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lord_n	earl_n	sir_n	treasurer_n	13,982	5	10.9987	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22030	A looking glasse for England VVherein those enormities and foule abuses may most euidentlie be seene, which are the destruction and ouerthrow of euery Christian common-wealth. Likewise, the onely meanes howe to preuent such daungers: by imitating the wholsome aduertisements contayned in thys booke. VVhich sometime was the iewell and delight of the right honourable Lorde and father to his countrey, Fraunces Earle of Bedforde, deceassed.; De duodecim abusivis. English.	Lesse, Nicholas.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, attributed name.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage, attributed name.	1590 (1590)	STC 84.5; ESTC S118999	17,805	50

A Looking Glasse for Englande VVherein those enormities and foule abuses may most euidentlie be seene which are the destruction and ouerthrow of euery Christian Common-wealth ⸪ Likewise the onely meanes howe to preuent such daungers by imitating the wholsome aduertisements contayned in thys Booke VVhich sometime was the Iewell and delight of the right honourable Lorde and father to his Countrey Fraunces Earle of Bedforde deceassed AT LONDON Printed by Iohn C. for Henry Car and Thomas Butter Anno. Dom. 1590. To the right Honourable Sir Thomas Henage Knight vize Chamberlaine to her excellent Maiesty Treasurer of her royall Chamber and one of her highnesse most honourable priuie Counsell all happines in this life and the fulnesse of felicitie in the life to come hartily wished and prayed for NEedlesse vvere it for me right honourable to trouble your learned eares vvith any friuolous dyscourse concerning the manifolde vertues contained in this little Booke because the vvork sufficiently declares it selfe your iudgment exceedeth my simple demōstration As for the noble man vvho sometime made account of this vvorthy Ievvell and kept it as hath beene knovvn vvith no little care declaring in his ovvn honorable course of life the perfect imitation of so singuler precepts as he vvas generally reputed a fatherlie freend to his Countrey a bright shining star in his Princes Courte Let this christall mirrour vvherein may be seene the liuely shapes of vertue and vice honourable Syr Thomas bee patronized by you for noble Fraunces Earle of Bedfordes sake let this his dailie and hourlie looking glasse be the more welcome to you Manie are the copies in writing hereof secretely deliuered abroade among both noble and other who for the matter it selfe and intire affection to the man while he liued keepe them as the apple of theyr eye and are fearefull to loose such excellent documcnts Long did I trauaile to gette a copie of this famous worke yet all in vaine tyll being sent for to a deere freend of mine that lay vnder the fatherlie correction of God vpō his death bedde and for he had nothing of greater esteeme to leaue his friend albeit he had the blessing of God in some measure gaue mee thys sweete Booke wherof I was more glad than had he giuen mee vvhat terrestrial affectiō to much coueteth Beeing possessed of this noble Bedfordes Iewell vvhose name I honour vvhile I liue for many benefits receiued I coulde not conceale it to my selfe but shewing it to diuers my freendes who dailie desired copies thereof as I my self had doone and finding my selfe vnable to furnish the desire of so many as well to satis-fie them as other vvho I know are in like sort affected I was perswaded to make the same common by impression and so haue doone to their no litle contentment And for your honours forvvard zeale to vertue fauouring all such as are true professors therof as also for defence of this Booke frō wicked detractors I make as humble present therof to your honor that as you are in liuely follower of that vvoorthy Earle and Counseller in life so pray I that your rewarde may be vvith him in the kingdom of Heauen A looking Glasse for Englande VVherein those blemishes and abuses may be perfectly seene which are the destruction and ouerthrowe of euery Christian Common-wealth The first abuse A wise man without works Capit. 1. AMong those seuerall maimes and blemishes in any estate whatsoeuer the first that presenteth it selfe is a wise man or a Preacher without good works that is to say such a one as dooth not worke according to his teaching and to the wisedome which hée deliuereth with his own tongue For the hearers doo despise the good wholsome doctrine if they perceiue that the works of the Preacher do differ from his teaching And the authoritie of the Preacher shall neuer be good except by example of good life hee fasten it in the hart of the hearer especially when the Preacher himselfe is fallen into the loue of sin and will not apply the wholsome salues of other Preachers to his owne woundes The Lorde therefore willing to instruct his Disciples bothe in doctrine and good works taught them how they shold take héede thereunto saying Math. 5.13 If the salt be vnsauorie wherein shall it be made sauorie that is to say if the Preacher be out of the way and doo not as hee ought to doo what Preacher shal bring him in again And if the light that is within thee is become darknes how great then shall the darknes be it self If the eye haue lost the vse and offyce of sight what man can require that same seruice of the hand or foote or any other member of the body Therfore let Preachers take héede that they incur not a sharper vengeance if they be the greater occasion to manie that they doo perrish Example of a wise man without workes For Salomon himselfe while hee did transgresse and worke contrarie to his great wisedome was the cause that by his salt onely the kingdom of all the people of Israell was deuided Wherefore those persons to whom many things are committed haue the greater losse if they bestow not that wel which they haue receiued of their head and Gouernour and therfore he that hath the greater charge shall make the greater answere and reckoning For the seruaunt which knoweth the will of his Maister doth it not shal suffer sharpe scourges and bitter punishments The second abuse An olde man without deuotion and godlie feare Cap. 2. The weaker and more olde a man is in his body the younger and more strong shoulde hee be in his soule THe second staine and shamefull abuse is an olde man that hath no holinesse in him but when the members parts of his body be olde and féeble the limmes of his minde that is to say of the inward man are nothing the stronger It is decent and comelie that olde men shoulde giue themselues to more perfect holines and deuotion then other men whom the florishing time of this world hath not as yet forsaken The example may be gathered in wood that euen as the Trée is accounted naught and euill which after it hath blossomed bringeth forth no good fruite so among men he is a wicked and euill person who when the flower of his youth is past doth not in the olde time of his body bring foorth ripe works of good fruites For what thing can be more ridiculous then a mans mind not to endeuour to attaine strength and perfection when all the parts of his bodie by age are come to defection and ende When his eyes were dimme his eares harde of hearing his heade balde his cheekes withered through lacke of bloode when he beginneth to want his teeth to haue his breath strong and earthlie his breast stuffed with phlegme euermore troubled with the cough and finally whē his legs doo faile vnder him as he goeth by age and swelling with diseases the