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A72164	The conquest of temptations, or Mans victory over Satan especially, the great assaults, at the agony of death, full of very strong and effectuall consolations, to sustaine and comfort the weakest heart, in the greatest conflicts which can befall a Christian in the vvhole course of of life, and approach of death / gathered by the holy and deuout labour of Iohn Gerard, doctor of diuinitie, and superintendent of Heldburge ; newly Englished by Rich. Bruch, minister of Gods word.	Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.; Bruch, Richard, minister of Gods word.	1614 (1614)	STC 11767.5; ESTC S5215	71,686	143

hee giues to thée from whose gift challenging it to thy selfe thou shalt not be confounded IX The temptation of Desperation The Tempted THE Deuill doth sollicite mee to desperation The Comforter I would haue thée despaire but in thy self and of thy selfe because thou art a sinnefull man Rom. 5.21 but not in God whose grace doth abound aboue sinne for as much as a drop is to the Sea Chrysost Hom. 3. de Poen so much is mans malice to Gods mercy The Sea though it be great yet it hath a measure but the clemency of God hath no measure neither despaire thou of Christ and in Christ which came into the world that he might saue sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 whose blood doth more preuaile to the reconciliation of God then the sinnes of the whole world to his displeasure Although thy sinnes be great and diuers and oft-times doubled yet they are not greater or more grieuous then that thou mayest obtaine pardon forgiuenes of them séeing the goodnes of God is greater then the iniquitie of all men Sins are in their fall but the grace of God is in its rising Sins are in the works of the Deuill and Man to take pitty to spare to remit are the workes of God by how much therefore God is more mighty then the Diuell and Man by so much also his mercy is greater then our malice The Lord is full of compassion and mercy Psal 103.8 vers 9. slow to anger and of great kindnesse Hee will not alwayes chide neither will hee keepe his anger for euer vers 10. Hee hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes nor rewarded vs after our iniquities vers 11. For as high as the Heauen is aboue the Earth so great is his mercy toward them that feare him vers 12. As farre as the East is from the West so farre hath hee remoued our sinnes from vs. The Heauen is incomparably greater then the Earth which is no bigger then the least point in respect of Heauen so the mercy of the heauenly Father is incomparably greater then all sinnes farre be it farre be it therefore from thée that thou say Greater is mine iniquitie then the pietie of the pittying God Thou shalt finde God more kinde then thou art culpable Bern. serm 11. sup Can. Col. 5 18. Gerson de remed contra Pusilla So great is the mercy of God that if thou hadst all the sinnes of the world vpon thée and didst grieue that with thy sinnes thou hadst proudly offended thy God so good a Lord and shouldest firmely purpose hereafter to abstaine God would neuer condemne thée What August in Psal 55. dost thou so forget the satisfaction performed of Christ that thou wilt prefer thy sinnes before Christs merit that is thy selfe before God Dost thou sée the greatnesse of the disease and dost thou not sée the power of the Physitian Great are thy sinnes farre greater is Christ which hath satisfied for thy sinnes Diuers are thy sinnes but Christ also hath suffered diuers things for thée GOD is the infinite good whom thou hast offended by thy sinnes but Christ is an infinite person which hath reconciled thée to God sigh therefore to thy heauenly Father and pray in the name of his Sonne thy Sauiour if thou doest despise mee Ansel de redemp gen hum fol. 96. O eternall God for mine iniquitie as I haue deserued regard me at least taking pitty on mee for the loue of thy beloued off-spring Regard that in thy Sonne which thou mayst bee mercifull vnto in thy seruant Sée the sacrament of his flesh and forgiue the guilt of my flesh remember what thy good Son hath suffered and forget what thine euill seruant hath wrought X. The tentation of Blasphemie The Tempted I Am constrained to confesse that I am not onely prouoked to desperation but that I am also sometimes tempted with the spirit of blasphemie for such thoughts doe arise in my heart as are iniurious against God himselfe my Creatour and my Sauiour I would chuse to dye a thousand times that I might be freed from this tentation The Comforter THese cogitations are not the actions of thy heart but rather the most bitter passions séeing thou art not delighted with these cogitations but doest féele out of them sorrowes more bitter then death it selfe They are the scourges of Satan with which hee doth afflict and torment thée they shall not be imputed to thée of the Lord for sinne And be it that some impatience of the heart do arise out of the infirmitie of the flesh yet God knowes thy groanings and thy sighes yea the weight of tentations hath wringed out of Iob and Ieremy hard words which the most benigne God hath fatherly forgiuen them Obserue out of them how thou hast altogether no strength to good out of thy selfe that with the whole trust of thy hart thou mayest learne to cleaue vnto God This is the force and highest degrée of the fight against Satan take héed thou faint not here the mighty God that appoints thée to this combat will be present with thée neither will hee leaue thée destitute of his helpe Expect patiently and humbly till thou mayest be fréed from the fiery darts of Satan in the meane time Ephe. 6.16 let the grace of the Lord suffice thée 2 Cor. 12.9 It is the flesh which doth thus wrastle with the spirit and shewes it selfe ready and pliable to take the darts of Satan the sinne that dwels in thy flesh shall not be imputed vnto thée if thou wilt mortifie by the spirit the déedes of the flesh and wilt not giue consent to these blasphemous cogitations Extinguish those fiery darts of Satan in the bloud of Christ turne against them the Buckler of faith and assoone as thou shalt perceiue any such blasphemous cogitation to arise betake thy selfe to prayers by which thou mayest trample it downe as it were in the first growth XI The particularitie of the Promises The Tempted I Feele some consolation of the spirit in my heart I obserue a certaine trust in my soule which forbids mee to despaire when I behold the mercy of God abounding aboue sinnes and the merit of Christ which is of infinite price and value But I doubt whether that promise in the Gospell of the mercy of God and merit of Christ doth pertaine to me also for God is not only mercifull but also a most iust and seuere reuenger of sinnes and that all are not made partakers of the benefits of Christ experience to my great griefe doth witnesse The Comforter TAke héed that thou giue no place to those seducing thoughts of the restraint of the promises of the Gospell God calleth all vnto him hee desires all to come vnto him hee offers the word of the Gospell to all and in it the benefits of Christ neither doth hee this fainedly but in earnest not hypocritically but with a minde to communicate them I liue saith the Lord

I will not the death of a sinner that dyes Eze. 18.31 32. cap. 33. ver 11. but that he may be conuerted and liue Thou hearest the serious oath of the diuine truth Thou hearest that their conuersion is expected and desired of God which dye in their sinnes by their owne fault thou hearest that serious intreatie twise repeated Come vnto mee all yee sayth our Sauiour the meane and messenger of the heauenly Father Come vnto mee all yee all ye which labour Mat. 11.28 and are heauy laden and I will refresh you Thou hearest that the way lyes open to Christ for al that labour vnder the yoake of their sinne and that refreshing and rest of soule is promised to them God will haue all men to be saued sayth the Apostle 1 Tim. 2.4 being taught it in the third Heauen and to come to the knowledge of the truth Hee hath shut vp all vnder vnbeliefe that hee might haue mercy vpon all Rom. 11.20.23 Thou hearest that the saluation of all is desired and sought of God that the mercy of God is open vnto all no body is excluded here but hee which doth exclude himselfe There is one GOD of all therefore hee desireth that all should be saued whom he hath made Primas in H. L. One hath giuen himselfe the price of redemption for all therefore hée would haue all to bee partakers of that price GOD would not haue any to perish sayth Peter being taught by his owne example 2 Pet. 3.9 but that all returne to repentance Thou hearest that the long suffering and goodnesse of GOD doth inuite all to repentance and that GOD would not the destruction of any Take héede that thou speake not against this so cleare and so manifest a truth against these sayings of the holy Ghost written as it were with a beame of the Sunne let the consolations of the Scripture be of more force with thée then the thoughts of thine owne heart for the Scripture is the word of the liuing God which neuer deceiues but our heart is lying and deceiueth XII The absolute decree of Reprobation The Tempted THe promise indeede outwardly is offered vnto all but God hath made from euerlasting a decree of the Reprobation of some men whom hauing cast from him he hath adiudged them to eternall torments to these though he offer the word outwardly yet they cannot communicate or partake of the good things in the word Perhaps I also am in the number of those reprobates The Comforter THE secrets of heauen let no creature on earth presume to pry into Enough is reuealed both for our consolation and saluation Whom God hath predestinated we know not it is a secret of Gods Priuie Counsell where-into wée are not admitted And how farre forth and in what manner God may please to worke and bring about a purpose of his owne without the endeauour and purpose of man we know not that also is a secret of Gods Priuie Counsell where-into wée are not admitted And therefore as Moses saith that the secret things belong to the Lord our GOD so to him and his wisedome be content to leaue them But this we all know that S. Peter bids vs make our election sure by the practise of good workes and holy duties of Religion and telleth vs that hee that doth those things shall neuer fall 2 Pet. 1.10 that is such a one shall neuer faile of grace or glorie And therefore while thou endeauourest to liue in all good conscience according to Gods will thou mayest haue peace of conscience in Gods promises and mercies And this wée know that our Sauiour commandeth and promiseth Aske and yee shall haue seeke and ye shall finde knocke and it shall be opened vnto you And therefore if thou vse the meanes thou canst not doubt of the end Finally this we all know also that God protesteth vpon his word yea vpon his oath that he desireth not the death of him that dieth or taketh any pleasure that the wicked should die but that he may returne and liue Ezek 18.23.32 Ezek. 33.11 And therefore God is so farre from reiecting thée before thou hast sinned that hée is most readie to admit of thée after thou hast sinned Onely then endeauour to doe the workes of him that sent thée into the world begge and craue for grace and mercie from the Father of mercies search thy heart finde out thy sinnes and each day renue thy repentance and then be assured that the outward offering of grace will euer be accompanied with the inward working of the spirit For the promises of Gods mercies are generall to all that beleeue on him Rom. 10.11 To all that call on the name of the Lord Rom 10.13 To all that labour and groane vnder the burden of their sinnes Matth. 11.28 To all that feare God and worketh righteousnesse Act. 10.35 c. And the merites and death and Passion of Iesus Christ as they are offered so they are bestowed on all generally that lay hold on him for their Sauiour Ioh. 3.16 XIII The doubting of the application of the merit of Christ The Tempted LEt the merit of Christ be and be said to spread it selfe wide in the meane time I doe not yet see for mine owne particular that the benefits of Christ are offered and applied to me Many things are offered to men in generall which notwithstanding doe not pertaine to euery man in particular The Comforter NAy from the generall we may wel procéede to the particular from that which is common to that which is more restrained Therefore because God would haue all to be saued thou mayest rightly and most firmely subsume that he would haue thée also to be saued Because Christ is said to haue died for all thou maiest rightly and most firmely subsume that he also died on the Crosse for thée and will cleanse thée from all thy sinnes by his bloud and because he calleth all repenting he will receiue thée repenting And because he promiseth grace and life to all that beleeue depend and relie on him therefore he will performe it to thée when thou doest rest and relie on him for his mercies Yea and that which God promiseth to all in generall by his word that he applieth to thée is particular in the Ministerie of the word Onely submit thy selfe to the wholesome Ministerie of reconciliation 2 Cor. 5.18 which God hath committed to the Ministers of the Church Vers 20. to the keyes that he hath deliuered to their t●●st to the office of Embassage that the● vndergoe in the name of Christ God exhorting and as it were entreating vs by them And then that which is specially offered vnto thée do not doubt but that specially it belongs vnto thée When 〈◊〉 the serious sorrowe of thy b●●●t 〈◊〉 heareth the voice of the Minister pronouncing remission of sins in the name of Christ resolue that thou hearest Christ himselfe what so is héere done in the name of