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mercy_n	great_a	let_v	sinner_n	1,997	5	7.5506	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20939	Coales from the altar; or Foure religious treatises to kindle deuotion in this colde age. Written in French by Mounsieur du Moulin: and translated into English by N.M.	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Metcalfe, Nicholas.	1622-1623 (1623)	STC 7318; ESTC S118640	76,812	278

of our vnion with Iesus Christ in whose death wee haue beene baptised to participate at the Resurrection and to be at Gods appointed time coheirs of the heauenly inheritance should not this make vs lift vp our selues on high and entirely vnloose our affections from the earth But alas we must confesse that this knowledge is almost wholly vnknowne to vs for our conuersation is little otherwise than theirs that neuer knew God walking without all feare of the Lord and often doing those things which ought not euen to be so much as thought of or named amongst vs for wee liue after the common example euen of the most vngodly wickedly professing that man is not borne but for his flesh and to glut himselfe with his irregular desires and passions O maruellous brutalitie Rom. 6.3 Coloss 3.1 Where shall this knowledge bee Where is the vnderstanding and waiting for heauenly ioy for this Vnion doth no kinde of way exercise the functions should wee not walke in feare and trembling all the daies of our life to mortifie the old Man and our corrupt Nature Otherwise where will the fruit of our Baptisme appeare And where the efficacie of the passions and sufferings of Iesus Christ And if wee be depriued of these things remaine wee not in death euen in eternall death Rom. 2.4 Wherefore let vs begin to be astonished let vs now be afraid seeing the anger of God doth threaten vs if wee still desist his patience inuiteth vs to repentance doe not vnderualue the riches of his mercie euen to this present day he hath supported vs shall wee not say the mercy of God is great he will haue pity of the multitude of our sinnes although we haue added sinne to sinne let vs not still deferre our conuersion till to morrow for Mercy and Anger both come from the Lord and his day will come when we thinke not of it no man knoweth the houre let vs remember that that is vnderstood of the euill seruant in the Parable Matth. 24.48 who saying in his heart My Master will be long in comming and therefore I will leade a wicked life but when the vnlooked for day doth come that hee shall be surprised by his Master he shall be cast away where is weeping and gnashing of teeth Let vs feare let vs feare to be so surprized let vs watch to doe good and sleepe no longer in our sinnes O little better than Atheists infamous monsters who say let vs sinne that God may pardon vs for what else serueth his mercy Is he not come to saue sinners Alas how you deceiue your selues And also those who glut their beastly appetites and feede their odious and detestable desires who profaning likewise the mercy of God promise rest to themselues after they haue spent all their life in such wicked wayes with saying a Peccaui at their death wherein they heape vp as much euill in hoping for happinesse after such a sort as the most wicked can possibly doe wherein they make it to be in mans power to haue repentance and to aske and obtaine pardon at euery moment when he pleaseth and no speciall gift and singular Grace of God As Ieremie manifesteth vnto vs Ierem. 31.18 when hee saith Conuert me and I shall be conuerted for thou art my Lord my God truly after I haue beene conuerted I repented To the end that it shall appeare how grace commeth from God alone euen out of his owne free will the holy Ghost saith Act. 11.18 God hath giuen repentance to the Gentiles that they might liue which is also clearely shewed by Saint Paul charging Timothie 2.25 to teach those of contrarie vnderstanding To see if in any time God will giue them repentance for to know the truth and that they may awake and come out of the snare of the Deuill Isaiah 1.15 as in this wee now vnderstand That man sometimes crieth to the Lord for nothing and afterwards getteth no answer Psal 18.41 Consider then to whom when and how is mercy done And in this behalfe let vs all acknowledge that we haue not to morrow to repent in let vs no longer grow old in our iniquitie for feare as the Wise-man saith Wisd 12.10 That wickednesse hauing taken root in vs our heart will neuer change Euen as the tree that hath beene planted of old cannot easily be vnrooted hauing alwaies remembrance of this threatning Apoc. 3.3 If thou dost not watch I will come against thee like a theefe and thou shalt not know what houre But why should we not be wise by so many examples which daily we see that the strongest man euen he that in all his affaires builds farthest from the Tombe and that thinketh nothing lesse than of the tribute which hee oweth vnto death and then at the same instant hee miscaries And therefore no man knoweth the houre nor how hee shall bee taken from this vile earth Euery moment night and day shew vs there are a thousand and a thousand waies in the hand of God to cut when he pleaseth the Threed of life euen of the most Robust Which was well expressed by a graue Author saying In what Act or Place or Time soeuer a man is he is couered with death Pause a little O thou Temporiser that still deferrest thy amendment to another time let not this present time passe without thinking of it and this shall be thy entrance in making profit of the aduertisement which Iesus Christ giueth Mat. 24.42 That we ought to keepe our selues alwaies ready to watch for feare to be surprised not knowing the houre of our departing Let vs not make our selues deafe if we lend our hearing sometimes to an Instrument which recreateth vs shall wee stop it when wee should vnderstand wholesome counsell No no this is spoken for our good Prou. 1. I haue called and you haue refused I haue stretched out my hand and you haue not vnderstood you haue contemned all my counsell and would not be corrected therefore I wil laugh at your perdition and will mock at your feare when it shall come vpon you when torment and anguish shal come vpon you you will call vpon me but I will not answer because you haue hated knowledge and haue not chosen the feare of God you would not hearken to my counsell but despised my correction wherefore you eat the fruit of your owne waies and shal be glutted therewith for the fooles shall be slaine with ease and fooles shall be ruined by their prosperity O peruerse people remember how I dealt with Sodome and Gomorrah Esdras 2.8 euen so I will doe with them that will not heare me saith the Eternall Let vs be better aduised Psal 95.7 8. Prou. 19.20 Let vs heare the voice of God let vs not harden our hearts but heare counsell and receiue instruction that we may be more wise And making profit by these admonitions let vs not put off from one day to another euen euery one to say I haue sinned and let vs

pardon of all those that might haue beene offended by you Patient Yes Now Sir it behooueth vs to addresse our prayer to God to the end that he will be pleased to fortifie you in faith which hee hath giuen you and to make his graces more and more abound in you and it is your part to humble your selfe with vs before him and to lift vp your heart to him to implore his Mercy from the bottome of your Heart A Prayer for the sicke when there is any signe of death O Lord our God Mercifull Father we are very vnworthy to lift vp our eyes vnto thee our sins and wicked deedes are so many wherewith wee are so polluted before thy face neither is this out of the confidence of our owne worth to be thus bolde to present our selues at the feete of thy diuine Maiesty but in the assurance of the great Compassions and perfect obedience which thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord hath made for vs with the righteousnesse whereof wee beseech thee couer vs with thy grace to the end wee may be by his fauour made agreeable and reconciled vnto thee But wee beseech thee O good God particularly vouchsafe thy great mercy to this thy poore seruant so feeble mightily deiected vnder thy powerfull hand poore sinner remaining vnder the weight and rigour of thy high Iustice if thou doest not extend thy great clemency towards him Giue him grace good Lord to enter more and more into a serious examination and acknowledgement of his faults to conceiue that true detestation which alwayes bringeth forth true repentance and set him forward intirely to renounce himselfe and his owne way to haue all his refuge in thee and in thy bounty In the meane while receiue him gratiously O Lord shew him the face of a father and assure and comfort him Say to his soule Soule I am he that can warrant thee Dispose of his heart patiently to receiue with Action of graces this Fatherly correction which thou hast sent him and to put himselfe wholly into thy hands to submit himselfe peaceably vnder all that thou shalt please to lay vpon him by thy holy prouidence Lord thou knowest better then he himselfe or any of vs what is most conuenient whether he shall liue or die If thy good pleasure be that hee shall liue let it be that he may onely liue to thee in such sort that hauing profited well by thy chastisements he may learne to loue thee honour and serue thee all the dayes of his life in thy Church perpetually studying to bring sorth fruits of piety and holinesse worthy of thy Gospel and conuenient for a childe of such a Father so that in him thou maist be glorified and his neighbours edified But contrarily of the other part it be thy pleasure to take him out of this miserable world assure him that it shall be to put him into the possession of thy Heauenly kingdome which thou hast prepared before the foundations of the world and which thy Sonne hath purchased by the merit of his death To this end O Father of light from whom proceedeth euery good gift that thou wilt be pleased to giue him a true and a liuely faith with the which he may search find and apprehend the propitiation for his sinnes and the true righteousnes in the obedience of thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord who hath suffered for our sinnes and risen againe for our iustification and ascended into Heauen to take possession in our Name and by this meanes giueth vs accesse and entrance which sinne had banished vs from Imprint in his heart a full assurance of all these thy graces to the end that by this meanes he may peaceably repose himselfe in thy mercy and happily ouercome all the snares and temptations which Sathan and his owne flesh would put before him to trouble the clearnesse of his faith and tranquility of his conscience That his sinnes then may not make him despaire because thy Iustice hath been so well payed not with gold or siluer but with the pretious blood of thy Christ as of the Lambe without spot or blemish Let not death affright him seeing sinne is abolished and destroyed in him which is the sting of death who now is disarmed and without all power that his spirit being separated from the body by this corporall death it shall be to come triumphantly to thee and deliuered from the captiuity of sinne to the end to taste of the enioying the most happy life which he neuer tasted in this world but by hope leauing his body in the earth but not for euer but to be refined transformed in time conuenient made conformable to the glorious body of his Redeemer by the benefit of his resurrection So Sathan shall no more astonish him but by sinne and death which he hath vtterly lost all power in ouer our visited Brother Assuring him in the end that this accuser can intend nothing against him before the Throne of thy iustice seeing hee is absolued iustified by thy grace there is no iudge that can condemne him That thou wilt also be pleased O good God to be likewise mercifull to all other sicke soules comfort and fortifie them according as thou knowest them needfull and aboue all giue them grace alwayes to embrace with a true and liuely faith thy mercy in Iesus Christ wherein they may euer be comforted Good Lord vouchsafe vnto vs all this grace that this example may profite and teach vs to renounce the world and our selues to imploy that time we haue here below to meditate thy wisedome walke carefully in thy feare retyre our hearts from the vanities of this life to raise them vp to attend and meditate vpon the Heauenly life and to this end to be alwayes prepared to appeare before thee with assurance to be gathered and receiued into thy mercy for the loue of thy welbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord In whose name we beseech thee O Father of mercy heere vs in these things and in all other things which thou knowest better to be necessary for thy poore seruant and for vs then we doe our selues as we doe now request thee in that prayer which thou hast commanded vs to present our selues before thee Our Father which art in Heauen c. Lord giue vs a good increase of Faith which thou hast planted in the heart of this thy childe and seruant defend him as with a Buckler by the which he may extinguish all the fiery darts of the Diuell and make him perseuere constantly therin vntill the very last breath of his life and that hee may alwaies at the least in his heart render vnto thee a pure and Christian confession as we now present with heart and mouth I beleeue in God the Father Almighty c. This is his Faith O Lord and ours giue vs grace to liue and dye in it through Iesus Christ thy Sonne our Lord who in the vnitie of the Holy Spirit