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world_n	father_n	love_v	lust_n	7,244	5	9.2024	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13919	A goodly treatise of faith, hope, and charite necessary for all Christe[n] me[n] to know and to exercyse themselues therein tra[n]slated into englyshe; Profitelic en troostelic boexken. English.	Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1537 (1537)	STC 24219.5; ESTC S107348	56,528	168

thys agayne is oure comforte namelye that the father hathe geuen vs CHRISTE the whiche hath geuen hymselfe ouer vnto the bitter death to declare hys excellent loue vnto vs that we myghte knowlege our saluaciō in his loue by faith accomplyshynge hys wyll and pleasure Unto hym that of his loue hath called vs so gentelye by hys worde vnto all mercye vnto hym I say be thankes prayse honoure and glorye both by vs and by all other creatures nowe and for euer Amen ¶ Hereafter shall we treate howe hurtefull the loue of the worlde is and howe we maye despyse it SEynge that we haue spoken so largely of the loue y e God hath towarde vs and howe stronglye the same loue worketh in vs we shall therfore now treate how daungerous worldlye loue is that is that ether the worlde loueth vs or that we loue it Whan man doth consydre the worlde and all that is therin than findeth he nought for hys soule to cōforte to rest or to satisfye herselfe in He that doth beholde the world duely maye se that it is hurtefull faydyng with all that belongeth thereto Yee al such as wil ether seke folowe loue serue or please y e world must stayne ioyne thē selues w t the same It is al vanyte vexacion of mynde that is vnder the skye What ioye or glorye shulde man fele inwardlye whan he consydereth that he serueth such a lord as bryngeth nought saue damnacion hel and sinne with him As the soule is noble and heauenly euen so can she fynde nothynge amonge these earthlye creatures wherein she myghte vse true glorye and ioye And seynge the soule cā refresh herselfe in nothynge that is transytory therfore must she forsake al creatures and knowledge God to be glotious in all that he hath declared and wroughte in hys creatures for he is wonderfull in hys power wysedome and goodnesse wherebye al creatures haue receaued theyr bewty growynge fashyon and lyfe The creatures call to vs sayēg We geue nothinge that may satisfye you saue onelye the eye syghte By vs may ye perceaue God to be wonderfull and glorious in all hys workes Yf ye re mayne and abyde w t vs and go not vnto God by vs For he wyll be knowen in his loue by vs than shal ye be restlesse surely seynge we geue nought wheron youre soules maye rest Yf man coulde consyder this dewly then shulde he se euidently y t he was neuer aryght conforted that sought to fulfyll his lust and pleasure in ony creature The worlde smyleth and promyseth a mā much but seynge ther is nothynge stable in it therfor can not it also geue ony thynge to rest vpon Thoughe all the worlde dyd loue vs yet shulde it not be profytable and auaylynge to our saluacyon but rather a stoppe or lette of the same makynge man vnworthy of the loue of God For God doth not poure his loue in that harte wherin the worlde with his loue is abydynge This wytnesseth saint Ihon warnyng vs lest we suffre vs to be begyled of the worlde sayeng Se that ye loue not y ● world nother the thynges that are in the worlde Yf ony man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in hym for all that is in y e worlde namely y e lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes the pryde of lyfe is not of the father but of the worlde And the world passeth awaye and the lust therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer Iames confirmeth thys sayenge Who so euer wyll be a frende of the world is made the enemye of God This is the profyte that we haue by y e loue of the world namely that for the loue of the same we do become enemyes to God For this cause sayd Paule Yf I shulde yet please men I were not the seruaunt of CHRISTE The apostles also what tyme they were chosen and sundered they were hated of the worlde For it coulde not agre to be atone wyth God and to haue frendshippe wyth the world Yf ther shal be an atonement wyth y e world then muste ther be also a consente to his synfulnes And bycause that nother CHRIST nor his disciples were of the worlde nor consented to the lust of the same therfore doth he admonishe and conforte his disciples at his departynge sayenge Yf the world hate you thē knowe y e it hath hated me before you Yf ye were of the worlde the world wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you from the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you And the prophetes all though they were hated of y e worlde yet were not they sory for it For yf they wolde haue procured the loue of the worlde then shulde not they haue rebuked the synnes of y e world but lyued in synfulnesse with them and forsakē God nother shulde they haue reioyced in his spret The loue of God no doute ouercame the loue of the worlde This is euident in many patriarches prophetes and holy men and wemen y e which were al slayne for rebukyng of the world and because they folowed not the lustes of it as namely Abell Esay Ieremy Helyas Micheas Susanna Daniel with diuers other that haue bene slayne and persecuted of the worlde The world therfore is a wycked thynge for it geueth nought wherin mā myght reioyce by ony meanes but his rewardes be synne hell and damnacyon and itselfe is altogether set on wyckednes The nature of man is cōmunely such that it is chaunged in to it where his loue is moost set on But what ioye can a man vse in that thynge that is wycked of itself The worldly wysedom coulde not brouke CHRIST nother coulde the worldly holynesse rendre all glorye vnto CHRIST only Yee because CHRIST dyd rebuke wyckednesse and fayned holynesse therfore rose y ● worldly men agaynst CHRIST and haue determined to slaye hym This one thynge myght of ryght open the eyen of many men Seynge the loue of y e world was neuer good nor profytable how myght we then get ony goodnesse by fulfyllyng his lustes as Paul sayeth What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed for the ende of suche thynges is death O death how bytter is the remēbraūce of the to a man that seketh rest and comforte in his substaunce and ryches for death is the rewarde of syn Whan lust hath conceaued she bringeth forth synne and synne whan it is fynyshed bryngeth forth death Whan a man now hath well cōsydered the worlde and begynneth to perceaue that it is nothynge but vanite and hartes grefe then beginneth he to withdrawe his hart from it Wherfore yf he can then praye to God entierly and hartely he shall se how glorious and nobell he is esty med in the syghte of God namely that he is a vessel of synne where as God notwithstandynge hath created

hym to be a tabernacle or a temple wherin he wyl dwel w t his spret and all his gyftes Yf he can beleue this with a stedfast fayth than shall his harte reoyce in God trustynge to vse suche gyftes more frely with hym By fayth doth man se where to he is created and called what is promysed and geuen hym And seynge that by fayth he doth loke for a better worlde then this wretched worlde and vale of mysery is therfore is not he cōtente with it for y e world geueth his hart nothing to reioyce in Whan man hath dont longe and trewe seruyce vnto the worlde he fyndeth none other rewarde saue great grefe and heuynesse of harte For man is made a straunger from God and colde in loue whā he goeth about to serue ● please the worlde Now whan h● hath once a tayst of this and is sure that it is so then doth he wende his harte from the worlde sayenge Fare well all transytory creatures fare it well all that euer deceaued me fare well with all thy lustes I wente astraye whan I soughte the I was begyled whan I tande the I was blynde whan I set my loue vpon the I was amased whan I pleased the I was cōfortlesse whan I occupyed the I was parted from God whan I serued the I was in ●eath whā I lyued with the I was ●estelesse whan I behelde the I was sorye whan thou gauest me ●oughte I was not suffised whan ●hou gauest me muche I was mysaryed whan thou madest my glad Oh thy wysedome is folyshnesse be●re God thy glyrye is heye thy ●ylynge is deceate thy bewtye is ●lthynesse thy ryches are vnsta●e thy presence is without rest ●y rewarde is but death thy ioye endeth with sorow He that fyndeth the leseth hymselfe and commeth in deaths daunger He that loued the was neuer dealt faythfully withall He was not conforted aryghte that sought thy frendshippe He that busyed hym to please y t was neuer ioyfull He neuer reioyced aryght that reioyced in the. He neuer happened wel that was seruiable vnto the. He that folowed the dyd neuer happen well He that knewe the aryght dyd neuer passe greatly vpon thyne amyte or frēdshippe Thou deceauest al thy louers Thy loue is vntrusty Thy dealyng is craftynesse O how happy is he that neuer soughte for the but happye is he whose hope is in the LORD his God He that seketh God cōmeth from death vnto lyfe But he that loueth the worlde falleth from lyfe vnto death CHRIST therfore not wyllynge vs to be damned thorowe the worlde hath warned vs of the daungers of it sayeng What helpeth it a man thoughe he wanne the whole worlde and yet suffered harme in his soule Whan CHRIST dyd cal ony body thē dyd he drawe hym from the snares and peryls of the world as namely Mathew Zache Mary the opē synner CHRIST sayd vnto the yongeman Let the dead bury theyr dead But go thou thy waye and preache the kyngdome of God And to another that wolde haue folowed hym he sayd Who so purteth his hande to the plowe and loketh backe is not mete for the kingdome of God And agayne whan another that deman̄ded of hym what he shulde do to come in to the kyngdome of heauē he sayd Yf thou wylt be perfecte go thy waye and sel that thou hast and geue it vnto the poore thou shalte haue a treasure in heauen and come and folowe me Whā the yongemā herde that worde he wente awaye sory for he had great possessions IESVS sayd vnto his discyples Uerely I saye vnto you It shall be harde for a ryche mā to entre in to y e kyngdome of heauen Hereby maye it be euidente that ryches drawe a man somtyme to synnynge wherfore he can not folowe his LORDE his God to serue hym humbly For ryches worldly loue cause man somtyme to fall to pryde and obstinacy Yf the ryche mā coulde vse his ryches well that is to dispend them charitably to the behofe of his neyghboure in the meane season prouydyng for h●s owne necessite releuinge y e nedy with the rest then shulde not his ryches be hurtefull vnto hym Abraham Isaac Iacob Iob Dauid many other holy men and wemen haue had great ryches But seynge they haue worshipped serued God shewed kyndnes vnto theyr neghbures with theyr substaūce therfore were theyr ryches a furtherauce rather thē a let vnto theyr saluacyō accordyng to y e mynde of Tobias y e elder Nabal though he was rych and Dauid hauynge nede requyrynge only what it pleased hym to geue wold depart frō nothyng The rych glutton also wolde shewe no mercy vnto Lazarus Because of suche abuse were theyr ryches hurteful vnto thē Therfore sayd Paul They y t wyl be rych fal in to y e rēptacion and snare into many folysh noysome lustes which drowne mē in destruccyō dānacyon For couetousnes is the rote of al euel Iesus Sirak coūfeleth euery man also sayeng My sōne medle not w t many maters Yf thou wylt be rych thou shalte not be without wyckednes For this cause sayd Paul Charge them which are rych in this worlde that they be not proude nor trust in y e vncertayne ryches but in y e lyuynge God whiche geueth vs abundauntly all rhynges to enioye them that they do good y ● they be rych in good workes that they geue destribute w t a good y t wyl gathering vp treasure for thē selues a good fundacyon agaynst the tyme to come that they may lay hande on eternall lyfe The cause why saynt Paul doth thus exhorte vs is For we brought nothynge in to the worlde therfore is it a playne case that we can cary nothyng out Whan we haue foode and rayment let vs therewith be content CHRIST lykewyse exhorteth vs not to be so carefull for this short season nother to set an outragious loue vpon ony creatures sayenge Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon earth where ruste and mothes corrupte where theues breake throughe and steale but gather you treasure together in heauen where nother ruste nor mothes corrupt where theues nother breake vp nor yet steale That man myghte withdrawe his hart the better from these creatures he shulde call oftymes to remembraunce how trāsitory and faydyng all it is that is without God All y t he beholdeth with his bodyly eyen geueth his harte nother rest peace nor ease yee it geueth nothyng saue hartes grefe Man ought also to remember that we haue here no abydynge cytie but we hope and loke for another the which is better by a thousande partes then all that is in this worlde Whan dyuerse saintes dyd consyder this they haue set the worlde at nought sekinge theyr glorye in CHRIST only which can satisfye his frendes with the trueth and make them ryche with hym selfe so that whan his frendes shal haue plēty his enmyes shal suffre