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A10693	An inuectiue againste vices, taken for vertue. Gathered out of the scriptures, by the vnprofitable seruaunt of Iesus Christe, Richard Rice; Invective againste vices, taken for vertue.	Rice, Richard, fl. 1548-1579.; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1575 (1575)	STC 20973; ESTC S119799	30,305	85

An inuectiue againste vices taken for Vertue Gathered out of the scriptures by the vnprofitable seruaunt of Iesus Christe Richard Rice Roma xiij ¶ Let vs caste awaie the deedes of darknesse and let vs put on the armour of light Hieronimus Let men first reade and despise it afterward least thei seme to cōdemne vnknowen thynges by no right iudgemente but rather of a presumpteous hatred Reade and iudge But condemne not before ye reade ¶ Imprinted at London by Ihon Kyngston for Henry Kirckham To the Christian Reader Robert Crowley wisheth the direction of Goddes holie spirite BEing requested to pervse this Inuectiue againste small vices I haue diligētly weighed the reasōs that the author hath vsed and doe finde that suche as are delited in those small vices that he enueigheth against maie take some aduaūtage to calumniate the aucthours doyng for that he seemeth to enueigh againste these small vices as against déedes so forbidden of God that the verie deede doen is synne of it self and that the doer of any of those deedes must néedes be accōpted a synner with what minde so euer he haue d●●n it But as the vauntage maie bée taken by the vngodlie persones that would faine haue libertie to spende their whole tyme in idlenesse and vanitie so the godlie mynded shall haue occasiō to flee from all vnlawfull gainenyng to seke suche recreation when neede shall require as maie stand with the lawes of their countrey and tende to the glorie of god I haue therefore thought it my duetie in these fewe wordes to admonishe the reader of the profit that he maie take by the readyng hereof First he shall bee put in remembraunce of that profession that he hath made in his Baptisme whiche is to forsake all the vanities of this wicked worlde and that the whole course of a Christian mannes life should bée a continuall walkyng in the waie of the spirite and fleyng from the waie of the flesh Secondly he shall bee occasioned to seeke to knowe what the woorkes of the fleshe be and what be the workes of the spirit and to bende hymself rather to goe out of the waie on the righte side then on the lefte and rather to walke in the moste rough and narrowe waie that leadeth to life then in the broade waie that leadeth to death and destruction Laste of all he shall see plainely painted out the fondenesse of the reasons that the fleshly minded men vse in maintainyng their leude libertie in riotous and vnlawfull gamenyng The lorde Iesus guide vs al by his holy spirite so that the fleshe beyng fully mortified in vs wee maie walke in the spirit all the daies of this life and after the ende thereof enioye that endlesse glorie that he hath promised to suche AMEN To the Christian Reader WHere as in the notable woorkes of many famous men moste christen reader many thynges in these oure latter age haue been searched out no lesse necessarie then godlie to the information of the congregation That the Sainctes might haue all thynges meete to worke withall to the edification of the bodie of Christ While many thynges haue béen necessarily ransaked other thynges very meete haue been omitted the whiche in the sacred woorde of God are sore reprehended as whoredome murther or theft Not as though I as a singuler persone would of myne owne capacitie witte now at lengthe take in hande to correcte Magnificat or to pike out the Crowes eyes But accordyng to the talente that God hath committed vnto me Seyng vice so rise and dampnable before God. And no lesse daungerous to the open reporte of the conscience of Christian beleuers to whom onely with obscure brightnesse I cōmit this little treatise thought my duetie no lesse then somwhat to saie in the reformation of suche wickednesse How truely and meetely lette the woorde of God recorde To the whiche good Christian Reader I wholie cōmitte thee with the increase of his knowledge Amen The Lorde Iesu Christe the sonne of the euerlastyng God the restorer of all puritie giue vs grace to liue innocently in his sight Amē GOD the mightie maker of thynges by his power and word that is his welbeloued sōne and our sauiour Christ Iesu intending for his pleasure onelie to fashion that noble creature and of moste delectation in all the woorkes of his handes saied as the scripture witnesseth let vs make man vnto our owne similitude and likenesse In these twoo woordes similitude and likenesse knifyng or couplyng manne vnto hym self disceueryng him farre bothe in knowledge and liuyng from the other woorkes of his makyng for asmuche as he ordained all other thinges for his commoditie and pleasure to obeye and serue hym and that he should serue and bee obediente to none of them all but onely to his creatour and maker the celestiall God of heauen and yearth vnto whose similitude and likenesse he is made in that he is made vnto his likenes it certifieth vs that he is inuested and indued with the knowledge and vnderstādyng of Gods beneuolence toward hym and with affections obsequious vnto reason kindeled with the Lanterne of Gods bright countenaunce as to knowe where as a little before he was but a vile peece of yearth and the dounge of the filthie grounde that he is now made of that caranous yearthly slime a creature moste noble and worthie not made vnto the likenesse either of the yearth or water either of fishe or foule either of Aungell or Archaungell but onely vnto the likenesse of his Lorde GOD in memorie vnderstanding and pure will the whiche he bestowed vnto the glorie of his God that made hym and not in vaine trifles musinges of folie phantasies of a transitorie and waueryng mynde and that sheweth well the woorde that followeth that is that manne was made to his similitude certifiyng vs that manne beside that he was indewed with the Image of his lord God with the properties before recited yet notwithstandyng in as muche as mā representyng his Lorde GOD in similitude is not onely indued with these noble giftes as memorie vnderstandyng pure will after the Image of his maker but also with moste excellente and higheste vertues after his similitude as with originall Iustice whiche is els nothyng sauyng the innocencie of a pure godlie life and a Religion of righteousnesse newlie ingraffed in his harte toward his Lorde God and a pure obedience vnto his commaundementes with a single eye to his neighbours profite with the whiche properties is he righte made vnto the similitude of his Lorde God accordyng to the saiyng of the holie Ghoste in the thirde booke of Moises Bee ye holie for I am holie nowe is it manifeste with what comely qualities man is like his Lorde God bothe in Image and in similitude and thus adourned with these Godly ornamentes and graces he appoincted a place for hym to exercise these noble vertues and that thei should not throughe slothfulnesse dye in hym as thynges of