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A09046 Contemplative pictures with wholesome precepts. The first part: Of God. Of the diuell. Of goodnesse. Of badnesse. Of heauen: and of hell. By Richard Bernard. Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. 1610 (1610) STC 1934; ESTC S113785 22,316 156

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gaineth those willingly hee will not let goe Antichrist is his eldest sonne the damned crue his cursed children He is the inuent our of all villanie the authour of heresie the setter vp of idolatrie the plotter of conspiracie He raiseth rebellion and workes treason Hee turnes religion into superstition loue into lecherie friends into foes consent into contention peace into bloody persecution Hee comes where the godly bee and good excercises not for loue to them but maliciously as an instrument to hinder them He will send Caine to sacrifice with Abel but afterwards to murther him He will thrust Iudas among the Apostles but to betray Christ He is equallie enuious as malicious If Christ plant a Church he will erect a Chapell if hee haue Apostles this will raise vp false teachers If Christ sow wheat hee will scatter tares He deceiued Eue which brought a curse to the earth Hee prouoked Dauid to fall to numbring that the people might be plagued Hee is that grand Lier that shamlesse Slanderer He is as impudent as irrepentant He tempted Christ himselfe impotunately hee vexeth his members and that daily He is ful of faire words hee makes many promises but doth neuer performe what is good He is a Machiauellian when hee pretendeth most to doe well then hee intendeth most mischiefe and to doe ill Hee keepes men in ignorance and perswades them of faith hee puts them in hope of saluation and yet disswades from the grace of sanctification Hee would haue the wickedly disposed to presume of mercy and the godly penitent to despaire in apprehension of iustice Hee induceth his to beleeue that good meaning without the word is warrant enough in Gods worship and blind deuotion to bee a great growth in religiō He commends wickednesse with titles of goodnesse He puts a faire vizour ouer the vglie face of sinne Excessiue pride must be cleanely decency no pompe Filthy lust but a tricke of youth no carnality Bad companie with pot-mates good fellowship no vanitie Couetousnesse in the Nigard thrifty husbandrie no sordid qualitie Prodigall expences frankheartednes no vnthriftinesse Intēperatenes in meetings neighbourly meriments no gluttonie nor drunkennesse Riot recreation idle musing contemplation Thus hee blindeth him that cares not to see sinne that so a man may bee secure in hastning to hell Hee that is most in transgression is his bestsonne yet is the greatest sinner his basest Slaue Who so doth most for him shall in the end bee most tormented by him God commands his children for their owne saluation but Satan his seruants to bring them to confusion All his are either carnall Atheistes grosse Idolaters Hypocriticall Time-seruers foolishly superstitious damnably mischieuous proud Heretikes or idle headed Schismatiks Hee will allow some of his to bee of the visible Church yet onely a Came an Achitophel a Saul a Iudas without inuisible grace Hee wil giue them leaue to professe but not to practise He lets them know verity but not acknowledge it with sincerity their seruice is only fashion Hypocrits are his Saints custome his Canon Sophistrie his reason His kingdome is darknesse Schismatikes his zealous seruants Heretikes his chiefe Champions His company the accursed the prophane his principall attendants next to the Fiends the hellish inhabitants The reward to his wrath from God seclusion from the good The place for their abode is the infernall pit there to bee tortured in torment and plagued with erernall paines without end Precepts OH wretched sinner seeke peace to thy poore soule seale not vp thy damnation by doing seruice to this Diuell Stop thy eares heare him not if thou doest beleeue him not Wherein he most seemeth a Saint therein hold him a most accursed creature Tho his promises pretend peace and saluation yet euer in his reasoning denie his conclusion Make no peraduenture of the word if thou doest hee will forthwith cōtradict the truth If thou be a doubting Eue to say lest I die hee will bee a Serpent and dare confidentlie say thou shalt not die Be not a slaue to him that made suite to lodge in Swine Bee not ruled by him if thou beest trulie penitent who reigneth onely ouer the disobedient Bee no subiect to so base an abiect nor a friend to so great a foe Leaue his lusts else looke for no life Forsake the world else thou gainest nothing by the word If thou wilt needs be led by him looke for no Heauen if thou securelie sinne prepare for Hell Remember the end the due reward of wickednesse both in the diuell and the damned From which miserie the God of compassion deliuer thee Reader of his tender mercie Amen The Picture of Goodnesse GOodnes is grace a picture of God the worst in generall approue it but the Saints specially reioice in it It is heauens path-way the righteous mans ayme no earthly thing can purchase it it is onely God that giues it In it selfe it is beyond any price and maketh other things precious It is the difference between creature creature between men mē in their words and works Goodnesse makes man good the person his speech and practise It banisheth brutishnesse forceth fraud to be flying allayeth contentious heate of spirit and meekneth the vntameable nature of man It suffereth no reuengement it is not rigorous in punishment Loue springs from it patience waits of it and charitie vshers it It is that which makes a man friendlie to procure reliefe for the needy and without delay to helpe the distressed soule It is defectiue of no dutie it is pliable to al the works of mercy Will is neuer wanting by goodnesse tho ability be away It inhabiteth euer in true piety and lodgeth with godly pitie It banisheth malice and michiefe farre from it and is a deadly bane to rancour and rage It forbeareth a fiecre aduersary very quietly wher it may fully reuenge it forgiueth readily It will passe by wrong through mercy yet not shew partial pitie to ouerthrow iustice it keeps moderation and measure in all things It is borne vp of humility strengthned by patience the word of life doth nourish it the Lord of life doth cherish it the spirit giues it quickning and Gods glory sets it on working It is from heauen aboue in earth intertained of few he is full that hath it and he euer in want that is without it It moues vs to minde God more then goods the Lords precepts more then our profits It thinkes of death before death to be fit for death It prepares the body for the earthly graue and the soule for the heauenly glory It brings to a man peace within and praise abroad heere commendation and after saluation This is goodnesse the forme is true godlinesse the cause is grace It maks a man study to be quiet it keeps patience within vs contentment about vs wickednes farre from vs. Good is hee that hath this goodnesse he shall attaine to euerlasting happinesse Precepts LAbour to come to this goodnesse dwell with it harbour vnder it
Let it grace thy person and commend thy condition Let thy words declare it and thy workes paint it out to the world Thou shalt by goodnesse get with God fauour and among good men friendship which the God of goodnesse giue vnto thee now and alwaies Amen The Picture of Badnesse THis is sinne the cretures deformitie the turning of the will from God and the minde from good It is the seed of Satan the fruit of tentation and mans destruction The Diuel is the Father concupiscence the Mother The Serpent subtilly suggested it our first parents foolishly did entertaine it Satan yet is euer in begetting it worldly obiects prouoke it the senses let it in vnto the soule Consent is conception the heart is the wombe of conceiuing It quickneth by fleshly reasons it trauelleth in desire to bee doing It bringeth foorth by opportunity the Midwife expelling first Gods feare laying aside his precepts contemning his presence Holy piety hath heere no place conscience is not called to this businesse remembrance of Gods mercies is quite out of minde thoughts of his wrath hidden in the earth Gods word must be no warrant goodnesse is forgotten These bring not sinne to birth these hinder sin for comming forth Doubting of Gods word makes preparatiō lust laies it in bed infidelity brings it to perfection It is wrapt in vanitie it is laid in the cradle of security The Diuel closeth the eies with ignorance and filleth the eares with Sophistrie the head is couered with presumption of mercy ouer the heart is laid hardnesse the iudgement is ouerspread with blindnesse It is nursed by the world suckled vpon the breasts of pleasure and profit It growes great by custome and spreads by community Bad examples doe countenance it plausible tearms confirme it It is cloathed with the hope of pardon tied with the girdle of common fauors imagined to bee of Gods special grace Shamlesnesse attends it perswasion of time enough to repent giues it rest and conceit of finding fauour in the end rocks it asleepe Sinnes sleepe is conscience deadnesse the iudgements blindnesse the wils peruersenesse affections disorderlinesse and a resolued carelesnesse Tho sinne haue such a sleepe yet sometime vpon a fearefull terror it will suddenly awake and waking the pleasant ditty of Satans song gets it soone asleepe againe It hath foure parts the Tenor carke and care thou for the world the Meane thou maiest repent when thou wilt the Treble reioice thy selfe in thy youth the Base thinke death is not yet at hand Heereby it snorts in a carnal safety spreads in bredth waxeth big and hie by hardnesse of heart It is very foule at the first worse by continuance but loathsome at the last It bastard-like brings shame to the begetters disgrace to the abettours confusion to the followers Where it getteth strēgth there hardlie it is cast out where it is not timely mastred there it wil haue the vpper hand It is lordly and couets to rule it is raging and tyrannous if it raigne Hee that subdues it easily kils it and hee that striues not to stifle sinne workes his owne woe and neglects his owne safetie Sin where it is not killed will kill if it die we liue i● it liue we die most certainely It was at the first personall it is now original and naturall From Gods mercie in the elect onely veniall in it selfe and in all other deadlie and mortall Good is propounded in the suggestion pleasure is conceiued in the consent and so wickednesse is approued by the heart deceiued till the time come of torment Seduced soules bewitched with the works of the flesh know not the euill of sinne but behold and see how it defaceth Gods image makes man a monster of Gods child the diuels creature It dislodgeth goodnesse it keepes out godlines inwardlie it delights the hart with filthinesse and outwardlie sets the hand to act vnrighteousnes God and man by it are at ods who werebefore at one the Earth in creation blessed by transgressiō is accursed It takes from vs what good we haue brings the euils vppon vs which naturallie we hate It cast the Angels out of Heauen Adam out of Paradise by it Reuben lost his birthright Iudas his Apostleship by it commeth death to men terribile and their persons to God execrable It maketh the Law condemne vs and conscience to accuse vs. By it godlie exercises grow loathsome godly companie becomes irkesome No blessing should bee wanting if sinne put not in a barre euer contentment without discomfort euer internall peace without externall disgrace It is wickednesse that workes our wretchednesse Shame is sinnes raiment dishonour the cognizance reproach the praise an ill name the recompence In itselfe it is vanity the gaine but misery It is a strife with the truth an heresie against veritie Idolatrie against sincerity It is a conflict with God and a resisting of goodnesse nothing worse then heerein to haue the victory Mans opposing of the word is a taking part with Satan against the Lord and mans ioy in sinning is to be glad of the diuels triumphing All men haue sinne but hee that committeth sinne is a slaue to sinne It rules in some in other it is ruled Hee that makes the least of it shall as with wisards haue least to doe with it It is as an impudent guest tho it come seldome yet is euer troublesom smal kindnesse doth work great boldnesse much curtesie intollerable saucinesse It is euer to the godly vexation of spirit if but once in act yet greatly grieuous if it be liked and often welcome and neuer forbidden there grace and goodnesse will grow into a consumption and the partie runne headlong into perdition It is of diuers colours and keepes not one shape it is of diuers natures and not of one sort In one it is pride lordly in an other humility in shew but indeed hypocrisie In the cholerike it is irefull in some other nature lustfull It is somtime adulterie and maks a man filthy it is sometime drūkennesse and makes a man beastly It hath the commandements ten witnesses to name it it hath also the same law to declare against it One precept tearmes it Idolatrie an other saith it is adultery this maketh it superstition that trecherie and rebellion as the Law looks vpon sinne so the commandements doe name it and thereupon withall disclaime it It turnes a man into it selfe and makes a man to shew it against himselfe One sinne is linked in with another and euery one forceth out the proper fruit of it owne nature By couetousnesse man growes niggardly an oppressour vnmercifull by pride arrogant hauty and hatefull by gormandizing gluttonous by faithlesnesse treacherous by ignorance superstitious by carnall seruice Idolatrous by contempt of other and abuse of wit against the word hereticall and by immoderat passion and strong affection Schismaticall It is in euery one more or lesse the childe hath it but knowes it not the yong man is caried with it but