is it most deadly to the soule hatefull before God For in what nation or countrey so euer it be eyther suffered or maintayned nedes must grow out of the same such encombrāces amongs the common wealth that without foresight in time it cānot otherwise chuse but grow not only to the bodies of those instruments vexation of mind but also to the soul endles destruction Flattery Makeshifte Desire to haue these as seruants first to parciality and then by obtaining that which by such is required vnsatiable desire so much inflameth their harts that no respect of person is fauoured but those whose pursse bottomes are neuer vncouered God graunt to those whiche in these dayes remayne that they maye see the state of ech degree so amended that vnto whome preferment appertaineth to prefer without y e voluptuous desire of vile auarice And that those pastors which are dayly labourers in Gods vineyarde may be so prouided for and loked vnto that no greedy viper by money or Fee may be suffered to displace the true shephearde of his righte The common practise among many is no soner any spiritual liuing to fal so diligently they watche that eyther by hooke or crooke by giftes and large proffers they neuer cease sute or suing for till it be by such obtayned and that being obtained they are not ashamed to say without spirituall prefermente it were not possible for them to keepe house Saynte Paule in the fifth of the Thessalonians sayth I beseech ye brethren know them which labour among you haue the ouersight of you that ye haue them in reuerence for their worke sake and be at peace with them Surely those which for lukers sake wil rather prefer the temporall mā before the spirituall hath no small accompt to render whē he shal come before the iudge of quicke and dead when for his wicked doyng he shall reape not onely death of body but in body and soul without speedy repentaunce endles destruction God for his mercies sake so open the harts of all magistrates that such greedy vipers may be subuerted Deride not that which is for thy health least haply in thend thou decrease thy welth Where welth doth decrease there sorrowes doth grow therefore do in time the truth learne to know Salomon A wrathfull person prouoketh contention But he that is patient appeaseth debate ¶ The signification THe Bore signifieth Wrath and the mā on his backe mischiefe the Pope in the Flag destruction the Flag vncertaine religion turning and chaunging with euery blast of winde the man killing him selfe desperation the woman madnes AS Seneca sayth Ire troubleth the vnderstanding of the creatures and therfore it is needefull to bee taken heede of Ire accustomed maketh a man to come out of his witte Also ire doth most hurt vnto himself and gēdreth discord all enuie causeth reason to perishe Ire hath so much done y t it hath brought men to desperation and in the end haue hāged themselues Also among the godly there hath bene anger or irefulnes found as when occasion hath bene geuen As for example Moyses was angry agaynst the children of Israell because they kept Manna against the commaundement of God as it appeareth in the .xvj. of Exodus and also for that they did worship the calfe in somuch that he brake the tables of the commaundements as it is written in the .xxij. of Exodus Also Neemias was wroth againste them that committed vsury Looke in the .xiij. of Neemie This kind of anger or irefulnes farre differeth frō wrathfull ire because that the one may rule him self and the other not In wise men the countenance irefull maketh the offenders afrayd but willfull wrath cannot once rule himself A wyse mā in his anger remembreth counsell but the wrathfull person telleth out all and eftsones to his owne destruction Antisthenes Enuy eateth a man As rust consumeth yron The signification THe Asse signifieth wrathfull iustice The mā that is drawē away Truth-Those that draweth Truth by the armes Flatterers The Frier lies the associate with the Frier Periury BEtter is the poore that liueth godly then the blasphemer that is but a Foole. A foole hath no delight in vnderstandinge but onelye in those thinges wherein hys hart reioyseth Riches maketh many frendes but the pore is forsakē of his neighbour A false witnesse shall not escape One witnesse shall not rise againste a man for any manner sinne or for any manner faulte that he offendeth in A wicked iudge geueth audience to false lippes and a frowarde person geueth eare to a disceitfull tounge There can be no greater plague then to haue an Asse to beare autority For by such commeth much dissention Among all Asses the religious Asse of late being in autority hath done moste harme While ye haue light beleue in the light that ye may be the children of light Whosoeuer shall endure to the end shalbe safe Be ye ready for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not Who shall lay any thing to the charge of gods chosen it is God that iustifieth who is he that can condemne Pythagoras They which to slaunder or to kill The dead haue their delight ¶ The signification THe man which standeth lyke a Prophet signifieth godlines the Fryer treason the cup with the Serpent poyson the other which striketh with the sworde murder and he which is wounded is peace NOthyng may be more greuous then wrathfull treason because the imaginations therof be endlesse it may therefore bee likened vnto the venim of y e Serpent Aspis whose poyson is vncureable Yet notwithstanding as wrath is deadly so is it trayterous and vnto hym that vseth it double death not onely to the body but also to the soule Example of Ioab who trayterously slue Amason as it appeareth in the xx chapt of the second booke of the Kinges who shewing a countenance of frendlines sodainly strake him into y e body y t he died Faythfull are the woundes of a louer but the kisses of an enemie are cruell He that prouideth for an others destruction let hym bee sure that a lyke pestilence is prouided for him Therefore in time beware and consider and remember ech estate that Sathan the author of all euill do not entise thee but in all temptations call to God and he will helpe thee Are lyke such dogges in fury That at stones doe barke and bite ¶ The signification THe Pope is oppression the mā which killeth is crueltie those which are a killing constant religion the three kneeling loue furtherance and truth to the Gospell c. AMongest men of authoritie there can bee no greater terrour then to the subiecte to shewe crueltie The vaine glory of thys worlde is a deceatfull sweetenes and may bee likened to the Popes suberbius crueltie an vnfruitfull labour a cōtinuall feare a daungerous aduancement a beginning without prouidence an end without repentance
purpose So lykewyse the wylie craftes of Sathan doth so stirre the mindes of the disobedient sort that they are careles minding neither to amend their folly nor suffer others to auoyde the same but headlong goeth forth in the demonaicall lawes as brute beastes and at no tyme satisfied Prouerbes 23. A whore is a deepe graue and an harlot is a narrow pi◠She lurketh like a theefe and bringeth vnto her such mē as be full of vice ¶ The signification THese foure sitting banqueting signifieth fleshly delight and the fift which is apparelled lyke a woman with a cup in her hand and whose legges are like vnto a Serpent is called Philogines a louer of Lechery the cup horrour the legs destruction the men fighting murder and hell the place for such offendors whose continuannce is endles WHen man is geuen to the Sodomicall lust then cōmeth misery to the body sorrowe to the life death to the soule S. Paule in his Epistle to y e Romaines sayth that to delight in other mens sinnes is greater offēce then to sinne thy selfe Therfore as y e sinne is horrible to hym that offendeth so is it more greuous to those that are maintainers of the same That which thou art ashamed to speake bee also ashamed to thinke Euill thoughtes bringeth euill factes whereof ensueth greuous offence What was the cause that the Prodigall sonne came to such misery Because he delighted to company with harlottes and inordinate liuers Sodome and Gomorra were destroyed because of adultery lechery fornication rape and inuiolate rauishing which is most horrible What mischiefe fell among the Romaines after that Tarquinus Sextus had violated Lucrecia by hys Sodomicall will Hee was vtterly exiled and neuer after was there any kyng and she after for sorrowe slewe her selfe What monstrous slaughter fell among the Troyans Grecians Fyrst the Grecians rauished Hesiona the daughter of Laomedon king of Ilion And Priamus stale away Helane the wife of Menelaus king of Lacedemonia whereof came the vtter ruine and destruction of Troy Let these few examples guide thee from all such mischiefes Where murther is suffered not seene to in time There mischiefe encreaseth and bringeth to woe All such as to Backus doth honour diuine Shall soone bee bereft their goods to forgoe ¶ The signification THese which are fightyng signifieth incontinence he which is slaine hazarde and death and the one which goeth out with hys sword in hys hand audax one past grace or a murtherer IN the xxvj yeare of Asa King of Iuda beganne Ela the sonne of Baasa to raigne ouer Israell in Thirza ij yere And hys seruant Zimri which was captaine of halfe his Chariots conspired agaynst him as hee was in Thirza drinking and was dronken in the house of Arza steward of his house in Thirza And Zimri came and smote hym and killed hym in the xxvij yeare of Asa King of Iuda and raigned in hys stead Amon being dronken was slaine of his brother Absalon Also Holofernes was slaine by Iudith in hys dronkennes as it appeareth in y e xiij of Iudith Noe being dronken was mocked of hys sonne Cham. Also Polyphemus a monstrous Gyant was in hys dronkennes destroyed by Ulissis Therfore dronkennes doth not only surfet the body for a time but also breedeth extreme malady maketh a man to forget reason and causeth bloudshed wilfull murder so y t it is not onely a griefe to the body in thys world but also an endles sorrow in the world to come When y e Philistines had gotten Sampson also had determined to haue bene mery to see Sampson to play before thē he being blind they reioyced in their God Dagon beleuing y t he had deliuered Sampson into their handes they being in their iollitie were by Sāpson sodainly destroyed in shaking their house all to peces vpon thē Drunkardes shall not possesse the kingdome of heauē c When gredy glotony seketh his ease forsaking true labour which is most fitte Then followeth Podagra with her disease to vtter ruine she doth them knitte ¶ The signification THe woman is Podagra the naked man with the barrell on his legge is Prodigus the other with the grapes in his hand is rauin the cordes are force to destruction and are led by Podagra the gowte WHat thing in a mā is best Reason For by that he goeth before beastes and followeth the Gods wherefore a perfecte reason is that good which properly belongeth to man all other thinges is to hym common with beastes if he bee strong so is the Lyon if he be fayre so is the Pecocke if he be swift so is the horse I do not say y t in euery of these things the other surmounteth hym for I seke not that thing which is most excellent in hym but that which is his owne and belongeth properly to hym for as he hath substance so hath the trees and as he hath voluntary mouing in lyke wyse hath not onely the beastes but also the wormes if he haue a voice so hath dogs and much louder the Egles more sharpe and perching the Bull much greater the Nightingale sweter Thē what thing properly is a mans owne surely reason for that being in the right course perfect maketh a man full of felicitie A drunken workeman shall neuer bee rich and he that setteth nought by a little shall by a little and a little come vnto nothyng Wine inordinately taken troubleth mans reason maketh dull vnderstanding and corrupteth the body and engendreth noysome diseases as the goute empostum plurisies caterns palsies dropsies with such lyke and also infebleth remembraunce sendeth in forgetfulnes poureth in errours bryngeth forth sluggishnes When prelates to wyne doth geue their delight To vanquishe truth which shines so cleare Then followeth death with all thys might Them to prouent and payes their hyre ¶ The signification THe Priest signifieth Newter neyther hoate nor colde the man in the barrell vnsatiable desire the bookes torne vnwrittē verities the Nunne light credence in beleuing the same HOw sufficient vnto a learned man is a small quantitie of wine so that in sleepe he shall not bee sicke therof nor feele any paine Lecherie wine and sacietie consumeth all wysedome Take heede to your selues least your hartes bee ouercome with surfetting and drunckennes and cares of this life and so the day come vpon you vnwares Be not greedie in euery eating and bee not to hastie vppon all meates For excesse of meates bryngeth sicknes and gluttonie commeth at the last to an vnmeasurable heate Take heede therefore that ye walke circumspectly not as vnwise but as wise men redeeming the tyme because the dayes are euill Wherfore bee ye not vnwise but vnderstand what the will of the Lorde is and bee not drunken with wine wherein is excesse It is not I say for kinges to drinke wine excessiuely nor princes stronge drinke for
¶ A christall glasse of christian reformation wherein the godly maye beholde the coloured abuses vsed in this our present tyme. ¶ Collected by Stephen Bateman Minister ¶ IMPRINTED at London by Iohn Day dwelling ouer Aldersgate ¶ CVM GRATIA ET PRIuilegio Regia Maiestatis per decennium 1569. ⧠The Epistle to the Reader GEuing thee to vnderstand Christian Reader the manifest power of God in considering the inestimable mercy and long sufferance of vs most miserable creatures who from tyme to tyme proueth whether we will flye from our wickednes and frowarde vsage of lyfe or no and seyng no amendmēt ceaseth not but forthwith plageth vs yea and at the length geueth vs ouer vnto our owne wretched will and beyng so deuoyd and frustrate from all hope ioy and triumphant glory we are assured as then of nothing but euerlasting death and endelesse sorrow Therefore I wishe all faithfull christians to foresée and so to prouide in tyme that neither popishe Antichrist nor any rable of false vsurped powers shall once be able to spurne or kicke against the veritie and true professours of the same The holy apostle S. Iames speaketh very louingly vnto all suche as geueth their mindes to godly exercise and study saying these wordes My brethren counte it exceeding ioy when ye fall into diuers temptations forasmuch as you know how that the trying of your faith bringeth pacience and let patience haue her perfect worke that ye may be perfect and sounde lacking nothing Herein the apostle sheweth vnto all men that by patience we must moderate our selues as if the enemy shew rigorousnes ortiranny winne him by patience but vse no superbitie or reuengemēt but yeld the cause vnto god y t which iudgeth rightly and he will in tyme be a defence vnto all such oppressed Vir duplex animo inconstans est in omnibus vijs suis a waueryng mynded mā is vnstable in all his wayes But most happy is that man that endureth in temptation for when he is tried he shall receiue the crowne of life which the lord hath promised to those which loue him and erre not my dere brethren Euery good gift and euery perfect gift is from aboue and commeth downe from the father of light with whome is no variablenes neither is he chaunged into darkenes Of his owne will begate he vs wyth the worde of lyfe that we should be the first fruites of his creatures so that as long as we obey his preceptes and be zealous furtherers of his gospell and alwayes continuing then shall all such doers be assured of most happy saluation Herein is plainly shewed vnto all the estate of euery degrée by order of picture and signification to the intent that therby euery christian Reader may the better sée the disordred abuses which daily raueth amongest vs and also the state of obedience by euery picture in like sorte signified that thereby euery Christian may the better beware the deceiuable suggestions of Sathan that neither pardon nor mumming massinges or any other popish ceremonies can any thing auayle as touchyng saluation for if it were so then Christes death was in vayne and of none effect Take hede therfore cleaue betyme to Christ his doctrine leaue of frō such superstitiō faynings of men vse the counsail of the holy apostle S. Iude which sayth Similiter hi carnē quidē maculant dominatorem aut spernūt maiestates aut blasphemant Likewise these dreamers defile the flesh despise rulers speake euill of them that are in autoritie But these speake euill of those they know not what thynges they know naturally as beasts which are without reason in those thinges they corrupt themselues Woe be vnto them for they haue followed the way of Balaam for lukers sake and perishe in the treason of Chore. These are murmurers complainers walking after their owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thinges They haue men in great reuerence because of aduauntage But ye beloued remember the wordes which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christ how that they tolde you that there should be beguilers in the last tyme which should walke in their vngodly lustes these are makers of sectes fleshly hauing no spirite pray therfore dearely beloued that God so roote out al such enemies which kicke against the truth of his gospell so arme your selues with the armour of God considering that Sathan is moste busiest and full of rage in this oure tyme as Saincte Iohn in hys reuelation dothe manifestly expresse That we all being armed with godlines may bee able to resist in the day of our triall and to be found vigilant watchemen aspectyng the great and second commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ. In the meane season applying our mindes to the study of vertue may be rich and plentifull in righteousnes and hope of saluation And for that your myndes among many and earnest pensiue and sorowful studies might be reuiued also in vertue I haue put forth vnto your gentle considerations this my simple trauayls which in perusing you shal well espy to be in effect as I haue named it This christall glasse wherein we may learne godly reformation whose brightnes shineth not to the beholders therof in this world a light to euery christian man but in the world to come a most precious and euerlasting brightnes in endles felicitie As I sayd a manifest shew of all couloured abuses that raigne in euery state and set in the frame of most plentiful Christian examples The substaunce wherof is the perfect glasse of godly reformation beautified with y e christall sight of all celestiall vertues right fruitfull for euery man to cary and most nedefull for this our present tyme. Thus gentle reader I bid thée most hartely farewell in him that liueth for euer By me Stephen Bateman Minister Faultes escaped In the description of Pride the second page the 16. lyne read for Dedalus Icarus and for Icarus Dedalus In the epistle of the 2. part of this boke xx line for so read for In the 30. line of the description of fayth and is God read and maker is God In the description of Ueritie is left out the sword that is signified in the figure ¶ The description of Couetousnes Aristotle Seneca To delight in treasure is a daungerous pleasure In a lyer doubtles there neuer was goodnes ¶ The signification of the picture THe deuil is Enuy the swords in his hand betokeneth mischief the purse couetousnes the globe the world the man in fooles weede signifieth carelesse couetousnes a man being ouercome with Enuy and couetousnes may be likened to a foole that is not able to rule himselfe and so the ende is death WHo so is enuious may be likened vnto Sathan who are more foolisher thē those persons the whiche are neuer satisfied wyth money Money causeth mischiefe mischief destroyeth y e soule For as it is good to y e godly by vsing it by measure so is it euel to
most doth him annoy and so of death he hath his fill ¶ The signification HE which striketh with death behind him signifieth enuiousnes against the quiet state of the faithfull and in hoping by enuie to destroy death is hys reward the other by constaÌ„t faith in Christ is preserued by the sword which is the word of God and so ouercoÌ„meth enuie the Angell behind hym is Gods prouident loue which neuer faileth all those that trust in hym THe vngodly is caste downe for his iniquitie but the righteous hath a good hope euen in death A pacient maÌ„ is better then one stroÌ„g he that can rule him selfe is more worth then he that winneth a citie Thorow enuie Acis was slaine by the monster Poliphemus because he would haue rauished Galathe the wife of Acis Also the two sonnes of king Phillip of Macedon Percius Demetrius thorow enuie sought eche others death and were both slaine Also Nessus deceaued Hercules of Dianira at a riuer and being on the other side would haue violated her wherby Hercules shotte an arrowe through his body Nessus perceauing him selfe to haue his deathes wound gaue a venomed shirte to Dianira saying that to whom soeuer she gaue that shirte his loue should neuer depart from her so that by the sayd shirte Hercules was destroyed Thus enuie hath vndone many a man and woman brought theÌ„ to vtter destruction O wretched enuie and daughter to pride which neuer seeth the end of thy miseries thou desirest to see the people in misery and then thou reioycest and art glad when that thy neighbour decayeth by thee neither from thee may come any profite neither in this world nor in the world to come To Serpent like I may compare those greedie wolues that lambes deuoure Awayting still to catch in snare all such as gette they may by power ¶ The signification THe Dragon signifieth the enemie to all that professe the worde of God the Cardinall persecution or a persecutor of the same the Fryer murther the sheepe which are a killing signifieth the professours of Christ from the beginning of the worlde to these present dayes ENuie is blinde can doe nothing but dispraise vertue it is a scabbe of thys world to haue enuy at vertue O y e miserable conditions of people that are to bee gouerned amoÌ„g whom diligeÌ„ce is hated negligence is reproued where sharpnes is perillous liberalitie thaÌ„keles coÌ„municatioÌ„ deceatfull pernitious flattery euery mans couÌ„tenance familiar many mens mindes offended waite to hurt priuily faire wordes openly wheÌ„ officers be coÌ„ming they tary for theÌ„ while they be present they do await on theÌ„ being out of authoritie al do forsake theÌ„ All other sinnes are not so pestiferous as enuy for y e lecherous by his sinne getteth somtime a frend or louer but it may be accoÌ„pted a miserable deadly kind of frendship The couetous by his vsury getteth goods possessions The negligent by his sloth oftentimes hath peace because he medleth with nothing The proud of such as he is him self is often praysed If he be rich of the poore for feare or if he hath ought for that which he hath The irious or wrathfull maÌ„ is often feared The glutton by filling hys panch of sweete and delicate meates Thus among all sinnes enuie is most pernitious and to be accompted most miserable When daintie dames hath whole delight with proude attyre them selues to ray Pirasmos shineth in the sight of glittering glasse such fooles to fray ¶ The signification THe woman signifieth pride the glasse in her hand flattery or deceate the deuill behinde her temptation the death head which she setteth her foote on signifieth forgetfulnes of the life to come wherby commeth destruction TAke heede y t thou fall not into pride least thou perishe with such as before haue offended Example of Lucifer which for his pride was cast down into y e infernal hell Also Adam by traÌ„sgression fell thorow y e subtill intisinges of the Serpent Agar the seruant of Sara thorow pride disdained her mistres because of a childe that she had by Abraham therefore she was driuen to flie into the wildernes by the way that lyeth to Sur. Also Membroth or Nimrod thorow pride caused the Tower of Babell to bee builded And the Lorde sayd Beholde the people is one and they haue all one language Come let vs goe downe and confound their language that euery one vnderstand not hys neighbours speach And so the Lorde scattered them from that place into the vpper face of all the earth It is therfore to be vnderstanded y e pride surmouÌ„ting folly all sinne is shame seruitudâ— Pharao king of Egypt through hys obstinate pride was drowned in the red sea all his hoste so y t there remained not one of theÌ„ Haman for his pride was haÌ„ged on y e gallowes that he had ordayned for Mardocheus Abimilech because a womaÌ„ smote him on y e head with a peece of a milstone therwith brake his braine panne as he approched the Tower of Thebez he therefore caused his harnesse bearer to runne him through y e body for that it should not be sayd y t a woman had slaine him Also Nabuchadonozor was transformed into a dumbe beast for the space of vij yeares because he so proudly exalted him selfe saying Thys is the great Citie of Babylon which J my selfe with my power and strength haue made The rich to prayse in some respecte as from all vice will soone refraine But such as Pauper doe detecte those gestes with Diues must take paine ¶ The signification THe rich man signifieth a proude maÌ„ couetous such a one as careth for no poore man but for such as hym lyketh to many such are not good in a coÌ„mon wealth the poore man signifieth the pouertie generall whose petitions of such are not heard nor once relieued ANtiochus also for hys pride was greatly punished of God smitten with such a disease of y t which he might not be healed Nicanor thorowe pride was discoÌ„fited ouercome of y e Iewes Phaeton because he toke vpon him to gouerne y e chariot of his father Phâ—bus he therfore had a great fall Dedalus was also drowned because he tooke vppon him to flie so hie in the ayre that the force of the sunne beames melted hys magicall winges in refusing his father Icarus counsell Dauid the kyng after that hee had numbred the people his hart smote hym saying I haue sinned exceedingly in that which I haue done Iezabell proudly sought the death of the Prophets and therfore the Lorde sent Iehu to Iezraell And wheÌ„ Iehu was come to Iezraell Iezabell heard of it and starched her face and tyred her head and looked out at a window And as Iehu entred at the gate she sayd had Zimri peace which slue hys maister And he lift vp his eyes to the window and sayd Who is of
measure He that teacheth the liuely faith in Christ buildeth the building and doctrine of God For faith in tribulation causeth patience Let euery man see therfore whether he continue in the same Faith also maketh vs to obtayne that whiche we desire in prayer and by the which we are by the number of saintes in receauing remission of our sinnes Thus faith is our vâ—â—tory for all that is borne of God ouercommeth the world and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen our faith Who is it that ouercommeth the worlde euen he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God Christ is risen from the dead and is become the first frutes of them that slepe for as by man came death euen so by man also came life euerlasting to all that faythfully beleue ¶ Of Hope The signification THe troubled seas signifie the temptations of mankinde the shippe beyng rent signifieth the dispersed churche of God who beyng tossed to and fro by the force of temptations and throwne out yet they not fearyng the boysterous windes of aduersitie but thorough assured hope in Christ they flie to the rocke of endles felicitie which is Christ. BEcause therefore that we are iustified by fayth we are at peace with God thorough our Lorde Iesus Christ by whom we haue a way in through faith vnto his grace where in we stand and reioyce in hope of the praise that shalbe geuen of God neither do we see onely but also reioice in tribulation for we know that tribulatioÌ„ bringeth pacience pacience bringeth experience experience bringeth hope and hope maketh not ashamed for the loue of God is shed abrode in our hartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. All suche as be right Christians are not ashamed of this hope for they are well assured that by the death of Christ God loueth vs and will bring the hope of all Christians to passe Hope here is not alone but is ioyned with fayth and charitie so that the one cannot be without the other neither the one to haue the lacke of the other For as Faith cannot be iustified without workes no more can hope without charitie for as faith without workes is deade so is hope without charitie deade also Therfore it is necessary for all christians to ioyne theÌ„selues to these foure and although they be named in foure seuerall names yet but two in effect as may be very plainly vnderstanded Faith workes hope and charitie workes in the name of a plurall number signifieth all as well the euill as good But I meane those workes in the which all faithfull Christians ought to arme themselues withall and all those that with willing mindes doo further any of these vnto such the rewarde is most happy and fortunate with faithfull hope there is alwayes constant charitie the which worketh so diligently that she neuer seaseth but is still labouring by all meanes to helpe and relieue all such as of her hath neede Example herein may be compared vnto all diligent preachers furtherers of Gods worde the which neither for persecution nor preferment of liuing will once leaue of froÌ„ teaching the poore of whom they haue cure charge of such there is very fewe which signifieth most euident and playne that charitie is nere blynde and can not very well see Therefore I wishe or desire all estates so to bridle their affections that with sufficiencie eche man may so liue in this world that in y e world to come he may haue euerlasting felicitie Hope thou in the Lorde and kepe his way and he shall promote thee that thou shalt possesse the land WheÌ„ the vngodly perishe thou shalt see it But my hope hath bene in thee O Lord. I haue sayd thou art my God God is our hope and strength a very present helpe in tyme of trouble For thou lord art my hope thou hast set thine house of defence very hye My soule hath longed for thy saluation and I haue a good hope because of thy worde Thou O God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope eueÌ„ from my youth I also cried vnto the Lord and sayd thou art my hope and my portion in the land of the liuing Blessed be the Lorde my strength which teacheth my handes to warre my fingers to fight my hope and my fortresse my castle and deliuerer my defender in whome I trust which subdueth my people that is vnder me for I suppose that the afflictions of this lyfe are not worthy of the glory which shall be shewed vpon vs also the feruent desire of the creatures abideth loking when y e sonnes of God shall appeare because the creatures are subdued to vanitie against their wyll but for hys will which subdued them in hope for the very creatures shall be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God for we know that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in payne euen vnto this time not they only but euen we also which haue the first fruites of the spiritie mourne in our selues and waite for the adoption and loke for the deliueraunce of our bodies for wee are saued by hope but hope that is seene is no hope for howe can a man hope for that which he seeth but and if we hope for y t which we see not then doo we with patience abyde for it for where fayth is there is hope and where as there is no sure hope there is no christian fayth wherefore it may be right well sayd we are saued by hope That is by the most certayne and sure faith in Christes promise whiche causeth vs to hope certainly that at the tyme appointed we shall be deliuered from this great burden of the flesh The desire of y e righteous is acceptable but the hope of the vngodly is iudgement The vngodly is cast a way for his iniquitie but the righteous hath a good hope euen in death The hope that is put in a false man in tyme of neede is like a rotten tooth but let not thy soule be moued to slay him Also as there is a good hope vnto the godly which before is expressed so is there a fayned hope among the wicked and very seldome can be redressed whiche is when a man in worldly causes hopeth to bring to passe that thyng which by no meanes may be entertayned or gotten Example of one Iphis the sonne of Theucer kyng of Mesia a countrey ioyning to Hungary the which for the loue of a damosell called Anaxareten hanged him selfe Wherefore the Poetes haue fayned the saide Anaxareten to be turned into a stone because that she loued not him the which for her loue had hanged him selfe Moreouer what ensued of the Princes whiche sought the death of the Prophet Daniell their folishe vayne hope was vtterly frustrated for they thought that Daniell being once among the lyons could