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A14100	The garlande of godly flowers bewtifully adorned as most freshly they flourish in the gardeins of right faithfull Christian writers. Yéeldyng foorth a very comfortable sauour to the afflicted soule, wherby hée is salfly [sic] transported vnto the mercifull throne of the most glorious God. Carefully collected, and diligently digested into ordre, by Tho. Twyne, Gentleman. 1574.	Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613.	1574 (1574)	STC 24408; ESTC S118788	34,454	128

wherof may bee the one of you by our most prudent Prince doubtlesse at the secret motion of GOD raysed vnto sutch highnesse in Honour as match with the best inferiour to none I neede seeke for no farther occasions of commendation or auntient titles of worship or honour the siluered heares giuing euident token of the golden wit and the honourable age ▪ of the verteous forepassed life and the many yeres of the blessing of the most highest god On th' other side bewtified with a louing Lady the ofspringe of an excellent race Nice to rightwoorship full Grandsiers daughter to a woorthy Knight Schollar to a learned scholemaister Sister to a right honourable Lady Moother of mutch hoped impes Aunt to a peerelesse coūtesse Wife to a noble Counseller Ladie of a Godly Famely Subiect to a louinge Prince a trewe woorshipper of Almightie god Vnto whose good pleasure for the prolonging and continuance of both your liues in increse of godlie Honour and all other delightes apperteininge whereby the race of this transitorie life may bee made lesse irksome to the bodie or preiudiciall to the soule I am bownden dayly to pray the effect whereof hee graunte who tendreth our iust requestes and is the only giuer of all goodnesse At London this first day of Ianuarie 1574. Your honours euer at commaundment T. Twine FATIS VOLENTIBVS VIRTVTE DVCE No worldly pelfe see thee from God do call Incline thine hart to doo the thyng is iust Confirme thy Faith that thou doo neuer fall Holde fast on GOD in him repose thy trust Obserue thy wayes amende what is a misse Lay vp thy wealth where rust may do no harme Amende thy crimes while vacant time there is Submit thy cause vnto Gods mightie arme Auenge thee not when thou canst well repay Neuer let vices harbour in thine hart Needes vrgent law consider thou alway Eke to the poore doo of thy goodes impart Beware of Pride by Glorie set no price Avvay from giltlesse blood turne backe thy face Consider sutes weigh causes once or twice Open thy mouth on wydowes wofull case Nothing from Praier let thee once disseuer Ensue this lore and thou shalt liue for euer there consisteth life and welfare vnto my sowle and by breatch and violation nothing else but seuere sentence of finall dampnation Therfore I cannot tell most miserable wretch as I am how I shuld presume to approche thée for mercie I dare not shew my selfe beefore thée but if it were possible I would gladly hide my self from thy sight where thou mighst not finde mée out that by sutch meanes I might escape thy dreadfull iudgement Howbeit O Lorde thou art the mightie God to whom all things in heauen and earth are knowne whose eies béeholde what is done in the top of the highest and in the bottome of the deapest places in the world In thy sight Lord the most secret thoughtes of the harte are open and from thée there are no cogitations pretences practises deuises nor the smallest motions of the mind hidden Vnto thée therefore with tremblinge and teares I returne appealing from thy high dread and terryble throne of iust iudgement remoouing my cause to thy most swéete amiable pleasaunt and comfortable court of thy manifold mercies Euen there Lord thou hast layde vp sutch store and abundance of graces pardons forgiuenes of sinnes that they do surmounte the numbre and ouers●read the greatnes of al thy wonderfull woorkes Héere then it is O my God that I dare to appeare béefore thy diuine Maiestie a fylthye sinner béefore a mercifull God a very lumpe of wickednes beefore the eternall creator of all thinges of inestimable wisdome that takest mercie vppon our weakenes and infirmitie béecause thou wotest well the stuffe and substaunce wherof thou hast made vs. Béeholde Lord I call vnto mée thy dearelybéeloued sonne my most louing redéemer and sauiour Ihesus Christe to bée myne aduocate according vnto his own fréewil and voluntarie offering in whom and through whom by his most precious blouddeshed vnto thée vpon the acceptable altare of the Crosse in liew of the double death that wée should al haue died for our-most horrible offences Pardon I béeséech thée O god my gréeuous iniquities forgyue mée all my wickednes release my necligences remit mine ignorances abandon the lothsomenes of my sinnes which from my mothers wombe vnto this present day I haue cōmitted or shall do hereafter vnto my liues ende That béeing so clensed and purified from all contagion of sinfull impuritie let mée obtayn a liuely and feruent fayth at thy handes stedfastly to call vpon thée in most hartie prayer Lord in all my necessities aduersities troubles and afflictions confirme my harte that I may put my whole trust and affiance in thy maiestie and séeke none other meanes nor take none other comfort but in reading thy worthy woorde or in recourse to thée in most faithful and effectuall supplications If at any tyme Lorde as is the frailtie of our corruptible nature and the incessant suggestions of Sathan our auncient enemie I féele in my selfe any faintnes or fayling of feruencie in calling continually vppon thée kindle thou then my hart with the heauenly heate of thy holy spirit Graunt mée grace to crie with thy hollie Apostle for encrease of faithe that béeing awaked and stirred vppe through thée I may enioy the effect of my godly desiers which thou hast promised to yelde vnto mée through thy sonne Iesus Christ my sauiour Performe my God that whiche thou hast indented with thy selly seruant who with anguishe of minde séeketh after the comfort of thy face continue in mée the custome to call vpon thée in praier and all the powers of my body shal not cease to sing thy sacred praise Amen J. ¶ If yee beeing euil know to giue your children good giftes how mutch more will your Father which is in heauen giue good thinges to them that aske them ¶ The second Flower IN most hartie hope of thy manyfold mercies and with lowly reuerence O euerlasting God loe thus I draw nighe vnto thée béeing sore laden with th'infinite number of my sinnes trusting in thy fatherly goodnes and entier loue which thou bearest vnto mankinde thou wilte discharge mée of mine vnrighteousnes and wash away al mine infirmities Thy louing kindenes hath ben inestimable which thou hast borne vnto mée since my simple conception in the tender intrailes of my mother within whose body thou didest laye forth the platforme of my body and gauest vnto mée the representatiō of a man thy bestbéeloued and cumliest creature After this in due maturitie of time according to the established and ordinarie season assigned by thy heauenly wisedome thou broughtest mée foorth into this worlde my first tune giuyng proofe of the vnhappie condicion that I should enioy therin Lorde thou knowest how that so soone as I was deliuered frō my mothers wombe euen then I béegan my life in féeblenes and sorow and the my thoughte kéepe myne eies from seing it myne eares

¶ The Garlande of Godly Flowers Bewtifully adorned as most freshly they flourish in the Gardeins of right faithfull Christian writers Yéeldyng foorth a very comfortable sauour to the afflicted Soule wherby hée is salfly transported vnto the mercifull throne of the most glorious God. Carefully collected and diligently digested into ordre by Tho. Twyne Gentleman 1574. I will take it on my shoulder and as a Garland binde it about my head Iob. 11. ¶ Imprinted at London by William How. MEDIOCRIA FIRMA To the Right honorable syr Nicholas Bacon Knight one of the Queenes Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsell and Lorde kéeper of the great seale of England And to the Right honorable and most verteous Ladie Anne his wife my very good Lorde and Mayster Ladie and Maystresse WALKING in this vale of Miserie checked with the choakynge cares of this mortall life mated with the manifolde calamities whereunto the whole posteritie of our first Father Adam is subiect I finde nothing right honourable my good Lorde and Lady wherin the hart of man can take more quiet and cast foorth a surer anker of stabilitie to ride salfe from the vncertaine surges of this wicked worlde or enter into a calmer Hauen then into the vndoubted harbour and comfortable porte of Praier Heerein although wee bee neuer so mutche tossed with troubles weeried with vexations affrighted with afflictions pinched with paines oppressed with miseries girded with greifes and slayne with persecutions yet wee may finde assured releife certaine succour constant comfort and speedie deliuerance And no meruell For although it sumtimes so vnhappely fall out that eeuen the most expert and wisest Mariners when they haue attayned the Rode after boysterous stormes on th' open sea thinkyng themselues then past all daunger are notwithstanding cast a way in the Hauen yet in the midst of our miseries and very depth of our daungers if wee turne aboute the helme of our contemplations and arriue once with in this Rode wee neede to feare no foule weather wee weigh no Shippewracke wee dreade no drowninge The flittinge of our barke may aptly represent our distracted conscience the Cable thereof our Faith the Anker frute of good woorkes fast linked to the same the Ankeradge is Christe our sauiour on whom if our cable do strike and our Anker take holde the grounde neuer fayleth vs for it is a firme rocke it yeeldeth not at the rage of winde nor weather for it is not setled vpon the sand In sutch like sort it pleased sumtime our sweet Sauiour the diuine wisdom of God the father by grosse and base terme to figure himself the better to bee conceaued by our blinded vnderstanding that knowyng the nature and disposition of the thing wee might likewise in all our troubles and afflictions stay and repose and our praier to bee effectuall Then shal wee feele immediatly a woonderful operation of the holy ghost within our hartes assuryng vs of the greate and tendre mercie of God towards vs wherin wee are eftsoones emboldned to crie vnto him Abba father thy wil bee doone in earth as it is in heauen This is the meanes whereby the auntient heroicall personages of the olde testament beecame as it were familiar with god For by this hee was felt in a combat of wrestlyng al night seene in the burnyng busshe heard in a calme after a windie tempest and dayly cōmuned withall in the mount By faithfull praier God preserueth the righteous in the true way bringeth backe sutche as goe astray stayeth vp those that stande helpeth vp sutche as fall comforteth the weake consciēce lighteneth the sorowfull hart cheereth the heauie refressheth the laden erecteth the afflicted from the deepe dungeon of blacke desperation and crowneth him with immortallitie I neede not in this place to call now to recorde the priuie experimentes triall herein of many other men since that I my poore self for the short time that God hath led foorth my daies in this life haue most sharpely tasted the sower of th' one and most comfortably tried the sweete of the other Not that I haue bin a great eye sore vnto Fortune as wee daily see there bee diuerse as by her greeuously enuied at assaulted beaten cast downe troden spurned driuen to dust consumed to no thing for I neuer possessed the occasion of any sutch storming casualities Yet in my slendre Boate hath shee shipped her bitter Oare shee hath blowne a contrarie gale in my hoysed saile shee hath soused my Suger with Salt and seasoned my sweete Syrup with vnpleasant Aloes shee hath frowned vpon my felicitie and doone hir best to bring mee to nought and now shee triūpheth for the victorie wher to I must of force haue yeelded had I not sustained my selfe only with this most worthy benefite wherby I haue bin sufficiently instructed how to estee me the frownings or fawnings of this wicked world As for the vse of Praier it is expedient in our youth and necessarie in our olde age By this the poore wretches doo tollerate their neede and the ritche obtaine power to enioy their wealth Both the prince and the subiect whatsoeuer bee the puisance of the one or the condicion of the other haue continuall neede of recourse vnto praier wherby they become humble sueters to th'omnipotent God in respect of their imperfections and vnrighteousnesse wherin he hath included the sunnes of men as witnesseth S. Iohn saying If wee say that wee haue no sinne wee deceaue our selues and there is no trueth in vs. And Iob likewise speaketh of all men in his owne person If I will iustefie my selfe mine owne mouthe shall condemne mee If I will bee a perfect man God shall prooue mee a wicked doer and also in another place he fitly layth foorth the miseries of our nature where hee saith Man that is borne of a woman hath but a short date of life and is replenished with many miseries The secrete assaultes whereof when they shall as dayly they doo with remorse of conscience withdraw your honourable personages a while from th' accustomable conuersation in ordinarie affayres priuatly to professe your guilt and hartely to humble your selues beefore the maiestie of God with feruent affection in lowly praier if you shall take into your handes this litle booke which I haue termed a Garland eftsoones selecting some one or two Flowers therein contained as occasion shall serue from your profounder meditations I doo not distrust but that haply your honours may conceaue sum sutche sootenesse of sauour therin as shall not offend your sense mutchlesse the maiestie of God as to the good liking of the one and the glory of the other I haue bin so bold to imploy the small trauaile of gathering these few Flowers into order of your honourable names and to offre them vnto you knitting them vp in one Garland expressing therby as was mine endeuor the absolute circle of commendable Graces and Vertues apparant to the world iointly couched in your Right honourable persons A most certain president

not dispayer and a feruent loue vnto thee but yet that I may not presume giue mee vnderstandynge to amende myne owne vnrighteousnesse with discretion and admonish my neighbours of their faultes without dissimulation and that by my woordes and example they may take a paterne of doctrine and liuinge Establish mée in a right trade of wel pleasing thee that my life may bée conformable vnto thy woorthie will reueale vnto th' eies of my soule by inspiration of the holly spirite some sight or taste of thy heauenly ioyes that I may bée caried with delight to accomplish that whiche is pleasant vnto thée and profitable for myne owne selfe A droppe of thy grace shalbée the sea of my saluation a sparcle of thy loue shalbée the flame of my fayth a mote of thy mercie shalbée the heape of my health a sande of thy sight shalbée the banke of my bewtie a grayne of thy goodnesse shalbée the weight of my woorthinesse one fauour of thy celestiall face shalbée the fulnesse of mine eternall felicitie O Lorde God and holly Father cast downe thine eyes from thy sacred sainctuarie and from thy heauenly habitation and béeholde the most acceptable sacrafice whiche our high bishop Iesus Christe thy déere sunne our Lorde offreth vp vnto thy maiestie for our manifolde sinnes and bée mercifull vnto the multitude of our misdéedes Béeholde the precious blood of our most swéete Sauiour crieth yet vnto thée from the altar of the Crosse hee hangeth yet there and still is hée dying vnto thée who séest althynge in present that bée past béefore whose eyes the effectes of all times doone do euer abide as now in dooing consider him O mercifull God and for his sake take pitie vpon vs. I must néedes loue thée O my most déere redéemer Iesus Christe with all my hart with all my soule and with all my power that diddest vouchsaulf to die for my sinnes my soule cleaueth fast vnto thee for thou art hir strength and fortitude graunt vnto mee that I may ensue thy worthy steppes and bée partaker of thy heauenly kingdome accordyng as I haue shewen my sighinges vnto thée and put my whole trust in thée that art the porcion of mine inheritance Amen N ¶ Naked as wee came foorth of our moothers wombe euen so goe wee hence agayne and carie nothyng away with vs of all our labour Consider this woonderfull woorke of God and how that no man can make the thynge streight which hee maketh crooked ¶ The .xvij. Flower NO creature vnder heauen may bryng mée comfort but thou O Lorde of eternall glorie that art the healpe of mans health and surgeon of his soule thou strikest and healest thou bringest a man nigh vnto death and anon restoreth him to life again to th' intent hée may know his owne weakenesse and imbecillitie cleaue the more firmely vnto thy strength and vertue As for man hée is nothynge els but a shew of simple séede and a slip of slender strength and a bubble of boylyng brothe and a branche of fadynge flowers and an handfull of goodly grasse that to day flourisheth in the fielde and to morow is flunge into the fier a frame of moste frayle fleash in whom is no perpetuitie nor endurance Lorde let mée euermore beare this portrature in my minde of mine owne infirmitie considerynge still what I am remembryng alwayes what I would bée then shall I léese likyng of my selfe and longe after the loue of thee for I am the image of thy substance although the looking backe from thy lawes hath soyled mée sore with sinne As I am ful of imperfection of my selfe so supply thou my wantes in thee for when I haue indeuoured al I may my righteousnesse is thine and thou crownest mée with endlesse honour for that which procéedeth only from thee and is so litle agreeable vnto my corrupt nature that it is rather quight alas repugnant My sinnes O Lorde lie foorth in plentie béefore my face I can turne no way but they ouertake mée I woulde faine intreate thee to pardon them and I dare not draw néere thee for dread of them consider my necessitie most mightie God and deliuer mée and graunt most graciously vnto thy sinfull seruant the participation of thy most glorious maiestie What though my sinnes bée as the sandes of the sea and my wickednesse surmount the leaues of the woodde and my transgressions striue in numbre with the flowers of the sprynge yet take thou no reguarde O Lorde vnto the frowardnesse of my hart but like as thou hast many times shewed mercie so now bee pitifull and forgiue mée I haue hungred my souereigne Lorde and God to feede vpon thee that art the breade of life not with the iawes of my fleash but with the mouth of my faith vntil it mai please thée to féede mée at full with the entire contemplation of thy substance whiche I shall sée face to face and also bée séene in thy celestiall glorie when I am discharged of this farthel of frailtie this hope is the harbour of my delight and the assured lookynge for it is the cheifest flower of my Garlande Most gracious gouerner giue mée to drinke of that water wherof who so drinketh shall thirst the more as after the swéetenesse of heauenly thynges whose taste is vnspeakable pleasant and giue mée also to drinke of that water the drinkers whereof shall thirst nomore for euer for it floweth foorth from thée the fountain of immortalitie Truely Lorde there is no cause why I should longe to abide in this life if I were of sutch perfection as was thy Apostle Paule I should perceaue the wickednesse of this worlde and the glorie of thy kyngedome and wishe ernestly as hée did to bée dissolued from this body and to bée with Christe where as hée reigneth in eternitie O Lorde thou knowest my hartie desier is alwaies to serue thee graūt vnto mée of thy gracious goodnesse that I may liue in thy law and run in thy rule and walke in thy way and die in thy faith and that I may bée cléerely deliuered of the bondage of sinne and bee wholy out of dreade of death and dampnation Execute these thinges vpon mee O my moste louynge God and as it shall seeme best vnto thy pleasure most sittyng for my soule abridge the dayes of this Pilgrimage and commence the terme of my true life call mée from this Clay and clothe mée in the wéede of euerlastynge wealth where thou art resident with thy saynctes in eternall glorie Lorde if it so bée that the destruction day of all fleash bée at hande as it is hartely hoped then haue wee great cause to yéelde thée most humble thankes for shortning the time of our trouble and takyng away the occasions of offendyng that thine elect may possesse the longer frute of their ioyes and yéelde vp the summes of a shorter accoumpt O God what a ioyfull day shall that same bée when wée shall béeholde with our eyes those thynges whiche wée haue often