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cause_n	good_a	sin_n	will_n	3,206	5	6.5361	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15762	The pilgrimage to paradise Compiled for the direction, comfort, and resolution of Gods poore distressed children, in passing through this irkesome wildernesse of temptation and tryall. By Leonard Wright. Seene and allowed.	Wright, Leonard, b. 1555 or 6.	1591 (1591)	STC 26032; ESTC S102797	28,957	79

creatures vnder heauen being obedient to the body of man as the subiects to the Prince The naturall body obedient to the reasonable soule as the seruant to the maister And the reasonable soule with his affections obedient to God the Creator as the child to the father till that cursed serpent our mortall enemie found means to set them at variance and discord Synce which time the nature of man became so fraill and weake the occasions vnto euill so many and the illusion of Satan so prompt and ready that except Gods special grace preu●nt him he is apt and prone vpon euery light occasion to yeeld vnto sinne and wickednes Being more easily brought to con●eaue an error by one little word then the truth by a long tale And sooner seduced to consent vnto vice by one small example then conuerted vnto vertue by many vehement perswasions And as the Iewish Church was likened vnto a garden Oliue tree whose branches in time growing baren were cutt off as vnprofitable And the gentles though by nature wild oliues yet being grafted in the same were by grace made fruitfull So is euery naturall man very aptly compared vnto a wild bitter crab-tree And as Abraham was remoued from the forest of Babilonia and replanted in the fruitfull garden of Canaan Moses from the wood of Pharaos court to the fieldes of Madian hils And the Israelites from their hellish bondage in Egipt through the red sea to the florishing land of promise So must euery child of Adam bee remoued from the wild Wood of nature And by baptim replanted in the fruitfull orchard of grace regrafted with the sweete Garden imps of true christian doctrine and with the pruning knife of ecclesiasticall discipline haue thei superfluous branches of sinne and wickednes daily clensed and cut away or they cannot bring forth true spirituall fruits acceptable vnto Gods diuine tast Chapter 3. Of the miserie of Adams brats and vanitie of the world FOrasmuch as of all other vices that olde rooted infection of pride vaineglorie and presumption is most vniuersallie grafted in man there is no thing more necessarie or profitable to suppresse and subdue his hautie affections then continuall remembrance what he is from whence he came and whether hee shall That in calling to minde his base mettall his wretched condition and mortall generation he may the rather be moued more humblie and lowlie to conceiue and esteeme of himselfe What is man telluris inutile pondus an vnprofitable lump of earth like as one might saie to a peece of yse thou wast water thou art water and to water thou shalt turne againe So man was earth he is earth and to earth hee shall turne againe Thou hast fashioned mee of mould and earth saith Iob and I am become like dust and ashes Oh homo saith Chrisostome si consideras quid per o● quid per nares quid per ceteros meatus egrediatur nunquam vilius sterquilium inuenisti What is man ●is matter is base slime and clay his nature weake and feeble his birth paine and sorow his life vaine and miserable his state sliperie vncertaine his time short and tedious his sinnes horrible and filthie and his ende greeuous and lothsome What is man A mirror of miserie a play of fortune and a pr●y of death He is borne weping and wailing to shew his wretchednes he liueth laughing and toying to bewraie his folly and dieth sighing and sob●ing to declare his weake infirmitie What is man Appulius a Philosopher and scholler to Plato describeth him in this wise Mē saith he are liuing creatures dwelling vpon the earth hauing soules immortall brutish seruile bodies subiect to death light careful minds apt to errour vaine in labours diuers in conditions long or they bee wise their time but short and during life neuer content What is the state of man Saint Bernard describeth it in this maner There commeth before thine eies saith he a man poore naked and miserable mourning that he is a man blushing that he is naked weeping for that he is a wretch replenished with miserie and feare●ull for that his t●me is but sho●t A great part of his life passeth away in doing that is euill a greater part in doing nothing and the greatest part in doing thinges to small purpose And as the life of man is vaine transitorie and miserable euen so is the world with all thinges else wherein humaine nature taketh pleasure and delight as health wealth honor wisedome strength beautie or whatsoeuer What is the world A vaile of miserie A sinck of sinne a mould of mischiefe a den of theeues a court of Satan a purgatorie of paine a mother to the wicked and a stepdame to the good Where the proud and vitious are daily advanced without desert and the humble and vertuous oppressed without cause the weiwarde and seditious befrended and the quiet and obedient molested the ignorant and foolish permitted to speake and the wise and discreete put to silence crafty dissemblers extolled and simple insiocents dispised What is the world A second hell full of ambitious desires couetuous conceates carefull studies wicked willes and diuelish intents A cruell serpent that biteth vs with her teeth scratcheth vs with her nailes and swelleth vs with her poison Much like the deceitful Laban Who made poore Iacob serue seauen yeares for faire Rachell and in the ende deceiued him with foule Lea. Euen so the world promiseth health wealth and long life and in the ende deceiueth vs with pouertie sicknes and death What is the world Her mi●th is but sorow her pleasure but paine her wisedome but foolishnesse and her wealth but misery Where nothing is to be looked for but euen a rancke of troubles one folowing in a●others necke A great trauell is created for all men saith Iesus Sirach and a heauie yoake vpon all mens c●ildren Some so p●nched with pouerty oppressed with miserie Some tossed and turntoiled with strife and contention some tormented with sickenes sores and contagious diseases that if an olde man shoulde set forth the tragidie of his life from the daie of his birth till his departure to the graue a man would wonder that the bodie could suffer and the h●art could beare so painefull and dolorus a pilgrimage All the godly from the beginning haue tasted the troubles of their time Adam felt his part of miserie when his children did one kill an other and saw the fall of his posterity 900. yeares Abraham felt his part of miserie when at Gods commaundement he wandred into a straunge countrie and suffered great troubles Iob felt his part of miserie when hee sawe the spoyle and hauocke of all his goods the distruction of his children and his owne bodie from toppe to toe tormented with botches and sores hauing nothing remaining but his wicked wise who seemed to be left of the deuill not to comfort but vexe and tempt