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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

Ierusalem which yet is called Ben-hinnom which is asmuch to say by interpretation as the sonne of Hinnom afterward for the filthy abuse of the place for the contēpt therof Iosiah caused dead carions to be cast there Nowe Topheth taketh his deriuation frō Toph which signifieth Timphanū a Tabret Psa 81 or dromslade which they vsed as I said in this vally to take away the pittiful cry of the child frying in this Images hote hollow place And in our owne capacities we sée a certaine description of hell by this figure a place full of torments in the which the tormented shall suffer such paines Mat 13 42 as shall prouoke wéeping and gnashing of teeth yea such as are intollerable on the otherside the children of God shall not be moued to compassion to behold them no although they sée their father mother children kinsfolke or such like for as the Tabret and timbrell tooke away the childs cry in the Idol Moloch so shall the ioy and swéete melody of heauen stop their pittye or compassion of them which shall dwell in heauen And although this similitude holdeth not in all parts to the reason of them that would discourse vpon it yet so farre it holdeth as we must conceiue the matter although we omit the manner As the vally of Hinnom was a place néere Ierusalem wherein afterward Iosiah caused all the filth and carions of the citty to be layd as fit for no better thing because of the horrible abuse and Idolatry therin sometimes doone Euen so the heauenly Ierusalem doth purge it selfe of all those filthy carions I meane the reprobate that stincke of their sinne before the face of God and are ordayned to bee caste out into thys Topheth as a place fitte for such a receypt Nowe as there is a damnable place wherin the fire is neuer quenched and the worme neuer dyeth Euen so there are some men whose sinnes are so many offences so greate that neuer séeketh the grace and fauour of almightye God neuer repent them of their sins these I say shal be possessors and inheritours of thys place of torments Math. 13.41 42 as our sauiour Christ sayth The sonne of man shall sende foorth hys Angels and they shall gather out of his kingdome all thinges that offend and them which doo iniquity and shall cast them into a Fornace of fire there shal be wayling and gnashing of téeth Lykewise Saint Paule to the Hebrewes If we sinne wyllingly Heb 10 26 27 after that we haue receiued the knowledge of the trueth there remaineth no more sacrifice for sinnes but a fearefull looking for of iudgement and violent fire which shal deuoure the aduersaries Also it is sayd in the seconde Epistle of Peter 2 Pe 2 9. The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godly out of temptation and to reserue the vniust vnto the daye of iudgement to be punished Also in S. Iohn hys Reuelation Reu. 20 15 And who soeuer was not found in the Booke of life was cast into the Lake of fire Howe woefull and terrible shall the dreadfull day of iudgement bee vnto the wycked and reprobates when Christ Iesus shall sit and make diuision the Goates from the Shéepe when he shall say to the shéepe Come yee blessed receyue the kingdome prepared for you c. Math 25 34 And to the Goats that is to say the wicked he shal say Verse 41 Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the deuill and his aungells Wherfore while we are héere in thys worlde let vs with terror beholde the dreadfull sentence of damnation with all diligence and care call our selues to account Eph 5 redéeming and purchasing againe the time which we haue wickedly spent and become not onely new but stedfast members and then if thy hand or eye cause thée to offend cut them off and cast them from thée Mat 18 8 9 It is better for thée to enter into life halt maymed or blind then hauing two handes two féete or two eyes to be cast into hell fire And because sathan goeth on styll so busily with his worke and all the world in a manner séemeth wyllinglye to be his workmanship It is necessary that now euen nowe we reclaime our selues according to the caueat of the Euangelist Nowe is the axe layde to the roote of the trées Luk. 3.9 therefore euery trée which bringeth not foorth good fruit shal be hewen downe and cast into the fire Thus haue I bréefely layde downe the most gréeuous enimies to mankind which preuaile the more against him by reason of the sinne which he séemeth to nourish and make ripe in his ready wyll and wylling inclination I would it mought be so surueyed that it may be lothed and so lothed that it may bée th●oughly mortified wherby these enemies may not so lay siege vnto the soule of man that in the ende he may be taken captiue and led to an vnbailable gaole the Lord grant it for his Christes sake The prayer O Lord God full of all pittie compassion looke downe vppon vs miserable wretches and sinners who are not onely laden ouerladen with the multitude of sinnes and wickednes but are ready to be swallowed vp and vtterly destroyed vnles thou of thy pitty and mercy which haue beene euer of olde vouchsafe to gard and defend vs for the enimies are at hand ready to ouerthrow vs thy vengeaunce hangeth ouer our heads ready to fall vpon vs our conscience burneth in vs ready to consume vs. Death wayteth daylie vpon vs and calleth vs hel gate is open and we shall be vtterly consumed If thou O most mercifull God extend not thine accustomed fauoure Although we haue sinned O Lord and that most greeuous in thy sight wee are hartely sorry for it and forasmuche as thou requirest a humble harte and a penitent minde accept O Lord the repentaunt teares of thy humble seruaunts and vouchsafe to restore thy Israell agayne which hath gone a a stray and though we bee wylling to cast away our selues yet O Lorde bee thou our guyde and director we see not the deepenes of our owne sinne not yet the sweetenes of thy mercy nor yet the bitternes of the scourges which thou hast ordeyned for sinne open our eyes O Lord and giue vs thy holy spirite to mollifie our harts that we may wholy become thine saue vs for thy mercy sake at the last for syn is so rype and the time so corrupted that vengeaunce is at hand and when it is ready to fall we are not able to abide it wherefore O Lord call thy whole flock speedily and deliuer them out of Sodome as thou diddest thy seruaunt Lot that they may not be partakers with the infidels which know not thy name nor come when thou callest but are gon to the worlde and followed the concupiscence of their owne harts Graunt vnto vs O Lorde the sweete consolation of thy spirite for Iesus Christ

hys sake Amen How we shall in Christ Iesu take away the force and accusation of sin and remooue the siege of those enemies aforesayde and howe we shall become good Christians THe meane howe we shall reforme our selues Cap 4 take away the force of sinne and to cause almightye God to become our good and merci●ull father protector omitting the sacrifice of Christ which is all in all and shewing our owne duety I wyll lay downe in these sixe poynts 1. 6 Thinges learned maketh vs new creatures in a christian shape We must looke into our creation and sée what we are and what we should bée 2. We must heare the word of God and what is to be gathered out of it 3. Wée must vse harty prayer 4. Wée must suffer affliction 5. Forsake the world and the flesh 6. We must looke in to the swéetenes of the second life and all these béeing wel looked into as they are and as I purpose by Gods grace effectually briefely to lay them down shall bee inough for a christian man to learne for his office and duety The first thing that we ought to looke into and the first lesson that we shoulde learne is to knowe our creation and forme not our quallities and disposition that by the view thereof we should in all behauiour shewe that neither in mind or in action which is agréeable to our title name calling and kinde that as we are the image of God so wee should frame our selues to that shape of godlines and as wee are reasonable creatures so we should vse our knowledge with vnderstanding and as wée haue the dominion ouer all other creatures so we should kéepe our honour and estimation not communicating with them So long we be men and so long we kéepe the honour of our kinde as we vse our selues not only after the Lawe of God but at least wise according to the Law of nature for we are endued with a reasonable soule and spirite Heb 4 12 not to affect wicked sinfull and deuilish thinges nor yet to will desire thinges that are against the glorye of God for if God be glorified in his creatures euen so much the more we oughte to set forth his glory by how much hée hath exalted vs aboue all other creatures with true holines with perfecte charity with sound knowledge with continuall deuotion with thankes gyuing with equity with mercy and so foorth as it becommeth a man endued with a reasonable soule againe forasmuch as he hath sette vs aboue all hys handy workes and hath set all thinges in subiection vnder our féete let vs not loose that honor and dignity and become brute beastes our selues in our behauiour but rather as I sayd be like men as we are created and kéepe the image of God in perfect knowledge iustice and temperance sanctification and holines according as the Apostle sayth This is the wyll of God 1 Thessa 3 4 euē your sanctification and that we should abstayne from fornication that euery one of you should knowe howe to possesse his vessell in holines and honour but assoone as we giue ouer a holye conuersation a reasonable spirite a chast minde and a good behauiour then wee fall into beastly behauiour and brutish maners and from men quickly become beastes and called by the name of beastes because then from reason wée fall euen to the corruption of nature and lustes thereof and doo not sée the violation of Gods commandement defacing of our image nor the ouerthrow of our honor Therefore is it ●e 2.12 that the Apostle calleth vs beasts saying But these as brute beastes led with sensuality and made to be taken and destroyed speake euill of those thinges which they know not and shall perrish through their own corruption 〈◊〉 10 14 Likewise the Prophet Ieremy sayth Euery man is a beast by hys owne knowledge Horace in his tyme called the people of Rome for their inconstancy and vnstablenes and changable desires Episto Bellua multorum capitum A beast of many heads there are many which for their affections and qualities in scripture are called beasts some by the name of a Lyon for his tyranny ●on ●anny Of such the prophet Dauid spake whē he did flée to the Lord for succor saying O my God 〈◊〉 7 1 2 in thée haue I put my trust saue me from all them that persecute me and deliuer my soule least he deuoure my soule like a Lyon and teare it in péeces while there is none to help Such we haue not a small store in Englande which through tyranny and oppression haue deuoured many a poore soule and eate them out of house liuing and all and may well be called Lyons for in their tyranny as they haue no cōpassion nor pitty Scorpion flattery so who dare of all the beasts in the field to take the Lambe out of the lions clawes and what man dare speake or controll some of our lyons for their pray Some are called Scorpions for stinging vnder the shew of faire flattering as the prophet Ezechiel Ezech 2 ● béeing wylled to speake vnto a stout harted nation should not feare them as it is written And thou son of man feare thē not neither be afraid of their wordes although rebels thornes be with thee thou remainest with scorpions feare not their lookes c. The nature of the scorpion is thus described Plini et Barth A● Blandiuntur facie sed cauda pungunt acute they flattet with their face but they sting wyth their tayle many a faire word and many a faire shew hath deceiued many an honest English hart swéetely pypeth the fowler when the poore byrd goeth to wrack many a faire promise louing looke and bidding to bankets hath deceiued many a one of his liuing depriued many a one of his life burdened many a one with cares I wyl not say that in causes of marriage by faire wordes many a one hath béene deceiued but especially the poore old widdowes 〈◊〉 race Sunt qui frustis et pomis viduas venentur auaras ●yne for ●hines Some are called Swine for their filthines and sluttish wallowing in the dunghill of lust and for that they estéeme not their owne clenlines as appeareth in Mathew ●at 7 6 Cast not pearles before swyne And as S. Peter sayth The sowe that was washed Pe 2 22 is returned to the wallowing in the myre and wee that haue béene washed in the fountain of Christianity are returned into the puddell of adultery and filthy fornication if this deformed shape were séene in forme as it is knowne in desire in all the worlde there be a great many magistrates and Officers yea and such as be shepheardes myght be ashamed to sée that nowe they are swyneheards Brybery affection and negligence hath the more pitty engendred to manye swyne in these dayes Some are called by the name of Bulls ●s Oxen 〈◊〉 Kine theyr ●ression Oxen