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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05311	The sanctuarie of saluation, helmet of health, and mirrour of modestie and good maners wherein is contained an exhortation vnto the institution of Christian, vertuous, honest, and laudable life, very behoouefull, holsome and fruitfull both to highest and lowest degrees of men ... / written in Latin verie learnedly and elegantlie by Leuinus Lemnius of Zirizaa, physitian, and Englished by H.K. for the common commoditie and comfort of them which understand not the Latine tongue ...	Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568.; Kinder, Hugh.	1592 (1592)	STC 15454.5; ESTC S3877	132,793	266

boldnesse and confidence he sayth I saide I will confesse my vnrighteousnesse vnto the Lord against my selfe and so thou forgauest the wickednesse of my sinne For such is the loue and louing inclination of God towards men such is his mildnesse meeknesse long suffering and lenitie that as soone as men think and purpose to repent forthwith hee forgiueth them their sinne Which hee sheweth playnelie by the Prophet Esaie in these wordes Esai 65. And it shall bee that or euer they call I will answere them and whilest they are yet but thinking how to speake I shall heare them Wherby he declareth his prompt goodnesse his prone louing kindnesse and ready fauour that if a man doe but conceiue in his minde the purpose of a better amended life straight way the Lord remitteth vnto him the offence that he hath committed So in Ezechiel Ezech. 18. At what time soeuer a sinner shall bewaile his sinne I will no more remember his iniquityes Whatsoeuer good thing happeneth vnto vs we must ascribe the same vnto God CHAP. 52. Whatsoeuer good thing happeneth to man must be transferred ascribed vnto God IF any honourable famous royal or magnifique thing happen vnto thee in this fraile caducall body and in this momentany and transitory life if thou haue great possessions hereditaments and goodly manours nigh vnto to the Citie if thy wealth and riches doe abound and if honour reputation greatnesse of power or maiestie noblenesse dignitie and renowme doe adorne the same if thy minde be endewed with the knowledge skil vnderstanding of many things doest not want wisedome ioyned with prudencie and discretion finally if thy body bee healthfull lusty and strong or if thou haue any thing more then all these acknowledge that thou hast receiued all these things of our most bountifull father from whome euery good thing whatsoeuer it be proceedeth cōmeth springeth and floweth To this document S. Paul reduceth him that swelleth with pride and is puffed vp with vaine perswasion and taketh away from him the trust which he hath of himselfe with these words 1. Cor. 4. What is it which thou hast not receiued which if thou haue receiued why doost thou boast as though thou hadst not receiued it The Lord also by the Prophet Ieremie doth euen print thrust and beate the same into euery mans heart saying Ierem. 9. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdome nor the strong man glory in his strength nor the rich man glory in his riches but whosoeuer glorieth let him glory in this that he vnderstandeth and knoweth mee He that glorieth saith S. Paul 1. Cor. 1. 2. Cor 10. let him glorie in the Lord of whome wee haue obtayned all good things whatsoeuer they bee plentifully and aboundantly by Iesus Christ who is made vnto vs of God wisdome righteousnesse sanctification saluation redemption And further to the end that no man should reioyce in himselfe or fauour and flatter himselfe and extoll himselfe too insolently and proudly concerning outward and inward gifts S. Paul putteth vs in minde and telleth vs that we beare this treasure in earthen vessels that is to say in a frayle and dying body to the ende that euery man may know that this ought to bee ascribed to the power highnesse and excellencie of God and not to the strength of man All good things that we haue come from God And as all good things that bee in man whatsoeuer light and vnderstanding whatsoeuer wisdom and knowledge whatsoeuer vertue or righteousnesse is in him ought to bee yeelded reckoned and rendered vnto God and to the father of light from whome all good giuings and gifts doe descend as S. Iames Iam. 1. the Apostle testifieth All naughtines wickednes proceedeth frō our corrupted mind so whatsoeuer vice vngraciousnesse malitiousnesse wickednesse whatsoeuer darknes ignorance and blindnesse whatsoeuer lewdnesse naughtinesse and corruption is in mans minde all that same ought to bee ascribed and imputed vnto our owne malicious will and not the very least fault to be laid on God Wisd 2. For sin the transgression of God his cōmandement hath brought vpon vs al kinde of miseries calamities diseases sicknesses griefs both of body mind lastly death hath graffed in mans heart al maner of procliuitie and inclination vnto wickednesse Discretion aduisement and consideration must be had in choosing the kind of life CHAP. 53. Deliberatiō in choosing any kind of life IN chusing that kinde maner of life which thou determinest to imbrace wherin thou purposest to rest abide vnto the end quietly to passe thy dayes vntil old age come stealing vpō thee this thing ought chiefly to be regarded namely to attempt things prudētly aduisedly not rashly to addict thy self to any purpose fashion of life from which afterward if thou repēt or be yrke therof thou maist not retire or be released For they which being of vnripe age hauing apt inclination of nature which is not yet well tried nor perfectly proued and knowen neither well considering whereunto by nature they be most fitly bent doe take in hand some kinde of life and binde themselues therunto perpetually they lead an vnpleasant life and ful of tediousnes and grief if at any time as oftentimes it commeth to passe they begin to be yrke or weary of their maner trade of life or perceiue themselues vnable to beare the burthen charge therof Wherfore lest any man snare or intangle himselfe vnaduisedly before that he imbrace any trade or maner of life let him take himselfe a time to deliberate what course of life hee will chiefly folow wherunto he is minded to addict himself In which deliberation according to the aduertisement of Cicero all counsayle and aduisement must haue respect regard to the nature of euery man Cic. lib. 1. Offic. to the ende that framing himself to som fashiō of liuing very carefully he may persist in his enterprise stedfastly For many seeking laboring to attaine to the best are deceiued not so much with their will as with the error of their course Some goe awry decline frō the right way not willingly but erroniously who go●… wrong way to worke and wandering with from the marke which Christ hath prefixed 〈◊〉 set before vs doe decline vnto superstition that is to say doe fall into a shew and appearance of religion coloured with simulation coūterfayted with hypocrisie But the ayd fortification and protection of our saluatiō must chiefly principally be sought for at Christs hand who being our onely captaine we passe through the raging waues of the surging Sea of this world and arriue in the happy hauen long looked for Iohn 10. Hee is the doore which openeth vnto vs the entrance and way to come to the Father Of Christ must we seeke saluation He is the way the truth and the life from whom Satan seeketh and