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A23217	The myrrour of the chyrche herefoloweth a deuout treatyse co[n]teyny[n]ge many goostly medytacyons & instruccions to all maner of people, necessary & confortable to the edyfycacion of the soule & body to the loue & grace of god.; Speculum Ecclesiae. English	Edmund, of Abingdon, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, ca. 1170-1240.; Copland, Robert, fl. 1508-1547.; Austin, of Abingdon, Saint, attributed name. aut	1521 (1521)	STC 965; ESTC S109275	32,324	57

wherfore the fyrst persone is called fader the seconde sone the .iii. holy goost wher fore y t power is appropryate to god y e fader wysdome to y e sone loue goodnesse to the holy goost J●…su su the wyse shal ye knowe your god and this 〈◊〉 of knowlege is the foundement of contemplaryon ¶ Of the .iii. degrees of cōtemplacyon ¶ a. xxx THerfore afterwarde y t ye haue thus establisshed your herte in very ryght faythested fast hope perfyte charyte than lyft vp your herte in the moost hyest contēpla cyon of your cr●…atour maker But your soule wolde often se god by contēplac yon in his natu re she may not than she cometh agayne to herself and maketh of herselfe degrees steppes by the whiche she may ascende and mount to the dyuine cōtemplacyon so that fyrst she may se beholde her owne propre nature afterwarde y t nature y t is aboue her But yf her thought mynde be by bodily ymagyna ●…iōs dyuersly dispercled troubled than may not she serche nor fynde herselfe in her owne nature For loke was many yll thoughtes and cogytacions as she is leddew with as many obstacles she is noyed lette ¶ The fyrst degre of cōtemplacyon of y e soule is that the soule be retorned to herselfe and gadred togyder brynge her selfe in herselfe ¶ The .ii. degre is that y e soule may se and beholde herselfe what she is whan she is so gadred togider ¶ The .iii. degre is y t the sou le lyft her vp aboue herselfe enforce herself to beholde her degre in her owne ꝓpre in warde nature But to the knowlege of herselfe may she neuer come ●…yll she be taught and informed to refrayne euery ymaginacyon bodyly erthly and heuenly And whan the re cometh to her herte ony maner of delecta●…yo why der it be by the syght herynge tastynge smellynge or touchynge or by ony other of her body y wyttes she sholde incontynently refuse trecd thē vnder fote that she may se herselfe suche as she is holly without body Take ye therfore dyligent hede merk●… it wel how that the soule is merueylous in herselfe how she is one in her nature yet 〈◊〉 she dooth dyuers workes For she ledeth hym that seeth with her ●…yen heereth by her eeres tasteth by mouthe smelleth by nose toucheth feleth by all other membres ¶ Afterwarde thinke how grete she is that w t one onely thought she may comp●…eh heuen and erthe al thīges that be in them yf they were a. 〈◊〉 tymes greter thā they are whiche may not be Thā yf the soule of man be so grete and so noble y t noo creature in this lyfe may vnderstande nor knowe her per fytely how grete and how noble than is he that ma de so noble th●…ges Ueryly he is aboue all vnder all within all without all He is aboue all all thinges gouern●…ge vnder all all th●…ges supportynge with in all all thynges fulfyllynge without all all thynges cōpassynge Suche maner of contemplacyon engendreth in man sted fast beleue and sure 〈◊〉 ¶ After shall ye knowe how he is large lyberall that may yese in diuers wyse Beholde fyrst how he is lyberall of temporall goodes how he giueth his goodes as well to the euyl as to the good and euery thynge that yese in erthe ¶ Than after ye shall mer ke how large and lyberall he is to pardon and to forgyue For yf soo were that one man hadde doone and cōmytted as many euylles and synnes as all y e men in the worlde may doo yet of his grete and gracious goodnesse wyll he be and is dayly and hourely more redyer and dylygent for to forgyue and pardon than the moost wretched and myserable s●…ner wyll be for to aske forgyuenesse Moreouer ye shall thynke how lyberall he is of spyrytuall goodes that is to saye of vertues for who hath one hath them that is to wy te charyte The 〈◊〉 ye shall thinke how large and 〈◊〉 berall he is of euerlastinge goodes to 〈◊〉 that will aske them ryghtfully For how can he denye you y t whiche he cōmaundeth you to aske for this he sayth h●…selfe Fyrst desyre pray me that I shall gyue you the 〈◊〉 of heuen and I wyll gyue it you also al tē porall good without askynge or re●…uyringe On the other syde he gyueth you here all the laude 〈◊〉 that ye can desyre for all erthly thynges obeyeth to man This maner of contēplacyon of his power and lyberalyte engendreth in man certayne sure hope ¶ After this ye shal thȳke of his goodnesse his swe tenesse of his beaute and to do y t take ye good hede of the grete goodnesse of the grete beaute and of the 〈◊〉 swetenesse y t is in an erthly creature how m●…ny thynges there be whiche are delectable and pleasaunt to the bodily eye for theyr beaute and to the tastynge for theyr swetenesse and to the no●…e for the 〈◊〉 swete smellynge to the felynge for theyr softnesse so to all other wyttes Than syth soo moche beaute swetenesse goodnesse be in a creature whiche this day is to morowe shall not be how grete goodnesse beaute and swetenesse is there than in a goostly crea ture which neuer shall haue ende On the other syde yf so moche ●… beaute goodnesse swetenesse be in eue ry creature how grete beaute swetenesse and good ●…esse sholde there than be in theyr creatour maker ye knowe well moche more without compary●…on This 〈◊〉 of contemplacion engendreth in man y e loue of his maker ¶ Than 〈◊〉 whan y●… h●…ue thus beholden your moost swete creatour maker by the consyderacyon and syght of his creatures 〈◊〉 and put out fro your hert euery corporall or bo dyly ymagynacion and than lete yo●…r bare vnderstandynge fl●…e aboue all maimes reason in to heuen and there shall ye fynde so grete swetenesse soo many secrete thynges that no man may knowe but he onely whiche hath proued assayed it ¶ yf ye wyll knowe this by techynge go to hym y t hath proued it by experience or vse And for bycause that I wretche haue not done all this I am the more 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 and tell with my mouthe whiche with myn herte I may not thynke For it is so hye and so secrete that it surmounteth and passeth all maner thynkinge And therfore it behoueth me to be styll also it is ryght y t I do so and not to teche it with my to●…gue but to ful fyll it in worke onely by grace ¶ Now haue ye y e .iii degrees of contēplacyon one in creature another in scripture the .iii. of god in his moost swete nature ¶ What it is to lyue honourably louyngly fr●…n ●…ely and mekoly Ca. xxxi VF 〈◊〉 after this 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 than lyue ye honourably y t is the fyrst parte of our sermon that we touched at y e begynninge And after ye shal study toly uelouyngly and frendly as touchyng to your neyghbour And y t for to do ye must put and se●… all your payne and 〈◊〉 for to lou●… for to be be loued ye oughtor ye shall loue all men in god that is to wyte for goodnesse onely and ●…ot for the bea●…te fayrnesse of body or for good syngynge nor for euery suche maner thynge as strength or ony suche corpo rall vertue For beaute goodiynesse of ●…ody swete syngynge suche other bodyly vertues may by foly be beloued without god yet can they not ●…e without god And therfore to loue man ī god is none other but to loue hym for suche a thinge that may not be be loued without god as for goodnesse rightwysnesse or iustyce trouthe For ●…or suche vertues may ye lo ue no man but that ye loue god And whā yeloue oni man for goodnesse iustyce and trouthe than loue ye 〈◊〉 in god For god of all is goodnesse 〈◊〉 and trouthe Therfore yf we be good we shall haue no frende but the good nor no ennemy but the euyll And therfore sholde we loue the good people bycause they are good and y e euyll also bycause they may be good and in this maner loue ye nothynge but goodnesse ¶ And than yf ye wyil be beloued shewe your selfe 〈◊〉 And yf ye wyll be amiable I pray you for goddes sake receyue take these iii. thynges and kepe them without forgetynge Do that ony you cōmaundeth instauntly requyreth and prayeth Ta ke without grutchynge that ony giueth to you and kepe it 〈◊〉 and bere ●…ere what soeuer ony man sayeth to you And yf ye lyue in this maner thā lyue ye louyngly and frendly ¶ After more shall ye study how ye may lyue mekely and for that shall ye knowe that there be ii maners of humylyte meke kenesse ¶ The one cometh of verite and the other of charyte By the knowlege of your selfe may ye come to y e fyrst maner of humylyte For by no maner wyse of the worlde may yese and knowe your selfe what ye be in verite onelesse that ye be humble and m●…ke ¶ The seconde maner may ye knowe and hau●… yf ye thynke often vpon y e grete humylyte and 〈◊〉 of our swete lorde Iesu cryst how he humbled meked hymselfe whiche neuer dydesynne and that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cometh clerely of charyte ¶ Now knowe ye what it is to lyue honourably louyngly and mekely that is to say perfitely Our moost ●…wete lo●…de Ie su c●…yst so graunt vs hȳ to honour to loue our n●…ygh bour and to meke our self ●… that we may for our honour be honoured for our loue be beloued and for our humylyce to be exalted to the ioye of heuen the 〈◊〉 ●…he was ordeyned and made redy for vs sy●…h the begynnynge of ●…he worlde Amen ¶ Thus endeth this deuoute treatyse called the myrour of the chyrche made by saynt Iustyn of A●yndon Enprynted at London in the ●●●cestrere at the signe of the Sonne by wynkyn de worde The yere of our lorde M. CCCCC xxi The .xii. yere of y e reygne of our moost naturall and vyctoryous ●●●●ayne lorde kynge Henry the .viii.

your lyppes in y ● 〈◊〉 your herte in the market or y ● 〈◊〉 than are ye wret 〈◊〉 dysposed in your selfe are not graciously her de of our lorde god And bycause our lorde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sayth in the gospell 〈◊〉 querite 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vobis That is to say First serche aske thercalme of god all that ye haue nede of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shall be gyuen to you 〈◊〉 askige Ther fore ye shal knowe what ye shal haue ī y e 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 ¶ Of the douryes of the body soule and of the paynes of helle 〈◊〉 xix BEfore matyns ye shall fyrst thynke on the natyuyte of our lorde after on his passiō ¶ On y e nat y●…yte shal ye thynke inward ly the tyme the place and the houre in y e whiche our lorde Iesu cryst was borne The tyme was in y e myddes of wȳter whan it was moost colde The houre was at mydnyght whiche is y e moost hardest houre The place was in the myd des of the way in a hous without walles the whiche is called in latyn Diuersorium That is as ino che to saye as a place where men went euer to 〈◊〉 themselfe fro the rayne other stormes In the whi che he was wrapped in y e moost poore cloutes bo●… de with alyste He was layde in the crybbe or racke before an oxe an asse for he had none other place in that hous Than shall ye thynke on the dylygent besy labour and charge y t our blyss●…d lady tok●… about her swete sone Iesu. of Ioseph her spouse what gre te ioye he made had Thynke also on the 〈◊〉 that the shepeherdes had of the 〈◊〉 company of aungelles lyft vp your herte synge with them y t swetesonge Gl̄ia ī excelsis deo c. ¶ Than touchȳge the passyon shall ye thynke how y t at suche an hou re of the nyght he was betrayed of his dysciple as a traytre taken as a thefe boūde as a wycked perso ne ledde brought Thinke also inwardly how frely with good wyll he offred hymselfe to y e iewes to y e people how y t he kyssed Iudas his traytre named hym by his name called hym his frende and how he for bode defended his disciples y t none of thē sholde drawe swerde out of y e shethe And how he hee led y e eere whiche saynt Peter cut of how his dysci ples left hym how the cursed iewes toke hym hel de hym bounde hym after brought hym before Anne how he was there examyned buffeted bycause he answered cōtrary to theyr wyll After how they led hm̄ to Cayphas where saynt Peter trēbled for feere thryes forsoke hȳ by y e wordes of a w●…che ¶ Of the illusyon or scornynge And of the resurreccyon at pryme Ca. xxii Afore mydday shall ye thynke on the annūcyacion and on the passyon ¶ On y e annūcyaciō shal ye thynke of the grete mercy of our lorde god by cause he wolde vouch sauf to become man to suffre ●…ethe for vs in his manheed syth he myght haue redemed vs otherwyse And a●… y t dyde he to vs that he myght drawe gete to hym our loue For yf one hadben our maker another our redemer thā sholde we more haue loued our redemer than our maker And therfore wolde our maker be our sau your redemer suffre in one body all our soro we y t he myght so bye all our loue ¶ Of the passyon shall ye thynke y t at s●… che an houre was our lorde Iesu cryst crucyfyed betwene ii theues on eche syde one as though he had ben the mayster of them ¶ Now here can I not tell what I shall say For yf al the paynfull sores sorow full wofull sekenesses of this worlde were in the bo ●…y of one onely man yf this man myght conceyue haue as moche angu ysshe payne with greuous sorowe as all the men in y e worlde it sholde be lytel or nothynge in regarde comparyson to y e sorowe y e our lorde suffred for vs in one houre of the day wherfore yf I myght lyue by y e space of a. C. M. yeres and in euery day dye a. M. tymes for him the same dethe y t he deyed for me but ones it were nothinge in cōpary son to the doloure and payne whiche he had in hym Than it may happen y t some man wyll saye to me y t the payne whiche Iesu crist suffred on y e crosse for vs was more greter ●…or the space tune than y e payne of he●… It is trouthe and for this cause There is no creature y t may suffre so moche as dyde our lorde Iesu For no man hath nor had in hym so moche 〈◊〉 as he Thā it appereth y t the payne of helle was lesse for so moche space tune than y e payne y t our lorde Ie su cryst suffred I say not this certaynly or for a surete bycause of the cōscy ence of some people For y e whiche he sayth hymselfe by Ierempe y e prophet O vos oēs 〈◊〉 transitis ꝑ viam att●…e et videte si est dolor 〈◊〉 cut dolor meꝰ that is to say O all ye whiche go by y e waye beholde se yf there be ony sorowe lyke vnto myne Surely there is none nor ueuer was yet soro we lyke yours O swete lorde Iesu in this worlde ¶ Also ye shall here thynke ou the moost swete blys sed vyrgyn Marye how she was replenys●…hed fylled ful of grete sorowe anguysshe whan she stode on the ryght syde of her best beloued sone receyued y●●…y sey ple for the mayster how she had grete sorowe whan she toke the seruaunt for y e lorde the sone of a 〈◊〉 ner for the sone of an emperour Iohn̄ the sone of zebedee for Iesu the sone of god Therfore myght she say of her that Noemye sayd De me dicas mag●…aliter pulchram sed de tetero appellare me amaram That is to say call me neuer here after fayre but call me bytter sorowful Also she myght well say this y t is in y e sōge of loue ¶ Meruayle ye not though I be pale broune For I am dyscolored by heet of y e son̄e Therfore an englysshe mā moued w t pyte made this ¶ Now gooth the sonne vnder the woode Me reweth Mary thy fayre roode Now gooth the sonne vnder the tre Me reweth Mary thy sone and the. ¶ O fayrest o beautifullest mayden now haue ye ta sted truly felte y e moost sharpe poynt of y e swerde of y e whiche Symeon made mencion to you in y e day of your puryfycation now ye haue also receyued the promesses y t Anne the prophetesse promysed you ¶ Of y e dethe of our lorde Iesu cryst

good leue the lesse good do y e greter and y t is the 〈◊〉 called iustyce And bycau se there be ii thynges y t letteth a man to do good to leue the yll y t is to wyte y e ꝓsperite of this worlde y t deceueth 〈◊〉 by flatery pleasures fals swetenesse the aduersyte of y e same y t may oppresse by y e sorowfull sore sharpnesse paynes Therfore ayenst ꝓspe 〈◊〉 ye must haue measure dyserecyō y t ye be not to moche elate proude of it this vertue is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 peraunce And agaynst aduersyte ye must 〈◊〉 dacyte or boldenesse y t ye be not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And this vertue is called Strength ¶ Of the .xii. artycles of the faythe Ca. xv HEre shall ye knowe whiche ben the .xii. artycles of the faythe ¶ The fyrst is y t y t fader the sone the holy goost is one god iii. persones And y t selfe same god whiche is one in substaūce iii. in persones is with out begynnynge shall be wtout ende the whiche W t his worde made heuen erthe the see all that is in them of nothynge ¶ The seconde artycle is that y e sone of god was ●…as toke flesshe blode of the 〈◊〉 Mary of the same vyrgyn was borne very god very man The .iii. artycle is y t the same Iesus the 〈◊〉 of god of the blyssed vyrgyn Mary suffre●… passyon was deed honestly buryed This passion he suffred kyndly mekely of his owne good wyll that he might redeme vs out of the infernall bondes 〈◊〉 captyuyte His soule dese ended in to hell w t his god ●…d his body lyenge in the sepulere drewe out wt●…m the soules y t in this worlde had done his wyll ¶ The .iiii. article is y t the selfe Iesus cryst very god very man arose y e thyrde day fro dethe to lyfe in his 〈◊〉 glorifyed and appered many tymes to Mary inawdeleyne his dysciples appostles dydespe 〈◊〉 ete with them And by his resurreccyon with y t same body whiche we haue here in this worlde we shall ar yse fro dethe to lyfe ¶ The .v. artycle is y t the same Iesu cryst very god very man ascended to heuen by hym to heuen we shall ascende yf we be taken out of this worlde wtout deedly syn̄e And fro heuen he dide sende to his apostles y t holy goost And in y t day of ●…ugement he shal come fro thens in his man heed to iuge the lyuinge deed and euery 〈◊〉 a●…er his dedes to receyue rewarde ¶ Of the .vii. sacramentes of holy chyrche Ca. xvi THe fyrst sacrament of holy chyrche is baptun For our lorde god made himselfe to be bapty sed in the floode or ryuer of ●…ordane to halowe sanctyfy the sacrament of baptym by y e vertue of wordes And by y e sacramet of baptim y t deuylis put out chaced fro y t chylde his orygynall synne is taken fro hym whiche he toke of his tader moder is infūded in y t chylde the grace of baptym And yf y t chyl de borne were or happed to be in peryl of dethe and y t there be no plēte of prestes as no preste to gete than shall a lay man or womā say to hȳ N. so named I ba ptyse the. In nole p●…s 〈◊〉 spūss●…ti A●…nē And thē put water vpon hȳ that suffyseth to y e chyldes sou le Yfa chylde be founde vnknowen yf it be baptysed or not than shall y t chapellayne or preste say to y e chyl de Si ●…ō es baptizatꝰ ego baptizo te in 〈◊〉 pris ft lij spūss●…ti a●…nē They y t holde the chylde at y t fonte stone ought sholde teche him his beleue y t is to say the Qat noster y e Aue maria the Credo For man can not be saued but by baptym and faythe And lete the preste be well ware y t he put not the chyide agay ne in the water yf he were baptised before of ony lay man or woman leste y t he be made irreguler and the chylde also after y t decree ¶ The seconde sa●… 〈◊〉 is cōfyrmacyon the whiche confyrmeth y e holy goost in y e persone baptysed cōserueth hym within v. yeres at the leest after y e chylde is borne he sholde be cōfyrmed of the bysshoppes handes yf he passe y t tyme by necligence he falleth in deedly syn̄e sholde be cōfessed before he were cōfyrmed The fader moder shall also beware and kepe thē well y t they holde not theyr owne chylde before y e bysshop at confyrmynge ¶ The thyrde sacramēt is penaūce the whiche wassheth taketh euer away bothe y e actuall syn̄e y e venyall synne the deedly syn̄e This sacramēt ordeyned y e sone of god whiche comynge fro heuen dyde here meke penaūce not for hȳselfe but for y e saluacyō of his people And saynt Iohn̄ baptyst preched penaūce in remyssyon forgyuenesse of synnes For penaūce w t contricyon of the herte cōfessyon of y e mouthe with satisfaction of y e dede with mekenesse putteth out banissheth the enmye fro y t herte of the penytēt dystroyeth deedly syn̄e draweth y e man agayne to his maker ledeth y e mynde or wyll to grete ioye clerenesse ¶ The .iiii. is y e sacrament of the auter y t confyrmeth y e penytent conforteth lest he agayne slyde fall in to deedly syn̄e also reconsyleth hym susteyneth For whan our lorde Iesu cryst souped w t his dysciples he dyde ordeyne this sacrament in y e cōmemoracyon memory of his passyon And therfore euery crystē man sholde at the leest be houseled ones in the yere as in y e eester day with grete deuocyon ¶ The .v. sacrament is holy ordres y t bryngeth gyueth power to suche as be ordred ordeyned for to do theyr offyce for to celebrate and halowe the sacramentes For our lorde Iesu god almyghty hath gyuen power to preestes and prelates of the chyrche y t they sholde helpe other informe theym in y e faythe that they shal bynde loose y t is to say fro synne and that they sholde mynystre to them the sacramētes of holy chyrche namely the sacrament of y e auter the whiche is made by the vertue of wordes of the true preste of prelates For in thre thynges there be vertues y t is to wyte in stones in wordes and in herbes ¶ The .vi. sacrament is matrymony or wedlocke y e whiche excludeth putteth away deedly syn̄e in the worke of generacyon betwene man woman God y t is souerayne hye good also hye wysdome dyde ordeyne in erthly paradyse this sacrament in Adam Eue whiche is a coniunccion knyttynge so stronge that it