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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 ioli●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 lōge 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 lēgth 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 opē 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 Baalā did who fell downe at noone dayes whē his eyes were open The three frēdes 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 y● 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

and that they doe stand stocke still whilest others doe goe on a pace towards death If death doe come vpon a sodayne and doe carrye anye man awaye with hym neuer say that he playeth the traytor with hym since that he hath longe agoe proclaymed hym selfe for an open enemye to vs all And it is a playne token that he neuer meaneth to make a perfect peace that euerie day is killinge some one or other So that yf he doe take thee vnprouided the fault must needes be thyne seeing he threateneth thee daylie and thou wilt neuer beware Thou must still looke for hym and thinke of hym as of one that were present with thee and so shall he neuer catche thee like a traytor by treason If thou considerest well of death thou wilt lyue with some feare in thy lyfe They which goe throughe the fieldes when they be couered with snowe their eyes doe so dasell that they can skant see any thing when they be entred into their house and therefore were it greate perill for them to come into any place where daunger were Euen so the glisteringe brightnes of this worldlie prosperitie doth so dymme the eyes of worldlie men that haue passed through it that when they once enter into the nexte lyfe through the passage of death they can see nothing but blindly runne into the pit of perdition Into such confusion doe these worldlings runne through their ouermuch delighting in worldly pleasures and the little consideration of their owne estates and conditions and no maruayle is it that they doe then feele pouertie which lyued before in welth ouer wantonly and that they doe taste of sorowe after they be deade which in their lyfe tooke all their fill of pleasure and worldly vanitie It is but meete that he which in his lyfe forgetteth him selfe sholde when he dyeth forget God also at that tyme the worldly man can haue no full sighte of his owne saluation by reason of the glistering lighte of this false deceyuable worlde which doth so dimme his eyes The remedy that such a one hath is first to sit without at the dore of his house and there looke well about him and settle firmelie his eye sight agayne And when he hath shaken of the dymnes of his sight whiche the earnest beholdinge of those shyning visible thinges did dasell his eyes withall then may he safelie enter into his house neuer indaunger him selfe at all After this manner in this lyfe must thou behold death considering what the glorie of this worlde is worth and the vayne honors and riches thereof Elias stode at the dore of his little cabine where he did still meditate and contemplate vpon celestiall thinges And here in the contemplation of death shalt thou see like an other Elias how the furie of gods wrath doth consume all these worldlie thinges and bringeth them to an end And here shalt thou further see allso as Elias did how that God is not in the flamynge fire of these disordinate desires of the world neyther in the honors nor the statelie dignities thereof The fire and the wynde allso passed away a pace before Elias and so doe all worldlie honors pleasure and prosperitie passe away in hast and doe neuer stay Thinke earnestlie on death and consider the vanities of this lyfe that by the despisinge of this short and deceyuable lyfe thou mayest get the eternall and true happie lyfe HOVV GOD SENDETH tribulation vnto man to conquer pryde in hym vvhich is the begynnynge and roote of all his miserie and doth accompany hym that is subiect vnto it i● 〈◊〉 his actions and thoughtes CHAP. 34. ALL that is in the wor●● sayth Saincte Iohn eyth●● it is the desire or longing 〈◊〉 the eies or the concupiscē●● of the flesh or pride of lyf● These be the three square battailes wi●● the which the world doth fight against v● These be the three armyes that the Chaldeans made for the ouerthrowing of ho●y Iob. VVith honors riches and with plea●sures doth the worlde assaulte all thos● which are borne to be souldiers in th● fielde of this lyfe but pride amongest th● reste doth rush in with most violence an● indaunger most the soule of man For th● roote of all euil is pride saith the wise ma● If thou wilt gyue thy selfe vnto God flie from the pride of the harte for Go● resisteth the prowde harted and vnto th● humble doth he gyue his grace Th● waters of gods grace doe passe away fro● ●he mountaynes of the vayne and highe mynded people and doth runne into the valleys of them that be humble and meeke spirited Doe but consider who thou art and ●hou shalt see how little cause thou hast to ●e proude Thou shalt finde thy concep●ion to be synne thy birth miserie thy ●yfe payne and thy death anguysh and tor●ent Almightie God to tame and subdue ●y pride withall hath so ordeyned that ●●ou sholdest be vexed here in this lyfe ●ith the most vyle and simple creatures of ●is making such as he sent to plague the ●giptians withall as gnattes and frogges ●●d other small vermyne to the end that ●●ou mightest knowe how much without 〈◊〉 reason thou arte proude when thou art ●biect to the molestation and offence of 〈◊〉 small and simple thinges Doe not thou proudelie esteeme and ●ake accompte of thy vertues by compa●●ng and conferring them with the defects 〈◊〉 faultes of other men but humblie looke ●●on thyne owne defectes and consider ●ithall the vertues of thy neighbours If ●●ou doest lay thyne owne faultes before ●●yne eyes and the vertues of thy neigh●●urs withall thou shalt happelie fynde ●y selfe to be a synner thy neighbour Saincte Be not like vnto the proude ●aris●y that reckened vp his owne ver●es and the Publicans faultes Tell rather thyne owne faultes let other men ha● the care to tell of thy vertues Be not proude nor highe mynded lest thou doe falle into the most rigorou● punnyshement of God for the same Mo●● is waxen proude sayth God Thou hast not in thee whereof to be proude but rather deseruest shame and confusion Looke a little into thy selfe and beholde within thee what thou art Thou arte● vyle woorme of the earth and a de●●● full of filth and abhomination Remember that thou art but earth shalt turne into Ashes Moyses threw vp ashes into the ayre and ther folowed after it a grea●● plague amongest the Egiptians And y● thou being but ashes doest lifte vp and extol thy selfe by pride thou shalt be pu●●nished also as they were Because that Na●buchodonoser did aduaunce hym selfe by pride he was depriued of his kingdome Thou canst not by any faulte so much resemble the deuill as by pride The de●uill hath a particuler domynion ouer th● proude man accordinge to the sayinge o● Iob. There is he prince ouer the childre● of pride To cure this greate sinne of prid● God hym selfe came humblie hether 〈◊〉 the earth Pride is the begynninge of eueri●

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 confidēce in vvorldlie help vvhich is such as vvee can haue no cōforte 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 folowe● thine owne passions thou canst neuer haue comfort here whilest thou obeyest the world the true comforte doth cleane ●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 tra●ailes of Christ. Happie is he that goeth ●●r of from all these temporall thinges ●ffereth vp all his workes vnto God Refrayne thy desire from hauinge of many thinges and ioyne thy selfe vnto one ●one and draw neare vnto him for in that ●ne consisteth all Let others seeke after exterior thinges seeke thou onelie after ●he interior good that shall suffice thee Is it not better for thee to draw neare ●nto one thing then vnto many while ●hou art seeking for these visible thinges ●nd thinkest to finde rest in them the vea●ie true good and inuisible thinges be ●tterlie lost Thou goest after these mor●all thinges seeking contentemēt in them ●nd thou doest lose better things whereby ●hou arte made miserable and full of so●owes and bitter cares VVhere so euer thou turnest thee thou ●halt finde much greefe discontentmēt excepte thou doe turne thee vnto God which is thy true place sure rest There ●oe thou seeke to rest thee where the ful●es of all perfection is Seeke for the ly●elie water in the fountaine that can neuer ●e dryed vp to refreshe and to comforte ●hy soule withal for one droppe of diuine comforte is more worth then the large riuers haboundāt flooddes of humaine comfortes And he must needes want the true comforte which foloweth the false ●oue of this worlde VVorldly men wolde be quiet in vnquiet thinges and in things most vnsta●●● will they looke for stabilitie If thou w●●● haue true rest and felicitie thou must p●●● away all the truste which thou haste 〈◊〉 thinges mortall and transitorie Let fo●● take riches for their shield and other take honors for theirs but doe thou dr●● vnto God and put all thy trust in him THE THINGES OF THI● vvorld doe passe avvay in that hast 〈◊〉 quicknes that the vearie considerat●●● thereof might make a man to desp●●● them And seke to gett thinges of 〈◊〉 stabilitie and contynuance CHAP. 14. THE figure of this worl● doth soone passe away sa●●eth the Apostle The glo●● thereof is vnconstant a●● all the good that it hath 〈◊〉 it is but transitory and ●●●●perie Iob sayeth This know I that 〈◊〉 the beginning that man was placed 〈◊〉 the earth that the prayse of wicked 〈◊〉 is but shorte and the ioy of an Ipocri●● but like vnto a pointe If his pryde 〈◊〉 ascend vp into heauen and his head 〈◊〉 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 ●●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 cōpare 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 frō 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