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A10793	Of the foolishnes of men in putting-off the amendement of their liues from daie to daie a godlie and profitable treatise for the present time; written in the Latine tongue by that reuerend and worthie member of Christ his church in this age, Iohn Riuius. Newlie translated by Thomas Rogers.; De stultitia mortalium, in procrastinanda correctione vitæ. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.; Rogers, Thomas, d. 1616.	1582 (1582)	STC 21066; ESTC S105156	60,254	183

OF the foolishnes of men in putting-off the amendement of their liues from daie to daie A godlie and profitable treatise for the present time Written in the Latine tongue by that reuerend and worthie member of Christ his Church in this age Iohn Riuius Newlie translated by Thomas Rogers Ecclesiast 5 7. Make no tarrying to turne vnto the Lorde and put not off from daie to daie for suddenlie shall the wrath of the Lord breake foorth and in thy securitie shalt thou be destroyed and thou shalt perish in the time of vengeance Imprinted at London for Andrew Maunsel and are to be solde at his shop at the west end of Paules Church ¶ To the most noble Prince and Lord Maurice Duke of Saxonie Elector of the sacred Empire Landgraue of Thuring Marques of Misna c. his most gratious Prince Iohn Riuius wisheth S. AMong all euils well-nigh infinite which to the astonishment of euerie man haue taken strength this daie in the world the securitie of men in delaying the amendment of their sinfull life is not the least which when I remember and call into minde which often I doo I am not a little amazed And surelie forsomuch as the life of man as holie Iob dooth witnes and experience dooth confirme is but verie short and a Christian should euermore consider that presentlie he either must or maie die for our Sauiour willeth vs to watch continuallie to be readie against death the foolishnes of men in prolonging repentaunce from daie to daie maie well make all men to wonder vnlesse they be of the sect of Epicures supposing the soule to die with the bodie and after death no parte of man to remaine For otherwise he which hath anie care of his owne saluation and beleeueth there be after death both rewardes for the godlie and punishments for sinners cannot chuse but not onlie for his owne part continuallie thinke of repenting while sinnes maie be forgiuen but also in respect of others maruelouslie muze at their follie which neglect a thing so profitable and so necessarie and the more a great deale for that no man liuing is sure he shall liue I saie not vntil night but an houre more no not a minute or moment of time But to saie nothing of the yonger and lustier sort who thinke they maie haue whatsoeuer they hope for though fondlie and foolishlie they doo so what doo doting and bald men in their old age when they should spend the time which they haue to liue in none other cogitations and workes but such as pertaine vnto the attainement of saluation Surelie they thinke as little of death as yong men doo and so deferre the amendment of their life and neuer thinke while time is to repent as though they could promise manie yeeres moe to themselues which thing notwithstanding they should rather wish than hope for Yea which is more wonderfull and showeth more plainelie the dotage of old men they blush not at foure score yeeres of age to marrie wenches vnder sixteene yeeres What more I am ashamed it greeueth me to saie it so I maie liue and so I maie haue Christ mercifull vnto me Then what wantonlie delicatelie riotouslie they spend the time they loue they make good cheere they plaie the whore-masters they are sweete in ointments they take their pleasure and as an old man in the Poet saith Because my daies be short which I haue heare to liue To women wine and pleasant sport my selfe I minde to giue The same doo our old men in words commonlie in deedes openlie saie and confirme by their life Neither doo they which commit these hainous offences euen with hoare heads for whie should I be afraide to speake it make anie great accoumpt with themselues or care of reforming their manners but are Christians in name onlie but in deede and life nothing so To come to the crooked old women which haue had manie husbands what doo they Surelie euen they too when they are most old and full of wrinckles make death a banquet as the Poet saith that is they be not afraide to marrie yet againe whereas in deede if they were touched with anie care of their saluation they should do better if with Anna the Prophetisse of whom Luke 2 36 37. maketh mentiō they neuer went out of the temple but serued God with fasting and praiers night and daie I speake not of the yonger women for whom according to the sentence of Paule 1. Tim. 5 14. 1. Cor. 7 8 9. it is better that they marrie then to burne but of old and aged women who in respect of their yeeres can beare no children For they after the manner of doting old men of whom I haue spoken bid honestie fare-well and care little what becommeth them Such a mischeef is in example They alledge for them-selues solitarines and pouertie and other as they thinke iust causes at those yeeres and likelie but pretend they what they will yet shall they neuer prooue their intemperancie good either before God or men howsoeuer they cloake and couer the same We dallie too much with our selues we doo yeelde too too much to our weakenes or lust rather we suffer our selues ouer easelie to be snarled by the allurements of the flesh we cast not awaie the tendernes of our minde we resist not the snares and ingines of Satan by continuall praier we tame not our bodie with abstinence and fasting Hence come the teares as it is saide and this maketh such old marriages in those yeeres which call for a new life and a new conuersation For it were time then not to thinke of the short time which is to be spent but of the life to come which alwaie shall indure When thinke you they will begin to amend and haue regard of their saluation When will they repent When will they prepare themselues vnto death which marrie euen when they are going to the graue Either I am deceaued or this is not the waie vnto heauen as the Tragicall Poet dooth saie Alack alack whether is the godlines of Christians gone Howe fewe are they if there be anie at all which call into minde the shortnes and vncertaintie of this life death alwaies at hand the iudgement seate of Christ the last iudgement euerlasting felicitie in the heauens the torments and cursed state of hell Neither the regarde of the kingdome of God and of an happie life dooth stir vp vnto godlines nor the feare of hell and euerlasting destruction either reclame from offending or terrefie from sinne Neither doo moste men giue credit to the woord of God and religion or if they beleeue it through a vaine hope of Gods pardon toward the obstinate and such as perseuere in sinne they moste foolishlie doo flatter themselues neither doo they endeuor by little and little to caste off wicked custome which in manner is turned into another nature Slothfulnes and securitie hath inuaded them being drunke as it were with prosperitie they are lead awaie and fed with

children of the paine of sicknes and such like vvhich maie seeme of small importance how doth Satan bestirre him-selfe then vvhat engins doth he set to bring the poore soule vnto desperation through laying his manifold offences before his eies For then chieflie if euer he rippeth vp and bringeth into remembraunce whatsoeuer euil a man hath either thought or wild or said or done and such faultes as of them-selues are great and hainous he doth make much greater then they be and by all meanes doth studie to withdrawe him from hope of saluation and to driue him vnto despaire for his manifold and great offences Hetherto belongeth the griefe of a guiltie conscience the great feare of death before his eies the wofull and bitter cogitation of Gods iudgement seate the dread of a seuere sentence which wil sore dismaie and trouble the minde the horrible remembrance of the paines of hel and who is able to repeate all the impediments and causes which let men that they cannot so much as thinke of repenting at that time Doo not therefore doo not if thou be wise deferre the amendement of their life till the last daie For that is a verie dangerous matter that I saie not how such a repentance for so much as of necessitie it springeth and is extorted through the feare of damnation rather then taken in hand of pure zeale is of small force to get pardon But no repentance is too late before God I confesse so much For At what time so euer a sinner dooth repent him of his sinne I wil put all his wickednes out of my remembrance saith the Lord. And as the Prophet in another place God desireth not the death of a sinner but that he repent and liue But what if sudden death take thee vnawares that thou canst haue no time to lament and to repent thee of thy sinnes For all men should looke for that which maie happen vnto all men Let the vnlooked for destruction of them vpon whome the towre in Silo fell as Luke recordeth come into your minde VVhat if suddenlie you should leese your wits and vnderstanding as we see many doo The which if it should fall out as it maie happen then gone were all hope of repenting which the sinner had placed in prolonging the amendment of his life For that maie betide thee which hath happened to others that you maie thinke you are not exempted from that which is common to all men For a true saying is that of Publius That maie happen to euerie man which maie happen to anie man Cast awaie therfore all hope of long life then the which vndoubtedlie nothing is more vaine fleeting neither doo thou dreame of occasion nor appoint a time wherein thou wilt repent nor finallie doo not thou nourish thy foolishnes or madnes rather in deferring the reformation of thy sinfull life through this deceiptful hope VVert thou wise thou wouldest repent at that time wherein thou maist offend For if thou minde then to repent when thou canst sinne no more doubtles thou dost not leaue sinne but sinne thee Furthermore it is to be feared least seeing when thou maist thou wilt not repent that when thou wouldest thou maist not For the iudgementes of almightie God in punishing mans wickednes are vnsearchable For as his woont is of his goodnes and mercie to giue them space of repentance vvhich are prepared readie and willing to receaue mercie yea and in the meane while with much patience and lenitie to beare with sinners vntill they returne from their wickednes so when he seeth any man vtterlie bent vnto vngodlines and deriding Gods long suffering and so worthie damnation then ceaseth he to hold such a one back from falling into destruction and so according to the phrase of scripture blindeth the desperate and hardeneth the obstinate neither dooth he looke any longer for his conuersion nor offereth occasion for the damned to repent For God hath appointed a time and manner for each man the which no man in wickednes maie ouer-passe and God will not prolong his punishment and paine of sinne The which should stirre vp all men to repent without delaie and to prepare them-selues to receaue the grace of God But for so much as we haue spoken sufficient hereof let vs hasten vnto other thinges Cap. 15. ❧ A remedie for the sixt cause of deferring repentance declared afore in the seuenth Chapter THey vvho through the opinion which they haue in Popes pardōs doo defer the correction of their life doo trust to a weake staffe and depend vppon a tottering wall as the saying is So doo they in like sort that worship Saint Barbara and wil be buried in the habite of a Franciscane For in all the scripture what maie be found concerning these toies VVhat in all the old Testament In the Euangelical doctrine what VVhat in the works of the Apostles To conclude which of these thinges was obserued in the primitiue Church or else by a generall iudgement and consent of the Church at all times receaued and allowed as a thing auaileable and necessarie to saluation Therefore who doth not before death bewaile his offences he albeit he haue a thousand Buls and Pardons shall neuer be saued And therefore vnlesse thou wilt be in doubt of thy saluation omitting these vices thou must earnestlie repent thy wicked life and be heartelie sorie at the remembraunce of thy sinnes thou must with teares and praiers beseech God to be good vnto thee finallie thine onlie refuge must be to runne vnto the merites of Christ in a strong hope that God the Father wil be merciful to thee for Christ his sake whome for vs he hath deliuered vnto the death So wil it come to passe that God wil haue mercie on thee forgiue thy sinnes and for his Christes sake receaue thee into fauour For we haue him our aduocate with God which praieth for vs and doth reconcile his heauenlie Father who by reason of our sinnes and wickednes is offended with vs and maketh him both mercifull and quiet as Iohn in his first Catholical Epistle doth teach So then regard thou neither the Popes pardons nor the worship of Barbara nor the habite and weede of a Franciscane wherin there is no hope at all to be saued Run thou v●to Christ him-selfe who is our mediator and aduocate as I said the throne of grace the propitiation for the sinnes of the world and the Lambe killed frō the beginning of the world as in the Reuelation it appeareth brieflie who is our righteousnes sanctification and redemption as Paul vnto the Corinthiās doth witnesse VVherfore to returne vnto the purpose prolong not the amendement of thy sinfull life for anie Bull or Pardon from the Pope especiallie seeing our life is so short and the houre of certain death so vncertaine The which death for so much as in respect of vncertaine chaunces it is alwaies nigh and maie in this verie moment ouer-take a man vnawares doubtles as one saith can not