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A22871	An introduction to the looue of God. Accompted among the workes of S. Augustine, and translated into English, by the right reuerend father in God, Edmund, Bishop of Norvvitch, that nowe is, and by him dedicated to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, to the glorie of God, and comfort of his chosen. And newlie turned into Englishe meter by Robert Fletcher. 1581.	Simard, Marie Ange, attributed name.; Freake, Edmund, ca. 1516-1591.; Fletcher, Robert, fl. 1586.	1581 (1581)	STC 936; ESTC S114474	35,980	111

wealth or that which in thy selfe is found The Heauens the earth the aire the Sea and all that is containde therein Cease not to accomplish thy desire Vnto thy God thy selfe to win The seasons and the times likewise the reuolucions of the yeare The swéete reuiuing spring which dooth of humors drie thy body cleare Thy ruines it dooth fresh repaire it dooth restore thy state decayde Euen with continuall sustenaunce to serue thy turne as heere is sayd Who did for thée these things ordaine or who prescribed nature this Whose whole reuenue is reseru'd thée to mainetaine least ought thou mis These benefits thou doost receiue the Author is to thée vnknowne Thou of the giuer taketh gifts which héeretofore were not thine owne These gifts therefore must vs perswade which doo declare who looues vs well And who is to be loou'd againe these swéete rewards vnto vs tell And what great folly is it then him not to looue that looues vs so Euen one so mighty worthy looue and but in him to looue no mo If any worldly thing thou looue that vnder heauen is containde As thine inferiours looue the same and as thy worldly seruaunts gainde Or as the tokens of thy Spowse or benefits bestowed on thée From faithfull fréend or from thy Lord that hath this rare respect to thée Acknowledging how much thou art bound him to looue not for the same Not with him selfe but for him selfe and by him selfe thy looue to frame Yea finally abooue them all bothe looue and honor to him giue That by his power did make them all and gaue them thée wherewith to liue FINIS 4. Cap. ¶ Of the fruition of God the 5. Cap. ANd now beware my soule that thou breake not thy faith as God forbid For these his gracious benefits which thus bestowe on thée he did Abooue the giuer doo not looue the gifts which are bestowed on thée First looue the giuer then the gifts with zealous looue in good degrée Yet shalt thou greatly him iniure in so receauing of him still His gifts and neuer for the same yéelde recompence for his goodwill Eyther refuse his gifts therefore or if thou like not so to doo Yéeld looue for looue in measure due tis all the paines he puts thée too So that thou looue him for him selfe and looue thy selfe for him also But in such sort thy selfe for him as that no hatred passe him froe To thée but looue him for the gifts that he in looue left for thine vse So looue thy selfe for him likewise for in this looue is no abuse This looue is holy pure and chaste dishonesty nor filthy staine Nor transitory toyes of crime within this looue dooth once remaine Consider therefore O my soule what things thou hast receiued now Euen proper to thy selfe though some like grace enioy aswell as thou In all these things which God thée gaue that common or especiall be Or proper to thy selfe alone or howsoeuer in degrée Intirely looue thy selfe with them for looke how much thou art preferd By these his precious benefits much more he did thy state regarde In euery creature thou mayst say Beholde how well I am beloou'de Withall the good that I can wish all euill is from me remooude If small to thée this thing doo séeme that thou abooue all euill art Belooude of him that made them all and that it some what gréeue thy hart Consider well how good these things by vertue of Creation be And yet in eache condition haue not béene rewarded like to thée Then O my soule if thou aright doo way thy liberty thus got The time hath béene and euen that time when as apparaunt thou wast not And what thou hast thou didst receaue of thy good God which gaue it thée And that it was his gracious gifte that euer thou began to be FINIS 5. Chap. ¶ Of the giftes of Creation and Regeneration Cap. 6. IT was therefore the grace of God that euer thou wast made in déede Thou hadst not hyred him so to doo but so his wisdoome had decréede If he had nothing giuen to thée but thy bare béeing in this place Yet art thou bound to prayse his name and looue him for his lasting grace But trueth it is much more he hath vnto thy person done repaire Not onelie making thée to bée but also beautifull and faire Nor could his bountie héere be staide to finishe vp his woorthy trade He left vs not vntyll we were lyke to his heauenlie Image made For this in déede his meaning was his will and pleasure vs to prooue To drawe by likenesse those to him which he before had drawne by looue Therefore he gaue vs for to be and by our béeing for to liue That those we might excell in déede to whome he no such thinges did giue That haue no béeing such I meane which maimed are and out of frame Inordinate mishapen or for lacke of victall linis be lame By meanes whereof thou art my soule indebted to thy Sauiour deere For sure thou hast receiued much yet recompence dooth none appéere That which by looue thou hast receyu'de by looue deliuer backe againe It is a payment light enough and puts thee vnto little paine But nowe I will begin to tell howe this thy Spowse most excellent Appeard and so created thée vouchsaued eke with glad intent Euen to be humble for thy sake that he thy ruine might repaire In lowlie wise these latter workes vnto the former equall were For in the former meruailous great thinges thy benefite to bée He did bestowe and in the last sharpe showres he did endure for thée For to the ende he might restore thée to thy former state againe Which thou had lost by Adams fall he to discend did not disdaine And willingly did suffer death which thou by right deserude for sinne He vndertooke he ouercame he did for thée the conquest winne Discending to mortalitie he frailety tooke vppon him than In torments he did death subdue and by that meanes redéemed man Beholde and sée these things my soule and be abashed at this newes Let these his gracious benefits perswade thy minde on him to muse Consider how he looued thée that vouchedsafe so much to doo For thée and for thy sake my soule way well what paines thou putst him to By him thou beautifull became that earst most vgly was through sinne Now in his mercy mayst thou vaunt as cleane and purified by him Before that thou did him desire thée to create that thou mightst be When thou ill fauoured was and foule with beauty he adorned thée And finally thée to redéeme from endlesse death himselfe would dye And in so dooing did declare his vehement looue and charity With bounty great he hath therefore the breath of life in thée O man ●s the first creature which he made when by his power thou first began For that selfe man and creature he hath giuen and himselfe bestowde None other goods for thée he gaue to him therefore be lasting

should great indignation at me haue As first the earth thy creature great which dooth the world so wide containe Against me might conspire and stay I thée to nourishe doo disdaine Ne might I make my mone for this if it molest or trouble mée If I complaine it aunswere might in trueth I lothe to carrie thée For as I Dathan did deuowre Abiram eke and Corah caught As they were swallowed quicke euen so for thine offences die thou ought Which hast not béene afrayde to fall from thy Creatour and to ioyne Euen with his mortalst foe the fiend the Diuell which would thée purloyne The author of iniquitie of disobedience and of sin The father of those froward fooles that doo delight to liue therein The Sunne also to thée might say I ought my beames to thée deny Because vnto thy lasting light thy duetie thou doost not applie Thus euerie creature might controwle and vnto thée this sentence giue But that thy Sauiour them restraines who bids thée to repent and liue It me behoues therefore O Lord more humblie to thy mightie hand More loyall and obedient I before thy mercie ought to stand Least by deferring of the day to punishe my transgressions then Euen in thy dreadfull day O Lord more gréeuouslie with sinfull men And thou my soule thy selfe perswade that this long suffering of the Lord Expected hath a great while now what we in faith can him aforde Th'effect of his election free Predestination is most pure Which he fulfilde in vs will haue by faith for euer to endnre Through his excessiue looue likewise which he hath borne and beares vs styll His eyes be turned from our sinnes according to his holy wyll As once vnwilling to beholde howe often I offended haue His mercie is disposoe I sée from endlesse death my soule to saue This is the cause I see why he hath stayde so long our hearts to prooue And that thereby he might commend his patience and confirme his looue My selfe I doo remember well he strooke my heart and stirde the same For to beholde the skarres of sinne which wicked life in me did frame Yea for this cause he did conuey and lead me to the gates of hell Describing vnto me what paines they suffer that therein doo dwell And to this ende that I should not dismay with motions of my sin Nor that rrmembraunce of the same might not remaine my minde within He did inspire and comfort me that I a full remission had A generall pardon he me gaue for all my lyfe that was so bad That neither should reuenge be sought nor I vpbraided once should be Condempned nor consounded for such was his looue and zeale to me Though some that in the world remaine and no small number God he knowes That pardon crimes committed yet will cast the parties in the nose And other that doo silent sit doo styll in stomacke rancour beare Euen in their silent shadowe dooth reserued spite and hate appeare But neither of these sortes be such as charitie with hart embrace Nor yet according to the rule and looue of God which we by grace Doo taste and féele for comfort ours how plainlie he dooth alwayes deale His pardon fréelie is bestowde on all that to the same appeale According to the text which sayth euen where our sinnes did most abound Grace did most plentifull appeare which benefite Saint Peter found Who hauing thrise his Lord denide the same his Lord did thrise commaund To féede his Shéepe and of his Church the chéefest Pastour for to stand Paule did his Gospell persecute yet he a Vessell was elect And teacher of the will of God the Heathens liues for to correct And Mathew was a worldlie man he did receyue the common towle Which Office dooth containe abuse if Officer doo bribe and powle Yet he was an Apostle made the Lord his God so gaue consent And of Apostles was the first that wrote his Will and Testament FINIS 12. Chap. ¶ Of the gift of Continencie 13. Cap. BVt after all these thinges which are right good and many as you sée Of Continencie perfect gift my God did also giue to mée Not onelie from all carnall lust but from each other filthy vice By whatsoeuer they be callde a gifte of rare and woorthy price So that I who in former time could hardlie any thing forbeare Thrée dayes together but I did vnto my former faultes repaire Now through the grace and helpe of God I can for euer be content That to forbeare which dooth intice or vnto sinne dooth giue consent By iust occasion I can staye and thereof well assured bée Beholde my God of mighties most what great thinges he hath done for mée Some man perhaps will thus replie thou mayst accomplishe this with ease Of light importaunce is that paine that to forbeare which dooth thée please Assure your selfe I thinke not so I knowe what enimies it hath How strong and sturdy ones they be what might they haue y e minde to skathe It néedefull is for to resist a broode of such impietie A Nurse of naughtines and eke a sincke of all iniquitie The first and chéefest enemie that continencie dooth despite Is our owne flesh whilst it dooth lust striue and rebell against the sprite And what an enemie is this know you that so familiar can Kéepe residence and force conflict within the secret shape of man How daungerous is this my soule a fearefull fight most like to be Thou haste no meanes to skape the hurt of this thy mortall enemy This foe most cruell sterne and stoute vnnaturall and tyrannous No way thou hast him to escape nor pollicie to flie but thus Mauger our heads we néedes must beare this mortall foe about vs still To vs it tide and lincked is we cannot leaue it when we will And therefore what more wretched is vs miserable men to charme To féede and foster vp this foe béeing forbid to doo it harme Thus maist thou see what great regarde and care thou hast thy selfe to kéepe From such a foe as must of force within thy bosome lie and sléepe But yet my soule if this were all thine enimies which doo thée hate And that there were none other thou thrise happie were and fortunate For one there is as bad as this as sturdy stoute as stoute may be As cruell crafty daungerous and eke as hurtfull vnto thée As harde to be escaped and where euer thou thy selfe bestowe It dooth inuiron thée about and no way from it canst thou goe This enimie the wicked world vnto fiue gates I can compare The which fiue gates for to defyne compact in thy fiue sences are This enemy dooth wound thée sore with dartes and at thy windowes will Watche time for to procure thy death for he hath sworne thée for to kill The thyrde is sworne thy deadly foe and common enimie to all Of Adams whole posteritie the subtile Serpent men him call More wilie then the

within his feare in safetie vnto mans estate Deuoide of daunger doone by fyre by water or like mortall fate That I by Beasts was not deuourde and that the Diuell had no holde On me but that all these mishaps was by the grace of God controlde By meanes whereof I now am growne to competent and séemely age To looue my God him serue and feare by faithe in him my sinnes t'asswage Finis 11. Cap. ¶ Of the patience and long suffering of God 12. Cap. GReat is thy pittie Lord therefore and infinite thy mercy eke Which thou hast vsed vnto me when I in faithe the same did séeke Moste wonderfull in all thy workes because thou art them all abooue Yea thou doost séeme moste maruelous euen in the bowels of thy looue For sure no man thou doost despise abhorre nor any man reiect But such as doo forsake the Lord and dreadfully themselues detect These are thy gifts therefore O Lord these are thy treasures which thou hast Indewd me with and by thy grace me in the midst of mercy plaste When I in dreadfull daunger was and in the sinck of filthy sinne Thou me deliuered from the same and left me not to die therein When I vnmindefull was of this thereof thou didst remember me When from thy presence I returnde thou callde me home againe to thée And gentlie did me entertaine with pardon when I did repent And did with mercie me remit when I deserued punishment Not onely pardon for my sinnes which I in wicked will did frame But for such sinnes I did eschew thy pardon did containe the same As into many sinnes I fell and foule offences did commit My wicked will was bent to more if thou hadst not withholden it Yet headlong further had I run with rashe attempt from thée to swarue By thy especiall meanes I doo remember thou didst me preserue From dooing of such wicked déedes that otherwise I should haue done But onely thy especiall grace I had no meanes the same to shun But thou occasions all didst kill and gaue me strength sinne to resist By kéeping and continuing me in thine affection ere I wist Had I at lybertie beene left my wilfull nature to obay In manifolde offences I committing should haue went on stray But so great was the mercie of my Lord and God bestowed on me Not once such sinne could me arest nor finde that oportunitie For much a doo he had to staye me from the doubling of my sin The violence of temptation great so grieuous vnto me haue béen As euerie man hath féeling in his frayle desyre and fickle minde Had not the Lord of mercie his assistaunce vnto me assignde Whereby I vanquished my luste my fleshlie and my fonde desire Concupiscence I kilde thereby which in my members burnt like fire From certaine other sinnes O Lord thine indulgence and fauour did So farre estraunge and stay my minde that from my heart them quite I rid I did abhorre and hate them sore and lothe the filth of former time Iniquitie that did suggest me to commit eche hainous crime Yet all these same had not the power to touch or mooue me to consent Although they made what meanes they could my stedfast purpose to preuent Not least point of thy pittie Lord nor meanest motion of thy grace When as the hugenesse of my sinnes had brought me into wretched case When I vnkindlie kindled had by dooing euill in thy sight Prouokte thy furie stirde thy moode with gréeuous sins for which thou might Haue punished my peruerse minde yet patientlie thou didst forbeare That notwithstanding all thinges past thou pardonedst through thy mercy méere If I doo put repentaunce off deferring tyme from day to day And doo securelie sléepe in sinne yet thou wilt pause and vse delay Preuenting patientlie the tyme and gentlie tarriest tyll I come When I doo wander thou doost haste me in the race that I shall runne Againe when I resist and striue rebelliouslie against thy grace Thou doost vanquish and conquere me and quite from me my sinnes doost chase When in the féeldes of fantasie I loyter or doo ling ring stay Thou eyther forwarde wilt me force or tarriest for me in the way When I diuert from wicked wayes and trie thy footsteps for to trace Foorthwith thou fréendly me receyues and loouinglie dooth me embrace When I in ignoraunce doo dwell full soone I shall instructed bée When I for gréefe lament and mourne thou commest straight to comfort mée I stumble fall and yet thou doost bothe reare me vp and art my stay Thou giuest what comfort I doo craue thou doost redéeme my dire decay That which I séeke in thée I finde I knock thou openest vnto mée Thou art my Loadstone and my life my staffe and stay in eche degrée I neither will nor cunning want to walke directlie in thy way The greater is my daunger then if wandringlie I walke astray This also woorthy is O Lord of admiration that before I had discretion in my youth what things to aske thou gauest me store As also in mine age when I through thée was able for to craue And aske for that by goodnesse thine which I in heart desirde to haue Againe when nothing I requirde nor any thing in mercie sought But rechleslie and careleslie estéemed all thy giftes as nought And now I doo esteeme this grace A great and mighty gifte that thou Didst ouer me giue Angels charge from birth to kéepe me safe tyll now More then tyll now for euen betwéene my day of birth and day of death Thou my protector art as long as I enioy this vitall breath In contemplation of which thing a certaine holie Father sayde Great is the dignitie of those whome God electes and Angelles ayde As garders set them to defend the Wise man in this sence exprest The righteous soules are in the handes of God and there doo safelie rest I cease not heere for to commend thy pittie ioynd with patience But rather double doo thy prayse that so hast borne my fowle offence And not according to the same my due desarte did me requite Nor that I should for sinfull life be recompenst with déepe despite The earth to swallowe me nor fire from heauen sent my corpes to burne● Not water floods to drowne me nor such pains of death should serue this turn That I so sore deserued had bothe anguish and afflictions great I had deserued for my sinnes but so he did me not intreat For when by sinne I went away and would no longer with him dwell His creatures did disdayne me sore I had deserude the paines of hell No meruaile is this same for if a hyred seruaunt run away But from his earthlie Maister héere and doo not all his hestes obay His punishment shall sure be great his Maister is against him sore His seruaunts and familliar fréendes doo soone abhorre this wretch therefore Therefore when I displeased thee O Lord my God iust cause I gaue That all thy faithfull creatures

Creatures all that in the world euer were No eye his countenaunce can discerne he in no likenesse will appeare And therefore to auoyde him quite it passeth mans habillitie Some time he dooth assault vs sore with violence euen openlie Some times he secretly will steale and guilefully he alwayes will Continew in his crueltie and seeketh meanes our soules to kill But who is able to endure all this his mischéefe to withstand Or who is fit t'encounter with this chapion stoute to take in hand In verie déede no earthlie man but he that long hath looued vs And that by his triumphant death this victorie atchieude for vs. Now maist thou knowe therfore my soule how harde and difficult it is Euen to be continent if that the grace of God thereto thou misse Great cause therefore we haue to looue him most intyrelie for the same For onelie in the Lord we haue this power praysed be his name Our might he giues vs to withstand this tryple battrey all by force Maintaind against vs by these foes that would of vs take no remorce It is our God that dooth therefore tread vnderfoote eche fowle offence Our looue our lust our lauishe minde our fleshlie vile concupiscence As also all the world and all her vile and worldlie vanities Her trecherous entisements and of men the wofull myseries And finally the Diuell with his crafte and false suggestions vile His subtile shiftes whereby he sought my simple soule for to beguile Then haue not I iust cause thinke you of duetie to confesse that he Which mightie is of mighties most all these great thinges hath done for me FINIS 13. Cap. ¶ Of the gift of Hope 14. Cap. MOreouer my good God dooth giue me grace that I my selfe perswade And to conforme that by his will I am to him obedient made And fullie am assured by faith that finally I shall not misse But by his promise shall inioye his kingdome and eternall blisse In the especiall pointes this grace consisteth and continueth too That I contempne detest and hate my sinnes forepast of purpose doo Disdayning present pleasures all or fonde delightes and séeke in some To frame and force our fowle desire to looke and long for thinges to come Which to attaine this hope we haue supported by thrée thinges also Which strengthen and confirme my heart that from this hope it dooth not goe And so dooth animate my minde me so incourage and perswade That lacke of merites want of workes nor worldly blisse my minde may glad Nor estimation of the ioyes which with delight my heart dooth grope Not any of these shall hable be to hale me from the fort of hope First I consider that the looue of him that hath adopted me And secondlie the trueth of him whose promises performed bée The thirde his mercie might and power that in these thrée did me redéeme Haue I not cause these benefites most highlie them for to estéeme Now therefore let my fleshlie thoughtes repine and murmure with disdaine Euen as they lust and aske me how I can these heauenlie ioyes attaine With confidence I aunswer will I knowe whome I beléeued haue His benefites perswades me so which vndeserued his mercie gaue Most condempnable were to doubt I am assured of his trueth I fullie am resolude from hence Grace and adoption bothe ensueth That he his promise will performe as one best hable to fulfill He may and dooth bothe heauen and earth commaund and they obay his will For these his merites I of right my God and Sauiour ought to looue It is the working of his Grace and mercie so my minde to mooue When I doo flée out from his face me to his presence he allures When I for sinfull life dispayre my present comfort he procures I am vnthankfull for his giftes yet dooth he benefite me styll When I vncleannes would commit he dooth my carnall humours kyll When I in vanities delight his trueth to me he dooth declare When I lie bound in snares of sinne he dooth my fréedome straight prepare And to conclude he dooth preserue and kéepe me from the pit of hell And drawes me from the wicked world within his kingdome for to dwell FINIS 14. Cap. ¶ Of Gods bountie of our iniquitie and of thankes giuing 15. Cap. BVt yet my soule beholde and sée consider how Gods goodnesse showne In all his giftes and benefites which thou receyuest as thine owne What gladsome comfortable chéere if thou thy worldlie will deny Christe offereth him selfe to thée what delycates he dooth apply With foode thy hunger to refresh he store in mercie dooth bestowe Thy pouertie he dooth enritch All these his graces thou doost knowe What secrete good affections hée euen with the same thy heart aspyres As with a pleasaunt cuppe of looue he dooth replenishe thy desyres That thou his footsteppes follow doo and transitorie thinges forsake Héereby thou mayst beholde thy God how great accoumpt of thée dooth make This is no simple thing thou séest or vile contempned for to bée That thou a gadding fugitiue his mercie more should giue to thée Thou wast a rechlesse rebell rude thou to eche treacherie wast thrall Yet he vnto his setled home and heauenlie mancion did thée call And plentifullie did refreshe with consolation spirituall He harkened to thy mishappe or euer thou had minde to call He comfortes thy confused minde if thou were tempted he sustaind If he in daunger did thée finde thy lybertie was quicklie gaind He thée reléeu'de if sorrowfull by him thou should comforted bée If wauering in minde thou waste he did confirme and strengthen thée How often euen with verie feare thou séemed like a withered wight He quicklie did thy state redéeme and thée endude with strength and might When thou in drought did drie away he did himselfe to thée infuse And often he with spirituall light thine vnderstanding did peruse Thy sence with swéetnesse he perfumde when thou delightst to reade or sing To praye or meditate thy minde in any kinde of heauenlie thing He rauished thy déepe delight from déepe delight in worldlie vice That thou mightst take thy pleasure in his euerlasting Paradice I leaue to speake of mightie workes it pleasde his Maiestie so to doo Of kindnesse and of mercie more which he restorde my soule vnto Least any parte of his due prayse should be ascribed vnto me And that the giuers graces should with the receipt vnited be Or knit together with the same or séeme as equall in consent Or he lyke praises should receyue whome God dooth make his instrument For if the creature should presume to be pertaker of the prayse Iniuriouslie he dealeth with his good Creatour diuers wayes For what hath any man a liue that he of God did not receyue Why should he then be praysde for that which he enioyes not but by leaue To thée therefore O Lord my God all honour prayse and glorie be Thankes giuing laude dominion power for these thy Graces gouerne me Sée nowe therefore

my soule how that not onelie bountie dooth commend But our iniquitie likewise dooth with our God therin contend For if his bountie be so great to giue where we could nothing craue And that we nothing did deserue of all the goodnesse which we haue How ought that goodnesse be estéemde that vs with goodnesse dooth requite That by our manners merite could nought else but euill and despite O what great looue is this I say the which our sinnes can not suppresse Nor that we may not ouercome with this our wilfull wickednesse He pardoneth sinne and grace dooth giue in place of vice dooth Vertue plant So in the one he lyberall is in th'other loouing we must graunt Let vs therefore confesse that we euen from our selues our sinnes possesse That he may pardon them and eke from him our Vertues styll increase And let vs not forget that we be thankfull for his pardon past And not vnmindfull be of that which he dooth giue for aye to last Thus let him doo that feareth God and dooth desire to looue him styll For looue can not dissemble sure in looue is left no kinde of yll What therefore worketh dilligent consideration of this thing But earnestlie for to withdrawe thy minde that so thy looue dooth bring From all such other sortes of looue to looue the Lord aboue them all Not forced but of duetie for his looue to lasting life dooth cal If lightly we the Lord doo looue not doubting but we so may doo Some man perhappes will not conceyue how much he bound is him vnto But if he séeke he soone shall finde occasion for to thinke the same As all his dayes him to adore whilst life dooth last to praise his name For who so wanteth any thing that he for his soules health would vse Let him not murmure for the same nor yet therfore his God accuse For he dooth all thinges for the best his actions be performde with skill In iudgement he is well aduised and mercie hath on whome he will And whome he will dooth also iudge and whome he will in hart makes hard To whome he will his grace he giues from whome he will it is debard What so dooth with his pleasure stand most néedefull is and also fit And we that profite must thereby most néede we haue to call for it Not onelie sorie be and sad but also labour them to gaine And pray vnto our gracious God that we vnto them may attaine Which hauing gotten gratefull bée giue thanks to him which sent the same No recompence he dooth require but that thou prayse his holie name FINIS 15. Cap. ¶ Of the benefites of Christes death and Passion 16. Cap. BOthe great and many are therefore thy benefites most gracious Lord Innumerable infinite which we receiue by thine accord That thou hast heaped vpon me for which I bounden am therefore To looue and prayse thy holie name which blessed be for euermore What euer goodnesse presently I haue or in times past haue had Or whatsoeuer I shall haue in tyme to come me for to glad My God the Author is of all from whome what so is good in déede Or so accoumpted it dooth flowe yea issue and from him procéede But there is one thing more then this dooth me inflame yea vrge and mooue To set my soule delight thereon my pleasure and my perfect looue This dooth especiallie O Lord so fayre and amiable make Euen thée thy selfe that did vouchsafe vile death to suffer for my sake The worke of our Redemption déere a shamefull death on thée was done Whereby our life and seruice all our looue and labour thou hast wunne Euen this I say most swéetlie dooth our déepe deuotion drawe to thée It dooth increase my looue much more then all which else thou gauest to mée We in this worke were reconcilde thy bitter panges did purchase grace Thy sore oppression made vs pure thy care our comfort in like case The vniuersall Creatour was so opprest with woe and paine The workmanship of all the world dyd not to him like toyle containe When he at first the world did frame he spake the word and it was made He did commaund all creatures straight created were euen as he bade For restoration of mankinde the sorrowes which he suffred were In all respectes most meruailous and manifolde as dooth appéere Beholde therefore he looued vs well not hauing néede did not disdaine On this behalfe but for our sinnes he suffered this mortall paine I therefore truely héere may say all benefites before exprest Which he in bountie did bestowe this one excelleth all the rest A man that to his fréend dooth giue his worldlie goodes deserueth prayse But he which for his fréend will die shalbe remembred many dayes It is an argument of looue and fewe or none there be of those That will as our redéemer did die for his freends and for his foes For so we were yet would he die the death and to be interd in graue That we might reconciled bée to God thereby our soules to saue A man will hardlie die sayth Paule for him that iust and righteous is Our Sauiour for the wicked sort did die and such as liued amis That blamelesse he might vs present before his heauenlie father déere We béeing banisht and exilde within his kingdome might appéere O howe vnspeakeable therefore was this his looue and charitie What tongue is able to expresse the comfort of this courtesie That God for man should man become in humaine fleshe for man to die And to be tempted in all thinges that toucheth mans infirmitie In him was onely sinne except whereby beholde it dooth appeare Howe great a raunsome he did pay before from sinne thou could be cleare Thou vnto Sathan thralled was as his condemnde by sentence due Eternall death thou hadst deserude before he did thy state renue Nor this may not be hidden now that if this raunsome had not béene The Diuell and his Angelles had the ende of all thy labours séene And all this trueth I haue thée tolde that thou thereby might vnderstand How much vnto thy God art bound that wrought thy wealth w t mighty hād And that thou mayst with all thy might with all thy feruent power abide Such gréefe and sorrowe for his sake as tyme may to thy state prouide By many tribulations wée vnto his kingdome must attaine Most happy to possesse the same with that our loouing Lord to raigne O Lord now let my soule embrace thy blessed body crucified And let me drinke one draught so swéete of thy most precious blood beside By déepe imprinting of the same thy Passion in my memorie This Sacrifice most swéete by which my soule shall liue eternallie Yea let this pure remembraunce into my heart and minde so frame That no obliuion wealth nor want be able to obscure the same But giue me grace that with Saint Paule my iudgement may like his be tride That nothing in this world I knowe but