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A03488	A deuout treatyse called the tree [and] xii. frutes of the holy goost; Tree and xii. frutes of the holy goost.		1535 (1535)	STC 13608; ESTC S109432	96,385	208

braunche of an olyue tree By the olyue is vnderstande Peas and by the culuer the holy goost whiche betokeneth that all goostly folke in whome the holy goost dwelleth sholde euer bere peas bothe in theyr brest in theyr mouthe and styre other to peas as saynt Martyn oyde whose mouthe was euer in spekynge eyther of Chryst / or mercy / or peas and soo made peas among other Also it semeth wel that peas is a precyous fruyte in that that our lorde bought the fruyte with his deare precyous blood / soo that he made peas therby throughout all the worlde ¶ Also it is wel proued that it is a precious fruyt for all martyrs toke theyr dethe to bryng peas among vs. Therfore sory may al they be that refuse so precious a fruyte whiche our lorde his aungels all his apostles all his dyscyples and all his martyrs sayntes set so moch therby This precyous fruyte our lorde Iesu hath left to his spouse holy chyrche that all her chyldren may take ynough therof yf they wyl ☞ But now to knowe veryly peas thou shalt vnderstande that there is two maner of peas of good folke One is peas of hertes here ī this lyfe and peas euerlastyng in another lyfe By the fyrst peas we may come to the second peas Therfore true it is the our lorde sayth Math .v. Beati pacifici qm̄ filij dei vocabunt Blyssed be they that be peasyble for they be called goddes chyldren All suche be called peasyble that be louers of peas / whiche alway besy them to reforme peas kepe peas fyrst in hymself / and seconds ryly in other Peas in hymself is for to make the flesshe subiect to the spyrite and for to make the styrynges of the soule subiecte to the ouer parte of reason Be therfore syster fyrst a maker of peas with in thyself makynge thy body subiecte to thy soule and than a maker of peas of other For thou canst not be a very maker of peas of other but yf thou be fyrst in peas within thy selfe This fyrst peas lyeth in repressing of all carnal lustes desires and that the lawe of the flesshe repugne not the lawe of the soule but that the body serue the soule vnder trybute that is for to serue the soule as a seruaunt serueth the body and elles there shal no peas be The body is as a seruaunt to whome it longeth for to serue the sou●e is as a lady to whome it lōgeth for to haue the soueraynte whan the seruaunt taketh awaye from y● lady her herytage than is there a greate erthquake as Salomon sayth ꝓuerb .xxx. Vnum est per quod terra mouetur quando an cilla heres fuerit domine sue ❧ There is one greate thyng he sayth whiche causeth the erthquake and that is whan the seruaunt is heyre of the lady The body whiche is the seruaūt is than the ladyes neyre whan he by fleshly lyuȳg ●ereth away the herytage of the soule so myspendeth it by the whiche the soule that is lady is depryued from spyrytuall and endlesse delytes And this causeth an erthquake that is the erth which is thy flesh may not suffre vertues to growe in the soule but ouertorneth all the edyfyenge and buyldyng of vertue vp and downe Alas that suche a wretched seruaūt shold ouercome suche a gentyll lady of our lordes kynne yf there shold be very peas betwene them two nedes the seruaunt must come and lowe herself to her lady That is she must be compelled to obey to the soule and to all the profytes the longe to the soule for to be dylygent who so can make the flesshe to lowe he shall haue peas ynough in himself be able to make peas amonges other Though thou fele sōtyme styrīges of thy flesshe to synne yf reason folowe not deme it not consent but onely a felynge whiche is called but a tourneyment betwene the soule and the body Trowest thou that therfore that thou hast lost peas Naye syster as longe as thou neuer consentest for to be ouercome There is no maner of thynge forboden the in all suche tourney mētes betwene the soule and the body but onely consent in the felynge of ony suche temptacyons Playne not and saye that thou hast loste peas bycause that thou doost fele great temptacions of thy flesshe For as long as thou cōsentest not to suche temptacyons thy peas is not broken The seconde peas that I dyde make mencyon of is peas of herte and that is whan all the styringes and moueinges of the soule be made subiecte and obedyēt vnto the ouer parte of reason This peas is all inwarde and it cometh of affection of a ryght intent yf thyn affection be clene thyne intent be ryght for to profyte in vertue anone without ony delay our lorde wyll delyuer the from all vnquyetnesse of herte make thy conscyence a peasyble dwellyng place of ryght wysnesse This peas of conscyence whiche is called peas of herte is nothyng elles but a maner of ernest and a taste of that ioye peas whiche is euerlastyng in heuen And the we shall haue at the last yf we kepe very peas and rest Also they that haue rested them here from wicked workes there shall they rest from endlesse trybulacion Of these bothe peases that is of cōscyence of ioye our blyssed lorde made his testament The fyrst peas whiche is called peas of hert he bequethed here to his dysciples whā he sayd Io. xiiii Pacem relinquo vobis My peas I bequethe to you The second peas whiche is peas of endlesse blysse he bequethed to suche that kepe the fyrst peas whan he sayd Ioh. xiiii Pacem meā do vobis My peas endlesly I gyue to you The fyrst is not now in this erthe to vertuous folke ful stable namely for troubles and vnquyetnesse which many vertuous folke fele somtyme among And no wonder for all such peas is but the relyef and almesse of heuenly peas which is gyuen to the poore in spyryte syttyng at the gates of Ierusalem abyding there some peas sēt from our lordes table The almes that cometh fro a lordes table is not always able to be eaten For somtyme among in such almesse be founde bones bare from flesshe and other fragmentes which be not able for to be eaten So such peas that is graunted of our lorde to clene hertes here in erth is somtime ful barayne from rest quyetnesse as is a bone fro flesshe And yet all such maner vnquietnesse cometh from our lordes table of heuen for to proue a soule ☞ Lo syster blyssed be all such that be thus peasyble which bothe make peas betwene the soule body and also kepe peas in herte For they be made our lordes chambrelayns in as moche as they make redy for hym in theyr own hertes soules a resting place as Dauyd sayth Ps lxxv In pace factus est locus eius His place he sayeth is made in peas whan the

vnderstond a clere shynyng cōscyence to god and by the bawme that hath a swete smell is vnderstonde a good fame a good exsample of true lyuyng Be dyligent therfore to wyn̄e a good conscience and soone wyl folow after a good name Be not neclygent for to haue a good name Saynt Augustyn calleth him cruell and not mercy full that is neclygent of his good name Of this our lord sayth thus Math. v. Sie luceat lux vestra coram hominibus vt videant vestra hona opera c. ❧ Soo he sayth Lete your lyuynge shyne aforemen that they may se your good workes and thanke hym for them Cure or set moche to haue a good name that it may euer shyne in vertu For better is a good name than moche rychesse sayeth Salomon ☞ Thus syster kepe manerly in vertue thy cōscyence and thy name and specially in al thy lyuyng measure thy wordes in spekyng for els thou mayst lyghtly rather wound or slee than heale Lyue manerly gentylly in thy lyuȳg thou shalt fele great rest and swetenesse therin And than by thy lyuīg they that be dead in bad lyuynge shall be reuyued and quykned to good lyuyng And they that be quykned in good lyuyng shal be strengthed and made more myghty therby what soeuer thou shalt do do it gentylly and swetely that thy dedes be warely or deyned and thy tongue be mylde easy in speakyng And yf it so be that thou be put in charge of gouernaunce namely of temporall and erthly thynges by very necessyte of obedience kepe them manerly and warely that they perysshe not And yf it so be that some take them away thou mayst not therfore by hastynesse lose thy pacyence but easyly suffre it And to some that take them awaye ye must charytably forbyd them so that in all thynges good gentyll curteys maner be kept Also in thy goyng beware that thou ren̄e not for manerly goyng and easy becometh a relygious ꝑsone except it be eyther for great nede or that ony great peryl cause the to goo fast or to ren̄e And though it so be that maner or measure of lyuyng be soo gentyll and lowly in it self that it vsurpeth nothyng yet it is ful ryche ayenst god For in measurable lowlynesse is great tranquylyte of soule myldnesse of spyryte grace of moderacyō care of honeste and consyderacyon of clerenesse Thou must be also manerly in thy goynge in thy standyng in thyne habyte and in all thy maner of lyuynge so that nothyng be found in the which shold offend the sight of other but rather edify other to holynesse ☞ what is maner in good lyuīg but measure that nothyng be had to moch nor to lytell but in scarse meane This is one of the pryncypall thinges that longeth to good lyuyng for to shewe thy profession bothe in habyte and in goyng so that in thy goyng thou shewe symplenesse and sadnesse in thy mouyng purite gladnesse and in thy dedes honeste clennesse Thy lyfe is neuer vnparfyte syster yf it be honest therfore be neuer constreyned to wyn̄e vertue but with a good wyll wyn̄e it and kepe it honestly wylt thou be easy and moderate in lyuyng than thynke oft vpon that rest which is now had of blyssed soules in heuen that somtyme wan̄e it here with moderat lyuyng Amōg all other bytternesse of this wretched lyfe ymagyne in thy soule how those blyssed soules ben in the sight of god sad sobre in louyng chere and than shalt thou soone fele how swete this fruit of easy moderate lyuyng is And than also shalt thou fele more gladnesse of a good conscyence whā ony heuynesses come than of a bad conscyence among erthly delytes Which shall be to the thā as a paradise full of temperaunce myldnesse ryghtousnesse O how mery it is to haue a tēꝑate and a moderate conscience with a symple hert full of quyetnesse and innocency There is nothyng fo blyssed in erth as is a symple herte For there that an hert sheweth symple innocency to other in spekyng in goyng in workyng that hert is neuer aferd to suffre pacyently what soeuer is done to it The more it is scorned of other the more worthy it is to god ▪ the whiche symple innocency kepeth a soule from worldly wyckednesse A moderate and an innocent lyfe is not for to be greued with thē that noyeth the. And though thou be noted and marked of all folke suppose rather that they speke good than euyl If thou wylt haue this grace syster of symple innocency in all thy lyuing moderatly kepe the from hatred malyce and enuy which be the sedes of all wyckednesse / of whome groweth all wretchednesse of syn̄e Kepe not onely innocēcy in thy speche and in thy dedes but also pryncypally in thy hert who so hath such easynesse and manerly lyuing in innocency he shal be preserued from ony great offence For though he be tempted by that he wynneth great profyte yf he be lytel set by of other in that he is in the sight of god exalted the more Yf he fyght agaynst vyces he shall haue the maystry Yf he ouercome vyces he shall be crowned There is nothynge soo worthy to god in a new begynnyng soule as is suche softnesse of lyuyng Be a man neuer so deuout but yf he haue that his lyfe pleaseth neyther god nor man O now is this a well smellyng fruyt / for it sauoureth bothe to god and to man ¶ This fruyte of easynesse or maner of good lyuing hath .iiii. vertues One is it kepeth good lyuyng bothe bodyly and goostly For moderacyon or easynesse is a meane which setteth in measure and in rule al vertues that they breke not asondre but hold togyder He may neuer come to sadnesse of vertu that lacketh this meane of moderacion The second is that it maketh a soule iocund and mery in good lyuing Measure and easy moderacion causeth great gladnesse to a set soule lyke as vndyscretnesse in gaderīg of vertues causeth the soule to be vnglad for the losse that it fyndeth in vertue therby The .iii. is that such a soule so lyuing in easy moderacion is in maner lykened to the worthy prouydēce of god which ordeyneth all his ordynaūces in nombre weyght and measure So yf thou discretly with easynesse gouern thy soule in all vertues in that it semeth ourlorde hath inpressed his prynt of prouydence in thy herte The iiii is it maketh a soule seme the it hath ynough and is content holdyng her well pleased mekely with that lytell vertue that god hath gyuen to her tyll it please hym to gyue more myldely abydynge our lordes grace ☞ Losyster how worthy a vertue thou hast yf thou haue this vertue of easynesse maner of good lyuyng Eate oft I pray the of this fruyte that thou may come at the last thyder where as all easynesse is without trouble or trauayle in gaderyng of vertues AMEN ¶ The .xi. fruyt of the tree of goostly