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A mirrour of loue, which such light doth giue, that all men may learne, how to loue and liue. Compiled and set furth by Myles Hogarde seruaunt to the quenes highnesse
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Huggarde, Miles.
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like extende Also Salomon doth geue this precept Honour thou the Phisition sayth he Ought not this precept more to be kept To those that of your soules the Phisitions be Therfore to ende this loue here I do wyl the If thou wilt not resist gods ordinaunce Loue those that of thy soule hath gouernaunce Now to knit vp with a worde or twayne Of the loue that one man to another owes It must be such a loue no man may disdayne Him that is his like as the scripture showes Be he riche or pore charitie thus growes She hath no respect of persons at al Nor fro patience she doth neuer fal By the bande of charite al men are knit To make truly one body mysticall No deformitie ought to be in it Christ being head ought to rule the bodie al The hande to hurt the fote is vnnatural Or the fote thoffice of the hande to take A deformitie in the bodie doth make But when eche membre duely doth attende Unto his office as S. Paul doth say The bodie shal encrease and in welth amende If one membre bring not another to decay Which in this realme it hath done many a day Because charitie with them hath no place From their head Christ thi can receyue no grace The middle part of this body mystical I take to be noble men of eche degre As lordes knightes squiers being principal Under the head which enuironed be With armes handes legges fete as thou dost se The head and middle partes to serue and obay In order as God hath appoynted alway By armes handes legges fete I vnderstand Al the common sort eche in his exercise Some on the water and some on the lande For the bodies welth as their callinges lies The noble man should not vse merchaundise The lord nor knight no fermer shoulde be In the bodie that is a deformitie The merchauÌt ought not wode and coles to sel Neither to take fermes into his handes But liue by merchandise as his calling fel So al landed men should liue on their landes For sence they fel to this common welth standes In an euil case and the cause is why Eche man his owne calling doth not applie How chaunceth it qd I that thou dost now Shew causes of the common welthes decay Which before to me thou wouldest not auow To poynt meanes to mende it qd she I did say I left to wise men but here by the way Because where loue is coÌmon wealth doth raygne Which sith it is decayed loue is gone plaine I pray God qd I mende al thinges amisse And that eche man may loue other louingly In dede qd she so gods commaundement is For to Christ your head ye are knit therby And by the lacke therof as I before did trie Ye are deuided from Christ therfore I say Labour for loue that dwel in Christ ye may Then loue by loue man shal of God obtayne For loue by loue doth knit al men in one Then loue by loue auoydeth all disdayne And loue by loue in loue is not alone For loue by loue briÌgeth loue wher loue was none So loue by loue fulfylleth gods precept Then loue louingly of all men must be kept Now as thou hast hard before thiÌke on gods great loue Fyrst for that he made the to his owne likenesse Of his owne good wyll nothing did him moue But onely his loue whiche he did expresse After suche a sorte thy selfe can wytnesse Otherwyse thou knowst he mought haue made the Geue him prayse therfore as most mete shal be Yet notwithstanding this thy creation It had been a profite to the very smal For thou wast made the childe of damnacion By the synne of Adam when he did fall But God spared not his sonne natural To dye for synne as I proue before Therfore geue thankes to him for euermore Then in loue to thy selfe haue euer a respecte Remembryng what a shame for the shal be Beyng made like to God that image to infecte And thynke how with his bloud he did redeme the Then in loue to thy selfe let it so agre In an order to God and him not forget Then loue to thy selfe ryghtly thou dost set Then last of all as I haue declarde When loue to thy selfe thou hast placed right To thy neighbour by that rule thou shalt awarde True loue louyngly pleasaunt in Gods sight So shalt thou shewe thy selfe the chylde of light Hauyng that loue whiche accords to Gods wyll Wherin and whereby thou shalt Gods lawe fulfyll Nowe qd she I haue fulfylde my purpose Taking occasion as thou didest heare Of Gemini the signe whiche doth man dispose To natural loue and that thou couldest not beare Thou thoughtest suche fylthynesse in it to appeare That no good matter made theron could be But nowe thou seest thy foly as I tolde the. Truth it is qd I nowe I see it well Then wryte it qd she if thou wylt take payne I am content qd I though I my foly tell Syth that it may turne to my neighbours gayne Then farewell qd she tyll we mete againe With that she toke hâr flight I sawe her nomore Then I went wrote all as ye heard before Finis Imprinted at London by Robert Caly within the precinct of the late dissolued house of the gray Freers nowe conuerted to an Hospital called Christes hospital Loue is an affection of mans heart which works to diuers affectes as mans wyll doth applie it Charite caÌ not be taken in an euyll sense The loue that God hath plaÌted in maÌs hart by nature sith he is a reasonable creature Certayne heatheÌ chaÌpions Certayne heathen philosophers Iohn x. Thoâââ hethen philosophers would not flatter The naturall loue in maÌ is a gift of god indifferent to all men The order of gods precept in loue geuen to man There is no charitie without fayth Howe can they call on him on whoÌ they do not beleue to ãâã The great loue of god to man iÌ creating heaueÌ and earth all creatures for man The loue of god to maÌ iÌ his creation The loue of god for that he sent hys son for maÌs sake to die Howe man excelleth angels in nature Iohn vi Thinstitution of the sacrameÌt of the aulter wherein is shewed the loue of christ in geuynge vs his flesh to eate Iohn vi The loue of Christe shewed to man in his redeÌption Iohn xv Prou. xxiii Thinordinate loue of man to him selfe Math. x ⪠Man by nature muste loue hiÌ selfe To take witnesse of experieÌce iÌ tyme paste is to take witnes of ignorantes in matters of faith Howe faith is faith and no fayth â Pet. â matth 25. Roma x. thei taught that if a maÌ once fell in deadly siÌne he losse his faith which is agaiÌst the scripture as here is proued so is the opinion of onely faith to iustifye c. Iames. â Ignoraunt techers thei woulde bee doctours of the law and yet vnderstoode not what they spake neyther wherof thei affirmed i. Timo. i. Luc. vi Why man should loue hym selfe how i. Peter i. matthe 28. Luc. 24. mark xvi i. Cor. 10. math xxv Matthe 25. Eccle ⪠30. Math. 25. â Timo. 2. He that loues iniquitie hateth his soule Psalm xi Roma xiii i. Iohn iiii i. Cor. xiii Prouer. x. i. Pet. 4. Iohn xiii Gene. ii Gene. iii. Gene. iiii Gene. iiii Ibidem Gene. 4. .5 Roma ix Ozee ii Roma xi Psal. 118. math xxi Rom. 2. 3. Roma ix i. Cor. x. i. Tes. iiij Iames. 2. Roma viii Hebre. xiii Luc. xix matth 25 ⪠The êsperite of the coÌmons is the kinges honour but the decay of the people is the confâââon of the prince Prouer. 1â ⪠The loue of god shewed to vs by our noble quene in forgeuiÌg vs that we might haue lawfully taken whiche is a rare thing The loue of our queue iÌ restoring vs to the churche againe â Peter iiii Catholike kinges make no martyrs by êsecutioÌ Roma xiii i. Reg. 8. .9 math vii They are cursed children whiche haue forsakeÌ the right waye â Peter 2. Matthe 12. Eccle. x. 1. Reg. 15. The loue of a pastour to his flocke matthe xi matthe v. 2. Timo ââ i. Peter â Actes xx i. Cor. ix Iere. xxiiâ Ye haue eaâteÌ of the fac and clothed you with the wolle but the flocke ye haue not fedde c Iohn xxi Iohn x. Ezech. iii. The repentaunce of some of our weddid preistes would god that I did lye in this saiyng Matth. 27. Iohn xxi I haue not seÌt these prophetes saith our lord yet thei ran I haue not spokeÌ to theÌ and yet they preached c. Iere. xxiii Luce. 16. The loue of the flocke to the pastour i. Timo. 5. Gene. ix The charite of Constantine the great The practise of the ArriaÌs against Athanasius when learning would not serue Oure sacrameÌtaries caÌ lie as the Arrians did malach iii. Leui. xviii i. Corin. ix Eccle. 38. Of the loue that eche maÌ owes to other generallye Eccle. xiii Iames. â Leui. xix i. Cor. xiii Ezech. iiii Roma xii i. Cor. xii i. Iohn iii Hereby is the order of charitie broken whiche S. Paule reproueth Roma xii i. Corin. xii Ephe. iiii Ephe. iiii i. Iohn iii. i Iohn xiiii i. Cor. xiii Roma xii i. Timo i. A short recitall of the three loues beforâ entreated