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A10693	An inuectiue againste vices, taken for vertue. Gathered out of the scriptures, by the vnprofitable seruaunt of Iesus Christe, Richard Rice; Invective againste vices, taken for vertue.	Rice, Richard, fl. 1548-1579.; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1575 (1575)	STC 20973; ESTC S119799	30,305	85

An inuectiue againste vices taken for Vertue Gathered out of the scriptures by the vnprofitable seruaunt of Iesus Christe Richard Rice Roma xiij ¶ Let vs caste awaie the deedes of darknesse and let vs put on the armour of light Hieronimus Let men first reade and despise it afterward least thei seme to cōdemne vnknowen thynges by no right iudgemente but rather of a presumpteous hatred Reade and iudge But condemne not before ye reade ¶ Imprinted at London by Ihon Kyngston for Henry Kirckham To the Christian Reader Robert Crowley wisheth the direction of Goddes holie spirite BEing requested to pervse this Inuectiue againste small vices I haue diligētly weighed the reasōs that the author hath vsed and doe finde that suche as are delited in those small vices that he enueigheth against maie take some aduaūtage to calumniate the aucthours doyng for that he seemeth to enueigh againste these small vices as against déedes so forbidden of God that the verie deede doen is synne of it self and that the doer of any of those deedes must néedes be accōpted a synner with what minde so euer he haue d●●n it But as the vauntage maie bée taken by the vngodlie persones that would faine haue libertie to spende their whole tyme in idlenesse and vanitie so the godlie mynded shall haue occasiō to flee from all vnlawfull gainenyng to seke suche recreation when neede shall require as maie stand with the lawes of their countrey and tende to the glorie of god I haue therefore thought it my duetie in these fewe wordes to admonishe the reader of the profit that he maie take by the readyng hereof First he shall bee put in remembraunce of that profession that he hath made in his Baptisme whiche is to forsake all the vanities of this wicked worlde and that the whole course of a Christian mannes life should bée a continuall walkyng in the waie of the spirite and fleyng from the waie of the flesh Secondly he shall bee occasioned to seeke to knowe what the woorkes of the fleshe be and what be the workes of the spirit and to bende hymself rather to goe out of the waie on the righte side then on the lefte and rather to walke in the moste rough and narrowe waie that leadeth to life then in the broade waie that leadeth to death and destruction Laste of all he shall see plainely painted out the fondenesse of the reasons that the fleshly minded men vse in maintainyng their leude libertie in riotous and vnlawfull gamenyng The lorde Iesus guide vs al by his holy spirite so that the fleshe beyng fully mortified in vs wee maie walke in the spirit all the daies of this life and after the ende thereof enioye that endlesse glorie that he hath promised to suche AMEN To the Christian Reader WHere as in the notable woorkes of many famous men moste christen reader many thynges in these oure latter age haue been searched out no lesse necessarie then godlie to the information of the congregation That the Sainctes might haue all thynges meete to worke withall to the edification of the bodie of Christ While many thynges haue béen necessarily ransaked other thynges very meete haue been omitted the whiche in the sacred woorde of God are sore reprehended as whoredome murther or theft Not as though I as a singuler persone would of myne owne capacitie witte now at lengthe take in hande to correcte Magnificat or to pike out the Crowes eyes But accordyng to the talente that God hath committed vnto me Seyng vice so rise and dampnable before God. And no lesse daungerous to the open reporte of the conscience of Christian beleuers to whom onely with obscure brightnesse I cōmit this little treatise thought my duetie no lesse then somwhat to saie in the reformation of suche wickednesse How truely and meetely lette the woorde of God recorde To the whiche good Christian Reader I wholie cōmitte thee with the increase of his knowledge Amen The Lorde Iesu Christe the sonne of the euerlastyng God the restorer of all puritie giue vs grace to liue innocently in his sight Amē GOD the mightie maker of thynges by his power and word that is his welbeloued sōne and our sauiour Christ Iesu intending for his pleasure onelie to fashion that noble creature and of moste delectation in all the woorkes of his handes saied as the scripture witnesseth let vs make man vnto our owne similitude and likenesse In these twoo woordes similitude and likenesse knifyng or couplyng manne vnto hym self disceueryng him farre bothe in knowledge and liuyng from the other woorkes of his makyng for asmuche as he ordained all other thinges for his commoditie and pleasure to obeye and serue hym and that he should serue and bee obediente to none of them all but onely to his creatour and maker the celestiall God of heauen and yearth vnto whose similitude and likenesse he is made in that he is made vnto his likenes it certifieth vs that he is inuested and indued with the knowledge and vnderstādyng of Gods beneuolence toward hym and with affections obsequious vnto reason kindeled with the Lanterne of Gods bright countenaunce as to knowe where as a little before he was but a vile peece of yearth and the dounge of the filthie grounde that he is now made of that caranous yearthly slime a creature moste noble and worthie not made vnto the likenesse either of the yearth or water either of fishe or foule either of Aungell or Archaungell but onely vnto the likenesse of his Lorde GOD in memorie vnderstanding and pure will the whiche he bestowed vnto the glorie of his God that made hym and not in vaine trifles musinges of folie phantasies of a transitorie and waueryng mynde and that sheweth well the woorde that followeth that is that manne was made to his similitude certifiyng vs that manne beside that he was indewed with the Image of his lord God with the properties before recited yet notwithstandyng in as muche as mā representyng his Lorde GOD in similitude is not onely indued with these noble giftes as memorie vnderstandyng pure will after the Image of his maker but also with moste excellente and higheste vertues after his similitude as with originall Iustice whiche is els nothyng sauyng the innocencie of a pure godlie life and a Religion of righteousnesse newlie ingraffed in his harte toward his Lorde God and a pure obedience vnto his commaundementes with a single eye to his neighbours profite with the whiche properties is he righte made vnto the similitude of his Lorde God accordyng to the saiyng of the holie Ghoste in the thirde booke of Moises Bee ye holie for I am holie nowe is it manifeste with what comely qualities man is like his Lorde God bothe in Image and in similitude and thus adourned with these Godly ornamentes and graces he appoincted a place for hym to exercise these noble vertues and that thei should not throughe slothfulnesse dye in hym as thynges of

recreation then is murther an honeste recreation then is whoredom an honest recreation for thynges worthie like praise are of like honestie and worthy like reward But thefte murther whoredome with other like deedes of the fleshe are worthy like praise Ergo like honest and worthie like reward For what praise is a wicked thyng worthie but the cursse of God and dampnation As the Scribe in the ninetene of Matthewe demaunded of Christe what he might doe to haue eternall life Christe aunswered thou shalt not steale Thou shalte not breake wedlocke Thou shalte not kill Now if the Scribe or any other Christian man will haue eternall life he must obserue these preceptes that he be no thiefe no whoremonger nor no murtherer If he bee then lette hym not looke for eternall life for he that keepeth the commaundementes dwelleth in God and God in hym Then let vs thus reason he that keepeth not the commaundementes dwelleth not in god But he that is a theife whoremonger or murtherer kepeth not the commaundementes Ergo he is a thiefe whoremonger or murtherer dwelleth not in GOD and he that dwelleth not in God hath no life in hym In him is life and the life was the light of menne c. Also Dauid saieth plainely The wicked shall not rise in iudgement because thei are alwaie deade saieth Augustine from GOD and shall not rise to life and he that hath not life in God is alwaie addicte to dampnation Example of Cain the firste murtherer whiche ran awaie from the presence of God in whō is life and the whoredome of the people of Israell with the doughters of Moab Nume xxv Reade the whole Chapiter I praie thee Iudas the thiefe and purse-bearer Now the thiefe the whoremonger and murtherer haue no life in God therefore the thiefe whoremonger and murtherer are addicte to dampnation then if the deedes of the fleshe for better deedes can ye not make them for thei wil in no wise agree with the deedes of the spirite bee worthie like rewarde and dampnation then it followeth that they are like euill and wicked vices like abhominable in the sight of GOD are worthie like dampnation but Bowlyng Dicyng Cardyng Tennesyng with such like actes and deedes of the fleshe are of like rewarde and dampnation with murther whoredome and theft Ergo thei are like abhominable and wicked that thei are of like dānation is manifest Where with a godly antithesis or contrarietie he pronounceth it on this sorte there is no dampnation to them which are in Christ Iesu whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite Now saieth Paule to be in Christ Iesu is no damnation bicause they walke in a newe Godly life after the spirite fashioned and not after the fleshe then if there be no damnation to them that are in Christe Iesu bicause they walke after the spirite it foloweth on the other partie that there is damnation to them that are not in Christ Iesu bicause they walke after the fleshe But Dicers Bowlers Carders Scailers Crossers and Pilers Tenessers Chesterers with such like a thousand mo when they are in their most honestest pastime secluding as thei say blasphemyng riot and excesse yet are they in the deedes of the fleshe Therefore is there also suche damnation after the sentence of Saincte Paule For bee not a shamed hardely to nomber these honest recreations amongest deedes of the fleshe till ye can by the Scripture discharge them thereof Loke also where he maketh a difference betwéene the good Trée and her fruite and the bad tree and her fuicte and saie of an honest hearte in whiche of these Trees bowlyng cardyng with the residue of their fruites growe And he saieth in the same place that euerie Tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite shall be caste into the fyre And Paul to the Gallathians verie plainly declareth the sentence of Matthewe and nameth both the trees with their fruites and calleth the good tree the spirite and the deedes thereof the fruites of the spirite But in those fruites shall ye finde no place for none of these dedes the words are these the fruites of the spirite loue Ioye long sufferaunce gentlenes faithfulnes mekenes goodnes temperaunce Now marke wel this good trée and shewe me what fruite or braunche thereof ye can finde meete for to place your honest pastimes good refreshyng of the witte the passyng awaie of the tyme and with riot and suche lyke vaine trifles The fruites of the euill tree are these aduoutrie fornication vncleanes wantonnes Idolatrie witchcrafte hatred variaunce wrath strife sedicion sectes enuie murther dronkennes glotonie couetousnes pride lecherie bacbityng discorde and innumerable suche like If you marke these fruictes wel you maie chaunce to finde some braunches meete for your purpose How be it if any manne bee so addicte to follie that though he seeth it he will not see it leaste his synne should be reproued I shall take the paines my self though I haue little thāke therefore to sette one or twaine before your eyes and if you haue any felicitie or pleasure in the searchyng out of the holie worde of God you shall verie easily with your studious indeuour finde out the residue right well Firste what saie you to this braunche of vncleanesse maie it not take place thinke you emong your vaine pastyme I suppose the deedes of the flesh bee not cleanly but your recreations are before proued to be dedes of the flesh Ergo your foolishe vaine recreatiōs are not verie cleanly therefore laie vp this fruict of vncleanesse to bee one of your precious iewelles to serue you a purpose How like ye also by wantonnesse maie ye not bee nombred well inoughe emong youre vaine sporte and pastyme Looke the first and fowerth Chapiter where he declareth how we should arme our selfes with the same mynde to cease from synne by sufferyng in the fleshe as Christe did and to liue after the will of god He addeth straight waies that it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is past of the life after the will of the Heathen and Gentiles walkyng in wantonnesse fleshely lustes in excesse of wines in excesse of eating in dronkennesse and in abhominable Idolatrie Here Peter rehearseth wantonnesse to pertaine to the life of the wicked Gentiles To lustes Peter before in the seconde Chapiter saith that thei fighte againste the soule and here he saieth plainely that thei induce vs vnto abhominable Idolatrie For what can bée greater Idolatrie then to departe from the Lorde GOD through inticyng of the fleshe and wantonnesse to cleaue to the wicked Gentiles whiche are straungers from the life that is in GOD blinded in their vnderstandyng and walkyng in the vanitie of their foolishe myndes Now good Christian Reader accordyng to the affection that thou haste to Goddes moste blessed woorde searche out the residue Nowe maie you expressely perceiue and see bothe what Matthewe in the seuenth