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A10791	A guide vnto godlinesse moste worthy to bee followed of all true Christians: a treatise wherein is set forth the folly of man in prolonging the amendment of his sinful life, togither with the chiefe causes thereof, and souereigne remedies againste the same. Written in Latin by Iohn Riuius: Englished by W.G.; De stultitia mortalium, in procrastinanda correctione vitæ. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.; Gace, William.	1579 (1579)	STC 21064; ESTC S100606	51,601	134

reioyce on thine owne behalte for tht thou haste begun to reforme and amend thy maners so greate pleasure wilt thou take hereof and dailye more fruite and more And thou wilt without doubte nowe confesse that to be true which our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe saieth in the Gospell of Matthew My yoke is casye and my burden is lighte Hereunto maketh that whiche Ierome saieth in a certaine place Ouermuche custome of sinning saieth he maketh the waye to vertue harde and grieuous but if this custome bee contrariwise altered the waye to godlinesse is founde playne and pleasaunt Thus saieth he no lesse truely then elegantly If so be that Stilpho the philosopher as Cicero witnesseth whē he was enclined both to drunkennes lechery did so not withstandinge by learning bridle and represse his vicious nature that no man euer saw hym drunken no man euer sawe anye appearaunce of vnlawfull luste in hym why mayste not thou through Gods helpe and assistance by litle and little subdue and at the last quite shake of that I may so speake an euill custome although it hath continued euen a long time An heathen man ouer came nature shall not a Christian ouercome custome especially if he earnestlye endeuour to doe the same if he haue greate regarde to himselfe if he doe after a sorte force himselfe and nothing at all fauour or further his pronenesse to euill if in respect of his imbecillitie and weakenes he doth with ardent prayer craue Gods helpe and assistaunce if he desire that the holye Ghoste may be giuen vnto him which may stirre vp newe motions in his heart and assiste and further his studye and care which he hath to liue well But let vs nowe proceede to the rest Remedies againste the fourth cause for vvhich mē differre to amend and repent vvhich vvas sayde to be vvelth and prosperitie LEt them whome welthe and prosperitie maketh secure for this was the fourth cause of differring repentaunce call often to minde that dreadful saying which is in the Gospel of Luke Woe be to you that are rich for yee haue receiued your consolation Wo be to you that are full for ye shal hunger Wo be to you that nowe laugh for ye shall wayle and wepe Neither lette that departe out of their mynde which is sayde to the riche man in the Gospel Thou foole this night wyll they fetche awaye thy soule from thee Let them remember also those thinges which we haue spoken of before concerning them whom the flood suddenly destroyed when they looked for nothing lesse of them which perished in Sodom by fyre from heauen of the rich men whom the seruaunt of God S. Iames biddeth weepe and houle for the miseries that shall come vpon them also of the rich man mencioned in Luke which was clothed in purple and fared deliciously euerye day who being dead is tormented in hell fyre Let vs then shake of all carnall securitie Let vs not forget God in our prosperitie Let vs feare the wrath of the eternall Iudge before whose tribunall seate we must all stand and euery one for himselfe pleade his owne cause his conscience accusing him being witnesse of all things that he hath done either well or ill It most commonly commeth to passe that prosperitie puffeth vp mens mindes that such as flow in welth wax insolent and proude that riches make men stoute and stately Let vs therefore alwayes suspecte and mistruste our good fortune and prosperitie let vs againe again take hede that temporall telicitie be not cause vnto vs of eternall misery and destruction What must we then doe Paule in fewe words declareth in his firste epistle to the Corinthians It remaineth saith he brethren that they which haue wiues be as though they had none and they that weepe as thoughe they wept not and they that reioyce as though they reioiced not and they that buy as thoughe they possessed not they that vse this world as thoughe they vsed it not for the fashion of this world goeth away The Apostle sheweth here that there ought to be none or very litle care of wiues of prosperitie or aduersity of welth riches finally of all terrene and earthlye thinges but our chiefe and almost onely care oughte to be of eternall heauenly things Not without cause doth Paul bid Timothee charge them that be rich that they be not high minded and that they trust not in vncertain riches but in the liuinge god And Dauid in the booke of psalmes saith If riches increase set not your hart theron Riches are not condenmed which euen the godly haue often possessed but truste which is reposed in riches stoutnes insolēcy which commeth by them For riches and prosperitie are wont for the most part to make men stout lofty whereupon is that saying in a certain commody because they haue gotten a litle mony they are become high minded Let him therefore that is welthy rich and who in all his affaires hath prosperous successe both giue thāks vnto god take good heede that he become not insolēt and proud let him put no truste or affiance in his fortunate estate let him haue an especiall care lest that a certain securitie creping vpon him as it commonly cōmeth to passe he forget God let him beware that he become not voide of all sense of Gods wrath againste sinne so that a carnal carelesues possesse his minde he wax altogether slothful and sluggishe Vnlesse he take diligent heede of these thinges it is to be feared assuredly least that resting in hys present prosperitie he be caried awaye with a false and vayne ioye and least flatteringe himselfe with hope that his good fortune shall long continue and hauing cast of the feare of God death come vppon him in the meane season in this his securitie for the laste daye of mans life is then most commōly wont to come when it is least looked for Let alwayes therefore this sayinge of the Apostle be before the eyes of our minde When they shall say peace and safetie then shall sudden destruction come vpon them Wherefore let vs not sleepe as Paul admonisheth but let vs be vigilant and sober Let vs not say Wee shall haue peace and no euill shall come vnto vs neither let vs say as they whom the Prophet Esay speaketh of We haue made a couenaunt with death and with hell are we at agreement and thoughe there goe forth a sore plague it shall not come vnto vs Many testimonies of Gods wrath againste sinne may be founde here and there in the writinges of the Prophets and Apostles manye examples of the punishment of the wicked which euerye one reading to his own cōmoditie may be moned thereby to shake of that ouermuch security which is commonly incident to men in the time of prosperitie I mynde not here to rehearse them all least I shoulde be too long and tedious Let vs alwayes haue before our eyes those thinges which Moses mentioneth came to

it were dreaming of long prosperitie what dooth God saye vnto him O foole this night will they fetche away thy soule from thee Dost thou not see that while the rich man dreameth that he shall enioy a secure and quiet life deintie dinners and sumptuous suppers costly and delicate bankets the ioyes and plesures of this world and thinketh now all things safe and sure doost thou not see I say that while he vainely looketh to enioye all these thinges sodaine destruction is ready to fall vpon him according as the Apostle Paul saith The holye Scripture therefore biddeth vs watch alwayes biddeth vs be prepared at all times for the comming of the Lorde an excellent admonition assuredly if we did not cōtemne it But as in the time of Noe when they were eating drinking marrying the flood sodenly destroyed them all as when Lot was departed out of Sodom they al perished sodenly by fire frō heauen so doth y last day of euery mans life come sodenly vnawares vpō him S. Iames going about to shake of this securitie y of rich welthy of the worlde what doth he say euen as foloweth Go to nowe yee rich men saith he weepe and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you Your riches are corrupt your garments are moth eaten your gold and siluer is tankred Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth in wantonnes and haue merely kept continual feastes bankets Let here that rich man mentioned in the Gospell come into thy mind who was clothed with purple and fine silke and fared deliciously euery day but at the laste leauing this life he is continually tormented in hell Surely ouermuch welth and prosperitie suffered him not to thinke of amending his life Hereunto pertaineth that saying of our Sauiour in the Gospell of Matthew It is a hard thing for a rich man to enter into the kingdome of heauen And againe It is easier for a Camell to goe through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter into the kingdome of god This our Sauior as it were interpreting in the Gospell of Marke Howe hard is it sayth he for them that put their trust in riches to enter into the kingdome of God Hereunto tendeth that whereas Christ calleth riches delightes of this life thornes which choke that leede of the worde of God that it can not springe vp and bring forth fruite This therefore is the cause why God sometime sendeth aduersitie chasteneth them whō he loueth as y apostle saith euen vnto this end that he may shake of our security stirre vs vp to feare him cal vpō him whō for the most part in prosperitie wee doe too much forget also that he may pricke vs forwarde to acknowledge our sinnes and hartely to repent for the same moreouer that he may moue vs to desire after heauenly thinges and to despise those that be humaine and earthly For in them who haue the world at will meruelously raigneth that carnall securitie which is counted amonge the moste heynous sinnes and sloth sluggishnes yea as it were a certain senslesnes drousines with a contempt of diuine thinges possesseth their mindes briefely in godly vertuous actions they are faint remisse slothfull and without all courage and spirite By all these wordes and many moe I can scarce sufficiently expresse that which I thinke such is the greatnes of this sinne Now the Scripture declareth that in prosperitie and abundance of welth men are made not only secure but also almost blind and oftentimes vngodly wicked Whereupon is that saying of Moses He was well fedde growne thicke and laden with fatnes so he forsooke God his maker and regarded not the rocke of his salnation They prouoke him to anger with strange Gods c. So Dauid when his enemies were on euery side subdued being secure thinking all things to be safe falleth into adultery and defileth himselfe with the slaughter of an innocent man He that before when Saule persecuted him had behaued himselfe very well in prosperitie became vtterly vnlike himselfe so much doth it concerne him that standeth again and again to take heede least he fall Nowe after he had committed these sinnes in howe great securitie did he liue a long time For as though there had bin no daunger because God is mercifull he went to the tabernacle he celebrated Sabbats and festiuall dayes he was present at sacrifices and offered them like as others did and not to vse many wordes he lyued with a secure mynd But when God by the Prophet Nathan denounceth vnto him punishment and vengeaunce and putteth him in feare and terror then at the last he returning to himselfe perceiueth what he had committed weyeth with himselfe the grieuousnes of his offence and conceiueth greate greefe by reknowledging his sinne openly confesseth the same humbly craueth the mercy of God desireth to be washed from his iniquitie to be clensed from his sinne and to haue the filthines of his offence wiped away neither doth he in the meane season refuse the punishment which god had threatned against him neyther seeketh to auoyde that scourge which he had deserued I would to God there were not like security in vs who for the most part liue with such a secure minde as thoughe all thinges were well neyther doe we acknowledge our offences nether feare the seuere iudgement and grieuous and heauy wrath of God againste sinne So arre is it of that howe great sinnes we cōmit so greatly we doe also lament the same as the most holy martyr of Christ S. Cyprian saith But that I may returne to our former matter and knit vp all in fewe wordes No man can be saued but he whose sinnes are forgiuen and none hath his sinnes forgeuen but hee that asketh pardon of God nowe none asketh pardō of God but he that desireth to returne into Gods fauour neither doth any desire this from his heart but he that is throughly grieued for his sinnes and none is grieued for his sinnes but he that acknowledgeth them and feeleth the wrathe of God againste sinnes This he doth not who is secure and touched with no care of his saluation but for the moste parte he is suche a one with whom all thinges goe prosperously forward and who is as it is said of one drunke with sweete and prosperous fortune It is therefore manifest hereby that prosperitie and fortunate affaires doe cause that men seldome thinke of amendinge theyr life Of the fift cause vvhy man prolonggeth the reforming of his life THe fift cause of differring the amendment of our maners from day to day is hope of long life For although there be none albeit he be but young who knoweth assuredly as he saith in Cicero that he shall liue til the euening notwithstanding there is almost none so old but he thinketh he may liue yet one yere more An old man crieth out in a certaine comicall Poet sayinge shall I beeing threescore