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A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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1543
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STC 1743; ESTC S109680
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celestiall father ⪠yet not endewedde withe Humilite GOD myghte haue suffered them to haue perysshedde or elles taken vengeaunce on them streyghtwayes accordyng to theyr desertes but he woulde not but rather gentylly and lowly sought them vp apparelled them by this meanes preserued them O example worthy to be followed of all the faythfull Moreouer what Humilite and lowlynes was ther also iÌ his derely beloued soÌne our lord sauiour Iesus Christ Who is able to expresse his humilite lowlynes mekenes It is not without a cause sayde of hym learne of me for I am meke lowly in herte For what doth hys whole lyfe shew but humilite Was he not borne of a poore mayde euen that blyssed virgyne Marye Dyd he not suffer his moost precious body to be wrapped iÌ vyle and simple cloutes Dydde he disdayne to be borne in a stable to lye in a mauÌger among brute bestes Was not he subiecte obedient to Ioseph Mary his mother Was not he circuÌcysed and baptized for our sake Was not he so poore that he hadde not where to reste his heade Dyd not he kepe company wyth Publicans synners and harlottes that he myghte brynge them to grace whome other so greatly dyd abhorre Dyd not he touche the Lepers whome other would scasely vouchsafe once to looke vpoÌ Dyd not he frequent and vse the companye of al diseased that he might heale theÌ Dyd not he go whyther so euer he was desyred Dyd not he graunt y e peticions of the faythful Dyd not he come rydynge mekely into Ierusalem vpon an Asse withoute onye pompe or pryde Dyd not he washe his Disciples feete Dyd not he beyng in the shape of God and equall with God make hym selfe of no reputacion toke vpon hym y e shape of a seruaunt became lyke another man was founde in his apparell as a manne Dyd not he so humble hymselfe that he became obediente vnto the deathe euen the deathe of the Crosse Dyd not he suffer hys moost spytefull enemies to renne teare his moost blyssed body so cruelly so vnmercyfully so without al pytie that they also dyd shedde the moost precious bloud of his herte O vnspeakable humilite O lowlynes rather to be wondred at than able of ony man to be followed Neither wanteth this humilite in hym at this present Is he not eueÌ nowe also content althoughe glorified receaued iÌto y e moost blyssed throne of hys celestiall father to becomme our intercessoure mediatour aduocate At the daye of iudgemente also is not he contente to come and featche vnto glory both the bodyes soules of so many as iÌ this world haue vnfaynedly beleued in hym studiously wroght his diuine wyl Chri ⪠Al these thinges are true that ye haue spokeÌ Phil. Were it not thaÌ a thynge of much absurdite very vnsyttynge for vs whiche professe this our LORDE Christ to be moost alienated estraunged from that vertue which he in his quotidiane conuersacion moost principally exercised Theo. Yies verelye For S. IohnÌ saythe he that sayth that he abydeth in Christ ought to walke eueÌ as he hath walked Euse. Trueth it is and Christ hymselfe saythe I haue gyueÌ you an example that as I haue done to you so ye lykewyse shoulde do Phil. Ryght well neyghbours Looke ye do nowe therfore accordynge to your knoweledge Furthermore what Humilite was this in y â holy Ghoste to come downe so manifestly vpon the Apostles of Christ at the feast of Pentechoste to replenyshe them with all gyftes of grace to enspire iÌto theÌ the knowledge of so many tonges was not this a wonderful token of Humilite Doth not that moost holy spirite euen at this daye vouchesafe also to dwell in the hertes of y e faythfull as S. Paule witnesseth Do not ye knowe sayth he that ye are the TeÌple of God the spiryte of God dwelleth in you Agayne do ye not knowe that youre members are the Temple of the holy Ghoste whiche is in you whome ye haue of god and ye are not of your selues Seynge than that this vertue Humilite was fyrst vsed practised of God so styl remayneth howe can it otherwise thaÌ be a thiÌge of great excellency Euse it is trueth GOD graunt vs to remember these thinges that we maye not only professe God by mouthe but also lyuely expresse hym in our actes dayly conuersacion Phil. Well as concernyng the vertue strength of this youre floure called Vnfayned humilite it shal appeare euidently vnto you by declaring what great profyt ensueth therof Chri. This thyng is very necessary to be knowne Let vs therfore heare it I praye you Phil. Humilite maketh vs to be humble and lowly both iÌ herte body It expellethe the fowle vice of pryde causeth that Philantia that is to say the loue of our selues or the stoÌding in our owne conceate reygneth not in vs. It maketh vs to abstaine froÌ dissolute laughing It causeth that we speke nothyng vnaduisedly It prouoketh vs to grauÌt that we are more vile than ony other vnworthy or vnprofitable vnto ony good thynge It makethe vs lytyll to esteme our selues all our enterprises hyghly to auaunce set forth other It makethe vs not to haue ony delectacion to fulfyll our owne wyll It gyuethe vs an occasion to feare God and to endeuour our selues to do that which he requirethe of vs. It causeth vs to be obedient to our superiours to gyue them all reuerence honour It maketh vs paciently to sustayne all iniuries wronges that are done vnto vs. It engraffeth in vs all kynde of vertues So that it maye ryghte well be named the mother nurse of al goodnes honeste Moreouer Humilite bringethe the grace fauour of God to vs as ye hearde before of S. Peter which sayth God resistethe the proude but to the huÌble he gyuethe grace It causethe y e God hath a respecte vnto vs as he sayth by the Prophet vnto whome shall I looke but to the huÌble broken in spirite vnto hym that feareth my wordes It makethe that GOD heareth our prayers as the Psalmograph sayth God doth beholde the supplicacions of the humble and he hathe not despised theyr prayers Also the wise maÌ the prayer of hym that humbleth himselfe shall pearse the cloudes It causeth vs to be exalted as the moost blyssed virgin syngeth He hathe putte downe the mighty froÌ theyr seate exalted the humble And Christe sayth euery one that exalteth himselfe shall be made low And he that humbleth hymselfe shall be exalted S ⪠Peter also sayth humble youre selues before God that he maye exalte you To be shorte it bryngethe vs vnto the kyngedome of heauen For Christ sayth Excepte ye turne become