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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

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

of vs is vnderstoode What doost thou then desire my soule what is it that my minde dooth mooue Within this good is all contriu'de that comes from God the Lord aboue To speake therefore of all the goodes his heauenly kingdome dooth containe No man that's cloathed in his fleshe the same is able to explaine All Fame that kingdome dooth excell surmounteth cunning prayse and skill It royall is and glorious eke according to Gods holie will Tis full of lyght of charitie of patience and of endlesse peace Of worship glorie and renowne all pleasures there doo styll increase Delight and euerlasting ioye perpetuall eke in blisfulnesse Replenished with all the good that heart can thinke or tongue expresse It can not comprehended be nor measured by the wit of man Why should our silence this conceale but yéelde it all the prayse we can Because we can not as we would God is vnspeakeable we knowe And so beléeue and should we not abroade his power and mercie showe Should we not euerlasting life which God to vs by promise plight None otherwise beléeue but as we finde it written to our sight His promise made to vs is sealde of lasting looue in greater sort Then eyther can the tongue declare or else the Pen for trueth report The heart much more can comprehend it is of more capacitie And yet it can not sound the depth of his great power and Maiestie The ioyes and glorie of the life to come therefore beléeue we must For euerlasting in it selfe it is and so should be discust It euerlasting happy is and dooth containe tranquilitie All pleasauntnesse most peaceable and our assurde securitie This perfect looue no dread no feare no want of day no doubt of night But chéerefull motions and one sprite amongst vs all euen in the sight Of God there to abyde in ioye among his Saintes and Angelles all Bright shining in the righteousnesse of Christ which hath redéemde our thrall Euen where saluation dooth abound where truth dooth raigne where no deceit Is vsed betwixt man and man where is no measure false nor weight No happy man can thence be cast nor may from thence exiled bée No wicked wretch may there be plast nor once aduaunst to that degrée There is the life contemplatiue which fruitfull Faith who dooth attaine Shall like the blisfull spirites be made with God in kingdome his to raigne For what they haue beléeued héere there shall they it beholde and sée The substaunce of theyr Creator in whome all good thinges perfect bée With innocent and humble eyes with harts most pure they shall reioyce And triumphe in this happinesse of which in God they made their choyce And dooing thus possesse the looue of God our euerlasting Lord In charitie together they with vnitie and swéete concord Doo liue and porcion lyke receiue the priuiledge of heauenlie place Like Cittizens enfraunchized they all enioy the God of grace There shall such ioy and gladnesse be such heauenlie sollace shall abound For there the fulnesse of his grace and mercie of our God is found Vnto the giuer of the same incessauntlie they shall sing prayse Without all kinde of irksomnesse yéelde lawde and thanks to him alwayes The hearts of euerie creature there shall laye abroade and opened bée As héere we corporall thinges beholde and with our eyes the same doo sée Mens consciences so perfect are so pure and cleane without all blame That for theyr former fowle offence they néede not nowe to blushe for shame No sinne nor sinner shall be there of power they are depriude therefore That meanes is taken from all men they shall be sure to sinne no more Neither shall they which perfectly are blest be ignoraunt of this Of any secrete mysterie the same to knowe they shall not misse For they shall him beholde which hath the Author of all secretes béene And they shall sée him face to face euen so as they of him are séene For then shall all mankinde be made so absolute and perfect pure It thencefoorth neuer shalbe chaungd but so for euer shall endure And of that substaunce shall remaine although transformde and glorifyde Into his mightie maker and in him most blessedlie abyde And all the goodes which we receyu'de disfigured by our filthy sin Shalbe in blisse repayrde againe in happy state and stay therein That is our vnderstanding shall without all error perfect be Without obliuion in that place assured is our memorie Thoughtes without wandering likewise Charitie voide of fained sence Health without sicknesse sorrowe shall not vnto any bréede offence Mirth Pleasure Pastime without paine Life without death Agilitie Without impediment is there where safetie syts in eche degrée For whatsoeuer in this lyfe the violence of Beastes or rage Or what misfortune did impayre or what thy sicknesse did asswage What crueltie had wasted or some fowle disease had putrifide Or age by nature comborsome had thée benumde or strength denide Shall all againe be freshe restorde by Resurrection all renude In glorious sort we shall receyue most perfect lymmes and to conclude Our bodyes with our members all shall to our soules vnited be And bothe together be endude with grace and immortalitie And therefore whosoeuer that in blisfull state possessed is Shall by no distaunce of the place of this his great preferment misse No difference of merites may nor meanes of any other kinde Once seperate vs from this looue which in the Lorde we hope to finde This graunt vs for thy mercie sake through fulnesse of thy glorie great Our sinfull soules from hence doo take and place them on thy mercie seate Amen FINIS ¶ A verie fruitefull Prayer to God the Father for the obtayning of these benefites promised in this Booke and necessarie to be vsed at all tymes MOst holie Lord the God of the spirites of all fleshe we giue vnto thée most humble thankes for all thy goodnesse towardes vs which thou hast found in thy selfe before the beginning of the world and hast declared vnto vs from tyme to tyme acknowledging our selues to be farre lesse then the least of thy mercies Thou arte perfect in thy selfe and hast no néede of any thing but it hath pleased thée to create all these thinges wherein thy glorie dooth appeare as Angelles and men and all things else for them that them selues might know that they are created onelie for thée not that any thing by them could be added vnto thée but that thy glorie which is perfect in it selfe might be séene in them and they also be made pertakers of that happinesse which is with thée the which thou hast giuen vs in thy belooued In whome also thou hast chosen vs before all worlds for so thy wisedome hath apointed it that we should passe through a world and so come vnto thée and see thy glory and the ritches of thy mercie and that pleasure which is with thée for euer And to this ende hast thou giuen vs thy most holie woorde and thy sanctifying spirite to attend therevpon wherby thy elect children might be reformed vnto thée Holy Father who is able to comprehend this thy great worke of our saluation in Iesus Christe but thine owne wisedome which is infinite as thy mercie is all goodnesse mercie and trueth come from thée and ende in thée but the euill corruption which befalleth thy Creatures commeth of them selues Notwithstanding this also thou turnest to good for euen the wicked thou sufferest for a tyme that at the length thy iustice might be séene in them but to thy chyldren thou ordainest all thinges to the best for euen the punishmentes for theyr sinnes and the afflictions of this life thou hast appointed for good that by thy iustice thy mercie might more appeare and their own happinesse which thou hast prepared for them in more glory might be reuealed To this ende hast thou set them from thée for a tyme in this lyfe that in the lyfe to come they may know the better what it is to enioy thy presence Thou hast made them héere mortal that they may then perceyue what it is to be immortall with thée thou giuest them ouer some time to their owne sinne that they may knowe how much better it is to be holy with thée in thy kingdom thou makest them taste of the afflictions of this world that they may féele in them howe great thy glorie is and to be happye and blessed with thy euerlasting goodnesse Lord in thy great power hast thou created all thinges and orderest them in thy wisedome preseruest them in thy goodnesse and hast redéemed vs in thy mercie to thy selfe in thy belooued but thou knowest this vaine and corrupte nature which is fallen from thée and can not ryse againe vnto thée except it be drawne by thée Doo away our sinnes O Lord and possesse vs sanctifie vs with thy holy spirit that we may walke before thée as becommeth thy chyldren and knowe and féele in déede that there is no pleasure nor comfort of it selfe in these thinges which are mortall of them selues but onely in thée the euerlasting goodnesse in all thinges else in thée and for thée Increase our faith that we may walke before thée in obedience of faith giue vs also those things which thou knowest good and expedient for vs in this mortall life that wée may vse them to thy glorie and to the comfort of our selues and others whome thou hast commaunded vs to looue in thée that thou béeing our lyfe in this life and in the life to come we may enioy the presence of thy Maiestie and glorifie thy holie name for euer among thy elect people and blessed Angelles Amen FINIS ❧ Imprinted at London by Thomas Purfoote and are to be solde at his shop without Newgate ouer against Saint Sepulchers Church 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. 〈◊〉 12. 3. Deu The ●●●●rence ●●twee●●●gelles 〈◊〉 men 9. Hebr seeth ougnen 12 for G for v. them s. This is c●●trary to 〈◊〉 deuillish doctrine H. N. Sapi. 3. Men 〈…〉 not 〈…〉 lie 〈…〉 one 〈…〉 ther 〈…〉 doot 〈…〉 giue 〈…〉 1. 3. ●8 21. ● ●9 Luk 〈…〉 Deuil ●orld 〈◊〉 Luke 1. Psalm ●●amon ●●thias 〈◊〉 5. 4. 2. 4 2 Luke 〈…〉 per●one 10. 1. C●● 12.