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A14946	A spyrytuall and moost precyouse pearle Teachyng all men to loue and imbrace the crosse, as a mooste swete and necessary thyng, vnto the sowle, and what comfort is to be taken thereof, and also where and howe, both consolacyon and ayde in all maner of afflyccyons is to be soughte, and agayne, how all men should behaue them selues therein, accordynge to the word of God. Sett forth by the moste honorable lorde, the duke hys grace of Somerset, as appeareth by hys epystle set before the same.; Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English.	Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552, attributed name.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 25255; ESTC S105089	87,629	226

to take awaye sorowe and griefe where no iuste nor apparaunte cause of gryefe is is a greate mayster of physykes dede and worthye muche commendacyon what is he then worthy that can ease gryefe in dede and make healthe where a verye sore restyth I meane that can ease a man set in afflyccyon take away the gryefe from hym that is persecuted lose the prysoner yet in bondes take awaye aduersytye in aduersytye make greuous syckenes not to be felt make pouertye ryches beggerye to be reioysed at Dyuers learned men heretofore by reasons grounded of mans knowledge wrot and inuented great comforte agaynste all kynde of gryefes And so emonge the gentle and phylosophers bokes be bokes of comforte But whosoeuer foloweth but worldlye and mans reason to teache comforte to the troubled mynde can geue but a counterfeit medycyne And as the Surgyon doeth whyche colorablye healeth or the physycyon whyche geueth medycynes that doeth astunyshe and mortyfye the place they deceyue the pacyent And peraduenture to the outward showe they may bring i●… a certayne stowtnes and blynde dissemblinge of payne But the true healyng of gryefe and sorowe they had not for they lacked the grounde they lacked that that shoulde heale the sore at the bone fyrste that is true fayth in Christ and hys holye word All medycynes of the soule whych be layed on the sores therof not hauynge that cleanser wyth them be but ouer healers they do not take away the ranklyng wythin and many tymes vnder colors of hasty he alyng they bryng fourth proude fleshe in the sore as euell and worse as that whych was furst corrupte Thys man whosoeuer he be that was the fyrst author of thys boke if oure iudgement be anye thynge goeth the ryghte waye to worck he bryngeth hys grounde from Gods worde he taketh wyth hym the oyle and wyne of the Samarytan he caryeth the hurte man from thence as he lay hurt and bryngeth hym to hys right hoste where no dowt he may be cured if he wyll hym selfe aplye hym thereto It is red in hystoryes that the maner emong the olde Egyptyans or Assyrians was when any were syck to lay hym abroade that euery man that passed by myght tell if he had bene vexed wyth lyke syckenes what thyng was that that dyd cure and heale hym and so they myght vse i●… to the pacyente And by thys meanes it is thought that the scyence of physyck was first found oute So that it maye appeare that thys redynes to teach an other that thing wherein a man fealeth ease of gryefe is not onlye Christian but also naturall In oure greate trouble whyche of late dyd happen vnto vs as all the worlde doth knowe when it please God for a tyme to attempte vs wyth hys scourge and to proue if we loued hym In reading thys boke we dyd fynde greate comforte and an inwarde and godlye workynge power much releuyng the gryefe of oure mynde The whych thyng now callynge to remembrance we do thynke it oure dutye not to be more vnnatural then the old Egyptyans were But rather as the offyce of a Christian is to be ready to helpe all men by all wayes possyble that we can and especyally those that be afflicted And herevpon we haue requyred hym of whom we had the copye of thys boke the rather at our request and commendacyon to set thys boke forth and in prynte That not onelye we or one or two more but all that be afflycted maye take profyt and consolacyon if they wyll Yea and they that be not afflycted maye eyther see what they should haue done in theyr troble Or what hereafter they ought to do if anye lyke happeneth Knowynge certeynely that suche is the vncerteintye of the world and all humayne thynges that no man standeth so sure ▪ but the tempeste of afflyccion and aduersyte may ouertake h●… and if the grace of god do not syngularly helpe him caste hym do●…e and make hym fall Wherfore it is moste necessarye alwaies to haue in redyues suche godlye medytacyons and medycynes as maye pacy●…ye Gods wrath begynnynge to kyndle and defend in parte the bytternes of afflyccyon whereof thys boke is very plentuous and full Fare you well From oure house at Somerset place the ▪ vi day of May. Anno. 1550. A spyrytuall and precious Perle Teaching all men to loue and imbrace the ●…rosse as a most swete and necessarye thynge vnto the soule and what comforte is to be taken thereof and also where and howe both consolacion and ayde in all maner of affliccions is to be sought And again how all men should behaue them selues therein according to the word of God The fyrst Chapter That all trouble and affliccion cometh from God I Call all that trouble and affliccyon whatsoeuer is reputed to be cōtrary to y e desyre and appetite of mans nature as the vnquyete suggestiōs of the flesh the temptacions of the deuyll syckenes of body a wycked and frowarde mate in matrimony to haue disobedient children vnkynd and vnthanful frendes losse of goodes to be depryuyd of any old liberty or priuiledge losse or blemish of name and fame the malyce displeasure of mē hōger dearth pestylens warre imprisonement and death And in this regyster do I put al kyndes of crosses and afflicciōs whether they be bodyly or ghostlye oure own or our frendes priuate singular or vniuersal general pryuy secret or opē manifest deserued or vndeserued In al such thinges I saye euery Christen man ought first of al to cōsider the very roote groūd beginning after this wise That al thinges whatsoeuer God sendeth we ought to take receiue thē paciently For this is ones true that god is our creator maker we his workemā shyp he is our kyng our Lord father And lyke as it is not semyng that the put should murmur agaynst the po●…maker euen so is it much lesse cōuenient that we should murmur grudge against Gods wil and iudgemēt Ro. ix And although trouble affliccion ryseth and spryngeth often tymes by the wyckednes of enemies and thorowe the instigacyon of the deuell or els by some other meane yet ought we neuer to ymagyne that it cometh by fortune or chaūce wythout the permyssyon sufferance demynacyon and wyll of God but by and wyth the fore knowledge prouydence and appoyntement of god And to speake properly concernynge safegard it is all one su that we tempte not God whether we lyue in pouertye or in ryches in the fyre or in the water among our enemies or among our frendes seynge that God seyth knowyth dysposyth and rulyth all thynges As wytnessyth the fyrste booke and seconde chapter of the kynges The Lord bryngeth death and restoreth again vnto lyfe bryngeth into the graue and rai seth vp agayn puttyth downe and exalteth also And Iob also testyfyeth in hys myserye the Lorde dyd geuen it and the Lord hath taken it agayne And Christ in

for it and ve the more hardye bolde and stronge in per secucyon whensoeuer it shulde happen Thyrdly a great weyght substaunce of the matter dependeth and hangeth vpō thys pointe that a man conceyue a right iudgemente and opynion of all thynges that happē and chaunce For euery thing appeareth so vnto vs euen as we in oure thoughtes and mindes do fansy ymagine and conceyue it Yf a man esteme worldly goodes for a lyghte thynge as they ought in very deede to be estemed then cā he forbeare the same with the lesse grefe payne Contrariwyse yf he make a God of them and esteme them hyghly then he trembleth quaketh and taket●… on vnmea surably when he is spoyled and depryued of them In lyke maner in other thynges a mā of tymes fansyeth and ymagyneth in him selfe that he can abyde and suffer no maner of misfortune when as yf it were wel considered it shuld sone seme but a tryfle and no mysfortune but rather a blessynge or a good turne And thoughe it be not lyght and small in deede yet let it be estemed and taken for lyght for as muche as it cometh alone and bryngeth not ij iij. or an hundreth companyons with hym For it is a wōder a syngular myracle of god that amonge suche infynyte and innumerable perels as the worlde and Sathan haue readye prepared and euen bent ouer vs that we are not vtterlye headelynges ouerwhelmed and sodenlye destroyed of them all And yet God sendeth myxeth all wayes some goodnes and comfort betwene As thou hast parauenture a syckly dyseased bodye but yet thy minde and harte is sounde and stronge Or thou arte vexed and combered in thy mynde yet haste thou an whole and a sounde body Or parauenture thou arte robbed spoyled and depryued of thy temporall and worldlye goodes and other transitorye pleasures yet thou haste manye and dyuers Christen vertues and syngular gyftes of grace wherein is a thousande tymes more felicyte then in al helth bewty strength ryches frendshypp wyfe chyldren honor dignite or power For it is not wrytten in vayne in the ciiij. Psalm O Lorde the earth is ful of thy goodnes Here shulde an harte and mynde that is vexed and combered cease and leaue of from the consyderacyon of the presente myserye and affliccyon and call to remēbraunce what other benefytes of God do yet remayne or what other we haue had or at leaste what are yet to come and to happen to all faythfull Christians And therfore there is an olde comon prouerbe good to be remembered In aduersyte remember prosperyte and agayne in prosperyte thyncke vpon aduersyte Agayne oft tymes many a losse myschaunce wereth lightly away again and is sone remedyed another way As yf some specyal frind of thyne be takē frō y u by death y u maiest happen vpon another as good for him or els some other benefytes may happen vnto the for y t losse wythin a And be it in case that thy miserye and misfortune continue a longe whyle yet is all maner of trouble that we suffer vpon earthe transitorpe euerpassynge awaye and not durable nor perpetuall The lengthe and processe of tyme doth mytygate ease assuage and lyghten all maner of smarte payne and grefe yf the mynd be a whyle vsed vnto it somwhat exercysed and waren harde in it Yet such as be wyse ought not to tary tyll smarte and greafe weare and fret away of it self but to preuente the tyme by suche meanes as we haue hetherto taught here after shall folowe Fourthlye ordinarye meanes are not to be contemned despysed nor refused Lyke as a shypmayster beynge vpon the water and foreseynge a tempest to be at hande calleth vpon Gods ayde and helpe and yet for all that he hath also a sure eye to the ster●…e to rule that as hansomlye connyngly as he can Euen so in all maner of necessyties and perels it is laufull and men ought also to vse all maner of honest and conuenient meanes As physyke medycynes in sicknes labor trauel w t the sweat of our brow●…sin pouer tye the power auctoryte of the magistra te in wrong iniury debate and dissensiō battell aray agaynst the enemyes of oure countrey and suche lyke so that no man buylde nor truste in any maner of thynge sauynge in the very lyuynge God onelye whiche can helpe delyuer and remedye al thynges withoute any myddell or meane yf there were none at hande Fysthlye when a man wayteth tendeth vpon and serueth hys honest crafte sciens vocacyon or offyce wherevnto God hath called hym and studyeth to execute performe and folowe it diligentlye as he ought to do it dryueth awaye many ●…uyl vayne fansyes frō a troubled mind that is combred with any grefe or afflicci on Sixtly lyke as weake tender and diffe ased eyes are refreshed and quickened w t grene and freshe pleasant colours Euen so cōvered troubled mindes are wonder fully refreshed reuyued and restored to strength thorowe semely honest and measurable myrth and pastyme As thorowe hearynge of instrumentes of musyke By walkynge abroade by alterynge chaunchynge of the ●…yer and by goyng oute of such places as be obscure and darke into suche as be very lightsow And specyally for a mā in hys troble to visite his special frindes or to be visited of them bringeth a doble cōfort ease●…t vnto hys sorowful vnquyet mynd Fyrst in declarynge thy grefe dysease vnto thy frynd opening thy whole hart pouring out thy whole mynd before him thou fyndest a singular easement in thy mynd therby And again a true a faythful frynd thorow hys pytye and bemonynge of the helpeth the as it were to beare thy burdē and although he can take awaye no parte of the substaū ce of thy sorowe yet his good harte wyl and fryndly wordes are a greate comfort vnto the. The xxiij Chapter ¶ The best and sue●…st succour cōforte in aduersyte resteth only in the might po wer wyll and goodnes of God NOw wyll I open declare that God both can may wyll helpe succour sufficiêtly for Christes sake in respect of whom he promyseth vs al maner of helpe ayde comfort performeth it And I will also shew by what meanes in what measure he worketh the same God seyth loketh vpon vs howe we styke and wrastle in perell and daunger he knoweth best of all howe when to remedye helpe delyuer vs that hys glorye and our welthe may be moste furthered And he is not one that ●…nelye knoweth al thinges but he is also almigh ty and can worck bringe to passe al thin ges And yf oure afflicciō and aduersyte waxe and increase frō daye to daye the lō ger the worsse yet is God alwaies a thou sande tymes myghtyer stronger then it But so myghty can not God be but he is as gracious and mercyfull also and hath a

greater luste and desyre to shewe declare hys trewe harte and loue toward vs then we can wyshe or desyre And although he semeth in our syght to take vtterlye awaye all maner of lyghte of hys grace out of our eyes yet he remayneth gracyous fauourable toward vs pryuy ly as it were in secret certenly he wyl not forsake vs gene vs ouer nor suffer vs to styke continue in suche heauynes and daunger And it is not oure good workes merytes desertes that moue hym therevnto but the infinite endlesse meryte desert of Iesus christ which hath purcha sed vnto vs thorowe his bitter death and passyō remyssyō of our synnes the hea●… ly gyftes of the holy goost mitigaciō or easement of al our ●…roubles aduersities And it is not possyble that anye man that taketh holde of Christ hath him can be oppressed or ouerthrowen either of synne the deuyll the worlde or of all the creatu res in heauen and earth but shal continue and remayne for euer vnder the wynge defence of God Furthermore almyghty God beynge pacifyed reconcyled with mankind thorowe Iesus Christ hath promysed b●…the vnto the children of Israel to al that be in any dystresse vexacyon thorowe hys mynysters euermore from time to tyme helpe succoure and comforte Psal. xxxiiij The Lord is nye vnto them y t are of a contrite broken hart and wyl helpe thē that haue sorowful and humble mindes Ps. xci He despreth me hath set hys loue vpon me therfore wyl I deliuer him I am by him with him in his trouble I wyllbring him out set hym in ho nor c. Oh howe comfortable a thyng what an hyghe honor is it to haue such a mightye and so faythfull a felow●… companyon whiche wyll so louinglye stande by vs and ayde vs. Now as for the tyme God wil help in dewe and co●…uenyeut ceason we muste suffer hym to take hys tyme and leyser For lyke as God seyth the trouble and affliccion of hys church how it is ve●…ed euen so hath he appoynted a iu●…e tyme how longe he wyll suffer the wycked to take their pleasure a●…d howe farre they shall goo and attempte And whan that is erpyryd no longer nor further can they goo As the captyu●…te of Babylon was appoynted to contynue lxx yeares Ierem. xxix and than to cease Yea wh●… the sorowe and heuines is 〈◊〉 the hyghest euery one of vs thynkyth that God hath vtterly forsaken vs tha●… is God most redy to helpe vs hys ayd●… is most nygh vnto vs. Y●…a and to speake certenly as y e trueth is God comfortyth vs contynuallye in the myddys of all oure trouble and heuynes and is neuer from vs. For the faythfull man hath in hys harte the spyryte of God the fountayn and spryng of the hea neuly water of the whych he is euermore moysteryd reuyuyd and refreshyd to hys syngular comfort Ioh iiij And the more that oure sorow and aduersyte augmentyth and increasyth the greater ayde and assystence shall we fynd and perceyue i. Cor. x. God wyll not suffer you to be tēpted aboue your strength but together wyth youre temptacyon he wyll make a way out that ye shall be able to beare it By these wordes doeth Paul teache very comfortably that God wyll not tempt tast nor assaye vs harder nor sorer than we maye awaye wyth and be able to beare ii Cor. i. As the affliccyons of Christe are plentyfull and aboundant in vs euen so is the cōsolacyon thorow Christ also plen tyfull and aboundant For example The holy Apostles were so strēgthnyd that they reioysed that they might suffer any thyng for Christes sake And at this present day god sendeth more comfort than all deuyls and al the world are able to send heuines sorow discōfort Lyke as a captain in warre geuyth his sowdgers that are vnder him a great corage by speakyng manfully comfortably vnto them Euen so God wyll haue hys comfortable word dayly to be publyshed proclamed abrode to the intente to incorage his sowdgers that fyghte vnder hys baner And yet he is not so satisfyed that we should be incoragyd wyth bare symple wordes but he him self is present by vs wyth his spirite which spiryt as a sure warant an ernest peny certifyeth assueryth our hartes of the grace fauor ayde of god And thus he comfortyth reioysyth oure hartes vnfaynedly geueth vs wysdom boldnes and strength to skimmysh and fpght against al maner of enuy myes as well ghostly as bodyly Although in wynter the trees seme and appeare not onelye vnfruytefull but also vtterly dead yet the sonne wyth her comming whan the winter hath takē her leaue doth so mollifye resolue warme both the earth it selfe the trees that they bud out agayn waxe grene and brynge furth fruite Euen so whan the faithful are estemed seme as though they were depriuyd destitute of al help vtterly forsakē yet doth y e heuenly spirit of god hyghtē warm strengthen their hartes to all goodnes Lyke as the yonge infant is not able to goo of him self for very tendernes lack of strength but must be susteined holden vp led with the hand of the norse And like as a syck woman wekened 〈◊〉 much long sycknes is not able to go one stepp but some whole and strong wemen must take her vnder the arme guyde and leade her that she may goo wyth them Euen so are we not able to go of our selues There is some kynd of sorow and marterdome that we tremble quake for feare whan we doo but heare of it muche lesse were we able to suffer and to beare it but God wyth hys myghty hand presente power strengthnyth susteynyth preseruyth vs. Ro. viij The spyryte succouryth and helpyth our weakenes and infirmityes And if the deuyll thorowe hys spyryte doeth dryue and moue the people that they are ready and wyllynge to all wyckednes abhomynacyon though it cost them their lyues why should not God thorowe hys spyryte make vs as lusty and wyllyng to all goodnes whatsoeuer sorowe or affliccyon we suffer Sometyme God mytygatyth and easyth the ponyshmentes that men may the more easyly ouercome them The captayne gyueth sometyme hys sowdgers lyberty to take their reast ease and pastyme that they may somewhat refresh them selues and afterwarde fyghte the more manly and freshly Euen so our spyrytuall captayne grantyth oft tymes vnto hys Christians a certen recreacyon case and rest whereby they maye refreshe and reuyue them selues that they maye afterwarde handle them selues the more valiantly in their spirituall affayres And sometyme he dischargyth vs vtterly of al mauer of trouble and vnquyetnes and re storyth all oure lossys and hynderances agayn and deliueryth vs to our singular preemiuence prayse and commendacyon and kepyth and sauyth

sothsai ers Wherfore let euery christē man take hede that no such rauyng fearsenes bitternes come vpon hym or at leaste that it remayne long by hym but in suche temptacyon let him fighte manfully as in the face and sight of the heauenlye captayne whiche both seyth and knoweth all thing and also most faithfullye rescueth his sou dyers and is as it were a felow and one amonge them and will recompence all their labor and trauell a thousand fold in the lyfe euerlastinge Moreouer we haue an euydent and perfect ymage and spectacle of all pacience in oure Lorde Iesus Christ as he hym selfe poynteth vs vnto hymselfe Math. xvi saiynge whosoeuer wyll folowe me let hym forsake hym selfe and take hys crosse vpon hys backe and folow me When hys vnspeakable marterdom and passion beganne he prayed O father yf it be possybyle take this cuppe from me but thy wyll not myne be done Where did he euer ones murmur or grudge or caste oute so muche as one vntowarde and vnpacyente worde when he was mocked and scorned scourged beaten most cruellye mysordered delt wythall Prynt thys well and surelye in thy minde that he dyd pray vpon y e crosse for hys greatest enemyes and sayde Father forgeue them for they knowe not what they do Iohn xix If he thorowe hys heauenly and dyuyne might power had rydde him selfe of all hys payne sorowe and daunger And that we in oure sorowe anguysh necessite had not felte any heauenly strengthe nor power from God then could we not haue comforted our selues at all with oure sauyoure Iesus Christ. But he wold not put of his bitter passyon thorowe hys almyghtye power but rather ouercome it thorowe weakenes Nowe then yf he whome all angels and creatures in heauē and earthe do beholde and loke vpon yea whome they all must serue feare bothe suffer innocentlye vndeserued with al pacience mekenes more then euer any chri sten man was attempted wyth it oughte laufully to make euen an hart of stone or yron to yerne melte to take these small affliccyons well deserued most paciently wyllingly and to suffer and beare them most mekelye And thys practyse dyd the holy electe of God in y e old tyme not onely inculc●…e teache with wordes but also expresse and performe in dede It was an heuye crosse vnto Abraham to slaye and offer vp hys moste deare sonne and yet he wolde wyth all pacyence shewe hym selfe obedyent vn to God therein And Isaac perceyuynge that it stode vpon hys lyfe and that he shulde dye we trade not that he dyd resist nor ones open hys mouthe agaynst it Gene. xxij Ioseph when he was delyuered of his brethren vnto the Hethen which were fremde and straungers vnto hym yet he forgaue it hys brethren and dyd thē good for it Moyses beynge reuyled of the Isra elytes as a deceyuer and a betrayer pet had he suche compassyon of them that he prayed for them Exo. xxxij sayinge O Lorde eyther forgeue them or els wipe me oute of thy boke Here is he wyllyng and readye to take all the Israelytes synnes and offences vpon hym selfe y t God shulde ponyshe hym for them Dauid was fayne to be a banyshed oute caste a longe tyme and to flee euery where from Saule whome notwithstandynge he might ones as easelye haue destroyed kylled as he myght haue eaten a bytte of bread i. Reg. xxiiij And after that he was put to flyght of hys owne sonne and yet he sayde pacyentlye ●…f I synde grace and fauor before God then wyll he restore me agayne But yf he saye I haue no pleasure nor delight in the behold here I am let hym make wyth me as pleaseth hym best Iob the spectacle of pacyence beynge full of sorys in hys bodye spoyled of hys goodes and depriued of hys chyldren sayde thus God gaue it God hath taken it agayne the name of the lord be praysed Item in the. xiij chap. If he shuld kill me yet wyll I put my truste in hym Mathathias in the verye hyghest perell and daunger of hys bodye and lyfe at suche tyme as they wolde haue compelled and forced hym vnto Idolatry he made thys aunswere vnto the seruauntes and mynisters of Antiochus We wyll not swarue nor departe from oure fayth neyther to the ryghte hande nor to the lefte The Apostles Actes v. dyd reioyse that they were worthy to be scourged beaten and reuyled for the name of Iesus We shulde learne to crye wyth Paul I am sure that neyther death nor lyfe ney ther heygth nor depth nor any other creature can separate vs frō the loue of God whiche is in Christ Iesus oure Lorde After the tyme of the holye Prophetes and Apostles manye thousande marters amonge whome were dyuers notable 〈◊〉 chaste virgynes and other yonge people dyd suffer moste greuous tormentes and affliccyons for the truthes sake But now here myght some man obiecte and sa●…e It i●… no meruell that the holye sayntes dyd suffer ioyfully boldely for they dyd suffer innocently vnworthyly and wythoute deserte But as for me I muste nedes complayne that I am a wretchet sinner and that which I suffer is for my desertees and synnes so that I suffer worthylye And therfore my crosse and affliccyon can in no wyse be compared or lykened vnto the crosse of the holy sayntes c. This obieccyon maye be aunswered in fewe wordes The holy sayntes euery one of them concernyng them selues and theyr owne nature were myserable synners but agayne they were holye rightuous thorowe Iesus Christe which had dystributed and geuen vnto the also thorow true fayth his holynes rightuousnes Furthermore these ij vertues true fayth and Christen pacience are so nighe of affynyte and so annexed and kuptte in feloweshyppe together that alwayes the one helpeth the other Faith is stirred vp exercysed put in vre and practyse and receyueth increasement more strength tho row pacience in sorowe and affliccion when as we for Christes sake ●…o bothe desyre and also wayte for helpe strength of God against oure nature whiche can nothynge but doute and despayre als●… agaynste the weakenes of the fleshe agaynst the temptacyon of the deuyll and agaynst the assawltes of the worlde And agayne pacience is exercised proued and made stronger thorowe true faythe For whosoeuer knoweth and is fully persuaded that he hath a gracyous and a mer cyfull God wyth whome after thys myserable lyfe he shall lyue euerlastinglye The same shall suffer all maner of trouble and aduersyte pacyently Christenlye and thankefullye Agayne thorowe fayth in Christe we are set at one and reconcyled wyth God and assured of hys grace mercy and fauor for Iesus Christes sake and the merytes of hys passyon For example Dauid for as much as he beleued trulye and stedfastlye in God he spake boldely wyth a courage in the. xivi Psal.