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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04501	An excellent treatise touching the restoring againe of him that is fallen written by the woorthy man Saint Iohn Chrysostome ... ; turned and put into English, out of an ancient Latine translation, written in velume, by R.W. ...	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Wolcomb, Robert.	1588 (1588)	STC 14630.5; ESTC S2155	51,393	152

God is kindled with the loue of our soules Which albeit daily it may be gathered yet it may be apparantly proued out of the word of God In a word read that is spoken of God in the beginning either of Ieremie or of the other Prophets howe when he was despised and set light by of the people yet he returned againe to them and thirsting after their loue he continually followed them And this is that which God himselfe declareth in the Gospell where he saith Hierusalem Mat. 23 37. Luk. 13 34. Hierusalem which killest the Prophets and stonest them which are sent to thee howe often would I haue gathered thy children togither as the Hen gathereth hir chickens and â—e would not And Paule saith to the Corinthians 2. Cor. 2 19. For God was in Christ and reconciled the world to himselfe not imputing their sinnes vnto them hath committed to vs the word of reconciliation Now then are we Ambassadors for Christ 20. as though God did beseeche you through vs we pray you in Christs stead that yee bee reconciled to God Let vs thinke these things spoken to vs for not onely infidelitie but the pollution vncleannes of life maketh this execrable enimitie betwixt God and men and so the Apostle saieth that * Rom. 8 7. the wisedome of the flesh is enimitie against God Go to then let vs raze to the ground this wal of enimitie let vs smooth the way to an attonemeÌ„t with God that we may be loued and desired of him againe I am sure you woonder not a little at the beautie of Hermione Hermione daughter to Menelaus and Helena very beautifull for whom Orestes the sonne of Agamemnon slew Pyrrhus the sonne of Achilles bicause he married his betrothed minion and thinke the like may not be founde on the whole earth But if you would my friend yoâ— may be so much fairer and comlier than she by how much gold exceedeth dirte For if many haue in admiration the beautie of that body and fall in loue therewith what fairenes do you thinke to be in a soule if euerie point therein were liuely portraited How much more amiable how much more woonderful would it be For the substance of bodilie beautie consisteth in naught else but in phlegme blood moisture and * Or melancholy gal which are maintained by the corruptible iuyces of meats Hereby the apples of the eies glister hereby the cheekes are ruddie hereby the whole face is adourned And vnles they be daily moistened with such iuice which ascendeth out of the liuer incontinent the skin is dried vp the eies wax hollow al ruddines and beautie departeth from the visage Now if thou consider what is hidden within that skin which â—â—ou iudgest beautifull what is â—ut vp within the nosethriles â—hat within the iawes and belâ—y thou wilt protest that this â—rauery of body is nothing but a â—â—anched sepulchre which withâ—ut appeereth faire to men but within is full of filthines and vncleannes Moreouer if thou see on a ragged cloath the phlegme and spittle that proceedeth froÌ„ the body thou loathest it wilt not touch it with the tip of the finger looking askew thereon and how then canst thou loue desire the cel seat of phlegme But thy beauty was not such For by how much heauen is more beautifull than the earth by so much did the trimnes of thy soule surmount the beautie of the fairest body And notwithstanding none at any time hath seene a soule departed from the body yet some other time I will attempt to declare the comlines of it by the powers thereof At this time let it suffice to rehearse the words of the Lorde which say Matt. 22 30. Mark 12 25. they are as the angeâ— of God in heauen Again in thâ— of bodies there is so great a difference betweene those that aâ—â— thin and those that are thick and heauy as for example heauen passeth the earth fire water the stars stones the rain-bow alâ— terrestriall flowers what woulâ— we say if it might so chance thaâ— with corporall eies we might beholde the gaines of the soule Wouldest thou not scoffe at all externall beauty and brauery in consideration of that internalâ— substance I pray thee then let vs not contemne so great a felicitie nor not lightly regarde so great a treasure that is in vs especially sith a returne is not hard and with no great labour may all the beautie of our soule be renued For assoone as thou shalt imagine the thinges to come and shalt be inamered with them straightway the soule retireth to hir former brauenes â—o it is written For our light afâ—ction 2. Cor. 4 17. which is but for a moâ—ent causeth vnto vs a far more â—xcellent and an eternal weight â—f glory 18. While we looke not on â—he things which are seene but â—n the things which are not â—eene for the things which are â—een are corporal but the things â—hich are not seene are eternal Now if Paul call tribulations â—â—ght and easie for that we looke â—ot on the thinges which are â—een but on the things which are not seene how much more easie â—hall it be for thee to shake off the soule burden of vncleannes Neither nowe do I exhort thee to those labours and dangers or to those daily deaths which the Apostles suffred or to those persecutions or stripes or bands or imprisonments or the contempt of all worldly riches or famine or nakednes or many watchings or perils of iourneying or shipwracks on sea or dangers of robbers or dangers of thy owne nation or dangers of false brâ—thren for al those afflictions thâ— apostles indured nothing of aâ— these I require of thee but this desire alone that seruitude being forsaken thou returne to thâ— former liberty considering both the plague which followeth riot and the glory which is laide vp for vertues It is no maruell iâ— those which beleeue there shalâ— be no resurrection neglect theiâ— life feare nothing the iudgement to come and are nothing pricked in hart but we which looke more certainely on future than present things ought we to liue so miserably so wretchedly that we not onely should not feare at the remembrance of the iudgement to come but vtterly contemne it A part it is of extreme madnes and no mischiefe is comparable that beleeuing we be like the vnbeleeuing Yea amongst theÌ„ not a few haue beene found who haue florished in this life in â—he vertues of the mind what â—hall be our excuse what our soâ—ace if in the daie of doome â—hose shall be brought foorth for examples against vs Some that exercise marchandice we see haue suffred shipwracke the â—osse of all their goods yet for this they haue not beene dismaied but againe haue applied the same way and traffike These did leese their substance not by sloth but by violence of windes But we which know afore vndoubtedly that if we our selues will we may incur neither

that is the faith of the father and the sonne and the holy Ghost The wretched plight whereinto this man was fallen Yet now nought of all these is left all thinges are taken from thy soule she is bereft of all her beautie and all the giftes which God bestowed on her she remaineth spoiled deformed fowle she hath lost all her aide and safegard No dore now is shut in her no entrie is kept but she lieth open to all naughtie spirits which corrupt the soule No vncleane thought no filthie desire is thence expelled but if the spirite of fornication come it entreth in if the spirite of pride if the spirite of auarice if more hellish and vnpure than these shall come none forbiddeth them none beateth them backe For she hath no keeper no Sexton And as to the secretes of heauen there is no accesse for an vngodlie person so at the first no infection coulde touch thy mind But perhaps I may seeme to speak incredible things to those especially that knew not thy former state and onely see the destruction wherein thy soule now lieth This surely is the cause why I weepe without remedie bicause I knewe thee and whyd sorrow vncessantly bicause I remember howe long it is vntill I see thee returne to thy wonted and pristine glorie Which for all that men may iudge impossible yet to God al things are possible Mat. 19.26 * Psal 113.8.9 1. Sam. 2.8 For he it is that raiseth the needie out of the dust and lifteth vp the poore out of the dunge That he may set him with princes euen with the princes of his people He it is that maketh the barren woman to dwell with a familie and a ioyfull mother of chilâ—ren Let vs not then doubt nor deâ—paire If sathan draw to sin God can pull backe to goodnes but that thou maiest be â—onuerted into a better case For â—f the diuell could do so much in â—hee as to draw thee from the â—eight of vertue to the depth of wickednes how much more shal God be able to reclaime thee to â—he highest pitch of goodnes â—ot onely make thee that thou wast once but far more blessed â—han thou diddest seeme in thy owne conceit Onely be of stout courage neither cast off the hope of goodnes let not I pray thee that betide thee which doth the godlesse Vngodlines without penitencie breedeth to despaire It is impietie not the multitude of sins that â—ringeth a foole to desperation and therfore Salomon said not that each one when he coÌ„meth into the depth of euils contemneth but * Prou. 18 3. the wicked saith he if he come into the depth of euils contemneth Or when the wicked commeth then coÌ„meth contempt It is then a point of the impious to haue no hope of saluation and to contemne when they come into the depth of sinnes vngodlines not permitting them to haue respect to God and to returne thither from whence they fell So that this thoght which cutteth away all hope of conuersion issueth from impiety and as a most heauie stone accloying the soule iâ— perpetually compelleth it to be hold the earth and neuer to looâ— vpward on God When we sin we must not despaire But a lustie stomacke and loftie minde will casâ— downe this hurtful weight of hiâ— soule and tread vnder feete Sathan that being his owne gouernour he may sing the Psalmist wordes to God * Psal 113 2. As the eies oâ— seruants looke vpon the hands oâ— their masters and as the eies oâ— a maiden vpon the hands of hiâ— mistres so our eies waite vpon the Lord our God till he haue mercy vpon vs. Haue mercy vpon vs O Lord haue mercy vpon vs for we haue suffered to much contempt And in these wordâ— â—f this heauenly prophecy there â—s singular doctrine we haue sufâ—ered too much comtempt This â—s that he woulde haue vs saie â—hat although for the multitude â—f our sins we haue suffred much contempt and are surrounded with reproches yet our eies shal waite vpon the Lord our God til we haue mercy vpon vs and that â—e will not leaue of beseeching â—ntill we be vouchsafed forgiueâ—es We ought to be earnest in praier when we sue for forgiuenes and not to rest till God haue fulfilled our petitions For this is the badge of a â—onstant and setled minde that is not weary of perseuering in â— treaty through despaire to obâ—ain but continueth persisteth â—n crauing vntill the Lord haue â—ercy vpon it * These two periods following G. F. Capito hath not in his translation And least you â—hould thinke you offend greatly â—efore the Lord if not vouchsaâ—ed to be heard you continue â—mportunately in praiers call to â—emorie the euangelicall paraâ—le and there you shal find that â—he Lord sheweth that stiffe and â—erseuering beggers are not vnâ—cceptable to him For he saith * Luk. 11 8. Though he would not giue hiâ— bicause he is his friend yet bâ—cause of his importunitie he wâ— rise and giue him asmuch as hâ— needeth Vnderstand therefoâ—â— deare friend that the diuâ— putteth into our minds despaiâ— of obteining to this end that hâ— may cut from vs the hope of tâ— goodnes of God which is tâ— ancor of our saluation the fouâ—dation of life the guide of tâ— way through which we passe heauen in briefe the Aposâ— saith * Rom. 8 24. by hope we are saued so much that our saluation coâ—sisteth in hope which drawehâ— our soules from out the eartâ— knit as it were to certain chaines hanging downe froâ— heauen and calleth again the to the heauenly dwelling plaâ—â— which cleaue to themselues eâ—alting them securely aboue thâ— troubles of this life and earth miseries Wherefore if any eâ—cumbred with these calamitie be dissolute and let go out of hiâ— â—andes the ancor of hope he â—ust needes fall and be carried â— to the bottomlesse pit and proâ—nditie of euils The dangers of despaire Which assoone â—s the enimie shall perceiue and â—ee vs loath the multitude of our â—ns feare through remorse of â—onscience straight way he draâ—eth neere and casteth before â—ur eies cogitations of despaire â—ore heauie than any lead or â—rauel which if we vndertake we â—ust of necessitie be drowned in â—he depth of euils bicause with â—he very loade the staies of our â—aluation are broken Into the which depth bicause thou art â—ast thou doest throwe behinde â—hee the precepts of a good and gentle lord and thou doest obey â—he becke of a bloudie and mertiles tyrant the enimie of thy â—aluation Thou hast shaken off the sweete yoke of Christ Mat. 11 30. hast â—aid on thy necke for it the hard and iron fetters of sinne thou hast shaken off the easie burden of a lowly and meeke Lord and for it hast haÌ„ged about thy necâ— a milstone but howe long doe thou so continue Stand now â— the last and cease to drowne thâ— vnhappy soule without any carâ— without

onely exceedeth hell When wee see an earthly king entring his pallace with his adherents and garde we admire and call those great men who waite vpon him and suppose our selues wretched if we be not vouchsafed any place amongest them though wee knowe the weaknes and instabilitie of these terrene things somtimes for forreine warres sometimes for ciuil conterwaites and sometime for malitious spite yet howsoeuer it be it grieueth those thaâ— haue fallen thence Howe theâ— shall it not much more vexe vâ— if with the highest king Isai 40. who hoâ—deth the whol globe of the eartâ— not a part thereof onely yeâ— who holdeth it in his fist whâ— measureth the heauen with aâ— hand-breadth who supporteâ— each thing by the woorde of hiâ— power who reckneth the Gentilâ— as nothing yea as spettle witâ— this I say when he bestoweth honor that shall last for euer wâ— haue no place neither be numbred amonge his seruants Wilâ— it not pinche vs more than any paine But peraduenture thou saiest it will suffice vs to escape hell albeit we be not thought worthiâ— of the sight of the king Whaâ— more vnhappie and wretcheâ— soule is there than to which thiâ— is sufficient Supposest thou thaâ— the king whereof we speake shaâ— come to iudge the earth caried in chariots of Mules or in gilded waggons or with the terrible power of a diademe Nay harkeÌ„ how the Prophets haue foretold as much as might be declared to men the comming of Christ One of them saith thus Our God shall come Psal 50 3. and shall not keepe silence a fire shall deuoure before him and a mightie tempest shall be mooued round about him he shall call the heauen aboue the earth to iudge his people And harken how another to wit Isaiah sheweth the diuerse sortes of punishments these are his words Isai 13 9. Beholde the day of the Lord commeth cruel with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land waste and he shall destroy the sinners out of it Vers 10. For the starres of heauen and the planets thereof shall not giue their light the sunne shal be darkened in his going foorth and the moone shall not cause her light to shine Vers 11. And I will visit the wickednes vpon the world anâ— their iniquitie vpon the wicked and I wil cause the arrogancie oâ— the proud to cease Vers 12. I will make a man more precious than finâ— golde euen a man aboue thâ— wedge of golde of Ophir Therefore I will shake the heauen Vers 13. anâ— the earth shall remooue out oâ— hir place in the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of hiâ— fierce anger And again he saith the windowes from on high are open Isa 24 18. and the foundations of the earth do shake 19. The earth is vtterly broken downe the earth is cleane dissolued the earth is exceedingly mooued 20. The earth shall reele too fro like a drunken man shal be remoued like a tent the iniquitie thereof shall be heauy vpon it so that it shall fal and rise no more And in that day 21. shall the Lord visit the hoaâ—â— aboue that is on high euen the kings of the world that are vpon the earth and they shall be gathered togither as the prisoners in the pit and they shall be shut vp in the prison And the prophet Malachies words are consonant hereto Malac. 3. Behold he shall come saith the Lorde of hostes Vers 1.2 But who may abide the day of his comming and who shall indure when he appeereth For he is like a purging fire and like fullers sope Vers 3. And he shall sit downe to fine and try the siluer he shall euen fine the sonnes of Leuie purifie them as golde and siluer And againe he saith Chap. 4 1. for beholde the day commeth that shall burne as an ouen and all the proude yea and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble and the day that commeth shall burne them vp saith the Lord of hosts and shall leaue them neither roote nor branch And another of the prophets saith Dan. 7 9. I behelde till the thrones were set vp and the auncient of daies did sit whose garment was white as snow and the haire of his head like the pure wooll Vers 10. A fierie streame issued and came foorth from before him the iudgement was set and the bookes opened And a little after Vers 13. as I beheld in visions by night behold one like the sonne of man came in the cloudes of heauen and approched vnto the ancient of daies and they brought him before him Vers 14. And he gaue him dominion and honor and a kingdome that all people nations and languages should serue him his dominion is an euerlasting dominion which shall neuer be taken away and his kingdome shal neuer be destroied Vers 15. I Daniel was troubled in my spirite in the midst of my body and the visions of mine head made me afraide So then when these things shall begin the gates of heauen shall be opened yea rather the very heauen shal be taken away as if the couerings of a pauilion were drawen togither to wit that it may be restored transfigured into better Then all things shall be in feare amazednes and trembling shall fill euery place Then also feare shall shake the angels and not the angels alone but perchance the archangels thrones dominions rules and powers For this is signified where it is said Isai 13 13. I wil shake the heauen for they are the fellow seruants of them that must be iudged and must giue an account of this life If when one citie is to be iudged by the iudges of this worlde other feare and shake although it be not for great danger like to insue when the vniuersall world shall come to be iudged of him that lacketh not witnes that doth not seeke arguments that doth not require an orator for the cause but all these things being remooued that doth reueale the deedes wordes and thoughts of men that placeth ech thing in open sight and sheweth euery fact as it were in a painted table before the eies both of the transgressors and of the beholders how much more shall euery creature be mooued with feare And if then no fierie streame should issue foorth neither the terrible angels or greesely executioners should stand by but if thus onely it were that men shoulde be called before the king and some should be praised and honored other some without honor cast to confusion if men did onely suffer this punishment would it not surpasse the torments of hel that when other were endowed with gifts of the king they shuld shamefully suffer the repulse Which paine how vntolerable it is although speech now may not declare yet then shall we cleerely perceiue it when we come to experience Furthermore besides al these anguishes of torments set before your eies not confusion alone

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