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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87447	The Jews catechism Which was lately translated out of Hebrew into Latine. By the eminently learned Ludovicus de Compeigne de Veil.	Jagel, Abraham ben Hananiah dei Galicchi, 16th/17th cent.; Compiègne de Veil, Louis de.	1680 (1680)	Wing J122C; ESTC R223607	27,058	95

which at first footh and flatter but at length insult and domineer intolerably Sch. To Sloth is opposed Diligence to Pride Humility to Gluttony the Macerating of the Body by Fasting and Abstinence from delicate Meats to Lust the despising of Sensual Pleasures to Wrathfulness Lenity and Patience and a certain kind of hardness of Sense rendering it unapt to take Impressions from the sharpest Reproaches to Covetousness Beneficence and Liberality to Envy Benevolence or good will to all men But now it is necessary that thou spend much time in bending thy mind with all thy force to that temper and disposition which is most contrary to Lust till a long continued practice shall apply thy mind to this side and thou shalt perceive thy Physick works too much and that thou art in a tendency to the other Extreme and so thou must go back a little and fix thy self in the laudable Mean which lies betwixt two Extremes by the advice and persuasion of that wise man whom thou shalt make choice of to be thy Spiritual Guide and Instructer Mast Is there any thing besides those several things which thou hast now reckoned up necessary for our assistance in combating our Enemy Concupiscence which is always burning and urging us to commit wickednese Sch. Yes surely it is necessary that the Mercy and Grace of God help and strengthen us and deliver our Souls from the power of Hell which will be ever present with us if we pour out our Prayers unto God with our whole Hearts and give up our selves entirely to the study of true Vertue and Godliness for God draws nigh unto them who call upon him and he never denies his Assistance to those whose Endeavours are good and upright Thus he will give Fortitude to resists Sloth and Idleness he will endue us with the Fear of his Infinite Majesty to subdue our Pride he will give us Temperance in opposition to Gluttony a wise and solid Mind in opposition to Lust a sound Judgment and Knowledge of the proper use of Riches in opposition to Covetousness universal Kindness in opposition to Envy Moreover he will fill us with the fruit of those Virtues which at once delights the Soul cherishes the Limbs yea and heals with its Balm every Malady of the Body so it will come to pass that we shall enjoy great peace and tranquillity and even in this Life we shall have some fore-taste of the pleasures of the World to come and after Death we shall be advanced to the high and Illustrious Dignity of Holy Men and together with them shall live for ever in Paradice in the full enjoyment of all manner of Delights and Satisfactions Mast But I pray thee what is that so sweet and pleasant fruit Sch. Love Joy Peace Diligence Innocence Chastity Continence Sanctity Meekness and that Fear of God which arises from the knowledge of the Excellency of the Creation and the observance of the Divine Wisdom in governing the World and also true Piety and Devotion and finally the Inspiration of the Divine Spirit For when we shall be taken off from the Wine of the Earth and from all obscene pleasures then God will communicate his secret unto us and that Power which will bring the Heart into an excellent frame and at once illustrate Delights satisfie the three parts or faculties of the Soul and will impart unto us those three Gifts which are the root and principle of the Persuasion or lively sence of the Truth and the foundation of the Law from whence it comes to pass that even whilest we are inclosed in this earthly obscure darksom Body we behold the heavenly light neither do we like those that are blind and walk in darkness Mast The words thou hast spoken need some explication and first what are those three parts of the Soul Sch. Wit or Understanding Will and Memory Mast But which are those three Gifts on which the persuasion or lively sence of the truth depends Sch. Faith Hope and Charity of which I spake but now Mast But what is it of any mom●nt whether a man apprehend those things as thou dost now my dear Scholar onely by what he hath heard or whether he have a clear knowledge and comprehension of them after those three Gifts are communicated to the Soul which thou spokest of but now Sch. I am not able to give an Answer to this Question for a Blind man cannot judge of Light but I am of this mind that the knowledge of these things which are certain and grounded upon experience is far more excellent that that which is onely gotten by hearing them discours'd of Even so as if it should be said to any one Believe that there are an hundred Pieces of Gold in that Purse which thou art not permitted to see or touch but they are provided for thy use to supply thy necessities he should not be so well dealt with as if it were granted to him that he should see the Money and take out part of it for his present occasions and look upon it and make use of it at his pleasure for then indeed he would have a certain knowledge that the Money was laid up for his use Wherefore I apply my self to you most wise and learned Sir that I may be directed by your Precepts and Instructions and may be well grounded in your Principles Shew me I pray you the right way how I may yield syncere obedience to the will of my Creator Teach me how I may perceive the Infinite Excellency of my Creator my King and my God so far as 't is possible for a Man born of a Woman being of so weak understanding whilest he remains in this world use your utmost endeavour that no sinful Affections nor any defect of Knowledge may call me back from those holy purposes and intentions for I was born to this end that I might persevere in the performance of them Mast I pray God by whose providence thou art come hither to make thy coming prosperous unto thee happy is the Woman that brought thee into the world Surely thou wilt be a comfort to thy Parents thy speech hath filled me with joy And I doubt not but one day thou wilt make thy self an example of the highest virtue in Ephrata and illuminate Judaea with thy Instructions Now therefore I desire that thou wouldst hearken diligently to my words and lay up my precepts in thy heart and never depart from them for if thou wilt give ear to me with all possible attention I shall furnish thy mind with such counsels as shall most certainly conduct thee to the paths of true wisdom Sch. Speak Sir for thy Servant heareth I have firmly resolved to observe your directions I will keep my feet from every evil way that I may follow your Instructions for my Mind thirsteth most vehemently after your precepts Do your endeavour then according to the uprightness of your heart to bring me to that good way where I may be quiet

this does not contribute any thing to the advantage of the Commonwealth Whereas a mans Life is not given him but for this end that he may spend it in mediating day and night on the Law of God and in the Exercise of Charity or in Merchandizing or in the management of some Mechanick Art or in doing some other work which may conduce to the Conservation of the World A Gamester therefore is in the number of those men which are not fit to bear to Office of a Judge Pride is a Kingdom without a Diadem thou maist see a man carrying himself in a lofty manner as if it were beneath him to hear or see or take any notice of what is said or done in his presence But why should Man arrogate so much to himself who shall one day be turn'd into Worms and Corruption who fadeth like a Flower and like Smoke vanisheth away Therefore the man that is possest with this vice is called Vncircumcised Hence is that of the Law Deut. 10.16 Circumcise the foreskin of your heart At first Pride stirs up Hatred all men reject and abhor it for there may be some suitableness or agreement with other things but with Pride it is impossible there should be any From dislike or hatred it comes to pass that men relinquish Society and keep themselves at a distance from one another and from hence proceeds ruine and desolation By this it is manifest that a proud man is the destruction of a Body Politick and the disorder of the World If a proud man be so odious to us here below sure he is much more odious to the blessed Spirits above for whosoever is abhorred of all other men God also is displeased with him He is said to be a Glutton in whom there is an insatiable desire of Feasting that the later Feasts may be more sumptuous than the former for it is a vehment desire or longing in the bowels of wicked men who have frequently such Speeches as this in their mouths Let us eat and drink for to morrow weshall die for they live to eat not eat to live In the mean time the Belly of such wicked persons is extreme needy for not one of them when he goes out of this world has obtained the half part of the things he had desir'd and long'd for Such a man is call'd unclean for in as much as we read Psal 51.12 Create in me a clean heart O God 't is manifest that there is something unclean But this vice is as it were a stream of filthiness from whence Pollutions continually flow This overwhelms a man with all manner of Impurities Now by Lust we are to understand an unbridled desire of Corporeal Pleasures this is an extreme and exceeding great wickedness 'T is called Enemy for those words may have some meaning that refers to this vice Prov. 25.21 If thine Enemy be hungry give him bread to eat and if he be thirsty give hive water to drink For this wicked desire is a mans greatest Enemy it brings death to his Soul because it forces him to commit such horrid impieties which enkindle the wrath of the Divine Majesty against him A man given up to his Lust is hated of God for God is holy and all wantonness and impurity is an abomination unto him This man is also hated of Men for all have an Aversion to such a man who has no regard of his own or others Honour and Reputation These words may therefore be thus interpreted If the ravenous Appetite of this Enemy should excite thee to wickedness see thou satisfie him with the Bread of the Divine Law and the Drink of true Repentance and of the Fear of God this way thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head and shalt receive an ample Reward Briefly and pertinently spake the wise men of old If thou meetest with any lewd obscene fellow constrain him to go with thee to the School which is appointed to expound the Divine Law God will give thee a reward who is most bountiful in his Gifts Anger is a burning desire of revenge whereby a man is as it were all in flames This is called a Stumbling-block for of this the Prophet spake when he said Isaiah 57.14 Take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people The mind of a man that is enraged and full of Anger runs violently upon that which is hurtful and should be avoided as a Ship that is dash'd upon a rock If a man be not slow to anger patient and long-suffering he renders his own Life and the lives of others very miserable Covetousness is a vast desire deeply fixed in the heart of heaping up Riches This stands in opposition to Liberality as a hard rock in the heart of a Man the rock yields not a drop of water nor is moved out of its place by the violence of the winds so a covetous man he hearkens not to those that advise him to relieve the necessities of the Poor or to do any Office of Charity that may tend in the least to his detriment For he is of such a mind that Riches are much more dear to him than his Soul and Body And for this cause he is called a Stone Hence it is that the Prophet speaks I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh Ezech. 36.26 Envy is such an ill disposition of the Mind whereby a man is so affected that he grieves for the Prosperity of others and rejoyceth in their Calamity Such a man is like a Basilisk which horrid Monster breaths forth poison whereas it gets nothing thereby And a Basilisk sends forth from his eyes poison generated in its heart so that the eyes of the envious man discover the flame that his Heart hath conceived Lo these seven Trunks or full grown Bodies of Iniquity which when thy Soul shall be all fastned unto though it be through imprudence and ignorance of the mischievous nature of them nevertheless thou shalt by little and little be drawn aside so that thou shalt incur the guilt of the most horrid Impieties and break that Silver Cord and that Bond whereby Mortals are joyned to the Immortal God for so it is that one sin flows upon another These vices do of themselves infect and poison the Soul and at length they involve it in the guilt of those Impieties which are the greatest abomination unto God For as it is written Prov. 6.16 Six things doth the Lord hate yea seven are an abomination unto him By which words we may understand this that whosoever hath his Soul possest with those seven most horrid Vices which I have reckoned up he will be induced to these six most abominable Impieties which are so odious unto God and to do those four primary Mischiefs whose Cries for vengeance pierce the Heavens till they deprive the guilty person of his Life both in this and in the other world Mast What are those