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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16531	The vnbeliefe of St. Thomas the Apostle laid open for the comfort of all that desire to belieue. Whereunto is added a comfortable treatise for all that are afflicted in soule or body. The first armeth vs against despaire in the houre of death; the second against impatience vnder the crosse. By Nicholas Bound, Doctor in Diuinitie.	Bownd, Nicholas, d. 1613.; Bownd, Nicholas, d. 1613. Treatise ful of consolation. aut	1628 (1628)	STC 3442; ESTC S113890	68,060	212

not beleeue it And it seemeth that the rest of the Apostles were subiect vnto this vnbeleefe though not in the like measure for when Marie Magdalen at Christs commandement came vnto them and finding them weeping mourning tolde them for their comfort that Christ was risen though they heard her say ●ar 16.11 that he was aliue and had appeared to her they beleeued it not nay they were so farre from beleeuing it that her wordes seemed vnto them ●uk 24.11 as a fained thing so that they were not only somwhat doutfull of the matter but did wholly reiect it as a meere fable Moreouer when two of the disciples the name of the one beeing Cleopas going to Emmaus Christ did appeare vnto them in the way and though they knew him not at the first yet at the last their eyes were opened so that they knew him perfectly and so returning to Ierusalem saide vnto the eleuen The Lord is risen indeede and so doe auouch it constantly with a note of asseuerance and told them also what was done in the way and how they knew him at the last Mar. 16. ● They beleeued them neither So that this case was not of Thomas alone but of all the rest that we might see that the best seruants of God of all are greatly pestered with these remnants of vnbeleefe That as Dauid saith If thou Psal 13●● O Lord straitly markest iniquities O Lord who shall stand that is not the best mā in the world much lesse such a wretch as I So we may say if these holy men were so full of vnbeleefe in this thing no maruell if such a poore sinner as I am stand doubtfull and perplexed in many things and as Christ did succour them I hope he will be mercifull vnto me that desire to beleeue And it is very probable that the rest of the Apostles in this vnbeleefe of theirs were subiect vnto the same temptations that Thomas was and had the same thoughts to hinder thē from beleeuing that he had and namely that they spake within themselues as he did openly though for shame they did not vtter it as often it falleth out that many are afraid to vtter their temptations they are so fearefull and so straunge that they thinke that none are possessed with them but themselues But the Apostle telleth the Corinthians that no tentation had taken hold of them ●or 10.13 but such as appertaineth vnto man that is which proceedeth of mans infirmitie and which mans nature is subiect vnto that they might not be discouraged or dispaire for that that he had said vnto them And therefore he addeth that God is faithfull and would not suffer them to be tempted aboue that that they were able but would giue an issue with the temptation that they might be able to beare it as he did here vnto the rest of the Apostles and to Thomas himselfe And that they had indeede the same thoughts of vnbeleef that Thomas had it appeareth by the fact of Christ For when he came among them and they were abashed and afraid Luk. 24.3 supposing that they had seene a spirit he said vnto them Why are ye troubled and wherfore do thoughts arise in your hearts Behold mine hands and my feete for it is my selfe handle me and see and when he had thus spoken he shewed them his hands and his feete So that Christ in shewing them his hands and feete that so they might be ridde of those thoughts and doubts that hindred them from beleeuing did manifestly shew that he knew the thoughts of their hearts to be these that vnlesse they saw in his hands and feete the print of the nayles they would not beleeue that it was he Christ therefore like a skilfull physitian of their soules did applie his medicine according to their maladie and therefore when as at his first apparition he did shew vnto them his hands and his feete he doing all things in wisdom and to some good purpose did thereby declare what thoughts of vnbeleefe they were troubled with If such holy men as these who had so many meanes to helpe their faith did not sufficiently profit by them at the first but were found thus incredulous then we may be assured that vnbeleefe is more deepely rooted in vs then we be a ware of and if after many meanes and long continuance in the same we finde it in our selues more then we would we must not too much suspect our selues as long as we are sorie for it and doe groane vnder it as vnder an heauie burden desiring to be eased of the same For indeed there is no sinne in the world that hath more infected mankinde then that it came in with our first parents euen in Paradise and it will continue as long as there is any man vpon earth it is the first sinne that possesseth all men and it is the last that we must striue against in so much that when we haue ouercome all other then wil our vnbeleefe most of all trouble vs. And especially we shall finde this to be true in all afflictions and in the houre of death when the temptations of pride of vo●uptuousnes of reuenge c. shall ●eaue vs as hauing receiued their ●eadly blow then will vnbeleefe and ●istrust fall vpon vs afresh as though 〈◊〉 had neuer beene wounded or ne●er so much as incountred with For seeing that faith is as the A●ostle calleth it Eph. 6.16 A sheild wherewith we may quench all the fierie darts of the deuill therefore he laboureth most of all to pull it out of our hands altogether or so to weaken it in many things that his darts may easily pearce through it into our soules to destroy them that is his temptation may deceiue vs one way or other For as long as this sheild of faith is whol and we be able to hold it out against our spirituall enemie we shall preuaile against him whether he tempteth vs vnto any sinne in time to come or for any sinne of the time past But if we let fall the sheild of faith or doe not defend our selues with it we lie open to all temptations of Satan that is if we altogethe● giue ouer faith or fall to doubting o● the truth of his word Adam and Eue were first ouer come by vnbeleefe and that was th● cause of their ruine for the deuill b● disputing with the woman like a subtile Sophister brought her at the last to cal into question the truth of Gods word and to say Gen. 3.3 Of the fruit of the tree which is in the middes of the garden God hath said ye shall not eate of it neither shall ye touch it least ye die whereas the Lord had said in expresse words before chap. 2 17. In the day that ye shall eate thereof ye shall die the death that is ye shall assuredly die which if they had steadfastly beleeued they had not beene ouercome of his temptation So in all