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A15496	The anchor of faith Vpon which, a Christian may repose in all manner of temptations. Especially in that great and dangerous gulfe of desperation. Wherein so many ouer-whelmed with the weight and burthen of their sinne, and not resisting themselues by the hand of faith, vpon the promises and inuitations of Christ, haue with Caine and Judas most fearefully fallen and shipwrackt themselues, to the vtter confusion both of body and soule for euer.; Physicke, to cure the most dangerous disease of desperation	Willymat, William, d. 1615.	1628 (1628)	STC 25763.5; ESTC S102508	45,869	112

the Diuell he will flie from you that is to say we must st●iue against all vnlawful forbidden lusts by which hee eggeth draweth and haleth men from sinne to sinne from bad to worse and finally to desperation the worst of all sins Had Cain thus resisted the Diuell hee had neuer bene so far drawn as he was from faithlesse hypocrisie to enuy from enuy to murther and from murther to Desperation Had Iudas the traytor thus resisted the Diuel when he by his intisement first yeelded to couetousnesse and so for a little filthy lucre to betray his most louing gentle and kinde Lord Maister he had not from those sins one in the neck of another finally fallen into despayre wherein he became his own hang man to the euerlasting testimony of his owne damnation Full worthy therefore and very néedfull in this case is S. Iames his counsaile Resist the Diuell c. yea and that in the beginning A discription of the manner of armour with which Saint Paul would haue Christians to resist the Diuell And S. Paul goeth further on with the like good counsaile and setteth downe very plainely with what manner of Armour he would haue Christians to buckle and furnish themselues with that so they may be found the more ready and able to encounter their generall enemies temptations As first with Verity or Truth which is the arming of themselues with true and sincere knowledge of God Tit. 1.1 The first kind of Armour to resist the Diuell with In the true seruice of God with out hypocrisie in Spirit and truth Iosua 24.14 Iohn 4.24 3. Kin. 2.4 And likewise with vprighr true speaking dealing with our neighbours in word and deed Eph. 4.25 Ex. 23.1 The secōd kinde of Armour wherwith the Diuell is to be resisted Secondly with the Brest-plate of righteousnes that is with the earnest appliyng and endeauouring of our selues to all vertue and godlines in our liues and conuersations Where note that the Apostle hauing placed Verity Truth or true knowledge of God in the first place in very fit good ranck order he placed this Righteousnes the is to say practise of true knowledge in holines of life in the second place as a godly father herevpon hath very well obserued in these words Vera dei cognitiōe animi sinceritate puritate pr mū deinde pia et sancta vita ornari debēt Christiani milites Christian Souldiars ought first to haue their hearts minds decked furnished with true knowledge of God with true sincerity purity of mind secondly with Godly holy life answerable to their true knowledge Hereby all slighty cunning forcible entries vnto Satans engines and subtile snares shal be debarred and shut vp hereby all the passages of our thoughts and imaginations shal be preuented and taken vp Whereby the Diuell is emboldened to tempt and Whereby on the other side he is discouraged resisted that he shall not so easily find any breach or weake place to inuade For as on the one side by loosenesse licentiousnesse of the flesh by lewdnesse of our liues by our iniquity and vngodlines the Diuell is animated fleshed and emboldened dayly to tempt and assault vs for he seeing in the corruption of our nature a forwardnesse to wickednes he bloweth the bellowes and kindleth the flame of our bad inclination he stirreth vs vp pricketh vs forward till after the heaping vp of one sinne after another at the length he casteth vs downe headlong into the bottomlesse pit of Desperation So on the other side by this Armour of righteousnesse sincerity and integrity to an holy life is the Diuell withstood and resisted and we become the more able to stand fast in the day of our temptation So that it is not without iust cause that the Apostle compareth this Righteousnes the second kind of spiritual Armour vnto a corporall Braest-plate for that like as a Brest-plate saueth and fenceth the vitall parts of man The good fruites of vprighteousnes holines of life as his heart liuer entrailes which once being stricken and pierced mans life is lost so doth vprightnesse and holines of life preserue the heart and conscience of man free safe from the inuasion confusion wrought by Satan from the fierie darts of infidelitie hardnes of conscience coldnesse in religion wickednes of life corruption in conuersation finally from Desperatiō the very vp-shot of al mischiefs The third kinde of Armour for a Christian against Sathan Thirdly must we arme furnish our selues to resist Satan the Diuell with the Gospell of peace the is our hearts must be throughly acquainted fully fraughted with the knowledge of that glad tidings of great ioy which the Angells of the Lord brought at the birth of Christ L. 2.10 that tydinges of great ioy which must be vnto all nations with that most comfortable ioyfull embassage of the Reconciliation of man with God which may ful w●l be called the Gospel of peace for that it onely maketh the Conscience of man quiet at peace with God and it selfe then the which what one thing in all the world can set a man more frée from all Desperation The fourth Armour 1. Cor. 16 13. Fourthly with Faith in Iesus Christ wherewith the same S. Paul arming men against spirituall assaults by Sathan and his ministers and preparing them to the spirituall battaile agaiast the Diuell and his members encourageth them not to shrinke but to cleaue fast to this Faith whereby we may resist and beat backe our spirituall enemie And likewise S. Peter instructing vs to prepare and make oure selues strong to encounter with the common enemy the Diuell teacheth vs to resist him by faith especially Be sober saith he and watch 1. Pet. 5.8 for your aduersary the Diuell goeth about seeking whom hee may deuoure whom resist stedfast in faith For this cause Saint Basil vpon the 32. Psalme saith Basilius in Psal 32. What man is able to make war with the Diuel vnles he flee for help to the Captain of the Hoast through faith in him to wound and thrust through his enemy And likewise S. Augustine accounted this faith to be so powerfull Aug. lib. 3 Cap 20. de lib. arbitrio that it resisteth vanquisheth and ouer-commeth the Diuell What faith is And this true Christiā Faith which is of such power as aforesaid is a sure trust in the mercy of God the Father through the merits of Christ Iesus when we do perswade our selues most certainly of the pardon of our sins through Christs righteousnes and of eternall saluation by his passion heereby obtaining peace in our consciences with God rest walke in obedience to his will commandements by his word vnto vs reuealed Of this kind of faith is entreated in Abac. 2.4 Rom. 3.38 Rom. 51. Ephe. 2.8 The fift kind of Armour The fift kind of Armor to resist the

trust in mortall man then in God wee then call on them and if they promise vs any such thinges we can set our hearts at ease count it as a thing done we doubt no thing of their good will towards vs nor of the performance of their word vnto vs we depend vpon them we relye only on them none other and what they giue their word to do for vs wee make as sure reckoning of it as if it were already in our hands Another example shewing that many men put more trust in mortall man then in God Againe if wee stand in néed of a piece of money as of x. l xx l. xxx l. or be it more or lesse to discharge some dangerous bond or for any such like vse by a set day or to saue our bodies out of prison in the meane time before the day appointed come some one of our honest rich neighbors that is counted an honest substantiall man of good credit promise vs certainely so much mony as we want and stand in need of to serue our turne with bids vs trust vnto it that before that day hee will be sure to helpe we heerevpon trust his honest promise we beleeue his word make as sure account of it as if we had it already in our purses and take no more thought nor care for it O how much more should we trust Gods most faithfull iust and true word and promise beleeue him without all distrust doubting or dispaire depend vpon him who is a thousand times more able and more willing to doe vs good and to keepe touch with vs then euer was to euer shall bee any mortall earthly father or friendly neighbour The second thing in this case to bee considered of is that euery one of vs The second generall help against desperation is particularly to beleeue that hee is in the number of thē that shall be saued by the merits of Christs death and passion for the promises of saluation in Christ are indefinite excluding no particular man as for example God so loued the world Ioh. 3.16 that he gaue his only begottē son to the end that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting In with generall words is included euery particular beléeuing persō although he haue not his name seuerally particularly set down here God excludeth none from his promise vnles through their vnbeleefe despaire they exclude their owne selues If the King of Great Brittaine of his owne méere mercy motion of compassion or at the sute and mediation of some Noble-man or other that is deare vnto him should freely pardon and forgiue all the malefactors and prisoners of any Gaile within his kingdoms may we not account them very fond foolish men and not worthy the benifit of the Kings gratious Pardon if some two or three should doubt and despaire that this generall Pardon appertaineth not vnto them because their owne particular and seuerall names were not therein specified and expressed Euen thus is our case Let not therfore any illusion of Sathan nor feare of our owne vnworthines nor want of our particular names nor any other argument or reason whatsoeuer withdraw vs from challēging our own portions and parts of Gods most mercifull promises of his free pardon and remission of our sins Let vs not doubt nor distrust the performance and truth of Gods promisses Thirdly to comfort our selues and to suppresse Satans temptations to despairing The third generall helpe against desperation we may further meditate and ponder with our selues these two poynts especially First that séeing the Lord hath promised to forgiue vs our sinnes and to put all our wickednes out of his remēbrance as by plaine and most manifest euidence of holy scriptures it may easily be proued then it standeth with his iustice and truth to performe the same and that vpon such a necessity that hee must either forgiue vs our offences according to his own worde or els we must count him vnfaithfull for the breach of his promises or els which were horrible to thinke iudge him an hippocrite or a dissembler if he should pretend one thing and intend another or at the least-wise vnconstant in altering changing that which hee hath spoken with his owne mouth so to be thought which is monstrous to be vniust for the second point we may consider likewise to our comfort and to the weakning ouerthrow of all desperat conceits that God hath already punished Iesu Christ for our offences Esa 75. Whatsoeuer could be looked for at mans hands or whatsoeuer man could bee charged with that Christ performed discharged therfore cannot in iustice punish them againe in vs. We offended Christ was punished for the same Whatsoeuer in iustice God could either demand or man owed that payed our Lord Christ Man ought to dy Christ satisfied for the same man ought to haue born the heauy wrath displeasure of the father Christ did beare the same man ought to haue bin cast down into hell Christ satisfied for that also yea hee so fully contented payed pleased God the Father for all whatsoeuer the Lord could looke for at mans hands that the father himselfe acknowledged and in thunder from heauen confessed the same in the hearing of many witnesses present and hearing the same at the baptizing of our Lord Christ by Iohn Baptist in the flood Iorden and so all faithfull beleeuers heereof are heere-by fu●ly and freely acquitte and discharged from all debt of sin they owed vnto God for euer Why shouldst thou then O Sathan so busily charge vs with any such matter to driue vs into desperation séeing that Sublata causa tollitur etiam et effectus The cause whereby thou so vrgest desperation by Iesus Christ being taken away the effects also must needs then cease The 4. generall help for the auoyding of despairing The fourth thing to be vsed and practised for the better auoyding of despaire is that at what time soeuer we feele our hearts through Sathans crafty suggestion assaulted and molested with this venomous sting of desperation we should then straight conuey our selues into some quiet and secret place and there in some humble manner powre out our harts before God with inward harty zelous prayer desiring him of his infinit mercies to worke in our harts increase of faith and to suppresse and vanquish all our vnbeleefe and vtterly to expell from thence all despaire The fift and last remedie that now I purpose to handle heere against Desperation The fift generall helpe against desperation is that we frame our selues carefully dilligently and with godly zeale to vse and often-times to frequent such godly meanes as God hath appointed and set forth vnto vs for the obtaining and increasing of faith as ouer and besides earnest prayer last before spoken of the vse of reuerent reading hearing and meditating of Gods word and the receiuing of the Sacraments being holy Signes and as it were Seales seene with our outward or bodily eyes which inwardly doe signifie and set forth to our hearts the secret and inward graces of GOD. 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