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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

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apostle_n 6._o brethren_n if_o any_o of_o you_o shall_v be_v take_v in_o any_o offence_n you_o that_o be_v spiritual_a instruct_v you_o he_o amongst_o you_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n consider_v that_o any_o of_o you_o may_v also_o be_v tempt_v consider_v thyself_o say_v s._n paul_n for_o if_o thou_o will_v consider_v thyself_o and_o have_v respect_n unto_o thy_o own_o fault_n thou_o will_v never_o be_v proud_a nor_o reprehend_v thy_o neighbour_n with_o any_o great_a indignation_n and_o when_o thou_o have_v cause_n to_o chasten_v any_o that_o be_v under_o thou_o look_v that_o thou_o do_v it_o with_o piety_n when_o thou_o offend_v will_v thou_o that_o god_n shall_v straight_a way_n send_v thou_o down_o into_o hell_n and_o if_o thou_o will_v that_o god_n shall_v deal_v merciful_o with_o thou_o then_o must_v thou_o deal_v merciful_o also_o with_o thy_o neighbour_n and_o he_o that_o will_v chastise_v other_o man_n offence_n with_o rigour_n and_o severity_n shall_v never_o 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at_o the_o last_o 59_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n be_v not_o shorten_v thou_o must_v not_o gyve_v any_o bound_n or_o limit_n unto_o his_o grace_n nor_o measure_v his_o mercy_n those_o happy_o that_o thou_o see_v now_o to_o have_v commit_v great_a crime_n god_n may_v choose_v to_o make_v his_o predestinate_n &_o elect_v of_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o man_n in_o time_n to_o come_v that_o can_v not_o thou_o know_v that_o which_o thou_o know_v be_v that_o thou_o be_v thyself_o a_o sinner_n and_o that_o thou_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v despise_v of_o all_o man_n and_o to_o be_v condemn_v to_o hell_n if_o thy_o neighbour_n do_v offend_v take_v thou_o heed_n 12._o say_v the_o apostle_n for_o we_o be_v all_o member_n one_o of_o another_o it_o be_v conformable_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o to_o all_o common_a reason_n that_o one_o member_n shall_v help_v and_o succour_v another_o despise_v not_o thy_o own_o flesh_n suffer_v with_o patience_n thy_o brother_n offence_n and_o never_o be_v 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beast_n thou_o can_v not_o come_v to_o the_o contemplative_a life_n but_o that_o thou_o must_v first_o begin_v with_o the_o active_a life_n 25._o jacob_n be_v ●●st_n call_v jacob_n which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d a_o subplant_a or_o one_o that_o hold_v an●●her_o by_o the_o heel_n before_o that_o he_o be_v cal●●d_v israel_n which_o signify_v one_o that_o see_v ●od_a for_o thou_o can_v not_o see_v god_n by_o contemplation_n but_o if_o thou_o do_v first_o pluck_v ●●●ce_n out_o of_o thou_o by_o the_o heel_n and_o cast_v ●●●m_o clean_o away_o by_o mortification_n of_o thy_o ●●lfe_n mortification_n perteyn_v to_o the_o life_n ●●ive_v first_o be_v lia_n give_v unto_o jacob_n 29._o ●hich_v represent_v the_o actyve_a life_n after_o ●●at_a he_o have_v serve_v many_o year_n for_o ra●●ell_n which_o signify_v the_o contemplative_a ●●fe_n and_o although_o that_o rachel_n be_v first_o 〈◊〉_d nobility_n and_o perfection_n yet_o be_v she_o ●●●t_v in_o generation_n and_o knowledge_n al●●ough_o 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of_o the_o devil_n 14._o daniel_n do_v first_o destroy_v the_o idol_n bell_n and_o after_o the_o dragon_n that_o be_v within_o the_o idol_n be_v thou_o a_o adversary_n unto_o the_o idol_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o labour_n against_o it_o by_o abstinence_n fast_v and_o prayer_n and_o thou_o shall_v carry_v away_o the_o victory_n from_o the_o devil_n nothing_o do_v fear_v the_o devil_n more_o nor_o make_v he_o fast_o to_o fly_v away_o from_o thou_o than_o abstinence_n and_o austerity_n of_o life_n and_o nothing_o do_v gyve_v he_o great_a courage_n nor_o make_v he_o more_o bold_a to_o tempt_v thou_o than_o thy_o own_o flatter_a and_o overmuch_o foster_a of_o thy_o body_n it_o be_v a_o very_a folly_n for_o thou_o to_o think_v that_o thou_o shall_v live_v chaste_a if_o thou_o lead_v thy_o life_n in_o wantonness_n and_o delicacy_n take_v away_o the_o superfluity_n of_o thy_o bodily_a sustenance_n which_o serve_v in_o steed_n of_o wood_n to_o make_v the_o fire_n withal_o and_o thou_o shall_v 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prince_n call_v earnest_o on_o our_o bless_a lady_n the_o mother_n of_o god_n for_o to_o help_v thou_o and_o all_o the_o holy_a saint_n of_o heaven_n our_o saviour_n teach_v we_o how_o we_o ought_v to_o behave_v ourselves_o toward_o he_o in_o the_o parable_n of_o he_o that_o ask_v three_o loaf_n of_o bread_n of_o his_o friend_n where_o he_o say_v unto_o he_o that_o if_o he_o will_v not_o gy●e_v he_o that_o which_o he_o ask_v of_o he_o because_o he_o be_v a_o friend_n yet_o at_o the_o leastewyse_o that_o he_o shall_v gyve_v it_o he_o because_o of_o his_o importunity_n our_o lord_n will_v have_v thou_o to_o be_v importunate_a and_o do_v s●ay_v his_o hand_n from_o gyve_v thou_o that_o which_o thou_o demaunde_v to_o make_v thou_o to_o persevere_v in_o good_a and_o that_o thy_o merit_n may_v thereby_o be_v increase_v that_o so_o thou_o may_v be_v make_v worthy_a to_o receyve_v that_o which_o he_o mean_v to_o gyve_v thou_o which_o be_v more_o than_o thou_o do_v ask_v of_o he_o and_o 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and_o judas_n macha●eus_n who_o all_o overcome_v their_o enemy_n by_o ●rayer_n 18._o it_o overcome_v the_o fire_n when_o it_o bur●ed_v not_o the_o three_o child_n that_o be_v put_v ●nto_o the_o fiery_a furnace_n at_o babylon_n it_o over●ame_v the_o water_n 3._o when_o moses_n by_o prayer_n ●ade_v the_o red_a sea_n to_o open_v and_o divide_v ●●t_n overcome_v time_n when_o elias_n do_v thereby_o make_v it_o to_o rain_v or_o to_o leave_v rain_v as_o it_o please_v he_o it_o overcome_v the_o body_n when_o moses_n continue_v forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n without_o eat_v or_o drink_v 17_o only_o sustain_v by_o the_o help_n of_o prayer_n it_o overcome_v death_n as_o be_v manifest_a in_o ezechias_n 24_o who_o be_v adjudge_v by_o god_n his_o sentence_n to_o die_v do_v get_v by_o prayer_n divers_a year_n of_o life_n it_o overcome_v the_o cloud_n in_o as_o much_o as_o elias_n by_o prayer_n 20_o carry_v the_o cloud_n from_o the_o sea_n unto_o the_o land_n it_o overcome_v the_o heaven_n as_o 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be_v create_v be_v god_n himself_o he_o ought_v to_o despise_v all_o worldly_a thing_n that_o may_v draw_v he_o from_o the_o right_a way_n unto_o he_o and_o only_o apply_v he_o to_o the_o exercise_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o may_v further_o he_o to_o that_o end_n which_o he_o seek_v after_o chap._n 37._o i_o be_o both_o beginning_n and_o end_n say_v god_n 1_o the_o river_n do_v all_o come_v forth_o of_o the_o sea_n and_o do_v thither_o return_v again_o and_o all_o thing_n do_v natural_o crave_v their_o proper_a end_n and_o ●●re_v by_o nature_n holpen_v toward_o it_o and_o as_o ●od_n be_v our_o sea_n from_o which_o we_o come_v and_o ●he_v very_a centre_n whereunto_o we_o tend_v our_o ●oules_n by_o nature_n must_v seek_v unto_o he_o and_o ●●bor_n to_o come_v unto_o he_o as_o to_o the_o very_a end_n ●or_a which_o they_o be_v create_v our_o soul_n can_v find_v no_o rest_a place_n ●ere_z in_o this_o present_a life_n for_o god_n himself_o ●ust_z be_v the_o rest_n thereof_o as_o the_o 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