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A22871	An introduction to the looue of God. Accompted among the workes of S. Augustine, and translated into English, by the right reuerend father in God, Edmund, Bishop of Norvvitch, that nowe is, and by him dedicated to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, to the glorie of God, and comfort of his chosen. And newlie turned into Englishe meter by Robert Fletcher. 1581.	Simard, Marie Ange, attributed name.; Freake, Edmund, ca. 1516-1591.; Fletcher, Robert, fl. 1586.	1581 (1581)	STC 936; ESTC S114474	35,980	111

should great indignation at me haue As first the earth thy creature great which dooth the world so wide containe Against me might conspire and stay I thée to nourishe doo disdaine Ne might I make my mone for this if it molest or trouble mée If I complaine it aunswere might in trueth I lothe to carrie thée For as I Dathan did deuowre Abiram eke and Corah caught As they were swallowed quicke euen so for thine offences die thou ought Which hast not béene afrayde to fall from thy Creatour and to ioyne Euen with his mortalst foe the fiend the Diuell which would thée purloyne The author of iniquitie of disobedience and of sin The father of those froward fooles that doo delight to liue therein The Sunne also to thée might say I ought my beames to thée deny Because vnto thy lasting light thy duetie thou doost not applie Thus euerie creature might controwle and vnto thée this sentence giue But that thy Sauiour them restraines who bids thée to repent and liue It me behoues therefore O Lord more humblie to thy mightie hand More loyall and obedient I before thy mercie ought to stand Least by deferring of the day to punishe my transgressions then Euen in thy dreadfull day O Lord more gréeuouslie with sinfull men And thou my soule thy selfe perswade that this long suffering of the Lord Expected hath a great while now what we in faith can him aforde Th'effect of his election free Predestination is most pure Which he fulfilde in vs will haue by faith for euer to endnre Through his excessiue looue likewise which he hath borne and beares vs styll His eyes be turned from our sinnes according to his holy wyll As once vnwilling to beholde howe often I offended haue His mercie is disposoe I sée from endlesse death my soule to saue This is the cause I see why he hath stayde so long our hearts to prooue And that thereby he might commend his patience and confirme his looue My selfe I doo remember well he strooke my heart and stirde the same For to beholde the skarres of sinne which wicked life in me did frame Yea for this cause he did conuey and lead me to the gates of hell Describing vnto me what paines they suffer that therein doo dwell And to this ende that I should not dismay with motions of my sin Nor that rrmembraunce of the same might not remaine my minde within He did inspire and comfort me that I a full remission had A generall pardon he me gaue for all my lyfe that was so bad That neither should reuenge be sought nor I vpbraided once should be Condempned nor consounded for such was his looue and zeale to me Though some that in the world remaine and no small number God he knowes That pardon crimes committed yet will cast the parties in the nose And other that doo silent sit doo styll in stomacke rancour beare Euen in their silent shadowe dooth reserued spite and hate appeare But neither of these sortes be such as charitie with hart embrace Nor yet according to the rule and looue of God which we by grace Doo taste and féele for comfort ours how plainlie he dooth alwayes deale His pardon fréelie is bestowde on all that to the same appeale According to the text which sayth euen where our sinnes did most abound Grace did most plentifull appeare which benefite Saint Peter found Who hauing thrise his Lord denide the same his Lord did thrise commaund To féede his Shéepe and of his Church the chéefest Pastour for to stand Paule did his Gospell persecute yet he a Vessell was elect And teacher of the will of God the Heathens liues for to correct And Mathew was a worldlie man he did receyue the common towle Which Office dooth containe abuse if Officer doo bribe and powle Yet he was an Apostle made the Lord his God so gaue consent And of Apostles was the first that wrote his Will and Testament FINIS 12. Chap. ¶ Of the gift of Continencie 13. Cap. BVt after all these thinges which are right good and many as you sée Of Continencie perfect gift my God did also giue to mée Not onelie from all carnall lust but from each other filthy vice By whatsoeuer they be callde a gifte of rare and woorthy price So that I who in former time could hardlie any thing forbeare Thrée dayes together but I did vnto my former faultes repaire Now through the grace and helpe of God I can for euer be content That to forbeare which dooth intice or vnto sinne dooth giue consent By iust occasion I can staye and thereof well assured bée Beholde my God of mighties most what great thinges he hath done for mée Some man perhaps will thus replie thou mayst accomplishe this with ease Of light importaunce is that paine that to forbeare which dooth thée please Assure your selfe I thinke not so I knowe what enimies it hath How strong and sturdy ones they be what might they haue y e minde to skathe It néedefull is for to resist a broode of such impietie A Nurse of naughtines and eke a sincke of all iniquitie The first and chéefest enemie that continencie dooth despite Is our owne flesh whilst it dooth lust striue and rebell against the sprite And what an enemie is this know you that so familiar can Kéepe residence and force conflict within the secret shape of man How daungerous is this my soule a fearefull fight most like to be Thou haste no meanes to skape the hurt of this thy mortall enemy This foe most cruell sterne and stoute vnnaturall and tyrannous No way thou hast him to escape nor pollicie to flie but thus Mauger our heads we néedes must beare this mortall foe about vs still To vs it tide and lincked is we cannot leaue it when we will And therefore what more wretched is vs miserable men to charme To féede and foster vp this foe béeing forbid to doo it harme Thus maist thou see what great regarde and care thou hast thy selfe to kéepe From such a foe as must of force within thy bosome lie and sléepe But yet my soule if this were all thine enimies which doo thée hate And that there were none other thou thrise happie were and fortunate For one there is as bad as this as sturdy stoute as stoute may be As cruell crafty daungerous and eke as hurtfull vnto thée As harde to be escaped and where euer thou thy selfe bestowe It dooth inuiron thée about and no way from it canst thou goe This enimie the wicked world vnto fiue gates I can compare The which fiue gates for to defyne compact in thy fiue sences are This enemy dooth wound thée sore with dartes and at thy windowes will Watche time for to procure thy death for he hath sworne thée for to kill The thyrde is sworne thy deadly foe and common enimie to all Of Adams whole posteritie the subtile Serpent men him call More wilie then the

for to looue them more But as our selues that is to wishe as to our selues is sayd before Especiallie the ioy and blisse that euerlasting dooth remaine That we with them and they with vs may at the length the same obtaine Them to assist and helpe likewise with bodilie and ghostlie foode As reason and habillitie requireth so to doo them good And as the Gospell dooth you giue to vnderstand euen so to doo To other men as you would wishe that other should doo to you For so sayth Iohn let vs not loue neyther in tongue nor yet in worde But euen in truth and veritie that loue is liked of the Lorde But now where are those neighbors whom we ought to loue forsooth euen all Both Christian Heathen Iewes friends and those which Enimies we call ¶ Why and how God is to be loued Cap. 2. SInce our soules health consisteth in the loue of God let vs prouide To way the cause with diligence when why and how our life is tride But to exite and to increase the loue of God in vs for aye To nourishe it not greater force then on his prouidence to stay Remembering his benefites which he doth heape vpon vs still That in the view thereof our soules doe faint as though our liues would spill For in this case we cannot be so able as we would desire To yielde him thankes for all his gifts as loue and seruice doth require Yet must we doe what may be done what resteth in the power of man So many thankes to render him as we by nature render can And see wherefore for benefites which we by merites might not haue He hath bestowed aboundantly that by decerte we could not craue Intirely he of vs therefore is to be loued with true intent But how and in what sort forsooth euen keepe his straight commaundement Giue eare therefore O man to that which greatest is of others cheefe In memory imprint the same Day night and houre it yieldes releefe And this commaundement it is Loue God the Lord with all thy hart With all thy soule with all thy might With all thy minde as his deserte With all thy memory and thoughts With all thy skill and knowledge eke Yield vnto him obedience due with humble hart and minde most meeke Yet peraduenture thou wilt thinke alas his loue to me is light Therefore I will not be afrayde to aunswere him with loue more slight Searche all thy thoughts haue in minde what he ere this hath doone for thée And what héereafter promist is to be bestowed in like degrée Then shalt thou finde how much thou art vnto him bound beyond thy might Yea and beyond all measure eke if thou regarde his grace aright But to the end the looue of God may quickned and augmented be Waighe and consider well the cause and looue him more aboundantlie Whom why and to what end mankinde was first created and what things God made for th'vse and ease of man these vnto him thy sences brings Whether they heauenly were or not visible or terrestriall Inuisible or in what sorte till his mercy did them call Our fyrst creator Lord and God one God and eke one Lord alone Whose goodnes of such greatnes is that he dooth blesse vs euery one Of which his blessings he dooth bid we on our partners some bestowe It cannot be diminished but dooth increase and ouerflow That goodnes therefore which him selfe is he to others would extend Onely of his frée goodnesse for necessitie may not contend Because vnto thy goodnesse chéefe it appertaines and els to none Our mighty and eternall God he profitable is alone Man of himselfe vnable is partaker of his blisse to be But by the vnderstanding of his mercy perfect made is he The more that he dooth vnderstand the more in grace he dooth abound The lesse that he dooth vnderstand for that he is more guilty found God made a reasonable man that he the chéefe might vnderstand Of goodnesse which th'immortall God had framed with his mighty hand By vnderstanding he might looue and loouing might the same possesse And so possessing it might haue vnto his profit nothing lesse The creature he distinguished that parte moste purely might remaine Vnto himselfe and not be ioynde with humaine shape the same to staine The Aungell is that perfite part without a body passing pure The other is the soule of man that with the body doth indure The reasonable creature is deuided thus as here you see Into the thing which it hath not And whith it hath for both these be That which no body hath is calde an Angell as the word we scan That which a body doth possesse we know doth represent a man He doth consist of flesh and blood his mightie maker to extoll Who by his power did him compact in shape with reasonable soule The cheefest cause Gods goodnesse is by which both men and aungels were With reason and with grace indewed Herein his goodnesse doth appeare So in as much as God is good so are we by his power diuine For goodnesse his he giues to them that from his grace doe not decline And to this end created were these reasonable creatures then to praise their God and him to serue as best becommeth christyan men And by the same we do possesse all profite to the creature For God himselfe fulfilled is with soueraigne bountie perfite pure He neither is deminished nor neede encrease hee is all one A Creator the profite is the creature his owne alone Therfore to them that will demaunde why to what end were creatures made A profytable reason straight is here set downe them to perswade The goodnes of the Creator for profyt of the creature So that he loue the Lord his God and in his seruice stil indure Finis 2. Cap. ¶ The cause of the creation of Aungels men and all other Creatures 3. cap. BOth men and angels are therfore said to be made for God aboue But not because he needeth them but for because hee doth them loue He needeth not the seruice haue of Angels or the sonnes of men He hath no want of worldlie goodes but that they both might vse him whom The seruaunt profite dooth receyue not he to whome the seruice due Is done him hath no néede thereof all textes in Scripture prooue it true As for him selfe the Lord made man the world for man he made also That it might serue at all assayes the vse of man in wealth to flow Where béeing placed in such state and high degrée as wishe hee could Bothe that he might be seruant there and serue his God as reason would That all the goodnesse might redound vnto him selfe of that he sought The seruice of the Lord his God which he to passe in him hath brought That man might holpen be thereby to serue the Lord in godlie trade Bothe in the thing for him ordaind as for the thing that man was made All thinges are ours th'Apostle

sayth aboue or equall howe they bée Inferiour or in what sort else all thinges in highe or lowe degree A highe comparison he makes for to perswade vs to the same Is God in Trinitie sayth he and Vnitie in one to frame The equall thinges with vs are ours in one consent with them t'agree As Angels at this present though farre distant from our sightes they bee In time shall be our equall mates where time in time no ende shall haue That woorthy we may be thereof Lord for thy mercie graunt we craue The thinges inferiour eke are ours and stand vs in most happy steede As necessarie instrumentes to serue our turne in time of néede As thinges pertaining to a Lord or Maister of an earthly man May be his seruants porcion like not robbing his sayde Maister than But pertinent by tytle due to serue the vse of seruant his Heereby the Maister hath no wrong the seruant hath not done amis In sundrie sortes the Scriptures saye that Angels for our sakes be sent To serue and to administer to vs by Gods cōmaundement Th'Apostle hath these wordes likewise are they not ministring Spirites callde Sent for their sakes that fear the lord that they in sinne should not be thrald Beleeue the same and let it not incredible seeme vnto you That he which king of angels is vs for to saue thought good to sew To saue and not be saued he came to dye for our redemptions all He gaue his life for many soules them to redeeme from endles thral The angells eke are saide for vs to offer vowes and prayers pure Vnto the seate of mighty Ioue therby our pardons to procure But not because they do instruct or teach the lord our deepe desires For he himselfe doth know our thoughtes to shew the same thers none aspires Before that wee do crimes commit and afterward to him is knowen Our fond imaginations al our selues before his face haue showen And they do waite to vnderstand his will and what his pleasure is And do to vs the same conuay to keepe vs least we walke amisse And for this cause the aungel sayd to men at such tymes as you pray I offred vp the same to God who sent you ayde without delay In like case also when you praye take not in hande our God to teache As if that ignoraunt he were what at his handes wee beseech But man must of necessitye commit his causes temporal Vnto theternall verity who can redeeme him out of thrall Whether he do desire the thing he could by his indeuour haue Or by consenting to the will of God and so the thing do craue From thabitacion of the heauens our soueraigne Lord doth angels send Euen downe to vs and for our sakes his heauenly pleasure to attend To visite and to help vs eke for God for vs and for themselues For him because most meete it is they wayte vpon no creature else But to reueale his lasting loue the bowels of his mercy great His pitye and compassiou both to imitate his mercy seate For vs because that we in them and they in vs like image haue And reuerentlie they doo admire his power the which such likenesse gaue Now for themselues because that with desire and feruent longing they Doo wayte our comming from this world with them in blisse to liue for aye Finis 3. Cap. ¶ Of the looue of God towards vs. 4. Cap. THis therefore is most néedefull nowe and necessarie to eche man That he consider with him selfe and eke in seuerall sort to skan When his owne woorthinesse is wayde and dignitie he doo not take It from his mightie creatour which him of nothing thus did make Looue him abooue all earthlie thinges of what estate or what degrée Estéeme not equall with his might those thinges that his inferiors bée What follie were it to compare the things that beautifullest bée With those that vile in sight doo séeme which serue in fowle and base degrée For sure it is no séemelie sight where beautie is but counterfeit To match it with the fayrest and for beautie with the same to set Therefore my soule peruse thine owne thy beautie vnderstand and prooue And by the same soone shalt thou learne whose beautie thou art bound to looue But if thy sight be duske and dull or darkned by thy negligence That thou thy selfe canst not beholde thou doost commit a fowle offence Yet at the least let others iudge and doo thou holde their iudgements true What estimation thou art of when they with clearer sight thee view Thou hast a Spowse of beautie such his bounty fauour and his grace Such Maiestie and Mercie great that thou couldst neuer sée his face And yet beholde he hath thée séene if not he would not looue thée so His gifts may make thée graunt thée same and tell if this be true or no. The perfect pledges of his looue and tokens of his kindnesse trie Of this if thou didst sée his face thou nothing doubtfull then would bée Then perfectlie thou shouldst perceyue that he in beautie passeth all So singuler so comely fayre as neuer set the lyke thou shall And yet enamored is of thee so much thy beauty doth appeare Aboue all creatures that he made that none with thee compared wer This beauty yet was not thyne owne but hys in thee left for thy welth that hauing it thou mightst perceaue it came from him thy sauing health But what meanst thou because thou canst not see him present as he is Art not ashamde iuinriously him to abuse with workes amisse Not onely in contemning these his louing graces to thee lent But seruile to thy sensuall lust as vassaile thou dost geue consent But o my soule take heed of this and do not so though able thou Be not assuredly to conceaue whatone he is his grace alow His earnest and his pledgefot thee the gage and token which he gaue As leasses of his loue iutyre from endles death he did thee saue In thy possession these be plast that thou mayst learne thy lord to loue With zeale and with affection great thy minde from him not to remooue His gift right noble is and great great mē giue great rewards we know Which doo receiue them at their hand as with his Maiestie may stand A wise man for a trifle wyll not giue a riche reward we sée But none can giue so great a gift as thy good God hath giuen to thée Yet greater is the gift which he in thée dooth looue thy selfe t'assure And eke much greater will he giue if thou thy faith to him indure But O my soule what are these gifts Examine looke the world beholde If euery thing therein containde To serue thy turne be not controlde Behold how euery creature dooth to serue thy turne his course direct Thy profit to supply and for thy wealth to vse as thy subiect For to accomplish thy delight commodities doo all abound Within the world for thy

wealth or that which in thy selfe is found The Heauens the earth the aire the Sea and all that is containde therein Cease not to accomplish thy desire Vnto thy God thy selfe to win The seasons and the times likewise the reuolucions of the yeare The swéete reuiuing spring which dooth of humors drie thy body cleare Thy ruines it dooth fresh repaire it dooth restore thy state decayde Euen with continuall sustenaunce to serue thy turne as heere is sayd Who did for thée these things ordaine or who prescribed nature this Whose whole reuenue is reseru'd thée to mainetaine least ought thou mis These benefits thou doost receiue the Author is to thée vnknowne Thou of the giuer taketh gifts which héeretofore were not thine owne These gifts therefore must vs perswade which doo declare who looues vs well And who is to be loou'd againe these swéete rewards vnto vs tell And what great folly is it then him not to looue that looues vs so Euen one so mighty worthy looue and but in him to looue no mo If any worldly thing thou looue that vnder heauen is containde As thine inferiours looue the same and as thy worldly seruaunts gainde Or as the tokens of thy Spowse or benefits bestowed on thée From faithfull fréend or from thy Lord that hath this rare respect to thée Acknowledging how much thou art bound him to looue not for the same Not with him selfe but for him selfe and by him selfe thy looue to frame Yea finally abooue them all bothe looue and honor to him giue That by his power did make them all and gaue them thée wherewith to liue FINIS 4. Cap. ¶ Of the fruition of God the 5. Cap. ANd now beware my soule that thou breake not thy faith as God forbid For these his gracious benefits which thus bestowe on thée he did Abooue the giuer doo not looue the gifts which are bestowed on thée First looue the giuer then the gifts with zealous looue in good degrée Yet shalt thou greatly him iniure in so receauing of him still His gifts and neuer for the same yéelde recompence for his goodwill Eyther refuse his gifts therefore or if thou like not so to doo Yéeld looue for looue in measure due tis all the paines he puts thée too So that thou looue him for him selfe and looue thy selfe for him also But in such sort thy selfe for him as that no hatred passe him froe To thée but looue him for the gifts that he in looue left for thine vse So looue thy selfe for him likewise for in this looue is no abuse This looue is holy pure and chaste dishonesty nor filthy staine Nor transitory toyes of crime within this looue dooth once remaine Consider therefore O my soule what things thou hast receiued now Euen proper to thy selfe though some like grace enioy aswell as thou In all these things which God thée gaue that common or especiall be Or proper to thy selfe alone or howsoeuer in degrée Intirely looue thy selfe with them for looke how much thou art preferd By these his precious benefits much more he did thy state regarde In euery creature thou mayst say Beholde how well I am beloou'de Withall the good that I can wish all euill is from me remooude If small to thée this thing doo séeme that thou abooue all euill art Belooude of him that made them all and that it some what gréeue thy hart Consider well how good these things by vertue of Creation be And yet in eache condition haue not béene rewarded like to thée Then O my soule if thou aright doo way thy liberty thus got The time hath béene and euen that time when as apparaunt thou wast not And what thou hast thou didst receaue of thy good God which gaue it thée And that it was his gracious gifte that euer thou began to be FINIS 5. Chap. ¶ Of the giftes of Creation and Regeneration Cap. 6. IT was therefore the grace of God that euer thou wast made in déede Thou hadst not hyred him so to doo but so his wisdoome had decréede If he had nothing giuen to thée but thy bare béeing in this place Yet art thou bound to prayse his name and looue him for his lasting grace But trueth it is much more he hath vnto thy person done repaire Not onelie making thée to bée but also beautifull and faire Nor could his bountie héere be staide to finishe vp his woorthy trade He left vs not vntyll we were lyke to his heauenlie Image made For this in déede his meaning was his will and pleasure vs to prooue To drawe by likenesse those to him which he before had drawne by looue Therefore he gaue vs for to be and by our béeing for to liue That those we might excell in déede to whome he no such thinges did giue That haue no béeing such I meane which maimed are and out of frame Inordinate mishapen or for lacke of victall linis be lame By meanes whereof thou art my soule indebted to thy Sauiour deere For sure thou hast receiued much yet recompence dooth none appéere That which by looue thou hast receyu'de by looue deliuer backe againe It is a payment light enough and puts thee vnto little paine But nowe I will begin to tell howe this thy Spowse most excellent Appeard and so created thée vouchsaued eke with glad intent Euen to be humble for thy sake that he thy ruine might repaire In lowlie wise these latter workes vnto the former equall were For in the former meruailous great thinges thy benefite to bée He did bestowe and in the last sharpe showres he did endure for thée For to the ende he might restore thée to thy former state againe Which thou had lost by Adams fall he to discend did not disdaine And willingly did suffer death which thou by right deserude for sinne He vndertooke he ouercame he did for thée the conquest winne Discending to mortalitie he frailety tooke vppon him than In torments he did death subdue and by that meanes redéemed man Beholde and sée these things my soule and be abashed at this newes Let these his gracious benefits perswade thy minde on him to muse Consider how he looued thée that vouchedsafe so much to doo For thée and for thy sake my soule way well what paines thou putst him to By him thou beautifull became that earst most vgly was through sinne Now in his mercy mayst thou vaunt as cleane and purified by him Before that thou did him desire thée to create that thou mightst be When thou ill fauoured was and foule with beauty he adorned thée And finally thée to redéeme from endlesse death himselfe would dye And in so dooing did declare his vehement looue and charity With bounty great he hath therefore the breath of life in thée O man ●s the first creature which he made when by his power thou first began For that selfe man and creature he hath giuen and himselfe bestowde None other goods for thée he gaue to him therefore be lasting

my soule how that not onelie bountie dooth commend But our iniquitie likewise dooth with our God therin contend For if his bountie be so great to giue where we could nothing craue And that we nothing did deserue of all the goodnesse which we haue How ought that goodnesse be estéemde that vs with goodnesse dooth requite That by our manners merite could nought else but euill and despite O what great looue is this I say the which our sinnes can not suppresse Nor that we may not ouercome with this our wilfull wickednesse He pardoneth sinne and grace dooth giue in place of vice dooth Vertue plant So in the one he lyberall is in th'other loouing we must graunt Let vs therefore confesse that we euen from our selues our sinnes possesse That he may pardon them and eke from him our Vertues styll increase And let vs not forget that we be thankfull for his pardon past And not vnmindfull be of that which he dooth giue for aye to last Thus let him doo that feareth God and dooth desire to looue him styll For looue can not dissemble sure in looue is left no kinde of yll What therefore worketh dilligent consideration of this thing But earnestlie for to withdrawe thy minde that so thy looue dooth bring From all such other sortes of looue to looue the Lord aboue them all Not forced but of duetie for his looue to lasting life dooth cal If lightly we the Lord doo looue not doubting but we so may doo Some man perhappes will not conceyue how much he bound is him vnto But if he séeke he soone shall finde occasion for to thinke the same As all his dayes him to adore whilst life dooth last to praise his name For who so wanteth any thing that he for his soules health would vse Let him not murmure for the same nor yet therfore his God accuse For he dooth all thinges for the best his actions be performde with skill In iudgement he is well aduised and mercie hath on whome he will And whome he will dooth also iudge and whome he will in hart makes hard To whome he will his grace he giues from whome he will it is debard What so dooth with his pleasure stand most néedefull is and also fit And we that profite must thereby most néede we haue to call for it Not onelie sorie be and sad but also labour them to gaine And pray vnto our gracious God that we vnto them may attaine Which hauing gotten gratefull bée giue thanks to him which sent the same No recompence he dooth require but that thou prayse his holie name FINIS 15. Cap. ¶ Of the benefites of Christes death and Passion 16. Cap. BOthe great and many are therefore thy benefites most gracious Lord Innumerable infinite which we receiue by thine accord That thou hast heaped vpon me for which I bounden am therefore To looue and prayse thy holie name which blessed be for euermore What euer goodnesse presently I haue or in times past haue had Or whatsoeuer I shall haue in tyme to come me for to glad My God the Author is of all from whome what so is good in déede Or so accoumpted it dooth flowe yea issue and from him procéede But there is one thing more then this dooth me inflame yea vrge and mooue To set my soule delight thereon my pleasure and my perfect looue This dooth especiallie O Lord so fayre and amiable make Euen thée thy selfe that did vouchsafe vile death to suffer for my sake The worke of our Redemption déere a shamefull death on thée was done Whereby our life and seruice all our looue and labour thou hast wunne Euen this I say most swéetlie dooth our déepe deuotion drawe to thée It dooth increase my looue much more then all which else thou gauest to mée We in this worke were reconcilde thy bitter panges did purchase grace Thy sore oppression made vs pure thy care our comfort in like case The vniuersall Creatour was so opprest with woe and paine The workmanship of all the world dyd not to him like toyle containe When he at first the world did frame he spake the word and it was made He did commaund all creatures straight created were euen as he bade For restoration of mankinde the sorrowes which he suffred were In all respectes most meruailous and manifolde as dooth appéere Beholde therefore he looued vs well not hauing néede did not disdaine On this behalfe but for our sinnes he suffered this mortall paine I therefore truely héere may say all benefites before exprest Which he in bountie did bestowe this one excelleth all the rest A man that to his fréend dooth giue his worldlie goodes deserueth prayse But he which for his fréend will die shalbe remembred many dayes It is an argument of looue and fewe or none there be of those That will as our redéemer did die for his freends and for his foes For so we were yet would he die the death and to be interd in graue That we might reconciled bée to God thereby our soules to saue A man will hardlie die sayth Paule for him that iust and righteous is Our Sauiour for the wicked sort did die and such as liued amis That blamelesse he might vs present before his heauenlie father déere We béeing banisht and exilde within his kingdome might appéere O howe vnspeakeable therefore was this his looue and charitie What tongue is able to expresse the comfort of this courtesie That God for man should man become in humaine fleshe for man to die And to be tempted in all thinges that toucheth mans infirmitie In him was onely sinne except whereby beholde it dooth appeare Howe great a raunsome he did pay before from sinne thou could be cleare Thou vnto Sathan thralled was as his condemnde by sentence due Eternall death thou hadst deserude before he did thy state renue Nor this may not be hidden now that if this raunsome had not béene The Diuell and his Angelles had the ende of all thy labours séene And all this trueth I haue thée tolde that thou thereby might vnderstand How much vnto thy God art bound that wrought thy wealth w t mighty hād And that thou mayst with all thy might with all thy feruent power abide Such gréefe and sorrowe for his sake as tyme may to thy state prouide By many tribulations wée vnto his kingdome must attaine Most happy to possesse the same with that our loouing Lord to raigne O Lord now let my soule embrace thy blessed body crucified And let me drinke one draught so swéete of thy most precious blood beside By déepe imprinting of the same thy Passion in my memorie This Sacrifice most swéete by which my soule shall liue eternallie Yea let this pure remembraunce into my heart and minde so frame That no obliuion wealth nor want be able to obscure the same But giue me grace that with Saint Paule my iudgement may like his be tride That nothing in this world I knowe but