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A04036	The mirror of mans lyfe Plainely describing, what weake moulde we are made of: what miseries we are subiect vnto: howe vncertaine this life is: and what shal be our ende. Englished by H. Kirton.; De contemptu mundi. English	Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216.; Kirton, H. (Henry); Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624. Speculum humanum. aut	1576 (1576)	STC 14093; ESTC S106262	64,245	170

against hys owne body Heate and lust are the ●arbengers of fornication and ●hee is alwayes accompanied with vncleanenesse and vndecentnesse but sorow and repentance do speedily ouertake ●ir For the lippes of an ●arlot sayth Salomon are lyke vnto a dropping hony comb and hir throte is more neat and clearer than oyle but the end and later dayes of hir are as bitter as wormewoode and hir tong is a sharpe two edged sworde Of the generalitie of Leachery Chap. 22. THe wicked daughter of Glutonye is our familiar enimy not dwelling far from vs but neare at hand not without but within vs. Hir violence and force is in our loynes and hir ●trength is placed in the middest Shee is neuer driuen away but when she is eschued and she is neuer put to ●light but when shee is kepte at harde dyet Two things she requireth to worke hir force and vyolence libertie and saturitie and she putteth hir will in practise by company and oportunitie She prouoketh all ages ●he confoundeth euery sexe ●hee breaketh all order ●hee peruerteth each degree shee doth assault man and woman yong olde the wise and the simple the high and low estates the base and the best degrees Of many w●ich haue perished through Leachery Chap. 23. WHo is able to set forth and sufficiently to declare the multitude which haue perished through this wicked sinne For leachery ouerthrew Pentapolis and the countrey neere adioyning Leacherye destroyed the Sodomits Sichem with all the people therin Through lecherye were those that rauished Dyna murthered Leachery ouerthrew Her and Onam the sonnes of Iuda Through leachery the vncleane Israelite and Madianite perished both at once Leacherye caused the fornicators of the tribe of Beniamin cleane to bee rooted out Leachery destroyed the vnreuerent sonnes of Hely the priest and killed those whiche defloured Amon at the banket Leachery was the death of Vrias and brought y two elders which falsely accused Susanna to an ignominious most shamefull end To conclude this leude luste did curse Ruben seduced strong Sampson and assotted wise Salomō It is therfore true which wee reade that many haue perished through be●utie For wine and women doe cause wise men to dote play the Apostates putteth mē of vnderst●nding to reproofe This foule desire hath destroyed many lustie Lybertines and many stout and valiāt captains haue perished by hir meanes The way to ●el is hir house which leadeth men headlong to the inwarde parts to death She weakeneth mans strength impayreth his senses shorteneth his life was●eth his s●bstance wealth Of the Ambitious man Chap. 24. THe couetous man gathereth riches and the nigarde keepeth them togither the Glutton delighteth in belly cheart and the Leacher dwelleth in his lust He that is ambitious affecteth honours and he that is proude doth extoll and magnify him selfe The ambitious man is alwayes fearefull circumspect least by worde or deed he should offend in common audience ●e pretendeth humilitie and maketh assemblance of greate honestie he sheweth him selfe gentle in hearing curteous in talking and boūtiful in doing he foloweth his betters with counterfet curtesie he boweth and coucheth vnto eache one hee frequenteth the courts of Princes he visiteth noble personages making great shew of duetie obeysance and always appro●eth what they doe affirme seeking by flatterye to please their humours Not ignorant of the Poets saying although there be no dust vppon the garment of thy better yet pretend a kynde o● double diligence and seeme to shake off that that is not He is ready and diligent where he knoweth to please but slow and not earnest where hee feareth displeasure He seemeth to reproue th●ngs that be euil and cunningly detesteth things that bee vniust He speaketh things plauisiblye to those that giue ●are and applyeth him selfe to euery company ●eaping thereby a fruitlesse prayse and a colourable commendation Often tymes hee doeth sustayne a harde conflict ●●th him selfe whilest iniquitie moueth his mynde and ambition s●ayeth hys hand whilest ambition doth not permit that to be done which hir mother iniquitie doeth put hyr in mynde of But yet for all this the mother and the daughter vse couine togi●her For the mother openlye mayntayneth hir purpose and the daughter in secrete doth not resist The mother before all men claymeth vnto hir that whiche is manifest and of right dutifull but the daughter affecteth that which is close and couerte And therefore the ambitious man doth alwayes most willingly i●treat vppon soueraintie whiche with greedy desire hee foloweth saying O when shall ●ee rule and haue the sworde in hand who woulde be seuere in iudgement meeke in mercy who would frame his wil to reson whō loue nor fauour cannot withdrawe from doing iustice whom prayer can not intreate nor hire corrupte who woulde giue credite to those that be faithfull and ●are to those that be humble Who in fine would bee louing and gentle liberall and curteous stedfast prudent patient and politike Of the excessiue desyre of am●●●●●ous men● Chap. 25. THe ambitious man if possibly he do not profite by this meanes then hath hee recourse vnto some skilfull mate that can cunningly playe the parte of Symon Magus or else he vseth the helpe of Giezi the bribe taker And by Symon whome hee maketh a daungerous instrument for a diuelish purpose he p●rchaseth that which of ●ym selfe he coulde not attaine then is he liberall in giuing and full of rewardes then with fayre words he tryeth his friendes maketh large promises and then doeth hee leaue no pathe vntroden to win grace or fauour to obtayne his purpose But if by this meanes it commeth not to passe hee vyolently inuadeth estate of honor and impudentlye vsurpeth the place of authoritie and beeing supported by the hope of friendes and partly prickt forward by the helpe of parentage hee is so inflamed with the desire of honour and so deepely drowned with the inordinate affection to beare rule that neither he abhorreth to fal into scysme nor feareth to commit any scandalous acte But Giezi was striken with a leaprosie And Symon peryshed togyther with hys money the fyre consumed Chore and his companions and the earthe deuoured Dathan and Abyron Let no man therefore take vppon him honour vnlesse hee bee called by GOD as Aaron was Au example of an ambitious man Chap. 26. WEe doe finde an euident and manyfest example of ambition in Absolon who when hee dyd aspire to the kingdome of his father made for him selfe Chariotes and prouided horsem●n and ordained men of war to goe before ●im And rysing vppe earely in the morning hee stoode as the story sayeth neare vnto the entrye of the gate and he called vnto him euery one that had businesse in the Kings iudgementes and asked Of what Citie arte thou who making answere sayde I am of one of the Trybes of Israel and your seruaunt your request

as Gods. Yet suche is the fickle fauoure of pride that whom she setteth vp alofte ●he quickly pulleth downe agayne and whome she dothe exalt she soone embaceth the same Where●ppon our Lorde sayde vnto the Prophete Thou sonne of man say vnto the Prince of Tyrus thus saith our Lorde bycause t●y hart is lift vp as though it were the harte of a God and for that thou haste sayde I am God when thou art but man I will bring therefore vppon thy necke the strongest of the Gentiles and I will destroy thee and thou shalte die in the ouerthrowe of them whiche shall be slaine and thou shalte perishe amiddes the Seas Nabuchodonozer bycause hee dyd proudely bragge vppon hys power and strengthe and sayde Is not thys Babylon whyche I dyd builde for the place of my kyngdome in the strength of my power and in the glory of myne honor And as the worde was yet in the Kings lippes there came a voyce from Heauen saying Kyng Nabuchodonozer it is spoken to thee Thy Kingdome shall goe from thee thou shalte be cast out from amongst men and shalte haue thy place with the wilde and brute beastes thou shalte eate haye as dothe the Oxe and shalte haue seuen yeeres vppon thee vntyll thou knowest that the hyghe and myghtie dothe rule in the kingdome of menne and giueth it to whome so euer hee will. And the verye same houre this sayeing was fulfilled vppon the King for ●ee was caste out and dyd eate hay with the Oxe It is then true whych is sayde in the Psalme Man when hee was in honour vnderstoode it not hee was compared vnto the brute beastes and made like vnto them Pryde ouerthrewe the Towre of Babylon and confounded the tongues Pride slewe Golias the Giant and hanged vp Haman Pride ouerthrewe Nicanor and was the destruction of Antiochus Pryde drowned Pharao in the redde Sea and murthered Sennacherib the King of Assyrians in the Temple of his false God. Pride cutte off Holofernes head when he thought him selfe furthest from feare and to bee shorte God hath suppressed the seates of proude Princes and rulers and hathe dried vp the rootes of insolent nations Of the abhomination of Pride Chap. 31. HOw detestable a thing Pride is God him selfe doth witnesse by the mouth of his Prophet saying I detest and abhorre the pride of Iacob And againe our Lorde hathe sworne against the pride of Iacob I will not vntill the end forget all their works And hereupon amongst al the sinnes which God doth hate the wise man reciteth for the firste of them proude and loftie lookes And the Prophet sayth the day of the Lorde of ●osts shall come vpō euery proude and high minded man and vpon euery arrogant person and such shall be cast downe and made low It shall come vpon the Cedar trees of Lybanus which be both high and strong and vpon all the Okes of Basan and vpon the high mountayns and all the loftie hilles and vpon euery tower and wall that is fortified and the statelynesse of men shall be shaken downe and the stoutnesse of the valiant courageous shall be abated Therefore hath Hell encreased his power and hath enlarged his mouth and shee shalt deuoure all the proude and vainglorious persons The Lorde of hostes hathe determined this that he might c●t off the pride of the insolent Holy Iob also saith If pride shal moūt vp into the firmament and the proude mans heade shall touch the Cloudes yet shal he in the end consume away and come to corruption as the dirt Against the arrogancie of proude men Chap. 32. EUery vitious man for the most parte loueth his like but the proude man hateth him that is proude and lo●tie Herevpō sayth the wise man There is always strife and deb●te ●mongst proude men and wher Pride raigneth there commonly is disdain and reproch The proude mā desireth gladly strange things whervnto he hath bin accustomed and he accounteth wonted things as lothsome He thinketh the party to whom he vseth speeche thereby to reape profite and great commoditie but if with curtesie hee embrace any man hee presumeth his countenance to gaine hym great c●edite He seldome vseth any friendly affection but alwayes imperiously dothe shewe his authoritie His Pryde his arrogancie and hys disdaine● is of more force wyth hym than courage or manhoode But let hym remember the words of the Gospell There arose a contention amongst our Lordes Disciples which of them shoulde be taken for the greater but Iesus sayd vnto them the Princes of nations people do rule ouer them they which haue power amongst thē be called beneficiall or bountifull but you be not so for he that is greatest amongst you shall be as the yonger he that hath the preheminence shal be as the seruant And as the Apostle sayeth you shall not be as hauing gouernement ouer the cleargie but an example and patrone to the flocke willingly The ●a●th is the Lordes and the whole worlde and all that dwell in it is his encrease and abundance There is then but one Lorde and one God and others which beare the names of Lords be but only seruants vnto whome dominion is not proper but seruice is appoynted And therefore sayeth the wiseman If they haue apointed thee a ruler shew not thy selfe proude nor stately but be amongst them as one of them An example againste the deceyte of ambitious men Chap 33. THe mother of the sonnes of Zebedie made petition vnto our sauiour Christ saying Cōmaunde that th●se my two sons may sitte with thee in thy Kingdome the one on thy right hande and the other on thy left to whome Christe made this aunswere You knowe not what you aske for a Kingdome is not gotten by honor but by charge And therefore dothe our Lorde adde in the same place It is not mine office to gyue rule and dignitie vnto you As though h●e shoulde saye It is mine to giue but not to you that is to suche ambitio●s persons For althou●he all power and authoritie commeth from God yet is not the gouernemente of the proude allowed of the highest according to the saying of the Prophete They raigned and bore the sword but they had it not of me They were rulers and I did not knowe them Of the properties of arrogante men Chap. 34. THe proude man affecteth the highest seate in the sinagogues and to be firste placed in fea●ts he liketh well to bee saluted in open sight and to haue great reuere●ce in publike assemblies the title of mastership pleaseth him much and the proper name of his person or parentage be cannot abide but desireth to be called by the name of his dignitie which fortune hath lent him for he loueth not to bee honored after the common ●●rte And when he is placed in high degree ●e vseth stately gate and looketh for reuerence on