Comoedia A worke in Ryme contayning an Enter-lude of Myndes, witnessing the Mans Fall from God and Christ. Set forth by HN, and by him newly porused and amended. Translated out of Base-almaynes into English [by Christopher Vitell?] |
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The XI. Chapter.
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The XI. Chapter.
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Understanding.Oh , Man! How liust thou thus, in Greefe and Misery?
That thou thinkest not on God, Who now is heere a declared/
He which hath Heauen and Earth, created and prepared.
Cogitacions.
Oh! ther was neuer anything, that mee so vext and feared,
As the Uoyce that I now heare, sounding in myne Eare.
Good-thinking.
Oh/alas alas! What is it, that troubles vs theare?
The hearing of such Woords, small Iove doth bring to mee.
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Tush, regarde it not, it is but Phantasee.
Wherfore let not your Hearts, therto inclyne or bow.
Lamentacion.
O Cogitacions, aryse I praye thee now/
And reade vs the Scripture, set-foorth in Letters cleere.
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Cogitacions.Oh! I praye thee, do thou, rehearse it to vs heere/
The whiles we be present, altogether assembled.
Understanding.
Harken-too then/let not your Hearts be combred.
God hath ; by the Scripture; commanded vs each-one/
To haue no strainge Gods, besydes Hym alone:
For Hee is God only, and Creator of all.
God hath ; by the Scripture; commanded vs each-one/
To haue no strainge Gods, besydes Hym alone:
For Hee is God only, and Creator of all.
Also, that no man, be he Great or Small/
Shall in any wyse, vse his Name in vayne.
They shall in their Hearts, furdermore retayne/
That they do sanctify, the Lords Gabboth daye.
Eueryone in like sort ; so much as he maye;
Shall dutifully honour, his Father and his Mother:
And not seeke iniuryously, to kill or hurt another.
Shall in any wyse, vse his Name in vayne.
They shall in their Hearts, furdermore retayne/
That they do sanctify, the Lords Gabboth daye.
Eueryone in like sort ; so much as he maye;
Shall dutifully honour, his Father and his Mother:
And not seeke iniuryously, to kill or hurt another.
Man and Wyfe also, shall keepe themselues warely/
That they in any case, do not commit Adultery.
Moreouer, in Theeuery, men shall in no wyse liue:
Nor yet against Anyone, false Testimony giue.
They shall liue reasonable, without any Abuce.
And shall likewyse couet, nomans Howse, to their Bee.
Nor his Wyfe/nor yet anything, that Another-man doth owe/
Now looke into yourselues, whether ye haue liued thus or noe.
That they in any case, do not commit Adultery.
Moreouer, in Theeuery, men shall in no wyse liue:
Nor yet against Anyone, false Testimony giue.
They shall liue reasonable, without any Abuce.
And shall likewyse couet, nomans Howse, to their Bee.
Nor his Wyfe/nor yet anything, that Another-man doth owe/
Now looke into yourselues, whether ye haue liued thus or noe.
Playne-and-iust.
Our Heart quaketh/we haue not knowen of this.
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Cogitacions.Oh! We haue consumed, our tyme farr a mys/
Also, cleane forgotten God, in his Power most conuenient/
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But thir wicked Fame or Credit, wil we now dispise.
Playne-and-iust.
Away thou Unregarding, with thy Counsayle, full of Lyes.
Cogitacions.
And thou likewyse Good-thinking, with thy wiked Fruits and Plants.
Unregarding.
Alact, alact: into what Coasts ; sith heere our Credit wants;
Shall we poore Seruitours, go now for to remayne?
Good thinking.
Wo be to vs, wo be to vs, for we shall suerly be slayne/
Now that the Man doth know, our Wyles & Suttle craftynes.
Lamentacion.
Och/Man! remember yet, thy Folly & wicked Naughtynes:
And reioyce the only in God, and in Him becom renewed.
For the tyme of Ignorance, God hath ouer-viewed.
And now commandeth all Men, with good Aduertisment/
That they ; for their Sinnes; shoulde vnfaynedly repent:
Because that He, a certaye Daye hath sett/
On which He wil urdge now without all Lett
The Circuit of the Earth, with Righteousnes and Equytee.
Playne-and-iust.
O Lorde God, remember now, our ignorant Simplicitee/
And extende towards vs, thy fauorable Grace.
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Cogitacions.Oh/that we haue liued thus ; in Euell; all this space:
Wheare shall we now becom, in this miserable Calamyte?
Understanding.
Turne your Hearts cleane about, in penitent Humilitee/
Yea, turne them now, to God the Lorde, perpetuall
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For the same shall rightly, reioyce you at the Hart.
Beleeue also the Trueth/and set it not apart:
To thend ye may becom, a New reformed Creature/
Through Iesus Christ, as Gods very Figure.
See that you haue thissame, alwayes before your Eyes.
Lamentacion.
Take you heede of all false Inticements, likewyse/
Which, a false Opinion, in you forth do bring.
Haue regarde vnto the worde, be not Weakned in that thing.
And ; in all your Knowledg; be likewyse humble and meeke.
Understanding.
Beholde/theare haue you the Lawe, and the Prophets [illeg.]eke/
Which do teach and direct you, to the Waye of Trueth aright:
The Gospell doth testify, to you the Cleernes bright,
Which God ; to such as Loue Him; hath promysed for to giue.
Thus behaue you vprightly, and in this good State now liue.
For we wil go-on our Iorney, as our Waye doth vs gyde
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