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A04512	A sermon of Saint Chrysostome, wherein besyde that it is furnysshed with heuenly wisedome [and] teachinge, he wonderfully proueth, that no man is hurted but of hym selfe: translated into Englishe by the floure of lerned menne in his tyme, Thomas Lupsette Londoner; Quod nemo laeditur ab alio. English	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530. aut	1542 (1542)	STC 14639; ESTC S107812	26,107	62

but these other in their perfect age old in the nūber of yeres what excuse shal they bring forth for defending and keping a mind moche folysher weaker than any childes Now thā tell me pray the why semeth ryches worthy to be desyred For me thynke I must of riches begyn with the. Thou aunswerest bycause it appereth to many men that rychesse for oure healthe lyfe name and fame and the state of our countrey be more cōmodious than other frendes kynsmen ye than all other thynges that be This goodly and semely sentence is not onely obserued bothe by the sea and land but is nowe mounted vp aboue the clowdes to the sterres I knowe well that this reason is not so moche a sounde of wordes as it is a bournyng flame and fyre that distroyeth the holle worlde and no man there is that gothe about to quenche it but many there be that blowe to it and more and more kendle it For all sortes of men fauoure this mischiefe and preyse of ryches not onely they that be parttakers thereof but they also that yet be not come therto Thou mayst see euery kynde of men whether it be man or woman seruant or maister riche or poore to the vttermoste that he can helpeth to increase this fyre and caste some matter thervpon labourynge in it both by day and night all I say bryng to this fyre plenty of mattier plenty of faggottes not of wodde nor strawe nor hey for this kynde of fyre consumeth no suche mattier but they cast vpon it heapes of yuell workes and vngracyous dedes bothe of theyr bodye and sowle wherwith this fore fyre is kyndled and fedde For these couetous ryche men though it were possible for eche of them to haue in possession the hole erth yet neuertheles they wold burne in theyr desire and appetite to haue more And poore men likewise whilest they couete to be equall with rich men they be turmoyled with an incurable fury they be madde they be wod they rage they raue and thus one sycknesse and one disease gendreth in eche of them a diuers kynde of fransy The loue of money soo ruleth and cleaueth in euery mans mynde and hart that it passeth the loue of frendeshyp of kynrede ye somtyme of wife and children the which semeth the greatest affection amongest men yet the loue of money ouerthroweth to the ground all these loues and trampeth them vnder foote as a wylde beast like a fierce and cruell maistresse she possesseth and holdeth all mens hartes and as a tyran subdueth theym to al vncomly bondages This loue of riches rageth furieth like a hornewode and madde tyranne and playeth euer a shamelesse parte lyke an harlot she neuer taketh pitie neuer abashith in euery place she comith forth proude disdaynfull stubborne terrible cruelle churly she wicked and though she more furiousely rageth than eyther beare wolfe or lyon yet she semeth to men pleasant and amiable what sayd I more pleasant ye sweter th●● sugar or hunny And where as she sharpeth swordes to her louers and daily prepareth for theym snares pynfalles to the dethe with many thousand seawrackes hurleth and tosseth them to this rocke to that rocke yet she is styll loued styll imbraced stylle desired and sought for of them and by their owne innumerable slaughters and deathes they be glad that at the last somtyme they may approch nere though it be but to the vtter gate of this strumpet harlot For as swyne they reioyce to tumble and walow in her dounghyll and as blind betyls they delite to sturre and to wrappe togydders her fylthy and stinking mucke All they in maner that defoyle theyr handes with this shameful couetousnes be more vnhappy more filthy thā be the said most vile beastis And in this part their misbehauor is more for this poynt to be noted that the more they be rolled in these filthes the gretter plesure they take of the same The whiche vice and faute chaunceth not to theym through the nature of the thinge selfe but of their owne corrupted wyll How now maye we heale theyr myndes oppressed with suche diseases except they wyll a lyttell gyue vs the herynge and take good hede and also gyue place to reason in grauntyng our sayinges For the said vnreasonable vile and brute beastes that tumble and walowe in lyke fylthes can not be plucked from their fylthy appetite bicause they want perceyuance wytte and reason but we now haue adoo with men to whome the goodnes of god hath giuen vnderstanding and the vse of reason so that they wyll here they may easily without great peyn or labour be delyuered frome the stynche and fylthe of this worldly myer Nowe than harken and as men shulde answere me telle me why semeth ryches worthy to be loued and folowed There is no doubte your answere is that riches be coueted fyrst for the pleasure of lyfe and welthe of body secondaryly for the honor that is in this lyfe and for offices dignities promotions that be gyuen to men for theyr rychesse Ferthermore thyrdly bycause the ryche man may sone be auenged may sone bewreke his angre vpon them that do hym any wronge or displeasure and that he maye bē feared of other as a man of power I thynke thou hast no cause to alledge besyde these forsayde that is to say besyde pleasure honour offices feare and auengeaunce For rychesse canne not make a manne nother better nor sobrer nor more mercyfulle nor wyser nor yet make a manne softe quyete and gentylle nor fynally rychesse neuer teacheth an hastye man pacience an outragious man contynency a drunkarde sobrenes a shamelesse person shamefastnes nor none other kynde of vertue is opteyned by rychesse no vyce nor synne is tourned into the better by riches So than if ryches prouayle nothing to the gettynge or to the increasynge of the goodnes in the sowle and mynd nor they make not a man in vertue better tell me I pray the for what cause shuld ryches be desyred Ye contrary wyse this is trouthe that ryches dothe not onely nothyng prouayle for vertue but also whan they ones come into the mynde yf they fynde any thing towarde goodnesse and mete for vertue they vtterly distroye and corrupt the same and in the stede and place of vertue they brynge in vice and synne For the handmaidens and folowers of riches be bodily lustes sensual appetites lechery angre gluttony intemperācy fury wronge pryde bostynges and al beastly and vnreasonable motion But let vs deferre the speakynge of these enormities to an other place For these men that haue their myndes sycke in the desyre of rychesse wyll not gladly here communication of vertue or of● synne For they defende lustes and pleasure and they wyll not suffre any thing to be sayd herin ageynst theym Therfore we wyll nowe moue this questyon whether there be any thynge in rychesse that maye delyte and please men or whether there be any honour in the same And here

cast awaye for the vngraciousnes that euer foloweth thē But nowe if thou wylt here me I shall shewe the what is the very true glorye and honour The true worshyp and honor is the vertue of the mynde the whiche honour no kynge canne gyue the nor no flattering nor money can get the. This honour hath in hym nothing feined nothyng peyuted nothing hyd Of this honor there is no successour none accuser nor defoyler This honour is not varied or chaunged by no tyme it feareth no ●yran nor it estemeth nother fauour nor displeasure of princis But ageyne thou sayst without ryches thou canste not be reuenged of thyn ennemies ▪ ye for this cause ryches be chiefely worthy to be rehated and cursed and pouertie is to be louid and che rished For riches by this way sharpeth for the thyn owne swerd seing they make the a transgressour of the cōmandement where our lord sayd Leaue to me thy bewrekyng and reuengeaunce and I wyll requyte thy quarell for wylt thou see howe moche hurte is conteyned in the synfull appetite of reuengeance It taketh from man the mercy of god and distroyeth and quencheth the grace that god had gyuen For it is writen in the gospel of hym that was in many thousande poundes detter and asked remission and pardon of his dette his maister and lord graunted therto Afeerward the same person turned hym to one of his own seruantes that ought a very small thyng and punyshed without mercy his said seruant and detter nat beinge able to repaye hym by the whiche acte he condemned hym self not to be worthy to haue for his greatter det the grace and fauour that his lorde had before granted hym so that he had no remissiō of his infinite bōdage was deliuered to the hādis of tormē tors to be constrained by fore peines to repay euery smal io●e of his d●t Thus the abhominable fole through his immoderat desyre to be reuēged lost the ●don of god woldest thou thā haue ryches that by them thou mightest haue an easier way to thy distructiō shuldest thou not rather flee and eschue them in this behalf as thy deadly ennemies and causer of all mischiefe Nowe agaynste this thou speakest of Pouertie as of a thynge that is peynefull and that oftentymes causeth men for nede to banne to curse to do many poyntes vncomly vnhonest and full of shame It is not pouertie that dothe this it is the weakenes and feblenes of mynd For Lazar was poore and very poore whose pouertie also was increased with syckenes and a very peynfull syckenesse that caused his pouertie to be faire greuouser seing the peynes of his disease required many thinges of comfort and refreshing where his pouertie coulde gyue none helpe Eyther of these two syckenes or pouertie alone by hym selfe is peynefull and greuous but whanne these two pouertie and sycknesse be ioyned in one and haue no succour nor easement there riseth an intollerable griefe a fyer not able to be quenched a sorowe without remedy a tem pest full of wrackes a bournyng flame bothe of body and sowle Yet besyde this the sayde blessed Lazar had a more griefe that was a neighbour very riche that lyued in al ease and pleasure and fared delicately and yet moche more his peynes were heaped in that he laye at the gate of this ryche neighbour seinge before his eies the superfluous expenses wast of meates For moche greatter griefe it was to be constrayned to wante the helpe and succour of thinges that he presently seeth than it was to lacke that he saw not But al this not withstandyng this cruel riche mā is nothing moued but he continueth in his accustomated pleasures in rialtie of feastes in noumber of seruantes of cokes of mynstrels of gesters not diminy shyng his lustes and plesure in any smal poynt in the meane season hunger thirst and syckenes soore vexeth the said blessed Lazar no seruant no comforte commeth to hym no gobbet no morselle from that riche mans table that fedeth a sorte of crauynge knaues and lurdeyns tyl they vomit and burst ageyn not so moche as the crummes that were caste away were giuen to succour this poore Lazar being in perylle to die for hunger and yet he suffered this moste peynefull pouertie in suche manier that he neuer spake iniurious or angry worde but as golde by fyre is made purer and cleaner so he thus examined by passions and peynes was made throughe pacience more noble and glorious For if it be trouthe that many poore men only seinge other ryche men be vexed and greued with enuy and haue therby a more peynfull lyfe thoughe that they wāt not as moch as is for their life necessary and haue meanely inough of helpe and ease what dyd than Lazar suffre that was poorer than any other and not onely poore but alsoo sycke that no man coulde be more sycke and was in the myddes of the citie as cleane with out all succour and helpe as though he had lyued in a wyldernesse sufferynge extreme hunger and lacke of all thynges and moste of all suffryng hunger in the superfluous feastynge of his neighbour ▪ he saw the riche man swim myng in ouermoch substance as in fountayns of goodis and fluddis of riches but he sawe hym self haue no erthly aide nor help only pitied of dogges beinge so weake that he was not able to driue them from hym This blessed Lazar if he had not lerned the verye true and most perfect philosophy and lernynge of god ▪ howe coude he haue suffred so paciently so assuredly all these greues Seest thou not that he that hurteth not hym self coude of no man be hurted I wyll renew and repete my promise aforsaid Loke vpon this Lazar what coulde bodily sycknes what coulde the lacke of al thinges what coude the dogges rubbing vpon his soores what coude the neighborhed of that couetous rych proude man hurt this noble and glorious champiō of god In what litel point was he for al this hurted or discouraged in the vertue of his mynde Surely not one iote but by these tribulatiōs he was more confirmed in the loue and faythe of god and hereof the glorious crowne and reward of euerlastyng ioy was prepared for hym wherof he was reputid most vnhappy of the self same he was glorifyed and whereof his sorowes his peynes and passyons were heaped of the selfe same he was rewarded with perpetualle lyfe His hunger prepared abundance pleaty of the goodis that were to come ▪ his syckenes prepared the lyfe of heauen his scabbes that the dogges lycked brought hym the glorious seruice of aungels the despite of that proude and cruell riche manne that vyle canelle at his gate opteyned the mooste holye companye and blessed embrasynge of Abraham What dydde the apostle Paule for we maye ones agayne speake of hym was not he assayde with innumerable storines of tribulation And yet in what poynte was he for all that hurted Was he not