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A10602 [The remedy against the troubles of temptations] Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349, attributed name. aut 1508 (1508) STC 20875.5; ESTC S100006 27,131 53

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meue men women to tender conscience and to brynge them in suche erroures and maketh them wene somtyme whan they do euyll they do noo synne And somtyme that is well done they thynke it synne and maketh a venyall synne as greuous as a deedly And somtyme also the fende encombreth them so gretely that what soeuer they do or loue vndone they be so sore bytten in conscyence that they can no whyle togyder haue ony rest in them selfe And all this the cruell enemy dooth by the meane of puttynge them in a false drede and blynde conscyence that he bryngeth them to but the remedy of these and all other temptacyons is to be gouerned by theyr confessour or some other dyscrete persone and fully put them to theyr rule as afore is sayd and no thynge folowe theyr owne blynde conscyence For yf they folowe theyr owne conscyence it were a grete pryde in that he wolde holde his owne wytte better than the true counseyle of holy chyrche For a man that so wyll doo must nedes fall in grete errours and in to the fendes handes And yf suche an errour of cōscyence made to you by your ghostly enemy make you thynke that other men fele not that ye fele And for that cause they can not gyue you good counseyle or remedye And therfore ye nedes must folowe youre owne fantasyes yet for all this charge not your herte therwith but put away all suche errours of cōscyence as fast as they come to mynde and let them not tarye ne sinke in your soule And yf ony persone wyll saye that they may not ne can not put theym awaye they saye not truly for who so is in very wyll to doo away ony suche false suggestyon tofore god it is put awaye though they haue in them neuer soo false demynges and therfore haue ye neuer so many of them ayenst the wyll of his conscyence he nedeth not to drede them For out of doubte almyghty god wyll comforte hym or he dye and the lenger tyme that he suffreth suche vexacyon and trouble the more is he thankefull in the syght of god ¶ The nynth chapytre ALso though the fende put in you ony thought of dyspayre or make you to thynke that in the houre of deth ye shall haue suche euyll thoughtes and greuous sterynges and that ye than shall be but lost yet for all that byleue hym noo thynge but answere that ye haue fully put your truste in god and therfore for all his temptacions by the grete power of almyghty god and merytes of his passyon thynke verayly it shall be to you noo peryll of soule but tourne to the shame and confusyon of your ghostly enemye and yf ony creature man or woman speke to you sharpe or dyscomfortable wordes take it mekely and pacyently thynke that perauenture it is done by the temptacyon of the fende to trouble and lette you or that it is a chastysynge of god for some worde or dede that ye haue done contrarye to his wyll for our lorde god dooth lyke a kynde moder for a louynge moder that is wyse and well taught her selfe she wolde that her chyldren were vertuously and well nortured and yf she may knowe ony of theym with a defaute she wyll gyue theym a knocke on the heed and yf the defaute be more she wyll gyue hym a buffet on the cheke and yf he doo a grete faute she wyll sharpely lasshe hym with a rodde and thus dooth god that is our louynge fader from whome all vertue and goodnes cometh he wyll that his specyall chosen chyldren be vertuously and well taught in theyr soules and yf they doo a defaute he wyll knocke them on theyr hedes with some wordes of dyscomforte and dyspleasure and yf they doo a greter faute he wyll gyue them a buffet with grete sharpenes in sondry maners after the dyuerse condycyon of the defautes and yf they doo a moche greter trespas than he chastyseth theym moche more sharpely And all this our blessyd lord doth for the specyall loue he hath vnto vs for as he sayth hymselfe them that he loueth them he chastyseth Now truly and we toke good hede of these wordes we wolde be gladder of his chastysynge than of all this worldes cherysshynge and yf we so dyde all dysease and trouble sholde tourne vs to comforte and Ioye but it is full harde thus to doo in the tyme of sharpe heuynes whan a soule standeth naked from all ghoostly and bodely comforte to take and fynde Ioye in dysease al be it they that be in suche inwarde dures they must seke in all wayes how they may comforte themselfe in god and thynke and trust fully that god sente neuer suche chastysynge but that he wolde in longe tyme or in shorte sende comforte wherby they sholde be brought out of these heuynes For the prophete sayth many be the trybulacyons of ryght wysmen and all suche god shall delyuer and though ye fele somtymes sterynges of desyres of suche vnkyndly euyll thoughtes comforte you euer in the goodnes of god and in the paynefull passyon that his manhode suffreth for you for the fende tempteth many of the seruauntes of god to dysperacyon and drede of saluacyon as well worldely men as other ghoostly lyuers puttynge in worldely mennes myndes the greuousnesse of theyr synnes and to the ghoostly lyuers he putteth drede strayte conscyence in many more sondry wyses than I can tell and full gracyously god hathe comforted theym and brought theym out of theyr errours and now I am styred and moued for to tell you of one of them whiche was a squyer that hyght Iohn̄ holmes A narracyon This squyer that I haue named had ben a grete synfull man and soo at the last thorugh the beholdynge of his grete synnes And by the temptacyon of the fende he fell in to dyspayre soo depely and greuously that he had nygh loste his mynde And thus he was troubled forty dayes that he myght neyther slepe ne ete but wasted awaye and was in the poynte to destroye hymselfe but that blessyd gracyous lorde that is soo full of mercy and pyte wolde not haue hym loste And vpon a day as he walked in a wood alone an aungell came to hym in fourme of a man and saluted the squyer full goodly and talked with hym in full curteys maner sayenge vnto hym man thou semest to haue grete heuynes and sorowe tell me I praye the the cause of thy dysease Nay sayd the squyer it is not to be tolde to the. yes hardely sayd the aungell thou wotest not how well I may helpe and remoue thy dysease For a man beynge in dyscomforte sholde alwaye dyscouer his heuynes to some creature that myght ease hym for thorugh good counseyle he myght recouer comforte and he le or in some wyse haue remedye The squyer answered the aungell agayne and sayd that he wyste well he neyther coude ne myght helpe hym And therfore he wolde not tell it to hym This sady squyer wenynge alway
vengeaunce and to be our shelde and strength and so lette vs humbly with a meke herte take hym And yf ye fele ony dredes by ymagynacyon or temptacyon or for wordes that ye haue herde or redde in bookes by the whiche ye doubte of saluacyon than thynke on the wordes that cryste hymselfe taught to a man that doubted sayenge and askynge of our lorde who sholde be saued for he thoughte it was to harde to hymselfe for to esche we all the poyntes that ledde man to pardycyon And our lorde badde hym for to saye Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem creatorem celi et terre Et in iesum christū filium cius Byleue sayd our lorde Ihesu that god the fader is almyghty and that no thynge to hym is impossyble but that he may forgyue all synnes and redresse all wronges and brynge the soules to his blysse and thynke ferthermore that his myght and power may do all that his wysdome can and his goodnes wyl and therfore truste fully that by his goodnes he wyll saue you and brynge you to euerlastynge Ioye whan he seeth best tyme for he hath bought you full dere with his precyous blode and paynefull deth And I dare sauely saye that there is none so synfull a caytyf whiche is crystened or wolde be crystened this daye on the erthe all thoughe he were in the syght of god dampnable and in the syght of all creatures also ye and yet were Iuged to be dampned by all scrypture and he wolde for sake his synne and be contryte and aske god forgyuenes he sholde haue mercy and forgyuenes of hym yf it were so that he stode in that case or had a good mynde to stonde so in the tyme of deth he sholde be saued the myght mercy of god is so grete that it surmounteth all his lawes Iugementes and scryptures And so our lorde Ihesus sheweth vs by an example in the gospell of a woman that was founde in aduoutry and by Moyses lawe whiche was ordeyned by god y t she sholde be stoned to the deth But the myght and the wysdome of that blessyd lorde god was soo gretely shewed to the pharyzens whiche accused her that they so largely perceyued theyr synnes that they myght not for shame deme her but stale awaye out of the temple And our lorde Ihesu wolde not deme her but of his gracyous mercy forgaue her all her synnes And therfore be a man or woman neuer soo synfull and that they fele neuer soo many bodely and ghostly synnes alwaye rysynge and sterynge within them they sholde neuer the rather dyspayre of the mercy of god ne be dyscomforted For there as moche synne is there is shewed moche mercy and grace and the goodnes of god is knowen by the forgyuenes of the synne whan a body turneth hym there from and is very contryte but god forbede as I sayd before that ony creature be the more recheles or bolde to synne wylfully for in so moche the mercy of god is so large we ought to be the more besy and dylygent to loue and prayse hym Almyghty god werketh lyke a leche for a leche suffreth somtyme the deed flesshe to growe on hym that he hath in cure but afterwarde he taketh away the same and maketh the quycke flesshe to growe and soo he heleth the pacyent Ryght soo dooth our lorde Ihesu cryste maker of heuen and erth suffreth somtyme a man or a woman to fall in deedly synne but afterwarde of his grete mercy and pyte he putteth to his hande of grace for they that were deedly wounded thorough synne he heleth them and wassheth away theyr synnes with the water of his well of mercy maketh in them quycke vertues to growe wherby he gyueth to theym euerlastynge lyfe Our lorde god is also lyke a gardyner for a gardyner suffreth somtyme wycked wedes to growe in his gardyn and whan the erth thorugh moysture of rayne wexeth tender he taketh pulleth awaye the wedes bothe rote rynde So in lyke wyse dooth our lorde Ihesu cryst he suffreth somtyme in his gardyn whiche is mannes soule wycked dedes of synne to growe but whan the herte of man wexeth tender by mekenes and moysture of contrycyon he than taketh away all the synnes bothe rote and rynde and planteth and setteth in his gardyn herbes and fruytes of good vertues and watreth them with the dewe of his blessyd goodnes wherby the soule of man shall come to euerlastynge Ioye and reste Now than sythen our lorde god is so good so pyteous and soo mercyfull to synners that wylfully offendeth hym by cōmyttynge of horryble synnes moche more he is mercyfull and hath pyte and compassyon of a soule that thorughe trouble and temptacyons falleth to synne for almyghty god suffreth often tymes the soule of man for to be tempted and vexed in withstandynge temptacyons wherof it deserueth the more meryte And therfore be ye not doubtefull nor heuy for it shall neuertourne you to peryll ne daunger but to grete proufyte For therby ye shall wynne the crowne of glorye and the palme of vyctorye whiche shall be gyuen to you for withstandynge of suche temptacyons to the fende it shall tourne to shame and confusyon and though it semeth to you somtyme that ye fele dyscorde bytwene god and you be not therfore recreaunt ne dyscomforted For almyghty god sayth by his prophete I saye A lytell whyle I haue forsaken and hydde my face from the but I shall call the to me agayne by my mafolde mercyes whiche euer shall endure ¶ The fyfte chapytre ANd therfore grutche not agaynst the wyll of god ne meruayle not of these temptacyons for the more that a man or a woman be tempted in this maner or in ony other agaynst theyr wyll and they withstande it that is to saye not wyllyngly consentynge therto but mekely suffreth the same the more they shall encreace in vertues to the proufyte of theyr soules in the syght of god thoughe it be hydde from them for perauenture whan ye be sharpely tempted ye thynke ye be to dull and neglygent in ghoostly excercyse thorughe wyckednes of your spyryte that is sore trauayled and vexed wherby ye thynke that ye haue a wyll consented to suche temptacyons as ye be tempted with but it is not so for ye shall vnderstonde that euery man and woman hath two wylles a good wyll and an euyll the euyll wyll cometh of sensualyte the whiche is euer inclynynge downwarde to synne and the good wyll cometh of grace whiche alwaye styreth the soule vp warde to all goodnes and therfore whan reason cometh to you ye haue alwaye a good wyll to do well as myscontent with all euyl thoughtes sterynges that ye fele and putteth your wyll onely to the wyll of god though ye thrugh suche wycked thoughtes sterynges by vyolence and sharpnes be enclyned to sensualyte yet ye do it not ne consent therto but it is the sensualyte that dooth it in you and your good
comforte our strength our helpe and our soules helth I wys syster this is our spouse whome ye desyre to loue and please the gretenes of his vertues ne the multytude of his Ioyes whiche spredeth to all them that be in the courte of heuen noo herte can thynke nor tonge tell for the blessydnes of his presence can can neyther be sayd nor wryten Ioye ye ther●ore in our lorde cryst Ihesu cryst for he hath bought you full dere to brynge you to that blysse and therfore saye to hym O holy god in whome is all goodnes whose pyte and mercy made the to descende from the hygh trone downe in to this wretched worlde the valay of woo and wepynge and here to take our nature and in that nature thou suffrest payne and passyon with cruell sharpe deth to brynge our soules to thy kyngdome Therfore mercyfull lorde forgyue me all my synnes that I haue done thought and sayd Gloryous trinite sende me clennes of herte purete of soule restore me with thy holy vertues strength me with thy myght that I alway may withstande the fende and all euyll temptacyons O good lorde cōforte me with thy holy ghoost and fulfyll me with perfyte grace and charyte that I may from hens forth lyue vertuously And loue the with all my herte with all my myght and with all my soule so that I neuer offende the but euer to folowe thy pleasures in wyll worde thought and dede now graunte me this good lorde that arte infynyte whiche eternally shall endure And now good syster yf ye doo thus I hope it shall do you grete ease And thoughe ye fynde noo maner of comforte swetnes nor deuocyon whan ye wolde be not therfore dyscomforted but suffre it mekely for ryght many there be that stryue with themselfe as though they wolde haue swete deuocyon by maystry And I saye you for trouth so wyll it not be had but by mekenes moche sooner it may be goten And that is as thus that a man holde and thynke hymselfe vnworthy to haue ony swetnes or comforte offre hymselfe lowly to the wyll of god and put his wyll fully to the wyll and mercy of that blessyd lorde for a man sholde not desyre to haue that swetnes deuocyon for his owne comforte and pleasaunce but purely and onely entendynge to please god and to folowe his wyll and than it suffyseth vnto vs whether we haue it or noo some also weneth that and they haue not suche swetnes deuocyon that they be out of grace but certaynly some there be that in them selfe feleth noo swetnes nor deuocyon that be in more grace then the other that feleth it for they haue many comfortes and better it were mekenes without felynge than felynge without mekenes Therfore syster suffre mekely and pacyently what euer falleth vnto you euer haue a good wyll to do that may be moost pleasynge to god and whan ony dyscomforte cometh by temptacyon or ymagynacyon of your enemy haue the wordes in your mynde that ofte is sayd in this wrytynge before whiche is that a good wyll shall be excepted for a dede for and ye desyre to be vertuous and to loue and please god it is excepted as for dede before our lorde god yf you so folowe it with your myght and power as whan reason cometh to you with a desyrefull wyll to lyue and doo well and yf ye ony tyme fele comforte swetnes and after fele these temptacyons as ye dyde before yet be ye not dyscomforted therfore ne thynke therupon Say not alas it is comen agayne it wyll neuer away from me And by the meane of your owne ymagynacyon fall agayne in dyscomforte doo not soo but comforte you in god be gladde that the fende hath enuy vnto you for whyle the lyfe is in the body he wyll alwaye trouble and tary the seruaūtes of god he is so fully sette ayenst them with al malyce to dysease and dyscomforte theym in all the dyuerse maners that he can or may Saynt Augustyne sayth y e in many maner wayes temptacyons be hadde by the whiche the serpent adder enemye to all mankynde tourmenteth mannes soule And saynt Gregorye sayth that there is noo thynge in the worlde whiche we ought to be soo syker of god as whan we gaue these tourmentes and troubles And yf a man saye that bodely turmentes be medeful and not ghoostly turmentes he sayth not ryght for doubtles the ghoostly tourmentes be more greuous and paynefull that come ayenst mannes wyll than be bodyly tourmentes and soo moche more be they nedefull and therfore many men doo dyshonour to god that sayth with full aduysement that the fende in this world may more turment than god may gyue meryte wherfore truly there is no thȳge more medefull charytable nor more godly than for to strength and comforte the soule that the fende soo troubleth for who so comforteth them that be dyssolate and in sorowe the lorde of comforte Ihesu cryste our lorde and god wyll comforte them without ende in the blysse of heuen the whiche lorde thorugh the myght and meryte of his paynefull passyon and precyous blode hath put downe y e power of y e fondes hath graūted to crysten soules the vyctory ouer them to the worstyp of all the hole trynyte fader sone and holy ghoost that lyueth reyneth withouten ende Amen ¶ Here endeth y e remedy ayenst the troubles of temptacyons ¶ Here begynneth a deuoute medytacyō in sayenge deuoutly y e psalter of our lady w t dyuers ensamples THe gloryous mayster Iohn̄ of the moūte in his moryall telleth whiche also I foūde in y e boke of frere Thomas of the temple In the tyme y e moost blessyd Domynyck the noble fader and leder moost famouse of y e ordre of prechers preched throughout the worlde in many regyons and exhorted incessaūtly y e people to the laude and prayse of y e blessyd marye vyrgyn vndefyled to her angelyke cōfraternyte It fortuned hym to preche at Rome in the audyence of the grete prelates of the worlde and shewed by fygures and examples this blessyd vyrgyn to be saluted moost specyally by her psalter All they meruaylled of thaffluence of his wordes They were astonyed at the grete wonders To whome he sayd O faythfull and true lordes and other true louers of the fayth here this synguler holsome sayenge to you all that ye may veryly knowe those thynges whiche I haue spoken to be true Take the psalter of this blessyd vyrgyne and in sayenge it call deuoutely vnto your remembraunce the passyon of cryste Thus I shewe vnto you that ye shall haue in experyence the spyryte of god bothe in sayenge and in forgyuynge Truely soo greate a flambe may not stonde in ony place without makynge hote Neyther soo grete lyghte without gyuynge lyght nor soo godly a medycyne without the vertue of makynge hole What sholde I saye more all the people gaue audyence and in maner astonyed they meruaylled of