erect comfort and quicken vs according as Christ hath promised in the Gospel that our heauenlie Father wil giue the holie ghost to them which aske it at his handes And yet in the meane while let vs not resist the holie Ghost by yeelding to wicked affections contrarie to our conscience neither yet expel and grieue him to vse the wordes of Paule Let vs walke in newnes of life not insinfulnes Let vs giue vp our bodies a lâ—ing sacrifice holie acceptable vnto God let vs crucifie the flesh with the affections and the lustes thereof let vs keepe our selues vnspotted of the world Let vs be renued in the spirite of our minde and put on the newe man which after God is created in righteousnes and true holines Be we followers of God as deare children and walke we worthie of the Lord as it becommeth Saintes supporting one another through loue endeuoring to keepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bond of peace let vs be gentle one toward another and merciful let vs loue our enimies blesse them that curse vs doo good to them that hate vs and praie for them that hurt vs and persecute vs. Let vs giue to the hungrie meate to the thirstie drinke to the needie reliefe to the harborles lodging cloathing to the naked let vs visit the sick admonish the wanderer teach the ignoraunt councel the troubled comfort the afflicted let vs reconcile them which be at variance despise honour refuse promotion abhorre couetousnes finallie let vs endeuor euermore to tame and subdue our ingraffed naughtines together with wicked affections let vs not only take heed to ourselues least at anie time our hearts be oppressed with surfetting and dronkennes but also prepare we our selues in like sort vnto praier by abstinence and fasting And among so manie subtilties and batteringes both of the Diuel the world and the flesh let vs with earnest praier call for the helpe of God that we be neither in prosperitie proude nor out of heart in aduersitie VVhat so euer we doo let vs doo it to the glorie of God let no man seeke his owne but euerie man anothers wealth Furthermore let vs be such as maie offend no man but rather by good example prouoke others vnto godlines and wel-doing And last of all let vs praie continuallie and in all thinges giue thankes let vs set our affection on thinges which are aboue and not on thinges which are on the earth These be hard thinges thou saist I know that yet meete for Christians and necessarie to saluation Let vs then giue dilligence to cast awaie this nicenes of minde let vs not pamper our selues so as we doo neither veeld to our weaknes nor finallie of purpose make the grace of God in vaine to vs-ward Let vs not onlie not wittinglie run headlong into wickednes but stoutlie beside resist the Diuel when he driueth vs to sinne and neuer cowardlie let vs yeeld vnto him And so what is there so grieuous but thou wilt iudge it light so thou maist attaine vnto euerlasting life and heauenlie loies For wel and wiselie was it saide of Paule I count that the afflictions of this present time are not woorthie of the glorie that shalbe shewed vnto vs. Hetherto maketh The thinges which eie hath not seene neither eare hath heard neither came into mans heart hath GOD prepared for them which loue him For how great a thing is it which no force of wordes can expresse not cogitations comprehend namelie to be a cittizen and inhabiter of heauen the heire of God the coheire of Christ to possesse the kingdome prepared for the godlie before the foundations of the world euerlastinglie to behold the most souereigne good to enioie the most comfortable contemplation of Gods heauenlie countenance to abide in the societie of Angels in the companie of Saintes in the number of the righteous with continuall Hymnes and Psalmes together with all the holie Angels and Patriarkes and Prophetes and Apostles and Martyrs and with all the godlie now enioying blessed immortalitie and eternitie to praise God euen the fountaine of all glorie VVhat Are not all the miseries and troubles of this life compared to the glorie to come euen to be iudged of no waight nor meete to deserue so great a reward as is appointed for them that in verie deede we maie be ashamed of our nicenes and securitie And who is there calling to remembrance the kingdome of heauen euerlasting life eternall happines the exceeding great and infinite ioie the fellowship of Angels the societie of all the Saints which departing in the feare of God doo enioie felicitie worldes without end I saie who calling these thinges to remembrance wil couet to liue vpon earth and not with Paule rather desire to be loased and deliuered out of the prison of the bodie Let vs not then deeme those thinges hard which our sauiour Christ so often beate into the heads of his for the attainment of this so vnspeakable happines especially sith contrariwise they which obserue not the commaundements of God necessarie vnto saluation are not onlie bereued of the felicitie whereof we haue spoken but are cast headlong into hel among the damned where they are tormented euerlastinglie with extreme paines appointed for the reprobate iudged to hel fire and perpetuall death throwen into vtter darknes where shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth plagued with most bitter paines and torments which euer shall endure and that in the societie and crew of Diuels and damned soules without all hope of better state that is they shall continue worldes without end in despaire which more grieuouslie shall vexe them then anie torment or then all torments beside Now whome would not these things terrifie from sinning as the feare of hel the paines of which there is neither end nor measure euerlasting death vnquenchable fire vnspeakable tormentes the fellowship of Diuels the societie of the damned horror anguish trembling both euerlasting for continuance and vnmeasurable for greatnes such as neither mans minde can conceaue nor any mouth declare I saie what man is there but wil be terrifed by that daie of wrath as both the Prophet and Paule in his Epistle vnto the Romanes calleth it that daie of trouble and heauines of destruction and desolation of obscuritie and darknes of cloudes and blacknes at what time he wil reward euerie man according to his workes O that the cogitation and memorie of these things were continually fresh before the eies of the minde vndoubtedly then either I am much deceaued or men with more dilligence would obserue Gods commaundements they would study earnestly both to abstaine from sinne and wickednes and also to liue vprightlie and vertuouslie all the daies of their life Moreouer what if here in this world vertue sometime be rewarded as wickednes and il behauiour is punished And to saie nothing of the conscience whereof we haue spoken at large in other bookes let vs bring out those things which in a manner we doo feele
to amendment of life Wherein we haue iust occasion offered to lament and bewaile the condition of vs all and to maruaile at our foolishnes blindnes and madnes who in such a shortnes and vncertaintie of this present life so behaue our selues that no not in crooked old age when the vttermoste daie of our life cannot be farre off much lesse in our youth while we are lustie doo we take anie care of reforming our manners I therefore calling this follie or madnes rather of men in deferring the amendment of life into minde haue thought it good to search out the causes whie in a matter of such importance as the saluation of the soule is we are so rechlesse and secure For these being founde and brought foorth it will be an easie thing as I thinke to finde a remedie for this euill Cap. 2. The first cause why man dooth not repent IN my iudgement the principall and cheefest cause hereof is our incredulitie For did wee beleeue those things which are writtē in the sacred Scripture of the iudgement to come of the voice of the Archangel and Trumpe of God of the tribunall seate of Christ before which all the sorte of vs are to appeare of the paines of the reprobate of the endles condition and felicitie of the righteous of the resurrection to come bothe of body and soule to an assured part either of glorie or of shame did we beleeue these things I say not to be a vaine or old wiues tale sure I am we would studie to leade an other kind of life and not diferre the amendment of our life so as we doo from daie to daie For who is there so wicked but will either quake in bodie or shake in minde and harte when he considereth the iudgement to come At which iudgement all men must giue an accompt before the tribunall seate of Iesu Christ not onelie of their words and deedes but also of euerie thought and cogitation where euery man as I may say shall pleade for his owne life O horrible iudgement to the vngodlie The remembraunce whereof at no time should slip out of our minde For as he saith If the righteous scarcelie be saued where shall the vngodlie and the sinner appeare The sonne of God himselfe shall sitte a Iudge vpon all mankinde that haue beene from the beginning of the world then will he be seuere sharpe not intreated which now is an aduocate for sinners with God his Father All men shalbe summoned to giue an accompt of their life spent vea the hartes of all shalbe opened euerie mans conscience shall accuse reprooue and condemne himselfe Laste of all God seuerelie yet righteouslie shall punish the wicked and of his mercie preserue the godlie that is will rewarde euerie man according to his workes as Paule dooth saie Neither at this iudgement shall wicked deedes onelie be iudged as adulterie whoredome incest witchcrafte murther backbiting thefte robberie sacriledge quaffing riotousnes dronkennes vsurie and such other sinnes nor euerie idle scurrilous vaine filthie beastlie light fonde foolish rash vnmodest and babling worde onlie and such like wherewithall the godly eares are iustlie offended but also the secret will vngodlie wishinges and cogitations with the wicked affections of the minde striuing against the lawe of God as anger hatred dissimulation enmitie spight enuie euil-wil disdaine couetousnes desire of that which is an other mans and such like Therefore who beleeueth that one day there shalbe a iudgement and will not by the remembrance thereof either be reclaimed if he haue beene wicked or detained backe if he be inclined to fall into sinne Well saide one of the ancient Doctors VVhether I eate or drinke or whatsoeuer els I doo me thinkes I alwaies heare this sounde in mine eares Arise yee dead and come vnto iudgement As often as I call into minde the daie of iudgement I shake againe euen at the verie harte and all my bodie ouer and so foorth If the flesh then prouoke anie man whether it be vnto lecherie and vile pleasure or vnto gluttonie and surfetting or to any other vices and wickednes let him remember the day of the last iudgement If either prosperitie puffe vp the minde as commonlie it dooth or wealth make hautie and cruell or honour worship or auctoritie engender pride in any man let him foorthwith remember the iudgement of Christ If either anger vnto reuengement or enuie vnto disdaine or couetousnesse vnto couen and theft or the world vnto ambition pride or bely cheere or the Diuell tempt thee vnto blaspheming the name of God and to other sinnes and wicked facts thinke straight waie of the voice of the Archangel beleeue how thou must pleade thine owne cause before the bench of Gods iudgment and frō thy verie hart do thou feare the heauy sentēce of that Iudge who doubtles will condemne the wicked vnto euerlasting fire Would to God oh would to God this day of iudgement were at no time forgotten then would euerie man doo his dutie Both Magistrates then would seeke the wealth and welfare defend the libertie and maintaine the lawes and rightes of the people committed to their charge and Subiects then would giue lawfull obedience to their Magistrates and at no time either repine at their Gouernors or withhold tribute or custome but willinglie would render all feare and due honor vnto them Both Husbandes then would loue their wiues euen as themselues And also wiues would feare their husbands and be subiect to them as vnto the Lord. Then would Parents bring vp their children in instruction and information of the Lord as the Apostle teacheth and children in the Lord would obey their Parents and honor them with all humilitie Seruaunts then would be obedient vnto them which are their Maisters according to the flesh with feare and trembling in singlenesse of their harts as vnto Christ as the same Paule doth admonish and Maisters would be more milde and gentle toward them knowing that euen their Maister also is in heauen Pastors then would haue that care of the Lords flock which they ought to haue Rich men would supplie the lacke of the poore Widowes would continue in supplications and praiers night and daie The poore would patientlie endure pouertie sithe it hath pleased the Lord to allot the same vnto them He which hath a wife would so deale as if he had none and he that is vnmaried care onelie for those thinges which may please the Lorde To be shorte There is no man but would doo his dutie did he alwaies remember the daie of the laste iudgement at which time God will aske an accompt of vs of our whole life and of euerie deede which we haue doone and so appoint either punishment or reward according to euerie mans desert In the time of a great plague when death is before mens eies we see how all men be they not dissembling Christians are carefull to reforme and amende their manners VVhat then Ought
we not at all times euerie hower yea and euerie moment to thinke of the amendement of our life to be touched with a true and bitter sorowe for our sinnes and to pacifie the wrath of God by repentance especiallie seeing in respect of vncertaine chances death continualie is imminent and hangeth euerie howre ouer the heads of all and euerie of vs as we are certainely to thinke Therefore who so is wise will haue such a care as I haue shewed as men commonlie haue in a great pestilence at which time as it were wakened out of the sleepe of securitie they are wonte to take care and to thinke how to chaunge their wicked liues howe to flie and auoide sinne how to followe righteousnesse and godlines finallie how to please God by repentance who is displeased through our sinnes Let euery man then perseuere so when he hath escaped the plague as he purposed to be when the sicknes was hot All men acknowledge that the houre of death is vncertaine yet is it moste certaine that one daie we shall die Nowe what foolishnes is it to feare death which euerie moment hangeth ouer our heads and in the meane time not to thinke of amendment of life But thus it is In aduersitie as in the time of the plague of famine of warre of Earthquake of any greeuous and dangerous sicknes of the body we can acknowledge the iust anger displeasure of God against wickednes but whē things flowe foorth according to our harts desire we blush no whit to abuse his goodnes and liberalitie neither doo we call into minde neither death ready to take vs euery howre Nor the last iudgement nor the voice of the Archangell whereof Paule maketh mention writing vnto the Thessalonians Nor the Trumpet of God nor of Hell either the euerlasting punishment or the vnquencheable fire nor finallie that vtter darkenes where shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth The memorie wherof should be fresh in our minde both when we rise from our beds in the morning and when we go vnto bed in the euening both when we dine and when we suppe when we are washed for health sake when we deale in matters that are serious yea and when we doo recreate our minde with honest sporte But these things to wit the last iudgement the Lords tribunall seate the voice of the Archangell the Trumpet of God the euerlasting torments of hell these I saie are but a meere fable to the vngodlie And as the Ethnicks in old time esteemed all fained whatsoeuer the Poets mentioned of Tartarus of Phlegeton of the Iudges Minoes and Rhadamanthus of the place and region of the wicked and of the paines of the vngodlie whereof sprang that of Seneca saieng The Poets haue battered and terrified our mindes with vaine feares So verie manie count all toies and fables yea and thinke all but idle threates which at this daie we reade in the sacred Scripture concerning Hell euerlasting death Hell fire where shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth and touching the covniting hereafter of the soule and bodie either vnto paine or glorie VVhereas contrariwise these things strike a maruelous terror without doubt into the godlie and such as feare God yea being but named as the Poet saith Thus you haue the firste and principall cause as I thinke whie we so deferre the amendment of our life as we doo Cap. 3. The second cause why we doo not repent vs of our wickednes NOw let vs goe vnto another cause which is to wit a great yet a false and vncertain hope of pardō at Gods hand Through this hope Satan the continuall enimie of mankind deteineth mā in wickednes and by laieng daily before his eies the mercie and lenitie of God forbiddeth him to dread his iustice But as God mercifullie dooth pardon the penitent and like a father forgiueth such as returne from vice vnto wel-doing so doth he leaue them neither vnpunished nor vnreuenged who obstinatelie persist in wickednes So that in vaine doo they hope for pardon which repent not from the harte Notwithstanding by proposing this vaine hope the diuell dooth so bring it about that man becommeth secure in naughtines and neuer taketh anie care at all of amending his life but vtterlie despiseth the riches of Gods bountifulnes and patience and long sufferaunce not knowing that the bountifulnes of Godle◠deth him vnto repentance to vse S. Paule his wordes vnto 〈◊〉 Romanes Heere that would be remembred which Iohn the Baptist as it is recorded by Matthew dooth saie Repent your former euil conuersation for the kingdome of heauen is at hand so would that also which the Lord in Esaiah speaketh Vnto whom shall I looke Euen to him that is poore and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my words Christ saith moreouer by Luke Except you amend your liues ye shall all likewise perish And Peter in the Actes Amend your liues therefore and turne that your sinnes maie be put awaie I omit sixe hundred places of Scripture tending to prooue that no man should haue hope or trust to haue their sinnes pardoned but he which repenteth For as I said in vaine dooth he looke for pardon who doth not repent from his hart And although there is no time too late to aske forgiuenes at Gods hande as plainelie appeareth by the example of that Theefe of whom the Euangelists make mention For God desireth not the death of the wicked but that the wicked turne from his waie and liue yet who knoweth not how dangerous a thing it is to prolong amendment of life from day vnto day For as the Poet saith No man so in Gods fauour is That to liue an other daie he can promis Death taketh men oftentimes when they little thinke thereof insomuch that they haue no space to repent and amend their liues Here I will not recite what Plinie in his naturall Historie speaketh of suddaine death because in these daies nothing is more common Manie yeares are not passed since two old men dwellers in one towne together hauing on a certaine night had vnlawfull copulation with two harlotes whom they haunted died both of them sudēlie the one of an Apoplexie the other thrust through with a Dagger Now in what dāger their soules were let euerie mā consider with himself for his profit I am not ignorant that good men as wel as wicked may suddenlie be taken and that though the righteous as he saith be preuented with death yet shall he be at rest notwithstanding how horrible is it for an impenitent person suddenlie to be ouertaken after such a sort How manie haue we heard of murthered through contention euen when they haue beene at good cheere How manie slaine foorth-with taken in adulterie How manie at the Dice and Cardes suddenlie dispatched euen of such as they haue plaied withall That I speake nothing of them which falling from their Horse haue brake their neckes which through Shipwrack haue perished suddenlie which finallie either
shamefastnes and through a religious reuerence toward God to commit nothing at anie time which maie offend our most louing and best father Also which maie make vs so of our owne accord to doo wel and to flie from sinne and so keepe vs through loue and charitie in our calling that when vnwittinglie we shall coÌ„mit any offence as great is our weaknes it maie bring such a sorowe and griefe to our minde that both we maie willinglie enioine a punishment to our selues and be loath to liue for that we haue offended so merciful and gratious a Father Finallie O eternall Father graunt for thy sonne our Lord and sauiour Christ his sake that in such shortnes of life and vncertainty of death we put not of the amendment of our life and deferre the same from daie to daie but maie with speede endeuour to returne vnto wel-doing confessing our sinnes and vnfainedlie repent and through repentance pacifie our heauenlie Father and with the Publicane in the Gospel humblie striking our breast craue mercie of God and finallie wil and doo those thinges which are grateful and acceptable before God that we maie amend our wickednes by wel doing reforme vices with vertues and through Gods assistaunce spend the time which we haue to liue in this world godlie religiouslie innocentlie purelie soberlie and temperatlie to the profit of the Church the benefit of mankinde and the discharge of our duties and that in such mindes and godlie determination we maie continue euen til our liues end Amen Cap. 21. A briefe repetition of that which hath bene saide with a short conclusion THus much I thought good to write of mans foolishnes in putting of the amendment of this life The matter which I haue handled hath enforced me to vtter those thinges which wil be as to the godlie comfortable so to them which would seeme but are not vnfained Christians vnpleasaunt For we haue spoken much and aboundantlie of the shortnes and vncertaintie of life of death in respect of vncertaine chaunces dailie hanging ouer our heads and many times dispatching men before they be aware the which all good men doo wish and desire of God in their godlie praiers but the wicked do abhorre Also we haue spoken of the generall resurrection of the comming of Christ of the last iudgement when all men shalbe summoned to giue an accoumpt of their life spent which daie wil be to the wicked horrible but comfortable to the godly For then their redemption draweth neere then is the time as one said in the Acts of comfort and refreshing and as it is in Tertullian the daie of Christian triumphing Furthermore we haue told both what rewards be appointed for the godlie and what punishmentes ordained for the wicked For the godlie shalbe exalted vp vnto glorie and liue a blessed and euerlasting life in heauen For who is able to expresse what a felicitie it wil be alwaies to behold God and to enioie the most comfortable contemplation of his heauenlie countenance to behold him euen as he is whome now we doo see through a glasse darklie as Paule saith to abound with all good thinges finallie to enioie so manie pleasures and delightes as maie be neither conceaued in minde nor expressed by wordes On the other side the vngodlie shalbe throwen headlong into hel to be afflicted with vnmeasurable and euerlasting tormentes No eloquence can describe by wordes nor wit conceaue the smallest part of the paines which the vngodly are to endure in hel being condemned through the righteous iudgement of God vnto euerlasting fire Last of all we haue vttered diuers other thinges which as I said wil please the godlie right wel but trouble the wicked as of the sense of Gods indignation against sinne of casting of securitie when we haue the world at wil of vnfained repenting of reforming our manners of amending our liues of our continual fight with mightie enimies the world the flesh and the diuel and diuers such like things which are needles to be repeated in this place Sharpe these are and sowre to blood and flesh notwithstanding as I am perswaded verie profitable For as one in Curtius doth saie Phisitions doo heale sore maladies with sharpe medicines and as Cicero writeth vnto Octauius No medicines applied vnto wounds doo so grieue as they which are most wholsome Now the eternall God father of our Lord and sauiour Christ giue grace that this our booke how so euer it be written maie in this corrupt and wretched world yet some-what keepe the godlie in their calling and confirme them in wel-doing if anie of zeale and wel-liking thereof shall reade the same furthermore that it maie offer some occasion to the wicked to reform them-selues and that the salue which is here prescribed to such as are sicke and almost past recouerie maie haue strength to helpe and heale them This he graunt without whose helpe all the labour of man is vaine and to no purpose euen God almighty and most righteous to whome be all praise honour and glorie now and for euermore Amen FINIS A Table wherein ye maie finde all the Chapters which are contained in this booke A Preface vnto the discourse following Cap. 1. Page 1. The first cause whie man doth not repent Cap. 2. Page 4. The second cause whie we doo not repent vs of our wickednes Cap. 3. Pa. 15 A third cause whie we deferre the amendment of our life Cap. 4. Pa. 35. The fourth cause whie men are loath to repent Cap. 5. Pa. 55. A fift cause whie man will not repent Cap. 6. Pa. 64. A sixt cause which alienateth mens minds from repentance Cap. 7. Pa. 71. Of other like principall causes whie we repent not Cap. 8. Pa. 79. An other cause of deferring repentance Cap. 9. Pa. 83. A remedie against incredulitie which is the first cause whie man doth not repent Of which afore Chapter second Cap. 10. Pa. 86. A remedie for the second cause whie we repent not mentioned afore in the third Chapter Cap. 11. Pa. 93. A remedie against the custome of sinning which is the third cause of deferring repentance as aboue in the fourth Chapter hath bene showed Cap. 12. Page 101. A remedie against the fourth cause of prolonging repentance spoken of before in the fift Chapter Cap. 13. Pa. 107. A remedie against the fift cause of deferring amendment of life contained in the sixt Chapter of this booke Cap. 14. Pa. 115. A remedie for the sixt cause of deferring repentance declared afore in the seuenth Chapter Cap. 15. Pa. 125. A remedie for the seuenth cause specified afore in the eight Chapter Cap. 16 Page 129. A remedie against the last cause which holdeth men from repentance entreated of before in the ninth Chapter Cap. 17. Pa. 135. VVhat meanes a godlie man maie vse by the example of the Author to stirre vp him-selfe vnto a godlie life Cap. 18. Pa. 146. How men should addresse them-selues to liue well Cap. 19. Pa. 149. The causes whie we proceede not in wel doing hauing purposed to liue in the feare of God with the remedies for that infirmitie of man Cap. 20. Page 159. A briefe repetition of that which hath bene saide with a short conclusion Cap. 21. Page 169. FINIS Faultes escaped In the. 39. Page and in the fift line for My father in a sock reade My father in a sort In the. 122. Page and in the second line for Defer the amendment of their life reade Defer the amendment of thy life ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Charlewood for Andrewe Maunsel dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Paret A description of the iudgement to come Eph. 5 33. Eph. 5 22. Eph. 6 4. Eph. 6 1 2 Eph. 6 5. Ephe. 6 9. Cogitations of men when they are sicke Be such vvhen thou art vvhole as thou vvert being sicke 1. The. 4 16. The remedie against this cause you shall finde afterward in the tenth Chapter Rom. 2 4. Mat. â— 1 2 Esa. 66 2 Lu. 13 3 5 Act. 3 19 Wisd. 4 7. Yong men loue not to repent Old men vnwilling to amend The obstinacie of Popish Priestes That which the Auctor speaketh vnto Priests he speaketh first vnto all vvhich doo as they doo Praiers of Popish Priestes vvhat Comparison betweene the Laie people and Popish Priestes Hebr. 13 4. Gal. 5 21. Matth. 18 17. Eph. 5 5. Gal. 5 21. Ephe. 5 5. Eph. 5 5. The deformitie of the Popish Church * Page 26. The office of Bishops in punishing levvde Clergie men Tit. 2 7. 1. Tim. 4 12. Hovv manifold occasions be offered vnto Popish Priestes to repent A remedie for this cause you shall finde afterward in the eleuenth Chapter of this booke Custome another nature Ill education of children Dutie of Parents Nausistrata Antemona Tobias Schoolemaisters Mischiefes that growe by euill Schoolemaisters Dutie of Schoolemaisters Chusing of Schoolemaisters Liberall manners Liberall knowledge Frute of ill education Magistrates office Punishment of adulterie Punishment of open offenders Pagans more seuere in punishing sin then Christians VVhat correction or discipline is vsed VVickednes neuer at such ripenes Comparison betvveene lavves and good education The cheefest care of Magistrates VVith this Chapter compare the twelfe Chapter of this booke Prosperitie Prosperitie mother of Securitie 1 Tim. 6 â—7 18. Example of extreme securitie Luk. 12 18 19. 20. Iam. 5 1. 2. 3. 5. Luk. 16 19 VVhy God sendeth affliction Heb. 12 6 State of Dauid a secure sinner State of Dauid a penitent person A remedie for this cause reade afterward in the thirteenth Chapter of this booke Sextius Seneca Reade the foureteenth Chapter of this booke for the remedie against this cause Popes Bâ— Pardons S. Barbara S. Francis A remedie for this cause reade afterward in the fifteenth Chapter VVicked companie Luke 14. 40. Reade the sixteenth Chapter of this booke Preaching of Paule The seuenteenth Chapter of this booke is to be read for remedie of this cause Eccle. 5 4. 5. 6. 7. Deu. 6 16.