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A03788	A riche storehouse, or treasurie, for the sicke, full of Christian counsels holesome doctrines, comfortable persuasions, and godly meditations, meete for all Christians, both in sicknesse and in health. Wherevnto is annexed a comfort for poore prisoners, and also an exhortation to repentance. Written in Dutch, by Gaspar Huberine, and Englished by Thomas Godfrie, esquire, late ... fruits and ... at the request of his dangter Marie, wife ... Iohn French, gentleman of the Inner Temple	Huberinus, Caspar.; Godfrie, Thomas.	1578 (1578)	STC 13905; ESTC S113094	72,574	208

as Christe is your Iustice your Loadesman and your Guide Secondely well be loued if Gods wrath threatening and punishment shoulde feare you dismay you or trouble your mind as though our Lord God as an earnest and seuere Iudge should deale with you according to his extreme iustice for your sinnes past then shall you from henceforth call vpon our Lord Christe the vnspotted Lamb of GOD whiche hath taken your sinnes vppon him and thus flée from the place of Gods iustice commit your selfe to the mercie seate of Christe our Lorde For ye haue a speciall and faithfull promise of our Lord Iesus Christe for he hath bestowed and giuen him selfe for wretched sinners and so bound and pledged him selfe for all penitent sinners that he will stand to them and deliuer them from Gods wrath Also Saint Paule witnesseth 1. Thes 1. God hath our Lorde Iesus saith the holy Apostle raised vp from death that hath deliuered vs from the wrath to come And 1. Thes 5. saith Saint Paule further God hath not appointed vs to inherit his wrath but to inherit his blessednesse through our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche died for vs. Marke and consider this diligently Thirdly welbeloued if the worlde do trouble you and though some folkes specially your enimies and euil willers reioyce and be glad that you according to their desires be so gréeuously handled and that you be now by God so fore punished and that they therfore mocke scorne despise you and make greate cheare at your trouble yet let not that trouble nor tempt you for séeing that wicked people mocked Christe at the houre of his death and made great cheare at it likewise shall you of the worlde not escape such thinges Séeing you be a member of Christe you muste suffer in your body all such troubles as wanted in Christes passion as Saint Paule saith the first Chap. to the Colossians Therefore is the worlde a stubborne proud and wicked child of sathan whiche is full of all wickednesse dissimulatiō mockerie backbiting Christ for our comforte hath tolde vs before that we muste suffer and beare many thinges of the worlde and that the worlde shoulde laugh vs to scorne and shoulde reioyce at our trouble and we on the other side a little while shuld be pensiue and sorrowfull But Christ comforteth vs and saith Your sorrow shal be turned into ioy Iohn 6. And Iohn 17. In the world you shall haue sorrowe care but comfort your selfe I haue ouercome the worlde Thus shall you in faith beare all the wickednesse of the world suffer and ouercome For Our faith is the victorie that hath ouercome the worlde Iohn 15. Fourthly moreouer dearely beloued if Moses the lawegiuer set vppon you and will make you afraid with his debt booke and put you out of countenaunce for your great debtes notable sinnes whiche you are bounde to satisfie and pay the terrible iudgement of God as that ye are a breaker or transgressor of gods lawes and therfore will call you to accompt and giue euidence against you and condemne you with your own hand writing your own consciēce knowing the same to be true complaine vpon you and accuseth you then shall you before Moses by and by bring forth your Christian libertie wherby Christ hath made you frée and deliuered you from the lawe and from the curse and malediction thereof For If Gods sonne haue made you free then be you free in deede Iohn 8. And as Saint Paul further doth shew and confirme such fréedome Galat. 3. where he saith thus Christe hath deliuered vs from the curse of the lawe when he was made a curse for vs. Thus can the curse neuer more ouerrunne nor trouble you séeing it hath once all together fallen vppon Christe the most innocent Lambe Therefore séeing Christe is the ende of the lawe whosoeuer beleeueth on him is made righteous Rom. 10. Therfore saith Saint Peter Be you lustie and strong Actes 15. that ●e are nowe taught that forgiuenesse of sin●es commeth by this man and of all them whereof ye could not be made righteous in the lawe of Moses Who so euer beleueth on Christ is righteous Here is nowe onely all sinnes taken away So that no man can or dare lay any thing to the charge of the faithfull neither Moses nor the lawe Therfore be of good comfort Fiftly furthermore dearely beloued I doe aduise you that you will not suffer the great weight and burden of your sinnes to presse and weigh you downe and trouble you For sinne I assure you is an heauie burden to a fearefull conscience Wherefore continually cast your sinnes from you and out of your consciences and caste them vppon Christ for he is the right carrier of our sinnes as holy Saint Iohn witnesseth Iohn 1. where he saith Behold this is the Lambe of God that beareth or carrieth away the sinns of the world Therefore let the Lorde and valiaunt Champion take vppe your sinnes and carrie them vppon him selfe For God hath appointed him thereunto as Saint Paule saith where he saith thus GOD hath appointed him namely Christ that neuer knewe sinne to be sinne it selfe for our sakes to the intent that we shoulde be by him that righteousnesse that is auayleable before god Behold this righteous and innocent Lord hath taken all your sinnes vppon him selfe borne them satisfied for them and ransomed them and hath clothed you decked and trimmed you with his innocent righteousnesse and iustice For Christ saith the Prophete Esaie 53. is for our sinns wounded and for our sinnes beaten and smitten Correction is laide vppon him to the intent that we should haue peace and by his wounds should be healed Behold for Gods sake thinke vpon this with all diligence ernestly Christ saith the Prophet is wounded for our sinnes whereby we might be made whole The wrath the correctiō is cleane gone ouer him to the intent that we should be without correction might inioy peace with god So haue you deliueraunce in Christe by his bloud namely forgiuenes of your sinnes according to the richnesse of his grace Ephe. 1. For Christe is therefore come into this worlde to make sinners holy blessed 1. Tim. 1. As Christ witnesseth of him selfe Matth. 18. And Luke 19. The sonne of man saith he is come to seeke and to make blessed that that is lost For God hath not sent his sonne into the worlde that he should condemne the world but that the world by him shold be made hapie whosoeuer beleeueth on him shall not be iudged Also Christe is the forgiuenesse of our sinnes Beléeue this comfortable saying from the bottome of your heart and stay your selfe more vppon Gods mercifull promise then of the deceites of sathan and of the daungerous imaginations of your reason Giue God the honour bicause he is so merciful a God that of a wretched sinner he will make a child of God if a man

the holy Euangelist in his first Epistle and the thirde Chapter The bloud of Iesus Christe Gods Sonne maketh vs cleane from all sinne Beléeue these wholsome comfortable and gratious wordes stande stedfastly in a true beléefe so shall you be a childe of euerlasting life Amen Sixtly nowe dearely beloued séeing you haue humbled your selfe before our Lorde God confessed your sinnes and haue cryed for grace and mercy ye shal nowe call vnto our Lord God from all your heart first and chiefly séeke for helpe and say thus OH thou mercifull good God father I come now to thée in my great necessitie and cry vnto thée and complain from the bottome of my heart as to my louing father my greuous passions and griefes and exhort thée that thou wilt remember thy comfortable promises for thou hast gratiously promised that I shal be heard where thou in the 50. Psal. saiest Cal vpon me in thy necessitie or trouble and I wil heare thee thou shalt praise me And Saint Marke in the 11. Chapter saith What so euer you aske in your prayers onely beleeue that you shall receiue it and so shall you haue it Vnto these thy promises come I forsaken miserable wretche and craue of thée helpe and comfort therefore my chiefly beloued Lord and father help me out of this my griefe and trouble and forsake me not in any of my tormentes for thine onely begotten deare Sonne Iesus Christes sake Therfore shall I alwayes highly laud praise thy name giue thée thanks frō the bottom of my hart for al thy benefits set foorth number the same always Seuenthly nowe deare friend séeing that your offences commited might make you afraide and weaken your faith that ye dare not with all confidence and sure trust require at Gods hand and hope for helpe and grace and trust surely vppon his mercie you shall in this manner call vppon God for forgiuenes of your sinnes and speake thus Oh thou most deare Lorde and very louing God séeing thou hast made vs so many and great promises whereby we might be richly comforted strengthened in all our troubles and aduersities I am bolde to put thée in remembraunce once againe very earnestly of thy true promises whiche thou hast made vnto me in the 6. of Saint Matthewe where thou hast promised me forgiuenesse of all my sinnes if I do forgiue my neighbours that wherein they haue offended against me For these be thy wordes If you forgiue other their faults so wil also your heauenly father forgiue you your offences Therefore come I vnto thée and stay me vpon thy worde specially that thou wilt forgiue me all my sinns according to thy mercifull promise fréely for nothing so that I also doe forgiue other For these nowe I praye vnto thée my Lord and God that thou wilt send into my heart thy holy spirite for thy bitter passion death sake that he may make cleane my sinfull hart lighten and kindle a feruent heate in me that I also may forget and forgiue For of myne own power I can do nothing so from the bottome of my heart shall I forgiue euery man both my friendes and enimies what so euer they haue done against me and put out of my heart all manner of malice hatred enimitie and displeasure And séeing that I now through thy grace perceiue such loue against myne enimie so am I nowe persuaded according to thy promises that thou nowe hast clearely forgiuen me all my sinnes of méere mercy without my desertes For there haue I a perfect signe good assuraunce séeing I haue according to thy promise forgiuen euery man that thou also hast forgiuen me all Do with me according to thy promise for thy word is true whatsoeuer thou sayest that kéepest thou assuredly Vpon this thy word do I stay without all doubt beléeue I thy promise that I haue now gotten forgiuenesse of all my sinnes wherefore I haue nowe a frée safe and ioyfull conscience that I know not now of any sin in me that I haue obteined from God peace ioy in the holy ghost that I certeinely persuade my selfe of Amen Eightly now welbeloued the holy scripture sheweth vs of two giuings of Christ our lords body vnto vs The first is the generall giuing where Christ gaue vs wretched sinners his body vpon the crosse for an offering for our sinnes this giuing is made vnto vs our owne through true faith specially when we surely beléeue Gods promises Ioh. 6. Of this giuing witnesseth Christ himself Ioh. 3. where he saith thus So hath God loued the world that he hath giuen his owne sonne to the intent that al that beleue on him shuld not be destroied but inioy euerlasting life And further the holy Apostle S. Paule Rom. 8. witnesseth likewise saith If God be on our side who can be against vs whiche hath not spared his owne sonne but hath giuen him for vs all And Rom. 4. Christ is for our sinne sake giuen and for our righteousnesse sake raised vp againe And to the Ephe. 5. saith S. Paul moreouer Christ hath loued vs and giuen him selfe for vs an oblation sacrifice These such like sayings you shal diligently marke stedfastly beléeue that Christ our only sauiour hath giuen and offred vp his body bloud vpon the crosse for you a sufficient sacrifice for euer ye shal not néed to séeke or to hunt after any other sacrifice satisfaction or redemption for your sin but lay fast holde vpon this innocent lambe which hath borne the sinnes of the whole worlde The other giuing of the body bloud of our lord Christ is an especial giuing which is deliuered vnto vs in the sacrament Whereof Christ speaketh Matthewe 26. And holy Saint Paule in the 10. 11. Chapter of his first Epistle to the Corinthians This second deliuering of the body and bloud of Christe in the sacrament is an assuring and an a certeyning of the establishing of the first deliuering or giuing For it confirmeth the first giuing which we receiue by faith And the second doth not profite or comfort vs without the first but is rather hurtful and damnable Therefore warneth vs also the holy Apostle S. Paule in the 11. Chap. of his saide first Epistle to the Corinthians that we shoulde well try our selues before that we receiue the holy sacrament of Christes body and bloud that no man receiue them to his condemnation This proofe standeth vpon thrée points First ye shal acknowledge your selfe for a miserable sinner that of him selfe and by him selfe can doe nothing nor hath any power to do any thing whereby he might be deliuered from his sinne God him selfe doth forgiue reconcile and pardon giueth true comfort purchaseth blessednesse specially to them that doe thirst after the grace of god And so of méere grace and mercie in Christe onely doe long after the kingdome of heauen Secondly examine

assured and made safe in and by that onely Baptisme For albeit that the outward Baptisme is but onely once done and ministred yet doeth Gods worke that he then doeth by it abide for euer and euer This comforteth me at all times I beléeue also that God by the deseruing of the passion and death of Christ by the holy Ghost hath made me all one with Christ and all good Christians and hath made me a member of the holy vniuersall congregation or Church So that I haue felowship in all things with all Gods holy children that whatsoeuer toucheth me the same also toucheth them and what so euer they haue that is mine also And that ye shall not doubt hereof he hath likewise giuen vnto you the sacrament of his body and of his bloud When you receiue them doubt not but truely beleeue that God in the power of his worde vnder such true signes worketh in you the aboue remembred fellowship according to the contentes of his worde where he saith Take eate this is my body which shall be giuen for you Againe Take and drinke all for this is the cup of the newe Testament which shall be shead for you and for many for forgiuenesse of sinnes Take holde of this worde and comfort your selues therewith for here doth Christ promise you that you through his passion or offering of his body which was done vpon the crosse shal be one body with him and with all his so that he in you and you in him and all Saintes shall be in one fellowshippe Therefore saith he his body is offered or giuen for you But that you shoulde not doubt that it is giuen vnto you he saith thus This is my body When you receiue it then doubt not at all that God by this sacrament worketh assuredly that you shal be partaker of the abouesaid fellowship and that you are put in remembraunce and assured thereof as oft as you receiue the sacrament Likewise when our Lord Iesus saith This is my bloud c. beléeue stedfastly without all manner of doubting that Christes bloud is shed for you and your sinnes thereby forgiuen But that you should be throughly persuaded and safe that it is don for you you haue a pledge or a sacrament As oft as you take it remember your selfe and thinke on our Lord Iesus Christe that euen God by this sacrament worketh those things in you namely that Christes bloud maketh you cleane from all your sinnes O what great comforte is in this sacrament therefore ought we very earnestly to receiue it Further deare childe when you wil receiue this sacrament thinke well vppon the abouesaid wordes of Christ and stedfastly beléeue that God worketh in you that which the words do promise say Therefore doe I come vnto the sacrament bicause I beléeue that his body was giuen for me and bicause his bloud was shedde for me whereby I am losed from all my sinnes and am one body with him in a full and perfect fellowship of all his goods as a brother And bicause it is very hard to beleue such high things specially that it shall auaile and profite me being a poore sinner and wretched caytife therfore do I take with Christes word the outwarde pledge for the assuring and strengthening of my beléefe that I may be sure that it is done in déede for me ¶ Prouing But howe a man shall prepare or make him selfe ready to this Sacrament Sainte Paule doth teache vs in his first Epistle to the Corinthians the 11. Chapter where he saith Let a man try him selfe and then eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe c. that is You shall not account nor reckon your selfe to be holy not condemne other men not despise other men not be quarelling but diligently looke about howe néedie and miserable you your selfe be howe déepe you sticke in sinne howe muche faith and other ghostly giftes you lacke howe much you are bound and indebted vnto God for many things whereof you are not able to pay the least Thinke vpon and remember these and suche like pointes howe you may haue remedy and be holpen And séeing that Christ in this sacrament hath promised you all these thinges it behoueth you with earnest desire to séeke there Here is the best proofe preparatiō vnto this sacrament that a man with all earnestnes behold his own miserie griefe sinne temptation trouble and beggerie c. whereby he might lay downe his Peacockes taile and humble him selfe and be as hungrie and gréedie after the helpe and grace of God as a man is desirous to eate after sower lettice This is the right hunger to this meate Oh that we knewe in what daunger we stand what lacke we haue howe déepe we sticke then would we be desirous to this sacrament and make as much haste therevnto as the thirstie Hart maketh to the waters For what cause a man ought to goe to the Sacrament NOt for custome sake because at Easter euery man goeth vnto it not at the commaundement of the Pope or any other man Not for our owne worthines or because we haue prepared our selues Not because we shall make a good woorke of it or make Gods seruice thereof but onely because that therby in the power of Gods word and pledge of Christ I may receiue the inheritance which my Lord Christ Iesus by his deth hath purchased for me bequethed me in his testament specially that I should be frée from all my sinnes that I might be a brother and inheritour with Christ and with Christe and all Christians be a church and communaltie wherein I shall haue felowshippe with all Sainctes so that whatsoeuer Christ with al Christians haue is mine And againe to be short that Christe is mine and I am his and that I shal not depart from him but still abide where he is and that I haue him with me and by me whether that I be in wealth or in woe whether I be in prosperitie or in aduersitie And besides this he neuer forsaketh me whether I be in néede or in any other temptation and that I shal beside enioy what other fruite soeuer belongeth to this Sacrament When or howe often a man ought to goe to the Sacrament AS often as you be troubled tempted through your sinns in your conscience cumbred thorough the feare of death or of hell troubled by weakenes either of body or of soule or that you be faint harted in faith or that you be burthened with any weakenes or féeblenes whatsoeuer it be wherewith the diuel the world or the flesh wil hinder you in your inheritance or blessednesse séeke here comfort in the word and signe giuen in this sacrament by Christ which he hath at his last supper left vnto you where vppon he died and haue no doubt at all but that God in temptation worketh whatsoeuer the word and token or signe do promise or bring Herein let no mans fantasie or imaginatiō make you forsake the