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A19735	A svvete and deuoute sermon of holy saynt Ciprian of mortalitie of man. The rules of a christian lyfe made by Picus erle of Mirandula, bothe translated into englyshe by syr Thomas Elyot knyghte; De mortalitate. English	Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494, Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. aut; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.	1534 (1534)	STC 6157; ESTC S108816	34,919	120

vessel and temptacion of trouble trieth men that be good Betwene vs christen men and other ●he onely diuersitie is that they in aduersitie doo grutche and complayne And vs Christen people aduersitie may not calle a way from the truthe of vertue and faythe but doth corroborat or strength vs in the grefe that we suffre That the bealy resolued with fluxes expulsethe by the bowels bodylye strength or that the superfluos heat ingendred in the marowe of our bones inflameth out by blysters in our chekes that our bowelles be shaken with continuall vomyttes that with abundaunce of bloudde our eyen do burne in oure heedes that some mennes fete and other membres putrified be cutte of or rotted that by losse of membres or other harme taken by siknes either our goinge is febled or our heringe is stoppid or our syghte is peryshed all this profiteth to the doctrine of fayth And to resyste with the powars of an immouable mynde agaynst so many assaultes of dystruction and dethe what valyantenesse of currage is hit ye and what honour to stande bolte vpprighte amonge the ruynes of man kinde and not to lie prostrat with them whiche hope not in god We therfore muste rather reioyce take in good worth the rewarde of the tyme that whyle we do constantly declare our fayth by sustaynynge of labour doo approche vnto Christe by Christes strait● passage we may receyue by his iudgemente the rewarde of lyfe whiche fayth doth require Lette him hardyly feare that not being regenerate by water and the holy gost is committed to the terrible fiers of hel Let him feare that is rekened no partener of the crosse passion of Christ Let him also fere which from this carnal deth shal passe to the second deth let him feare whome ones departed out of this world euerlasting fyre shal torment with paines continual Finally let him be a ferd vnto whom by longe tarieng here this one thing auaileth that his tormētes wailinges be in the meane tyme put of or differred Manye of our numbre do die in this mortalytie that is as who sayth many of our numbre be oute of this worlde deliuered Forsothe this mortalitie lyke wise as to the Iewes and paynims hit is a pestilence soo to the seruantes of god hit is a holsome departynge What if good men withoute any dyuersitie doo dye with the yuell men there is no cause that ye shoulde therfore thynke that deth is commune to good men with them that be yll For good men be called to ioye the yuell men be drawen into paine so suertie to them that beleue well and payne to miscreauntis the soner doothe happen Uerily good brethern we be vncurtaise and negligent hauynge regarde to goddes benefites ne we doo recognise what is offered vnto vs. Beholde howe virgins be departid saulfe and in peace with theyr glorye and praise not fearinge the thretninges corruptions nor bordel houses of Antichrist who is now commynge Children are eskape● the peryll of theyr slypper aege and haue attayned happily to the rewarde of innocencie and pure continence The delicate matrone nowe fearith no tormentes sence with spedy deth she hath preuented the feare of persecucion and the handes and tormentes of cruell tyrantes More ouer by feare of mortalitie and troubles of this tyme they whiche were late colde in faythe be nowe chaufed and warme they whiche were remysse or louse be knytte together and made substancial they that were cowardes be quickned in corage The forsakers of theyr faythe be compelled to retourne The paynems constrayned to beleue The olde faithfull people be called to quiete And a freshe and greatte ●oste of theym whiche becamme souldiours of Christ in the tyme of mortalitie is assembled with a more puisance to fyght withoute drede whē the battaile is ioyned what a thyng is this good frendes how conueniente and necessary is this pestilence and moraine which semyng to be monstruouse and horrible trieth out the goodnesse of dyuers men and examineth the myndes of all men that is to say whether the hole men do ayde them that be sycke If kynsmen be kinde one to an other If the maisters do pitie their fraile weake seruantes If phisicions do not abandon theyr pacientes If they which be cruell wyl withdrawe theyr violence If the oppressours and robbers at the lest for feare of deathe wyll asswage the insaciable appetite of furiouse auaryce If prowde menne wyll stoupe or vnthryftes auale theyr lewed courage If they that be ryche and shall dye withoute heires of theyr bodyes wyll any thynge distrybute amonge theyr nedy neyghboures And surely althoughe this mortalytye were to nothynge els profitable yet in this it hath benne aduantage to christen men and them whiche be goddes seruauntes that in lernynge not to feare deathe we the more wyllyngely desyre martyrdome This to vs is no death but an exercise whiche bryngeth to the mynde renoume of valyante courage and by dispisynge of deathe prepareth to receiue the garlande of vyctory But parchaunce some man wyl reply and saye yet not withstandynge this griueth me in this present mortalitie that where I had prepared my selfe to confesse my faythe and hadde disposed me with all my hole harte and full power to the sufferaunce of passion nowe preuented by deathe I am dissapoynted of martyrdome ¶ Fyrst to be a martyr it is not in thyne owne power but in goddes wyll and election Ne thou mayest not saye that thou haste loste that thynge whiche thou knowest not whether thou were euer worthy to haue it More ouer god the sercher of hartes and beholder and iuge of secrte thoughtes doeth see the and doeth commende and allowe the. And he whiche perceyueth to be in the vertue prepared for thy● 〈◊〉 shal yelde vnto the a 〈◊〉 ●ewarde Supposest thou hadde Cayne slayne his brother Abell at what tyme he off●id the sacryfice vnto almighty god wel and yet god beynge ware of his purpose condemned the murder conceyued in the mynde whiche Cayne dyd afterwarde execute So like as in Cayne a malicious thoughte and a mischeuous imagination was afore seene by goddes prouidence lyke wyse in the seruantes of god whiche confessynge fayth in theyr thoughtes and in theyr intentes conceyuyng martyrdome theyr soules beinge gyuen to that good purpose be crowned of god theyr iudge whiche knoweth all thynge It is not one thynge to lacke a wyll to be martired and to lacke martyrdome to a good wyll Suche as god fyndeth the to be whan he calleth the so doethe he iuge the accordynge as he hym selfe witnesseth sayenge And all congregations shall knowe that I am the serchour of mans harte and his reynes Nor god loketh for your bloude but for your fayth For neyther Abraham nor Isaac nor Iacob were slayne And yet not withstandynge they deserued to be honoured for theyr faythe and Iustice and to be the chefe of all patriarches vnto whose feaste is called euery man that is founde faythfull iuste and commendable we muste

the worlde More ouer a christen man beleuinge by any lawe or condicion lette hym knowe and remembre that he must trauaile more in this worlde than anye other for as moche as it partayneth to hym to wrastle with the diuyl with greatter resystence And that to do he is warned and taughte by holye scripture sayenge My sonne whiche gost to the seruice of god stonde faste in iustice and dreade and prepare thy soule to receyue temptatiō And in an other place Suffre both in grefe and in feare and haue pacience in thine humilyte for as well golde as siluer be tryed with fyre In this wyse Iob after the losse of his goodes and deathe of his chyldren beinge tormented with paynefull sores and bytynge of wormes was not vanquished but onelye proued who in his paynes and afflictions declarynge the pacience of his deuout minde said as foloweth Naked I came from the wombe of my mother and naked I shal retorne to the erthe our lorde gaue it to me and our lorde hath taken it from me as to oure lorde it best semith so is hit happened blessed be the name of our lorde And whan his wyfe wolde haue perswaded hym that as if he were by the violence of payne out of pacience he shoulde with a grudginge and disdaynouse voyce speake some thynge agaynste almyghty god he aunswered vnto her and sayd Thou spekiste like one of the lewde or foolishe women If we haue receyued goodes of the handes of oure lorde why shall not we than suffre euilles paciently In all those thynges whiche happed to Iob he neuer offended with his lippes in the sight of our lord And therfore our lorde doeth witnesse thus of hym saying to Sathan Haste thou taken good heede of my seruaunt Iob there is none in the worlde lyke to hym A manne without grutchynge the verye trewe worssyppar of god almyghty ¶ Also Toby after his honourable warkes and the manyfolde and famous commendacions of his deedes of mercy he was striken with blyndnesse and notwithstandynge he dreadyng and blessynge almyghty god in all aduersities finally by that bodilye detriment he increaced to parpetuall praise nat withstandinge that his wife willinge to abuse hym tempted hym in this wyse saynge where ben thy warkes of marcie become Lo nowe what thou suffrest But Thobias beinge constante and stedfast and also armed with trewe faith wherby he suffred vexations and grefes yelded not to the temptation of his frayle wife but moche rather with greatter pacience deserued the fauour of god And therfore he was afterwarde of Raphael the aungel commended who sayde to hym these wordes To publysshe and confesse the warkes of almyghtye god hit is honorable For whan thou and Sara thy sonnes wyfe prayed I offered the remembraunce of your prayer in the presence of the clerenesse of almightye god sens thou haste buryed them whiche died openly and hast not forborn to ryse and leaue thy dynar and gone thy waye and buryed the deed I am sente to proue the. And in an other place the same angell sayth God hath sente me to heale the and Sara thy sones wife I am Raphaell one of the seuen angelles whiche be present and conuersaunte before the cleernesse of god almightye ¶ This maner of sufferaunce is alwaye in good men This lesson the holye apostoles kepte according to goddes commaundment not to murmoure in aduersitie but what so euer hapnith in this worlde to take it paciently consyderynge that the Iewes offended by murmourynge often tymes agaynste god as our lorde hym selfe wytnesseth in the booke named Numeri sayenge Lette them leaue theyr murmourynge and they shall not dye Trewely deere bretherne we oughte not to murmour or grudge in aduersities but to suffre strongly and paciently all that shall happen vnto vs sens it is writen The spirite that is troubled is a sacrifice to god For the harte which is contrite made humble god neuer despisith Also the holy goste by Moyses in the booke of Deutromy warnith the sayinge Thy lorde god shall vexe the and sende to the scar●cite And than it shall be knowen in thy harte if thou shalte kepe well his commandmentes or no. And agayne your lorde god tempteth you that he may knowe if ye do loue your lord god with al your hart with all your soule For so was god pleased with Abraham who to plese god neyther fered to lose his sonne nor yet refused to sle him But thou what so euer thou arte that maiste not suffre the losse of thy son taken from the eyther by the lawe or by chaunce of mortalitie what woldeste thou do if thou were cōmanded to sle him The feare of god faithe shulde make the redye to sustayne all thynge Admitte that thou haste losse of thy goodes or that thou be cruelly vexed with syknesse of thy membres contynuallye or that thou be despoiled by the deth of thy wyfe thy children or thy mooste deere frendes and companions Let not these be to the any displeasures but rather batayle agaynste worldlye affections ne let theym not breake or make wayker the fayth of Christ but rather lette theym declare in that debate thy vertue or puisance sens al violence of yuelles which be presente are to be had in contempte vppon truste of good thynges whiche shall happen hereafter For excepte warre go before there maye be no victory But whan after batayle ioyned there ensuethe victorye than to the vaynquishours is gyuen the garlande Semblablye in a tempest a good master is knowen the soudiour in bataile is proued Bosting out of perill is pleasant but resystence in aduersitie is the tryall of truthe The tree whiche with a deepe roote standeth faste in the groūde is not meued with euerye puffe of wynde that bloweth Also the shyppe whiche is well couched to gether with a stronge frame thoughe she be often hitte with the wawes yet is she not bouged And whan the corne is thresshed in the barne the sounde and stronge grayne continueth the wyndes while the chaffe is blowen about with euery light blaste So the Apostole Paule after his wrecke on the se after his whippynges after sondry and greuouse tormentes sustayned in his body he dothe not saye that he was vexed or troubled but that by those aduersities he was amended as he wold say that the more greuously that he was troubled the more surely was he than proued There is gyuen to me sayth he a pricke in my fleshe a messenger of the diuell whiche continually stryketh me to the intente that I shall not be extolled in mynde Wherfore thrise I desyred god that I moughte be therof delyuered And he aunswered me Content the with my grace For in infirmitie vertue is tried Therfore whan we be vexed eyther with infirmitie feblenesse or any aduersite than is our vertue proued than our faithe if it abide and be constant is crowned accordyng as it is writen The fornaise trieth the pottars