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A08269	A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings as also the greate ioyes and plesures which the faithfull do enioy. An argument both profitable and delectable, to all that sincerely loue the word of God. Deuised by S. Iohn van-der Noodt. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.; Theatre oft Toon-neel. English	Noot, Jan van der, ca. 1538-ca. 1596.; Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.; Roest, Theodore.; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Rime. English. Selections.; Du Bellay, Joachim, 1525 (ca.)-1560. Visions. English. Selections.	1569 (1569)	STC 18602; ESTC S110162	92,217	282

shall wax colde But so many as beare more loue to God and séeke more to please hym than the diuell they must take good heede to do that which pleaseth him according to his reuealed wil For whom it is not sufficient to know Antechri●t to blame him to speake and reporte of him as his doings deserue but it is requisit● for them most chiefly to confesse the name of the Lorde euen from their very hearts to honour feare him to beleue and put all confidēce in hym to loue hym and as neere as we can to expresse him in oure conuersation thorough loue vnfayned therby to shew oure selues to be hys Disciples For not euerye on● sayeth oure Sauioure Christe that sayeth Lorde Lorde shall enter into the Kyngdome of heauen but suche as doe the will of my father Again saythe Christe Whosoeuer louethe hys lyfe héere in thys worlde shall loose it and who so hateth his lyfe here for my names sake shal kéepe it to life euerlasting Againe he that will be my Disciple let hym folowe me and where I am he shal be also Who so serueth me my Father shall honoure hym The seruaunte is no better than hys maister and a messenger is no more than he that sente hym If we kéepe the commaundements of Christe we shall remaine in his loue euen as hée did the will of hys father and remayned in his loue Hys commaundement is that we loue one an other as he loued vs let vs therfore henceforth leade a good lyfe cōuersation according to the wyll of the Lorde and frame our lyfe to the doctrine and exaumple of our maister and Lorde Iesu Christ in kéeping the commaundementes of the Lorde Christe Lette vs not be wrathfull but loue one an other Praye sayeth the Lorde for them that persecute you and speake euyll of you and be ye perfect as I am perfecte That thys our sinful body might be destroyed and that henceforth wée serue sy●ne no more for he that is dead is frée from sinne Let vs then thinke that we are dead to sinne and liue not to our selues but to our Lorde and Sau●our Iesus Christ. Let not sinne saith the apostle S. Paule raigne in your mortall body that ye shoulde obey the lustes thereof but be ye true seruantes of righteousnesse vnto life not seruaunts of sinne of the fleshe or the world ●o death neyther gyue ye henceforth your mēbres as weapons of vnrighteousnesse vnto sinne but as weapons of righteousnesse vnto GOD. For when we were the seruauntes of synne we were not vnder righteousnesse what frute had we then in those things wherof we are nowe ashamed for the ende of those things is death but contrarywise the fruite of rightousnesse is euerlasting life Brethren it is now tyme to awake from sléepe forasmuche as the nyghte is passed and the day approcheth and is euen at hande God hath fréely sent his true and faithful ministers and giueth his woord plētifully to be preached let vs cast away then the workes of darkenesse and take vnto thée the armour of light walke honestly as in the daye time not in gluttonie dronkennesse nor in chambering wantonnesse nor in strife nor enuying but put ye on the Lord Iesus Christ take no thought for the fleshe to fulfill the lustes thereof but according to the good pleasure of God in al spiritual exercises The workes of the flesh are notorious manifest as adulterie fornication vncleanesse wantonnesse Idolatrie witchcraft hatred debate emulation wrathe contentions heresies enuie murthers dronkennesse gluttonie and suche like The workers whereof are y e most wretches and miserable slaues that euer wer yea they are threatned that who so euer cōmitteth such things shall not enherite the kingdom of heauē On the other side the fruit●s of y e spirit are loue ioy peace long suffering gētlenesse goodnesse faith méekenesse temperancie and suche like After this sort ought euery christian mā to walke being carefull to mortifie his own flesh exercising himself in these good works which God hath prepared for him to walke in casting of the old mā which is corrupt through deceiuable lusts be ye therfore renued in y e spirit of your mind and put ye on the new man which after god is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse Wherfore cast of lying speak euery man true vnto his neighbour For we are members y e one of the other Be angrie but sinne not let not the Sunne goe down vpon your wrath neither giue place to the Diuell Let him that stole steale no more but let him rather labour and work with his hands the thing that is good that he may haue to giue him that néedeth Let not corrupt communication procéed out of your mouth but that which is good to edifie withal that it may minister grace vnto the hearers And gréeue not the holy spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redēption Let all bitternesse anger and wrath crying and euil speaking be put away from you with all maliciousnesse Be ye courteous one to an other and tēder hearted forgiuing one an other euē as god for Christs sake forgaue you Be ye then followers of god as dear children walk in loue euē as Christ hath loued vs hath giuen him self for vs to be an offring and a sacrifice of a sweet smelling sauor to god So then fornication and all vncleannesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named amōg you as it becometh sainctes Neither vse ye filthinesse nor foolish talking neyther iesting which are things not comely but rather giuing of thāks For this ye must know that no whoremonger neither vncleane persō nor couetous person which is an Idolatour hath any inheritaunce in the kingdom of Christ of God Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes for by such things cometh the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Be not therefore companions wyth them for so much as ye were once in darknesse but are now light in the lord walk therfore as it becometh children of light for the fruite of the spirit is in all goodnesse righteousnesse and truthe Approue and assay that which is pleasing to the Lord and haue no fellowship with the vnfruitful works of darknesse but euen reproue them rather take ye heede that ye walke circumspectly and wisely not like the foolish but as the wise and redeeme y e time for euen these dayes are euill and dangerous days Therfore be ye not ignorant but replenished with knowledge and spirite Let the woord of God dwell in you plentuously in all wisdom teaching and admonishing your own selues in psalms spirituall songs synging

fleshe They are not ashamed to aduouch in their Decretals that it is better and a smaller offence to kepe a ●ūdreth hoores than to marrie or contracte matrimonie after they haue vowed chastitie Oh beastes that ye are the spirite of Chastitie did neuer cause you to forbid holy matrimonie but it was the spirite of vncleannesse Asmodeus Beelsebub and that spirit whereof the Sodomites and them of Gomorra were driuen These foule spirites made you to do it to accomplishe the prophecies of S. Paule and of Daniell whiche amongest other wordes speaketh of Antechrist on this maner He shal ●xalt him selfe aboue all which is called God For the God of hys predecessors he shal make no count of He shal loue neither God nor woman but only his Maosim for he exalteth himself aboue all things The naturall duetie and affection whiche God hath graffed in man wyfe to loue and haue company comforte and healpe one of the other to increase and multyplie is the onely meane whych God hath prouided to preuent the decay of mankynde It is also a greate kinde of beneuolence and friendeshyp wherein the one parte of mās nature honoreth aswel for the likenesse as for the creatours sake the other in the feare of God whome they in the state of matrimonie not onely serue if it be well vsed but honour and worship Then the du●tie of a good husbande is according to Gods worde to labour and with the sweate of his browes to get his bread to care and prouide for hys familie for his wyfe and chyldren that shée neyther thorough pouertie hunger or other cause of wretchednesse haue no occasion to committe or do any thyng agaynst the rule of honestie and prescript commaundement of God A good wyfe agayne wyll be diligent and carefull for all things necessary and belonging to the house she shall be sober honest faithfull and busie This affection and kindenesse wherof we speake here procedeth out of the naturall loue gyuen v●to vs by nature and all men in generall are bounde to obserue it This naturall kyndenesse and diuine loue hath not this monstrous beast and beastly monster Antechrist nor his sodomitishe greasy ones They lurke onely in their dennes and wyth daintie dyshes and delitious meates fil their bellies and make merr●e they care for no bodie they beare neither honest loue nor heart or any good wil to woman neither for propagation● nor for the ordinance of God who is the author instituter of it They labour not to maintain their wife they seeke not to defēd any against dishonestie rauishment or shame they desire none for their owne but when they lust they take one nowe and an other to morowe and then sende hir packing to haue neither trouble cost nor charges of hir nor of the childe but like vnkyndely Cuckoes lay theyr egges into other folkes nestes Whether these things tende to the despysing disgracyng of women or not iudge you And surely the rather for that they not passing for the ordināce of God but reiecting it take one or other of their acquaintaunce after theyr owne minde forsooth to cast hir of like a broken pot and to take an other so often as they lust But what great euyl and inconuenience dothe procéede and followe here hence is to be séene in great Cities where these belly gods for the most part vse to haunt as at Rome and in other places where any Byshoprikes or canonistes or colledges be where ye may sée an infinite numbre of quean●s and painted Curtisās which get their liuing by y ● l●tting of their flesh and body to these beastly vnnaturall kind of people to whom they beare neither heart nor good will for abusing them selues In that they haue to do with them they loose their honestie fame they marre and destroy both body and soule I le●ue the murtheryng and slayin● of chil●●●n whiche is no synne amongst them 〈◊〉 ●any other vnclean vnnaturall and 〈◊〉 abhominable filthy déedes vsuall amongst them in theyr priuie chaumbres and celles These bee the fruits of their promised sworné vnchast chastitie For what I pray you is chastitie or virginitie more before God than marriage no more than circumcision to vncircūcision one is neither better nor worse before god than y ● other cōcerning the life of a christian man Christ Iesu requireth demaūdeth only of vs tru faith working thorough charitie so thē al they y ● lead their lyfe in the holy state of matrimonie accordyng to the word of God are reputed virgins as S. Paule testifieth The Lambe whyche taketh away the sinne of the world stands with them which y ● father hath giuen him vpon that strong mounte Syon Contrarywise the Dragon and the beast with all theyr adherents are set vpon the slyding sandes of the sea their kingdome their power their myght their lawes statutes and ordinaunces theyr frée will and wycked purpose their proude titles haue no sure foundation but are buylded only vppon t●e waueryng sandes of doubtefulnesse and falshode agaynst whiche when any tempeste or winde of Gods holy worde bloweth sodainly it is moued and ouerthrowen yea and these vile shauelyngs them selues are these sandes wh●reon their captain the dragon stādeth● they are the chair and dwellyng place of the diuel Thoroughe them as instrumentes and false prophetes he vsed to speake to commaunde and execute all hys deceiptfull and false hypocris●es and idolatries It is then moste sure and certaine that this beast with all theyr beastlynesse can neuer abyde long For it followeth that the Beast was apprehended and taken and with hir the false Prophetes whyche did signes and wonders before them As heretofore Iames and Iambres the enchaunters of Egypt wente aboute to counterfaite the sig●es whiche Moyses and Aaron dydde in the presence of Pharao lykewy●e doe these false inchaunters peruert the truth in these oure days namely in that they shew greater wonders than any heretofore hath ben heard of That is that they as they affirme and violently holde can turne very bread into naturall fleshe and bloud and that so cunnyngly that it can not be once perceyued neyther in beholdyng féelyng or tastyng of it otherwyse than breade And more other as to redéeme soules out of Purgatorie by sacrifices and workes supererogations and other shamefull braggs wherwith he deceyued them that receyued the beastes marke and seale and worship his image These both namely the head and the bodie the beast and the false prophete were aliue caste into a lake of fire burning with Brimstone These shall surely thorough the power and ryghteous iudgement of God receyue theyr portion wyth the hypocrites and false Prophetes And the remnant which folow of what state and condition so euer they be were slayne with the sworde of him that sitteth vpon the horse which commeth out of his mouthe This sworde is as is before sayd his mightie and true word which hath within hym spirite and life Such then

with grace in your hearts giuing thanks always to god the father of our Lord Iesus Christ submitting your selues one to the other in the feare of God Wiues submit your selues vnto your husbandes as vnto the Lord for the husband is the heade of the wife euen as Christ is the heade of the Church and is the sauioure of his bodie Therefore as the Church is in subiection vnto Christ Euen so let the wiues be to their husbandes in euery thing Ye husbands loue your wiues dwel with them as men of knowledge giuing honor vnto the woman as vnto the weaker vessell euen as they which are heires togither of the grace of life Euen as Christ loued the Church and gaue him selfe for it that he might sanctifie it and clense it and make it vnto himself a glorious Church without any spot or wrinckle but that it should be holy and without blame So ought men to loue their wiues as their owne bodies for he that loueth his wife loueth him self For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh but nourisheth cherisheth it as the Lord doth his Churche for we are members of his bodye of hys flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shall cleaue to his wife and they twaine shall be one flesh Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right Honour thy father and mother which is the first cōmaundement with promisse Againe ye Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instructiō information of the Lord. Ye seruauntes must obey vnto them that be your bodily maisters according to the flesh with fear trembling in singlenesse of your heart as vnto the Lord. Not with seruice to the eye as men pleasers but as the seruants of Christ doing the wil of God from the heart with a good will seruing the Lord not men being well assured that whatsoeuer good thing any mā doth that same shall he receiue of the lord whether he be bonde or free Therefore ye maisters doe the same thing vnto them putting away threatening knowing that you haue a maister also in heauen with whom there is no respect of persons Finally I beséech you all indifferent of what estate condition or calling so euer ye be that ye wil shew your self an ensample in word and conuersation in all good workes kéeping your selfe alwayes vnder discipline and true doctrin without any damage of preiudice to any keeping the word whole irreprehensible y t the aduersaries might be ashamed hauing no occasion to speake euill of you with the truthe Therefore submit your selues to Princes rulers and powers and be readie to euerie good worke Accuse or blame no man be ye not spiteful cōtentious or wrathful but amiable and peaceable shewing louing kindnesse and courteousnesse to all men Girde the loynes of your heart Stande manfully and put your whole trust and cōfidence in the grace which is now offered Let your loue be vnfained Abhorre that which is euill and cleaue to y t which is good Be affectioned to loue one an other with all reuerence Be not slouthful or negligent to do seruice but be feruent in spirite Frame your se●fe according to the time Reioyce in hope be patient in tribulation cōtinue in prayer distribute vnto the necessitie of the Saintes giuing your selfe to Hospitalitie Blesse them which persecute you blesse I say ●ursse not if it be possible as much as in you is Haue peace wyth all men Be all of one minde of one concorde and one iudgement That nothing be done throughe contention or vaine glory● but that in méekenesse of minde euery man estee●e other better than him selfe Let no man séeke his owne but the profite of other men Be ●eruent in loue haue brotherly loue among you without the which al other things are nothing to speake of of what faith so euer we boast our selues to haue Loue is courteous long suffering not enuious not guileful nor puffed vp desireth no dishonestie It séeketh not ●ir owne is not prouoked to anger it thinketh no euill it delighteth not in vnrighteousnesse but reioyseth in the truthe endureth all things hopeth in al things and neuer faileth Through very lo●e and charitie is Christ Iesu become man for vs and hath humbled him selfe in al kind of obediēce through loue and suffered death on the Crosse to saue vs. So then let vs abide in charitie and doe well without wearinesse for that which man soweth that same also he shal reape If he sowe in the fleshe he shall reape againe of the fleshe perdition But if he sowe in the spirite he shall reape of the spirite life Therefore continue in wel doing although ye suffer rebuke and ignominie of the world Be humble and méeke with Abraham Moyses and Dauid Be long suffering and pacient with Iob and Thobie in al kind of troubles aduer●ities tribulations The Lord alwayes vseth to send his rods first of all ouer his house therfore when he chastneth vs for our sinnes which we haue done in times past we must paciently beare it It must be of necessitie that the godly suffer persecution to exercise their faith and shew their loue and feruencie Abraham was proued héere of the Lord Iob troubled and molested and were both found faithful and cōstant The Apostles were mery and glad that they were foūd worthy to suffer iniurie wrong contempt hatred for y e name of Iesu Christ. The Lord trieth and proueth the godly as golde in the fornace He chasteneth al them which hée loueth and scourgeth euery sonne which he receiueth It is only faith which ouercommeth all euill and obtaineth victorie through pacience The fruite springing vnto eternall life is maruelously assaulted in the godly whilest we be héere in this world The things must néedes fall vpon vs séeing we are vnperfect Let vs therefore be stedfast and vnmoueable hauing a good hope alwayes in our affliction trouble or persecution in the losing forgoing be it of our friends or goods yea our bodies y t we shal be recōpēsed greatly for a litle trouble which we heere indure God wil proue trie vs and receiue vs if so be we abide constant as an acceptable sacrifice of swe●te sauoure Let vs then depend wholy vpon him and he shal kéepe vs let vs hope and trust vpon him and he wil not forsake vs let vs stedfastly cleaue vnto him he shall not leaue vs destitute Therefore my deare brethren let vs consider and ouerrunne al ages and times and diligently marke if at any time any one was put to confusion and shame which trusted in the Lorde He which called vpon him in faith and confidence was he euer forsaken or contempned of him