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A00940	A monomachie of motiues in the mind of man: or a battell betweene vertues and vices of contrarie qualitie Wherein the imperfections and weaknesses of nature appeare so naked, that anie reasonable soule may soone see by what spirit he is lead: herevnto also, besides sundrie deuout praiers necessarilie interlaced, diuers golden sentences of S. Barnard are annexed: and also a briefe conclusion of his vpon this theame, that victorie is obtained by resisting temptation. Newlie englished by Abraham Fleming.; De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum. English	Autpertus, Ambrosius, d. 784.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 11048; ESTC S102283	102,654	342

vs this wholesome counsell and admonition that we should not loue this corruptible world neither yet the things that are in the same And why euen because the loue of God the father is not in him that loueth this world For saith thine Apostle all that is in the world as the lust of the flesh which is to liue in pleasure the lust of the eies which is wantonnes and the pride of life which is ambition and haughtines is not of the father but of the world and therefore wicked and damnable In consideration whereof ô almightie God breed in vs we beseech thee by the vertue of regeneration a hatred of this present world and a loue of the world to come that by how much we are separate and distant from the one by so much we may be knit and coupled in neerenes to the other wishing rather by triall of manie tribulations in this life to arriue in the end at the port of perpetuall peace and endles tranquilitie than by enioieng all this present worldes goods and the variable pleasures of the same which are but momentanie to receiue eternall torments in the lake of restles paine and vncessant miserie Now therefore most mercifull father for that we haue heere in this world no continuing citie but looke for one to come not of dutie by deserts in our selues but of mercie by the merits of thy sonne we beseech thee most earnestlie to weane vs from the loue of this world ô weane vs Lord that wee may be like children weaned from their mothers teates that as they giuing ouer to sucke milke anie more which is a food for sucklings are fed with stronger nourishment as they growe in yeares so we withdrawing our selues from louing the vaine toies and vading smokes of pleasures attending on this life which are the ioies of worldlings may betake ourselues to the meditation of heauenlie blessednes fall in loue therwith and long after life euerlasting dailie more and more the neerer we drawe to our graues For we doo beleeue ô eternall king and vniuersall emperour that the least ioie in heauen if it might be peised in a paire of scales would weigh downe all worldlie delights by thousand thousands yea though they had the vantage of the balance and therefore no doubt they are exceeding great woonderfull out of measure yea such as no eie could euer atteine to see no eare be able to heare no hart conceiue or vnderstand and no tongue vtter or declare Then Lord of thy woonted goodnes giue vs grace to hate this present world with all the pomps and vanities of the same that we may loue the world which shall euer last euen heauen the house of thee ô thou most high God and may dailie and hourelie grone and braie after it praieng continuallie for the time when it shall be reuealed and saieng with feruencie of spirit Thy kingdome come Lord thy kingdome come for the consolation of the elect and the confusion of the reprobate Come Lord Iesu come quicklie make no tarrieng that the ioies of the faithfull may be fulfilled O heare our praiers most holie blessed and glorious Trinitie Father Sonne and holie Ghost one God in vnitie to whom be all praise power and maiestie Amen ¶ The winding vp of this worke conteining a briefe conclusion vpon this theame That victorie is obteined by resisting temptations Drawne out of S. Barnard and englished for the agreement of the matter comprised in this booke WE beare about vs our owne snare wee carrie with vs to and fro in euerie place our owne enimie I meane this flesh ingendered and bred of sinne nourshed and fostered in follie corrupted and defiled with lewd and wicked custome The most subtill serpent vseth this flesh to ouerswaie vs hauing none other desire none other meaning none other purpose none other endeuour none other busines whereabout to be occupied but to shed the bloud of soules This is he that alwaies intendeth mischiefe against vs. In our musings he talketh with vs wittilie he eggeth vs cunninglie and deceiueth vs craftilie he setteth venemous thoughts on fire in our harts he stirreth vp strife maintaineth hatred allureth to gluttonie prouoketh to lecherie spurreth forward to the lust of the flesh prouideth occasions of sin and ceaseth not to tempt mens harts with a thousand mischieuous wiles and dangerous deuises This is hee which bindeth our hands with our owne girdles that the flesh which is giuen vnto vs for an helpe and succour might be made a snare to intrap vs and a downefall to breake our necks But in vs it lieth if we will be vanquished if we will be ouercome and neuer a one of vs shall be ouerthrowne in this combat against our will Thine own concupiscence O man thine owne lust I saie is subiect vnto thee and thou maist if thou wilt ouer-rule it with reason Thine aduersarie may kindle the fire of temptation but it is in thine owne choice to blowe the cole of consent that is either to yeeld therevnto or to withstand it It is in thine owne power thou maist if thou wilt make thine enimie thy seruant thine aduersarie thy vassall thy fo thy drudge that all things may be done for the best in thy behalfe For so the enimie kindeleth in thee a desire of meate he casteth into thy mind thoughts of vanitie and vnpatience he stirreth vp in thee a tickling and itching of lust onelie giue not thy consent to such remptations and how often thou doest gaine-stand them so often thou shalt be crowned I do beleeue all this verelie if we haue the grace quicklie to perceiue these thoughts in our hearts and suffer them not to tarrie long with vs but haue our mind moued with a vehement spirit against them For then our enimie shall depart quite confounded and shall not so willinglie returne to assalt vs againe Neither must we yeeld giue ouer or shrinke any whit albeit the greeuous rage and extreame heate of temptations afflict and trouble the state of our outward and inward man let vs rather choose to burne than to turne to smart than to yeeld The diuell is well knowne to repine at the temporall and spirituall prosperitie of mankind he doth what he can to defraud him of both felicities namelie of heauenlie and earthlie but a great deale more of the dew of heauen than of the fatnes of the earth Heereof we ought at no hand to be ignorant to wit what a rebellious troop of enimies come downe vpon vs forceablie whome it behoueth vs so much the more diligentlie and carefullie to withstand by how much wee see our selues mooued therevnto by great need and then to laie on loade when all the weight of warre presseth vpon vs when the whole strife is come to handblowes whereby the conquered get shamefull captiuitie and the conquerours gain triumphant glorie and victorie For the diuell is knowne to grudge at our good estate pininglie to haue spite at our heauenlie happines howbeit not for his owne sake that he himselfe might enioie it because he lost it without recouerie but for the poore soules sake raised out of the dust and dunghill that he might not approch and come to the possession of that place from whence the diuell himselfe being created in glorie fell shamefullie past hope of rising againe Heereat hee grudgeth most maliciouslie and taketh on too too vnpatientlie that mans frailtie should get that which it deserued not to haue And if peraduenture he go about to procure some bodies losse of temporall things or hauing procured it do reioice and triumph thereat this the diuels doing tendeth wholie to this point that the outward losse might be an occasion of the inward For all this wrestling and fighting against vs is of spirituall wickednesses that they may seduce or misleade vs that they may bring vs into their owne waies that they may conduct and guide vs to the purposed and appointed end which is prepared for themselues namelie to hell and vtter damnation It is the diuels drift to assault vs with euill temptations to egge vs to the committing of sin it is our duties not to consent therevnto not to yeeld to the woorking of wickednes For how often as wee gaine-stand the diuell so often we ouercome him so often we make the angels of heauen to reioice so often we doo God our Lord honourable seruice For it is his will and commandement that we should fight manfullie he helpeth vs that wee may get the vpper hand he ouer-looketh vs fighting he succoureth vs fainting he crowneth vs ouercomming To him therfore be all honor and glory world without end Amen FINIS Imprinted at London by Henrie Denham dwelling in Pater noster rowe being the assigne of W. Seres 1582. Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis

and painfull yet in consideration that they are preparatiues to health they are receiued well taken and suffered And therefore ô Lord vouchsafe vs the grace of thy holie spirit wherby we being guided conducted and gouerned may not murmur at the admonitions reprehensions and corrections of our brethren though they rebukes vs sharpelie but may most thankefullie take their reproofes knowing that the end and scope of their labour so imploied is for the edification of our soules in Christ Iesus to whom be praise for euermore Amen The tenth Combat 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vice insuing SWelling loftines is a selfe-liking of ones owne excellencie and hath attending vpon hir two waiting maids broken to hir owne bowe the one is blind pride the other vaine pride whereof the first is a fault of the vnderstanding the second of the will For by that the eie of reason is deceiued and by this the desire of will abused Blind pride maketh a man beleeue he is better than he is whereby he swelleth in the opinion of his owne excellencie boasting of himselfe and giuing no glorie at all vnto God Vaine pride bewitcheth a man in such sort that he braggeth not onelie in that which he hath but in that which he hath not and is more delighted in his owne commendation than in the praise of God But why swellest thou ô dirt and doong Why art thou loftie All flesh is grasse and all the glorie thereof as the flowre of haie He that planteth is nothing nor he that watereth What hast thou that thou hast not receiued and why then art thou so loftie 2 The ASSALT giuen by swelling LOFTINES O Man if thou haue anie busines to doo anie affaires in the world to deale in anie matter wherin to meddle to it with a good stomach and feare not the face or looking on of anie maner of person Followe thine owne counsell and determination For another mans wit is not so good but thine may be much better And therefore abase not thy selfe but compare with the best Let not thine opinion and iudgement bée schooled by anothers aduise and consultation What shouldest thou submit thy selfe to the censure of men Hast thou not God in heauen an eie-witnes and ouerséer of thy dealings Why then shouldest thou care what men suspect and misdéeme of thée in earth 3 A praier against the former vice O Mercifull God cast the light of thy countenance vpon vs which are nothing but mist darknes that the same shining vpon vs may illuminate vs outwardlie and inwardlie to the sanctifieng both of our soules and bodies which thou hast created to set foorth the glorie of thy most holie name And bicause good God there are manie conueiances of vices in our harts and manie holes and corners for sinnes of sundrie sorts to lurke in the least wherof deserueth death and condemnation we most humblie craue of thy diuine Maiestie that it would please thee to crush out of our entrailes as out of a sponge all such filthie and stinking defilings as haue euer since the daie of our natiuities lien there soking and soupling to the vtter putrifieng consuming both of soule and bodie Speciallie most mercifull Father be vnto vs so good a physician as to minister but one dram or scruple of thy grace that swallowing the same downe into the stomach of our soules we may vomit and spue out all swelling loftines which puffeth vs vp like wind blowne into a bladder O heale vs thou most carefull and cunning leach of mankinde which knowest and onelie vnderstandest what maladies are incident to this our mortalitie with what medicines they are to be expelled Suffer not so dangerous an humor to abound in vs least ouer-ruling vs it preuaile and carrie vs as it list from woorse to woorse till we be brought at last euen to the gates of hell as Nemroth Nabuchodonisor Pharao Antiochus Herod the rest of that ambitious proud race were euen at the verie ripenes of their pompe when they thought all things safe and in perfect securitie Wee craue it so much the more instantlie ô Father bicause thou hast threatened to cast downe the high mountains and to make them eeuen with the lowe plaines to lop the tall ceders of Libanus and to make them equall with the base bulrush that thou onelie maiest be honoured in thine excellencie and that all creatures stooping vnto thee may do homage and reuerence to thee their Creator Humble me ô Lord in this maner and pull downe the pinacles of my proud hart that my soule may be made a mansion for thy Maiestie to dwell in thy Sonne to abide in and the holie Ghost to continue in to whom be all honour and power for euermore Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following FOlowe after me saith Christ passe through me drawe neere to me after me bicause I am the truth through me bicause I am the waie to me bicause I am the life Againe he saith Who so will come after me let him denie himselfe take vp his crosse and followe me Wherein he laieth three things before vs bondage basenes hardnes Bondage in denieng himselfe basenes in taking vp the crosse hardnes in following Christ whose life was tempered with no kind of worldlie pleasure By this we are taught to humble our selues and to be lowlie in our owne eies to be reformed when we are rebuked and not to hold scorne of correction when we are blame-woorthie For the waie to be perfect is to learne how to amend that which is vnperfect if we neglect this we shall neuer come to that 2 The REPVLSE giuen by humble LOWLINES O Man thou must giue no occasion of slander or euill speaking no suspicion of priuie whispering secret talking but if thou be guiltie of such faults as thou art charged withall confesse them that thou maiest amend when thou art rebuked if not denie them with humble lowlines and cléere thy selfe by the true protestation of an vpright conscience bicause the Apostle admonisheth thée that thou oughtest not to giue anie occasion to the aduersarie of speaking slanderouslie Which thing the Apostle detested euen in them that knowing the Christian faith sat downe notwithstanding to eate meates offered vnto idols And although they estéemed an idol as a toie or a thing of naught yet taking vnto them and tasting idolatrous meates as altogither harmeles and nothing at all offensiue they did tie the weake consciences of their vnstaied brethren to the damnable rites and ceremonies of idols by this their euill and vnchristian déed 3 A praier for the former vertue O Almightie euerlasting God which from the beginning of the world hast throwne the thunderbolts of thy iustice and vengeance at such as obstinatelie haue continued in their sinne without remorse of conscience or feare of thy iudgements we most humblie beseech thee to heare the praiers of vs thy seruants and to grant the petition of our lips O