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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

that we may tread in the footesteps of faithfull Abraham Tobie Cornelius that deuout captaine of the Italian band whose continuall exercise was in the feare of thee and the honour of thy holie name wherevnto also he trained all his houshold insomuch that from the highest to the lowest they studied to set foorth thy glorie but he especiallie who by his continuall praier vnfeined inuocation and charitable alms-deeds grew in great fauour with thee receiued the assurance of saluatiō by the testimonie of a pure and vndefiled conscience We knowe ô Father of mercie and God of all consolation that thou requirest a kind of diuine seruice at our hands proper peculiar to thy Maiestie which is to worship thee in spirit and truth This we are bound by dutie to exhibit and shew thee as also all other exercises of Christianitie consisting in loue and charitie we are charged in thy lawe to testifie vnto men O giue vs the grace we beseech thee to doo it for Iesus sake Amen The xiij Combat 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vice insuing O Holie soule be solitarie and alone that thou maist serue him onelie and keepe thy selfe for him alone of whom thou hast made thy speciall choise aboue all other Refraine thy selfe from gadding abroad refuse common meetings forsake thine owne houshold depart from thy friends and deerest acquaintance haue nothing to doo with the multitude flie the companie of men and women forget thine owne people and thy fathers house so shall the King delight in thy beautie Runne not to Dan and Bethel to Babylon and Aegypt but keepe at home in Gods citie euen his Church and congregation and meddle not with the heathen the infidell the prophane person and heretike least by touching pitch thou be defiled Thou art solitarie and void of loose libertie ô man if thou thinke not of the ordinarie affaires of the world if thou couet not things present if thou despise that which manie desire if thou loath that which maine like if thou deale not with matters of strife if thou remember none iniurie and reuenge no wrong dooing otherwise thou louest loose libertie and delightest therein albeit in bodie thou liue solitarie and alone 2 The ASSALT giuen by wandering loose LIBERTIE O Man consider with thy selfe that thou art a creature borne to libertie and not to seruice let thy mind therefore run vpon choise and varietie tie it not to one speciall place or one proper practise The world is wide and full of people their customs are diuerse and their maners not alike Thou shalt learne that abroad which thou shalt not sée at home the sundrie fashions of countries their kind of gouernment Commonwealth their order of diuine seruice and religion and other obseruations not vnnecessarie And why then shouldst thou not vse the benefit of libertie and passing from place to place sée and learne as well for thine owne pleasure as for others example If thou beléeue that God is euerie where that all the corners of the earth are replenished with his greatnes why then dooest thou so precisely bind thy selfe to one place to one seruice to one religion to one custome to one tradition to one order and dooest not rather séeke what is abroad 3 A praier against the former vice O Lord God Father of light we giue thee most hartie thanks for thy great loue and clemencie declared vnto vs in stopping the swift course which thou by thy diuine fore-sight perceiuedst vs readie not onelie to take but also to keepe humblie beseeching thee to kindle in our harts an inward hatred against loose libertie and licentiousnes knowing the mischiefs therevpon depending to be such as that they doo not onelie ingender thy dishonour but also our owne shame and confusion Examples hereof we haue manie in the sacred Scriptures and speciallie that of Dinah Iacobs daughter vpon whose wandering straieng abroad to see the pleasures of a strange land and the fashions of yoong damsels there dwelling not onelie the losse of hir honestie but also the shedding of much bloud did insue Let this ô Lord be a sufficient warning vnto vs that by libertie there commeth more euill than good naie rather no good at all For it openeth a free passage vnto manie vices which otherwise might be suppressed with restraint What the cause should be of so manie strange innouations and disguisings not onelie in apparell but also in behauiour and not onelie in behauiour but also in opinion and beleefe thou knowest and we confesse to be nothing but licentious libertie whiles some not content with the customs trades maners affaires vsages and orders of their owne natiue countrie doo let loose their straieng affections with their wandering bodies and learne in prophane places among vncircumcised people of polluted harts and tongues most abhominable abuses tending altogither to the derogation of thy glorie the breach of christian vnitie peace and concord the defa●●●tion of the Gospell the offence of manie a weake conscience and the vtter confusion of a thousand thousand soules Turne our harts ô Lord that we affect not couet not desire not this detestable libertie which though to the flesh and the wild lusts of the same it be delectable and pleasant yet to the soule it is most damnable and noisome Deliuer vs from it ô Lord for it is the nurse of vanities ô deliuer vs from it for thy mercie sake and for thy beloued sonnes sake our Sauiour and redeemer Iesus Christ Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following THere is nothing more vnstable and wauering nothing more swift and flitting in thee ô man than thine owne hart which so often as it stumbleth at the stone of euill thoughts so often it offendeth God Thy hart is vaine variable and vnsearchable and so often as it is led by it owne will and consent so often it wanteth Gods counsell It is like a bird flieng out of hir nest like a ship lanching into the deepe like an arrowe shot out of a bowe And what is the cause of this vnstablenes euen lacke of trust in God Trust in God ô man and continue in thy place beleeue in him affie thy selfe on his goodnes and thou shalt obtaine contented staiednes A foole changeth and altereth like the moone but a wise man abideth firme and fast like the sunne a foole wauereth like a reede but a wise man standeth still like a strong oke a foole is compared to the wandering starres which are euer moouing but a wise man is likened to the fixed starres which keepe their appointed places For the first the mist of darknes is prepared for the second the cleerenes of light is ordeined 2 The REPVLSE giuen by Christian contentment and STAIEDNES O Man if the case stand as thou saiest and confessest that God is eueriewhere then is it thy dutie to kéepe thée where thou art and not to forsake that place which thou wouldest so faine change for another bicause God is

put in trust but also the interest of the same at that great audit and generall session when all flesh shall be summoned to appeare before thee the Iudge of iudges Grant this for Christes sake thy son our sauiour Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following TRVTH in the inward parts is the thing that God requireth Truth and equitie are the things which he loueth The diuell was a manqueller from the beginning and why bicause the truth was not in him Truth is the fruit of light as for lieng it is a worke of darknesse Truth is to be honoured because it ouercommeth all things truth is to be imbraced because it defendeth from shame truth is to be aduanced because it endureth for euer truth is to be regarded because it is blameles truth is to be obeied because it preuaileth As for equitie let this suffice thee ô man in few words that the greatest equitie that can be is to behaue thy selfe lowlie to thine vnderling reuerentlie to thy better and louinglie to thine equall to deale vprightlie to depart from euill and do good For the equitie and iustice of a plaine-dealing man shall direct his waies and if thine eie be single all thy bodie shall be full of light as for a double minded man he is wauering in all his waies 2 The REPVLSE giuen by TRVTH and EQVITIE O Man be not deceiued God is not mocked neither can he be deluded In séeking to deceiue him thou deceiuest thy selfe For the mouth of him whosoeuer he be that speaketh lies be it with neuer such cunning sl●nes slaieth the iouie and all liers shall haue their portion in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone Doest thou not remember O man the words of the Prophet Dauid comprised in an answere to a demand of his making Lord saith he who shall dwell in thy tabernacle or who shall inhabit in thy holie hill The resolution followeth wherein among other there mentioned he that hath vsed no deceipt in his tongue nor done euill to his neighbour is rehearsed to haue his portion To this purpose serueth the saieng of the sonne of Sirach A lie is a wicked shame in a man yet shall it be euer in the mouth of the vnwise A théefe is better than a man that is accustomed to lie but they both shall haue destruction to heritage The conditions of liers are vnhonest and their shame is euer with them By which words O man thou maist if thou hast anie grace in thee perceiue what an odious and accursed sin lieng and dissembling is and what danger they run into that vse them And therefore be warned to auoid such a rock as maketh shipwracke of the saluation of thy soule and though thou be assalted with the swéetnes of the same yet take héed how thou puttest thy selfe in aduenture to becom acquainted therwithall To terrifie thée the more from accustoming thy tongue to such a pestilent vice set before thine eies the example of Ananias and Saphira his wife both possessed with the spirit of lieng and dissembling to the holie Ghost and therefore rewarded with sudden death O horrible iudgement of the highest God! whereby O man thou maist be instructed if thou wilt that God is the author of truth and righteousnes the louer of equitie and innocencie and a detester of double dealing and hypocrisie To conclude this matter O man followe the counsell of the Apostle giuen to the Colossians his hearers To put off the works of darkens and to walke in light to leaue lieng one to another and to speake the truth euerie man to his neighbour 3 A praier for the former vertue O God the Father of heauen the beholder of all things visible and inuisible which seest our inward and cloked thoughts be they neuer so secret darke yea which seest the issue of thē before they are conceiued much more our actions or deeds wherein is greater manifestation and appearance we beseech thee first of all to bind our manifold and innumerable sinnes in a bundell and casting them behind thy backe to drowne in the bottome of the sea that they may sinke and neuer come againe in sight Secondlie we craue at thy bountifull hands the spirit of vnderstanding and knowledge which may lead vs as it were by torch-light or rather sunne-shine to the waie of truth and equitie which ought to be the bounds and limits of a Christian life For we confesse as we can not otherwise choose in reason and conscience that we haue not girded our loines about with veritie that we haue not spoken plaine truth one to another nor vsed interchange of vpright dealing in the necessarie affaires incident to our particular vocations as we are exhorted by thine holie Apostle S. Paule And therefore being sorie that wee haue shewed our selues such past-graces partlie through carnall weaknes partlie also through want of spirituall strength but cheeflie through the subtiltie of Satan who incessantlie pitcheth his tents of trecherie about the castle of our soules we come home againe with wet and waterie cheekes with our bosoms full of teares with our harts rent and torne with the hookes of heauines with wearie knees wearie yea and wearie againe with wandering in wicked waies bowing them before thy mercie-seate and beseeching thee to be good Father vnto vs vngratious froward children Hitherto indeed yea hitherto in verie deed we haue neglected the rule of obedience and charitie the one towards thee ô Father the other towards our neighbours And though we knowe that we ought to serue thee in truth to maintaine nothing contrarie to truth to doo nothing against truth but all for and in the behalfe of truth yet how far we haue gone beyond these bounds thine is the iudgement ô Father thine is the vnderstanding As for vs we are vtterlie ignorant and senseles and therefore submit our selues to thy mercifull censure crauing gentle correction though we haue deserued sharpe chastisement if it be thy pleasure to punish or suing for remission and forgiuenes though vtterlie vnwoorthie of such grace and fauour if it be thy good will to grant vs pardon Finallie wee humblie beseech thee to increase truth and equitie in vs that being led and conducted thereby on the right hand and the left we may neuer start aside like a broken bowe but keepe on in a right course till we come to the kingdome of heauen which grant ô Father for his sake whom thou louest best Iesus the Sauiour of soules Amen The xix Combat 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vice insuing GLVTTONIE and leacherie serue the pleasure of the flesh The aire the land the sea do scarselie suffice gluttonie For gluttonies sake it commeth to passe that poore people are spoiled that robberies are committed that extortions are practised that the hunger of the needie is turned into the fulnes of the wealthie O ye sonnes of men how long will you be heauie-hearted by reason of this your grosse and

Pharisies louing challenging the highest and chiefest seates in synagogues and delighting to bee reuerenced in frequented places a bitter wo was denounced by thy sonne Whereby we are taught in what contempt thou hast this vile vice of vaine-glorie O giue vs grace therfore we hartilie beseech thee not only to learne but also to folowe the good wholsome counsell of thine Apostle S. Paule exhorting vs not to be desirous of vain-glorie prouoking one another and enuieng another For if anie man seeme to himselfe that he is somwhat when he is nothing he deceiueth himselfe in his imagination Grant this we humblie beseech thee for Iesus Christs sake our onlie mediator aduocate Amen 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vertue following THe FEARE of GOD is the water of wholesome wisedome the well of life and the beginning of knowledge excellentlie refreshing the soule boiling in noisome desires and able to quench all the firie darts of the enimie He which hath the feare of God alwaie before his eies his waies are beautifull his paths are peaceable his footsteps are vnmooueable Saie not ô man that he is wise who is puffed vp with his owne knowledge For the feare of God is the beginning of wisedome feare Gods iustice ô man feare his power feare his almightines and thou art wise enough bicause feare is wisdome Furthermore wisedome maketh wise as skilfulnes maketh skilfull riches rich valiantnes valiant c. 2 The REPVLSE giuen by the FEARE of GOD. O Man if thou doost anie good doo it in hope of euerlasting honor not of transitorie estimation of an heauenlie reward not of an earthlie recompense Hide and kéepe close that which thou doost as much as thou maist And it thou be not altogither able so to doo yet let thy will and mind be to haue it vnknowne so shall there be no rashnes in thée of anie vaunting what good déeds thou hast done neither shall it bée imputed vnto thée for a fault as time serueth to declare that which thou wast willing should bée alwaies kept secret Thus dooing thou shalt fulfill the twoo saiengs of our Sauiour Christ séeming contrarie to themselues In giuing almes let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand dooth but let thine almes be in secret and thy Father which séeth in secret shall reward thée openlie Againe Let men sée your good works that they may glorifie your Father which is in heauen Take héed at anie hand that the saieng of our Sauiour to hypocrites agrée not with thée They doo all their works that they may be séene and praised of men Verely the cause that manie misdeedes which otherwise might be withstood are committed O Lord arme vs we humblie beseech thee that the whole course of our life directed thereby we may not miscarrie being assured that it is a welspring of life against the snares of death that who so is filled therwith shall continue sufficientlie fortified in the euill day that it is riches glorie life gladnes mirth and a crowne of ioie vnto them and that such as are guided thereby shall find fauour in the day of death perfect peace and euerlasting life which we beseech thee grant ô Father for thy sonnes sake Amen The third Combat 1 S. BARNARDS golden sentence of the vice insuing HYPOCRISIE is of this nature ô man that it seeketh after things vnaccustomed od singular and vnused to the intent it might spread abroad a zeale of it owne liking whose affection is estranged from Christ delighted with vaine commendations and praises The sorowe of hypocrisie is not in hart but in face hypocrisie is a sheepe in skin a fox in subtiltie and a wolfe in crueltie It would seeme good in shew and is nothing lesse in deed it would not bee thought euill and yet is starke naught in all points It is disguised with a pretended vizard of holines and innocencie that it might the more cunninglie deceiue the simple and drawe weaklings to commit sinne and wickednes 2 The ASSALT giuen by HYPOCRISIE or DISSIMVLATION O Man bicause thou dooest nothing in secret that is good and art known to be such a one as none is the better by thee least thou be hated detested of euerie bodie in all places it shall be good for thee to plaie the hypocrite to dissemble with God and the world Counterfet therefore thy selfe to be such a one abroad as thou art not at home a deuout almoner a godly protestant a zealous Gospeller and an vpright dealer in all thine affaires Make the world beléeue by outward shewes of good déeds as going to the Church frequenting of sermons dailie praier faire speaking kéeping companie with preachers and such like works of christianitie that thou art holie innocent harmelesse honest charitable mercifull though indéed thou be an incarnate diuell a blasphemer a whooremonger a slanderer a couetous miser an extortioner a vsurer and such like Thus shalt thou get credit abroad among men by counterfeting the yoong Saint and yet at home maist plaie the old diuell By this meanes manie haue come to promotion and therefore doo thou as they haue done for thine owne profit and preferment 3 A praier against the former vice O Almightie euerlasting God Father of our Lord IESVS Christ whose will and pleasure it is to be worshipped in spirit truth we beseech thee to roote out of our harts all hypocrisie and dissembled adoration of thy diuine Maiestie all counterfet seruice and pharisaicall deuotion which are vtter enimies to true Christianitie least presuming to offer such an vnclene and defiled sacrifice in thine holie temple we be adiudged with hypocrites to feele the endles torments of fire brimstone in the nethermost hell We knowe that it is not for vs to dallie with thee who knowest our inward thoughts to halt before thee who perceiuest our deuises to dissemble with thee who seest out secret imaginations knowing that the subtilest shift which we can vse and the closest conueiance that we can inuent lieth open before thee bare naked and vncouered For thou canst turne vs out of our cloke of hypocrisie and make vs appeare as we are euen to our owne rebuke and shame It is an expresse commandement set downe in thine holie word ô most mercifull Father that whatsoeuer we thinke saie or doo should sauour of singlenesse and vprightnes And therefore in giuing our almes thou teachest vs what rule we should obserue namelie that we should not doo as hypocrites doo who cause a trumpet to sound out their almes-deedes in the synagogues villages and frequented places where they bestowe their dole to the end that they might be honored of men In praieng also and in fasting it is thy will and pleasure that wee should shew a simplicitie plaine dealing all dissembling with thee ô God and the world set apart For though we may delude men by an extrinsecall kind of religiousnes and precisenes of life yet can wee not outreach the vniuersall

dishes and costlie fare vseth these words I will behold thy face in righteousnes and when I awake I shall be satisfied with thine image Againe My soule thirsteth for God euen for the liuing God when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God And yet againe How are the daies of my pilgrimage prolonged How long shall I dwell on earth But Paule much better I desire to be loosed to be set at libertie to die and to depart cut of this world that I may be with Christ By which godly mens examples written for thine instruction O man that thou mightest increase in knowledge and expresse the points of thy holie calling I would wish thée to be schooled to be wearie of this world to loath the vanities of the same to estéeme the pleasures thereof as smoke which vanisheth with the least blast of wind that doth blowe to repute of riches honours dignities offices promotions lands possessions beautie fauour eloquence wisedome policie strength manhood valiantnes kindred affinitie linage petigrée parentage and whatsoeuer else may be named as they are euen méere vanities according to the sentence of the preacher who beheld and considered all things vnder the sunne and lo all was vanitie vanitie of vanities and nothing but vanitie The counsell of blessed Paule offereth it selfe in conuenient place to be imbraced who no doubt had a perfect view of the vanities reigning in this world vanitie in eating and drinking vanitie in speaking and thinking vanitie in writing and inuenting vanitie in apparell and clothing vanitie in buieng and selling vanitie in heart vanitie in tongue vanitie at home vanitie abroade vanitie on sea vanitie on land vanitie in most vanitie in least vanitie in rich vanitie in poore vanitie in wise vanitie in fooles vanitie in strong vanitie in weake vanitie in faire vanitie in foule finallie nothing but vanitie vanitie which way soeuer a man casteth his eies vp or downe on this side or that side behind before or round about And therefore S. Paule I saie willeth vs whose aduise I wish thée O man to followe and put in vre that such as wéepe should be as though they wepe not they that reioice as though they reioiced not they that buie as though they possessed not and they that vse this world as though they vsed it not And why so For saith he the fashion of this world weareth awaie and all the pleasures recreations delights and whatsoeuer thing passeth other in excellencie is but méere vanitie Héere O man thou canst doo no good déed but it hath an imperfection the diuell is so busie about thée to ouer-swaie thée in thy works yea when thou art best occupied euen in praieng to God the father for supplie of some-thing which thou lackest or praising him for benefits and graces receiued or confessing thy faults when thou hast offended or suing for pardon by the vertue of Christes death and passion Wh●● thou art reading the scripture fo● thine instruction and comfor● earnestlie hearing the word of God preached with 〈◊〉 attent●ue eares diligentlie re●●●nine in points of religion for 〈◊〉 increase of spirituall knowledge desirouslie To conclude when thou art goodliest disposed and giuen then euen then the diuell sendeth out his angels euen wicked thoughts idle imaginations phantasticall toies and a thousand impediments to withdrawe thée not onlie from dooing well but also from thinking well O man this busie diuell who séeketh to make a diuorce betwéene Christ and thy soule whome hée hath married to himselfe and chosen for his spouse he euen he is the prince of this world he is the prince of darkenes and therefore this world which is his princedome must néeds be darkenes for whatsoeuer is at strife with God who is the father of light the same is darkenes but such is the world therefore the sequeale is prooued and standeth iumpe with truth Now O man buckle thy selfe to encounter with this world the pompe pride statelines and iollitie thereof Let faith Dauids chiefe weapon against Goliah be thy chiefe armour let righteousnes and light be thy furniture and not onlie that but the complet harnes which S. Paule exhorteth the Ephesians to put on namelie the vainbraces of veritie girt about thy loines the brest-plate of righteousnes claspt close to thy hart the preparation of the Gospell of peace for shooes on thy féet the helmet of saluation to couer thy head the shield of faith to hold in thy left hand and the sword of the spirit in thy right Thus prepared O man feare not the force of anie foe for thou shalt de able thus armed to quench all the firie darts of the wicked to stand fast against sathans assalts and the inuasions of his ministers Looke about thée bestir thée haue an eie before behind aboue belewe on thy right hand on thy left and round about thée that thou be not betraied supplanted ouercome and subdued Handle thy weapon circumspectlie fight it out manfullie and giue not an inch of ground to thine aduersarie for thou dooest not wrestle against flesh and bloud onlie but against principalities against powers and against worldlie gouernours the princes of the darknes of this world against spirituall wickednesses which are in the high places Go to then in Gods name set forward in faith Gods grace is thy guide feare not the world for Christ hath ouercome the world Thy life on earth O man is a continuall warfare thou shalt be in one conflict or other so long as thou drawest breath and therefore praie alwaies with all manner of praier and supplication in the spirit and watch therevnto with all perseuerance so shalt thou be succoured at all assaies and not destitute of helpe in time of néed So fight therefore O man not as one that beateth the aire but as one that would be counted a good souldiour and tread vnder féete the loue of this world withstand euerie thing that commeth not of faith for it is sin endure all suffer all beare all hazzard life and all for the loue of the life to come persuading thy selfe that thou art blessed as S. Iames saith when thou subduest the temptations of thy disordered appetites vrging thée to sin For when thou art tried thou shalt receiue the crowne of life which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him the crowne of glorie euen an incorruptible crowne which shall be set vpon thine head at the appearing of Iesus Christ the great and vniuersall shepheard of thy soule Feare none of those things which thou shalt suffer Behold it shall come to passe that thou shalt be tried ten daies that is manie times be thou faithfull and wise vnto the death and thou shalt surelie be rewarded with the crowne of eternall life promised by Iesus Christ thy sauiour to whome be all laud praise honor and glorie for euermore Amen 3 A praier for the former vertue O Eternall God father of our Lord Iesus Christ which by the mouth of thine Apostle blessed Iohn hast giuen