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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18431	The garden of prudence Wherein is contained, a patheticall discourse, and godly meditation, most brieflie touching the vanities of the world, the calamities of hell, and the felicities of heauen. You shal also find planted in the same, diuers sweet and pleasant flowers, most necessarie and comfortable both for body and soule.	Chappell, Bartholomew.	1595 (1595)	STC 4999; ESTC S104953	25,188	80

Nothing doth more diminish a mans commendation then much vaunting the successe of his actes Benificence BEnefite the godlie and thou shalt find recompenee if they cannot requite thee yet God will remember thee Those benefits are most thankfull which a man findeth readie and are bestowed with out tarrying but onely the shame fastnesse of him that shall take them Charitie CHarity is patient and gentle and enuyeth no man If I had faith in so much as that I could carie away mountaines yet were I nothing if I lacked Charitie If I should distribute all my goods giue them to the poore and although I gaue my body to be burned hauing no charitie it nothing auaileth me Charitie doeth nothing amisse it is not puffed with prid it is not ambitious she seketh not her profit she is not mooued shee thinketh no euill shee reioyceth not in miss chiefe she suffereth all thinges shee ioyeth in trueth shee beleeueth all thinges shee hopeth wel of al things Charitie neuer fayleth Chastitie CHastitie is the beauty of the soule or of the Kings daughter that is abroad Chastity without Charitie is like a Lamp without oyle Where necessity is laide vnto Chastity where authoritie is giuen to Lechery there vertue is put to exile The absence of women causeth chastitie amongst men A chaste eie sheweth an honest mind Constancie COnstancie doth surelie perform the thing determined He that is constant ●eeleth neither trouble nor heauinesse Constancie keepeth and still preserueth things well gotten but goodes euill gotten neuer continue long Carnall Appetite CArnall appetie leaueth behind her more cause of repentance then of remēbrance ●●lthy lust wil haue no affinitie with vertue The fleshlie mind is neuer satisfied A carnall woman euer wisheth without contentment Carnall appetite dulleth the wit dimmeth the eies letteth good counsell spoileth the mind and with vertue wil haue no medling Heshly lust consumeth the body and damneth the soule Confession COnfession is the only remedy for sinne The vengeance of God ceaseth where mans confession timely preuenteth Confession is the life of a sinner the glorie of good men to all offenders necessary and not inconuenient to the godly Confession is the confounder of vices the cleanser of soules the restorer of vertues the vanquisher of deuils what will you more It stoppeth hels mouth and setteth wide open the gates of Parad●ce Discorde IF they which make peace bee called the children of God without doubt the disturbors of peace be the children of Satan Discord is the root of all confusion the spring of desolation Discord is an enemy to nature and a shorte●er of the life of man They that sustaine one part of the citie neglect the other lowe the wicked seedes of sedition and discord By concord small thinges are made great but by discord the most greatest are brought to nothing Warre is soone made but not quickly discussed for he is not sure to finish it that first toke in hand to begin it Dignitie HE is most honourable that disdaineth to erue or be subiect to vices True Nobility consisteth no● of great patrimonies and rich possessions but of godlie vertuous actions If thou wilt esteem a man truly know him plainly viewe him naked and let him lay aside authority possessions and other fortunes finallie respect not his bodie but behold his soule then shalt thou see what he is of himselfe and what he hath of others Dolours THere is no sorrowe but the length of time doth diminish make more easie As a mo●h consumeth a garment euen so heauinesse hurteth the heart of man It is to be considered in all griefe and heauinesse that nothing bee done vnaduisedlie nothing rashlie nothing fearful●ie nothing desperatly nothing wretchedlie or any thing foolishly Ouer much sorrowe breaketh the heart and killeth the bodie Sorrowes bring solace to the godlie but they vtterly ouerthrow daunt the wicked Sorrowes are most necessary to all sinners for they bring amendement of life Doctrine DOctrine is an ornament to the rich and Noble but to men without wealth a happie refuge and succour As faire legges bee in vaine to a Cripple so vnseemely is Doctrine in the mouthes of fooles Learning is a treasure which water cannot drown fire burn theeues steale nor dice lose As learning in good men is the armour of vertue so in wicked and corrupted persons it is a spurre to doe mishciefe We teach our children liberall Sciences no because these Sciences may giue any vertue but because they make the minde apt to receiue vertue As the right vse of learning adorneth the soule euen so the abuse therof spoyleth both bodie and soule Diet. IN diuers meates is occasion of sicknes and greedy feeding is a token of choller When the sicknesse is in his force then sparest diet is best V●cleane bodies and they which be not well p●rged of supe●fluous humours the more you nourish them the more you hinder them Ouermuch euacuation or ouer much filling of the body is dangerous for too much of any thing is enemie to Nature To him that is fallen into a distemperance in heate or colde it is expedient to giue him things of contrary qualities Stomackes in winter and spring time bee hottest and sleep then is longest wherefore in those times meat should be taken in greatest aboundance You must not only remember that contrarie thinges be cured by their contraries but also consider in euery contrarie the true dose and quantitie V●e moderate exercise for so shalt thou helpe Nature Ouer much ease maketh Nature feeble that shee cannot resolue that which by Ar●e was not purged Drunkenness● DRunkennes maketh men seem as beasts ●o● it depriueth them of reason and stirreth them to all filthinesse The drunken man shall neuer be rich The Drunkard conso●ndeth Nature loseth both grace and honour runneth headlong into ●uerlasting damnation E●uie THe enuious man pineth to see the prosperity of his neighbour Enuie seeketh dayly to subuert the state of the god●ie Enuie is blind can doe nothing but dispraise vertue Enuie is an excremēt of Satan which poisoneth the hearts of all such as once touch it Enuie cannot endure the vertuous but seketh their confusion The enuious man wisheth wel to no man but worst to himselfe for his filthy conceites drowne his soule in the filthy puddle of eternall damnation Faith AS the bodies is dead wherein is no spirit euen so that faith is dead which bringeth foorth no good workes By faith wee see God by faith we beleeue in God and by faith wee haue our saluation from God A liuely faith is the badge of a perfect christian Let all godly beleeuers endeuour to excell in good workes True Faith confirmeth thy wordes with workes Not the hearers of the Law be righteous in the sight of God but the doers of the lawe shall be iustified The Faith of a

are turnde to dust his furious wrath none can abide God stil will fauour all the iust but sinners seeke themselues to hide Ocursed soule how art thou vext how art thou chok'd with wofull care Hovv doest thou quake when as the text of sinne doth vvill thee to beware When all these dreadfull sights appeare before thine eyes and are at hand Hovv doth thine heart then shake and feare hovv doest thou care to flie the land Thy body novv doth rise also like gri●sly ghost from out the graue And in the same thy soule must goe and with the same due paines must haue Before thee sits a Iudge seuere vvhose vvrathfull rage thou must abide Behind thee Sprites they soule to teare accusers eke on euery side Aboue thee hangs a dread●ull sword to cut thy body to the pot Which is of God the mighty word but woe to thee that hath this lot Below the fierie pot doth stand which filled is with boiling lead And will consume both heart and hand and euery limme from foot to head Most filthy brimstone is the fewel th●t makes the lead like burning fire Of wicked men this is the iewell of damned soules the perfect hire Yet worse then this remaines behind their hope is past of all redresse For dying still thems●lues they find yet liue they must a time endlesse Behold thou canst no mercy win behold thy foes haue thee beset Behold thy soule condemnd for sin in St●gian lake must pay thy debt O dolefull doome of sinne the meed O wretched soule that doest repent But too too late thus doe we read for time of grace is past and spent Wherefore in vaine thou now doest crie with Diues that is vext in hell Thy birth thy life thou doest defy because with deuils thou must dwell Which raue with rage which firebrāds cast which rome which run still in their kind Which only fiery trumpets blast this is the ioy which sinners finde Of the felicities of heauen BVt come beholde the ioyfull place behold the comfort of the same Behold where Saints and soules of grace all ioy possesse quite void of blame Behold who can conceiue in heart beholde what tongue can els expresse What pen can well discrie in part the woondrous ioyes of heauen blesse Where Angels bright with Christ do raign where honours hie doe flourish still Where darknesse all is banisht cleane where all things haue their wished will Where heat nor cold do once oppresse where thirst and hunger haue no place Where paine and sorrow alwaies cease where loue and peace haue all their grace Where heauinesse is turned to ioy where all conceipts do comfort bring Where nothing is that breeds annoy where perfect blisse doeth alwaies spring O caitiffe wight this place behold which doth surmount the reach of thought Whose gates are fram'd of finest gold whose wals of diamōds clear are wrought Behold the citie where it standes whose pauements are of pearle fine Whose springs brings comfort to all lands for stil they run with oile and wine There all things bath in ioyful blesse There milke and honie doe abound There all men haue chiefe happinesse there musick hath her sweetest sound The lambe of God is there inthroand in chaire of state shining most bright Which all the wicked doth confound and brings the godly to his light The light is such as would obscure both Sunne and Moon if they were there And so for euer will endure most happie he that is his heire There flowes a pleasant siluer streame wherein the life of man doth run Which glittereth as faire Tytans beame yea much more bright then is the Sunne There growes a tree on either side which sauing health and comfort brings Whereby in peace we alwaies bide and from the same all mercie springs The ●ap thereof doth iustice nurse the leaues as reliques left behind Do stil maintaine each Christians purse whose soules in fine our Lord doth find The blos●oms of the same doe cease all worldlie strife euen in one houre The seeds thereof bring heauens blesse the fruits do showe Gods mighty power No time can well consume the barke it stronger is then time can wast The substance eke appeares so sta●ke that death it doth subdue at last The Song of the Angels and of all the Saintes of God A Famous Quire there is also whose godly songs do sound most sweet Sanctus Sanctus and Lans Deo thus in their harmony they meet The ●ingers Angels are most bright the Cherub and the Seraphin The holy Saints are eke in sight and all consent in well tuning Most happie he yea ten times blest amongst these Saints that beares a part In heauens high sure is his rest and hath all ioy plac'd in his heart There is also a pleas●nt field wherein all vertues flourish still Their humblenesse which oft doth yeeld and patience that gets good will Fideli●y there eke doth raigne with her is ioin'd Dame Prudence graue Good gouernment for to maintaine whereby at last good rest we haue There Sapience sage with Modesty there faithfull Loue doth come in place There Friendship deare with curtesie which fauour wins without disgrace There Probity her selfe doth stay a vertue rare I you assure There Piety remaines alway which bringeth blisle which will endure There Summum bonum shal we find the strongest Anchor of our hope There chiefest treasures for mankinde there of all blisse the only scope This summum bonum is the well whence godly vertues al doe spring Wherin each faithfull seeks to dwell and there with gladsome ioy to sing O Fountaine cleare O blessed spring whereby all vertues flourish still Most happie he in euerie thing that vertue loues and euer will By vertue honours here we haue By vertue faithfull hearts we win By vertue cleane we are and braue by vertue purg'd of all our sinne Wherefore lets all with might and maine Embrace the course of Vertues lore That we in blisse with Christ may raigne where vertues spring for euermore O famous place that doth excell that doth al earthly blisse surmount Where Saints and Angels only dwel whose pleasant ioies no man can count Each saint is higher in his place and brighter also in our sight Then Sun or Moon whose glittering grace our eyes refuse they are so bright What glory there where glory is and doth in highest state abound Thrise happy hee that can see this most blessed they that haue it found Here Patriarkes and Prophets all here godlie martyrs weare the crowne Here Virgins pure are freed from thrall here sacred Saints haue all renowne Here sences all are fullie fed with their delights in highest degree 1. Here musick seeks to fill thy head with sound as sweet as sweet may be 2. Most fragrant smels here eke abound to please thy nostrels in their kind 3. Here tastes most sweet are also found to please thy palate yet behind 4. Surpassing sightes here are also as obiectes for thy Christall eies 5. More