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A22871	An introduction to the looue of God. Accompted among the workes of S. Augustine, and translated into English, by the right reuerend father in God, Edmund, Bishop of Norvvitch, that nowe is, and by him dedicated to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, to the glorie of God, and comfort of his chosen. And newlie turned into Englishe meter by Robert Fletcher. 1581.	Simard, Marie Ange, attributed name.; Freake, Edmund, ca. 1516-1591.; Fletcher, Robert, fl. 1586.	1581 (1581)	STC 936; ESTC S114474	35,980	111

of vs is vnderstoode What doost thou then desire my soule what is it that my minde dooth mooue Within this good is all contriu'de that comes from God the Lord aboue To speake therefore of all the goodes his heauenly kingdome dooth containe No man that's cloathed in his fleshe the same is able to explaine All Fame that kingdome dooth excell surmounteth cunning prayse and skill It royall is and glorious eke according to Gods holie will Tis full of lyght of charitie of patience and of endlesse peace Of worship glorie and renowne all pleasures there doo styll increase Delight and euerlasting ioye perpetuall eke in blisfulnesse Replenished with all the good that heart can thinke or tongue expresse It can not comprehended be nor measured by the wit of man Why should our silence this conceale but yéelde it all the prayse we can Because we can not as we would God is vnspeakeable we knowe And so beléeue and should we not abroade his power and mercie showe Should we not euerlasting life which God to vs by promise plight None otherwise beléeue but as we finde it written to our sight His promise made to vs is sealde of lasting looue in greater sort Then eyther can the tongue declare or else the Pen for trueth report The heart much more can comprehend it is of more capacitie And yet it can not sound the depth of his great power and Maiestie The ioyes and glorie of the life to come therefore beléeue we must For euerlasting in it selfe it is and so should be discust It euerlasting happy is and dooth containe tranquilitie All pleasauntnesse most peaceable and our assurde securitie This perfect looue no dread no feare no want of day no doubt of night But chéerefull motions and one sprite amongst vs all euen in the sight Of God there to abyde in ioye among his Saintes and Angelles all Bright shining in the righteousnesse of Christ which hath redéemde our thrall Euen where saluation dooth abound where truth dooth raigne where no deceit Is vsed betwixt man and man where is no measure false nor weight No happy man can thence be cast nor may from thence exiled bée No wicked wretch may there be plast nor once aduaunst to that degrée There is the life contemplatiue which fruitfull Faith who dooth attaine Shall like the blisfull spirites be made with God in kingdome his to raigne For what they haue beléeued héere there shall they it beholde and sée The substaunce of theyr Creator in whome all good thinges perfect bée With innocent and humble eyes with harts most pure they shall reioyce And triumphe in this happinesse of which in God they made their choyce And dooing thus possesse the looue of God our euerlasting Lord In charitie together they with vnitie and swéete concord Doo liue and porcion lyke receiue the priuiledge of heauenlie place Like Cittizens enfraunchized they all enioy the God of grace There shall such ioy and gladnesse be such heauenlie sollace shall abound For there the fulnesse of his grace and mercie of our God is found Vnto the giuer of the same incessauntlie they shall sing prayse Without all kinde of irksomnesse yéelde lawde and thanks to him alwayes The hearts of euerie creature there shall laye abroade and opened bée As héere we corporall thinges beholde and with our eyes the same doo sée Mens consciences so perfect are so pure and cleane without all blame That for theyr former fowle offence they néede not nowe to blushe for shame No sinne nor sinner shall be there of power they are depriude therefore That meanes is taken from all men they shall be sure to sinne no more Neither shall they which perfectly are blest be ignoraunt of this Of any secrete mysterie the same to knowe they shall not misse For they shall him beholde which hath the Author of all secretes béene And they shall sée him face to face euen so as they of him are séene For then shall all mankinde be made so absolute and perfect pure It thencefoorth neuer shalbe chaungd but so for euer shall endure And of that substaunce shall remaine although transformde and glorifyde Into his mightie maker and in him most blessedlie abyde And all the goodes which we receyu'de disfigured by our filthy sin Shalbe in blisse repayrde againe in happy state and stay therein That is our vnderstanding shall without all error perfect be Without obliuion in that place assured is our memorie Thoughtes without wandering likewise Charitie voide of fained sence Health without sicknesse sorrowe shall not vnto any bréede offence Mirth Pleasure Pastime without paine Life without death Agilitie Without impediment is there where safetie syts in eche degrée For whatsoeuer in this lyfe the violence of Beastes or rage Or what misfortune did impayre or what thy sicknesse did asswage What crueltie had wasted or some fowle disease had putrifide Or age by nature comborsome had thée benumde or strength denide Shall all againe be freshe restorde by Resurrection all renude In glorious sort we shall receyue most perfect lymmes and to conclude Our bodyes with our members all shall to our soules vnited be And bothe together be endude with grace and immortalitie And therefore whosoeuer that in blisfull state possessed is Shall by no distaunce of the place of this his great preferment misse No difference of merites may nor meanes of any other kinde Once seperate vs from this looue which in the Lorde we hope to finde This graunt vs for thy mercie sake through fulnesse of thy glorie great Our sinfull soules from hence doo take and place them on thy mercie seate Amen FINIS ¶ A verie fruitefull Prayer to God the Father for the obtayning of these benefites promised in this Booke and necessarie to be vsed at all tymes MOst holie Lord the God of the spirites of all fleshe we giue vnto thée most humble thankes for all thy goodnesse towardes vs which thou hast found in thy selfe before the beginning of the world and hast declared vnto vs from tyme to tyme acknowledging our selues to be farre lesse then the least of thy mercies Thou arte perfect in thy selfe and hast no néede of any thing but it hath pleased thée to create all these thinges wherein thy glorie dooth appeare as Angelles and men and all things else for them that them selues might know that they are created onelie for thée not that any thing by them could be added vnto thée but that thy glorie which is perfect in it selfe might be séene in them and they also be made pertakers of that happinesse which is with thée the which thou hast giuen vs in thy belooued In whome also thou hast chosen vs before all worlds for so thy wisedome hath apointed it that we should passe through a world and so come vnto thée and see thy glory and the ritches of thy mercie and that pleasure which is with thée for euer And to this ende hast thou giuen vs thy most holie woorde and thy sanctifying spirite to attend therevpon wherby thy elect children might be reformed vnto thée Holy Father who is able to comprehend this thy great worke of our saluation in Iesus Christe but thine owne wisedome which is infinite as thy mercie is all goodnesse mercie and trueth come from thée and ende in thée but the euill corruption which befalleth thy Creatures commeth of them selues Notwithstanding this also thou turnest to good for euen the wicked thou sufferest for a tyme that at the length thy iustice might be séene in them but to thy chyldren thou ordainest all thinges to the best for euen the punishmentes for theyr sinnes and the afflictions of this life thou hast appointed for good that by thy iustice thy mercie might more appeare and their own happinesse which thou hast prepared for them in more glory might be reuealed To this ende hast thou set them from thée for a tyme in this lyfe that in the lyfe to come they may know the better what it is to enioy thy presence Thou hast made them héere mortal that they may then perceyue what it is to be immortall with thée thou giuest them ouer some time to their owne sinne that they may knowe how much better it is to be holy with thée in thy kingdom thou makest them taste of the afflictions of this world that they may féele in them howe great thy glorie is and to be happye and blessed with thy euerlasting goodnesse Lord in thy great power hast thou created all thinges and orderest them in thy wisedome preseruest them in thy goodnesse and hast redéemed vs in thy mercie to thy selfe in thy belooued but thou knowest this vaine and corrupte nature which is fallen from thée and can not ryse againe vnto thée except it be drawne by thée Doo away our sinnes O Lord and possesse vs sanctifie vs with thy holy spirit that we may walke before thée as becommeth thy chyldren and knowe and féele in déede that there is no pleasure nor comfort of it selfe in these thinges which are mortall of them selues but onely in thée the euerlasting goodnesse in all thinges else in thée and for thée Increase our faith that we may walke before thée in obedience of faith giue vs also those things which thou knowest good and expedient for vs in this mortall life that wée may vse them to thy glorie and to the comfort of our selues and others whome thou hast commaunded vs to looue in thée that thou béeing our lyfe in this life and in the life to come we may enioy the presence of thy Maiestie and glorifie thy holie name for euer among thy elect people and blessed Angelles Amen FINIS ❧ Imprinted at London by Thomas Purfoote and are to be solde at his shop without Newgate ouer against Saint Sepulchers Church 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. 〈◊〉 12. 3. Deu The ●●●●rence ●●twee●●●gelles 〈◊〉 men 9. Hebr seeth ougnen 12 for G for v. them s. This is c●●trary to 〈◊〉 deuillish doctrine H. N. Sapi. 3. Men 〈…〉 not 〈…〉 lie 〈…〉 one 〈…〉 ther 〈…〉 doot 〈…〉 giue 〈…〉 1. 3. ●8 21. ● ●9 Luk 〈…〉 Deuil ●orld 〈◊〉 Luke 1. Psalm ●●amon ●●thias 〈◊〉 5. 4. 2. 4 2 Luke 〈…〉 per●one 10. 1. C●● 12.

am from hence as one conuayde from all annoy But whether God dooth know not I and yet forsoothe euen thus it is A creature now my selfe I séeme in great felicitie and blisse I cannot with my tongue expresse what ioy of conscience I receiue My wretchednesse and misery my sorrowes past I there doo leaue They vtterly forgotten are and blotted out of memory My vnderstanding is made bright my heart is lightened thereby My selfe I féele as though that in another countrey I remainde And as it were I doo imbrace moste happy looue I there haue gainde I labour then with all my might continually the same to kéepe And neuer for to lose it why in it my soule dooth swéetely sléepe And would in no case be remoou'd but there to rest my soule aspires In quiet sort as it had found therein the end of all desyres Yea highly dooth it selfe aduaunce for ioy and séekes none other thing None otherwise but as it is not place to chaung with Prince or king Then is not this that loouing spowse my Lorde and God yes verily Inuisible and secret sort he commeth now to visit me Incomprehensible and yet he commeth for to touche me now Me to admonish yet he dooth that I should sée him not alowe His meaning is not to infues himselfe all wholy into me But euen in part to be assurde and likewise tasted for to be Not giuing his sacietie according to my full desire But more and that a great deale more then I of duty can require And this it is that chéefely dooth to his betrothing appertaine The earnest of his heauenly will which we in him on earth doo gaine This is a token true my soule if héere on earth thou godly be Assured in the world to come his owne selfe he will giue to thée For euer thou shalt see him then and of him full possession haste Whereof now presently thou doost but as it were enioy a taste That héere thou in this world may know how pleasaunt thou shalt finde him then And féele him in his kingdome swéete farre distaunt from the sonnes of men Wherefore it dooth my soule behooue yea it dooth with thy duty stand To looue thy God for these his giftes which thou receiued at his hand FINIS 10. Cap. ¶ Of the gifte of the sences and preseruation of life 11. Cap. BVt to the end thou maiste the more be kindled with the fire of looue Consider if with more then these his benefits he did thée prooue If so he haue thou art the more to him beholding for the same Bothe for them past and those to come giue thankes or els thou art to blame Euen from the bottom of thy hart he is for to be loou'd of thee For when my Parents did transgresse he with his mercy made them frée Yea me created of theyr flesh and breathde in me the spirit of life And seperating from them séede y t was brought foorth with mortall strife I therefore haue receiu'de of him the grace for to become a man And vnderstanding haue obtainde twixt man and beast the scence to skan Of body I receiued haue the shape and reason to defyne And difference betwixt these two my mortall sence and grace deuine Mine eyes to sée mine eares to heare my nose to smell my mouthe to taste My hands to féele my féete to walke nothing in me was framed waste And that is more I doo enioy all these in health and happy rest Those benifyts these doo augment that seuerally each sence possest Things consonant God did create agréeing to the vse of these As shining bright and pleasaunt sound or swéete in taste the sence to please This good prouision of our God the creator of euery thing These variable qualities for purpose ours to passe dooth bring The sight one speciall thing conceaues the hearing is an other plight The smelling féeling and the taste in seuerall sence findes their delight For beauty coulours please the eye swéete Musick moste the eare contents The fragrant smell of swéetest flowres delights the nose with pleasaunt sence Thus euery sence his season sées and euery one in order plaste The verder and the reals swéete are found moste méetest for the taste And who is able to rehearse the pleasures that on vs attend So sundry set so manifolde each in his kinde to comprehend They wounderfull doo séeme and straunge and straungely we inritcht thereby How many pleasures to the eyes doo we in coulours fresh apply What sundry soundes vnto the eare how diuersly each tune is plaste Men mutually their minds resigne and tell what things be gone and past With déepe delight some demonstrate things fit for present time and some Deuine of hidden secrets and prognosticate of things to come If these were missing in the life of man he might compared be Vnto the rudenes of a Beast moste bent and vile in base degrée What néede I tell you of the Byrds whose warbling notes I may compare For pleasure with the pleasures past which héeretofore expressed are And as I héere haue amplifyed the déepe delight our sences haue As séeing féeling hearing taste and all by grace that nature gaue This may not be gainesayde therefore but that the goodnes of our God Excéeding is and wonderfull his glory dooth extend abroade And by how much our benefyts abooue desert he did bestowe So much the more his glory shines so much the more his power dooth show Not onely he our bodyes made but also beautifyed the same With diuers vertues which he gaue blest be therefore his holy name He made me healthfull fyrme and sound my fréends might not me noisome déeme Not ougly to theyr eyes nor yet reprochefull vnto straungers séeme He me indewd with more then this he did my minde to reason bring He vnderstanding did me giue to iudge the truthe in euery thing I can discerne a right from wrong and good from euill can deuide By this I searche I sue and long with my Creator to abide But if I shall confesse the truthe a greater benefyt then this Wherewith the rest may not compare a blessing rare and that is this Namely that I should heer be borne bred and brought vp in such a time And season and among such men as doo condemne each fylthy crime Such people as professe his faithe his Sacraments in honour holde How I accordingly should liue whereby my sinnes be all controlde All this I sée and this I know denyde to many other men Which precious is to be estéemde Lord graunt me to be thankfull then For these thy graces giuen to me in which I glory and reioyce Yet with the other by all right should stand my state in equall choyse That are forsaken of theyr God and in his iustice ouerthrowne But I am called by his grace and in his mercy am his owne In contemplation now therefore I will procéede and eke declare His goodnesse and benignitie that me such parents did prepare Which brought me vp