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A19962	Every-dayes sacrifice Wherein are comprehended many comfortable prayers and meditations, very necessary for all Christians. Also, many comforts for the sicke which are afflicted by the sight of their sins and the terrour of death; written by D. M. Luther, a little before his end. With most true comforts out of holy Scripture of the knowledge we shall haue of one another in the world to come. Translated by, W.R.S.	W. R. S., fl. 1624.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546, attributed name.	1624 (1624)	STC 6398; ESTC S114714	51,362	282

Man haue gotten againe righteousnesse and euerlasting life Do did an honest Christian at ●reiberge in Misnia in the yéere of our Lord 1547 comfort himself with this sentence and got victory ouer the diuell who did trouble him by reason of his sinnes and GOD's wrath For as hee was troubled in his sicknes the diuell came to him in visible forme with Ink and Paper and sate him downe besides the sick man and said Hee should rehearse his sinnes hee was therfore there to write them vp and to giue sentence vpon them The sicke man was affraid but yet hee remembred himself of this sentence answered the diuel and said he should write The seed of the Woman should tread downe the head of the Serpent Straight-waies the diuell vanished away and left such a stinke behinde him in all the house as if hée would baue choaked them all The second comfortable Sentence GENESIS 22. Through thy Seed shall all the Nations of the earth bee blessed THis is the second Promise and Preaching of the Lord Iesus Christ All other mankinde from the first Adam vntill the last were by nature full of wickednesse God was angry with them and became their enemy for there was no blessing with them but cursing because they were sinners But through this Man Iesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary the onely Son of the Father full of Grace and Truth is the onely right Séed of Abraham wherein all the Nations of the earth must bee blessed if they will attaine vnto euerlasting saluation In this Sentence behold what Saint Paul writeth to the G●lat 3. where hee saith Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Law for it is written ●ursed is that man which hangeth on a tree that the blessing of Abraham might come among the Gentiles in sesus Christ And we doo receiue the promised Spirit through faith In this place Saint Paul placeth these two words one against another First the curse and then the blessing All men are of themselues poore cursed and dam●ed sinners For as the fouretéenth Psalme saith They are all gone astray there is none that dooth good no not one Against the which this blessed Séed bringeth the blessing vnto vs and redéemeth vs from the curse of the Lawe in that hée was a curse for vs for hee as the onely immaculate Lamb of God hath taken our sinnes vpon him and as S. Peter saith Offred our sinnes himselfe with his body on the Crosse Wee should henceforth bee quit from sinne and liue vnto righteousnes or as Saint Paul saith To come to the blessing by him and to receiue the Holy Ghost and be the children of God In this bespoken blessed séed did Abraham trust and was happy Abraham beleeued alwaies on God and it was counted to him for righteousnes The third comfortable Sentence ESAY 43. Thou hast made me labor with thy sinnes and hast made mee weary with thy misdeeds I will wipe out thy transgressions for my names sake and wil not think vpon thy sinnes IN this comfortable saying the Lord Iesus Christ teacheth vs that hee onely hath paid the ransome and satisfaction for our sinnes with his bloudy sweat bitter passion death and that hée through his owne merits hath forgiuen vs all our sinnes in such sort that they shall be wholly put out and cleane wiped away before the face of God and cast into the bottome of the sea as though they had neuer béen and shall neuer be thought vpon Therefore let vs not be afraid of the great●es or multitude of our sinnes that wee despair not of Gods mercy as ●ain Lucas did but c●mfort our selues with the ●●ssion s●t●sfaction of our Lo●d I●sus Christ and some vpon th●s● words So did king Ezec●●●s comfort himselfe E●ay 3● in his great tribulation by reason of his sinnes and the wrath of God where hee saith Behold I was much grieued for want of comfort but thou hast heartily accepted of my soule that it doo not perish for thou castest all my sinnes behinde thee that is thou wilt no more know nor think vpon my sinnes Likewise did King Dauid also pray in Psal 51. Wash me from mine iniquiry O Lord and clense me from my sins then shall I be whiter than snowe For no other washing of anointing on earth can help The fourth comfortable Sentence EZECHIEL 33. So sure as I liue saith the Lord I haue no pleasure in the death of the vngodly but rather that hee turne from his wickednes and liue HEER the euerlasting Sonne of GOD our onely Lord and Rock sweareth an oath by himselfe because hée hath no greater as true as he is a liuing eternal and almighty GOD hée will not that a sinner die and bée damned for euer but that hée in acknowledging of his sinnes and sure confidence of Christs bloud and merites in true inuocation and good pretence turne vnto GOD so shall hee surely obtayne remission of sinnes euerlasting righteousnes and the Holy Ghost with eternall life Vpon this deare constant and true oth should wee haue respect when wee are troubled by reason of our sinnes and Gods wrath and also in our last end and say or thinke I care not now how often and how greatly I haue sinned and angred my Lord God but I look vpon the oath and comfort my selfe that the true GOD hath sworn and hée cannot repent it he will not the death of a sinner so will hee not also that I bee damned but for his Sonnes sake will forgiue mee all my sins and take mee with him into euerlasting life So did the holy Apostle S. Paul comfort himselfe and others as in the first epistle to Timothy and in the first chapter It is certain and true saith he that Iesus Christ is comne into the world to saue poor sinners The fift comfortable Sentence IOHN 3. So God loued the world that he gaue his onely-begotten Son that whosoeuer beleeued on him should not perish but haue euerlasting life THis is one of the chiefest Sayings in all the new Testament which IESUS CHRIST whom God the Father from heauen commāds vs to hear did himselfe bring out of the bosome of his Father and preached the same to his louing C●t c●●● 〈◊〉 ●●holar Nichodemus Wherein he teacheth vs his Father will what the eternall GOD is determined towards the world that is towards all great sinners as euer were in the world or yet may bee that hée loueth them and will not haue them lost And this great loue did hée shewe and set foorth vnto vs when-as there was no other meanes whereby the sinnes of the world might bée taken away Gods wrath pacified death and hell vanquished then spared hee not his onely Sonne but did let him take humane flesh and bloud vpon him and to fulfill all which was vnpossible for vs to obserue and suffer all payne and punishment which all the world with their sinnes had deserued Whereby Gods righteousnesse might bee fully accomplished and wee released

of God of the Holy Ghost which thou hast promised to send vs from the Father 〈…〉 so said 〈◊〉 m●● 〈…〉 ●●●ek th●● bu● th●●● 〈◊〉 the● Thou art the onely euer last 〈◊〉 ●●vas●parable truth There 〈◊〉 do I s●edfastly beleeu● by knowledge of the S●●ty●u●e● that thou art to m●●●●●●●o all Ecleeuers a 〈◊〉 h●pnest a seat of Grace and A●uacate so thy heauenly Father and I beleeue ve●rily notwithstanding that reason is astonished thereat that through no other Oblation workes or meanes either in Heauen or on Earth our sinnes Death Hell and damnation is ouercome and taken away and we at agreement with God thy heauenly Father but onely through thee Iesus Christ whereon I will trust and also die thereon Thereto helpe thou me thou deare God Father Sonne and Holy Ghost Amen O LORD Iesus Christ which with the Father and the Holy Ghost a●● one vnseparable Essence and a Fountaine of all Grace I thanke and praise thee al●waies that thou hast also reuealed vnto mee thy grace for my better comfort as thou hast endued thy dea●e Mother Mary and also other Saints with great grace and wrought wonderfull workes in them I pray thee therefore heartily to look vpon on mee with the eyes of thy mercy as thou diddest looke vpon the euill doer which was hanged vpon the Crosse by thee and diddest open his heart that hee confessed his sinnes and was mightily afraide of them but yet despaired not but confessed desired thy grace and mercy which thou gauest to him willingly and plentifully Also Saint Peter which denied thee and Mary Magdalen in her sinfull liuing And hast also respected Mathew the Customer in open estate Saint Paul a raging and earnest persecutour of Christians Also in the old Testament Dauid King Manasses the Tyrant and other sinners more which thou didst bring to repentance and confession of their sins and of pure loue grace and mercy which thou didst reueal vnto them by thy holy Word hast placed them with thee in thy Kingdome Therfore dear God and mercifull Father will I strengthen my self so much the more and doubt nothing thereof These and other godly people of worth which thou of thy grace hast taken out of this sinfull life to righteousnes are a comfort and example to mee and all beléeuing Christians that thou wast mercifull to them and so wilt be to me and to euery sinner which repents according to thy owne pure loue which the holy Ghost through faith in the Gospell worketh in vs both gracious and mercifull and grants vs a happy end in such acknowledging of thy Name Which help thou me with and all Christians dear God Father Sonne and holy Ghost which art in three inseparable persons one only and euerlasting GOD for euer Amen Heer follow certain Praiers to call vpon God for strengthening of our faith O LORD ●ESUS CHRIST strengthen mée also with thy holy Spirit in my feare and quaking And admonish me that I thinke vpon thy sacred Wounds in my last end And let not thy holy and bitter Passion bee lost on mee poore sinner thou which art therefore come that thou maist destroy the Diuels worke and pay and counterpoize my sinnes with thy hard and painfull labor and thou which hast sworne Thou wilt not the death of a sinner Strengthen my weak faith and kéep mee through thy Spirit of grace and of praier vnto a happy end Amen A Prayer O Lord Iesus Christ I confesse vnto thée my great and manifold sins and the righteous wrath of God and euerlasting punishment which I haue deserued But I comfort my self with the great loue and pure mercy of thy Father and pray thee séeing thy bloud is more than the sinnes of the whole world and thou art our Mediatour and Aduocate that thou wilt bee Intercessor for mee to thy Father that my faith doo not diminish and that I neuer despaire of thy mercy for my sinnes Amen A Praier O Lord Iesus Christ increase my faith and trust in thée that I despair not of thy gracious mercy nor in my greatest sin perish in vnbeleef O Lord preserue for mee thy promised grace in the holy Gospell let it not come out of my heart Thou art my onely comfort and hope stand to me in this my sorrow Let not my poor soule come into the hands of my horrible Aduersary and giue him no power ouer me But shew mee thy goodnes at this present for thou art my Sauiour and Redéemer Amen A Prayer O Lord Iesus Christ I pray thee through thy goodnes and mercy that thou wilt strengthen my soule vpon thy holy way which lyeth before me into thy heauenly and euerlasting Kingdome I beléeue that thou diedst for my sake hast of thy grace and mercy forgiuen mee my sins and that euerlasting life is promised to mee Of this my faith O Lord shall thou be witnes and all thy Elect and in this faith shall bee my last Will to die therein O Lord in thy pure mercy And although I through griefe want of sense or other troubles should fall off from the same yet O Lord let m●e not die in vnbelief and blasphemy but strengthen and increase my faith that neither sinne hell nor diuell hurt me Thou art stronger and of more power than all they whereunto I will trust Lord let me not be confounded Amen A comfort out of holy Scripture against the feare of sinne ESAY 12. Behold God is my saluation I am safe and feare not for God the Lord is my strength my Psalm and my saluation The first Comfort How a man should comfort himself against sin and the just anger of God out of the comfortable promises of the holy Scripture The first comfortable sentence GENESIS 3. The Seed of the Woman shall tread down the head of the Serpent THis is the first Euangelicall Doctrine of the euerlasting Sonne of God in Paradise reuealed vnto the fallen and damned mankinde whereby he might be released againe from death Gods wrath Sinne Hell and power of the Diuell and might obtaine through beliefe in these words Comfort Grace Remission on of sinnes and euerlasting life And with this Promise haue all the holy men comforted themselues vntill Abraham two thousand yéers long for héer doth GOD tell vs that he euen of pure loue and mercy will send vnto vs poore damned sinners his onely and deare Sount borne of a Uirgine to take vpon him mortall and humane flesh and bloud who should with his absolute Obedience and Passion pay the ransome of our sinnes pacifie GOD's wrath kindled by reason of our sinnes destroy Death through his death and with his victory and rising againe restore againe righteousnesse resurrection and euerlastin●g life This comfort should wée conceiue with faithfull harts and bee certaine thereof that the Diuels workes are destroyed for o●r sakes and all his power taken away that wee neuer néed to bée afraid of sinne death hell or God's anger but through Iesus Christ our Lord true God and