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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10602	[The remedy against the troubles of temptations]	Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349, attributed name. aut	1508 (1508)	STC 20875.5; ESTC S100006	27,131	53

trustly hope he is in trusty hope before god though he be neuer so moche troubled with ferefull thoughtes The appostle saynt Poule sayth that in a mannes byleue is wylfull byleue of ryght wysnes Of the whiche wordes sayth the glose that all onely in mannes wyll whiche may not be cōstrayned lyeth bothe mede and gylte that is to saye a man afore god hath neuer mede ne gylte for no dede but onely of the dedes that be done wylfully but somtyme mannes thought and womans be soo troubled and ouerlayde that they knowe not theyr owne wyll yet though it soo be they ought not to care For good dedes sheweth alwaye good wyll and euyll dedes euyll wyll wherfore a man that dooth in dede the seruyce of god that man hath a good wyll to god though his trauaylous herte deme the contrarye Also there sholde noo creature deme his euen crysten for ony doubtfull fantasyes but yf they haue a very open knowlege of that thynge whiche they sholde deme hym for Than it is euyll and vnreasonable for ony creature to deme his owne soule in that plyght that he sholde be parted from god for ony doubtfull fantasye ¶ The thyrde chapytre ANd than yf it so be ye haue consented fallen to synne by ony temptacions than be sory and crye god mercy therof And yet be ye not dyscomforted but thynke well on the grete mercy of god how he for gaue Dauid his grete synnes Peter Magdalene and not onely them but also all those that haue ben or now be or shall be contryte for theyr synnes meke them lowly and crye our lorde mercy And therfore syster flee to hym that all mercy is in and aske mercy ye shall haue it with forgyuenes of all your synnes and meke you lowly take the sacramentes of holy chirche than ye ought to byleue faythfully that your synnes be forgyuen and that ye be receyued in to the grace of god For god sayth hymselfe by his prophete Ezechie that whan a synfull man soroweth for his synnes he wyll neuer haue mynde therof yf a man perceyue in his herte no very sorowe and though he thynke whan he byddeth his bedes or cryeth to god for mercy that he dooth all ayenst herte yet therfore sholde he not deme hymselfe graceles for who so wolde haue very sorowe for his synnes or wold crye god mercy for them or in his herte wold crye for mercy he cryeth god mercy truly for as I haue sayd before god taketh hede to mannes wyll not to his trauayllous fantasyes it is good that a man take noo hede of suche fantasyes or sterynges that cometh in suche maner For god hydeth from them the knowleges of suche fantasyes for many causes vnto the proufyte of theyr soules wherfore suche passyons be not synfull but rather mater of grace and of grete meryte And soo good syster thynke ye alwaye and yf it be soo that temptacyon cease not but were alwaye more more be not afrayed but saye somtyme amonge in the worshyp of god and in the spyte of the fende your crede and knowlege your byleue and hope and thynke on the wordes of saynt Poule that sayth Knowlege of mouth is done to the helpe of soules and they shall not be deceyued by the fendes whyles that with a good auysement bothe in worde and wyll withstandeth hym strongly For there was neuer man deceyued of the fende but by consent of his owne wyll that with suche a wyll as the herte consented with thesame for other fantastycall troublous wylles putteth not awaye man from god ¶ The fourth chapytre ANd therfore sholde noo man care nor be heuy that he is so troubled more than an other Syster alwaye whan I speke of a man in this wrytynge take it bothe for man and woman for so it is ment in all suche wrytynges for all is mankynde and ferther more as touchynge your troubles thynke in all your dyseases what troubles goddes seruauntes hath suffred and what paynes and turmentes they haue had here in this worlde in many sondry maners and ye shall fynde cause to suffre Leo the pope sayth it happeth somtyme that good and ryght wyse soules be styred sharpely by the fende somtyme by theyr owne compleccyon to angers troubles dredes suche other taryenges that it semeth to them theyr lyf a turment in so moche that somtyme for very drede the begyn to dyspayre bothe in lyfe of body and soule thynkynge they be forsaken of god whiche dooth it but to assaye and proue his chosen chyldren and frendes by suche temptacyons For as I afore haue sayd at the begynnynge of this wrytyng in lyke maner as fyre purgeth golde and as a knyghte is proued good and hardy by batayle ryght so temptacyons and troubles purgeth a ryght wyse soule this is proued well by Toby for the aungell Raphaell sayd this to hym Toby for as moche as thou arte ryghtfull to god it is nedefull that temptacyon sholde preue thy wyll and well it is knowen that sykenes falleth to a man after the dysposycyon of his compleccyon So lyke wyse temptacyon as Leo the pope sayth The fende our ghostly enemy aspyeth in euery man what wyse he is dysposed by his compleccyon and by that disposicyon he tempteth hym For there as he fyndeth a man full of malencoly he tempteth hym moost with ghoostly temptacyons of Ire But they that wyll attende to withstande it for the loue of god they must shape them to pacyence saye with Iob. Sythen we haue receyued of god so grete benefaytes why sholde we not receyue and suffre dyseases And thynke on the grete anguysshes sorowes and dyseases that our lorde Ihesu cryste suffred hymselfe here in erth And also suffred his blyssed moder to haue the same And thynke that to suffre dysease pacyently is the waye to heuen warde And that ye may not in this frayle worlde be so free as an aungell that is confermed by grace but whyle your body and soule be togyder in this lyf they must receyue troubles as well as eases And thynke not that god hath forsaken you but mekely abyde the comforte of hym and without doubte whan it nedeth ye shal not fayle therof But some men whan they haue drede of saluacyon or be tempted to dyspayre by vysyons or ghostly sterynges of theyr owne frayltye they wene anone that they haue synned in the synne of the holy ghoost and than the fende putteth in them that they may neuer be saued nor forgyuen of theyr trespaces Thus speketh the fende wtin them So ferynge synne good creatures that they wene to goo out of theyr myndes But they that ben thus tempted answere the fende thus agayne that he is false and a lyer as his nature is to be For the synne of the holy ghoost as clerkes sayth is infynyte without repentaunce And that is whan a man wylfully by delyberacyon wyll neuer repente nor aske god mercy ne forgyuenes of his synnes

¶ The remedy ayenst the troubles of temptacyons ●Here after foloweth foure proufytable thynges to haue in mynde whiche hath be taken out of y e thyrde chapiter of a deuoute treatyse and a fourme of lyuinge that the dyscrete vertuous Richard hampole wrote to a deuoute an holy persone for grete loue THe fyrst mesure of thy lyf whiche is so shorte that vnnethes it is ony thynge for we lyue here but in a poynte that is the leest thynge y t may be And for to saye sothe our lyfe is lesse than a poynte yf we sholde lyken it to the lyfe euerlastynge An other thynge is the vncertaynte of our endynge for we wote not whan we shall dye nor how we shall dye nor whether we shall goo whan we be deed And the wyll of god is that it be to vs vncertayne for he wylleth that we be alwaye redy to dye the thyrde is y t we shall answere before the ryght wyse Iuge of all the tyme y t we haue ben here how we haue lyued what our occupacyon hath be and what good we myght haue done whan we haue ben ydle Therfore y e prophete sayd he hath called the tyme ayenst me that is for euery day he hath lente vs here to spende in good vse as in penaūce and in goddes seruyce And yf we waste it in erthly loue and vanytees full greuously must we be demed and punysshed Therfore it is one of the moost sorowes y t may be to vs but yf we enforce vs to the contrary set our herte to the loue of god And doo good to all that we may in y e shorte whyle that our tyme lasteth For eche tyme y t we thynke not of god we may coūte it as loste The fourth is that we thynke how moche the Ioye is that they shall haue whiche contynueth in the loue of god to theyr endynge for they shall be bretherne felowes with aūgelles seynge the kynge of Ioye in his beauty and shynynge maieste the whiche shall be to them aboue all the delytes that ony creature may thynke Than to remembre the grete and intollerable sorowe payne turmentes whiche they shal haue that loueth not god aboue all thynge as we may se in this worlde many of that dysposycyon whiche set all theyr pleasure in lust and lykynge of this lyf as in pryde couetyse and other synnes they shall brenne in the fyre of helle with the deuyll whome they serued as longe as god is in heuen with his seruauntes that lasteth euer ¶ Here foloweth and enseweth a souerayne notable sentence to comforte a persone that is in temptacyon OUr mercyfull lorde god cryst Ihesu chastyseth his chyldren and suffreth them to be tempted for many proufytable causes to theyr soules helth therfore sholde noo man nor woman be heuy or sory for ony temptacyon For as saynt Iames the appostle techeth vs we sholde haue very greate Ioye whan we be tempted with dyuers temptacyons for as the golde is pured and purged by the fyre and a knyght in batayle is proued good ryght so is a man by temptacyon proued for good but yf he suffre hymselfe to be ouercome that is to saye but he consent therto by delyberacyon For sothely whan a man is sharpely tempted he may than haue hope of grace vertue and it is necessary for a man moche to be troubled with temptacyons for euery vertue is proued by his contrarye Our enemy the fende is besy daye and nyght to tary and trauayle good men and women with dyuers temptacyons in doubtes of the fayth and dredes of saluacyon and other many moo in dyuers maners and specyally now in these dayes he is full besy to deceyue many soules and therfore wysely rule you to withstande his vyolent sterynges of temptacyon for all that take ye noo dredes of his assawtes ne haue ye ony doubte of his erroures ne dyspytes nor of his false leasynges or fantasyes or ony maner of trauayle of that foule fende whether ye here hym se hym or thynke of hym take noo hede therof for all be maters of grete mede and noo synne in noo wyse be they neuer soo troublous or full of anguysshes whyles it cometh of the malyce of the fende or of euyll dysposycyon of mannes nature or compleccyon And therfore all suche trauayle men ought not to charge but suffre mekely and abyde pacyently tyll god doo remedy therto And for as moche as they be maters of grete mede none ought to stryue there agaynst nor meruayle of them ne seke the cause nor thynke by what skyll he is soo trauaylled for the more that a man laboureth in sechynge and thynkynge of suche anguysshes the more depely he falleth in to errours and therfore in as moche as mannes thought is often vayne and dyuers and none ende hath it ought not to be forced or be taken hede of ne a man sholde not angre hymselfe therwith ne blame ne impute it to his owne defaute that he is so troubled for suche trauaylles ben paynefull but not synfull in soo moche as they be gretely agaynst his wyll Saynt Augustyne sayth that euery synne lyeth in wylfull wyll And what that is agaynst mannes wyll is noo synne And the holy doctour ysodore de summo bono sayth that the fende tempteth a man noo more than god gyueth hym leue therfore let vs haue alway a good wyll to wyll well and doo well and god wyll kepe vs and gyue vs the vyctory so the fende shall be confoūded fayth hope is groūde of all perfeccyon and rote of all vertue and therfore our olde enemy the fende is full besy with all his sleyghtes to drawe the soule downe therfro And it happeth somtyme that the fende tempteth and trauaylleth a ryght wyse soule so sharpely that it is ouerlayde with care and dryuen to dyspayre and yet all that tyme though the soule perceyue it not it dwelleth styll in the drede and loue of god and all that trauayle is to theyr grete mede afore god for our lorde of his endles mercy arrecteth not to y e soule that synne whiche hymselfe suffreth the fende to werke in the soule without the consente or wyll of the sayd selfe soule But whan we wylfully doo ayenst the wyll of god with delyberacyon than we cōmytte synne actually But whan we be drawen with wycked vyolence or vyle thoughtes turmented with dyspayre ayenst our wyll thorugh the fendes vyolent temptynge we suffre payne but we do no synne yet the sely soules knowlege is hydde by that turment ¶ The seconde chapytre _●Ut yet ryght often the temptynge of the fende that maketh the soule to erre in fayth and foule fantasye in dyspayre semeth to the selfe soule grete synne but it is not soo For all holy doctours sayth that fayth and hope be vertues of mannes wyll wherfore who so wolde ryght wysly byleue in this lyf he is in ryght byleue before god and lyke wyse who so wolde here