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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17048	Saint Peters path to the ioyes of heauen wherein is described the frailtie of flesh, the power of the spirit, the labyrinth of this life, Sathans subtilitie, and the soules saluation. As also the election, liues and martyrdomes, of the twelue Apostles. By W.B.; Saint Peters path to the joyes of heaven.	Broxup, William.	1598 (1598)	STC 3921; ESTC S116865	25,793	61

Saint Peters Path to the Joyes of Heauen WHEREIN IS DESCRIBED THE FRAILTIE OF FLESH THE power of the Spirit the labyrinth of this life Sathans subtiltie and the Soules saluation As also the Election Liues and Martyrdomes of the twelue Apostles By W. B. Poenitentiae nemo nimis Cupidus At London Imprinted by Felix Kingston 1598. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL SIR RICHARD MVLLENEX KNIGHT ALL health of bodie increase of ioy with the full fruition of perfect felicitie RIGHT Worshipfull It is reported that Althema hoping to gratifie Alexander that famous Conquerour with some excellent piece of workemanship searched so farre in the depth of his Arte as striuing with cunning to be curious his pencill past beyond his skill not being able to make his worke perfect who being blamed by his friend Pethieus for imboldning himselfe so vnaduisedly answered that although Arte wanted to beautifie the worke yet heart and good will did make perfect that which lacke of cunning had left vnperfect whose answere Right Worshipful as one guiltie of a greater crime I claime for the sufficient excuse of my follie in beginning this worke rudely continuing rashly and ending rawly None can expresse a Passion that he feeleth not neither doth the penne deliuer but what it copieth out of the minde This passionate Discourse thought it reach not to the dignitie of Peters repenting yet shall I thinke my endeuours well apaid if it may 〈◊〉 some skilfuller penne to supplie in this matter my want 〈◊〉 ●bility and exercise their happier talents in the like pie●● I confesse my fault in committing these vnpolisht lines to the Presse yet I craue pardon with fauourable censure and thus farre dare I answere for my selfe that although Demosthenes had a plaudit for his Oration because it was curious yet Nimius got the Sentence for the trueth of his plaine Tale. This worke of S. Peters path to the ioyes of heauen I humbly commit to your Worshippes protection which if it may please you to let this tearie Mappe passe vnder the countenance and credite of your Name and that you will deigne to reade it ouer and therewith seeme to be but pleased I account my selfe highly fauoured Apelles presented Alexander with the counterfeit of Campaspe the face not fully finished because hee liked the Picture and I offer these few stanzes vnto you not well furnished because I know you are a fauourer of vertue Achilles made it not daintie to take the view of Phidias homely worke because it was the Image of the God of Warre and I hope your Worship will vouchsafe the viewing of this silly booke for that it describes the submissiue mind of a penitent Sinner although it spring frō a barren soyle being a dish of such fruite as my poore orcharde can yeeld not vnlike to Zeuxes pictures which seemed to the birds to be grapes but being thorowly proued were bare shadowed colours yet it may be that you passing ouer many learned works wil at last view this and smile as Theodosius did at the Pomegranate not that he scorned the fruit but to see the simple meaning of the man that presented him with so slender a gift yet I hope by your protection this my labor shall find acceptance according to the minde of the giuer and to haue as many fauorers as readers no moe readers that mislike the matter then like to write some other as well meant for that it proceedes from a minde as willing to shew it selfe thankefull as whosoeuer els that commends himselfe by a greater present Thus I humbly take my leaue wishing you all heartes content in this life and euerlasting happinesse in the World to come Your Worships in all duetifull seruice to commaund WILLIAM BROXVP To the courteous and friendly Reader GEntle Readers although I present you with this tearie Mappe of S. Peters submissiue Minde yet I craue pardon of you as Clinius did of Virginius that if you finde any thing amisse you will passe it ouer with fauourable censure desiring you to reade with fauour correct with iudgement and winke at a fault After I had writ these few lines I stoode in doubt whether I should commit them to the Presse let them lye obscurely in corners or else to remaine priuately in my owne hands but being in doubt least any false copie should be scattered abroad by that meanes it should come corrupt to the Print disguised in the fancies of an other mans humor it imboldened my weake abilitie the more to giue it passage to the Presse yet it may be that courteous skill will make this reckoning that though it bee course in respect of exquisite labours yet it may entertaine indifferent mindes for that the ground thereof is pietie and this commoditie it will carie with it that the Reader may learne the true path to perfect Ioy and how to humble himselfe in the schoole of repentance Thus wading ouer rashly like Gherillus I flattered my selfe yet farre from the minde of Terence when he first beganne to studie Poetrie he thought all the world would be in loue with his writing but if this may winne any one to a repentant minde hee shall receiue the fruites of his good worke and I shall inioy the content of my full desire Phidios founde the more fauour in setting out his simple pictures in that he did what he could and I hope to find your fauourable iudgement for this imperfect worke in that I doe what I can Though Cicero were eloquent Ennius was bluntish high stile is not herein used but a plaine Decorum touching the matter a worke roughly hewed out of a hard rocke not polished by the curious hands of Artifex yet brought to the view of the learned whose cleare sighted iudgement may condemne me of boldnesse yet this I know that the well literate will winke at a fault when the captious misliker will finde fault with euery letter for the one I will honour his discreet fauour for the other I neuer meant to please his humor Thus I commit my selfe and my booke to your courtesies wishing the friendly Readers the fruition of all felicitie committing them to the protection of the celestiall powers and this my good will towards them to their fauourable considerations Yours to commaund in all kindnesse W. B. In alios lenis est● THE ORDER OF THE Euangelistes in laying downe the names of the twelue Apostles   1 Peter Actes 1. 2 Iames Zebedeus   3 Iohn   4 Andrew Luke 6. 5 Philip.   6 Thomas   7 Bartholomew Marke 3. 8 Matth.   9 Iames Alph.   10 Simon Zelotes Matth. 10. 11 Iude Iames. bro.   12 Matthias THE ELECTION LIVES and Martyrdomes of the twelue Apostles HEre gentle Reader wee may beholde the Saintes of God which by great care and entire loue did plant the principles of the Gospell not sparing their liues to quench the heat of fire By viewing their Martyrdome we may comfort our selues with this saying Sanguis Martyrum semen Ecclesiae