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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

heads were enforced to absteine from il dooing to bridle desires to tame their concupiscence and not to rush headlong into all wickednes euen through the feare of punishment But now a verie blinde man as the saying is may see how outward and ciuile ordering of manners is decaied by reason of impunitie and libertie which is granted in that such as are in auctoritie doo either negligentlie forgiue all or not seuerelie enough punish malefactors None correct whoremongers and deflowrers of maidens no nor adulterers and other more hainous offenders so greuouslie as they should none punish either disobeiers of parents or despisers of their superiors or backbiters of their lawfull Magistrates None represse of apparell either the prodigalitie for cost or the pride for color finenes or the lightnes for varietie or the impudencie for the monsterous new facions None doo forbid that infinite expences vpon banquets pompous princelike feasting outragious quaffing contentious drinking nor continuall sitting at bellie cheere none doo appoint punishment for dicers vsurers ingrossers forestallers back-biters nor for such as for-sweare them selues nor for curssers not yet for blasphemers I saie nothing neither of those common Stewes in manie townes nor of the libertie which popish Priestes haue to keepe whores nor of the impunishment of all sinnes for monie where the Pope hath to doo It is the part therefore of all in auctoritie to meete with these mischiefes and without delaie to punish offenders that others maie take heede For in correcting they must haue regarde vnto these three thinges either to amend him whom they punish or to make others to beware of committing the like wickednes by his punishment or finallie that such as are well giuen maie liue the more safelie the wicked being cut off Little good hetherto hath beene doone by lawes therefore the matter must be gon about another waie to haue the better successe For as the Apostle saith the Magistrate beareth not the sworde for nought Let him then when occasion serues drawe out the same let him strike therewith to the cutting away of sinne and let him haue a care that he be not blamed for negligence in that behalfe that in respect of discipline we be not worse than the verie Ethnickes nor giue occasion to the enemies of Christianitie to thinke ill as they doo of the Gospell and of our profession because of our life and ill behauiour For what Can the Turkes beleeue that religiō to be good whose professors they see with their eies to be of all men the most wicked and prophane They will obiect and cast in our teeth so manie whore-maisters so manie ruffins and spend-thrifts so manie dronkards so manie adulterers so manie Epicures that we maie be ashamed to heare so much They will inueigh against our wickednes they will laie in our dish luxuriousnes they wil tel vs of our lecherie And thus for our behauiour sake both religion it selfe and Gods word is ill spoken of as Paule saith The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through vs. And although to iudge rightlie hereof in euerie age there hath beene riotousnes sumptuous feasting costlie dinners and suppers surfetting dronkennes who redome adulterie oppression iniurie neglecting of well dooing and other such wickednes which euery man in his time hath found fault withall as Seneca doth saie and no age that hath beene voide of sinne yet loosenes of life neglect of order and discipline outragious wickednes hath in this our age so encreased and got strength that it appeareth euen Atheisme and Epicurisme hath inuaded the life of man and as it were beareth dominion among Christians lawes take no force lust ruleth altogether For these euils therefore it were the parte of magistrates bothe spirituall and temporall to finde some remedie as they whom God hath exalted and preferred by strength and honor Both for to rule the publique weale And subiects keepe in awe And for to watch both night and daie That each liue vnder lawe That with all studie and seueritie they cut off wickednes and both cherish and defend the good and through the feare of punishmēt terrifie the bad and make them not onelie to fauour religion but also to aduaunce the same by their well dooing I saie therefore once againe let magistrates remember their duties and what wickednes they cannot vtterlie supplant let them punish and though they are not able to make men good which belongeth vnto God alone yet endeuor they withall industrie that we come not againe vnto Paganisme and prooue worse than Ethnickes Aboue all they should enact and looke that parents bring vp their children in the feare of God and from their youth teach them godlines and good manners And forsomuch as the well bringing vp of children is much to the behoofe of a Common-weale for there-vpon consisteth the safetie of Citties magistrates must haue a speciall care hereof and see that parents doo their dutie in bringing vp their children aright vnder correction If this were doone wickednes would not take such roote as hetherto it hath which otherwise by no lawes can be auoided And whereas the lawes doo punish wickednes and ill factes alreadie committed and good education keepeth a man from dooing anie thing woorthie punishment againe forsomuch as lawes reforme what is doone amisse but education quite remooueth the same it plainlie appeareth that this dooth more good to the Common-weale than lawes do That I adde not how they which haue naughtelie beene brought vp doo afterward cast off all feare and reuerence to lawes wherebie punishments are appointed to transgressors And therefore it hath beene the cheefest studie of wise gouernors not with what punishment they might afflict the wicked and transgressors but how to bring it to passe that their Subiects maie commit nothing woorthie correction And because they trusted it would be accomplished through the good education of children from their youth either by their Parents Maisters or Tutors they tooke no small care about this point But from this digression now returne we vnto our purpose Cap. 5. ¶ The fourth cause whie men are loath to repent A Fourth cause of procrastinating the reformation of our wicked life is wealth prosperitie For it maketh men dronke oftentimes with sweete fortune as it were and so secure that seldom they thinke of God much lesse of amending their liues Therefore was it well saide of an ancient wrighter Of prosperitie springeth prodigalitie and of prodigalitie as all other vices so espciallie impietie against God And Seneca affirmeth that mens mindes are luld a sleepe with too much felicitie as it were with a continuall dronkennes Hetherto pertaineth that of Paule vnto Timothie where he willeth him to Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high minded and that they trust not in vncertaine riches but in the liuing God that they doo good and be rich in good woorkes c. And if true it be

shamefastnes and through a religious reuerence toward God to commit nothing at anie time which maie offend our most louing and best father Also which maie make vs so of our owne accord to doo wel and to flie from sinne and so keepe vs through loue and charitie in our calling that when vnwittinglie we shall cōmit any offence as great is our weaknes it maie bring such a sorowe and griefe to our minde that both we maie willinglie enioine a punishment to our selues and be loath to liue for that we haue offended so merciful and gratious a Father Finallie O eternall Father graunt for thy sonne our Lord and sauiour Christ his sake that in such shortnes of life and vncertainty of death we put not of the amendment of our life and deferre the same from daie to daie but maie with speede endeuour to returne vnto wel-doing confessing our sinnes and vnfainedlie repent and through repentance pacifie our heauenlie Father and with the Publicane in the Gospel humblie striking our breast craue mercie of God and finallie wil and doo those thinges which are grateful and acceptable before God that we maie amend our wickednes by wel doing reforme vices with vertues and through Gods assistaunce spend the time which we haue to liue in this world godlie religiouslie innocentlie purelie soberlie and temperatlie to the profit of the Church the benefit of mankinde and the discharge of our duties and that in such mindes and godlie determination we maie continue euen til our liues end Amen Cap. 21. A briefe repetition of that which hath bene saide with a short conclusion THus much I thought good to write of mans foolishnes in putting of the amendment of this life The matter which I haue handled hath enforced me to vtter those thinges which wil be as to the godlie comfortable so to them which would seeme but are not vnfained Christians vnpleasaunt For we haue spoken much and aboundantlie of the shortnes and vncertaintie of life of death in respect of vncertaine chaunces dailie hanging ouer our heads and many times dispatching men before they be aware the which all good men doo wish and desire of God in their godlie praiers but the wicked do abhorre Also we haue spoken of the generall resurrection of the comming of Christ of the last iudgement when all men shalbe summoned to giue an accoumpt of their life spent which daie wil be to the wicked horrible but comfortable to the godly For then their redemption draweth neere then is the time as one said in the Acts of comfort and refreshing and as it is in Tertullian the daie of Christian triumphing Furthermore we haue told both what rewards be appointed for the godlie and what punishmentes ordained for the wicked For the godlie shalbe exalted vp vnto glorie and liue a blessed and euerlasting life in heauen For who is able to expresse what a felicitie it wil be alwaies to behold God and to enioie the most comfortable contemplation of his heauenlie countenance to behold him euen as he is whome now we doo see through a glasse darklie as Paule saith to abound with all good thinges finallie to enioie so manie pleasures and delightes as maie be neither conceaued in minde nor expressed by wordes On the other side the vngodlie shalbe throwen headlong into hel to be afflicted with vnmeasurable and euerlasting tormentes No eloquence can describe by wordes nor wit conceaue the smallest part of the paines which the vngodly are to endure in hel being condemned through the righteous iudgement of God vnto euerlasting fire Last of all we haue vttered diuers other thinges which as I said wil please the godlie right wel but trouble the wicked as of the sense of Gods indignation against sinne of casting of securitie when we haue the world at wil of vnfained repenting of reforming our manners of amending our liues of our continual fight with mightie enimies the world the flesh and the diuel and diuers such like things which are needles to be repeated in this place Sharpe these are and sowre to blood and flesh notwithstanding as I am perswaded verie profitable For as one in Curtius doth saie Phisitions doo heale sore maladies with sharpe medicines and as Cicero writeth vnto Octauius No medicines applied vnto wounds doo so grieue as they which are most wholsome Now the eternall God father of our Lord and sauiour Christ giue grace that this our booke how so euer it be written maie in this corrupt and wretched world yet some-what keepe the godlie in their calling and confirme them in wel-doing if anie of zeale and wel-liking thereof shall reade the same furthermore that it maie offer some occasion to the wicked to reform them-selues and that the salue which is here prescribed to such as are sicke and almost past recouerie maie haue strength to helpe and heale them This he graunt without whose helpe all the labour of man is vaine and to no purpose euen God almighty and most righteous to whome be all praise honour and glorie now and for euermore Amen FINIS A Table wherein ye maie finde all the Chapters which are contained in this booke A Preface vnto the discourse following Cap. 1. Page 1. The first cause whie man doth not repent Cap. 2. Page 4. The second cause whie we doo not repent vs of our wickednes Cap. 3. Pa. 15 A third cause whie we deferre the amendment of our life Cap. 4. Pa. 35. The fourth cause whie men are loath to repent Cap. 5. Pa. 55. A fift cause whie man will not repent Cap. 6. Pa. 64. A sixt cause which alienateth mens minds from repentance Cap. 7. Pa. 71. Of other like principall causes whie we repent not Cap. 8. Pa. 79. An other cause of deferring repentance Cap. 9. Pa. 83. A remedie against incredulitie which is the first cause whie man doth not repent Of which afore Chapter second Cap. 10. Pa. 86. A remedie for the second cause whie we repent not mentioned afore in the third Chapter Cap. 11. Pa. 93. A remedie against the custome of sinning which is the third cause of deferring repentance as aboue in the fourth Chapter hath bene showed Cap. 12. Page 101. A remedie against the fourth cause of prolonging repentance spoken of before in the fift Chapter Cap. 13. Pa. 107. A remedie against the fift cause of deferring amendment of life contained in the sixt Chapter of this booke Cap. 14. Pa. 115. A remedie for the sixt cause of deferring repentance declared afore in the seuenth Chapter Cap. 15. Pa. 125. A remedie for the seuenth cause specified afore in the eight Chapter Cap. 16 Page 129. A remedie against the last cause which holdeth men from repentance entreated of before in the ninth Chapter Cap. 17. Pa. 135. VVhat meanes a godlie man maie vse by the example of the Author to stirre vp him-selfe vnto a godlie life Cap. 18. Pa. 146. How men should addresse them-selues to liue well Cap. 19. Pa. 149. The causes whie we proceede not in wel doing hauing purposed to liue in the feare of God with the remedies for that infirmitie of man Cap. 20. Page 159. A briefe repetition of that which hath bene saide with a short conclusion Cap. 21. Page 169. FINIS Faultes escaped In the. 39. Page and in the fift line for My father in a sock reade My father in a sort In the. 122. Page and in the second line for Defer the amendment of their life reade Defer the amendment of thy life ❧ Imprinted at London by Iohn Charlewood for Andrewe Maunsel dwelling in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Paret A description of the iudgement to come Eph. 5 33. Eph. 5 22. Eph. 6 4. Eph. 6 1 2 Eph. 6 5. Ephe. 6 9. Cogitations of men when they are sicke Be such vvhen thou art vvhole as thou vvert being sicke 1. The. 4 16. The remedie against this cause you shall finde afterward in the tenth Chapter Rom. 2 4. Mat. ● 1 2 Esa. 66 2 Lu. 13 3 5 Act. 3 19 Wisd. 4 7. Yong men loue not to repent Old men vnwilling to amend The obstinacie of Popish Priestes That which the Auctor speaketh vnto Priests he speaketh first vnto all vvhich doo as they doo Praiers of Popish Priestes vvhat Comparison betweene the Laie people and Popish Priestes Hebr. 13 4. Gal. 5 21. Matth. 18 17. Eph. 5 5. Gal. 5 21. Ephe. 5 5. Eph. 5 5. The deformitie of the Popish Church * Page 26. The office of Bishops in punishing levvde Clergie men Tit. 2 7. 1. Tim. 4 12. Hovv manifold occasions be offered vnto Popish Priestes to repent A remedie for this cause you shall finde afterward in the eleuenth Chapter of this booke Custome another nature Ill education of children Dutie of Parents Nausistrata Antemona Tobias Schoolemaisters Mischiefes that growe by euill Schoolemaisters Dutie of Schoolemaisters Chusing of Schoolemaisters Liberall manners Liberall knowledge Frute of ill education Magistrates office Punishment of adulterie Punishment of open offenders Pagans more seuere in punishing sin then Christians VVhat correction or discipline is vsed VVickednes neuer at such ripenes Comparison betvveene lavves and good education The cheefest care of Magistrates VVith this Chapter compare the twelfe Chapter of this booke Prosperitie Prosperitie mother of Securitie 1 Tim. 6 ●7 18. Example of extreme securitie Luk. 12 18 19. 20. Iam. 5 1. 2. 3. 5. Luk. 16 19 VVhy God sendeth affliction Heb. 12 6 State of Dauid a secure sinner State of Dauid a penitent person A remedie for this cause reade afterward in the thirteenth Chapter of this booke Sextius Seneca Reade the foureteenth Chapter of this booke for the remedie against this cause Popes B● Pardons S. Barbara S. Francis A remedie for this cause reade afterward in the fifteenth Chapter VVicked companie Luke 14. 40. Reade the sixteenth Chapter of this booke Preaching of Paule The seuenteenth Chapter of this booke is to be read for remedie of this cause Eccle. 5 4. 5. 6. 7. Deu. 6 16.