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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15859	Speculum Christianum or, A Christian suruey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, graue, and learned diuine, maister Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseuerance of the saints. 3. A summarie abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.; Speculum Christianum. English	Zanchi, Girolamo, 1516-1590.; Nelson, Henry, fl. 1614.	1614 (1614)	STC 26121A.7; ESTC S111786	125,039	404

will into that peruerse loue of himselfe but conuinced it to be so Euen then doubtlesse he was such but hee knew it not when he heard from him ●●om whom he could not conceale himselfe Before the Cock crow twise thou Mat. 26. shalt deny me thrise Therefore that debility of will was manifested through that peircing feare not procreated he made it knowne how much he loued himselfe and how much Christ knowne I say not to Christ but to Peter for Christ knew euen before what was in man Therfore in that respect he loued Christ his will did vtterly endure violence which cannot be denied so that he spake against himselfe but in that respect he loued himselfe Doubtlesse hee consented voluntarily so that hee spake for himselfe If hee had not loued Christ he would not haue denied involuntarily but if he had not loued himselfe more hee wold not at al haue denied him ther fore it is to bee granted That the man by compulsion though hee did nor alter his owne will yet did hee conceale it beeing compelled I say not to reuolt from the loue of God but in some degree to yeeld co selfe-loue What then perchance the former assertion is totally dissolued touching the libertie of the will for that the will is found obnoxious to compulsion so it is clearely but yet so as if the coaction is from another not from it selfe but if it selfe compelled and compelling did enforce it selfe it seemeth there to loose libertie where it found it that is it did suffer that force from it selfe which it did violently offer vnto it selfe Moreouer that which it suffered from it selfe was from the will that which was from the will was not of necessitie but voluntary and if voluntary th●● free Finally whose own will did enforce to deny was enforced because he would nay he was not enforced but consenting and not to the power of another but his owne will that i● that will whereby he might by all meanes escape death otherwise how could the voice of a Damsel haue compelled a holy tong to frame such heynous words if the will as Lady had not consented to the tongue To conclude when afterward he tempered himselfe in his selfe-loue and as dutie was began to loue Christ with all his heart all his soule all his strength now the will could not at all bee drawne either by threats or punishments to yeeld the tongue as weapons of vnrighteousnes but rather boldly applying himselfe to the truth he said It is bet●er too ●ey GOD then men Act. 5. Compulsion is of two sorts There is indeed a double compulsion in that we are coacted to suffer or doe something against out will whereof the Passiue for so it is rightly termed may sometime bee without voluntary consent of the Patient but nouer the Actiue Wherfore the euill that is done against vs or of vs is not to be imputed vnto vs if vnwilling But that which is done and of our selu●s is not without some fault of the will Wee are conuinced to will which would not come to passe if wee were nilling Therefore there is also an Actiue compulsion but without excuse for that it is voluntarie A christian was enforced to deny Christ and yet lamenting but not yet but as willing These things Bern●rd These things I haue more fully dilated by Explication that my Lords may better conceiue by what meanes it falleth out That th● Saints are said both to will and ●ill the sinne they commit and therefore it can by no meanes bee said tha● Peter and other godly men when they offend to haue sinned or to sinne by a totall and plen●ri● will for that otherwise there could ●●e no difference put betweene th●●●i● of the godly and vngodly t●●en from their wils and so as we●●●● godly as vngodly should sin of p●●posed malice ●● all times Therefore I doe confesse that the Saints when they sinne with consent that they offend indeede not of a will in suspence but definite and certaine for that absolutely their will is to sinne and if they willed not they sinned not And in this behalfe their sinnes are greeuous neither by mee extenuated But my labour is this that it cannot bee said That they sinne with a full and totall will for that in them there is a double man and for other reasons and authorities by mee alledged both of Scriptures and Fathers QUEST 3. Of the qualitie of the sinnes of the Saints OVT of the second Question ariseth the third which is Whether the Saints may fall into sinne as Paul speaketh reigning or the sin against the conscience as it is called But that we may clearly vnderstand what sinne is meant in this controuersie wee must take notice that there are three sorts of sinnes as the Apostle insinuateth Rom. 6. when he saith Therefore let not sinne reigne in your mortall bodies that yee should obey it in the lusts thereof The first is the sinne of Nature the root fountaine of all other sinnes which is termed Originall and this is signified by an excellencie of speach by the name of Sinne. The next are the concupiscences of this sinne rising vp euen against our wils as lewd desires and vicious affections to sinne which neuer cease in this life to molest vs. This kinde is intimated by the name of Concupiscence The third is in plaine termes Actuall sinne when indeed wee obey that sinne of Nature in pursuing the lusts thereof whether it bee done by consent onely or also by word or deede This is signified by the word of Obeying The first is meere Originall the second partly originall partly actual the third totally actuall Of the first two there is no controuersie whether they be in the Saints or no. The Question is onely of the third But for so much as there bee also many sorts of this it likewise is to bee distinguished that wee may better perceiue whereof this controuersie is intended The third sinne therefore which is then done when we obey original sinne in yeelding to the lusts thereof is so voluntarie as that if it were not voluntarie it should not bee sinne as Augustine in many places obserueth For no man could obey Original sinne in perfecting the concupiscences thereof but that he is willing Therefore it is alwaies voluntarie Moreouer men obey that naturall and inhabiting sinn after a double and that also a differing maner Some are obedient and that willing yet not with a full will or plenarie consent or with the whole heart but as it were captiues to a Tyrant And this befalleth them who either of ignorance or infirmitie doe obey sinne Of ignorance for that either simply they know not that they doe euill and such in no case are said to sinne against conscience or if they know in Thesi in generall they doe not consider in hypothesi in particular or if they do consider they doe it very coldly the violence of concupiscence auerting their mindes from Gods Law

things and shall seduce all except a few of the Elect partly by his hypocrisie partly by his lying miracles 2. Thes 2. insomuch that as Iohn speaketh in the Apoc. 13. Reuelation he shall make the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to come downe from heauen in the fight of men partly also by his power and violence Therefore in this manner when the Sonne of Man shall come that is about his comming certes little faith shall bee found vpon the earth but when that principall Antichrist shall bee destroyed with the Spirit of Christs mouth and by the efficacie of the Word of God hee shall be discouered to all men who he is not Christ but Antichrist then happily the Iewes shall know their Messiah bee conuerted vnto him and be saued Therefore Antichrist raigning scarsely shall any faith bee found vpon the earth but being destroyed very much The other question is If so many signes shall go before the end of the world whereby shall be manifested to holy men that the Lord is not far off How then hast thou formerly concluded that it cannot be known to any when the Lord will come and when the end of the world shall be I answere These things are not repugnant For notwithstanding the signes shall giue notice to the godly that the Lord is not farre off yet from thence cannot be collected the certaine time wherein he will come Behold many signes which doe fore-run the comming of the Lord are long agoe accomplished yet how great licentiousnes and securitie how much corruption of religion and manners how many great heresies The Lord saith As in the daies of Noah c. Mat. 24. Luc 17. And the Apostle In the last daies men shall be louers of themselues But how great a Lethargy amongst men hath been so long since the Apostles time But who could either in the Apostles time or now can define how much time remaineth vntil the Lords comming Further the Apostle saith The Spirit speaketh manifestly that in the last daies some shall depart from the faith but this Oracle was it not become to bee fulfilled in the Apostles time And certainly those were the last times as Iohn doth beare witnes saying it is the last time Yet we see how long doe continue those last times likewise how lately the Kingdome of Antichrist was reuealed and what it is What for that it begun to be reueiled in Bernards daies In Psalme Qui habitat 6. Ser. pag. 413. At nùnc quidem c. But now indeed saith hee wee haue peace from Pagans peace from Heretiques but there is no peace from false children Thou hast multiplied the Nation O Lord Iesus but not magnified our ioy all are Christians and yet all seeke their owne not such things as are Iesus Christs likewise the duties of Ecclesiastical dignities are transformed into filthy gaine and the busines of darknes neither in them is sought the saluation of soules but the excesse of riches for this they are shauen they frequent Churches they celebrate Masses they sing Psalmes at this day most impudently there is contention for Bishopricks Archdeaconries Abbotships and other dignities the reuenues of Churches are wasted vpon the practise of super●●uities vanities it remaineth that the Man of sinne bee reueiled the sonne of perdition the Ghost that walketh on the day but euen at noone-day which is not onely transfigured into an Angell of light but also exalted aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped Thus Bernard Loe one of the principall signe● going before the end of the World that is to say the manifestation of the Kingdome of Antichrist yet who either could or can affirme when the Lord shall come Therefore by those tokens which runne 〈◊〉 long before although they notifie that the Lord indeed will come and that he is not farre off yet notwithstanding it cannot bee determined to what length of yeares this extendeth that he is not farre off So 〈◊〉 those signes which fore-run by sou●● nearer distance it may be gathered that the end of the World is more neere approching then before and that the Lord will come quickly yet neither of what space this quilckly will be it cannot before be know●● In the Apocalyps likewise it is said cap. 3. Behold saith the Lord I come quickly and yet he is not come The conclusion is this that although many signes shall bee forerunners and praecedents to the day of the Lord and end of the World yet will it not thereupon bee any consequent That it can be knowne by any signes when the Lord will come Neither is that the vse of signs that by them wee may know the time and set day but there be other vses And in my iudgement there bee three vses of these signes and these seruing against three grieuous perils in this busines The first perill is Lest any should vtterly resolue that there should bee no end at all or returne of the Lord. Against this daunger the Lord in the Scriptures hath deliuered and commanded that we should so belieue that this world shall haue an end and that the Lord Christ will certainely come againe To this effect doe tend the tokens foretold from the Lord scilicet● That when we shall see them come to passe we may become more certaine that the Lord as he did prognosticate will certainely come The first vse then of the signes is that by them as by seales the promise touching the comming of Christ should be ratified and our faith therin confirmed Another perill is Though wee certainely beleeue that the end of the World shall bee and that the Lord shall come yet lest we should deny him as yet to bee farre off and to make delay For this imagination is the cogitation of the euill seruant and maketh a man secure in his sins Against this danger the Lord would haue vs alwaies to resolue that the day of the Lord is not farre absent To this effect tend these voices Phil. 4. The Lord is at hand also Mat. 24. of the euill seruant who imagineth that the Lord wil not come quickly he saith the Lord of that seruant will come in a day when he hopeth not and in anhoure when he knoweth not and will cut him off c. as though hee should say his Lord will sooner returne then that euill seruant expected Luc. 12. And be ye likewise prepared for the Sonne of Man wil come at an houre when yee thinke not For this purpose serue the signes foretold by the Lord. Verily for that whereas wee perceiue yea from the beginning and doe dayly see many of them accomplished already and to come to passe we should therfore thinke that the Lord is not farre off and so watch and pray Wherfore the Lord when he had fore-told the signes he consequently added the vse of the praediction thereof saying when yee shall see all these things Kn●w that he is nigh euen in the dores Therefore this is the second vse of these signes