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A01118	Christ Iesus triumphant A fruitefull treatise, wherin is described the most glorious triumph, and conquest of Christ Iesus our sauiour, ouer sinne, death, the law, the strength and pride of Sathan, and the world, with all other enemyes whatsoeuer agaynst the poore soule of man: made too be read for spirituall comfort, by Iohn Foxe, and from Latin translated intoo English by the printer.; Christus triumphans. English. Selections	Foxe, John, 1516-1587.; Day, Richard, b. 1552.	1579 (1579)	STC 11231; ESTC S116950	29,170	80

Heauen or that shall descend into Hell no I will bryng thée into an other place euen into thy selfe thou shalt néede no long voyage or Ulisses trauailes onely consider with good aduisement those thynges that are within thée so shalt thou easely perceaue that thou dayly cariest a world about thée in thy Hart. For what is Man els than a certaine world in respect of his bignesse smale but if thou regard his maruelous workemanship valor personage and the image of GOD according whereunto he was made he is in many respects of greater estimation and excellencie than this visible world the most precious thinges whereof are but trifles too the surpassing dignitie of the other which is inuisible Wilt thou haue a sight of the wonderfull workmanship and riches of this thy inuisible world The beholdyng of this Sunne this light this life doth I know greatly please thine eyes but how much superexcellent is the sunne within thy body the sincere Eye of the Minde illuminated with the light of JESUS CHRIST the brightnesse wherof cleareth and cheareth the whole mynde of Man Glytering gold plentie of siluer great landes and rich possessiōs delight thée but how more brighter shineth the most precious pearle of a feruent Fayth sought in the fruitfull and most pleasaunt fieldes of the Euangelistes which when thou hast founde thou sellest all other things setting them at naught for desire of this The visible worlde hath his Peace Tranquillitie Libertie neither doth this world also want his Peace and Libertie yea and it so wanteth them not that if wée can distinguish truth from falshood they are no where els to be foūd but here Thou callest that Peace when there is no priuie grudge or malice betwene thée and thy neighbor but how more excellent a Peace is a true hart a clear conscience before GOD and a quiet mynde beyng at vnitie with it selfe and with GOD Moreouer thou makest much of Libertie whiche is but fréedome from the bondage of men but rather estéeme of that Libertie when as neither the violence of DEATH nor the power of SYNNE nor the tyranny of SATHAN when as neither the gates of HELL nor the frowardnesse of Fortune nor the crueltie of Enemies finally that I may yet speake more confidently in CHRIST whē as neither the very wrath and curse of GOD nor the obligatorie sentence of the LAW nor thinges to come nor heigth nor depth nor the whole Hoast of Heauen haue any Law or power agaynst thée But thou art a Courtier perhaps and thou canst not be without company or resort of men thine old mates and fellowes sporte play riot idlenes and by your leaue chambering is thy repast thou déemest it a Gentlemans lyfe to spend whole dayes and yeares in dauncing drincking dicing hunting in foolish pastimes and more foolish talke and for such a yoncker as thou art to betake himselfe to Prayer thou takest him for a doting and frensie foole Thou thinkest it an honorable thing to be conuersaunt among great Personages thou féedest thy fancie with an Italian grace with the Spanishe fashion and the French curtesie very seruiceable iu spéech à vostre commaundement Monsieur then if hapely it chaunce that thou art in very good place about thy Prince or wear his coate or be often in his presence or if by some meanes thou créepest into his fauor and art knowen of him and spoken too with affabilitie and receiuest some commoditie at his handes for this is the ende of Courtly Philosophers then thou persuadest thy selfe that thou art in most perfect and blessed ioy To be short discouer this thy whole world vnto vs 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Anathomy therof open all the veynes of all the vayne pleasures and delightes therof paint them out to the purpose amplifie them asmuch as thou list and imagine that all the felicities of the worlde did light together vpon one Polycrates namely the fauor of the Prince the pleasures of the Court Degrées of Honor Nobtlitie of byrth varietie of delightes sumptuous buildings frendes Gold Precions stones farmes Clients the fauor of the Cominaltie the contemplation of this visible light gaming mirth victories Triumphes or whatsoeuer els of like kinde of trash Let vs now lay together and compare the benefites of the inuisible world whiche make thy soule within thée most happy and blessed And that I may beginne with that which is most worthely of greatest estimation namely the Fauor of GOD the souereigne PRINCE of all Princes let vs cal to minde the singular Graces springing and Procéedyng hereof as a good Conscience Peace Life eternall Saluation Ioye in the HOLY GHOST Patience of Mynde against al Aduersity Victory ouer Death Remission of SINNE Fayth the subuerter of SATHANS Kyngdome a Confident hart voyde of all feare Contempt of thinges present Certaintie of thinges to come the Riches of Uertue and Wisedome more precious than all treasure the Repressing of immoderat Affectiōs diuerses signes and Tokens of GODS SPIRITE the Light of Reason like vnto the Sunne whose excaédyng bright beames shyne through the whole worlde adde hereunto also the giftes of Learning and Knowledge and Tounges fixed in this World as certain Starres to conclude you can sée nothing almost in all this world outwardly the like whereof is not done in that inward world spiritually yet more effectually so that this world may be well termed no other than a shadow or dead Image of a Man as Man is the liuely Image of god Finally sith that this outward world séemeth to be ordeined of God onely to the vse of outward things and the other to blessednes and felicitie truly they which gape after far greater aboundance than is sufficient and necessarie for sustenaunce of their lyfe being seduced and bewitched with a preposterous error and false opinion doe hunt after and finde shadowes for true thynges transitorte wealth for euerla sting ioy and heape vp coales in stead of rich treasure For true Happines is no where to be found but in that Celestiall world of the mynde whiche not Caesar though he were thrice Augustus or more then a Potētate nor all the Kings and Princes of the Earth are able too geue thée as they are not able to take it from thée it procéedeth onely from this one PRINCE and LORD of all CHRIST JESUS the eternall Sonne of GOD. Goe foreward now and embrace this present worlde whiche thou hast in such great admiration and addict thy selfe asmuch as thou list soo the seruice of temporall Princes I know that Christian Religion and true Discipline doth geue vnto Princes their due honor and obedience neither do I enuie or grutch thereat nay rather I wish the greater encrease thereof so that it be iust lawfull and right No man more truly honoreth Superior Powers than he which doth honor them in the LORD But if the diuine Law of GOD by authoritie admit so much reuerēce and worship to be geuē to the

Potētates of this trāsitory world what than is méete that wée yéeld vnto him who so far surmounteth obscureth the Maiestie and Grace of most mightie Monarches that they are no otherwise to be coūted happy but so farre foorth as they truly feare and serue him Wée haue now made manifest vnto you that all the tyranny of DEATH is extinguished and wée deliuered from the seruile yoke thereof by the meanes and conquest of this our Triumphant PRINCE When I say DEATH I vnderstand also thereby the whole armie or violence of mischiefes which any wayes annoy our life both those which were the cause of DEATH and thofe also that accompany and follow it For DEATH of it selfe is nothing els but the punishment wages for SINNE accordyng to Paules saying euen as the strength of SINNE is the law For where no Law is there is no Transgression but where there is Transgression there the wrath of GOD is reuealed from Heauen against all vngodlynes of mē which withhold the truth in vnrighteousnes And to this wrath wée were all sometime subiect being dead in Sinne seruing Sathan the Prince of this world vnder whose king dome wée were all wretched and miserable For what greater thrall or more extreme miserie could there happen thā that SATHAN troubling and disturbing all things as he listed should beare all the sway and alone vsurpe the kyngdome being not cōquerable by any force of Nature or power of Prince All thinges beyng thus in a desperate case the more glorious did the power of this our graund Chāpion appeare who with a maruelous victorie and singular ouerthrow by suffering subdued the Enemy and hauing vanquished the tyrannie of DEATH by Death opened the euerlastyng gate of immortalitie too all that would come and enter therein Wherfore he willing to cōmunicate the fruite of this his benefit with all who draweth all vntoo himselfe cryeth in the Gospell saying Come vnto mee all yee that labor and are heauy laden and I will refresh you And as he doth accept all sortes of mē in that he inuiteth and allureth all so he excepteth no kinde of burthē or grief who promiseth that he will refreshe vs in all and disburthen vs of them all Goe too therefore good Brother in Christ whosoeuer thou art that gronest vnder any burthē acknowlege the voyce of him that calleth thée how much the more thou art afflicted so much the more boldly hasten vntoo him who is ready to helpe all but especially he came to visite and comfort the poore afflicted If the Wrath of GOD terrifie thée thou hast there an attonement and Peacemaker who hauing slayne Hatred by his crosse and Passion offereth vnto thée a sure sanctuary too flée vntoo If his Law touch or sting thée or the féeling of thy SINN disquiet thée he hath taken away the hand writyng of ordinaunces that was agaynst vs and hath spoyled the Principalities and Powers and hath made a shew of them openly and hath triumphed ouer them in him selfe Is the feare and horror of Death dreadfull vntoo thée DEATH hath now lost his sting in him and doth now feare thée more then thou her But perhaps SATHAN the worker of all euill thoughtes and cogitations doth not a litle assault thée tush let him rage and raung as long as hee list how can he greatly hurt thée when as his Head being brused and broken he can but hisse at thy héele Peraduenture also thy Faith is shaken and tryde or some other storme of Temptation comming from some other where violently vppon thée doth disturbe the tranquilitie of thy mynde fight therefore and put on the whole armor of Christian warfare or if the battaile be ouer hot and excéede thy strēgth yet fall to Prayer or if thou canst not pray at the leastwise sigh and grone vnto the LORD The inward sighing and groning of that Hart shooting vp before the LORD is a strong harty prayer Thou must striue and labor too doe what thou canst and art able but this whiche thou art able is not of such value of it selfe as it is estéemed of GOD who both accepteth and crowneth in vs the affection of a willing hart ready mynde like as if it were an action or déede Otherwise that whiche the rigorous Iustice of GOD doth exact of vs too our saluation and too the vanquishyng of these foresayd Enemies were excéedyng great too too farre aboue thy strength or reach But that which thou séely mā beyng borne of mā wast not able to performe that a mā borne of GOD the Sonne of God CHRIST JESUS hath fully accōplished He hath fulfilled euery iot of the Law thorough wōderfull humility obediēce he hath abated the pride of the world opened the gates of heauē which our sinfull life had shut vp dispossessed Sathan of his kingdome vtterly weakened the power of Death takē away the sting of Sinne torments of Hell. Finally he performyng euery poynt of perfect righteousnes and being but one aunswered that for all which was required of euery one And beside that this heauenly Prince hath wrought these and so many wonderfull workes with incredible Triumph which doe amaze and astonish euen Nature it selfe it is also to be considered how much more famous and Triumphant he is not onely in that he had no fellow or mate to assiste him but in that whatsoeuer he tooke vpon him he compassed it and obtained the victory not for himselfe but for vs onely and our behalfe Wherein the Triumph of this our MONARCH séemeth farre vnlike the victories of other Princes not onely in the excellencie and valure of the things done but also in the very manner of the doyng For the victories of earthly Potentates as they are alwayes atchiued with crueltie and violence so are they oftentymes very iniurious but neuer without great daūger much manslaughter Wherby it commeth to passe that their Triumphes are nothing in the end but a publique pylage and misery of the world wherein while some do laugh many wéep and howle nether partie deseruing so to doe nether the vanquisher nor the vanquished Now albeit that vpon iust cause the warre was taken in hand it falleth out notwithstandyng in such Triumphes I cā not tell how that the victory for the most part betideth vntoo hym who did least of all in battalle For albeit Princes be sometyme present in the cōflict yet surely they are farthest from perill whose notwithstandyng the victory is sayd to be Farre otherwise stādeth the case betwene vs and our heauenly Conqueror For they to whom the matter chiefly appertained beyng frée from all daunger and at ease sat as idle lookers on an other mans labor and payne He alone who deserued nothing aboad all the perill Who if he would haue voutchsaued they also venteryng themselues to the battaile to haue bene but a partaker onely of their labor or a Captaine of their Warre or any waye but a

I know him it is Christ. Art thou he that excellest all the children of Men in beauty in whose lippes grace was shed most plentyfully yea euen with Gods owne hand where then is that beautie of thyne Where is that grace of thy lippes I finde it not I sée it not fleshly eyes conceiue not so great a misterie Open thou the eyes of my mynde Bring thy Diuine light nearer vntoo mée and giue mée power too looke more wistly vpon thée I sée it is Iesus the sonne of God the vnspotted Lambe without sinne without fault without offence whiche tooke my wickednesse vpon him too the intent that I beyng set frée from sinne might be brought agayn into Gods fauour rise agayne frō my fall returne home agayn from banishment attaine to the end for which I was created That which I deserued he suffred and that which I could neuer haue attained vnto he geueth O my Redéemer deliuerer and Sauiour draw mée too thée that beyng alwayes myndefull of thy death trustyng alwayes in thy goodnesse and beyng alwayes thankfull for thine vnspeakeable benefites I may be made partaker of so great reward and not be separated from thy body through myne owne vnthankefulnes so as thou shouldest haue béen borne in vayne as in respect of mée and in vayne haue suffred so many torments yea and euen most bitter death of thyne owne accord for my sake Amen ¶ An other MY mynde beholdeth thy body crucified for my soule O that thou wouldest also crucifie mée with thée so as I might liue or rather not I but thou my Lord Christ in mée Who will geue mée too dye with thée that I might ryse agayne with thée too lyfe euerlastyng Thou dyedst for mée that I might lyue through thée Thy flesh is crucified O Christ crucifie thou the power of sinne that raigneth in mée that beyng stripped out of the old Adā I may be trāsformed into the second Adam to lead a new life by shakyng downe and dispatchyng away of all wickednes vnbeléefe and tyranny of Sathan Let thy yoke become swéete and thy burthen lightsome too mée through thy Crosse that I followyng thée willyngly and chearefully may come to the same place where thou art that is too wit too thy most blessed and immortall Father from whom nothyng may euer separate vs hereafter Amen ¶ An other O Most high and singular obediēce where through thou didst submit thy selfe to innumerable tormētes yea euen to most bitter reprochfull death because it liked thy Father too haue it so O Noonetyde of feruent loue and Sun-shine neuer drawyng towardes Euentyde shewe vs where thou féedest in the middest of the day where thou shroudest thy Shéepe from cold O would to God wée might bée transformed intoo that Crosse of thyne that thou mightest dwel in our harts by faith rooted groūded in charitie so as wée might with all thy holy ones comprehend the length breadth height and depth of thy Crosse whiche excéede all the strength and wisedome of the world Amen ¶ FINIS Rom. 7. Luke 11. Gene. 3. Math. 26. Luke 11. Psal 91. Rom. 7. Ephes 2. Rom. 7. Ephe. 2. The Triumph of Christ notably appeareth in Mans miserie Consideration of Mās miserie The inuincible power of Death Psal. 88. Luke 7. Iohn 11. Actes 9. Es. y 40. Eccles. 3. DEATH ouercome The Victory and Triumph of Christ. Psal. 71. Psal. 2. Math. 28. The Benefites of Christ how great they be and how common to all The preposterous study vayne carking care of men The vncertaine fauor of Princes The great felicitie of this world is but vanitie Deut. 30. Man a litle world Two sortes of Worldes cōpared together Worldly Wealth The peace of the world True Peace what it is True and false Libertie The delight of Courtiers A Comparison of out ward good things with inward The vayne felicitie of this world The Glory of Christ doth not take from Earthly Princes their due Honor. The Law abrogated by Christ. Rom. 6. Rom. 1. Ephes 2. Math. 11. The wrath of God pacified Sathā spoyled Collos. 2. The vvorkes of Christ Triūphant The singular goodnes of Christ Triūphant In the victorie of Christ what is to be considered All the benefites of Christ belong aswell too vs as too hym Meditation of the crosse of Christ. How wee must take profite by the Passion and victorie of Christ. Christ a pu blique person Esay 35. Why wee are so strōg in the world and faynt in Christ. How the Gospell must be mi nistred The Law. The Gospell Martin Luther his opinion concerning the distributing and preaching of the Gospell Affliction giueth vnderstādyng Why they who are best are commonly most afflicted in this world The Chur che of the Israelites The Chur che of Rome The Churche of England Afflictiō an wholesome medecine in the Church Prosperitie without Affliction how hurtfull too the Church The benefites of Christ toward vs. Our duetyes in Christ. The works of the Law how they be necessary and how not True fayth what it is and what it doth An objection dissolued AT LONDON Printed by Richard Daye dwelling at Aldersgate beneath S. Martines 1579. Cum gratia Privilegio Regiae Majestatis