Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

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mercy_n	judgement_n	sin_n	sinner_n	2,057	5	7.5058	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11019	A record of auncient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum Discoursing vpon sundry examples for the aduancement of vertue, and the abandoning of vice. No lesse pleasant in reading, then profitable in practise.; Gesta Romanorum. English.	Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1595 (1595)	STC 21288; ESTC S112281	113,518	322

third rope that should hang the felon is the rope of amendement of life For as the scripture saith t●ere is more ioye in heauen ouer one sinner that turneth vnto the Lord in time than ouer c. Like as the stewa●d brought againe Themper●urs daughter ●o it behoueth vs to séeke about by fruitfull faith yea to finde our soule that we lost and bringing hir againe to the church to rule well our fiue witts to séede our greyhound as we should and make our lise so cleane and pure that we fall not againe to sinne for feare that it fortune to vs worse and that we haue no leasure to aske mercy againe at our néede And it we fullfil all this truely vnto our liues ende without doubt wée shall obtaine euerlasting life To the which our Lord bring vs all Amen The Argument ¶ The violating of our innocēcie in not ●●●nitating the law of God is heere described with being adiudged after the slesh yet by the merits of Christ our sauiour we obtaine our saluation The 19. History IN Rome dwelt sometime a mightie Emperour and a wise named Edsenne which ordained a law for that whosoeuer rauished a maide should be at hir discretion wherewith she would put him to death or that she would take him to hir husband It befell after that a man rauished in a night two faire matdeus the first damosell which he rauished desired that he should dye and the second desired him to hir husband The rauisher was taken ledde before the Judge that should satisfie both these damosells through his wisdome and equitir of the cause The first damosell desired the death according to the law Then said the second I desired to haue him my husband for like as thou hase the law for thée so in like case I haue it for mée and neuertholesse my petition is more better than yours for it is more charitable therefore me thinketh in my reason that the Justice should giue sinsence in fauour and furtherance of my desire Then the Justice vnderstanding the great mercy of the second damosell gaue iudgement that he should take hir to his wife and so it was done The Morall This Emperour betokeneth our lord Jesu Christ The rauisher betokeneth euery sinner which rauisheth gods mercy as often he violateth the commaundements of God by sinne for the diuell may neuer ouercome man but if it bée suffered by will For saint Austin saith Non est peccatum nisi sit voluntarium It is no sinne but if it be volūtary The rauisher also is called afore the Justice when the soule is departed from the bodie and anon the first damosell Innocency layde against the sinner that he ought to dye euerlastingly by the law of righteousnesse But that other mayden that is Christ his merits layd for hir how the mercy of God ought to help by harty repentaunce and acknowledging our sinnes which is the high way to euerlasting life Unto the which God bring vs all Amen The Argument The mother of the childe of grace and of the reprobate is heere declared which of them shall be saued and which of them dampned is not yet reuealed vnto the world till the day of iudgement The 20 Historie SOmetime there dwelt in Rome a mightie Emperour and a rich named Lipodius which tooke to wise a faire virgin a gentill the daughter of the king of Assiria this yong lady conceiued and beare a childe And in the byrth of hir sonne she dyed And anone after hir decease this Emperour maried an other wife and had by hir achilde also And immediately after that these children were borne he sent them both into a strange land for to be norished Then said the mother of the second childe My reuerend Lord tenne yéeres bée now fully expired since I bare my childe and yet sawe I him neuer but once and that was the first daye of his byrth therefore I beséech you my Lord to send for him that I may once reioyce mée of his sight Then said the Emperour I haue an other childe by my first wyfe and if I send for thy sonne than must I send for both and than anone he sent for them And when they were come they were of passing faiture and well trayned well instructed passing like in all maner thinges so as hardly the one might bee knowen from the other but by the father onely discerned Than said the mother of the second childe A my Lord tell mée which of these is my sonne and he called to him his sonne that he begate on his fiest w●●e Whan the Empresse hea●d this shée gaue all hir care to nourish him and despised the other child When the Emperour saw this he saide to his wise Certainely I haue deceiued thee for him that thou louest so much is not thy son but that other is thy sonne Than sette shée all hir care vpon the seconde and forsooke the first When the Emperour saw this hée saide Truely I haue deceiued thée without doubt this is not thy sonne but one of them two is thy sonne Then sayde the mother A my Lorde for his loue that dyed for mankinde tell mée without cauellacion which of them is my sonne The Emperour answered and sayd certainely I will not tell you till they come both to mans state for this reason First I told you that this was your sonne and him haue you cherished as thy sonne and forsaken that other and when I tolde you that this was your sonne than despised you the first and cherished the second therefore I will that you bring vppe and cherish them both till that you may haue ioye of them When themprisse heard this she nourished them both a like And when they were both come to age the Emperour made a great supper and before all his gestes hée tolde his wyfe openly which of them was hir childe Than reioysed the Empresse greatly and with hir sonne shée ended hir lyfe in peace and rest The Morall This Emperours sonnes betokeneth those that be chosen to euerlasting life and those that be not chosen The mother of them is the prouidence of God that nourisheth thē both Therfore our Lord will not that his prouidence should let the world know which bée chosen and which be not chosen For if shée knew that than would she loue the one and hate the other and so should charitie be ouerthrowen among vs and should liue in discord and strife but trouth at the day of Judgement shall tell vs which of them shall be saued which of them shall be dampned Therefore pray wee in this world that we may come to the euerlasting feast in heauen Unto the which God bring vs all Amen The Argument The vngodly of this world will take no paines to liue vertuously and yet often tymes are they enriched for the most pait with the guifts of fortune neither carefull of the reward laid vp for pure vertue in heauen nor fearing the torments of hell deputed for the

dread in so much that they haue the truth of God to stand by them according to the Apostles saying Si Deus nobiscū quis contra nos If God be with vs who is against vs. By this smith Focus is vnderstoode euery good Christian man which dayly should spende his tyme in warie redéeming euery houres trauaile with some profit corporall and spirituall and then ought hee to be presented before the heauenly Emperour This Focus paid ii d. to his father so we should pay to our Father of Heauen ii d. that is to saye honour loue For when we were the childrē of wretchednes put in bōdage almightie God sent downe to the earth his sonne to redéeme vs according to S. Iohn the Euangelist laying Deus dilexit mundum vt filium suum vnigenitum daret pro mundo God loueth the world so well that he would giue his onely sonne for the saluation of the world Also this Focus lent ii d. to his son that is to say euery Christian man ought to lend to the son of god our lord Christ Jesu good firme faith fruitfull good works déeds in our lyfe and he wil repay vs againe at the day of dome with his heauēly mercy whē soule body shal be glorified in that he is our brother it may well be proued by the text of Esay saying thus Puer natus est nobis c. A child is borne to vs. This Eocus lost ii d. on his wife Thy wife betokeneth thy flesh vpō whom thou lost ii d. that is to say vnlawful loue consent to sinne for why the flesh is contrary to the spirit euer is redy to harme This Focus also spent ii d. on himselfe that is to say by the first penny ye shall vnderstand penance done in which the soule greatly delighteth in heauen and there is glorified And by the second peny wee ought to vnderstand the stedfast perseuerance in amendment of life for he that abideth vnto the ende shal be saued And who that spendeth wel these two pens shal obtaine euerlasting lyfe Unto the which bring vs our Lord Jesu Christ Amen The Argument Man being blinde through sin either by infirmitie of fraile flesh or suggestion tr●spassing with euill and lewde company though God of his mercie be fauorable vnto him in this life time by reason of the foresaid respects yet if he ac●ustomably walke himselfe in the dr●nck of this worldly wickednes his wil●ul blindnesse shal not ther excuse him but accuse him in the day of iudgement most grieuously to haue offended God in abusing his mercie offered and therefore least worthy to haue the reward of the simple soule that repentantly yea with modestie lineth toward the fruition of euerlasting bl●sle The 13. Historie SOmetime in Rome dwelled a noble emperor which amō●● other vertues loued best m●t●● wherefore he ordamed a law that euery bline man should haue an hundred shillings by the yéere of his treasure It besell ●● a day that there came cer●●●●● men to a Lauerne to drincke Wine and after that these men had sitten in the Cauerne thrée dayes the sourth day they were greatly in the tauerners debt and had no mony to pay for theyr wine wherefore the tauerner came to thē charged them that they should not voy●e till they had payed for their wine Then said one of the drinckers to his felowes Syrs quod he themperour hath made such a law that euery blinde man shall haue an hundred shillings of his treasure therefore let vs cast lottes among vs and to whom the lot falleth let ●●d eyes be put out and so may he goe to the Emperours pallayes an● get●● an hundred shillings And this greatly reioysed them I said that the 〈◊〉 was right good wherfore they can lottes among them 〈◊〉 otte ●●l on him that gaue the 〈◊〉 and than his fellowes for●hwith put out his ey●l And whan he was blinde hée went to themperours pallayes asked of th● steward an hundred shilings according to the Emperours law Deere friend sayde the steward thou mightest see with both thine eyes yesterday thou also vnderstandest the law amis for the law is made for men that are blinde through infirmities or by the will of God yesterday thou badst thy sight in the Tauerne but wilfully thou hast lost thine enne therefore go to the tauerne againe to thy felowes discharge there that tho●●●wes● for heere gettest thou not a ●arthing Then went this wretched man forth and told his selowes of the stewards answere and with that came in the tauerner and dispoyled them of all their clothes and b●t them and thus droue them with shame out of the citie and so were they neuer séene there after The Morall Déere friends this Emperour is ou● sauiour Christ which ordained for a law that euery blind man should haue an hundred shillings of his treasure This blinde man betokeneth euery sinner which sinneth through infirmities or entising of the diuell the world and the flesh which shall receiue an hundred shillings if he be inwardly repentant of his sinnes that is to saye he shall haue an hundred times more ioye according to scripture saying thus Centuplum accipi●e vitam eternam posidebitis Ye shall receiue an hūdred times more ioy if ye be repentaunt and turne from sin and also ye shall haue euerlasting life These men that came to the Lauerne to drinke wine be sinners which often times come to the Tauerne of our aduersary the diuell and drincke of his carnall appetites that is to say they there consume and wast away all ghostly vertues which they receiued when they receiued the sacramēt of baptume wherefore the diuell our enimie dispoyleth them and maketh them to léese all their good déeds that euer thy wrought before they cast lotts that is to say they cast among them the custome of sinne and this lot of sinne falleth on such as are worshipfull and without mercie such a man wilfully becommeth vlind that is to say he becommeth wilfully a foule sinner like Iudas that betraied our Lord without any suggestiō or entising and therefore such men sinne more grienously when they come before the steward that is to say before the prelates of the church they may not lightly obtain the ioyes of heauen for why they be not in the right way to leaue their sinne Therefore studie wée with all our diligence to please God that we may obtaine euerlasting life which is layd vp in store for all those that liue modestly looking for the eternall saluation Unto the which bring vs our Lord Jesus Christ Amen The Argument ¶ A certaine Initiat vow of loue beeing made beetweene the soule of euerye faithfull christian the fayre daughter of Iesus eternall life wee haue to consider the mercifull gracious couenant of God towards the faithfull and carefull of his couenant theyr owne vow was studie to bee furnished with all diuine vertues so as they are