Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

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majesty_n	earl_n	lord_n	privy_a	8,325	5	10.7359	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06477	A dreame of the diuell and Diues most terrible and fearefull to the seruantes of Sathan, but right comfortable and acceptable to the children of God : plainely described by way of dialogue, verie necessarie to be read aduisedly, and heard attentiuelie, both of rulers and inferiours, rich, and poore, younge and olde, wise and simple, that wish rather to dwel in heauen, then in hell.	Lupton, Thomas.	1589 (1589)	STC 16947.5; ESTC S108956	49,122	110

A Dreame of the Diuell and Diues Most terrible and fearefull to the seruantes of Sathan but right comfortable and acceptable to the Children of God Plaineley described by way of Dialogue verie necessarie to be read aduisedly and heard attentiuelie both of Rulers and inferiours rich and poore younge and olde wise and simple that wish rather to dwel in heauen then in hell LONDON Printed by Thomas Dawson for Henrie Carre 1589. To the right honorable Lord Francis Earle of Bedford one of her Maiesties most honorable priuy Counsel Knight of the noble order of the Garter grace and peace with God and man THough some right Honorable haue with no smal industry study set forth bookes pamphlets most false yea and ridiculous for the seducing of the simple hurt of many also though diuers do daily publish fond fantastical bookes neither tēding to the publike profit nor common commodity of any but only to feede the foolish fancies of fond heads yet I as Christian charitie commandeth as one that detesteth such wicked erronious writing and vaine and vnprofitable inditing haue now in this perillous time when no good admonition wil be accepted neither any godly thing practised of very zeale set forth a dreadfull dreame of the diuell Diues to terrifie the wicked to feare the faithlesse and to stay the Atheistes and the sinfull worldlings from going to hell fearing that many are so diuellishly bent regard God so little that they will not be the better for it but weigh it rather as a false foolish dreame who if there be any such as I feare there be too many wil wish they had taken warning therby if they come once in hel and though the booke seeme little and light yet the matter therein contained is of great importance weight if our euerlasting saluation and damnation and the losing of the kingdome of heauen and the winning of the dungeon of hell may be so counted a more curious worke and cunningly contriued I might haue penned but a more necessarie booke I could not haue published and as the same is most worthy to be marked and regarded euen so I thought meete to dedicate it to your honour being a zealous and worthy personage trusting your Lordship will not onelie pardon my boldnes herein though I so simple a person and vnknowne of your honour haue so rashly presumed but also that you will respect the gift not the Giuer the meaning not the penning and the marke that I shoote at and not my vnskilfull shooting and thus briefly I commit your honour to the liuing God whose mercie is maruellous whose power is infinite whose loue doth exceede Your Lordships most humble and obedient to command Thomas Lupton A Dreame of the Diuell and Diues most terrible and fearefull to the seruants of Satan but right comfortable and acceptable to the children of God plainly described by way of Dialogue very necessarie to be read aduisedly and heard attentiuely both of Rulers and inferiours rich and poore young and olde wise and simple that wisheth rather to dwell in heauen then in hell Theophilus and Eumenides being speakers Theophilus I Muse very much why Eumenides commeth hether so sadly hee was woont to be verie merie as other worldlings as he is are most commonlie when God knoweth they haue most cause to lament and bee sorrie but though he liue contrarie to the Rule of a Christian I will as charitie willeth me giue him some godlie and comfortable counsell if hee will vtter to me the cause of his sorrow Eumenides how chanceth it that you are so sad What aileth you man Is your wife sick or any of your children dead Or are you robbed or spoyled of any of your goods or treasure Or haue you had any other worldly misfortune Hide not thy griefe from me for though you do not greatly care for my cōpany yet I assure you I am much desirous of yours yea and I do loue you better then you loue your selfe for I loue you so wel that I wish the endlesse life ioyes both of your soule and body in the kingdome of heauen whereas you onely desire the most vaine and short pleasures of your body in earth though it tende to your endlesse destruction in the dungeon of hell Therefore hide not your griefe from him that loueth you so deerely and though I am not able to recouer your losse or amend that is amisse yet with my good counsel I hope to comfort you Eu. I thanke you for this your vndeserued friendship Indeede as you say the losse of goods the death of children the sicknesse of a faithfull and louing wife and such other worldly calamities doo make worldly men thoughtfull and their hearts to be sorrowful But to say truely sicknes of wife death of children losse of goods and other worldly calamities should make vs mery and ioyfull in respect of other things that we make no account of Theo. I perceiue now in you a greater alteration then euer I did for euer since I knew you you haue beene altogither a right worldling and so accordingly nothing could make you more sorrowfull then wordly mis-fortunes and nothing more merry then earthly prosperitie but now it seemeth that you are otherwise changed and minded Eu. You haue hit the trueth for I assure you since you last sawe me I am as cleane turned as though blacke should be white and darkenes should be light Theo. Of this your godly change none is more glad then I for I haue perswaded you as much as I might to despise worldly pleasures to be patient in trouble not to lamēt for worldly losses not to mourne for the Godly death of your friends nor to be carefull for any worldly calamitie for I haue tolde you many a time and oft that neither perfite felicitie not extreame misery are to bee founde in this life Therefore this your godly alteration maketh me beleeue that either you haue beene in some godly mans company or at some learned mans Sermon which is Gods appointed ordinarie meanes to win the wicked Eu. Though I am changed yet it is not by any good counsell nor by any preaching or Sermon as you suppose for I neuer cared for that company that vsed any vertuous talke or would giue any godly counsel and as for preachings or sermons I cared not much for them mary sometimes but that was verie seldome I went to a Sermon rather to seeme obedient to my prince then for any deuotion to Gods word and for an hypocriticall shew then for any desire to learne any goodnesse which might wel appeare by my fruits that do follow For whē I came home from the Sermon the least thing contrary to my minde woulde make me fret and fume fall out with my wife or brawle with my seruants though the preacher taught me to be patient and though I had great and dainty cheere yet I neuer remembred my poore hungrie brother