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B08027	The choise of change: containing the triplicitie of diuinitie, philosophie & poetrie, short for memorie, profitable for knowledge, and necessarie for maners: whereby the learned may be confirmed, the ignorant instructed, and all men generally recreated. / Newly set foorth by S.R. Gent. and student in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge..	S. R. (Simon Robson), d. 1617.	1585 (1585)	STC 21132; ESTC S94922	45,848	96

ioyning together with their talents and so fell down dead in his presence Within a short season after as he came frō hunting a wilde beast while hee was gining two greyhounds which hee loued well water to drinke sodainely they fell downe dead at his féete also 55 Three things do hasten our death Sorow Solitarines Desperation 56 One demaunded of Diogines what were best for a man doe to be in fauor of the gods belooued of the people He answered Reuerence and honour much the gods Bring vp his children in due correction And be thankefull to his benefactors 57 Three mothers bring foorth thre euill daughters Truth the mother hatred the daughter Riches the mother ●nuy the daughter Familiarity the mother contempt the daughter 58 A noble mā being desirous to knowe of K. Alexāder for what cause he would be gouernour of the whole world He made him this answer All wars are raised for one of these 3. causes either To haue many gods Many lawes Therfore would I be conqueror of the world that I might command through out the world That they honor but one God Obserue but one law Serue but one king Or many kings 59 Thrée tokens to know a wise man by To endure Not to exalte himselfe being praised If he know when to speake and when to be silent 60 Thrée principal plagues that Princes should take heede on To call their owne follies and rashnesse Prudence Their crueltie iustice To fatten themselues with the misery and calamitie of the poore 61 Thrée things which soone deceaue a man Faire speech Great giftes Little knowledge 62 Thrée sortes of men which are worthy to be accounted good Common peacemakers They that can forget iniuries doone vnto them They that will not forget to requite good turnes 63 The Romans had a law named Falcidia which was enacted for the reforming of disobedient childrens maners containing 3. things For the first offence hee was pardoned if there were any hope of amendment For the second he was punished For the third he was punished 64 Three sortes of men easilye get friends Pitifull men Curteous men Liberall rich men 65 No man should thinke himselfe worthy the honor of three Of a prince Of a priest Of a Iudge 66 Men may lawfully fight in defence of three thinges The Law The prince The countrie 67 Three things do allure vs to epicurisme The diuell which promiseth pleasures and the goods of this world to them y● worship him Our own flesh and frailtie which preferreth swéete and pleasant things aboue al goodnes Greedie gutlings which by their example entice the ignarant vnto the like beastlines 68 Patience ouercommeth any aduerse calamitie 3. manner of waies Not by striuing but by suffering Not by murmuring but giuing thanks Not by wéeping but by hoping 69 Pride being in a mā causeth him to be lesse estéemed though he haue these 3 things The fauour of men Wisedome Beaetie 70 We cannot yéelde worthie thankes vnto thrée as Aristotle affirmeth The gods Our parents Our maisters 71 Ambitious mē are not with 〈◊〉 these three vices They are very desirous of vaineglorie They are very wittie in cauilling at other mens wordes and reprouing their déeds that thereby themselues may winne the peoples hartes When they are become famous in the mouthes of the common people ●though through the labor of others yet they are so stout and high minded that they dare enterprise any thing 72 Three thinges are daungerous for young men Solitarines Common company Because whē a mā is solitary the diuel is most readie to tempt him Because of euill talke which corrupteth good maners Because it is the inuēter of naughtines Idlenes 73 Humilitie is the key of knowledge whereof though there are many precepts yet these 3. chiefly to be obserued To contemne or despise no kind of learning or knowledge Not to be ashamed to learne Hauing obtained knowledge not to extoll himselfe aboue any man 74 For 3. causes men cry with a loud voice When he is far off vnto whō they woulde speake When they talke with one that is deafe When they are incensed with anger 75 Iulius Caesar vsed to carie 3. things with him while he folowed the wars His penne to write the whole course of the Romans successe in their wars His bookes to find himselfe occupied His lance to helpe to repulse his enimies 76 The Bishop of Sarisbury did affirme that there is 3. waies to conclude peace betwéene the papists and protestants That the protestants should yéeld vnto the papists which they will neuer do beinge gouerned by the word of God That the papists shoulde yeelde vnto the Protestants which they will neuer doe while might and multitude might preuaile Wherefore it remaineth that the stronger in fight do vtterly ouerthrow and discōfit the weaker 77 Three euill qualities of euil customes They take away from a man the sense and feeling of his sinnes They make men euerie day worse worse They neuer forsake a sinner before his death 78 Pomponius affirmeth that there are 3. sorts of bodies One which hath but one shape As a man wood a stone Another which consisteth of many bodies agreeing or hanging together as a ship a house The third which is comprised of many and sundry as suppose of many bodies cōprehended vnder one name as the people a congregation an armie a legion 79 Thrée things though they be very good yet they please not euery bodie Raine though it will do very much good to to the earth towards increase Vpright iudgement The labours of learned men 80 Gluttonie doth harme vnto men thrée maner of waies It maketh the bodie deformed mishapen It bréedes infirmities and sometimes bringeth death It causeth them to be insatiable like rauenous brute beasts 81 Appius Claudius did assay 3. maner of waies to bereaue Virginia of her virginitie By prayer and request By great giftes By threatnings 82 Augustine reporteth that there are three kind of errors The firste kinde when that which is false is thought to bee true according to his meaning that is the authour of it As if a man should thinke that Idoles are true gods because they are called gods in the scripture Whē that which is false is taken for truth as if by reading Lucretius bookes thou shouldest thinke the soule to consist of motes of the sunne which he both wroteand thought and yet it is an error Whē something of another mans writing is beléeued to be true which the Author neither thought nor meant as if a man should think the Epicure to account vertue to be the chiefe felicitie because hee praiseth continencie 83 Three vertues most commēdable in a woman Sobrietie Silence Chastitie 84 We salute 3. sortes of people when we meete them Our betters Of necessitie Our equals Of our own will Our inferiours Of méere vertue 85 Thrée renoumed kings haue 3. sundry titles The king of England is intituled defender of the church The king of Fraunce is called y● most christian

THE Choise of Change Containing the Triplicitie of Diuinitie Philosophie and Poetrie short for memorie Profitable for Knowledge and necessarie for Maners Whereby the learned may be confirmed the ignorant instructed and all men generally recreated Newly set foorth by S. R. Gent. and student in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge T●ia sunt omnia AT LONDON Printed by Roger Warde dwelling neere Holborne Conduite An. Dom 〈…〉 TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR HENRY HERBERT Knight of the most noble order of the Garter Lorde of Cardiffe mannor and S. Quintin and Earle of Pembrocke the right worshipfull Sir PHILIP SIDNEI knight with the right worthy Gentleman M. Robert Sidney Esquire S. R. wisheth increase of vertuous qualities in the minde of the giftes of the body and goods of Fortune RIght Honorable and Worshipful If I should follow the custome of ●uch as set forth bookes to the viewe of the world which passe vnder the protection of noble personages besides the dread of offending wise men I should run into one of these three errours either to praise your H. and W. by adulation praise my selfe by ostentation or praise my worke by seeking to bring men into admiration I purpose none of all these The first I leaue least my wordes should empaire your worthines The second I refrain because I find nothing in my self which can deserue praise The third I will avoide for if my labor hath bene so wel imployed as it may please you right H. and W it is able enough to praise it selfe I therefore present these my three bookes of Diuinitie Philosophie and Poetrie comprized together in one volume vnto you three right H. and W. who are linked vnited together in an indissoluble band of amitie fraternitie humbly requesting that you will countenance thē with fauour patronage them by your authoritie that therby they may eschew the reproches of malitious tongues and bleare the enuious eies of such as prie at other mens faultes in the water which cause things seeme bigger then they be but regard their owne faultes as through small nets which cause things to seeme lesse In so doing you shall giue me cause to reioice in my trauell and occasion by thankfulnes to acknowledge my bounden duetie Thus leauing your Honour and Worships to the direction of the Almightie I cease referring my selfe to your good opinions Your Honor and Worships to commaund S. R. TO THE READER 1 HE that knoweth not that he ought to knowe is a brute beast among men 2 He that knoweth no more then he hath neede of is a man among brute beastes 3 He that knoweth all that may be knowne is a God among men 1 Reade willingly 2 Correct friendly 3 Iudge indifferently THE FIRST HVNDRETH OF THE Triplicitie of Diuinitie 1 Three things doe witnes the worde of God to be true and of great authoritie THe historie of the world comprehended in the holy scripture Many notable and strange reuelations The miracles of the Church which do cōfirme the word 2 The preaching of the worde of God is comprehended in three things In doctrine In consolation In precepts 3 The holy Scripture is diuided into three parts Into histories Into precepts Into prophesies Histories consist in those things which are done Precepts in those thinges which are commanded Prophesies in foreshewinge things which either are alreadie come to passe or shall hereafter be fulfilled 4 Thrée good things are set forth in the scripture which the Philosophers neuer attained vnto The true knowledge of god and calling on of his name True comfort in aduersitie The way to liue well and worship God aright 5 Thrée things are most certain in the word of God Promises Prophesies Threatnings 6 There be thrée singuler things proper to the Scripture Hugo Whatsoeuer is taught is trueth without falshood Whatsoeuer is commanded is goodnesse without malice Whatsoeuer is promised is happinesse without miserie 7 The word of God was reuealed for thrée causes To be learned To be beleeued To be practised 8 There are three vnderstandings of y● scriptures set down by Hugo in his third booke of the s●ule Historicall Misticall The first containing examples fit for the simple The second mysteries fit for the learned By miracles By Figures By words The third manners common for both Morall 9 All Scripture giuen by inspiration as Paule saith 2. Tim. 3. is profitable to thrée To teach To improue and correct To instruct in righteousnes 10 There be thrée kinds of meditations in contemplation Hugo In creatures In scriptures The first ariseth of admiration The second of reading Admiration bringeth Question Question searching out Readinge mynistreth matter to know y● truth circūspectiō bringeth operatiō Operation is y● end of Meditation The thirde of circumspection In maners 11 Thrée waies God spake vnto our forefathers as Luther is witnes in his exposition vppon the xxxv chap. of Gen. By dreames By manifest visions By the voices of proph● 12 The holy scripture is diuided into 3. partes The law The prophets The gospell 13 S. Paule in his thrée epistles to the Romanes Galathians Ephesians teacheth thrée things He sheweth that all men are sinners He teacheth that man is iustified by faith onely without the workes of the law He prescribeth them that are iustified to do good works by Gods law 14 Three thinges make men suspect the Epistle of Iude not to be Canonicall The narration of the strife of Michaell the Archangell with the deuill The narration of the bodie of Moses The prophesie of Enoch 15 There are three sayinges founde in S. Paule his Epistles which are borowed of Heathen Antiquaries Of Meander Euill wordes corrupt good maners 1. Cor. 5. ver 33 Of Aratus Couetousnes is the roote of all euils 1. Tim. 6. ver 10. Of Epimenides Cretians are alwaies lyers euill beasts now bellies Tit. 1. ver 12 16 Three thinges chiefly to bee obserued in the olde and newe Testament Faith that we may beléeue those things to be true which Moses y● Prophets Christ and his apostles haue spoken by the inspiration of the holy ghost Hope that with a stedfast beliefe we maye assure our selues that wee shall obtaine those things that are promised Charitie that we neither doe nor say any thing but y● which is acceptable to God and profitable to men 17 For three causes the worde of God is to be preached That the hearers may vnderstand because without preaching he cannot heare That he which vnderstandeth may beleue because without hearing he cānot beleue That he which beléeueth may do good because without faith he can not do good 18 For three causes wee ought to bee attentiue in hearing the word of God For the reuerence due to God whose word we come to heare That wee may auoide the dangers of negligence For the profite which is manifold 19 There be thre inuisible vertues of God Power Wisdom Gf y● which al things proceed In the whiche all things censist The Father is power The sonne is wisedome Power