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A01629	The true tryall and examination of a mans owne selfe wherein euery faithfull Christian, by looking into his conscience, may most plainely behold his spirituall deformity by nature, described, his actuall rebellion by disobedience detected, his promise breach at baptisme, by ordinary transgression apparantly proued, his lamentable estate through sinne discouered, his wilfull obstinacie by dayly disorder displayed, and lastly howe by earnest repentaunce, and faith in Christ Iesu, he is from all the same clearely pardoned, forgiuen, released and reconciled / done in Englishe by Tho. Newton.	Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1587 (1587)	STC 11761.5; ESTC S4316	74,045	216

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ● ● ● ● d e f g A b c d e f g A b c d e f g A b c d e f g A 〈…〉 No●●s of Decemb. 8 7 6 5 4 3 Day before the Id. Idus of December Calends of Ianuaric 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Day before the Calends of lanuarle 〈…〉 The 20 of this moneth 〈◊〉 dias exhorted the I'ra●lites to put away their strange wiues 1. Esd ● vers 5. 6. c. The foundation of the secon● Temple was laide the 24. of this moneth Hagg. 2. vers 11. 19. The 25. of this month our Sauior Christ was born of the Virgin the yeare after the worlds creation 4018. On which day also Antiochus Epiphanes entred into Ierusalē with a mighty armie spoiled the same loseph li. 12. ca. 6. On this day he prophaned the altar of the Lord 1. Macc. 1. 62. which day also the Iews kept holy because there on the Temple was purged from Idolatrie 1. Macc. 4. 59. The 28. of this month Herod caused the poore Innocents to be murthered thinking thereby to haue slaine Christ Math. 2. 16 c. Festiual daies in this moneth are the 21. Thomas apostle 25. The natiuity of Christ 26. S. Steuen 27. Iohn the Euang. 28. Imiocents called commōly Childertnas daie ¶ A rule to know how many daies be contained in euerie moneth in the ●eare Thirtie daies Hath Nou●●ber Ap●●l ●une a●●●●pt●mber The rest 〈…〉 〈…〉 Which alwaies h●●h 〈…〉 When it is no 〈…〉 or leape yeare ¶ A note of the Moneths weekes daies and houres throughout the whole ●eare The yeare continueth Moneths 12. Weekes 52. Daies 365. Houres 8766. Daie Natural Artificial hath 24 12 houres ¶ An Almanacke for ten yeares The yere of our Lord. The Prime The Epact Sondaies letter pe yere Ashwensday the first daie of Lent Easter day Rogation weeke Whitsonday 1587 11 1 A   Mar. 1. April 16. May. 2a Iun. 4. 1588 12 12 G F Feb. 20. 7 13 eL Ma. 26 1589 13 23 E   12 Marc. 30. 5 18 1590 14 4 D   Mar. 4. April 10. 25 Iun. 7. 1591 15 15 C   Feb. 17. 4 102 Ma. 23 1592 16 26 B A 8 Marc. 26. 1 14 1593 17 7 G   28 April 15. 21 Iun. 3. 1594 18 18 F   13 Marc. 31. 6 Ma. 19 1595 19 29 E   Mar. 5. April 20. 26 Iune 8 1596 1 11 D C Feb. 24 11 17 Ma. 30. THE TRYALL AND examination of a mans owne selfe CHAP. 1. What the true tryall and examination of a Man 's owne selfe is and how generallie necessarie to all manner of persons hauing care and desire of their saluation BRieflie in deed and in very fewe wordes is it said by the Apostle Let a man examine himselfe but in that breuitie and in those fewe wordes hee effectuailie comprehendeth the whole office and duetie of euerie such an one as doth earnestly desire to be reconciled and to be at one with God yea therein hee summarilie setteth downe and compendiouslie prescribeth all and whatsoeuer is needefull or expedient for ech true Christian to doe performe For to examine a mans owne selfe is nothing else than for him throughly to trie narrowly to searche and diligently to proue who and what maner of person he is in what case he inwardly feeleth his owne conscience To the same effect purpose and meaning doth the Apostle in an other place say Let euerie man prooue his owne works And again Proue your selues whether ye be in the faith examine your selues He therefore is to bee vnderstoode rightly duely and truely to examine himselfe which diligently and carefully searcheth out tryeth groapeth inwardly rippeth vp euery corner of his conscience and so narrowly fifteth both his workes actions and faith that he leaueth nothing in his whole man either outwardly or inwardly whereof he maketh not a true and perfect presentment vnto his Conscience and as it were strictly enditeth and iudicially arraigneth at the Barre as before a most seuere Iudge And looke how necessary it is for euery one that hath sinned and by sinning disfranchised and banished himselfe from the kingdome of heauen to bende his whole care and studie howe to come into fauour againe with God king of the same heauenly kingdome so necessary is it that before hee goe about the same he diligently trie and examine himselfe For no man can rightly acknowledge his sins no man can truely confesse his faith no man can duely vse the Sacramentes that doth not first carefully trie and examine his owne Conscience Furthermore in vaine doth a man either heare reade or learne any good lessons touching sounde doctrine and pure religion in vaine doth hee labour by studie to attaine the knowledge of matters diuine and heauenly vnlesse he haue withall a full and resolute purpose to applie the same vnto the tryall examination of himselfe So greatly doth it stand vs vpon to make this tryall of our selues and so greatly materiall is it for vs diligently to exercise our selues therein as in the which the whole summe and effect of our saluation consisteth And doubtles vnlesse we speedily while we haue time trie and examine our selues and by earnest hearty repentance turne vnto the Lord it is to be feared least God being angrie with vs doe for our hardnesse of heart harden vs more and more as hee hardened Pharao least for our wilfull blindnes he blindfolde vs altogether least for our wicked filthie licentious and reprobatelike life hee turne vs vp and giue vs ouer vnto a reprobate minde and least in his heauie displeasure he deliuer vs vp vnto our owne vile affections lawlesse lustes to wallow still in the filthie mier of our abhominations filthie deuises neuer to bee able so much as once to thinke of our saluation or once to raise vp our cogitations toward heauenly things Than which euil and mischiefe what can be more grieuous more hainous or lamentable in this miserable and wretched life of ours Let therefore euerie one speedily while he hath time frame himselfe to make this triall that he may be receiued of God into fauour againe Let vs now at length awake out of this our deepe letharge and sleepe of sinne let vs once renounce defie and cast away the works of darkenesse that we may walke comely and honestlie as in the day garnished and apparailed with the workes of light as liuely members of Christs Church in the holie fellowshippe of faithfull beleeuers Nowe in what sort and manner this Tryall and examination of our selues is to be made and performed how and which way we may come into fauour again with God how also after our reconciliation we must demeane and bel●aue our selues and how we ought to frame our liues and conuersation that we may alwaies haue a

Saraes wombe Neyther did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strengthened in the fayth and gaue glorie to GOD being fully assured that hee which had promised was also able to doe it and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousnesse c. Hereby may euery one easily perceiue that faith vndoubtedly beleeueth that those thinges shall be perfourmed and through the goodnesse and power of God be brought to passe which otherwise seeme neuer possible to bee performed that faith doth alwayes looke into the promises and power of God and finally that faith is an assured certaine vndoubted and inuincible perswasion conceiued of the goodnesse and power of God whereby this glorie is ascribed attributed and entitled to God that hee both will and also can saue vs. All which are signified in that vsuall and accustomed fourme of confession which euerye one priuately vndertaketh and pronounceth for himselfe saying I beleeue in God For in these fewe wordes is set foorth and contayned the whole summe and signification of fayth Nowe heare and marke in fewe wordes howe thou art iustified by fayth Euen as the Apostle teacheth vs that Abraham was iustified by fayth without workes and that his fayth and sure perswasion of Gods goodnesse and power was imputed to him for righteousnesse so must thou make thy reckoning whosoeuer thou bee that acknowledgest thy selfe a greeuous sinner and that thou art guiltie of the manifolde breache of Gods law and that thou hast no good workes of thine owne to oppose and set against the seueritie of Gods iudgment that thou likewise and in the same sorte shalt bee iustified by faith without workes as the Apostle in that Chapter euidently and plainely testifieth He sayth there also further that it is not written for him onely that it was imputed to him for righteousnesse but also for vs to whom it shal be imputed for righteousnesse which beleeue in him that raysed vp Jesus our Lorde from the dead who was deliuered to death for our sinnes and is risen againe for our iustification This therefore is required at thy hand seein thou hast no manner of helpe in thy selfe whereby to obtayne thy saluation eyther by thine owne workes or any others that thou conceaue a sure and vndoubted fayth and a stedfast and firme perswasion of the goodnesse and power of God and that thou be fully perswaded and throughly assured in thy conscience that God the father will receiue thee againe into fauour that he will pardon forgiue thee thy sinnes and that he will iustifie and make thee righteous for his sonne Iesus Christ as he by his owne expresse words by his holy Prophets and last of all by the same his beloued sonne hath graciously promised For if from the bottome of thy heart thou vnfaynedly beleeue the promises of God touching this matter made vnto the holy fathers of olde be thou assured that thou art in the kings high way to iustification and saluation These promises haue euer from the beginning of the worlde hitherto beene euidently continued and shall to the worldes end be most faithfully and truely perfourmed Immediately after the transgression and fall of our first parentes Adam and Eue this promise of Christ was made vnto them when as the Lorde spake vnto the serpent I will put ●nmitie betweene thee and the woman and betweene thy seede and her seede he shall breake thine head Afterwarde he spake vnto Abraham saying In thy seede shall all Nations of the earth be blessed Which promise is excellently expounded by the Apostle to signifie and to be meant of Christ This promise was likewise made vnto Dauid that of his seede and posteritie Christ the Sauiour of the worlde should be borne Many others of the Prophetes besides did most clearely and manifestly prophesie and foretell of Christes comming and of righteousnesse by him onely to bee obtayned Isaiah in his 53. Chapter after manie notable speeches of Christs humiliation death hath lastly these wordes Hee shall see fruite of the trauayle of his soule and shall bee satisfied by his knowledge shall he iustifie manie for hee shall beare their iniquities To be shorte manie figures signes and types acertayned insinuated and represented vnto mens mindes those thinges which were to be done finished by Christe for our iustification the brasen serpent was set vpon a poale in the wildernesse and sundrie sacrifices by the Israelites vsed were figures of Christ and foreshewed both his comming in the fleshe his death which hee shoulde suffer for our instification Now that thou maiest knowe how for Christ and in Christ our sinnes are pardoned and forgiuen vs and righteousnes imputed vnto vs thou must looke into his death which hee suffered to pacifie and satisfie the wrath of God the father for our sinnes This singular benefite and vnspeakable act of Christe together with the most soueraigne vertue and efficacie of the same is in many places both of the olde Testament and of the new notably described For this his death and passion was figured and foreshewed by the types and sacrifices before expressed This death and passion of our Sauiour and redeemer Christe was most excellently pithily and cleerely set out and foretolde by the Prophet Isaiah in the Chapter afore recited And Christ sayth himselfe This is the bloud of the new Testament which is shed for you and for manie for the remission of sinnes By the death and bloudshed of Iesus Christ we are sayed in many places of scripture to be sanctified and clensed from our sinnes In an other place also the Apostle speaking of Christ sayth He gaue himselfe for vs to be an offering and a sacrifice c. In this sort therefore and after this manner doth our heauenly father being pacified and pleased with vs through the death of Christ forgiue and pardon our sinnes and imputeth vnto vs his righteousnesse But thou wilt saye howe knowe I whether this merite of Christe this remission of sinnes and this gift and imputation of righteousnesse for Christ be beneficiall profitable and applyable to mee or no For we must euer stande in feare and doubt least wee be excluded from the participation of those so vnestimable benefites as Christ brought and wrought But to answere thee in this case and because thou shalt not be vnfurnished of a stayed perswasion herein be thou thus assured that the worde of God doeth most plainly direct and point thee to sundry places and alledgeth vnto thee manifolde textes and reasons whereby thou mayst vndoubtedly knowe that thy sinnes are forgiuen thee for Christs sake if thou doest earnestly repent thee of thy wickednesse and withall beleeue that God the father for Christ his sonne will receiue thee into fauour and forgiue thee thy sinnes in this thy beleeuing be thou sure thou shalt obtaine pardon and remission of all thy sinnes and offences which the scripture