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A22871	An introduction to the looue of God. Accompted among the workes of S. Augustine, and translated into English, by the right reuerend father in God, Edmund, Bishop of Norvvitch, that nowe is, and by him dedicated to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, to the glorie of God, and comfort of his chosen. And newlie turned into Englishe meter by Robert Fletcher. 1581.	Simard, Marie Ange, attributed name.; Freake, Edmund, ca. 1516-1591.; Fletcher, Robert, fl. 1586.	1581 (1581)	STC 936; ESTC S114474	35,980	111

should great indignation at me haue As first the earth thy creature great which dooth the world so wide containe Against me might conspire and stay I thée to nourishe doo disdaine Ne might I make my mone for this if it molest or trouble mée If I complaine it aunswere might in trueth I lothe to carrie thée For as I Dathan did deuowre Abiram eke and Corah caught As they were swallowed quicke euen so for thine offences die thou ought Which hast not béene afrayde to fall from thy Creatour and to ioyne Euen with his mortalst foe the fiend the Diuell which would thée purloyne The author of iniquitie of disobedience and of sin The father of those froward fooles that doo delight to liue therein The Sunne also to thée might say I ought my beames to thée deny Because vnto thy lasting light thy duetie thou doost not applie Thus euerie creature might controwle and vnto thée this sentence giue But that thy Sauiour them restraines who bids thée to repent and liue It me behoues therefore O Lord more humblie to thy mightie hand More loyall and obedient I before thy mercie ought to stand Least by deferring of the day to punishe my transgressions then Euen in thy dreadfull day O Lord more gréeuouslie with sinfull men And thou my soule thy selfe perswade that this long suffering of the Lord Expected hath a great while now what we in faith can him aforde Th'effect of his election free Predestination is most pure Which he fulfilde in vs will haue by faith for euer to endnre Through his excessiue looue likewise which he hath borne and beares vs styll His eyes be turned from our sinnes according to his holy wyll As once vnwilling to beholde howe often I offended haue His mercie is disposoe I sée from endlesse death my soule to saue This is the cause I see why he hath stayde so long our hearts to prooue And that thereby he might commend his patience and confirme his looue My selfe I doo remember well he strooke my heart and stirde the same For to beholde the skarres of sinne which wicked life in me did frame Yea for this cause he did conuey and lead me to the gates of hell Describing vnto me what paines they suffer that therein doo dwell And to this ende that I should not dismay with motions of my sin Nor that rrmembraunce of the same might not remaine my minde within He did inspire and comfort me that I a full remission had A generall pardon he me gaue for all my lyfe that was so bad That neither should reuenge be sought nor I vpbraided once should be Condempned nor consounded for such was his looue and zeale to me Though some that in the world remaine and no small number God he knowes That pardon crimes committed yet will cast the parties in the nose And other that doo silent sit doo styll in stomacke rancour beare Euen in their silent shadowe dooth reserued spite and hate appeare But neither of these sortes be such as charitie with hart embrace Nor yet according to the rule and looue of God which we by grace Doo taste and féele for comfort ours how plainlie he dooth alwayes deale His pardon fréelie is bestowde on all that to the same appeale According to the text which sayth euen where our sinnes did most abound Grace did most plentifull appeare which benefite Saint Peter found Who hauing thrise his Lord denide the same his Lord did thrise commaund To féede his Shéepe and of his Church the chéefest Pastour for to stand Paule did his Gospell persecute yet he a Vessell was elect And teacher of the will of God the Heathens liues for to correct And Mathew was a worldlie man he did receyue the common towle Which Office dooth containe abuse if Officer doo bribe and powle Yet he was an Apostle made the Lord his God so gaue consent And of Apostles was the first that wrote his Will and Testament FINIS 12. Chap. ¶ Of the gift of Continencie 13. Cap. BVt after all these thinges which are right good and many as you sée Of Continencie perfect gift my God did also giue to mée Not onelie from all carnall lust but from each other filthy vice By whatsoeuer they be callde a gifte of rare and woorthy price So that I who in former time could hardlie any thing forbeare Thrée dayes together but I did vnto my former faultes repaire Now through the grace and helpe of God I can for euer be content That to forbeare which dooth intice or vnto sinne dooth giue consent By iust occasion I can staye and thereof well assured bée Beholde my God of mighties most what great thinges he hath done for mée Some man perhaps will thus replie thou mayst accomplishe this with ease Of light importaunce is that paine that to forbeare which dooth thée please Assure your selfe I thinke not so I knowe what enimies it hath How strong and sturdy ones they be what might they haue y e minde to skathe It néedefull is for to resist a broode of such impietie A Nurse of naughtines and eke a sincke of all iniquitie The first and chéefest enemie that continencie dooth despite Is our owne flesh whilst it dooth lust striue and rebell against the sprite And what an enemie is this know you that so familiar can Kéepe residence and force conflict within the secret shape of man How daungerous is this my soule a fearefull fight most like to be Thou haste no meanes to skape the hurt of this thy mortall enemy This foe most cruell sterne and stoute vnnaturall and tyrannous No way thou hast him to escape nor pollicie to flie but thus Mauger our heads we néedes must beare this mortall foe about vs still To vs it tide and lincked is we cannot leaue it when we will And therefore what more wretched is vs miserable men to charme To féede and foster vp this foe béeing forbid to doo it harme Thus maist thou see what great regarde and care thou hast thy selfe to kéepe From such a foe as must of force within thy bosome lie and sléepe But yet my soule if this were all thine enimies which doo thée hate And that there were none other thou thrise happie were and fortunate For one there is as bad as this as sturdy stoute as stoute may be As cruell crafty daungerous and eke as hurtfull vnto thée As harde to be escaped and where euer thou thy selfe bestowe It dooth inuiron thée about and no way from it canst thou goe This enimie the wicked world vnto fiue gates I can compare The which fiue gates for to defyne compact in thy fiue sences are This enemy dooth wound thée sore with dartes and at thy windowes will Watche time for to procure thy death for he hath sworne thée for to kill The thyrde is sworne thy deadly foe and common enimie to all Of Adams whole posteritie the subtile Serpent men him call More wilie then the

Creatures all that in the world euer were No eye his countenaunce can discerne he in no likenesse will appeare And therefore to auoyde him quite it passeth mans habillitie Some time he dooth assault vs sore with violence euen openlie Some times he secretly will steale and guilefully he alwayes will Continew in his crueltie and seeketh meanes our soules to kill But who is able to endure all this his mischéefe to withstand Or who is fit t'encounter with this chapion stoute to take in hand In verie déede no earthlie man but he that long hath looued vs And that by his triumphant death this victorie atchieude for vs. Now maist thou knowe therfore my soule how harde and difficult it is Euen to be continent if that the grace of God thereto thou misse Great cause therefore we haue to looue him most intyrelie for the same For onelie in the Lord we haue this power praysed be his name Our might he giues vs to withstand this tryple battrey all by force Maintaind against vs by these foes that would of vs take no remorce It is our God that dooth therefore tread vnderfoote eche fowle offence Our looue our lust our lauishe minde our fleshlie vile concupiscence As also all the world and all her vile and worldlie vanities Her trecherous entisements and of men the wofull myseries And finally the Diuell with his crafte and false suggestions vile His subtile shiftes whereby he sought my simple soule for to beguile Then haue not I iust cause thinke you of duetie to confesse that he Which mightie is of mighties most all these great thinges hath done for me FINIS 13. Cap. ¶ Of the gift of Hope 14. Cap. MOreouer my good God dooth giue me grace that I my selfe perswade And to conforme that by his will I am to him obedient made And fullie am assured by faith that finally I shall not misse But by his promise shall inioye his kingdome and eternall blisse In the especiall pointes this grace consisteth and continueth too That I contempne detest and hate my sinnes forepast of purpose doo Disdayning present pleasures all or fonde delightes and séeke in some To frame and force our fowle desire to looke and long for thinges to come Which to attaine this hope we haue supported by thrée thinges also Which strengthen and confirme my heart that from this hope it dooth not goe And so dooth animate my minde me so incourage and perswade That lacke of merites want of workes nor worldly blisse my minde may glad Nor estimation of the ioyes which with delight my heart dooth grope Not any of these shall hable be to hale me from the fort of hope First I consider that the looue of him that hath adopted me And secondlie the trueth of him whose promises performed bée The thirde his mercie might and power that in these thrée did me redéeme Haue I not cause these benefites most highlie them for to estéeme Now therefore let my fleshlie thoughtes repine and murmure with disdaine Euen as they lust and aske me how I can these heauenlie ioyes attaine With confidence I aunswer will I knowe whome I beléeued haue His benefites perswades me so which vndeserued his mercie gaue Most condempnable were to doubt I am assured of his trueth I fullie am resolude from hence Grace and adoption bothe ensueth That he his promise will performe as one best hable to fulfill He may and dooth bothe heauen and earth commaund and they obay his will For these his merites I of right my God and Sauiour ought to looue It is the working of his Grace and mercie so my minde to mooue When I doo flée out from his face me to his presence he allures When I for sinfull life dispayre my present comfort he procures I am vnthankfull for his giftes yet dooth he benefite me styll When I vncleannes would commit he dooth my carnall humours kyll When I in vanities delight his trueth to me he dooth declare When I lie bound in snares of sinne he dooth my fréedome straight prepare And to conclude he dooth preserue and kéepe me from the pit of hell And drawes me from the wicked world within his kingdome for to dwell FINIS 14. Cap. ¶ Of Gods bountie of our iniquitie and of thankes giuing 15. Cap. BVt yet my soule beholde and sée consider how Gods goodnesse showne In all his giftes and benefites which thou receyuest as thine owne What gladsome comfortable chéere if thou thy worldlie will deny Christe offereth him selfe to thée what delycates he dooth apply With foode thy hunger to refresh he store in mercie dooth bestowe Thy pouertie he dooth enritch All these his graces thou doost knowe What secrete good affections hée euen with the same thy heart aspyres As with a pleasaunt cuppe of looue he dooth replenishe thy desyres That thou his footsteppes follow doo and transitorie thinges forsake Héereby thou mayst beholde thy God how great accoumpt of thée dooth make This is no simple thing thou séest or vile contempned for to bée That thou a gadding fugitiue his mercie more should giue to thée Thou wast a rechlesse rebell rude thou to eche treacherie wast thrall Yet he vnto his setled home and heauenlie mancion did thée call And plentifullie did refreshe with consolation spirituall He harkened to thy mishappe or euer thou had minde to call He comfortes thy confused minde if thou were tempted he sustaind If he in daunger did thée finde thy lybertie was quicklie gaind He thée reléeu'de if sorrowfull by him thou should comforted bée If wauering in minde thou waste he did confirme and strengthen thée How often euen with verie feare thou séemed like a withered wight He quicklie did thy state redéeme and thée endude with strength and might When thou in drought did drie away he did himselfe to thée infuse And often he with spirituall light thine vnderstanding did peruse Thy sence with swéetnesse he perfumde when thou delightst to reade or sing To praye or meditate thy minde in any kinde of heauenlie thing He rauished thy déepe delight from déepe delight in worldlie vice That thou mightst take thy pleasure in his euerlasting Paradice I leaue to speake of mightie workes it pleasde his Maiestie so to doo Of kindnesse and of mercie more which he restorde my soule vnto Least any parte of his due prayse should be ascribed vnto me And that the giuers graces should with the receipt vnited be Or knit together with the same or séeme as equall in consent Or he lyke praises should receyue whome God dooth make his instrument For if the creature should presume to be pertaker of the prayse Iniuriouslie he dealeth with his good Creatour diuers wayes For what hath any man a liue that he of God did not receyue Why should he then be praysde for that which he enioyes not but by leaue To thée therefore O Lord my God all honour prayse and glorie be Thankes giuing laude dominion power for these thy Graces gouerne me Sée nowe therefore