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A68918	An excellent new commedie intitutled, The conflict of conscience contayninge a most lamentable example of the dolefull desperation of a miserable worldlinge, termed by the name of Philologus, who forsooke the trueth of Gods gospel for feare of the losse of lyfe & worldly goods / compiled by Nathaniell Woodes, minister in Norwich ...; Conflict of conscience	Woodes, Nathaniel, fl. 1580.	1581 (1581)	STC 25966.5; ESTC S111762	42,953	72

this Glasse of vanyties espied his eyes before He God forsooke whereas he ought haue loued him the more And chooseth rather with his goodes to be throwne downe to hell Then by refusing of the same with God in heauen to dwell Suggestion Nay harke Philologus how thy conscience can teache And would deteyne thée with glosinges vntrue But hearest thou Conscience thou maiest long inough preache Eare wordes from whence reason or trueth none ensue Shall make Philologus to bid mée adue What shall there no rich man dwell in Gods kingdome where is then Abraham Iob and Dauid become Conscience I speake not largelye of all them which haue this worldly wealth For why I know that riches are the creatures of the Lorde Which of themselues are good ech one as Salamon vs telleth And are appoynted to do good withall by Gods owne word But when they let vs from the Lord then ought they be abhord Which caused Christ himselfe to say that with much lesser payne Should Camel passe through néedles ey thē rich men Heauē obtayn Hereby Rich men Christ did not mean ech one which welth enioy But those which fastned haue their loue vpon this worldly dust Wherefore another cryes and sayth oh death how great anoye Doest thou procure vnto that man which in his gooddes doth trust That thou doest this Philologus thou néedes acknowledge must Whereby ech one may easly sée thou takest more delight In Mundane ioyes then thou estéemest to be with Angels bright Philologus This toucheth the quicke I féele the wound which if thou canst not cure As mamed in limmes I must retyre I can no further go Suggestion This is the gréef which Conscience takes against thée I am sure Because thou vsest those delights which Conscience may not do And therefore he perswadeth thée to leaue the same also As did the Fore which caught in snare and scapt with losse of tayle To cut off theirs as burthenous did all the rest counsayll Conscience In déede I cannot vse those fond and foolish vanities In which the outward part of man doth take so great delight No neither would I though to me were geuen that liberty But rather would consume them all to nought if that I might For if I should delight therein it were as good a syght As if a man of perfect age should ride vpon a sticke Or playe with compters in the street which pastime children lyke But all my ioyes in Heauen remaynes wheras I long to be And so wouldest thou if that on Christ thy fayth full fastned were For that affection was in Paull the apostle we may sée The first to the Philippians doth witnes herein beare His words be these oh would to God disolued that I were And were with Christ another place his mynde in those words tell We are but straungers all from God while in this world we dwell Now marke how far from his request dissenting is thy mynde He wisht for death but more then hell thou doest the same detest Suggestion The cause why Paul did loth his lyfe may easely be assignde Because the Iewes in euerie place did séeke him to molest But those which in this world obtaine securitie and rest Do take delight to liue therein yea nature doth indue Ech lyuing creature with a feare least death should them accrue Yea the same Paul at Antioche dissembled to be dead While they were gone who sought his lyfe with stones for to destroy Elias for to saue his lyfe to Horeb likwise fled So did king Dauid flee when Saul did séeke him to annoy Yea Christ himselfe whom in our deedes to follow we may ioy Did secreatly conuaigh himselfe from Iewes so full of hate When they thought from the top of hil him to precipitate Wherefore it is no sinne at all a man for to defende And keepe himselfe from death so long as nature giues him leaue Conscience The same whom you recited haue conceiued a further end Then to them selues to liue alone as ech man may perceiue For when that Paul had run his course he did at last receiue with hartes consent the smal death which was him put vnto So when Christ had perfourmed his work he did death vndergoe And would to god thou wouldest do that which these men were contēt For they dispised worldly pomp their flesh they did subdue And brought it vnder that to spirit it mostly did consent Whereby they séeking God to please did bid the world adue Wife Children and possessions forsaking for they knew That euerlasting treasures were appointed them at last The which they thirsting did from them al worldly pleasures cast But thou O wretch doest life prolong not that thou wouldst gods name As dutie binds vs all to doo most chiefly gloryfy But rather by thy liuing still wil t Gods renowne defame And more and more dishonor him this is thy drift I spy Philologus I meane to liue in worldly ioyes I can it not denye Conscience What are those ioyes which thou doost meane but pleasures straing frō god By vsing of the which thou shalt prouoke his heauy rod Suggestion Tush knowest thou what Philologus be wise thy selse vnto And listen not to these fond wordes which Conscience to thée tell For thy defence I wyll alleadge one worthy lesson moe Vnto the which I am right sure he cannot answere well When Dauid by vaine trust in men of warre from God sore fell And was appointed of thrée plagues the easiest for to chuse He saide Gods mercy easier is to get then mans as I suppose Againe he sayeth among the Psalmes it better is to trust In God then that our confidence we setle should in man Wherfore to this which I now say of force consent thou must That when two euils before vs plaste no way avoide we can Into the hand of God to fal by choyce is lawfull than Because that God is mercyfull when man no mercy show Thus haue I pleaded in this cause sufficiently I trow Conscience How can you say you trust in God when as you him forsake And of the wicked Mammon heere doo make your fained frende No no these wordes which you recite against you mostly make For thus he thinks in his destresse God cannot mée defende And therfore by Suggestion fraile to mans helpe he hath leande Marke who say trueth of him or mée and doo him best beléeue Philologus I lyke thy wordes but that to lose these ioyes it woulde mée gréeue Conscience And where Suggestion telleth thée that God in mercies flow Yet is he iust sinnes to correct and true in that he speake Wherfore he sayeth who so my name before men shall not know I shall not know him when as Iudge I shall sit in my seate This if you call to minde it wil your proude presumption breake Againe he sayeth who so his lyfe or goodes will séeke to saue Shal loose them all but who for Christ wil lose them gaine shall haue Suggestion What did not Peter Christ deny yet

staye Hypocrisie What was that Suggestion I praye thée to vs vtter For I am with child till that I do it heare Suggestion A certaine gentle woman did murmur and mutter And for greefe of minde her hayre she did teare Shee will at last kill her selfe I greatly do feare Hypocrisie What is the cause why this gréefe she did take Suggestion Because her Husband her company did forsake Her children also about her did stand Sobbing and sighing and made lamentation Knocking their brestes and wringing their hand Saying they are brought to vtter dessolation By the meanes of their fathers wilfull protestation Whose goodes they saye are already confiscate Because he doth the Popes lawes violate And indeed I sawe Auarice standing at the doore And a company of Ruffians assisting him there Philologus Alas alas this pincheth my heart full sore Myne euills he doth declare myne owne wo I do heare Wherefore from teares I cannot forbeare Hypocrisie Ha ha doth this touch you Master Philologus You neede not haue had it being rulde by vs Suggestion Why what is he thus Master Hypocrisie That taketh such sorrow at the wordes which I spake Hypocrisie One that is taken and conuinced of Heresie And I feare me much will burne at a stake Yet to reclayme him much paynes would I take And haue don already howbeit in vayne I would craue thine assistance were it not to thy payne Suggestion I will do the best herein that I can Yet go thou with me to helpe at a neede With all my heart God saue you good gentleman To sée your great sorrow my heart doeth welnigh bleede But what is the cause of your trouble and dréede Disdaine not to me your secrets to tell A wise man sometime of a fool may take counsell Philologus Myne estate alas is now most lamentable For I am but deade which euer side I take Neither to determine heerein am I able With good aduice mine election to make The worse to refuse and the best for to take My Spirit couites the one but alas since your presence My flesh leades my spirit therfroe by violence For at this time I being in great extremitie Either my Lord God in hart to reiect Or els to be oppressed by the Legates authorytie And in this world to be counted an abiect My Landes wife and Children also to neglect This later part to take my Spirit is in readinesse But my Flesh doth subdue my Spirit doubtlesse Suggestion Your estate perhaps seemeth io you dangerous The rather because you haue not bene vsed To incurre before time such troubles perilous But to your power such euils haue refused Howbeit of two euils the least must be chused Now which is the least euill wee will shortlye examine That which part to take your selfe may determine On the right hand you say you sée gods iust iudgment His wrath and displeasure on you for to fall And in steede of the ioyes of Heauen euer permanent You see for your stipend the tormentes infernall Philologus That is it indéede which I feare most of all For Christ said feare not them which the body can ānoy But feare him which the body and soule can destroy Suggestion Well let that ley aside awhile as it is And on the other side make the lyke inquisition If on the left side you fall then shall you not misse But to bring your body to vtter perdition For at mans hand you know there is no remission Beside your Children fatherlesse your wife desolate Your goodes and possessions to other men confiscate Philologus Saint Paul to the Romanes hath this worthy sentence I accompt the afflictions of this world transitorie Be they neuer so many in full equiuolence Cannot counteruaile those heauenly glorie Which we shal haue through Christ his propitiatorie I also accompt the rebukes of our Sauiour Greater gaines to mée then this house full of treasure Suggestion You haue spoken reasonably but yet as they say One Birde in the hande is worth two in the bush So you now inioying these worldly ioyes may Esteeme the other as light as a rush Thus may you scape this perrillous pushe Philologus Yea but my saluation to mee is most certaine Neither doubt I that I shall suffer this in vaine Suggestion Is your death meritorious then in Gods sight That you are so sure to attaine to saluation Philologus I doo not think so but my faith is full pight In the mercies of God by Christs mediation By whom I am sure of my preseruation Suggestion Then to the faithfull no hurt can accrew But what so he worketh good end shall insue Philologus Our Sauiour Christ did say to the tempter When he did perswade him from the Pinacle to fall And saide he might safely that danger aduenture Because that Gods Angels from hurt him saue shall See that thy Lord God thou tempt not at all So I though perswaded of my sinnes free remission May not commit sin vpon this presumption Cardinall What haue you not yet done your foolysh tatteling With that frowarde heretick I will then away If you will tarie to heare all his prattelyng He would surely keepe you most part of the day It is now high dinner time my stomack doth say And I will not lose one meale of my diet Though thereon did hang an hundred mens quiet Suggestion By your Lordships pacience one word with him more And then if he will not I geue him to Tyrrany Hypocrisie I neuer saw my Lord so pacient before To suffe one to speake for himselfe so quietly But you were not best to trust to his curtesie It is euill waking of a Dog that doth sleepe While you haue his friendship you were best it to kéepe Cardinall I promise thee Philologus by my vowed chastitie If thou wilt be ruled by thy friendes that be héere Thou shalt abound in wealth and prosperitie And in the Countrie chiefe rule thou shalt beare And a hundred pounds more thou shalt haue in the yéere If thou will this curtesie refuse Thou shalt die incontinent the one of these chuse Suggestion Well sith it is no time for vs to debate In former maner what is in my minde I will at once to thée straight demonstrate Those worldly ioyes which heere thou shalt finde And for because thou art partly blinde In this respect looke through this mirrour And thou shalt behold an vnspeakeable pleasure Philologus Oh péerelesse pleasures oh ioyes vnspeakable Oh worldly wealth oh pallaces gorgious Oh faire Children oh wife most amyable Oh pleasant pastime oh pompe so glorious Oh delicate diet oh lyfe lasciuious Oh dolourous death which would mée betray And my felycitie from mée take away I am fully resolued without further demeanour In these delightes to take my whole solace And what paine so euer hereby I incurre Whether heauen or hell whether Gods wrath or grace This glasse of delight I will euer imbrace But one thing most chiefly doth trouble mée héere My Neighbors vnconstant will compt mée I feare