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A00412	The contempte of the vvorld, and the vanitie thereof, written by the reuerent F. Diego de Stella, of the order of S. Fr. deuided into three bookes, and of late translated out of Italian into Englishe, vvith conuenient tables in the end of the booke; Vanidad del mundo. English	Estella, Diego de, 1524-1578.; Cotton, George.	1584 (1584)	STC 10541; ESTC S101688	253,878	566

Our Lorde him selfe ●ayeth No man that putteth his h●nde to ●he plowe and looketh backe is meete for ●he kingdome of God The foure beastes mentioned in the Apocalips neuer had rest day nor nighte No more oughtest thou to take any reste ●ntill the worke that thou haste taken in ●ande be at an ende The kyne which were yoked together and brought backe to the Arke from the Philistines neuer declined neyther to the righte hand nor to the lefte but kept the straight way on to Bethsamies and althoughe that the calues which were sh●● vp the whyle bleated after their dammes yet they neuer forsooke their way nor sought to goe back agayne but kept on still their way that they were entred in And synce that thou hast taken on thee to carry the yocke of our Lord and to bea●● on thy backe the burthen of his most holi●●● law thou must not goe out of the way n●● leaue yt by any meanes althoughe that th● sensuall appetites like naturall children doe seeke to drawe thee backe agayne 〈◊〉 the worlde But let vertue vanquysh ●●●turall loue and doe thou proceede in th● iourney like one that were deafe 〈◊〉 gaue no eare vnto the world but hold 〈◊〉 thy way and gyue no answere at al● neyther vnto the worlde nor to the flesh vntill thou come to Bethsamies which is asmuch to say as the house of the sonne which is the eternall light and infinite clearenes where thou shalt see God in his glorie OVR LORD GOD SVFFRETH vs to be tempted dyuerslie to the intēt that vvhen vve haue by his helpe ouercome the sundry temptations of our spirituall enemy vve may receyue the greater revvarde and glorie at gods hande CHAP. 34. MY sonne when thou doest put thy selfe to the seruinge of God prepare thy harte against temptation sayeth the wyse man Thou must not marueile that thou arte assaulted with temptations when thou beginnest to serue God for thyne armoure of defēce was not bestowed vpon thee but to the intent that ●hou sholdest defend thy selfe therewith ●n tyme of battayle But if thou suffrest ●emptations doe not thou take any discomforte therein at all for the deuill neuer tempteth those that be his already Pharao the great king of Egypte did persecute the childrē of Israel with more extremitie when they were readie to departe away from hym then when he did peaceablie possesse them Laban did neuer persecute Iacob but when he was goinge away from hym and so fareth our aduersarie with vs. He vexeth hym with greater stormes of temptations that is aboute to goe from hym and to gyue hym selfe to the seruice of God then hym whome he is presentlie in quyet possession of Our Lord suffereth thee to be tēpted to the intente that he way prooue thee see whether thou wilt perceuer in his seruice whiche thou hast taken in hande The Angell sayde vnto Tobias Because thou wert acceptable to God it was necessarie that temptation shold trye thee But beware that thou gyue no consent vnto temptation For thoughe that fire be strickē out of a flint stone by force of the steele yet if there be no apte matter vnder it for the fire to take holde on it serueth to no purpose And so thoughe that the deuill with the steele of his temptation doe stricke vpon the stone of thy sensualitie yet shall he neuer stricke any fire out of yt that shall doe thee any harme except that thou doest ioyne the consent of thy will thereunto But yf thou be not war●● and wyse thou wilt be often deceyued for the woolfe doth often apparell hym selfe in a Lambes skinne the better to dissemble his malice withall and this is the most daungerous temptation of all other● For vyces when they come apparele● with the cloathinge of vertues beare th● countenance of frendes when they be i● deede our most extreeme enemyes The rouers on the sea doe alwayes carrie in their shippes with them banners of peace when they intend nothinge but warre to make their enemies to take them for frendes and so with the more ease and safetie take them prisoners and make them their slaues The deuill doth also spreade forth the banners of such vertues as Christians haue in reuerēce to the end that he may be taken for a frend amongest them and so the easilier bringe them into his subiection So deceyueth he many vnder the color and shew of vertue He transfigureth hym selfe into an Angell of light and chaungeth his shape like as sheroboams wyfe did who soughte by the heighte of counterfeytinge her attyre to deceyue the Prophet Abias Let not thy selfe be caried away with euery vayne blaste of wynde that bloweth but make tryall first and see whether the spirite be of God or noe according to the counsayle of S. Iohn saying Beleeue not euery spirite but proue whether it be of God The craftes and subtilties of the deuill be infinite he maketh shew sometyme to stryke at one place when he intendeth to hit an other and some other tymes he fayneth as though he wolde runne away from a man when he maketh a shorte returne agayne to finde him the more vnprouided and so with more ease ouercome him and if that temptation doe cease and forsake thee for a tyme yet accompte not thy selfe in full assurance but looke to haue him come the more fiercely vpon thee agayne and in tyme of peace be more vigilante and watchefull then thou woldest be in the tyme of warre The shippe that sayleth doth incurre more daungers many times when the weather is calme then when great stormes doe aryse for in the calme the saylers goe without care and dreade no daunger but in tyme of tempest they prouide for euery mischeefe that may fall And one of the greatest mischeefes that may happen to any man is neuer to be tempted at all and thou oughtest neuer to thinke that thou haste more temptations then when thou perceyuest them not VVhen thy meate firste entreth into thy stomake the naturall heate beginneth as it were to make warre with thy meate vntill that the substance thereof be altered and chaunged and if when that is disgested there be not a newe supplye made of more sustinance agayne for to make a new combate then doth the stomacke make warre with it selfe and without some other matter be gyuen it to worke vpon it consumeth it selfe and killeth thee So if there be no temptations outwardlie gyuen thee there will happelie some growe within thee that may destroy thee Be not much greeued that thou arte tempted persecuted and troubled for ●hen will our Lord be at home with thee ●o helpe thee most of all except that thou ●oest fayle on thyne owne parte and if ●hat temptations doe fayle thee without ●hou shalt not fayle of most greeuous ●emptations within which will make most ●ruell warre against thee God will that thou be tempted for ●hyne owne profit for it is necessarie that ●emptations doe

agayne Saul slept careleslie and put hym selfe into verie greate danger hauyng his enemy readie at hand to kill hym In so much that Abisai wo●d haue thrust hym through with his speare yf Dauid had not staied hym And all this was because he put his trust in his greate force of men and weapō that he had aboute hym Many putting trust in their corage and their youth haue stayed from doing of pennance and slept without taking any care for their soules But they sleepe vnder the shadow of this miserable lyfe being allwayes at the poynt of loosing it Thou art more to be blamed thē euer was Isboseth that hauing thyne enemies still aboute thee being cōpassed aboute with so many daungers thou doest sleepe in a carelesse dreame trusting allwayes in thy vayne desires But death shall comme vpon thee and awake thee and then shalt thou knowe that thou wert all that while but vnder a shadowe and that at last thou shalt fynde thy selfe to be sett downe at the hott fire of hell where worldlie men shal be burned and tormented for euer Oh how much shalt thou fynde thy selfe then at that paynefull tyme of thy passage to haue bene mocked and deceyued when thou shalt see before thy face all those vayne pleasures and worldlie delightes in which thou diddest put so much affiance while thou liuedst here cleane vanished away and turned into a smoke Sleepe not vnder the shadow of these worldly vanities least when death cometh to awake thee thou be founde compassed about with miserable troubles and paynefull tormentes HE THAT SERVETH THE vvorld not onelie hath no revvard of it but also is kept by it in contynuall broyles troubles and at last brought to a miserable ende CHAP. 10. YE shall serue straunge gods which shall gyue ye no rest neyther day nor nighte sayeth God vnto worldlie folke They which doe loue the world doe serue their owne passions and doe continually suffer intollerable torment by them The fayned flatterie of Dalida drewe Samson to his death whom the Philistines did firste make blynde and after set him to grynde in a mill wheele Euen so thou that arte a seruante of this worlde and seekest by all meanes to please thyne inordinate appetites and to get the riches and honors thereof thou shalte finde at the laste that thou haste but gone rounde aboute in the wheele as Samson did The prophete sayeth that the wicked goe alwayes compassing about for sinners doe neuer goe the directe way by which the iust doe walke As the wyse man sayeth VVorldly men going still aboute their worldly busines with much trauayle are much lyke vnto a doore going aboute vpon hinges which doe neuer moue out of their place but doe stay them selues vpon sinne as vpon their sure platforme and foundation they goe to and fro and labor vp and downe but from their sinne they will not departe they be so cawght vp with their owne passions they goe aboute still folowing their owne vanities and seeking after their pleasures lyke men that had but little brayne in their heades still trauayling without any profitte or commoditie VVe trauayle through many harde and sharpe passages and we are euen tyred in the way of wickednes sayeth Salomon speaking in the person of worldly folke If thou doest serue the world thou mayest labor and toyle thy selfe to death but of all thy paynes and thy trauayles thou shalt be sure to get no more in the ende then Samson did for all his paynes taken for the Philstines no more doe thou looke for any reward for all thy paynes taken in the seruice of the worlde Iacob serued Laban many yeres with greate trayuayle and payne and yet ten tymes did he deceyue him by chaunging of the rewarde which he had promysed hym And many doe serue the world with like trauayle that Iacob serued Laban moued with desire to increase their wealth and their honour but the worlde playeth Laban with them It chaungeth their reward denying that which it agreed with them for The burthen of their trauaylles be heauie and their paynes be vearie vnprofitable The deceites of Laban be not comparable with those which the worlde doth proffer to his seruantes The world can not cōplaine that wee doe not our true seruice to it but wee may well cōplayne that wee haue not our iust rewarde for our paynes of it agayne And allthowghe that worldlie men doe suffer much in this miserable seruitude yet how many be there that will suffer any paine most willingly how sharpe so euer it were for the world which will not suffer a little trouble for Iesus Christes sake to gayne thereby eternall glorie for euer wee will in no wyse chaunge these present thinges for thinges to come The Iewes were many of them at that passe that they had rather haue lyued vnder the tyranny of Pharao still in Egypte then by a little trauayle of their passage thence gayne vnto them selues the fruitfull land of promyse Those which were inuited to the mariage feast in the Ghospell thought it better for them to trauayle aboute their busines with payne then to be partakers in peace of the solemne feast of the eternall kinge If the kinge of heauen had inuited them to trauayle and the world vnto pleasure and ease they might well haue bene excused But when it is all contrarie then is the errour to manifest yf thou shouldest despise the sweete seruice of Christ for the displeasant seruitude of the deuill Thinke it not better for thee to beare the heauie yoke of the worlde then to suffer a little for gods sake and thereby to lyue after in happines for euer He is a foole that passeth many a day in payne many a night without rest throughe the continuall payne of his teeth rather then he will abide a shorte payne in the taking out of the rotten tooth that greeueth him and so to be after at quyet rest and free from all his former payne There be many that will rather leade a paynefull lyfe in consentyng to their owne appetites then by withstanding their passions for a shorte tyme enioye the pleasant sweetenes of the spirite for a longe space after Yow shall see sometyme a free mā that is in perfect libertie which wil for a little fonde loue which he hath cast vpon some bondwoman be content for the satisfieng of his fātasie to marrie the woman and thereby cast hym selfe into willfull bondage for euer So doth the will of man loosing the loue of God for his owne fonde affectiō cast vpon a creature thinke it nothing to put it selfe into the bondage and seruitude of the world Allthough that Samson knew well by the often guylefull deceytes whiche Dalida had vsed shee could not haue any other meanyng in her earnest desire to knowe the secrete wherein his strength did cōsiste then thereby to sell hym to the Philistines yet was his affection such vnto her and so much