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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

into this place of tormentes vnto whom after it was aunsweared that they had the lawe and the Prophets let them heare them hee did immediatly replye saying No father Abraham they wyl not gi●e ●are vnto them but if anye of those that bee dead shall goe vnto them they wyll repent The riche man then being in hell did repent him But bycause he knewe that his repentaunce did nothing a auyle ●ym hee desired it might bee declared vnto his bretherne that they might doe fruitfull repentaunce in thys world For that it doeth then profite a man of sinne to repent him whilest as yet he may commit any sinne Of the manifolde and diu●rs paynes of Hel. Chap 4. THe paynes of Hel are many and of diuers sortes The firste payne is the payne of fyre The seconde is the payne of colde Of the●e two our Lorde speaketh in the gospell where he ●ayeth there shal be weping wailing with gnashing of teeth which is by reason of the colde The thirde paine of hell is the foule sauour and of these three paines the Psalmist maketh mention whē●ee saith fire brimston● and the spirite of great tempests The fourth paine shall be worms which shal neuer cease Whereof the prophet saith thus Their worme shall not dye and their fire shall not goe out for it shall neuer be extinguished The fifth payne shall be the sharpe whips of the torm●nters wherevpon the wise man saith thus Iudgementes ar● prepared for blasphemers and beating hammers are made readye f●r the bodyes of the foolish The sixt payne shal be sensible darknesse both inward and outward which ●ob meaneth when he sayth The land of misery and darknesse where is the shadowe of d●ath Of the damned soule speketh also the prophet Dauid in this sorte And hee shall neuer see light And in anoth●r place it is written thus of the dam●ed The wycked ma● shall keepe sil●●ce in darken●sse The seuenth payne shall bee the confusion of ●inners for then as it is written in Daniel The bookes of mans conscience shall bee opened and all hys doyngs shall bee made mani●●st The eight payne shall bee the hor●●ble sight of diuels which shall bee seene through the sparkes rising out of the vnquēcha●le fire The ninth shal bee the fiery chaynes wherewithall the partes of the vngodly shal be linked The●e hellishe paynes are ordeyned for the wic●●d and sinful persons w●erwith shal be tormented those that folowe lewde desir●s and fl●shly lustes those that are extortioners and spoylers of their neyg●bours tho●e that ar● puft vp with en●ie and malice ●●ose that haue prouoked Gods vengeaunce through t●● multitude of their sinnes those that are despisers and neglecters of the truth those tha● are impenitent and wilful offenders and those that are commi●ters of mischiefe and foule acts folowing the wanton 〈…〉 affec●ions of the fleshe Of the vnspeakable anguish and tormen● of the damned Chap. 5. THe reprobate whilest they beholde the blessed soules shall be tormented with horrible feare weeping lamenting for v●ry griefe of minde and thus shall they say vnto themselues These be those whom somtimes wee made our laughing stocks and alwayes hadde them in derision wee beeing without sense did accompte their life madnesse theyr ende to become obscure and with●●t honour beholde nowe they are numbred amongst the children of God and their portion is amongst the saints It shall be a great punishment vnto the wicked to behold the glory of the blessed And it may be that the blessed soules after the ende of iudgement shall see the reprobate in their torments according to the place of scripture which sayeth The iust man shall reioyce when hee shall see ●he tormente of sinners But the reprobate shal not see the blessed in theyr glorye as the prophet witnesseth saying The wicked shall not see the glory of god And such sh●ll be the talke of sinners in Hell for ●hat the hope of the vngodlye is lyke vnto sawe duste whiche is quyte caryed away wyth the wynde or lyke vnto the froath of the earth which is dispersed ●cattered abroad by the tempest and as the smoke which is spred abroad with the winde and as the remembraunce of a guest of one day Of Hel fyre Chap. 6. THe fire of Hell is neither nourished with wood nor yet kindled by the helpe of any But it is created of God and is made vnquencheable from the beginning of the worlde For it is written Hee shall bee deuoured with fire whiche is not kyndled This hellishe fyre is supposed to bee vnder the earth according to the place of Esay where he sayth the Hell whiche is vnder the earth is vexed and disquieted agayns●e thy comming but euery place is p●nall to the re●robate which● alwayes in all places carye their paine and torment againste themselues I will bring forth from the middest of thee saith God by the mouth of hys prophet fire whiche shall deuoure thee The fire of Hell shall alwayes burne and shall neuer giue light it shall alwayes yeelde thee an extreame heate and yet shall it neuer cons●me that which it burneth it shal always afflict and neuer fayle In Hell the darkenesse is exceeding greate the bytternesse of paynes passeth all measure and the continuance in miserie is without ende● Caste ●ym bounde hand and foote sayeth our Sauioure speaking of the sinner● into vtter darkenenesse where there shall b●e weeping wayling and gnashing of teeth Euery parte of the body shall sustaine ●or his synnes a propre torment that the wicked may bee punished in that wherein hee hath offended For it is written Man shall bee tormented in those things by the whiche he hath transgr●ssed Wherefore he that dyd synne with his tong was punished in hys tong And therefore did the proude riche man cry saying father Abraham haue pitie vppon me and s●nd Lazarus vnto mee that he maye dyppe the toppe of his finger in water and coole my tong wherein I am tormented in thys burning flame Of the darknesse of Hell. Chap. 7. THe reprobate and damned soules shall not on●ly bee couered with outwarde darknesse but they sh●ll bee also enwrapped in inward darknesse for so muche as they shall be depriued both of the spirituall corporall light For it is written Let the wicked man be ●aken away that hee do not see the glory of God who only shall then be for an euerlasting light Th● reprobate truly shal suffer such griefe and sorow of mind in their paynes that their thoughts shal be fixt on no other thing but only vpon the vehement anguish greefe of torment which they shall feele It is reported that a certaine Scholer after hys death did appeare vnto his maister and declared vnto him t●at he was a damned soule foorthwith his master demaunded of him whether there were any quest●ons or controuersies moued amongst the damned soules in Hel vnto whom he