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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01492	A treatise of c[hri]stian renunciation Compiled of excellent sentences [and] as it were diuerse homelies of ancient fathers: wherin is shewed how farre it is lawfull or necessary for the loue of Christ t[o] forsake father, mother, wife and children, and all other worldly creatures. Against the enemies of the crosse of Christ, ... Wherunto is added [a shorte discourse against going to hereticall churches.]	Garnet, Henry, 1555-1606.	1593 (1593)	STC 11617.8; ESTC S113062	99,728	170

necessary a precept of Christian life infinite multitudes of all maner of estates do daily perish I see that such is the forgetfulnes of those which should be the souldiers of Christ that as though this vertew of renunciation were a ceremony only of Monkes Ermittes Freers and other religiouse persons they esteeme the same as no parte of their Christian dewty I see that in steed of that vertuous and fruitfull hatred of ones selfe the necessary effect of this renunciation euery one almost is ouercome with a blinde flattering perniciouse selfeloue and in steed of building in him selfe a spirituall Hierusalem by loue of God buildeth a confused Babylon by loue of the world And that we may bring examples onely of our owne countrey and those in one kind onely of iniquity although what iniquity is there committed amongst Christians but for want of renunciation into the handes and will of God who is there in our poore and lamentable estate either withhoulden from God holy Church their tender mother or made shamefull by reuolte and fall froÌ„ the same but for want of renunciation where do we not see that either parents by children or children by parents husbandes by wiues or wiues by husbandes one frend by an other the subiects by the superiours and superiours by subiectes are hindered from the seruice of God and that as our Sauiour saide Math. 10. inimici hominis domestici eius the enimies of a man are those of his owne houshould Which generall pestilent disease we can surely impute to no other cause than to the want of renunciation So that we see nothing in the world so ordinarily so daily so generally renounced as God him selfe and Christian dewty Those which are by Gods law Parents and the very law of nature commanded to bring vp their children in the discipline and correction of our Lord Ephes 6. are now bent to no other thing so much as to dedicate them vnto the Deuell Psal 105. Maried persons as Dauid also complained of the like case those which should in the holy estate of wedlocke represent the vnspotted and vnseparable coniunction of Christ and his Church Sicut equus mulus in quibus non est intellectus Psal 31. not regarding any other thing but base affections seek to draw one another froÌ„ Christ the spouse of their soule and doe deuide Christ his spouse froÌ„ Christ whose perpetuall lincke they should reseÌ„ble Obedience And that which is most sacrilegious and blasphemous to speake or thinke all these so great and hainous disorders are oftentimes fathered either vpon that sacred power which God hath ordeined wherby either wiues vnto their husbandes or children to theire parents or other subiectes to their superiours doe owe a kinde of dewty and obedience or vpon the most honest lincke of humane frendshippe as though either wiues had sould both body soule to be by their husbande 's morgaged to perpetuall slauery of the Deuell or parents had autoritie to kill the soules of their children ouer whose bodies they haue no such power or those which are as it were Gods Lieuetenants in their seuerall offices might conuert theire forces to fight for hell and lawfully constraine their souldiers and subiectes to rebell against God or finally as if there were any perfect frendship where there wanteth honesty All these many other iniquities in the like sorte as by defaulte of renunciation they are committed so by the performance of the same according to the most sacred law and will of Christ they may easely be auoided The purpose of this Treatise I purpose therfore by Gods assistance to whose glory I direct my labours in this treatise briefly to shew how necessary and meritorious a thing Christian renunciation is and that for no respectes of kinred obedience or affection in the world it is to be neglected RenunciatioÌ„ is somtimes of Counsell sometimes of precept See chap. 2 out of S. Augustin â—p 89. q. 4 And that the same sometime is of counsaile to those which are free but many times of necessity from which none can be free It is of counsell whan voluntarily he which aspireth vnto perfection without any bond at all selleth that which he hath and geueth to the poore followeth Christ that he may haue a great treasure in heauen Yet I say that this is of counsaile for those which are free For those which are in the estate of mariage cannot without mutuall consent seuere them selues except in some cases as we will declare herafter Bishops also bondslaues and whosoeuer for some condition or circumstance haue not free power to alter the estate of their life cannot vndertake a religious or solitary life Parents can not hinder their children from religion Yet this we say that neither parents may hinder their children nor any other superiour his subiect which is free in this point from such a resolution We vrge also defend that in some case that which is of counsaile may be of necessity and that which is of counsaile for some onely because it is not lawfull for all may be a thing so absolutely required of all maner of persons that they may vnder paine of daÌ„nation be bound to forsake not only riches externall goods of fortune but parents husband wife children all whatsoeuer is not God him selfe The child is not bound to forsake his parents but yet he may doe it with meritt for the seruice of God A wife may be bound to forsake her husband See chap. â— The wife may not forsake her husband at her pleasure although it were for to be religious yet if either the sonne must forsake his faith or his father or the wife her husband or her maker most certaine it is that the thing which was lawfull before in the sonne is now necessary and that which the wife could not doe before but sinfully now she cannot neglect but daÌ„nably Hence shall it easely appeare what account as well childreÌ„ as wiues ought in this lamentable contagious time for to make either of the euell examples or of the peruerse commandements of their superiours the first wherof sheweth them the way wherfore this treatise was compiled of sentences of holy Fathers the second euen driueth them to hell And of this matter we will not bring our owne discourses but the most graue sentences of auncient holy Fathers at large for three causes First for that they doe not onely declare vs their vncorrupted iudgemeÌ„t in these matters which we desire to perswade but according to the aboundance of that spirit which dwelled wtin them they are very earnest and copious in exhorting vs to all Christian feruour and perfect abnegation of our selues Wherfore I doubt not but hence it will come to passe that although both the searching and translating of these places haue cost me no lesse labour than if I had vndertakeÌ„ a wholl worke of my owne yet this treatise shall be reade

by the world who had nothing in the world wherby he might be ouerthrowen he would follow our Lord easely and freely as the Apostles and many in the Apostles time and others haue donne who forsaking their goods and parents with vnseparable coniunction were fastened to our Lord. But how can they follow Christ who are holden fast with the bandes of their patrimony or how can they go vp vnto heaueÌ„ or clime vp vnto high heauenly things who with earthly desires are pulled downward They thinke they possesse who rather are possessed slaues of their substance and not masters of their money but rather their moneis prentises This time and these men doth the Apostle signify 1. Tim. 6 saying They that will be made riche fall into tentation and the snare of the Deuill and many desires vnprofitable and hurtefull which drowne men into destruction and perdition for the roote of all euills is couetuousnes which certaine desiring haue erred from the faith and haue entangled them selues in many sorrowes But our Lord Ã´ with how great rewards he inuiteth vs to contempt of riches these small and trifling losses of this life Ã´ with what hire he recompenseth Mar. 10. There is none saieth he which leaueth house or landes or parents or brethren or wife or children for the Kingdome of God which receaueth not seauen times as much in this time and in the world to come life euerlasting Losse of riches is not to be feared but wished These things being once knowen and warranted by the assurance of our Lord which promiseth such losse is not onely not to be feared but also wished for the same Lord againe affirming warning vs Blessed shall you be whan they shall persecute you Luc. 6. and separate you cast you forth and curse your name as wicked for the sonne of man Be gladd in that day and reioise for your reward is much in heauen Cypr. lib. de Opere Eleemosinis Â§. 2. Lett not that thing my deare brethren hinder a ChristiaÌ„ from good and iust workes Prouiding for children is no excuse of want of loue to god that any man thinke him selfe excused by the benefitte of his children wheras in that which is bestowed spiritually we ought to thinke of Christ who acknowledgeth that he receiueth it and herein we do not preferre our fellow seruants but Christ him selfe before our children him selfe instructing vs. Mat. 10. Who loueth his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me and who loueth his sonne or daughter more than me is not worthy of me Deut. 33. and in Deuteronomie for the strengthning of our faith and the loue of God the very like is written Who saieth vnto his father or mother I know you not neither haue knowen their childreÌ„ these haue kekpt thy precepts and obserued thy testament for if we loue God with all our harte we must not preferre either parents or children before God for if by almes geuen vnto the poore Christ borroweth vpon interest and whan we geue to the little ones we geue to Christ there is no cause why any man may preferr earthly things vnto heauenly or esteeme more humane things than Diuine 3. Reg. 17 So that widdow in the third booke of Kings whan in a drought and famine hauing spent all The wonderfull reward of Almes of a little meale and oile which was lefte she had made her a cake which being eaten she might dye with her children Helias suddainly came and requested that first she would geue him for to eate and of that which was lefte she and her children should feed neither did she sticke to obay him or in that hunger and necessity preferred her children before Helias Yea she did in the sight of God that which pleased God readily and willingly she offered what was asked neither of plenty did she geue a litle but of a little she gaue all and her children famishing she first feedeth another neither in penury and famine doth she thinke of meate before mercy that whilest in a holsome worke she despiseth her carnal life she might keepe the spirituall life of her soule Helias therfore bearing the figure of Christ and shewing that he rewardeth euery one for his almes answered and saied This saieth our Lord the potte of meale shall not faile and the vessell of oile shall not be deminished vntill that day in which our Lord will send water vpon the earth According to the faithfulnes of Gods promise there was multiplied vnto the widow and augmented which she bestowed and her iust workes merittes of mercy receiuing increase the vessells of meale and oile were filled Neither did the woman take from her children that which she gaue to Helias That which is geuen in almes is not taken from children but rather she gaue to her children that which liberally and deuoutly she performed And she as yet knew not Christ she had not as vet heard his precepts she did not being already redeemed with his Crosse and passion render meate and drinke for blood that hereby it may appeare how much he offendeth in the Church who preferring him selfe and his children vnto Christ keepeth his riches If riches are to be forsaken for the poore how much more for to keepe fidelity towards God not imparting his abundant patrimony vnto the poores necessity But thou hast many children at home and the number of children hindreth thee that thou dost not attend to good workes so liberally But in this respect thou shouldest worke more largely because thou arte a father of many children Thou hast the more for which thou must pray thou must satisfy for the sinnes of many thou must purge the consciences of many thou must deliuer the soules of many As in this seculer life in nourishing and maintaining of children the greater the number is Spirituall care of children Iob. 1. the greater is the coste so in a spirituall and heauenly life the greater number of children thou hast the greater also must be thy charge So did Iob offer vp many sacrifices for his sonnes such number of hostes he gaue vnto God as was the number of his children and because there cannot any day want wherby God may be offended there wanted not daily sacrifices wherby sinnes might be clensed if therfore thou louest thy children sincerely if thou cariest towardes them a perfect and fatherly sweetnes of charity thou oughtest the more endeuour with iust actions to commend them vnto God neither thinke him to be the father of thy children who is mortall and weake but prepare them that father whâ— is an euerlasting stable father of all spirituall childreÌ„ tâ— him do thou assigne thy riches whiâ—h thou keepest for thy heires lett him be the tutor and guardian of thy children and by his diuine maiesty a protectour from all worldly iniuries Patrimony is safe in Gods hand Thy patrimony once committed vnto God neither the common wealth

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