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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10791	A guide vnto godlinesse moste worthy to bee followed of all true Christians: a treatise wherein is set forth the folly of man in prolonging the amendment of his sinful life, togither with the chiefe causes thereof, and souereigne remedies againste the same. Written in Latin by Iohn Riuius: Englished by W.G.; De stultitia mortalium, in procrastinanda correctione vitæ. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.; Gace, William.	1579 (1579)	STC 21064; ESTC S100606	51,601	134

prepared vnto the laste day of our life accordinge to the saying of our Sauiour Christ in the gospell of Luke Be ye prepared saith he for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not There is also another cause at this day why many of the common sort prolonge and driue of the amendment of their life For ther be certaine and those verye deuoure felowes for we must suspect no other of theÌ„ howbeit not very wise and wary who in sundry places preache much of the grace of God of forgiuenesse of sinnes and of other thinges that pertaine to saluation and doe very diligently and wyth greate earnestnesse handle the same but they say either nothing at all or els verye little of a newe life in Christ of the sanctifying quickning of the holy ghost But he that will be couÌ„ted a true Christian in deede must accordinge to the doctrine of Paule dye to sinne and liue vnto righteousnesse must put of the olde man with his woorkes put on the newe man and liue as it becommeth the Gospell of Christe must not commit adultery or whoredome must not be at enmitie with his neighbour must not be couetous an vserer enuious muste not be proude and high minded And the holy ghost is giuen of God to them that beleeue and cal vpon him that he may stirre vp newe motions in the heart and as it were regenerate the will of man moue him forward to all duties of godlines to all vertues worthy of a christian man and vnto a life agreable to the profession of the Gospell where of we haue elswhere spoken more at large Now how much dost thou think are the mindes of the ignoraunt offended by these or such like sayings of some If thou bee an adulterer say they if a whoremonger if a couetous person or defiled with any other sinne and wickednes beleeue onely and thou shalt be safe There is no cause why thou shoul dest feare the Lawe for this Christe hath fulfilled and made satisfaction for the sinnes of mankinde These sayings doe without doubte grieuously offend godly eares and minister occasion to leade a wicked life and are cause that men thinke nothing of reforming their manners but obstinately perseuer in sinne and vngodlines yea they doe encourage them vnto al wickednes as it were cut of such meanes as might moue theÌ„ to repent amend How much better did Paule who as Luke mentioneth in the Acts not onely preached of that faith which is in Christ vnto Felix and Drusilla his wife but entreated also diligently of righteousnes and temperance of the iudgement to come so that Felix was striken with terror while Paule disputed The same Paule also witnesseth moreouer in the Acts that he did not only preache to the Gentiles that they should repente and turne vnto God but admonish them also that they shoulde doe workes worthye of them that had repented Thus hast thou gentle Reader the causes which commonly moue vs to prolonge and differre the amendment of our lyfe it remayneth nowe that we briefly shewe what remedye may be founde for this euell although we haue done the same partly alreadye Remedies against the causes aforesayd and first against mans incredulitie which was sayde to be the firste cause vvhy he differreth the amendement of hys lyfe AGainst our incredulitie then concerninge the iudgement to come the punishment of the wicked the immortall felicitie of the godlye very much vndoubtedly vnles wee had rather seeme then be Christians in deede will preuaile the aucthoritye of our God and Lord Iesus Christe if wee haue in remembraunce and alwayes as it were before the eyes of our mynde hys sayinges whiche are in sundrye places of the Scripture concerninge these thinges as is that in the Gospel of Iohn that of manye I maye rehearse onelye a fewe The houre shall come sayeth he in the which all that are in the graues shall heare his voice and they shall come forth that haue done good vnto the resurrection of life but they that haue done euell vnto the resurrection of condemnation c. This is the will saith he in another place of him that sent me that euerye man which seeth the Sonne and beleeueth in him should haue euerlasting life and I wyll raise him vp at the laste day Moreouer in the Gospell of Matthew speaking of the last iudgement amonge other thinges he sheweth what sentence he shal pronouÌ„ce of the godly Come saith he ye blessed of my father inherit ye the kingdome prepared for you from the foundations of the world And contrariwise of the wicked Depart from me saith he yee cursed into euerlastinge fyre which is prepared for the deuill and his angels And a little after and these shall goe into euerlastinge paine but the righteous into lyfe eternall O dreadful voice of the iudge that condemneth the wicked to euerlasting fyre If feare of Iudges on the earth doth astonish the guilty howe ought that heauenly iudge to make them afraid or what terror ought he to strike into the wicked through remorce of conscience for sinne If thou dost so feare a Iudge on the earth from whom not withstanding thou maist appeale vnto others how much more oughtest thou to feare the sentence of that Iudge from whom there is no appealing Depart saith he from me ye cursed Howe dreadfull a thinge will it be to be seperate from God himselfe who is the chiefe and soueraigne good to be driuen from the company of the godly and holy spirites to be excluded from the eternall blessednes of the heuenly kingdome which is so great that it can neither in words be expressed neither in mynd comprehended nor by any cogitation of man conceiued not only this but also to be coÌ„mitted to extreme euerlasting paines in hel to be condemned to fire that shal neuer go out in respect whereof our fire is mere yse finally to be with the deuils an infinite time for euermore without any expectatioÌ„ or hope of better state What thinkest thou if these thinges came into mens mindes they would liue so leudlye Howbeit they thinke not of that which Peter witnesseth in the Acts of the Apostles that Christ is ordeyned of God a iudge of quicke dead whereof Paule maketh mention writing to Timothee And the same Paule in his second Epistle to the Corinthians saith for we must all appeare before the iudgemente seate of Christe that euerye man may receiue the things which are don in his body accordinge to that he hath don whether it be good or euil In this iudgement as the same Paule testifieth shal be reuealed and made open before all whatsoeuer is now hidde in the depth of mans hart and as it were obscured with darknesse Which thing how dreadfull it will bee to the wicked it neither can be sufficiently expressed neither well conceiued If in this life he whose deedes being in euery respect filthy and very sinfull and wicked shoulde be

I saye runne to thy ruine and destruction for the pleasant companye of thy companions but to the vttermost of thy power sequester thy selfe from them and let eternall saluation be more deere and pretious vnto thee then a shorte delighte of worldly ioye and pleasure A right pithie and profitable exhortation to forsake vice and imbrace vertue AGaine and againe thinke thus with thy selfe that I may nowe come to the laste poynt that he doth not truely repent neyther is or may be counted a Christian who continueth in sinne and wickednes neither that there is anye true faith in him who sinneth against his conscience and committeth an heynous offence Let vs not therefore be Christians in name onely being farre of from the thing it selfe neither let vs boast of faith in wordes alone but let vs truly and vnfeynedly repente let vs turne to God with all our heart let vs not trusting to our owne strength but to the helpe and assistance of God endeuour to reforme vice by vertue alwayes to liue godlily iustly innocently vprightly holily chastly soberly temperately profitably to the Churche of God friendly to the life of man and as Paule saith as it becommeth the Gospell of Christe Let vs moreouer dayly desire of our heaueÌ„ly father by our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ that he will giue vnto vs his holy spirite who may gouern guide teach sanctisie rayse vp comfort and quicken vs for Christe in the gospell hath promised that his heauenlye father will giue the same spirite vnto vs if we by harty prayer aske it of him And let vs not resiste the holy Ghost by yeelding to our wicked desires against our conscience neither let vs expell or greeue him that I may vse the word of the Apostle Paul. Let vs walke in newenesse of life let vs not serue sinne let vs giue vp our bodyes a liuing sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God let vs mortefie the fleshe with the affections and lustes thereof let vs keepe our selues vnspotted of the world let vs be renued in the spirite of our minde and put on the newe man which after God is created in righteousnesse and true holines let vs be followers of God as deere children let vs walke worthye of the Lord and as it becommeth saints forbearing one another through loue endeuoring to kepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bonde of peace let vs be gentle louing one towards another let vs loue our enemies let vs blesse them that curse vs let vs doe well to them that hate vs let vs praye for them that hurt and trouble vs let vs giue meate to the hungrye drinke to the thirstie releefe to the needye let vs harbour straungers cloth the naked visite the sicke admonish him that is out of the way instructe the ignoraunte helpe the perplexed with our counsaill comfort the afflicted reconcile suche as be at discorde and variance despise worldly honours contemne vayne glorye brieflye let vs not seeke after welth and riches lett vs endeuour alwayes to subdue and represse our naturall corruption and wicked affections and let vs not onely take heede least our hearts be at anye time ouercome with surfettinge and drunkennes but let vs also by fasting and due abstinence prepare our selues to prayer and among so many deceites and inuasions of Satan the world and the flesh let vs with ardent prayer aske helpe of God Let vs not be proud in prosperitie or discouraged in aduersitie whatsoeuer we doe let vs doe all things to the glorye of God let vs not regarde onely our owne matters but rather those which are other mens Moreouer let vs so behaue our selues that none be offended by vs but that we may by our good example bring other to vertue and godlines finally let vs pray dayly and without intermission in all things let vs giue thanks let vâ—â—lwaies aspire to heaueÌ„ly things let vs contemne humane and earthly These things are hard thou wilt say I coÌ„fesse it yet are they agreable to a christian profession needeful to saluation Let vs then do our diligence that we may cast of al remissenes of mind let vs not ouermuch fauor our selues nor yeeld to our own infirmitie or euer willingly be cause that the grace of God bee in vaine in vs Let vs not only not fall into sinne wittingly but let vs also valiauntly resist the assaults of Satan neuer yeeldinge vnto him through cowardise or sluggishnes Nowe what is not to be iudged light whereby thou mayst come to that life which aboundeth with all good things to those eternal ioyes Not without cause saith the Apostle Paul I count that the afflictions of this present time are not worthye of the glorie which shall be shewed vnto vs Hereunto maketh that which is sayde in another place The eye hath not seene the eare hath not heard neither haue entred into the hearte of man the thinges which God hath prepared for them that loue him For how great a thing is it which can neither by force of words bee expressed nor by thought of man conceiued of what sorte it is to be a citizen and inhabitour of heauen to be an heyre of God an heyre annexed with Christe to possesse the kingdome prepared for the godly before the beginning of the worlde without end to beholde that soueraigne good to enioy the most comfortable coÌ„templation of the countenaunce of God to be conuersant in the company of Angels to haue societie with the blessed spirits to be in the assembly of the righteous together with the angels the Patriarchs the Prophets the Apostles the Martyrs finally with all the godly enioying blessed immortalitie and life euerlasting together I saye with all these to celebrate with hymnes and prayses the eternall God the fountaine of all glory What are not al the miseryes and molestations of this lyfe to be counted light if thou looke vnto the glory to come so that we oughte worthelye to be ashamed of our sluggishnesse and remissenes who when he remembreth these thinges namely the kingdom of heauen the life immortal euerlasting blessednes ioies exceeding great and infinite the companye of Angels finally the societie of all who after their life led godlily vpon the earth shall enioy a life moste blessed and eternall who I saye when he remembreth these thinges is willing to cary on the earth and doth not rather with Paule desire to be dissolued and deliuered out of the prison of this body Let vs not therefore count these things heard after which so greate commodities do ensue especially seeing on the other side they that keepe not the commandements of God that are needefull to saluation shall not onely be excluded from that felicitie whereof we haue spoken but also be cast headlong into hell fire and eternal death throwne into vtter darkenes where shal be weeping gnashing of teeth afflicted with most greuous paines and continual torments in the companie and societie of the deuils and the wicked without any hope

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