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A00940	A monomachie of motiues in the mind of man: or a battell betweene vertues and vices of contrarie qualitie Wherein the imperfections and weaknesses of nature appeare so naked, that anie reasonable soule may soone see by what spirit he is lead: herevnto also, besides sundrie deuout praiers necessarilie interlaced, diuers golden sentences of S. Barnard are annexed: and also a briefe conclusion of his vpon this theame, that victorie is obtained by resisting temptation. Newlie englished by Abraham Fleming.; De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum. English	Autpertus, Ambrosius, d. 784.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 11048; ESTC S102283	102,654	342

thee therfore ô King of glorie to roote out of our harts this ranke weede of disobedience which in holie Scripture is reported to be as the sin of witchcraft O good Lord dig it vp quite we praie thee out of the depth of out harts that there may no relike thereof remaine but that euerie fiber and thred growing about it may bee plucked out and remooued For if it be not vtterlie supplanted we must needs looke and make full account to receiue a iust recompense and reward according to the determinate sentence of thy holie word Deliuer vs ô Lord from this heinous sinne and the desart due to the same for thy sonne Iesus Christs sake Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following THE vertue of obedience ô man doth alwaies march vnder the banner of truth Obedience directeth our footsteps ordereth our goings and deserueth the grace or reward of holie conuersation For if a contrarie lawe be in our members by disobedience who knoweth not that continencie or staiednes is giuen by obedience This is the vertue that can tell what belongeth to mercie this teacheth thee patience this bringeth thee to the full and complete knowledge of thine owne condition Learne of Christ who submitted himselfe to his Disciples the Maister to his seruants the Sauior of the world and verie God to miserable men the word and wisedome of the father to mortall creatures Blush ô earth and ashes blush and be ashamed ô dust and woorms-meate 2 The REPVLSE giuen by SVBMISSION O Man remember that if thou owe anie dutie to God there is also a dutie required of thée to discharge towards men For God must haue his right and Caesar likewise his tribute Doost thou not knowe O man what the Lord himselfe saith in the Gospell He that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me It is conuenient thou wilt saie O man so to doo prouided that hée which gouerneth be of the Lords allowing and appointing Listen O man to the words of the Apostle deciding this case There is no power saith he but it is of God the powers that be are ordeined of God whosoeuer therefore resisteth O good Lord be so fauourable vnto vs as to bring vnder subdue the vnrulie and rebellious motions of our mind which oftentimes driue vs to the committing of manie a wicked offence not onelie in talke and communication but also in deed life and conuersation least shaking from our necks the yoke of obedience submission and neglecting the true obseruation and fulfilling of thy lawe we fall into flat rebellion against thee and so prouoking thee to anger feele the force of thine outstretched arme striking vs in thy furie with the sword of vengeance Direct vs good Lord by thy spirit that we may submit our selues to all our gouernours and magistrates without murmuring grudging or repining knowing that all authoritie regiment superioritie and countenance proceedeth from thee who bestowest thy gifts according to thine owne counsell not looking vpon the person of the receiuer least thou mightest seeme parciall in the distribution of thy gifts Thou hast said and expresselie charged that we should be subiect to the higher powers yea euen to the Scribes and Pharisies sitting in Moses chaire whom thou cōmandest vs to heare and to doo according to their persuasion and counsell but not to make their course of life and trade of dealing a patterne for vs to followe and imitate Arme vs therefore with true knowledge that may lead vs to perfect and acceptable obedience which thou esteemest more than the fat of rams or the smoke of incense O suffer not anie suggestion of Satan to withdrawe vs from dooing our dutie in this case least by disobeiing we purchase to ourselues eternall death and damnation Grant this for thy mercie sake Amen The fift Combat 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vice insuing DEsirest thou ô man to knowe a venemous eie a wicked eie a bewitching eie Consider enuie For what is enuie but a make-bate What is spitefulnes but a moouer of mischiefe If the serpent had not beene enuious and spitefull death had neuer entred into the world by that vile vice Wo to thee ô wretched man bicause thou didst not fore-spie the enuious serpent Let vs doo our verie best to presse downe and ouerswaie this sinne whiles we liue if after death we would be loth to stand in feare of the worker of so great wickednes And ô man whosoeuer thou art spite not at thy brothers prosperitie if thou tender thine owne For if where enuie is there is death also then doubtlesse thou canst not be spitefull and liue too And therefore take heed of au enuious eie 2 The ASSALT giuen by malicious EMVLATION and ENVIE O Man remember thy selfe make much of thine estimation and loose not one inch of thy right In what respect art thou not so good as this man or that man Naie wherein art thou not better Why then art thou not equall with them or rather aboue them Thou art able to bring manie things to passe whereto they can not laie their hands And they are able to doo nothing but it is in thée to amend it to go through stitch therewithall It is not requisite therfore that anie should be thy superiour or at least no more than thine equall 3 A praier against the former vice O Eternall truth thou sonne of the liuing God and wisedome of the Father which by thine Apostle Paule that excellent preacher of thy Gospell to the Gentiles diddest teach the Romans and in them all Christian people to cast awaie the works of darknes to put on the armour of light and to walke honestlie as in the daie not in drunkennes and gluttonie chambering and wantonnes strife and enuieng roote out of our harts we beseech thee all corrupt affections and speciallie wicked emulation and enuie the nurse of all contention We knowe and confesse that so long as emulation strife debate enuie and grudging reigne among vs we are carnall walke as men in the corruption of our owne nature And there is nothing truer than that sentence of thine Apostle S. Iames that where enuieng and strife is there is sedition and all maner of euill works Wherefore ô thou comfortable Physician of sick soules deliuer vs from so foule and detestable a sinne least all our enterprises and endeuours displease thy sacred diuinitie and heape vpon our owne heads the hot burning coales of vengeance and condemnation Now then ô thou paterne of loue thou treasure of all vertue godlines and integritie put into our minds Christian cogitations thoughts guide our eies from the view of vanities hold backe our hands from euerie iniurious deed and consecrate all that is within vs to thy selfe that we may as thou hast taught vs doo good to our enimies loue them that hate vs and praie for such as seeke our destruction and vndooing referring the iudgement of our cause and the reuengement

contrariwise if thy sorowe and heauines spring from some externall cause as for that art enuied and hated for the truths sake thou oughtest to reioice in these thy gréefes And why Bicause thou not knowing to what issue they will growe art notwithstanding to be comforted by the voice of the giuer of euerlasting ioie gladnes speaking thus vnto thée Blessed are you when men shall reuile you and persecute you and lieng shall say all maner of euil saieng against you for my sake Reioice ye and be glad for great is your reward in heauen Remember also O man that the Apostles the fore-runners of this religion departed from the face of the Councell reioicing that they were counted woorthie to suffer shame and reproch for the name of Iesus No place therfore should be giuen vnto gréefe and heauines where such ioie and gladnes insueth If thy sorowe and anguish O man procéed from the remorse of conscience for thy sinnes remember a multitude of offenders that by repentance haue obteined mercie at Gods hands according to the truth of his promise In what daie soeuer a sinner dooth repent him of his sinne and wickednes I will put all his iniquitie out of my remembrance saith the Lord. Againe Though thy sinnes were as red as skarlet yet will I make them as white as wooll though they were as filthie as the menstruous cloth of a woman yet will I make them as white as snowe Remember O man the mercifull Semaritan in the Gospell that powred wine and oile into the sicke mans wounds set him on his owne asse brought him to an inne and paid for his necessaries Remember the good Shepheard that sought the lost wandering shéepe hauing found him brought him home to the shéepe-fold vpon his shoulders Remember the bountifull King that making a sumptuous banket sent abroad his seruants to bid guests of all estates and degrées vnto the same Remember the kind and louing Father that hauing an vngratious spend-thrift to his sonne fell vpon his necke notwithstanding at his returning sorowfull for his fault and put him in possession of the fulnesse of his fauour againe which before by his riotous behauiour he had lost If thy heauines O man procéed from the consideration of thy poore estate from the remembrance of thy losses by sea or land from vnthankfulnes of affinitie and kindred from frowardnes of children from wilfulnes of wife from vnfaithfulnes of seruants learne patience of Iob The Lord giueth and the Lord taketh awaie euen as it pleseth the Lord so let things come to passe Learne of thy Sauiour Christ to submit thy will to Gods will and to saie Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Thus arming thée with spirituall furniture thou shalt not be heauie either to desperation or damnation but sorowfull to repentance and amendement and so consequentlie thou shalt find ioie and comfort 3 A praier for the former vertue O Bountifull God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ whose eies of mercie and louing kindnes are alwaies open and broad waking ouer thy seruants ouerseeing them that none inconuenience or euill thing inuade them not the arrowes of the hunter at noone-day nor the dangers of the darts of darknes at mid-night we beseech thee of thine infinite goodnes and clemencie to continue thy fatherlie affection and fauour at all times speciallie in the time of persecution trouble sorowe need and aduersitie that we may not waxe heauie-hatred in our tribulations but reioice rather and be glad persuading our selues that by the fire of afflictions thou triest thy children like siluer and finest them that they may be made fit and woorthie coine to receiue the stampe of their Creator and King Giue vs patience good Lord to suffer whatsoeuer it shall please thy heauenlie wisedome to laie vpon our shoulders according to the example of thy seruant Iob who escaping no kind of aduersitie that might happen to the bodie of man his state condition credit and abilitie did not reuile thee nor yet curse thee to thy face although he was greeuouslie tempted of Satan by thy permission and sorelie assalted of his wicked wife to renounce thee his maker and so to end his miserable life but blessed and praised thy diuine Maiestie supposing it necessarie to receiue euill at thine hands as well as good Euen so ô eternall God and most mercifull Father if it be thy will at anie time to chastise vs either with sicknes pouertie or anie other kind of aduersitie vouchsafe therewithall to arme vs with contentation of mind quietnes of conscience and consolation of spirit that we may be so far from being discomforted in our tribulations that we rather triumph and be ioifull in the midst of them building our hope vpon the promise of thy sonne Iesu Christ our Sauiour who prophesieng that in this world we should weepe and lament mourne and be sorowfull willed vs notwithstanding to bee comforted saieng that The time should come when our heauines should be turned into ioie and that our ioie should be full which grace ô GOD grant for thy mercies sake Amen The twelfe Combat 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vice insuing IDLENES is the mother of vice and the stepdame of vertue and therefore eschue idlenes and enure thy selfe to labour and exercise so shalt thou quicklie feele an appetite or desire after such food as may kill hunger and not deintie or delicate in taste For labour and exercise maketh such things toothsome as slothfulnes maketh lothsome Thou wilt be glad ô man of manie a morsell after bodilie labour and exercise which thou thoughtest scorne of when thou wert idle and vnoccupied For idlenes breedeth lothsomnes but labor ingendreth hunger which hunger doth make diuerse hard meats maruellous sauourie that lothsomnes made vnsauourie Herbs roots beanes pease crible bread and thin water are lothsome to an idle person but to the labouring man they are delicates and i●nkets So that idlenes is an enimie to the bodie which while it attainteth the mind can not be kept vndefiled 2 The ASSALT giuen by slothfull IDLENES O Man art thou called to be a churchman and to liue deuoutlie in praieng or reading I wish thée to fauour thy selfe and beware of such hurtfull exercises For if thou accustome thy selfe to continuall reading remember the danger depending thervpon Thine eies are but tender and therefore if they should be oppressed with too much looking vpon bookes they would quickly waxe blind Againe if thou vsing deuoutlie to praie shouldest be touched with sorowe and so giue thy selfe dailie to wéeping and shedding of teares what will sooner put out thine eies than that If thou shouldest fast and thereby labour to bring thy flesh into subiection thou wilt be so weake and féeble that before thou be old thou shalt bée faine to go with a staffe If thou shouldest accustome thy selfe ordinarilie to watching why that is such a pestilent thing that in verie short time thy brains waxing light

or anie other vtensile cause and procure them to be slightiie wrought that although the price of them be verie hie yet they may soone fret out weare awaie and doo little seruice Art thou a maister and hast a retinue of seruants to maintaine thine occupieng Vse their stocks to thy benefit and defraud them of some part or parcell thereof vpon some craftie deuise of charging them with vntruth dishonestie in their seruice A thousand subtilties there be O man which thou maiest vse with safetie of conscience to the inriching of thy selfe if thou wilt marke the trade of the world Furthermore art thou a tall felowe of thy hands a keeper of companie and hast béene brought vp all thy life time in dooing nothing towards the getting of thy liuing I will teach thée how to shift and maintaine thy selfe like a Gentleman Séeke acquaintance of such as vse the sea and learne to be skilfull in nauigation when thou art become expert therein put this into the heads of thy confederates to practise piracie for that is a thing which manie haue venturouslie taken in hand and in short space growne maruellous rich It that faile thée and can not be so conuenientlie compassed thou shalt find enow to take thy part on land with whom thou maiest ioine in societie get manie a good bootie Doo this and I warrant thée lacke no liuing 3 A praier against the former vice O Almightie God forsomuch as it is thy heauenlie will and diuine pleasure that we should like louing and obedient children like relenting and buxsome creatures imitate and followe thee in holines and purenes of life which we are sure then most speciallie to doo when with our vttermost indeuour we applie our selues in thought word and deed to obserue thy commandements purge our affections we praie thee and trie them seuentie seuen times by the purifieng fire of thy sanctifieng spirit We knowe this for a truth that except we resemble thee in qualitie according to thy sonne our Sauiours admonition exhorting vs to be perfect and holie as thou our father art perfect holie there is no hope that we shall attaine to that incorruptible fruit of our heauenlie calling And therefore good Lord let thy grace burne brightlie before vs like a lampe replenished with fresh oile that we seeing our waie may so order our steps in this troublesome trauell of ours in this wicked world as thou thereby maist be magnified The verie instinct of nature teacheth vs ô Lord besides thy commandement which bindeth vs that we should doo to our brethren as we would they should doo vnto vs that no man should abuse the grace of his calling by craftie circumuention to procure his priuate profit or by anie sinister and indirect dealing to the detriment and hinderance of another a fault too too common in this our age but that contrariwise we should beare one anothers burden in charitie and Christian brotherhood Which lawe of nature neuertheles being neglected and thy precept tending to the same effect not regarded we beseech thee notwithstanding to winke awhile at the follie of men to beare with their infirmities and to mealt their frosen harts with the thawing heate of thy feruent spirit that being ashamed of abusing their vocation and trembling at thy displeasure they may praie for grace to amend all that is amisse through Iesus Christ our Lord and Sauiour Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following WILT thou learne ô man how to vse true and plaine dealing I will tell thee what thou must doo First see to thine inward eie that it be single indeed whereto I thinke two things verie necessarie namelie charitie in the intent and truth in making thy choise For if thou loue that which is good and choose not that which is true thou hast a zeale of God but not according to knowledge and I wot not how in the iudgement of truth plaine dealing and double dealing may stand togither Christ the truth it selfe being disposed to traine his disciples to true plaine dealing willeth them to be wise like serpents and harmeles as dooues He setteth wisedome before plaine dealing without the which he knew well inough none could be a true plaine dealer How then shall the eie be single indeed with the ignorance of truth It is euident therefore that this praise-woorthie plaine dealing commended of Christ is not without these two good properties namelie well willing and wisedome that the eie to wit of the hart might not onlie be godlie and so vtterlie vnwilling to deceiue but also warie as not able to be deceiued Furthermore as these two properties make the eie single namelie the loue of that which is good and the knowledge of that which is true euen so these two contraries make the eie euill to wit blindnes or ignorance which hindereth the knowledge of the truth and frowardnes or wilfulnes which causeth a man to loue iniquitie and wickednes 2 The REPVLSE giuen by VPRIGHTNES and plaine dealing O Man it is much better to be poore and not able to giue anie thing at all than to indamage or hurt thy freend thy neighbour or thy brother by robberie or subtiltie For he which vniustlie taketh awaie another mans goods and liueth vpon the spoile he shutteth the gates of the kingdome of heauen against himselfe Héerevpon that profound Preacher of the Gentiles reprooueth certaine of the Corinthians his hearers saieng There is vtterlie a fault among you because you go to lawe one with another Why rather do ye not put vp wrong Why rather doo yée not suffer harme Nay yée your selues doo wrong and doo harme and that to your bréethren Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shall not inherit the kingdome of God The same Apostle reckoning vp a rabble of filthie sinners that are excluded from comming to Gods kingdom addeth these in the number saieng Neither théeus nor extortioners shall possesse the kingdome of heauen Againe in another place by waie of exhortation he teacheth thée a lesson O man which if thou wilt learne it shall doo thée great good namelie that whatsoeuer things are true whatsoeuer things are honest whatsoeuer things are iust whatsoeuer things are pure whatsoeuer things pertaine to loue whatsoeuer things are of honest report those things doo and the God of peace shall be with thée This God of peace preciselie forbiddeth theft saieng Thou shalt not steale And Christ Iesus the sauiour of thy soule speaketh thus vnto thée Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe To the same effect the Apostle giueth thée counsell to put off the old man with his works in the number wherof euill concupiscence couetousnes are reckoned The last precept giuen in that place is to doo that hartilie which we doo as vnto God not to men wherevpon he inferreth this sentence He that doeth wrong shall receiue for the wrong which he hath done The same Apostle giueth this wholesome aduise to the Colossians To doo their owne busines and to

to amend in vs whatsoeuer is amis We are taught that there is a hatred which thou requirest namelie the hatred of our selues and of all things pretious and deere in our owne eies but that hatred is as hard for vs to digest as was the doctrine of regeneration to Nichodemus O therefore thou comforter of thy chosen and lifter vp of thy seruants heads in the time of heauines instruct vs in the waie of thy truth and reforme our harts make them new ô Lord that they may harbour no worke of darknes neither hatred nor anie other vice which may offend thee thorough Christ our Lord Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following CHARITIE is a goodlie thing yea it is a thing that will not shrinke in anie tribulation in anie greefe iniurie wrong or abuse In few words what thinke we comparable therevnto seeing it is preferred before martyrdome and counted better than a faith that mooueth mountaines By charitie man dwelleth in God and God in man Charitie bringeth libertie driueth awaie feare feeleth no toile looketh on no desart requireth no reward Charitie is the mother of men and of Angels pacifieng and making attonement betweene things in heauen and things in earth This is the vertue which reconciled God to man and brought man into the fauour of God 2 The REPVLSE giuen by true LOVE and CHARITIE O Man doth it necessarilie followe that bicause manie vices in thée deserue well and woorthilie to bée hated that therefore the image of God in thée ought not to be loued As Iesus Christ nailed vpon the crosse and there hanging loued his enimies and before his death and passion admonished his disciples in this maner saieng Loue your enimies doo good vnto them that hate you and praie for them which persecute you slander backbite and vpbraid you that you may be the children of your Father which is in heauen So likewise by the mouth of Salomon and Paule these words are spoken If thine enimie hunger giue him meate if he thirst giue him drinke For in so dooing thou shalt heape coles of fire vpon his head Vnto which sentence the Apostle addeth somewhat of his owne saieng Be not ouercome of euill but ouercome euill with good It is contrariwise thus written by S. Iohn against such as hate their brethren He that hateth his brother is a man-slear and ye knowe that no man-slear hath euerlasting life remaining in him Againe He that hateth his brother walketh in darknes and is yet in darknes not knowing whither he goeth bicause darknes hath blinded his eies But thou saiest O man It is enough that I loue such as loue me For why should I beare good will or be beneficiall vnto them that haue deserued no such thing at my hand Heare O man the Lord speaking vnto thée in another tune for If you loue them that loue you what reward shall you haue Doo not the Publicans the same What art thou able O man to obiect against this Doubtles He that hateth his brother abideth in death And he that loueth his brother abideth in God and God in him Spue vp therefore all the bitter gall of hatred doo what thou canst to swallowe downe the swéet honie of loue For nothing is more pleasant nothing more happie and blessed Saint Iohn saith God is charitie And S. Paule that excellent preacher of the Gentils affirmeth that The loue of GOD is shed abroad in our harts by the holie Ghost which is giuen vnto vs. Whervpon it is concluded and not without iust cause that loue or charitie is said to couer the multitude of our brethrens offences as it is written Charitie couereth the multitude of sinnes 3 A praier for the former vertue O Eternall GOD which by the mouth of thine Apostle Paule hast said that Although we speake with the tongues of men and Angels and yet are void of loue we are like to sounding brasse or as a tinkling cymbal yea albeit we had the gift of prophesie and knew all secrets yea if we had all faith so that we could remooue mountains and yet wanted loue we were nothing heare vs we beseech thee and by the heate of thy loue set on fire and kindle our cold and frosen loue We confesse that the cause why iniquitie and sinne aboundeth is the lacke of loue which in holie Scripture is called the bond of peace We acknowledge also that to loue our neighbour as our selfe is a sacrifice much more acceptable than burnt oblations incense We can not denie but that the Apostle speaketh truth saieng that Who so dwelleth in loue charitie dwelleth in thee ô GOD and thou in him But bicause it is not in vs to liue in loue and charitie knowing that they are the works of light vnlesse thou assist vs by thy grace sanctifie vs and cleanse vs from all intrinsecall and hidden corruption wee therefore bend the knees of our harts before thee humblie beseeching thy diuine Maiestie that as thou art the fulnes and perfection of loue yea loue charitie it selfe so it would please thee to conforme and make vs like vnto thee which delightest in nothing that is euill And bicause charitie couereth the multitude of sinnes fulfilleth the lawe is the end of the commandement and commended vnto vs as a most necessarie adiument helpe to obteine and laie hold vpon euerlasting life vouchsafe we beseech thee to plow vp our stonie harts and to soften them with the showers of thy grace that being mollified and soupled they may be able to receiue the seed of loue and charitie and thereby fructifie in all good works through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen The seuenth Combat 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vice insuing AS the confession of sinne hath the promise of remission so the excusing and cloking of sinne is threatened with punishment Againe it is no dissembling with God who abhorreth all sinne and much worse the excuse of sinne which is more heinous than the sinne it selfe As for slander and flatterie I wish wise men to beware of both Moreouer whether to slander or to giue eare to a slanderer be more damnable I can not easilie tell This is certaine that death entreth in at our windowes so often as we with our itching eares and tongues contend and striue to drinke one to another out of the full poisoned and deadlie cup of slander The Lord saue my soule that it fall not into the hands of slanderers 2 The ASSALT giuen by the excusing of sinne and by SLANDER O Man persuade thy selfe that thou art not the most heinous offender aliue Thou hast not béene as other men be an extortioner a vsurer a turne-cote a mercilesse murtherer or such like There be sinners that haue committed all these transgressions with gréedines Who can laie to ones charge or kéepe close the abhominable déeds that such a lewd fellowe and such a wicked person hath done but he that hath béene accessarie and giuen his consent