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A19735	A svvete and deuoute sermon of holy saynt Ciprian of mortalitie of man. The rules of a christian lyfe made by Picus erle of Mirandula, bothe translated into englyshe by syr Thomas Elyot knyghte; De mortalitate. English	Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494, Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. aut; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.	1534 (1534)	STC 6157; ESTC S108816	34,919	120

deliuered from hense lest if they shulde abyde lenger they shoulde be polluted with worldly infections Therfore Enoch was rapte and taken a way sodaynly leste sensualle appetite shoulde corrupte his vnderstandynge For his soule was vnto god pleasynge and therfore he hastened to brynge hym out of the myddes of iniquitie Semblably in the psalmes the deuout soule hasteth spedelye towarde her god with a syngular fayth as it is wryten O thou god of vertues and puissance how wonderfull delectable be thine habitations my soule desyrith and hastith to come to thy palayces Uerely he onely shuld haue wil to abyde in this worlde whom the worlde deliteth whom flateringe and deceptfull tyme inuiteth with vayne delectations of worldly pleasures Nowe sens the worlde hatith a true christen man why doeste thou loue that thinge wherof thou art hated folowest not rather Christ who hath redemed the and also loueth the. ¶ Sayncte Iohn̄ in his Epistole speaketh and cryeth vnto vs exhorting vs not to loue this world in folowing our appetites Loue not the worlde saythe he ne the thynges whiche be in it For who so euer loueth the worlde the charitie of the father of heuen is not in him sens all that is in the worlde is inordinate appetite of the fleshe inordinate appetite of the eyen and desyre of worldlye honour whiche do not procede of our father but of worldly appetite And yet the worlde and his vayne appetite shall vanishe away but he whiche shall fulfyll the pleasure of god shall abyde euerlastynge lyke as god is euer eternall Therfore good frendes let vs allway be bounde and redy to parforme all thynge that god willeth with a parfecte mynde a faithe stable and constante with vertue puissante and stronge all feare of deathe vtterlye excluded and onelye thynkinge on the immortalitie whiche immediatelye folowethe Let vs declare that to be the thinge that we do beleue in and not lament the departing of theym whome we do fauour And whan the daye of our sending for shal approche let vs willynglye and withoute anye stickynge come vnto god whan he calleth whiche sens it oughte to be done of theym whiche be the seruantes of god moche rather nowe the worlde decayenge and in poynte to falle and also compassed with tempestes of euilles contynually assaultinge it Also we parceyue that great myshiefe is all redye begonne and we knowe that moche gretter is commynge Let vs reken the grettest aduantage to departe shortelye from hense which shal be for our speciall commoditie If the walles in thy house shulde shake for age and the roufe shuld trymble and all the hole house werye of rockynge of the beames and rafters sholde thrette to fall shortlye in ruine woldest thou not depart thense in all the haste possible If whan thou art on the see the wawes beinge dryuen vppe with a sturdye wynde a troublous and stormy tempeste wolde warne the that thy shyp were in daunger of losinge woldeste thou not make haste to come to some hauen Lo beholde the worlde rockith and is now in fallynge and declarith his imminent ruyne not for age or feblenes of thinges but onely for that his ende nowe approcheth and yet thou thankest 〈◊〉 god nor doeste not reioyce in thy selfe that beynge taken away with a more redye and as I mought say a more riper departynge thou mayste escape the ruynes wreckes and plages whiche nowe thou seeste commynge we must consyder good frendes and often tymes thynke that we haue renouncid this worlde and that we dwell here but as pylgrimys and gestes Therfore lette vs imbrace ioyfully the day whiche doeth appoynte euery man to his habitation and delyuerynge vs hence escaped from the snares of this worlde restoreth vs vnto Paradise and the kyngedome of heuen who beynge I praye you in a farre iornaye wyll not make haaste to retorne home to his countraye who beynge on the see sayling homeward wolde not desyre to haue a prosperouse wynde that he maye the sooner salute and imbrace his good frendes Lette vs accompte Paradise to be our very countray For there haue we the blessed Patriarches oure verye Auncetours Why make we not haste ye why doo not we runne a pase to see our countray that we may salute oure good Auncetours There doothe abyde and looke for vs a greate numbre of our deere frendes our Auncetours our fathers and mothers our bretherne and children A plentuouse and great multitude whiche nowe be sure of theyr immortalytie and yet do care for our suretie do desyre to haue vs in theyr company To come to beholde imbrace them lorde god what a ioye and comforte shall it be bothe to them and to vs what an uncomparable dilectation of the he●●●lye Regious without feare to dye with assured eternitie to lyue euer O with howe perfecte and eternall felycytie There is the moste gloryouse quiere of the blessed apostoles There is the college of the gladde prophettes There is people innumerable of holy martyrs adourned with crownes of victory for their vexatiōs sondry passiōs there be the tēder pure virgyns triumphynge whiche with contynence of soule and body dyd subdue the puisaunce of carnall appetites There be they whiche beinge mercifulle in giuynge sustynaunce to the nedy personnes dyd therby fulfyll the warkes of Iustice There also be they whiche obseruynge dilygentelye the commaundementes of god dyd transpose worldly possessiōs vnto the heuenly treasure To those let vs hye vs a peace good frendes that we may shortly be with them lette vs desyre feruently to come vnto Chryste That thought let god almyghty see in vs That intent of our mynde and fayth lette our lorde Christe perceyue and beholde sens vnto the them whiche towarde hym haue moste affection his goodnes wyll gyue his rewardes mooste abundante and pleantuouse Amen ¶ The rules of a Christian lyfe made by Iohn̄ Picus the elder Erle of Mirandula FIrst if to man or woman the way of vertue dothe seme harde or paynefull bycause we muste nedes fyghte agaynste the fleshe the diuell the worlde lette hym or her calle to remembraunce that what so euer lyfe they wyll chose accordynge to the worlde many aduersities incommodities moche heuynes and labour are to be suffred ¶ More ouer lette them haue in remembraunce that in welth and worldly possessions is moche and longe contention laboriouse also and ther with vnfrutefulle wherin trauayle is the conclusyon or ende of labour and fynally payne euerlastynge if those thynges be not well ordered and charitably disposed ¶ Remembre also that it is very folishnes to thinke to come vnto heuē by any other meane than by the sayde batayle considering that our hed and mayster Christe did not ascende vnto heuen but by his passion And the seruaunt oughte not to be in better astate or condicion than his mayster or souerayne Furthermore consyder that this bataile ought not to be grudged at but to be desired wished for all though thereof no price or