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B08023	A notable discourse of the happinesse of this our age, and of the ingratitude of men to God for his benefites: written in Latine by that godly learned man Iohn Riuius, and now Englished for the comfort, and commoditie of the vnlearned, by W.W. student..; De seculi nostri felicitate, et hominum erga Dei beneficia ingratitudine, liber. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.	1578 (1578)	STC 21064.5; ESTC S94909	108,359	160

the which benefite there could not haue bene giuen a greater to men on earth that wee may studie to professe openly Iesus Christ to celebrate him with perpetuall praises Psalmes hymnes to worshippe him to call vppon him to adore him whome wee haue begonne to acknowledge that wee may expect in a firme faith and stedfast hope and looke for life for saluation for immortalitie replenished with all good thinges by the same Christ only that wee may desire to please him alone to approue our selues to him by leading our life according to his will after his imitation as S. Paule speaketh by walking woorthie of God worthie of the Gospell of Christ that we may yelde vnto him duetifull obedience by suffering patiently calamities afflictions that we may beleeue that this also is some parte of gratitude or thankfulnesse to bee briefe that wee may alwayes goe about those thinges which perteine chiefly to his glorie to the saluation of the Church to the profite and commoditie of the Christian common wealth moreouer that wee may all of vs mutually amongst our selues bee of one and the same minde according to Iesus Christ that with one accord with one mouth we may glorifie God euen the father of our Lord Iesus Christ that we may all speake the same thing that there be not dissentions and schismes among vs but that wee bee an whole bodie being of one mind of one iudgement as the Apostle S. Paule warneth vs These thinges graunt he who is the Author founteine of all goodnesse God most gratious most mightie the Father the Sonne the holie Ghost one infinite eternall omnipotent God Lorde whose both vnitie in trinitie and also trinitie in vnitie we reuerence worshippe and adore To whom be praise honour and glorie world without end Amen FINIS Iohn 3. 19. This is the condemnation that light is come into the worlde and men loue darkenesse rather than light because their deedes are euill 2. Cor. 4. 3. If the Gospell be now hid it is hid to them that perish whose mindes the God of this worlde hath blinded that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ which is the image of God should not shine vnto them De foelicitate Germaniae QVàm foelix hodie Germania quae modò coepit Ante ignoratum penitus cognoscere Christum Namquè superstitio toto regnabat in orbe Impunè ac cuncti magna in caligine rerum Et densis tenebris iam versabantur vbiquè Mortales nec erat qui verum cerneret vllus Iam sacra fictitijs doctrina erat obruta nugis Commentisque hominum Romanus vbiqué sacerdos Iam dominabatur cunctumque subegerat orbem Inuictosque suo terrebat fulmine reges Exiguo coelos vendebat saepiùs aere Et sibi quos visum stygias mittebat ad vmbras Interea quocunqué modo sua quisqué piabat Crimina omnigenas per opuscula inania culpas Aut sibi Papalis redimens diplomata Bullae Aut loca sacrapetens aut sese vbi fortè libêret Ante fores templi spargens lustralibus vndis Degustansué salem aut ieiunia tristia seruans Aut globulos numerans aut ne sim longior aequo Sancta cucullatae coemens suffragia turbae Quinetiam sic impietas oppresserat orbem Diuos quisqué suos in vota vocabat humiqué Saxea procumbens Diuûm simulachra colebat Hinc praesidium patrociniumque petebat Et peccatorum veniam certamque salutem Nota loquor miris quàmuis haec pingere fucis Conati quidam sed quos res arguit ipsa Illum ignorabant cunctis mortalibus vnum Qui modo cunqué illi confidant pectore toto Perpetuae authorem vitae aeternaequé salutis Cuius par ipso recreari nomine Christum Promissum patribus mox prima ab origine mundi Contereret stygij qui sibila colla draconis Exhibitum vero post plurima secula demum Et missum in terras quo visum tempore Patri Hunc igit●● quoniam vita est aeterna profectò Nosse redemptorem mundi authoremquè salutis Quàm foelix hodiè Germania quae modò coepit Antè ignoratum penitùs cognoscere Christum FINIS ¶ Ad Honoratissimum virum Thomam Vuilsonum Regiae Maiestati ab intimis Commentarijs eidemque à secretis consilijs Maecenatem suum benignissimum Ioannis Waluardi Oxoniensis Carmen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 TVrgidus haud semper bacchantibus Adria ventis Concitus è fundo spumantes proijcit aestus Sed quandoque Notiarbitrio dominantis ibidem Sternitur tumidas ad tempus mitigat iras Non semper fluidam frigus condensat aquarum Materiam in glaciem rigida virtute coactam Sed persaepe nouam sensim sortita figuram Liquitur veteri renouat sub imagine fluxum Non semper niuibus canos imitata capillos Albicat gelidis riget horrida terra pruinis Verùm aliquando leui torpens dum flamine mulcet Mitior aura solum latitantes elicit herbas Acris hyems placida veris vice soluitur aestas Excipit hoc praeiens autumno messibus apto Tempora temporibus cedunt aetatibus aetas Alta ruunt quatiuntur firma iacentia surgunt Omnia mutantur Sic quae modò cincta profundo Tantùm candidulas ostentans Anglia rupes Insula parua fuit tenuis deserta superbis Gentibus haud inuisa suis nutrita colonis Nunc subitò aucta frequens populis censuque beata Diues opum spolijs telluris adaucta remotae Inuidia petitur quae solum altissima perflat Nam Deus immensâ fretus bonitate suapt● Sponte lubens gratis meritos nil tale benignè Respexit toto diuisos orbe Britannos Si mihi lingua foret varias edocta loquelas Aëreosque sinus vox ferrea gnara secandi Si mens complectens rerum abdita sensa latentum Mystica percipiens artis secreta retrusae Si manus egregiè fingens digitusque peritus Pingendi cuiusque darent imitamina formae Nec recitare Dei linguâ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 valerem Nec lustrare animi radijs mysteria possem Nec manuum graphico simulachra polire labore Scilicet ille habitans lucem quam gloria pennis Ambit inauratis fulgens splendore corusco Expers interitus mortis vitaeque creator Mirificus caeli Dominus terraeque monarcha Oceani rabiem reprimit fluctusque coercet Ne praefinitas ausint transcendere metas Compages aptat terrae stabilit ruituras Particulas tantae librat fundamina molis Aethera supremum sphaeras vertigine motas Perpetua nulla grauitate laboris anhelas Atque vnâproprias elementa tenentia sedes Atque itidem contenta locis animantia certis Singularitè regit Quid enim vetat omnia recto Ordine dispensans sua fert vtcunque voluntas Non igitur fortuna leuis Dea lubrica mentis Consilij rationis inops perfida verum Regnat in humanis diuina potentia rebus Illa soli foetus sobolem

commend vnto vs as namely the feare of God repentance trust in God loue towardes him from the whole heart the confession and propagation of the Gospell calling vpon God in trouble and aduersitie thankesgeuing in prosperitie cheerefulnesse in miseries and afflictions perpetuall praise of God iustice and vpright dealing towardes thy neighbour diligence and painefulnesse in thy office duetie sobrietie temperance chastitie and such like And those which are next in place to these to ouercome anger to put away hatred to represse the desire of reuenge to refuse glorie to loue our enimies to blesse them which curse vs to doe good to them which hate vs to pray for them which hurt vs raile vpon vs and reuile vs to recompense an iniurie with a benefite to giue meate to the hungrie drinke to the thirstie almes to the needie to interteine and receiue straungers into thine house to couer and cloath the naked to visite the sicke to admonishe him that is in an errour to teache and instruct the ignorant to helpe the perplexed and doubtfull man with thine aduise and counsell to make enimies and those that disagree friendes againe to comforte the afflicted and such like What other thing doth the Apostle S. Paule teache but that we should alwayes endeuour not trusting to our owne strength but chiefly to Gods assistance and labour to liue godly iustly innocently vprightly holily chastely soberly temperately profitably to the Church of God friendly for the life of men agreeably to Christianitie and in summe to liue worthie the Gospell of Christ He willeth vs to walke in newnesse of life and not to serue sinne any more to offer vp our bodies a liuely holy and an acceptable sacrifice to God to crucifie our flesh with the affections and desires thereof to keepe our selues immaculate and vnspotted of the world He warneth and exhorteth vs that we be renewed in the spirit of our minde and that we put on the newe man which is created to the image and similitude of God in righteousnesse and true holinesse that we be followers of God as deare children that we walke worthie of God and as becommeth Saintes supporting one another through loue endeuouring to keepe the vnitie of the spirit in the bond of peace being courteous and tender hearted one to another He biddeth vs to tame alwayes and to represse our naturall viciousnesse and our wicked affections neither to waxe proud and loftie in prosperitie nor to be too much deiected and cast downe in aduersitie whatsoeuer we doe to doe all to the glorie of God no man to regard his owne things but rather those thinges which are other mens Moreouer to be such that no man may be offended at any time with vs but that we prouoke others by our good example vnto godlinesse and vertue Finally he exhorteth vs that we pray without ceasing that in all things we giue thankes to God that we alwayes sigh after heauenly things and despise humane and earthly thinges Euerie where verely both this same Apostle and the rest doe deterre dehort vs from whoorehunting from obscenitie and filthinesse of wordes from hatred and heartburninges from spitefull enuie from vaineglorie from ambition from auarice from pride from surfeting and gluttonie and from all other vice and wickednesse And before all things they doe perpetually inculcate that faith which looke what an one it is within such an one doeth loue towardes our neighbour shew it forth represent it to be without Thus you haue heard what be the duties of a Christian man and the workes which are truely good acceptable in deede to God and which God hath ordeined that we should walke in them as S. Paule saith to the Ephesians And these verely are those good workes which both giue euident testimonie of our faith declare our minde to be gratefull mindfull of Gods benefites towardes vs commend vnto Infidels our Christian profession which allure inuite our neighboures to the studie of godlinesse If these thinges had bene in former ages diligently daily inculcated into the eares mindes of all men truely there had not so many superstitions so many vices abuses crept into the Church as there did of which now we will goe on forward to speake and to intreate of the rest which remaine behind But first let vs say somewhat of the Pope the God vpon earth as the Papistes doe call him They were drowned in a deepe and great errour which were persuaded throughly that the Bishop of Rome was by Gods law head of the catholike Church the high Priest of Christian religion the vicar of Christ and successour of S. Peter as it were a certeine God amongst men partaker of both natures with Christ and superiour to an vniuersall Synod or generall Counsell to whom it was lawfull to broach a newe doctrine which was contrarie to the doctrine of the Gospell to make a new article of our faith in the Creede to prescribe vnto all men a new forme and manner of liuing who lastly might commaund euen the Angels themselues as his garde attending his becke and who might at his pleasure thrust out of Heauen whome he would yea those that were guiltlesse and had neuer deserued it I omitte and let passe howe that he commandeth that all the decrees of the Apostolicall seate shoulde bee receiued as if they had bene confirmed and ratified by the diuine voyce of Peter himselfe that he will haue vs to beare the yoke put vpon vs by the holy seate yea though it be scarse tollerable that he doth suffer him selfe to be reproued and rebuked of none though he doeth leade an innumerable sorte of soules to Hell with him that he doeth take away in the Supper of the Lord rites instituted by our Sauiour Christ that he transferreth to his owne constitutions that glorie which is due vnto God alone that he goeth on still to manteine and defende doctrines of Diuels for so doeth the Apostle call them concerning forbidding of marriage concerning the vse and choyce of meates and finally concerning such like thinges that he glorieth that both the swordes are giuen to him that he challengeth vnto him selfe the power both of the celestial terrestriall Empire according vnto that saying Data est mihi omnis potestas in coelo in terra that is All power is giuen vnto mee in Heauen and in earth that he affirmeth himselfe to haue the right of translating the Monarchie which Cesar now obteineth to be brief that he compelleth religion to serue his profite that hee ruleth and reigneth like a King that he encreaseth his dominions by warres that he possesseth and holdeth straunge cities by force by fraud finally by any pretence whatsoeuer in summe that he desireth him selfe to bee set both aboue the Scripture and the Church and almost aboue God him selfe that hee maketh a gaine of

Preachers doe daily perpetually beate into the eares and mindes of all men these other innumerable sentences of holie Scripture seeing that they preach the word diligently seeing that they are instant and vrge men in season and out of season seeing that they improue rebuke and exhorte as S. Paule warneth Timothie they are falsly accused to haue hitherto pampered and fostered to much the licentious liuing of the common people And yet notwithstanding that which our aduersaries doe obiect of vice and wickednesse which beareth such a sway in this age is as I saide before truer than I would it were Now albeit there haue bene men alwayes euen from the beginning of the Church which did professe Christianitie rather in name and title than in verie deede of which sorte Hilarie saith thus They pray because they feare they sinne because it is their will pleasure they call them selues Christians because they haue a good hope of eternitie they doe heathenish thinges because present thinges are flattering thinges they remaine not altogether impious because they haue the name of God in some honour they are not godlie because they followe such thinges as are farre from godlinesse notwithstanding I doe beleeue that all vices did scarse at any time beare such a sway in any age as in this our age Wee doe all of vs bragge and boast of our faith but wee doe not declare and shewe forth this our faith by godlie woorkes and by charitie towardes our neighbour Wee all glorie of the Gospell of Christ but wee studie not to liue worthie of the Gospell of Christ Wee teach and preach that wee haue receiued the pure religion of Christ but wee doe not perfourme in deede those thinges which are agreeable to it Wee will forsooth both bee and also bee accounted Christians which name verely ought to make vs somewhat ashamed to breake Gods commaundementes but wee doe not endeuour with all our mind and labour to leade a life after the imitatiō of Christ To be briefe we confesse God in woordes as the Apostle saith but in our deedes wee denie him So it comes to passe that for our sakes and for our sinnes and wickednesse the name of God is dispraised amongst the heathen that Christian doctrine is euill spoken of that religion it selfe is contemned despised For what goodnesse will the Turkes beleeue to bee in that religion whose woorshippers and Professours they see to be contaminated and defiled with all heinous wickednesse O ingratitude woorthie of eternall destruction Howe greatly am I affraid least for this one thing that happen to vs which our Sauiour Christ doth threaten to those cities which after so wholsome doctrine repented not of their horrible sinnes It shal be saith hee more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon and Sodome in the day of iudgement than for you The aduersaries of the Gospell which will not acknowledge their manifest errours and receiue the true doctrine ought not so much to feare this so greeuous and horrible a commination as those which euerie where glorie of the Gospell whome God hath called out of darkenesse into his maruellous light that I may vse the words of S. Peter At the least let those moste sweete admonitions and exhortations of S. Paule moue vs to godlinesse of life I beseech you brethren saith hee by the mercies of God that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holie acceptable vnto God which is your reasonable seruing of god And againe They that are Christes haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lustes thereof And againe That grace of God that bringeth saluation vnto all men hath appeared teaching vs that denying vngodlinesse and worldlie lustes wee shoulde liue soberly and righteously and godly in this present worlde Item Bee yee saith hee followers of God as deare children that ye may walke in loue euen as Christ hath loued vs and hath geuen himselfe for vs to bee an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smelling sauour to God. And againe Wee are his woorkemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good woorkes which God hath prepared and ordeined that we should walke in them Hitherto perteineth that saying of Christ in Saint Matthaewes Gospell Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good woorkes and glorifie your father which is in heauen I doe omitte almost sixe hundred such like places in the Gospell Those places of Scripture ought verely to moue vs chiefly and before all other which haue the mention of Christes death and punishment ioyned with them Such an one is that saying of Saint Peter Christ saith he his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his bodie on the tree For what doeth he adde That we being dead to sinne should liue to righteousnesse The like place is that to Titus Christ saith he gaue himselfe for vs What doth he adde That he might redeeme vs from all iniquitie and purge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe zealous of good woorkes And to the Galathians Which gaue himselfe for our sinnes But he addeth That he might deliuer and take vs out of this present euill worlde And to the Corinthians Christ died for all He addeth That they which liue should not liue hereafter to themselues but vnto him which died and rose againe for them And to the Colossians Christ hath reconciled you in the bodie of his fleshe through death He addeth To make you holie and vnblameable and without fault in his sight Now whom the diuell who as Iohn saith in the Reuelation seduceth the whole worlde feedeth with an hope of Gods mercie and goodnesse and whom he by that meanes reteineth still in their sinnes and forbiddeth them to feare Gods iustice let those men againe and againe see well what they doe The Lorde is mercifull and gentle saith Dauid in the Psalme But the same man saith The face of the Lorde is against them that doe euill I am the Lorde thy God shewing mercie vpon thousandes saith God in Exodus What is added To them which loue mee and keepe my commaundements I will not the death of a sinner saith God in Ezechiel What followeth But that he turne from his wayes and liue Hee that beleeueth in the sonne hath life euerlasting saith the forerunner of the Lorde in Iohn But Christ in the same S. Iohns Gospell saith They which haue done good shall come foorth into the resurrection of life but they that haue done euill into the resurrection of condemnation Iohn Baptist testifieth of Christ saying Behold that lambe of God which taketh away the sinne of the world But the same Iohn saith Repent yee of your former life and bring foorth fruite worthie amendment of life Peter in the Actes saith We beleeue that wee shall bee saued through the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ But the same Peter saith Amend your liues therefore