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A09316	An excelent comfort to all Christians, against all kinde of calamities no lesse comfortable, then pleasant, pithy, and profitable: Compendiously compiled by Iohn Perez, a faithfull seruant of God, a Spaniard (in Spanish) and now translated into English by Iohn Daniel, of Clements Inne, with diuers addicions by him collected and therevnto annexed.; Epistola para consolar a los fieles de Jesu Christo. English	Pérez, Juan, d. 1567.; Daniel, John, of Clements Inne.	1576 (1576)	STC 19626; ESTC S111936	128,141	335

which dooe not receiue Iesus Christ the remission of sinnes and the reconciliation that is gotten for vs by him with the handes of faith may not nor cannot receiue him by meanes of any other woorcke that they can dooe but are euermore in their sinnes and subiecte to eternall malediction We may not haue peace with GOD by any other way or meane then in that we are acceptable vnto him by fayth we are acceptable and admytted vntoo hys fauour and grace by fayth in Iesu Christe He is by and by alwayes pleased with vs we haue rightuousnesse before him as the Apostle teacheth saying we being iustified by fayth haue peace with God by our Lorde Iesus Christ by whom we haue a waye through faythe vnto this grace the which must be firme surely fixed in vs Whereby it is declared that Iesus Christ is the onely aucthour of our rightuousnesse that we be made partakers of his health by the fayth we haue in him By the which we be surely certified that we be all ready reconsiled to God that he is in peace with vs by this reason we are assured that we possesse lyfe euerlasting The diuine Scriptures doo teache vs the same all the Prophetes sayth sainct Peter beare testimony of Iesus Christe and that through his name all that beléeue in him shall receiue remission of sinnes Also S. Paule in the Actes of the Apostles speaking of Christ sayth by him is preached vnto you remission of sinnes and by him all that beleue are iustified in all thinges from the which ye could not be iustified by the law of Moyses wherefore all that beleue in Christ Iesus are iustified by fayth in him So that it must néedes be that remission of sinnes and all other benefites promised of God we receiue them of him by fayth in his Gospell Dauid taught by the holy ghost dyd sée that all that was in him and that he might doo was cause of condempnacion at the handes of God beinge seuerely examined by the rigour and iustice of his Lawe He had his recourse to the Almightie God and dyd take him for his Patrone in iudgement and dyd pray to him with great vehemency besechinge him that he should not iudge him according to his law enter not into iudgement saith he with thy seruant bicause that no flesh is to be founde righteous in thy sight So that he confessith that we are iustified onely by grace and mercy and by the pittie and loue that god behouldeth in his sonne Iesu Christe for and towardes vs For that by the loue that he hath to vs in him he hath called vs put from before him quite away all our sinnes offences wickednesse that euer we committed and hath forgiuen vs all our disobedience and graunted vs true obedience and satisfaction neither more nor lesse then as if we had gottē it our selues For to take vs out of all doubts and to the ende to deliuer vs from our olde wicked lyinge errours in the which vntill now we haue liued the Lord mightie Iehouah sayth by the Prophet Esay it is I it is I my selfe O my people that haue blotted out all thy misdéees and wickednesse for the loue of my selfe and for myne owne sake I haue done it will neuer remembre them againe So that it is he that deliuereth vs from our sinnes and iniquities without any merit or desert on our behalfe that is any thing auailable at all And of his owne frée will loue and liberalitie doothe vse the same towardes vs. Of an excelent comfort by the loue of god Cap. vii SO it restith that all that men can doo or may or can inuent to work by any kinde of meane by this scripture it is excluded condēpned for most horrible wicked abhominable For why ther is but one Iesus Christ who is the pardener of our sinnes by god the Father there is no cause why without Christ that we should be pardoned by god the father for them By Christ onely are we pardoned we are the vnrightuous he the onely aucthor of rightuousnesse In vs there is no cause why but that we should be most iustly cōdempned and in him onely is there great cause why we should by him be saued S. Peter saith there is none other name vnder heauen giuen vnto men wherby we should be saued but onely the name of Iesus Christ In an other place S. Peter saith again that neither we can not nor our forefathers could not beare the weightie yoke of the Lawe yet we are in béeléefe to be saued by our Faithe in Iesus Christ our Lord by his grace as well as they For as by fayth God dyd purify their hartes so likewyse dooth he purifie ours Christ sayd vnto his disciples that by the word which they had heard and beleued they wer made cleane and thereby had purified them of their sinnes and made them freindes with god So that we haue rightuousnesse and diuine holinesse by fayth that doothe remaine to vs in the promises of god and the hope that we haue in his mercy and trueth with that which he doothe promise vs to be our fréendly Father and pittifull for the loue of Iesu Christ From hence it is that the Prophet Dauid doothe acknowledge that there is but one rightuousnesse that is of any valour at all before god and that may apeare and come valiently before him in his diuine iudgement The Prophet sayth I will thincke and all wayes haue in remembraunce thy onely iustice and rightuousnesse By which reason he dooth recken houlde and account all humaine and carnall rightuousnesse and holinesse for most wicked and vnrightuous Bicause they are so filthie fowle and spotty that men may haue no help of them to satisfie in part nor in all before the diuine iudgement of god But of necessitie they are to retourne againe condempned eternally bicause they ioyne the cleane works of the Lawe with the vncleane and filthy fowle spottid woorkes of the fleshe Wherby we sée derely beloued brethren that there is no more but one Iesus Christ redemer of the world wherfore we can haue no more rightuousnesse but that which is his by the which we are to be saued Nor there is no other meane and waye to obteyne a pardon generall for our sinnes and reconciliacion with God then the fayth and hope whereby we doo beleue his diuine promises and do assure our selues of all that which by those promises are declared vnto vs Wherby we haue frée libertie giuen vs to call and saye O our Father c. The holy ghost doothe teach vs in his Church the doctrine of this true catholicke And therefore as taught and guided thereby let vs imbrace folow him by whose word we haue receued this reuelaciō clearnesse For this cause dyd Iesus christ giue thāks to god the father in the name of all his faithfull and therewith together dyd

out by the diuyll hym selfe by meanes of the miscreaunts his ministers and can not be encountred to any aduaūtage but onely by the light and presence of the promyse of god If we happen to fall into any of these clapses or to com into such a streight the first thing that wée oughte to doe is not to stoppe impope our selues with poperie nor to dasell our eyes with any thing that we sée but to passe with expedition as much as may bée to those things which with corporall sight may not be séene Which is to a sure hope and trust in God and thē no doubt of necessitie we shall be succored in the middest and extremitie of all our sorowes and troubles suche lyke or whatsoeuer God sayth by the Prophet Dauid I am with the afflicted in all their troubles I wil deliuer them and bring them to honor and they shal glorifie me So that thē it is not God that séemeth to make this warre against vs but assuredly he is with vs and doth aide and assist vs therin giuing vs a secret power vertue and strength which in the ende doeth deliuer vs. Christ sayde to hys disciples and in them to vs feare yée not my little flocke for it is your fathers pleasure to giue you a kingdom So that all the mischiefes and euils as many as we sée or féele whither it be interiorly or exteriorly and all that Sathan his mischieuous ministers doe or can doe cannot let vs from entring thereinto We shall neuer féele our selues forsaken but if we do leane to him and to his diuine promises with a sure fayth and hope we shall fynde and féele that God is alwayes within vs and will neuer fayle vs. As it is written I will not leaue nor forsake thée sayth the lord Let vs heare that which he doeth commaund vs by the Prophet Esay in tymes of tribulations goe my people enter into thy chāber and shut thy dore after thée hyde thée a little for a moment vntil myne indignation be past To withdraw our selues into our chamber is to flée vnto the promises of God in the which he hath promised vs that he will loue and fauour vs perpetually To shut the doore is to renounce and forsake our corporall féeling sences in tyme of affliction And not to be ouercom by any thing that thē we féele interiorly or exteriorly inwardely or outwardely Nor doubt of gods truth but suerly be leue that he wil fulfil accōplish all hys promises for that we liue eternally with Iesus Christ by whom they were promised whē in such tymes as we can sée nothing but darkenesse heauines sorow the wrath of God we doe iudge that al of it is for against vs But then yea euen then he doth acknowledge vs for his people doth cōmaūd vs that we shut the doore a while that his anger may passe ouer Wherefore doth our good God thus much for vs For our deseruings no truly but euen of mere loue So that it foloweth though he be angry yet he loueth vs and is not wrath with vs but with our aduersaries condempnors of whom he wil take vēgeance for their vnbeliefe sake although for a tyme hée suffer them to vse their worst cruelties By the Prophete Esay thys is confirmed vnto vs that the Lorde hath no wrathe nor indygnation against vs. But to the thornes and thistles hée hath a furious dyspleasure for that they are enimyes both to hym and vs. Sainct Paule was greatly afflicted and buffeted with many counter buffettes of Sathan But euen then was hée fauoured beloued in god As he heard him selfe with his owne eares when the Lorde sayde vnto hym my grace is sufficient for thée Dauid féelyng him selfe in the like fauor of God sayde the Lord doeth loue all hys saynctes and doeth kéepe all the faythfull And also doeth recompence the proud aboundantly for their pryde By our hope in hys promyses we doe fynde this light and comforte in the middest of the darknesse of our tribulations But when in the vnderstandyng folowing of his preceptes we do vse and take our own reason of necessitie we muste giue a wronge iudgement for that if we féele not fauour diuyne we think presently that god is fallen a sléepe farre distāt from vs and hath forgotten vs. And bycause we sée not openly the libertie that we desire we iudge euen thē that he doth not sée vs. As Dauid did which being gréeuously troubled He then presently according to the iudgement of the flesh sayd that God had forsakē him But presently by the word of God he was shewed the error and falsitude of his iudgement When I was in hast I sayd I am out of thy sight but thou neuerthelesse hast harde the voyce of my prayer when I called vppō thée Dauid held him selfe cast out and forsaken but God did heare and deliuer him when hée was in greatest trouble and thought least of helpe So in our iudgementes which are fleshely we thinke that all our tribulations are long without measure and that they will neuer haue ende But the Lord hath sayde vnto vs they shal endure but a whyle for that in commaunding vs to shut the doore a moment he doeth giue vs to vnderstand that they are but momentarie shall ende verie quickly As Dauid sayth also his ire shall passe away in a momēt or the twinckling of an eye Our tribulation sayeth S. Paule indureth but a little and is lightly passed ouer And therefore we ought to suffer it constantly not considering the things visible to be séene and that perishe but the things inuisible and eternall For that if we be the sonnes of Abraham bicause we beleued as he did let vs then appeare in déedes as he did or lyke vnto him for hée was extréemely tempted but yet hée put his trust wholy in God and dyd not doubte of his promyse And therefore was strengthened in his faith dyd giue thanks to god And was persuaded that although he saw nothing that shewed apparant cause wherein to trust yet he did consider the God which had promised was of power almightie and therefore of power suffitient to performe any thing promised Euē so wée when our tribulations séeme most gréeuous and that we doe think there is least possibilitie to get out of them let vs then thinke it but momentary the rather haue hope with the greater firmenesse and be assured that the potency of God is alwayes ready to performe his promise let vs not giue any héed at all to our own reason vnderstanding and iudgemēt And although we sée not our libertie yet let vs be assured and make full accompt that we are frée Let it be that it séeme that God do hate vs and that his creatures make warre agaynst vs Yet for our owne partes let vs beleue with faith although our troubles be of neuer so great a

death for that he him self triumphed alwayes ouer that lo passed to hys kingdom where he reigneth in glorie with all those hys members which haue followed him sithens the beginning in crosses of passion and persecution And therfore though we be but a little flock let vs be firme cōstant till the end with patience for that Iesus Christ is our onely victorie and victor So that although our aduersaries be neuer so many in number of neuer so great a degrée in the world yet of necessitie they must perish passe after theyr forefathers which persecuted the Prophetes Apostles and the rest the faythfull seruants of god They doe not presently sée any thing of all this they doe neither sée our glorification nor their own perdition yet the scripture doeth discouer the same both to vs them Whereby we may bée as sure both of the one and the other as we be of their cruell persecutions which we suffer Thereby doe they pluck the iust iudgement of God with vengeance and ire vppon their owne heads So that they shal féele his heauie displeasure and in the end shal sée our blessednes now couered with mourning their owne perdition dampnation now couered with pagain and popishe pleasure For proofe whereof let vs pervse that which is written in the booke of wisedome as foloweth in the next Chapter An end vvith a true declaration vvhat the being shal be in the end as vvell of the faythfull as the reprobate The xxxv Chapter THen sayeth the wyse man shall the rightuous appeare with great constancie before those which did persecute thē and those wicked ones séeing the rightuous shall be tormented with great feare and horror and shal be astonied to sée them saued them selues without any hope thereof Sore sighing for sorow and their mynds full fraught with bitternesse saying beholde these are they which sometimes past wée mocked and scorned against whom we made songes and sonnets of great dishonor as we thought and we insenssed with errors accompted theyr lyues and doctrine for fond foolishnes and procured their spoiles with spyte most spitefull Yet we may see them héere accompted among the children of God and haue their parte with his Sainctes But we haue gone a stray farre from the way of truth the light of rightuousnes hath not lighted vs nor the sonne of vnderstanding hath not shyned vppon vs we were weried in the way of wickednes and walked in by pathes and did not know the way of the Lord what hath pryde profited vs or what wealth hath our worldly riches arrogancie wrought vs All these things haue passed away as a shadow as a correo that runneth post or as a shippe that sayleth on the Seas full before the wynde and no print or pathe are séene when shée is once passed So that wée as soone as we were born wexed weak and now we can shewe no signe of vertue the whiche is accordyng as a speiciall friend of this translator did write in his absence as an olde prouerbe vppon the first page of the coppie hereof As foloweth Who so beleueth as he is borne in hande Forovveth in the Sea sovveth in the sand It may bée iudged hée ment this text for that it is so with the wicked but to the purpose if doeth not greatly degresse from the meaning of the wyse man who sayeth further the wicked are consumed in their wickednesse and their hope is as the dust or chaffe which the winde scattereth abroade or as the remembrance that a well guested host hath of euery guest that commeth to his house which can not be possibly But the rightuous shall liue for euer their rewarde shall bée in the world the highest shall haue charge ouer them Wherefore they shall receiue a kingdom of honor and a beautifull diadeame at the handes of the lord For he will couer them with his right hand wil defēd them with his holy arme as with a shield Héere we may sée that those which now persecute vs for the truth shal be forced and dryuen to confesse them selues incenssed with errors loste allowing the cause for which so cruelly they persecute vs And therefore sith they shal allow our rightuousnes and truth in such maner cōdempne them selues and their doinges for wicked and vniuste And sithe it is so manifest a testimony that our cause is such now as they shall confesse to be true and iust then And that nowe we be such by Christ as they shall sée vs then And also for that we shall be equall parteners in cōmune with the Sainctes alreadie gone before vs Let vs dearely beloued perseuer alwayes in Iesus Christ and his truth without fayntyng or fearyng till we haue obteyned hys eternall kingdom bicause the Sainctes our bretherē are gone before vs and doe tarrie tyll the tyme that wee and the rest doe come and fill vp the number that God hath appoynted and that then wée might togyther enioy and reioyce of the riches and possession of the same with Iesus Christ who is there alreadie abydyng to crowne vs with celestiall glorie for our victory Very short are the pleasures and prosperities of our aduersaryes as they shall their gyue testymonie accordyng to the saying of the booke of Sapience but much more shorter are our troubles and aduersities as the holy Ghost gyueth testimonie by the Prophet Esay hée sayeth they are but momentarie And also he sayeth further to hys people I will leaue thée a little sayeth the Lorde thy God. But with great mercyfulnesse I wil receyue thée agayne a little as it were a moment or the tyme of twincklyng of an eye in indignation I wil hyde my face from thée Yet I haue pittied thée with mercie sempiternall sayeth the Lorde thy Redéemer for although the mountaynes shoulde remoue the valleys should tremble and fall downe yet shall not my louing kyndnesse be remoued nor the bond of my peace shal not fall from thée Here God doth confirme vnto vs that all our tribulations indure but a moment and that his mercy and peace with vs is sempeternall And although that all thyngs in the world doe perish yet his blessed promyses vnto vs shall neuer haue end Therefore let vs not change the mercie and peace of God which is eternall for the prosperities of the wicked world which are shorte and so sodainly passe away Let vs content our selues though they florishe neuer so al la flanta and gallantly that are of of the world Let them reigne lustily for that the more high they arise and clyme against God so much the greater will be their fall at length The holy Ghost sayeth by the mouth of the Prophet Dauid the wicked shall florish as the gréene grasse and so shall all the works of iniquitie but sodeinly after shall they perish togither for euer The prosperitie which they passe in is but a slumber in awakyng out of the same