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A17888	A spirituall combat a tryall of a faithfull soule or consolation in temptation. Written in French by I.P. Camus Bishope of Belley, and translated into English by M.C. P. of the Eng. Coll. of Doway.; Lutte spirituelle, ou encouragement à une âme tentée de l'esprit de blasphème et d'infidélité. English.	Camus, Jean-Pierre, 1584-1652.; Carre, Thomas, 1599-1674.	1632 (1632)	STC 4553; ESTC S107507	60,746	308

their reward be who haue suffered in Gods cause in his power haue ouercome temptations Certes they shall haue the same with the Angels who threw downe the diuels since men are to repaire the ruines of the Heauenly Hierusalem But what is that Verily no humane hart can conceaue it like as no eye hath seene nor eare hath heard it * We know onely by the Apostle writing vnto the Romanes that the pleasures which passe can enter into no cōparison with the glory which shall be reuealed vnto vs in Heauen * And to the Corinthians that those moments of labour doe worke in vs aboue measure exceedinglie an eternall waight of glory * of a wonderous hight By it we are holilie Chastised CHAP. XXVI HOw vniustly then should we thinke that we are forsaken of God when temptations doe oppresse vs sith Charity doth then specially presse vs that the heauenly rayes doe beate vpon our foreheades For though we feele the smarte of his rodde yet who knowes not that he treates vs licke a Father who doth not chastise his child but for the loue he beares him the desire he hath to bring him to goodnesse So farre is it saith S. CHRISOSTOME from being a signe that we are forsaken by God that it is euen a peculiar marke of his loue and care for by that meanes he will rouse vs vp out of our drousie and languishing neglect to make vs more diligent in his seruice * For on the other side is it not he who cryes out vnto vs come vnto me ô you that are loaden and oppressed and I will refresh you * We are sensible indeede that one of his hands doth waigh a litle heauy vpon vs but we also see if we please the other streched out to support and helpe vs. Though the iust man be euen waighed downe vnder his burden yet shall he not be oppressed saith the Psalmist because our Lord doth hold him vp with one of his hands O how worthy to be loued and adored is this hand in the distribution of afflictions which it sends vs since by them he opens our vnderstanding and makes vs know the true good * How good it is for me ô Lord saith the diuine Psalmist that thou hast humbled me * and againe we haue reioyced in the dayes of our humiliation and when we were taken by calamity With great reason did this great King speake in this sort because the rough times when he was persecuted by SAVL ABSALON and SEMEI were farre more aduantagious vnto him then his times of prosperity wherein he was cast downe into so grosse faultes that he stood in need of the great mercy * of God to cleanse him A violent sicknesse saith the wiseman brings the soule to sobriety * and wisdoms arriuall is accōpagned with the rodde and correction * This made IEREMIE say thou hast chastised me ô Lord and I haue beene brought vnder the yoake like vnto a yoūg bull * This is the gall by which the Angell restored TOBIE his sight and by the durt of this humiliation the Sōne of God cured the borne-blind God prone to assiste the tempted CHAP. XXVII IF it please you THEOPISTE maturely and holily to pōder these cōsiderations I dare assure you you shall appcase your frightes cease your plaints Verily be a complainte as iust as it will yet it is alwayes to be suspected of daintinesse for it is an vndoubted truth that God who is faithfull in his promises doth neuer permit vs to be tempted beyond our strength but makes vs euen from the temptation it selfe rayse new forces to oppose the temptation Hence we gather by a necessary consequence that such as doe yeald themselues vp made not such resistance as they were able and when they endeauour out of their frailty to pleade their sinnes excuse * one may stoppe their mouth * by saying that iniquity hath lyed to it selfe * as those wicked wretches did whom the wiseman brings in saying that the Sunne of Iustice hath not enlightned them * and that God hauing cultiuated the vine of their interiour in euery necessary sort it is their owne onely naughtinesse which makes branbles spring from their hart in lieu of grapes * And if before the tribunall of the diuine Iustice they were so audacious as to couer their fault with the cloake of the infirmity of their flesh * how many Sainctes would rise vp in Iudgment against them making them clearely fee by their example that with a lesse measure of grace they vanquished greater temptations then those to which their cowerdise rendered vp themselues No no God doth neuer deny his helping hand to such as performe their duty * He is good to those that are of a right hart * He who watcheth ouer Israel neuer sleepes * If during the tempest he seeme sometimes to slumber he infallibly awakes in time of neede for he doth opportunely come in to our ayde in time of tribulation * True it is he doth now and then let vs come to extreamities to essay our vallour Patience He expected till Israel was come betwixt the sea the sword but to make them way through them he swallowed vp PHARAO with his chariots army He reduced IOB to tearmes that strike temerous and feeble soules with dread yet he sent the storme according to the shippe the winde with proportion to the sayles Why if it please him to kill vs that he may rayse vs againe as he permitted LAZARVS to die to bestowe a new life vpon him if he will carry vs downe to Hell and bring vs backe againe * who hath right to aske him why he doth so * doe we not know that he keepes the keyes of death and Hell that is able to draw backe whom he pleaseth from deathes doore * and from the Abisses below to deliuer our soule out of the clawes of death to wipe the teares from our eyes and to warrant our foote from falling * by his power to beare away our soules out of Hell * to effect that its depth deuoure vs not * and that the mouth of the infernall Abisses be not wide open to swallow vs vp * Who is able to declare the power of our Lord Our ayde then and sufficiēcie yea more then sufficiencie proceedes from him but our destruction from our selues * because we loose courage like to the children of Ephraim who shot meruellous well at Butts yet fled from the face of the enemy with whom they were to fight * We loose Patience and leaue God thinking though falsely that he hath left vs whereas the Psalmist assures vs that those who expect God shall not be frustrated in their expectation * And ABACVC though he stay long yet leaue not to expect for coming he will come that is speedily and he will not delay * Nor is he indeed long ere he come to our succour but our patiēce is too short our hope too weake O if we had those sacred promises deepelye engrauen in

I powre into your wound following therin the Apostles counsell who will haue vs pray ouer him that is sad * weepe with him that is soerowfull * And me thinkes I heare I know not what secrete voice giue me assurance that this infirmitie shall not be to death but that the glorie of God shall be therby more manifested in you * And if with patience you expect his blessed pleasure you shall shortly see the splendour of his diuine face shine vpō you An incouragement CHAP. III. ATTEND therefore Gods pleasure be couragious Let your hart rise as a palme-tree against that which doth oppresse it susteyne this assault * What doth he know who is not tempted Blessed is he who suffers temptation for being once tryed he shall receaue the crowne of life * Patience workes probatiō begets Hope and such a hope as is not confounded For by patience we possesse our selues in Peace * Say to the pusilanimous lift vp your deiected minds * saith the Prophete Tell them that they are to hope euen against all hope * And that whē they conceaue they are lost they are neerer to their saluation then they can beleeue * Loose not then your confidence THEOPISTE sith so great a reward is promised vnto it * Giue care vnto your sweet Sauiour who cryes vnto you be confident for I haue ouercome the world * And what vertue is it which giues vs victory ouer the world The Apostle makes answere it is our Faith * But alas say you THEOPISTE This is that which I want this is my desease and you say vnto me be well From that quarter warre is waged against me your counsell is liue in Peace That is the euill which doth afflict me and you say vnto me ô man of litle faith why dost thou feare * It is not I that say thus vnto you THEOPISTE it is our Sauiour himselfe the very words of whose Testament you vse It is his Apostle that assures you that vertue is perfected in infirmity * that euen from its owne infirmity it gaines new strength oftentimes when we apprehend we haue lost all we winne all For God is faithfull and neuer tempts vs in euil He permits vs not to be tēpted aboue our strēgth * Contrariwise he makes vs draw profit from our tribulation * and find out our saluation in the midst of our enemies * When we thinke that our vertue doth fayle vs and that the light of our eyes hath forsaken vs * he serues vs as a Pillar of fire in palpable darknesse and makes a light shine amongst the obscurities to those that are of a right hart * That which you repute a serpent taken by the tayle vpon a soudaine is in our hand a florishing rodde and a rodde of directiō in the Kingdom of Heauē Beleeue it THEOPISTE ether am I a very badde Prophete or els this temptation against Faith which doth afflict you will more affright thē hurt you for all the temptations which doe not please cannot hurt * as a Father of the Church saith Contrariwise if you will please to follow my counsell and aduise with as much confidence as God hath giuen you freedome to reueale your cause and discouer vnto me the wayes and feelings of your interiour man I doubt not but you will draw confusion vpon the house of NABVCHODONOSOR * cut of HOLOPHERNES his head with his owne sword * and with the dint of a stone from a slinge beat downe that proude PHILISTIAN who would out-braue the army of your good desires * The profit of Temptation CHAP. IV. I Dare promise my selfe that as DAVID found bitternesse in Peace * so contrariwise you shall meete with sweetnesse in this warre And that honie-combes shall not onely spring out of rockes to you * but euen out of the Lion's iawes which you thinke is about to deuoure you * according to SAMSON'S Embleme That you shall draw fresh water out of the midst of this brinish sea as vaines therof are found in the bosome of the Oceā that one day you shall sing with the Psalmist it was good for me ô Lord to haue beene humbled by thy hand to th' end I might learne thy iustifications * Then shall you know that that affliction which giues you the same blowes in matter of Faith which the Angell of Satan gaue S. PAVL in point of dishonestly * shall haue the like effect in you as the waters of the Deluge in the Arke of Noë And what effect had they in it Marry they lanched it from the shore they bore it vp towards Heauen brought it safe at length to the toppe of the highest Armenian Mountaines * I would say hereby that this trouble in lieu of depressing shall exalte your faith and that this essay of your vallour shall purge and purifie your Faith as gold in the Crurible * and shall giue it a deeper colour and perhaps whereas she now creepes vpō the earth amidst shades Enigma's Mirrours * fantomes and imaginary shapes her youth being renewed like vnto the Eagle * she shall become cleare-sighted resembling that bird which without shutting her eyelides can fixe the aples of her eyes vpon the brightest sunne beames Yea may it not be that after my Theopiste haue once read this Practise or spirituall Combat and when I say Practise my meaning is that that which is read should be practised he shall heare with the theife vpon the Crosse who seeing himselfe with in two fingars breath of ship-wrake receaued yet pardon from the King of mercy in these fewe words amen amen I say vnto thee this day thou shall be with me in Paradice * Which was accomplished euen in Hell or in Abraham's bosome whither this good theife discending saw the glorious and triumphant soule of our Sauiour who defeated Death and blunted the sharp point of the sting of Hell * while he bore away the spoyles and ledd Captiuity captiue after him * ITHEOP my beleife is that we shall not die but liue * and that if we doe firmely cōstantly beleeue floodes of waters of life * running to eternity * shall issue out of our breastes * This blessed Hope is surely lodged in my bosome * The estate of a soule in temptation CHAP. V. BVT before I begin to dresse your wound which seemes to me more daunting then dangerous I must behold it neerer You are say you for some tyme past so vext with thoughtes of blasphemie and infidelitie that all your wisdome is defeated in this hot assault and the malignitie of the sore surpassing all the remedies you apprehend your wound incurable You haue had recourse to the seeing to the Prophetes and to the Angells of God to be deliuered by their assistance from the Monsters and perills which are found in the way of Rage or rather in the way of this rage of infernall furies which seeme to stand with open iawes readie to swallow you vp You haue runne from liuing to dead Oracles that is you haue