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A73075	The heavenly advocate: or a short direction for the speedy vnderstanding of the New Testament of the yeeres and dayes of Christs age heere on Earth, times and places of his miracles, death, resurrection, and ascention: together with a briefe catechisme, for the instruction of Christian families. And also a spirituall combate, betweene mans frailty and faith, in time of sicknesse.	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1617 (1617)	STC 21098; ESTC S124839	19,045	98

both in life and death aduantage I desire to bee loosed and to bee with Christ which is the best of all Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Euen so saith the spirit for they rest from their labours and their workes follow them Frailty But I shall perish and be as though I neuer had beene Faith Vnto my sheepe that heere my voyce I giue eternall life and they shall neuer perish neither shall any plucke them out of my hand My Father which gaue them mee is greater then all and none is able to take them out of my fathers hands I my father are one Frailty Yet dust I am and to dust I must returne Faith We shall be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last Trumpet for the Trumpet shall blowe and the dead shall bee raised vp incorruptible and wee shall bee changed for this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortalitie c. But we know this if our earth●y house of this Tabernacle be destroyed wee ●aue a building giuen of God that is a house ●ot made with hands but eternall in the hea●ens Therefore we sigh desiring to be clothed ●ith our house which is from heauen Frailty When I am gone I am gone and what hope is there after death Faith I know that my redeemer liueth and that hee shall stand the last vpon the earth and though after my skinne wormes destroy this body yet shall I see God in my flesh whom I my selfe shall see and my eyes shall behold and no other for me Frailty Satan frighteth me with my sinnes and layeth the greatnesse of them before me Faith But this is a true saying and worthy of all men to be receiued Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners whereof I am chiefe The blessed Apostle looked vpon himselfe as the greatest finner in the world and yet despaired not But saith for this cause hee was receiued to mercy That Iesus Christ should first shew on him all long suffering vnto the ensample of them which should in time to come beleeue on him vnto eternall life Frailty Sathan suggesteth that my repentance is too late Faith It is neuer too late that is sincer● and true the theese vpon the Crosse came very late yet to him was it graciously said This day shalt thou bee with mee in Paradice Not presuming therefore of mercy and continuing in sinne but truely lamenting what was past and leauing any further to offend wilfully I also will say in hope Lord remember me when thou commest into thy kingdome Frailty Yet God is iust and must needes punish my sin Faith That iustice is satisfied in the obedience of Christ and each penitent sinner may in comfort say If any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sinnes and not onely for our sinnes but for the sinnes of the whole world For two titles our Sauiour Christ hath to the kingdome of heauen the right of inheritance and the merit of his Passion The first belongeth to him the second he vouchsafeth to vs in his merit therefore our merit is not to be trusted in For as touching our merit remember Dauid Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant O Lord for in thy sight no flesh liuing shall be iustified When ye haue done all these things that are commanded you shall say we are vnprofitable seruants Wee haue done that which was once our dues to doe Behold he found no stedfastnesse in his scruants and laid folly vpon his Angels how much more in them that dwell in houses of clay whose foundation is in the dust yea the heauens are not cleare in his sight how much more is man adhominable and filthy which drinketh iniquity like water How may a man be iustified before God or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman Behold he will giue no light to the Moone and the starres are vncleane in his sight How much more man a worme euen the sonne of man which is but a worme The Apostle againe When the bountifulnesse loue of God our Sauiour towards man appeared not by the workes of righteousnesse which wee had done but according to his mercy hee saued vs by the washing of the new birth and renewing of the holy Ghost which he shed on vs abundantly through Iesus Christ our Sauiour that wee being iustified by his grace should be heires according to the hope of eternall life Thus will faith euer finde comfort in the Word to answere frailty in any point whatsoeuer of feare and fright if it be sought out by carefull reading A Protestation in Sicknesse I Wrotched and woefull sinner yet redeemed with the precions bloud of Iesus Christ through his great loue not my merit protest before the all-séeing God that I doe heartily desire to die in the faith wherein it becommeth a true member of the true Church to end this life I beleeue and confesse all and euery part of the Christian Faith either expresly mentioned or truly comprised in the twelue Articles and generally I beleeue whatsoeuer a Christian man or woman ought to beleeue This immoueable and firme faith God assisting mee with his grace I shall hold as a strong and inuincible hold against all the suggestions and assaults of Satan Wherefore if either by his oppugning tyranny or my sickenesse raging fury I shall either speake doe or thinke any thing repugnant and contrary to this Now in this my better strength both of body and minde I disclaime it renounce it abhorre it and pray that it may not bee imputed vnto mee as any word worke or thought of mine but of Sathans malice and my sicknesse strength To my vttermost power I remit and forgiue vnto all persons all iniuries whatsoeuer at any time or in any sort done vnto mee and earnestly intreating them the like againe from them to mee in any faults or errours of mine vnto them and I humbly acknowledge with true woe of a grieued heart that to my God I haue not carried my selfe as I should my faults and offences my faults and transgressions are bitter vnto mee yet doe I not despaire but laying hold by the hand of my faith vpon my all powerfull and sweet Sauiour I humbly craue mercy with bowed knées of heart and soule before him I acknowledge his infinite goodnesse to mee many and infinite wayes and with heart and soule and all that is within me praise his holy Name I commend into his hands my spirit and though weake in body yet strong in him I say and cry Lord Iesus Lord Iesus receiue mee to thee Come Lord Iesus come quickly Amen Amen A Prayer in Sicknesse O Lord iust art thou and iust and true are all thy iudgements thy wayes are mercy and truth and there neuer was or shall be any end of thy goodnesse I humbly beséech thée to haue mercy vpon mee and

practise Christ Q. Proceed A. In that it is saide Take eate I discerne that the sum of the Gospel is to me the saupur of life making mee bold to lay hold on the throne of grace and possesse my selfe fully of my Lords ioy Q. Why would he expresse those benefits by eating A. To assure me that in Christ I am restored to the true tree of life and bread that came downe from heauen from which I was once banished but now may take and eate and liue for euer Q. Speake in like manner of the Cup A. The taking of the cup giuing thanks and giuing it signifieth this gift of Christs bloud to pacifie both God my conscience Q. How commeth that A. My saluation is not hy my merit but by Gods Testament in Christ this cup testifieth vnto me that the Testator is dead I possesse the legacy of saluation and receiue the spirit and life of Christ to bee the child of God Q. What is your duty to doe in this couenant A. Before I come I must examine my selfe to know my estate in faith and repentance to purifie my selfe from infidelitie and sinne and to approue myselfe in my general and particular calling to liue a christian life In the receiuing I must by faith assure myself possessed of Gods promises and therfore praise him After the receiuing I must euer shew the Lords death that is professe my selfe a true Christian by shewing my faith by the workes of communion with the Saints sanctification of my life and loue of all men as much as is possible Q. Are you sufficient of your selfe to make this vse of the Lords Supper A. No for all sufficiency is of God of whom I craue this grace in prayer the forme whereof is the Lords prayer Our father which art c. Q. What is the summe of that and so of all other lawfull prayers A. That God would bee my God and Father and that I may bee his childe and so bee receiued to that image of God in which I was first made in Adam A Spirituall Conflict betwixt Mans frailty and faith in time of Sicknesse FRAILTIE SWeet and comfortable is this life and I must leaue it Faith It is written O frailty and earnestly thinke of it Is there not Iob 7. vers 1. an appointed time to man vpon earth and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hireling as a seruant longeth for the Sabaoth and an hireling looketh for an end of his worke so haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanity and painefull nights haue been appointed vnto me If I laid me downe I said when shall I arise and measuring the euening I am full with lossing to and fro vntill the dawning of the day againe 2 Cor. 15. 19. In this life onely wee haue hope in Christ we are of all men the most miserable againe Heb. 11. 13. 13. 14. We are strangers and pilgrimes vpon earth wee haue no continuing Citie héere but wee seeke one to come Iob 14. 1. A man that is borne of a woman is of short continuance and full of trouble he shoots forth as a flower and is cut downe he vanisheth also as a shadow and continueth not Frailty Much wealth and a shining estate shall I forgoe and leaue behinde me Faith It is written Eccles 1. vers 1. Vanitie of vanities and all is but vanitie I haue made me great workes I haue built me houses I haue planted me vineyards I haue made me gardens and orchards and planted in them trees of all fruits I haue gathered vnto mee siluer and gold and the choise treasure of kings and prouinces I haue prouided me men-singers and women-singers and the delights of the sonnes of men And I was great and increased aboue all that were before me whatsoeuer my eyes desired I withheld it not from them I withdrew not my heart from any ioy But then I looked of all my workes that my hands had wrought and on the trauell that I had laboured to doe and behold all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit and there is no profit vnder the sunne Therefore I hated life for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me for all is vanity and vexation of spirit I hated all my labour wherein I had trauelled I went about to make my heart abhorre it for what hath man of his trauell griefe of his heart wherein hee hath trauelled vnder the sunne all his dayes are sorrowes and his trauels griefe his heart taketh not rest in the night which also is vanity Frailty O but wife and children friends lye neere my heart and minister thoughts of heauy woe vnto me when I thinke of leauing them Faith Remember Frailty what is written Hee that loueth father and mother more then me is not worthy of mee and he that loueth sonne or daughter more then mee is not worthy of me He is the Father of the fatherlesse and the widdowes Iudge euen God in his holy habitation Frailty O but God is angry with mee and what shall I doe Faith I will beare the wrath of the Lord because I haue sinned against him vntill hee ●lead my cause and execute iudgement for me Then will he bring me forth to the light and I shall see his righteousnesse I will looke vnto the Lord I will waite for God my Sauiour my God will heare me Reioyce not against me O my enemy for though I fall I shall rise when I shall sit in darkenesse the Lord shall bee a ●ight vnto me Frailty Sicknes and sufferings are tokens of Gods anger towards man or woman Faith God forbid cleane contrary doth the Lord speaks for our comfort as many as I loue I rebuke and chasten Be zealous therefore and amend Againe haue you forgotten the consolation that speaketh vnto you as vnto childrē My son despise not the chastning of the Lord neither faint when thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth he chasteneth he scourgeth euery sonnc that he receiueth If yee indure chastning God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes for what sonne is there whom the father chasteneth not If therfore ye be without correction whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sons The righteous cry and the Lord heareth them and deliuereth them out of all their troubles The Lord is neere vnto all them that are of a contrite heart and will saue such as be afflicted in spirit Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth them out of all ● He keepeth all his bones so that none of them is broken Frailty But death is dreadfull and what a misery of man is it to die Faith I shall not die but liue and declare the workes of the Lord I should vtterly haue fainted but that I beleeue verily to see the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the liuing Christ is to mce

doe not reward mée according to mine iniquities I haue sinned I haue sinned and woe is me for it O thou preseruer of men thine I am and in thee is my trust in thy feare let mee liue in thy fauour let me die Sweete God of my comfort Blessed for euer and euer Amen Another Prayer MEercy Lord mercy most holy and comfortable God to all truely sorrowing sinners looke vpon thy wretch that ioyeth to be thine although most vnworthy to be respected of thée vniust things haue I done and my heart bléedeth for them iust things doe I suffer in regard of thée my gracious God I humbly acknowledge if I looke what I haue done what I suffer is not answerable but less● doe I suffer then I haue deserued Deare Father I acknowledge thy iustice so mixt with mercy as neuer I can sufficiently thank thee for it Comfortable God giue strength to my weakenesse that more and more I may be able to doe that which such great goodnesse of thine bindes mee vnto where sinne aboundeth thy mercy super-aboundeth and shall not I feele it Let not thy prayer depart out of my mouth whilest I liue and breath if outwardly I must suffer yet inwardly comfort and indue mee with patience according to the multitude of thy mercies Thou knowest all and thou canst doe all and euer blessed be thy name Amen Amen Another Prayer MOst gracious redéemer which euer art mercifull euer comfortable and kinde to them that trust in thée euer a Sauiour whether thou sendest vnto vs well or woe since it is thy will that through many tribulations wee must enter into the kingdome of God grant mee strength euer to continue and stedfastly abide in all Christian fortitude perseuerance against hell death and Sathan and all these terrours they can inflict either vpon my soule conscience or body that being assisted by thee I may rest in thée and receiue the crowne of life promised in thy goodnesse to all thine elect for the which I shall sing prayses to thee in the heauens with thée for euermore A Poeme to that effect OH what strange sudden newes vnto the world is come What haste the poste doth vse To summon all and sum A debt is to be paied A certaine day is set And euery man afraide How he should pay his debt No surety will suffice No hoping of delay No clamors nor no cryes But either die or pay The band is by the soule The substance faith and troth And who are in the world Must looke vnto their oath The Iudge is wise and iust His Law is pure and cleere And at his presence must All flesh and bloud appeare The place shall be so great That none but shall haue roome But none that shall intreat To haue a partiall doome All flesh shall be indited Of conscience accusation Shall let none be acquited That sinne sends to damnation But such as mercy craues That are for mercy crying And such as mercie saues From the eternall dying Time shall yeeld vp his flowers And faith subscribe to grace Nature yeelds vp her power Corruption hath no place And in an instant all A sudden change shall see Then all the world shall fall Where shall no being be Rich poore both yong and old Faire full and strong and weake Wise fond both hot and cold The hearts of all shall breake The spirits shall all assemble And horrors hold the heart The iustest soule shall tremble For feare of their desert All are in sinne contained But who for sinnes are sorry Shall be from death detain'd 〈◊〉 of mercies glory The rich must leaue his wealth And to the graue must hye The youth must leaue his health And learne the way 〈◊〉 The faire must leaue to paint And tak●d earthly hue The poore must leaue to faint And bid the world adue The wise must leaue his wit And make the wormes a feast The foole must leaue his fit and make the graue his rest No bribe shall buy an houre No gift procure a grace To sweete the smallest sower in the infernall place Since then the newes are such The Day of Doome so nye And mercy doth so much With highest maiesty So none shall mercy craue With humble faithfull loue But shall in mercy haue The ioyes in heauen aboue And scape the paines of hell That doth to sinne belong And with the Angels dwel To sing a heauenly song Let vs to mercy flye From sinne and death to saue vs And vnto mercy cry That hell may neuer haue vs Amen Iohn 11. 7 Mat. 5 6 Iohn 6. 27 1 Cor. 12. 27 Ephe. 5. 30 Col. 2. 19 Gen. 1. 26 1 Cor. 5. 7 Ephe. 4. 14 Col. 3. 10 Eph. ● 1. 2. 3 Rom. 6. 16 Gen 15. 18 Heb. 8 7. 8. 9. He. 1. 2 Gen. ●7 2 22 Ro. 8 32. 35 1 Pet. 1. 6. 10 Phil. 1. 11. Ga. 5 6 1 Pet. 1. 8 Mat. 1● 26. 28 E● 20 Ro. 13 9. 10 1 Iohn 3. 24 Marke 16. 15 Rom. 4. 11 Marke 1. 4. 5 1. Pet. 3. 21 1 Cor. 1. 20 Matt. 26. 26 1 Cor. 11. 24 Iohn 6. 56 1 co 10 1. 3. 4 Ephe. 3. 17 Iohn 3. 16 Ro. 12 13. 20 Ioh. 6 47. 48. Luk. 1 31. 32 Col. 2. 17 Gal. 4 4. 5 Luke 2. 14 Luk. 2. 24 Tit. 3 7 2 Cor. 3. 5 2 Cor. 2. 14 15. 16 Act. 5 Matt. 1. 21 Reuel 2. 7 Gen. 3 ●● 23 Heb. ● 1● Heb. ● 17 1 Cor. 11. 2● ● Cor. 1. 3. 4 1 Cor. 11. ●5 2 Cor. 3. 5 Iohn 20. 17 1 Cor. 15. 49 Ephe. 4. 23 Col. 3. 10 Reuel 3. 19 Prou. 3. 11 Heb. 12. 11