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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11066	The rote or myrour of consolacyon [and] conforte		1499 (1499)	STC 21335; ESTC S107837	68,413	132

¶ The Rote or myrour of consolacyon cōforte PEr multas tribulaciones oportet introire in regnum dei ¶ Thus sayth the apostole saynt Poule in the boke of actes and dedes that is to saye in englysshe By many trybulacōns we muste entre in to y e kyngdome of god wherfore all those whiche intende to com in to the kyngdome of heuen muste pacyently take temporall trybulacyon For that is the waye thyder by the ordynaūce of god And those y t moest pacyently take ther trybulacōn they shall haue ther̄ moost consolacyon For say nt Poule sayth in the seconde Epystle to the Corynthes ¶ Sicut socu sumus passionis sic erimus consolacionis ¶ That is to saye Lyke as we are parteners in trybulacyons so shall we be parteners in Joye and consolacyon Thus trybulacyon is bytter but the ende that hit bryngeth to is moost swete delectable And remēbraūce of that euerlastynge swetenes maketh faythfull soules swetely to take mater of trybulacyon Temporall aduersyte trouble profyteth no thynge to the rewarde of eternall Joye but yf it be pacyentely taken Thus pacyence maketh trybulacyon profytable And the profyte of temporall prosperyte cometh of the vertue of mekenes wherby prosperyte is lytel set by The parfyte pacyente herte maketh moche of aduersyte And the parfyte meke herte setteth lytell by temporall prosperyte lytell Joyeth therin but rather soroweth bycause he fereth that he vseth not parfeytly acordynge to the grete plesure of god the goodes of this prosperyte Yf thou aske me why our lorde wyl gyue these temporall goodes to suche as he knoweth y t are wretched sinners and vse them euyl I answere One cause is to shewe his parfyte habondāt goodnesse whiche gyueth good thynges not only to suche as be good but also to suche as are euyl wretched synners And to gyue vs example to folowe hym in doynge good for euyll as he byddeth in the gospell of Mathew Loue your enemyes sayth he do well to suche as do euyll to you and praye for suche as pursue you speke euyl of you For ye doo thus than ye may knowe that ye are parfyte in vertue lyke as your fader in heuē is parfyte maketh the sonne to gyue lyght as well to the euyll men as to the good men And maketh the vnryghtwysse men to haue profyte of the rayne as well as the ryghtwysse And this is a grete comforte to take pacyently trybulacyon For yf we wyll for the loue of god breke our one frowarde herte ād for to wynne y e loue of god loue suche as trouble vs praye for them and do good ayenst euyll thā we haue one of the gretest tokenes that we are parfyte in the syght of god as his owne children and folowers of hym whiche thynge yf we wyll remembre vs is most Joyfull to vs. Also it maketh vs more pacyent yf we duely remembre y e goodes that we haue resceyued of god the goodes of nature as wytte eloquence seblenesse of bodye helthe beaute goodes of fortune as golde syluer clothe lyuelode and how we haue myspended them synfully how pacyently he hath suffred vs longe tyme to abyde in synne to the entent that fynaly remembryn ge his goodenes his pacyence longe sufferynge we sholde tourne to hym wherfore whan he stowe geth vs yf we remembre how wel we haue deserued hit we shall by his grace more parfytly be ayen hit Our lorde gyued good thynges as helthe rychesse prosperyte to euyll men wymen y t remembryng his kyndenesse they sholde be the more moeued to penaunce sorynesse whan they see they haue offen ded so kynde a lorde whiche so gentelly calleth thē of his grete goodnes And he sendeth oftymes trybulacōn to good folk whiche are not parfytly goode for they take not thankefully trybulacōn but some tyme grudge vnder the rodde of chastysemēt wherfore he kepeth them styll vnder the rodde tyll they be so acustomed therwith y t they can take it pacyently Thus by his kyndenesse he bryngyth euyll folke to penaūce and by his sharpnesse he bryngeth good folke to pacyence Also he gyueth prosperyte and goodes of this worlde to good men and wymen to nourysshe them cheryshe them in his loue lyke as the fader telleth the childe to folowe hym by a fayre appell he sendeth also trybulacōn to euyll folke to make them drede hym And thus the good folke he bryngeth to loue by worldely prosperyte And euyll folke he bryngeth to drede by aduersyte ONe cause why our lorde wyll that good folke haue aduersyte and trybulacyon is this bycause that euyll folke shall not thynke that trybulacyon is so euyll that our lorde accepteth hit nought ne loueth them whiche hate hit for they see the contrarye that those whiche be moost in vertue haue moost trybulacyon as our sauyour wiche neuer dyd synne hadde moost bytter payne and trouble Also his blessyd moder his apostles and his dyscyples And lyke wyse now in these dayes suche folke as our lorde loueth beste suche he sendeth moost sorowe in ther herte and moost payne or labour in bodye with the whiche in the begynnyng they grut che but fynally they are taught to suffre hit swetly and to gyue thankynges to our lorde therof whiche by trybulacyon delyuereth them from grete synne and brnngeth theym to grete grace in this worlde and ordeyneth for them plentefully the plesure perpetually and glorye of the lyfe that is to come ¶ He gyueth also the goodes of this lyfe to suche as be wretched and synfull lyuers after theyr owne wyll and not after the wyll and lawe of god bycause that good men and wymen shal not set theyr herte to moche on these goodes which they see that wretched people haue with the hatred of god but that they shall loue those goodes moost whiche haue none but suche as be good are specyaly beloued of our lorde And these are the goodes of vertue whiche brynge vs to the habondaūce rychesse of y e ryall empyre of heuen The good soules set lytell by the vayne prosperyte of this worlde for hitis transytorye ād rather occasyon of vyce than of vertue and shey see that they are gyuen to theym only well to dyspense that they haue no lordshyp in theym but only vse that they shall be straytely examyned ād gyue acounte how they haue vsed them and by the ryghtfull Jugemēt of god they shall haue grete punysshement in this lyfe or after this lyfe for euery thynge y t they myspende wherfore these faythfull soules haue more fere than fauour more payn thā plesure in grete possessyon of worldely goodes they are not inflate ne exalte in themselfe by pryde in prosperyte For amonge grete possessyon of worldely bodely goodes they fynde themselfe ryght poore in the goostly goodes wherfore yf the worldely prospe ryte rychesses honours be taken fro them they are not caste downe by sorowe for they knowe that

glorye of god to the crowne of vyctorye O how gladde mayst thou be to seke thy lorde god and fynally to fynde hym by sekenesse whoo 's gloryous syght is of soo grete a plesure that thou wolde chese to suffre the grete paynes of helle longe tyme after a shorte syght so that thou myght see hym ayen And yf a soule whiche is in the paynes of helle myght see hym the grete Joye of the syght of god sholde stoppe for the tyme all the paynes of helle that hit sholde fele none for that Joye sholde so fulfyll the wyll with delectacōn plesure that hit sholde fele no payne for ther sholde no place be lefte for ony contrarye felynge In this lyfe ther is no plesure so grete but ther is payne moche more but after this lyfe ther shal be plesure incomparable more than ony payne may be now I exhorte the to seke thy lorde truly by trybulacōn payne whiche hath sought the foūde the by incomparable more payne than thou whiche haste loste hym mayst suffre to fynde hym ayen THe xvii comforte is to remembre that our lorde hath sende trybulacōn to the to the entente that he wyll make the aferde to of offēde hym for comonly our freyle nature refuseth noo thynge whiche is plesaunt to it except it be meoued of fere and many ther are whiche in lacke of perfyte fayth fere ryght lytel the paynes to come wherfore suche sholde be taken in the snares of the deuyl and falle to contynuaunce in synne yf our lorde of his grete mercy dyd not sende them payne trybulacyon in this present lyfe But he kepeth them soo occupyed with fere bytternesse of payne that ther mynde is withdrawen fro theyr dysordynate plesure And yf they haue y t specyall grace to thȳke that theyr payne is mynde to them from our lorde to make them to flee synne than theyr payne and trouble putteth them in grete fere to synne maketh them to flee it Wherfore Job spekynge of suche sayth ¶ Terrebit eos tribulacio et angustia ¶ Trybulacyon and anguysshe shall fere them Many ther are whiche as yonge childern that haue lytell vse of reson lyue al after sensualyte plesure of theyr fleshe and that is theyr grete sporte delyte in this worlde And often tyme in the myddes of theyr playnge tyme without ony warnynge they are called out of this worlde to theyr acounte Jugement where the sentence of dampnatōn is shortly gyuen of them forth with they are put in to payne of the vengeable fyre of helle ther they shall abyde euer without ende That soule whiche fleeth sȳne pryncypally for fere of payne or for worldely shame or for ony other creature it shall haue noo rewarde therfore in heuen but yet by that it offendeth lesse to god than it sholde haue done yf it had no suche fere sooner ryseth to grace This fere of payne is called a seruyle fere for thus fereth the seruannt for to offende his mayster by cause he fereth he sholde haue grete strokes and punysshement But the good childe fereth his fader pryncypaly for loue that he hath to hȳ bycause he wolde not offende hym And ryght so the good wyfe loueth her husbonde for loue that she hath to hym she wyll not offende hym But the euyl wyf fereth to make transgressyon of her spousage more for fere of strokes than for loue Thus the childely fere of god is merytoryous shal haue grete rewarde of our lorde whan a soule fleeth synue for loue y t it hath to god bycause it wolde not fynally be sperate from hym Neuerthelesse for seruyle drede the soule is brought to childely drede oftentymes Than sythen no thynge shal departe the soule fro god brynge it to perpetuell payne but on lysynne our lorde sendeth the payne to departe the fro synne than he wyll by temporall payne delyuer the fro the eternall payne Joyne the to hym in perpetuell glorye wherfore yf y e lyft thy mynde to god in the tyme of payne trybulacyon seeyng so faderly he deleth with the what profyte he ordeyneth to come of thy payne trouble thou ought to take it pacyently and gyue hym grete laude and praysynge therfore whiche thus mercyfull deleth with the. THe xviii consolacyon is to remembre how our lorde prouydeth for the whiche art in trybulacōn yf y u take it well that after thyn herte be constrayned to god with anguysshe of payne it shall be dylated with Joye ād opened ayen as the prophete sayth ¶ In tribulacōe dilatasti michi ¶ Thou haue dylated by trybulacōn myn hert to me And as it is wryten in the booke of Tohbye ¶ Post tribulacionē et flectū exultacionē infundis ¶ Thou gyuest to the herte after trybulacōn we pynge Joye gladnesse Ther is none after the ordynate lawe of our lorde that cometh to grete gladnesse in hym but after grete sorynesse of this lyfe specyally yf the sorowe and trouble be taken for the loue of god in ordre to hym as the prophete sayth ¶ Detorrente in via bibet ꝓpterea exaltauit caput ¶ He shall drynke of the bytter water in the waye of trybulacyon therfore he shall exalte afterwarde his hede with Joye in god delectacyon That thynge whiche maketh man or woman to sett lesse by hemselfe that same dysposeth hem to make more of god Some tyme a persone is made to set lesse by hemselfe by mysery of synne for many one whiche made ryght moche of hymselfe whan they are fallen in to grete abhomynable synne than they are ashamed abhorre with hemselfe And after this lytel makynge of hemselfe they begynne to lerne to make moche of our lorde and come as Mary magdaleyn dyd to grete grace plesure in god By mysery of payne also many come to the same plesure in god and that is the better waye for mysery of synne can neuer be good the tyme is loste of goostly profyte as longe as a soule is in this mysery our lorde hateth this wretchednesse of synne But wretchednesse of payne yf it be wel taken is of grete plesure to our lorde it is of grete meryte the tyme is well spended they y t be in this mysery well taken wherfore I exhorte the whiche haste had plesure in synne worlde haue plesure in god take pacyently payne trybulacyon and than thou shalt see that thou shalt lerne to make moche of god he shall make moche of the. THe xix consolacyon is to remembre how a dulle soule by trybulacyon is made quycke to serue god as the ꝓphete sayth ¶ Si ambulauero in me dio tribulacōis viuificabis me ¶ yf I shall walke in the myddes of trybulacyon thou shalt receyue and quyken me Lyke as a dulle seruaunt by strokes is made sharpely to applye his labour so are dulle soules whiche had lytell appetyte to serue god be made to spende