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death_n	body_n	life_n	speak_v	4,234	5	4.7152	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22030	A looking glasse for England VVherein those enormities and foule abuses may most euidentlie be seene, which are the destruction and ouerthrow of euery Christian common-wealth. Likewise, the onely meanes howe to preuent such daungers: by imitating the wholsome aduertisements contayned in thys booke. VVhich sometime was the iewell and delight of the right honourable Lorde and father to his countrey, Fraunces Earle of Bedforde, deceassed.; De duodecim abusivis. English.	Lesse, Nicholas.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, attributed name.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage, attributed name.	1590 (1590)	STC 84.5; ESTC S118999	17,805	50

inward man that féeleth no age beeing also pained with the selfe same diseases And all these sickenesses and infirmities rehersed are signes and tokens before that the house of this bodie shal shortlie decay What haue we to doo then while the ende of this life draweth so fast on but that such as are olde shoulde desire to couet nothing els then howe they might soonest obtaine the felicitie of the life to come Although the time of death be vncertaine to al men yet it is most naturall to olde men For to young men the end of their life is alway at hand and vncertaine but vnto olde men it is more ripe naturall as also agreeable to their age Two things in a man neuer wexe olde Wherefore a man must take heede of two things which neuer doo were olde in his flesh and doo drawe the whole man vnto sinne that is to say the heart and the tongue For the hart is alway imagining of new thoughts and the tongue is euermore swifte in speaking whatsoeuer the hart doth imagine or thinke Let olde men therefore beware that these young members doo not bring the whole harmonie of their bodies out of tune causing the other parts of the body which doo shew grauitie to be laughed to scorne For euery man ought to take heede what becommeth the age which he beareth that he may doo those things which shall cause that neither his life age nor behauiour may be touched with despising The third abuse A young man without obedience Cap. 3. Disobedience is the disorder of al the world HEere must wee intreat on the thirde eye sore namely if a young man be founde without obedience whereby the world is brought out of good order For how dooth he think to be reuerenced whē he commeth to age that in his youth wil shew no obedience or reuerence to them which are olde And therfore it is a common saying among olde men that he can neuer play the Maister well who hath not one way or other declared himselfe seruiceable and obedient to some other before Example of our Sauiour Christ his obedience For the which cause our Lorde Iesus Christ in the time of his béeing vpon the earth in his flesh til the lawfull time and age of a teacher that hée should teach did serue and minister obediently to his Parents Likewise then as grauitie sadnes and perfect godly manners are looked for and beheld in olde men so to young men belongeth of right humble seruice subiection and obedience Wherfore in those precepts and commaundements of the Law which appertaine to the loue of our neighbor the first is the honor of Father and Mother beeing commaunded vnto vs that although the carnall father be not aliue or is vnworthy yet thou must to some other which is aliue shew obedience and giue honor till such time thou cōmest to an age worthie to be honoured thy selfe The vocable father is taken foure manner of wayes For this word Father is taken foure manner of waies in the Scripture that is to say by nature by the nation or people for coūsell and for age Of the naturall father Iacob speaketh to Laban saying Gene. 31.42 If the feare of my father Isaack had not beene heere thou wouldest haue taken all that I haue Of the father of the people it is said when the Lord spake to Moses out of the bush Deut. 32. I am the God of thy Fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaack the God of Iacob Of the father for age and counsell it is likewise written Deut. 10.12 Aske the father and hee shall tell thee and the Elders and they shall shew vnto thee Wherefore if thy naturall Father bée dead and so not worthy to be obeyed if anie other olde man doo giue thee good counsell thou must shew the obedience of a young man vnto him For how shal hée be honoured in his olde age which refused to folow the good lessons of obedience when hee was a young man himselfe Whatsoeuer a man doth labour that shal he reape and gather In like manner all discipline at the first seemeth to be vnpleasant and painfull but afterward it shall giue to them that haue exercised themselues therin the most pleasant and quiet fruite of right and iustice For like as there is no fruite found on that Tree which first did beare no blossoms so in age that man shall neuer haue the due honor to age who in his youth hath not first béene exercised with some discipline And which way can discipline be without obedience Obedience is the mother of discipline It followeth then that a young man without obedience is a young man without discipline for obedience is the mother of all discipline It requireth great exercise example and rule whereof it hath taken by our Lord Iesu Christ Example of obedience who being obedient vnto his father yea to the death and that to the death of the crosse tooke vppon him gladlie ignominie and rebuke The fourth abuse A rich man without charitie Capit. 4. NExt ensueth the fourth argument of euill which is a rich man destitute of almes deedes or charitie such a one as doth hide and lay vp til the time to come more then is sufficient for him distributing nothing to the poore and needie and so while he vseth so great dilligence in keeping the goods gathered on the earth hee leeseth the treasure which is euerlasting of the heauenly Country Whereto our Lorde Iesus called the rich young man who demaunded of him the way to perfection saying to him Math. 19.21 If thou wilt be perfect goe and sell all that thou hast and giue it to the poore and come and follow me thou shalt haue treasure in heauen Which no man euer can haue except hée comfort the poore Let not him therefore sleepe vpon his riches which may doo good vnto the poore for although a rich man haue gathered together great store of goods The nature of man is sustained with small thinges yet can hee not enioy them all alone in respect the nature of man is sustained with few and small thinges Then what greater follie can there be in the worlde then for the excessiue féeding clothing of one man to loose all the pleasures of the kingdome of heauen and so to purchase the euerlasting pains of hell without hope of anie comfort or helpe That thing therefore which of necessitie thou must once forsake in hope to bée rewarded againe euerlastinglie doo thou distribute willingly and cheerefully For all thinges which wee beholde with our eyes are temporall but those which wée sée not are eternall and euerlasting For so long as we are temporall thinges of like qualitie doo vs seruice but when wée depart from this earthly abode euerlasting ioy shall attend vpon vs and felicitie without limit or ending What reason haue wee to loue those thinges which wee cannot alwaie haue with vs

the sheepheards did not feed my flocke but they did feede themselues Gods flocke must be fedde in due season But rather let them whom the Lorde hath set ouer his familie procure to giue them meate in due season a measure of Wheate that is to say pure and true doctrine that when the Lord commeth they may deserue to haue these comfortable wordes Math. 25.21 My good and faithfull seruaunt because thou hast beene faithfull ouer a fewe I shall sette thee ouer manie enter into the ioy of the Lord. The eleuenth abuse A people without discipline Capit. 11. People without obedience runne hedlong to perdition COmming nowe to the eleuenth blemish in this life it is comprehended in these wordes a people without discipline who when they doo not practise obedience in their liuing to good and godly doctrine doe choke themselues with the common snare of perdition For they doe not escape the wrath of God except they earnestly folow those things which they are taught And therefore the Psalmist saith to the people which will not receiue discipline Psalm 2.12 Apprehende and receiue dyscipline least God be stirred to anger What discipline is Discipline is a manner of teaching which leadeth men to the amendement of euill and naughtie manners it is also a keeping and following of the rules and lessons of our Elders wherof S. Paule speaketh saying Abide and continue in discipline God offereth himselfe to you as to his children But if yee be out of discipline whereof ye are made already partakers then are ye aduouterers and not his children They therefore which are gone from him and be out of discipline doo receiue no inheritaunce of the Kingdom of heauen but if children do receiue and beare the correction of their fathers discipline let them not despayre or doubt but they shall receiue in time to come the inheritaunce of the Father Of this discipline Esay speaketh saying Esay 1.16.17 Cease from doing wickedly learn to do well And the like sentence is found in the Psalmist who saith Psalm 36.10 Decline frō euill and doe good Wherfore that man is very miserable and vnhappie which throweth from him discipline for hée is bolder then the Souldiers which crucified Christ and did cut out his garment for he dooth cut the discipline of Christes Church And likewise as the coate dooth couer all the bodie sauing the heade euen so is the whole Church clad and defended with discipline sauing onelie Christ who is the head of the Church And as that coat was whole without any seame so is this discipline giuen to the Church whole and sound Example of discipline by Christes own words Of this discipline the Lord when hee should ascende vppe to his Father after he was risen from death spake to his disciples saying Luke 24.49 Abide ye heere still in the Cittie of Ierusalem till ye be clad from aboue with power The discipline of the Church is the coate of Christ Then the discipline of the Church is the coate of Christ and hée which is not within this discipline is out of the bodie of Christ Let vs not therefore cut that coate but let vs cast lots who shal haue it that is to say let vs breake nothing of the cōmaundements of God but euerie man whereunto he is called therein let him constantlie abide with the Lord. The tvvelfth abuse A people without Law Cap. 12. THe last of this Catalogue of abuses is a people without Lawe who while they despise the sayings of God and the ordinaunces of his Lawes doe runne thorow diuers waies of errours into the snare of transgression and breaking of the Lawes As concerning those waies of errour the Prophet vnder the person of a transgressor doth lament and bewaile mankind on this wise Esay 54.13 We haue erred sayth he and gone astray like sheepe euerie one after his owne way Of these waies it is spoken in the Booke of wisedome by the mouth of Salomon saying Prou. 14.1 Many waies appeare good and straite vnto men but the last ende of their waies bringeth them to death And truelie there are many waies of perdition when men doo not regard the Kinges high way which is right straight out turning neither on the right hande nor on the left the which way our Lord Iesu Christ who is the end of the Lawe to the iustification of all that doo beleeue plainlie sheweth vs saying Math. 11.29 I am the way the trueth and the life no man commeth vnto the Father but by mee To which way hee calleth all men without respect saying Come vnto me al ye that labour and are heauie laden and I will refresh you For there is no exception of persons before GOD with whom there is neither Iewe nor Greeke man nor woman bonde nor free but Christ is all thinges in all and all are one in Christ Iesu The people without Law are without Christ For so much as Christ is the end of the Lawe those which are without the Lawe are without Christ then the people that be without the Lawe are likewise without Christ It is a great abuse that in the time of the Gospell any people should be with out the Lawe for so much as the Apostles were commaunded to preach to all Nations and the thunder-clappes of the Gospell were heard ouer all the parts of the earth and the Gentles which sought not after righteousnes haue receiued it And finallie considering that they which were farre off were made nigh in the bloode of Christ and they which sometime were not a people are nowe made the people of GOD in Christ beeing nowe a glad time and the day of saluation the time of comfort in the sight of the Highest And sith that euery Nation hath a witnesse of the resurrection yea sith the Lorde himselfe beareth witnesse therevnto saying Behold I am with you alway to the end of the world Therefore let not vs be without Christ in this transitorie life least Christ be without vs in the world to come FINIS