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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

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

me wrapped in woes and subiected to miserie danger and inconuenience O Lord wilt thou thus in thy iustice destroy and make hauoke of thy iust for vs being wretched vniust and miserable caitises Last of all for these my great hainous and manifolde offences knowen and hidden priuie apert there is due yet vnto me after this life after this temporall death another death eternall continuing euerlastingly in neuer dying torments Is thy lawe O Lord being good righteous holy thus become to be vnto me death But I may not nor I ought not O God to ascribe and impute these most wretched miseries and extreeme Calamities vnto thy law but to mine owne peruerse froward and crooked affections and to my generally and entierly corrupted will To my selfe to my selfe I saye must all this miserie be ascribed my selfe only may I thanke for all this heauie plight and wretchednesse O wretch that I am who shall deliuer me from the body of this death Here nowe hast thou as it were a certaine Mirrour or glasse wherein thou maist behold thy self what a one thou art in the sight of God and in Iawe of God accusing thee before the tribunall seate of iudgement In this glasse of the lawe thou maiest behold thy spirituall deformitie and ouglinesse which thou must vnderstande so long to dwell remayne ●oiourne and cleaue vnto thee as thou continuest transgressing the lawe of God through thy greeuous and dayly offences Of Repentance and also of Contrition or Mortification CHAP. V. WHen thou hast nowe thus farre profited and reaped this benefit by the lawe that thou are therby brought to the acknowledgement of thy sinnes the next is with all thy minde and vttermost endeuour to betake thy selfe vnto an earnest and heartie repentance and to flee vnto Christe for succour pardon and forgiuenesse of all thy sinnes and offences Vnlesse wee acknowledge our sinnes earnestly repent vs for the same wee shall as Christ sayth perish And the Apostle Peter setting before the eyes of the lewes their cruell obstinate and wilfull sinnes when as he spake vnto thē saying This Jesus whom God hath made both Lorde and Christe haue ye crucified brought them vnto an acknowledgment of their sins And therfore anon after in the same place when as they by acknowledging their sinnes were marueilously troubled in minde and pricked in heart he replyed vnto thē and sayd Repent ye and amend your liues Therefore it is not sufficient to acknowledge our sinnes but there must followe also an earnest and effectuall Repentaunce with all his circumstances and partes Nowe Repentance is nothing else but an earnest conuersion turning to God of a sinner meekely and humbly acknowledging his sinnes and iniquities And it consisteth summarily in these two points Contrition and fayth as many places of the Scriptures doo plainely and cuidently declare Repent sayth Christ and beleeue the Gospell Where the first mēber signifieth Contrition the second Faith Againe Rep●ntye of your former life for the kingdom of heauē is at hande In which sentence there is likewise both Contrition and also Fayth included Hereunto also is to be referred that which is cyted and alleaged by the Apostle both in his Epistle to the Romanes and also to the Collossians touching mortification and also viuification Contrition therefore setteth before our eies the heauie wrath of God and the punishmentes due for sinne On the other side Faith setteth before vs the mercies of God free pardō forgiuenesse and viuification or quickening againe The one laieth open and discouereth vnto God our wound and disease the other sheweth forth receiueth from God a suppling salue a mollifying plaster a soueraigne recuratiue medicine The one groaneth vnder the burden of sinne sorrowfully bewaileth his heauy plight the other bringeth easement affordeth refection Come vnto me sayth our Sauiour Christ all ye that labour and he heauie laden and I will refresh you To bee short the one throweth down to hell the other fetcheth from thence and lifteth vp to heauen To drawe therefore the effect of all the chiefest and especialest pointes to be considered of in this matter into small roume and briefe wordes Contrition is a most vehement affliction troublesome vexation and perplexed consternation of the mind yea of the whole man caused through remembraunce and acknowledgement of his sinnes also of a feare of Gods heauie iudgements and deserued punishmentes So that all this abashment vexation affliction perplexitie and consternation hath his residence and dwelling in the minde insomuch that although there appeare withall sometimes vpon the sodaine certaine outward tokens externall signes thereof as confession of the mouth teares sighing groaning abstinence from meate and drinke loathing renouncing or contempt of all worldly matters and externall dealings with such like yet because our question in this place is not of counterfeite cloaked dissembled and vnperfect but of true syncere perfect and effectual Contrition we must needes sounde the very depth of the heart and the very innermost and secretest corners of the Conscience And to this end are the wordes of the Prophet Dauid where hee sayth Thou desirest no sacrifice O God though I woulde giue it neyther delightest thou in burnt offering The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirite a contrite and broken hart O God thou wilt not despise And againe Heale mee O Lorde for my bones are sore vexed and my soule is sore troubled And a litle after in the same Psalme I sainted in my mourning I cause my bed euery night to swimme and water my couch with my teares So also Peter remembring and acknowledging howe greeuously he had sinned in denying Christ went out and wept bitterly Seeing therefore that true syncere and not hypocriticall Contrition is a thing meerely internall and spiritual there is no man but well vnderstandeth that it is a spirituall gifte and a singular benefite of almightie God who onely openeth the eyes of our mindes to see and confesse our sinnes and offences If then it bee the good gift of God it standeth euery one of vs vpon incessauntly to craue at the handes of our heauenly father to endue vs seely creatures and miserable forlorne wretches with his grace to vnderstand and bewaile our greeuous sinnes wickednes manifoldly committed For whosoeuer after his transgression fall hath not this contrite spirite this brused and broken heart as the Prophet tearmeth it and this spirituall mortification for his sinnes to such an one it may seeme that the way to all recouerie and amendment is shut vp and stopped For Contrition is as it were a keye that openeth and driueth backe the hidden bolt and openeth the doore which kept vs backe from comming againe to God Neither canst thou alleage for thine excuse that thou lackest time or that thou art not able to perfourine and fulfill so manie harde pointes and difficult workes whereby to testifie and declare thy

contrition For seeing that it is wholly resident in the heart and there onely consisteth it is brought to passe and perfourmed in verie short space of time yea in a verie moment and further euen with the onely affections of the minde Moreouer which will make thee more to marueile that which thou once in this sort faithfully humbly atchiuest remaineth firme acceptable and ratified of God for euer after so that thou haue a stedfast an hartie purpose neuer againe to returne to thy former wickednesse For in contrition thou must wholly and altogether die vnto thy sinnes that is thou must so renounce them as though thou neuer intedest any more to haue any dealing therwith And such doutlesse was the Contrition of the Publicane whose wordes were verie briefe and fewe God bee mercifull vnto me a sinner Such Contrition was also in the Theefe which was crucified with Christe saying Lorde remember mee when thou commest into thy kingdome He therefore that will earnestly repent and come into the fauour of God againe must bee touched with such an incomparable grief for his sinnes committed that he must resolutely and directly confesse himselfe to haue thereby iustly deserued al those plagues which God by Moses and the Prophetes hath threatned and thundered out vpon all the despisers of his worde and contemners of his Maiestie and that if God being by nature most mercifull should not vouchsafe to haue mercie and compassion on him he must needes and that presently incurre the greeuous daunger and feele intollerable smart thereof Wee were purposed hereunto to haue annexed some briefe and compendious fourme of confession and therein to haue made a plaine discouerie and and anatomie of all the affections of a corrupt heart and also to haue brought in the sorrowfull sinner confessing himselfe to haue iustly deserued all plagues and punishmentes aswell of this life present as of the life to come and aswell corporall as spirituall and further also to haue described him vtterly denying and renouncing himselfe and so humbly standing before the tribunall of the Lorde his God and iudge submitting himselfe wholly vnto his diuine pleasure and blessed will wayting for that sentence and doome which shall best please him But because partly in the Chapter last afore we haue alreadie in some sort deliuered such a confession and partly for that in the sacred scriptures many good godly praiers are to be found set forth by the auncient fathers and holy men of God euery godly zealous and well disposed man may therin vertuously exercise himselfe and thence take out for his godly comfort plentifull examples of Christian meditation Of this sort there bee prayers for sinnes in Exodus in the booke of Nūbers in Deuteronomie Bookes of Salomon Daniel Ezra Ieremie c. In the Psalmes also there are many fitly agreeing to this present purpose namely these the 32. 36. 30. 50. 51. 56. 58. 62. 71. 73. 88. 92. 102. Of Faith and how sinners are againe iustified through faith in Iesus Christ CHAP. VI. AFter thou hast thus some space like a giltie suppliant suter prostrated thy selfe at the feet of thy iust and righteous iudge and art driuen vnto such a straite and narrowe issue that thou canst not any manner of wayes denie but that thou hast deserued and art most woorthie of all terrible and eternall punishmentes and with the feare of this iudgement art verie sore a mazed terrified and perplexed yea altogether mortified brought to deathes brinke the next waye and remedie for thee nowe is by fayth in the mercies of God to rayse vppe thy selfe againe meekely and humbly crauing pardon of thy sinnes and misdeedes Vnto this humble prostrating of thy selfe thou wast both profitably and necessarily driuen through humble confession of thy sinnes and meeke contrition of thy heart But nowe thou must take heede and beware that by consideration of the seueritie of Gods iudgements thou bee not vtterly discouraged dashed out of countenance and thereby enter into any dispaire diffidence or distrust of the goodnesse of God It shall be very requisite therefore for thy comfor and as a soueraigne salue and cordiall medicine against this inconuenience to lay downe before thee some holesome and health some doctrine howe thou shalt haue ful remission and foregiuenesse of al thy sins through faith in Iesus Christ Cain acknowledged confessed his sinne and being therefore in minde marueilously troubled graunted it to be most greeuous and haynous Iudas likewise openly condemneth himselfe for his great guilt and treacherous crime in betraying his maister publiquely testifying and pronouncing Christ to bee iust and innocent and further restoreth backe the money which hee had receiued What will ye saye lacked in him here to be done more And yet neyther of them both obtayned pardon of their sinnes why forsooth because this free franke confession of their sinnes was not accompanied with a liuely fayth and vndoubted trust in the mercies of God for pardon and forgiuenes thereof Contrariwise Peter bewayled and wept bitterly for his sinne but yet so that in the meane while he shrūke not frō his firme faith And therefore within a while after he receiued a singular comfort and speciall consolation from the mouth of Christe himselfe after his resurrection Therefore it is out of all doubt that faith is altogether and necessarily behoouefull to all true penitent sinners wherewith they may raise vp thē selues againe being throwen downe with the burden of their offences And nowe howe truely sorrowfull and repentant sinners may by fayth againe be raysed vp we will plainely and euidently declare Faith is a sure and stedfast trust whereby we assure our selues that god will performe vnto vs all those things that he hath promised chiefely and specially spirituall benefites and in them remission of our sinnes and righteousnesse in Christ for Christ Which is confirmed by the authour of the Epist to the Heb in these wordes Faith is the grounde of thinges which are hoped for and the euidence of thinges which are not scene The interpretation and exposition of which description so farre as concerneth the vse and practise thereof who so is desirous to know may see set down in the 4. chap. of the Epist to the Rom. Wherein after the Apostle had sayde that Abraham was iustified by faith and that the inheritaunce of the worlde was giuen to him through fayth he afterwarde addeth that this reuerend and blessed Patriarch had respect vnto the goodnesse and power of God whereby hee quickeneth the dead calleth those things which bee not as though they were And therefore that aboue hope that he should be the father of many Nations according to that which was spoken to him So shall thy seede be And be not weake in this fayth considered not his owne bodie which was now dead being almost an hundreth yeares old neither the deadnesse of