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A08964	The tranquillitie of the minde A verye excellent and most comfortable oration, plainely directing euerye man, & woman, to the true tranquillitie and quyetnesse of their minde. Compyled in Latine by Iohn Barnarde, student in the Vniuersity of Cambridge, now lately translated into Englishe by Anthony Marten.; Oratio pia, religiosa, et solatii plena, de vera animi tranquillitate. English	Bernard, John, d. 1567?; Marten, Anthony, d. 1597.	1570 (1570)	STC 1925; ESTC S101618	90,089	234

lyfe so vncertaine of lyfe and of it selfe alone no life which so many yeares is a growing and so fewe houres a fading if thou be thus discharged of thy bodily trauell and of the feare of trauell by these thy two speciall friendes Howe much more circumspection and stedfast care and diligence oughtest thou to haue ouer thy soule so incorruptible a thing so eternall so heauenly and vnspeakeable a gift in so short a minute chaunged from sinne to blesse from man to an Aungell from earth to Paradice from momentanie lyfe to vnspeakable thousandes of ages from warre to rewarde from tryall of fayth to triumph for victorie from continuall vexation strife and vnquietnesse to perpetuall consolation securitie and quietnesse Howe much more prouident especiallye in this wonderfull age wherein thy mynde is so mooued and tossed to and fro to see the worlde wonder and the Deuill rage that Christ his true Religion is raysed vppe and published oughtest thou to bee in puruaying for the assured knowledge of the true Tranquillitie stay and confirmation of thy minde a matter sufficient and able to buylde thee a celestiall habitation wherein thou mayest lay vp thy heauenly treasure wherein thou shalt inioy the parpetuall fellowship of Aungelles the continuall contemplation of Gods deuine Maiestie the fruition of euerlasting ioy and felicitie and the liuely fountaine of eternall lyfe If thou with this lightnesse of hearte with this zeale of minde and with these tokens of gladnesse wilt accept and imbrace thy friends which haue shewed thee of so earthly a commoditie of so fraile a thing and as I maye terme it of such a masse of Morter With how much more feruent zeale pure loue and beneuolent minde beloued art thou to accept the Author hereof and Translator of the same who haue presented so singuler a benifite vnto thee as is this booke which may so much further and profite thee for the safetie of thy soule The one of these thy friendes nurst and educated in the beautifull lappe of liberall science the other led till he had seene this booke with delightes and trayned from youth to the intisementes of Courtly vanities The one alwayes fedde with deuine foode of Euangelicall Doctrine the other taught till ere-whilste with prophane knowledge of obscure darkenesse The one practising as well by his life as by his penne to compile and gather togither the deepe and secret wisedome of Tranquillitie of the minde the other beeing scoller to this booke and hauing put in proufe the Lessons therein learned remayneth as a witnesse to the worlde of the manifolde consolation and commoditie reaped by the same The one hauing layde vp in store this maruellous stuffe of building for the edifying of hymselfe and of all those in the vniuersall worlde which vnderstand the Latine tongue the other for the dutie he oweth to hys Countrie hath brought foorth the same and layde it readie before the eyes of all oure Englishe Nation and Countrie All the thanks and recompence which he hopeth to reape of thee is that thou and that for thine owne singuler pleasure comfort and commoditie wylt wholye reade ouer the same especially bycause it is one whole continued stile and Oration depending consequently yet playnly easily and manifestlye one poynt vpon an other And therefore thou must of necessitie so doe if thou wilt learne how to obtaine the true quietnesse of thy mynde This I will assure thee gentle Reader that if thou wylt with attentiue eares pervse this booke in such sort as I haue declared vnto thee of what state condicion or degree so euer thou bee or howe so euer thy bodie bee inclined or thy mynde affected thou shalt reape inestimable and heauenly profite thereby In such sort as if thou be high of dignitie thou wilt not become disdainefull If thou bee base of state ambicious Or if thou bee meane of calling mutable and inconstant Neyther in prosperitie thou wilt shewe thy selfe vngratefull but thankefull not prowde but lowly of spirite In sodaine sadnesse thou wilt lay holde vpon speedie merynesse In vnreasonable merinesse vpon discreete temperaunce In the leaden lethargie and disease of sinne vpon the quicke remembraunce of mercie by Christ In aduersitie thou wilt not become impacient nor pensiue but quiet and ioyfull In sicknesse not murmuraunt and waywarde but pacient and content with Gods visitation Yea such fruite mayst thou finde by some small paynes bestowed herein as I dare speake it thou shalt confesse thy selfe to stand a thousand tymes more afeard of thy three most spitefull aduersaries I meane the worlde the fleshe and the deuill when the worlde most flattreth thee with the glorious and glittering shew of hir vaine giftes bestowed vpon thee and in thy chiefest securitie of welth and happy dayes than in the most troublesome tempestes of trying thy fayth by affliction of the worlde by prouocation of the flesh or by Sathans instigation of thy minde eyther else in the time when God by his owne handes doth lay his gentle correction of sicknesse vpō thee Afeard I say in such safe prosperitie least God make small account of thee glad and ioyfull in pinching aduersity bicause he acknowledgeth thee for his naturall child and not reiecteth thee as a reprobate bastard That thou being thus mortified to the world and renued by Christ to the life to come mayest so long as the blessed will of God is that thy wretched carkasse shal yet remaine vpon the face of the earth be so light and glad of heart so firme calme quiet of minde in the true faith of Iesus Christ and so rauished with angelicall and spiritual cogitation vpon deuine and heauenly treasures as thy verie self may be alredy seperated from thy selfe and thy body no longer seme to beare rule suppresse and Prison the spirit as in euery carnall minded man it doth But the spirite altogither to direct sanctifie subdue and gouerne the bodie and the same to beare leade and carie about with it no lesse than if it were alreadie chaunged and lifted vp to the euerlasting felicitie of Gods eternall kingdome purchased for vs by hys sonne Iesus who with the father the holy ghost one eternall God be blessed praysed and magnified nowe and in the worlde to come Amen An admonition to the Reader ALthough beloued Reader this Treatise be not of those sort of Bookes vvhich are vsually deuided into Chapters eyther short or long yet asvvell by notes in the margent as also by the tytles oboue the heade of euery leafe you are no lesse plainlye directed to euery perticular matter therein than by the other you might be A godly and faythfull Oration full of comfort which intreateth of true tranquillitie of the minde compiled and gathered in Latin by Iohn Barnard englished by Anthonie Marten IT SHALL GOOD people be a thing most profitable and very godly and in all mischaunces the readiest refuge if I shall in déede performe as in hope I haue attempted to shewe with all diligence where the

to the méeke that haue suffered affliction and to resist the prowde which will not submitte themselues to Christ with all their reuerence Wherefore not meaning to preferre my owne iudgement before others but humblie submitting my selfe to the opinions of all the godly if I haue erred in any place doe not yet doubt but the shéepe of that blessed folde will acknowledge the voyce of the true shephearde and such as are of Christ both with an indifferent and willing minde will accept whatsoeuer is recited oute of the text of that our onelye mayster of whome so euer it be spoken It were no hard thing to discide the whole cause by the worde of God without the ayde of other sciences But although this were easie to be done and is vsed of the most sort yet neuerthelesse if out of prophane wryters there fall thinges into minde which maye serue to the more full and perfite declaration of the matter which we haue in hande being consonant also with those diuine institutions of Christ I cannot sée why any man should iustly reprehend either the apt bringing in of examples and similitudes or the wittie and pleasaunt sentences of Philosophers séeing they bée as fitte attendauntes vpon the worde of God which being wayed both with iudgement and reason are rarely and aptly but yet conueniently placed Nowe before I enter anye further into the matter I humblie craue the ayde of almightie God desiring the eternall father of our Lorde Iesu Christ whome I acknowledge to be the true giuer of all good things through his sonne that in stéede of this my want and imperfection he will poure vpon me his holy spirite to minister giue and inspire in me those things which both may be acceptable and pleasaunt vnto him and also profitable and commodious to the common wealth And first let vs go backe againe to those foure chiefe kindes of lyfe which the voluptuous sort the studious of gaine the polytique and Philosophers do labour to attaine And let vs with some greater consideration searche out whither in lucre and aduauntage in worship and renoume in knowledge or cunning the true tranquillitie of the minde may be found since in these as within their chiefest limites and vttermost boundes those former things consist and haue their being The vnlawfull lust of voluptuousnesse which with the pleasauntnesse thereof so easily créepeth into the minde will neuer finde any ende neyther yet can the thirst of vnlawful desire be euer satisfied They say that Xerxes when as all things had prosperously happened vnto him according to his minde before his passage into Gréece promised a rewarde vnto him that coulde finde out a newe pleasure But the thirst of his desire was such as no pleasure were it euer so wittily deuised coulde satisfie his minde Morcouer the pleasure of the bodie abounding and passing quickly awaye doth oftner as the Philosophers say leaue causes of repentance behinde it than of calling the same to remembraunce being past But such repentaunce oftentymes approching bicause it ingendreth griefe and causeth a certaine inwarde gnawing through sorrowe vtterly excludeth all quietnesse of mynde A great way of are the tender and delicate persons which loue finenesse Yea and farre of are they which be filled with daintie fare till they sweate blow againe and much lyke vnto fatte oxen giue themselues to surfetting and drongennesse farre dissonant from the swéete and sound ioy of the temperate sort which followe noble abstinence and moderation in fare and dyet For the first entering to voluptuousnesse although it séeme pleasant yet notwithstanding it bringeth bitter endings with it and vnlesse repentaunce be had incurres at length hell fyre They which are occupied with the Tabret and Harpe and reioyce at the sounde of the Pype spende their dayes as best lyketh them but in a moment saith the pacient Iob they go downe to hell Deceyuable is the reioyceing of this worlde wherevnto the voluptuous sort doe trust ouer much and wherein according to the frantike maner forgetting their weaknes rashely and wildely they fall to leaping for ioy such deserue the curse of god For wo be to you sayth Christ that now laugh for ye shall wéepe and lament Let vs chiefly therefore remember that worthie example of our sauiour Christ which he put vnder the person of the riche man to warne euery one to beware and take héede For he enioying delicate fare here and being corrupt and marred with the inticementes of pleasure in this worlde made no reckoning of the immortall lyfe to come therefore departing hence was cast hedlong into hell to be tormented with horrible torments of Deuils and to be adiudged to the perpetuall flames and fires there continually to be burned And moreouer that if men woulde so little regard the fearefull iudgement seate of the last Iudge yet should reason wherein we differ from brute beastes reuoke them from that fowle and filthie trade of life What thing more horrible and wicked is there than to prouoke the flesh to vncomelinesse and dishonestie which alreadie of it selfe rageth more than is conuenient For since the Philosophers agrée that as the horse is made to runne the oxe to drawe the dogge to séeke out so man is ordeyned to two things that is to say to vnderstande and doe and doth not pleasure the enimie to reason make féeble corrupt and subuert the whole worke of man whervnto he was ordeyned and also chaunge him from the nature of a moste excellent creature into an inclination which is more than femenine For pleasure if it be anye thing great is a hinderaunce to councell weakneth the memorie abateth the sharpenesse of witte taketh away the power of constantinesse and the strength of agillitie dulleth not onely the eyes of the minde but vtterlye also extinguisheth the light of the soule and in processe of tyme so transformeth a man into a most foolishe and wanton beast that he may worthily be called a smooth hogge of Epichrus hearde Verye well therefore doth the Poet call and fray vs away from the loue of pleasures in this verse following Carnall pleasures let be refraynde For pleasures hurt with sorrow gaynde For not onelye the strength of the minde and wit but the disposition also of the bodie senses and good helth leaueth and forsaketh them that loyter in ydlenesse liue finely delicately and wantonly be amorous delight in drinking playing dauncing to the noyse of Instrumentes be attentiffe to louing wanton and trifling songes and thereby styrre vp kindle and in filthie maner inflame the lustes of the fleshe prone of it selfe to euill and such as haunt harlots and are caried hedlong into euery kinde of intemperance and voluptuousnesse And moreouer they which are delighted in lucre and gaine apply themselues wyth harte and minde to getting of ryches and as waking birde catchers they diligently insue after their pray to catch the birde before it come at them But so much the farther they flie from the

to the endes of the earth of whome all the Prophets do beare recorde that vnder his name euery one which put their trust of saluation in him should receyue remission of sinnes That he is the mediator spokesman and peacemaker betwéene God and man the throne of grace the head Bishop and high priest to make continuall intercession for vs The propiciation for the sinnes of the worlde Our iustification The Shepehearde and Curate of our soules our hope our life and our resurrection That he is that Emanuel the father of eternall life the Prince of peace the sonne of righteousnesse the light of the Gentiles And to conclude that he is the very Messias in whom be all the promises of God euen yeas and Amen whom the Leuiticall sacrifice and olde ceremonies did represent To him did Moyses lawe tende Of him did the Prophetes before prophecie And euen the verie same did the fathers of the people of Israell wayte for whom the Apostles Martyrs Confessors and all the holy men in their dayes did beleue being shewed and sent among them Christ therefore the reconciler of God and man who deliuered vs from the cursse of the lawe became a cursse for our sakes and as Paule sayth to the Collossians hath put out to them that beleue the hand writing which was against vs and the same being taken out of the way hath fastned vpon the Crosse He for a swéete incense hath offred vp himselfe an oblation and sacrifice vnto God and by death hath vndone him for euer that had the rule of death He pacified the fathers wrath not in part but wholye and perfitely and hath fully deliuered vs from the bonde of sinne and taken vs out of the pitte of hell He hauing conquered Sathan hath borne in token of victorie his dispoyled power and principalitie openly in the sight of the worlde And sumptuously and gloriously hath this mightie conquerour of death and hell triumphed by himselfe ouer those whom he hath conquered He hath made plaine the waye to heauen and ascending vp on high hath led captiuitie captiue and giuen giftes to men He sitting in heauen on the right hande of God the father maketh continuall intercession for vs and beareth the office of a bountifull patrone aduocate and spokesman He dayly renueth in vs the Image and similitude of God which is innocencie righteousnesse and holinesse which were lost in our first parent Adam He among the number of those which were adopted by the heauenlye father to bée the children of God hath made vs copartners with him both of his name and of his kingdome and to be heyres of euerlasting blessednesse He it is that is the true tranquillitie of the minde and quieting of our consciences Hée is the stedfast peace of the hearte and pacient mittigation of our troubles This was the same which was shewed and reuealed in a certaine vision to Elyas the Charret of Israell and the horsemen therof as Elizeus wordes be at what time hée fledde to mount Horeb for feare of Iezabel For the word of the Lorde spake vnto him that he should come out of the caue wherin he rested all night and to stande before the Lorde in the Mount. And beholde the Lorde passed by and a mightie strong wind that rent the mountaynes and brake the rockes before the Lorde but the Lorde was not in the winde After the wynde there came an earth quake but the Lorde was not in the earthquake After the earthquake was a fier neyther yet was the Lorde in the fier And after the fier there came a soft still voyce which when Helias hearde he couered his face with his mantell Why was it the Lords pleasure to appéere in a soft still voyce but to shews plainely that he woulde giue rest and quietnesse vnto such are sadde and afflicted with veration both of soule and minde so as in their whole heart they séeke after God and flie onely to him for helpe as did this Elias when he sat vnder a Iuniper trée in the wildernesse wishing for death Wherfore with this voyce the Lorde in the Gospell doth mercifully call vnto him such as are become weake through desperation as are troubled in conscience and loden wyth cares saying Come vnto me all yée that labour and are heauie loden and I will refresh you Learne of me for I am méeke and humble and yée shall finde rest vnto your Soules For they which with extreme inwarde feare heartily and wyth remorse of their sinnes dreade the payne which they haue iustly deserued and being abashed and amazed for feare of hell fire and of the féendes therin do truely bewaile their sinnes and in this anguished minde through conceyuing of Gods wrath doe humbly flye as it were through this narrowe streight of perpetuall gréefes and afflictions to the vnspeakeable mercye of God through Christ meaning to liue a godly lyfe and asking pardon of their trespasses and remission of their sinnes from such doth the sonne of God wipe cléerely away all teares such doth he beholde wyth a fauourable and louing countenaunce and with the excellent comfort of his holye spirite doth he pacifie and set all their harts at ease and libertie For that place of Esay which sayth The spirite of the Lorde be vpon me for the Lorde hath annoynted me and sent me to preach good tidings to the poore that I might heale those which be contrite of heart that I might preache deliueraunce vnto the captiue and sight to the blinde that I might reuenge the oppressed and comfort them which be in heauinesse that in stéede of Ashes I might giue them plentie of Oyle of gladnesse for sighing pleasaunt oyntment for a mourning spirite a robe of honor the Euangelist expoundeth to be Christ himselfe We were al by nature the sonnes of wrath and as lost shéepe haue gone astray euery one declyning for the right trade of life vnto his own wicked wayes and forsaking God the fountaine of life and of all good things haue purchased to our selues misery death and damnation But Christ of his infinite mercy left the seate of his maiestie in heauen and being sent from aboue came into the worlde and méekelye of the virgin Marie tooke vpon him the nature of man to the intent he might haue pitie vpon our miserable state to saue sinners to call that backe againe which was gone astray to séeke and saue that which was lost and to giue his life for the redemption of manye Who also was wounded and sacrificed for our faultes and buffited for our sinnes all which the father layde vppon him in the name of vs all and by his beating and stripes made vs safe and whole This was he who euen as he drowned Pharao and the Egyptians in the red sea so by his death he querthrew Sathan the continuall enimie of mankinde and set vs at libertie béeyng washed and made cleane through the helthfull sacrament of bloud and water that ranne from him He became the wisedome