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A22723
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Twelue sermons of Saynt Augustine, now lately translated into English by Tho. Paynel
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Paynell, Thomas.
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STC 923; ESTC S115408
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cruel and harde tormentes of hell He is wronge and crieth out and sayth O most pure and ryghteous iudge other let my paines be recompensed accordynge to myne iniquities or els lette me receaue condigne punyshmente and payne for the tyme that I was in welthe or double payne or foure times more payne Why doest thou commaunde me to be kepte these many M. yeares in this flamyng fire I am so bound w t the bowndes of my sinnes y t I can not escape I am euery momente of an houre paynefullye tormented and punished The fier doth cruellye vexe me nor it doth not spare me it both tormenteth me and reserueth me To these lamentable and dolorous complayntes he myghte thus without boubt haue aunswered hym What shall I do vnto thee Thou dyddest no almose dedes the which might haue quinched the tormentes paines that thou doest nowe abyde and suffre for thy synnes and iniquities Scripture did call vpon the but thou wouldest not hear The prophets hold not their peace The apostles preached The gospel gaue out his soūd The tormentes and paynes prepared for the synneful were declared vnto thee And the rewarde of the righteouse was promised thee but thou trustinge and hauing affiaunce in these world lye goodes and possessions dyddest reiect and contemne Gods preceptes and statutes as tryflynge and vayne fables Let the poore praye for the and whatsoeuer thou doeste aske I do graunte it thee But yet I do handle vse thee but iustlye for there shalbe iudgemente merciles to him that sheweth no mercy My iustice can geue thee nothing els but that thy workes do deserue and merite And therefore thou beynge nowe deade and in another mans powre and dominion doeste call vpon me but in vayne For when thou mightest and diddest see me in the poore then thou wast blynde and wouldest not see me O my brethren made by y e hand of God boughte as I was full dearely herken vnto the Lordes counsell Obeye and fulfyll the desire of youre bisshop that wyth hym ye may take and receaue your inheritance in your fathers kingdome Of a bonde man thou art made a frende Despyse that thou art borne and do vnto Christe as he doth vnto thee Why shoulde he not take parte of thy substaunce that hathe prepared for thee rewardes euerlasting Why should he not haue the tenth of thy goodes that hath geuen the all for this earthlye patrimony God dothe offer vs heauen he sayeth thus Come ye blessed children and inherite the kingdome for I was an hungred and ye gaue me meate Then may ye saye luckely if so be ye were large and faythfull in doing of your almose when sawe we the an hungred and did fede thee what a thyng is this my brethren The true and faythful detter confesseth his dette and the creditours excuse it Then shall your sather your LORDE and your frende with whome ye haue made a celestiall conuention and bargene aunswere you thus In asmuch as ye haue done it vn to one of these least of my brethren ye haue done it to me I shall therfore geue you celestiall and eternal rewardes and a kingedome vpon my ryght hande Nor that because ye haue not trespassed but because ye haue redemed and raunsomed your sinnes with almose and charitable dedes I praye you good brethren to remēber these thinges and that it maye so profite the poore and neady that I for my gentle admonition maye obtayne forgeuenesse before the seate of the eternal iudge and ye for your liberal contribulation and almose de des eternall glory our Saui our Jesus Christ graunting the same to whome with the father and the holy gooste be honor for euer and euer Amen ¶ Of the chastitie that oughte and shoulde be betwene man and wife Ser. ix WHEN soeuer my welbeloued brethren we do commend chastitye as it ought and is expedient it shuld be commended younge men and suche as are in the floure of their age do say thus We are younge men we can not lyue chaste To whome we may and ought to geue thys aunswere that they can not lyue chaste and vndefiled be cause they eate more then is expedient and drynke more wyne then neadeth nor wyl not flye nor exchue the familiaritye of women nor yet feare nor be ashamed to hont and to haue their suspect cōpanye but let al suche lysten to the Apostle sayinge flye fornicacion And this be not droncken with wyne wherin is excesse And Salomon sayeth wyne and women do reproue and cause wise men to do amysse Let those that saye that they can not kepe chastitie aunswere me whether they haue wyues or no yf they haue wyues why do they not take hede to Gods sayinge in his Gospell What soeuer ye wyll that men do vnto you do lykewyse vnto them And why do they not kepe their fidelitye and promise made vnto their wiues the whiche they woulde yea and desire that their wyues shuld kepe with them And seing that a man called uir doth take his name of this worde uirtus and a woman called muliser of thys worde mollities that is of softnesse and frayltye why would manne that hys wife shoulde ouercome thys moost cruell letcherye when that he him selfe at the firste stroke motion therof dothe yelde and fall But here perchaunce all suche as be vnma ried shall saye vnto me that they maye be well excused because they haue no wines to kepe promyse withall and therfore they canne not lyue pure and chaste To these that pretende thys false and wretched excuse a manne may and ought to make this iuste aunswere No manne oughte more to auoyde vnlawfull thynges then they that do reiecte the thynges whych are lawfull Considerynge then that it is lawfull for manne to take and to marye a wyfe and that it is agaynste the aucthoritye of all Scrypture nor neuer lawfull to committe adulterye why doeste thou not then with Goddes fauoure mary a wyfe the whiche is lawfull but dost presume with Gods displeasure to do the thynge that is not lawfull Yet I wold fayne knowe whether y t they the which haue no wiues nor were not ashamed nor in feare to cōmit adultry or euer they were maryed that they◠spowses should be defyled or corrupted or they were maried vnto thē but seyng that there is no man y ◠with pacience could abyde or suffer y t why do not they thē kepe y e self promise with their wiues y ◠which they do desir y t their wiues shuld kepe thē And why dothe he desire to be maried vnto a virgin that is none hym selfe Why doth he desire to be coupled with her that is alyue when that he hym selfe through adultery is deade in soule for it is written The soule that doth synne shall dye And the Apostle sayeth full terriblye God wyll iudge adulterers And againe Adulterers shal not possesse the kingdome of heauen But peraduenture there are that
bed with other mennes handes theyr syghte waxethe dimme they are pained with the swymmyng of the heade and with the head ache their countenauÌ„ce is drousy their members quake tremble they are astonnied and dulie both in soule and bodye In these men is fulfylled that is writteÌ„ Where is wo where is stryfe and debate where are snares and deceitfulnes Wher are woundes without cause where be these blouddy eyes Are not these amoÌ„g those y t be cuppy that study to drynke all oute But yet they that wyll be suche go aboute to excuse them selues ful wretchedly saying Iloue not my frende sayth he yf I as ofte as I do call hym to dynner do not geue hym as muche as he lusteth to drink Let hym not be thy frende that wil make the gods enemy for he is an ennemie to the and also vnto him self yf thou make thy selfe and thy frend druncken he shalbe thy frend and God thine enemy Therefore take good heade whether it be wel done or no to leue God and to applye ioyne thy self to a drunkard But yet cause him not to â—weare nor compell him not but leaue it to his owne free wyll to drinke asmuche as it shall please hym and if he will ouer drinke him selfe that he perysh alone rather than ye shuld perysh together O the infelicitie of mankinde howe many are there found that in force these drunkardes and luxurious persons to drinke more than â—e adeth and yet before theyr doores they doe dissemble to geue the poore man any thynge at al asking him only a cuppe of colde water Nor they take no hede that Christ should haue that for the nedye and poore that they geue to the luxurious sayeng That ye haue doone to the least of myne ye haue done it vnto me But al such whan they drowne other meÌ„ with drincke do saye to the poore man asking his almes go hense go god shall sende you And trulye as longe as men walke God wyll sende them Then what other thig is it that he sayth gette you hense god shall send you but go to him that hath God for God wil geue him And so he confesseth with his owne mouth that God is not with hym by whose inspiration he should geue somewhat to the pore and nedye I praye you derely beloued brethren diligently to take hede marke that after that the brute beastes beynge ledde and broughte to the water haue once satisfied and quenched theyr thyrste stande they neuer so longe in the water yet theiwil drink no more no nor they can drink no more Let now these drunkardes consider wether they be not to be iudged worse than beastes The beast wyl drink no more thaÌ„ nedeth but these bibbers take double trible more thaÌ„ euer shal do them good And the thyng which might haue serued theÌ„ well thre or foure dayes for very enuy or elles for very dronkennes they w t great synne go about rather to lese and consume it all vpoÌ„ one daye then liberallye and vertuously to spende it And wolde to god that they loste theyr drynk only so that thei lost not them selues withall O what euil is in ebriete and drunkennes Kyng Pharao other vpon enuy or els thorow ebrietie caused his maister baker to be trust vp and hanged The Jewes of whoÌ„ it is written sat down to eat and to dryncke and stode vp agayne to playe after they had drunken more theÌ„ neded they caused idols to be made and in the worship of them they daunsed and lyke mad men troubled them selues w t diuers sortes of gamboldes And Herode after y t he was welheted w t wyne for the plesaunt daunsynge of a mayde commaunded John Baptyst to be siayne What other vitious thinges do rise spring of drunkennes the holy gost doth witnesse by Salomon sayinge Wyne and women reproue wyse men and cause them to leaue and to forsake God And agayne Beholde not wine whan it sparckleth and shyneth thorow y e glasse for it goeth downe very gentely but at the last it shall bite the lyke a serpent and stinge y t lyke an adder Thine eyes shall behold other mens wiues and thy hert shall thinke wyckedly And the Apostle s Paule doth likewyse monysh and warne vs of the euell of drunkennes saying Be not drunken with wyne wherin is excesse We do shew you euen euidentlye by scripture that loue to be druÌ„ken what euel is coÌ„prysed therin Who so deliteth in wyne and fat morselles shall not be ryche And agayne Neither geue thou to muche wyne to kynges for there is no secretnes where drunkennes doeth reygn lest that they through drunkenes forget iudgemeÌ„t executyng the law vniustlye vpon the pore Also he sayth That a drunken workeman shall neuer be riche And agayne yf y e drinke wine mesurably thou shalte be sober Item wine at the beginning was created in ioyfulnes not in drunkennes Wyne so verly receaued and taken is the pleasure both of bodye foule but wyne vnmesurably vsed and taken is the setting forth of drunkennes the offention and hurte of wyse men and the feble shynge of mans force strength But whan we motion and make mentioÌ„ of these things these bybbers drunkardes paraduenture are angery withall and do murmur agaynste vs. But althoughe there be whiche are moued and angrye withall yet good willynge there be that hear and receaue this good counsell y t shal through gods mercye be deliuered from this horrible wycked sinne of ebrietie Yet suche as be moued with vs speakinge agaynste theyr familiar frende drunkennes shall heare this one thyng of vs that whosoeuer he be that penitentlye doeth not bewayle his ebrietie but continueth therein vntyll he die without doubte he shalbe lost for euer For y e holy goost seyng this by the holye Apostle cannot lye Nether drunkardes shal inherit the kingdome of god And therefore it were better for them to be angry and woued with them selues then with vs and so be yng they shall throughe the grace of God soone deliuer them selues from the fylthye and dyrty cannell of drunkennes And therefore whiles they haue time let them thorowe the helpe and ayde of God aryse with all hast and besechynge God with theyr hole heartes say thus wyth the Prophet Plucke me out of this dyrt that I stycke not fast in it And thus And that the tempest of the water doe not drowne me nor the depenes swalow me For whosoeuer that drunkennes the very pytte of hell doth once receaue and embrace doeth so chalenge them that without penaunce and good amendement do ensue and folowe it shall neuer suffer them to returne from the obscurite and darkenes thereof vnto the light of charitie sobernes But aboue all other thinges we must vnderstand know that it is not one daye alone that maketh drunkards but the daily renuynge and multipliynge of cuppes our most enemies rather