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A19036	Mundanum speculum, or, The worldlings looking glasse Wherein hee may clearly see what a woefull bargaine he makes if he lose his soule for the game of the vvorld. A worke needfull and necessarie for this carelesse age, wherein many neglect the meanes of their saluation. Preached and now published by Edmund Cobbes, master of the Word of God.	Cobbes, Edmund, b. 1592 or 3.	1630 (1630)	STC 5453; ESTC S117518	113,560	456

Sathā hauing got possessiō of vs deales w th vs as the Babyloniās did with Zedekiah first put out his eies and then bound him in chaynes so doth Sathan hee puts out the eyes of our vnderstanding and then bindes vs with the chaynes of ignorance hypocrisie hardnesse of heart so that to our vnability wee our selues adde vnwillingnesse to come out and so by hating to be reformed we plunge our selues vnrecouerably vnder the wrath of GOD pleasing our selues in our ignorance blindnesse and hardnesse of heart and so hauing lost the harmony of a good Conscience we vse varietie of obiects to take away tediousnesse and get some Iubal or other to play vpon the Organ to make vs merry with our sinnes In this corporall bondage wee haue a feeling of our misery and so sigh and groane vnder the burthen of it but this bondage is spirituall pleasing and delightfull to our nature so that we are so farre from being weary of it that if any one seek to set vs free out of this slauery we hate him scorne him and deride him and so put backe the meanes of saluation from vs. Brethren what cruelty is this to neglect the meanes of our soules health which was bred and brought vp with vs and which hath spent and wasted her selfe in our seruice to minister strength and reliefe to our bodies and shall not we take care to preserue it and to vse all meanes that it may bee saued God hath shut it vp in our breasts that it may be alwayes in readinesse to supply our wants and shall wee not take care to preserue it from destruction our soules are shut vp in a darke dungeon which is neither lightsome nor pleasāt but darke and dirtie and full of all manner of vncleannesse and poluted with our originall and actuall sinnes which made the the Apostle cry out O wretched man who shall deliuer me from this Rom. 7. 24 body of death If our soules had tongues to speake for themselues they would crie out against vs for our great cruelty in that wee starue them for want of food and robbe them of heauenly comforts and scarce allow them a good meale in a whole yeare Brethren what food is to the bodie such is the Word of God to the soule now if by chance wee come where any good matter is to bee handled so cruell are many to their soules that they choake and dead them by drunkennesse surfeiting or other vncleanesse or filthy vanity so that their soules take little or no comfort by the Word Sacrament or Christian communication As for the Sabbath day which should be spent holy and religiously vnto God we spend it many of vs most prophanely vngodly as if wee had no part in the Creation of the world nor redemption of it by Iesus Christ For where is the man that bridles his desires to sāctifie that day as he ought if God should now looke downe from heauen to behold the sonnes of men vpon earth should he not finde many a Master and Father many a Mother and many a Mistris either snorting or lazing vpon their beds prating walking trimming smoothing themselues vpō that day on that time which they should haue spent for their soules health And yet alas so carelesse are they of their soules that they thinke that time is lost which is spent for their good Should hee not also finde many a Child many a Seruant nay perhaps many a father many a master drinking swilling gaming and peraduenture whoring vpon this day or at leastwise swearing fighting or quarelling or bargaining or chopping or changing But how few among many of vs should he finde praying reading and meditating vpon the Word of God and his righteous iudgements Men are very carefull for their bodies but very carelesse of their soules But O foolish people will you watch and take care to keepe your Chickens from the Kite your Lambs from the Wolfe your Pigions and Conies from the Vermine and will you take no care for your soules The soule being once lost it is impossible to recouer it againe other losses may be recouered but this cannot If Iob lose his health wealth and Children yet they may bee recouered either by Gods blessing vpon our labours or else by the charitie of friends but if thy soule bee once lost there is no recouery thousand of Rams and ten thousand riuers of Oyle will then do vs no good Saint Chysostom hath well obserued Omnia Deus d●dit duplicia animam vero vnam Chry. ad pop Antioch Hom. 22. Nullo remedio sarciri nullo precio redimi potest Chrys Hom. 56. that God in the frame of the body hath giuen man two eyes two eares two hands two feete c. that if one faile the other may supply the want but hee hath giuen him but one soule so that if that bee lost there is no supply to bee had no meanes can repaire it no price can redeeme it all the world cannot recompence it for what would it auaile vs to haue the wisedome and riches of Salomon the strength of Sampson and the beautie of Absolon and to enioy the blessings of the world as long a life as Methushelah liued if at our death Gen. 5. 27. Daretur caro Verminibus anima daemonibus Isodor de Summo bono our flesh shall be made a booty for the Wormes and our soules a prey for the Deuill Oh consider this all you that forget God and are carelesse of your owne saluation GOD hath made man a most glorious creature and therefore all creatures admire serue him the wōder of the world now as nothing is so glorious in earth as man so there is nothing so glorious in man as his soule which man himselfe should admire and by all meanes seeke the welfare of it for this is our glory our life saue this and saue all But oh the carelesnesse of many nay the most of vs all for that which should be our chiefest care wee are lesse carefull our soules are more worth then all the world yet men now so liue as if their soules were of no worth How iustly may we take vp that sad complaint of the Prophet The Ier. 12. 11. whole land is made desolate because no man layeth it to heart all manner of sinnes doe now so abound pride hypocrisie selfe-loue and crueltie prophanenesse and Atheisme haue gotten the vpper hand and men doe so liue that they thinke they haue no soule to saue euery man spends his dayes in pleasure and following his owne delights as if God had sent vs hither for no other end but to sport and play and follow the lusts of our owne hearts Brethren hath God created vs in his owne Image that wee should so vilely and dispitefully deface it hath Christ redeemed vs with such a price to saue our soules and shall wee so negligently and wilfully cast them away the wise-man saith God hath created all things for Pro. 16.

ouertaken with the pleasures and delights of the world which appeares by the gluing of their hearts vnto them that they are loath to part with them as euer Lots wife Gen. 19. 26 was to leaue Sodom Hereby they dead their hearts from the Isay 5. 12. feare of Gods iudgements and Amo● 6. 6. from all manner of care and watchfulnesse ouer their wayes Luk. 21. 23. and so leaue nothing to themselues Eccle. 2. 11 Pro. 11. 5. but sorrow and griefe of heart and late repentance Vse 2 Be exhorted therfore in the feare of God to abstaine from all sinfull pleasures which should not bee once named among Christians And the rather 1. Because they are great means to make vs forget GOD. Let Noahs example teach vs who when he gaue himselfe liberty to drinke wine forgot himselfe and so was ouertaken with drunkennesse Sampson when he gaue himselfe to sleepe and loyter in Dalilahs lap lost the powerfull presence of God and so was made a prey to the enemies of his Church Dauid when he gaue himselfe to ease presently he fell into those feareful sinnes of Adultery and murther Pleasures and delights made Salomon forget his God Let their fearefull fals teach vs wisedome Neh. 13. 26 and wathfulnesse 2. And the rather because our pleasures are but short extending at the vtmost but to the end of our liues in which time they are interrupted many times by sickness crosses feare griefe c. 3. Because they are purchased many times at had rates many times with losse of Gods fauour at least with losse of time peace of Conscience and so men become louers of pleasures and not louers of godlinesse Q. How to know whether wee loue pleasures Ob. How may wee know may some say whether wee loue pleasures more then godlinesse Answ Try thy heart by these markes 1. Doest thou take more delight in Carding Dicing dancing drinking swilling and hearing filthy songs then in meditating vpon Gods righteous iudgements hearing him speaking to thee in his Word and speaking vnto him againe by prayer And are his Sabbaths tedious vnto thee and couldest thou wish they were ouer and past that thou mightst wallow in thy pleasures and delights then know that thou art a louer of pleasures more then godlinesse 2. Art thou willing to be at any charge for the maintenance of thy sinfull pleasures in feasting gaming or the like but when the necessitie of Gods Church calls for thy helpe to feed the hungry cloath the naked then thou hast no heart but thinkst all is lost which is spent in the practice of piety If this be thy practice and this bee thy delight then I pronounce thou art a louer of pleasure and so not a louer of God 3. Canst thou find time to spend in thy vaine delights euen to crosse GOD in the course of his prouidence by turning nights into dayes and dayes into nights in Carding Dicing drinking swilling but canst not spare one houre to watch with CHRIST for thy soules good If thus thou doest then know thou art a louer of pleasure and canst not be a louer of God But will you say what remedy or way can you prouide or prescribe whereby wee may take lesse delights in pleasures then we haue done A. 1. Consider how vaine Remedies they bee and how vnable to giue content Let Salomons triall giue vs an example his Orchards Gardens buildings and other delights could not giue him any sound solid contentment but hee pronounces this censure of them and sayes that they are vanitie and vexation of spirit But yet alas many of vs thinke to finde great matters euen Paradises of delights where he with all his wisdome could finde nothing but vanitie and vexation of spirit 2. They are full of vncertaintie for wee haue seene many that haue had their pleasures turned into Gall and Wormewood Vse 3 3. If pleasures are such fearfull enemies to grace and so vncertaine to stand by vs then 1. Labour to seeke GOD the true pleasures his infinite perfection and Christ the meanes of our reconciliation In feeling Phil. 3. 3. the power of his death killing the power of sinne and the efficacie of his resurrection quickning vs to holinesse and new obedience 2. Labor so to vse pleasures as that they may preserue our naturall health and make vs more fit to serue GOD with cheerefulnesse and as helps to hasten vs in our iourney to the Land of CANAAN 3. Labour to watch ouer our hearts with diligence lest our pleasures become the Deuils nets to ensnare our soules through our owne corruption therefore rush not vpon them with vnbridled affection but before wee giue any entertainment vnto them consider whether they bee lawfull and conuenient and then how they may bee vsed so that God may haue the glory and our soules Ioel 1. 5. Amos 6 7. may haue the comfort and bee content to leaue them willingly if we finde they hinder vs in the workes of Gods seruice Thus if our pleasures be guided by these rules we shall glorifie God and shall receiue a blessing vpon our soules we are now to proceed and take notice of another pleasing delight and that is pride in apparell and see whether there bee any thing in it that may commend vs to God and profit our soules Vanitie in apparell is a thing so much esteemed in this prophane age as that many place their happinesse in it thinking themselues in best case when they are brauest and most esteemed when they haue gotten costly apparell insomuch that they thinke no time too much nor cost too great which is wasted and spent in dressing themselues therefore to maintaine them in their brauery they are ready to sell religion and conscience and to defile their conuersation which sinne that we may not runne headlong into let vs in the feare of GOD learne wisely to esteeme of Apparell not according to mens opinion but according to the Word of GOD and esteeme of them by their common abuse as trifling vanities subiect to corruption and badges of sinne But lest we should reiect them as sinfull in regard of their abuse let vs therefore in the first place consider that there is a good and warrantable vse of costly Apparell prouided alwayes that they bee fitted and sorted according to the place and calling of those that weare them For as the Lord hath made diuers estates and degrees of men so he would haue euery one to apparell himselfe according to his degree that thereby there might bee a difference whereby one might bee distinguished from another Kings and Lords and Nobles according to their Royall places Knights and Gentlemen according to their gentry and meaner men according to their qualitie and condition of life it is lawfull for them that are in high places to weare gold siluer silkes and Veluets and other costly apparell but for other of meaner places they must content themselues with meaner apparell that