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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

wherwith he was sanctified and dooth despite the spirit of grace To the end then that none flatter them selues as if it were a light thing to dally with God and to withholde his trueth in vnrighteousnes let all men vnderstand that the mercy of God is so offred vnto sinners that none but the broken harted receiue it Th' other which are hardned obstinate and despise the riches of his bountifulnes and patience and long suffering doo but heap wrath vnto them selues against the day of wrath and of the declaration of the iust iudgement of God who wil rewarde euery man according to his woorks but espetially those that of determinat malice cursed obstinacye abuse the knowledge of the Gospel deny the Lord which hath bought them and are cause that the name of God is blasphemed of the wicked and the way of troth blamed For if after they haue with drawen them selues from the filthynes of death through the knowledge of the Lorde and Sauioure Iesus Christe they be ouer come and wrapped again therein their later estate is wurse then their first For it had béen better neuer to haue knowen the way of Iustice then after the knoweledge thereof to turn back again from the holy commandement which was giuen them But the common prouerbe is verified in them The Dog is returned again to his vomit and the washed Sow returned again to her wallowing in the mire Let them thē to whom God hath giuen the grace to know Iesus Christe his woord séek for their saluation in fear and trembling And let him that thinketh him self to stand take héed he fall not And to this end let vs haue allwaies these sentences before our eyes whiche pronounce horrible vengeance on the mockers and despisers of the Gospel which wickedly vnthankfully misuse the knowledge that they haue recieued of the troth of god Let vs remember that it is not written in vain He that denyeth mee before men I wil also deny him before my father which is heauen Also Whosoeuer shall be ashamed of me and of my woords among this adulterous and sinful generatiō of him shall the Sonne of man bee ashamed also when he commeth in the glory of his father with the holy Angels Further He that beléeueth in the Sonne hath euerlasting life and he that obeyeth not the Sonne shal not see life but the wrath of god abideth on him The holy Ghost by the mouth of S. Iohn also accuseth the father and mother of him that was borne blinde of their fearfulnes that durst not openly confesse that Iesus Christ had opened their Sonnes eyes for they feared the Iewes that had all redy ordayned that if any man did confesse that he was the Christe he should be excōmunicate out of the Sinagog He approoueth of like cowardnes and fainthartednes many of the chéef of the Iewes whiche beleeued in Iesus Christe and confessed him not because of the Phariseis for fear they shuld thrust thē out of the Sinagog For they looued saith he the glory of men more then the glory of God. Also S. Paule writeth of the Lord Iesus If we deny him he also wil deny vs if we beléeue not yet abideth he faithful hee cannot deny him self And the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrues sheweth euidently among other things what horrible vengeance is prepared for those that despise the troth that is declared vnto them If the woord saith he spoken by Angels was stedfast and euery transgression disobedience receiued a iust recompence of reward how shall we escape if we neglect so great saluation And again It is a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing god Also Let there be no fornicator or prophane person as Esau whiche for a porcion of meat solde his birthright for ye knowe how that afterward also when he would haue inherited the blessing he was reiected for he foūd no place of repentance though he sought the blessing with teares Finally it is said that the fearful and vnbeléeuing shall haue their parte in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death These and such like sentences admonish vs not to receiue the grace of God in vaine but to passe the time of our dwelling héer in fear Neuerthelesse none of these are contrary to the doctrin whiche wee haue before taught that is that we ought not rashly to iudge of that whiche God wil haue hidden from vs nor reiect those which for a time fall of from the trueth knowen but rather allure them to repentance and if they repent to receiue them in the spirit of méeknesse yea though they doo but séem to repent let vs not leaue to shew the duty of charitie vnto them waiting til God whiche is the searcher of the hart disclose the wickednes and Hipocrisie of those which vnder coulour of fayned holines would gladly begile bothe God and men To conclude let vs threaten the rebelles and wicked despisers of Gods iudgements that on the other side we giue occasiō to none to dispair of saluation Let vs so wish with Dauid that the sinners may be consumed out of the Earth til therbe no more wicked that we forget not that which an other Prophet saith Let the wicked forsake his waies and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations return vnto the Lord he wil haue mercy vpon him and to our God for he is very redy to forgiue To him be glory dominion and honor now and for euer Amen aboue all that we aske or think to him I say be glory now and for euer world without end Amen ¶ Laus Deo. * Ephe. 4.29 Mat. 13.19 Ephe. 6.10 Galla. 1.8 Ephe. 4.14 Rom 14.9 Rom. 10.10 Mat. 10.33 Phil. 2.12 Act. 17.30 Mal. 4.6 Math. 12.3 1 Tim. 1.13 Math. 9.34 12.24 Mat 21.22 Mar. 11.24 Iam. 1.6 1. Ioh. 5.16 Heb. 6 6. Ephe. 5.2 Heb. 10.26 Act. 4.14 2. C i. 4.14 Act. 29.33 Iere. 11.14 Iere. 11.11 1. Sam. 16.1 Psa 35.2.3 4.5.6 Psa 40.14 Psal. 55.15 Psal. 58.6.7.8 Psal. 59.5.13 Psal. 69.22.23 Psal. 71.13 Psal. 74.3 Psal. 79.6.11 Psal. 83.9.13.14.15.16.17 Psal. 109.6.14 Psal. 140.9 10. Heb. ● 4 Mat. 26.74 Mat. 16.16 Iohn 6.69 * Mat. 26.75 * 2. Tim. 2.14 Rom. 5.20 Ezech. 18.23 Mat. 5.44 2. Tim. 2.24 25.26 Iames. 1.7 Act. 7 51.6● 1. Cor. 15.10 2. Tim. 1.16 Rom. 4.17 1. Cor. 15.35 Gal. 1.6 Gal. 3.1 Heb. 10.26 Tits 2.14 1. Ioh. 1.7 2. Tim. 4 1● 1 Cor. 16.22 Gal. 5.10.12 Luc. 9.55 1. Sam. 2.6 Iude. 1.22 Act. 8.12 Act. 13.9 1. Tim. 1.15 Dauid the ●●gure of Iesus Christe Rom. 16. ●● Exo. 32.11 Rom. 9.3 2. Thessa. 2.15.16 〈◊〉 Chron. 33. 2.3.4.6.9 2. Kin. 21.16 2. Chr. 33.12 〈◊〉 Cor. 13.7 Phil. 1.6 1. thess. 5.5 2 thess. 2.13 1 Thes 2.1 Psal. 139. 1. Cor 15.34 Gal. 4 19● Luc. 1● 7. Ephe. 1.4 Rom. 9.18 1 Cor. 2.14 Ioh. 10 1● Ephe. 1.4 Rom. 3.28 Tit. 3.5 Gal. 5.6 Rom. 6.4 Mat. 3.10.16 Iohn 15.6 ● Cor. 15.58 Ephe. 2.10 Phill 4. ● Tit. 2.14 1. Pet. 3.12 Esay 61.3 1. Thes 4 7. Ephe. 2.8 Rom. 8.18 Heb. 10.28 Rom. 1.18 Luke 4.18 Rom. 2.4.5 2. Pet. 2. ● 20 Pro. 26.11 Phil 2.12 1 Cor. 10.12 Mat. 10.33 Mat. 8.38 Iohn 3.36 Iohn 9 2● 2. Tim. 2.12 Heb. 2.2 Heb. 10.31 12 16.17 Apoc. 21.8 2. Cor 6.1 1. Pet. 1.17 Gal. 6.1 Psa 104.35 Esa. 53.7 Ephe Yea euen vnto him that is able to doo exceeding abundantly 3 2● 2. Pet. 3.18 ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Allde for Lucas Harison dwelling in Paules Church yard at the signe of the Crane