The good old way, or, An excellent and profitable treatise of repentance made

Noah did he not sin and was drunk? good Lot also, both in Sodom dissembled a little with the Angels, prolonging the time; and out of Sodom he fell very foul; as did Judah and the Patriarchs against Joseph; but yet I ween they ⟨p. 54⟩found mercy. Moses, Miriam, Aaron, though they stumbled a little, yet received they mercy: Yea, the people in the wilderness often sinned and displeased God, so that he was purposed to have destroyed them. Let me alone (saith he to Moses) that I may destroy them. But Moses did not let him alone, for he prayed still for them, and therefore God spared them. If the people were spared, through. Moses prayer, they not praying with him, but rather worshipping their golden Calf, eating & drinking, & making jolly good cheer: Beloved, why shouldest thou doubt whether God will be merciful to thee? having as indeed thou hast, one much better then Moses to pray for thee & with thee, even Jesus Christ, who sitteth on the right hand of his Father, and prayeth for us, being no less faithful in his Fathers house, the Church, then Moses was in the Synagogue. David, that good King, had a foul foil, when he committed Whoredom with his faithful servants wife, Bathsheba; whereunto he added also a mischievous murder, causing her husband, his most faithful ⟨p. 55⟩Soldier Uriah to be slain, with an honest company of his most valiant men of war, and that with the sword of the uncircumcised.

Noah did he not sinne and was drunk? good Lot also, both in Sodom dissembled a little with the Angels, prolonging the time; and out of Sodome he fell very foule; as did Judah and the Patriarks against Joseph; but yet I ween they ⟨p. 54⟩found mercy. Moses, Myriam, Aaron, though they stumbled a little, yet received they mercy: Yea, the people in the wildernesse often sinned and displeased God, so that he was purposed to have destroyed them. Let me alone (saith he to Moses) that I may destroy them. But Moses did not let him alone, for he prayed still for them, and therefore God spared them. If the people were spared, through. Moses prayer, they not praying with him, but rather worshiping their golden Calfe, eating & drinking, & making jolly good cheere: Beloved, why shouldest thou doubt whether God will be mercifull to thee? having as indeed thou hast, one much better then Moses to pray for thee & with thee, even Jesus Christ, who sitteth on the right hand of his Father, and prayeth for us, being no lesse faithfull in his Fathers house, the Church, then Moses was in the Synagogue. David, that good King, had a foule foile, when he committed Whoredome with his faithfull servants wife, Bethsheba; whereunto he added also a mischievous murther, causing her husband, his most faithfull