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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17689	Of the life or conuersation of a Christen man, a right godly treatise, wyrtten [sic] in the latin tonge, by maister Iohn Caluyne, a man of ryghte excellente learnynge and of no lesse godly conuersation. Translated into English by Thomas Broke Esquier Paymaister of Douer. An[no] M. D. XLix. The first day of Ianuary	Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.; Broke, Thomas.	1549 (1549)	STC 4436; ESTC S110975	42,086	164

the same that is to saye that our lothyng maye be farre from al murmuryng and impatience For it is lyke to a standynge or gole Rom. vii wherin our Lorde hath set vs to keepe it styll tyll he shall call vs thence Paule lamenteth his chaunce that he is longar kepte bounde in the bandes of his bodie then he woulde and sigheth Phi. i. wyth a feruentâ— desire to be delyuered from it Neuerthelesse that he myghte obey the pleasure and commaundemente of God he coÌ„fessed that he was ready to boeth of them because he coÌ„sidered and acknowledged that he ought vnto god that his name mighte be honoured both through his lyfe and his death But it beloÌ„geth only vnto god to appoynte what is moste expedient for his owne glorie Therfore if it become vs to liue dye vnto our Lorde let vs leaue to his free choyse and pleasure the terme boeth of oure death and of our life Neuertheles in suche wyse that we maye burne in the desire and loue of hym maye be diligent in exercisynge of the same and in respecte of the immortall lyfe to come let vs despise thys presente lyfe Yea and because of our boÌ„dage to synne let vs desire to forsake it when it pleaseth our Lorde Thys is a marueilous or rather a moÌ„sterous thing that in the steede of beinge desirous to dye many who boste theÌ„selues to be christiaÌ„s be takeÌ„ with such feare of death that at euery namynge of it thei treÌ„ble their hert is at their mouth as at the naming of a very vnhappy and vnlucky thing For soth it is no marueile if the naturall wysedome whiche is in vs do greatly feare when it heareth of dissolution or departure of our soule from the body But it oughte not in any wyse to be once suffered that in a christian mans hert there should not be a light of godlynes which should ouercome suppresse that feare were it neuer so greate wyth a greater coÌ„fort for if we considre this vnstable sinfull corruptible vanishinge driynge and rotten house of our bodi to be dissolued or broken downe for that intent that we shoulde strayghte waye be put into stedfaste perfecte incorruptible and heauenly glorie wyl not fayth make vs hertely to desire the thynge whiche nature greatly feareth if we thinke our selfe by death to be called backe froÌ„ a place of banishmeÌ„t that we may dwel in our contrie yea and that our heauenly countrie shal we take no coÌ„forte thereby wyl that set our hertes nothinge a gog yes but yet ther is nothinge thou wylte say that desiereth not to coÌ„tinue stil. In dede I confesse that therefore I contend that we shoulde desire the immortalitie to come where that sure state happeneth which in earth neuer appeareth Shall brute beastes yea and the same creatures that lacke life til ye come to verye wood stones knowing ther owne presente vanitie longly loke for the last day of resurection that they maye with the children of God be deliuered from vanitie and shall we boeth indued with the light of wisdom and aboue wisdoÌ„ lightened with the spirite of god when our own beinge is in hand not lift vp our hertes aboue thys rattennes of earth But here neyther the time nor place serueth to writ against thys so great peruersite naughtines And more ouer in the beginninge I sayd that I woulde not take vpon me very largly to treate of anye comon place I would therefore counsayle suche fareful myndes to reade the litle boke of mortalitie whiche sainâ—â— Ciprian wrote but that they be worthye to be driuen away from it euen vnto heathen Philosophers that for somuche as the same Philosophers did pretende to haue ateined vnto that point that they dispised death these meÌ„ at last maye now beginne to be ashamed And let vs make our reckening of this that no maÌ„ hath wel profited in Christes scole but he which with ioye loÌ„geth for the day boeth of death and of the laste resurrection For not only sainte Paule blaseth all the fayethfull wyth thys difference and token but also it is a familiar thyng in the scripture as often as it wolle set before our eyes a greate cause of true gladnes to calle vs vnto thys pointe exceadyngely reioyse sayeth our Lord and holde vp your heads like men Tit. ii for your redemcion is at hande Were it reasonable or semely thynge I praye you that the thing which he woulde shoulde be of somuch force and strength to stirre vs vp vnto excedynge great reioysinge and mirth shoulde do no thynge but make vs sad and halfe out of our wyttes for feare if the wind be in that dore what do we yet bragge Math. v. as thoughe Christ were styl oure mayester Therefore let vs plucke oure wyttes better to vs. And thoughe the blynd folish desire of our flesh or natural maÌ„ be against it let vs not sticke to desier the coÌ„ming of our lord yea not onely wyth wyshinges but also wyth groninges and depe sighinges as that which of all thynges is the most happye For our redemer shal come to vs whoe drawinge vs out of thys greate golfe of all micheifes and miseries wyll leade vs into hys blessed inheritaunce of euerlastynge lyfe and glory And thys is a cleare case that the whole companye of the faythfull so long as they dwell in earth muste be as shepe appoynted to slaughter that they maye represente Christ their head Therfore they should be most wretched except hauing their mynd lifte vp vnto heauen they dyd ouercome Ro. viii what so euer is in the worlde and dyd passe ouer the presente outward shewe of thynges â— Cor. xv CoÌ„trarye wyse after they haue once lifte vp their heades aboue al earthie thynges al thoughe they se the florisheinge riches honours of the vngodli althoughe they se theÌ„ haue great worldly quâ—ecnes although they se theÌ„ to waxe proud in the bewtifulnes and plentuousnes of al thinges yea and althoughe they se them flowe in al maner of pleasures and dilicates and agayne on thother syde thoughe they theÌ„selues be hurte by them and by their naughtines though they susteyne displeasures and rebukes through the others pryde though thei be robbed thorough their couetousnes or by any other vngodly desire of theirs be vexed yet in al such mischieffes they shall well inough endure For before their eyes shal be that daye wherin our Lorde shal receyue his faythfull into the quietnes of his kingdome and shal wype away euery teare froÌ„ their eyes and shall put vpon them stoles of ioye and gladnesse and shall feede them wyth the vnspeakable swete tast of his delicates and shal lyfte them vp into the felowshippe of his highnes and finally shall vouchsafe to make them partakers of his felicitie But the vngodly who florished here in earth he shall cast furth into vtter reproch and shame their dilicate and wantoÌ„ pleasures he shall chaunge into greuous tormentes their

sacrifice Ro. xii holye and acceptable vnto him here in to consiste the true honouring of hym wherupon ryseth cause to exhorte men that they become not lyke vnto thys worlde but be transformed and newe shapen by the renewynge of theyr myndes that they maye proue by experience what the wil of God is Nowe thys is a greate thynge that we are dedicate and offered vnto God to the entente that hereafter we should not thynke speake ymagyne nor do anye thynge but vnto hys honoure For a thynge being once holye offred vnto him is not with out hys greate dishonoure applied to prophane vses Wherfore if we be not our owne but the lordes both what errour ought to be fled froÌ„ to what ende all the accioÌ„s or doinges of our life ar to be directed it appereth We are not our owne therefore neither our owne reasoÌ„ nor wil may rule in our counsailles and dedes We are not oure own therfore we may not appoynt to our selues thys ende to desire the thynge that after the fleshe or onely naturall man is good for vs we are not our owne therefore as nigh as we caÌ„ let vs forget our owne selues all thynges that be ours Againe we perteyne vnto the Lorde therefore lette vs lyue and dye vnto hym we perteyne vnto the Lorde therefore let his wysedome and wyl rule al our Actes or deedes we perteine vnto the Lorde vnto hym therefore as to the onely moste lawefull ende lette al the partes of oure lyfe enforce to atteyne O howe muche hath he profited whiche hauynge learned that he hym selfe is not his owne hath taken away the rule and gouerment of hym selfe froÌ„ his owne wysedome to brynge it to our Lorde For as thys to destroye men is the moste hurtfull pestilence when they obey vnto them selues so the onely hauen of health is neyther to vnderstande nor to wyl any thynge by them selfe but alonly to folowe the Lorde goinge before them Let thys therefore be the firste steppe a man to departe from hym selfe to th entent he may applie the whole strength of his witte to obeye vnto the Lorde I speake of obedience not that lyeth in the obedience of wordes onely but whereby the mynde of a man being voyed of the very wysedome of the fleshe or natural man turneth it selfe al together vnto the becke and pleasure of Goddes spirite Of thys transformyng or turning which Paule calleth the renuinge of the mynde though it be the first enteraunce into life al the philosophers were ignoraunt for thei say that reason only ruleth man onely reason they thynke worthy to be hearde finally to reason onely they geue suffre the gouermeÌ„t or rule of their dedes But christiaÌ„ philosophy biddeth reason to geue place to obey be in subiection vnto the holy gost that man do not nowe hym selfe lyue but rather beare Christ lyuinge and reigning in hym Therupon followeth also thys other thynge that we seeke not the thynges which be ours but whiche are accordyng to the Lordes wyl and make for the settynge furth of his glory And thys is a token that a man hath muche profited when hauynge in a maner forgotteÌ„ our selues yea the consideration of our selues set asyde we bestowe oure myndes or desires faythfully vpon the Lorde and his coÌ„maundementes For wheÌ„ the scripture commauÌ„deth vs to leaue of the priuate consideration of our selues it doeth not onely race out of our hertes gredy desire of hauynge and affectynge of power and the fauour of men but also plucketh out by the rotes ambition and al desire of the prayse of men other more secrete pestilences Truly it is meete that a christen man be so ioyned and so prepared vnto God that in al his conuersation he counte that he hath to do with God By this meanes as he shal cal backe al that he hath to goddes wyl and pleasure so wyll he referre the whole purpose or entente of his mynde reuereÌ„tly vnto hym For he that hath learned to beholde God in the doinge of al thynge therwythal turneth away from al vayne thynges Thys is that deniynge of oure selues whiche Christe assone as he had called his disciples wyth so greate diligence taught them the whiche after it hath once taken place in the hert firste leaueth no place either for pryde or disdayne or braggynge and after that neither for couetousnes nor vnlawful lustes nor lechery nor wanton delicates nor for other mischiefes whiche come of the loue to oure owne selues Contrarywyse where so euer it reygneth not there eyther moste fylthy vices wythout shame straye aboute or elles if there be anie outwarde shewe of vertue the same is corrupt with the naughtie desire of praise For shewe me a man if thou canst who except he haue according to gods commauÌ„demente forsaken him selfe wol frely or for naught exercise goodnes amonge men For who so euer hath not bene of thys minde thei haue folowed vertue for prayse sake But who so euer at any tyme amonge the philosophers coÌ„tended the vertue was to be desired for it selfe and not onely for the goodnes that was in it were neuerthelesse puffed vp wyth arrogancye that it appeareth they desired vertue for none other cause but to haue matter to be proude of But god so litle deliteth either in the flatterers of the coÌ„mon peoples eares or in their proud hertes that he telleth them that they haue receyued their rewarde in thys worlde maketh harlottes and other open synners nerer to the kyngdome of heauen then such But we haue not yet declared wyth howe many howe greate hynderaunces a man is let from desirynge of goodnes so longe as he hath not denyed him selfe for it was truly sayed long ago a worlde of sinnes to be hidde in the soule of a maÌ„ And thou cast fynde none other remedye but that first deniynge thy selfe and settynge asyde the consideration of thy selfe thou do applie thy whole minde to seeke those thinges whiche oure Lorde requireth of the to reckeÌ„ that therfore onelie they are to be sought for because they please hym Furthermore thys denyall of oure selfe hath respecte partlie vnto men and partly or rather chieflie vnto God for when the scripture byddeth vs so to behaue our selues amonge men that we geue honoure vnto them before oure selues and that wyth greate faythfulnes we bestowe oure selues al together vpon doinge good to them it geueth those coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes whiche oure mynde can not vnderstande excepte it firste lacke his owne natural wysedom For euerie man thynketh through the blyndnes wherewyth we al runne headlyng into the loue of oure owne selues that he hath a iust cause to auaunce hym selfe and to dispise al other in respect of hym selfe If God haue geueÌ„ vs any thynge whiche is not to be repented of we puttynge our delectation therin by and by are high mynded and do not onely swel but also wel nigh bruste for pryde The vices wherwith we abound those we both diligently hide

But almoste there is nothyng but either we weigh it to negligently or remembre it to litle For we go aboute all thynges as though we ordeined vnto oure selues immortalitie here in earth If ani corse be brought forth or if we walke among graues because then the Image of death is preseÌ„t before oure eyes excellently I coÌ„fesse we reason and dispute of the vanitie and frailnes of thys lyfe though yet we do not thys alwaye for many tymes al these thynges moue vs nothynge at all But when it happeneth that suche thynges moue vs the consideration is very shorte the whiche alas as sone as oure backes be turned is quite gone leaueth hehinde it no maner of token that once we remembred it for we forget not onely death but also that we are mortall Yea and as though we had neuer hearde tel of the mater or knew what it ment we be lulled and rocked in a safenes or retchlesnes of earthie inmortalitye If any man the whyleste reherse this prouerbe that man is here to day and gone to morow in dede we acknowlege the same but yet with out hauing any consideratioÌ„ therof so that the thinkinge of coÌ„tiuÌ„ance here doth neuertheles abyde styll in oure myndes Therfore now who denieth that we haue all verye greate nede I say not by wordes to be warned but by as manye experiences as may be possible to be taught the miserable state of thys earthye lyfe wheÌ„ we now that be taught it whether we wyll or not yet neuertheles we scacely ceasse to be astoned wyth the naughtye and folishe wonderinge at it euen as though it conteined in it all maner of goodnes Nowe if it be nedefull that oure Lorde teache vs thys it is agayne oure duties to geue eare vnto our Lorde while he calleth vs and rebuketh oure slogishnes that the world being despised we may endeuour with all our herte contemplate or behold the lyfe to come But lette the faythfull accostome them selfe to suche a dispising of thys life as neyther may beget hatered of it neyther vnthaÌ„kefulnes towardes God For albeit thys lyfe be ful of neuer so many miseries yet it is not with out cause reckened amonge the good blessings or giftes of God Wherfore if we therin acknowledge or consider no benefite of God we are then giltie of muche vnkindnes against God For the faythful oughte chiefly to beare witnes of Goddes mercie syth the same is wholly apoynted to worke their saluation for before that he sheweth openly vnto vs the enheritaunce of eternal glorie he wyl firste by smaller experimentes declare hym selfe to be a father vnto vs to witte by the good thynges whiche he dayly geueth vnto vs. Therefore syth thys lyfe serueth vs to vnderstande the goodnes of God shal we disdaine or loth it as though it had not a myâ—e or crome of goodnes in it naye Therefore we muste be indued wyth thys vnderstandynge mynde that we nuÌ„bre it among the excellent giftes of goddes mercy kyndnes towardes vs. For if there lacked hereof testimonies of scripture whiche are many very playne yet nature it selfe exhorteth vs to geue thankes to god that he hath brought vs forth in to the light of the same lyfe and that he hath grauÌ„ted vs the vse of it that he geueth vs al maner of helpes necessarie to the coÌ„seruatioÌ„ of it And furthermore there is yet a muche greater cause theÌ„ this if we shall coÌ„sidre that in it we are after a sort prepared vnto the glory of the heaueÌ„ly kingdoÌ„ For thus our Lord hath ordeyned that they whiche in tyme to come shal be crowned in heaueÌ„ shal entre first into coÌ„flict here in earth that they may not triumph but hauing firste ouercome the hardnes of the battail hauing gotteÌ„ the victory And yet there is an other cause to witte that by sundry benefites we may begin in it to tast the swetnes of goddes goodnes mercy towarde vs wherby our hope desire maye be whet and stirred vp longly to loke for the full reueling or openinge of it When this is once decreed that it is the gift of gods mercy that we lyue this terrestiall lyfe that as we be bounde vnto hym for it so we oughte to haue it in remembraunce to be thankful to hym for the same theÌ„ in good time we shal come downe to this poynte I meane to coÌ„sidre the wretched state of it that therby we may be rydde from the ouer gredy desiring of that whereunto we are by nature as I saied of our selues greatly inclined Furthermore what so euer is wythdrawen froÌ„ the naughtie loue of it oughte to be applied vnto the desire of the better life I confesse that they iudged rightly who thought it best not to be borne nexte that very shortly to dye for why what could they se in it that was not vnhappy euyl they beinge destitute of the light of god and true religion or ryght honouryng of god And thei lacked not reason whiche mourned wept at their childrens birth made solemne ioy and reioysyng at their burials But that dyd they wythout profite because lacking the true doctrine of fayth howe that thynge turneth vnto goodnes towards the godly which of it selfe is neither blessed nor worthy to be desired they therefore ended their iudgemeÌ„t in desperatioÌ„ Let this therfore be the marke that the faith ful shote at in the estemynge of thys mortal lyfe that whylest they perceyue it to be of it selfe nothing but miserie and wretchednes the more merily the more redyly lette them therefore gette them selues to the coÌ„templation of the euerlastynge lyfe to come When we once come to the comparinge of these two liues together then truly thys earthye life not alonly is eassely set lyght by but also in consideracion of the heauenly is vtterly contempned and dispised â˜ž For if heauen be oure countrie what other thing is the earth here but a banishemente if the goynge out of the worlde be the enterynge into lyfe what other thynge is the world then a graue in it to tary what is it else but to be drowned in death yf to be deliuered from the body is to be plaÌ„ted into perfect libertie what other thing is the bodye but a prison if to haue the presence of God be the highest some of felicitie is not the lackynge of it miserye And more ouer til we haue escaped clean out of the worlde we be straungers from God ii Cor. v Therefore if the earthye lyfe be compared wyth the heauenly no doubte it wyll sone be sette lyght by or dispised and troden vnder fote But yet it is not to be hated but in that it holdeth vs subiecte vnto synne Although yet that hatred can not properly be turned or applied vnto it For howe soeuer it be yet it becometh vs so onely to loth or hate it that desiringe the ende of it we may also be readie at the Lordes pleasure to abyde in

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