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A00374	A shorte recapitulacion or abrigement of Erasmus Enchiridion brefely comprehendinge the summe and contents therof. Very profitable and necessary to be rede of all trew Christen men. Drawne out by M. Couerdale Anno. 1545; Enchiridion militis Christiani. English. Abridgments	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1545 (1545)	STC 10488; ESTC S109902	29,209	74

oppressed our awne affetions The .xxvij. Chapter The .xxviij. rule THe eightenth rule is that whā any affection moueth us to iniquite we considre the filthinesse of synne ād the greate dignite of mā For seyng that in other trifles we take advisement with oure selues reason it were that or euer we cosent vnto the feynde we pondred well this most waightie matter who made us in how excllent a state we are set with how exceading great pryce we are bought to how greate felicite we are called how that for mans sake onely god hath forged the maruaylous buyldinge of this worlde brought us in to the company of angeles made us his owne children heyres of immortalite membres of Christ and of his church oure bodies the temple of the holy goost oure myndes the ymages and habitaciō of god On the other syde to considre that synne is the most filthie pestilence and consumpcion both of the mynde and body euē that deedly poyson of the most filthie serpent and the prest wages of the deuels most miserable seruyce Thus yf we take good advisemēt we shal se yt were not wisely done for a momentany and poysoned litle shorte pleasure of synue to fal frō so greate dignite in to so vile estate The .xxviii. Chapter The .xix. rule THe nyententh rulle is that we still haue in mynde the eternall benificence of god and the wicked noysomnesse of the deuell namely with what goodnesse allmightie god hath made us with what mercy redemed us with what liberte endewed us with what tēdernesse he daylie suffreth and susteyneth us wretched synners paciently lokyng for oure amendment with what ioye he receaueth us whan we turne agayne Cōtrarely with how naturall hate ād envie the deuell father of all mischefe dyd longe agoo laye wayte to oure health in to what greuous tentacion he hath cast us ymageninge daylie to draw us in to eternall mischefe Thus beyng myndfull of all mightie god and his manifolde benefites we shal not vnkyndly departe from so noble so louyng and so beneficiall a father to make our selues wilfully bonde vnto the deuell that most filthie and cruell master The .xxix. Chapter The .xx. rule THe twentiet rule is that we forget not but allwaye remembre what great difference is betwene the rewarde of vertue and the rewaerde of synne Yea euen in this worlde are the frutes of thē vnlike For like as the ende of faith is eternall saluaciō in heauē and the rewarde of synne euer lastinge death in hell Euen so here in this life godlynesse bringeth tranquilite ād quietnesse of mynde euē a blessed ioye of pure cleane conscience athing more precious and pleasaunt then all the world And contrary wise a perpetuall grefe vnquietnesse ād gn a winge of the mynde with a thousand other euels accompanieth synne and wickednesse euen in this life The .xxx. Chapter The .xxi. rule THe one and twentieth rule is that we cōsidre how full of gre fe and misery how shorte and transitory this present life is how on euery syde death lyeth in wayt agaynst us and sodenly catcheth us how vnsuer we are of one moment of life how great perill it is to contynuethat kynde of life wher in yf soden death shulde take us as it often fortuneth we were but lost for ouer The .xxxi. Chapter The .xxij. rule THe two and twentieth rule is that we fearing the extreme mischefe of impeuitencie pondre well how few of them which haue prolonged their lyues in iniquite be truly conuerted vnto synne and with due repentaunce reconcyled vnto god againe Therfore is it mete that we beynge monished do remembre how easie it is to fail in to synne but harde to turne back agayne The .xxxij. Chapter Remedies agaynst certayne vices first agaynst bodely lust TO resiste the lust of the bodi yf we wil be wel weapened we must considre the incōmodities therof namely ▪ how filthie beestly it maketh us how moment any and bitter it is hou it pulleth us frō our good name and fame consumeth oure goodes kylleth the strength and beautie of the body decayeth and hurteth health causeth innumerable and filthie diseases disfigureth youth hasteth age dulleth the witte and sight of the mynde withdra et us from al honest studies taketh awaye the vse of reason Likewyse by the hurt that we haue sene other haue thorow their voluptuous pleasures shulde we lerne to auoyde the fame And aswel by the ensamples of them that are vertuous as by the greate commodities of chastite to be pure and cleane bōth in body and mynde Considering to how mani vayne of fices they be subiecte that put their heades vnder the girdle of filthie lust hou it is alwaye coupled with those sinnes that be greatest and most in nombre hou this life vanisheth awaye faster thē smoke hou many that folowe such thinges are taken awaye by soden death how sharpe the extreme iudgment of god is how the ioye of a pure mynde is much sweter then the pleasure of synne how greate benefites the lorde hath heaped vpon us and al to make us refrayne from deedlie ād mortall pleasures how he alwaye beholdeth us what soeuer we do or thinke how greatli abstinacy and frowardnesse of mynde springeth of bodely lust what greate sorow foloweth therafter how that the more we are consecrated vnto god yea the more lerned we be and the more we haue receaued of his ghiftes The more vnmete and the more shame is it for us so to abuse our selues what estate or kind soeuer we be of The .xxxiiij. Chapter A shorte recapitulacion of remedies agaynst the flame of lust JN cōclusiō yf we bilde sure frō the enticynges of the fleshe we must be circumspecte auoyding al occasions moderate in eatynge driue kinge and slepinge absteyne from pleasures regarde once owre death beholde the deathe of christ lyue with such as be vncorrupted eschue the communicacion of wanton persones flee ydle solytarynesse and sluggishe ydlenesse exercyse oure selues in the meditacion of celestial thinges and honest studies specially of holy scripture gevyng our selues oft ād purely vnto prayer most of al whan we be tempted The .xxxiiij. Chapter TO resiste the vyce of couetousnesse we must cal to remêbrauce the dignite of the estate of man to the vse wherof almightie god hath created al thinges And though we possesse riches yet must we despise them Yea so farre must we be from alcarefulnesse of oure liuinge that we cloke not our conuetousnesse wich the name of necessite but first seke the kyngdome of heauē be sure that he which maketh prouisiō for the lilies of the felde ād byrdes of the aire wil not suffre us to lacke as we must abhorre wilful begging euē so possessing money we must set no store therbye ner loue it but be faithful dispensers of it of al that god hath cōmitted vnto us yea though we lese them yet not to be sorye therfore For they are but aburthen