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B11989	Vade mecum. = Goe vvith mee deare pietie, and rare charitie. VVhose flame is stirred vp, to dispell the cold out of the minde. By Otho Casmanne, preacher at Stoade. Translated out of Latine, by H.T. minister. The contents appeare in the page following.; Vade mecum. English	Casmann, Otto, d. 1607.; Tripp, Henry, d. 1612.	1606 (1606)	STC 4769; ESTC S107899	102,540	274

gods grace conuerted after thou didst turne mee I repented The grace of God saieth Prosper is aboue all iustifications or instructions perswading by exhortations warning by examples terrefieng by dangers inticing by miracles guiding by vnderstanding inspiring by counsel illuminating the hart it selfe and induing it with affections of faith Now the grace of God in turning man from sinne vseth two meanes Two means of Auersion from sinne First the knowledge of sinne Next the Consternation of the minde Thou maist come to the knowledge of thy sinne by the Lawe of God For by the Lawe is the knowledge of Sinne For the Lawe is the rule of righteousnesse shewing what is iust and what is vniust 1 The knowledge of sin Rom. 3. Whatsoeuer therefore is either in vs or is done by vs which is not agreeable to the rule of Gods Lawe that same is sinne By this rule try both thy Internal and Externall actions and thereby iudge of thy life And that thou be not deceiued in the vse of this rule Obserue these two things Whatsoeuer is contrary to the Law of God and our neigbour is forbiden by 1 Two Rules whereby to know sinne the Law of God and is repugnant to the rule of iustice And contrariwise whatsoeuer agréeth with the Law of God and our neighbour is cōmanded by the Law of God and consonant to the rule of iustice Although by expresse wordes it seeme to be neither commanded nor forbidden The Lawe is spirituall requiring a pure perfect spirituall and perpetuall obedience whereby thou maist vnderstand that al men are guilty before Gods tribunall as transgressors of his holye Lawe Thus then thou wilt acknowledge thy selfe a Sinner 2 Then learne to know how Sinne is conceaued and fashioned in the hart and How Sinne is cōceaued afterward brought forth in worke 1 Foure manner of waies sinne is conceaued and framed in the hart by Suggestion In the hart foure waies delectation consent and defence The Suggestion is wrought by the aduersary delectation by the flesh consent by the will bould defence by pride whiles the fault which ought to terrifie the minde doth lift it vp but the more it swelleth the more it supplanteth it 2 Foure manner of waies also is sinne performed in worke First we are ashamed In worke foure waies to sinne openly After a while we can let our faults be knowne without blushing Héerevpon sinne groweth to a custome and at the last it is confirmed eyther by a false hope of mercy or by a desperate feare of misery Finally learne to know the haynousnesse of sinne for sinne is an iniury offred The hainosnes of sinne by the sinner to God A contempt of his high Maiestie while we despise his will preferring the loue of our selues and the creaturs Sinne is a most heauy burden depressing a man in the basest manner and casting him headlong except he repent from one wickednesse to another Submitting him to the Tiranye of the diuell and last of all throwing him down to Damnation This mischiefe was so vnrecouerable by any humane wisedome vertue and Aremedie strength that it was necessary that the Sonne of God should become man to be Crucified and die that we might be deliuered from it 2 After the knowledge of sinne followeth Cōsternation or compunction Two fould Psal 88. a consternation or casting down of the minde sorrowing for the sinnes committed and trembling at the wrath of God and punishments due for sinne heareof thou shalt say with Dauid Thy wraths are gone ouer mee and thy terrours haue troubled me And againe Mine iniquities are risen aboue my head and are like a Psal 38. sore burthen to heauy for mee to beare This consternation or sorrow or sense of Gods wrath wil be stirred vp the more How it is stirred vp in thee Yf thou thinke on the Lawe giuen to our first parents in Paradice In what day so euer thou shalt eat of this tree Gen. 2. thou shalt die he death If thou call to mind that Thundering of God in mount Sinai Cursed is he that abideth not in all things which are written in the Lawe to doe it If thou looke to the hand writing of thy Conscience testifieng of thine owne hart both the sinne and sentence of damnation pronounced by God If thou view the signes of gods wrath whether thretned or executed as plague famine sword c. or such as prognosticate punishment iminent or neare hand Heereof riseth feare and and sorrow Feare is thrée fould as Bernard saith Two effects of the Law Feare to be depriued of the grace of God Feare to be excluded from the vision or 1 Feare three fould sight of God and feare to to be tormented in hell This feare doth Bernard stirre vp in his owne hart in this wise Way well How it is stitred vp Bern in Cant 16 Oh my soule what a fearefull and horrible thing it is to haue contemned thy maker to haue offended the Lorde of Maiestie Maiestie is to be feared Lord-ship is to be feared especially such a Maiestie such a Lordship Hee euen he is to be feared who after he An enumeration of terrible things al to be feared of impenitent sinners hath killed hath power to cast downe headlong in to Hell I tremble at hell I tremble at the Iudges countenance which maye make euen the Angels heauenly powers to tremble I tremble at the wrath of his power at the thought of the violent ruine of the World at the flaming of the Elements at the mighty tempests at the voice of the Arch-angell and the sharpe worde I tremble at the teeth of the Infernall beast at the belly of Hell at the roaring beasts prepared for a pray I am affraid of the gnawing worme the scorching fier the smoke the vapour the sulphur the Spirit of stormes the outward darknes Who will giue water to my head and a fountaine of teares to mine eyes that I may preuent by teares weeping wailing gnashing of teeth and hard manacles and fetters and weight of Cheynes pressing downe binding burning and neuer consuming Wo is me O my mother why diddest thou beare me a sonne of sorrow bitternes indignation and eternall weeping 1 Sorrow two fould 2 Sorrow of compunction which ariseth out of the consideration of the heinousnes of sinne is two fould 1 The first sorrow is for the punishmēts Sorrow of punishmēts deserued it is called worldly sorrow or a sorrow to death The efficient cause of this sorrow is 2. Cor 7 Eficient cause euen the holy ghost who in this case is called the Spirit of Bondage to feare who testifieth vnto vs our seruile and miserable estate while we are straungers Rom. ●pirit of bondage from Christ and therefore doth strike a feare and horror into vs. Now the Instrument where●● the holy ghost doth worke this sorrow in our Instrument hearts is the preaching of the Lawe the some

wage priuie war continually shake the weapons by a daily deniall of thy euill affections wicked inclinations which we perceiue in our selues Let the purpose of thy mind be cōstant to follow good detest incōstancy idlenes slouth with earnest endeuour repunge the prickes of noysome cogitations and delectations assoone as they rise 4 Without vs in the filthy world The world many things doe offer themselues which by some meanes containe in them something which may allure thine appetite and leade thée from right reason yea as Salomon saith The creatures of God are many times as a snare and as a trap to the feete of the vnwise For the corrupt nature of man as a spider doth draw out of the sweete flowers of Gods good creatures a iouyce which it turneth to poison But thou O man shalt get the victorie Aides if thou shunne or remooue all occasions of sinning Bernard The true note of compunction is the fleeing of opportunities and the withdrawing of occasions O thou that art a Champion of Christs if thou be wise arme thy selfe with a most patient enduring of the temptation when it is present and with a Christian perseuerance in the conflict or encounter When thou art conuerted reconciled to God hast entred the path of pietie Speciall temptations certaine special sēptatiōs wil assaile thée 1. But let it not dismay thee that after thou art reconciled the memory of thy Remorse of sinne former sinnes hath recourse sharpely assaulting thy mind Heare Dauid saying My sinne is alway before mee Heare Psal 51. Saint Paule I am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Church of God The remembrance of sinne as it is sinne is profitable for thereby the force and weight of sinne A profitable remembrāce whereby God hath bin iniured and prouoked is represented to the eyes of our mind from whence arise a most holsome feare and sorrowe from whence shame blushing as of a childe before so good a father from whence a loue is enflamed towards our louing or beninge God who hath pardoned our sinnes Heare worthy Dangerous-remembrance Augustine Set not before thine eies the delectation of thy former sins but set before thine eies the damnation of thy sinne It is dangerous when the filthy imaginations of sin impure fantasies haue recourse doe with importunitie thrust in them selues for they shew that the remnants of the old sores doe yet rest in that mans soule Whereupon Bernard saith Therefore our memorie must be purged from these this sinck must be thorowly scoured Heare the Apostle S. Paul This is a faithfull saying and worthy by all meanes to be accepted That Iesus Christ came to saue Comforts sinners among whō I am the chief Take therefore my brethren from the blessed Apostle this cōsolation and comfort that the conscience of former sins after we be returned to God doe not ouermuch torment vs but may onely humble vs as it did him I am the least of the Apostles am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Church of God Euen so let vs humble our selues vnder the mightie hand of God and let vs haue trust because we also haue obtained mercie 2. Moreouer this cogitation not without Troubles of temptations great dāger doth trouble thy mind to wit That while yet thou didst liue after thy owne wil gauest the rynes to thy appetites thou didst not féele so many cares troubles as in this state of grace euen in the first entry of Christian pietie thou art sharpely shaken with But when this Aides cogitation comes to thy minde heare what Christ doth cry to thine eares He that will be my Disciple let him denye himselfe and take vp his crosse follow me Nunquā bella pijs nūquā certamina desūt Et quocū certet mens pia semper habet The godly alwaies warriours are To them are conflicts rife The godly mind hath enemies Who mooue continuall strife vse of tēptations There is great vse of temptation which God will not haue thée to lacke He that is not tempted what knoweth he saith the wise man All the Saints haue troden this path wilt thou exempt thy selfe from this lot Christ himselfe the best beloued sonne of God is the standard-bearer of this warrefare whose steppes we must follow He was in all things tempted like vnto vs. Heb. 4. When thou wast called to a new life thou wast not called to delights and pleasures but to labours and temptations to persecutions yea if so the case required to vndergoe death 1. When this cogitation afflicteth thée Aides Sathan most busie to tempt in our conuersion then thinke that Sathan doth search all the corners of thy heart to trie after thy conuersion how thou holdest friendship with God with whom thou hast newly entred amitie whether it be stable or wauering hee hath no neede of this triall towards those who are at vtter enmitie with God 2. Thinke thou that Sathan will More busie with a convert then with a wilful sinner moue euery stoane as they say to remoue thée from godlinesse but he hath no cause to set vpon a wilfull sinner in such sort for he possesseth and vseth him as he lists Wherupon Chrisostome saith Satan doth euer assaile the first beginnings of good he trieth the rudiments of vertue hee hasteth to extinguish holy things in the first springing knowing that he cannot subuert them when they are surely founded or grounded 3. Finally thinke thou that the séedes Seedes of sinne lurking of these temptations doe lurke or lye hid within our selues for either being addicted to some peculiar vice or being drawn away with the care of worldly businesse they appeare not but when opportunitie serues they lifte vp their heads and bewray themselues euen then when we begin to liue to God 3. Many times the way of Christian The way hard life will terrifie thée as being hard and rough for the flesh saith Bernard hitherto vntamed doth not willingly suffer it selfe to be chasticed brought into bondage but being as yet mindful of late lost libertie doth more earnestly lust against the spirit This temptation saith he is called Night feare in the Psalme The night feare not night it selfe because not euery affliction which is signified by the night but feare of affliction is the temptation But to ouercome this cogitation of the Aydes flesh which by the helpe of Christ thou shalt Thou must take paines in the way of godlines and charitie for the way of vertue is hard it will not be gotten but by enduring euery hard and rough thing sorrow yea infamy if néed be Haue not the Heathen who knew not Christ learned this by natures direction Difficilia qua pulchra Beautifull or excellent things are hard to be attained Nature it selfe hath proposed or set many difficulties before things of estimatiō

God giuinge him such humilitie as is due to him Submit and subiect thy selfe reuerently to the Maiestie of God both in mind and body and confesse thy selfe vnworthy of his benefits Thou shalt be humbled to God ward if thou consider him to be thy Creator thou his creature Him to be immortall and thy selfe mortall Him to be the Lord and thou his seruant Him to be the best and thy selfe the worst Humble your selues saith S. Peter vnder the mightie 1. Pet. 5. hand of God and hee will exalt you in due season Say with Iacob the Patriarch Lord I am lesse or vnworthy of all the benefits and truth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruants Gen. 32. This humilitie will bréede in thée an obedience towards God for it is not enough Obediēce to knowe the will of God except thou doe obey him and endeuour to put in practise the commandements of God which thou hast learned He that doth the will of God endureth for euer And 1 Ioh. 2. if ye know these things saith our Sauiour happie are ye if ye doe them Not Ioh. 13. euerie one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdome Mat. 7. of heauen but hee that doth the will of my father who is in heauen euen hee shall enter into the Kingdome of heauen Yéelde vnto God a due feare acknowledging Feare the mercy and Iustice of God Feare to offend God whom to offend is the chiefe euill Conceiue a terror of sinne and the punisher thereof and yet so feare God as that thou loue him as a child doth his father for we must both feare God as our Lord and loue him as our father The Lord hath a delight Psal 147. Psal 112. in them that feare him and yet put their trust in his mercie Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord and hath great delight in his commandements Yet haue ye not receiued the spirit of Rom. 8. bondage to feare vz. such a feare as cannot stand with the loue of God 1 Ioh. 4. Render therefore to God the loue that Loue. is due vnto him that is In acknowledging the goodnesse and loue of God towards thy selfe loue thou God againe aboue all things Loue the Lord your Esay 28. God and serue him with all your hart and with all your minde He that loueth father or mother more than me saith Christ is not worthie of me 6. The loue of God is verie diligent in working This is the loue of God that ye keepe his commaundements 1. This loue doth vnite the louer and 1. Ioh. 5 The properties of the loue of God the thing loued so that we say with Dauid Like as the heart desireth the fountaines of water so longeth my soule after thee o my God It bringeth a mutual coniunction with it for God is loue and he that abideth in loue abideth 1. Ioh. 4. in God It so rauisheth a man with the loue of God that forgetting himselfe bee séeketh not his owne but the things that are Iesus Christs 2. This loue maketh vs cōtinuallie to cast the eyes of our mind vpon God Man by loue setteth his affection vpon God because the minde thinketh on nothing else this loue is strong as death it ouercomes all things and is ouercome of nothing 3. It so féedeth the minde that it is neuer satisfied it neuer thinketh or séeketh anie thing but God and him the more it findeth the more it wisheth Viewe the creatures all are yours saith the Apostle viewe thy selfe thou art Christs viewe Christ hée is Gods So by loue thou ascendest to God Fixe thy hope vpon thy God as is meete calling to minde his loue and Hope truth in thinges past and expect with patience his presence and helpe for things to come Cast thy care vpon God and hope in Psal 37. him and hee will bring the matter to passe Item Tarrie the Lords leisure Psal 147 be of good courage expect the Lord and hee shall comfort your heart The Lord hath a pleasure in them that put their trust in his mercie Hope confoundeth not But hope Obiects of our hope thou from God such things as fall vnder a Christian hope to wit eternall happinesse all things that are necessarie and profitable to further vs in the attaining of that blessed felicitie hope for Gods Mercie with his effectual blessing in all things and that by thy Sauiour Christ Iesus Yea hope manie times contrary to hope and striue against the spirit of distrust and desperation And hope thou strongly constantly chéerefully Rest thy confidence vpon God as thou Confidence art bound Acknowledging the power and mercie of thy God and firmely repose thy selfe therein against whatsoeuer dangers happen Blessed is he saith Ieremie that trusteth in God and Ierem. 17 whose confidence is in the Lord. And the sonne of Syrach In all thy Syrach 33 actions put thy trust in God for so shalt thou also fulfill his commaundements 2. Bee thou also religious towardes God giuing him due worship In adoring Adoratiō or Inuocation of God him and calling vpon his name Call vpon him religiously acknowledging him to haue all power all knowledge and to bée present euery where But call thou vpon God with a present intention of minde with an Rules of Inuocation acknowledging of thine owne vnworthinesse with a true affection of heart with a desire of Gods blessinges submitting thy will to Gods will with hartie repentance with a consideration of Gods commandements with a meditation of the diuine promises with assured faith to be heard with confidence in Christ the Mediator These things being thus prepared intreate the mercie and fauour of God both to obtaine things necessarie for soule and body and to turne away all euill Now the best forme of prayer for euery Christian man is the Lordes praier taught by the sonne of God to his Disciples containing all things briefly which are to be praied for When néede requires giue God the A religious oath honor of a religious oath and call God himselfe to be a witnes of thy spéech as the onely searcher of the heart and if thou doe wittingly deceiue or lye ●et him reuenge the lye or deceit Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God and shalt sweare by Deut. 6. his name Thou owest vnto thy God a reuerend Gratitude thankfulnes waie therefore Gods benefits with an admiration and ioy rehearse them commend them celebrate them extol them Acknowledge all good things as receiued from him onely both spirituall and corporall and therefore giue him only the glorie Say with the Psalmist I will praise the Lord at all times his Psal 34. praise shall alwaies bee in my mouth Offer vnto God the sacrifice of thanksgiuing and say Praise the Lord ô my Psal 103. soule and forget not all his benefits Be not thou either ashamed or wearie Exercise of the word

the spirit doth dispose to great sinnes and hinder encrease of graces doth spoile vs of spirituall gifts and depriue vs of glory c. Graunt me grace O Lord to withstand the first motions of sinne and diligently to examine euery corner of my heart and by spéedy repentance and faith to purge euery sinne séeme it neuer so small that I may not onely cut off all occasions of sinne but also pul it vp by the root through Iesus Christ Notwithstanding O mercifull father forasmuch as through thy long suffering Care of grieuous sinnes thou dost not onely as it were winke at our lesser sinnes but art also wont through thy mercie to pardon our more grieuous sins so that though they be as purple or scarlet by repentance they become as woole or snowe Graunt me grace so to profit in the way of godlinesse that I may daily more and more deny my selfe By mortifying the loue of my selfe By taming the appetites of the flesh By refraining the affections of the minde or will But especially in rooting out all wicked habites Both in the Superiour and Inferior faculties of our soule Mortifie O Lord in my vnderstanding Wicked habites in the vnderstanding Curiositie Rashnes the vice of curiositie whereby I am too curious to search those things which excéede my capacitie or which appertaine nothing vnto me The vice of rashnesse whereby I presume to iudge of other mens liues and manners besides the rule of charitie either by vncertaine and doubtfull coniectures or else by enuious or malicious rumors The vice of pertinacie whereby I doe stand so stifly in my Pertinacy presumed opinion that I will admit no mans counsel or perswasion aboue mine owne Frée my vnderstanding O Lord from Cogitations all ydle worldly vncleane and curious cogitations in stead whereof giue me grace that necessarie spirituall holy and profitable cogitations may occupie my minde That I may contemplate heauenly things laying a foundation for the time to come that I may obtaine eternall life Mortifie O Lord in my will whatsoeuer The will is repugnant to thy wil that I may neither wil nor desire any thing but that which is agréeable to thy will reuealed in thy word and is acceptable to thée And because in the inferiour faculties Wicked habites in the appetites of our soules in our appetites and senses many wicked habites doe preuaile which without a mightie force of the spirit cannot be subdued As Gluttony and Drunkennesse Luxurie Auarice Enuie Anger Pride Slothfulnesse in godly exercises Cowardlinesse or Pusilanimitie in temptations Grant me O Lord by thy grace to ouercome all these euills whereunto either al or to some one more than the rest either by nature I am enclined or by custome subdued that being deliuered out of the snares of sinne and Sathan I may serue thée in such righteousnesse and holinesse as is acceptable with thee through Iesus Christ our Lord. Prayers against each particular euill habite as euery man shall thinke most befitting his owne estate O Almightie God and most mercifull 1. Against Gluttonie or drunkennesse pray thus father I confesse and acknowledge that thou hast forewarned vs to take héed of surfeting and drunkennesse and hast threatned by thy holy word to exclude Gluttons and Drunckards out of the kingdome of heauen Giue me grace to auoide this sinne by a moderate abstinence by flying ydlenesse by Restraints of gluttonie a meditation of heauenly things by a practise of Christian vertues by an imitation of Christ in hungring thirsting and praying Graunt me grace that in eating and drinking I be not carried too farre beyond the boundes of naturall necessitie And that I may come to take my foode as to take a medicine that I may represse in féeding a new appetite stirred by varietie of dishes that I may receiue my corporal foode with praier and thanksgi●ing and with a desire of spirituall foode that being refreshed with bodily foode I may returne more chéerefully to the offices of my calling through Iesus Christ Amen O Almightie God and most merciful father forasmuch as the vice of luxurie or Against Luxury pray thus Riotousnesse is neuer alone but is carrier as it were in a Coach on foure wheels vz. Pampering of the belly and lusts of the flesh Nicenesse in apparell and lastnesse of sleepe And is drawne as it were with two horses equally matched vz. Prosperitie of life and aboundance of wealth whereon also doe sit as it were two driuers Slothfull dulnesse and Enuious securitie Giue me grace O Lord to profit day by day in the mortifying of this vice or rather vices By humble prayer crauing continencie of thée By withdrawing from the fire of lust the fewell of wine and delicates By a watchfull eare expelling out of my heart all euill cogitations forthwith as they rise And by kéeping my senses least death enter by them as by the windowes Graunt that by thy grace I may warily auoide whatsoeuer is beautifull to the eye whatsoeuer is swéete to the tast whatsoeuer is pleasant to the eare whatsoeuer delighteth the smell whatsoeuer is soft in touching That at length by thy grace I may so profit in mortifying Luxurie the though I féele the prick of the flesh yet I may suppresse it without sinne and may perceiue lust to be so abated in me that though it cannot wholly bée taken away yet it may bée subdued Through Iesus Christ Amen O Almightie God and most mercifull ● Against couetousnesse pray thus father forasmuch as thou hast forewarned thy children to beware of couetousnesse which is an vnsatiable desire to possesse more and more and is accompanied with many mischiefes Giue me grace to expell and expulse this vice by a godly contentment depending alwaies vpon thy prouidence and promise and setting before our eyes the example of our Sauiour Christ who when he was Lord of all became poore for vs Grant me therefore in whatsoeuer estate I am therewith to be content either in plentie or want in fulnesse or penurie Remembring that riches cannot helpe in the day of temptatiō nor giue tranquilitie or rest to the soule but rather doe wrap their possessors in many snares Grant me therefore to cast all my care vpon thee c. Through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Almightie God and most mercifull 4. Against Wrath pray thus father forasmuch as thou hast forbidden vs to be angry rashly and doest make it as murther to be in danger of iudgemēt I beséech thée by thy grace to frée me from this sinne which extinguisheth the light of reason disguiseth the countenance and changeth a man into a Monster Grant me by thy grace to ouercome this sauage beast by remouing the procurers of anger which are Enuie Pride Curiositie Suspition Credulitie loue of our selues By restraining by the wisdome of the spirit the first assaults of anger By Christian patience suffering wrongs and not séeking to reuenge our selues That obseruing thy