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B00888	The Christian manuell, or of the life and maners of true Christians. A treatise, wherein is plentifully declared, how needefull it is for the seruaunts of God to manifest and declare to the world: their faith by their deedes, their words by their works, and their profession by their conuersation. VVritten by Ihon VVoolton minister of the Gospel, in the Cathedral church of Excetor.	Woolton, John, 1535?-1594.	1576 (1576)	STC 25976; Interim Tract Supplement Guide G.1999[2]	81,916	210

that his workes maye be manyfest that they are done by God. The Prophete Esaye also inspyred wyth Chrystes spyrite sayeth Lorde thou shalt geue vs peace for thou hast wrought all our workes Nowe although we hould that good workes procede from God as the fountayne and origyn yet he dooth not these thinges without vs but rather worketh by vs and in vs so that the works of God done by vs are also our owne workes For GOD doeth regenerate his elect and choosen seruauntes with his spirit and gyueth them fayth Then they being so regenerate lyke Gods obedyent chyldren doo yeelde and apply them selues to please him with a holye lyfe and conuersation And the holy spirit which is in them is effectuall styrring vp theyr power and wyll to all good workes in all partes and course of their lyfe Fayth also wherby mens harts are purified is not idle and sluggyshe but doth her part and is a vigelent and diligent kéepers of integrity of mynde and vertuous conuersation throughout all their life And doth as it were put them in mynd that they being once purifyed in the bloud of Christ through the holy ghost shoulde kéepe them selues vnspotted in the fylthye world from all pollution of the fleshe neuer to abuse the gyfts of the body but to preserue the same as a vessel of honor ▪ The regenerate therfore watch work righteousnesse neyther do they make a small accoumpte of synne as wycked wordlyngs doo for they right well and déepely consider that God who sent hys sonne into this world to be a propiciation for synne and gaue him to death euen the death of the Crosse dooth both hate synne as a thing abhominable and also loue Iustyce and purity of lyfe And for that cause they also hate synne and loue righteousnesse detest impiety and imbrace pyty and so studie to practyse the same all the dayes of theyr lyfe But in this labour and endeuour of the chyldren of God there are manye lets and hinderances and holy men are afflicted as it were with a gréeuous and dayly battell which is neuer ended before the daye of death for that deadly and crafty enuy of ours Satan the Deuyll rusheth vppon vs with greate vehemency and vndermyneth vs with a thousand temptations And he is assysted with many mightye confederats For our owne flesh is slowe and dull to all goodnesse and prone to all viciousnesse The flattering and disceytfull worlde also vrgeth vs mightely with company pleasures honours which are most vayne There are also many wordlings who with their pernicious examples do cary the simple sort into distruction What should I saye of feare and hope which do excéeding exercyse and afflyct the mynds of the regenerate in such sort that onlesse Gods spirit dyd euery hower assyst them and confirme theyr fayth they coulde doo no good worke at all Against these and all other temptations that disciple so dearly beloued of Christ doo comfort vs saying This is the loue of God that we should keepe his precepts and his commaundements are not heauy For euery one that is borne of God ouercommeth the worlde And this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen your faith VVho is he that ouercommeth the world but he that beleeueth that Iesus is the sonne of God And S. Paul If his spirit that raysed vp Iesus Chirste from the dead dwell in you He that raised vp Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes by the power of his spirite dwelling in you By the whiche word all faythfull men maye easely gather the carke and care with Gods spirit dwellyng in the harts of the faythfull taketh that Iustice may ouercome and Iniustice be vanquyshed And Christ our sauiour promyseth that he wyll power his spirit most plentyfully vpon vs and dooth also commaund vs to aske the same of him with ardent and continuall prayers The faythfull therefore and suche as are regenerate by Gods spirit contynue in prayers without intermyssion They kéepe theyr bodyes in subiection with moderate fasting and abstinency that theyr prayer maye be more zealouse For prayer and fasting are as it weare preparatyues to good workes Nowe as these impedimentes aboue specefyed doo hinder men from doing of good workes euen so there are manye things which further and helpe vs toward the practyse of the same amongst the which is especially Gods spirit then a true and perfyt fayth and afterwarde continuall and earnest prayers Whervnto we may adde the sincéere doctryne of all fymes and ages aswell vnder the ould as new testament And moreouer the innumerable examples of the seruaunts of God and of Christ the Lord and sauiour of the whole worlde who amongst other things sayth I haue geuen an exāple vnto you that as I haue done so should you do Besydes these thinges the very filthinesse of vices terrefying vs from synne and the prayse fayre beautye of vertue inuiting vs to the studdy of pyty The wrath of God also and the seuerity of his Iudgments the fearefull threates of payne and torments aswell temporall as eternal wyl plucke vs from vices On the other side the fauour of God the mercyfull countenaunce of that eternall Iudge his bountifull promyses and hope of blessings aswell temporall as eternall wyl encorrage vs to pursue and practyse vertue For the faythfull wyll not bee ingrat for Gods innumerable benefits neither wyl they offend their brethren with their filthy liues for whom the lord Iesus suffred such gre●ous pains torments These and such other like consideratious doo both staye men from vice and further them to vertue But the godly vse a choyse and discretion in doing workes as I haue once or twyse alreadie spoken accoumpting of those onely that are appoynted by God Wherin that elect vessel S. Paul geueth vs a good lesson writing to the Ephesians VVee are created in Iesus Christ to doo those workes vvhich he hath prepared for vs to vvalke in Fyrst he affyrmeth notably with great weyght of words that we were created in Christe Iesus to doo good workes We answere not then our ende if we rotte and putryfie euyll and fylthie sinne and returne not to God by true fayth and hartie repentaunce And confesse wee drawe our lyuelye moysture from him w●e can neuer bring forth any good fruite for so Christ him selfe beareth wytnesse The Apostle therefore speaketh with great weyght and effycacie in that he sayth that we were created in Christ Iesus to doo good works Then lest we should be ignoraunt what good works the Apostle would haue he addeth VVhich he hath prepared vs to walke in What be those which he hath prepared for vs to walke in but those which he hath reuealed vnto vs in the holy lawe of his commaundementes And therefore our sauiour Christe demaunded in the gospell by a certaine man VVhat shall I do to possesse eternall life and what is the greatest commaundement in the Lawe He

Rechlesnesse wherevnto our nature is excéedingly geuen There is one that she weth very fynely that loue and fylthie luste can haue no place with those who ●f the we Idlenesse and are alwayes busied about some For out of all doubte Idlenesse breadeth in vs a desyre of banquetting of pleasaunt and wanton company and leadeth vs headlong into all kinde of lusse intemperancie We shall doo then very well to be dilygent in the workes of our vocation if we studie and reade the word of God if we praye incessauntly if we ●raue his dayly ayde if we be thankfull vnto him for his goodnesse and to conclude if we occupie our selues alwayes about some good thing And if happely we haue nothing to doo at home which notwithstanding wyll argue our euyll husbandrie let vs repayre vnto the Church and heare common prayer and Sermons let vs conferre with our friendes about matters of diuinitie let vs visit the sicke and comfortlesse so shall we not faint and fal vnder the temptations of Satan Cato his saying is much commended In doing nothing a man shall learne to doo euyll according to that of the holy man Euerie ydle man is busyed in the desire of pleasures Hereof procéede those often and earnest exhortations in the holy scriptures to care vigilancie and diligencie As that parrable of our Sauiour of a man going into a farre countrey who at his departure delyuered certaine goodes vnto his seruauntes and at his returne wylled those whome he founde dilygent to enter into the ioye of their Maister And so the Apostle exhorteth him that ruleth to rule with dylligence And againe Dillygent in studie and feruent in the spyrite The Prophete Ieremie pronounceth hym accursed that doeth his Maystes busynesse fraudulently Many suche speaches occure in the holye Scripture whiche styrre vp those that are regenerate in Chryste to doo theyr duetye to carefulnesse to auoyd synne and to desyre to lyue well And surely it is lamentable to consyder howe rare this vertue of studie and delygence is nowe a dayes amongst those that desyre to be accoumpted Christians s●eing that without we vse the same in the Regiment of our lyfe God wyll neyther heare our praiers nor gyde vs with his holy spyrit Let vs shake of therefore this Rechles sloothfulnesse and conioyne our labour with Gods helpe in subdewing naturall corruption and repressing our carnall lusts in auoyding the intisements of the world and in resisting the Temtations of Sathan Let vs not thinke that God wyll absolue the matter if we sléepe but let vs as Christ saith set our hands to the plough and according to that of the Apostle with tremblyng and feare worke our saluation For those that are careles in this world and suffer synne to beare domynyon in theyr mortall bodyes or runne headlong after the lustes of the fleshe and delytes of the worlde doo without doubt make the holy ghost sorrowfull dryuing hym away from them being so forsaken of God perish through their owne default Labour therefore and care is most néedfull in the regiment of our lyfe and in al our counsayles and actions for wheresoeuer our sauiour Christ commaundeth vs to watch ▪ whiche hée dooth in many places of the gospell there he awaketh men snorting and sléeping in synne he shaketh of Security he kindleth men as it were to dyligence and care for thir saluation And these are the chéefe lets and Impedimentes that hynder men from the execution of vertue it nowe remayneth that I also shewe helpes and furtheraunces to the same If reachlesnes and carelesnes of our duety be a mother of synne and impyetye Then a dyligent consideration of the same must néedes be a Nurce of vertue and godlynesse Let vs then haue alwayes a dilygent meditation of heauenly thinges from whence we drawe our origin and ofspring For it behoueth a Christian to aduaunce and lift vp his minde from earthly things and to meditate heauenly things in which consideration the godly are often péerced with such ioye that they bray as it were and pant to sée him face to face when they presently behold but in part as it were in a ryddle Such a desyre was in those thrée Disciples who were with Christe in the mountayne in his Transfyguration when as they sawe Helyas and Moyses vnknowne vnto them with spyrituall eyes as the Christian Poet wryteth Ignotis oculis viderunt lumine cordis At what tyme Peter rauished sayde It is good for vs to abide heere This studie and contemplation of diuine and heauenlye thinges bréedeth those thrée worthy and excellent vertues commonlye couppled togeather I meane prayer fasting and almes déedes which neuer goe alone but haue many other vertues attending vppon them Of which notable ornaments of all true Christians I wyll saye somewhat but briefly and so much onely as maye séeme to serue this my present purpose I call inuocation of Gods name or Prayer an eleuation or lyfting vp of our myndes to GOD when we are desyrous to obtayne any thing at his hande namelye to geue vs good thinges and to turne euyll thinges awaye from vs. Christe him selfe hath commaunded vs to desyre suche thinges in many places of Scripture all whiche to recyte were a matter néedelesse and hath promysed that our prayers shoulde not bée denyed Aske saieth hee and it shall be geuen vnto you seeke and yee shall finde knocke and it shall bee opened vnto you And in another place hée byndeth him selfe as it with with an oathe to heare vs saying Verelie verelie I saye vnto you vvhatsoeuer yee aske my Father in my name hee vvill geue it you And the Prophets Dauid Hee doeth the vvyll of those that feare him and heareth their praiers and saueth them But of all places whiche declare the vertue and effycacye of prayer that of Syrache is moste notable contynewed almoste through one Chapter and addeth this saying as a clause vnto to the rest The praier of him that humbleth him selfe goeth through the Clowdes till she come nigh shee vvyll not bee comforted nor goe her vvaye tyll the highest God haue respect vnto her geue true sentence and perfourme the iudgement Of this matter Chrisostome also wryteth worthyly If thou enioye prosperitie praye to God that it maye be fyrme and stable If thou feare a great tempest praye to him to blowe ouer the same If thou art heard be thankfull if thou be not heard yet perseuere that thou mayst be heard For if the Lord deferre a certaine space he doth it not enuiouslye but to kéepe thée with him longer And in another place As the body being knytte together with Synewes is fyrme● but if you cut the same the hermony of the bodye is dyssolued Euen so deuout myndes continew firme through prayer But if you take from them prayer then they are muche lyke fyshes taken out of the water for as the water is vnto them lyfe so are prayers to the soule Secondarilye I