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A13678 The following of Christ translated out of Latin into Englishe, newlie corrected and amended. VVherento also is added the golden epistle of Sainct Bernarde. And nowe lastelie the rules of a Christian lyfe, made by Iohn Picus the elder earle of Mirandula.; Imitatio Christi. English. Cyprian, Saint, d. 304. [Swete and devoute sermon of mortalitie of man]. aut; Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. Epistola de perfectione vitae. English. aut; Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494. Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English.; Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, attributed name. 1585 (1585) STC 23968; ESTC S103013 152,704 352

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man_n most_o have_v offend_v shall_v he_o most_o be_v punish_v the_o slothful_a person_n shall_v be_v there_o prick_v with_o burn_a prick_v of_o iron_n and_o glutton_n shall_v be_v torment_v with_o great_a hunger_n &_o thirst_n the_o lecherous_a person_n and_o lover_n of_o voluptuous_a pleasure_n shall_v be_v fill_v full_o with_o bren_a pitch_n and_o brimstone_n and_o envious_a person_n shall_v wail_v and_o howl_v as_o do_v mad_a dog_n there_o shall_v no_o sin_n be_v without_o his_o proper_a torment_n the_o proud_a man_n shall_v be_v fill_v full_a with_o all_o shame_n and_o confusion_n and_o the_o covetous_a man_n shall_v be_v pine_v with_o penury_n &_o need_n one_o hour_n there_o in_o pain_n shall_v be_v more_o grevous_a than_o here_o a_o hundred_o yece_n in_o most_o sharp_a penance_n there_o shall_v be_v no_o rest_n nor_o consolation_n to_o the_o damn_a soul_n but_o here_o sometime_o we_o feel_v relief_n of_o our_o pain_n and_o have_v sometime_o consolation_n of_o our_o friend_n be_v now_o sorrowful_a for_o thy_o sin_n that_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n thou_o may_v be_v save_v with_o bless_a saint_n then_o shall_v righteous_a man_n stand_v in_o great_a constancy_n against_o they_o that_o have_v wrong_v they_o and_o oppress_v they_o here_o then_o shall_v he_o stand_v as_o a_o judge_n that_o here_o submit_v himself_o meekelye_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n then_o shall_v the_o meek_a poor_a man_n have_v great_a confidence_n and_o trust_n in_o god_n &_o the_o obstinate_a proud_a man_n shall_v quake_v &_o bread_n then_o shall_v it_o appear_v that_o he_o be_v wise_a in_o this_o world_n that_o for_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v content_a to_o be_v take_v as_o a_o fool_n and_o to_o be_v despise_v and_o set_v at_o nought_o then_o shall_v it_o also_o please_v he_o much_o the_o tribulation_n that_o he_o suffer_v patient_o in_o this_o world_n and_o all_o wickedness_n shall_v stop_v his_o mouth_n then_o every_o devout_a person_n shall_v be_v joyful_a and_o glad_a and_o the_o unreligious_a person_n shall_v wail_v and_o dread_v then_o shall_v the_o flesh_n that_o have_v be_v with_o discretion_n chastise_a joy_n more_o then_o if_o it_o have_v be_v nourish_v with_o all_o delectation_n and_o pleasure_n then_o shall_v the_o vile_a habit_n shine_v clear_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o the_o precious_a garment_n shall_v xare_v foul_a and_o loathsome_a to_o behold_v then_o the_o poor_a cottage_n shall_v be_v more_o allow_v they_o the_o palace_n over_o gilt_v with_o gold_n then_o shall_v more_o help_v a_o constant_a patience_n they_o all_o worldly_a power_n and_o riches_n then_o shall_v meek_a obedience_n be_v exalt_v more_o high_a than_o all_o worldly_a wisdom_n and_o policy_n and_o then_o shall_v a_o good_a clean_a conscience_n make_v we_o more_o gladsome_a and_o merry_a than_o the_o cunning_a of_o all_o philsophye_n then_o the_o despise_n of_o worldly_a good_n be_v more_o of_o valour_n than_o all_o worldly_a riches_n &_o treasure_n then_o 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that_o the_o drede_n of_o hell_n constrain_v we_o thereto_o he_o that_o set_v apart_o the_o drede_n of_o god_n may_v not_o long_o stand_v in_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n but_o soon_o shall_v he_o run_v into_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o lightlye_o shall_v he_o therewith_o be_v deceive_v of_o the_o fervent_a amendinge_a of_o all_o our_o life_n and_o that_o we_o shall_v special_o take_v heed_n of_o our_o own_o soul_n health_n before_o all_o other_o the_o .25_o chapter_n my_o son_n be_v wake_a and_o diligent_a in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o think_v oft_o wherefore_o thou_o be_v come_v and_o why_o thou_o haste_v forsake_v the_o world_n be_v it_o not_o that_o thou_o shall_v live_v to_o god_n and_o be_v make_v a_o spiritual_a man_n yes_o true_o therefore_o stir_v thyself_o to_o perfection_n for_o in_o short_a time_n thou_o shall_v receive_v the_o full_a reward_n of_o all_o thy_o labour_n and_o from_o thenceforth_o shall_v never_o come_v to_o thou_o neither_o sorrow_n nor_o 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like_a to_o man_n fable_n for_o they_o be_v in_o themselves_o soothfast_a &_o true_a but_o what_o have_v i_o do_v lord_n that_o thou_o will_v vouchsafe_v to_o geve_v i_o any_o heavenly_a consolation_n i_o know_v not_o that_o i_o have_v do_v any_o thing_n well_o as_o i_o shall_v have_v do_v but_o that_o i_o have_v be_v prone_a and_o ready_a to_o sin_n and_o slow_a to_o amendment_n this_o be_v true_a and_o i_o can_v not_o deny_v it_o for_o if_o i_o will_v deny_v it_o thou_o shall_v stand_v against_o i_o and_o no_o man_n may_v defend_v i_o what_o have_v i_o then_o deserve_v but_o hell_n and_o everlasting_a fire_n i_o confess_v for_o truth_n that_o i_o be_o worthy_a in_o this_o world_n of_o shame_n and_o despite_n and_o that_o it_o become_v not_o i_o to_o be_v conversant_a with_o devout_a people_n and_o though_o it_o be_v grievous_a to_o i_o to_o say_v thus_o yet_o since_o the_o truth_n be_v so_o i_o will_v confess_v the_o truth_n as_o it_o be_v and_o open_o will_v reprove_v myself_o of_o my_o defaulte_n that_o i_o may_v the_o rather_o obtain_v of_o thou_o mercy_n &_o forgevenes_n but_o what_o may_v i_o then_o say_v lord_n that_o thus_o be_o guilty_a and_o full_a of_o confusion_n true_o i_o have_v no_o mouth_n nor_o tongue_n to_o speak_v but_o only_o this_o word_n i_o have_v sin_v lord_n i_o have_v sin_v have_v mercy_n on_o i_o forgeve_v i_o and_o forget_v my_o trespass_n suffer_v i_o a_o little_a that_o i_o may_v weep_v &_o wail_v my_o sin_n or_o that_o i_o pass_v hence_o to_o the_o land_n of_o darkness_n cover_v with_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o what_o do_v thou_o lord_n ask_v most_o of_o such_o a_o wretched_a sinner_n but_o that_o he_o be_v contrite_a and_o meeken_fw-ge himself_o for_o his_o sin_n for_o in_o true_a contrition_n &_o meekness_n of_o heart_n be_v find_v the_o very_a hope_n of_o forgevenes_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o trouble_a conscience_n be_v thereby_o clear_v and_o the_o grace_n before_o lose_v be_v recover_v again_o man_n also_o be_v thereby_o 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stranger_n and_o as_o pilgrim_n upon_o earth_n for_o than_o they_o shall_v not_o set_v but_o little_a price_n by_o the_o comfort_n thereof_o o_o how_o suce_fw-la a_o trust_n shall_v it_o be_v to_o a_o man_n at_o his_o depart_n out_o of_o this_o world_n to_o feel_v inwardlie_a in_o his_o soul_n that_o no_o worldly_a love_n nor_o yet_o the_o affection_n of_o no_o pass_v or_o transitory_a thing_n have_v any_o rule_n in_o he_o but_o a_o weak_a feeble_a person_n new_o turn_v to_o god_n may_v not_o so_o light_o have_v his_o hart_n sever_v from_o earthly_a like_n nor_o the_o beastly_a man_n know_v not_o the_o freedom_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v inward_o turn_v to_o god_n and_o therefore_o if_o a_o man_n will_v perfect_o be_v spiritual_a and_o ghostly_a he_o must_v aswell_o renounce_v stranger_n as_o kinsfolk_n and_o special_o before_o all_o other_o that_o he_o be_v most_o ware_a of_o himself_o for_o if_o he_o overcome_v himself_o perfect_o he_o shall_v the_o soon_o overcome_v all_o other_o 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