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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00412	The contempte of the vvorld, and the vanitie thereof, written by the reuerent F. Diego de Stella, of the order of S. Fr. deuided into three bookes, and of late translated out of Italian into Englishe, vvith conuenient tables in the end of the booke; Vanidad del mundo. English	Estella, Diego de, 1524-1578.; Cotton, George.	1584 (1584)	STC 10541; ESTC S101688	253,878	566

at all in it neuer yet make thou any accompte of his wordes for although it be true that there is no sinne to lyue in highe degree and statelie honour yet doe they lyue in greate daunger of fallinge into the fowle sinne of pryde which doe lyue in the prosperitie and ioliâ—ie of the world The world seemeth goodly and fayre to the eye being in deede fowle filthie like an image made of a peece of wood which is set out well and fayre paynted to the sighte and within is there nothing but a peece of olde rotten timber The fisher vseth to couer his hookes with bayte to catch and kill his fish withall All this worldly flattering is but to doe thee harme with all And vnder the greene grasse doth the serpent lurke and hyde her selfe The woman mentioned in the Apocalips gaue poyson to drinke in a cuppe of gold O how many hath the world slayne with the poyson of his deceytes And how many doe drinke their owne death out of the cuppe of honours riches and vanitie with this golden cuppe he deceyueth the simple which know not the poyson that is conteyned therein flye from his deceytes if thou wilte escape death THE FALSE PROMYSES OF the vvorld are not to be trusted vnto for it giueth the cleane contrarie of that vvhich in shevv it pretendeth CHAP. 4. MANY haue bene cast away through vniust promyses sayeth Ecclesiasticus Let euerie man be well examyned and let them declare the truth of their owne knowledge and they will say that in all their lyfe they neuer sawe ioye without some sorowe Peace without discord Rest without feare Health whithout infirmitie nor myrth without mournynge The world maketh still his promyses of all good and prosperous thinges but in perfourmance they proue all contrarie It promyseth ioye but it cometh accompanyed with sorowe It promyseth to abyde still with thee but when thou hast most neede of his helpe it wil be furthest from thee It promyseth quyetnes and it gyueth perturbations and troubles It promyseth mirth and perfourmeth mournynge And when it promyseth honour it bringeth shame Finallie it promyseth loÌ„ge lyfe when their foloweth a shorte lyfe a miserable and subiect to much euill That lyfe which it promyseth rather seemeth a lyfe then is in deede a trew lyfe To some it maketh a shewe of a longe lyfe for to deceyue them in the end It shortneth againe the liues of some others to the ende that thoughe they wold conuert them to God yet shall they haue no tyme therunto To others it promyseth leÌ„gth of life because they shold doe what they listed be made worse thereby And vnto other it sendeth a shorte lyfe that they shold haue no tyme to doe good All these doth it deceyue depryuing them of the knowledge which they ought to haue of God of the world and of them selues Iacob serued Laban seuen yeares to haue his daughter Rachell to his wyfe but his deceytfull father in law in the darke night gaue hym Lia to wyfe So playeth the world with thee It promiseth thee one thing and intendeth an other These worldlie men doe neuer take knowledge of these things vntill the mornynge come and that the darkenes of this present lyfe be passed away and gone that is vntill death doe come which doth opeÌ„ the eyes of our vnderstanding and maketh vs to behold the falsehood of the worlde as Iacob in the mornynge perceyued the guyle of his false father in lawe Then shall they perceyue the bitter ende that the honors and pleasures of this worlde doe bring with them and then shall they see how much tyme they haue lost in the seruice of this false lyeng world Many althowgh they see well enough the falsehood of the world yet are they contented to be deceyued thereby As BaalaÌ„ did who fell downe at noone dayes wheÌ„ his eyes were open The three freÌ„des of Iob drew neare vnto hym like frendes to gyue hym comfort at the first but afterwarde they iniuried hym gaue hym many fowle wordes of reproche So doth the world draw neare vnto thee at the first with fayre wordes like a frend but afterward thou shalt well perceyue hym to be an hard aduersarie against thee It cometh flatteringe with pleasant speaches vnto thee to offer thee frendship but shortlie after yâ— becometh thy cruell enemy Let not his sweete wordes enter within thyne eares for thou shalt shortlie after finde a fowle chaunge yet are there many for all that which doe gyue it credit and holde all that for true that it telleth them and by beleeuing his false promises they deferre their pennance perswading them selues that they shall lyue many yeares and then cometh he sodenly and taketh their lyfe away from them They lyue so carelesly and vpon such truste of those false promises as though they were very sure that the worlde tolde them nothing but truth But thou must not beleeue his wordes nor what so euer it shall tell thee for thou shalte finde in the ende that all his promises are false THE MEMORY OF THEM that haue despised the vvorlde continueth but of those that haue bene louers of the vvorld the remembrance is soone gone avvaye CHAP. 5. THE memorie of these wicked worldly folke perisheth lyke the sounde of a voyce in the ayer sayeth the prophete Make not any accompt of this world who soone forgetteth his frendes and of his enemies keepeth a perpetuall memorye If thou wilte that the world shall haue thee still in remembrance thou must despise it and so it will remember thee And who be they thinke you that the world remembreth most Good S. Hierome and others lyke vnto him that fled from all the pleasures of this worlde and lyued alone in desertes Of these who were enemies vnto it and set nothing at all by it the worlde hath yet as freshe a memory as if they were liuing still That is most true which the holy prophet telleth The iust man shall be had in memory for euer The worlde hath yet in good memory S. Paule the heremite that was faste shut vp in a caue ninetie yeares together VVhom hath Rome cheefely in remembrance at this day Not the famous princes and greate men which florished so much there but the poore fisher S. Peter whom the worlde despised and made no reckening of The kinges and emperors of the worlde doe adore and haue in reuerence those most of all that fled from and forsoke those great honors and riches which them selues do lyue in They be more honored of the world which doe hate it then they which doe esteeme it They which hate the world those doth God loue and they that forsake the worlde God receyueth and he honoreth those that despise it here in the worlde doth he make also an euerlasting memory of them It is a notable thing that the seruante of God liuing in a caue farre from the company of men sholde haue his glory manifested

sholders willinglie the yoke of our lord and thou shalt lyue euer after contented in this lyfe and in the other lyfe shalt thou be comforted for euer IN ALL OVR TRAVAYLES and troubles vvee must haue our recourse vnto God vvith full hope and trust to be holpen by hym and not haue any confideÌ„ce in vvorldlie help vvhich is such as vvee can haue no coÌ„forte by CHAP. 13. COME vnto me all ye that trauayle and be laden and I will refresh you sayth our Lord. Because thou forsakest God and takest counsell of the world thou findest no remedie in thy greatest distresses whilest thou foloweâ— thine owne passions thou canst neuer haue comfort here whilest thou obeyest the world the true comforte doth cleane â—lie from thee Kyng Dauid was without comforte when he sayde my soule refuseth to be comforted So much was he discomforted that he refused all thinges that mighte doe hym any comforte But when he returned vnto God he was straight wayes filled agayne with comforte as he saide hym selfe in the same psalme I remembred me of God and I was comforted That glorious Marie Magdalene when shee sawe her selfe ouer whelmed with sinne shee ranne vnto Iesus Christ in the howse of the Pharisey and shee founde pardon Iudas when he sawe hym selfe fallen into the daunger of perdition fled vnto the helpe of man he was cast away for euer Here you may see how much wyser that sinfull woman was then was that false disciple of Christ. They were both sinners and both of them knew well their faultes but a farre better aduise did shee take that went to seeke comforte at the well of lyfe then that fonde disciple did which went vnto death for to seeke lyfe If there were an Image which once was very perfecte and is now somewhat out of order who can better mende it agayne then he which first made the same Now if thou haste defiled thy soule by some sinne who may better repayre the same and amende it agayne then may that excellente paynter which firste made man after his owne image neuer commit it to the handes of so euill a workeman as the worlde is leste he doe vtterly deface and marre it Goe not after lyes and the vanitie of this false worlde but conuert thee vnto thy God that is the fountayne of mercy It is a very follie for thee to demaund almes of a poore man when there is a rich man by that wolde haue thee to demaund it of him Euery creature is but poore for to comforte thee but God is riche in all grace who giueth to all men his good gifts most aboundantly Turne thee then vnto him for the getting of thy quyet rest Conuert thy selfe wholy vnto him for in him shalt thou finde quietnes and most sweete comforte Seeke thou vnto Iesus Christ with all thyne harte as the dooue sought vnto the Arke of Noe. Doe not hange vpon this worlde as a crowe doth hange vpon carraine The dooue neuer found rest vntill she returned vnto the Arke agayne No more doe thou thinke to finde any reste but in Christ Iesus thou shalte not finde rest nor comforte in the thinges of the world Flie from externall comforte yf thou looke to be comforted within If thou be hungrie turne vnto Christ and he will satisfie thee with breade from heauen Happie is he that seeketh not for comfort in creatures but putteth all his trust in God Happie is he that flieth all exterior and temporall rest and embraceth the traâ—ailes of Christ. Happie is he that goeth â—â—r of from all these temporall thinges â—ffereth vp all his workes vnto God Refrayne thy desire from hauinge of many thinges and ioyne thy selfe vnto one â—one and draw neare vnto him for in that â—ne consisteth all Let others seeke after exterior thinges seeke thou onelie after â—he interior good that shall suffice thee Is it not better for thee to draw neare â—nto one thing then vnto many while â—hou art seeking for these visible thinges â—nd thinkest to finde rest in them the veaâ—ie true good and inuisible thinges be â—tterlie lost Thou goest after these morâ—all thinges seeking contentemeÌ„t in them â—nd thou doest lose better things whereby â—hou arte made miserable and full of soâ—owes and bitter cares VVhere so euer thou turnest thee thou â—halt finde much greefe discontentmeÌ„t excepte thou doe turne thee vnto God which is thy true place sure rest There â—oe thou seeke to rest thee where the fulâ—es of all perfection is Seeke for the lyâ—elie water in the fountaine that can neuer â—e dryed vp to refreshe and to comforte â—hy soule withal for one droppe of diuine comforte is more worth then the large riuers haboundaÌ„t flooddes of humaine comfortes And he must needes want the true comforte which foloweth the false â—oue of this worlde VVorldly men wolde be quiet in vnquiet thinges and in things most vnstaâ—â—â— will they looke for stabilitie If thou wâ—â—â— haue true rest and felicitie thou must pâ—â—â— away all the truste which thou haste ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ thinges mortall and transitorie Let foâ—â— take riches for their shield and other take honors for theirs but doe thou drâ—â— vnto God and put all thy trust in him THE THINGES OF THIâ— vvorld doe passe avvay in that hast ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ quicknes that the vearie consideratâ—â—â— thereof might make a man to despâ—â—â— them And seke to gett thinges of ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ stabilitie and contynuance CHAP. 14. THE figure of this worlâ— doth soone passe away saâ—â—eth the Apostle The gloâ—â— thereof is vnconstant aâ—â— all the good that it hath ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ it is but transitory and â—â—â—â—perie Iob sayeth This know I that ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the beginning that man was placed ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ the earth that the prayse of wicked ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ is but shorte and the ioy of an Ipocriâ—â— but like vnto a pointe If his pryde ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ ascend vp into heauen and his head ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ towch the clowdes yet shall he vannishe away like a bubble in the water and they that shall see him shall aske where is he â—â—ke a dreame which passeth away euen so shall he be and like a vision in the nighte All that which appeareth both goodlie and faire to the eye runneth swiftlie away toward his end and stayeth not Iob cold not coÌ„pare the swiftenes with which these worldly vanities doe passe away vnto any thing more aptlie then to a bubble of the water All the consolations that doe come of the worlde be soone dried vp gone The consideration onlie of the little contynuance of these worldlie thinges with vs and their quicke passing away froÌ„ vs ought to be sufficient to make vs to sett nought by them besyde all the other causes which might and in reason oughte to make vs despise them In the wynter it appeareth that the trees be deade because their leaues and fruyte be gone but yet the lyfe remayneth in the roote where all the vertue and strength of them is preserued and maynteyned but then are

could neuer keepe thee in the subiectioÌ„ of his miserable bondage except it first depriued thee of thy sighte Thou woldest not be so tied vnto these earthlie thinges which thou louest so much yf thou diddest but knowe their vanitie and their fowle corruption But because thou arte blinde and knowest not the filthines of sinne in which thou liuest therefore arte thou made a slaue and a bond man vnto sinne and to thyne owne sensuall appetites OpeÌ„ thine eyes looke into the vnhappie state into which thou art fallen The dong of the swallow which ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ vpon Tobies eyes being a sleepe maâ—â— him to loose his sight And the Aopstle saieth that the goodes of this earth be but dong which we finde also by experience to haue that quality of making men blind as had the dong of Tobies swallow The propertie of the swallow is to sing at the beginning of the sommer but sodenly afterwarde she stayeth her singing agayne That condition hath the world also first with a little delicate harmonie to lull his louers asleepe and after to make them blynde with the vayne delighte of this earthly mucke and worldly honors These worldly men haue not eyes to see the lighte of God nor the good which they doe loose by hauing their eyes closed vp with the pleasures of those vanities which they so earnestly doe loue They be lyke vnto Ely the priest which had his eye sighte so weake that he colde not see the lampe of God which hange coÌ„tinually light in the temple Although they seeme wyse and of good vnderstanding yet are they not such in deede sauinge onely in worldly matters they be like moles whiche liue vnder the earth which when they come abrode into the lighte to deale in matters touching the soule they shewe them selues to be both blinde and ignorant Open the eyes of thy soule that thou maiest espie the vanities of these corruptible goods behold that diuine light with which our Lord doth lighten his seruaÌ„tes Goe not thou lyke a blinde man falling from one sinne vnto a nother accordinge to that which the prophet Sophonias spake of worldlie men They went aboute like blinde men for they synned against God VValke in the day sayth our lord that thou be not ouertaken with darkenes If synners doe walke by nighte and in the darkenes of their owne ignorance it is no marueyle thoughe they doe falle and hurte them selues The eyes which are accustomed to behold these worldlie vanities when they be once withdrawen from the loue pleasure of the world they be waxen blinde to beholde the true lighte and are fallen into that blindenes whiche God strake the Egiptians withall whiche was such as the scripture sayth That one man saw not an other in three dayes together nor was once able to moue out of his place where the darkenes tooke hym If thou haddest eyes to behold the miserie in which thou liuest thou woldest not stand still as they of Egipte did without mouing thy foote or forsaking thy vyces But thy blindnes doth holde thee fast The loue of the glistering shewes of worldlie vanities doth take away thy sighte as the sighte of a beare is taken away with the beholding of the glistering beames of an hoat burnyng basen shynyng vpon hym If worldlie men had not bene blinde Saincte Iohn wolde neuer haue sayde that the worlde knew not Iesus Christ. It was no greate marueyle that they were blynde and knew hym not hauing vpon their eyes so much earth as they had They went out of their way like blinde men sayth the prophet Iheremy and so blinde that they wolde not take any for their guyde but such other as were blinde also VVhich is the verie trade of synners Blinde folkes doe yet knowe that they be blinde but worldlie meÌ„ be blinde and yet they lawghe and iest at all those which are not blinde according to the saying of the wyse man The wicked men flie froÌ„ al those that ruÌ„ne by the right way Our lord saide vnto certein synners why say you that you doe see beinge blinde your sinne is therefore the greater And because that they doe not see them selues they thinke that other men doe not see them and therefore they doe presume to offend God like vnto the seuentie olde men of Israell which God shewed vnto the prophet Ezechiell Beware of this blindnes except you be willing to falle into the worst and most daungerous errours of all THE DEPARTINGE FROM this present lyfe is a most terrible and sharpe thinge to the louers of this vvorld asvvell for their riches honors vvhich they leaue behinde them as for the paynes vvhich they knovve that they shall susteyne vvhen they be gone hence CHAP. 18. THE trauayle of fooles will greeuouslye afflicte them sayth the wyse man VVheÌ„ death cometh the departing of this lyfe will be very paynefull vnto worldly meÌ„ for that caÌ„ not be departed froÌ„ without sorow which was loued without measure Death vnto a poore man will be lesse trouble that hath not any thing to leaue behinde him then to the welthie man which hath great riches to forgoe then to the louer of these corruptible worldly goodes The troubles of them which despise the worlde shall take ende by death and then shall the tormentes of worldly men beginne a new agayne A terrible tyme shall that be when the bodie of the worldlie man which hath bene brought vp in delicacie and tendernes shal be separated from the sowle to be consumed shortlie after with wormes It wil be a greuous departing that the riche man shall make from his riches which he hath allwayes disordinatelie loued and a â—earie hard thinge it wil be vnto the louer of worldlie honor to see hym selfe so sodeynlie spoyled of them The horses of great men goe couered â—ll daye with costlie furniture and with many men attending vpon them but when they come into the stable at nighte they haue all their fresh furniture taken of â—heir backes and then remayneth nothing â—pon them but the blowes which their maisters haue bestowed on them with the sweat and wearines of their trauayle The riche and the mightie man likewyse that maketh his iourney through this world is of all men coÌ„mended honored serued â—ut wheÌ„ the hower of death doth come al â—is honors and riches be taken away and â—othing remaineth behynd but the blowes which he receyued by his sinnes vices which maistered hym and kept him vnder â—rinces and kinges shall not carrie their gold and siluer with them when they deâ—arte this worlde but onely their necgligences and errors committed in their gouernement and charge Consider how greeuous it will be for thee to departe from those vanities which thou hast so much esteemed And learne tâ— leaue the world before it leaue thee Takâ— thou some good sure handefast betyme that thou falle not into all those miserieâ— which then doe accompany death Allthough that the world doth much tormeÌ„t

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