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A11549
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A goodly exposition vpon the xxx. psalme In te domine speraui
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Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498.
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1635
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STC 21798.5; ESTC S3992
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to the herte of man what thynge can trouble me That whiche I haue loste besyde god I haue loste that I loue not In the oh lorde I haue trusted lyke as my hope hath taught me to truste therfore I shall not be confouÌ„ded for euer for thou shalte gyue me euerlastynge thynges who trusteth not in the but in his owne vanitie shal be confounded for euermore For he shall descende to eternall confusion I may be confounded temporally bothe of the of all men but I shall not be confounded for euermore For of the I may be confouÌ„ded whyle I desyre to be delyuered from temporal vexation and perauenture thou wylte not heare me Truely than I am confounded temporally For it is not expedient for me sith that vertue is made ê‘fecte in infirmitie And of men I am temporally confounded they preuayle agaynst me whaÌ„ they pursue me But this also thou suffrest them to do that I shulde not be confounded for euermore wherfore yf before that a thousaÌ„de yeres be but as yesterday whiche is passed away I wyll gladly suffre temporal coÌ„fusions that I be not confouÌ„ded for euermore I wyll truste in the lorde for hope hath taughte me to truste and shortely I shal be delyuered from all tribulation By what merites shall I be delyuered Not by myn lord but by thy iustice deliuer me By thy iustice I say not by min. I seke mercy I offre not my iustice But yf by thy grace thou wylte make me ryghtwyse nowe I haue thy iustice For thy grace in vs is thy iustice The pharisees trusted in workes of iustice they trusted in theyr owne iustice and therfore they were not subiecte to the iustice of god For of the workes of the lawe shall no creature be iustified with the. But the iustice of god appered by the grace of Iesu Christ yea wtout the workes of the lawe The philosophers gloried in theyr iustice and therfore they fouÌ„de not thy iustice bicause they entred not in at the dore They were theues and robbers whiche came not to saue but to destroy and sley the sheepe wherfore thy grace is thy iustice lorde it were no lenger grace yf it were giuen of the merites wherfore not in my iustice but in thy iustice delyuer me from my synnes Or surely delyuer me in thy iustice that is to wit in thy sonne whiche onely amongest men is founde iuste what is thy son but the very iustice in whiche men be iustified wherfore in thy iustice iustifie me and delyuer me from my synnes that I may be also delyuered from other afflictions whiche I suffre therfore so that the cause taken away the effecte myghte also be taken away Lo the oh lorde haue I besoughte I am conforted hope hath so taught me I am replenyshed with ioye bicause I truste in the therfore I shall not be coÌ„fouÌ„ded for euermore Heuynes coÌ„meth agayne with greate purueyaunce she is returned with swerdê and speres on euery syde she is defended with greate violence she walketh she hath beseged our citie The crye of her horsemen hath feared me Standynge without she coÌ„maunded silence and a farreof she spake sayenge Oh ê™ she lo yonder is he the trusted in the lorde which sayde I shall not be confounded for euermore whiche hath folowed hope his confortatrice And whan she perceyued me at these wordê to waxe ashamed approchyng me nyghe she sayde where be the promyses of thy hope where is the conforte where is the delyueraunce what haue thy teares ê“fited the what haue thy prayers brought that from heuen Thou hast cryed and no man hath answered the thou haste wepte and no man hath ben moued with pitie vpon that thou haste called vpon thy god he holdeth his peace thou haste desyred the helpe of the saintes and none of them hath regarded the. Lo what profite haue the wordes of hope brought the Thou haste laboured and thou fyndest nothynge in thy handes Thynkest thou the god regardeth the inhabitantes of the earthe Nay he walketh aboute the limittes of heuen and consydereth not our maters Thus she blasphemynge spake And whan I shoke for feare at her wordes approchyng she spake in myn eare sayenge Trowest thou tho thynges be trewe that faythe sheweth wylte thou se that they be but mennes fantasies Thou shalte knowe hereby For if god became man as they say and was crucified for men it coulde not be but that so greate loue shulde coÌ„forte a man neuer so moche oppressed with heuines wepynge cryenge vnto hym yf as they say infinite goodnes caused him to come downe from heuen to take vpon hym the crosse howe shulde he not nowe come downe to miserable men that he myght coÌ„forte them Surely this is more easie and with lyke loue oughte to be holpen why do not the angelles and sayntes yf they be so pitefull come to conforte the Howe many men trowest thou wolde if they myghte come to the and with theyr wordes and workê as moche as they myght wolde conforte the whiche wolde also delyuer the from all vexation why do not the sayntes this whiche are thoughte to be farre better than men Beleue me all thingê are gouerned by casualte There be no thynges but tho that be sene your spirite shall vanishe away like smoke who euer came agayn from helle or heuen and tolde vs suche thynges as they saye do chauÌ„ce to soules after this lyfe These are but fables of folyshe women Aryse therfore and flee to the maÌ„nes helpe that thou mayst be losened from prison and lyue in pleasure and not be deceyued falsely of this thy hope and alwayes be in payne and trouble These thynges sayde so greate crye was herde in her tentes so greate dynne of the harneis and noyse of the trompettes that vnneth I coulde stande on my feete And yf my welbeloued hope had not the soner holpen heuines had led me bouÌ„de with chaines to her region wherfore hope came shynynge with a certayne diuine bryghtnes and smylyng sayd O souldiour of Christ what herte what mynde haste thou in this batayle whiche I hearyng forthwith was ashamed And she sayde feare thou not this euyll shall not take the thou shalte not peryshe lo I am with the to delyuer the. Knowest thou not that it is wryten The vnwyse man sayd in his herte there is no god This heuines hath spoken lyke one of the folysshe women Can she ê‘swade the that there is no god or that god hath not the prouidence of all thynges Canst thou doubte of fayth whiche with so many argumeÌ„tes and reasons hast confirmed it I wonder that thou arte so felled to the grounde at her wordes Tell me I praye the begannest thou to doubte in thy herte of faythe O my swete mother the lyuynge god is my witnesse and also my coÌ„science that I felte no maner prycke of infidelitie for by the grace of Christe I beleue no lesse tho thiÌ„ges to be true whiche be appertaynyng to faythe than tho thinges whiche