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Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the dyenge creature enfected with sykenes vncurable with many sorowfull complayntes.; Dyenge creature.
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¶ Here begynneth a lytell treatyse of the dyenge creature enfected with sykenes vncurable with many sorowfull complayntes Labores amici O homo auerte ab inpatieÌ„tia animam tuam Sum captiuatê° Confusi sumê° Heu infame Furore consumor animam amissimus Spes nobis nulla ALà s thà t euer I synnèd in my lyfe to me is come this day the dredfull tydynges that euer I herde / here hath ben with me a ser geaunt of armes whose name is crewelte from the kynge of all kynges / lorde of all lordes / Iuge of all Iuges lyenge on me his mace of his offyce sayenge vnto me I arest you warne you to make you redy that ye fayle not to be redy euery houre whan ye be called on / ye shall not wete whan And call sadly to your remembraunce your olde longe contynued offences / the goodnes of god how largly he hath departed with you the gyftes of nature / the gyftes of fortune the gyftes of grace / how he hath departed with you largely ordeyned you at your baptym thre sad borowes that ye sholde safly sewerly be kepte in your tender age as well from vices as fro bodely peryll ordeyned you a good aungell to kepe you and to couÌ„seyll you yf ye haue be couÌ„seylled by hym bethynke you And whan ye come to the yere of dyscrecyon he or deyned you thre sad counseyllers / reason / drede / and conscyence yf ye haue be rewled by theyr couÌ„seyll call that to your remembraunce He ordeyned you also .v. wyttes / seruauntes that ye sholde be mayster of rule them after your dyscrecyou / that is to saye your felynge / your syght / your herynge / your speche / your tast How haue ye rewled these that be vnder your obeysauÌ„ce me thyÌ„keth ye haue moche thyÌ„ge to answere for for the Iuge that shall sytte vpon you he wyll not be percyall nor he wyll not be corrupte with good but he wyll myÌ„ster to you Iustyce equyte certaynly as well as this There were certayne thynges he forbad you the thynges ye sholde flee in ony wyse that is to were the seuen deedly synnes and all thynges that sholde prouoke moue or stere you therto he badde you flee / haue ye do so / haue ye kepte his coÌ„maundementes .x. And yet that is but lytell thynge ¶ The lamentacyon of the dyenge creature ALas alas exscuse me I can not / and whome I myght desyre to speke for me I wote not / the day tyme is so dredful / the Iuge is so ryghtfull myn enmyes be cruell my kyn my neyghbours my frendes my seruauntes be not fauourable to me / also I wote well they shall not be herde there ¶ The complaynt of the dyenge creature to the good aungell O My good aungell to whome our lorde toke me to kepe where be ye now me thynketh ye sholde be here now answere for me for the drede of deth dystroubleth me so that I can not answere for my selfe here is my bad aungell redy is one of my chefe accusers with legions of fendes with hym I haue no creature to answere for me / alas it is an heuy caas ¶ The answere of the good aungell to the dyenge creature AS to your badde dedes I was neuer consentynge I sawe your natural inclynacyon more dysposed to be rewled by your bad aungell than by me how be it ye can not exscuse you but whan ye were pur posed to do ony thyÌ„ge that was coÌ„trary to the coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of god I fayled not to remembre you that it was not well counseylled you to flee the places of peryll and the company that sholde stere or moue you therto can ye saye nay hereto / how can ye thynke that I coude answere for you ¶ The complaynt of the dyenge creature to reason drede and conscyence O Ye reason drede conscyence ye were assygned to be of my counseyll now come I requyre you helpe me to answere for me for my defautes be so many so abhomynable in the syght of hym that shall be my Iuge and my accusers be so many so vnfrendly that they leue not one defaute behynde Now come I require you helpe to answere for me for it was neuer so grete nede The fere the drede that I am in dystroubleth me so that one worde I can not speke for my selfe Alas that euer I sawe this daye ¶ The answere of reason BE ye remembred that our lorde ordeyned you a good aungell a badde aungell he ordeyned you reason dyscrecyon to knowe the good from the yll he coÌ„maunded you to do good leue the euyll / he put you in fre choyse whether ye wolde do well or euyl ye ought to call to your remembraunce how well god hath done for you helped you in euery daunger pe ryll he wolde haue ben loued dred serued accordyÌ„ge to the many folde graces kyndenesses that he hath shewed vnto you how to answere for you I wote not loth I am to accuse you / excuse you I can not ¶ The complaynt to the dyenge creature to drede saynge thus A Drede where be ye is there no helpe and socour with you to speke for me whan I shall come to my Iugement ¶ The answere of drede NO certaynly for whan ye were set in pleasauÌ„ce delectacyon of the worlde reason put in your mynde that ye dyde not well / I drede was with you at all tymes and in euery place fayled not to speke vnto you to put you in mynde of the shame of this worlde and drede of dampnacyon of the peryll that worlde folowe as well here as elles where rehersynge vnto you the punysshemeÌ„tes that our lorde ordeyned for synne saynge vnto you Se ye not how gracyously our lorde hath called you from synne wretchednes yf ye wolde vnderstande it / how hath he longe kepte you in worshyp estate and in prosperyte coude not knowe the goodnes of god / how hath he chastysed you how ofte by losse of your chyldren / losse of your kyn and frendes / losse of your goodes and losse of all tho thynges that ye coude not be pleased with set you in the indygnacyon of the grete hyghe myghty prynce and helpe you out of the daungers perylles that ye haue ben in at all tymes / yet haue ye not loued hym dred hym serued hym that in all these perylles hath preserued kepte you hath ben so gracyous good forde to you who sholde speke for you I. nay certaynly ¶ The complaynt of the dyenge creature to conscyence saynge thus ALas conscyence is there no helpe with you I haue herde saye longe ago the worlde was to curste / but I wolde hope that conscyence wolde haue compassyon of my dystresse and moche the more that I am frendles ¶ The answere of conscyence to the