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A04036	The mirror of mans lyfe Plainely describing, what weake moulde we are made of: what miseries we are subiect vnto: howe vncertaine this life is: and what shal be our ende. Englished by H. Kirton.; De contemptu mundi. English	Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216.; Kirton, H. (Henry); Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624. Speculum humanum. aut	1576 (1576)	STC 14093; ESTC S106262	64,245	170

God come from his heauenly throne and al they which be in theyr graues shal heare the voyce of the sonne of God the good shall proceede to the resurrection of life but the euil to the resurrection of iudgement damnation Death Hell shall surrender their deade which shall be in them euery eye shal see yea euē they whiche haue prickt against him and al the tribes of the earth shal mourne Then shal they see the sonne of man comming in a cloude with greate power and maiestie But oure Lord shal come to reuenge the wickednesse of the worlde not with his Apostles onely but also with the senators of his people whervpon the wise man saith thus Her ●usbande a noble man in his gates when ●e shal sitte with the senators of the earth c. For they also shal sit vpon the twelue seates of the tribes of Israel I did looke saith the Prophet Daniel vntil the thrones were set vp and the auncient of the dayes satte him downe hys garmente was as white as snowe and the heares of his heade were as cleare and as white as wooll his throne were the flames of fire and the wheeles thereof were burning fire and from his countenaunce proceded a raging streame of fire● Thousandes of thousandes did minister vnto him and tenne hundreth thousands did assist him Our Lord saith Dauid will come openly hee is oure God and wil not keepe silence fire shall burne in his syght and there shal bee a mighty greate tempest rounde about him He hathe called vppon the heauen from aboue and the earth below to iudge or discerne his people Then shall all nations bee gathered togyther before hym and hee shall separate the one from the other● as the shepheard doth separate his sheepe frō his kiddes and he shall set the sheepe on the right hande and the kiddes on his lefte Of the pow●r wisdome and iustice of the Iudge Chap. 15. O Howe greate shall the trembling and feare be in that day O what wéeping and wayling shall then be hearde For if the pillers of heauen do tremble and shake for feare at his comming if the Angels of peace shall then weepe bitterly what shall sinners doe if the iust man shall very hardly be saued how then shall wicked and sinful men shew their faces Therfore dothe the Prophet Dauid ex●lame and say Lorde enter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy syght no man shall bee iustifyed and agayne If thou O god shalte obserue and marke iniquities O Lorde who shal be able to sustayne it For what is he that doth not ●eare a most iust a wise and most mightie iudge I call hym a most mightie iudge bycause no man can auoyde his sight hee is a wise iudge bycause the faultes of men cannot be hidden from him And hee is a most iust iudge bycause no man can corrupt him If we looke for courage he is most strong in ●orce and wise in hart If equitie in iudgement should be required there is none that dareth beare witnesse for mee If I should iustify my selfe my owne mouth will condemne mee If I shal shew my selfe as an innocent it shall declare mee to bee but froward and wicked although I doe appere simple He sayd the worde and all things were made He gaue commaundement and they were created He calleth vpon the starres and they answere wee bee heere He maketh his Angelles spirites and his m●nisters a flame of fyre Unto whose will nothing doth resist and vnto whome no word is impossible And at whose name euery knee doth bowe as well of those that bee in heauen as vpon the earth and vnder the earth His sight no man can flye as the Prophet sayeth For if I shall saith he ascend vp into the heauen thou arte there if I shal descend into hell thou arte at hand also Hee is the searcher of the reynes and hartes vnto his eyes all things are open Hee numbreth telleth the droppes of rayne and the sands of the Sea. God is the Lord of knowledge for he hath the knowledge of all things before they come to passe Hee is priuy vnto euerye thing and a searcher oute of secrete and hidden things No man can be hidden from him as the Apostle sayeth There is no creature inuisible in his sight He is a iust and a stoute Iudge and a long sufferer who neither for prayer nor for hire for loue nor hate doth once decline from the pathe of righteousnesse but alwayes marching in the high way passeth ouer no euill vnpunished ne leaueth any good deed vnrewarded Therefore can no man corrupt him according to the Psalmist Thou O Lord rewardest euerye one according to hys desertes Of Gods Iudgement Chap. 16. WHat is he that will not feare that kind of examination wherein the selfe same shall bee both the accuser the aduocate and the iudge for he shall be the accuser when ●ee shall say vnto the wicked I was hungry and you did not giue mee to eate I was thirstie and you gaue me not to drink He shall play the aduocate when he sayeth As long as you did it not to anye one of these little ones so long you dyd it not to me He shall sustayne the person of a iudge when he dothe inferre this of that which hee sayde before Get you hence away from mee you accursed into euerlasting fyre No witnesse shal be necessary in that iudgemēt For that then the secretes of darkenesse shall be most manifest For there is nothing hydden which then shall not be reuealed The bookes of mens conscience shall then be opened then shall the deade bee iudged of those things which be written in the booke for their workes shal folowe them O Lord what greate shame or abashment shall then bee amongest sinners What confusion shal there be when their most detestable crymes shall be euident and manifest vnto all men Blessed be they sayeth the Prophete whose sinnes are forgiuen them and whose offences are couered For there can be no appeale made frō that sentence Bycause the father hathe giuen all iudgement vnto hys sonne who shutteth and no man openeth who openeth and no man shutteth for the mouth of our Lord hath spoken it That nothing shall ●rofyte the da●ned soules Ch●p 17. THen shall not riches profite them their worldely honours shall not defende th●m their friendes shall not helpe them nor their golde and siluer shall not bee able to deliuer them in the day of our Lordes fury All the Kings of the earth shall weepe and lament when they shall see the smoke of the fire for feare of their torments What then shall you doe in the daye of our Lordes fury in the day of visitation and calamitie comming a farre off vnto whose helpe wil

THE MIRROR of Mans lyfe Plainely describing What weake moulde we are made of what miseries we are subiect vnto howe vncertaine this life is and what shal be our ende Englished by H. Kirton WORMES MEATE O FROATH O VANITIE WHY ART THOV SO INSOLENT IMPRINTED AT LONdon by Henry Bynneman 1576. TO THE RIGHT Honorable and his singular good Lady the Lady Anne Countesse of Penbroke mother vnto the Honorable Lord Compton H.K. vvisheth all honor and long lyfe TO auoyde the faulte of Ingratitude amōgst the olde Philosophers beeyng accompted one of the gretest I thoght it good ryght Honourable to dedicate this Boke vnto you as a token or argument of my good will rather remembring thā requiting your boūtifull curtesie The which Boke was written aboue three hūdred and threscore yeeres past entituled The miserie of man. The contentes whereof if with deep and due iudgement we doe consider we shall easily finde greate cause to make a rechlesse accoūt of al worldly pomp vanitie that for great cause For our life in hir firste entrie into this world is encoūtred with thre capital enimies paine care and sorow Payne bids the body battayle care continueth the skirmish and sorowe giueth the victorie It is a greeuous thing to behold our ●irst entertainement so displeasantly entreated wee lamente in the firste minute and rewe to the laste moment No sooner born but straight bounde hande and foote and cast into the cradle as into a prison wher we lie long time fast fettered in the feeblenesse of our owne flesh Then enter we into the warres that holy Iob speaketh of where he sayth The life of man is but warfare For there is no part of mans age that he passeth ouer in the whiche he hath not some combate to fight The firste conflict which we are to endure is infancy in the which time wee labour with the lacke of reason and fighte with our own folly not knowing where we are ne what wee are ne whence nor for what we come Thē after a time we haue to striue with our hands and feete vsing them to learne their duties And in this conflicte wee doe continue vntil the age of seuen yeres al the whiche time we are feble weak without iudgemēt or reason not able to help ourselues These yeeres ouerpassed we warre vnder the fear of the rod in spending time to learne some liberall science or else some other machanical arte wherby we may either aspire to some high estate or else procure our necessary sustenāce In the third part of our age we enter into a most perilous skirmishe fighting againste the desires of the fleshe againste fonde affections and vaine imaginations whiche causeth the minde to be vnconstāt and to be caryed away with sundry fancies Fourthly we haue to encoūter with manhoode In this warfare we beare some coūtenance in the cōmon welth ambitiouslye seeking after honor and estimation and couetously affecting wealthe and riches To this age is incidēt the charge of wife and children the maintenaunce of our family care of posteritie After all these foloweth the mayne battayle which neuer taketh peace with vs vntil our dying day In this field we receiue many wounds which neuer can bee cured as bleared eyes trēbling hands gowty feete deaf eares wrinkled brows leane cheeks lothsom breth baldnesse corruption of stomacke with many moe miseries infinite whiche neuer rest to vāquish the body with furious assalts ne to disquiet the minde with troublesome thoughts to wound the conscience with the remembrance of things past And furthermore suche is the vnhappy lot of life that all those things whiche wee most greedily desire as honor riches● plesures wee leaue them again speedily and in our greatest dangers they do vs no good Therfore the wise Philosopher being demāded what was the gretest thing in the world aunswered it was the valiaunte heart of a man that coulde cōtemne and lightly esteme the high mighty things of the world For honor and dignitie hath no assurance and in Fortunes fauoure is no stabilitie Philip king of Macedone obteined in one day three notable victories After the which he is sayd to haue kneeled downe vpon the grounde holding vp his handes vnto the Heauens crying out in this wise O Lady Fortune most vncertayne O my happie destenies I humbly beseech you that after this greate honor and glory whiche you nowe haue giuen mee you woulde moderate and temper the troubles afflictiōs which in time to come you will lay vpon mee For commonly gret prosperitie is a messenger to greeuous calamitie nothing in this life is certayn or sure As Socrates affirmed when he sayd that the certaynest thing in this worlde was that all things were vncertaine It is written that diuers Captaynes came vnto Agesilaus and requested hym to walke vp vnto the hill called Olympus where saide they you shal see great wealthy merchantes vttering a world of riches and pretious Iewels His aunswere was this if I coulde buy or sell yea or exchāge their sorow for mirth sicknesse for helthe deathe for life I would thē goe thither and spende all that I haue but I see quoth he that the biers sellers yea and the very things themselues are condemned to die and to perishe Wherefore neither the sight of any thīg nor the obtayning of anye thing there can better mine estate or help me at the hour of death whē I must creepe into my graue For although honor wealthe and riches beare great rule amōgst mē yet they preuaile not against death To verefie the same I could wishe right Honorable other testimonie thā the lamentable funerals of your louing daughter lately deceassed of whome I wil forbeare to speake much least the greene memory may rufully renew your forepassed sorowes In whome whiles she was what might be wished that she wanted Shee was indued with all excellēt gifts as beautie vertue and fortune Hir vertues were passing and made hir comparable with any of hir equals Hir beautie was singular and made hir most amiable What greater fortune than to be nobly borne and to liue in honor Shee feared God shee loued hir Prince she h●ted vice and followed vertue sh●e pitied the miserie of the afflicted she releeued the necessitie of those that wanted she was the daughter of true nobilitie the mirror ●f al curtesie the mistresse of al modestie To be short she did well and dyed well Yet neyther noblenesse of birth nor yet the gifts of nature or Fortune could keepe hir with vs whē death would haue hir Thus you may see howe lothsome our life is and howe vncertayne the transitorie things of this world are I hold him therefore most wisest that so liueth as though he shoulde always die There came one vnto Diogenes sayd O what a miserable thing it is to liue in this worlde vnto whom he answered my frēd you are deceiued for it is no misery for a man to liue but it is a