thée from thy Cittie of Ierusalem thy holye hill Daniel 9. O Lord heare vs O Lord forgiue O Lord consider tarrie not ouer long but for thine owne sake doe it O my God euen for thy mercies sake and for the temple at Ierusalem All the people prayed and humbled theÌ„selues with fasting and prayer Iud. 4 Fasting praier they and their wiues the priests put on heyrie cloth and with one accord praied vnto the Lord. And all the people fell downe flat on their faces and prayed Iudeth 6 The song of the thrâ— children and wept till euening and besought the Lord of Israell the he would shew his mercie vpoÌ„ his people For thine owne sake for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruant Isaac sake and for thy holy Israells sake giue vs not vp for euer neither take thy mercy froÌ„ vs. The prodigall child repented Luke 15 Confession praier came to his father and said father I haue sinned against heaueÌ„ against thée I am no more worthie to be called thy sonne make me I beséech thée as one of thy hyred seruants The thiefe at Christs death thus praied Luke 23 Lorde remember mée when thou comest into thy kingdome for I am iustlie condemned but thou hast done nothing amisse Christ aunswered Amen Dico tibi hodie mecum eris in Paradiso Verelie this night shalt thou be with me in Padise Luke 18. The Publican durst not looke vppe to heauen but smote vpon his brest saide God be mercifull vnto me a sinner and he went home iustified Father Is prayer so effectuall and of such vertue Sonne Prayer of â—reat verâ—ue Math. 21 Yea if it be deuout and faithfull for Christe saith all thinges whatsoeuer ye aske in prayers if ye beléeue ye shall receaue them â—o 16 Verelie verelie I say vnto you whatsoeuer ye aske the father in my name he will giue it you hytherto haue ye asked nothing in my name aske and ye shall haue that your ioy may be full â—ames 1 Aske in faith and wauer not saith S. Iames and it shall be done to you â—ames 5 Helias was a man vnder infirmities as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it might not rayne and it rayned not the space of thrée yeares and sixe monethes and he prayed that it might rayne and the heauens gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite Whereby you may well perceaue Father that hartie prayer auayleth much Father â—atisfactioÌ„â—ot made 〈◊〉 man What saiest thou to satisfaction a part of repentance as we haue béene taught Sonne Father Math. 3. there is none that can make satisfaction vnto God but the man Iesus Christ who hath made satisfaction for our sinnes in whome the father of heauen is well pleased and his iustice pacified Dauid saith Psal 49. no man may deliuer his brother nor make satisfaction vnto God for him for it cost more to redéeme their soules so that they must let that alone for euer Father What if we haue taken our neighbours goods or done him wrong must we make no recompence or restitution to theÌ„ Restitutiâ— although we can make no satisfaction to God Sonne Yes truely that we must for we réede in the booke of Tobias that when he was blinde his wife brought home a Kyd and her husband hearing it saide looke that it be not stolne restore it agayne to the owners for it is not lawfull for vs to eate any thing of theft A théefe shall make restitution Exod. 22 If a soule sinne and trespasse against the Lord Leuiti â— and denie vnto his neighbour it which hée hath taken to kéepe or that which was put into his hands or doth violence or robberie vnto his neighbour or if he haue found that which was lost and denieth it sweareth falsely vpon what-thing soeuer it be that a man doth and sinneth therein if he haue so sinned or trespassed he shall restore againe that hée tooke violentlie away or the wrong which he did he shall restore it againe in the whole summe and shall adde the fifth part thereto â—f ye reâ—ore you â—all be parâ—oned and shall giue it vnto him to whome it pertaineth that day that he offereth for his trespasse and in so doing it shall be forgiuen him what soeuer hée hath done Father What if he be deade vnto whom ye haue done wrong or whose goods you haue taken so that the same can not be restored to him Sonne â—um 5 Then shall they acknowledge their offence and restore the hurt that they haue done in the whole summe and put the fift parte therevnto and giue it vnto his next kinseman to whom he did wrong but if there be none to restore the hurt vnto nor a kinseman of his let the trespasse be made good to the Lord and it shall be the Priestes Zacheas saide vnto Christ Leuiti 19 Oh Lorde the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore and if I haue done wrong to any man I will restore to him foure foulde And what aunswered Iesus Christ this day is saluation come to thine house because thou art become a childe of Abraham for the sonne of man came to saue that which was lost Father I perceaue the most of these parts that thou hast spoken off Iudas the traytor repented but not truely to be in Iudas that traytour and yet a damned creature he repented he confessed that he had sinned in betraying innocent bloud and he made restitution and cast downe the thirtie plates of siluer yet he desperatelie went and hanged himselfe Sonne True it is father Faith but he wanted the chiefe poynt of all other which was faith he had no beliefe to be saued and therfore crauing no mercie dispaired and dispairing hanged himselfe Dispaire The like wée réede of Cain that Gen. 4. flew Abell his brother he saide vnto the Lord my sinne is greater then that it may be forgiuen 1. king 29 King Saull dispayring in God and trusting to Enchaunters and Couniurers fell vpon his owne sword and slewe himselfe and all his host fled Heb. 4. The Iewes entred not in because of their vnbeliefe 2. kings 17 Achetofell when he saw his counsell was not followed he went home and set his house in order and hanged himselfe Exod. 9 Pharo saide the Lord is righteous and I a sinner and so dispayred Iob. 15. One may perceiue who dispaireth Faith He that neuer beléeueth to be deliuered out of darkenesse for the sword is alwaies before his eyes Father Procéede my sonne tell me of this point which thou callest the principall aboue others in repentance which thou saiest is a stedfast and true faith and first tell mée what faith is Sonne Heb. 11 Saint Paull saith that fayth is a suer confidence of thinges which are hoped for and a certentie of thinges which are not séene and further without faith it
Sonne The young men must be sober minded Titus 2 YouÌ„g men young women The young women must be sober minded also and loue their husbands and children they must be discréet chast huswifly good obedient vnto their husbands that none haue any euill to say of them Father What sayst thou to souldiers toll-gatherers and Baylifes Sonne Luke 3. Souldiers The souldyers demanded of Iohn Babtist what they should doe And he said hurt no-man neither trouble any man wrongfully and be contented with your wages Luke 11 Lawiers As for the lawiers the Lord cursed them and sayd wo vnto you ye Lawiers for ye loden men with burthens which they are not able to beare and ye your selues touch not the packes with one of your fingers Father But thou tellest me not what they should doe I sée a great sort euill enough Sonne Math. 23 They ought to execute Iudgement mercie and faithe Father What off bayllifs and common tol-gatherers and such like Sonne They ought to require no more then that is apponted vnto them Luke 3 Father Thou hast spoken of all perticulerlie Euery maÌ„s dutie But now let me heare in generall words of the dutyes of all states and degrées of people young and olde learned and vnlearned rich and poore man and woman Sonne The grace of God saith saint Paull Titus 2. hath appeared that bringeth saluation vnto all men and teacheth that all men should denye vngodlinesse and worldlie lusts and that they should liue soberly righteously and Godly in this present worlde They ought to feare God Reuel 14 and giue honour vnto him and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the sea and the fountaines of water They ought to follow righteousnesse 1. Tim. 6 Godlinesse faith loue pacience méekenesse to fight the good fight of faith to lay haÌ„d on eternall life wherevnto they are called and haue professed the same before manie witnesses They ought to recompence to no man euil for euil to warne theÌ„ that are vnruly 1. Thes 5 to comforte the féeble minde to lift vp the weake and to be patient towards all men Phillip 2 They must be like minded hauing one loue being of one accord and of one minde that nothing be done through strife or of vaine glorie but in méekenesse of minde let euerie man estéeme an other better then himselfe Luke 12 They ought to séeke the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof Luke 3. He that hath two coats must part with him that hath none and he that hath meat must doe likewise 1. Cor. 11 Euerie one must be a chast virgin vnto God 1. Peter 2 They ought all to loue as the seruants of God to honour all men to haue brotherly felloship to feare God to honour the Kinge Ecclesi 8 They must kéepe the kinges commandement and the oathe that is made vnto God Eccle. 12. This is the conclusion of all thinges that they feare God and kéepe his commandements for that toucheth all men Father Election Beginne to shewe me the goodnesse of God vnto his people I haue heard that we are elected of God euen of his méere loue Sonne Yea Deu. 4. whatsoeuer the Lord God doth vnto vs that it is of his mercy and loue and for our election the Lord saith because I loued thy fathers I chose their séede after them and brought them out of Egypt The Lord hath chosen thée to be a seuerall people and nation to himselfe Deut. 7. aboue all nations of the earth The Lorde chooseth vnto himselfe the man that is godlie Psal 4. I prepared thée or euer thou knewest me Esay 45. The Lord saith Ieremi 1. before euer I fashioned thée in thy Mothers wombe I did knowe thée and or euer thou wast borne I sanctified thée and ordayned thée to be a Prophet vnto the people The Lord choseth those that put their whoredome out of his sight Oscas 2. and their adnoutry from their breasts He whom the Lord chooseth shal be holy Nume 16 Was not Esau Iacobs brother Malachi saith the Lord yet haue I hated Esau and loued Iacob Io. 6. No man saith Christ can come vnto me except my Father draw him Io. 15. Chosen to good works I haue chosen you and ordayned you to goe and bring foorth fruit and that your fruit should remayne Ephe. 1. And concluding with Saint Paules words the Lord hath chosen vs in hym before the foundations of the world were laide that we shoulde be holye without blame before him through Iesus Christ to bée heyres vnto himselfe Father Creation What saiest thou touching our creation Sonne Gen. 1. In the beginning God made heauen and earth and all other things and sawe that they were excéeding good Psalm 33 By the word of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the hostes of them by the breath of his mouth Esay 41. He that called the generations from the beginning euen the Lord which is the first and the last made and created all thinges â—eremi 27 I am saith the Lord he that made the earth the men and Cattell that are vpon the grounde with my power and out-stretched arme and I haue giuen it to whome it pleaseth mée The Lorde is the worke-master of all things which teacheth wisedome Wisd 7 All things were made by the worde of God Io. 1. and without it was made nothing that was made And concluding with Saint Paull Collo 1. who saith That all things were created by him that are in heauen and that are in earth visible and inuisible whether they be Maiestraies or Lordship either rule or power Father But how was man created Sonne Euen after the image of God Mans creation Gen. 1. God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him Male and Female created he them The Lorde shaped man euen of dust of the moulde Gen. 2. and breathed into his nostherells the breath of life and so Adam was made a liuing soule The Lord saith Iob Iob. 10. made mée of the mould and shall bring me into dust againe he hath turned me as it were milk and turned me into cruds like chéese hée hath couered me with skinne and flesh and ioyned me togther with bones and sinewes â—ob 33. The spirit of God hath made me and the breath of the almightie hath giuen mée life Eccle. 7. This I haue founde that God made man iust but he hath many inuentions â—ust â—eremy 2 Faithfull I placed thée saith God a noble vine and a good roote whose seede is faithfull but thou art turned into a bytter vnfruitfull and straunge Grape Wisd 2. God made man to be vndestroyed yea after the Image of his owne likenesse made he him neuerthelesse through the mallice of the Diuell came death into the world â—phe 4 Ye are shapen after
soeuer is iust but sinneth seauen tims a day but what sayest thou of the electe Saints of God Sonne Iob. 15. Iob that iust man in respect of others saith behold the Lorde doth not trust his saints yea the very heauens are not cleane in his sighte Iob. 25 How may a man compared to God be iustified how can he be cleane that is born of a woman the stars are corrupt in his sight Father What sayst thou of that Virgen Mary Mother of Iesus Christ Virgin Marie for some say that she is coequall with God some affirme that shée may bée compared to a sacke that when the meall is out is nothing better Sonne I for my part Exod. 20. thinke well of neither of these for the one speaketh blasphemie to make any like God who created and made all thinges and the Lorde is a Iellious God and I will haue none to be compared to him as for the other they speake vnreuerently to compare that elect and chosen of God Marie blessed that blessed among women to a sacke or filthie vesture for she is called of the Angell Gods messenger vnto her blessed for thus he saith Luke 1. Haill full of grace our lord is with thée blessed art thou among women for thou hast found grace with God The mother of Iohn the baptist that holie woman full of the holie ghost Luke 1 cryed with a loud voice saide blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe Luke 11 Euen a simple woman cryed before Christ and said blessed is the wombe that bare thée and the paps that gaue the sucke She was called blessed because she was elected to saluation by faith in her sauyour she was called blessed because shée was chosen of God to beare Iesus that anoynted of the father she is called blessed by reason she obayed the Lordes commaundement and yéelded to his will Luke 1. And she was most blessed that the Lord imputed no sinne vnto her and as touching this her blessednesse she saith her selfe Behould from hence foorth all generations shall call me blessed so that this blessed and elect of God is neither Goddesse for she exalteth not her selfe so hie neither to be compared so vnreuerentlie séeing that it pleaseth the Lord our God and sauiour to be borne of her Father Math. 1 Then thou makest her without sinne Sonne As touching the conception and byrth of Christ she was a most pure Virgen in al respects touching the same vndefiled but as touching her owne conception and byrth Psal 51. she will say and confesse with Dauid behold I was gotten in wickednesse and in sinne my mother conceaued mée How can he be cleane that is borne of a woman Iob. 25. the starres are not cleane in his sight Looke at her owne words She saith Luke 1. my soule doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit reioyceth in God my sauiour if she had béene cleane from all sinne then shée might haue béene saued by the lawe and Christ Iesus although her Sonne should haue profited her nothing therefore you may sée that she findeth somthing in her selfe that causeth her to confesse with ioye gladnesse of soule that her owne sonne must be her sauiour For why there is none that commeth vnto the Father of heauen but those that are brought by Christ for hée saith Nemo venit ad patrem nisi per me There is none that commeth vnto the father but by mée Father May wée not lawfully woorshippe and praye vnto this blessed Virgin and other Saincts Prayer to Saints Sonne Noe Father for Christ saith Dominum deum tuum adorabis et illi soli feruies Thou shalt worship the Lorde thy God and him onely shalt thou serue Reuel 19 Iohn fell downe at the Angels féete to worship but hée saide vnto him sée thou doe it not for I am thy fellow seruant and one of thy brethren euen of them that haue the testimonie of Christ Iesu but worship God Acts. 10 Cornelius fell downe at Peters féete and worshipped him but Peter tooke him by the hande and saide stande vp I my selfe am also a man Acts. 14 Iupiters Priestes brought Oxen and garlands vnto the Porch and would haue done sacrifice with the people which when the Apostles Barnabas and Paull hearde they rent their clothes and ranne among the people and saide sirs why doe ye this wée are mortall menne like vnto you and preach vnto you that yée shoulde turne from these vanities to the liuing God 4. king 17 Feare serue bow and doe sacrifice to God and to none els The Lord charged that they shoulde feare none other God nor bowe them selues vnto them nor serue them nor sacrifice to them but feare God that brought them out of Egypt him feare and to him bowe and to him doe sacrifice And as touching praier Christ teacheth his Disciples to pray Prayer Our Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy name c. When thou prayest Math. 6 Pray to the father of heauen enter into thy Chamber and shut the doore and pray to thy Father which is in secret and he will reward thée openly I cry vnto the Lorde with my voyce saith Dauid Psalm 77 euen vnto God will I crye with my voyce and he shall harken vnto mée Looke vnto whome Abrahams seruaunt prayed Lord God of my Maister Abrahā Gene. 24 send mée good spéede this day and shewe mercy vnto my Maister Abraham Abraham praied for Abimelech vnto the Lorde Gen. 20. and the Lorde healed Abimelech He that offereth to any but to the Lord onelie let him be rooted out Exod. 22 Serue where thou wilt saith Iosua Iosua 24 I and my house will serue the Lord God The Angell sayde Iudg. 13. if thou wilt offer an offering thou must offer it vnto the Lorde Elcana went euerie festiuall day to pray and to offer vnto the Lord God of hostes in Silo. Anna prayed and saide I haue powred out my soule before the Lord wherby you may perceaue father that none is to bée worshipped bowed vnto feared sacrificed before prayed vnto but onely the God of heauen and earth Father May we not pray thus and say GOD and our Ladie helpe mée or God and S. Iohn Peter or Iames Sonne Esay 59 None can helpe but God That is to make others equall with God For Esay sayth that the Lord sawe that none was righteous and he wondred that there was none to helpe him wherefore he helde him by his owne power and susteyned him by his owne righteousnesse And I tould you before that it was blasphemie to compare any with GOD and besides such are enemies to those Saincts for they wish that the Lord in his ielousie shoulde plague them by reason that they attribute that vnto them 2. King 6. that belongeth onely to the Lord. Vsa as we réede when he saw the Oxen
Law-giuer the Lord is our King and he himselfe is our Sauiour the lame menne runne after the pray there lyeth no man that sayeth I am sicke but all euill is taken away from the people that dwell there â—say 35 They shall florish pleasauntly and bée ioyfull and euer be giuing of thanks more and more â—hanks â—ueing euerlasting ioye shal they haue pleasure and gladnesse shall be among them and as for all sorrow and heauines shall vanish away â—say 60. The Lord himselfe shall be their euerlasting light and their God shall be their glorie â—zech 37 Their children and their childers children shall dwell in that lande for euermore â—hrist and my seruant Dauid shall be their euerlasting prince and I will be among them for euermore â—uke 5 Reioyce and be glad for great shall your reward be in heauen They shal be equall saith Iesus Christ with the Angells Luke 20. and are the sonnes of God for asmuch as they are the children of the resurrection for all men liue vnto him They shall eate and drinke with Iesu Christ in his kingdome Eod. 23 and sit on seats iudgeing the twelue Tribes of Israell They shall giue prayse glorie Rom. 2 and immortalitie to God They shall alwaies be with the Lord saith Saint Paull 1. Thess 4 They shall be Kinges and Priestes of Christ Reuel 20 and shall raigne with him a thousande yeares And concluding that which hath no ende with the words of Saint Paull 1. Cor. 2. the eye hath not â—â—â—e the eare hath not heard neyther hath it entred into the heart of man the ioye that God hath prepared for them that loue him Father Thou hast brought euerie thing to perfection which I desired to knowe let vs ende therefore with makyng ouâ— humble hartie prayers vnto God thanking his Maiestie for all his gracious and mercifull benefites therfore beginne thou and I will pray with thée Sonne A Prayer O Lorde Iesus Christ the Sonne of the euerliuing God by whom all things were made are ruled and gouerned as of thy loue for our redemption thou diddest not disdayne to be our mediatour and to take vpon thée our nature in the wombe of a most blessed Virgin purelie and without sinne by the operation of the holy spirit that both â—hou mightest in thine owne person woâ—derfully beautifie and exalt our nature and worke the same in vs also for abolishing the guiltinesse of sinne by redemption then sinne it selfe by death and last of al death by raising again these our bodies that they may be like to thine owne glorious and immortall bodie according to the power wherewith thou art able to subiect all thinges vnto thée And as of thy loue for our redemption thou becamest manne and that most poore and afflicted vppon earth by the space of thrée and thirtie yéeres in most humilitie payest the price of our raÌ„some by thy most bitter death passion for the which I giue most heartlie thanckes vnto thée so of the same thy loue towards vs in thy good time thou wilt come againe in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie with flaming fire with thousandes of Saints with Angels of power with a mightie crye shout of an Archangell and blast of a Trumpe sodenlie as a lightning that shineth from the East when men thincke least euen as a thefe in the night when men be a sléepe Thou wilt so come â—â—us sodenlie in the twinckling of an eye all men that euer haue béene be or shalâ—â— with women and Children appearing before thy tribunall seate to render an accompt of all thinges which they haue thought spoken or done against thy Lawe openly and before all Angels Saints and Diuells and so to receiue the iust rewarde of thy vengance if they haue not repented and obeyed thy Ghospell and so depart from thée to the Diuell and his Angells into hell fire which is vnquenchable and of paines intollerable easeles endles hopels euen from the face of thy glorious and mightie power But if they haue repented and beléeued thy Ghospell if they bée found watching with their lampes and oyle in their handes if they be found redie appareled with the wedding garment of innocencie if they haue not hardened their hearts and hourded vp the treasure of thy vengance in the daye of wrath to be reueled but haue vsed the time of grace the acceptable time the time of saluation that is the time of this life in the which thou stretchest out thine hand and spreadest thine armes calling and crying vnto vs to come vnto thée which art méeke in heart and lowlie for thou wilt ease all that labour and bée heauie laden If they haue visited the sicke and prisoners comforted the comfortlesse féed the hungrie clothed the naked lodged the harborles If they haue not lodened their hearts with gluttonie and surfeting and carelesnesse of this life If they haue not digged and hid their Tallent in the ground doing no good therwith but haue béene faithfull to occupye thye guiftes to thy glorie and haue washed their garments in thy blood by harty repentance Then shall thy Angels gather them to gether not as the wicked which shall bée collected as fagots and cast into the fire but as the good wheate that is gathered into thy barne Then shall they be caught vp to méete the in the Cloudes then shall their corruptable bodie put on incorruption then shall they bée endued with immortalitie and glorie thâ—â— shall they bée with thée and goe wheythâ—r thou goest then shall they hreae come â—lessed of my Father possesse the kingdome of heauen prepared for you from the beginning and then shall they bée sette on seates of Maiestie iudgeing the whole worlde then shall they reigne with thée for euer then shall God bée all in all with them to them then shall they enter and inherite heauenlie Ierusalem and the glorious restfull land of Canaan wher it shal alwaies be day and neuer night where is no manner of wéeping teares infirmities hunger cold sicknesse enuie mallice nor sinne but alwaies ioye without sorrow mirth without measure pleasure without paine heauenlie harmony most pleasant melody saying and singing holie holy holie Lord God of hosts finally the eye hath not séene the eare hath not heard neither hath it entred into the heart of man that they shall then inherite and most surelie enioye although héere they be tormented prisoned solicited of Sathan tempted of the flesh and entaÌ„gled with the world where through they are enforced to crye come Lord Iesu oh gracious GOD let vs finde such mercie with thée that we may repent beléeue hope and looke for these thinges with full fruition of those heauenlie ioyes which thou hast prepared for al them the feare thée And so rest with thee for euermore graunt this oh Lord and sauiour Iesu Christ for thine owne name sake Amen Father I Thought it my dutie sonne to bring thée vp in vertue and knowledge and in the feare of God whereof I haue apposed thée and I thanck GOD thou hast profited well God graunt that thou increase from vertue to vertue vntill thou be a perfect member of Iesus Christ so that through thée God our heauenly father may be glorified his kingdome increased Sathan abolished superstition and Idolatary rooted out the coÌ„mon welth beautified thy brethren and neighbours releaued and I comforted and graunt that all people kindreds and tongues may in the fearefull day of the Lorde be found stable and vnblameable in holinesse and so reigne with thée God our heauenlie father in his eternall kingdome through the blood of the laâ—be Iesus Christ who liueth and â—igneth one true eternall immortall and euerliing GOD world without ende Amen Sonne Graunt this O Lorde and heauenlie father for Iesus Christ his sake Amen Father Well sonne depart apply thy studye the God of my fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob blesse the and prosper thy labour in the Lorde Amen FINIS Aucthor Elizabetha diu valeat vigeatque regendo O Lord of Hosts defend with hand The gracious princesse of this land Keepe her from all her foes bloody I the beseech most hartelie And graunt her strength power might Vertue and grace to hauâ— a sight Of the O king of glory good That for vs all shed or thy blood And thus I stay my hand and penne Beseeching all to say Amen EINIS quod Lister Printed at London by Thomas East 1588.
aduocate to obtaine mercie for vs what saiest thou then to theÌ„ that say that the saints departed and the blessed Virgin Mary doe that and not hée Sonne I say the diuell hath alwaies some shift to drawe men from a stedfast faith in Christ Iesu otherwise his kingdome should decay but ther is none that is a meane for our sinnes Mediator but onelie Iesus Christ the onelie Sonne of God that vndefiled Lambe which hath payed our ransom 1. Tim. 2. Thus saith Saint Paull there is one God and one mediatour betwéene God and man euen the man Christ Iesus which gaue himselfe a ransom for all that it should be testified at his time Io. 17. This is eternall life that we know the one onelie true God and Iesus Christ which thou hast sent Gal. 3. A mediatour is not a mediatour of one but God is one Heb. 9. He is a mediatour of the new Testament that through death which chanced for the redemption of these transgressours that were vnder the first Testament they which are called might receiue the promisse of eternall inheritaunce wherby you may sée none to be any meane to the father for our sinnes but onelie Iesus Christ his owne natural sonne fitting on his right hand Father Shew mée what mercie we may looke for at the hand of God and how mercyfull the Lord is Sonne God is most mercifull Ezech. 18 and would not the death of a sinner but rather that hée should conuert and liue The Lord God was mercifull Exod. 34 gracious long suffering and abundant in goodnesse and truth and kéeping in store mercie for thousands forgiuing wickednesse vngodlynesse and sinne The Lorde is mercifull vnto Israell Iudg. 10 and his soule had pittie vppon their miserie Euen as a father is mercifull vnto his Children Psal 103 euen so is the Lorde mercifull vnto them that feare him Eather What must we do to be deliuered from the curse of the lawe and so obtaine mercie of our God through Iesus Christ séeing that we are all sinners Sonne Acts. 2. Consider what answere Saint Peter gaue to them that demaunded what they should doe to be saued he saide repent of your sinnes RepentaÌ„ce and be baptised euerie one of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes ye shall receaue the guift of the holie ghost Math. 3. Râ—pent said Iohn Baptist for the kingdome of God is at hand prepare the way of the Lord make his pathes streight Math. 4 Iesus began to preach and saide repent for the kingdome of heauen is at hand Mark 1 And in the first of Saint Lukes gospell repent and beléeue the gospell Father RepeÌ„tance What is this repentance wherevnto we are exhorted by Iesus Christ and his messengers Sonne defined It is a sorrowing and continuall mourning of the heart conscience because of sin ioyned with faith and amendemeÌ„t of life Father Let me héere how we must sorrow which some call contricion Sonne The Lord by the Prophet Ioell saith Contricion turne you vnto me with all your hearts Ioel. 2. with fasting wéeping and mourning rent your heartes and not your garments and turne vnto the Lord for the Lord is merciful gracious longe suffering and of great goodnesse and compassion and redy to pardone wickednesse Gyrde thée about with sacke cloth Ieremi 6 sprincle thy selfe with ashes mourne and wéepe bitterlie weepe bitterly for the destruction else shal sodenlie fall vppon you When Ahab hard that the Lord would destroy him and his house 3. king 21 hée rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted and went bare foote and the Lord saide because he submitteth himselfe before me I will not bring this euil in his daies but in his sonnes daies Dauid saide Psal 102 my heart is smitten downe and withered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bread for the voice of my groning my bones will scarce cleaue to my flesh Psalm 6. Euerie night wash I my bed and water my couch with my teares Esay 30. In repentance and in rest shalt thou be safe in quietnesse and sure confidence shall ye put your trust Ieremi 31 RepentaÌ„ce a guift of God Conuert thou me and I shal be conuerted assone as thou turnest me I shall reforme my selfe and when I vnderstand I shall smite vppon my theigh Ezech. 20. Condemne your selues You shall iudge your selues worthie to be destroyed for all your wickednesse that you haue done Luke 7 Teares of repeÌ„tance A woman stoode by Christ at his féete wéeping and began to wash his féete with teares and did wipe them with the haires of her head Luke 23 And he saide manie sinnes are forgiuen thée for thou loued much VVept bitterly The Lord looked vppon Petter and Peter remembred the Lordes words and went out from amonge the wicked Iewes and wéept bitterlie wherby you may perceiue father that he which trulie repenteth he is sorrowful for al his sinnes as Petter was and wéepeth bitterlie Father What other thinge shall wée finde in him that truelie repenteth Confession Sonne A confessing No auriculer confession an acknowledging of his iniquities to the Lord and not in the eare of a sinnefull man Dauid saide Psalm 32. I will confesse my sinne vnto the Lord and so he forgaue me the wickednesse of my sinne The people of Israell cryed vnto the Lorde and saide Iudg. 10. we haue sinned agaynst thée and haue forsaken our owne God and serued Balam Esdras kneeled downe on his knées and spred out his handes vnto the Lord Esdras 9 Kneeled downe and saide my God I am ashamed and dare not lyft vp mine eyes vnto thée my God for my wickednesse is gone ouer my heade and my trespasses are exalted to heauen oh Lord we haue forsaken thy commaundements and made the lande full of vncleanenesse on euerie side I will saith Dauid confesse my wickednesse and be sorie for my sinne Psalm 38 Daniell saide Daniel 9 oh Lord vnto vs our kinges and princes belongeth nothing but open shame and confusion we haue sinned O Lord against thée yet Lord let thy face shine ouer the sanctuarie Many that beléeued came and confessed and shewed their workes Father Prayer Are there other qualities to be founde in him that truelie repenteth Sonne Psalm 51. Yea Father hartie and deuout prayer vnto God for pardon Dauid when he had sinned praied thus haue mercie vpon mée O God after thy great goodnesse and according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away mine offences â— Cro. 21. Dauid saide I haue sinned excéedingly in dooing this thing but now I beséech the Lord doe away the sinne of thy seruaunt for I haue done wickedlie Daniel 9 Oh Lord we haue sinned and done wickedlie against all thy righteousnesse yet O Lord let thy wrathfull displeasure be turned away I beséech