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A10792	A treatise against the folishnesse of men in differinge the reformation of their liuing and amendment of their manners, compyled by the godly lerned man John Riuius, and translated into Englishe by Iohn Bankes.; De stultitia mortalium, in procrastinanda correctione vitæ. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.; Bankes, John, fl. 1550.	1550 (1550)	STC 21065; ESTC S104544	62,520	220

space to sorowe bewayle his sinne euery man must loke for that thinge which hangeth ouer the heades of al men and may happē indifferentlye to euery one Cal to remembraunce the sodeyne death of them whiche were in the tower Siloa whiche thynge we reade in Luke Agayne what if a man shall fall into suche a disease and syckenes as shal take his witte and reason cleane from hym as we see dayly by experience Well yf it so happen as it may well ynough all hope of repentaunce is gone and brought to naught wherunto the sinner when he prolonged and put of fro daye to daye the reformation of his lyfe had most respecte Thinke not contrary but that thyng which fortuneth to others maye also fortune to the. For as Publyus saythe very wel That thing which chaunceth to any one may chaunce to euery man wherefore putte awaye this vayne and dyceyuable hope of longer lyfe thinke not to haue occasion when thou wylt prescribe not to thy selfe a tyme to repent in lest by so doynge thou increase thy foly or madnes as I may call it in differrynge the reformation of thy lyfe Yf thou be wyse repent whyle thou mayest sinne For yf thou purpose to repent when thou canst syn no longer thou shalte not seame to haue lefte synne but it the. And it is to be feared lest when thou myghtest thou woldeste not that when thou woldeste thou shalte not The iudgementes of god are vnsearchable in punyshynge the vyce and wyckednes of manne For lyke as of his infinite mercy and of his excedynge great goodnes he geueth space of repentaunce to such as are wyllynge and redy to receyue it and beareth with sinners vntyl they come vnto them selues agayne and be refourmed so verely whē he doth se any man that he is vtterly loste and a chylde of perdityon and illudeth his long sufferaunce and iustly deserueth punyshement he doth no longer vphold him bycause he runneth headlong into wylful destructiō but blindeth hym beynge desperate and without hope as the scripture saith hardeneth his stony hert nor afterwarde loketh for any amendment or geueth hym an occasion as it were to repent and amende his lyuynge God doth appoynt for euerye man his day and ende beyonde the which a man can not in vyce procede nor surely god wyl prolonge the punishment of sin anye longer which thing myght much moue a man to repente and to refourme his lyuynge and to set asyde all dilayenge and to yelde hym selfe to the mercy of god offered vnto hym But nowe let vs go forwarde bycause I haue declared sufficiently of this parte Such as do by a certayne trust and confydence that they haue in the popes pardons differ the refourmation and amendment of theyr lyfe leane vpon a rea●…n and weake staffe and stay them selues by an vnsure holde none other wyse then they also do whiche worshyp Barbara of Nicomedeus and gyue a streyght charge to theyr executors for to se thē brought forth and buryed in a Franciscane friers robe For what mencyon is there made any where in scripture of such eyther in the olde testament and the Prophetes or in the newe testament and the Apostles Or where read we it that there was any suche thynge obserued in the prymatyue church or receyued and approued by a general counsell as a thynge eyther necessarye or yet profitable vnto saluation● Therfore he that bewayleth not his sines before death shal not be saued thoughe he be bolstered with thousand thousandes of bulles and pardons Yf thou wylt not then come in to despeire of thy soules helth repent the of thy former lyfe settynge suche trumperye ware a parte and when thou shalt reknowledge thy synnes be sory with all thyne herte and vnfeynedly requyre the mercy of god with prayenge and wepyng let thy refuge and resortynge for succoure be vnto the merite of Christ in a sure and vndoubted hope truste that god the father wyll be mercyfull to the for Chrystes sake whome for our sake he delyuered to dye a moste sharpe and shamefull death Thus it shall come to passe that god will haue mercy vpon the● and forgyue the thy synnes and receyue the into his fauour for Christes sake For we haue him an aduocate with the father he prayeth contynually for vs and reconcileth vs to the father which is greuously offended with our vyce naughtynes he appeaseth the wrath and indignation of the father as Ioi declareth in the firste Catholique Epistle Let vs therfore lay away from vs these popyshe pardons and this supersticious worshyppyng of Barbara and a Fransciscane robe to be buryed in For in these thynges no man can conceyue any certeyne hope of saluation Let vs resorte for succour vnto Chryst him selfe for he is our mediatour and aduocate as I sayde before he is the very throne of grace he appeased the wrath of god the father for the synnes of the world he is the lambe of God whiche was ordeyned a facrifice for synne frome the beginninge as we reade in the Reuelacions of S. Iohn what wyll ye more He is our rightuousnes santificacion and redemption As Paul declareth vnto the Cor. Do not therfore deferre the reformacyon of thy life for the hope and trust which thou puttest in Pardons and other suche triftles consideringe that our lyfe is so short and vncertein And sith that death by reason of vncerteine chaunces hangeth dayly and hourly ouer our heades it may wel ynough come to passe that in this present moment when thou least lokest for it it maye creape and steale vpon the without al dout if thou considerest how short the tyme of a mans life is at no tyme it can be very farre of howe daungegerous a thynge is it then to lyue in that state in the whiche if thou shuldest be preuented suddeinely by deth thou wert vtterly cast away and condemned both body and soule Therfore for the auoidinge of such daunger and ieperdy lyue euer in the fere of God confesse and acknoweledge thy sins resorte for succour vnto the mercy of god axe humbli forgiuenes of thy sins and trust assuredlye that by Christ thou art saued Repaire of tentimes vnto the minister of the cōgregacion desire that thou maist be comforted and assoyled by hym and that thou mayst be stered to remēber the promes of the forgyuenes of syn and mayst be more assured and certeine of the mercy and wyl of god towardes the come oftentymes vnto the Lordes table eate of the bodye which was once offered for the sinnes of mankinde eate of it accordingely as he dyd institute it and drinke also of the lordes bloude which was shed for the remission of synne and declaring and shewinge after this maner the lordes death and callynge to remembrance the benefite whiche thou hast receued therby rēder most herty thankes to hym for the same synge swete songes and laudes before him with a ioyful and thankeful hert as wel at home in thine owne house as also

vncertaine so that in such vncertēte a man can not promes him selfe that he shall lyue but one moment of an hour a great dele lesse a day or twain Therefore this is an excellent and a very notable saieng of Seneca For as much as thou knowest not when or where thou shalt die therfore loke thou for death in euery place and at al times In this wise I wyl conclud then that the shorter and vncertener mans lyfe is so much the more shuld we repent and refourme our lyuing whyles we haue yet tyme. ¶ The seconde remedy NOwe to say some thynge in the seconde cause we shulde nat in any wyse differre the reformation of our lyfe for that hope truste whiche we haue in the mercy and goodnes of god Christ came to call synners But to repēt thē of their former life and not to syn more frely more at lybertie As god is mercyfull so doth he mercifully forgyue But the repētaunt not the obstinate in sin Christ bare our synnes on his owne body to the crosse as Peter sayth I do not deny but what foloweth that we mortifyenge our fleshe shulde lyue to ryghtuousnes Christe gaue him selfe for vs as Paul remēbreth vnto Titū I denye not but what dothe immediatly folowe That he myght redeme vs from our synne pourge a chosen people for him selfe to do good workes Christe pourged vs by his bloude shed frome synne As Iohn declareth in his Reuelations I graunt that to but nat that we shuld pollute our selfe agayne with the fylthynes of syn We haue Christ our aduocate with the father But if we repent vs of our former lyfe and so resorte vnto hym for succoure Thou wylt peraduenture saye that I maye well ynoughe here after bewayle my synnefull lyfe To this I answer Howe knowest thou that thou shalt lyue but a moment much lesse canst thou haue ●ope to lyue vntyll thou mayst repēt and refourme thy lyuyng Consyder with thy selfe what the lorde sayde to the rych man in the gospell that in prosperitie promised hym selfe manye yeres to lyue O foole they shal requyre this nyght thy sowle of the. Thou haste nede to take heade leste the same chaunce also to the. Thou sayest but I hope better But what if this hope begyle you for here I may cry out Oh deceyptfull hope Now if it hap so which thynge god prohibite thou shalt peryshe and wylfully cast thy selfe into euerlastynge destruction This thou wylt not agayne say but that in such vncertenty of lyfe it may well come to passe What follye then is it by dilayenge to putte that thynge on syx and seuen whiche at the first thou myghteste prouyde for without al daunger why doest thou not repent betymes rather then hope thus with such ieoperdy Thou wilt say to me God is mercyfull Truth it is but he is also iuste Then syth that thou trustest so much in his mercye why fearest thou not lykewyse his iustyce The lorde speaketh by his prophet semblably I wil not the death of a synner well but what foloweth that he be conuerted lyue Therfore be conuerted vnto the lord as Ioell exorteth the with all thine herte in fasting sighing and teares be conuerted vnto the lorde thy god For he is bountifull gentyll longe sufferynge and of much mercy As the same Ioell sayth This thynge dyd also Ezechiell declare Where he sayth If the synner shall repent him of his sinnes kepe my commaundementes and execute iustyce and iudgemente he shall lyue and not dye Is it my wyll sayth the lorde god that the synner rather dye then be conuerted and lyue Also Esaye Let the sinner forsake his waies and the iust chaunge his wycked thoughtes and turne vnto the lord and the lorde wyll haue mercy vpon hym let him be conuerted vnto the lorde god of hostes bicause he is great in mercye The Prophet declareth that God is good and mercyfull but to the repentaunt those that acknowledge confesse theyr synnes Therfore fyrste repente retourne agayne vnto helth requyre forgyuenes of thy synnes with bytter teares and weapynge be offended and displeased with thy sinnes euen with al thin harte Forsake thy former pathes be conuerted vnto the lorde god and then thou mayst vndoubtedlye conceyue a sure hope and trust to be saued Then thou hast no cause to despeire of the goodnes of god and of the forgyuenes of thy synnes And in the meane tyme call this to remembraunce which is spoken by our sauiour that there is greater gratulacion and gladnes for one repētaunt sinner than is for .xcix. iust menne in theyr owne syght Let this also stere the bycause the Aungels be so glad and wyshe so hartely thy saluacyon I haue bene wōderfully moued and delyghted with the sayenge of the Psalmist The lorde is good and mercyfull longe sufferynge and of much mercy Note also what as he sayeth in an other place Those thou hatest Lorde which worke iniquitie and thy countenaunce is fixed on the which do euyll A man wyll peraduenture say to me that Iohn affyrmeth that who so beleueth in the son hath euerlastynge lyfe But the very selfe same Iohn̄ dothe in an other place playnely pronounce that who so synneth is of the deuyll And againe who so sayth that he knoweth god and kepeth not his cōmaundementes is a lyer But thou wylt say that Iohan the baptist testifyed this thyng of Christ that he is the lambe of god which taketh awaye the synnes of the worlde But what is ioyned immediatly there vnto repente you of your former lyfe eftsoones brynge forth such fruytes as the repentaunt shulde But thou wylt yet go further with me and say that Peter As we reade in the actes sayeth We beleue that by the grace and fre goodnes of our Lorde Iesus Chryst we shal be saued That is plaine also but what addeth he therunto repente therefore and be conuerted to the intent that your sin may be taken away and forgyuen you Thou wylte saye agayne to me that God so loued the worlde as we may reede in S. Iohn that he gaue his onely son that whoso euer shulde beleue in hym shulde not perysshe but enioye euerlastinge lyfe But nowe by your pacience here me what Math. saieth Euery man that saieth to me Lorde Lorde shal not enter into the kyngdome of heauen but onely they which do the wyl of my father which is in heuen If thou beleuest S. Paul where he saith that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners beleue hi also where he saieth that sorcerers adulterers whorekepers murderers robbers theaues proude and couetous men drūkerdes sklaunderers sowers of sedicyon enuious folkes and such other shall not inherite the kingdome of god yf thou beleuest hym where he saieth thou no not Paul but the holye ghost rather speaking in Paul beleue him also in the tother And than vndoutedly thou shalte conceiue none hope of the mercy of God in such fylthy and abomynable liuyng nor yet loke for

bashefull sobre and honest and vpryght in al thy doinges And bicause this thynge doth not consyst in the to do thou must therefore resorte vnto God for helpe thou must acknowelege the weakenes and vnablenes of man Thou must hartelye and loulye seke the father to strengthen the with his holy spirite which Christe in the Gospell promysed that the father wolde gyue to such as shuld require it of him with ardente prayers If thou shalt require than that thou mayst haue the holy ghost plentifully aboundantly rychly as Paule sayth Powered vpon the by Iesus Chryst by his myght and his helpe those thinges which we could not by natural strength bryng to passe shal be ryght easelye atcheued Let this thinge be onely thyne endeuour 〈◊〉 to brydle thine affectiōs and beware lest at any time thou embrase idlenes or fayle thy selfe For the holy ghoste doth not iudge them to be worthy of his helpe which be l●dder and geuen to ydlenes and such as cantynde thē selues none honest thyng to be occupied withall but syt al the day longe with theyr handes clasped together lyke vagaboundes But he aydeth workers such as put to their owne diligence and do laboure for to van quishe and ouercome the redines inclination vnto vice which is graffed naturally in vs. Suche I saye doth the holy ghost helpe as wrastle and fyght contynually with the wicked and euyl affections of the mind Let vs not therfore folow the example of the carter which when his cart stacke in the tough clay called vnto god for helpe but he hym selfe stode lokynge about hym and dyd no maner of thynge This thyng may also feare vs from committinge of euyll and may also stere vs vp vnto godly lyuynge bycause god is present euery where whom thou canst escape in no maner wyse and he hath set his angel ouer the to kepe and gouerne the and to ma●ke and bere wytnesse of that thynge that thou doest Yf thou woldest not for any good that a man shulde take the in doyng that thynge which were not lawefull nor meete to be done howe muche more shuld the feare and reuerence of god cause the to refre●e frō such Thou fearest a man wonderfully bycause he knoweth and is a wytnes of thy naughtynes doest thou then thinke that he which ouerseeth all thynges and nothyng doth escape to be fitte that in his ●yght thou shuldest permit thy selfe to do that thinge which thou woldest be ashamed to commit in the syghte of a man sythe that he shall ●…es iudge the which is a witnes and marker of all thynges that thou doest A cer●ayne Heathen man geueth good counsel that thou must so lyue as though thou werte in the syght of all men and that thy thynking must be such as thoughe there were one that myght se thine inward thought For it is a great stay for a man when he bethinketh hym that there is one present whiche knoweth his inwarde thinking A great occasion of sinninge is taken awaye whē there is a present wytnes by This precepte and this rewle dyd an Heathen writer geue which verely euery Chrysten man shulde thynke that it toucheth him and is a lesson for him If at any tyme therfore thou purposest any vnhonest or vnlawful thing consyder thus with thy selfe before thou enterprisest such a thyng what shal I do shal I purpose that thing in gods sight which I wold be ashamed to do before mē Shal I make the holy Aungel mine enemie by this offence which is set to loke ouer and rewle men which wolde be looth to cause my frende to forsake me Shal I make the good spirite sory and the euyll gladde Did Christ redeme me therfore with the shedīg of his blode that I shulde become the seruaunt slaue of sinne and of the deuyll dyd he make me an inheritoure of the kyngedome of heauen therfore that I shulde lease by my negligence the same godly and heuēly inheritaūce dyd he delyuer me from sinne that I shulde wyllyngly and weatyngly fal into it agayne Nowe where is that burnynge loue towardes god Now where is the feare of god where is the shame that shuld be in mē wher is the fayth and mercy shall I thus recompence the benefites of god shal I render this thanke to Chryste for the benefitte of my redemption doth the holy ghost stere me no more than thus Do I come thus vnto the lordes table do I loke thus for the coming of Christ shall death take me in this state shal I be seen before the iudgement seate of the Lorde in this state do I suffer after this sorte the wylde affections to beare the suffragnite in me the fleshe to haue the victory and vpper hande and to triumphe ouer me and sin to raine in my bodye Am I a beast haue I not a mans herte that I thus cowerdly like a dasterde giue place to suche mocions and resist thē not do I chose euer thē worse when I dayly se the better surely if thou woldest consyder those thynges and such like which no man can nombre thou woldest not easly committe any vnhonest or vnlawful thinge What thynge soeuer thou doest therefore what thynge soeuer thou attemptest remember that there is God present as vndoutedlye he is and that he beholdeth and loketh vpō what thinge soeuer thou doest or attemptest fere and dreed hym And for as muche as he is alway presēt let that thing sum what stay the kepe the backe from sin For as thei say he is a witnes He is a iudge he beholdeth what thinge so euer mās minde compryseth This is a iudge whom no mannes craftye conueyaunce canne blynde This thynge shall also much further and helpe vnto godlye lyuynge yf a man call to remembraunce that by baptyme he is made the son and heyre of god and that he is also made brother of Chryst and with hym partener of his Fathers kyngdome whiche one thynge farre passeth and surmounteth all other For who wolde not be muche moued with this thynge vnto godlye lyuynge and wolde not abhor by a certeyne natural feare from vyce whiche remembreth that God is his father wherfore forget not the benefyt of hym whiche hath made the by adoption his son Loue hym worshyp hym feare hym reuerence hym and in no maner thynge offende or dysplease hym Be obedyente to hys wyll and plesure at all tymes do his cōmaundement and folowe it in thy lyuynge expresly do not thynke that onely the pertakynge of his heritage dothe belonge vnto the but also thimitacion and folowyng of his goodnes and vertue So that thoughe thou be not able for to attayne vnto the excellency of that goodnes which is in god by imitacion and folowing yet thou mayst in herte and wyll approche nyghe thereunto and thynke that it is a great shame for the to degenerate from the same If thou commyttest that thynge by chaunce at any tyme whiche is agaynst the wyll and plesure of the father lyke