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           THE
           RACE
           CELESTIALL
           ,
           OR
           a
           direct
           path
           to
           heauen
           .
           By
           HENRY
           GREENVVOOD
           maister
           of
           Arts
           ,
           and
           Preacher
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           COR.
           9.24
           .
        
         
           So
           runne
           ,
           that
           yee
           may
           obtaine
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           London
           by
           
             N.
             O.
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Pell
          
           ,
           dwelling
           in
           holborne
           neere
           to
           the
           Crosse
           Keyes
           .
           1609.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             royal blazon or coat of arms
             
               HONI
               SOIT
               QVI
               MAL
               Y
               PENSE
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           MOST
           high
           and
           mightie
           ,
           most
           gratious
           and
           religious
           Prince
           ,
           Iames
           ,
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           great
           Brittaine
           ,
           France
           and
           Ireland
           king
           ,
           defender
           of
           the
           faith
           Apostolicall
           ,
           &c.
           
           All
           blessed
           hap
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           eternall
           blisse
           
             in
             life
             to
             come
          
           .
        
         
           THE
           picture
           of
           Puritie
           ,
           and
           patterne
           of
           Piety
           (
           most
           gratious
           and
           dread
           soueraigne
           Lord
           )
           holy
           Bernard
           by
           name
           ,
           deciphereth
           out
           at
           large
           ,
           the
           grosse
           enormity
           of
           that
           vgly
           vice
           Ingratitude
           ,
           saying
           :
           that
           it
           is
           
             Inimica
             animae
             ,
             exinanitio
             meritorum
             ,
             dispersio
             virtutum
             &c.
             
          
           An
           enimie
           to
           the
           Christians
           soule
           ,
           an
           exile
           of
           merits
           ,
           a
           ruine
           of
           vertues
           ,
           and
           a
           consuming
           fire
           ,
           that
           scorcheth
           vp
           the
           fountaine
           of
           all
           godlines
           .
           Lest
           therefore
           I
           should
           cōdemne
           my self
           of
           this
           sensual
           
           sin
           ,
           and
           challenged
           be
           of
           grosse
           ingratitude
           :
           I
           haue
           presumed
           (
           crauing
           pardon
           for
           my
           arrogant
           audacitie
           herein
           )
           in
           token
           of
           my
           loyall
           dutie
           ,
           to
           your
           sacred
           maiestie
           ,
           to
           transport
           these
           lines
           Laconicall
           ,
           and
           letters
           impolite
           ,
           to
           the
           happy
           hauen
           of
           your
           Princely
           heart
           ,
           wishing
           to
           your
           royall
           grace
           ,
           the
           siluer
           of
           all
           earthly
           prosperity
           ,
           &
           the
           gold
           of
           all
           celestiall
           felicitie
           .
           If
           your
           highnesse
           respect
           the
           matter
           ,
           it
           is
           celestiall
           ,
           if
           your
           supremacie
           the
           manner
           ,
           it
           is
           too
           too
           terrestiall
           :
           Yet
           pardon
           (
           most
           religious
           Prince
           )
           this
           my
           bold
           attempt
           ,
           partly
           weighing
           the
           compulsion
           of
           entire
           affection
           ,
           and
           partly
           considering
           the
           necessity
           of
           your
           simplest
           subiects
           erudition
           .
           Thus
           ceassing
           further
           troubling
           your
           maiesties
           sacred
           eares
           ,
           prosterning
           my selfe
           vpon
           the
           knees
           of
           submission
           ,
           at
           your
           highnesse
           footstool
           ,
           for
           pardon
           for
           my
           presumption
           herein
           ;
           I
           beg
           without
           intermission
           before
           the
           throne
           of
           grace
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           please
           the
           almightie
           to
           blesse
           ,
           protect
           and
           defend
           your
           royall
           maiestie
           ,
           your
           blessed
           bedfellow
           ,
           and
           all
           your
           royal
           issue
           ,
           in
           this
           life
           present
           ,
           
           and
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ,
           crowne
           you
           all
           with
           the
           Crowne
           of
           immortall
           glory
           :
           and
           that
           for
           Iesus
           Christs
           sake
           our
           onely
           Lord
           ,
           and
           euerliuing
           Sauiour
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             From
             
               Sampford
               Magna
            
             in
             Essex
             ,
             
               this
               16.
               of
               October
               .
               1608.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             maiesties
             most
             humble
             seruant
             ,
             and
             most
             loyall
             subiect
             .
             H.
             Greenewood
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           Race
           Celestiall
           ,
           or
           a
           direct
           path
           to
           heauen
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             COR.
             9.24
             .
          
           
             So
             runne
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             obtaine
             .
          
        
         
           BOetius
           in
           his
           booke
           
             De
             consolatione
             philosophia
          
           ,
           saith
           :
           
           
             Quod
             vnicuique
             viro
             bono
             inserta
             est
             quaedam
             cupiditas
             boni
             :
             i.
          
           That
           in
           euery
           good
           man
           there
           is
           inserted
           a
           feruent
           desire
           of
           that
           which
           is
           good
           .
           Now
           the
           true
           and
           chiefest
           good
           thing
           that
           may
           possibly
           be
           desired
           of
           mortall
           man
           (
           in
           which
           onely
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           is
           fully
           satisfied
           )
           is
           the
           Lord
           God
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           S.
           Augustine
           :
           
           
             Fecisti
             nos
             Domine
             ,
             ad
             te
             ,
             &
             inquietum
             est
             cor
             nostrum
             ,
             donec
             quiescat
             in
             te
             :
             i.
          
           Thou
           hast
           created
           vs
           (
           O
           Lord
           )
           for
           thine
           owne
           selfe
           ,
           and
           our
           hearts
           are
           disquieted
           ,
           vntill
           
           they
           find
           a
           firme
           rest
           in
           thy selfe
           .
           And
           (
           as
           well
           saith
           S.
           Bernard
           .
           
           )
           
             Illud
             est
             verum
             ,
             &
             summum
             gaudium
             ,
             quod
             non
             de
             creatura
             ,
             sed
             de
             Creatore
             concipitur
             :
             i.
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           true
           and
           chiefest
           ioy
           ,
           which
           is
           conceiued
           not
           of
           the
           creature
           but
           the
           Creator
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Lord
           (
           that
           is
           
             Omnium
             summum
             bonorum
          
           ,
           Of
           all
           good
           things
           the
           chiefest
           )
           can
           by
           no
           meanes
           be
           obtained
           but
           by
           a
           true
           and
           liuely
           faith
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           his
           welbeloued
           sonne
           ,
           prouing
           it selfe
           by
           good
           fruites
           of
           amendment
           ,
           by
           whom
           we
           are
           reconciled
           againe
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           brought
           into
           the
           fauour
           of
           the
           most
           High
           ,
           of
           which
           by
           our
           sinnes
           wée
           haue
           iustly
           béene
           depriued
           :
           as
           well
           saith
           
             Leo
             :
             
               Non
               dormientibus
               peruenit
               regnum
               caelorum
            
          
           ,
           
           
             nec
             otio
             nec
             desidia
             torpentibus
             praemium
             aeternitatis
             promittitur
             :
             sed
             vigilantibus
             &
             benè
             viuentibus
             :
             i.
          
           The
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           falleth
           not
           to
           the
           sluggards
           share
           ,
           neither
           is
           eternall
           blisse
           promised
           to
           idle
           and
           euill
           persons
           :
           but
           onely
           to
           those
           that
           liue
           by
           faith
           ,
           and
           are
           vigilant
           in
           the
           workes
           of
           godlinesse
           .
        
         
         
           The
           holy
           Apostle
           therefore
           ,
           hauing
           in
           the
           former
           chapters
           of
           this
           his
           first
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           earnestly
           and
           industriously
           taught
           them
           the
           true
           path
           that
           leadeth
           to
           life
           :
           hauing
           also
           perceiued
           that
           they
           had
           imbraced
           his
           doctrine
           willingly
           ,
           and
           runne
           in
           the
           same
           in
           some
           measure
           chéerefully
           :
           he
           doth
           here
           in
           this
           golden
           simile
           (
           that
           they
           might
           haue
           their
           portion
           in
           the
           Lord
           )
           exhort
           them
           to
           perseuerance
           ,
           holding
           out
           to
           the
           ende
           of
           their
           liues
           ,
           knowing
           that
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           in
           the
           Gospell
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           
           
             He
             that
             endureth
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             the
             same
             and
             none
             but
             the
             same
             shall
             be
             saued
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           words
           the
           Apostle
           borroweth
           a
           similitude
           ,
           
             A
             certamine
             cursorio
          
           :
           from
           a
           terrestriall
           race
           for
           a
           temporary
           price
           :
           for
           as
           in
           that
           race
           many
           runne
           ,
           but
           one
           receiueth
           the
           prize
           ,
           namely
           ,
           he
           that
           all
           the
           rest
           out-strippeth
           ,
           and
           commeth
           first
           at
           the
           ende
           :
           euen
           so
           in
           the
           race
           of
           Christianity
           no
           man
           shall
           be
           crowned
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           holdeth
           out
           to
           the
           end
           of
           his
           life
           :
           yet
           notwithstanding
           there
           is
           this
           difference
           in
           this
           similitude
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           race
           terrestriall
           ,
           
           he
           is
           onely
           guerdened
           with
           reward
           that
           toucheth
           first
           the
           but
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           race
           celestiall
           ,
           not
           onely
           one
           but
           all
           may
           be
           crowned
           with
           euerlasting
           blisse
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           excellent
           Simile
           the
           Apostle
           compareth
           
             Cursui
             vitam
             :
             stadio
             pretatem
             :
             praemio
             salutem
             ,
             i.
          
           our
           life
           to
           a
           race
           or
           running
           :
           piety
           and
           godlinesse
           to
           a
           race
           wherein
           we
           must
           runne
           :
           and
           euerlasting
           blisse
           to
           a
           promised
           reward
           .
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             that
             ye
             may
             obteine
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           so
           liue
           in
           this
           life
           vnder
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           that
           ye
           may
           obteine
           euerlasting
           life
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           .
           In
           which
           heauenly
           exhortation
           of
           Paul
           ,
           we
           may
           generally
           obserue
           these
           thrée
           things
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           
             Quid
             sit
             currere
          
           :
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           this
           word
           Runne
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Qualiter
             quid
             currendum
          
           ,
           how
           must
           we
           runne
           to
           obteine
           .
           
             So
             Runne
          
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Praemium
             promissum
          
           :
           the
           reward
           promised
           to
           all
           those
           that
           run
           lawfully
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           Runne
           ,
           By
           this
           race
           or
           running
           ,
           
           is
           vnderstood
           this
           present
           life
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           The
           life
           of
           man
           is
           compared
           to
           many
           things
           :
           Some
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           haue
           compared
           it
           to
           a
           bubble
           :
           some
           to
           a
           sléepe
           :
           some
           to
           a
           dreame
           :
           some
           to
           one
           thing
           ,
           some
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           Iob
           compareth
           it
           to
           a
           wind
           :
           
           the
           Prophet
           Dauid
           compareth
           it
           to
           a
           
             shadow
             :
             Iames
          
           to
           a
           
             vapor
             :
             Peter
          
           to
           a
           
             flower
             :
             Esay
          
           to
           grasse
           :
           and
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           celerity
           and
           swiftnesse
           thereof
           ,
           compareth
           it
           here
           to
           a
           
             Race
             or
             running
             .
             
               Quid
               aliud
            
          
           (
           saith
           
             S.
             Augustine
             )
             
               est
               vita
               nostra
            
          
           ,
           
           
             nisi
             quidam
             cursus
             ad
             mortem
             :
             vita
             dum
             crescit
             ,
             decrescit
             ,
             vita
             mortalis
             ,
             &
             mors
             vitalis
             ,
             i.
          
           what
           is
           our
           life
           ,
           but
           a
           certaine
           running
           to
           death
           :
           our
           life
           while
           it
           increaseth
           ,
           decreaseth
           :
           our
           life
           is
           dying
           ,
           our
           death
           is
           liuing
           .
        
         
           The
           traueller
           ,
           the
           longer
           he
           goeth
           on
           his
           iourney
           ,
           the
           nigher
           he
           is
           his
           iourneys
           end
           :
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           ,
           the
           longer
           they
           wandred
           from
           Egypt
           ,
           the
           nigher
           they
           were
           the
           promised
           land
           :
           so
           euery
           mortall
           man
           ,
           the
           longer
           he
           liueth
           ,
           the
           nigher
           he
           is
           his
           iourneys
           
           end
           ,
           death
           :
           for
           
             Time
             and
             Tide
          
           stay
           for
           no
           man
           :
           yong
           haires
           do
           soone
           turne
           gray
           ,
           and
           actiue
           youth
           is
           soone
           metamorphosed
           into
           crooked
           age
           :
           
           
             Cito
             pede
             labitur
             aetas
             :
             i.
          
           the
           dayes
           of
           man
           do
           swiftly
           passe
           away
           :
           
           
             Tempora
             labuntur
             ,
             tacitisque
             senescimus
             annis
             ,
             &
             fugiunt
             fraeno
             non
             remorante
             dies
             :
             i.
          
           Time
           swiftly
           passeth
           ,
           and
           old
           age
           soone
           commeth
           on
           ,
           no
           bridle
           so
           strong
           ,
           as
           can
           kéepe
           in
           our
           galloping
           dayes
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           runneth
           in
           a
           race
           ,
           neuer
           stayeth
           till
           hee
           commeth
           at
           the
           ende
           thereof
           :
           so
           euery
           mortall
           wight
           (
           
             volens
             nolens
          
           ,
           willing
           nilling
           )
           neuer
           stayeth
           till
           death
           the
           ende
           of
           his
           race
           stayeth
           him
           .
           The
           
             picture
             of
             patience
             (
             Iob
          
           by
           name
           )
           considering
           the
           swift
           passage
           of
           the
           dayes
           of
           man
           ,
           compareth
           them
           to
           the
           swift
           race
           of
           a
           post
           :
           saying
           ,
           
           
             Dies
             mei
             velociores
             sunt
             cursore
             :
             
               i.
               My
               dayes
               are
               swifter
               than
               a
               post
               :
            
          
           yea
           swifter
           are
           they
           then
           a
           
             weauers
             shuttle
          
           ,
           
           
           they
           are
           as
           
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             swiftest
             ship
             in
             the
             sea
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             Eagle
             that
             flieth
             fast
             to
             her
             pray
             .
          
           
           
             Our
             yeares
             are
             spent
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           )
           
             as
             a
             tale
             that
             is
             told
             :
          
           
           
             yea
             our
             life
             is
             quickly
             cut
             off
             ,
             
             and
             we
             are
             soone
             gone
             :
          
           Therefore
           fitly
           is
           our
           life
           compared
           here
           of
           S.
           Paul
           (
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           velocity
           thereof
           )
           to
           a
           race
           or
           running
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           euery
           Christian
           is
           to
           learne
           this
           lesson
           ,
           that
           (
           séeing
           our
           life
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           a
           running
           to
           death
           )
           he
           redéeme
           the
           time
           ,
           make
           much
           of
           it
           ,
           whiles
           he
           hath
           it
           :
           for
           the
           houre
           spent
           cannot
           be
           recouered
           ,
           time
           passed
           cannot
           be
           recalled
           .
        
         
           
             Ecce
             nunc
             tempus
             acceptum
          
           :
           
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             i.
             Behold
             now
             the
             accepted
             time
             ,
             behold
             now
             the
             day
             of
             saluation
             .
          
           This
           life
           is
           the
           time
           ,
           wherein
           our
           election
           must
           be
           made
           sure
           ,
           and
           sealed
           vp
           vnto
           our
           spirits
           by
           the
           vnfallible
           testimony
           of
           the
           good
           spirit
           of
           God
           :
           This
           life
           is
           the
           time
           ,
           wherein
           euery
           man
           in
           his
           calling
           must
           worke
           out
           his
           saluation
           with
           feare
           and
           trembling
           :
           This
           life
           is
           the
           time
           ,
           wherein
           we
           must
           be
           admitted
           into
           y
           e
           kingdom
           of
           grace
           ,
           if
           euer
           we
           will
           looke
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           kingdome
           of
           glory
           :
           In
           this
           life
           must
           we
           be
           matriculated
           into
           the
           mysticall
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           if
           euer
           we
           will
           looke
           to
           fit
           at
           the
           bride-groomes
           
           table
           in
           heauen
           :
           In
           this
           life
           must
           we
           haue
           heauen
           in
           inchoation
           ,
           if
           after
           this
           life
           we
           will
           haue
           it
           in
           perfection
           .
        
         
           The
           husbandman
           will
           in
           no
           wise
           slacke
           his
           opportunity
           ,
           and
           omit
           his
           time
           in
           tilling
           &
           sowing
           his
           ground
           ,
           that
           in
           sommer
           he
           may
           haue
           the
           better
           croppe
           :
           The
           tradesman
           will
           not
           misse
           his
           faires
           and
           markets
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           increase
           his
           stocke
           the
           more
           in
           those
           his
           painefull
           affaires
           :
           
           
             The
             Storke
             in
             the
             aire
             ,
             the
             Turtle
             ,
             the
             Crane
             and
             the
             Swallow
             ,
             obserue
             their
             times
             ,
          
           as
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           :
           
           the
           little
           silly
           creature
           (
           the
           Ant
           by
           name
           )
           gathereth
           in
           sommer
           ,
           whereby
           she
           may
           liue
           in
           winter
           :
           Euen
           so
           should
           euery
           Christian
           take
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           treasure
           vp
           (
           with
           the
           painefull
           Bée
           )
           the
           hony
           of
           good
           workes
           in
           the
           hiue
           of
           his
           heart
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           with
           the
           faithfull
           seruant
           ,
           be
           welcomed
           into
           his
           masters
           ioy
           ,
           in
           the
           life
           to
           come
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           alas
           ,
           men
           are
           so
           assotted
           with
           blindnesse
           &
           ignorance
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           sent
           to
           y
           e
           very
           senseles
           creatures
           for
           wisdome
           in
           this
           point
           .
           
             Aske
             the
             beasts
             ,
             and
             they
             
             shall
             teach
             thee
             :
             and
             the
             foules
             of
             heauen
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             tell
             thee
             :
          
           (
           saith
           the
           iust
           man
           Iob
           )
           or
           speake
           
             to
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             shew
             thee
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             the
             fishes
             of
             the
             sea
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             declare
             vnto
             thee
             .
             Esays
             oxe
             knoweth
             his
             maisters
             stall
             ,
             and
             his
             Asse
             his
             maisters
             cribbe
             :
          
           
           but
           miserable
           man
           hath
           not
           knowne
           his
           maker
           .
        
         
           O
           let
           vs
           not
           be
           worse
           than
           horse
           ,
           Asse
           and
           Mule
           that
           haue
           no
           vnderstanding
           ,
           but
           let
           vs
           (
           in
           the
           feare
           of
           God
           )
           know
           our
           times
           and
           seasons
           ,
           let
           vs
           
             seeke
             the
             Lord
             while
             he
             may
             be
             found
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             call
             vpon
             him
             while
             he
             is
             neere
             .
          
           Let
           vs
           in
           no
           wise
           post
           off
           our
           amendment
           from
           day
           to
           day
           :
           Let
           vs
           liue
           no
           longer
           in
           carelesse
           security
           like
           sensuall
           ,
           brutish
           and
           hellish
           Epicures
           that
           neither
           beléeue
           nor
           yet
           respect
           the
           iudgement
           to
           come
           :
           that
           sing
           that
           cursed
           Epitaphe
           of
           
             Sardanapalus
             :
             Ede
          
           ,
           
           
             bibe
             ,
             lude
             ,
             charum
             praesentibus
             exple
             delitijs
             animumi
             :
             post
             mortem
             nulla
             volupta●
             ,
             i.
          
           Eate
           ,
           drinke
           ,
           play
           ,
           and
           be
           merry
           :
           liue
           in
           all
           kind
           of
           pleasure
           :
           for
           after
           death
           there
           is
           no
           pleasure
           :
           that
           say
           with
           the
           old
           man
           in
           the
           Poet
           :
           
             Because
             
             my
             dayes
             are
             short
             ,
             which
             I
             haue
             here
             to
             liue
             :
             to
             women
             ,
             wine
             ,
             and
             pleasant
             sport
             ,
             I
             meane
             my selfe
             to
             giue
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           vs
           not
           be
           like
           those
           foolish
           virgins
           that
           knocked
           at
           the
           gates
           of
           heauen
           too
           late
           ,
           when
           the
           doores
           were
           shut
           against
           them
           :
           for
           after
           this
           life
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           place
           for
           pardon
           ,
           nor
           time
           for
           repentance
           :
           therefore
           in
           time
           looke
           to
           the
           welfare
           of
           thy
           déere
           soule
           ,
           that
           thy
           soule
           may
           fare
           well
           ,
           not
           for
           a
           time
           but
           for
           euer
           .
        
         
           
           
             One
             depth
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           )
           
             calleth
             for
             another
          
           :
           The
           depth
           of
           our
           misery
           cryeth
           for
           the
           depth
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           :
           let
           vs
           therefore
           be
           as
           swift
           in
           running
           in
           the
           race
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           our
           liues
           are
           swift
           to
           leaue
           vs
           :
           let
           vs
           be
           as
           swift
           to
           kill
           sinne
           in
           vs
           ,
           as
           sinne
           is
           to
           kill
           vs
           :
           O
           (
           beloued
           )
           let
           vs
           be
           as
           swift
           to
           pull
           out
           the
           sting
           of
           the
           Scorpion
           (
           which
           is
           sinne
           )
           as
           he
           is
           with
           his
           sting
           swift
           and
           ready
           to
           stabbe
           vs
           at
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           wound
           our
           soules
           incureably
           :
           that
           when
           death
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           our
           race
           shall
           come
           (
           which
           is
           most
           certaine
           ,
           and
           yet
           his
           time
           most
           vncertaine
           )
           it
           may
           be
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           all
           the
           saints
           
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Ianua
             vitae
             ,
             finis
             miseriarum
             ,
             initium
             refrigerij
             ,
             scala
             ascensionis
             in
             coelum
             .
             i.
          
           The
           gate
           to
           life
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           miseries
           ,
           the
           beginning
           of
           euerlasting
           refreshing
           ,
           and
           the
           ladder
           of
           ascension
           to
           the
           highest
           and
           happiest
           heauens
           .
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             that
             ye
             may
             obtaine
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Qualiter
             currendum
             ,
             i.
          
           How
           must
           we
           runne
           to
           obtaine
           .
           
             So
             runne
          
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           will
           run
           to
           obteine
           ,
           we
           must
           runne
           these
           thrée
           wayes
           :
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           
             Directè
             ,
             recta
             via
          
           :
           the
           right
           way
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Celeritèr
             s●u
             festinanter
          
           :
           Swiftly
           or
           spéedily
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           Perseuerantèr
           :
           Perseuerantly
           ,
           holding
           out
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           
           First
           therefore
           that
           we
           may
           obteine
           ,
           we
           must
           runne
           directly
           ,
           the
           right
           way
           that
           leadeth
           to
           life
           .
        
         
           Those
           that
           runne
           in
           a
           race
           will
           not
           make
           the
           furthest
           way
           about
           y
           e
           nighest
           way
           home
           (
           as
           we
           say
           )
           but
           they
           will
           take
           the
           shortest
           cut
           that
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           runne
           the
           directest
           way
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           the
           rather
           obteine
           :
           So
           
           should
           we
           runne
           in
           the
           right
           way
           that
           leadeth
           to
           life
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           obteine
           life
           euerlasting
           .
           
           Lactantius
           speaking
           of
           mans
           creation
           ,
           saith
           that
           
             Homo
             incedit
             erectus
             in
             coelum
             ,
             i.
          
           Man
           goeth
           right
           vp
           ,
           lifting
           his
           eyes
           towards
           heauen
           ,
           
           
             Os
             homini
             sublime
             dedit
             ,
             coel●mque●ueri
             ●ussit
             :
             i.
          
           God
           gaue
           man
           a
           lofty
           face
           ,
           a
           face
           to
           behold
           the
           heauens
           :
           whereas
           other
           creatures
           fasten
           their
           eyes
           vpon
           the
           centre
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           came
           ,
           hanging
           downe
           their
           heades
           to
           the
           earth
           like
           bulrushes
           .
           As
           man
           therfore
           was
           created
           pure
           and
           vpright
           in
           soule
           ,
           and
           streight
           and
           right
           in
           body
           ,
           carying
           his
           head
           toward
           heauen
           :
           so
           must
           he
           runne
           (
           if
           euer
           he
           will
           obteine
           heauen
           )
           in
           the
           streight
           way
           ,
           and
           right
           path
           that
           leadeth
           to
           heauen
           .
        
         
           Many
           there
           are
           that
           séeke
           the
           Lord
           and
           find
           him
           not
           ,
           because
           they
           séeke
           amisse
           :
           so
           many
           there
           are
           that
           runne
           (
           yea
           all
           men
           liuing
           are
           runners
           )
           yet
           are
           they
           farre
           from
           obteining
           ,
           because
           they
           runne
           amisse
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           foure
           sorts
           of
           ground
           ,
           yet
           but
           one
           fructiferous
           :
           there
           are
           foure
           wayes
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           but
           one
           (
           and
           
           that
           a
           narrow
           one
           )
           that
           leadeth
           to
           life
           .
           Generally
           there
           are
           but
           these
           two
           :
           the
           way
           of
           Godlinesse
           ,
           and
           the
           way
           of
           iniquity
           :
           whereof
           the
           one
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Matthew
           ,
           is
           called
           the
           broad
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           straite
           and
           narrow
           gate
           :
           yet
           S.
           Iohn
           (
           considering
           the
           multiplicity
           of
           this
           dangerous
           Labyrinth
           )
           doth
           cut
           out
           this
           broad
           way
           into
           thrée
           maine
           heads
           :
           into
           
             Luxury
             ,
             Couetousnesse
          
           and
           Pride
           :
           saying
           :
           
           
             Whatsoeuer
             is
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             is
             either
             the
             concupiscence
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             the
             concupiscence
             of
             the
             eye
             ,
             or
             the
             pride
             of
             life
             :
          
           
           
             Haec
             tria
             pro
             trino
             numine
             mundus
             habet
             :
             i.
          
           This
           is
           the
           Trinity
           which
           the
           world
           doth
           worship
           .
           These
           wayes
           are
           wide
           and
           large
           ,
           and
           whole
           multitudes
           walke
           in
           the
           same
           :
           
             Magna
             plenitudo
             hominum
             ,
             sed
             magna
             solitudo
             bonorum
             ,
             i.
          
           There
           is
           a
           great
           plenty
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           as
           great
           a
           scarcity
           of
           good
           men
           .
        
         
           These
           wayes
           séeme
           pleasant
           to
           be
           walked
           in
           ,
           yet
           
             Nouissima
             illaerum
             mors
             est
          
           :
           The
           end
           of
           these
           wayes
           is
           death
           :
           for
           the
           diuell
           like
           a
           subtile
           fisher
           sheweth
           the
           baite
           ,
           but
           hideth
           the
           hooke
           :
           sheweth
           the
           vnprofitable
           profit
           ,
           &
           the
           
           vnpleasant
           pleasure
           of
           sinne
           ,
           but
           hideth
           the
           hooke
           from
           mens
           eyes
           ,
           which
           is
           death
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
             
               Stipendium
               peccati
               mors
               est
            
          
           :
           the
           wages
           of
           sin
           is
           death
           here
           ,
           hel
           &
           damnation
           hereafter
           .
           Sinne
           séemeth
           at
           the
           first
           to
           fawne
           vpon
           a
           man
           ,
           
           but
           yet
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           it
           will
           (
           with
           Cains
           dogge
           )
           plucke
           out
           the
           very
           throats
           of
           our
           soules
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           maine
           roades
           (
           the
           more
           is
           the
           pity
           )
           doth
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           mankind
           runne
           headlong
           to
           perdition
           ,
           without
           any
           checke
           of
           conscience
           ,
           remorse
           for
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           any
           reclamation
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Sinne
           neuer
           more
           than
           in
           these
           our
           dayes
           of
           the
           Gospell
           abounded
           :
           the
           Diuell
           hath
           more
           followers
           than
           Christ
           :
           the
           whole
           multitude
           cried
           ,
           
           
             Crucifie
             him
             ,
             Crucifie
             him
          
           :
           But
           there
           was
           but
           one
           (
           and
           that
           a
           silly
           woman
           )
           that
           laboured
           to
           set
           him
           frée
           .
        
         
           The
           saying
           of
           Paul
           to
           the
           Romanes
           is
           verified
           in
           these
           our
           dayes
           of
           sinne
           :
           
             There
             is
             none
             righteous
             ,
             no
             not
             one
             :
             There
             is
             none
             that
             vnderstandeth
             :
             there
             is
             none
             that
             seeketh
             God
             :
             all
             haue
             gone
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
          
           
           
             all
             are
             altogether
             
             vnprofitable
             :
             there
             is
             none
             that
             doth
             good
             ,
             no
             not
             one
             .
             Pride
             ,
             whoredome
             ,
             adultery
             ,
             fornication
             ,
             vncleannes
             ,
             wantonnes
             ,
             idolatry
             ,
             witchcraft
             ,
             hatred
             ,
          
           
           
             debate
             ,
             emulation
             ,
             wrath
             ,
             contention
             ,
             sedition
             ,
             heresie
             ,
             couetousnes
             ,
             drunkennes
             ,
             swearing
             ,
             forswearing
             ,
             blasphemie
             ,
             prophanenes
             ,
             contempt
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             despising
             of
             Gods
             messengers
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           abhominations
           are
           reigning
           in
           euery
           angle
           of
           this
           our
           Iland
           :
           yea
           our
           land
           is
           become
           a
           sinke
           of
           sinne
           ,
           a
           pit
           of
           pollution
           ,
           and
           a
           place
           of
           abhomination
           :
           defiled
           with
           iniquity
           ,
           
             A
             vertice
             capitis
             ,
             vsque
             ad
             plantam
             pedes
             ,
             1.
             
          
           From
           top
           to
           toe
           ,
           hauing
           no
           sound
           part
           throughout
           it
           :
           yea
           our
           whole
           land
           is
           out
           of
           course
           :
           
           and
           
             it
             is
             the
             great
             mercy
             of
             God
             that
             we
             are
             not
             consumed
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           these
           last
           dayes
           of
           the
           world
           are
           like
           to
           the
           dayes
           of
           Israels
           prouocation
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           :
           wherein
           we
           preferre
           the
           slauery
           of
           Egypt
           aboue
           the
           swéete
           Manna
           of
           heauenly
           blisse
           .
        
         
           Yea
           that
           saying
           of
           the
           Prophet
           is
           verified
           of
           the
           most
           part
           of
           mankind
           :
           
             That
             the
             children
             gather
             stickes
             ,
             the
             
             
             
             
             
             fathers
             made
             the
             fire
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             women
             bake
             cakes
             for
             the
             queene
             of
             heauen
             :
          
           That
           is
           ,
           they
           offered
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           Sunne
           and
           Moone
           and
           planets
           ,
           which
           they
           called
           the
           Quéene
           of
           heauen
           .
           So
           the
           Beast
           of
           Rome
           with
           his
           Antichristian
           crue
           ,
           doth
           sacrifice
           to
           Mary
           ,
           making
           her
           an
           Idol
           ,
           and
           calling
           her
           (
           as
           in
           their
           
             Salue
             regina
          
           :
           and
           
             Regina
             coel●
             laetare
          
           :
           doth
           appeare
           )
           the
           Quéene
           of
           heauen
           .
           They
           make
           ignorance
           the
           mother
           of
           their
           deuotion
           :
           
             Sir
             Iohn
             Lack-latine
          
           and
           
             Sir
             Anthony
             Ignorance
          
           are
           their
           chiefest
           clarkes
           ,
           and
           best
           Massemongers
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           the
           world
           is
           growne
           to
           this
           height
           of
           reprobation
           ,
           that
           that
           which
           is
           written
           in
           Iob
           is
           verified
           of
           many
           :
           
             They
             say
             to
             God
             ,
             Depart
             from
             vs
             ,
             for
             we
             desire
             not
             the
             knowledge
             of
             thy
             wayes
             :
          
           
           
             who
             is
             the
             Almightie
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             serue
             him
             ?
          
           Full
           little
           thinking
           that
           the
           Lord
           shall
           answer
           them
           with
           the
           like
           ,
           
           
             Discedite
             ,
             
               Depart
               from
               me
               ,
               ye
               workers
               of
               iniquity
            
          
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           sée
           ,
           how
           the
           worldlings
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           iniquity
           ,
           the
           broad
           way
           to
           the
           lake
           vnquenchable
           :
           some
           in
           
           the
           race
           of
           Atheisme
           ,
           some
           in
           Papisme
           ,
           some
           in
           Mahumetisme
           ,
           some
           in
           Paganisme
           ,
           but
           few
           there
           are
           y
           t
           run
           in
           y
           e
           race
           Christianisme
           .
           But
           thou
           that
           wouldst
           be
           saued
           ,
           thou
           that
           wouldst
           so
           runne
           ,
           that
           thou
           mayst
           obteine
           ,
           run
           not
           in
           any
           of
           these
           wayes
           ,
           but
           flie
           from
           sinne
           as
           from
           a
           stinging
           serpent
           ,
           and
           a
           a
           biting
           Cocatrice
           :
           
           
             For
             they
             that
             doe
             such
             things
             ,
             shall
             not
             inherite
             the
             kingdome
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           The
           right
           way
           therefore
           wherein
           we
           must
           runne
           ,
           
           is
           the
           way
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           the
           way
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           the
           way
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           framing
           all
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           words
           and
           operations
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           precise
           and
           strict
           rule
           of
           the
           same
           :
           for
           
             Factores
             legis
             iustificabuntur
             :
             i.
          
           the
           doers
           of
           the
           law
           shall
           be
           iustified
           ,
           saued
           ,
           and
           glorified
           .
        
         
           This
           way
           of
           godlinesse
           is
           a
           blessed
           way
           to
           walke
           in
           :
           
           
             It
             is
             sweeter
             than
             hony
             or
             the
             hony
             combe
             :
             
               Iugum
               Christi
               suaue
               est
               ,
               &
               onus
               suum
               leue
               .
            
             i.
          
           The
           yoke
           of
           Christ
           is
           easie
           ,
           and
           his
           burthen
           light
           .
           
             Mandata
             eius
             grauia
             non
             sunt
             :
             i.
          
           
           His
           Commaundements
           are
           not
           grieuous
           :
           
           
             and
             his
             commandements
             are
             exceeding
             large
             :
          
           
           
             her
             wayes
             are
             wayes
             of
             pleasure
             and
             all
             her
             paths
             prosperity
             :
             It
             is
             a
             lanterne
             to
             our
             feete
             and
             a
             light
             vnto
             our
             paths
             :
          
           
           It
           is
           a
           pillar
           of
           fire
           to
           cary
           vs
           through
           the
           wildernesse
           of
           this
           world
           to
           the
           
             Celestiall
             Chanaan
             :
             it
             is
             the
             power
             of
             God
             to
             saluation
             to
             euery
             beleeuer
             ,
          
           
           
             both
             Iew
             and
             Grecian
             :
             it
             is
             able
             to
             saue
             our
             soules
             :
             it
             is
             able
             to
             make
             vs
             wise
             to
             saluation
          
           :
           it
           is
           profitable
           to
           teach
           ,
           
           
             to
             improue
             ,
             to
             correct
             ,
             to
             instruct
             in
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             vs
             perfect
             in
             all
             good
             workes
             :
          
           It
           is
           comfortable
           in
           all
           cases
           and
           parts
           of
           our
           life
           ,
           both
           in
           prosperity
           and
           aduersity
           ,
           both
           in
           life
           and
           death
           :
           If
           we
           fight
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sword
           :
           if
           we
           hunger
           it
           is
           meate
           :
           if
           we
           thirst
           ,
           it
           is
           drinke
           :
           if
           we
           be
           naked
           it
           is
           a
           garment
           :
           if
           we
           be
           in
           darknesse
           it
           is
           a
           light
           :
           yea
           (
           in
           a
           word
           )
           the
           word
           of
           God
           is
           
             the
             high
             way
             to
             heauen
             Enter
             therfore
             in
             at
             the
             streight
             gate
             of
             amendment
          
           :
           
           and
           runne
           in
           the
           same
           from
           faith
           to
           faith
           ,
           from
           grace
           to
           grace
           ,
           from
           vertue
           to
           vertue
           ,
           from
           strength
           to
           strength
           ,
           till
           thou
           beest
           a
           
           perfect
           man
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           .
        
         
           
             Cast
             away
             the
             workes
             of
             darknesse
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             put
             on
             the
             armor
             of
             light
             :
             walke
             honestly
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             day
             :
             not
             in
             gluttony
             and
             drunkennes
             ,
             neither
             in
             chambering
             and
             wantonnes
             ,
             nor
             in
             strife
             and
             enuying
             ,
             but
             put
             on
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             take
             no
             thought
             for
             the
             flesh
             ,
             to
             fulfill
             the
             lusts
             of
             it
             .
             Be
             wise
             as
             the
             serpent
             ,
             be
             innocent
             as
             the
             doue
             :
          
           
           Amongst
           diuers
           points
           of
           wisedome
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           serpent
           ,
           this
           is
           one
           :
           namely
           ,
           
             She
             casteth
             her
             coate
             ,
             and
             so
             renouareth
             her
             age
             ,
          
           as
           Aristotle
           saith
           :
           
           These
           thrée
           beasts
           
             Tum
             vere
             ,
             tum
             Autumno
          
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           spring
           as
           also
           in
           Autumne
           ,
           do
           cast
           their
           skinnes
           :
           viz.
           the
           beast
           like
           a
           Lizzard
           ,
           called
           in
           Latin
           Stellio
           :
           
           
             Quia
             habet
             maculas
             quasi
             stellas
             collo
             infixas
          
           :
           because
           he
           hath
           spots
           in
           his
           necke
           like
           starres
           :
           Lacertus
           :
           the
           Lizard
           :
           and
           the
           Serpent
           .
           
           And
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           they
           go
           through
           some
           or
           other
           narrow
           cranny
           to
           loosen
           their
           skinnes
           ,
           and
           cast
           them
           within
           foure
           and
           twenty
           houres
           .
           So
           shouldst
           thou
           
             put
             off
             the
             old
             man
             with
             all
             his
             workes
          
           :
           
           and
           
           to
           do
           this
           ,
           thou
           must
           go
           
             Per
             strictam
             rimam
             poenitentiae
             :
             i.
          
           Through
           the
           narrow
           cranny
           ,
           and
           straite
           gate
           of
           amendment
           .
           
           
             Meditate
             therefore
             (
             with
             the
             iust
             man
             )
             in
             the
             law
             of
             God
             day
             and
             night
             .
          
           Let
           the
           candle
           of
           faith
           burne
           cléere
           in
           the
           lampe
           of
           thy
           heart
           ,
           and
           nourish
           it
           with
           the
           oyle
           of
           loue
           and
           good
           workes
           :
           
             Walke
             not
             in
             the
             counsell
             of
             the
             wicked
             :
             Stand
             not
             in
             the
             way
             of
             sinners
             :
          
           
           
             sit
             not
             in
             the
             seate
             of
             the
             scornefull
          
           :
           but
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           
             Line
             well
          
           ,
           that
           liuing
           well
           thou
           mayst
           dye
           well
           ,
           and
           after
           death
           eternally
           spéede
           well
           ,
           obteining
           that
           blessednesse
           ,
           
           
             Blessed
             are
             they
             that
             dye
             in
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             obteine
             .
          
        
         
           And
           that
           we
           may
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlines
           ,
           one
           Caueat
           is
           excéeding
           necessary
           :
           namely
           ,
           that
           we
           auoide
           wicked
           company
           ,
           which
           will
           drawe
           away
           our
           hearts
           from
           this
           race
           Celestiall
           .
           
           
             Qui
             tangit
             picem
             ,
             coinquinabitur
             ab
             ca
             :
             
               i.
               He
               that
               toucheth
               pitch
               ,
               shall
               be
               defiled
               therewith
               .
            
             Cum
             sancto
             sanctus
             
             eris
             ,
             &
             cum
             peruerso
             peruerteris
             :
             
               i.
               with
               the
               holy
               thou
               shalt
               be
               holy
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               froward
               thou
               shalt
               learne
               frowardnesse
               :
            
          
           for
           birds
           of
           a
           feather
           will
           flie
           together
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           lawfull
           for
           a
           Iew
           to
           conuerse
           with
           a
           Samaritane
           :
           if
           an
           Hebrew
           did
           eate
           with
           an
           Egyptian
           ,
           it
           was
           counted
           abhomination
           :
           so
           must
           we
           count
           it
           abhomination
           ,
           and
           hold
           it
           a
           point
           of
           reprobation
           ,
           to
           frequent
           the
           company
           of
           damned
           helhounds
           ,
           and
           hellish
           miscreants
           .
           Let
           vs
           therefore
           flée
           all
           occasion
           and
           euery
           apparition
           of
           euill
           :
           Let
           vs
           delight
           in
           the
           company
           of
           those
           that
           feare
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           excell
           in
           vertue
           .
           Well
           therefore
           saith
           Seneca
           :
           
           
             Cum
             illis
             versare
             ,
             qui
             te
             meliorem
             sunt
             facturi
             ,
             vel
             quos
             meliores
             efficere
             possis
             :
             i.
          
           kéepe
           companie
           with
           those
           that
           may
           make
           thée
           better
           ,
           or
           whom
           thou
           mayst
           make
           better
           .
        
         
           
             I
             command
             you
             therefore
             brethren
          
           (
           as
           saith
           S.
           
             Paul
             )
             in
             the
             name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             ye
             withdrawe
             your selues
             from
             euery
             brother
             that
             walketh
             inordinately
             ,
             &
             not
             after
             the
             
             instruction
             which
             yee
             receiued
             of
             me
             .
          
        
         
           And
           (
           to
           conclude
           this
           point
           )
           I
           giue
           euery
           Christian
           this
           good
           counsell
           ,
           with
           good
           king
           
             Salomon
             :
             My
             sonne
             ,
             if
             sinners
             doe
             intice
             thee
             ,
             consent
             thou
             not
             :
          
           
           
             If
             they
             say
             ,
             Come
             with
             vs
             ,
             we
             wil
             lay
             wait
             for
             bloud
             ,
             we
             will
             swallow
             vp
             the
             innocent
             whole
             ,
             like
             a
             graue
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             all
             pretious
             riches
             ,
             and
             fill
             our
             houses
             with
             spoile
             :
             Cast
             in
             thy
             lot
             among
             vs
             ,
             we
             will
             haue
             all
             one
             purse
             :
             My
             sonne
             walke
             not
             thou
             in
             the
             way
             with
             them
             ,
             refraine
             thy
             foote
             from
             their
             path
             ,
             for
             their
             feete
             runne
             to
             euill
             ,
             and
             make
             hast
             to
             shed
             bloud
             .
             O
             that
             these
             my
             words
             were
             written
             ,
             ô
             that
             they
             were
             written
             in
             a
             booke
             ,
          
           
           
             ô
             that
             they
             were
             written
             with
             an
             iron
             pen
             ,
             in
             lead
             or
             in
             stone
             for
             euer
             :
          
           O
           that
           they
           were
           ingrauen
           in
           the
           brasse
           table
           of
           euery
           yong
           mans
           heart
           ,
           that
           so
           bad
           company
           may
           not
           be
           his
           destruction
           .
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             obteine
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           runne
           to
           obteine
           ,
           
           we
           must
           runne
           ,
           
             Celeritèr
             ,
             seu
             festinantèr
          
           ,
           Swiftly
           and
           spéedily
           .
        
         
           
             Vita
             breuts
             ,
             via
             longa
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           
             Bernard
             )
             
               sivis
               ad
               metam
               peruenire
            
          
           ,
           
           
             incipe
             celeritèr
             currere
             :
             i.
          
           The
           life
           of
           man
           is
           very
           short
           ,
           the
           way
           to
           heauen
           is
           very
           long
           ,
           if
           therefore
           thou
           wilt
           obteine
           ,
           thou
           must
           runne
           excéeding
           swiftly
           .
           We
           sée
           that
           those
           that
           runne
           in
           an
           earthly
           race
           (
           and
           that
           but
           for
           a
           meane
           reward
           )
           how
           swiftly
           do
           they
           streine
           themselues
           to
           runne
           ?
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Poet
           ,
           
             Qui
             cupit
             optatam
             cursu
             contingere
             metam
             ,
             multa
             tulit
             ,
          
           
           
             fecitque
             miser
             ,
             sudauit
             &
             alsit
             ,
             i.
          
           He
           that
           desireth
           first
           to
           touch
           the
           marke
           ,
           taketh
           much
           paines
           ,
           sweateth
           abundantly
           ,
           and
           runneth
           excéeding
           swiftly
           .
           Euen
           so
           should
           we
           (
           that
           we
           may
           obteine
           an
           euerlasting
           reward
           in
           heauen
           )
           runne
           in
           the
           path
           of
           Gods
           commandements
           ,
           being
           shod
           with
           the
           shoes
           of
           the
           Gospell
           of
           peace
           ,
           like
           Roes
           excéeding
           swiftly
           .
        
         
           The
           senseles
           creatures
           are
           a
           looking
           glasse
           to
           all
           Christians
           in
           this
           respect
           .
        
         
         
         
         
         
         
           
           The
           Sunne
           (
           as
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           )
           
             like
             a
             Gyant
             reioyceth
             to
             runne
             his
             race
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           valiantly
           and
           swiftly
           :
           swift
           is
           his
           motion
           and
           spéedy
           is
           his
           race
           ,
           for
           in
           the
           space
           of
           24
           howers
           he
           compasseth
           the
           earth
           round
           about
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           hidden
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           passeth
           from
           the
           one
           end
           of
           heauen
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           wanting
           in
           him
           :
           So
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           hath
           set
           euery
           man
           his
           taske
           vpon
           earth
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           worke
           out
           his
           saluation
           with
           feare
           and
           trembling
           .
           A
           great
           worke
           ,
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           along
           way
           from
           Egypt
           to
           Canaan
           ,
           from
           the
           gates
           of
           hell
           to
           the
           doore
           of
           heauen
           :
           therefore
           like
           Gyants
           ,
           we
           had
           néede
           to
           runne
           swiftly
           ,
           lest
           we
           come
           too
           late
           ,
           and
           be
           shut
           out
           of
           heauen
           ,
           like
           the
           fiue
           foolish
           aforesayd
           virgins
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           Sunne
           in
           the
           heauens
           is
           a
           looking
           glasse
           vnto
           vs
           in
           this
           regard
           :
           so
           is
           also
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           Christ
           Iesus
           aboue
           the
           heauens
           ,
           to
           be
           imitated
           of
           vs
           all
           in
           this
           poynt
           .
           
             Omnis
             Christi
             actio
             nostra
             debet
             esse
             instructio
             :
          
           
           i.
           Euery
           action
           of
           Christ
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           
           matter
           of
           imitation
           to
           vs
           Christians
           .
        
         
           As
           he
           was
           
             Immensus
             maiestate
             ,
             incomparabilis
             fortitudine
          
           ,
           so
           was
           he
           
             incomprehensibilis
             celeritate
             i.
          
           As
           he
           was
           great
           in
           Maiesty
           ,
           incomparable
           in
           fortitude
           ,
           so
           was
           he
           also
           incomprehensible
           in
           celerity
           and
           swiftnesse
           .
           
           
             He
             wrought
             the
             workes
             of
             him
             that
             sent
             him
             whiles
             it
             was
             day
             ,
             without
             any
             delay
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           This
           bridegroome
           Christ
           Iesus
           (
           euen
           as
           the
           Sunne
           )
           went
           forth
           out
           of
           the
           Chamber
           of
           the
           highest
           heauens
           ,
           from
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           inuisibility
           of
           the
           Diuinitie
           :
           and
           descended
           downe
           to
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           became
           man
           ,
           and
           was
           like
           vnto
           man
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           sinne
           only
           excepted
           :
           and
           valiantly
           in
           the
           wildernes
           pitched
           a
           fielde
           against
           Sathan
           ,
           that
           old
           serpent
           and
           roaring
           Lyon
           ,
           and
           ouerthrew
           him
           in
           the
           desert
           ,
           breaking
           his
           wily
           head
           ,
           and
           ouercomming
           his
           chiefest
           power
           :
           fulfilled
           the
           law
           in
           euery
           point
           and
           tittle
           :
           satisfied
           Gods
           iustice
           for
           vs
           :
           appeased
           his
           
           wrath
           against
           vs
           :
           purchased
           celestiall
           mansions
           to
           vs
           :
           by
           offering
           himselfe
           in
           sacrifice
           to
           the
           Lord
           of
           hosts
           vpon
           the
           crosse
           at
           Golgotha
           for
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           by
           his
           death
           and
           passion
           ,
           by
           vanquishing
           hell
           ,
           by
           conquering
           death
           ,
           by
           his
           glorious
           resurrection
           and
           ascension
           ,
           and
           by
           sending
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           .
           
           
             He
             went
             from
             the
             father
             ,
             and
             came
             into
             the
             world
             :
          
           And
           in
           short
           time
           (
           yea
           in
           the
           space
           of
           33.
           yeares
           )
           wrought
           the
           redemption
           of
           all
           beléeuers
           :
           
           
             And
             left
             this
             world
             and
             went
             againe
             to
             his
             father
             ,
          
        
         
           The
           spouse
           of
           Christ
           considering
           her
           husbands
           great
           velocity
           ,
           celerity
           and
           swiftnesse
           ,
           saith
           :
           
             Behold
             he
             commeth
             leaping
             by
             the
             mountaines
             ,
             and
             skipping
             by
             the
             hils
             :
          
           
           
             my
             welbeloued
             is
             like
             a
             Roe
             or
             a
             yong
             Hart
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               Venit
               ,
               vidit
               ,
               vicit
            
             ,
          
           He
           came
           from
           heauen
           ,
           he
           sawe
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           ouercame
           the
           dragon
           .
        
         
           Thus
           after
           Christs
           example
           ,
           should
           we
           that
           professe
           our selues
           Christians
           ,
           runne
           swiftly
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           holinesse
           ,
           purity
           ,
           and
           obedience
           
           to
           the
           commandements
           of
           our
           heauenly
           father
           :
           thus
           should
           we
           run
           ,
           
             Investigijs
             Iesu
          
           ,
           In
           the
           footesteps
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           who
           is
           Via
           ,
           
           
             veritas
             &
             vita
             ,
             i.
          
           The
           way
           ,
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           the
           life
           :
           and
           the
           true
           way
           to
           life
           euerlasting
           .
           To
           the
           performance
           of
           which
           duty
           the
           Lord
           graunt
           to
           vs
           his
           grace
           (
           for
           of
           our selues
           we
           are
           not
           able
           to
           set
           one
           foote
           forward
           to
           heauen
           )
           that
           so
           we
           may
           be
           able
           (
           to
           his
           glory
           and
           our
           soules
           euerlasting
           good
           )
           to
           do
           his
           will
           in
           earth
           as
           willingly
           ,
           swiftly
           and
           as
           spéedily
           ,
           as
           the
           Angels
           do
           it
           in
           heauen
           .
        
         
           Now
           (
           déere
           brethren
           )
           that
           we
           may
           runne
           thus
           swiftly
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           course
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           two
           things
           are
           necessary
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           
             Vt
             simus
             intus
             vacus
          
           ,
           That
           we
           be
           empty
           within
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             Vt
             simus
             extra
             exonerati
             ,
             i.
          
           That
           we
           be
           vnladen
           without
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           empty
           within
           .
        
         
           Now
           what
           is
           that
           ,
           which
           cloggeth
           vs
           so
           sore
           within
           ,
           and
           hindreth
           vs
           from
           running
           in
           this
           godly
           race
           ?
           
           Surely
           that
           is
           sinne
           .
        
         
           
           So
           weighty
           a
           thing
           is
           sinne
           ,
           
             As
             it
             sunke
             downe
             Sathan
             from
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           So
           weighty
           a
           thing
           is
           sinne
           ,
           as
           it
           caused
           the
           earth
           to
           open
           her
           mouth
           ,
           and
           swallow
           vp
           
             cursed
             Core
          
           ,
           
           
             diuellish
             Dathan
             ,
             and
             that
             abiect
             Abiram
             ,
          
           with
           all
           their
           trecherous
           crue
           .
           The
           Prophet
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           weight
           thereof
           compareth
           it
           to
           Lead
           ,
           and
           that
           worthily
           :
           for
           as
           lead
           in
           the
           clocke
           causeth
           by
           the
           weight
           thereof
           ,
           the
           cogs
           ,
           whéeles
           ,
           and
           gimmers
           successiuely
           to
           moue
           one
           after
           the
           other
           :
           euen
           so
           the
           weight
           of
           sinne
           doth
           draw
           the
           cogs
           of
           our
           carnall
           concupiscence
           ,
           the
           whéeles
           of
           our
           leud
           desires
           ,
           and
           the
           gimmers
           of
           our
           vntamed
           affections
           ,
           from
           one
           sinne
           to
           another
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           S.
           
             Gregory
             ,
             
               Peccatum
               quod
               per
               poenitentiam
               non
               deletur
            
          
           ,
           
           
             mox
             suo
             pondere
             ad
             aliud
             trahit
             :
             i.
          
           If
           sinne
           by
           repentance
           presently
           be
           not
           done
           away
           ,
           by
           the
           weight
           thereof
           ,
           it
           will
           draw
           a
           man
           to
           more
           sinne
           :
           ●●
           we
           find
           it
           exemplified
           in
           the
           Prophet
           Dauid
           ▪
           who
           fell
           from
           idlenesse
           to
           concupiscence
           ,
           from
           concupiscence
           
           to
           adultery
           ,
           from
           adultery
           to
           murther
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           weight
           of
           sinne
           the
           Prophet
           Dauid
           speaketh
           :
           
             Mine
             iniquities
             are
             gone
             ouer
             mine
             head
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             as
             a
             weighty
             burthen
             ,
             they
             are
             too
             heauy
             for
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Prophet
             Esay
          
           calleth
           the
           
             bands
             of
             wickednesse
             heauy
             burthens
          
           ,
           
           
             intollerable
             to
             be
             borne
          
           .
           The
           sinnes
           of
           the
           world
           being
           layd
           vpon
           the
           shoulders
           of
           Iesus
           vpon
           the
           crosse
           ,
           were
           so
           weighty
           and
           heauy
           ,
           as
           they
           forced
           him
           (
           hauing
           the
           weight
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           for
           them
           also
           vpon
           him
           )
           to
           cry
           out
           on
           this
           manner
           to
           his
           God
           :
           
             Eli
             ,
             Eli
             ,
             Lamasabac●thani
          
           ?
           My
           God
           ,
           
           my
           God
           ,
           why
           hast
           thou
           forsaken
           me
           ?
           If
           the
           yoke
           of
           Christ
           
             be
             easie
             and
             his
             burthen
             light
             :
          
           then
           of
           necessity
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           must
           the
           yoke
           of
           Sathan
           (
           which
           is
           sinne
           )
           be
           vneasie
           ,
           heauy
           and
           intollerable
           to
           be
           borne
           .
        
         
           By
           which
           it
           may
           appeare
           ,
           that
           sin
           is
           an
           intollerable
           burthen
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           impediment
           to
           this
           Christ●●●
           race
           .
           
        
         
           
             Let
             vs
             therefore
          
           (
           as
           the
           chosen
           vessell
           doth
           exhort
           vs
           )
           
             cast
             away
             euery
             
             thing
             that
             presseth
             vs
             downe
             ,
             and
             the
             sinne
             that
             hangeth
             so
             fast
             on
             :
             Let
             vs
             runne
             with
             patience
             the
             race
             that
             is
             set
             before
             vs.
          
           Where
           it
           is
           euident
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           runne
           with
           patience
           the
           race
           that
           is
           set
           before
           vs
           ,
           vnlesse
           we
           do
           cast
           away
           our
           sinnes
           from
           vs
           ,
           which
           do
           hang
           so
           fast
           on
           vs.
           
        
         
           Moses
           was
           not
           permitted
           to
           come
           nigh
           the
           Lord
           ,
           before
           he
           did
           discalciate
           himselfe
           :
           
             Put
             off
             thy
             shoes
             ,
             for
             the
             place
             where
             thou
             standest
             is
             holy
             ground
             :
          
           So
           must
           we
           put
           off
           the
           durty
           shoes
           of
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           abandon
           sin
           from
           the
           castle
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           be
           able
           to
           stand
           in
           the
           path-way
           to
           ioyes
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           holy
           ground
           :
           therefore
           much
           lesse
           are
           we
           able
           to
           runne
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           most
           vnapt
           to
           runne
           swiftly
           .
        
         
           Let
           vs
           therefore
           (
           in
           the
           name
           of
           God
           )
           purge
           our
           soules
           and
           bodies
           from
           sinne
           ,
           with
           the
           hysope
           of
           Gods
           grace
           :
           Let
           vs
           separate
           them
           from
           vs
           ,
           and
           our selues
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           the
           East
           is
           from
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           North
           the
           South
           :
           Let
           vs
           loath
           ,
           detest
           ,
           and
           
           abhorre
           them
           ,
           because
           the
           Lord
           doth
           loath
           ,
           detest
           ,
           and
           abhor
           vs
           for
           them
           :
           as
           we
           haue
           giuen
           our
           members
           as
           weapons
           of
           vnrighteousnesse
           to
           the
           seruice
           of
           Satan
           in
           vngodlinesse
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           euen
           so
           let
           vs
           giue
           them
           as
           weapons
           of
           righteousnesse
           to
           the
           seruice
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           godlinesse
           of
           life
           :
           as
           we
           haue
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           the
           first
           Adam
           by
           commission
           of
           sinne
           ,
           so
           let
           vs
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           the
           second
           Adam
           Iesus
           Christ
           the
           righteous
           ,
           by
           performance
           of
           righteousnesse
           :
           let
           vs
           cease
           from
           sinne
           ,
           and
           do
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ,
           let
           vs
           séeke
           peace
           and
           ensue
           it
           :
           Let
           vs
           
             Plangere
             plangenda
          
           ,
           bewaile
           our
           sinnes
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           lamented
           :
           
             Grauia
             peccata
             grauia
             desiderant
             lamenta
          
           (
           saith
           Isodore
           )
           great
           sinnes
           require
           great
           lamentation
           :
           swéet
           meate
           must
           haue
           sower
           sauce
           :
           reioycing
           in
           sinne
           must
           haue
           mourning
           for
           sinne
           :
           let
           vs
           therefore
           be
           
             Tam
             proni
             ad
             lamenta
             ,
             sicut
             fuimus
             ad
             peccata
             :
          
           As
           prone
           to
           lamentation
           ,
           as
           we
           haue
           béene
           to
           transgression
           :
           as
           ready
           to
           lament
           them
           ,
           as
           we
           haue
           béene
           to
           commit
           them
           :
           let
           
           vs
           swéepe
           euery
           corner
           of
           our
           hearts
           cleane
           with
           the
           broomes
           of
           penance
           ,
           and
           let
           vs
           water
           them
           with
           the
           salt
           teares
           of
           earnest
           contrition
           :
           so
           that
           we
           may
           be
           sit
           receptories
           for
           the
           Lord
           to
           dwell
           in
           :
           and
           (
           being
           annointed
           with
           the
           oyle
           of
           grace
           )
           wee
           may
           runne
           swiftly
           in
           the
           race
           that
           is
           set
           before
           vs
           ,
           and
           obteine
           the
           reward
           prepared
           for
           vs.
           
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             obteine
             .
          
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           runne
           swiftly
           in
           the
           path
           way
           to
           heauen
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           
             Extrà
             exonerati
             :
             i.
          
           vnladen
           without
           .
        
         
           Those
           that
           runne
           in
           a
           race
           will
           lay
           aside
           their
           cloakes
           ,
           doublets
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           outward
           vestiments
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           runne
           the
           more
           spéedily
           ,
           and
           obteine
           the
           more
           assuredly
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           in
           like
           maner
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           vnburthened
           of
           all
           outward
           matters
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           especially
           of
           the
           excessiue
           care
           and
           affection
           that
           naturally
           we
           beare
           to
           this
           wicked
           world
           ,
           or
           else
           hell
           and
           damnation
           wil
           be
           our
           best
           reward
           .
           
           We
           must
           forsake
           all
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           be
           followers
           of
           Christ
           :
           as
           Peter
           sayd
           to
           his
           maister
           :
           
           
             Ecce
             nos
             reliquimus
             amnia
             ,
             &
             secuti
             sumus
             te
             ,
             i.
          
           Behold
           we
           haue
           forsaken
           all
           and
           followed
           thée
           :
           Well
           and
           wisely
           said
           Peter
           ,
           (
           as
           saith
           S.
           Bernard
           )
           we
           haue
           forsaken
           all
           and
           followed
           thée
           :
           for
           he
           could
           not
           follow
           Christ
           laden
           ,
           as
           we
           haue
           an
           example
           in
           the
           same
           Chapter
           of
           the
           
             yong
             man
          
           ,
           
           that
           at
           the
           
             Vende
             omnia
             ,
             &
             da
             pauperibus
             ,
             i.
          
           sell
           all
           and
           giue
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           chose
           rather
           to
           leaue
           Christ
           ,
           than
           forsake
           his
           riches
           for
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Yea
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           impossible
           for
           such
           couetous
           churles
           to
           runne
           swiftly
           in
           the
           way
           to
           life
           :
           
           
             It
             is
             easier
             for
             a
             Cammell
             to
             go
             through
             the
             eye
             of
             a
             needle
             ,
             than
             for
             a
             rich
             couetous
             carle
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heauen
             :
          
           
           
             Nemo
             potest
             dominis
             recte
             seruire
             du
             obus
             ,
             i.
          
           No
           man
           can
           serue
           two
           maisters
           :
           no
           man
           can
           serue
           God
           and
           Mammon
           :
           God
           and
           riches
           .
           He
           that
           hath
           his
           treasure
           in
           earth
           ,
           cannot
           haue
           his
           conuersation
           in
           heauen
           :
           For
           
             where
             the
             treasure
             is
             there
             will
             the
             heart
             be
             also
             .
          
           
        
         
         
           If
           therefore
           
             riches
             increase
             ,
             let
             vs
             not
             set
             our
             hearts
             vpon
             them
             :
          
           Let
           vs
           vse
           this
           world
           as
           though
           we
           vsed
           it
           not
           :
           let
           vs
           hold
           all
           as
           doung
           for
           the
           gaining
           of
           Iesus
           .
           As
           Christ
           saide
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Iohn
           :
           
           
             That
             his
             kingdome
             was
             not
             of
             this
             world
          
           :
           So
           should
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           our
           delight
           is
           not
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           but
           our
           hearts
           are
           altogether
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
           
             Let
             vs
             take
             no
             care
             what
             we
             shall
             eate
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             what
             we
             shall
             drinke
             ,
             or
             wherewith
             we
             shall
             be
             arayed
             :
          
           After
           all
           these
           things
           the
           muck-wormes
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           the
           pagans
           ,
           infidels
           and
           heathen
           people
           séeke
           ,
           that
           haue
           neither
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           feare
           of
           God
           before
           their
           eyes
           :
           but
           let
           vs
           
             cast
             our
             care
             on
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             for
             the
             Lord
             only
             careth
             for
             vs
          
           :
           Therefore
           as
           Peter
           and
           Andrew
           left
           their
           nets
           to
           follow
           Christ
           :
           
           and
           as
           
             Elisha
             left
             his
             oxen
             and
             his
             plough
             to
             followe
             Eliah
             the
             man
             of
             God
             :
          
           So
           should
           we
           leaue
           whatsoeuer
           is
           in
           the
           world
           to
           followe
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           to
           heauen
           .
        
         
           
           We
           reade
           of
           
             Crates
             Thebanus
          
           ,
           
           that
           (
           because
           he
           could
           not
           apply
           himselfe
           to
           the
           study
           of
           philosophy
           in
           regard
           of
           his
           riches
           )
           he
           tooke
           his
           money
           ,
           and
           cast
           it
           into
           the
           sea
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Ego
             perdam
             te
             ,
             ne
             tu
             perdac
             me
             ,
             i.
          
           I
           will
           destroy
           thée
           ,
           least
           thou
           destroyest
           me
           .
           So
           (
           if
           we
           find
           that
           our
           wealth
           or
           any
           other
           thing
           in
           this
           world
           is
           an
           impediment
           to
           our
           Christian
           race
           )
           let
           vs
           cast
           them
           from
           vs
           ,
           not
           (
           as
           Crates
           did
           )
           into
           the
           sea
           ,
           
           that
           were
           a
           fond
           and
           foolish
           thing
           :
           but
           
             let
             vs
             cast
             our
             bread
             vpon
             the
             waters
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           bestowe
           them
           on
           y
           e
           poore
           ,
           as
           Christ
           did
           wish
           y
           e
           yong
           man
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Mathew
           .
        
         
           Thus
           therefore
           should
           we
           empty
           our selues
           of
           sinne
           within
           ,
           and
           vnburthen
           our selues
           of
           the
           cares
           of
           this
           wicked
           world
           without
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           run
           swiftly
           in
           the
           
             High
             way
             to
             heauen
          
           .
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             that
             ye
             may
             obteine
             .
          
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           runne
           to
           obteine
           ,
           we
           must
           runne
           perseuerantèr
           ,
           perseuerantly
           ,
           and
           continually
           ,
           holding
           out
           to
           the
           end
           of
           our
           race
           .
        
         
           Those
           that
           runne
           in
           a
           race
           ,
           though
           
           they
           runne
           neuer
           so
           directly
           ,
           though
           neuer
           so
           swiftly
           ,
           yet
           if
           they
           giue
           out
           ,
           before
           they
           come
           at
           the
           ende
           ,
           they
           loose
           their
           reward
           .
           Euen
           so
           if
           we
           perseuere
           not
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           to
           the
           end
           of
           our
           liues
           ,
           shall
           we
           faile
           of
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           diggeth
           in
           a
           golden
           mine
           ,
           till
           he
           commeth
           within
           fiue
           or
           six
           faddomes
           of
           the
           gold
           ,
           and
           then
           giue
           ouer
           :
           is
           not
           all
           his
           labour
           lost
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           cost
           in
           vaine
           ?
        
         
           A
           traueller
           ,
           that
           hauing
           taken
           vppon
           him
           a
           long
           iourney
           and
           in
           the
           end
           giueth
           ouer
           within
           two
           or
           thrée
           miles
           of
           his
           iourneys
           end
           :
           is
           not
           all
           his
           labour
           lost
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           all
           his
           paines
           likewise
           in
           vaine
           ?
        
         
           Euen
           so
           ,
           
             Nihil
             prod
             est
             cursus
             bonae
             vitae
             ,
             nisi
             consummetur
             bono
             fine
             :
             i.
          
           The
           race
           of
           a
           godly
           life
           profiteth
           nothing
           ,
           vnlesse
           it
           be
           finished
           with
           a
           godly
           ende
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           man
           had
           liued
           in
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           glorious
           Gospell
           of
           Iesus
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           20.30
           .
           or
           40.
           yeares
           ,
           and
           then
           proue
           an
           Apostata
           ,
           back-sliding
           
           from
           the
           same
           :
           he
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           obteining
           saluation
           ,
           as
           the
           end
           of
           him
           is
           worser
           then
           the
           beginning
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           there
           is
           no
           hope
           of
           happinesse
           without
           perseuerance
           :
           for
           as
           the
           
             tree
             falleth
             so
             it
             lieth
          
           :
           whether
           it
           falleth
           towards
           the
           South
           or
           North
           :
           and
           as
           a
           man
           dieth
           ,
           so
           shall
           he
           be
           adiudged
           :
           if
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           then
           shall
           he
           haue
           his
           portion
           with
           Saints
           :
           if
           in
           impenitency
           ,
           then
           shall
           he
           haue
           his
           portion
           with
           Diuels
           .
        
         
           The
           souldier
           is
           not
           guerdened
           with
           spoyles
           before
           he
           hath
           obteined
           victory
           :
           no
           more
           shall
           we
           be
           crowned
           before
           we
           haue
           bene
           more
           then
           conquerours
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           .
           Well
           therfore
           saith
           one
           :
           
             Si
             nullus
             esset
             hostis
             ,
             nulla
             esset
             pugna
             :
             si
             nulla
             pugna
             ,
             nulla
             victoria
             ,
             si
             nulla
             victoria
             ,
             nulla
             denique
             corona
             ,
             i.
          
           If
           there
           were
           no
           enemy
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           fight
           :
           if
           there
           were
           no
           fight
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           victory
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           no
           victory
           ,
           there
           were
           no
           crowne
           :
           
             Nam
             nemo
             coronabitur
             nisi
             qui
             legitime
             certauerit
             ,
             i.
          
           for
           no
           man
           shall
           be
           crowned
           ,
           
           but
           he
           that
           fighteth
           lawfully
           .
           
             Ideo
             homines
             
             tentaentur
             ,
             vt
             tentati
             resistant
             ,
             resistentes
             vincant
             ,
             vincentes
             coronentur
             :
             i.
          
           Men
           are
           for
           this
           cause
           tempted
           ,
           that
           being
           tempted
           ,
           they
           may
           resist
           ,
           resisting
           ,
           they
           may
           ouercome
           ,
           and
           ouerconuning
           they
           may
           be
           crowned
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           perseuerance
           is
           all
           in
           all
           .
        
         
           The
           woman
           of
           Canaan
           by
           perseuerant
           crying
           after
           Christ
           ,
           got
           her
           
             daughter
             to
             bee
             dispossessed
             of
             the
             Diuell
             .
          
           
        
         
           The
           man
           that
           had
           guests
           come
           late
           to
           his
           house
           ,
           by
           his
           perseuerant
           knocking
           ,
           got
           bread
           for
           them
           of
           
             his
             neighbor
             at
             midnight
          
           .
        
         
           So
           by
           perseuerance
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           we
           shall
           obteine
           the
           bread
           of
           life
           ,
           
             Christ
             Iesus
          
           ,
           that
           reigneth
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           his
           father
           in
           glory
           for
           euermore
           .
        
         
           
           Chrysostome
           speaking
           of
           this
           spirituall
           race
           ,
           saith
           thus
           :
           
             Incipere
             multorum
             ,
             finire
             paeucorum
             :
             i.
          
           Many
           will
           begin
           to
           runne
           in
           this
           godly
           race
           ,
           but
           few
           there
           are
           that
           will
           hold
           out
           to
           the
           ende
           .
        
         
         
           Rome
           began
           well
           ,
           and
           imbraced
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Christ
           willingly
           :
           
           but
           
             with
             the
             dogge
             they
             returned
             to
             their
             former
             vomit
             of
             idolatry
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Sow
             that
             was
             washed
             ,
             they
             wallowed
             againe
             in
             the
             mire
             of
             iniquity
             :
          
           So
           that
           friar
           Mantuan
           reporteth
           thus
           much
           in
           commendation
           of
           their
           City
           :
           
             Heu
             Romae
             nunc
             sola
             pecunia
             regnat
             :
          
           
           
             exilium
             virtus
             patitur
             :
             vrbs
             est
             iam
             tota
             lupanar
             :
             i.
          
           Alas
           ,
           alas
           ,
           couetousnesse
           is
           Quéene
           of
           Rome
           :
           all
           godlinesse
           is
           banished
           from
           thence
           :
           the
           whole
           city
           is
           become
           a
           stewes
           .
           And
           hereupon
           he
           giueth
           this
           Caueat
           to
           all
           Christians
           :
           
             Viuere
             qui
             sanctè
             cupitis
             ,
             discedite
             Roma
             :
          
           
           
             omnia
             cum
             liceant
             ,
             non
             licet
             esse
             bonum
             ,
             i.
          
           All
           you
           that
           will
           liue
           a
           godly
           life
           ,
           depart
           from
           Rome
           :
           for
           all
           things
           are
           there
           suffered
           saue
           godlinesse
           .
        
         
           Oh
           it
           had
           bene
           better
           for
           this
           
             whorish
             city
             ,
             neuer
             to
             haue
             knowne
             the
             way
             of
             righteousnesse
             ,
          
           
           
             then
             after
             they
             haue
             knowne
             it
             ,
             to
             turne
             from
             the
             holy
             doctrine
             giuen
             vnto
             them
             .
             For
             the
             latter
             end
             is
             worse
             with
             them
             ,
          
           
           
             then
             the
             beginning
          
           :
           according
           to
           that
           in
           the
           
           Gospell
           :
           
           
             If
             Satan
             be
             cast
             out
             ,
             and
             enter
             in
             againe
             with
             seuen
             diuels
             worser
             then
             himselfe
             ,
             the
             end
             of
             that
             man
             is
             worse
             then
             the
             beginning
             .
          
        
         
           So
           Iulian
           Emperour
           of
           Rome
           began
           well
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           while
           imbraced
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Christ
           :
           but
           he
           proued
           an
           Apostata
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           dying
           ,
           cursing
           ,
           banning
           and
           blaspheming
           ,
           and
           casting
           his
           bloud
           into
           the
           aire
           .
        
         
           
           Demas
           followed
           Christ
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           forsooke
           him
           :
           
             Demas
             
               hath
               forsaken
               me
               ,
               louing
               this
               present
               world
               .
               Many
               of
               Christs
               disciples
               went
               backe
               ,
            
          
           
           
             and
             walked
             no
             more
             with
             him
             :
             Thou
             knowest
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           Paul
           )
           
             that
             all
             they
             which
             are
             in
             Asia
             are
             turned
             from
             me
             :
             of
             which
             sort
             ,
             are
             Phygellus
             and
             Hermogenes
             .
          
        
         
           So
           we
           sée
           ,
           that
           many
           haue
           begun
           well
           ,
           but
           few
           haue
           perseuered
           :
           but
           it
           were
           better
           that
           a
           milstone
           were
           hanged
           about
           the
           necks
           of
           such
           reuolters
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           the
           middest
           of
           the
           sea
           :
           for
           
             the
             Lord
             will
             treade
             downe
             reuolters
             vnder
             his
             feete
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             clay
             in
             the
             streetes
          
           .
        
         
           
           
             He
             that
             putteth
             his
             hand
             to
             the
             
             plough
             and
             looketh
             backe
             ,
             is
             not
             fit
             for
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heauen
             .
          
           He
           that
           looketh
           backe
           to
           his
           house
           and
           home
           ,
           hauing
           his
           mind
           busied
           in
           other
           matters
           ,
           cannot
           possibly
           make
           good
           work
           :
           euen
           so
           he
           that
           intangleth
           himselfe
           with
           the
           things
           of
           this
           present
           world
           ,
           is
           not
           able
           to
           worke
           out
           his
           saluation
           with
           feare
           and
           trembling
           ▪
           for
           where
           the
           dead
           carkeise
           is
           ,
           thither
           will
           the
           Eagles
           resort
           :
           and
           where
           our
           treasures
           are
           ,
           there
           will
           our
           harts
           be
           also
           .
        
         
           He
           therefore
           that
           will
           obteine
           the
           land
           that
           floweth
           with
           milke
           and
           hony
           ,
           must
           forget
           the
           flesh
           pots
           of
           Egypt
           :
           and
           he
           that
           will
           obteine
           heauen
           ,
           must
           not
           cast
           his
           eyes
           to
           the
           earth
           :
           he
           that
           
             is
             on
             the
             house
             top
          
           ,
           
           
             must
             not
             come
             downe
             to
             fetch
             any
             thing
             out
             of
             his
             house
             :
             and
             he
             that
             is
             in
             the
             fields
             must
             not
             returne
             backe
             againe
             to
             his
             house
          
           :
           He
           that
           is
           in
           the
           way
           to
           heauen
           ,
           let
           him
           not
           turne
           backe
           againe
           to
           this
           world
           ,
           least
           he
           be
           atached
           of
           the
           Lyon
           and
           cast
           into
           hell
           .
        
         
           
             Lots
             wife
             for
             back-looking
             was
             turned
             into
             a
             pillar
             of
             salt
             :
          
           And
           so
           euery
           
           man
           that
           turneth
           backe
           from
           the
           way
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           shal
           be
           turned
           into
           a
           firebrand
           ,
           and
           burned
           with
           vnquanchable
           fire
           :
           for
           whosoeuer
           shall
           deny
           Iesus
           Christ
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           shall
           be
           denied
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           ,
           of
           Christ
           Iesus
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           Back-looking
           and
           back-sliding
           must
           not
           be
           in
           Christians
           :
           let
           vs
           therefore
           (
           with
           S.
           Paul
           )
           
             not
             looke
             behind
             vs
          
           ,
           
           
             but
             to
             that
             which
             is
             before
             vs
             ,
             namely
             to
             the
             reward
             :
          
           Let
           vs
           fasten
           our
           eyes
           vpon
           heauen
           gates
           ,
           and
           neuer
           leaue
           running
           ,
           till
           we
           come
           at
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           bride
           of
           Iesus
           would
           not
           turne
           backe
           from
           her
           holy
           race
           :
           saying
           :
           
             I
             haue
             washed
             my
             feete
          
           ,
           
           
             how
             shall
             I
             defile
             them
          
           ?
           So
           should
           euery
           member
           of
           the
           mystical
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           say
           :
           
             I
             haue
             washed
             my selfe
             from
             my
             sins
             ,
             and
             by
             Gods
             assistant
             grace
             ,
             will
             I
             neuer
             defile
             my selfe
             any
             more
             .
             For
             he
             that
             washeth
             himselfe
          
           (
           saith
           the
           sonne
           of
           Syrach
           )
           
             because
             of
             a
             dead
             body
             ,
             and
             toucheth
             it
             againe
             :
          
           
           
             what
             auaileth
             his
             washing
             ?
             So
             it
             is
             with
             a
             man
             that
             fasteth
             for
             his
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             committeth
             
             them
             againe
             .
             Who
             will
             heare
             his
             prayer
             ?
             or
             what
             doth
             his
             fasting
             helpe
             him
             ?
          
           Euen
           so
           beginning
           well
           doth
           nothing
           auaile
           a
           man
           ,
           vnlesse
           perseuerance
           be
           resolued
           .
        
         
           Thou
           therefore
           that
           wouldst
           obteine
           ,
           pul
           not
           thy
           necke
           out
           of
           Christs
           yoke
           :
           giue
           not
           in
           any
           case
           :
           but
           at
           the
           very
           first
           step
           thou
           settest
           into
           this
           godly
           race
           ,
           resolue
           to
           perseuere
           to
           the
           end
           of
           thy
           life
           ,
           come
           what
           can
           come
           .
        
         
           
             Manus
             igitur
             remissas
          
           ,
           
           
             &
             genua
             soluta
             erig●te
             :
             i.
          
           Lift
           vp
           your
           hands
           that
           hang
           downe
           ,
           and
           your
           weake
           knées
           :
           take
           héede
           that
           ye
           fall
           not
           away
           from
           the
           grace
           of
           God.
           
           
             Be
             not
             weary
             of
             well-doing
             :
             Stand
             fast
             in
             the
             faith
             ,
             and
             play
             the
             men
             ,
             be
             strong
             :
             take
             courage
             to
             you
             :
          
           and
           perseuere
           to
           the
           ende
           :
           for
           he
           that
           indureth
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           the
           same
           shall
           be
           blessed
           .
        
         
           
             Esto
             fidelis
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           
             Iohn
             )
             
               vsque
               ad
               mortem
               ,
               &
               dabo
               tibi
               coronam
               vitae
            
          
           :
           
           i.
           be
           faithfull
           to
           thy
           death
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           giue
           thée
           a
           crowne
           of
           life
           .
        
         
           
             Qui
             vicerit
             ,
             dabo
             ei
             sedere
             in
             throno
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           to
           him
           that
           ouercommeth
           ,
           will
           I
           
           graunt
           to
           sit
           with
           me
           in
           my
           throne
           .
        
         
           
           
             Non
             enim
             incepisse
             ,
             sed
             perfecisse
             virtutis
             est
             :
             i.
          
           It
           is
           not
           the
           nature
           of
           godlinesse
           to
           begin
           well
           ,
           but
           to
           perfect
           the
           worke
           begun
           :
           
           
             Nec
             inchoantibus
             ,
             sed
             perseuerantibus
             praemium
             tribuitur
          
           :
           saith
           
             Remigius
             ,
             i.
          
           Neither
           is
           the
           reward
           giuen
           to
           enterers
           ,
           but
           to
           enders
           ,
           not
           to
           beginners
           but
           to
           perseuerers
           .
           Whereupon
           S.
           Gregory
           saith
           :
           
             Incaessum
             curritur
             si
             ceptum
             iter
             ,
             ante
             terminum
             deseratur
             ▪
             i.
          
           He
           is
           a
           mad
           traueller
           that
           will
           not
           sée
           the
           end
           of
           his
           iourney
           :
           and
           he
           is
           a
           fond
           professor
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           labour
           to
           die
           in
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           We
           reade
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           in
           the
           end
           of
           his
           life
           sayd
           in
           this
           manner
           :
           
           
             Opus
             consummaui
             ,
             quod
             dederas
             mihi
             vt
             facerem
             :
             i.
          
           I
           haue
           finished
           the
           worke
           which
           thou
           gauest
           me
           to
           do
           .
           And
           in
           the
           houre
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           
           he
           sayd
           in
           like
           manner
           :
           
             Consummatum
             est
          
           :
           it
           is
           finished
           .
           So
           should
           euery
           Christian
           after
           the
           example
           of
           his
           Sauiour
           ,
           labour
           to
           finish
           the
           worke
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           called
           him
           to
           do
           :
           that
           so
           he
           may
           (
           with
           great
           peace
           
           of
           conscience
           ,
           and
           with
           vnspeakeable
           solace
           of
           heart
           )
           say
           vpon
           his
           deathbed
           with
           the
           chosen
           vessell
           ,
           in
           his
           second
           Epistle
           to
           Timothy
           :
           
           
             Certamen
             bonum
             decertaui
             ,
             cursum
             consummaui
             ,
             fidem
             seruaui
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           I
           haue
           fought
           a
           good
           fight
           ,
           and
           haue
           finished
           my
           course
           :
           I
           haue
           kept
           the
           faith
           :
           therefore
           henceforth
           is
           layd
           vp
           for
           me
           a
           crowne
           of
           righteousnesse
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           the
           righteous
           iudge
           shall
           giue
           me
           at
           that
           day
           :
           and
           not
           to
           me
           onely
           ,
           but
           vnto
           all
           them
           that
           loue
           his
           appearing
           .
        
         
           Such
           was
           the
           resolute
           zeale
           ,
           and
           zealous
           resolution
           of
           all
           holy
           Martyrs
           in
           former
           ages
           :
           
           that
           nothing
           could
           make
           them
           forsake
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           glorious
           Gospell
           of
           Iesus
           :
           Yea
           this
           was
           their
           constant
           answere
           to
           their
           bloudy
           butcherers
           :
           
             Vere
             ,
             tunde
             ,
             di●elle
             ,
             lama
             ,
             seca
             :
             idola
             tua
             non
             adorabimus
             potes
             corpora
             ista
             (
             O
             Caesar
             )
             cruciatibus
             absumere
             ,
             facere
             verò
             vt
             aliud
             sentiamus
             ,
             aut
             loquamur
             ,
             non
             potes
             :
             tua
             saeuia
             nostra
             est
             gloria
             :
             cum
             nos
             interficere
             credas
             ,
             de
             carcere
             corporis
             liberas
             :
             citius
             saxa
             ,
             scopulosque
             &
             montes
             de
             loco
             suo
             monebis
             ,
             
             quàm
             nobis
             fidem
             Christo
             datam
             cripies
             ,
             i.
          
           Burne
           ,
           buffet
           ,
           slay
           ,
           deuoure
           ,
           hew
           in
           péeces
           :
           thy
           abhominable
           idols
           will
           we
           neuer
           worship
           :
           thou
           mayst
           (
           O
           cruell
           tyrant
           )
           consume
           with
           torments
           these
           our
           mortall
           bodies
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           vs
           thinks
           or
           speake
           otherwise
           then
           we
           do
           ,
           canst
           thou
           neuer
           do
           :
           thy
           cruelty
           is
           our
           glory
           :
           killing
           vs
           ,
           thou
           dost
           but
           deliuer
           vs
           from
           the
           prison
           of
           our
           bodies
           :
           thou
           shalt
           sooner
           remoue
           the
           rockes
           and
           mountaines
           from
           their
           places
           ,
           then
           make
           vs
           recant
           from
           the
           profession
           of
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Iesus
           .
        
         
           Such
           was
           y
           e
           resolution
           of
           
             Sydrach
             ,
             Myshach
          
           and
           Abednego
           ,
           that
           rather
           than
           they
           would
           croutch
           to
           Nabucadnezzars
           golden
           image
           ,
           which
           was
           60.
           cubits
           high
           :
           
           they
           
             would
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             hot
             fiery
             fornace
             ,
             which
             was
             made
             seuen
             times
             more
             hot
             ,
             then
             vsually
             it
             was
             for
             necessary
             vses
             .
          
        
         
           Such
           was
           the
           resolution
           of
           
             Blessed
             Paul
          
           ,
           that
           nothing
           could
           separate
           him
           from
           his
           Lord
           and
           maister
           Christ
           :
           whose
           couragious
           vow
           we
           may
           finde
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Romans
           on
           this
           
           manner
           :
           
           
             Who
             shall
             separate
             vs
             from
             the
             loue
             of
             Christ
             ?
             shall
             tribulation
             ,
             or
             anguish
             ,
             or
             persecution
             ,
             or
             famine
             ,
             or
             nakednesse
             ,
             or
             perill
             ,
             or
             sword
             ?
             No
             verily
             :
             for
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             neither
             death
             ,
             nor
             life
             ,
             nor
             angels
             ,
             nor
             principalities
             ,
             nor
             powers
             ,
             nor
             things
             present
             ,
             nor
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             nor
             height
             ,
             nor
             depth
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             creature
             shal
             be
             able
             to
             separate
             vs
             from
             the
             loue
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             our
             Lord
             ,
             neither
             the
             loue
             which
             we
             haue
             to
             God
             from
             vs
             ,
             who
             are
             made
             his
             sonnes
             through
             Christ
             Iesus
             .
          
        
         
           And
           indéed
           that
           which
           Paule
           promised
           ,
           he
           performed
           :
           for
           he
           was
           beheaded
           at
           Rome
           for
           the
           Gospels
           defence
           :
           although
           y
           e
           sword
           did
           separate
           his
           head
           from
           his
           shoulders
           ,
           yet
           it
           could
           not
           separate
           him
           frō
           his
           head
           ,
           Christ
           Iesus
           .
        
         
           Such
           was
           the
           resolution
           of
           the
           patterne
           of
           patience
           :
           that
           
             though
             the
             Lord
             should
             kill
             him
             ,
          
           
           
             yet
             would
             he
             put
             his
             trust
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Such
           was
           the
           resolution
           of
           
             Ignatius
             Bishop
             of
             Antioch
             after
             Peter
             ,
          
           
           that
           the
           rauening
           beasts
           could
           not
           
           make
           him
           flinch
           from
           his
           redéemer
           :
           yea
           being
           commanded
           by
           the
           king
           of
           Syria
           to
           be
           torne
           in
           péeces
           of
           wilde
           beasts
           ,
           and
           being
           led
           to
           the
           place
           of
           execution
           ,
           he
           vttered
           this
           golden
           sentence
           :
           
             Nihil
             moror
             visibilium
             ,
             nec
             inuisibilium
             ,
             modo
             Iesum
             Christum
             :
             i.
          
           I
           care
           neither
           for
           things
           visible
           ,
           nor
           yet
           for
           things
           inuisible
           ,
           neither
           for
           things
           séene
           ,
           nor
           yet
           for
           things
           not
           séene
           :
           Onely
           this
           is
           my
           care
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           obtaine
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           euerlasting
           saluation
           :
           and
           when
           the
           beasts
           were
           let
           loose
           vpon
           him
           ,
           these
           were
           his
           last
           words
           (
           as
           saith
           S.
           Ierome
           .
           
           )
           
             I
             am
             Gods
             corne
             ,
             and
             the
             teeth
             of
             these
             wild
             beasts
             must
             grind
             me
             in
             peeces
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             be
             pure
             bread
             and
             fine
             manchet
             for
             Christ
             Iesus
             his
             table
             in
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           Such
           was
           the
           constant
           resolution
           of
           that
           godly
           old
           woman
           Apollonia
           :
           
           that
           she
           chose
           rather
           to
           haue
           her
           téeth
           dasht
           out
           of
           her
           head
           willingly
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           burnt
           to
           ashes
           ,
           then
           to
           worship
           any
           other
           gods
           beside
           the
           true
           and
           euerliuing
           God.
           
        
         
         
           Yea
           this
           was
           the
           constancy
           of
           all
           holy
           Martyrs
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           rather
           indure
           a
           thousand
           deaths
           ,
           then
           shrink
           backe
           from
           the
           word
           of
           life
           :
           
           Peter
           was
           beheaded
           for
           the
           Gospels
           defence
           :
           Iames
           throwne
           downe
           from
           an
           high
           pinnacle
           ,
           and
           his
           head
           cleft
           in
           sunder
           :
           
           yea
           almost
           all
           of
           the
           Apostles
           were
           put
           to
           grieuous
           deaths
           ,
           some
           were
           stoned
           ,
           some
           broyled
           ,
           some
           put
           to
           one
           death
           ,
           some
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           Old
           Simeon
           ,
           
           that
           was
           cosin
           germaine
           to
           Christ
           ,
           sonne
           to
           Cleophas
           and
           Mary
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Ierusalem
           after
           Iames
           :
           was
           nailed
           to
           the
           crosse
           ,
           being
           six
           score
           yeares
           old
           and
           more
           .
           
           S.
           Cyprian
           beheaded
           at
           Sexti
           nigh
           the
           city
           Carthage
           .
        
         
           Polycarpe
           Bishop
           of
           Smyrna
           ,
           
           disciple
           to
           Iohn
           ,
           was
           most
           pitifully
           tortured
           to
           death
           by
           fire
           :
           yea
           for
           the
           space
           of
           300.
           yeares
           after
           Christ
           and
           more
           ,
           the
           Lord
           sent
           persecution
           ordinarily
           to
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           Willingly
           did
           these
           saints
           suffer
           ,
           and
           ioyfully
           did
           vndergo
           all
           these
           afflictions
           for
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           
           sake
           .
        
         
           
           
             Hîc
             vre
             ,
             hîc
             seca
             ,
             vt
             in
             aeternum
             parcas
             domine
             ,
          
           saith
           Saint
           
             Augustine
             :
             i.
          
           Here
           burne
           me
           (
           Lord
           )
           here
           slay
           me
           ,
           to
           spare
           me
           hereafter
           :
           doe
           what
           thou
           wilt
           (
           Lord
           )
           with
           my
           body
           ,
           so
           that
           thou
           wilt
           spare
           my
           soule
           .
        
         
           
           Vtinam
           (
           saith
           S.
           Ierome
           )
           
             ob
             Domini
             mei
             nomen
             ,
             atque
             iustitiam
             ,
             cuncta
             gentiliam
             turba
             me
             persequatur
             &
             tribulet
             :
             vtinam
             in
             opprobrium
             meum
             stolidus
             hic
             mundus
             exurgat
             :
             tantum
             vt
             ego
             mercedem
             Iesu
             consequar
             :
             i
          
           I
           would
           to
           God
           that
           the
           whole
           nation
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           Pagans
           and
           Infidels
           would
           for
           the
           name
           of
           my
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           Gospell
           ,
           persecute
           me
           and
           trouble
           me
           :
           I
           would
           to
           God
           ,
           this
           mad
           and
           foolish
           world
           rise
           vp
           against
           me
           for
           the
           profession
           of
           Gods
           blessed
           truth
           :
           only
           that
           I
           may
           obteine
           Christ
           Iesus
           for
           my
           reward
           .
        
         
           
           
             Ammonarion
             ,
             Mercuria
             ,
             Dyonisia
          
           ,
           with
           diuerse
           other
           godly
           women
           ,
           would
           runne
           to
           the
           fire
           with
           their
           children
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           ioyfull
           feast
           or
           banquet
           ,
           thinking
           no
           greater
           glory
           on
           
           earth
           ,
           then
           to
           suffer
           for
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           should
           euery
           man
           and
           woman
           (
           as
           they
           tender
           the
           welfare
           of
           their
           déere
           soules
           )
           resolue
           to
           suffer
           willingly
           ,
           and
           beare
           patiently
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           calamity
           may
           befall
           them
           in
           this
           heauenly
           race
           :
           considering
           the
           torments
           of
           hell
           which
           by
           reuolting
           they
           shall
           vndergo
           :
           considering
           the
           ioyes
           of
           heauen
           ,
           which
           they
           shall
           haue
           by
           patience
           :
           and
           considering
           what
           others
           haue
           done
           before
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           what
           Christ
           hath
           suffered
           for
           them
           :
           that
           so
           with
           perseuerance
           holding
           out
           to
           the
           end
           they
           may
           obteine
           euerlasting
           blisse
           .
        
         
           The
           merchant
           will
           through
           fire
           and
           water
           ,
           suffering
           no
           repulse
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           haue
           his
           pinnace
           fraught
           with
           plenty
           of
           pure
           gold
           at
           the
           Indian
           hauen
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Poet
           :
           
           
             Impiger
             extremos
             currit
             mercator
             ad
             Indos
             :
             per
             mare
             pauperiem
             fugiens
             :
             per
             saxa
             ,
             per
             ignes
             :
             i
          
           The
           painefull
           merchant
           aduentureth
           to
           the
           forreine
           Indians
           ,
           beyond
           the
           seas
           ,
           through
           
           fire
           and
           water
           ,
           fearing
           nothing
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           eschew
           pouerty
           ,
           and
           obteine
           much
           treasure
           :
           Euen
           so
           ,
           he
           that
           will
           haue
           the
           pinnace
           both
           of
           soule
           and
           body
           fraught
           with
           the
           siluer
           of
           all
           earthly
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           gold
           of
           all
           celestiall
           felicity
           ,
           must
           runne
           the
           race
           that
           is
           set
           before
           him
           with
           patience
           ,
           leaping
           ouer
           the
           wall
           of
           all
           obuious
           afflictions
           ,
           perseuering
           till
           he
           commeth
           at
           the
           happy
           hauen
           of
           heauen
           :
           that
           then
           he
           (
           being
           more
           than
           conquerour
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           )
           may
           triumph
           ouer
           death
           ,
           hel
           ,
           and
           damnation
           ,
           saying
           with
           the
           Prophet
           :
           
             Ero
             mors
             tua
             O
             mors
          
           :
           
           i.
           O
           death
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           thy
           death
           :
           O
           graue
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           thy
           destruction
           :
           
           and
           with
           valiant
           
             Paul
             :
             Death
             ,
             where
             is
             thy
             sting
             ?
             hell
             ,
             where
             is
             thy
             victory
             ?
          
           Of
           necessity
           afflictions
           must
           méete
           with
           vs
           that
           runne
           in
           the
           
             high
             way
             to
             heauen
          
           :
           Yea
           no
           man
           liuing
           can
           be
           fréed
           from
           them
           .
           
             All
             that
             will
             liue
             godly
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             shall
             suffer
             persecution
             :
          
           
           
             we
             must
             through
             many
             afflictions
             enter
             into
             the
             kingdome
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             Whom
             the
             Lord
             loueth
             hee
             chasteneth
             ,
             and
             he
             scourgeth
             euery
             sonne
             ,
          
           
           
             whom
             he
             receiueth
             :
             we
             are
             bastards
             &
             not
             sonnes
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             free
             from
             afflictions
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             Ego
             quos
             amo
             ,
             arguo
             &
             castigo
             :
             i.
          
           as
           many
           as
           I
           loue
           ,
           I
           rebuke
           and
           chasten
           .
        
         
           
             Qui
             diligitur
             ,
             corripitur
             :
             i.
          
           He
           that
           is
           loued
           is
           reproued
           .
        
         
           The
           oxen
           that
           are
           appointed
           for
           the
           slaughter
           ,
           are
           let
           runne
           in
           fat
           pastures
           :
           but
           those
           that
           are
           not
           appointed
           for
           so
           terrible
           an
           end
           ,
           are
           daily
           wrought
           ,
           and
           subiect
           to
           much
           trauell
           .
        
         
           The
           barren
           trée
           is
           not
           beaten
           :
           but
           the
           trée
           that
           is
           planted
           by
           the
           riuers
           side
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           foorth
           his
           fruit
           in
           due
           season
           ,
           is
           sorely
           shaken
           ,
           and
           yearly
           beaten
           .
        
         
           The
           stones
           that
           were
           for
           Salomons
           temple
           ,
           
           were
           squared
           and
           heiuen
           before
           they
           were
           layde
           in
           the
           building
           .
        
         
           So
           euery
           Christian
           (
           
             who
             is
             a
             liuely
             stone
             in
             this
             spirituall
             building
             ,
          
           
           as
           
           saith
           S.
           Peter
           )
           must
           be
           hewen
           with
           the
           are
           of
           affliction
           ,
           and
           squared
           with
           the
           saw
           of
           correction
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           be
           receiued
           into
           the
           triumphant
           Church
           ,
           whereof
           Christ
           Iesus
           is
           the
           head
           corner
           stone
           .
        
         
           
           
             Ideo
             Dominus
             quibusdam
             hic
             parcit
             non
             feriendo
             ,
             vt
             in
             aeternum
             feriat
             :
             ideo
             hîc
             ferit
             non
             parcendo
             ,
             vt
             in
             aeternum
             parcat
             :
             i.
          
           The
           Lord
           spareth
           some
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           punish
           them
           for
           euer
           :
           and
           he
           chasteneth
           some
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           spare
           them
           for
           euer
           .
           
           Diues
           that
           was
           spared
           on
           earth
           ,
           was
           tormented
           in
           hell
           :
           and
           Lazarus
           that
           was
           corrected
           on
           earth
           ,
           was
           spared
           in
           heauen
           .
        
         
           For
           
             qui
             vult
             cum
             Christo
             conregnare
             in
             regno
             coelorum
             :
             i.
          
           He
           that
           will
           reigne
           with
           Christ
           in
           the
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           :
           must
           
             cum
             Christo
             compati
             in
             valle
             lachrimarum
             :
             i.
          
           must
           suffer
           with
           Christ
           in
           the
           vale
           of
           teares
           :
           
             qui
             vult
             consequi
          
           ,
           must
           
             sequi
             :
             i.
          
           he
           that
           will
           obteine
           Christ
           ,
           must
           follow
           Christ
           :
           &
           he
           that
           will
           follow
           Christ
           must
           take
           vp
           his
           crosse
           and
           follow
           him
           .
        
         
         
           
             Christ
             suffered
             before
             he
             entred
             into
             glory
             :
          
           
           so
           must
           euery
           Christian
           first
           suffer
           ,
           before
           he
           can
           be
           glorified
           :
           
             The
             seruant
             must
             not
             be
             aboue
             his
             maister
             :
          
           
           
             Si
             ergo
             compatimur
             ,
             conregnabimus
             :
             i
             ,
          
           If
           we
           suffer
           with
           him
           ,
           we
           shall
           reigne
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Dulcia
             non
             meruit
          
           ,
           
           
             qui
             non
             gustauit
             amara
             :
             i.
          
           He
           deserueth
           not
           to
           taste
           of
           the
           swéete
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           taste
           of
           the
           sower
           .
        
         
           Iouinian
           a
           king
           ,
           
           hauing
           two
           vessels
           of
           wine
           in
           his
           pallace
           ,
           the
           one
           swéete
           wine
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           sower
           :
           decréed
           that
           whosoeuer
           would
           taste
           of
           the
           swéete
           wine
           should
           first
           taste
           of
           the
           sower
           :
           So
           whosoeuer
           will
           taste
           of
           the
           swéete
           ioyes
           that
           runne
           through
           the
           celestiall
           paradice
           ,
           must
           first
           with
           Christ
           ,
           sup
           of
           the
           cup
           of
           salt
           teares
           of
           affliction
           .
        
         
           No
           maruell
           therefore
           if
           the
           Prophet
           in
           generall
           saith
           :
           
           that
           
             many
             are
             the
             troubles
             of
             the
             righteous
             .
          
           No
           maruell
           if
           he
           compareth
           afflictions
           to
           waues
           of
           the
           sea
           :
           for
           as
           one
           waue
           dasheth
           ouer
           the
           necke
           of
           another
           :
           so
           
           one
           affliction
           continually
           followeth
           another
           ,
           for
           God
           is
           not
           like
           a
           waspe
           ,
           that
           hauing
           stung
           once
           can
           sting
           no
           more
           :
           but
           there
           is
           a
           plurality
           of
           crosses
           with
           God
           ,
           he
           can
           sting
           againe
           and
           againe
           :
           as
           one
           sorrowfull
           messenger
           came
           to
           Iob
           after
           another
           :
           euen
           so
           one
           affliction
           visiteth
           the
           Christian
           after
           another
           :
           as
           the
           viper
           leapt
           vpon
           Paul
           ,
           
           and
           leapt
           off
           againe
           :
           euen
           so
           afflictions
           leape
           vpon
           Gods
           seruants
           ,
           and
           leape
           off
           againe
           .
        
         
           Those
           therefore
           that
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           must
           not
           thinke
           this
           strange
           ,
           neither
           must
           they
           thinke
           themselues
           frée
           from
           afflictions
           :
           for
           they
           are
           hedged
           in
           on
           euery
           side
           with
           sundry
           kinds
           of
           troubles
           :
           and
           haue
           thrée
           deadly
           enemies
           continually
           warring
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           Iob
           calleth
           
             the
             life
             of
             man
             a
             warfare
             vpon
             earth
             :
          
           and
           that
           worthily
           :
           for
           we
           fight
           against
           thrée
           mighty
           enemies
           :
           the
           Diuell
           ,
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           flesh
           :
           The
           first
           enemy
           that
           withstandeth
           vs
           in
           the
           way
           to
           heauen
           ,
           is
           the
           diuell
           :
           who
           in
           respect
           
           of
           his
           cruelty
           and
           might
           is
           compared
           to
           a
           roaring
           Lyon
           :
           
           
             The
             Diuell
             like
             a
             roaring
             Lyon
             ,
             goeth
             vp
             and
             downe
             ,
             seeking
             whome
             hee
             may
             deuoure
          
           :
           The
           second
           enemy
           is
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           subtill
           as
           the
           diuell
           is
           powerfull
           :
           for
           by
           the
           profits
           and
           pleasures
           therein
           ,
           it
           draweth
           many
           to
           the
           seruice
           of
           Satan
           .
           The
           third
           enemy
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           flesh
           ,
           is
           no
           whit
           inferior
           to
           either
           of
           them
           :
           for
           Caesar
           being
           asked
           what
           was
           the
           greatest
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           to
           ouercome
           ,
           sayd
           ,
           
             Scipsum
             vincere
          
           ,
           to
           ouercome
           a
           mans
           owne
           selfe
           ,
           and
           his
           vntamed
           affections
           .
           It
           doth
           alway
           rebell
           against
           the
           good
           motions
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           it
           is
           a
           Iudas
           to
           betray
           our
           soules
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           old
           Leuiathan
           .
        
         
           The
           prophecy
           must
           be
           fulfilled
           :
           
           
             I
             will
             put
             enmity
             betweene
             thee
             and
             the
             woman
             ,
             betweene
             thy
             seede
             and
             her
             seed
             :
          
           Therefore
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           this
           respect
           is
           called
           
             Ecclesia
             militans
          
           :
           a
           warring
           Church
           :
           a
           Church
           y
           e
           fighteth
           manfully
           vnder
           the
           banner
           of
           Christ
           against
           y
           e
           aduersaries
           abousaid
           .
        
         
         
           No
           maruell
           therefore
           (
           our
           life
           being
           a
           warfare
           )
           if
           this
           world
           be
           called
           
             vullis
             lachrimarum
          
           :
           a
           vale
           of
           teares
           :
           for
           afflictions
           are
           so
           common
           ,
           that
           we
           haue
           alwayes
           cause
           to
           shed
           foorth
           a
           whole
           Ocean
           of
           teares
           ,
           with
           the
           Prophet
           Dauid
           ,
           who
           (
           although
           he
           were
           a
           man
           according
           to
           Gods
           owne
           heart
           )
           was
           a
           Pellicane
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           whose
           nature
           is
           alwayes
           to
           haue
           teares
           trickling
           downe
           her
           bill
           :
           his
           teares
           were
           his
           meate
           and
           drinke
           :
           
           he
           
             watered
             his
             bed
             with
             salt
             teares
             ,
             and
             washed
             his
             couch
             with
             continuall
             weeping
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           
             is
             the
             state
             and
             condition
             of
             all
             Gods
             children
             in
             this
             life
             ,
          
           that
           will
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           Christianity
           :
           so
           that
           we
           may
           conclude
           with
           Iob
           ,
           and
           say
           :
           
           
             Man
             that
             is
             borne
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             is
             of
             short
             continuance
             ,
             &
             is
             ful
             of
             trouble
             .
          
        
         
           Séeing
           then
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           borne
           to
           trauell
           ,
           as
           the
           bird
           to
           flying
           :
           let
           vs
           arme
           our selues
           w
           t
           patience
           :
           let
           vs
           possesse
           our
           soules
           with
           patience
           ,
           and
           let
           vs
           runne
           the
           race
           that
           is
           set
           before
           vs
           with
           patience
           :
           knowing
           that
           
             Non
             
             sunt
             condignae
             passiones
             ,
             &c.
          
           that
           the
           passions
           that
           we
           can
           suffer
           in
           this
           world
           are
           not
           worthy
           of
           the
           ioyes
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           And
           séeing
           we
           are
           withstood
           in
           this
           way
           by
           thrée
           mighty
           enemies
           ,
           let
           vs
           like
           wise
           souldiers
           ,
           put
           
             on
             the
             whole
             armor
             of
             God
             :
             the
             helmet
             of
             hope
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             brest-plate
             of
             righteousnesse
             ,
             the
             shield
             of
             faith
             ,
             the
             girdle
             of
             sincerity
             ,
             the
             shoes
             of
             peace
             ,
             and
             let
             vs
             alway
             haue
             ready
             drawne
             the
             sword
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             able
             to
             quench
             all
             the
             fierie
             darts
             of
             Sathan
             ,
             and
             slay
             the
             dragon
             in
             the
             deepe
             .
          
        
         
           Moreouer
           let
           euery
           Christian
           (
           that
           runneth
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           )
           know
           ,
           that
           as
           afflictions
           are
           by
           no
           meanes
           to
           be
           auoided
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           necessary
           for
           the
           good
           of
           Gods
           children
           .
           
           
             All
             things
             worke
             for
             the
             best
             to
             them
             that
             loue
             God.
          
           And
           
             it
             is
             good
             for
             me
          
           (
           saith
           y
           e
           Prophet
           )
           
             that
             I
             haue
             beene
             in
             trouble
             ,
          
           
           
             for
             therby
             haue
             I
             learned
             thy
             law
             :
          
           For
           affliction
           to
           y
           e
           godly
           
             Medicina
             est
             non
             poena
             :
             castigatio
             non
             dānatio
             :
             i.
          
           is
           a
           curing
           
           medicine
           ,
           not
           a
           destroying
           punishment
           :
           a
           profitable
           chastisement
           ,
           not
           a
           deuouring
           condemnation
           .
        
         
           For
           diuerse
           causes
           therefore
           doth
           the
           Lord
           suffer
           his
           déere
           children
           to
           be
           afflicted
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           to
           weane
           and
           winne
           them
           from
           the
           loue
           of
           this
           wicked
           world
           :
           for
           in
           prosperity
           we
           are
           ready
           to
           be
           forgetfull
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           our selues
           also
           :
           we
           are
           ready
           (
           with
           the
           deafe
           adder
           )
           to
           stop
           our
           eares
           at
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           charmer
           ,
           charme
           hee
           neuer
           so
           wisely
           :
           the
           wéde
           is
           ready
           to
           ouergrow
           the
           corne
           ,
           and
           the
           flesh
           ready
           to
           dominéere
           ouer
           the
           spirit
           :
           but
           by
           afflictions
           we
           are
           brought
           to
           hate
           that
           which
           before
           we
           loued
           ,
           and
           to
           imbrace
           that
           which
           before
           we
           loathed
           .
           Well
           therefore
           sayth
           
             Gregory
             :
             
               Aurem
               cordis
               tribulatio
               aperit
            
          
           ,
           
           
             quam
             saepè
             prosperitas
             huius
             mundi
             claudit
             :
             i.
          
           Tribulation
           doth
           open
           the
           eare
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           which
           worldly
           prosperity
           doth
           many
           times
           shut
           .
        
         
           As
           Antiochus
           in
           his
           prosperitie
           ,
           thought
           himselfe
           equall
           with
           God
           ,
           
           yea
           aboue
           God
           ,
           but
           hauing
           a
           fall
           out
           of
           his
           Chariot
           ,
           &
           being
           in
           aduersitie
           ,
           he
           sung
           a
           new
           song
           ,
           :
           saying
           ,
           
             Iustum
             est
             hominem
             mortalem
             subditum
             esse
             Deo.
          
           
           i.
           O
           ,
           it
           is
           méete
           &
           requisite
           for
           mortall
           man
           to
           be
           subiect
           to
           the
           immortall
           God.
           So
           Alexander
           being
           hurt
           with
           an
           arrow
           ,
           said
           :
           
             Homines
             dicunt
             me
             esse
             filium
             Iouis
             ;
             sed
             sagitta
             haec
             probat
             me
             esse
             mortalem
             .
             i.
          
           Men
           say
           that
           I
           am
           the
           sonne
           of
           Iupiter
           ,
           but
           this
           arrow
           proueth
           mée
           to
           be
           but
           a
           mortall
           man.
           
        
         
           So
           Nabuchadnezzar
           proudly
           vaunted
           himselfe
           against
           the
           Lord
           of
           hosts
           in
           his
           prosperitie
           :
           But
           when
           the
           Lord
           tooke
           him
           to
           taske
           ,
           metamorphosing
           this
           proud
           King
           into
           a
           base
           beast
           ,
           then
           he
           could
           say
           :
           
           
             That
             the
             Lord
             was
             able
             to
             abase
             all
             those
             that
             walke
             in
             pride
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           therefore
           doth
           the
           Lord
           chasten
           vs
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           wee
           may
           neither
           be
           intangled
           with
           the
           loue
           of
           this
           world
           :
           
           
             Nor
             be
             condemned
             with
             this
             world
             .
          
        
         
           For
           as
           the
           Nurse
           to
           weane
           her
           
           child
           from
           thirsting
           after
           her
           milke
           ,
           doth
           annoint
           her
           teat
           with
           Aloes
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           bitter
           thing
           :
           Euen
           so
           our
           heauenly
           Father
           ,
           to
           weane
           vs
           from
           the
           pleasures
           of
           this
           wicked
           world
           ,
           doth
           send
           vs
           many
           sharp
           afflictions
           in
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Lord
           suffereth
           vs
           to
           be
           afflicted
           ,
           thereby
           to
           draw
           vs
           to
           amendmēt
           of
           life
           .
           
             Before
             I
             was
             troubled
             ,
             I
             went
             wrong
             :
          
           
           
             but
             now
             haue
             I
             learned
             to
             keep
             thy
             Law.
             The
             rod
          
           (
           saith
           
             Salomon
             )
             bringeth
             wisedom
          
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           rod
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             striking
             the
             stony
             rockes
             caused
             whole
             riuers
             of
             water
             to
             flow
             therefrom
             .
          
           
           So
           the
           Lord
           striking
           vpon
           our
           stony
           hearts
           ,
           with
           the
           rod
           of
           affliction
           ,
           causeth
           vs
           to
           shed
           forth
           buckets
           of
           teares
           for
           our
           sinnes
           commited
           .
        
         
           
           
             Aduersa
             corporis
             ,
             animae
             remedio
             sunt
             :
             agritudo
             carnem
             vulnerat
             ,
             sed
             mentem
             curat
             :
             i.
          
           The
           affliction
           of
           the
           body
           is
           wholesome
           physicke
           for
           the
           soule
           :
           it
           killeth
           the
           flesh
           ,
           but
           cureth
           the
           spirit
           :
           it
           woundeth
           the
           outward
           man
           :
           but
           reuiueth
           the
           inward
           .
           
             Cum
             infirmor
             :
             
             tunc
             fortior
             sum
             :
             i.
          
           when
           I
           am
           weake
           ,
           
           then
           am
           I
           strong
           .
        
         
           Affliction
           therefore
           may
           bee
           fitly
           compared
           to
           a
           Gold-smiths
           Forge
           ,
           which
           trieth
           the
           pure
           gold
           from
           the
           impure
           drosse
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           like
           a
           purgation
           which
           expelleth
           corrupt
           humours
           from
           the
           body
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           like
           a
           Shepheards
           crooke
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Lord
           doth
           bring
           againe
           his
           wandring
           shéep
           to
           the
           fold
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           called
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
             Virga
             vigilans
             :
             i.
          
           a
           wathfull
           rod
           :
           a
           rod
           that
           kéepeth
           men
           in
           continuall
           watchfulnesse
           .
        
         
           The
           Prodigall
           child
           ,
           that
           wandred
           farre
           in
           the
           by-waies
           of
           sinne
           ,
           by
           this
           shéep-crooke
           ,
           
           was
           brought
           backe
           againe
           to
           his
           fathers
           house
           :
           so
           the
           Lord
           by
           this
           meanes
           ,
           doth
           bring
           home
           many
           that
           haue
           erred
           from
           the
           way
           of
           truth
           ,
           &
           wearied
           themselues
           in
           the
           way
           of
           wickednes
           :
           For
           as
           the
           carefull
           mother
           cannot
           .
           sée
           a
           mote
           amisse
           in
           her
           beloued
           child
           ,
           but
           will
           immediatly
           wash
           the
           same
           away
           :
           So
           
           our
           heauenly
           father
           cannot
           endure
           y
           e
           blemish
           of
           sin
           vpon
           y
           e
           face
           of
           his
           déere
           children
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           wash
           it
           presently
           away
           with
           the
           water
           of
           affliction
           :
           if
           thou
           sinnest
           to
           day
           ,
           he
           afflicteth
           to
           morrow
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           Lord
           suffereth
           vs
           to
           be
           afflicted
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           the
           more
           earnestly
           call
           vpon
           him
           ,
           &
           the
           more
           spéedily
           séeke
           vnto
           him
           .
           
           
             Mala
             quae
             nos
             hic
             premunt
             ,
             citius
             ad
             Deum
             ire
             compellunt
             :
             i.
          
           aduersitie
           that
           oppresseth
           vs
           héere
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           doth
           make
           vs
           swiftly
           and
           spéedily
           runne
           to
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           
           
             Lord
             in
             their
             streights
             they
             sought
             thee
             :
             Susanna
          
           being
           ready
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           
             cryed
             out
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           the
           Prophet
           Ionas
           being
           in
           the
           Whales
           belly
           ,
           
             powred
             out
             his
             praiers
             to
             the
             Lord.
             Dauid
          
           in
           many
           of
           his
           Psalmes
           ,
           being
           in
           trouble
           ,
           called
           vpon
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           
             130.
             
             Psal
             .
             
               De
               profundis
               clamaui
               ad
               te
               Domine
            
          
           ,
           
           
             Domine
             exaudi
             vocem
             meam
             :
             i.
          
           Out
           of
           the
           haue
           I
           cried
           vnto
           thée
           ,
           O
           Lord
           :
           O
           Lord
           heare
           my
           voice
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           So
           the
           prodigall
           child
           being
           in
           a
           streight
           ,
           
             sought
             to
             his
             father
          
           ,
           
           
             desiring
             him
             to
             make
             him
             but
             as
             one
             of
             his
             hired
             seruants
             .
          
        
         
           So
           the
           Disciples
           ,
           when
           the
           ship
           was
           ready
           to
           suffer
           naufrage
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           tempest
           ,
           awaked
           their
           Master
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Lord
             saue
             vs
             ,
             we
             perish
             .
          
        
         
           So
           Peter
           being
           ready
           to
           sinke
           ,
           
           cried
           out
           to
           Christ
           saying
           :
           
             Maister
             ,
             saue
             me
          
           .
           Therefore
           that
           men
           may
           be
           compelled
           to
           séeke
           the
           Lord
           ,
           he
           sendeth
           afflictions
           vpon
           them
           :
           according
           to
           that
           of
           good
           S.
           
             Augustine
             :
             
               A
               deo
               premuntur
               iusti
               ,
               vt
               pressiclament
            
          
           ,
           
           
             clamantes
             exaudiantur
             ,
             exauditi
             glorificent
             eum
             :
             i.
          
           Men
           are
           therefore
           oppressed
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           being
           oppressed
           ,
           they
           may
           cry
           vnto
           him
           :
           crying
           vnto
           him
           ,
           he
           may
           heare
           them
           :
           and
           hearing
           them
           ,
           he
           may
           deliuer
           them
           :
           and
           deliuering
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           glorified
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
           Fourthly
           :
           the
           Lord
           doth
           suffer
           vs
           to
           be
           afflicted
           ,
           thereby
           to
           try
           vs
           ,
           whether
           we
           will
           depart
           from
           him
           in
           time
           of
           trouble
           ,
           yea
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           was
           Iob
           tried
           of
           the
           
           Lord
           :
           For
           though
           the
           Lord
           had
           permitted
           Satan
           to
           tempt
           him
           ,
           his
           enemies
           to
           vndoe
           him
           ,
           his
           children
           by
           sudden
           death
           to
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           his
           body
           to
           be
           afflicted
           from
           top
           to
           toe
           with
           biles
           ,
           botches
           and
           sores
           ,
           hauing
           no
           sound
           part
           throughout
           ,
           his
           wife
           to
           be
           an
           occasion
           of
           offence
           vnto
           him
           ,
           who
           in
           these
           his
           distresses
           should
           haue
           béene
           a
           comfort
           to
           him
           :
           yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           Iob
           sinned
           not
           against
           his
           maker
           :
           yea
           he
           was
           so
           farre
           from
           mistrusting
           in
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           sayd
           ,
           though
           the
           Lord
           killed
           him
           ,
           yet
           would
           he
           put
           his
           trust
           in
           him
           :
           and
           so
           farre
           from
           murmuring
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           cursing
           him
           ,
           as
           with
           admirable
           patience
           in
           them
           ,
           he
           blessed
           the
           Lord
           for
           them
           ,
           saying
           ,
           on
           this
           heauenly
           manner
           :
           
             The
             Lord
             giueth
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             the
             Lord
             taketh
             away
             ,
             blessed
             be
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           Thus
           were
           the
           Apostles
           and
           holy
           Martyrs
           tryed
           ,
           who
           were
           so
           farre
           from
           recantation
           ,
           as
           they
           willingly
           chose
           to
           loose
           their
           liues
           in
           tribulation
           .
        
         
         
           And
           thus
           were
           the
           thrée
           children
           tried
           in
           the
           fornace
           .
        
         
           By
           affliction
           are
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Lord
           and
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Belial
           discerned
           :
           euen
           as
           
             crased
             vessels
             wil
             breake
             in
             peeces
             when
             they
             come
             to
             the
             fire
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             sound
             onely
             hold
             out
             :
          
           So
           the
           wicked
           (
           like
           counterfeits
           )
           will
           bewray
           themselues
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           the
           fagot
           ,
           and
           the
           godly
           onely
           stand
           to
           it
           :
           as
           we
           reade
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           S.
           
             Luke
             :
             They
             depart
             from
             God
             in
             the
             time
             of
             tribulation
             .
          
           
           Many
           will
           (
           with
           Peter
           )
           vow
           to
           follow
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           and
           to
           sticke
           close
           to
           him
           :
           but
           when
           they
           come
           to
           Pilars
           hall
           ,
           a
           silly
           maide
           will
           make
           them
           forsweare
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Lord
           therefore
           afflicteth
           vs
           to
           try
           our
           faith
           ,
           our
           patience
           ,
           our
           hope
           and
           other
           vertues
           .
        
         
           Faith
           is
           exercised
           in
           affliction
           ,
           
           by
           considering
           the
           causes
           of
           Gods
           permission
           ,
           and
           by
           beléeuing
           most
           assuredly
           his
           promises
           concerning
           our
           deliuerance
           .
        
         
           Hope
           is
           exercised
           in
           affliction
           ,
           
           by
           assuring
           our selues
           of
           the
           rewards
           
           promised
           to
           all
           those
           that
           suffer
           patiently
           .
        
         
           
           Loue
           is
           exercised
           in
           affliction
           ,
           by
           considering
           the
           loue
           of
           Christ
           in
           suffering
           for
           vs
           :
           and
           thereby
           we
           are
           prouoked
           to
           suffer
           for
           him
           againe
           .
        
         
           
           Obedience
           is
           exercised
           in
           affliction
           ,
           by
           conforming
           our
           wils
           to
           the
           will
           of
           Christ
           ,
           saying
           with
           Christ
           :
           
             Not
             as
             we
             will
             ,
             but
             as
             thou
             wilt
             ,
             ô
             Lord
             God
             of
             hosts
             .
          
        
         
           
           Patience
           is
           exercised
           in
           affliction
           ,
           by
           suffering
           quietly
           ,
           willingly
           and
           chéerefully
           ,
           and
           by
           welcomming
           them
           sent
           of
           God
           for
           our
           good
           .
        
         
           
           Humility
           is
           exercised
           in
           affliction
           ,
           by
           abasing
           our selues
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           acknowledging
           that
           they
           are
           but
           as
           flea-bitings
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           torments
           of
           hell
           ,
           which
           by
           our
           lewd
           liues
           for
           euermore
           we
           haue
           deserued
           .
        
         
           
           Fiftly
           :
           the
           Lord
           suffereth
           vs
           to
           be
           afflicted
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           his
           power
           ,
           and
           the
           in●initenes
           of
           his
           mercy
           might
           be
           shewne
           in
           the
           deliuery
           of
           vs.
           
        
         
           We
           reade
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Apostles
           hauing
           asked
           our
           Sauiour
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           man
           was
           borne
           blind
           :
           he
           answereth
           them
           ,
           
             Not
             for
             his
             fathers
             ,
             nor
             for
             his
             owne
             sinne
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             that
             the
             workes
             of
             God
             should
             be
             shewne
             on
             him
             :
          
           From
           which
           we
           may
           truly
           gather
           thus
           much
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           the
           man
           was
           borne
           blind
           ,
           especially
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           that
           our
           Sauiour
           might
           haue
           occasion
           to
           shew
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           his
           power
           in
           curing
           him
           .
        
         
           Againe
           in
           the
           same
           gospel
           ,
           we
           reade
           that
           Lazarus
           died
           ,
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           
           that
           God
           might
           be
           glorified
           in
           raising
           him
           from
           death
           .
           The
           wonderfull
           power
           of
           the
           Lord
           was
           shewne
           in
           the
           deliuery
           of
           the
           thrée
           children
           from
           fire
           :
           of
           Ionas
           from
           drowning
           ,
           by
           the
           Whale
           :
           of
           Susanna
           from
           death
           ,
           by
           Daniel
           :
           of
           Daniel
           from
           the
           Lyons
           ,
           by
           his
           owne
           immediate
           power
           :
           of
           Eliah
           from
           staruing
           ,
           by
           the
           rauens
           :
           and
           of
           our
           most
           gratious
           souereigne
           Lord
           King
           Iames
           from
           the
           sword
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           powder-treason
           in
           England
           ,
           by
           his
           extraordinary
           fauour
           and
           wonderfull
           loue
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           to
           this
           his
           
           gratious
           seruant
           :
           which
           the
           Lord
           in
           mercy
           vouchsafe
           vnto
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           royall
           progeny
           for
           euermore
           .
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Lord
           bringeth
           men
           into
           déepe
           afflictions
           ,
           that
           his
           power
           might
           be
           shewne
           in
           bringing
           them
           out
           againe
           :
           
           
             Dominus
             deducit
             ad
             inferos
             ,
             &
             reducit
             :
             i.
          
           The
           Lord
           bringeth
           to
           hell
           and
           bringeth
           backe
           againe
           :
           to
           great
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           them
           againe
           :
           
             Vna
             eademque
             manus
             ,
             vulnus
             ,
             opemque
             tulit
          
           :
           
           The
           same
           hand
           that
           woundeth
           ,
           the
           same
           hand
           cureth
           :
           
             Vulnerat
             ,
             &
             medetur
          
           ,
           
           
             percutit
             ,
             &
             sanum
             reddit
             :
             i.
          
           He
           maketh
           the
           wound
           and
           bindeth
           it
           vp
           :
           he
           smiteth
           &
           his
           hand
           maketh
           whole
           .
           So
           that
           howsoeuer
           many
           are
           the
           troubles
           of
           the
           righteous
           ,
           in
           their
           iourney
           to
           heauen
           ,
           yet
           the
           Lord
           powerfully
           in
           his
           good
           time
           deliuereth
           them
           out
           of
           all
           ,
           if
           he
           séeth
           it
           best
           for
           their
           good
           :
           otherwise
           suffering
           for
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           they
           shall
           change
           this
           life
           for
           a
           better
           .
        
         
           Thus
           haue
           I
           somwhat
           largely
           spoken
           of
           afflictions
           ,
           both
           in
           regard
           of
           
           their
           necessity
           ,
           as
           they
           cannot
           be
           shifted
           of
           any
           that
           runne
           in
           the
           way
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           conueniency
           ,
           being
           more
           helpe
           then
           hinderance
           in
           this
           spirituall
           iourney
           :
           that
           so
           we
           may
           make
           good
           vse
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           please
           the
           Lord
           to
           send
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           shall
           suffice
           ,
           for
           this
           third
           point
           :
           namely
           ,
           for
           perseuerance
           in
           this
           course
           of
           godlinesse
           :
           beséeching
           the
           Lord
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           ,
           to
           giue
           vs
           grace
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           shrinke
           backe
           for
           feare
           of
           afflictions
           ,
           but
           wade
           through
           with
           patience
           ,
           holding
           out
           in
           this
           race
           to
           the
           end
           of
           our
           race
           .
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             that
             ye
             may
             obtaine
             .
          
        
         
           The
           third
           thing
           in
           order
           to
           be
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           
             praemium
             promissum
             :
             i.
          
           the
           promised
           reward
           :
           but
           before
           I
           enter
           into
           the
           handling
           thereof
           ,
           one
           thing
           necessarily
           must
           be
           obserued
           ,
           and
           that
           worthy
           of
           annotation
           .
        
         
           The
           Apostle
           saith
           not
           here
           :
           
             Seeme
             so
             to
             runne
             that
             ye
             may
             obteine
             :
          
           or
           make
           an
           outward
           shew
           of
           running
           :
           
           but.
           
             So
             runne
             that
             ye
             may
             obteine
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           spéech
           he
           excludeth
           all
           hypocrisie
           ,
           and
           banisheth
           all
           counterfeit
           godlinesse
           from
           this
           Christian
           race
           .
           For
           in
           this
           visible
           Church
           there
           are
           many
           that
           outwardly
           professe
           Christ
           ,
           but
           inwardly
           serue
           Belial
           :
           Christians
           in
           name
           ,
           but
           reprobates
           in
           déede
           :
           Saints
           in
           shew
           ,
           but
           diuels
           in
           conuersation
           .
           Many
           hypocrites
           there
           are
           ,
           like
           painted
           sepulchres
           :
           dissembling
           pharisées
           :
           faire
           without
           ,
           but
           foule
           within
           :
           lambes
           in
           apparition
           ,
           but
           wolues
           in
           condition
           :
           
             Ones
             habitu
          
           (
           as
           saith
           S.
           Bernard
           )
           
             vulpe●
             actu
          
           ,
           
           
             &
             crudeli●ate
             lupi
             :
             i.
          
           Shéepe
           in
           shew
           ,
           foxes
           in
           déed
           ,
           
           and
           wolues
           in
           cruelty
           .
           
             Mente
             sub
             agnina
             latitat
             mens
             saepè
             lupina
             :
             i
          
           They
           haue
           lambes
           skins
           ,
           but
           wolues
           harts
           .
           Yea
           howsoeuer
           they
           séeme
           to
           be
           members
           of
           Christs
           body
           ,
           courteous
           and
           kind
           to
           the
           stocke
           of
           Iesus
           ,
           zealous
           louers
           and
           earnest
           embracers
           of
           the
           sincere
           milke
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           running
           in
           the
           path
           of
           true
           godlinesse
           :
           yet
           neuerthelesse
           they
           are
           
             a
             generation
             of
             vipers
          
           ,
           
           of
           whom
           the
           Euangelist
           speaketh
           ,
           
           ready
           to
           sucke
           out
           the
           very
           heart-blood
           of
           the
           saints
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           rend
           them
           in
           péeces
           like
           rauening
           wolues
           :
           they
           haue
           
             mel
             in
             ore
             ,
             fel
             in
             corde
             :
             i.
          
           Hony
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           but
           gall
           in
           their
           hearts
           :
           sugred
           words
           to
           intrap
           ,
           but
           poysoned
           hearts
           to
           torment
           :
           carying
           themselues
           like
           Iudas
           who
           saluted
           his
           maister
           with
           a
           kisse
           ,
           hauing
           the
           poyson
           of
           Aspes
           lying
           vnder
           his
           lips
           :
           For
           
             Quando
             bonum
             ore
             faris
          
           ,
           
           
             mala
             corde
             tamen
             meditaris
             ,
             oscula
             quae
             Domino
             Iudas
             dedit
             ,
             haec
             mihi
             tu
             das
             :
             i.
          
           When
           men
           speake
           well
           ,
           and
           thinke
           ill
           ,
           their
           kindnesse
           is
           treason
           ,
           as
           was
           the
           kisse
           of
           Iudas
           .
           And
           of
           all
           other
           enmities
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           greatest
           ,
           as
           saith
           
             Cassiodorus
             :
             
               Grauissimum
               inimicitiae
               est
               genus
               ,
               corde
               aduersarios
            
          
           ,
           
           
             &
             linguae
             simulare
             deuotos
             :
             i.
          
           This
           is
           a
           most
           grieuous
           kind
           of
           enmity
           ,
           when
           men
           pretend
           much
           loue
           in
           tongue
           ,
           and
           beare
           much
           more
           malice
           in
           heart
           .
        
         
           These
           cursed
           hypocrites
           ,
           these
           dissembling
           helhounds
           ,
           and
           these
           venemous
           vipers
           ,
           are
           the
           very
           pictures
           of
           the
           diuell
           ,
           and
           liuely
           representations
           
           of
           the
           old
           serpent
           :
           for
           as
           the
           diuell
           ,
           lyeth
           ,
           coggeth
           ,
           counterfeiteth
           and
           dissembleth
           ,
           so
           do
           these
           .
        
         
           The
           subtil
           serpent
           pretended
           great
           kindnesse
           to
           our
           first
           parents
           ,
           counselling
           them
           to
           eate
           of
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           might
           sée
           and
           be
           as
           gods
           ,
           but
           he
           intended
           their
           euerlasting
           destruction
           :
           so
           these
           crafty
           foxes
           séeme
           to
           be
           charitable
           Christians
           ,
           and
           to
           giue
           good
           counsell
           wheresoeuer
           they
           become
           :
           but
           
             yet
             they
             denoure
             widows
             houses
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             that
             vnder
             colour
             of
             long
             prayers
             .
          
        
         
           The
           subtill
           serpent
           séemeth
           to
           be
           an
           Angell
           of
           light
           :
           but
           yet
           he
           is
           a
           diuell
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           fettered
           with
           
             the
             chaines
             of
             euerlasting
             darknesse
          
           .
           
           So
           these
           apes
           of
           the
           diuell
           ,
           do
           beare
           an
           outward
           shew
           of
           holinesse
           and
           purity
           :
           yet
           they
           are
           
             wels
             without
             water
             ,
             and
             cloudes
             caried
             about
             with
             euery
             tempest
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             whom
             the
             blacke
             darknes
             is
             reserued
             for
             euer
             .
          
        
         
           These
           hypocriticall
           mocke-gods
           may
           fitly
           be
           compared
           to
           Idols
           :
           
           for
           as
           an
           Idoll
           hath
           an
           outward
           shape
           of
           
           a
           liuing
           man
           ,
           but
           yet
           hath
           no
           life
           at
           all
           within
           it
           :
           so
           hypocrites
           séeme
           to
           liue
           by
           the
           life
           of
           grace
           :
           yet
           are
           they
           dead
           in
           sinne
           ,
           and
           rotted
           in
           corruption
           .
           They
           are
           new
           
             vpstart
             Gyants
          
           hauing
           two
           faces
           vnder
           one
           hood
           :
           
           
             they
             come
             neere
             vnto
             God
             with
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             &
             honor
             the
             Lord
             with
             their
             lips
             ,
             but
             their
             hearts
             are
             farre
             remoued
             from
             him
             .
             
               Deum
               laudant
               in
               tympano
               ,
               sed
               non
               in
               choro
            
             :
             i.
          
           They
           praise
           the
           Lord
           in
           the
           Tabor
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           the
           dance
           :
           they
           serue
           God
           in
           shew
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           truth
           :
           they
           beare
           (
           with
           the
           figge
           trée
           )
           great
           store
           of
           leaues
           ,
           but
           no
           fruite
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           But
           alas
           ,
           alas
           ,
           these
           hypocrites
           (
           that
           thus
           deceiue
           themselues
           ,
           hauing
           their
           reward
           on
           earth
           ,
           which
           they
           through
           vaineglory
           gréedily
           looke
           for
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           men
           )
           shall
           neuer
           obtaine
           a
           crowne
           of
           righteousnesse
           being
           altogether
           vnrighteous
           ,
           but
           they
           shall
           
             haue
             their
             portion
             with
             hypocrites
          
           ,
           
           
             where
             shall
             be
             weeping
             ,
             wailing
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             .
          
           For
           the
           Lord
           abhorreth
           all
           hollow
           hearts
           and
           double
           
           tongues
           ,
           all
           outward
           oblations
           and
           burnt
           sacrifices
           ,
           all
           outward
           shew
           and
           hypocriticall
           worship
           :
           he
           is
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           spue
           all
           such
           out
           of
           his
           mouth
           ,
           as
           worship
           him
           not
           in
           spirit
           and
           truth
           .
           
             Simulata
             sanctitas
             ,
             duplex
             iniquitas
             :
             i.
          
           Counterfeit
           godlinesse
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           holinesse
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           double
           vngodlinesse
           .
           I
           say
           therefore
           vnto
           thée
           with
           S.
           Chrysostome
           :
           
           
             Aut
             esto
             quod
             appares
             ,
             aut
             appare
             quodes
             :
             i.
          
           Either
           be
           as
           thou
           séemest
           ,
           or
           séeme
           as
           thou
           art
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           séeming
           but
           being
           that
           shal
           go
           for
           pay
           :
           
             Non
             auditores
             ,
             sed
             factores
             legis
             iustificabuntur
             :
             i.
          
           Not
           the
           hearers
           ,
           but
           the
           doers
           of
           the
           Law
           shall
           be
           iustified
           :
           
             Nec
             candem
             profitentes
             ,
             sed
             eidem
             obedientes
             glorificabuntur
             :
             i.
          
           Not
           professors
           but
           performers
           shall
           be
           glorified
           .
        
         
           Woe
           therefore
           to
           all
           hypocriticall
           mock-gods
           ,
           that
           runne
           not
           in
           the
           race
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           they
           boast
           themselues
           by
           profession
           :
           they
           shall
           roare
           at
           the
           gates
           of
           heauen
           ,
           and
           say
           :
           
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             haue
             we
             not
             by
             thy
             name
             prophecied
             ?
             
             and
             by
             thy
             name
             cast
             out
             diuels
             ?
             and
             by
             thy
             name
             done
             many
             great
             workes
             ?
             haue
             we
             not
             professed
             thy
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             borne
             the
             name
             of
             thine
             ?
          
           But
           because
           they
           did
           not
           the
           will
           of
           our
           heauenly
           father
           ,
           
           our
           Sauiour
           shall
           send
           them
           packing
           to
           hell
           with
           a
           
             Nescio
             vos
          
           :
           professing
           on
           this
           manner
           vnto
           them
           .
           
             I
             neuer
             knew
             you
             ,
             depart
             from
             me
             yee
             workers
             of
             iniquity
             .
             O
             ye
             viperous
             serpents
             ,
          
           
           
             ô
             yee
             generation
             of
             vipers
             ,
             how
             shall
             ye
             escape
             the
             damnation
             of
             hell
             ?
          
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           beware
           of
           the
           leauen
           of
           the
           Pharisées
           ,
           which
           is
           hypocrisie
           .
           
           
             Beware
             of
             false
             Prophets
             ,
             which
             come
             vnto
             you
             in
             sheepes
             cloathing
             ,
             but
             inwardly
             are
             rauening
             wolues
             :
             ye
             shall
             know
             them
             by
             their
             fruits
             :
             do
             men
             gather
             grapes
             of
             thornes
             ,
             of
             figs
             of
             thistles
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Walke
             wisely
             towards
             them
             that
             are
             without
             ,
             redeeming
             the
             time
             ,
          
           
           
             for
             the
             dayes
             are
             very
             euill
             .
          
        
         
           That
           you
           may
           therefore
           preuent
           the
           damned
           traditions
           of
           this
           diuellish
           brood
           ,
           I
           say
           vnto
           you
           as
           our
           Sauiour
           
           sayd
           vnto
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           his
           passion
           :
           
           
             Behold
             I
             haue
             told
             you
             before
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           (
           auoiding
           all
           counterfeit
           and
           hypocriticall
           profession
           )
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           seruing
           the
           Lord
           with
           all
           his
           heart
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           soule
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           strength
           ,
           in
           holinesse
           and
           righteousnesse
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           his
           life
           .
        
         
           
           God
           calleth
           for
           our
           hearts
           :
           
             My
             son
             giue
             me
             thy
             heart
             :
          
           The
           Lord
           (
           as
           saith
           S.
           
             Augustine
             )
             
               Quia
               totum
               fecit
               ,
               totum
               exigit
            
             :
             i.
          
           Because
           he
           made
           all
           ,
           he
           will
           haue
           all
           :
           not
           a
           péece
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           nor
           a
           roome
           in
           thy
           heart
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           hart
           :
           for
           the
           Lord
           is
           a
           iealous
           God
           :
           and
           as
           a
           iealous
           husband
           cannot
           endure
           that
           his
           wife
           should
           giue
           her
           heart
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           thereof
           ,
           to
           any
           other
           man
           :
           so
           the
           Lord
           cannot
           abide
           that
           we
           should
           giue
           any
           part
           of
           our
           hart
           from
           him
           :
           He
           calleth
           not
           for
           a
           stony
           heart
           ,
           nor
           for
           a
           double
           heart
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           fleshly
           heart
           ,
           a
           hart
           purged
           by
           faith
           in
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           bathed
           in
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           Lambe
           ,
           and
           throughly
           clensed
           by
           the
           fire
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           
           not
           an
           old
           heart
           ,
           neither
           a
           corrupted
           heart
           ,
           but
           a
           new
           hart
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           spirit
           :
           for
           which
           the
           Prophet
           Dauid
           begged
           :
           
             create
             in
             me
             a
             new
             hart
             ,
             ô
             god
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             renew
             a
             right
             spirit
             within
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Let
             vs
             therefore
             (
             I
             beseech
             you
             brethren
             ,
             by
             the
             mercies
             of
             God
             )
             giue
             vp
             our
             bodies
             ,
             a
             liuing
             sacrifice
             ,
             holy
             &
             acceptable
             vnto
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             our
             reasonable
             seruing
             of
             God
             :
          
           
           
             and
             let
             vs
             not
             fashion
             our selues
             like
             to
             this
             world
             :
             but
             let
             vs
             be
             changed
             by
             the
             renewing
             of
             our
             minde
             :
          
           In
           stead
           of
           dead
           beasts
           ,
           let
           vs
           giue
           vp
           our
           bodies
           ,
           which
           are
           liuely
           sacrifices
           :
           and
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           bloud
           of
           beasts
           ,
           which
           was
           but
           a
           shadow
           ,
           and
           pleased
           not
           God
           of
           it selfe
           ,
           let
           vs
           giue
           vp
           the
           acceptable
           sacrifice
           of
           the
           spirituall
           man
           ,
           framed
           by
           faith
           to
           godlinesse
           of
           life
           :
           
             Let
             vs
             sanctifie
             the
             Lord
             God
             in
             our
             harts
             .
          
           
           who
           daily
           calleth
           for
           our
           harts
           :
           let
           vs
           say
           with
           Dauid
           :
           
           
             My
             soule
             praise
             thou
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             is
             within
             me
             praise
             his
             holy
             name
             :
             Let
             vs
             praise
             him
             in
             his
             sanctuary
             and
             in
             the
             firmament
             of
             his
             power
             :
             let
             vs
             praise
             him
             in
             his
             
             mighty
             acts
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             his
             excellent
             greatnesse
             :
             let
             vs
             praise
             him
             in
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             trumpet
             ,
             vpon
             the
             viole
             and
             harpe
             :
             yea
             let
             euery
             thing
             that
             hath
             breath
             praise
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           And
           that
           not
           onely
           in
           word
           and
           in
           tongue
           ,
           but
           in
           déede
           and
           in
           truth
           :
           not
           in
           outward
           shew
           and
           profession
           only
           ,
           but
           in
           our
           pure
           liues
           and
           holy
           conuersations
           :
           that
           so
           running
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlines
           to
           the
           ende
           of
           our
           liues
           ,
           wée
           may
           bée
           blessed
           for
           euer
           :
           and
           glorifying
           the
           Lord
           God
           by
           our
           holy
           conuersations
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           eternally
           glorified
           of
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           
           
             So
             runne
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             obtaine
             .
          
        
         
           
           The
           last
           thing
           to
           be
           obserued
           in
           this
           heauenly
           race
           ,
           is
           
             praemium
             promissum
          
           :
           The
           promised
           reward
           ,
           to
           all
           those
           that
           runne
           lawfully
           .
           So
           great
           a
           reward
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           should
           stirre
           vp
           euery
           Christian
           to
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           king
           of
           his
           princely
           bounty
           ,
           would
           offer
           a
           100000.
           pounds
           to
           him
           that
           should
           first
           come
           at
           a
           miles
           end
           :
           
           would
           not
           thousands
           hazard
           their
           liues
           ,
           and
           aduenture
           a
           surfeit
           willingly
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           obtaine
           the
           same
           ?
           But
           the
           Lord
           hath
           offered
           vs
           a
           kingdome
           :
           
           yea
           
             it
             is
             the
             pleasure
             of
             our
             heauenly
             father
             to
             giue
             vs
             a
             kingdome
             an
             habitation
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             :
             nor
             purchased
             with
             gold
             and
             siluer
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             immaculate
             Lambe
             :
          
           And
           shall
           not
           we
           labour
           and
           streine
           our selues
           with
           might
           and
           maine
           ,
           to
           runne
           the
           race
           that
           is
           appointed
           for
           vs
           ?
           How
           will
           men
           toyle
           and
           moyle
           for
           a
           little
           worldly
           trash
           ?
           how
           will
           men
           vse
           all
           their
           wits
           ,
           and
           bend
           all
           their
           studies
           to
           be
           worldly
           rich
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           these
           are
           as
           doung
           in
           respect
           of
           this
           reward
           :
           shal
           we
           not
           therfore
           much
           more
           labour
           for
           the
           meate
           y
           t
           shall
           neuer
           perish
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           glorious
           reward
           y
           t
           shall
           neuer
           be
           taken
           frō
           vs
           ?
        
         
           The
           greatnesse
           of
           this
           reward
           is
           painted
           out
           vnto
           vs
           in
           the
           holy
           scriptures
           ,
           by
           the
           diuersity
           ,
           and
           greatnes
           of
           the
           names
           thereof
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Regnum
             caelorum
             :
             i.
          
           The
           kingdome
           of
           heauen
           :
           because
           the
           saints
           of
           God
           ,
           do
           
           there
           inioy
           great
           liberty
           ,
           dignity
           ,
           honour
           ,
           power
           ,
           pleasure
           ,
           glory
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           things
           whatsoeuer
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Regnum
             Dei
             &
             Christi
          
           :
           
           i.
           The
           kingdome
           of
           God
           and
           of
           Christ
           :
           because
           that
           Iesus
           Christ
           (
           hauing
           ouercome
           death
           ,
           hell
           and
           damnation
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           enemies
           that
           did
           oppose
           vs
           in
           the
           way
           to
           heauen
           )
           doth
           there
           rule
           and
           gouerne
           his
           Church
           triumphant
           with
           heauenly
           peace
           ,
           and
           euerlasting
           tranquillity
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Paradisus
           :
           
           1.
           
           Paradise
           :
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           abundant
           plenty
           of
           all
           good
           and
           pleasant
           things
           ,
           which
           the
           saints
           can
           either
           wish
           or
           possibly
           desire
           .
        
         
           
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Caelum
             tertium
          
           :
           y
           e
           third
           heauen
           :
           which
           is
           called
           
             Caelum
             Empyraeum
             ,
             i.
             igneum
          
           :
           not
           in
           respect
           of
           fire
           ,
           but
           in
           respect
           of
           y
           e
           glorious
           light
           y
           e
           shineth
           therein
           :
           for
           it
           is
           
             Situ
             altissimum
             ,
             quantitate
             maximum
             ,
             naturâ
             purissimum
             ,
             luce
             plenissimum
             ,
             capacitate
             amplissimum
             :
             i.
          
           High
           in
           scituation
           ,
           great
           in
           quantity
           ,
           pure
           in
           nature
           ,
           ful
           of
           light
           ,
           &
           excéeding
           large
           ,
           able
           to
           receiue
           
           ten
           thousand
           times
           more
           persōs
           ,
           then
           there
           are
           drops
           of
           water
           in
           the
           sea
           ,
           or
           sands
           lying
           by
           he
           shore
           .
        
         
           
           Fiftly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Sancta
             ciuitas
          
           :
           an
           holy
           city
           ,
           
           built
           with
           most
           pretious
           pearles
           :
           because
           the
           company
           that
           dwell
           therein
           ,
           are
           holy
           and
           pure
           ,
           shining
           in
           holinesse
           and
           glistring
           in
           purity
           ,
           as
           the
           portals
           of
           the
           burnish
           Sunne
           .
        
         
           
           Sixtly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Summa
             beatitudo
          
           :
           inestimable
           blessednesse
           :
           because
           the
           saints
           inioy
           the
           full
           presence
           of
           the
           blessed
           trinity
           ,
           wherein
           true
           blisse
           consisteth
           .
        
         
           
           Seuenthly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Vita
             aeterna
          
           :
           life
           euerlasting
           :
           because
           there
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           death
           ,
           nor
           lamentation
           ,
           no
           more
           crying
           nor
           sorrow
           ,
           but
           the
           saints
           shall
           enioy
           these
           blessed
           ioyes
           so
           long
           ,
           as
           God
           shall
           be
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           for
           euerlasting
           .
           This
           is
           the
           reward
           promised
           to
           all
           those
           that
           will
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlines
           ,
           holding
           out
           to
           the
           end
           .
           A
           large
           reward
           ,
           &
           no
           man
           knoweth
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           inioyeth
           it
           .
           
             Adeò
             magna
             est
             ,
             quòd
             nequit
             numerari
             ,
             adio
             pretiosa
             ,
             quòd
             nequit
             comparari
             ,
             
             adeò
             diutina
             ,
             quòd
             nequit
             terminari
             :
             i.
          
           So
           great
           is
           their
           reward
           ,
           as
           it
           cannot
           be
           numbred
           :
           so
           pretious
           ,
           as
           it
           cannot
           be
           valued
           :
           so
           lasting
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           euerlasting
           :
           it
           is
           great
           without
           quantity
           ,
           swéet
           without
           quality
           ,
           infinit
           without
           number
           ,
           euerlasting
           without
           end
           .
        
         
           
           So
           great
           is
           this
           reward
           ,
           as
           
             neither
             eye
             hath
             seene
             ,
             nor
             eare
             hath
             heard
             of
             the
             like
             ,
             neither
             can
             it
             be
             expressed
             of
             the
             heart
             of
             man.
             
               Quod
               praeparauit
            
          
           (
           saith
           
             S.
             Augustine
             )
             
               diligentibus
               se
               Deus
            
          
           ,
           
           
             fide
             non
             capitur
             ,
             spe
             non
             attingitur
             ,
             charitate
             non
             comprehenditur
             ,
             desideria
             &
             vot
             a
             transgreditur
             ,
             adquiri
             potest
             ,
             aestimari
             non
             potest
             :
             i.
          
           That
           which
           y
           e
           Lord
           hath
           prepared
           for
           those
           that
           loue
           and
           feare
           his
           name
           ,
           is
           not
           fully
           attained
           to
           by
           faith
           ,
           neither
           fully
           retained
           by
           hope
           ,
           neither
           fully
           conteined
           by
           charity
           :
           it
           far
           surpasseth
           the
           desires
           of
           men
           and
           angels
           :
           it
           may
           in
           some
           measure
           be
           obtained
           ,
           but
           valued
           it
           can
           neuer
           be
           .
           Deus
           (
           saith
           S.
           
             Bernard
             )
             
               Est
               mel
               in
               ore
               melos
               in
               aure
               ,
               &
               inbilus
               in
               corde
            
          
           :
           
           i.
           God
           is
           hony
           in
           the
           mouth
           ,
           melody
           in
           the
           eare
           ,
           and
           ioy
           in
           the
           heart
           .
           
             Ibi
             nihil
             intus
             quod
             fastidiatur
             ,
             nihil
             foris
             quod
             appetatur
             :
             ibi
             rex
             
             veritas
             ,
             lex
             charitas
             ,
             poss●ssia
             aeternitas
             :
             i.
          
           In
           heauen
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           may
           séeme
           fulsome
           or
           loathsome
           ,
           out
           of
           heauen
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           may
           be
           wished
           or
           desired
           (
           for
           then
           were
           there
           no
           perfection
           in
           heauen
           ,
           for
           
             Perfectum
             est
             ,
             cui
             nihil
             addi
             potest
             :
             i.
          
           There
           is
           perfection
           ,
           where
           can
           be
           no
           addition
           :
           )
           there
           the
           king
           is
           verity
           ,
           the
           law
           charity
           ,
           and
           possession
           eternity
           .
        
         
           S.
           Augustine
           speaking
           of
           the
           ioyes
           of
           heauen
           ,
           saith
           thus
           :
           
           
             Ibi
             laetitia
             sine
             tristitia
             ,
             locus
             sine
             dolore
             ,
             vita
             sine
             labore
             ,
             lux
             sine
             tenebris
             :
             ibi
             iuuentus
             semper
             vigescit
             ,
             &
             nunquā
             senescit
             :
             ibi
             dolor
             nunquā
             sentitur
             ,
             nec
             gemitus
             vnquam
             auditur
             :
             ibi
             tristitia
             nunquā
             videtur
             ,
             sed
             aeternum
             gaudium
             possidetur
             :
             i.
          
           There
           is
           mirth
           w
           
           tout
           inone
           ,
           place
           without
           paine
           ,
           life
           w
           
           tout
           labour
           ,
           light
           without
           darknesse
           :
           there
           youth
           alwayes
           flourisheth
           ,
           and
           neuer
           decayeth
           :
           there
           is
           no
           torment
           felt
           ,
           no
           howling
           heard
           ,
           no
           sorrow
           séene
           ,
           but
           possession
           of
           euerlasting
           ioyes
           .
        
         
           
             Ibi
             est
             summa
             ,
             &
             certa
             tranquillitas
             ,
             tranquilla
             faeticitas
             ,
             faelix
             aeternitas
             ,
          
           
           
             aeterna
             beatitudo
             ,
             &
             beata
             Trinitas
             :
             i.
          
           There
           is
           great
           tranquillity
           ,
           tranquill
           felicity
           ,
           
           happy
           eternity
           ,
           euerlasting
           blessednes
           and
           the
           blessed
           trinity
           .
           
             O
             gaudium
             ,
             super
             gaudium
          
           ,
           
           
             vincens
             omne
             gaudium
             ,
             extra
             quod
             non
             est
             gaudium
             ,
             quando
             intrabo
             in
             te
             ,
             vt
             Deum
             meum
             videam
             ,
             qui
             habitat
             in
             te
             ?
             i
          
           O
           ioy
           aboue
           all
           ioyes
           ,
           far
           surpassing
           all
           ioyes
           ,
           without
           which
           there
           is
           no
           ioy
           ,
           when
           shall
           I
           enter
           into
           thée
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           sée
           my
           God
           that
           dwelleth
           in
           thée
           ?
        
         
           This
           holy
           man
           Augustine
           ,
           considering
           the
           greatnes
           of
           the
           ioyes
           of
           heauen
           ,
           
           saith
           on
           this
           maner
           :
           
             faciliùs
             expont
             petest
             quid
             non
             sit
             in
             coelo
             ,
             quàm
             quid
             fit
             in
             coelo
             :
             i.
          
           A
           man
           may
           sooner
           tel
           what
           is
           not
           in
           heauen
           ,
           then
           what
           is
           in
           heauen
           ,
           for
           the
           ioyes
           which
           are
           there
           are
           innumerable
           .
        
         
           Euen
           as
           a
           learned
           Geometrician
           ,
           finding
           Hercules
           his
           footes
           length
           vpō
           the
           high
           hill
           Olympus
           ,
           drew
           out
           his
           whole
           picture
           by
           the
           proportion
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           though
           farre
           vnequall
           to
           it
           :
           so
           we
           may
           gesse
           at
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           the
           ioyes
           of
           heauen
           ,
           though
           farre
           vnequal
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           Quéene
           of
           Sheba
           ,
           hauing
           heard
           the
           wisdome
           of
           Salomon
           ,
           which
           
           before
           she
           beléeued
           not
           ,
           sayd
           to
           
             Salomon
             ,
             Loe
             the
             one
             halfe
             was
             not
             told
             me
             :
          
           So
           the
           saints
           of
           God
           ,
           inioying
           y
           e
           vnspeakeable
           ioyes
           of
           heauē
           ,
           may
           say
           :
           
             It
             is
             true
             which
             we
             haue
             heard
             concerning
             the
             ioyes
             of
             heauē
             ,
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             preching
             ministers
             ,
             but
             lo
             the
             thousand
             part
             of
             thē
             was
             not
             told
             vnto
             vs.
             
          
        
         
           The
           greatnesse
           of
           these
           ioyes
           ,
           do
           appeare
           in
           y
           e
           entertainment
           of
           the
           faithful
           seruant
           into
           ioyes
           by
           our
           Lord
           Iesus
           :
           saying
           :
           
             Enter
             into
             thy
             masters
             ioy
          
           :
           Our
           Sauiour
           saith
           not
           ,
           
             Let
             thy
             maisters
             ioy
             enter
             into
             thee
             :
          
           but
           
             Enter
             thou
             into
             it
          
           :
           shewing
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           ioyes
           of
           heauen
           are
           so
           many
           ,
           as
           the
           thousand
           part
           of
           them
           cannot
           be
           contained
           in
           the
           soule
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           Thus
           at
           large
           haue
           I
           spoken
           of
           this
           reward
           the
           more
           to
           allure
           al
           men
           to
           run
           in
           y
           e
           race
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           is
           y
           e
           highway
           to
           this
           glorious
           reward
           .
        
         
           Foure
           things
           there
           are
           ,
           that
           being
           well
           considered
           ,
           are
           excellent
           motiues
           to
           cause
           men
           to
           leaue
           the
           broad
           way
           of
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           to
           betake
           themselues
           to
           run
           in
           this
           race
           Celestiall
           :
           
             The
             day
             of
             death
             :
             The
             day
             of
             doome
             :
             The
             ioyes
             
             of
             heauen
             ,
             and
             the
             torments
             of
             hell
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           euery
           Christian
           therefore
           (
           as
           he
           tendreth
           his
           euerlasting
           saluation
           )
           cast
           his
           eyes
           vpon
           this
           reward
           ,
           and
           runne
           in
           the
           race
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           life
           shall
           last
           ,
           that
           whensoeuer
           it
           shall
           please
           the
           Lord
           to
           call
           him
           out
           of
           this
           vale
           of
           teares
           ,
           he
           may
           (
           hauing
           his
           name
           written
           in
           the
           booke
           of
           life
           )
           be
           welcomed
           into
           his
           masters
           ioy
           with
           this
           blessed
           haruest
           song
           ,
           
             Come
             thou
             blessed
             of
             my
             father
             ,
             inherite
             the
             kingdome
             prepared
             for
             thee
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             :
          
           To
           the
           which
           thrice
           blessed
           kingdome
           ▪
           he
           bring
           vs
           that
           hath
           so
           déerely
           bought
           vs
           ,
           euen
           Iesus
           Christ
           the
           righteous
           ,
           who
           hath
           taken
           away
           the
           sins
           of
           the
           world
           :
           To
           whom
           with
           God
           y
           e
           Father
           ,
           &
           God
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           thrée
           per●●●s
           ,
           but
           one
           eternall
           and
           euerliuing
           God
           ,
           wée
           ascribe
           both
           now
           and
           euer
           (
           as
           is
           most
           due
           )
           all
           power
           ,
           glory
           ,
           dominion
           and
           thankesgiuing
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A72210-e280
           
             Boetius
             .
          
           
             August
             .
             in
             libro
             confess
             .
          
           
             Bernard
             .
          
           
             Leo.
             
          
           
             Math.
             10.22
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             7.7
             .
             Psal
             .
             109.23
             .
             Iam.
             4.24
             .
             1.
             
             Pet.
             1.24
             Esay
             40.6
             
          
           
             Augustine
             
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Ouid.
             
          
           
             Iob
             9.25
             .
          
           
             Iob
             7.6
             .
          
           
             Iob
             9.26
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             90.9
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             90.10
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             6.2
             
          
           
             Ier.
             8.7
             .
          
           
             Prou.
             6.8
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             12.7.8
             
          
           
             Esay
             1.3
             .
          
           
             Esay
             55.6
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             42.7
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Lactant.
             
          
           
             Ouid.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             2.16
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             4.
             
          
           
             Math.
             27.19
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.10.11.12
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.19.20.21
             .
          
           
             Lam.
             3.22
             
          
           
             Ier.
             7.8
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             21.14.15
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             7.23
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.21
             .
          
           
             Hâc
             viâ
             itur
             ad
             ●●peros
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             
             Math.
             11.30
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             5.
             ●
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             
          
           
             Pro.
             3.17
             .
             Psal
             .
             119.105
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.16
             Iam.
             1.21
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             3.15.16.17
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             7.13
             
          
           
             Rom.
             13.12.13.14
             .
          
           
             Math.
             10.16
             .
          
           
             Arist
             .
             de
             nat
             Animal
             .
             lib.
             8
             ,
             cap.
             17.
             
          
           
             Stellio
             .
          
           
             Lacertus
             .
             Serpens
             .
          
           
             Col.
             3.9
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             1.2
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             1.1
             .
          
           
             Apoc.
             14.13
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             13
             
          
           
             Seneca
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Thes
             .
             3.6
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             1.10.11.12
             &c.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             19
             .
             2●.24
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Bernard
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             Greg.
             
          
           
             Ioh
             9.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             16.28
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             16.28
             .
          
           
             Cant.
             2.8.9
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.6
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             10.
             
          
           
             Num.
             16.32
             .
          
           
             Greg.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             38.4
             .
          
           
             Esay
             58.6
             
          
           
             Math.
             27·46
             .
             Math.
             11.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.1
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Math.
             19.
             
          
           
             Math.
             19·
             
          
           
             Math.
             19.24
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Math.
             6.21
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             18.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             6.31
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             5.7
             .
             Math.
             4.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             King.
             19.20
             .
          
           
             Crates
             .
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             11.1
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             
          
           
             Math.
             15.
             
          
           
             Chrysost
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             26.11
             .
          
           
             Mantuan
             
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             2.21
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             2.20
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             12.45
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             4.10
             .
             Ioh.
             6.66
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             1.15
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             18.22
             
          
           
             Luk.
             9.62
             .
          
           
             Math.
             24.17.18
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             3.13
             .
          
           
             Cant.
             5.3
             .
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             34.26
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.12
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Thes
             .
             3.13
             .
             1.
             
             Cor.
             16.13
             .
             2.
             
             Chron.
             25.7
             .
          
           
             Apoc.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             Apocal.
             3.12
             .
          
           
             Hieron
             .
          
           
             Remigius
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             17.4
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             19.30
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             4.7.8
             .
          
           
             The
             resolution
             of
             Martyrs
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             3.1.23
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.35.38.39
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             13.15
             .
          
           
             Ignatius
             .
          
           
             Ierome
             .
          
           
             Apollonia
             
          
           
             Peter
             .
          
           
             Iames.
             
          
           
             Simeon
             .
          
           
             Cyprian
             .
          
           
             Polycarp
             .
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             Ierome
             .
          
           
             Ammonarion
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Hose
             .
             13.14
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             3.
             
             ●2
             .
             Act.
             14.22
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.6.7
             .
          
           
             Apoc.
             3.19
             
          
           
             1.
             
             King.
             7.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.5
             .
          
           
             Greg.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             24.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             15.20
             .
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.12
             
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Iouinian
             .
          
           
             Psa
             .
             3●
             .
          
           
             Act.
             27.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             5.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             5.9
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             14.1
             .
          
           
             Ephes
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.28
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.71
             .
          
           
             Greg.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Mack
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             Dan
             4.34
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             21.32
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.67
             .
             Pro.
             29.
             ●
             
          
           
             Deut.
             8.
             
          
           
             Isod
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             12.10
             .
          
           
             Ierem.
             1.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             15.
             
          
           
             Greg.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             26.16
             .
             Dan.
             13.42
             .
             Ionas
             .
             2.1
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             130.1.2
             .
          
           
             Luk
             15.19
             
          
           
             Mat
             14.30
             
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             1.
             
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             27.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             8.13
             .
          
           
             Faith.
             
          
           
             Hope
             .
          
           
             Loue.
             
          
           
             Obediēce
             .
          
           
             Patience
             
          
           
             Humility
             .
          
           
             Ioh.
             9.2.3
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             11.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             2.6
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             5.18
             .
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Bernard
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Math.
             3.7
             .
          
           
             Poet.
             
          
           
             Cassiod
             .
             in
             Psal
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             23.14
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             20.1
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             Holgot
             .
             in
             Sap.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             29.13
             .
          
           
             Math.
             24.54
             .
          
           
             Chrysost
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             7.22.23
             .
          
           
             Math.
             23.33
             .
          
           
             Math.
             7.16.17
             .
          
           
             Col.
             4.5
             .
          
           
             Math.
             24.25
             .
          
           
             Prou.
             23.26
             .
             August
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             51.10
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             12.1.2
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             3.23
             .
          
           
             Psa
             .
             103.1
             
          
           
             Text.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             12.
             
             Heb.
             13.14
             .
             1.
             
             Pet.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             5.21
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             23.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             12.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             21.10
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             2.
             
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             Bernard
             .
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             August
             .
          
           
             August
             .