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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10792	A treatise against the folishnesse of men in differinge the reformation of their liuing and amendment of their manners, compyled by the godly lerned man John Riuius, and translated into Englishe by Iohn Bankes.; De stultitia mortalium, in procrastinanda correctione vitæ. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.; Bankes, John, fl. 1550.	1550 (1550)	STC 21065; ESTC S104544	62,520	220

as naturallye we are all redy to fall be so greued therewith that thou couldest fynde in thyne herte wyllyngly to punysshe thy selfe and thynke with thy selfe that thou hast deserued and art worthy of greuous paynes and tormentes bycause thou haste offended and greaued thy father whiche is so bountyfull And see that thou be neuer at rest vntyll thou shalte haue made a recompence with greater benefites and by true repentance shalte haue pacyfied the wrath of thy moste ientyl and louinge father so farre of is it that thou must wyllyngely trespase agayne or permyt thy selfe to do or offende in any thynge that thyne owne conscyence reclaymeth and geueth agaynst And verely whosoeuer remembreth that he is the sonne and heyre of God the brother of Chryste and pertaker with him of his fathers herytage is not so muche terryfyed with the feare of the last iudgement and of thendles punyshement in hel and of the vnquencheable fyer as he is stered with the feare of his fathers offence and dyspleasure and therewith withdrawe from vyce and wyckednesse nor he is so muche induced throughe hope of the rewarde of heauen and of the euerlastynge ioy therin as by a certayne wonderfull and vnspekeable loue that he beareth towardes his father to liue innocently to hurte or harme no man and to do good by thexample of his father to all menne He that beleueth Saynte Paul where he sayeth that our bodye is the temple of the holye Ghost dwel lynge in vs shall easlye temper hym selfe from doyenge naught nor shall at any tyme pollute hym selfe with the beastlye lustes of the flesshe And fynallye who so doubteth not but that he is one of the nomber of thelect and chosen ceaseth not after thexample of the Saynctes to render honour dewe to God and loue and charytye to his neyghboures But some manne wyll peraduenture are what the cause is that yf we purpose to repent and lyue in the feare of God at any tyme and after his wyll and commaundement or yf we entend to lyue soberlye and chastlye yet we neuer procede and go on forthe constantlye with that thynge whiche we dyd well and Godlye purpose vnto the whiche to make a breefe and short aunswere I fynde that the naturall inclynacion vnto vyce which is graffed in vs and is growen in the inwarde partes and marrowe is the chefe cause hereof I meane the fleshe that we beare aboute with vs wherewith the spyryte is at contynuall debate and stryfe as Paul wytnesseth We oughte therefore to resyste and withstande at all tymes this ennemy of ours which allureth vs vnto lust and fylthy pleasures vnto belly chere and gluttony vnto wanton nysenes and ryotte and vnto other vyces whiche are both fylthy and vnhonest and we ought with Godlye exercises trauayles watchynges hunger and fastyng to refreyne the violent rage of it to subdue and tame it with contynuall sobernes and temperaunce For this is the cause that our sauyoure commaundeth vs to beware and take hede lest our hertes be burdened with excessyue eatynge And Paul forbyddeth vs to ouercharge our selues with wynedrynkynge He feareth vs also from surfeytyng and drunkenes and commaundeth vs to be sober and watche Agayne contynuall prayer is requisyt wherein we must a●e the ayde and helpe of God without whiche all our endeuour in refraynynge the flesshe and repressynge the vyolente rage of it is in vaine But now when we haue thus refrayned the mocions of the flesshe there remayne yet two sore ennemies the worlde and the deuyl with which we must fyght contynuallye without ceassyng bycause they suffer vs not to persyst and contynue in a Godlye purpose to lyue vertuouslye For the worlde moueth vs vnto ambycion pryde anger hatred enuye malyce impacience backebytynge and vnto other kīdes of wickednesse which no man is hable to nomber It offereth many occasyons and causes with examples it corrupteth vs. The 〈◊〉 uyll stereth vs to neglecte the worde of God to mystrust and dyspeire of the mercy of God to conceyue a false persuasyon of oure selues to persyst obstynatly in vyce to speake blasphemye agaynste God to impugne his knowen truth he prouoketh vs vnto hypocrysye superstityon Idolatrye and vnto infinite and vnnumerable kyndes of wyckednesse thou axest what were to be done in this poynte Valiauntly we must resyst and withstand our enemies and lay away from vs al folyshenisenes we must with our most ernest prayer axe and craue the ayde and helpe of god thus if we put our affiaunce and stedfast trust therin we neade in no wyse to despeyre of the vyctorye Let vs therfore heare that thynge whiche S. Paul sayth vnto the Corinthians This remayneth sayth he my brethren that ye be stronge and stedfast in the lord and in the might of his power put vpon you the whol armoure of god that ye may be able to stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll For our stryfe is not against fleshe and bloude but agaynste rulers and potestates agaynst lordes of the worlde the princes of hel and agaynst theyr gyles and deceytes And speking afterwarde by name of that same armoure he commaundeth them to stande strongly vnder pight with trueth hauynge for theyr brest-plate iustyce for theyr bu●lar fayth where with ye may be able sayth he to extinguyshe and quench al the fyry dartes of the deuyll Moreouer he commaundethe them to take vppon them the Helmette of saluacion the swearde of the holye Ghost whiche is the woorde of God and he wylleth them neuer to cease of from prayenge at any tyme. I haue nowe shewed the an ●rmoure or as Paule termeth it a protection to defend vs agaynst our fearse enemie the deuyl which surely letteth no daye escape yea none houre or momente of the houre wherein he doth not set vpon vs to ouerthrowe vs ▪ For as saynt Peter sayeth He walkethe aboute continuallye lyke a rorynge Lyon seakynge whom to deuoure Wherfore beynge decked and armed with the armoure of Paule Lette vs manfully resiste the proude spirite And S. Iames assureth vs that so we shall vanquishe him and put him to flyght Let vs resorte vnto god for succoure continually and praye and seake of hym that he wyll not suffre vs to be led into temptacion but for Christes sake delyuer vs from that tyraunte which is an euerlastyng enemie of man kynde And let vs take good heede before all other thynges that we wetingly do not fal into that sinne whereunto he moueth vs nor into wylfull destruction Let vs not cherishe and vpholde our owne folyshe delycate nisenes but rather stoutly withstande Satan in our supplicacions requyre of the immortal god the father of our lord Iesus Christ that in suche infirmitie and weakenes he wyl helpe and support vs. And for so much as the deuyl neuer setteth on vs openly nor denounceth warre before but stealeth vpon vs and lyke a wylye fox oftentymes speaketh fayre to vs for to compasse and deceyue vs and laugheth vpon vs to endomage and hurte vs