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A08362 The meroure of an Chrstiane [sic], composed ... by Robert Norvell ... Norvell, Robert.; Marot, Clément, 1495?-1544. 1561 (1561) STC 18688; ESTC S100619 59,722 149

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is heau●nlie the bodie inutill And is but an obscure or law preson Where as in laugour lyeth the soule gentill Of that prison I haue key subtill Which is my dart that for the soule is geuen To louse it out of that soull preson vile Where I it send with mekle ioy to heauen Holde f●irme thy faith on an God vndefild And for thy father take him and him call Ys he be so then art thou sure his child Mat. 6. And aire of his kingdome Celestiall Yf he hath fred the frome death perpetuall Befoir or euer thou had tyll him regaird Rom. 5. Dout not but and thou loue him cordiall With mekell better he shall thy selfe rewaird And as concerning the fleshes actione It can not liue without sinne and delite Nor yet it can not make satisfactione Rom. 6. For sinne to God wherof it had the wyte But right as Iesus vpon an croce perfite Died for our sinnes so most our fleshe expire And die with Christ yf that we wold be quyte Of endles death sinne and of Hellis fire Who striketh this stroke but death thou knowest weill So I am to all christians man and wyfe The end of sinne beginning of their seill The end of cair and thoght most pungetyfe And the beginning of euerlasting lyfe Why wold thou Aig● returne to youth againe To pas the vaill of woo and mortall stryfe Which thou hast scaped with so mekell paine Yf thou will say when I come the arreist That I the do great wrong and violence Saying thou hast no paine but ioy and f●ist With all delite withoutten indigence I say that pleasure turnes to impatience When it at length leadeth to dampnatione My death is pleasure to all hath sapience When ye from death turne to saluation What displeasure haue I here to the named To fear my dart nay nay I say not so But for Christis sake to suffer and be blamed To take in patience truble paine and wo The losse of goodes and dignities also Wanting pleasurs that somtime thou had ryfe So dyeng vnder my dart to pas them fio In place of them shall haue Eternall lyfe For fear of me be not contrist nor wo But haue firme hope and faith for till conforme The will of God and syne let gladlie go Ryches and friendes with all thesaures enorme For an cleir sky betoknes that the storme Will sone throw the Aire make seperatione Suche faith in persones departing doeth performe Sure signes and tokens of their trew saluatiōe To this effect thou shuld not fear at length Iesus for vs would first the death assay His death hath venquest 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 might strength Theirfore thinke not to dye thogh I the slay He me ouercame to s●ue the frome d●●ay So I am but port and passage manifest That thou shuld gladlie ●ine throw night day Frome this fals world to heauenlie gloir celest Somtyme in figure as Scripture declair can An brasin serpent Moyses did raise on hight Which serpent to behold did heall an man That had bene stonged by ●yrie serpents slight Lykewyse all they that by trwe faith hes sight Of Christ is death is heiled of my band As of the secound death I haue no might Christ hath that pouer rest forthe of my hand Great folie is in the custome humane To mourne for men when I them lay on sleip Yf thou beleues he shall with God remane W●y doest thou then lament with sighing depe Orwould thou here alway on lyfe him kepe Will thou him frome his great profit defend Since it is Goddes will thou shuld not wepe In doing so I know thou doest offend Let pagains rore let turkes take terrours That hope to haue none other habitatione The lake of faith is cause of all theare Errours Like Eath●●qu●s ignorant of their saluatione As to the black doo●es frequentation Ipocricie did shaipe that feyned sorow Some for their father maketh dooll ád deploratione That for their mother wold it weire the morrow Messess of Requ●●● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 excellis To the great profite of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 With rou●ing roring and 〈◊〉 of bellis Their gredines forth sheweth their wicked wa●● ▪ For yf ye had no vailzeand to your ●●kes Be ye assured that after youre deceirs None of the rabill that wearres the markes Wyll for you ringe or singe or say an veirs For the prepair no suche solemniteis Nor for thy buriall b● thou no wayes trist In Goddes sight they are but vaniteis Sauitie doeth not in earth nor tombe cōsist An Faithfull man shall in the heauen be blist Where euer his fleshe or bodie buried be The wickits soull shall in the hell ●e thrist Thogh he were buried whith all solemnitie At short to end now with my first purpose Fear not me death nor ban me I the pray For who wold in the heauenlie Hous repose Must first beleue goddes promese I saye Vho wold be with his angelles nyght daye Vho wold the face of God behold and se And who wold dwell in paradice for aye Yet before all I death must gar him die Confesse me to be good and gratious For whill I come thou art with sinne repleit Confesse thy lyfe bitter and Eigerous Confesse my dart plesand holsome sweit Also confesse and grant althogh thy spreit Ware mortall as thy filthie 〈◊〉 immound Yet shuld thou hold me as thy freiud discrte That 〈◊〉 the from thir wor●●li● 〈◊〉 pro ●ound FINIS Where followeth The Iudgment of Minos Vpon the preserment of Alexander the great Conquerout Hanniball of Carthage and Scipion the Romain surnamed Affrican 〈◊〉 forth of Fray●ce in sco●tes by the saide Noruell My vailȝeant heart full of honor gloire May not suffre Hāniball to pas before Me intill armes and dedes martiall For suthe I thinke no man that is equall Ought in dedes of armes for to compair There worthynes or actis vnto myne Hanniball I will defende and manteyne the contrair Reporting me vntill God Mynos syne Iudge infernall and Lord of wo and pyite The aufull sworde of iustice to mantyne Where ryght and reason alway shal be seyne For euerie man alike bothe freind and sone Mynos That I may heare fyrst tell to me anone What are ye that disputis heare alone Of high honours to haue the aduantage Alexandre This is the Duke Hanniball of Carthag● And I Alexandre the great Empriour Of all the world Kyng and Conquerour That wan and s●bdwed euery Natione Mynos Your names are of great existunatione Worthie of honour glorie and land supreyme With lawreir crowned is your diadeyme I meruell ye shuld haue debaite togidder ▪ Alexandre Bot Mynos I thinke ye shuld consider My birth for●u●● silicitie and werde And how I wold suffer no man in erde To be my compagnion nor perregall But as the Eigle that suremountis all Other foules most highest in the aire So may no man himselfe to me compaire In high curage and furour bellicall Wherefore I will not that