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A19234	A dyall of dayly contemplacion, or deuine exercise of the mind instructing vs to liue vnto God, and to dye vnto the vvorld. First colected & published in Latin, at the request of a godly Bishop, and Reuerent Father, Richard, sometime Byshop of Dirham, and Lorde Priuie Seale. Novv nevvly translated into Englishe, by Richard Robinson, citizen of London. Seene, and allowed.; Contemplacyon of synners.	Touris, William, attributed name.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1578 (1578)	STC 5644; ESTC S119753	81,912	254

haue many aduersaries· NONE shall be crowned with the garland of victory but he that hath fought it out to the vttermost IERONIMVS I Doo arrogate and callenge vnto my selfe a most foolishe victory yf I doo not fyght and I clayme a crowne without victory PLATO 2. Ethicorum TO doo euyll is an easie matter but to doo well it is hard for vs. AVGVSTINVS THE beginnyng of vertue in a man yea the cheefe vertue selfe is to embrace vertue c. Right as white paper is redy to the print Of blacke and blew faire and foule Imagery So is the soule of man conuenient To good and euill addict vndoubtedly But sythen Vertue hath suche difficulty Men learne the sooner to be vicious In lacke of labour we flowe in folly For slothfull sottes can not be vertuous GALATHIANS CAP. 6. BE not you deceaued in your owne doings God is not mocked withall what so euer a man soweth the same also shall he reape PROVERBES CAP. 22. WHO so soweth iniquities shall reape to him selfe that which is euyll ECCLESIASTI CAP. 25. IF thou hast not geathered togeather some store in thy youth howe shalt thou fynde wherewith in thy aged yeeres to helpe thee PROVERBES CAP. 20. A Chylde is knowen by his studyes and trauelles AVGVSTINVS FOR innocencie is the defencible armour of God which yf thou hast thou and all thyne shal be in sauety BERNARDVS IT lyeth in vs to gette the victory if we wyll endeuour our selues therevnto and out of this battell or conflict none of vs agaynst our wylles shal be deiected IERONIMVS AS thou growest in yeeres so let grace increase with thee more and more let iustice increase as the number of thy yeeres increaseth and how much the elder thou art so much the more perfect let thy fayth appeare in thee SENECA THERE is no greater vertue can remayne in man then to bridle and came vices PROVERBES CAP. 24. I Passed by the feelde of the slothfull man and there grewe vp thornes which couered his woorkemanship VVhat seede men sowe such corne they must sheare As we oft see by prooued experience Euen so in youth who liketh to forbeare The seedes of sinne of slothe and negligence And sowe the seedes of vertue and sapience So with small labour in great security VVith mede honor and inward compacience Theit age shall florishe in fayre felicity PSALM 126. HE that soweth in teares shall reape in ioy SAPIENCE CAP. 3. GLorious is the fruite of good labours SENECA THere is nothing vyler then he which toyleth and wyll haue all thinges that he doeth to be counted good and yet he him selfe laboureth not to be reputed a good man. PROVERBES CAP. 20. THE slothfull man would not plowe because of the colde weather he shall therefore goe a begging in the sommer and no man shall releeue him GREGORIVS EXcept a man doo with all endeuour trye out the mastry to the vttermost there is no superfluous triumph of victory to be had BERNARDVS O True pronounced safe battle in Christes cause and for Christes loue is that conflict wherein neyther is a man wounded cast vnder foote nor stricken downe neyther yet being slayne a thousand times yf it were so possible shall he be frustrated and deceaued of the victorie so that he stand to it manfully and start not away The tyme of sowing is called tedious But of the reaping svveete is the seasoune So of good life beginnyng is laborous Then folovveth fruite of honour and renoune Euerlasting life and eke an heauenly crowne Therefore O youth in these thy yeeres greene Fyght feruently vvith harty affection And tyre not that triumph eternall to obtayne IOB CAP. 2. HIS bones shall be fylled with the vices of his youth and with hym shall they sleepe in the dust IERONIMVS THE continuall custome of transgressing and offendyng hath made the way of vertue vnpleasant and sharpe vnto vs. IEREMI 13. IF the blacke a More may change the cullour of his skinne or the Leopard her speckled heare euen so is it possible with man to doo well when he hath learned alredy to doo euyll BERNARDVS THere is nothyng more precious then tyme alacke there is nothyng at this day deemed more vyle The dayes of mans lusty and healthfull tyme passe away and no man thynketh of the well bestowing thereof for euen as there shall not perishe one heare of the iust mans head so neyther shall there escape hym one minute of tyme vncounted vpon All the tyme that on thee is bestowed shall be required at thy handes in what manner thou hast spent the same PROVERBES 27. BEtter are the stripes of him that loueth thee tenderly then the deceitfull kysses of hym that hateth thee But novve alacke youthy yeeres and innocence To vice and vertue vvhich is indifferent So soked is in sinne and insolence Through euill examples and liberty verament That of youthy yeeres time is mispent Though meete it be that lost lyfe be refound Euyll vsage maketh so great impediment It vvyll not be but Gods grace more abound PROVERBES CAP. 22. THE young man shall walke in the way that I haue prescribed him and when he waxeth olde he shall not depart therefrom CASIODORVS THE beauty and deformity of mans mind is prescribed in the quality eyther of the vertues or of the vices thereof BERNARDVS IT is a hard thing to be brought to passe nay it is a thyng altogeather impossible for deuine vertue where once the yoke of sinne is taken vppon vs to shake it of from our shoulders because he that committeth sinne is the seruant and bondman of sinne IO. 8. Amos. 5. HE hath fallen and hath not taken holde wherevpon he myght aryse vp agayne AMBROSIVS I Haue more easely founde out who they be that haue obserued innocencie of baptisme then whiche repented theyr sinfull lyues as they ought to haue done GREGORIVS THAT man recouereth vp with muche a doo whom the massy weyght of euyl custome keepeth vnder ISIDORVS CVstome and countenaunce in maner of liuyng confyrmeth the maners of lyfe and the vse of the yoke is as the inclination of nature SENECA THAT best order or rule of lyfe is to be chosen whom custome shall make pleasant and sweete vnto vs. EZECHIEL 18. BE you conuerted and repent you of all your iniquities and your iniquities shall not be the cause of your destruction ECCLESIASTI 5. MAKE no tarriance to turne vnto the Lord and deferre not of frō day to day for suddenly shall his wrath come and in his wrath he shall destroy thee ISIDORE de summo bono AN euill cogitation bringeth foorth a noughty delectation the delectation a consent the consent a deede the deede a custome the custome an euyll necessity Reuolue further yet yf any thou knewe Spending their youth in sinnes criminall VVhich with difficulty could their maners renewe Therefore dreade God and for his grace doo call For to preserue thyne innocence from fall And yf that state be lost with abusance Sleepe neuer with sollace

Iudges which were seene to beare rule ouer the people and they haue turned away their vnderstanding and haue withdrawen their eyes from beholding the Heauen neither would they remember the iudgementes of the iust This processe of iudgement is short vvithout tarying VVhen for our sinnes shall serue none excuse But our vnkindnesse to Christe our soueraigne king Our consciences eke vvitnesses shall vs accuse VVhen vve his gracious good fauour abuse God graunt therefore by ages tofore past VVe in this last aige such vvarnyng may take That cleauing in feare to this our God fast VVe may auoyde the danger of the dreadfull lake 2. CORINTH CAP. 6. FOR we all must needes be manifested and openly reuailed before the tribunall seate of Christe that euery man may reape that whiche he hath done in his body be it good or be it bad ESAI CAP. 13. BEhold the day of the Lord shal come that cruell day and full of indignation wrath and furies to put the earth in feare and her sinners to be ouerthrowen by her because the Starres of Heauen and their glit●ering hue shall not geue foorth light vnto them EZECHIEL 6. THE end commeth it shall stand vp as a watchman against the sorowe shal come vpon thee which dwellest vppon the Earth the time is come the day of death is neare at hand and not of the ioyfull sound of the Hils Now euen at hand foorthwith wyll I powre out my indignation vppon thee and wyll accomplishe the desire of my fury vppon thee and wyl iudge thee according to thy wayes and wyll lay vppon thee as a burden all thy wickednesse and my eye shall haue no compassion vpon thee neither wyll I shewe thee any mercy but wyl lay vpon thee thine owne wicked wayes MATTHE 25. THen shall he say to those which shal stand vpon his left hand Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fyre whiche is prepared for the deuil and his angels ORIGEN SInners doo lincke them selues in amitie with the Deuill as they which are by the prouidence of God saued are made coequals with the holy angels So such as perishe are compared vnto the angels of the Deuil Augustinus 21. de ciuitate dei HEreby also is it manifest that the same fire is geuen by ordinance for a pounishment vnto men and deuils Gregorius 33. cap. mora IT belongeth to the iustice of a straight Iudge neuer to withdrawe pounishment from them whiche of their owne mindes in this life would neuer withdrawe them selues from sinne PSALME 119. VNderstand this you that haue forgotten God least that at any time he take you away by force and then there be no man to take you out of his handes c. Then shall Christe thus pronounce for conclusion From his leaft hand vvhen he the vvicked shal expel Depart yee vvofull vvretches vvith my malediction To the perpetuall fyre and tormentes of hell In dolorous darknesse vvith deuils there to dvvell VVithout recouerie shall be there your residence Fellovved vvith feendes furious and fell And of my person neuer more to haue presence MATTHE 25. COme you the blessed of my Father possesse you the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world ORIGEN FOR the holy ones of God whiche haue wrought the woorkes of righteousnesse haue alredy taken for their hyre the inheritaunce on the right hand of GOD for their woorkes of righteousnesse wherein consistes both rest and glorious triumphe AVGVSTINVS LAbour in worldly matters will discourage thee from comming vnto God but behold the Heauens whiche haue learned the first commaundement they fulfill the same TOBIA 6. THE Lorde GOD of Heauen shall rewarde thee with ioy and comfort for the werisome trauel that thou hast endured 2. CORINTH 1. FOR this ioye and comfort that we haue conceaued is a witnesse of our conscience within vs c. PSALME 100. BE you glad in the Lord and be ioyful you that are iust c. and reioyce you in the lord c. MATTH CAP. 24. WAtche therefore because you know not the houre when the Lord wyll come HIERONIMVS IT was not requisite that the Apostles should haue the day of the foreknowledged comming of Christe reuealed vnto them that by reason of theyr earnest looking for of his comming they not knowing when yet might alwayes beleeue that he would come whom they knewe not howe soone he would come GREGORIVS WHat man seemeth to watche in deede which to beholde the brightnesse of the true light keepeth open the eyes of his mind That man watcheth who obserueth that order of dooing well which he beleeueth is acceptable before god That man watcheth which driueth from him the darknesse of dolour and negligence IOHN CAP. 3. O Ye generacions of Vipers who hath taught you to flee from the wrath to ome Doo you therefore shewe foorth woorthy fruites of repentance PSALME EVen as the wounded bodies sleeping in their graues that is to say The sinners of whom there is no further memory and those are repulsed out of thy handes PSALME 36. DEpart from dooing that is euill and doo good After the first sentence the second folowe shall Full of solace and consolation Saying vnto those on his right hand all Come ye chyldren on my benediction VVhich haue me loued with true intention Receaue you the kingdome of lasting blis Reserued for you from the worldes creation God grannt vs thy grace to labour for this ESAI CAP. 46. REturne and come againe oh you that haue frowardly walked after your owne hart GREGORIVS O How strait shall then be the way for the reprobate aboue in the Heauens shall sitte the Iudge full of displeasure belowe in Hell shal be an horrible confusion vpon the right hande shall stand our sinnes to accuse vs vpon the leaft hand infinite numbers of Deuils which shall drawe vs to the tormenting place within vs the gnawing of our conscience and without vs the Wo●ld burning rounde about Whyther then shall the sinner flee To appeare to iudgement shal be intollerable for him and to hyde him setfe shal be impossible PSALME 138. I Haue remembred these and I haue powred out myne owne soule before me HIERONIMVS BVT thou discreete Reader marke and consider that both the punishments which are ordeyned are eternall and that the euerlasting ioyfull life hath in it no maner of decay or ruine ECCLESIASTI CAP. 7. BE mindfull of the wrath of the Highest because he wyll not long foreslewe the time MATTH CAP. 10. FEare not ye those that haue power to slay the body onely but rather feare you him which is able to destroy both body and soule euen in the very Hell. Augustinus de verbis Domi. BVT we see all such as loue this present life temporall and which is soone ended so to labour for the same that when the passion of death approcheth them they make all the shift they can that they not be taken away with death and by all meanes seeke to prolong their life If then men doo with suche

labour and such care endeuour th●m selues to the ende they would liue a litle longer howe and by what meanes ought they to labour and be carefull for the life euerlasting And yf such men be accompted wyse which trye all maner wayes howe they may deferre death and prolong life for a short time How foolish are those whiche liue so as thereby they lose the life euerlasting surely such may be called most fooles of all other Reuolue in mind the great perplexitee Of sinners seeing them selues in such assay VVhen rheir iust Iudge aboue them they shall see And vnder them Hell to swalowe them as pray All faythfull Christians marke this by the way If sentence geuen for Temporall offence Deserue here a death with losse of goodes alway VVhat to offend the highest shal be the sentence PSALME 118. THey are corrupted and become abominable in their studies it is time Lord to besturre thee they haue dispersed and wrested thy lawe IOB CAP. 5. I Wyll pray vnto the Lord who reproueth the wyse men of this world in their craftinesse and dooth disperse the counsels of the wicked PROVERBES CAP. 2. HE hath forsaken the right way and walketh through the darke places ESAI CAP. 1. THey geue not sentence in fauour of the Orphane and the complaint of the Wydowe hath not come in before them IOB CAP 36. DIssemblers and lukewarme worldlings doo pro●●re the wrath of God vpon them PSALME 10. THE mouth of them that speake mischeuous thinges is stopped Let the deceitfull lips be come dumbe and not able to vtter their speache LVKE CAP. 16. THe children of this world are in their generation wyser then the children of light Psalmista de impiis 8. THey are troubled as a drunken man and all their wysedome is vtterly consumed ESAI CAP. 29. FOR wysedome shall depart and perishe from the wyse of this world that is to say from such as are reputed wyse men and their vnderstanding shall be darkened because it is said IEREMI CAP. 4. THey are wyse enough to woorke wickednesse but to doo well they haue none vnderstanding BERNARDVS SVrely thou hast found out wisdome aright yf thou canst esteeme of all things as they be namely of sinne and vices as thinges that are vyle and altogeather to be shunned Of ●emporall thinges as that whiche is fraile and transitory and therfore to be smaly made accompt of but of eternall thinges as that which is best and therefore aboue all others c●eefely and specially to be desired and imbraced Of worldly witte see the furious raige How it is dased in wylfull darckenesse VVhere spirituall wysedome graue godly and saige Should rest in those that Christe doo professe Some yet there are which practize nought lesse But subtilty the simple to circumuent As wyly VVoolues their deedes them expresse VVhich dayly deuoureth the Lambes innocent SOPHONI CAP. 1. THey shall walke as the blind in darknes because they haue sinned against the lord ESAI CAP. 49. THus sayth the Lorde In an acceptable time haue I heard thee and in the day of health haue I helped thee 2. CORINTH CAP. 6. WE exhort you brethr●n that you receaue not the grace of God in vaine for he saith Behold the acceptable time Behold now the day of your sauing health APOCAL. CAP. ●0 ANd he swore by the God that liueth for euer because there shal not be any longer time ECCLESIASTI CAP. 39. FOR all things shal be sought for in their time DEVTERONO CAP. 32. de impiis IT is a nation wanting the counsell voyde of the wysedome of the highest Would to God they would once be wyse and geather vnderstanding and that they would prouide for the later dayes c. PSALME 2. HEare this al ye nacions marke and geue eare heare this you that inhabite the world SOPHONI CAP. 1. THe great day of the Lord is at hand it is very neare and too too swiftly comming vpon vs ye heare tell that the day of the Lorde shal be bitter ●hen shall the strong man be troubled That day shal be the day of wrath the day of tribulation and of sorowe the day of calamitie and of trouble the day of the Trumpe and the sound of the Trumpe vpon the strong defended cities and vppon the angels on an hie and I wyll vexe all flesh and they shall walke as the blinde doo because they haue sinned against the Lord. Sequitur BVt their siluer and their gold shall not deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the lord All the earth shal be consumed with the fyre of his indignation HIERONIMVS super Mattheum SO oft as I consider vppon the day of the Lordes iudgement I quake for feare in euery part of my body and whether I eate or drinke or what thing so euer els I doo mee thinkes I heare the fearefull Trumpe alwayes sounding in myne eares Aryse vp you dead and come to iudgement c. Such worldly wyse make no prouision For their soules health that euer shall endure But runne headlong into the pit of perdition VVoorking their wylles at all aduenture But such as feare God in euery condition VVith spirituall wysedome furnished are Liuing in feare and harty contrition Agaynst the last day them selues to prepare PSALME 47. THOV shalt renue the face of the earth when the sinners shall perishe thou shalt see it MATTH CAP. 25. THese shall depart into the perpetuall torment ESAI CAP. 3. THE light of the Moone shal shine foorth as the Sun doth and the Sun shall geue foorth his beames as the light of seuen dayes together euen vpon that day when the Lord shall binde vp the woundes of his people and shal heale vp the scarre of the stripe and behold the name of the Lord commeth from a farre whott shal be his wrath and indignation and greeuous to be susteyned ECCLESIASTI CAP. 43. THE Heauens shall shewe foorth their beauty in the day when the glory of the sonne of man shal be seene APOCALIPS CAP. 14. NOwe in deede is the time when the spirite shall say Let all flesh rest from their labours PETER CAP. 2. cathol THE Lorde knoweth best times when to take away and deliuer the godly from the temptations of this world and to keepe the wicked ones to be tormented at the day of iudgement PROVERBES CAP. 16. THe iudgementes of the Lorde are as the ballance and the weightes PSALM 55. FEare an● trembling haue come vpon me and the darke places haue enuironed me round about AVGVSTINVS FALL to repentance whyles thou art i● health and yf thou shalt so doo I say vnto thee that thou shalt be safe because thou hast repented thee whyles otherwyse thou mightest haue trespassed for yf thou wylt in time repent thee when thou shalt not haue power to sinne sinne shall forsake thee before thou forsake them Soone after sentence of generall iudgement The heauens shall royally be renouate Then shall the wicked to Sathan be sent To make abode with him for euer exterminate Then

9. YOV shall serue strange goddes whiche shall not suffer you to take any rest nyght nor day SAPIENCE CAP 4. AND there shal be after these thinges seene those that shall slide away without ●onor and liue in reproches amongst the ●ead for euer and they shal be laid waste euen ●●to the very last man. GREGORIVS in moribus THE pounishment is by the ordinance of God distinguished according to the mea●●re of the fault committed ●el is a hole of horrible darknes VVhere light is languorus and nothing delectable ●Vhich sorowfull sight causeth cares to increase From feendish figures foule and terrible ●Vhose tragedie to tell no tongue may be able So restles is the rage thereof most vnquiet ●Vith al mischiefe abounding wretched miserable ▪ In soule and body theyr paynes are so complete ECCLESIASTI CAP. 13. THERE is most wicked pouertie in the mouth of the vngodly IOB CAP. 2. HE shall cast vp agayne the wealth and ritches that he hath swalowed vp and deuoured PSALME 99. THey shall leaue their ritches for strangers to posses APOCALIPS CAP. 18. WIthin one houre are they bereaued of such substance PROVERBES CAP. 11. THeir ritches shall not auayle the wicked in the day of vengeance he that trusteth in them shall haue a fall IOB CAP. 2. ALL sorowe violently russheth in there vpon him SENECA THere is no other man more acceptable vnto GOD then he that contempneth worldly ritches BOECIVS de consolatum OH foolish blessednesse happening vnto man by brittle wealth which when hee hath gotten hee then becommeth secure and careles therein IOB CAP. 2. AND there shall a fire consume them which shall not cast any light Isidorus de summo bono THE fyre of hell shall both geue light vnto the augmentation of the payne for the wretched soules to the end they may see that shal be to their sorowe and also shall not geue light to their comfort because they shall not see that may be to ther ioy ESAI CAP. 9. THE people shal be as the foode of fyre Gregorios in Dialogo THE wicked haue death in hell that shall neuer dye want without want ende without end because death there is immortall penurie neuer fayling and the ende of their paines infinite PSALME 28. EVilles haue compassed me rounde about whereof I am not able to resite the number In hell of flaming fyre is horrible heate VVhich fire without fayle or distance shall endure Greeuously tormenting with furie to freate Both body and soule in payne passing measure O liuing death euerlasting in languor O deadly lyfe of endles mortalitie Sowssed in sadnes and sorowe euermore Should not man than restraine from all peruersitie DEVTERONO CAP. 28. GOD shall strike thee with neede or penurie sicknesse and colde with heate and drought with corrupt ayre and with rust of the earth ESAI CAP. 33. WHich of you shal be able to dwell where the deuouring fyre hath his force PSALME 94. BVT yet shalt thou consider before thyne eyes and shalt see the reward that shal be geuen sinners I wyll remember and beare in mind these thinges and my spirite waxeth faint therefore ECCLESIAST CAP. 1. MY sonne remember thy ende and thou shalt not sinne for euer PSALME 90. BEcause a thousand yeeres are before thine eyes as yesterday which is passed IEREMI CAP. 17. THou shalt be cast out also from the heritage that I gaue thee and I wyll subdue thee vnder the heauie bondage of thyne enemies in a land that ye know not for ye haue ministred fyre to myne indignation which shall burne euermore PROSPERVS IN this present life temporall pleasures are counted sweete and troubles are coumpted bitter but who is he that despiseth not the voluptuousnesse of this worlde thirsting or longing after the felicitie of the life euerlasting or who would not willingly drinke the cup of tribulation for Christe in this world fearing the euerduring torment of the fyre in hell Robertus in quali IF it be a tedious thing for the healthfull man to lye waltering in his bed all day and all night long and in the softnesse thereof to wallowe him selfe at wyll so vnto a young dissolute person it happeneth likewyse a thing ircksome to keepe company long tyme with fayre Women These and suche other like which were woont to be doone for sport and pleasure doo with continuall vse thereof bring lothsomenes Alacke therefore why do such sinners slumber in sinne why rather doo they not awake and why doo they not consider before that horrible tormentes in hell are prepared for them which shall endure a thousand thousand yeres after yea for euerlasting Man in thy mind make a resemblance Of furious fyre and paynes infernall VVhich are enduring without distance Forget not the tormentes thereof eternall But deepely print them in thy memoriall So shalt thou eschewe all snares of sinne And inconuenience by vice preiudiciall VVhich is more greeuous then man may esteeme HIERONIMVS ad Palma AND thincke we then brethren that the power of God haue foreshewed vs these thinges in sport or that the Apostl●s haue told vs of these things in a laughing m●ode that the iudg●ment of the deuine Maiestie is newly begun and determined without discretion But these are no sporting plaies when paynes doo passe herevpon yf they haue suffered pounishment in midst of their ioy they are yet notwithstandyng beleeued of vs to haue spoken these thinges but in iest and not in earnest ESAIAS SAra was sawen in peeces Danyel was throwen amongst the Lyons Paul was beheaded with the swoord Peter was hanged vppon the Crosse after the same manner that Christe was and all this tendeth to that ende that with their doctrine and good lyfe they might reuoke and withdrawe vs from our sinnes AVCTOR WHerefore sayth the sayde Robart Oh wicked oh peruerse oh deceitfull and oh deuelishe cogitation of them which doo esteeme and suppose that there is no hel at all Oh thou hard and stony molded soule oh thou bewitched oh thou vicious soule what dooest thou or whyther wandrest thou why dooest thou make such haste to hell wardes wheras thou shalt liue most miserable for euer Nowe therfore returne thou vnto the Lord thy God which shal deliuer thee ▪ and graunt thee both grace and glory in Heauen Thincke wee the Prophetes spent their time in sport Or the Apostles shewing infernall payne The people from their sinnes for to exhort Theit wayghty woords we should not take in vaine VVhich were content of tyrantes to be slaine To obteyne Heauen and hellish payne eschewe Their fayth in Christe so firme was and certayne By their examples let vs our life renewe ISIDORVS PO●der well in thy mind what so euer sorowes or vexations of torments are ordeyned for sinners what so euer pounishmentes of this world or els whatsoeuer bitter gripes of sorowes assayle thee yf thou comparest such like altogeather vnto the state of hell all that thou sufferest shall seeme light and easie vnto thee BERNARDVS FEare to breake the

appoynted feastes and the solempne feastes of the soule from sin and refraine the wicked labors of thy hands but these thinges are thought easie to be done or accomplished by him that hath mind vpon the euerlasting fyre in hell PSALME 89. WHAT man is he that liueth and shall not taste death or shall saue his soule from the neathermost hell CIRHSOSTOMVS DOthe not all the tyme of this our lyfe ▪ wherin we seeme to take our pleasures manifestly appeare a mainteyner of pleasure and lust as the sleepe of one onely night in respect of the felicitie in the lyfe eternall ANCELMVS ALL the good thinges or euill thynges which we enioy in this world are entermixed with their contraries neyther haue they any fyrme or certayne degree of their perfection but eyther may they be encreased or diminished eyther els may they be enioyed or had of vs somewhat more or lesse as it is euident in euery vertue vice and as well in eury good or euyll part of the body as in euery good or euyll cogitation or affect of the soule Neyther is there ioy found here without feare nor sorowe or sadnesse with consolation neyther perfect health without diseases or some hurtfull harme neyther yet valiant courage of body and mind without debilitie or feeblenes of nature But in heauen are all good things not mixed with contrarietie and those are certayne to trust vnto with most perfect consolation in hell likewyse are all euyll thinges quite contrary GREGORIVS CErtaynely there is one onely fyre of torment in hell which we ought to beleeue is ordeyned for the wicked but all shall not be tormented alike in one maner for euery one accordyng as the qualitie of his trespasses hath required shall there feele the smart of the pounishment due for the same And in this torment which hath no temperance Shall be no maner of relaxation Neyther shall preuayle any prayer of instance In any wyse to empayre the paines or passion Yet though this payne passe all estimation The fury thereof ordeyned by Gods wyll As euery sinner deserued hy transgression Shall them molest destroy consume and spill AVGVSTINVS THE world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof oh man what wouldest thou haue Whether hadst thou leuer to loue temporall thinges and so slide away with time transitory or loue Christe and with him liue for euer Idem THis world is more dangerous when she flattereth vs then when she loureth vpon vs There can be no greater madnes then for momentany pleasures to loose eternal ioyes and to euthrall thy soule vnto perpetuall torment Oh how happy is that man that hath not walked after the glory of this world and the dissembling madnes of the same 1. CORINTH CAP. 1. THE wysedome of this world is counted meare foolishnesse before God. EZECIEL CAP. 28. IN the multitude of thy worldly affares when thou art occupied the very inwarde partes of the body are replete with iniquitie AVGVSTINVS THE poyson against loue and charitie most pernicious is the lust after temporal pleasures BERNARDVS OH my soule what feare shall then take hold of thee when all these thinges haue forsaken thee whose presence are so pleasant vnto thee so acceptable in sight and so familier to dwell togeather Altogeather fearefull and trembling thou alone shalt enter into a strange countrey when as those most vglye and fearefull monsters all vpon an heape shal runne vpon thee GREGORIVS THose eyes which the offence hath shut vp and made to wincke at the same shall the due pounishment for suche offence open and make to see plainely IOB CAP. 17. IF I shall endure this vexation hell it selfe is my house ordeyned and in the darcknesse haue I made my bed I haue sayde vnto corruption thou art my father and my mother and to the woormes thou art my sister Where is then my recouerie and helpe become all that I haue in possession shall goe downe into the deepe pit of hell Therefore geue me leaue to depart that I may bewayle my sorowe before I shall goe hence and not returne vnto the darke land couered with the heate of death the land of miserie and darknesse whereas is the shadowe of death and no order of lyfe to say euerlasting horror inhabiting there Oh amazed witte O soule congeled in sinne Frozzen through affection of foolishe felicitie VVhereunto retchles ryot doth at no time linne To offend thy Creator thou art so foole hardy Thy sight is blinded so with sensuality That the loue of God causeth no correction Nor yet of heauenly ioy no cupidity May make thee leaue sinne for dread of damnation INNOCENTIVS HE that feareth onely for a small tyme to put his finger in the fyre why rather feareth he not both in soule and body to be tormented Oh howe great is this madnes of man for these frayle and transitory things to suffer perpetuall pounishment both in soule and body Chrisostomus dereparacione lapsi DEclare thou howe many and what ages haue been or are spent in ryot and carn i● pleasures what times and seasons passed in vayne delightes whiche are to be compared vnto the euerlastyng paynes of hell If thee lyst bestowe thou an hundred yeeres in suche delectacions yea adde there vnto an hundred yeeres moe or rather tenne hundred yeeres moe what shall this or that be in respect of the lyfe euerlastyng EPHESI CAP. 5. AWake thou that sleepest and ryse vp from the dead and Christe shall lighten thy steppes ECCLESIAST CAP. 29. FOR all thinges are had by seekyng for them in their due tyme. DEVTERONO CAP. 4. KEepe thee therefore within thy bondes and establish thy soule stand to thy tackling with a good courage and thou shalt see the helpe of God vpon thee AVGVSTINVS HE that dyeth and dooeth not repent him of his sinnes eare he depart out of this lyfe dyeth not at all but liueth in eternall torment PSALME 77. MY Soule is alwayes before me AVGVSTINVS HE shall geue victory to him that contendeth for victorie who hath emboldned the wrastler DEVTERONO CAP. 32. WOulde God they once in their dayes would be wyse and haue vnderstandyng that they might prouide for the last day LVKE CAP. 6. WOe be vnto you riche men which haue all your consolation in your riches here vpon earth MATTHE 5. BLessed are they whiche doo mourne after godlines in this life because they shall be comforted Idem CAP. 16. WHat shall it preuayle man yf he gayne vnto him selfe all the world and loose his owne soule Awake out of thy dreame and speedely addres Thee to beware in tyme eare thou feele woe Though blinded thou liue here with thy ritches Yet thincke thou shalt this lyfe and them forgoe ▪ VVhere in the end yf thou this race runne so That sinne and vice by thee may be subdued Thou shalt no doubt vanquishe eche feendishe so And with eternall blessing be endued BERNARDVS FOoles doo esteeme of greatest thinges least in value to be cared for haue greatest