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A17689	Of the life or conuersation of a Christen man, a right godly treatise, wyrtten [sic] in the latin tonge, by maister Iohn Caluyne, a man of ryghte excellente learnynge and of no lesse godly conuersation. Translated into English by Thomas Broke Esquier Paymaister of Douer. An[no] M. D. XLix. The first day of Ianuary	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.	1549 (1549)	STC 4436; ESTC S110975	42,086	164

shall be boeth liberall and mercifull in the. And as then Christe desired the crosse thirsted for oure saluation and humbled hym selfe to very death prayinge for his enemies euen so nowe Christe in vs shall neither seeke his owne profite nor thynke on aduengmente nor disspise suche as be weake but shall become all vnto all men that at the lest way he may wynne some And by thys meanes shall we stoppe the sclaūderous mouthes of the enemies of fayeth whiche saye that the teachynge of it distroyeth taketh awaye al good worckes so that oneles they be altogether vngodly as thei shal se the good worckes of the faithfull they shall glorifie our father whiche is in heauen Nowe to make an ende I haue good reader trāslated a good parte more of the institution of a Christen mā wrytten by thys noble clerke whiche I can not nowe put in print partly through myne owne busynes as well at Douer as at Calleis and partly by reason the prynter hath presently no leasure for the same Yet by the grace of God I wyll shortly the Kynges maiesties busynes geuynge me leaue put forth either the same or part therof to the edifiyng I truste of the christen cōgregation In the meane time the grace and peace of God be wyth the and wyth all that thorugh the hate they haue to synne do longly loke for and patiently abyde the comynge of the great shepherde of our soules Iesus Christ. To whom with the father and the holy gost be prayse worlde wythout ende Amen or largly to entreate hereof peraduenture the tyme maye here after serue But thys presente worcke requireth that we wryte a true plaine doctrine as cōpendiously as we can But as philosophers haue certeyne endes or causes of iustice and honestie from whēce they deriue fetche the particular properties the whole company of vertues so scripture in this thynge lacketh not an ordre but keepeth in writynge a goodly maner and way yea muche more certeyne then al the philosophers Herein onely is the difference that in so much as they were men desirous of honour they coueted to atteyne to an exquisite finenes of teachynge that they might thereby boste out the excellencie of theyr witte But the spirite of god because it doth teach without such affectation and desire obserueth not so exactly nor so often a cōpēdious way But yet that such oughte not to be contemned or dispised of vs it telleth vnto vs sufficiētli whiles the same scripture teacheth vnto vs otherwhilste the same Furthermore this lessō which the scripture teacheth whereof we speake goeth chiefly vpon two poyntes The firste is that the loue of ryghtuousnes to the whiche else by nature we be nothing inclined should be bi little litle poured in grafted into our myndes The second is that there shoulde be prescribed vnto vs a rule whiche may not suffre vs in the seekyng desiryng of ryghtuousnes to be deceyued The scripture hath mani waies the same very good to prayse righteousnes as touching thē we haue in other places spoken our mynde before But yet some we wyl here touch briefly Upon what foundation maye it better begynne then when it admonisheth Leui. xix vs that we muste be sanctified or holy i Pet. i. because oure god is holy For when like dispersed shepe we were scattered abrode and put in sundre in the daungerous deserte of thys world he gotte vs vp agayne that he myght gather vs together vnto hym selfe Whē we heare mention of the ioynynge of god and vs together we oughte to remembre that holines ought to be the couplinge or knyttynge together of hym vs. Not because we thorowe worthines of our owne holines maye atteyne to haue felowshippe wyth hym when rather we muste cleaue fyrst vnto hym that we maye be throughly washed and sanctified wyth his holynes but rather because it greatly perteyneth to his glory that we haue not felowship with iniquitie and fylthynes Wherfore it teacheth vs thys to be the final cause and intente why we were called and whereunto we muste alwayes haue respect if we wyll answere vnto God when he calleth vs. For to what purpose serueth it that we are plucked out and deliuered from the wickednes and fylth of the worlde in the whiche we were drowned if we suffre oure selues all oure lyfe longe to be sowsed and waltered in them Furthermore it admonisheth vs also that we maye be counted for the people of God Ephe. v. et alibi we muste dwel in the holy citie of Ierusalem the whiche as god hath consecrated it and made it holy for hym selfe so it is a detestable thynge that it shoulde be defiled wyth vncleanes of thenhabitauntes of it Where vpon these saiynges ryse they shall dwell in the tabernacle of God whiche walke wythout spot and loue rightuousnes Psal. xv c. And that it maye the better awake vs out of our slepe Ra. vi it sheweth that god the father as he made an attonement betwene him selfe and vs by his sonne Christe so hath he shewed vnto vs a paterne example vnto the whiche he wil haue vs to be made lyke Go to let them who thynke that moral philosophie and exhorting vnto good maners is taughte as it oughte to be onely of philosophers fynde me a more excellent rule or ordre in wrytyng among them all concernynge the same For they whē they go earnestly about to exhort vnto vertue alledge nothyng for it but that we shoulde lyue accordynge to nature But the scripture fetcheth the ground of exhortation from the heade sprynge whyle it not onely commaundeth vs to ordre al our lyfe accordyng to goddes wyl who is boeth the gyuer and owner of it but after that it hath taughte vs that we haue growen out of kynde from the true beginnyng and lawe of our creation it bryngeth in Christ thorowe whom we are come againe into the fauoure of god to be set furth vnto vs for an exsample that we myght expresse his likenes or be lyke vnto hym in oure conuersation What canst thou require of more efficacie thē this one thynge Mala. i. Naye rather what canste thou aske more then thys alone Ephe. v. For if for thys cause we be chosen of oure Lorde for his chyldren i. Iohn iii. that oure lyfe shoulde represent Christe the bonde and cheine of his chosing of vs Ephe. v. then except we nowe faithfully geue and wholly betake oure selues vnto ryghtuousnes Hebr. x. we do not onely trayterously fall away frō our creator i. Cor. vi through shamefull breakynge of our allegiaunce promise made vnto hym i. Pet. i. but also we forsake him to be our sauiour i. Cor. vi vii Furthermore the scripture taketh occasion to exhorte vs by considerynge aswell of al the benefites of god Iohn xv as also of euerie parte of our saluation whice it sheweth vnto vs as thus For so muche as

dedicate thē wyth our handes vnto the geuer of them it is plaine that the abuse is euil which sauoreth not of suche dedicacion or appliyng of them Yea but thou wylte saye that thou shouldeste to no purpose make oure Lorde ryche wyth the departiuge from thy substaunce vnto hym Wel then syth thy liberalitie can not extende vnto hym P● xvi as the prophete sayeth thou muste exercise the same vpon his holy ons or sainctes whyche lyue here in earth Furthermore leste we shoulde be wery of wel doinge whiche thynge by and by muste els needes come to passe vnto thys muste be added also the other thynge whiche the Apostle speaketh of charitie to be pacient not sone stirred to wrath Our Lorde commaūdeth vs to do good vniuersally to al men of whom a greate part are very vnworthy if they should be estemed after their owne desertes here the scripture healpeth by a strong reason when it teacheth that of vs is not to be regarded what mē of them selues deserue but in al men the Image of god is to be considered vnto whom we owe al honour loue But yet in those of the houshold of fayth the same ymage is most diligently to be had in reuerēce because that by the spirite of Christ it is renued and repared Therfore what soeuer man be offered vnto the whiche lacketh thy healpe thou haste no cause why thou shouldest let to bestow thy selfe vpō hym Say he is an Alyaunt or a stranger yea but oure Lorde hath set vpon hym a marke whiche thou oughtest to be acquaynted or familiar with saye he is in no estimation nor any thynge worth no but oure Lorde sheweth hym to be one vnto whom he hath vouchsaued to geue the honoure of his lykenes Saye thou arte not bounde to hym by any benefite that he hath done the no but god hath as in his owne stede appoynted hym in suche sorte that towards hym thou shouldeste consider and as muche as in the lieth requite the whole goodnes and great benefites for the whyche thou arte bound vnto God him selfe saye he is vnworthye that for hys cause thou shouldeste laboure any thynge at all but the image of God whereby he is set before the is worthy that thou shouldest geue vnto him thy self and all thyne Nowe if he haue not onely deserued at thy hande no goodnes but hath also prouoked the wyth wronges and hurt yet is thys no iuste cause wherefore thou shouldeste seace boeth to loue hym and to execute the workes of loue vpon hym He hath thou wylte saye deserued farre other wyse at my hande Yea but what hath oure Lorde deserued Who while he biddeth the to forgeue hym what so euer he hath offended agaynste the wol surely recken it euen as forgeuē to him self Surely by this one waye men come vnto that thynge whiche is not only hard vnto mannes nature but also vtterly agaynste it to wytte that we loue them whyche beare hatered vnto vs that we requite euylles wyth goodnes and rendre blessynges for curssynges by thys one waye I saye we atteyne therunto if we remembre that we maye not regarde the malice of men but muste behold in thē the ymage of god whiche Image their synnes being hid blotted out oughte to allure vs hertely to loue and imbrace thē for the bewtie worthynes of it Therefore thys mortification shall then onely take place in vs if we haue feruente charitie but he hath so not that alonly doth execute all the offices or partes of charitie thoughe he pretermitte none but he that of a pure affectiō of loue doeth the same for it maye be that some man paye fully to all men what so he oweth them so farre as belongeth to the outwarde dutie and neuertheles he maye the whylest be far frō the true maner of paying For thou maiest se sone who wyll seme very liberall who yet geue nothing which with a proud coūtenaūce yea loftines of wordes to thei cast not a man in the teeth with afterwardes And vnto this calamity in this our vnhappy daies is it come that almoste no almes at the leste way of the most part of mē is geuen without rebukes or taūtes which frowardnesse or churlyshnes oughte not to be tollerable no not amonge Ethnikes for of christē mē there is somwhat more required then that they shal shewe a cherefulnes in their coūtenaunce with familiaritie of wordes cause the thing whiche they of dutie do to be wel taken For first they must beholde the parson of hym whō thei perceiue to lacke their helpe and euen so muste pitie his necessitie as if they them selues felt and suffered it so that by the felynge of mercy cōpassion they may be no otherwyse desirous to healpe hym then if he were thēselfe Who soeuer being thus encouraged cometh to healpe his bretherne he not onely shal not with any lostines or casting in the teeth defile the doinge of his duty toward his neighbour but also shal not despise his brother to whom he doeth a good turne as one that lacketh his healpe nor shal therfore brynge hym in subiection as one greatly bounde vnto hym for it No more surely then either we reioyce that a membre of oure bodye is sycke when to the healpynge of it the reste of the bodie laboureth or elles thynke that membre speciallie bounde to the other membres because it hath had more laboure done vnto it then it hath requited For the commune ministration of the membres in doinge of their offices one to an other is beleued to haue nothynge that it loketh to be recompensed for agayne But rather reckeneth the same to be a payinge of that thynge whiche by the lawe of nature is owynge and due By thys meanes also shall it come to passe that he shall not thynke hym selfe quitte or discharged whiche hath done in one maner his dutie as it is comonly wont to come to passe that a worldely ryche man after he hath geuen somewhat of his to the poore he wyll appoynte vnto other men the other charges as thoughe they nothynge belonge to hym But thus rather shal euerye mā thynke wyth hym selfe that how great so euer he be he oweth him selfe to hys neyghbours that he must appointe no other tyme of seacynge to shewe mercy and frēdship vnto them but only thē whē he lacketh powre and habilitie to do it which habilitie how much it is is to be limited after the rule of charitie Now let vs declare the chief parte of deniynge of oure selfe whyche we sayde dyd perteyne vnto god Mani thinges are alredy spokē touching it which to repete were in vaine It shal suffice to speake of it so far forth as it teacheth vs equanimitie patientnes that is to saye a quiet moderatiō of mynde that is neither extolled in prosperitye nor discōforted in aduersitie but taketh al thinges in good parte In the beginning therfore in the seeking either of the cōmoditie or the

naturall man be tamed and vsed as it were wyth a yoke lest stubbournli as the very propertie of it is it waxe as wylde as ● bucke of Sherewod is not the iustice and truth of God worthy that we shoulde labour and take payne to know it nowe if the vndoubted equitie and ryghtuousnesse of God appeareth in oure aflictions we can not without iniquitie either murmure or resist against them We allowe not nowe this colde songe or faynte excuse saiynge we wyl geue place because we cā not chuse but rather this lyuely teachynge full of efficacie thynkyng thus we wyl obey because it is wickednes to resist or murmure we wyl patiently suffre it because impatience is a stubbournes against Gods iustice Nowe because that thing at the lest way pleaseth vs wel whiche we thinke is for our owne helth and aduauntage or goodnes in this behalfe also oure good father cōforteth vs while he affirmeth that in that he aflicteth vs with a crosse he worcketh oure health saluatiō ☞ Thē if this be once of a suretie that tribulations healpe vs to saluation wherfore shoulde we not receiue them wyth a thankful and ioyful mynde wherefore in the patient sufferynge of them we are not ouercharged or greuouslie burdened with necessitie but we leane cōdescend or agree vnto thē yea recreate our selues with the goodnes y● cometh to vs by them These thoughtes I saye cause that somuch as our myndes are dismayed in the crosse by the natural feelinge of the griefe so much agayne are they chered with spirituall gladnes whereupon also followeth geuyng of thankes which cā neuer be wythout ioye in the thynge that the same thankes are geuen for Wherefore if the praysing of our Lord and geuynge of thankes vnto hym can not flowe but from a glad and mery hert and againe there oughte nothynge to interrupt or hyndre that prayse and thankes in vs hereupon it appeareth how necessary it is that the griefe of the crosse be tempered wyth spiritual gladnes But with what soeuer kind of tribulation we be oppressed alwayes we muste loke to thys ende that we cōtinually vse our selues to sette litle store by thys present lyfe by that meanes be stirred to the cōtēplacion of the lyfe to come And because oure Lorde knoweth very wel howe greatly we are by nature bente vnto the blinde and beastly loue of this world he geueth vs very good cause to plucke ourselues backe therfrom and to shake of our slugishnes leste we shoulde sticke to faste in the same loue There is none of vs whiche wyl not seme greatly to desire endeuoure all this short course of his lyfe to atteyne to heauenly immortalitie For we are ashamed to passe in nothynge brute beastes whose condition or state shoulde be nothynge worse then ours if we had not assured hope of euerlastyng lyfe after the natural death here But if y● examin the coūsailes purposes mindes and deedes of euery man thou shalt fynde no other thyng there but earth And there vpon commeth suche lacke of felynge that oure mynde beinge ouercome dased by the vayne glitteringe of riches powre and honours as dimmed so that it seeth no furder of yea and oure herte being set on couetousenes desire of honour and vnlaufull lustes is so pressed downe that it ryseth no higher finally the hole soule beynge caughte in a snare wyth the flatterynge intisementes of the fleshe or naturall man seketh in earth hir hole felicitie Oure Lorde to healpe thys mischeife wythall by dayly documentes or lessons of miserie teacheth vnto his the vanitie of thys life Therfore lest thei shuld promesse to them selues greate and sure peace in it and so rekē with out their hoste he suffereth them often tymes to be vnquited and troubled eyther with war or vprores or robryes or other iniuries yea lest with to much gredynes they shoulde gape on vnstable and transitorye riches or else whē they haue them shoulde put their trust in them he driueth thē sometime by banishement sometime by barrēnes of th earth somtime by burning of their houses and sometyme by other meanes into pouertye or at leste waye keepeth them backe in a meane state leste they shoulde be ouer muche delighted in the commodites of mariage either with the biternes or vnthriftines of their husbondes or the shrewdnes or naughtines of ther wyues he causeth them to be vexed or by euel chyldrē bringeth them lowe and abateth their pride or by takinge their chyldren from them afflicteth thē Nowe if in al these thynges he somewhat cocker or spare them for all that leaste eyther throughe folyshe reioysinge they shoulde waxe proude or throughe truste in those thinges shoulde excedingely reioyse he setteth before their eyes at the leaste way be other mens deseases and daungers howe vnstedfaste and slypper are all those goodes as men cal them which are transitorye or subiect to mortalitie Therfore then only haue we well profited in the doctrine of the crosse when we learne that thys lyfe when we esteme it in it selfe only is vnquiet troublesom innumerable wayes miserable and no waye thorowly blessed or happie and that all the thinges whyche be called the goodes of it are vncerteyne transitorye vayne yea and defiled with many myngled myscheffes what thereupon we do there wyth decre nothynge here to be soughte for or hoped but conflicte or batayl and therefore that our eyes ought to be lyfte vp vnto heauē where we loke to haue a crowne ☞ For thys we must reken the minde neuer to be ernestely lyfte vp vnto the desier and contemplacion of the lyfe to come except it be fyrst taught to dispise or set light by thys presēt lyfe For betwen the these two ther is no midle poynte but eyther the earth must be estemed of vs as vile or else it wyll keape vs bounde vnto it wyth an inordinate loue Therefore if we haue any desier of euerlastinge lyfe we must diligentely loke vnto thys that we maye vnshakell oure selues out of these noughty giftes Furthermore because thys presente lyfe hath many pleasant toyes wherby entiseth vs many outwarde apparaunces of pleasures and of gyftes and of thynges swete in taste whereby it flattereth or inticeth vs strokynge oure heades and calling vs goldpolles it standeth vs muche vpon euer nowe and then to cal our selues backe lest we be bewitched with suche pleasaunt disceitfulnes or disceitful pleasure ☞ For howe woulde the worlde go wyth vs I praye ye yea howe would we dote vpon it if we shoulde haue here continual aboundaunce of goodes and felicitie when with continuall prickes and scabbes of euyls we can not inough be moued to considre the miserie of thys lyfe Mans lyfe to be lyke a smoke or shadowe is not onely knowen to learned men but also the cōmō people vse no prouerbe more in their mouthes And because they sawe it was a thing very profitable to be knowen thei haue commended it or set it forth wyth many goodly sentences