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conscience_n	die_v	fire_n	worm_n	1,088	5	9.7140	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04036	The mirror of mans lyfe Plainely describing, what weake moulde we are made of: what miseries we are subiect vnto: howe vncertaine this life is: and what shal be our ende. Englished by H. Kirton.; De contemptu mundi. English	Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216.; Kirton, H. (Henry); Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624. Speculum humanum. aut	1576 (1576)	STC 14093; ESTC S106262	64,245	170

death when Christ vpon the crosse shall appeare vnto the good and euill And Christ himselfe sayth of saint Iohn the Euangelist I will that he remayne so vntill I come that is to witte I will that hee remayne in his virginitie vntill I come to hys death Wee reade of foure commings of Christ two of them be visible and two inuisible● He came visibly in ●umilitie to redeeme the world and hee shall come visibly in his maiestie to iudge the world Of hys i●uisible commings the firste is when ●ee commeth into the minde of man by grace according to the saying of our Lord in saint Iohns Gospell wee shall come vnto hym and dwell with hym The seconde is at the death of euery man And therefore ●aith Saint Iohn in his Apocalipse come vnto mee Lorde Iesus At whose comming that we may bee founde watchful and diligent seruantes let vs endeuor our selues to serue and feare him in holinesse and purenesse of life to whom with the father and the holy ghost be all honour maiestie glory power and dominion for euer and euer ¶ The thirde Booke of the Mirror of man● lyfe Of the putrifycation of the body when the soule is departed Chap. 1. THe soule of man sayeth the Prophet sh●ll depar●e from him● and hee shall returne again● into earth ●●ō whence ●e ●a●e In that day al hys thoughts worldly inuentions shal perish O how many how wōderful greate are the Imaginations of mortal men aboute worldely prouision but when death shall preuent them al theyr deuises and inuentions shal soone vanish away and they shall quite decay euen as the shadowe when it declyneth or as the Grashoppers whyche soone are shaken from the graine Furthermore when the body and soule are separate asunder● thē shal they forsake with great griefe sorow such things as they loued in this life most derely For there is a terme appointed thē which can not be escaped at what time earth ●hal returne into earth as it is writen Thou arte earthe and shalt re●urn into ●ar●● agayne Bycause it is agreable to the course of nature that euery mortall thing shoulde be resolued againe into the selfe same substance whereof it was earst made Therfore sayth Dauid the spirites of men shall bee taken away from them and they shall returne in●o dust But when man shall dye his inheritaunce shall bee with brute be●stes and serpents for all men shall sleepe in the dust and the wormes shall eate their fleshe euen as the mo●h the garment as hee doeth deuoure the woolle I shall be consumed sayth Iob as corruption and as the garment which is eaten of the mo●he I sayde vnto rottennesse thou art my father and I called the wormes my mother sister Man is but a masse of putrifaction and the sonne of man is but corruption O what a lothsome parentage is that where rottennesse is the father and what an vncleane stocke is that whiche is vnited with worms For man is conceiued in corruption and in the burning heate of foule luste vppon whose dead carkasse the wormes doe waite as mourners In his lif● time he bringeth forth troublesome and tedious v●rmyn● after death his fleshe engendreth wormes whilest hee liueth his body yeldeth noysome odious things and when hee dyeth hee becommeth a lumpe of foule and vncleane corruption During this lyfe his only care is to nourish and maintaine one but when he is dead he shall feede sustayne a number of wormes For what is more vgly and filthy to behold than is the vyle corpse of a dead man And what is more horrible vnto the sight than is the body whē the soule is parted Hee whose embracings to vs were plesaunte whilest lyfe endured the verye sight of hym after death shall bee moste noysome What profitte then may wee reape of our ryches what good shall wee fynde of our delycate bankettes or what then shall auayle vs our dayntie dyet They shall not delyuer vs from the daunger of death they sh●l not defende vs from the hungry wormes they shall not preserue vs from loa●hsome sauours Wee haue seene hym despysed and cast into graue whiche of late sate most gloriouslye in his princely throne The courteer that walked in sumptuous attyre lyeth nowe in the earth vnseemely to beholde and hee that was fedde with delicate fare is nowe to bee deuoured of wormes in the grounde Of the heauy remembrance of the damned soules Chap. 2. THe torments of wicked men shall bee the worme and fire And both of these haue sundry operations For the one worketh inwardly the other tormēteth outwardly The worme which worketh inwardly doth alwayes eat deuour the hart the fyre whic● tormenteth outwardly doth alwayes burn● consumeth the body The worme of thē sait● the Prophet shall neuer dye and theyr fyr●● shal not be quenched Our Lord wyll send● fyre and wormes for theyr fleshe that the● may burne and feele the smarte for euer● The worme of conscience shall vexe them repentaunce shall trouble them and per●plexitie of minde shall torment them F●● they beeing fearefull and tymorous sha●● call to remembraunce theyr sinnes a●● theyr owne wickednesse shall bewr●y then and thus they shall saye within the● selues What goodnesse haue wee pr●●cured by our pryde or what profite h●● wee obtayned by worldly pompe and ●●ni●ie and what can our riches nowe auaile vs All these things are gone paste euen as the shadowe or as the shippe which passeth ouer the raging waues whose track is neuer seene agayne So wee mortall men whiche are borne into this world doe quickely perishe and decay and swiftly approche vnto our ende Of ●ertue wee are scarcely able to shewe any signe at all but wee are consumed in our owne malyce and wickednesse Therefore with greate vexation of mynde shall the damned soules often remēber those things whych with great mirth and ioylitie they did commit in thys li●e that the remembrance at all ma● augment th●yr payne whome the styng of sinne prouoked to wickednesse Of the vn●ro●itable repentance of the damned C●ap 3 THey shal say vnto them selues repēting we haue gone astray from the waye of truth and the lighte of righteousnesse hathe not shyn●d vppon vs. T●en shall they crye vnto the mountayns and say O you mountaynes fall vppon vs and you hilles cou●r vs They shall repent to their p●in but thei● cōuersion shall not obtai● pardon For it is according vnto iustice that those which would not repent when they might shal not when they desire obtaine mercie God gaue them oportunitie and space to repent and they abused his time of long sufferance And therfore sayde the riche man which was tormented in hell O father Abraham I beseeche thee that thou wouldest sende Lazarus vnto my fathers house that he may signifie vnto them what is become of mee leaste tha● they also fall