43 44 45 Thou shalt loue thy neighbour and hate thine enemie But I saith Christ say vnto you loue your enemies blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that hurt you and persecute you that yee may be the chyldren of your Father which is in heauen For he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill and on the good and sendeth downe raine on the iust and vniust For if yee loue them which loue you verse 46. 47 what reward shall yee haue doe not the vngodly euen the same And if you be Luke 6 32 friendly to your Brethren onely what singuler thing doe yee Doe not euen the vngodly likewise Yee shall therefore be perfect as your Math. 5. 48 Father which is in heauen is perfect §. 17. Auenge not your selues but giue place Rom 12. 19 vnto wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will repay saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemie hunger feede verse 20 him if he thirst giue him drink for in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire vppon his head Contrariwise hee that seeketh vengeance Ecclê° 28. 1 shall finde vengeance of the Lord and he will surely keepe his sinnes Should a man beare hatred against man Ecclê° 28. 3 and yet desire forgiuenes of the Lord Hee will shew no mercy to a man that is verse 4. like himselfe and will hee aske forgiuenes of his owne sinnes If he which is but flesh nourish hatred and aske pardon of God who will intreat Ecclê° 28 5. for hys sinnes Remember therefore the end and let verse 6 enmitie passe imagine not death and destruction to another through anger but perseuer in the commaundements And forgiue thy neighbour the hurt that Ecclê° 28. 2 hee hath done thee so shall thy sinnes be forgiuen thee also when thou prayest §. 18. If thy Brother trespasse against thee rebuke Luk 17 3 4 him and if hee repent forgiue him And though hee sinne against thee seauen times in a day and seauen times in a day turne againe vnto thee saying It repenteth mee thou shalt forgiue him For if you doe forgiue men their trespasses Math 6 14 15 your heauenly Father will also forgiue you your trespasses but if you do not forgiue others God will not forgiue you Be alwaies therefore as ready to forgiue Iunius thy brother vvhen hee repenteth as thou thy selfe art willing to be pardoned of God when thou prayest And be not ouercome of euill but ouercome Rom 12 21 euill with goodnes §. 19. Nowe the end of all things saith the Apostle 1. Pet 4 7 8 is at hand be yee therefore sober and watching in prayer But aboue all things haue feruent loue among you for loue couereth the multitude of sinnes Be yee likewise harberous one to another verse 9 10 vvithout grudging And let euery man as hee hath receiued the gift minister the same one to another as good disposers of the manifold grace of God If any man speake let him talke as the wordes of God If any man minister let 1 Pet 4 11 him do it as of the abilitie vvhich God ministreth that GOD in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christ §. 20. Cast away prophane and olde wiues fables 1. Tim 4 7 8. and exercise thy selfe vnto godlines For bodilie exercise profiteth little but godlines is profitable vnto all things which hath the promise of the life present and of that that is to come Flee also from the lusts of youth follow 2. Tim 2. 22 after righteousnesse faith loue and peace vvith them that call on the Lord with a pure hart For the end of the commaundement is loue out of a pure hart and of a good conscience 1. Tim 1. 5. and of faith vnfained §. 21. Be nothing carefull but in all things let Phil. 4. 6. 7 your requests be shewed vnto GOD in prayer and supplication with giuing of thanks And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstanding shall preserue your harts and mindes in Christ Iesus Bee also at peace among your selues 1. Thes 5 13. 14 admonish them that are vnrulie comfort the feeble minded beare with the meeke be patient toward all men Reioyce euermore pray continually in 1. Thes 5. 16 17 18. all things giue thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus toward you Quench not the Spirit despise not prophesying 1. The. 5. 19 20 21 22 try all thinges and keepe that which is good Abstaine from all appearance of euil Let your conuersation be without couetousnes Hebr 13 5 and be content with those things that ye haue Remember them that are in bonds as Heb. 13 3. though yee were bounde with them and them that are in affliction as if yee were also afflicted in the body Bee alwaies affectioned to loue one Rom 12 10 another with brotherlie loue Reioyce in hope be patient in trouble Rom 12. 12 13. and continue in prayer Distributing vnto the necessitie of the Saints and giuing your selues to hospitalitie Also vvhatsoeuer thinges are true Philip 4 8 vvhatsoeuer things are honest what soeuer things are iust whatsoeuer things are pure whatsoeuer things pertaine to loue whatsoeuer thinges are of good report if there be any vertue or if there be any praise thinke on these things which ye haue both learned and receiued and heard Those things also doe the God of verse 9. peace shall be with you §. 22. Finally my bretheren be strong in the Ephe. 6. 10. 11 12. Lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the assaults of the deuill For wee wrestle not against fleshe and blood but against principalities against powers against vvorldly gouernours the princes of the darknesse of this world and against spirituall wickednesses which are in the hie places For this cause take vnto you the vvhole Ephe. 6 13. Armour of God that yee may be able to resist in the euill day and hauing finished all things stand fast Stande therefore and your loynes girded Ephe 6 14 15. about with the truth hauing on the brest-plate of righteousnes and your feete shod with the preparation of the Gospell of peace Aboue all take the shielde of faith verse 16. 17 vvhere-with yee may quench all the fierie darts of the vvicked and take the helmet of saluation and the svvorde of the Spirit which is the word of God And pray alvvaies with all manner of verse 18. prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watch there-vnto vvith all perseuerance and supplication for all Saints Let euery one also that calleth on the 2 Tim 2 19 Name of Christ depart from iniquitie And what-soeuer yee would that men Math 7 12 should do vnto you euen so doe yee vnto them for this is the
griefe vexation §. 9. If thou vvilt liue according to nature Seneca thou shalt neuer be poore but if thou wilt liue after thine owne greedy desire thou shalt neuer be rich If thou couet to bee rich in vvorldly Hermes wealth thou shalt receiue there-with sorrow care trouble of minde many other greeuances but if thou seeke to be godly thou shalt thereby finde comfort quiet euerlasting felicitie Prepare thy selfe therfore of such riches Plotinus as when the shyp is broken may swimme and scape to land with theyr maister For no man is more wealthy then hee Augustine that is rich in good workes ¶ Against Vsury §. 1. IF thou lend money to my people sayth Exod 22 25 the Lord that is to the poore with thee thou shalt not be as an Vsurer vnto him yee shall not oppresse him with vsury If thy brother bee impouerished and Leuit 25 35 fallen in decay with thee thou shalt relieue him and as a stranger and soiourner so shall hee liue with thee Thou shalt take no vsury of him nor aduantage Leuit 25 36 but thou shalt feare thy GOD that thy brother may liue by thee Thou shalt neither giue him thy money verse 37 to vsury nor lend him thy victuals for increase Moreouer if thou take thy neighbours Exod 22 26 raiment to pledge thou shalt restore it vnto him before the Sunne goe downe For that is his couering onely and this verse 27. is his garment for his skinne wherein shall he sleepe Therefore when he cryeth vnto mee I will heare him for I am mercifull §. 2. Some men saith S. Ierome thinke vsurie Ierome to be onely in money which thing the Scripture fore-seeing doth name the ouerplusse in all things For vsurie is vvhere more is required Bernard then was deliuered whether in money or in meates or in any other thing As if thou deliuer tenne shillings lookest for more at the returne thereof or deliuerest a bushell of Corne and requirest aboue that So after the like sort in any thing els whatsoeuer is receiued more then the principall it is vsury Yea whatsoeuer name thou giuest it the Ambrose ouer-plus in all things receiued more then was deliuered is vsurie §. 3. Vsury saith Constantius is the daughter Constantius of Auarice the nurse of Idlenes the cause of ciuill discord among brethren It is also a secret euill which daily deuoureth Cassianus the wealth of our neighbour may wel be likened to a greedy whirle-poole which speedily swalloweth what-soeuer it catcheth Of all euill members therfore in a Common-wealth Perdicas none is more perrillous then the greedy-minded Vsurer for he priuily deceiueth euery man with whom he medleth and neuer doth good to any so long as he liueth Hee is worse then a theefe for a theefe Agesilaus robbeth onely by night but the Vsurer robbeth both by day and night And like as a Hare deliuereth nourisheth Pet. Lomb. and is with young all at once so the fraudulent Vsurer before hee hath fully finished his deceite against one man casteth in his mind how he may best beguile another through some subtile bargaine §. 4. But hee that increaseth his riched by vsurie Prou 28 8 and interest gathereth them for him which will be mercifull vnto the poore And as a Partrich gathereth together Iere 17 11 the young vvhich shee hath not brought forth who afterward forsake her vvhen they perceiue that she is not their damme so he that getteth riches and not by right shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes and at his end shal be a foole For the gathering of treasures by a deceitfull Prou 21 6 tongue is vanity tossed to and fro of them that seeke death And hee that through vsury oppresseth Basill the poore robbeth both his conscience of comfort and his soule of saluation ¶ Against Gluttony and drunkennesse §. 1. BE not greedy saith Sirach in all delights neyther be thou too hastie vpon all meates For excesse of meates bringeth sicknes gluttony turneth into cholerick diseases By surfet many haue perrished but hee that dâ—eteth himselfe prolongeth his life Oh how little is sufficient for a man well Ecclê° 31 19 taught For thereby hee belcheth not in his chamber nor feeleth any paine A sweet wholsome sleepe also commeth verse 20. of a temperate feeding such a man feeleth no inward paine hee riseth vp betimes in the morning and is well at ease in himselfe But an vnsatiable eater sleepeth vnquietly and is troubled with panges of the belly and many other hurtfull diseases §. 2. Gluttony is a filthy vile and vgly vice Gueuara consisting onely in a greedie desire after daintie fare It is the sworne enemie to temperance Hipocrates a mortall or deadly foe to health and a most lothsome blemish to humanitie Oh what a monstrous sight is it to behold Protogenes the full furnished table of some vnsatiable and rich glutton how with sundry sorts of the most rarest meates costliest delicates it is thorowly beset and couered from end to end And as the maister of the feast is himselfe there-vnto strangely affected such guests for his companions will he coÌ„monly be sure to haue about him who like flattering Parasites weighing his inclination will for theyr owne profit sake highly extoll him in his grosse worke of vvickednesse and feede his humour not onely with vaine talke and foolish iesting but nowe and then also with some shew of scurility to make his meate haue the better digestion But they that are so greatly addicted to Crates belly-cheere and regard more the pampering of theyr panch then the wisedome of the minde may well be likened to fooles who giue more credite to theyr owne conceit then to any other mans grounded reason And the man that refraineth not his apperite Prou 25 28 is like a Citty broken downe and without walles §. 3. It is not the needfull vse of meate that Augustine any man ought to forbeare but it is the inordinate desire thereof which ought to be blamed And he is not to be counted a glutton Aristotle which feedeth onely sufficiently for the nourishment of his owne nature but hee that gurmundizeth much more in quantitie then sundry other men hee that dailie delighteth to fare deliciously satisfying the pleasure of his sensual appetite through excesse and making his belly his God For meate and drinke are the good gifts Gueuara of God and ought of all men thankfullie to be receiued and moderately taken at times conuenient for our naturall vse and sustenaunce but hee that greedily consumeth more then hee needeth abuseth both his body through his misdiet the good gifts of God by turning them from the right vse for which they were ordained §. 4. Of all the parts of mans body sayth Tully Tully the bolly is the most
doth hee not make intercession for vs vnto himselfe page 197 198 That in Christ and through Christ we haue all things page 198 199. ¶ The seuerall matters handled in the fourth Discourse OF Fayth page 200. What fayth is page 200. The force of faith page 201 202 Onely beleeuing is righteousnes 210. That the doctrine of fayth is the ornament of the Law page 211 That a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the Law page 213 Of good workes page 213 214 That fayth without works is vaine page 214 215 The agreement of the two Apostles S. Paule and S. Iames concerning fayth and workes page 215 216 ¶ Of Feare page 227 That there are two sorts of Feare page 217. 218 The difference betweene seruile feare filiall feare page 218 219 The worthines of true feare page 220 221 222. c. ¶ Of Loue. page 227 That there are two sorts of Loue. page 227. 228 The difference between Concupiscence and diuine Loue. page 227. 228 The worthines of diuine loue and the sundry effects thereof page 228 229 ¶ The seuerall matters handled in the fift Discourse WHat the will and desire of GOD is concerning men page 240 That it is the will of God that all men should be saued page 241 Gods desire and willingnes that sinners should repent and amend page 242. What true repentance is the seuerall parts thereof page 248. 249 That in the worke of true repentance satisfaction ought to be made three seuerall wayes page 251 252 ¶ The seuerall matters handled in the sixt Discourse WHat seruice God requireth of man during this life page 264 The seruice which God requireth of vs is that vvee keepe his commaundements page 264 265 266 267 c. Of compassion towardes our brethren and forgiuing one another page 280 281. 282 283 Of Prayer page 228. Of thankes-giuing page 293 Of Fasting page 295 Of Almes-deedes page 299 To beware that the almes vvhich wee giue be of our owne true-gotten goods page 306. 307. Of Humilitie page 308 That there be three degrees of humilitie page 308 Of Obedience page 311. 312 ¶ A further Declaration of our dutie towardes God and our neyghbour 315. Against Images page 315 Against swearing page 319 Of sanctifying the Sabaoth day 321. Of honouring our Parents page 322 Against pride page 325. Against enuie hatred malice anger wrath and murther page 330 Against sloth and idlenes page 336. Against couetousnes page 340 Against vsury page 346 Against gluttony page 349 Against drunkennesse page 353 Against adultery and fornication page 357 358 359 Against stealing lying slaundering falswitnes bearing coueting another mans vvealth page 363 364 365 366. c. Against iniustice wrongfull dealing oppressing the poore page 368 Against ouer-hastie rash iudgement page 375. Against iustifying our selues foolish boasting and ouer-much regarding of other mens faultes page 378. c Against the following of false-teachers page 384 Against the choyse of meates and difference of dayes page 387. Against ouer-curious searching adding of any thing to the vvorde of God page 392. Against foolish securitie page 394 Against the loue of the world 396. Against euill company keeping 399. ¶ A breefe collection of certaine other godly precepts and counsels from page 404. to page 429. ¶ The seuerall matters handled in the seuenth Discourse OF trouble and affliction wherby God tryeth his chyldren page 429. The tryall of Abraham page 430. The tryall of Tobie page 431 The tryals of Dauid page 431. The tryals of Iob. page 432 433. 434 Of trouble and persecution for the Gospels sake page 445 c The example of S. Paules sufferings diuers other Saints of God 455. 456 457 ¶ The seuerall matters handled in the eyght Discourse OF the many fauours of God towards the godly heere in this lyfe c. page 462 463 464 c. The seuerall blessings of glorified bodies in the kingdome of heauen page 488. The sundry beatitudes of the soules of Gods Saints in heauen page 489 ¶ The seuerall matters handled in the ninth Discourse OF the heauie wrath of God against the vngodly heere in thys life c. page 495 496 497 c. The prosperitie of the wicked theyr suddaine fall page 498 499. Theyr seuerall practises against the godly and the euill successe that followes them in the end page 499 500 c. The fearefull trouble of conscience that many times molesteth the vnrighteous in this life page 515 Of the seuerall torments and perpetuitie of the paines that the damned shall suffer after this life in hell page 523 524 525 526 527 c. FINIS N L