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enemy_n	death_n	die_v	reconcile_v	1,129	5	9.1851	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22853	An introduction to the loue of God. Accompted among the workes of S. Augustine, and set forth in his name, very profitable to moue all men to loue God for his benefits receaued	Simard, Marie Ange, attributed name.; Freake, Edmund, ca. 1516-1591.	1574 (1574)	STC 935; ESTC S108224	33,799	97

most diligently to thanke him whyle lyfe and breath shall prolong his daies He therfore who wanteth any thing necessary to further hys soule health ought neyther to murmour against God nor to accuse him For he doth all thynges vpon iust occasion diligent deliberation and aduised iudgement hath mercy on whom he wyl iudgeth whom he wyll and hardeneth whom hee wyll And is able not onely to geue to whom he wyll but also to take away from whom he wyl what and when best standeth with hys pleasure Right good is it then and also fyt and necessary that he who hath not those thinges which be needeful for him shuld not onely be sad and sory but also labour and praye to get and attaine them And then when he hath gotten them to shew him selfe grate and thankfull vnto God for them ¶ The .xvi. Chapter ¶ Of the benefit of Christ his death and passion GReat therefore and many nay rather infinite innumerable are the benefites O Lord my God which thou hast heaped vpon me And for them am I bounden euer more both to loue and prayse thee For what soeuer goodnes I haue presentlye or what soeuer I haue had in times past or what soeuer I shall haue in time to come it commeth from thee thou Authour of al goodnes frō whom what soeuer is good in deede or so accompted doth issue flow procede But yet one thyng is there whych more then these all doth inflame vrge and mooue me to set my whole delight and all my loue vpon thee This I say specially O my Lord Iesu makes thee to me both louinge and amiable that thou vouched safe of thy mere mercy to suffer for me most shame full and cruell death in accomplishinge the worke of my redemption This onelye this wholly and this more then all thinges doth chalenge vnto it euen by speciall desert all our lyfe all our labour all our seruice and loue This is yt ▪ I say that better stirreth swetelyer seketh and greatlyer encreaseth oure deuotion toward thee thē all thine other kindnes or goodnes towardes vs For in this worke of our reconsiliation made by the bytter panges of his passion the vniuersal creatour was so oppressed with pain and trauayle that he was nothinge lyke wearied in the workmāship of the whole world For of the world and of al things in the world he onely sayd the worde and they were made he gaue the commaundement and they were created But for the restauration of mau kynd the paines and the sorowes which he suffered are in all respects manifolde maruailous vnspeakeable Behold therfore how he loued vs that for no neede or necessitye on his owne behalfe but onelye for the loue which he bare to vs woulde beare and sustaine such paines and so meruailous Iustly therefore haue I sayde and may I say that this one thinge excelleth all other his benefites For though it be greatly to be wayed and also to be estemed for no small token of bountye that a man contenteth himselfe or condescendeth frankly to gyue his goodes to another yet is this much more and infinitly incomparable to geeue and be stowe a man 's own selfe for his neighbour And thoughe this bee an argument of greate loue and charity to geue a mans lyfe for his friendes yet is this a plaine profe of great affection to dye for foes and enemyes as the sonne of God did when he dyed for vs For whē we were enemies to God we wer recōciled by the death of his sōne Hardely saith Paul dieth a mā for a iust mā but he neuertheles dyed for the wycked the iust for the vniust that he might present vs blameles in the syght of his father And from heauen became he exiled and banished that he might restore vs to the ioyes of that kingdome O how vnspeakeable therefore is this loue and charitie Or what tounge can expresse the sweetenes of thys affection Or how marueilous a mercye was thys I pray you that God for man should become man or that God for man shoulde dye in the flesh and to be tempted in all thinges belonging to mans infirmitie synne onely excepted For behold it shal forthwith appeare to the eye of thine vnderstanding with how great a raunsom man was redeemed which by reason of his synne was iustlye enthrauled to the Deuil and the most dreadfull sentence of death and damnation Neither is it to be hidden that if man had not ben raunsomed accordyng to gods good mercye exhibited in his sonne with the Deuill his aungels hee had beene lost for ener And all this doo I tell thee that thou mayest haue some feeling how much mā is bounde to bee louyng to God for althinges and not onely paciently but also willinglye and with all the might of power and feruencye to abyde and endure sorrow and griefe for him that suffered for vs such extremitie of griefe and sorrow For by many tribulations must we enter into the kingdome of god Let my Soule therefore O my Lord Iesu hold and embrace thy blessed bodye crucified and let it drincke a sweete draught of thy most precious bloud by deepe imprintyng of thy passion in my mynde memory Yea let this pleasant remembraunce so possesse my memorye that no obliuion or forgetfulnes bee able to abscure it But geue me grace to iudge of my selfe as Saynt Paule dyd namelye that I know nothing but Christ Iesu him also crucified so that vayne errour be not suffered to withdrawe my knowledge from the soundnes of faith Finally let this wonderful loue towardes me challenge to it selfe all my loue to thee that no worldlye desyre haue power to swalow me For this I know O Lord that the hart or mynde that is fulfylled with the loue of thee can neyther bee straightned with feare nor defiled with lust nor torne with wrath nor aduaunced with pride nor wasted with vayne glory nor styrred with madnes nor vnbowelled with ambition nor shroonken with couetousnes nor ouerthrowē with sadnes nor consumed with enuye neyther yet corrupted with anye other vice while in the sweetenes of thee it resteth constant and immoueable He therfore that to his Seruauntes geueth so great thinges in this world present how great trow you doth he reserue for them and lay vp in store in the world to come The thinges yet that he presently geueth are temporall but those which hee promiseth to geue hereafter are eternal incomperably better then all the temporall goods of the world For temporal goods are painfully gotten and easely wasted And when we haue them surest Lord what a care it is to kepe them what sorow to lose them and what endles payne and trauaile to recouer them againe But the ritches of the world to come are neuer lost neuer diminished but alwayes possessed with ioy quietnes as things euermore longed for and neuer hated or loathed For hee that to these heauenly ritches is once aspired

thee in as muche as thou hast not bene afearde to fall from my Creator and to ioyne with his aduersary the Deuil the authour of disobedience synne and iniquity The Sunne also might vse this language I ought not to shine nor geue light to thy health safety or saluation but in reuenge of my Lordes quarell who is both light it selfe and of light the fountaine vtterlye to hyde from thee the beames of my beuty And thus might euery creature els controle and taunt me thus might they wreake thier Creators iniury if he who created them did not also restraine them as not willing the death of a synner but that he should turne repent him and lyue It behoueth me therefore O Lord to be the more humbled vnder thy mighty hand and to shew my selfe vnto thee so much the more thankfull obedient and loyall as thy great benefites exact and require I should bee least that differring the punishment of my transgression thou chasten me at thy dreadful comming so much the more greuouslye as thou hast awaited my dutye with patience And thou my Soule perswade thy selfe I pray thee that the long suffering of God hath now long time expected the effect of the election of his predestination which he wyl haue fulfilled in vs through the excessiue loue which hee hath borne and doth beare vs For this is the cause why the Lord hath paciently waited and enclined vnto mee and that he hath turned his eyes from my sinnes as vnwilling to see howe often I haue offended him This is the cause I saye why hee hath dissembled that he myght commend his patience and confirme his loue For this cause as I well remember me he stroke my hart and stirred it vp to beholde the scarres of myne owne synnes and to feele the great griefe and sorenes of the same And for this cause he lead and conueyed me to the gates of hell and to the paynes and tormentes prouided for the wicked And to the end that no hurtful consideration of my sins might remaine within me he enspired into me a better comfort and gaue not only hope of remission but also a full and perfect pardon And so fully did he pardon mee that neither reuenge can condemne me nor vpbraiding confoūd me nor imputing diminish his zeale or loue towardes me Yet there be some in the world and those no small many that in such sort pardon iniurie as though they reuenged it not yet they cast it in the teeth And other ther be also that albeit they be silent hold their tounges and say nought yet they reserue the malice in the bottom of their stomake and vnder the cloke of silence hide spite and rancour But neither of these sortes pardoneth according to the rules of Gods loue and charitye And therefore very farre from these differeth the most mercyfull nature of God which alwaies dealeth plainly and pardoneth and forgeueth so fully and freely that the constant fayth of the synners that do repent their sins and forethinke their offences may wyth Paules wordes be comforted that wher aboundance of synne was there grace is more plentifull Witnes saint Peter who after he had thrise denied his Maister by a tripple commaundement was of Christ his Church made a Shepheard and Pastor Saint Paule also of an enemie and persecutor of the Gospell was made a vessel of election and a teacher of the Heathen Euen as Mathew of a tole gatherer was made an Apostle and the first in the new testament that wrote any Gospell ¶ The .xiii. Chapter ¶ Of the gift of continencie BVt after all theese thynges which are right many as you see God also gaue mee the gift of continencie Continencie I meane not onely from carnalitie but also from all other vices whatsoeuer they be called So that I who in former tyme coulde scantlye forbeare a thyng three dayes together can nowe through Gods helpe forbeare it for euer And thereby finde occasion right iustlye to say that he that is mighty hath done great thinges for mee But some man perhaps thinketh that continencie is a matter of ease and light of importance But so thinke not I I wyll ensure you for I knowe what enemies it hath and of what might they be and therfore how needeful it is for it to be sturdy strong to resist and withstand suche a broode of impiety The first and chiefe enemy that continency hath is our owne flesh whilest it lusteth and coueteth agaynst the spirite And what a familiar enemy is this trow you Or how perilous is the conflict that groweth hereby Or how secrete how sore is the fi●ht like to be wher the enemy hath such might and oportunitye to hurt Truly my Soule this foe is most daūgerous most sterne most cruel most vnnaturall and tirannous Neither is ther any way to flee or to escape her nor any meanes or policy to put her to flight but maugre our heades we must beare her about vs because she is euer lynked and tyed vnto vs And therefore what is more perilous wretched or miserable then to be not onelye forced to feede and sustaine her but also to be prohibited to do her hurt or harme Thou seest then what neede thou hast carefullye to beware and to kepe thy selfe from that foe whom thou sufferest to sleepe in thyne own lappe and bosome But well were thee my Soule hadst thou none other enemie or if this one were al thou were thrise happy and fortunate But alas the while ther is one other as stout sturdy cruel daungerous hurtful as she as hard also to be escaped whersoeuer thou doest bestow thy selfe For he doth enuiron and compasse thee round about And which way soeuer thou conuert or turne thee he is ready and at hand to assault encounter thee This enemy is this present wicked world which by fiue gates which are thy fyue senses woūdeth thee with his dartes and shifteth in death at thine own wyndowes The third is that common aduersarye sworne deadlye foe to all Adams posteritie that old subtile Serpent I meane which is more crafty and wylye then all other creatures either ar or can be This enemy is he whom no eye can discerne therefore to auoyde him passeth mans abilitie For sometime he assaulteth vs openly and violently sometime he stealeth on vs secretlye and guilefullye and alwaies continueth his crueltie and malice seekyng to oppresse vs by myght sleight or pollicie And who is able to endure all this Or who is fyt to encoūter this Champion Verely no man but hee that hath loued vs and that by hys triumphāt death hath atchiued this victorie for vs Thou maiest therfore know O my Soule howe hard difficult it is to be continent and what God geueth to make it easy for vs And therby the more entirely to loue him for assisting vs with his grace when we shoulde otherwyse faynt through our own frailty weakenes For onely in