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mercy_n	grace_n	great_a	love_n	4,912	5	5.2007	4	true

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A19137	A ryght fruitfull monicion concernynge the order of a good Christen mannes lyfe very profitable for all maner of estates, and other, to beholde and loke vppon / made by the famouse doctour Colet, sometyme deane of Paules.	Colet, John, 1467?-1519.	1534 (1534)	STC 5547.2; ESTC S4588	4,106	16

¶ A ryght fruitfull monicion concernynge the order of a good christen mannes lyfe very profitable for all maner of estates and other to beholde and loke vppon Made by the famouse doctour Colet somtyme Deane of Paules ¶ Cum priuilegio Regali Iohan Byddell REmembre fyrst of all vertu●ꝰ reder that it is hygh ●oysed on●e and great perfection to knowe thy selfe and than to dispise thy selfe As to know thou haste nothing y t 〈◊〉 good of thy selfe but all together of ●od For the gyftes of nature and all other temporall gyftes of this worlde ●hiche ben laufully and truely oprey●ed well consydered ben comen to ●he by the infinite goodnes and grace ●f god and not of thy selfe And most 〈◊〉 especiall it is necessarye for the to ●nowe howe that god of his greatte ●race hath made the lyke to his owne ●m●●tude or ymage hauynge regarde 〈◊〉 thy memory vnderstādyng and ●re●yll And to knowe howe god is thy ●aker thou his wretched creature ●nd to know how thou arte redemed 〈◊〉 god by the passyon of Christ Iesu ● know how god is thy helper thy re●…ge thy deliuerer frō all yuell And consyder to knowe the goodly order whiche god of his infynyte wysdome hath ordeyned the to be ordred by As to haue these temporall goodes for the necessytie of the bodye the body and sensuall appetytes to be ordred by thy soule thy soule to be ordred by reason and grace by reason grace to know thy duetie to god and to thy neighbour And by all comune reason yf thou kepe this conuenient order to god and his creatures they shall kepe theyr order to the But yf thou breke thyne order to them of lykelyhood they shall breke their order to the. For how shulde thy wyfe chyldren seruauntes and other creatures with whome thou haste doynges do theyr dueties and kepe theyr order to the yf thou doest not so to god and to them And also thynke thou of a suretie that yf thy sensuall appetite be not ordred by reason and grace thou arte worse ordred than a beest for thā thou lyuest out of order and so doeth not a beest whiche is a great shame and rebuke to the a reasonable creature and without the great mercy of god it sha●… be to thyne eternall dampnacion And therfore thynke and thanke god vtterly dispise thy selfe and thynke thy selfe a great wretche in that that god hath done so moche for the and thou haste so ofte offended his highnes and also done hym so lytle seruyce Surely it is also great wisdom to thynke that if it had pleased god for to haue gyuen to all other men aswell beggers as other lyke grace as he hath gyuen to the that they wolde haue serued his goodnes better thā thy selfe hast don wherfore thynke thy selfe a wretche of all wretches without the mercye of god And therfore by his infinite mercy grace call vnto thy remembraūc● the degree or dignytie the whiche almyghty god of his goodnes hath called the vnto and accordynge therunto yelde thy det and do thy duetie ¶ Fyrste and principally honour god as thy maker loue hym as thy redemer feare hym as thy iudge Seconeyly thy neighbour whiche is thy superior obey Haue concorde and peace with them whiche ben euen with the in degree and haue mercy and pitie on thyne inferiors ▪ Thirdly prouide the to haue a clene hert and a good custody of thy tonge Pray and take labour by grace to haue wisdome cunnynge to do thy duetie to god and to thy neyghbour And in all thy wordes and dedes haue euer in mynde that god his aungels hereth seeth euery thinge● and that nothynge is so priuely doon but it shall be made open And in especyall haue in mynde that thou shalte dye shortly how Christ dyed for the the subtyltie falsnes of this temporall world the ioyes of heuen and the paynes of hell And euery mornynge amonge other thy meditacions and prayers pray vnto thy lorde god that the day folowynge thou accordynge to the degree the whiche of his infynyte goodnes and mercy hath called the vnto mayste vse this temporall wretched worlde in thy thoughtes wordes and dedes that by them and the meryte of Christis passion thou mayst eschewe the paynes of hell and come to the ioye euerlastynge And in executyng therof kepe trouthe in wordes and dedes Defende no man nor no matter agaynst the trouthe In all thynges thynke and trust in god and he shall dyrecte thy wayes Trust not to thyne owne wytte but feare god and he wyll kepe the from yuell If thou truste more in thyne owne wytte than in the grace of god thy polycye shall be soone subuerted Be contente to here good counsayle thoughe it be contrarye to thy wyll for he is a very foole that wyll here nothyng gladly but that is accordynge to his mynde Do thou no man harme lest thou suffrest the same As thou willest be done vnto the so do thou vnto an other Be suche to other as thou desyreste they shulde be to the. If thou be religious remēbre that the due executiō of true religion is not in wearyng of the habyte but with a clene mynde in very dede to execute the rules ordinaūces of religion For so it is y t to weare the habite and not to execute the rule and order of religiō is rather to be demed ypocrysy or apostasy than other wyse If thou be laye vnmaryed kepe the clene vnto the tyme thou be maryed And remembre the sore and terrible punysshement of Noes flood and of the terryble fyre and brymstone and sore punysshment of Sodom and Gomor don to man for misusyng of the flesshe And in especyall call to remembraūce the meruailous and horryble punysshment of the abhominable great pockes dayly apperynge to our sightes growynge in vpon mannes flesshe the whiche soore punysshement euery thynge well remembred can not be thought but principally for the inordinate misuse of the fleshe And if thou intende to marye or beynge maryed haste a good wyfe thanke our lorde therfore for she is of his sendynge And remembre that thre thinges in especyall ben pleasaunt to the spyrite of god that is to say concorde betwene bretheren loue and charitie betwene neighbours and a man and his wyfe well agreynge And yf thou haue an euyll wyfe take pacience and thanke god for all is for the best well taken how beit thou art bounden to do and pray for her amēdement ●eest she go to the deuyll from whom she came And haue in remembraunce that the intent of maryage is not in the beestly apperyte or pleasure in the thynge but the intent therof is to eschew the synne of the flesshe or els to haue chyldren And yf thou haue chyldren as moche as thou mayst brynge them forthe in vertue to be the seruauntes of god For it is better for the and them not to be borne than otherwise In thyne aucthoritie busy the rather

to be beloued of thyne inferiors than to be dred Let thy subiectes and seruauntes rather serue obey the for loue than for drede or nede with suche a souereigne goodnes gouerne thy subiectes that they may be glad to serue the bothe in punysshynge and also in cherysshyng Kepe a manerly meane and be not to strait forgyue not to soone kepe a conuenient measure in all thy workes Go not to meat as a beest but as a reasonable man say thy grace than remembre that mo ben sicke and dye by superfluities of meates than otherwyse wherfore eate with measure to lyue in helthe At thy 〈◊〉 haue none other but honest communication and suche as is accordyng to thy connyng Backebyre no mā be me●y in honeste for sorowe and care hath kylled many ▪ and no profyte therein An no wyse sweare without compulsyon of the lawe For where as is great sweryng from thens is neuer the plage of god In no wyse braule ne chyde without an vrgent cause For Solomon sayth better is a lytell with ioye thā a hous full of vitayle with brawlynge Also he sayth an yuell persone is euer chydynge and therfore the angell of god shall be sent agaynst hym Be content at thy dyner and also at other tymes to gyue parte of that which god hath sent the for he that wyll not here the crye of a poore man he shall crye to god not be harde After thy meate thanke god of that he hath sente the or els thou doste not as a reasonable man but lyke a beest which in eatyng remembreth nothynge but his meate with good prouidence and discretionle the tyme where whan howe why or wherfore thou spekest doest or byddest any thyng to be done whan thou iudgeste any be he poore or ryche beholde consider the cause and not the persone Be as meke in other mennes causes and offences as in thyn owne Syt neuer in dome iugement without pitie or mercy for whyle thou hast pitie and arte mercyfull to other m●s offences thou hast mercy on thy selfe For in what measure thou measuresi it shall be measured to the. yet thou must execute iudgement but it muste be with pitie or mercy For of a surety to do mercy iustice is more pleasaunt to god than to praye or do sacrifice vnto hym Deme no man by light suspections Fyrste proue and than deme In doubles reie●ue the sentēce to goddes myghte That thou knowest not commyt it vnto god Hauelyttell or none affection and p●…l●●e loue to these erthely tēporall thiges For blessed be the ryche manne that trustethe not in his money and treasure And remembre as a man loueth so he is for the louer is in the thyng loued more properly than in hym selfe wherfore yf a man loue erthely thynges he may be called an erthely man And if he loue principally heuēly thynges or god he may be called an heuenly or a godly man And therfore loue god and heuenly thynges for vndoubted that is best moost assured loue for they be and euer shall permanent and all erthely thynges ben soone vanysshed and ended and so the loue of them is in vayne Also it is wysdom to feare god for as he sayeth hym selfe Feare not hym that may kyll the body can not hurt the soule but feare hym that can kyll the bodye also the soule commyt them to euerlastynge payne wherfore euery euenynge ere thou goo to bed call to remembraūce as moche as thou canst thy thoughtes wordes and dedes sayd and done that day and if any haue ben to thyne owne profyte and to the pleasure of god hertely thanke hym for by his grace it was done And yf any haue ben contrary to his pleasure aske hertely mercy and recōcile thy selfe shortly by repentaūce to eschewe the euerlastynge and terrible paynes of hell For as saynt Augustyn sayth there is not a greater madnes than for a lytle temporall delectacion whiche is soone done to lese the eternall ioye and to be bounde to euerlastynge payne From the whiche the almyghty father of heuen by his infynyt power and mercy and bytter passion and infynyte wysdome of Iesu Christe and by the infinite goodnes and charitie of the holy gooste kepe vs. Amen Deo gratias ¶ Vse well temporall thynges ¶ Desyre eternalll thynges ¶ Finis ¶ Imprinted at London in Flete strete by Iohn̄ Byddell other wyse called Salysbury at the signe of our lady of pyte nexte Flet-brydge the yere of our lorde M. D. xxxiiii the .xxvii. day of Marche