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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06477	A dreame of the diuell and Diues most terrible and fearefull to the seruantes of Sathan, but right comfortable and acceptable to the children of God : plainely described by way of dialogue, verie necessarie to be read aduisedly, and heard attentiuelie, both of rulers and inferiours, rich, and poore, younge and olde, wise and simple, that wish rather to dwel in heauen, then in hell.	Lupton, Thomas.	1589 (1589)	STC 16947.5; ESTC S108956	49,122	110

estate is most dolefull as I haue tolde you before Theo. Is your Dreame ended or haue you any more to say therein Eu. Yea that I haue therefore mark me well Diues said further if I were on the earth againe as I was I would doo all that I could to make enimies friends and where men were most at debate and contention I woulde endeuour my selfe to set them at concorde and quietnesse for Christ saide Blessed bee the pearce-makers for they shall be called the children of God And so I should be blessed and the child of God Then said the diuell to Diues if Peace-makers be the children of God then peace-breakers must needes be the children of the Diuell and so I am sure I haue moe children then GOD hath for there are more peace-breakers then peace-makers A great rable there is on the earth that if they see two loue faithfully then either for spight and enuie or els to picke a thank or to get some rewarde or gifte will inuent such spightfull tales that the one of them shoulde speake against the other that they will set them togither by the eares and so make them greater enimies then euer they were friends and so these peace-breakers are not onely become my deere and louing children but also these two friendes that were before in peace and the children of God are become my deere darlings and the curssed children of the diuell and for their peace-breaking and contention strife though God forsake them yet I will not refuse them but they shall dwell with thee Diues and me in my fierie kingdome of hell for euer and that is long enough yea and these lustie Cutters that for euery trifling quarrell standing so in their reputatiō of their manhood wil make fraies fight and kill yea though they be killed or hanged for their labour are my Curssed Deere and louing children vnlesse that fighters be peace-makers they shall dwell with mee for euer in the fierie flames of hell if they proceede on as they do and there I wil tame them wel enough though nowe on the earth they be lusty and liuely Laddes Then saide Diues it is a straung matter that they will aduenture so desperately to obtaine the terrible torments of Hel but they will not aduenture their life nay haue their finger feele the fire for Christs sake there by to inherite the endlesse ioyes of the kingdome of heauen Marke what fonde fooles these fighters bee though they neither kill nor be killed neither yet bee hurt or maymed yet they are Peace-breakers and are in hatred with their brother and so they are accursed and are become the Children of the diuel whose estate is most miserable horrible and terrible but if they be killed their spightfull minde hath made them loose their life which they esteemed aboue any earthlie treasure but if they died vnrepentantlie which in their furious fighting is to bee feared then their enuious minde hath wrought the death both of their bodie and soule for euer in the fierie flames of hell fire And if they doo kill their enemie with whom they fight than they are in daunger of hanging and so they shall loose their life which is their greatest earthly treasure for satisfying their spightfull and enuious mind one halfe houre but in that he hath fought being therby a peace-breaker he is become the cursed childe of the diuell and if hee repent not and call not to God for mercie then shall the bee damned for euer in the bottomlesse pit of hell with me and the diuelles for euer And if either chance too to be wounded or maimed then the pleasure of their short fighting will not counteruaile the long griefe or sorrow of their hurt Therefore what fooles are these enuious and lusty fighters that for so smale pleasures nay rather a deuilish satisfying of their wicked minde will hazard themselues into such a daunger Then said the deuill I set them on I tickle them to it and I set one or other to whisper in their eare saying sir you are a lusty gentleman you are counted a man of your hands if you suffer this you wil neuer be wel though of therefore if I were in your case I would not put it vp thus and and then the other is on a fire vntill he be a fighting and so many giues wages gifts to set themselues forward to the deuill And thus both peace-breakers and such sighters I account as mine own accursed children but if they once dye in their peace-breaking trade and in their enuious and furious minde then they are my children in deede for euer and they shall neuer goe out of my kingdome nor company Then sayd Diues woe be to them if they once come to thy kingdome and company if I were in the worlde agayne as I was I would by Gods grace suffer all iniuries and neuer resist them doe what they would whereby I should be y e blessed child of God and so enioy the euerlasting ioyes of heauen Which suffrings were they a whole thousand yeeres are farre vnworthy thereof whereas if I should reuengs mine owne wrongs beare mallice and spight though they bee my mortall enimies God woulde cease to reuenge my cause for hee wyll reuenge no causes but such as are committed to him then I shoulde be a peace-breaker and so become the cursed childe of the diuel as I am alredy Therfore most happy are they that suffer wronge and are patient in Christe for they shal enioy the kingdome of Heauen Theo. A woefull thing it is to walke in the way to hell as it may appeare by Diues wherein such furious Fighters Quarrellers Peace-breakers enuious persons and breeders of strife and contention doo walke yea and are in greate daunger thereof For if they that say Thou foole are in the danger of hell fier then they must needes bee in greate daunger of hell that kill men that are so enuious that desire the destruction of their neighbor and that are Peace-breakers and other such mischieuous malicious persons Eu. In-deede you say true but what say you to them that thinke there is no hel nay that say there is no hell Theo. Forsooth I say it is to be feared that such shall feele that there is a hell what doo they not thinke there is a Christe that said there is a hell or doo they think that Christ did not make mention in the Gospell of hell or doo they thinke that he lied when he spake of hell If they search the Gospell they shall finde many places that make mention of hell And in the same Chapter where he saith they shalbe in daunger of hell fier that say Thou foole hee maketh mention twise of hell saying It is better for thee that one of thy members perish then that thy whole body shoulde be cast into hell And likewise immediatly in the same place he saith the like wordes So that no

do as they would be done vnto and then they cannot doo amisse and not to pamper their paunches but to pittie the poore nay to spare from themselues and to giue it to the poore O howe many poore might I haue releeued with that which I haue spent in vaine and what am I the better nowe for any thing that I did spend on my selfe Therefore I would to God that I had bestowed al my riches treasure and landes in releeuing the poore for then I should haue beene repayed at Gods hand hereafter whatsoeuer is giuen to the poore is lent to the Lorde and hee will repay that truely in the kingdome of heauen with no small aduauntage But whatsoeuer we spend in vayne on our selues and on the ritch it is lent to the Deuill and hee will repay vs again in hell with endlesse paines and torments And for that I haue lent my money to the Deuill I looke to be payd the same at his handes in the euerlasting flames of hell fire Theo. Oh what a lamentable talke was this of Diues his wordes doe pearce my heart his remedelesse case maketh my heart to bleede Howe happie are we that may be warned by him but how vnhappie is he that is such a warning to vs. He could be content now to be as a fire log to burn a thousand yeeres on the earth for the loue of Christ that he might escape the endlesse fire of hell but now it will not be Eumen. Yea but I thinke there is not now one among ten thousand that willingly will suffer the paynes of burning one halfe houre for Christs sake to shunne Hel and thereby to enioy the endlesse ioyes of heauen Theo. Well as there haue bene many that haue bene content to doe so euen so no doubt there are and will be many that will doe so if they be vrg●● vnto it but not without the great comfort and ●ssistance of God But what fooles are they that ●●●use to doe it These short earthlye paynes bring euerlasting ioyes and these vaine and shorte earthly pleasures bring endles torment and paine But now goe forward with your dreame I beseech you For I thinke your dreame did not ende where I caused you to stay your tale Eumen. No that it did not therefore now I will proceede with my dolefull dreame Diues furthermore sayde O how hapy are they that are on the earth for that they haue time to repent and to liue godly to whom the Deuill answered yea but how vnhappy are they that will not repent but liues most abhomiably and wickedly Then saide Diues if their hearts were not hardned and their mindes bewitched they woulde not doe so they I perceiue make little account of that precious Iewell the Gospell which teacheth them the high way to Heauen and so to shune the fiery flames of hell Oh if I were a liue againe it should neuer goe out of my hand Then said the deuill many cary it in their hands but very fewe in their hearts Then said Diues yf they that haue the gospell walke in the way to Hell then it is impossible for them that know it not to walke in the way to heauen But I damned wretch y t I am if I were aliue againe as they are would not onelye dayly read it but also in my liuing practise it Al worldly affaires are vaine in comparison to it for the best that one can bring is but shorte worldly pleasure but the other doth bring most heauenly and endlesse ioys Then sayd y e Deuil to Diues if thou werte on the earth againe aliue as thou wast yet I doe not beleeue thou wouldst doe as thou saist thou wouldest play rather as many theeues do that are condemmned to death which wil promise with vehement othes that if they might haue ther pardons would liue honestly ciuilly and obserue their princes lawes but when they haue got their pardon they forget either oth or promise and doo fal to theeuing as fast as euer they did O no no saide Diues though they are carelesse yet I would be kareful for they haue not tasted of y e death of their body due for their faulte as I haue tasted of the death of my soule due for my sinnes yea and if these worldly theeues were as sure to bee cast into prison and to be hanged for their theift as I am sure to be cast into the prison of hel and to hange their in cruel tormentes for euer and euer for my offences to God they I think would leaue off their stealing and would liue honestly and orderly as I would cease from vice and wickeddesse and liue vertuously and godly Theo. Truely this your talke maketh my heart to morne for the case of Diues that is without all hope of remedy therefore it standeth vs greatly vpon to liue warily and vertuously in this life where the time and place is of the amendement of our liues and the hope of our saluation Eume. You say true But howe much am I bound vnto God that of his meere mercy hath called me to repentaunce and amendement of lyfe by this doleful Dreame of Diues whereby I shal not onely auoyde through Christ my sauiour the Dungeon of hell but also enioy the endlesse and vnspeakable ioyes of heauen And now mark me wel for I will goe forwarde with my dreame where I left Oh sayd Diues if I might liue on the earth agayne as I cannot I would be humble of body and meeke of minde as I was not I woulde speake gentle and mildly and then as Christ saith I should be happie and blessed Yea saide the Deuil but because thou wast proude in thy apparell and hawtie of minde and disdayned thy poore brother Lazarus now thou accurst and vnhappy and shalt dwell with mee for euer in the fierie flames of Hell Then said Diues there is no remedy I must needes doe so woe bee to me therefore Oh if I were aliue on the earth againe sayd Diues as I was I would be mercifull and then I should obtaine mercy and so I should be happye and blessed Then sayde the Diuill but because thou wast a mercilesse wretch thinking all to little for thine owne backe and bellye and fared diliciously and was clothed sumtuously suffering poore Lazarus the member of thy christ to dye at thy Gate for wante of foode who had to little thou to much of which thy too much if he had had but a little his life might haue beene saued and thou the more healthfull therefore thou accurssed and exempt from the prescence of GOD and shalt dwell in my companie and my fellow deuiles for euer How saist thou diues hath not thy mercilesse minde thy aboundaunce of fine fare thy proud apparell and thy greate riches and welth brought thee into a good case Then sayd Diues if these greedy pittiles and mercilesse rich men now on the earth knew my case vnlesse the