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A93682 A hand-kercheffe for a disconsolate soule, to wipe away his sinne, and to keep him from despaire, as though they had never been committed. / By Samuel Spinckes, minister of Gods word. Spinckes, Samuel. 1651 (1651) Wing S4981; Thomason E633_7; ESTC R206473 19,356 31

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A HAND-KERCHEFFE FOR A DISCONSOLATE SOULE To wipe away his Sinne and to keep him from Despaire as though they had never been committed By Samuel Spinckes Minister of Gods Word So apply the Promises of God unto thy Soule that thou never despaire but make him thine owne by Faith in Jesus Christ and hope thou in the Lord Jehovah for by Hope we are saved Rom. 8.24 LONDON Printed by Thomas Harper 1651. TO THE Much Honoured and truely Vertuous THE LADY ANNE SCOTT Late the Spousesse of Sir EDWARD-SCOTT of Scotts Hall Knight and Baronet the Mirrour of Piety S. S. wisheth all the Prosperous Events of Health and Happynesses externall internall and eternall Madam THE Truth is most Divine though crossing humane sense spoken by the Father of truth but I will not heere stand blowing a Trumpet as it were either of your Worthinesse or my owne weakenesse As for your Vertues and Almes-deeds they shall and will follow you when you shall be gathered to your Fathers Revel 14.13 And for my imbecillity and weaknesse let the World laugh at it I care not onely my desire is that God may be glorified I have made bold to present a Hand-kercheffe for a Disconsolate Soule under your name assuring myselfe according to your wonted Piety of your loving acceptance my desire to doe good and that to the poore and meanest soule shall in part as I hope excuse me in all For we are all Debters with that blessed Saint Paul Rom. 1.14 both to the wise and unwise And as it must and ought be our wisdome chiefely to winne and gaine soules Prov. 11.30 So it behooveth all Gods children to receive from us with meekenesse his Statutes and Judgements Deut. 4.6 I have heard you are as patient as Job and like to Moses milde and altogether full of Vertue In a word although neither my person nor condition can any waies merrit at your Ladyships hands yet the benigne aspect you alwaies afford to those that labour in Gods Church hath thus far emboldned me in all humility to crave that this my endeavour may passe in Publique under your Ladyships name which favour being happily obtained the Worke and thing it selfe may of all sorts expect to be the rather embraced And so praying the Father of mercy to grant you much joy health and happinesses terrestriall with a glorified life coelestiall resteth Yours in all duty most bound Samuel Spinckes A Hand-kercheffe for a disconsolate Soule c. OH What shall I doe what shall I say Heerein observe the true Light of the World and he will direct thee Joh. 1.34 Even that Sonne of God whom as yet the Disciples knew not neither did they understand the mysteries of Redemption the which are wrought by Christs humiliation and exaltation by the one sayth Aquinas taking from us all evill and by the other giving us all good Oh why should any then dispayre of their salvation seeing Christ came not for the just but to call sinners to repentance for it is he that died for our sinnes and rose againe for our justification Rom. 4.25 Is it thus Why then should any despayre of everlasting life I dare say it is abusive much to thy Creator to say that the joyes of the Kingdome of Heaven belong not unto thee Wherfore take heed of thus abusing or mis-using of Gods mercies and Christs merits for Christ was betrayed mocked spitted on scourged and put to death and all for our sinnes I say truth it selfe was betrayed wisedome it selfe mocked glory it selfe spit upon innocency it selfe scourged life it selfe killed and all for us and our sinnes that we might not despayre What should a man doe to keep him from despayre Confesse his sinnes unto God and that not once or only in generall but often also and that in particular and be sure to make satisfaction and restitution to those thou hast wronged for the Law of God under the penalty of his curse requireth to restore whatsoever was wrongfully gained Levit. 6.2.3 c. Doe not thou then waver in thy fayth for a wavering minded man is unstable in all his wayes Jam. 1.8 For as the Painter at the first sayth Ponton on Luk. ch 19. drawes his picture with a Coal roughly and afterward with an accurate Pencil and Orient colours exactly so the Holy Ghost in the Prophets and Old Testament shadowed Christs passion obscurely but in the latter and New Testament points and sets it downe as it were perspicuously The two Testaments are two pence Luk. 10.35 bearing the same Kings Image sayth Theophylact on Luke 10. though not in the same stamp for all things being now finished and fulfilled that are written by the Prophets of the same man yet our Saviours picture engraven in the Gospel is more full and clear then that which was imprinted in the Law for now God hath shewed us the light of his countenance Psal 67.1 Let us not therefore despayre for all the hub-bubs and garboiles and warres or discontents that are in the world nay in this our Kingdome but put sure trust and confidence in God and wee shall see that the Lord in his good time will bring a period to those distractions Oh I say despayre not but search the Scriptures for they are the way unto Christ and Christ is the way to Heaven Altissiodorensis in his Golden Summe sayth that Fayth Hope and Charity are a created Trinity resembling the three Divine persons uncreated For the Son is begotten of the Father and the Holy Ghost proceeds from both so stedfast hope is bred of fayth and love doth issue from them both Whence observe that Bellarmine cites often out of his Works against S. Augustine that the foundation of Gods house in our soules is faith the walls hope and the roofe charity And the Prophet in a vision saw the transgressour against the transgressour and the destroyer against the destroyer So the Schoolemen oppose the Schoolemen and their Champion Bellarmine fights against Bellarmine in the points of faith and charity for if faith be the foundation of all other vertues in a Christian as himselfe writes in his first Booke of Romes Pontificals and 10. chapter then it is not as he disputes in the first Booke of his Justification and 4. chapter that is wrought by charity but contrariwise charity doth arise from faith It is then an idle dreame to suppose that charity is inclosed in faith as a Diamond is in a Ring for Christ is the precious Pearle saith Luther in Galla. 2.5 and Christ it is which gives life and lustre to the Ring for the just live not by love but by faith in the Lord Jesus Habak 2.4 It is an improper speech then as some of our Divines observe as Doctor Fulke in Gal. 5.6 to say that faith worketh by love as the body by the soule the matter by the forme for the soule rather worketh by the body than the body by the soule The matter is passive the forme active whence know ye that