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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08023	A notable discourse of the happinesse of this our age, and of the ingratitude of men to God for his benefites: written in Latine by that godly learned man Iohn Riuius, and now Englished for the comfort, and commoditie of the vnlearned, by W.W. student..; De seculi nostri felicitate, et hominum erga Dei beneficia ingratitudine, liber. English	Rivius, Johann, 1500-1553.	1578 (1578)	STC 21064.5; ESTC S94909	108,359	160

Item If yee doe not remitte and pardon other men their offences neither will your heauenlie father forgiue you your trespasses Hee that is giuen to riot and pleasures heareth the parable of the Rich glutton and Lazarus the begger Hee that is too carefull and busie in heaping vp riches heareth the parable of the rich man which woulde enlarge and builde his barnes greater and destine hereafter to his soule a quiet and blessed life Also hee heareth S. Paules wise admonition Hauing foode and raiment let vs therewith bee content For they that will bee riche fall into temptations and snares and into many vnprofitable and hurtefull desires which drowne men in perdition and destruction For couetousnesse or desire of monie is the roote of all euill Hee that doth not receiue the poore and straungers heareth this saying Bee not vnmindefull to enterteine straungers for by this hospitalitie some haue receiued Angels into their houses vnwares And againe Bee ye harborous one to an other without grudging Hee that is proude and ambitious heareth this saying Hee that exalteth him selfe shall be brought lowe And againe God resisteth the proude but hee giueth grace to the humble Hee that is a babbler a chatterer and a fonde talker heareth this saying Men shall giue account in the day of iudgement of euerie idle woorde that they haue spoken And againe Let no filthie communication proceede out of your mouth Hee which liueth secure and carelesse nor thinketh vpon the amendment of his life heareth this saying Bee yee also prepared therefore because the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not Hee which is an vsurer heareth this saying Lend looking for nothing by it and your rewarde shall bee greate Hee that is giuen to wine heareth this saying Ouerlade not your selues with wine wherein is riot and excesse And againe Take heede that your heartes be not ouercharged with surfeting And againe Woe be to you that rise vp earely to followe dronkennesse and to you that continue swilling till night that you may bee inflamed with wine And againe Bee yee sober and watch because your aduersarie the Diuell as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whome hee may deuoure Hee that is a whore-maister an adulterer or defiled with the like sinne and wickednesse heareth this saying Neither whoremongers neither adulterers nor vncleane persons shall inherite the kingdome of god And againe For this yee knowe that no whoremonger neither vncleane person nor couetous person which is an idolater hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ and of god And againe This is the will of God to wit your sanctification that you absteine from fornication And For to auoyde fornication let euerie man haue his wife Item Marriage is honourable among all and the bed vndefiled but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge And againe Flee fornication Euerie sinne that a man doeth is without the bodie but hee that committeth fornication sinneth against his owne bodie Hee that passeth ouer the dueties of charitie towardes our neighbour heareth this saying Depart from mee yee cursed into enternall fire which is prepared for the Diuell and his Angels For I was hungrie and yee fedde mee not I was thirstie and yee refreshed mee not with drinke I was a straunger and yee receiued mee not into your house I was naked and yee did not cloath mee I was sicke and yee did not visite mee To bee briefe wee doe without end inculcate that sentence of the Apostle For wee must all appeare at the barre before the iudgement seate of Christ that euerie man may receiue the thinges which hee hath done in his bodie whether it bee good or euill Moreouer we daily make mention of the iudgement to come of the voyce of the Archangel and of the trumpet of God of the Lordes tribunall seate before which wee must all bee conuented there to giue accomptes vnto God of our whole life who will pay vnto euerie man as hee hath deserued rewardes or punishments as both the Euangelicall and Apostolicall doctrine testifieth Yea and euerie one is diligently put in minde of his duetie by our Preachers The Prince and the Magistrate heareth this saying Hee beareth not the sworde for naught For hee is the Minister of God to take vengeance on them that doe euill And againe Princes are not a terrour to them that doe well but to them which doeyll The subiectes heare this sentence Let euerie soule bee subiect vnto the higher powers for there is no power but of god Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of god And againe Ye must bee subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake Item Giue therefore to all men their duetie tribute to whome yee owe tribute custome to whome custome feare to whome feare honour to whome honour is due The married man heareth this saying Husbandes loue your wiues and bee not bitter vnto them And againe So ought men to loue their wiues as their owne bodies The wife heareth this saying Wiues submit your selues vnto your husbandes as vnto the Lord because the husband is the wiues heade And as the Church is in subiection to Christ euen so let the wiues be subiect to their husbandes in euerie thing Fathers heare this saying Prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde Children heare this saying Obey your parents in the Lorde for this is right The seruantes heare this saying Bee obedient vnto them that are your maisters according to the flesh with feare and trembling in singlenesse of your heartes as vnto Christ not with seruice to the eye as men pleasers but as the seruantes of Christ c. The maister heareth this saying Ye maisters shewe to your seruantes equitie and equabilitie knowing that you also haue a maister in heauen neither is there respect of persons with him The Preacher or Pastour of the Lordes flocke heareth this saying Feede the flock of Christ as much as lieth in you careing for it not by constraint but willingly not for filthie lucre but of a readie minde The rich man heareth this saying Charge them that are riche in this worlde that they bee not high minded and that they trust not in vncerteine riches but in the liuing God which giueth vs aboundantly all thinges to enioy that they doe good that they bee riche in good woorkes that they bee readie to distribute and willing to communicate to others laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation against the time to come that they may obteine eternall life The Publicane Customer or Toulner heareth this saying Exact and require no more than that which is appointed you The souldier heareth this saying Doe violence to no man accuse no man falsly but bee content with your wages Wherefore sith that our

to trust onely to Gods fauour and clemencie Thus you haue heard what woorkes we doe inculcate and beate into the eares and mindes of men They finde great fault with vs for this that we teach that it is a good woorke to sweepe the pauement or floore to hew downe trees or to cleaue wood and such like sith that the Ethnikes also and Pagans doe that As though it bee not a good woorke though it seeme a base and contemptible labour whatsoeuer a man doth according to Gods commaundement in his office and trade of life Therefore that seruant which at his maisters commandement heweth wood and the drudge or kitching slaue which carrieth out of doores all the filth in the house doeth verely a worke no lesse acceptable to God than he which preacheth prayeth and singeth And why so because looke whatsoeuer God him selfe hath commaunded to bee done he doeth well accept it as contrarily he refuseth and reiecteth those thinges concerning which he neuer gaue commaundement in any place Wherefore this must bee beaten into the eares and mindes of all men which our aduersaries are not ashamed to blame vs for that euerie man endeuour to defend duely to doe rightly that office function which he beareth And wherefore I pray you should a maide preparing her maisters dinner or making beds lesse please God than a sacrificing or Masse Priest which mumbleth vp his Mattins or hourlie prayers seing that shee doeth obey Gods commaundement whereas hee only obeyeth mens prescript Yea that I may vrge them more If a seruing man being commaunded of his maister who is to ride a soudeine and a necessarie iournie to dresse his horse and to make him readie would in the meane season be present either at seruice or at the Sermon must hee not be thought to doe yll For howe could hee well doe it sith that he ought not to refuse to doe his maisters will in those matters which are not repugnant to Gods preceptes as S. Paule in his Epistle to the Ephesians Colossians and to Titus and S. Peter in his former Epistle teacheth If hee therefore doe amisse as we must confesse why shoulde any man contemne those woorkes whiche our aduersaries affirme that the very Ethnikes doe hauing but nature for their guide It appeareth I wis how litle or nothing of Christian matters they vnderstand who dare reiect make no account of the woorkes of godlie men whih albeit they are to the shew vile and abiect they are notwithstanding commaunded of god Who can denie but that it is an excellent and a not able woorke to be at a Sermon And yet for all that a baser and a more abiecte woorke must be preferred before it to witte the dressing of an horse if neede so require So the whole reason is altered and changed that looke what the Ethnikes also doe by natures lore that same must be preferred before that which Christians onely doe How much rather doe you thinke that to be preferred before those ambitious woorkes which are done before mens eyes and which vaunte and boaste them selues in mens sight such as are these Monasticall feigning of pouertie beastlie garmentes long and superstitious fastes prayers of Masse Priestes and songes in the Church whiche they doe not vnderstand voluntarie rentinges and manglinges of their bodie and such like Therefore how foolishly doe they yea how childishly are they wise or rather foolish which prefer rites found out by men not ceremonies instituted by God before the dueties of men which walke as the Scripture speaketh in their vocation and calling Howe much better I pray you is it and more agreeable to religion if euerie man doe his duetie in that kind trade of life wherein hee is limited that in the meane time hee neither preferre him selfe before others nor despise other mens woorkes though they bee base nor thinke that they are lesse to bee set by and lesse to be esteemed than his Moreouer the Papistes obiect vnto vs so many heresies euerie where abroad saying that this renewed doctrine hath bene the cause and occasion of them What then Were there not both more heresies more hurtfull a greate deale in the Apostles times than there haue bene in our age Of which rhing wee might bring foorth Irinaeus and Epiphanius among the Greekes and Tertullian the most auncient Latine Doctour amongst the Ecclesiasticall writers as substantiall and sufficient witnesses Haue there not bene some at all times which haue both oppugned the true doctrine and also repugned and resisted godlie teachers Did not Iannes and Iambres resist withstand Moses the man of God in Aegypt as S. Paule witnesseth to Timothie Did not Baals Priestes resist Elias in Palestina Did not the false Prophets resist Ieremie Did not the Scribes Pharisies and high Priestes afterwardes resist Christ him selfe Finally did not both the Iewes and the false brethren and also the idolaters resist the Apostles Therefore the blame of so many heresies must not bee laied vpon the doctrine renewed but vpon the malice of men and of the Diuell The same you must thinke of troubles and 〈◊〉 raised at the preaching of the Gospell concerning which matter wee haue spoken more at large otherwhere in an other booke Last of all they obiect vnto vs our licentious liuing and they thinke that this instauration of Ecclesiasticall doctrine is the cause of our dissolute life The one of these two is truer than I would but the other is flatly false For it is the malice of Satan that fewe at this day doe tread that pathway of liuing which our Preachers painefully and diligently pointe vnto out of the precepts of Christ and out of the doctrine of the Apostles And surely our Preachers labour by all meanes possible to hinder and stoppe the course of sinne and wickednesse So farre is it that the renewing of holy doctrine should bee the cause of dissolutenesse loosenesse of life For wee doe exhorte men to repentance perpetually and to amendement of life wee will all men to flee from the anger to come and we bid them bring foorth fruites woorthily beseeming amendment of life Also wee shewe them certeine souereigne remedies almost against all sinne as it were against certeine diseases of the minde Hee that beareth priuie grudges or heartburning against his neighbour hearing this saying Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear The railer and reuiler heareth this saying Whosoeuer shall say vnto his brother Thou foole shall be in daunger of hell fire And againe Cursed speakers shall not possesse the kingdome of god Hee that is impatient when hee is iniuried and which is desirous of reuenge doth heare this saying Loue your enimies wish well to them which curse you doe good to them which hate you pray for them which hurte and persecute you that you may bee the sonnes of your father which is in heauen c.