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A04501 An excellent treatise touching the restoring againe of him that is fallen written by the woorthy man Saint Iohn Chrysostome ... ; turned and put into English, out of an ancient Latine translation, written in velume, by R.W. ... John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Wolcomb, Robert. 1588 (1588) STC 14630.5; ESTC S2155 51,393 152

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with sinne to th● way of vertue with any tariand at all but by peece-meale an● little and little bearing wi●● their weakenes in many thing and assisting them often th● conuersion on the sudden ma● not be vnpleasant to them a● that they may not go againe lewdnes for the difficultie of r●turning But not this parable only d●clareth the moderatenes of a●teration Luk. 15. but that likewise whi●● is written of the prodigal son● He was a sonne also no a lia● his naturall brother that ne● went from his father he I sa● was a sonne that went far in t●● borders of iniquitie for he we into a far countrie and far fro● the Lord he that was rich an of good name was made bas● than a seruant and hireling b● sorrowfully returning he was t●ken into his ancient estate an ●uested in his former glorie ●ow if he had lost hope and ●d beene ashamed to come a●ne to his father bicause of ●● mischances and had abode way in a strange and forren ●untrie he had not gotten that ● gat but perishing for want of ●od had died a miserable deth ●u see therefore how great ne●●ssitie repentance hath what ●ce in turning hope hath by ●●entance the prodigall sonne couered the old condition of ●e glory which the elder bro●er had without repentance ●●d if I might speake that I ●ould in these matters me see●eth he gat more by conuersion ●an the other had verse 29 30. For so he ●mselfe saith loe these manie ●eres haue I done thee seruice ●●d yet thou neuer gauest me a ●●d that I might make mery with ●y friends Sinners conuerted get more than they which stumbled not But when this thy ●●nne was come which hath de●ured thy goods with harlots ●ou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe Why should I not the thinke that he that turneth b● repentance obteineth more th● other sith he had neuer a kid g●uen him but for this the fat cal● was killed Wherefore beloue hauing these examples of repe●tance let vs not persist in euil● nor despaire of attonement h● will neuer put affiance in m● turne his eies from the conu●●ted if we our selues remoue n● our selues from God Hier. 23 23. Our sinnes separate vs from God Isai 59 2. For h● saith I am a God at hand an not a God far off And againe b● the prophet * Or your iniquities haue separated betweene you and your God Your sins separa●● betweene me and you If the our sinnes disseuer vs from God let vs take away this bar and n●thing may let vs to be brough● into the fauor of God Will you that I shew it not only spoken in parables but forme in deed There was a man among the Corinthians by a likelihood of no small calling h● had committed such a sin as wa● not cōmitted amongst the Gentils being of the number of the ●aithfull and Christ his frindes ●or some reporte me thinketh ●hat he was of the linage of the ●riests What then Paul neuer ●arted him from the number of those that hope to attaine sal●ation But when he had suffici●ntly rebuked the Corinthians ●or him purposing to shew that ●here is no wound nor disease ●hat may not be cured and made whole by repentance 1. Cor. 5 5. he commaundeth to deliuer him ouer vnto Sathan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirite may be saued in the day of the Lorde ●esus But this he commaundeth before he was done to wit of his repentance 2. Cor. 2 6. for when he had sorowed it is sufficient saith he to him 8. that he hath bene rebuked of many and addeth Wherfore I praye you that you would confirme your loue towardes him 11. lest Sathan should circumuent vs for we are not ignorant of his enterprises The nation of the Galathians after it had pe●fectly beleued in Christ and h● receiued the holy Ghost in ● much that it wrought signes a● miracles by the spirite after the faith of Christ it had sust●ned many things after all th● thinges I say it fell from t● faith and was renued againe the exhortations of the Apos●● And that thou maist knowe th● by the spirit they had done wo●ders and miracles heare ho● the Apostle saith Gal. 3 5. he therefo●● that ministreth to you the spi●● and worketh miracles amon● you doeth he it by the works the lawe or by the hearing faith preached And againe th● they had susteined many thin● after the receit of faith he tes●fieth where he saith Vers 4. Haue yo● suffred so many things in vaine Nowe after so great a steppe i● faith they committed a sin● which was able to abaliena● them from Christ of which th● Apostle himselfe saith Gal. 5 2. Behol● Paul say vnto you that if you be ●ircumcised Christ shall profite ●ou nothing And againe Vers 4. whosoeuer are iustified by the lawe ye ●re fallen from grace And notwithstanding after these slydes ●n faith after so grieuous a fall ●●e reclaimeth them and as I ●ay say with motherlike com●assion reformeth them saying My little children Gal. 4 19. of whome I ●rauell in birth againe vntill Christ be formed in you What ●lse therefore by all this is there ●aught but that it may be that Christ may be formed anewe in him that hath sold himselfe to worke iniquitie Ezech. 18 32 for he will not ●he death of a sinner but that he shoulde be conuerted and liue For this cause most intirely be●oued let vs goe about to fulfill the will of God therefore hath God created vs and caused vs to be that we were not Heauen was made for man hell for the diuils that he maye bestowe euerlasting good things vpon vs and enfranchise vs into the heauenly citie for he made vs not faggots for hell fire The kingdom of heauen was ordeined for vs and hell for the d●uell And that this is true the gospell reacheth for the Lord sha● say to them on his right hand Come ye blessed of my father Mat. 25 34. inherite ye the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world Vers 42. But he shall say ●● them on his left hande depa●● from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared fo● the diuell and his angels By thi● reason the kingdome of heaue● was made for man and hell f●● for the diuell euen from the foūdation of the world So much doth it concerne vs that by perseuering in euils w● doe not frowardly exclude o●● selus from the entrance of goodnes Repentance in this life profiteth much after this life nought And while we are in this life how great soeuer sins we commit it is possible by repentance to purge them but when we are once dead then though we sorrie and we shall be very sorrie yet there will be no profite of repentance Although there be gnashing of teeth although there be howling lamenting although we pray and