31 6. Mal. 3.7 Ezech. 33.11 Ierem. 4.14 Esay 1.16 Esay 55.7 Luk. 13 3. 2 Chro. 33.6 Great néed requires great haste and the wound that is déepest hath néed of the diligentest cure so that the longer I haue continued in sinne the more earnestly I doe returne vnto my God by repentance for repentance ought to bring forth as much sorrow as sinne gaue delight example in Manasses b Manass pr. Mary Magdalen c Luk. 7.18 and the like Saint Augustine was a great sinner and wrote many bookes of repentance which sheweth to whom much is forgiuen they ought to loue much and the greater their sinnes are the more néed they haue of repentance Repent yee And I which am the vnworthiest of all men haue wrote for the benefit of others as well as my selfe almost all the bookes that euer I made concerning repentance and the longer I haue written of it the more tender my heart is and the more earnest my desire is to returne vnto my God by repentance and amendment of life in the which I pray God to gire me his grace to continue vnto my liues end And as a Traytor that is condemned to die if he loued his Prince he would goe neare to breake his heart with griefe to thinke that he should be so villanous vnto so gracious a Prince that would forgiue al● his fact if he would but aske for pardon become a new man and true subiect vnto him Euen so it is with me through griefe for my sinnes each time I behold Gods mercies towards me a miserable and most wretched sinner in sparing me so long and giuing me such a large time of repentance Repent yee Duo verba duo luminaria These two words are like the two great lights in Heauen a Gen. 1.16 which serue to direct vs in all our wayes they are the Supersedeas and discharge of sin b Iam. 3.5 Mat. 12.41 Luk. 11.32 Esay 1.16 Gen. 50 17. 2 Pet. 3.9 Ezech. 18.20 21. Mal. 13.7 Esay 55.7 Zach. 1.3 Ezech 33.5 Esay 56.2 Ier. 4.14 through the merits of Iesus Christ c 1 Pet 1 18 19. Heb 9.14 Reuel 1.5 And the cause of vnity betwéene God and man They are Imperatoria breuitas a Lord-like breuity T is short for feare lest mans brittle memory should come short of it and it is the full weight of a few words Virtus maxima in mole minima very much in a little And they are more precious than any pearle or pure gold and as néedfull to direct me that made this booke as you that reade it wherefore if euer wée hope to be saued we must needs forsake our sinnes and with all humility returne vnto God by repentance according vnto my Text Repent yee For as God is mercifull vnto the penitent sinner g Exod. 34.5 6 7. Psal 145 9. Exod. 20 6. he also sheweth his iustice vnto the reprobate h Deut 32.4 Psal 55.6 Exod. 20.7 Nahum 1.2 3. VVisd 14.9 whose anger vnto them is most dreadfull i Psal 18 7. Reuel 6 15. Heb. 12.16 Odio est Deo impius impietas eius God hateth the wicked man and his wickednesse too k Pro. 15.8 9 29. 1 Ioh. 3.8 Pro 11.6 Pro. 1.28 Yea their very thoughts l Wisd 1.9 Mar. 12.36 words and works m Rom. 1.18 Psal 5.6 Exod 20.5 Ephes 5 6. God hateth and therefore without repentance there is no saluation n Luk. 13.3 Esay 59 2. Mal 1.2 Againe Inanis poenitentia quam sequens culpa de nouo iterat Vaine is that repentance which an after fall defileth It auaileth a man nothing to aske of God for pardon of his sinnes and fall like an hog into the mire of his sinnefull life afresh againe Wherefore if yée will truly repent yée must forsake all your sinnes for euer and returne

Andrewes REPENTANCE Sounding Alarum To Returne from his sins vnto Almightie God Perfectly guiding all those that hope to bee saued in the direct way of Repentance whereby they may attaine eternall life newly made in the Autumne or declining of his age Serò sed seriò Wherein is contained not only what Repentance is and the necessity thereof but also for the better satisfying of the doubtfull here is so plaine a resolution concerning the assurance of the penitent mans saluation and that so directly penned with proofes of holy Scripture according vnto the Word of God that I hope there is not the least doubt to be made of it by any man if there be neuer so little of Gods grace in him but vpon his true repentance he may be assured of his saluation and certainly know whether hee shall bee saued or damned LONDON Printed for Iohn Wright and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Bible in Gilt-spur street without Newgate 1631. Christian Readers I doe here dedicate and direct this my Booke vnto all you that are the elect children of God desiring through Iesus Christ your health in the Lord. GOod Christian Readers Treatises or Bookes of this kinde we haue too few but of lasciuious too many and whereas I haue formerly published vnto the view of the world many small books for the setting forth of Gods glorie the discharge of my conscience and the benefit of you the children of God in the which I desired not the praise of men seeing it is but vanity neither did I looke for preferment the world is so corrup●ed for I here openly protest I feare none but God whose truth I teach and hate nothing but sinne which is the destruction of the soule neither doe I care for my life so it were lost in the defence of the Gospell And now seeing that my former bookes are so vendible and so well liking vnto the children of God that in short time there haue beene diuers impressions printed I haue therefore now set forth another booke entituled Andrewes Repentance which I made and composed for mine owne priuate vse intending to engrosse it to my selfe And although it came forth last which should haue beene first yet notwithstanding whereas it is serò yet it is serio And being made in the autumne or declining of mine age yet I doubt not by the helpe of God but it will continue the whole time of my life hoping you will grace me with your fauourable suspence vntill my deeds proue my doctrine And withall I most entirely desire you and euery one of you euen for my Sauiour Iesus Christ his sake that shall gather any spirituall comfort to cure your soules out of these my labours to pray vnto our Lord Iesus Christ for me to giue me his grace to returne vnto him by speedy repentance and therein to guide me with his Word and direct me by his holy Spirit that what I either preach or write I may both in life and doctrine expresse and performe the same vnto my liues end that whilest I endeuour to raise others I may raise my selfe from all my sinnes vnto the glorie of Gods holy name and the saluation of my owne soule And so doe for mee an earnest repentant sinner euen as you your selues towards your selues expect from Iesus Christ Valete in Christo Yours towards you as I would you should be for me Iohn Andrewes Preacher of Gods Word Andrewes Repentance Sounding Alarum to returne from his sins vnto Almighty God The first Chapter treaterh of the certainty of mans saluation wherein hee may cleerely see whether he shall bee saued or damned with a most perfect rule directed by the holy Scripture to guide him in the right way to auoid his sinnes and how to attaine eternall life ALmighty God * Gen. 17.1 that séeth from euerlasting to euerlasting a Eccles 39.20 and knoweth all things both past present and to come b 1 Sam. 2.3 hath from the beginning of the world and doth to the end thereof c Esay 59.21 Ier. 32.37 Gen. 17.7 Acts 2.39 Ier. 31.33 Heb. 10.16 17. Ezech. 18.21 22. Ier. 24.7 8 9 10. gather and preserue vnto himselfe by his hnly Spirit d Mat. 16.17 out of all Nations the flower of all mankinde to be an holy companie of chosen people * Ioh. 10.28 29 30. Tit. 2.14 preserued for eternall life whom nothing can separate from God but sinne e Esay 59.2 and nothing sooner than to despaire of his mercy which is ouer all his workes f Psal 143.9 And therefore all you that would forsake your sins to be the children of God must haue an assured trust g Heb. 11.17 Iam. 1.6 Ephes 3.12 Rom. 10.10 kindled in your hearts by the Holy Ghost h Ioh. 6.29 Mat. 16.16 17. 2 Cor. 4.13 through the Word i Rom. 10.17 Rom. 1.16 Acts 10.44 whereby you may be assuredly resolued k Rom 1.17 Gal. 3.11 Gal. 2.16 that remission of sins and euerlasting life is not giuen vnto others only but vnto you also and that you must haue a true and liuely faith in Iesus Christ to beléeue that you are his l Rom. 3.21 22 24. Gal. 1.15 16. Ephes 2.8 9. Phil. 3.9 Although your conscience accuse you and Satan alleage against you that you haue not kept Gods Lawes but haue grieuously sinned m Rom. 3.9 10 11 12. Rom. 7.23 and prouoked Gods wrath against you whereby you haue deserued eternall damnation yet notwithstanding if by your true repentance hauing an inward sorrow wrought by the Holy Ghost o Mat. 16.17 Ioh. 10.28 29. for your sinnes before committed you may embrace the benefits of Iesus Christ by a liuely faith p Ioh. 3.18 with a full determination to continue in newnesse of life yea and that with a pure conscience and perswasion of minde q 1 Ioh. 2.2 that the full and perfect satisfaction righteousnesse and holinesse of Christ ſ 1 Ioh. 2.1 without any righteousnesse of yours t Tit. 3.5 Ezech. 36.22 but of the méere mercy of God u Rom. 3.24 Eph. 2.8 is giuen vnto you and that so cléerely as if you had neuer committed any sinne * 2 Cor. 5.21 then there is no doubt by the grace of God but the Lord will pardon all your offences and If your sinnes were as red as scarlet hee will make them as white as snow x Esay 1.18 and so you shall bée made heires of eternall life y Ioh. 3.36 1 Ioh. 5.13 But there are too too many which through their carelesnesse of repentance although Gods Preachers daily perswade them to repent a Esay 1.18 Ier. 18.11 2 King 17.13 Ier. 25.5 Ier. 7.3 Ezech. 33.11 Ier. 35.15 Hos 14.3 Ier. 4.2 Hos 6.1 Ioel 12.2 doe stand in doubt of their saluation because they haue grieuously sinned and thereby greatly offended the Maiesty of Almighty God and procured his curse for