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A18521	The consolation of the soule being an assurance of the forgiuenesse of sinnes, with the most notable promises of God conteined in holy Scripture, both in the olde and newe Testament: briefly expounded and applied, as hereafter followeth. With certaine examples woorth the bearing in minde, touching the great mercies of God, towards poore, and miserable sinners. ... Made by Iohn Chassanion, and englished by H. S. of Greyes Inne. Gent.; Consolation de l'âme sur l'asseurance de la remission des pechez. English.	Chassanion, Jean de, 1531-1598.	1590 (1590)	STC 5061; ESTC S118621	36,864	96

because they would not frame themselues according to his abhominations For these thinges the wrath of GOD was kindled against him in so much that he was ouercome of the Asserians and lead captiue to Babylon bound with chaynes but being there in anguish he humbled himselfe to God confessing that he had beene wicked cruell and abhominable at whose complaint God had mercie on him deliuered him from such miserable bondage caused him to returne to Ierusalem and set him in his kingdome againe who beeing thankfull to his God for his goodnes tooke away the strange Gods pulled downe the Alters and established the pure seruice of GOD with a straight commaundement to all his people to obserue it giuing in this a ful testimonie of his true repentance and conuersion to God by this we haue an example and euideÌ„t apparant signe of the infinite mercie of GOD towards vs poore and miserable sinners to this end that none dispayre in his sinnes how great and filthie soeuer they bee for as I haue shewed out of Gods word where sinne aboundeth there grace aboundeth much more It was a great and filthie offence when many of the high Priests and Leuites in the tyme of the Captiuitie and when the wrath of God was spred ouer them and ouer al the people because of their iniquities who neuer thought on their transgressions nor sorie for their sinnes in turning to the Lord by a true repentaunce but forgat what he had commaunded them tooke strange wiues lincking themselues to straunge people betrothing their sonnes and daughters in mariage and mingling by this meanes the holy seede with prophane people a thing generally forbidden to all the people of GOD Deut. 7.3 but especially prohibited in Leuit 21.14 Yet when Esdras a soueraigne high Priest a Scribe of the law a rightuous man vnderstood this disorder and confusion he was very sorie and greatly offended making lamentation before GOD for it The people also were taken with feare and trembling acknowledging their faultes and by the commaundement of Esdras sent awaye their strange wiues with their children making certaine Offringes in respect of their sinnes and so the bountie and mercifulnesse of God remayned among them There was a woman sayth S. Luke in the 7. Chapter of the Gospell which was of euill life who hauing cast her self at the feete of Iesus Christ weeping receiued of him such ioye and consolation to assure her selfe that her sinne was forgiuen her though they were neuer so great There was also sayth the selfe same Euangilist in the 19. Chapter a man called Zacheus who was a principall Maister of the Custome rich and of a wicked life yet when Iesus promised to lodge with him he shewed that hee was come to seeke and saue that which was loâ—â— by which meanes this poore sinner was receiued into grace with a true repentaunce and goodwill to satisfie againe the hurt which he had done to others I pray you beholde the fall of S. Peter it is an example to euery one who being one of the twelue Apostles and Doctors of the worlde brought vp in the knowledge of the Lord by seeing his wonderful myracles and beeing one of the three witnesses which saued his glorie in the Mountaine promised neuer to forsake him neither in prison or in death yet his infirmitie was so great and so fearefull that he not onely forsooke him but forsware him three tymes yet the Lorde in mercie had compassion on him and behelde him though he had made himselfe vnworthie of the honorable office whereunto he was ordayned but repenting weeping in teares was one of the first which was called vnto his office and fitted with the giftes of the holy Ghost to be a seruaunt and faithfull witnesse a couragious and valiaunt Martyr of Iesus Christ The vnhappie and wicked man which for his misdeeds was hanged on the Crosse had his recourse vnto Iesus Christ in the tyme of death and was not cast away but receiued into ioye and consolation with promise that after his death not after many yeeres or some space of tyme or after he had bene in the forged fire of Purgatorie but presently wheÌ„ he should end this mortal life he should be with Christ in Paradise He was truely execrable which was cut of from the number of the faithfull by the Church at Corinth because against all honestie and ciuility he did entertaine and vncouer the nakednesse of his fathers wife for which cause although he well deserued to be deliuered to Sathan excommunicated and vtterly cut off from the misticall bodie of Christ yet the Apostle S. Paule seeing his repentaunce and vnderstanding the punishment which the Church had layd vpon him vsed clemencie compassion neither would haue the man to suffer any greater seueritie but to haue some regard in comforting him for feare hee should bee swallowed with too great sadnesse See here what examples the holy Ghost setteth forth in holy Scriptures as pure cleare testimonies to proue the great and inestimable mercies of God towardes poore sinners which doe conuert themselues with all their harts without dissimulation vnto him by a true repentaunce and amendement of life These examples be of some force to those whom God hath receiued lately vnto the communion of his grace when as he made a way vnto the Gentiles and called them vnto his Church All those then which haue bene before named were of the people of God of his house of which some haue sinned against the first Table others against the second others against both by monstrous misdeedes some haue robbed some murthered and done dissolutly Some haue committed Adultery Fornication and Incest Some Apostaties Idolators and reuolters from the trueth Some giuen vnto Witchcraft all they neuerthelesse haue bene receiued into the mercie of God O the wonderfull loue of the Lord how excellent and full of compassion is he Who would not be rauished to beholde his stedfastnesse Who would not trust in him to reioyce and comforte himselfe in his mercies who is a strong hould for the poore afflicted a refuge for those that be amased and desolate a comfort to those which are in calamitie the whole hope of the poore It is thou O Lord which doest surmount all our iniquities thou swallowest them downe and bringest them to nothing by acquitting and deliuering vs from them Is there any then that feeleth himself guiltie of any great fault or any sinne committed after they haue bin instructed in their saluation occupying a place in the Sheepe-fould of the Lord let him not dispayre in the clemencie of God seeing he hath here fayre examples before his eyes to followe for his comfort Seeing then it is so by so many places of holy Scripture and by the promises of God by good examples liuely exhortations of the grace and mercie of God offered to vs presently and set foorth by the loue of his beloued sonne our Lord Iesus Christ let vs bee certaine and full assured that if wee beleeue and truely repent and call vpon him with a true heart and affection he will bee pacified with vs what offence soeuer wee haue committed he will wholly forgiue vs. This is then the consolation in myne affliction for thy word O Lord hath quickened mee Psalm 119. 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fayre and cleare fountaine of grace the liuely water that floweth to vs by Iesus Christ by the shedding of his precious blood which is opened to all those which are of the houshold of God and made Citizens of the heauenly and spirituall Ierusalem which is the true Church wherein they wash and purge their sinnes Let vs therefore goe vnto this liuely water and into this life euerlasting where the one neuer stayeth running and cannot be dryed vp nor the possessors of the other shall euer taste of the second death for this spring floweth in great aboundance so that we shal be washed faire and cleane bee our iniquities neuer so foule and polluted Math. Chap. 11. ver 18. Come vnto me all ye that are wearie and heauie laden and J will refresh you THe admirable and bountifull loue of the Lorde Iesus is in this place shewed in that he vouchsafeth to helpe and succour those which be poore and in miserie he will not cast them away neither send them to others to make their mone and complaints but he calleth them himself vnto him I say he which is the very Sonne of God the Lord of glory calleth those vnto him which are oppressed troubled in their consciences by the feeling of their sinnes and therefore promiseth to ayde them and giue them rest the true tranquilitie and happie quietnesse of the soule Let vs goe therefore to Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour and redeemer let vs goe in a true faith and earnest repentaÌ„ce seeing he stretcheth forth his armes to receiue vs seing he is sweet geÌ„tle mercifull of great goodnesse Are we therefore heauy loden with the burthen of our sinnes he will deliuer vs from the yoke and seruitude of the house of bondage Are we ouer hayled and tyed by the tyrannie of sinne and death he will preserue vs from the seruitude of the one and from the deadly sting of the other Iohn Chap. 1. ver 29. Behold the Lambe of God which taketh away the sinnes of the world THis is the testimonie that Iohn the Baptist witnesseth openly of our Lord Iesus Christ who was ordayned and sent of God to be the Lambe without fault without spotte which in former times was figured in sundry Sacrifices of the law yet more especially in the Passouer or Lambe which was offred euery day morning and euening for the sinnes of the Priest and people but this Lambe when none was worthy to offer him vp to his father hath willingly offered himselfe that by dying once for al he might obtaine forgiuenes of sinnes for all and by this meanes he hath brought vs vnto God the father that he might continually not for once acquite and deliuer vs froÌ„ our sinnes which is shewed more forceable if wee marke the worde which he vseth he doth take away which is declared in the tyme present and that by the merite of his death which is alwaies of one and the same vertue and perpetual efficacie whereby we obtaine our eternall redemption as it is sayd by the author to the Heb. Chap. 9. And this benefite being so precious great serueth not for one or two onely neither for one onely Nation but reacheth ouer al people and euery Nation of the earth as this word world proueth Let vs not then doubt that our sinnes are remitted by the death of Christ whose death should nothing auayle vs if we should not receiue the fruite of it by faith in his promises seeing that sinne dwelleth in vs continually as it is prooued in the 7. Chapter to the Romaines Therefore we receiue pardon for them continually by him who hath brought vs to the throne of grace where with boldnesse we may call his father abba our father Acts Chap. 5. ver 31. This is that Jesus which God hath lifted vp with his right hand to bee a Prince and a Sauiour to giue repentaunce to Israel and forgiuenes of sinnes THe Empyre and soueraigne dominion of Christ is here shewed vnto vs by S. Peter to the ende he might declare vnto vs the power spirituall libertie which he bestoweth on his Church meaning his people of Israel that is to say that by him our sinnes are remitted with chaunge of newnesse of life promised to our eternall saluation These two graces then being ioyned together can neuer bee seperated that thereby none may doubt of the obtayning of this excellent benefite purchased by the Lord Iesus which otherwise would pull back from his highnes and debate his power who will for these benefites be honoured in word and glorified in deede Acts Chap. 13. ver 38. Be it knowne vnto you that through this man our Sauiour Christ is preached vnto you forgiuenes of sinnes THis place is like vnto the former concerning the benefite purchased by Christ by whom we obtayne forgiuenes of our sinnes a thing worthy of all men to bee had in memorie of the which euery man ought to bee certaine and resolued in the assurance of his saluation Rom. Chap. 5. ver 8. God sheweth his loue towards vs seeing that while wee were yet sinners Christ dyed for vs much more now being iustified by his blood we shal be saued from wrath through him for if when we were enemies we were recoÌ„ciled to God by the death of his sonne much more being reconciled shal be saued by his life and not onely so but also reioyce in God through our Lord Iesus Christ by whom we haue obtayned reconciliation THis is to assure vs of the loue and mercie of God towardes vs and of our saluation when we consider what Christ Iesus hath done for vs who beeing the Sonne of God iust and innocent suffered so many torments for vs vniust and guiltie so that now wee are purged and made cleare of al our faults and iniquities yea we are acquited and absolued from the wrath and anger of GOD who is wholly quieted peace being made betweene him and vs by the reconciliation of the Lord Iesus who is the meanes by the vertue of his death and preseruer of our life by the vertue and power of his dietie for our life is hid in him our death is buried in him in him therefore all our glory consisteth for there is nothing wherein wee may glory our selues nor our works but onely in the great fauour and mercie of our God and in the grace and mercie of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ Iohn 1. Epist 1. Chap. ver 7. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth vs from all our sinnes ALthough we bee guiltie and polluted with many sinnes which are in the eyes of the Lorde stayned and filthie yet the holy Apostle doth assure vs that wee are washed and purified from them not by any counterfeite water of mans fancie nor by a fayned imagination of fire in Purgatorie in any other worlde neither by the blood of Martyrs as some haue falsly taught but only by the precious blood of the Sonne of God which is of such efficacie and continuall

as Newe Testament which are most fit and notable promises of the grace and mercie of God for the forgiuenes of sinnes which beeing here set on a rowe one by another and placed as it were on a table all in sight it shall serue for the instruction of the poore penitent sinner and that in this wee may keepe some order we wil first shewe the testimonies which are apparant of the goodnes of God which is as it were the surest foundation and the first cause of all our hope In the second place we wil adde the causes which are as it were the matter and substance concerning the desert and intercession of our Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of GOD then the causes of faith and repentaunce shall followe and finally that which belongeth to Inuocation and praier these are the poyntes and degrees by which the faithfull soule ought to goe vp to the throne and to the grace of God for to receiue the consolation and Spirituall health First therefore it must looke vppon the obiects of the loue and mercie of God and the benefites of Christ to haue therein a perfect knowledge then it must by Faith allie and whollie trust vpon him with a perfect consolation of God in calling vpon him it must I say perswade it self of the loue and mercie of God and after haue full assurance of the merites of Christ which caÌ„not be done without faith it is therefore requisite to vse this prayer which followeth Of the bountie and mercie of God Exo. Chap. xxxiiij WHen the Lord passed before Moses face hee cryed out The Lord the Lord strong mercifull and gracious slowe to anger abouÌ„dant in goodnes trueth reseruing mercie for thousands forgiuing iniquitie transgression and sinne not pardoning the wicked As God hath created the world mainteineth and preserueth it so doth he mainteyne nourish and giues vs health and prosperitie in this life wherein he shewes vnto vs his omnipotent and eternall power his wisedome and wonderfull foresight and his great bouÌ„tie but in that we haue offended him by our sinnes and iniquities yet he receiueth vs into his mercie againe reconciling himself to vs forgiuing vs our transgressions so that in this hee declareth vnto vs his clemencie and infinite mercie whereof he certifieth and giueth vs full assurance in his worde as he doth in this place to Moses saying that hee is not onely the eternall God almightie but also mercifull and gentle for to haue mercie and compassion vppon poore miserable sinners belongeth to God and in that he is of great patience he sheweth a manifest declaration that he neuer punisheth the wicked so soone as they offend but a long time staieth for their amendment before he makes them feele his wrath and indignation by which reason he accompteth himselfe to bee slowe to anger and of great patience And in the ende that none may thinke his mercie be either short or scant that it cannot suffice for diuers sinners he also addeth that he aboundant in benignitie shewing by the same that his bountie is so full that it can neuer bee emptied He is altogether infinite eternall and cannot be restrayned nor contayned in the heauen of heauens nor determined in the measure of any time it can neuer be stayed being a liuely flowing spring which cannot be dryed vp for most certaintie whereof he maketh meÌ„tion of his fidelitie repeating vp his promises by which he may assure vs that he will mercifull vnto vs wherein he sheweth himselfe alwaies to be true in that he is aboundant in benignitie and also faithfull in keeping promise how full of mercie he is he declareth in that which followeth that he is mercifull vnto thousands wherein wee may learne that he sheweth not his mercies vnto some little number or some particuler place but to many hundreth and thousands shewing by this word an infinite and the greatest number that can be expressed by which maner of speech diuersitie of ages and varietie of liues maye bee vnderstood as it is sayd in other places that he is mercifull gentle and faithfull in which words he expresseth that he is alwaies prone and readie to forgiue our sinnes and to pardon our misdeedes wherein we see that the true and proper effect of God is to haue forgiuenesse of our sinnes Then to the ende that none may think that he forgiueth some light offences onely he vseth diuers words which comprehende all kinde of sinnes not only naming the sinne whereby all offences are shewed but also the iniquitie which is done maliciously with deliberation and setled purpose when iniurie or hurt is wrought against others The meaning then of this worde transgression is a disobedience or rebellious action or intent against God which is a greeuous and horrible sinne which although of all others it be most detestable yet God doth here promise to make full remission and forgiuenes of sinne Let vs hold this then for a certaine and vnfâ—llible rule that there is no forfeite so great or transgression so monsterous but it is forgiuen by the meere mercie of God And wheras it is said in the end that he forgiueth none it is onely ment of those which are wicked and obstinate in their wickednesse and those which shall feele finally the seuere vengeaunce of God For so much then as he is named gentle it is to poore and penitent sinners which doe repent them of their sinnes committed so is he also termed a iust Iudge for to giue punishment to the hard and impenitent sinner to the ende that none should abuse his grace and clemencie ouer much Deut. Chap. 32. ver 4. Ye nations praise him praise him his people for he will auenge the blood of his seruants and will execute vengaunce vppon his aduersaries and will bee mercifull vnto his land and to his people MOses speaketh this here in the name and authoritie of GOD as a Prophet assuring the people of Israell that after GOD hath visited them with his rod and punished them with sudden and straunge calamities for their misdeedes he would also make punishment of their enemies and deliuer them from their miseries and tribulations being mercifull vnto the land that is to the inhabitants of the land The Children of Israell hauing purged themselues and made them cleane of their sinnes by Gods mere fauour and onely mercie that he might bee alwaies fauourable towards them and that forraine nations and straunge people might praise the children of God and haue them in estimation and accompt them happie in hauing the fauour of such a mightie God and that thereby others should haue occasion to reioyce together for so great and bountifull benefites froÌ„ the Lord. If then the Gentiles had receiued such ioye as to be partakers of so great happinesse we must needes esteeme this promise to pertaine to vs also and that continually though he doth afflict vs which is not but in good cause and iustly for to correct vs for our offences Yet he is

froÌ„ the slaunders which was reported of them had for this thing such a displeasure and sorowe in themselues that the Apostle thought it commodious profitable for their saluation On which example he draweth this excellent and notable sentence that the sorowe which is according to the will of God for offending him in neglecting the charge committed to vs is profitable And this is drawne by an vsuall fashion to bring the offendor to repentaunce and to induce a man into an ardent desire to do better in tyme to come which is the way and perfect meanes to come into the porte of saluation for such a kinde of repentaunce none ought to bee displeased but rather bee glad and reioyce for it Ioh. 1. Epist Chap. 1. ver 9. If wee acknowledge our sinnes he is faithfull and iust to forgiue vs to cleanse vs from all our vnrightuousnesse AS the poore sicke man ought to declare his disease to the PhisitioÌ„ therby to receiue helpe of his griefe euen so ought wee in like maner to acknowledge the spirituall desire of the soule before God not that hee is ignorant of them or that hee hath neede of any aduertisement but to this ende that we may beare witnesse of our sorrowfull repentaunce and humilitie which shall neuer be without forgiuenes of sinnes apprehending the promises of God who infallably will fulfill his workes beeing true and iust in all his promises Of Prayer THe great and wonderfull bountie of God is shewed when he vouchsafeth to open the heauens vnto vs poore wretched creatures of the earth making vs fit to enter into his glorious kingdome laying downe his eare to heare and vnderstand our desires and requestes and exalting the prayers which we make to him in our need at such tyme as we be most poore and miserable and in greatest daunger but the care he hath of vs and how much he loueth vs is seene in this that hee himselfe warneth and stirreth vs vp by teaching vs to pray with assurance that he will grauÌ„t vs our requests which he fulfilleth when wee truely require him of his grace goodnesse mercie wherof wee haue manifould testimonies in the word of GOD which we will set downe as worth the noting Psal 50. ver 15. Call vppon me in tyme of trouble and I will helpe thee and thou shalt honor me ALthough the time when in our soules we are afflicted by feeling our sinne or otherwise be in tribulation or payne or some perrill or daunger may threaten vs that our God is offended with vs and will destroye vs yet he promiseth vs by the Prophet Dauid to deliuer vs from all euill if so wee honor him and earnestly desire in our prayers to haue him our aide and refuge in our trouble Psal 145. ver 18. The Lord is neere to all that call vppon him yea to all that call vppon him in trueth he will fulfill the desire of those that feare him and will heare their crye and saue them ALbeit sometyme it may seeme that God should bee farre from vs in that he doth not so visibly appeare vnto vs as he is wont yet we may be sure that he is not farre of if with our whole heart and affection we pray vnto him if wee bee moued by the feare and reuerence of his name to obeye him if wee call vpon him in this sorte he will exalt vs and will deliuer vs from all our sinnes Psal 6. ver 1. O Lord rebuke me not in thine anger neither chasten me in thy heauie displeasure haue mercie vpon me for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are brused my soule is sore troubled but Lorde how long wilt thou delay Returne O Lorde deliuer my soule saue me for thy mercie sake for in death there is no remembrance of thee and in the graue who shall praise thee FOr as much as Dauid sayth in the 34. Psalme that the eyes of the Lorde are vpon the iust and his eares are readie to heare their mone in harkening vnto them when they crye and deliuering them from al their tribulations and least some men might thinke that poore sinners are cast away froÌ„ God and he wil not vouchsafe to heare their requestes wee heare the Prophet Dauid praying vnto him not as a iust man but as one feeling himselfe greatly guiltie of his infirmities as it is plainly shewed in the 38. Psalm of the like sort also is it when he confesseth his iniquities to haue ouerwhelmed him which like a burthen is heauier then he is able to beare For all this yet he testifieth that although he were poore and miserable by reason of his sinnes yet God had accepted his prayers and taken pitie and compassion on him Psalm 86. ver 3. Be mercifull vnto me O Lord for J crye vnto thee continually reioyce the soule of thy seruant for vnto thee O Lord do I lift vp my head For thou O Lord art good mercifull and of great kindnesse to all them that call vpon thee DAuid beeing in calamitie desired of God to bee restored in his soule putting the assurance of his prayers vppon the naturall loue of God who is by nature gentle and mercifull according to his promise yea he is the very selfe same foundation vpon which the poore afflicted ought to comfort and reioyce themselues in heart and soule and by feruent prayer vnto God be deliuered from their iniquities Ioel Chap. 2. ver 32. Whosoeuer calleth vpon the name of the Lord shall be saued AS faith is neuer without repeÌ„tance so it cannot bee without helpe goodnesse and soueraigne power of God by calling vpon him according to his promises to the ende wee may get his fauour and grace which is here promised vnto vs as a consolation and comforte in the greatest miserie and affliction that we haue whosoeuer then of what condition or estate he bee whether rich or poore great or small that doth acknowledge his omnipotent and infinite power if he humble himselfe before his Maiestie and heartely pray him for mercie let him assure himselfe that he shall bee exalted and that God will be fauourable vnto him Iohn Chap. 16. ver 23. Verely verely J say vnto you whatsoeuer you shall aske my father in my name he shall giue it you aske and you shall receiue that your ioye may be full THis is the Sonne of God our Sauiour Christ which speaketh and maketh vs certaine that our prayers are exalted not for our owne worthinesse but by his fauour not by the desert of any creature either in heauen or earth but in and for his sake onely who is our aduocate and redeemer Vpon this coÌ„fidence he doth warne and teach vs to pray vnto his father with this promise that we shall neuer bee sent emptie away but after this mortalitie hath put on immortalitie this corruption shal put on incorruption we shall be receiued into ioy and consolation for euer Ion 1. Epist Chap. 5. ver 14. This is the assurance that

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