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A06990	A treatise of the sin against the holy ghost made by M. Augustine Marlorate. Translated out of French to the great consolation of all such as repent them of their sinnes, and to the astonying of of [sic] those that mock and despise the gospell of our Lord Jesus Christ; Traité du péché contre le Saint Esprit. English.	Marlorat, Augustin, 1506-1562.	1570 (1570)	STC 17410; ESTC S102682	17,651	42

A TREATISE of the sin against the holy ghost made by M. Augustine Marlorate Translated out of french to the great consolation of all such as repent them of their sinnes and to the astonying of of those that mock and despise the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christe Iames. 5. verse 19.20 ¶ Breethern if any of you haue erred from the trueth and some man hath conuerted him let him knowe that he whiche hath conuerted the sinner from going astray out of his way shal saue a soule frō death and shall hide a multitude of sinnes ¶ Imprinted at London by Lucas Harison Augustine Marlorate to the christian Reader wissheth health and peace through Iesus Christe LEst any should think that in this small Treatise I like an euill Attorney would go about to defend the cause of suche as mocking God do dally with the Gospel thincking to folow it or leaue it as oft as they list as if of them selues at their ovvne choise they might make atonement vvith the sonne of God vvhom they giue ouer to opprobry I beseeche you in the name of our Lord Iesus patiētly to reed ouer this Treatise to the end So dooing I hope ye vvil iudge that mine intent heerby is onely to bring such again into the right vvay of saluatiō as hetherto haue not so vvel profited in the knovvledge of the Gospel that inestimable treasure as the excellency and great benefit thereof requireth to th' end that all such as shall heerafter hear the sound of the voice of Iesus Christe in his Churche may knovve that he is redy to iudge suche as resist dispise his vvord but cheefly those that in this great light of the Gospel gree●e the holy spirit of God by vvhome the faithfull are sealed for the day of their redemption Forasmuch then as the vvord of God is directed to diuers maner of people and is not receiued of all vvith one maner affection as appeereth in the similitude of the seed this Treatise may serue to bothe that the good being inspired with the holy ghost may be assured of the doctrin vvhich they folow and may be strengthned more more in the Lord and in the povver of his might couragiously to reiect all spirits yea vvere it an angel of Heauen that should teach any other doctrin for the saluation of men then that vvhiche is contained in the holy gospel and that such other as this holy and sacred doctrin hath not yet takē so deep root in may ernestly bee moued to consider at the lēgth vvherin the suretie of their saluation cōsisteth that they frō hence foorth be no more like children wauering caried about with euery winde of doctrin by the deceit of men by craftines whereby they lye in waite to deceiue But vvholly may rest on Christe and submit them selues to him vvhich died is risen again for them and also to the end that they vvhiche through infirmitie or for fear of men or losse of their goods honors haue shut vp and hidden the secret of faith may vvake out of their drousy forgetfulnes heerafter open their mouthes to confesse to saluation before all men that vvhich fait harted fear hath made them so long to hide dissemble least preferring the glory of men before the glory of God they in th' end feel the effect executiō of this horrible threaning vvhich is pronoūced on thē that tempt Iesus Christ before men Finally this treatise tendeth to this end that all excuses set apart eche mā may seek for his saluation vvith fear trembling seing that God hauing so lōg forborn in time of ignorāce vvilleth novv al men in all places to repent lest he come and strike the earth to destruction Ezech. 18.27 VVhen the wicked turneth away from his wickednes that he hath committed doth that which is lawfull and right hee shall saue his soule aliue Hebru 4.16 Let vs go boldely vnto the throne of grace that we may receiue mercy and finde grace in time of need A treatise of the sin against the holy Ghost SEeing that bolde and rash men ouershoot them selues so far as to giue iudgement of that which is knowen to one onely God and oft forgetting what they them selues ought to be and how they ought to liue according to Gods will cruelly condemne those on whome the Lord wil haue mercy It is good first to note that not all sin which séemeth to be against the holy Ghost is sin against the holy Ghost in deed for there are many that resist the trueth of the Gospel wherof if séemeth they haue had some knowledge whiche neuerthelesse sin not against the holy Ghost in as much as it is ioyned with some ignorāce which exempteth them from this horrible sin whiche is not pardoned in this world nor in the world to come Which S. Paule signifieth saying that he obtained pardon because that through ignorance and for lack of faith he had béen a blasphemer a persecutor and oppressor wherby it foloweth that not all sin wher with man resisteth the trueth of God is sin against the holy Ghost But when man is so touched with the light of the troth that he cannot pretend ignorance and neuerthelesse of determinate malice resisteth then he sinneth against the holy Ghost and it is not possible for him to be renued by repētance in that he hath forsaken God and is becom an Apostata or forsaker of Christianitie Such were the Scribes and Phariseyes who hauing the knowledge of the Law and seeing the manifest woorks of the power of God attributed the miracles which Iesus Christ wrought to Belzebub Such were they also which resisted S. Stephen and of determinate purpose blamed that doctrin wherof they could not be ignorant but that it procéeded from God as that holy Martir likewise reprooued them when he was redy to shed his blood in the defence of the doctrin of the Ghospel For if S. Stephen had delt with ignorant men hee would haue vsed them otherwise But seeing that they raged against God and went about to rob God of his honor he boldely pronounceth that they withstand the holy Ghost let vs thē conclude that they sin against the holy Ghost who hauing the knowledge of God trueth doo neuerthelesse of determinat malice resist the same But let vs sée whether it be lawful to pray for those that are giltye of this sin for it séemeth no by many reasons First the prayer of the faithfull ought to be made in faith which béeing grounded on the woord of God we are assured that they shal be heard And ther is no word of God the assureth vs that our prayer shal be heard for those that sin against the holy ghost but rather if saith cōtrary wise the there is a sin to death and I say not saith S. Iohn that thou shalt pray for such It foloweth thē that it is in vain for vs to pray for

to the blinde Iewes that gain said the Ghospel that he desired to bee seperate from Christe for their saluation and neuer thelesse whē he considereth how detestable their infidelitie obstinacy is before God he boldely pronounceth the they shall feel his horrible vengance For these be his woordꝭ Who bothe killed the Lord Iesus and their owne prophets and haue persecuted vs and God they please not and are enemyes to all men and forbid vs to preach vnto the Gentils that they might be saued to fulfil their sinnes alwais for the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost Séemeth it not héer that hee had forgotten that feruent affection that he bare to his owne nation But we must alwaies come back to that which we before said that the holy ghost so gouerneth the prophetꝭ and apostles that according to that knowledge which they haue of the secret iust iudgments of God they haue so framed their prayers and requests conforming them selues thervnto that not withstanding they haue not left as muche as in them lay to sue for the saluation of poor sinners knowīg that the mercy of God dooth farre surmount the rigor of his iudgement Wherfore let vs boldely condemne all those that woork iniquitie declare vnto the rebellious and wicked the iust vengeance which is prepared for them except they repēt Espetially hate the horrible and cursed Apostasie of such as forsake the profession of the Ghospel But let vs beware we enter not to curiously into the secrets of God in condemning this man or that man but rather seek by all meanes possible and namely by feruent and cōtinuall prayer the saluation of such as are so blinde and miserable that they séem willingly to cast them selues away Let vs consider that the Lord hath at all times so magnified his kindenesse mercy towards poor sinners the they whiche seemed the moste wicked desperate in the world haue in th' end béen brought to repentance and so obtained forgiuenes of their offences against god For example who wold euer haue thought that Manasses King of Iuda could haue repented that God would haue forgiuen him his sinnes The Scripture witnesseth of him that he did euil in the sight of the Lord like the abhominatiō of the heathen and hee went back and built the high places which Hesechiah his father had broken down and he set vp alters for Baalim and made Groues and worshipped all the hoste of Heauen serued them He built Alters in the house of the lord He caused his Sonnes to passe the fire in the valey of Ben hinnom He gaue him self to Witchcraft and Charming and Sorcery and hee vsed them that had familiare spirits and South-sayers he did very much euil in the sight of the Lord to angre him he made Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem to erre and to doo wursse then the Heathen whome the Lord had destroyed before the Children of Israel Besides this he shed so much innocent blood that he filled Ierusalem from one end to an other besides his sin wherwith he made Iudah to sin and to doo euill in the sight of the lord Was there euer King on Earth further from equitie humanitie and vertue yea from true Religion● wherin he had been instructed not onely because hee was a Ievv but also the Sonne of a very good father which was Ezechias that restored the true seruice of God Neuerthelesse the holy Scripture witnesseth that this King Manasses so wicked so cruel and such an enemy of true Religion that he séemed rather a Monster thē a man beeing in tribulation praied to the Lord his God and humbled him self greatly before the God of his Fathers and prayed vnto him and God was entreated of him and heard his prayers and brought him again into Ierusalem into his kingdome And euen as he had caused the people to turn from the Lord with Idolatrye so commaunded he Iudah to serue the Lord God of Israel Lo héer an excellent mirrour of the grace and looue of God towards sinners that men may learne modestie to keep within their bounds and not rashly to iudge of the end of any And therfore S. Paule said of him self For this cause was I receiued to mercy that Iesus Christe should shewe on mee all long suffering to the ensample of thē which shall in time to come beleeue in him vnto eternall life Then euen as the election of the good and reprobation of the wicked belongeth so to the secret councel of God that it were rashnesse in man to pronounce any thing absolutely but as far as we may sée by outwarde shewes whiche often times chaunge contrary to our opinion before conceiued So we say that as touching the sin to death or against the holy Ghost we may giue no sudain iudgement lest experience it self and the conuersion and amendmēt of those whom we condemne conuince vs of rashnes and folly yet if we should néeds iudge of the election of the faithful or reprobation of the wicked it is muche better simply to iudge of the perseuerance of those in whom we sée some tokens of the election then of the ouerthrow and vtter destruction of such as haue some tokens of reprobation For charitie bindeth vs to hope well of those whom God in mercy may bring to repentance seeing we see that he dayly woorketh contrary to mans expectation S. Paule saith that he is perswaded that he that hath begun a good woork in the Phillippians wil performe it vntil the day of Iesus Christ and addeth that it becōmeth him so to iudge of them all He saith also to the Thessaloni●●● ye are all Children of light and the children of the day Further We ought to giue thanks alway to God for you brethern belooued of the Lord because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation through sanctification of the Spirit and the faith of trueth Whence commeth this iudgement and good opinion yea assurednesse that S. Paule had of those to whome hee had preached the Gospel but because he saw the tokens of the election in them And as he saith in an other place that whē they receiued the woord of the preaching of God they receiued it not as the woord of men but as it is in déed the woord of God which also wrought in them that beleeued Surely charitie the frute of that faith whiche the holy Apostle in the promises of God mooued him to hope wel of those whiche had wel begon because God wil performe his woork And as touching those which profited not so wel in the doctrin of the Gospel as the other which were so far strayed that they sémed wholly out of the way he is so far from dryuing 〈◊〉 into despair or casting them of as despisers of Gods good gifts that he laboreth with all power to lead thē again into the right way as we haue all redy said of the Corinthians