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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05694	A christall glasse of christian reformation wherein the godly maye beholde the coloured abuses vsed in this our present tyme. Collected by Stephen Bateman Minister.	Batman, Stephen, d. 1584.	1569 (1569)	STC 1581; ESTC S115367	68,767	152

Sommer and haue nothing Delight not thou in sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie but open thine eyes that thou mayest haue bread Thus gentle reader mayest thou see the mischiefe and vnhappines that ensueth sloth When Eneas came from the siege of Troy hee ariued in Carthage there for a tyme to solace hym selfe and as he walked y e Quene of Carthage whose name was Dido espying y e comely personage of Eneas was therwith inflamed And when they had talked togethers and sociated them a certaine space the sayd Eneas departed into Italy and there was long tyme absent from the presence of Dido who waxed displeasant at his sloth and forgetfulnes saying that the cause of hys absence without spedie returne would be cause of her death Eneas not regarding the letter that Dido sent but being loth to iourney remayned still in Italy In the meane tyme Dido slue her self and whē Eneas knew of her death then he lamented y t he had not come before her death Some writers say that Dido builded Carthage and Eneas was dead iij. C. yeares before the buildyng of Carthage therfore it was not that Eneas but some other S. Augustine writeth of y e same Confessionum in fine Great griefe it is the learned to see in slothfull rest to spend their dayes Such may be likened to dronebees that sucke the sweete and go their wayes ¶ The signification HE which rydeth on the Asse signifieth sloth as well amōg the chiefest as among the lowest the Fryers weede and Beades signifieth hypocrisie and lothsomnes of the truth SLoth among the spiritual is much to be reproued spokē of in all such as do not thankfully apply the giftes that God geueth thē to their brothers profite From such God wil take hys giftes will make thē voyde of al ghostly vnderstāding The kingdome of heauen is lyke vnto x. virgins which tooke their lampes and went to meete the bridegrome Fiue of them were folishe and v. were wise The folishe tooke their lampes but tooke no oyle with them But the wyse tooke oyle with them in their vessells with their lampes also While the bridegrome taried they all slumbred and slept And euen at midnight there was a cry made beholde the bridegrome commeth goe out to meete hym Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lampes And the folish sayd vnto the wise geue vs of your oyle for our lampes goe out But the wise aunswered saying not so least there bee not inough for vs and you but goe ye rather to them that sell and bye for your selues And while they went to bye the bridegrome came and they that were readye went in with hym to the wedding and the gate was shut vp Afterwardes came also the other virgins saying Lord Lord open to vs. But he answered sayd verely I say vnto you I know you not Watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the houre when the sonne of man shall come The lampes signifie such dead fayth as S. Iames declareth to bee in deuills and rotten trees which bring forth no fruite We ought alwayes so to liue euen as though we should depart presently Enuie seeketh where to finde to hurt hys neighbour if he can And neuer ceaseth but to purloyne which hath bene the vndoing of many man ¶ The signification THese two mē signifieth the one a true labourer the other an enuious deceauer he which soweth the ground is diligēce of mind in sowing the seedes of veritie but he which stādes pouring the corne into the water signifieth a deceatfull person seeking by all meanes to waste and spoyle the seedes of veritie the byrdes signifie the faythfull followers of the veritie ENuie ought to be put out frō all men for by enuie many men cōspire their owne death and come to vtter destruction Example of Caine that slue hys brother Abell and therefore the Lorde sayd to Caine Now art thou cursed from the earth c. By enuie Ioseph was solde of hys brethren into Egypt Thorowe enuie Saule would haue slaine Dauid with a Iauelinne but Dauid escaped and fled from hym Who made Daniell to bee cruelly entreated but onely enuie For when Darius had ordayned a C. xx Lordes which should be in all his kingdome amongest whō was Daniell which exceeded all the reast of the Lordes for the spirite of God was with hym so that y e kyng was minded to set hym ouer the whole realme Wherfore the princes Lordes sought to picke out in Daniell some quarrell yet could they finde none occasion nor fault vpon hym Then they seing that they could not preuaile they imagined a sure statute namely that who soeuer desired any petition either of any God or man within xxx daies except it were to the king the same person to be cast in the Lions dēne So Darius made the writing and confyrmed it whereby ensued that those which sought the death of Daniell whom God had deliuered from the denne of the Lions the same were of the Lions destroyed Where Gods word preached is in place vnto the people willingly Woe be to them that would deface for if such cease the stones will crie ¶ The signification HE which preacheth in the pulpit signifieth godly zeale a furtherer of the gospel and the two which are plucking him out of his place are the enemies of Gods word threatning by fire to cōsume the professors of the same and that company which sitteth still are Nullifidians such as are of no religion not regarding any doctrine so they may bee quiet to liue after their owne willes and mindes WHo caused our Sauiour Christ to be condemned to death but enuie of y e Iewes Also because the coūsell of Ahitofell was refused hee presently sadled hys Asse and rode home and so hāged himselfe The Iewes also thorow enuie stoned to death y e Martyr S. Steuen So likewise Senacherib or Sanabalat when he heard say that the walles of Ierusalem were redified he was wroth and tooke great indignatiō and mocked the Iewes Wherby it appeareth that enuie is a right greuous malady and contrary to nature for nature desireth good and euery creature naturally taketh pleasure in good thinges But enuie tormenteth him selfe when he seeth any good thyng happen vnto an other and the most harme falleth vpon hym selfe It holdeth the hart and the minde in great melancholy and maketh y e cullour to waxe pale It drieth the body and maketh all such as vse it oft to sigh and to speake alwayes euill of other and can not say well Enuie seeketh alway to destroy the wealth and welfare of hys neighbour Enuie maketh a man to be like a feend of hell which may not suffer the creature in no wyse to do well God graunt for hys mercy to shorten the dayes of such enuious mindes as seeketh to displace the veritie While enuie seeketh to destroy and will not cease to leaue hys will Then mischiefe

sworde of the word of God The Diuil vnder him is temptation being ouercome by faith in Christ Iesus FAith is a sure cōfidēce of things which are hoped for and a certainty of things which are not seene By it the Elders were well reported of Through fayth we vnderstand that the world was ordayned by y e word of God And things which are seene were made of thinges which are not seene By faith Abell offred vnto God a more plenteous sacrifice then Cayne by which he obtayned witnes that he was righteous God testifiyng of hys giftes by which also he being dead yet speaketh By faith was Enoch translated that he shoulde not see death neither was he found for God had taken him away Before he was takē away he was reported of that he had pleased God but without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cōmeth to God must beleue that God is and that he is a rewarder of thē that seeke him By faith Noe being warned of God eschued the thinges which were as yet not seene and prepared the Arke to the sauing of his houshold through the which Arke he condempned the worlde and became heyre of y e righteousnes which is according to faith By faith Abraham when he was called obeyed to goe out into a place which he shoulde afterward receiue to inheritaunce and he went out not knowing whether he should goe By faith he remoued into the land of promise as into a straunge countrey whē he had dwelt in tabernacles and so did Isaack and Iacob heires with him of the same promise for he looked for a Citie hauing a foundation whose builder and is God Through faith Sara also receaued strength to conceaue and be with childe and was deliuered of a childe when she was past age because she iudged him faithfull which had promised therefore sprang there of one euen of one which was as good as dead so many in multitude as are the starres of the skye and as the sand the which is by the sea shore innumerable These all dyed according to faith when they had not receiued the promises but sawe them afarre of and beleued them and saluted them and confessed that they were straungers pilgrimes on the earth for they that sawe such thinges declare that they seke a Countrey and if they had bene mindefull of the countrey frō whence they came out they had leasure to haue retourned agayne but now they desier a better that is to say an heauenly wherefore God hymselfe is not ashamed to be called their God for he hath prepared for them a Citie By fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac when he was proued and he offred him being his onely sonne in whome he had receiued the promises and to him it was sayde in Isaac shall thy seede be called for he considered that God was able to rayse vp agayne from death therefore receiued he him also for an example of y e resurrection By faith did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau concerning thinges to come By fayth Iacobe when he was a dying blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph and bowed hymselfe towarde the toppe of his scepter By fayth Ioseph when he dyed remembred the departyng of the children of Israell and gaue commaundement of his bones By faith Moyses when he was borne was hidde three monthes of his father and mother because they saw he was a proper childe neither feared they the kinges commaundemente By fayth Moyses when he was great refused to be called the sonne of Pharaoes daughter and chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God then to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egipt for he had respect vnto the reward By fayth he forsoke Egipt and feared not the fiercenes of the king for he endured euen as though he had sene him which is inuisible Through fayth he ordayned the passouer and the effusiō of bloud least he that destroyeth y e first borne should touch them By faith they passed through the red sea as by dry land which whē the Egiptians had assayed to do they were drowned By faith y e walles of Iericho fell downe after they were compassed about seuen dayes By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that were disobedient when she had receiued the spies to lodging peaceably and what shall I more saye for the time wilbe to short for me to tell of Gedeon of Barach and of Sampson and of Iephtaph of Dauid also and Samuell and of the Prophets which through faith subdued kingdomes wrought righteousnes obtayned the promises and stopped the mouthes of Lions quenched the violence of fier escaped the edge of the sword out of weaknes were made strong waxed valiant in fight turned to flight the armes of the aliantes the women receiued their dead raysed to life agayne Other were racked would not be deliuered that they myght inherit a better resurrection Againe other were tried with mockkinges and scorninges moreouer with bondes and prisonment and were stoned were hewen a sunder were tempted were slaine with the sworde walked vp and downe in sheepes skinnes and goates skinnes being destitute troubled and vexed which men the worlde was not worthy of They wandered in wildernes and in mountaynes and in dennes and caues of the earth and these all through fayth obtayned good report and receiued not the promise because God had promysed a better thynge for vs that they without vs should not be made perfect By faith we resist the Deuill and ouercome him in the worlde Finally my brethren be stronge in the Lord and in the power of his might put on the armour of God that ye may stand stedfast against the crafty assaultes of the Deuill for we wrestle not against flesh and bloude but against rule against power and against worldely rulers of the darckenes of thys worlde against spirituall wickednes for heauēly thinges for this cause take vnto you the armoure of God that ye may be able to resiste in the euill day and stand perfect in all thinges They that haue receiued the faith and the holy Ghost and also tasted the gospel of God if they do forsake it and blaspheme it willing to be saued by other sacrifice then that by Christ do abide the iudgement of God wythout mercy we y t beleue Christ let vs follow Christes liuing The faith of a Christian is ioyned with charitie and without charitie is the faith of the Deuill Like as the bodye is deade wherein is no spirite so faith is dead where there lacketh workes Fayth not exercised soone waxeth sicke and being vnoccupied is assaulted with sundry displeasures Well may he be counted right valiaunt in dede which in ioy nor in sorow doth not exceede the faithfull man possesseth his treasure whose modestie moueth still to minde