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A18707	The true trauaile of all faithfull Christians, hovve to escape the daungers of the vvicked vvorld VVhereunto is added a christian exercise for priuate housholders.	Chub, William.	1585 (1585)	STC 5211; ESTC S117145	53,782	143

●m 3.4 be the helme and guyde of the shyp of our body néedes must the ship run at large whose guyde is vnrulie ● Cor 15. S. Paule recording the wordes of Menander sayd Euill words corrupt good manners Likewise Dauid describing the vngodly among other things sayth Vnder his tongue is vngodlines and vanitie ●am 3.6 Yea Iames sayth The tongue set among our members defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature and especially you shall note it in those whose inclination is to euill and in whom there is founde a towardnes and a wylling readines to a wanton wicked and filthy life wherfore I fréendly admonish with S. Paul Fornication ●ph 5.34.5 and all vncleannes and couetousnes let it not be once named among you as it becommeth Saintes Neyther filthynes nor foolish talking neyther iesting which are thinges not comelye but rather gyuing of thankes Last of all there remaineth an other sustenaunce to carnall pleasure which is immoderate diet Immoderate dyet an ●●im●●d to all temperancy an ouerthrowe of knowledge a r●fer out of reason a disfigurer of shape and a murtherer of vertue Likewise a fréede vnto vice a maintainer of appetite and a copartner with ●●●●lines for if you behold the man in ●●ned eyther to gluttony or drunkennes you beholde him that dooth so stuffe the flesh as he séemeth to be wylling to féede the effectes and desires thereof whych appeared shamefully bothe in Lot and in Holophernus to their confusion And as Marcinus sayth Tu ganea indulges Ciprian sectare nefandam So thou doost fauour gluttony that in the ende thou doost nourish venerye The wise man sayth Ecc. 31.30 Drunkennes encreaseth the courage of a foole till he offende it dimisheth his strength and maketh wounds Also in the Prouerbes of Salomon Pro. 23 31 32 33. Looke not thou vpon the wyne when it is red and when it sheweth hys colour in the cuppe or goeth downe pleasantlie in the end therof it wil bite like a serpent hurt like a Cockatrice thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women and thy hart shall speake lewde thinges Héerein you may sée the lewde forces of excessiue wine it maintaineth venery gyueth courage to offende diminisheth strength woundeth stingeth as a serpent hurteth like a Cockatrice turneth the eyes to straunge women and maketh the hart speake lewde thinges what greater ouerthrow can there be to the honour and dignity of a man Now beholde what God pronounceth against such In the Prophet Esay hée sayth ●sa 5 11 Woe vnto them that rise vppe earely to folow drunkennes to them that continue vntill night till the wine doo enflame them And a little after in the same Chapter ●rse 22 Woe vnto them that are mighty to drinke wine and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke ●el 1 5 Likewise the Prophet Ioel cryeth out at them Awake ye drunkardes and wéepe and howle all yée drinkers of wyne because of the newe wyne for it shal be pulled from your mouth Nowe because mans nature is apt and prone héerevnto God did not onely gyue a threatning to this reason to be terrified but an order to his bodye to be mortified and therefore ordeyned and proclaimed fasting Fasting as a most godly and commendable constitution of the body in temperancye and that wee shold so order our dyet that we shoulde be féeders of nature and not releuers of appetite neyther should this fasting supersticiously consist in the choyse of meates and drinkes as the Maniches did August d●moribus Manich l● 2 cap 13 which refrayned flesh and yet in other dainties were distenti crepantes but rather that we shoulde take to relieue nature and no more To this ende sayth Caluin was fasting ordeyned Institu li cap 12. sec● 15 first to supprosse the flesh least that it shoulde were wanton Secondly they should be the better gyuen to prayer and thirdly it should be a testimony vnto humility in those that did vse fasting orderly that is to saye in refraining ouermuch stuffing and pampering of the bellye the Lord God graunt it spéedily in all good Christians for his Christs sake Amen A prayer O Mercifull God forasmuch as wee see that we are but very dust and ashes and though wee growe vp gloriously as the flower of the fielde yet we are cut downe quickly and wyther as the grasse and forasmuch as out of this corruptible nature of ours proceedeth no good thing but wicked thoughtes deuilish inuentions and moste damnable actions VVe humbly beseech thee gyue vs grace that wee may so beholde our vile nature and wicked inclination that we may be ashamed at the fruites thereof that by shame we may be ●●uen to shun the wickednes of sin and forced to shadow our selues vnder the winges of thy protection and learne to put on the beautye of thy sonne Iesus Christ that in him wee may bee restored to the shape and forme of vertue and godlines to the honour and glory of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen Howe many greeuous enemies we haue by reason of sinne COnsidering howe ouglye and monstrous sinne is in the mind fleshe of man Chap. 3. and howe diuerse it is in hys wyll as it is a thinge impossible to proportionate it so is it a thing so detestable that by reason therof I meane sinne onely we haue many most gréeuous and intollerable enemies As for example Gods vengance and wrath our owne conscience death and damnation of the which some of thē are enemies vnto our sin fréends vnto vs as are Gods vengeaunce and our owne conscience and some of them are fréends vnto sinne and enemies vnto vs as are death and damnation but by reason that sinne raigneth in vs and we fauour it and water it and cannot nor wyll not seperate our selues frō the hazarde of it but kéepe a society wyth it Wée are like the Corne that is is found among the chaffe which is gathered vp cast into the fire and so they perish togeather Euen so when sinne is founde to excéede in our mortall bodies and that we ouermuch defile the house of the Lorde I meane his Temple he shal come with his Fanne in his hand and purge hys flower and that séede which is not séene but couered with the Chaffe and dust of the flowre shall be cast away and that man whose multitude of sinnes doo couer him so that neyther repentaunce nor any good conuersation doth discouer vndoubtedly eyther the broome of Gods vengance shall swéepe him away or els the worme of his conscience shall gnaw him or the sting of death shall confound him or els the fire of hell shall consume him for all these are enimies vnto vs for sins sake Nowe therefore least sinne myght raigne among vs too aboundantly without the cutting off of the buddings and blossomes of it either with amendmēt with grace or with feare I wyll laye

among the greater company then in resorting to Sermons or to the Churche hence groweth the greate abuse of the Sabaoth day in bowsing drinking gaming and pastime The heathen Poet did gyue good counsell Animum rege qui nisi paret imparat hunc frenis hunc tu compesce cataena 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rule thy minde vnles thy minde rule thée bridle him and fetter him fast with chaynes For this cause did the Apostle gyue counsell that wée should mortify our earthly members that is to say Kyll our carnall affections and delights But doo we goe about to kyll them when wee water them and allowe of them nay rather prefer them before godly meditations I wyll not condemne pleasures as I say that are vsed of the wise and well setled for their recreations nor yet our Englishe musicke vnles it be among wanton mindes or light braynes for if it be vsed among them Effect of Musicke you shall sée what a monstrous effecte it vseth it maketh theyr thoughts and mindes to runne astray a great waye of and fall into dyuers and sundry desires and vnlawfull wishes and ambitious appetites besides that it shapeth a thousande fantasies and imaginations in theyr conceits making themselues in their fantasies to be of great valure and estimation whereas they are nothing towarde to what proportion eyther of behauiour ambition or desire they frame themselues that be louers of Musicke they can best iudge that haue delighted it but this I am sure though preferred in many houses before the preaching of the Gospell yet I knowe the Gospell delighteth the godly so much as they vtterly refuse musicke in respect of the greater for in the Gospell we finde this swéete harmony Ioh. 14. the gates of heauē are open mercy and loue is sent vnto vs euerlasting life is prepared for vs in the kingdome of heauen and what better melody The other yéeldeth but vncertaine soundes not distinct lightlye heard and quickly gon and therefore fitter rather for an vnsensible flesh then for a reasonable spirite and thys pleasure of the minde beeing first growen strong and ripe in the minde dooth worke in the flesh so mightily that all good order being excluded these are placed First idlenes then the delight of euill company thirdly euill and filthy words and last immoderate dyet and what procéedeth from all these 4. you shall iudge by the sequell As for the first which is Idlenes the Poete sayth Otia si tollas periere Cupidinis ercus Idlenes Take away Idlenes and thou doost breake Cupides bowe againe Queritur Aegistus quare sit factus adulter In promptu causa est desidiosus erat Why was Aegistus an adulterer because he was Idle King Dauid came from hys fluggish bed at noone day and walked on the roofe of hys house when he beheld from thence Bath-sheba the wyfe of Vriah 2 Sam 11.2 and did by hys idlenes engender hys adulterous practize The wise man saith Idlenes bringeth much euill Eccl. 33 26 Likewise S. Paul speaketh of young wyddowes to Timothy Being idle they learn to goe frō house to house 1 Tim. 5 13. Now to the next vice which is euill company which is a great occasion to translate a good disposition and make it become very bad Euill companye as the wyse man saith Ex malo consortio malus eris by company of the wicked thou shalt learne wickednes Gen. 6.2 The children of God being in the company of the daughters of wycked men discending of the stocke of Cain were rauished with their beautye and tooke them agaynst the wyll of God insomuch as he beholding the wickednes of their harts sayd It repenteth me that I made man Eccl. 13.1 It is sayd in Ecclesiasticus He that toucheth Pitch shal be defiled with it Also in the Reuelation it is sayd by the whore of Babilon Goe put of her my people that ye be not partakers in her sinnes Reu. 18.4 If a Lambe stand by a Woolfe or towe néere the fire the one shal be in hazard to be deuoured the other to be burned If a mā goe among bryers he shal be plucked scratched and defaced in euery side euill company hath wholy consumed many a man discredited his house blotted out his good name impouerished his estate and consumed the body in most horrible diseases The Prodigall childe that fell into bad company is a good example to many prodigall children in Englande to make them auoyd that thing that bringeth shame diseases pouerty hanging or some other bad death there is no mā so vnreasonable but he will auoyde the plague leprosie and such contagious diseases and shun and detest such as are infected with them but those spirituall diseases as doo infect both body soule are neuer auoyded nor detested nor the company of them that haue them the horrible punishment whereof is expressed in many places of Scripture especially if you reade the Homily againste adultery there is a most terrible punishment ordeyned of God in all ages against adulterous personnes of all estates and degrées yet we haue a great many stony harts hauing vysardes of impudency on their faces that do know God haue heard his word his threats against such horrible sinne and yet notwithstanding wyll delight in that filthy and damnable sinne and wyll buylde presumptuously on the mercy of God but this let them be warned and in the bowels of Christ I charge them take héede that they build not theyr pleasure and lust but theyr fayth vpon the mercy of God if they doo the building wyll fall euen as Sampsons house did vpon theyr owne pates and crush them to péeces for the seruaunt that knoweth hys Masters wyll and wyll not doo it shall be whypped with many scourges If such adulterers wyll not bee terrified with the temporall punishments of which before are layd downe yet lette them looke to the day of iudgement where the vpright Iudge Christ sitteth who hath pronounced the swéete sentence already in Mathew Math. 19. Verily I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shall sit in the throne of hys maiestye ye which followed me in the regeneration shall syt also vpon the xii thrones and iudge the twelue tribes of Israell And whosoeuer shall forsake house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wyfe or children or landes for my names sake he shall receiue an hundred fold more and shall inherite euerlasting life Let them looke into thys sentence and they shall find a promised pleasure which shall drowne all carnall and filthy delights if at least wise hée haue any desire to be the child of God and doo expect and looke for the lyfe to come The thyrd vice which corrupteth a man is filthy talke 3. Vice filthy talke which indéede dooth set our nature so at liberty that we shame not to fall in the sandes and shore of filthy pleasure for if the tongue as the Apostle sayth