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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68815	The imitation or following of Christ, and the contemning of worldly vanities wherevnto, as springing out of the same roote, we haue adioyned another pretie treatise, entituled, The perpetuall reioyce of the godly, euen in this lyfe.; Imitatio Christi. English. 1568.	Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471.; Castellion, Sébastien, 1515-1563.; Hake, Edward, fl. 1560-1604.	1568 (1568)	STC 23971; ESTC S118357	145,208	331

Which of the Godly men in the worlde hath there euer béene without his Crosse and miserie Our Lorde Iesus Christ was not an houre voyde of sorrowe and torment so long as he lyued in this worlde For it behooued Christ to suffer and to rise againe frō death and so to enter his glory and wilt thou séeke any other way besides this high waye of the Crosse The whole life of Christ was a crosse and torment and wilt thou séeke rest and ioy vnto thy self Thou wandrest out of the way thou wandrest out of the way I say if thou séeke any other meane then the pacient suffering of calamities bicause thys mortall lyfe of ours is altogither full of miseries and hedged round about with Crosses and the more euery man hath profited in godlinesse into so much the more gréeuous Crosses doth he fal namely when the paine of calamity doth encrease the more through loue And yet doth not this man of whome I talke being pressed with so manifolde calamities lacke the ease of comfort for asmuch as he also féeleth that hée taketh plentifull commoditie and friut by thys Crosse. For whilst that he submitteth himselfe of hys owne accorde vnto the crosse it happeneth that the whole burthen of calamitie is tourned into the trust of Gods comfort and the more the fleshe is ouertourned with calamitie so much the more is the spirit strengthened wyth the comfort of the soule And so much is he sometime confirmed in the féele of calamitie and aduersitie to great is the loue of the similitude of Christ his affliction that he wisheth not to be voide of sorrow and misery bicause he beléeueth that he shall be so much the more accepted of God the mo and the more grieuous things that he can paciently beare for his sake Neyther doth that thing chaunce by mans vertue and power but through the benefit of Christ which can doe so much and bringeth so much to passe in our fraile flesh that the thing which man naturallye doth alwayes abhorre and flye the same yet he attempteth and loueth through the feruentcy of the spirite It is not in mans reach to beare the Crosse to loue the Crosse to tame and subdue the body to flye from honours willyngly to take reproches and despites to despise himselfe and to wishe to bée despised paciently to suffer al aduersities and losses and to desire no maner of prosperitie in this worlde None of all these things canst thou doe of thy selfe if thou shalt depende vppon thy selfe but if thou shalt put thy trust in the Lorde strength shall bée giuen thée from Heauen and the worlde and the fleshe shall be subdued vnto thy rule and dominion Nay thou shalt not feare the enimitie of the Deuill neyther if thou be armed with fayth and marked with the Crosse of Iesus Wherfore apply thy selfe like as it becommeth the faithfull and good seruaunt of Christ to beare the Crosse of the Lord manfully nayled vpon the Crosse for thy sake through very pure loue Be thou readie to beare many aduersities and diuers incommodities in this wretched lyfe for so shal it frame with thée whersoeuer thou shalt liue and this condicion must be suffred of thée altogither whersoeuer thou shalt lye hidde neyther is there any way in any place to escape the misery of calamities and sorrowes but that the same must be paciently suffered Drinke thou of the Lordes Cup gréedilye if thou couet to be his fryende and partner And as touching the comforts commit thou them to God let him vse them according to his good will and pleasure Bée thòu wholy gyuen to beare calamities and recken the same for very great comforts Neyther are the calamityes of thys lyfe counternayling the glorye to come that wée shall at the length enioy although thou were able alone and no body but thy selfe to suffer them al. After that thou art come so farre forwarde that it is a swéete and pleasaunt thing vnto thée to beare aduersitye for Christ hys sake then thinke that thou art in good case which hast alreadie founde the kingdome of heauen vpō the earth againe so long as thou shalt be grieued to beare them and shalt flye from them so long shalt thou be in euill case the auoyding or flying from calamitie shall vexe thée euery where But if thou shalt applye thy selfe to thy duetye that is to saye to suffer and mortifie olde Adam thou shalte shortlye be eased and shalt finde peace Although thou be wrapt wyth Paule euen into the third heauen yet hast thou no warrantize or assuraunce that thou shalt suffer no maner of aduersitie I saith Iesus will shew vnto him howe much he must suffer for my names sake Therfore it is necesiary that thou doe suffer if it lyke thée to loue Iesus and to serue him euermore And would to God thou were worthie to suffer some thing for the name of Iesus How much glory shal arise both vnto thy selfe therby and ioy to all the saints and profite vnto men For pacience doe all men cōmend though few be willing to suffer Surely there is great cause why thou shouldest be willing to suffer a litle for Christ his sake séeing thou sufferest much more paineful things to compasse the worlde And wote thou well this that thou must liue by dying vnto thy self and the more that euery man doth dye vnto himself so much the more doth the same waxe aliue vnto god No man is apt or fit to comprehende heauenly things but he which shall submit himselfe to beare aduersitie for Christ his sake Finally nothing is either more acceptable vnto God or more healthfull vnto thy selfe in this life thā willingly to suffer for Christ in so much that if thou be put to thy choyse thou oughtest to desire rather to suffer aduersitie for Christ thā to be refreshed with many comfortes For so shalt thou be the liker both vnto Christ to al his holy seruants Neither is our merite and the comming forwarde in our duetie consisting in plentye of pleasures and comforts but rather impacyent bearing of gréeuous euilles and calamities Now if there had béene any better way or more healthfull vnto man than to suffer aduersities no doubt Christ woulde haue shewed the same vnto vs by his wordes and déedes But now he exhorteth his disciples followers and all those that are desirous to doe as he did manifestly to beare the Crosse and that in this wise If any man will followe me let him renounce himselfe and take vp his Crosse and follow me Therfore al things beyng reade ouer and tryed let this bée the conclusion of our talke we must enter into the kingdome of God by manye calamities The thirde Booke Of the inwarde communication of Christ with the faithfull soule The first Chapter IWil heare what the Lord GOD speaketh within mée Blessed be the soule which heareth the Lorde speakyng wythin hym and receyueth the worde of comfort at hys mouth Blessed are the eares that