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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05694	A christall glasse of christian reformation wherein the godly maye beholde the coloured abuses vsed in this our present tyme. Collected by Stephen Bateman Minister.	Batman, Stephen, d. 1584.	1569 (1569)	STC 1581; ESTC S115367	68,767	152

Sommer and haue nothing Delight not thou in sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie but open thine eyes that thou mayest haue bread Thus gentle reader mayest thou see the mischiefe and vnhappines that ensueth sloth When Eneas came from the siege of Troy hee ariued in Carthage there for a tyme to solace hym selfe and as he walked y e Quene of Carthage whose name was Dido espying y e comely personage of Eneas was therwith inflamed And when they had talked togethers and sociated them a certaine space the sayd Eneas departed into Italy and there was long tyme absent from the presence of Dido who waxed displeasant at his sloth and forgetfulnes saying that the cause of hys absence without spedie returne would be cause of her death Eneas not regarding the letter that Dido sent but being loth to iourney remayned still in Italy In the meane tyme Dido slue her self and whē Eneas knew of her death then he lamented y t he had not come before her death Some writers say that Dido builded Carthage and Eneas was dead iij. C. yeares before the buildyng of Carthage therfore it was not that Eneas but some other S. Augustine writeth of y e same Confessionum in fine Great griefe it is the learned to see in slothfull rest to spend their dayes Such may be likened to dronebees that sucke the sweete and go their wayes ¶ The signification HE which rydeth on the Asse signifieth sloth as well amōg the chiefest as among the lowest the Fryers weede and Beades signifieth hypocrisie and lothsomnes of the truth SLoth among the spiritual is much to be reproued spokē of in all such as do not thankfully apply the giftes that God geueth thē to their brothers profite From such God wil take hys giftes will make thē voyde of al ghostly vnderstāding The kingdome of heauen is lyke vnto x. virgins which tooke their lampes and went to meete the bridegrome Fiue of them were folishe and v. were wise The folishe tooke their lampes but tooke no oyle with them But the wyse tooke oyle with them in their vessells with their lampes also While the bridegrome taried they all slumbred and slept And euen at midnight there was a cry made beholde the bridegrome commeth goe out to meete hym Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lampes And the folish sayd vnto the wise geue vs of your oyle for our lampes goe out But the wise aunswered saying not so least there bee not inough for vs and you but goe ye rather to them that sell and bye for your selues And while they went to bye the bridegrome came and they that were readye went in with hym to the wedding and the gate was shut vp Afterwardes came also the other virgins saying Lord Lord open to vs. But he answered sayd verely I say vnto you I know you not Watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the houre when the sonne of man shall come The lampes signifie such dead fayth as S. Iames declareth to bee in deuills and rotten trees which bring forth no fruite We ought alwayes so to liue euen as though we should depart presently Enuie seeketh where to finde to hurt hys neighbour if he can And neuer ceaseth but to purloyne which hath bene the vndoing of many man ¶ The signification THese two mē signifieth the one a true labourer the other an enuious deceauer he which soweth the ground is diligēce of mind in sowing the seedes of veritie but he which stādes pouring the corne into the water signifieth a deceatfull person seeking by all meanes to waste and spoyle the seedes of veritie the byrdes signifie the faythfull followers of the veritie ENuie ought to be put out frō all men for by enuie many men cōspire their owne death and come to vtter destruction Example of Caine that slue hys brother Abell and therefore the Lorde sayd to Caine Now art thou cursed from the earth c. By enuie Ioseph was solde of hys brethren into Egypt Thorowe enuie Saule would haue slaine Dauid with a Iauelinne but Dauid escaped and fled from hym Who made Daniell to bee cruelly entreated but onely enuie For when Darius had ordayned a C. xx Lordes which should be in all his kingdome amongest whō was Daniell which exceeded all the reast of the Lordes for the spirite of God was with hym so that y e kyng was minded to set hym ouer the whole realme Wherfore the princes Lordes sought to picke out in Daniell some quarrell yet could they finde none occasion nor fault vpon hym Then they seing that they could not preuaile they imagined a sure statute namely that who soeuer desired any petition either of any God or man within xxx daies except it were to the king the same person to be cast in the Lions dēne So Darius made the writing and confyrmed it whereby ensued that those which sought the death of Daniell whom God had deliuered from the denne of the Lions the same were of the Lions destroyed Where Gods word preached is in place vnto the people willingly Woe be to them that would deface for if such cease the stones will crie ¶ The signification HE which preacheth in the pulpit signifieth godly zeale a furtherer of the gospel and the two which are plucking him out of his place are the enemies of Gods word threatning by fire to cōsume the professors of the same and that company which sitteth still are Nullifidians such as are of no religion not regarding any doctrine so they may bee quiet to liue after their owne willes and mindes WHo caused our Sauiour Christ to be condemned to death but enuie of y e Iewes Also because the coūsell of Ahitofell was refused hee presently sadled hys Asse and rode home and so hāged himselfe The Iewes also thorow enuie stoned to death y e Martyr S. Steuen So likewise Senacherib or Sanabalat when he heard say that the walles of Ierusalem were redified he was wroth and tooke great indignatiō and mocked the Iewes Wherby it appeareth that enuie is a right greuous malady and contrary to nature for nature desireth good and euery creature naturally taketh pleasure in good thinges But enuie tormenteth him selfe when he seeth any good thyng happen vnto an other and the most harme falleth vpon hym selfe It holdeth the hart and the minde in great melancholy and maketh y e cullour to waxe pale It drieth the body and maketh all such as vse it oft to sigh and to speake alwayes euill of other and can not say well Enuie seeketh alway to destroy the wealth and welfare of hys neighbour Enuie maketh a man to be like a feend of hell which may not suffer the creature in no wyse to do well God graunt for hys mercy to shorten the dayes of such enuious mindes as seeketh to displace the veritie While enuie seeketh to destroy and will not cease to leaue hys will Then mischiefe