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heart_n	according_a	lord_n	soul_n	3,217	5	4.7786	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14709	The homilies or familiar sermons of M. Rodolph Gualther Tigurine vpon the prophet Ioel. Translated from Latine into Englishe, by Iohn Ludham vicar of Withersfielde	Gwalther, Rudolf, 1519-1586.; Ludham, John, d. 1613.	1582 (1582)	STC 25012; ESTC S103628	93,829	243

vnto God But to the intent the maner of this conuersion may the more plainely appeare foure things in order are to be considered of vs. 1. From what we must turne First from whence this turning or conuersion ought to bee Namely from those thinges that haue turned vs from God These are generally our sinnes wherby that we are deuided and seperated from God hee himselfe testifieth in Esay Esay 59. But vnder the title of sinne are reckned not onely those grosse woordes and deeds which by the common consent of men are accompted for filthy and vnlawfull but also the Iustes of the flesh Galath 5 whiche as Paule sayth striue against the spirite and will of God and therefore ought earnestly to bee brydeled and restreined To the same end belōg false erronious opinions of God superstitions also which grow out of these vnlawfull worshippings whatsoeuer els is of this sorte All these things they must leaue and forsake which will truely conuerte and repente For in asmuch as for these thinges sake Col. 3. commeth the wrath of God vpon vs we cannot looke for an ende of punishment so longe as wee continue in the same They therefore are reproued in this place which when they will seeme penitente doe not onely not forsake their superstitions but rather daily heape vp new which also suffer the desires of the fleshe to boyle in them which amend not their maners but are occupied about vaine ceremonies and in the meane time which God condemneth in Esay bring their hands full of bloode into his presence Esai 1. And such commonly is the popishe penance which consisteth in the Lent fast fantastical satisfactions c. 2. To whome we must turn Secondely wee are to consider vnto whom we must turne Euen vnto me saith he Our turning therfore must be vnto god truly vnto God alone because he only is the truth fountaine of all goodnes But we must beware that wee goe streight vnto him and not ceasse before wee haue layde hold of him And this must bee done by faith seeing God which is a spirit can no other way bee apprehended or taken holde off They then doe erre first which turne not vnto God but vnto creatures or to the inuentions of men or to their owne merites Secondly which beginne in deede to turne but stay in the middest of their course before they come to the mark prefixed vnto them 2. Tim. 2. They verily striue for a time but they are not crowned because they striue not lawfully and that saying of Christe agreeth vnto them No man that putteth his hande to the plough looketh backe is fit for the kingdome of God Luke 9. 3. By wha● meanes wee must turne But forasmuch as there is no communion betwixt God and vs and wee doe no lesse flie from him then did our first parents when they had sinned wee haue neede of a Mediatour which may make vs away vnto him and reconcile him vnto vs who is angrie with our sinnes The same is onely and alone Christ Iesus the sonne of God the father coeternall and consubstantiall with him who in the time appointed was of the virgin Mary made mā to the end he might become a mediator betweene God and vs and pacifie his wrath Of him the father himselfe witnesseth from heauen Math. 3.17 This is my deerely beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased And he himselfe in the gospel crieth out Ioan. 14. I am the way the truth and the life no man commeth to the father but by mee For he alone by the sacrifice of his body and blood purgeth purifieth our sinnes Ioan. 1.3 and there withall by the seed of his word begetteth them againe into the sonnes of God prepareth them vnto euery good worke 1. Pet. 1. which were by nature the children of wrath for which cause the apostles affirme Act. 3. that he was exalted of God to the intent he might giue repentāce vnto Israel remission of sinnes And himselfe commaundeth them both to bee preached in his name Luk. 24. They therefore are deceyued that preach repentante without Christe and place it in mens woorkes They may in deede talke muche of good works of the christiā discipline of maners but except we haue Christ we shall neuer perfourme any thing that good is For without mee saith hee yee can doe nothing Ioan. 15. Yea they that thinke they haue done any thing goe so much the further off from God by howe much they repose their trust and confidence in their owne workes and merites 4. The maner of our turning Fourthly the Prophete diligently declareth the maner of our turning or repentance and toucheth all the thinges as well internall as externall whiche are heere to bee obserued of vs. And first hee woulde haue vs to turne vnto God with our whole heart By mentioning of the heart hee excludeth hypocrisie Esai 29. least wee shoulde drawe neere vnto God onely with our mouth lippes Secondly he requireth the sincere studie of godlinesse and true religion and that to the ende the forsaking all things which are repugnant vnto God wee may consecrate vnto him our heartes and al the powers both of our mind and body according to that which is saide in the Lawe Deut. 6. Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy strength There is nothing therefore left vnto vs heere which wee may giue vnto the worlde or to the desires of the flesh For inasmuche as the hearte is the fountaine and welspring of all actions they doe liue vnto GOD alone as many as are turned vnto him with their whole hearte Neither doe they yet truely repent which halting on both sides one while obey God and another while thinke it lawfull for them to set him aside and to serue the worlde and the fleshe But forsomuch as wee are heere letted and hindred by the pride and naturall corruptions of the fleshe hee inioyneth fasting whereby hee meaneth not a superstitious abstinence or difference of meates but a discipline of the fleshe wherethrough the nourishmentes of lust and pride or stubbornenesse are withdrawen as wee saide before Hee addeth vnto this weeping and lamenting or mourning which conteine an outwarde profession of repentance whereof wee haue neede partly that wee may testifie Gods righteousnesse whilest wee confesse by this meanes that wee haue deserued punishment and partly that wee may remedy the offence which is publikely giuen to the weake This did Dauid perceiue who not contēted to haue bewayled his sins priuately would publikely also in Psalmes testifie his griefe and heauinesse Psal 25.32.51.130.143 c. to the intent hee might both celebrate the righteousnesse of God and also restraine those that mought abuse his example to the libertie of sinning They are therefore very farre off from true repentance whosoeuer will not acknoweledge