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A10850	The vineyarde of vertue collected, composed, and digested into a tripartite order, conteining XXXII. most excellent plants of fruitful vertue: in most beautiful and blessed maner enuironing the true elect churche of God vpon earth. Euery plant conteining this tripartite order: namely definition testimonie examples of vertue by R.R.	Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.; Uvedale, E.	1579 (1579)	STC 21121; ESTC S105759	48,653	138

vnto thee for thou shalt bring in this people vnder thy correction Deut. 31. Iosua himselfe with valiant courage in the seruice of God enioyned him so constantly behaued himselfe that he sayd vnto those princes about him go your wayes and set your feet vpon the neckes of those fiue kings that withstand the will of the most highest Iosua 10. For other notable examples of fortitude in defence of the righteous and iust quarell of God and his truth looke and reade of Phinees Numb 31. Caleb Iosua 14. Ahud iudge of Israel Iudicum 3. Gedeon Iudicum 6. Sampson Iudicum 14. Dauid 1. Regum 17. Eleazarus 2. Machab. 6. The seuen brethren 2. Macha 7. Saint Paule Actes 11. and others The foure Arbours of amiable amenitie within this Vineyarde The first Arbour Zeale to Godlinesse VVHo so being desirous to view suruey this Vineyard of Vertue hath ●●tisfied his bodily eyes with the beautifull ●rāches of euery Plant hath satisfied his lon●ing mind with the tast of the heauenly fruite ●ereof and delighteth in the sweet digestion ●ereof vnto eternall saluation Let him here ●●uch safe to sit down vnder my beames and ●rowd him vnder the boughes of my beati●●de who being termed Zeale to godlines do ●●omise such happy interteinment perform ●●th blessednes that they shal not repēt thē which ●●me to me nay the lōger they tary with me the more shall they labour in loue with me 〈◊〉 and neuer be wearie of their well doing 〈◊〉 when they thinke they haue done they sha● newe begin againe So that the more ofte● they see the more often they desire the oftn●● they desire the oftner they shall be an hu●gred the more they hunger the more the● shall seeke to satisfie and the more that the● satisfie them the more they will come to 〈◊〉 For the more they come to me the better th● fare Wherefore whatsoeuer thou art whi●● after long looking hast liked and in lyking hast longed for the effectuall digestion of 〈◊〉 fruite of this Vineyarde Disdaine not he● in this place to rest after repast and perswa●● thy selfe to be with Abraham in the valley 〈◊〉 Mambrey sitting in the doore of the tent 〈◊〉 the verie heate of the day and that by rep●sing thy delectation in this vertuous life 〈◊〉 by his grace will appeare vnto thee as 〈◊〉 than appeared vnto Abraham Gen. 18. 〈◊〉 perswade thy selfe whiles thus thou re●● thy selfe with me that as Iacob rested hi● self in Aram after the Sunne was set so sh●● thou not gather stones but feathers of dow●● to lay vnder thy heade if thou sleepest in 〈◊〉 place and as hee sawe in his dreame a ladd●● reaching to the heauens so shalt thou 〈◊〉 thy selfe to be in heauen euen whilest thou yet dwellest vpon earth Gen. 28. Be also surely perswaded in thy selfe that resting with this Seale to godlinesse thou art not sleeping with Samuel in the temple of the Lord but waking ●nd the readier for the Lorde when hee shall ●all thee to what ende and purpose he will. ● Reg. 3. To be short thou shalt not seeme to 〈◊〉 exercised in a Vineyarde of vanitie but of such vertue that Dauids house of Ceder trees was not comparable to it Solomons gorge●us dwelling places of pleasure nor yet the 〈◊〉 winged Chariot of Elias were more de●ectable for thy soules health in his life and 〈◊〉 the life to come eternall The second Arbour Societie of good men VVHilest thou art yet plucking a cluster of grapes from this plant here there taking thy pleasure in another place 〈◊〉 replenish thy longing minde with delight●●me and pleasant fruite digesting the same 〈◊〉 full Come hither yet one steppe further vn●● me which am called the second Arbor and ●est thee nowe in the Societie of good men For be sure thou hast neither plowed in stony ground walked amongest weedes beaten the busie waues gathered Caterpillers for good fruit eaten sowre grapes nor tasted dregs wine lees in stead of comfortable Muscadell But thou hast bestowed thy labour in the land which bringeth foorth good fruite thou hast with the Bee borhe away honie out of sweete and fragrant flowers thou hast sayled in the portes of safetie brought home sounde fruite tasted of the wine of gladnes and satisfied thy mind with cordial comfort in the companie of men not of bruite beasts and not of men but of good men not onely of good men but of Angels and not onely of Angels but of the Almightie whose ministers they are for thy welfare saluation to accompanie thee vnto the resting place of eternal ioy blessednesse And as Laban had verte smal store of worldly substance before Iacob came vnto him and by his companying with him was made riche Gen. 30. So thou which shalt imitate the vertuous examples of these good and godly men dayly accōpanying that is to say meditating and practising their vertues in life conuersation thou shalt be rich in the grace fauor of God for euer Yea in often vsing the counsels of these thou shalt with Tobias hee sure to haue alwayes as guestes with thee such men as feare god Tob. 24. Thou shalt thus conuersant as Dauid sayeth bee holy with those that are holy and innocent with those that are innocent Psal. 17. Yea thou shalt by companie and conference with these good neighbors dwelling in the middest of the vngodly as S. Isydore saith lib. 2. soliloq glorifie God edifie thy neighbor damnifie thine enimie To conclude whilest thou as Peter did remainest Mat. 26 firme in conformitie of mind and maners with these Apostles thou art in the right way and art established in safetie but beware thou hast no societie with the chief priests as Pope tyrant hypocrite infidel nor irreligious persons which denie the Lorde of hostes the giuer of saluation only Thus with Paule shalt thou passe the stormie rage of this worlde and all those vnder thy charge safely vnto the port of ioyes and blessednesse perpetuall Actes 27. The third Arbour Obseruation of the Sabaoth AFter thou hast laboured thus in the Lordes Vineyarde with continual companie counsell and comforte of the elect it shall behoue thee to call to minde what our Sauiour by the mouth of his seruant Moyses commanded shoulde be establised for a peculiar law amongst the children of God namely That thou shalt keepe holy the Sabboth day Which keeping holy of the Sabaoth for asmuch as he himself first obserued for our example when after his sixe dayes workes hee rested the seuenth day and hallowed it we must therefore so construe this rest and so accomplish the same in our life conuersation that in resting from labour we giue no liberty to idlenesse vaine cogitations vaine speeche nor vaine deedes so resting as though we neuer ceased to turmoyle both bodie in vnquietnesse and soule in desolation For what profiteth this Sabothes rest vnto the bodie with pampering her selfe in carnall pleasures putting on gorgeous apparell wallowing in all kinde

of wicked sensualitie caring not for the affliction of the poore conscience which starueth for the foode of saluation dieth naked in her sinnes and sinneth in her nakednesse of all vertue goodnesse grace and godlinesse For as the diuine prouidence of the creator of all creatures ordeyned them a time of being So hath he determined an ende for the same and as the Sabboth is the resting day after working dayes so is it a figure of the eternal rest either in ioyes perpetuall for those that liue wel here or in paines perpetual for those that liue wickedly heere Wherefore who so will rightly prouide for the rest of ioyes eternal let him with the children of Israel in the vi daies of this life time gather Manna in the desert of this worlde Exod. 16. Let them so fructifie in good examples of godly vertue that they may be readily prepared themselues and prepare others also to that blessed rest But let vs take heed of gathering wood that is to say of binding one sinne to another in this transitory Sabaoth for as the man that so did gather wood was stoned to death Deut. 5. Num. 15. so will God bee auenged of those which mispend the Sabaoth day according as it shall seeme good vnto him Wherefore let vs with the Apostles especially bestow the Sabaoth as most fit and conuenient in hearing learning the word wil and law of god Act. 13. And while we liue in the wildernesse of this world let vs so frame our liues therafter that wee may at al times seeke the glorie of God our soules health and the common comfort and commoditie of our brethren that we may rest with the Lorde of the Sabaoth in his celestial kingdome The fourth and last Arbour Immortalitie NOwe that wee haue thus laboured in the Lords Vineyard and rested in due obseruation of this appointed Sabaoth let vs lastly contemplate the ende of our labour reward of our dutiful performed paines in this Vineyard of the lord For whether we labour or no yet we liue as wee liue we die as we die we rest till the iudgement day and as we shal then be iudged so shall we receiue the iust deserued reward either for painfull true trauell the triumphant crowne of immortality either else for slouthful dissembling negligence the troublesome tormentes of neuer dying death For so hath the Lord of the Vineyarde determined with all flesh from the first creation of the world That we shal as S. Paule saith 2. Cor. 5. be al openly manifested before the tribunal seat of Christ there to receiue euery man his owne workes that he hath done in his bodie whether it be good or euil Wherefore as it is said Eccle 15. God from the beginning hath created man left him in the power of his determination he hath also enioyned him to walke in his commandementes and keepe his precepts if thou wilt keepe his commandements they shall preserue thee c. Againe he sayth The eyes of the Lord are ouer thē that feare him and he shal acknowledge euery worke that man doth Yea he hath promised that the soules of the righteous are alreadie in the hands of God after their rest in the graue and no torment of death shal touch them Sapi. 3. But as for the vngodly they shal be cast into vtter darknesse where shal be weeping and gnashing of teeth Mat 22. and shall become the foode of fire vnquenchable Esay 9. Wherefore whiles we liue in this mortalitie of the flesh let vs so labour in al vertuous and godly conuersation that we may find rest vnto our soules for euer in the lord To this ende let vs run the race of mortalitie that we may receiue the reward layde vp in store for vs by the Lord and giuer of life euen the incorruptible crowne of immortalitie that as true labourers we may bee able to stande before the face of our workemaister Lorde and ouerseer Christ Iesus receiue euery one according to his dayes labour Mat. 20 That so still as profitable seruants we may be found working when our maister shall come Mar. 13. That hauing on our wedding garment wee may watchfully wayte for the cōming of the bridegrome ▪ Mat ▪ 22. And so finally with the fiue wise virgins attendant with lamps furnished with oyle we may be interteined with Christ Iesus the sonne of the eternal euerliuing God that immaculate lambe almightie Messias the first and the last Apoc. 22. when hee shal enter into the new and heauenly Ierusalem to giue freely to those that chirst the water of life and liuely fruite of his Vine in the kingdome of his father To whom with the father and the holy ghost three persons and one God of incomprehensible and eternall Maiestie be all honour glory power dominion and prayse for euer and euer worlde without ende Amen ¶ A Meditation for true fructifying in the Church of God the true Vineyard of Vertue and for the prosperous preseruation of the same ALmightie true and euerliuing God which as the heauenly husbandman comparest thy kingdome vnto a certaine man which planted a vineyard went forth early to hire labourers made couenant with thē c. For as much as from the first day of the worldes creation thou hast by thy diuine prouidence preordinated created and established thee a chosen Church thy peculier people as the true planted Vineyarde and by thy word and holy Gospel hast hired thy Patriakes Prophetes and Apostles as the first true labourers therein by couenant of eternall saluation And from time to time also hast so called and sent the Nations of the earth into thy Church and Vineyarde when they stood idle without knowledge of thee and of their saluation So we in England amongst others first called sent in and working with them at thy gracious good pleasure haue yet afterwardes with others beene founde idle without at the thirde houre And againe once more lastly called and sent in at the sixth houre by thy inspeakeable prouidence mercie and grace nowe still continually labouring in the same thy true Church and Vineyarde of thy Gospel and holy lawes to the great admiration and woorthie imitation of those which at the eleuenth houre by thee are to be called hired and sent in do with all humilitie and heartie affection duely and dutifully acknowledge thy louing mercies and gracious goodnesse most abundantly thus bestowed vppon vs And therefore most iustly are bounden by all good meanes to become thankefull vnto thee for the same Wherefore thou ▪ oh most gracious God thou louing Lord and heauenly husbandman our onely stay supporter and comforter graft vs in thee strength vs with thy helpe and make vs fruitfull branches of thee the most flourishing vine in all heauenly felicitie Looke downe we beseech thee from the throne of thy grace and with thy gladsom countenance and louing fauour beholde the state of thy chosen holy Church amongest vs visite this thy Vineyarde with thy continuall benediction which thou hast eftsoones transposed out of Egypt Thou hast long since cast out the Gentiles from amongst vs and hast hitherto and stil dost establish the same Thou plantest the rootes of thy vines they spread farre and neare The shadow of them hath couered the hilles and the braunches haue spred ouer the Ceders of the lord Vouchsafe oh God we humbly beseech thee to heare our prayers and graunt our petitions that wee make vnto thee in the name of thy beloued sonne our Lorde Iesus Christ Continue still thy louing kindenesse vnto vs Blesse and preserue our most deare soueraine Ladie and gracious Queene Elizabeth with long life and increase of heauenly felicitie vpon earth Prosper and preserue all her most honourable Councellers Nobles Bishops pastors teachers and preachers with all and euery other member of thy true Church and Vineyarde in these our Countreyes Chase away vanquish and ouercome all our enemies Beate backe and abandon the malice of the Romish Bore from the borders of thy vineyarde and all other enmyties of Satan and his seruants utterly expell amoue from vs and vanquish for vs we beseech thee for the glorie of thy holy names sake and for thy sonnes sake our Lord Iesus Christ Also as christian charitie bindeth vs wee pray thee of thy great mercies to illuminate helpe and assist the weake labours of suche as in forraine Countreys are willing but want help and comfort to be called into thy Vineyarde Make them fruitfull plantes of thy grace replenish them with thy spirite of truth and blesse them with thy blessings also that we with them and they with vs so manie as thou wilt call to saluation in this earthly Vineyard may be gratious operation of thy holy Ghost be made perfect laborers in thy sight able to endure not only that very heat of the day but also euē to the last minute of daylight so shal thy seruāts set forth thy wonderfull workes vnto the heathen so shall thy Vineyarde flourish in the Nations vpon earth And so shal thy chosen Church and congregation increasing fructifying and triumphing vnder thee her chiefe pastor guide and gouernour receyuing with all thy elect thy promised couenant of eternal saluation render all due honour glorie and praise vnto thee now henceforth and for euer world without ende Amen As the braunch can beare no fruite of himselfe except hee abide in the vine so neyther can you bring foorth fruite sayth our sauiour Christ except you abide in me Iohn 15. Esay 11. Iohn 15. Mat. 20. Mar. 12. Luke 12. Luke 5. Pantaleon in Chronographia Eccisiae Examples Maria interet Stella Maris Elizabeth interpret Plenitudo dei That is in the light of the Gospel Mat. 20. Mat. 20. Psal. 79. Mat. 20. ❧ Imprinted in London by Thomas Dawson dwelling at the three Cranes in the Vinetree