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A01202	An introduction to a deuoute life composed in Frenche by the R. Father in God Francis Sales, Bishop of Geneua. And translated into Englisg [sic], by I.Y.; Introduction à la vie dévote. English	Francis, de Sales, Saint, 1567-1622.; Yakesley, John.; Tauler, Johannes, ca. 1300-1361. Colloquium theologi et mendici. English.	1613 (1613)	STC 11316.5; ESTC S105599	212,387	622

poore he becometh True it is that God will pay it rēder it all againe not only in the next world but euen in this present life for nothing so much prospereth our tēporall estate as almes-giuing but notwithstāding vntill such time as God doth restore repay that which thou hast thus giuē thou remainest by so much poorer in deed thē thou wast O how holy rich is that pouertie which cometh by almes-deeds 5. Loue poore folk pouertie for so shalt thou become poore in deed because as the holy scripture teaceth we are made like the things which we loue Loue makes louers felowes equalls who is weak sayth S. Paul with whome I am not weake he might haue said likewise who is poore with whome I am not poore for loue made him like those whome he loued Yf then thou loue the poore frō thy hart thou shalt be trulie partaker of their pouertie become as poore as they But yf thou loue the poore witnesse this thy loue by going oftēn amōg them be glad to see them in thine owne house and visit them in theirs keep them companie willingly reioyce that they approache nighthee in the church in the street and els where Be poore in talking speaking and conuersing courteouslie amonge them but be richehanded giuing them liberallie of thy goods as hauing more abundance 6. Wilt thou goe one steppe farther my Philotheus cōtent not thy self to be poore but procure to be poorer thē the poore thēselues And how may that be The seruant is inferiour to his maister be thou then a seruant of the poore goe and attend on them in their beds when they are sick I say attend on them and serue them with thine owne hands be their cooke thy self and at thine owne expences be their landresse and bleacher of their linnen O Philotheus this māner of seruice is more glorious then a kingdome I cannot sufficiently admire the ardent affection with which this councell was put in practize by S. Lewes one of the greatest kings vnder the sonne I meane one oft the greatest in all kind of greatnes excellēce He waited oft times at the table of the poore whome he nourished caused three poore men almost euerie day to dine at his owne table eat him self often the reliques of their potage with such a loue as the like hath not beene seene When he visited the hospitalls of sick folk which he did verie often he serued them ordinarilie which had the most horrible and loathsome diseases as lazers cankers and such like and performed all this seruice vnto them bare-headed and kneeling on the ground considering and respecting in their persons the Saueour of the world and cherrishing them with as tender a loue as any sweete mother could doe her one child Saint Elisabeth daughter to the king of Hungary often times put her self amongst the poore and for her recreation sometimes would apparell her self like a poore woman amongst her ladies saying vnto them yf I were poore thus would I attire my self O good God Philotheus how poore were this Prince and princesse amidst their royall riches and how riche were they in this their admirable pouertie Blessed be they that be poore in this sort for vnto them belongeth the kingdome of heauen I was hungry and you gaue me to eate I was naked and you clothed me possesse you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world will the king of the poore and of kings say at his great doomes day 7. There is no man but vpon some occasion one time or other shall stand in need of some commoditie Sometimes comes a guest whome we ought or would entertaine royallie and for the present we haue nothing to receaue him in good sort withall Sometime our best apparell is in one place and we our selues in another where occasion requireth that we should goe better clothed It happens another time that all the wines of our cellars doe worke and loose their tast so that there remaine onely lowe and greene wines for our owne vse Another time in a long iourney we light vpon some cottage to lodge in where all things are lacking wher there is nether table nor chaire nor bed nor chamber nor anie to serue vs. To be brief it is a verie ordinarie thinge to stand oft times in need of some necessarie commoditie be we otherwise neuer so rich well this is to be poore in effect and in verie deed when we lack these things Philotheus reioice in such occasions and accept them with all thy hart and suffer them cheerfully for Gods loue 8. When some inconuenience befalles that empouerisheth thee ether of a great deale or of a litle as tempest fire inundations dearth theeues processe persecution or the like ô then Philotheus is the time indeed to practize pouertie of spirit receauing with mildnes this losse diminishing of our wealth and accommodating our selues patiently and constantly to this vnexpected empouerishement Esau presented him selfe to his father with his hands all hairie and so did Iacob likewise but because the haire that couered Iacobs hands stuck not to his owne skin but to his gloues one might haue taken away the haire from him without hurting him but because the haire of Esaus hands grew vpon his owne skinne and not vpon his gloues being hairie by nature he that would haue endeuoured to pull of his haire should haue put him to paine and torment and he would haue striued and sweat to defend him self from fleaing When our riches cleaue to our verie soule if a tempest if theeues if a catch pole do but snatch anie peece from vs what complaints what stirres what impatience presently shew we But when our riches cleaue but onely to the care that God would haue vs take and do not stick to our hart if they fleece vs and despoile vs of them we do not fall beside our selues therfore nor loose the quiet and tranquillitie of mind This is the difference betwixt beasts and men as touching their clothes for beasts clothes stick to their fleshe and mens apparel are only cast about them so that they may be put of and one at their pleasure without anie paine or inconuenience How to practize richnes of Spirit in reall pouertie CHAPTER 16. 1. BVT if thou chance to be verilie poore in deed Philotheus O God be then poore likewise in spirit make a virtue of necessitie and value this precious pearle of pouertie at the high rate and estimation which it deserueth The lustre therof is not discouered perfectlie in this world and yet neuer the lesse it is exceeding rich and beautifull 2. Be patient because thou art in good companie Our Lord and our Ladie the Apostles so manie Saincts both men and wemen haue been exceeding poore though they had meanes to be riche yet they contemned riches How manie great worldlinges haue there been and are who euen with mightie contradictions and resistance of their frinds haue