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A68918	An excellent new commedie intitutled, The conflict of conscience contayninge a most lamentable example of the dolefull desperation of a miserable worldlinge, termed by the name of Philologus, who forsooke the trueth of Gods gospel for feare of the losse of lyfe & worldly goods / compiled by Nathaniell Woodes, minister in Norwich ...; Conflict of conscience	Woodes, Nathaniel, fl. 1580.	1581 (1581)	STC 25966.5; ESTC S111762	42,953	72

iudged mée to euerlasting payne Oh that my bodie buried were that it at rest might bée Though soule were put in Iudas place or Caines extremitie Gisbertus Oh Brother hast you to the Towne and tel Theologus What sodaine plague and punishment my Father hath befell Paphinitius I run in hast and will request him for to come with vs Gisbertus Oh Father rest your selfe in God and all thing shal be well Philologus Ah dredfull name which when I héere to sigh it mée compell God is against mée I perceiue he is none of my God Vnlesse in this that he will beat and plague mée with his rod And though his mercy doth surpasse the sinnes of all the worlde Yet shall it not once profit me or pardon mine offence I am refused vtterly I quite from God am whorld My name within the Booke of lyfe had neuer residence Christ prayed not Christ suffered not my sinnes to recompence But only for the Lordes elect of which sort I am none I féele his iustice towardes mée his mercy all is gone And to be short within short space my finall end shall bée Then shall my soule incurre the paines of vtter desolation And I shall be a president most horrible to sée To Gods elect that they may sée the price of abiuration Gisbertus To héere my Fathers dolefull plaints it bringeth preturbation Vnto my soule but yonder comes that good Theologus Oh welcome sir and welcome you good master Eusebius Acte fyfth Sceane 2 THEO PHI EVSE GIS PAPHI GOd saue you good Philologus how doo you by Gods grace Philologus You welcome are but I alas vile wretch am héere euill found Eusebius What is the chiefest cause tell vs of this your dolorus case Philologus Oh would my soule were sunke in hell so body were in grounde That angrie God now hath his will who sought mee to confounde Theologus Oh say not so Philologus for God is gracious And to forgiue the penitent his mercy is plentious Do you not know that all the earth with mercy doth abound And though the sinnes of all the world vppon one man were layde If he one only sparke of grace or mercy once had found His wickednes could not him harme wherefore be not dismayde Christes death alone for all your sinnes a perfect raunsome payde God doth not couet sinners death but rather that he may By liuing still bewaill his sinnes and so them put awaye Consider Peeter who thrée tymes his Maister did denye Yea with an oath and that although Christ did him warning giue With whome before tyme he had lyued so long familiarly Of whome so many benefits of loue he did receiue Yet when once Peeter his owne fault did at the last perceiue And did bewaile his former cryme with salt and bitter teares Christ by and by did pardon him the Gospell witnes beares The theefe lykewise and murtherer which neuer had don good But had in mischeefe spent his dayes yea during all his lyfe With lattest breth when he his sinnes and wickednes with stoode And with iniquityes of flesh his spirit was at strife Thorow that one motion of his heart and power of true beliefe He was receiued into grace and all his sinnes defaced Christ saying soone in Paradice with me thou shalt be placed The hand of God is not abridged but still he is of myght To pardon them that call to him vnfainedly for grace Againe it is Gods propertye to pardon sinners quight Pray therefore with thy heart to God here in this open place And from the very roote of heart bewaile to him thy case And I assure thée God will on thée his mercy show Through Iesus Christ who is with him our aduocate you knowe Philologus I haue no fayth the wordes you speake my hart doth not beléeue I must confesse that I for sinne am iustly throwne to hell Eusebius His monstrous incredulitye my very heart doth gréeue Ah dere Philologus I haue knowne by face and visage well A sort of men which haue bene vext with Diuels and spirits fell In farre worse state then you are yet brought into desperation Yet in the ende haue bene reclaimde by godly exhortation Such are the mercies of the Lorde he will throw downe to hell And yet call backe againe from thence as holy Dauid wrightes What should then let your trust in God I pray you to vs tel Sith to forgiue and doo vs good it chiefely him delightes What would not you that of your sins he should you cleane acquite How can he once denie to you one thing you doo request Which hath already geuen to you his best beloued Christ Lift vp your hart in hope therefore awhile be of good cheare And make accesse vnto his seate of grace by earnest prayer And God will surely you reléeue with grace stand not in feare Philologus I doo beléeue that out from God proceede these comfortes faire So doo the Diuels yet of their health they alway doe dispaire They are not written vnto mée for I woulde faine attaine The mercy and the loue of God but he doth me disdaine How would you haue that man to lyue which hath no mouth to eate No more can I lyue in my soule which haue no faith at all And where you say that Peter did of Christ soone pardon get who in the selfe same sinne with mée from God did greatly fall why I cannot obtaine the same to you I open shall God had respect to him alwaies and did mée firmly leue But I alas am reprobate God doth my soule reproue Moreouer I will say with tongue what so you wyll require My harte I feele with blasphemy and cursing is repleate Theologus Then pray with vs as Christ vs taught we doe you all desire Philologus To pray with lips vnto your God you shall mée scene intreate My spirit to Sathan is in thrall I can it not thence get Eusebius God shall renue your spirit againe pray onely as you can And to assist you in the same we pray ech Christian man Philologus O God which dwellest in the Heauens and art our father deare Thy holy name throwghout the world be euer sainctified The kingdome of thy word and spirit vppon vs rule might beare Thy will in earth as by thy saincts in heauen be ratified Our dayly bread we thee beseech O Lord for vs prouide Our sinnes remit Lord vnto vs as we ech man forgiue Let not tentation vs assayle in all euill vs releeue Amen Theologus The Lord be praysed who hath at length thy spirit mollified These are not tokens vnto vs of your reprobation You morne with teares and sue for grace wherfore be certified That God in mercy giueth care vnto your supplication Wherfore dispayre not thou at all of thy soules preseruation And say not with a desperat heart that God against thée is He will no doubt these paynes once past receiue you into blisse Philologus No no my friends you only heare and sée the outward part Which though you thinke

staye Hypocrisie What was that Suggestion I praye thée to vs vtter For I am with child till that I do it heare Suggestion A certaine gentle woman did murmur and mutter And for greefe of minde her hayre she did teare Shee will at last kill her selfe I greatly do feare Hypocrisie What is the cause why this gréefe she did take Suggestion Because her Husband her company did forsake Her children also about her did stand Sobbing and sighing and made lamentation Knocking their brestes and wringing their hand Saying they are brought to vtter dessolation By the meanes of their fathers wilfull protestation Whose goodes they saye are already confiscate Because he doth the Popes lawes violate And indeed I sawe Auarice standing at the doore And a company of Ruffians assisting him there Philologus Alas alas this pincheth my heart full sore Myne euills he doth declare myne owne wo I do heare Wherefore from teares I cannot forbeare Hypocrisie Ha ha doth this touch you Master Philologus You neede not haue had it being rulde by vs Suggestion Why what is he thus Master Hypocrisie That taketh such sorrow at the wordes which I spake Hypocrisie One that is taken and conuinced of Heresie And I feare me much will burne at a stake Yet to reclayme him much paynes would I take And haue don already howbeit in vayne I would craue thine assistance were it not to thy payne Suggestion I will do the best herein that I can Yet go thou with me to helpe at a neede With all my heart God saue you good gentleman To sée your great sorrow my heart doeth welnigh bleede But what is the cause of your trouble and dréede Disdaine not to me your secrets to tell A wise man sometime of a fool may take counsell Philologus Myne estate alas is now most lamentable For I am but deade which euer side I take Neither to determine heerein am I able With good aduice mine election to make The worse to refuse and the best for to take My Spirit couites the one but alas since your presence My flesh leades my spirit therfroe by violence For at this time I being in great extremitie Either my Lord God in hart to reiect Or els to be oppressed by the Legates authorytie And in this world to be counted an abiect My Landes wife and Children also to neglect This later part to take my Spirit is in readinesse But my Flesh doth subdue my Spirit doubtlesse Suggestion Your estate perhaps seemeth io you dangerous The rather because you haue not bene vsed To incurre before time such troubles perilous But to your power such euils haue refused Howbeit of two euils the least must be chused Now which is the least euill wee will shortlye examine That which part to take your selfe may determine On the right hand you say you sée gods iust iudgment His wrath and displeasure on you for to fall And in steede of the ioyes of Heauen euer permanent You see for your stipend the tormentes infernall Philologus That is it indéede which I feare most of all For Christ said feare not them which the body can ānoy But feare him which the body and soule can destroy Suggestion Well let that ley aside awhile as it is And on the other side make the lyke inquisition If on the left side you fall then shall you not misse But to bring your body to vtter perdition For at mans hand you know there is no remission Beside your Children fatherlesse your wife desolate Your goodes and possessions to other men confiscate Philologus Saint Paul to the Romanes hath this worthy sentence I accompt the afflictions of this world transitorie Be they neuer so many in full equiuolence Cannot counteruaile those heauenly glorie Which we shal haue through Christ his propitiatorie I also accompt the rebukes of our Sauiour Greater gaines to mée then this house full of treasure Suggestion You haue spoken reasonably but yet as they say One Birde in the hande is worth two in the bush So you now inioying these worldly ioyes may Esteeme the other as light as a rush Thus may you scape this perrillous pushe Philologus Yea but my saluation to mee is most certaine Neither doubt I that I shall suffer this in vaine Suggestion Is your death meritorious then in Gods sight That you are so sure to attaine to saluation Philologus I doo not think so but my faith is full pight In the mercies of God by Christs mediation By whom I am sure of my preseruation Suggestion Then to the faithfull no hurt can accrew But what so he worketh good end shall insue Philologus Our Sauiour Christ did say to the tempter When he did perswade him from the Pinacle to fall And saide he might safely that danger aduenture Because that Gods Angels from hurt him saue shall See that thy Lord God thou tempt not at all So I though perswaded of my sinnes free remission May not commit sin vpon this presumption Cardinall What haue you not yet done your foolysh tatteling With that frowarde heretick I will then away If you will tarie to heare all his prattelyng He would surely keepe you most part of the day It is now high dinner time my stomack doth say And I will not lose one meale of my diet Though thereon did hang an hundred mens quiet Suggestion By your Lordships pacience one word with him more And then if he will not I geue him to Tyrrany Hypocrisie I neuer saw my Lord so pacient before To suffe one to speake for himselfe so quietly But you were not best to trust to his curtesie It is euill waking of a Dog that doth sleepe While you haue his friendship you were best it to kéepe Cardinall I promise thee Philologus by my vowed chastitie If thou wilt be ruled by thy friendes that be héere Thou shalt abound in wealth and prosperitie And in the Countrie chiefe rule thou shalt beare And a hundred pounds more thou shalt haue in the yéere If thou will this curtesie refuse Thou shalt die incontinent the one of these chuse Suggestion Well sith it is no time for vs to debate In former maner what is in my minde I will at once to thée straight demonstrate Those worldly ioyes which heere thou shalt finde And for because thou art partly blinde In this respect looke through this mirrour And thou shalt behold an vnspeakeable pleasure Philologus Oh péerelesse pleasures oh ioyes vnspeakable Oh worldly wealth oh pallaces gorgious Oh faire Children oh wife most amyable Oh pleasant pastime oh pompe so glorious Oh delicate diet oh lyfe lasciuious Oh dolourous death which would mée betray And my felycitie from mée take away I am fully resolued without further demeanour In these delightes to take my whole solace And what paine so euer hereby I incurre Whether heauen or hell whether Gods wrath or grace This glasse of delight I will euer imbrace But one thing most chiefly doth trouble mée héere My Neighbors vnconstant will compt mée I feare

Hypocrisie He that will séeke eche man to content Shall prooue him selfe at last most vnwise Your selfe to saue harmlesse think it sufficient And waigh not the peoples clamorous outcries Yet there mouthes to stop I can soone deuise Say that the reading of the workes of S. Selfloue And doctor Ambition did your errours remoue And harke in myne eare delay no more time The sooner the better in ende you will say We haue now caught him as Birde is in line Tyranny Come on sirs haue yée done I would faine away Hypocrisie Goe euen when you will we doo you not staie Philologus hath drunk such a draught of Hypocrisie That he minds not to die yet he wil master this malady Cardinall Come on master Philologus are you growne to a stay I am glad to heare that you become tractable Philologus If it please your Lordship I say euen what you say And confesse your relygion to be most allowable Neither will I gainsay your customes lawdable My former follyes I vtterly renownce That my selfe was an Heretick I doo héere pronownce Cardinall Nay Master Philologus goe with mée to my Pallace And I shall set downe the forme of recantation Which you shall reade on Sonday next in open place This done you shall satisfie our expectation And shall be set frée from all molestation Into the bosome of the Church we will you take And some high officer therein will you make Philologus I must first request your Lordships fauour That I may goe home my wife for to sée And I will attend on you within this howre Cardinall Nay I may not suffer you alone to goe frée Vnlesse one of these your suretie wil bée Suggestion I sensuall Suggestion for him will vndertake Cardinall Verie well take him to you your prisoner I him make Goe you maister Philologus and beare mée company Or els I am sure no meate I should eate And goe before Zeale to sée ech thing ready That when we once come we stay not for meate Hypocrisie With small sute héereto you shall mée intreate Cardinall Exit Tyr. Farewell Philologus and make small delay Perhaps of our dinners for you I will staie Exi Car. Hyp Suggestion Had not you bene a wise man your selfe to haue lost And brought your whole family to wretched estate Where now of your blessednesse your selfe you may bost And of all the countrie accompt your selfe fortunate Philologus Such was the wit of my foolish pate But what doo we stay so long in this place I shall not be well whilst I am with my Lordes grace Acte fourth Sceane 4. SPIRIT PHILO SVGGES PHilologus Philologus Philologus I say In time take héede goe not to farre looke well thy steps vnto Let not Suggestion of thy flesh thy Conscience thée betray Who doth conduct thée in the path that leadeth to all woe Waigh well this warning giuen from God before thou further goe And sell not euerlasting ioyes for pleasures temporall From which thou soone shalt goe or they from thée bereaued shall Philologus Alas what voice is this I héere so dolefully to sounde Into mine eares and warneth mée in time yet to beware Why haue not I the pleasant path of worldly pleasures founde To walk therein for my delight no man shall me debarre Suggestion Looke in this Glasse Philologus for nought els doo thou care What doost thou see within the same is not the Coast all cleare Philologus Naught els but pleasure pompe and wealth héerein to mée appeare Suggestion Giue mée thy hande I will be guide and leade thée in the way What doost thou shrink Philologus where I dare goe before Spirit Yea shrinke so still Philologus no time turne back I say In sensuall Suggestions steppes see that thou tread no more And though the frailtie of the flesh hath made the fall full sore And to denye with outward lyps thy Lord and God most deare The same to stablish with consent of Conscience stand in feare Thou art yet frée Philologus all torments thou maist scape Onely the pleasures of the world thou shalt awhile forbeare Renownce thy crime and sue for grace and do not captiuate Thy Conscience vnto mortall sinne the yoke of Christ doo beare Shut vp these wordes within thy brest which sound so in thine eare The outwarde man hath caused thee this enterprise to take Beware least wickednesse of spirit the same doo perfect make Philologus My hart doth tremble for distres my conscience pricks mée sore And bid mee cease that course in time which I would gladly runne The wrath of God it doth mée tell doth stand my face before Wherfore I hold it best to cease that race I haue begun Suggestion These are but fancies certainly for this way thou shalt shun All worldly woes looke in thy Glasse and tell me what it show Thou wilt not credit other men before thy selfe I trow Philologus Oh gladsome Glasse oh mirrour bright oh cristall cleare as sun The ioyes cannot be vttered which herein I beholde Wherefore I will not thee forsake what euill so euer come Spirit If néedes thou wilt thy selfe vndoo say not but thou arte tolde Philologus Hap what hap wyll I will not loose these pleasures manyfolde Wherfore conduct mee once againe heere take mée by the hande Suggestion That sensuall Suggestion doth leade him vnderstand Acte fourth Sceane 3. CONSCI PHILO SVGGES ALas alas thou wofull wight what furie dooth thée moue So willingly to cast thy selfe into consumyng fyre What Circes hath bewitched thée thy worldly wealth to loue More then the blessed state of Soule this one thing I desyre Waigh wel the cause with sincere hart thy Cōscience thee require And sell not euerlasting ioyes for pleasures temporall Resist Suggestion of the flesh who séekes thée for to spoile From which thou soone shalt goe or they from thee be reaued shall And take from thee which God elect true euerlasting soyle Sée where confusion doth attend to catch thée in his snare Whose handes if that thou goest on still thou shalt no way eschew Philologus What wight art thou which for my health doost take such earnest care Conscience Thy crased Conscience which forsée the plagues torments due Which from iust Iudge whom thou denyest shal by and by insue Suggestion Thou hast good triall of the faith which I to thée doo beare Commit thy safetie to my charge there is no daunger néere Conscience Such is the blindnesse of the flesh that it may not descrie Or sée the perrils which the Soule is ready to incurre And much the lesse our owne estates we can our selues espie Because Suggestion in our hartes such fancies often stirre Wherby to worldly vanities we cleaue as fast as burre Estéeming them with heauenly ioyes in goodnesse comparable Yet be they mostly very prickes to sinne abhomynable For proofe we néede no further goe then to this present man Who by the blessing of the Lorde of riches hauing store When with his hart to fancy them this worldlyng once began And had