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A08590	The true Christian catholique or The maner how to liue Christianly Gathered forth of the holie Scriptures, and ancient fathers, confirmed and explained by sundrie reasons, apte similitudes, and examples. By the Reuerend Father F. Phillip Doultreman, of the Societie of Iesus. And turnd out of Frenche into Englishe by Iohn Heigham.; Vrai chrétien catholique. English	Outreman, Philippe d', 1585-1652.; Heigham, John, fl. 1639.	1622 (1622)	STC 18902; ESTC S113556	149,727	482

as soone as they had cast their net vpon his worde they had a great and happy draught For this it is that S. Paul so much recommendeth that all whatsoeuer we doe we would doe it in the name of God Col. 3. 17. 1. Cor. 10. 31. Dauid compareth himselfe to a litle childe newly weaned psal 130. 2. Euen then as a litle infant newly taken from the dugges can not goe a step if his mother guide him not by the arme and as soone as she lets him stand alone without houlding he extendeth his armes and cryeth with teares after his mother euen so wee for we are a great deale yea infinite lesse before God neuer ought to goe nor to doe ought whatsoeuer but to holde God by the hande and as soone as we feele our selues in any distresse to implore more then euer his asistance saying with Dauid O God intend vnto my helpe Lord make haste to helpe me Psal 69. 1. EXAMPLES 1. I thought said S. Aug. that I was some body of my selfe and I saw not that thou art he who didst cōduct me vntill such time as thou retyredst thy selfe a litle from me and thus forthwith I fell Then I saw knew that thy hande gouerned me that to be fallen came from me and to be risen againe came from thee Soliloque c. 15. 2. S. Dominique nether did nor euer vndertooke ought without hauing first recommended him selfe to God and to our Ladie by the intercession of whom he said he alwayes obtained what he would of her Sonne Sur tom 4. Ribad 4. August 3. Albeit S. Francis had triumphed ouer his flesh and quenched the flames of sensual fire and that it was reuealed to brother Leo his companiō that S. Francis was numbred in heauē in the number of those which were true virgins both in soule body yet was he neuertheles maruellously retired strange amonge women hauing his eye so modest when he spake vnto them that he hardly knew so much as anie one by sight For he was wonte to say that by occasions the stronge became weake and the weake was vanquished that to conuerse familiarly in the cōpanie of women or women with mē without being burned or sōwhat singed was as harde as to walke vpon hoate coales or to beare fire in ones bosome without being hurte He further added that he who is hardy is not crafty and that the diuel so that he finde wheron to take hould although it be but at a bare haire will make thereupon a terrible warre Ribad 4. of Octob. 4. Our holy Father Ignatius so much distrusted his owne selfe that in al his affaires he neuer resolued ought albeit he knew all reasons probable without first recōmending it to God Ribad in his life 5. The sixt of Nouember together with the four crowned martyrs the Church celebrateth the feaste of fiue other martyrs Claudius Nicostratus Simphorianus Castorus and Simplicianus which were most excellent grauers and Christians except Simplicianus who was a panim who seeing that the workes of marble of other riche stuffes of his companions were founde so perfect and compleate and that in labouring of them all thinges succeeded as they desired where to the contrarie he spoyled a number of tooles about his art he demanded of Simphorianus who was the chiefest of the rest whence this proceeded Who answered him that alwayes in taking any instrument to worke with all they called vpon the name of Iesus Christ their God and instructed him so well that thorough the grace and goodnes of our Lord he was conuerted and baptised and after martyred in their companie Ribad 6. of Nouēbr So true it is which our Lord said to his Disciples so many ages past He that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth much fruite for without me you can doe nothinge Ioan. 15. 5. §. 5. Of Charitie and particularly of that which we owe vnto God Charitie is a virtu diuinely infused by the which we loue God for him selfe and our neighbour for God Canis cap. 3. de charitate decal q. 2. ex S. Aug. l. 3. de doctrina Christ. c. 10. A certaine law●er asked of our Lord vpon a day Master which is the greatest commandement in the law Mat. 25. 35. Or according to S. Luke c. 10. 25. By dooing of what thinge shall I posses life euerlastinge Our Lord made answere Thou shalt loue thy Lord the God with thy whole hart and with thy whole soule and with all thy strenght and with all thy minde and thy neighbour as thy selfe Vpon which passage S. Bernard saith The reason to loue God is God him selfe the maner and the measure to loue God is to loue him without measure God must be loued for him selfe and that for two reasons First because we can loue nothing more iustly Secondly because we can loue nothing more profitable God deserueth to be loued for him selfe yea euen of an Infidell for although he know not Iesus Christ yet Iesus Christ knoweth him This is the cause why euen a Panim is inexcusable if he loue not God with his whole hart with his whole soule and with all his strenght for the iustice and the reason which is in him cry that we ought to loue him aboue all whose dettor we know our selues to be in all Tract de diligendo Deo With how much more reason oughtest thou to loue him o Christian who illuminated with the light of faith hast more particular knowledge of his bountie All the other virtues are meerly nothing without this for If I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels haue not charity I am become as sounding brasse or a tinkling cymball And if I should haue prophecie and knew all misteries and all knowledge and if I should haue all faith so that I could remoue mountaines and haue not charitie I am nothinge And if I should distribute all my goodes to be meate for the poore and if I should deliuer my body so that I burne and haue not charitie it doth profit me nothinge 1. Cor. 13. 1. Will you haue a certaine proofe of the loue of God If you loue me saith our Lord to his Apostles keepe my commandements Ioan. 14. 15. This is the charitie of God saith S. Iohn that we keepe his commandements and his commandements are not heauie 1. Ioan. 5. 3. How doost thou loue him whose commandement thou hatest Who is he that will say I loue the Emperor but I hate his lawes S. Aug. tract 9. in ep Ioan. The proofe of loue is the performance of the worke and the keeping of the commandements of God S. Greg. Hom. 30. in Euang. The properties of the loue of God The first propertie of the loue of God is gladly to be with God and not to be auerted frō him but with griefe So the espouse loued her spouse in the Canticles saying I founde him whō my soule loueth I helde him nether will I let him

27. created for the same end to enioy the celestiall enheritance 1. Pet. 1.4 What should let vs then to loue one another Blessed is he saith S. Aug. whom thou louest o Lord his friend in thee and his enimie for thee For he alone loseth no friende who loueth all his friendes in him who can not be lost Confes l. 4. c. 9. Euen as saith S. Dorotheus two lines drawen from the circumference after the centre the nerer they approache vnto the centre the nerer are they one to the other euen so the nerer that we approache vnto God who is our centre the nerer also are we by affection one to another In the 6. discourse not to iudge our neighbour The same doth S. Bonauenture say In stimulo amoris p. 2. c. 7. EXAMPLES 1. Our Lord hath so exceedingly loued vs that he hath giuen his very life for vs. He could not possibly giue a greater proofe of his loue as him selfe saith in S. Iohn cap. 15. 2. The first Christians loued one another so entirely that S. Luke saith The multitude of beleeuers had one hart and one soule Act. 4. 32. And Tertulian who liued about that time writeth that the Infidells seing the Christians so to loue as to dye one for another said Behould how they loue together 3. Moyses so loued his people that seeing God would punish them for their sinnes he said Lord pardon them or blot me out of the booke of life Exod. 32. 4. I wished my selfe said S. Paul to be an anathema from Christ for my bretheren Rom. 9. 3. 5. S. Serapion became a slaue to certaine tumblers and players to the end to haue some meanes to discourse with them and to conuert them to the faith which he effected Theod. in hist sanct pat c. 83. Marulus l. 3. c. 2. 6. Paulinus bishop of Nola did as much to deliuer the sonne of a poore widdow forth of captiuitie S. Greg. l. 3. dial c. 1. 7. S. Leo Abbot to redeeme certaine of his monkes that were captiues gaue a good somme of mony to the barbarous people which detained them and praid them to accept him in their place as they did and within a while after they cut off his head Sophon prat spirit c. 112. Baron tom 7. anno 586. 8. S. Sanctulus of the prouince of Nursie hauing accesse vnto the prison where a Deacon was detained caused him to get out secretly and he remayned in his place And when afterwards those of Lūbardy would haue behedded him he cald vpon S. Iohn and the hangmans armes instantly became benumd Which the Barbariās seeing admiring they gaue him life and libertie and to all the other captiues also S. Greg. dial l. 3. c. 37. O great renowned Saintes who after the example of our Lord haue postposed their owne liues to their neighbours And thou o Christian for a litle point of good or honor wilt enter into processe quarrels against thy neighbour O how far is this to giue thy life for him Let vs now come to the seauen virtues contrarye to the capitall sinnes ommitting the others lest we be too tedious THE IV. CHAPTER Of the seauen virtues contrary to the capitall sinnes GOod the Creator cōmanded the prophet Ieremie at the very beginning of his missiō to goe thorough the realmes to pluck vp destroy wast and dissipate and to build and plant Ieremie 1. 10. to wit to take from soules by the force of his wordes and examples sinnes and vices and to plant virtues in their places This is the whole endeuour of a good Christian which we labour to perswade in these two bookes In the first I haue laid downe the meanes to take away sinnes amongst others the seauen capitall which are as the fountaine and roote of all the rest I will now God willing open the way to plant virtues in their places and namlie those which are also by contrarie as the springe and fountaine of all the others §. 1. Of the virtu of Humilitie Humilitie according to S. Bernard is a virtu by the which a man doth villifie or despice him selfe by a true and perfect knowledge of him selfe Lib. de grad Humil. This virtu is so noble that the Sonne of God him selfe would teache the same both by wordes and by examples Learne of me saith he because I am meeke and humble of hart and you shall finde rest to your soules Mat. 11. 29. And in cap. 5. 3. he placeth the poore of spirit euen of this life in the ranck and number of the blessed and by the poore of spirit S. Aug. vnderstandeth the humble De sancta virginit c. 232. Humilitie is called by the holy fathers the firme foundation of a spirituall buildinge a the head b the mother c the mistris d and the treasure e most assured of all virtues a Cassian Collat. 15. c. 7. b Ambros in Psal 118. ser 20. c Greg. l. 23. mor. c. 13. d ibid Cassian e Basil in const mon. c. 17. The swathing clothes and cloutes of our B. Sauiour are more pretious then all purples the manger much more glorious then all the golden throanes of Kinges the pouertie of Iesus Christ is much more riche then all the treasures and store-houses in the world for what is there more riche and pretious then humilitie wherwith the kingdome of heauen it selfe is bought and purchased S. Ber. ser 4 in vig. nat Dom. And in the 2. ser of the Ascension he saith that humility is the marke of the predestinate What shall we say of the necessitie therof That which Truth him selfe hath pronounced of it A men I say to you vnles you become as litle children you shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen Mat. 18. 3. Perseuer my dearest saith S. Bernard in the discipline which you haue vndertaken to the end that by humilitie you may ascend vnto sublimitie for she is the way nor is there any other He that walketh by any other way he rather falleth then ascendeth for it is humilitie alone which exalteth it is humility alone which leadeth and conducteth vnto life Ser. 2. de Ascensione Her profit is great for she it is who procureth vs accesse to the secret cabinet and especiall graces of the kinge of heauen and makes vs to participate of all his treasures behould the proofes The prayer of him that humbleth him selfe shall penetrate the cloudes Eccl. 35. 18. The prayers of the humble haue euer bene agreeable vnto thee said the chaste ludith c. 16. God resisteth the proude and giueth grace to the humble Iac. 4. 6. 1. Pet. 5. 5. Will you that I comprehend all in one worde He that humbleth him selfe shall be exalted saith our Lord. Luc. 14. 11. To attaine to the top of this virtu S. Anselme giueth seauen degrees or stepps 1. To acknowledge ones selfe contemptible or worthie to be despiced 2. To reioyce therat 3. Freely to confes it 4 To persuade it to others 5. To suffer patiently that