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B00023	A looking glasse of mortalitie. Not verie pleasant at the first view to many men, but yet most necessarie, profitable and commodious for all sorts of people, of what estate dignity, or calling soeuer they be. : With an Exhortation to good life annexed: wherein are treated all such things as appertaine vnto a Christian to do, from the beginning of his conuersion, vntill the end of his perfection. / Made by I.B..	I. B.	1599 (1599)	STC 1041.3; ESTC S124171	41,847	174

vomite it vp againe The way that is al plaine they say wearieth more then anie other because alwayes the varietie yea euen in punishments is a kind of comfort Tell me then of good fellowship if things that be pleasant and sauorie when they be alwayes after one maner are an occasion of lothsomnesse and paine what kind of lothsomnesse will that be which shall be caused by those most horrible paines torments in hell which do continue euerlastingly after one like sort what will the damned and cursed creatures thinke when they shall there see themselues so vtterly abhorred and forsaken of Almighty God that he will not so much as with the remission of one small sin mitigate somewhat their torment so great shall the furie and rage be which they shal there conceiue against him that they shall neuer cease continually to curse and blaspheme his holy name Vnto all these paines there is also added the paine of that euerlasting consumer Section 4. The worme of cōscience Esay 66. verse 24. which is the worme of conscience whereof the holy Scripture makes oftentimes mention saying Their worme shall neuer die and their fire shall neuer be quenched This worme is a furious raging despight a bitter repentance without any fruit which the wicked shall haue alwayes in hell by calling to their remembrance the oportunitie and time they had whiles they were in this world to escape these most grieuous and horrible torments how they would not vse the benefit therof therfore whē the naiserable sinner seeth himself thus tormented and vexed on euery side and calleth to mind how manie dayes and years he hath spent idlely in vanities in pastime and pleasures and how oftentimes he was aduertised of this perill and how litle regard he toke thereof What shall he thinke what anguish sorrow shall there be in his he art hast thou not read in the Gospell Luke 13 that there shall be weeping and wayling and gnashing of teeth Now these others the like shall be the causes of this so great excessiue griefe For the better vnderstāding hereof being a matter of so great importāce I will giue thee a like exāple let vs cal to mind the history of Ioseph that great famin that cotinued for the space of seuen yeares in Egypt G●● 41. before which famine as the holy Scripture faith the abundance of corne in the other seuen yeares before was so great that it might be compared with the sands of the sea and exceeded all measure but after that these seuen yeares were ended there followed other seuen yeares of so great barrennesse and dearth that euen in the first yeare of thē all the people of Egypt came before king Pharao crying out and saying Giue vs somewhat to eate The king sent them to Ioseph who required of them all the mony they had gaue them for the same corne sufficient for that yeare when that was consumed and spent they returned the yeare following vnto Ioseph saying Giue vs to eate what wilt thou suffer vs to die for hunger in thy preseuce because wee haue no more money to giue thee to whom he aunswered deliuer vnto me al your heards of cattell and for the same I will giue you corne in exchange since you haue no more money left After that they had deliuered vnto him all their cattell and that their prouision was also spent they came againe to him the next yeare saying now thou knowest my Lord that we haue no money nor cattell to giue thee and there remaineth nothing else but onely our bodies and lands how canst thou suffer vs to die here for hunger in thy sight our persons and lands which are only left of all our substance are thine buy vs as slaues for the king giue vs if it be thy pleasure corn to sow the lād that ● lie not vntilled desolate wh● they are al dead that shold til inhabit it By this meane came Ioseph to buy al the land in Egypt for euery one sould his possessiōs by reason of the great famine which they suffred thi● is the history Now let vs take that out of it that serueth to out purpose tell me then I beseech thee what a griefe was it vnto these miserable mē when the● remēbred thēselues of those vi● plentifull yeres past saw we with how little money they might haue prouided corne afore hād yea and haue layd v● also wherby to inrich thēselue during their liues how iustly might they lament reprou● thēselues saying ô how vnfo● tunate are we ● might so easi● haue prouided for this dearth and would not if we had not ●in admonished of this before ●and then perhaps our neg●gence might haue had some excuse but being thereof ●duertised so long time before seeing with al what speed ●iligence the kings purueyours made to gather together lay vp all the corne they could get the which was sufficiēt to giue vs to vnderstād what we ought to haue done in that behalfe yet for all this to be so slothfull careles as we were what ex●use cā we haue O how much worth wold that be to vs at this present which thē we despised contēned what riches might ●ee now get with the same ●orne which we did thē wilful●y cast away But my good ●rethren all this is but as a shadow dow compared with the truth That famine in Egypt endure only for seuen yeares but thi● in hel shal indure euerlastingly that found a remedy though with great difficulty charge but for this there shall neuer ●ny remedy be foūd that might be redeemed with money an● cattell but this can neuer be redeemed with any maner of exchange this punishment cannot be pardoned this paine canot be exchanged this senten● cannot be reuoked to conclude those men of Egypt after that the seuen yeares we●ended began to lift vp their heads and to come out of their miserie but in hell whosoeur● once entreth to be punished shall neuer know againe what rest and ease meaneth Now if they then notwithstanding al● this were during that time so much afflicted and vexed in how much worse case shall he be that shall see himselfe in hell fire so horribly tormented and vexed and that without all hope of remedie O if thou knewest and wouldest consider how euery one of them shall there stand tormenting renting himselfe weeping and wayling and saying ô miserable and vnfortunate wretch that I am what times what oportunities haue I suffered to passe in vaine a time there was when with one sup of cold water I might haue purchased vnto my selfe a Crowne of glory wherefore did I not looke before me how was I blinded with things present how did I let passe those fruitfull yeares of such abundance and did not enrich my selfe yea if I ha● bene brought vp among in sidels and pagans and had be lecued that there had bene nothing

to al those that haue ●●tained her and he that shall haue her in continuall possessiō●all be blessed Keepe there●●re O my sonne the lawes of ●●mightie God and his coun●●ls for they shall be as life to ●●y soule and sweetnesse to ●●y taste then shalt thou walke ●●fely in thy wayes thy feet ●all not find any stumbling ●ockes if thou sleepe thou ●alt haue no cause to feare ●thou take thy rest thy sleepe ●all be quiet Now this is good Christian ●other the sweetnesse and ●uietnesse of the way of the Godly but the wayes of the ●icked are farre different as the holie Scriptures do ded● vnto vs the paths and 〈◊〉 of the wicked faith Ei●●stieus are full of bramb●● and at the end of their iou●● are prepared for thē hell 〈◊〉 nesie and paine Doest 〈◊〉 thinke it then a good exth●● to forsake the wayes of mightie God for the w●● of the world sith there 〈◊〉 great difference betweene ● one and the ether not 〈◊〉 in the end of the way but ● in all the steppes of the sam● what madnesse can be g●●●ter then to chuse rather ●● one torment to gaine anot●● theē with one rest to gaine 〈◊〉 ther rest And that thou●● more clearely perceiue the 〈◊〉 cellencie of this lest and wh●● a number of benefits are p●sently incident thereunto beseech thee hearken attentiuely what euen Almightic God himselfe hath promised by his Prophet Esay to the obseruers of his Law in a maner in these wordes as diuerse interpreters do expound them when thou shalt do faith he such such things which I haue commanded thee to do then shal forthwith appeare vnto thee the dawning of the cleare day that is the Sunne of iustice which shal driue away all thine errors and miseries then shalt thou beginne to enioy true and perfect saluation and all thy former sinnes shall be blotted out of Gods remembraunce and the glorie of the Lord shall compasse thee round about then shalt thou call vppon the name of the Lord and he will surely heare thee thou shalt call and he will say behold I am here present and readie to graunt thee whatsoeue● thou shalt haue neede of the in the midst of the darknes tribulations and vexations of th●● life the light of Gods fauour shal shine vpō thee which shal● comfort thee and thy darkne●● shall be as the noone day for the Lord wil so ordain that the very calamities withall eue● the very falls of thy sinnes past shall be an occasion vnto thee of thy greater felicitie he w● giue thee alwayes true peace and quietnesse in thy soule and in the time of famine dearth he will sende thee plentie and aboundance and thy boner shal be deliuered from death and from the euerlasting fires and thou shalt be like a garden of pleasure and like a fountaine of water that neuer ceaseth running of thee will hee make a building which laye for many yeares before desolate in such sort that it shall stande stedfastly and endure with sure foundations from generation to generations And if thou shalt take pains in sanctifying my Saboths not in spending them in leude exercises nor yet in fulfilling thy owne will against mine but shalt obserue withal diligence and care all such things as I haue commaunded thee this day then shalt thou take delight in the Lord whose delights excell all the delights in the world and I will lift thee vp aboue the heights of the earth that is vnto a most happie state of life whereunto all the treasures of fortune or of humaine nature can not reach Finally I will giue thee afterwardes plentie and abundance of that precious inheritance which I haue promised vnto Iacob thy father which is the felicitie of glorie for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it All these in a manner bee the wordes of Almightie God by the Prophet Esay Nowe these are the benefites which Almightie God hath promised to his seruaunts and albeit some of them be for the time to come yet are some of them to bee presently receiued in this life as that newe light and shining from heauen that sacietie and aboundance of all good things and assured confidence trust in Almightie God that deuine assistance in all our prayers and petition made vnto him that peace and tranquillitie of conscience that protection and prouidēce of Almightie God that garden of delights which is the verdure and beautie of grace that fountaine which neuer wanteth water which is the prouision sufficiencie of things Thus heauenly delights do excel all the delights of the world and that eleuation of spirite whereunto no strength or power of nature is able to aspire All these are the gracious gifts and fauours which Almightie God hath promised to his seruaunt in this life They all are his workes of his mercie effectes of his grace testimonies of his loue and blessings which hee of his fatherly prouidence sheweth towardes them vppon euery one of which there is so much to be sayd that the breuity of this volume will not suffer me to treate particularly of euery point but to be short all these benefits doe the godly enioy both in this present life and in the life to come of all these are the vngodly depriued both in the one life and in the other Whereby thou maist easily perceiue what difference there is betweene the one son and the other seeing the one is so rich and the other so poore and needy for if thou ponder well all these words before declared and do likewise consider the state and conditious both of the good and the wicked thou shalt find that the one sort are in the fauour of Almighty God and the other in his displeasure the one be his friends The difference betweene the state of th● good th● wi●ked and the other his enemies the one be in light and the other be in darknesse the one do enioy the company of Angels the other the filthy pleasures and delights of finne the one are truely free and Lords ouer themselues and the other are become bond-slaues vnto Sathan and vnto their lustes and appetites the one are ioyfull with the witnesse of a good conscience and the other except they bee vtterly blinded are continually bitten with the worme of conscience euermore gnawing one them the one in tribulations stand stedfastly in their proper place and the other like light chaffe are carried vp downe with euery blast of wind the one stand secure firme with the anker of hope and the other are vnstable and euermore yeelding vnto the assaults of fortune the prayers of the one are acceptable and liking vnto God and the prayers of the other are abhorred and accursed the death of the one is quiet peaceable precious in the sight of God the death of the other is vnquiet painefull and troubled with a thousand frights and terrours To conclude the one liue like childrē vnder the