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The sinners guyde A vvorke contayning the whole regiment of a Christian life, deuided into two bookes: vvherein sinners are reclaimed from the by-path of vice and destruction, and brought vnto the high-way of euerlasting happinesse. Compiled in the Spanish tongue, by the learned and reuerend diuine, F. Lewes of Granada. Since translated into Latine, Italian, and French. And nowe perused, and digested into English, by Francis Meres, Maister of Artes, and student in diuinitie.

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The sinners guyde A vvorke contayning the whole regiment of a Christian life, deuided into two bookes: vvherein sinners are reclaimed from the by-path of vice and destruction, and brought vnto the high-way of euerlasting happinesse. Compiled in the Spanish tongue, by the learned and reuerend diuine, F. Lewes of Granada. Since translated into Latine, Italian, and French. And nowe perused, and digested into English, by Francis Meres, Maister of Artes, and student in diuinitie.
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Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.
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At London :: Printed by Iames Roberts, for Paule Linley, & Iohn Flasket, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the Beare,
Anno. Dom. 1598.
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"The sinners guyde A vvorke contayning the whole regiment of a Christian life, deuided into two bookes: vvherein sinners are reclaimed from the by-path of vice and destruction, and brought vnto the high-way of euerlasting happinesse. Compiled in the Spanish tongue, by the learned and reuerend diuine, F. Lewes of Granada. Since translated into Latine, Italian, and French. And nowe perused, and digested into English, by Francis Meres, Maister of Artes, and student in diuinitie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06447.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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¶ The second part of the first booke.

In this second part are handle•• the temporal and spirituall blessings, which in this lyfe are promised to Vertue; and more particularly the twelue more notable and famous priuiledges & prerogatiues, which are found in Vertue. page, 120

The Chapters of the second part of the first booke.

The eleuenth Chapter.
The eleuenth Title. That we are bounde vnto Vertue, by reason of the inestimable blessings, which are promised in this present life.
ibid.
The matters handled in this Chapter.
It is a wonder that among Christians so many men are found wicked and vicious.
ibidem
Whence this negligence of men is.
page, 121
All things happen a like to the good and euill.
ibidem.
Men are ignorant of those good things that are in Vertue.
page, 123
Vertue like vnto Christ.
ibidem
Helpes of God, by which we ouercome the difficulty of Vertue.
124
Vertue is an habite.
ibidem
A comparison of the life of good men, and ill men.
125
Diuine blandishments, with which the righteous are cherished
126
Good men are truly rich.
127
All thys afore-sayd, is explaned by a notable sentence of the Gospel.
ibid.
What Christ meaneth by the hundreth fold in the tenth of Marke.
128
What goods be those that God bestoweth vpon the good.
ibidem
To the vertuous those things are vnpleasant which before did please.
129
A notable example of a noble Knight called Arnulphus, taken out of the Booke, called the booke of famous and illustrious men.
ibidem
The righteous haue comfort and a sweet tast, yea in theyr greatest griefes and sorrowes.
page, 130
The twelfth Chapter.
The twelfth Title. That the first priuiledge or prerogatiue of Vertue,

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doth binde vs vnto her, which is the speciall Prouidence, by which God directeth all good men to all good, and chastiseth the iniquity of the wicked.
page, 132
The matters handled in this Chapter.
The prouidence of God is the fountaine of all good things.
ibidem
Two things are to be considered of in euery place of Scripture, the Com∣maundement and the Promise.
ibidem
Testimonies of the diuine prouidence.
133
The Angels doe keepe vs.
page, 134
God turneth euills into good to those, whom he loueth.
135
God is not onely good and gracious to the righteous, but also to their fa∣milie.
136
God blesseth a wicked Maister, for the sake of a good seruant.
ibidem
Of the names that are attributed vnto the Lord in the holy Scripture, by reason of thys prouidence.
ibid.
God is called a Father.
ibidem
God is more then a Mother.
page, 137
We are the sonnes of God, and so are we called.
138
God is a Pastor or a Sheepheard.
ibidem
Diuers names of God.
139.
God is called a Bridegrome.
140
God is all in all.
ibidem
How pleasant the promises of the Diuine prouidence bee vnto a righte∣ous soule.
141
The prouidence of GOD dooth yeeld great matter of reioycing to the good.
ibidem
An expostulation of God with man.
142
The thirteenth Chapter.
Of that manner of prouidence, by which God esp••eth out the vvicked, to chastise theyr maliciousnes.
143
The matters handled in this Chapter.
The vvicked are neglected of the Lord.
ibidem
How dangerous a thing it is to liue in thys world without the diuine help.
144
God doth not onely permit euills, but also he sendeth them,
145
A fearefull place in the ninth of Amos
ibidem
In how great danger a man lyueth, hauing God his enemy, & angry with him.
page, 146

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What the soule is without God.
147
The fourteenth Chapter.
Of the second priuiledge or prerogatiue of Vertue: that is, of the grace of the holy Ghost, which is giuen to the vertuous.
147.
The matters handled in this Chapter.
After the diuine prouidence, the grace of the holy Ghost is the beginning of all blessings.
148
What the grace of the holy Ghost is.
ibidem
Grace doth deifie.
ibidem
Grace is a supernaturall forme.
ibidem
Two soules of man.
ibidem
Grace is a spirituall ornament.
page, 149
The worke of grace maketh a man acceptable to God.
ibidem
Grace strengtheneth man.
ibidem
Grace maketh our works acceptable vnto God
150
Grace adopteth vs to be the sonnes of God
ibidem
The forrest of the effects of grace.
ibidem
Grace maketh our soules the dwelling and Temple of God.
151
The fifteenth Chapter.
Of the thyrd priuiledge of Vertue, which is a light, and a certaine super∣naturall knowledge, which our Lord giueth to them, who seeke after Vertue.
page, 151
The matters handled in this Chapter.
Thys supernaturall knowledge doth proceede from grace.
ibidem
It is a property of grace to illuminate the vnderstanding
ibidem
Foure gyfts of the holy Ghost belong to the vnderstanding
152
Grace why it is called an vnction.
ibidem
The vvill is a blinde faculty
153
God is the glasse of a purified soule.
ibid.
God hath giuen knowledge to beastes, to flie hurtfull things, and to em∣brace wholesome.
page, 154
What thys supernaturall knowledge is.
ibid.
Testimonies of the Scripture as concerning this knowledge.
155
The dignity of thys doctrine.
157
For what thys wisedome is profitable
158
The dignity of thys wisedome.
159
The vnderstanding of the righteous encreaseth.
ibidem.
The darknes of the wicked.
ibidem

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Other mens sentences and iudgements are to be heard.
160
The sixteenth chapter.
Of the fourth priuiledge of Vertue, that is, of the consolations and com∣forts of the holy Ghost, which the righteous enioy in thys worlde, and which they ioy in.
page, 161
The matters handled in this Chapter.
Euill men thinke that there is no pleasure in Vertue.
162
The flesh also of the righteous reioyceth.
163
How great the spirituall ioy is.
164
God as he is great in iustice, so is he great in mercy.
ibidem.
How great the force is of the sweenes of the heauenly wine.
165
Spirituall languorment.
page, 166
Coniectures of the greatnes of the spirituall delights
ibidem
Vertue hath her delights,
167
How the righteous are refreshed in theyr prayers, after a singuler manner, with these diuine consolations.
page, 168
The pleasure of the righteous is felt in theyr prayers,
ibidem
Of the chast wedlocke of the Word, and of the soule.
169
The change of the righteous.
170
How a long night is to be passed.
ibidem
Of theyr comforts and consolations, who first begin to serue God, and are Punies and Nouices in his schoole.
171
The entrance and beginnings of conuersion haue their pleasures.
172
In the beginning, and in the end of the conuersion there is a soleme feast.
page, 173
Whence ioy and cheerefulnes ariseth in the nouices of Christ,
174.
Why the wicked doe not feele the sweetnes of God,
page, 175,
Blessednes two-fold,
176.
Time is very precious,
ibidem.
The 17, Chapter.
Of the fift priuiledge of Vertue, which is the tranquility and peace of a good conscience, which the righteous enioy; and of the torment and in∣ward biting, with which the wicked and vngodly are tortured.
177,
The matters handled in this Chapter.
In what thing consisteth the perfection of man,
ibidem,
The conscience is the maister and teacher of good men, but a tormenter and torturer of the wicked,
178,
The first thorne of the conscience is the filthines of sinne: The second

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thorne is an inimy done to another: The third thorne is infan••y which followeth sinne,
179,
Certaine other thornes.
ibidem.
The feare of an euill conscience,
ibidem.
All disordered things are euill,
page, 180.
Of the ioy of a good conscience, with which the righteous are greatly de∣lighted,
page, 182,
A peaceable and a quiet conscience is a Paradice,
183,
The testimony of a good conscience hath feare mingled with it,
185,
The eyghteenth Chapter.
Of the fixt priuiledge of Vertue, which is the confidence and hope of the Diuine mercy, which the righteous reioyce in; and of the miserable and vaine trust and repose, in which the wicked liue,
186.
The matters contayned in this Chapter.
Hope two-fold.
ibidem.
The effects of true hope,
187,
A Catalogue of the effects of hope.
190,
Hope maketh men omnipotent,
181,
Of the vaine hope of the wicked,
192,
The hope of the righteous is spirit, but of the wicked flesh,
193,
To him that trusteth in the Creatour all things happen succesfully and prosperously: but to him that trusteth in the creatures all things fall out vnluckily,
194.
Where the world is planted,
ibidem,
How vnhappy the estate of them is, who haue not their trust in God.
195,
Onely hope is left vnto man,
ibidem,
Man cannot liue without a God,
ibidem.
How necessary Hope is for man,
196,
The punishment of fruitlesse and vaine hope,
ibidem,
The difference of the prouidence of God, and of hope or trust.
197,
The ninteenth Chapter.
Of the seauenth priuiledge of Vertue, that is, of the true liberty, which the righteous haue and reioyce in: and of the misery and vnknowne serui∣tude and bondage, in which sinners liue.
197.
The matters handled in this Chapter.
Whence this liberty springeth,
ibidem,
One kind of liberty true, another false,
198,
Why the liberty of the soule is the true liberty.
ibidem,

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Of the seruitude in which wicked ••en liue,
ibidem,
Sinne is a cruell tyrant.
ibidem,
Whose seruant a sinner is.
page, 199,
The flesh is sinne and a nourisher of sinne,
ibidem,
Fleshly desire or sensuall appetite is the cause of perturbations,
ibidem,
The soule hath two parts, the superiour part, and the inferiour part.
201.
The appetite ought to be gouerned, and not to gouerne,
ibidem,
What it is to obey the appetite.
202.
A carnall louer is a seruant,
ibidem,
Why vicious men are not auoyded,
203.
How great the force is of perturbations and affections.
ibidem,
The seruitude of impure and vnchast loue▪
page, 204,
Luxury is not satisfied with the thing desired,
205.
The seruitude of ambition,
207,
The punishment of a certaine ambitious man,
208,
The seruitude of couetousnes,
ibidem,
A couetous man is the seruant and slaue of his money
208,
A sinner is not bound with one chaine alone,
209,
Of the liberty in which the righteous liue,
210.
By the grace of God we are deliuered from the seruitude of sinne,
211,
Men through grace raigne ouer the deuill,
ibidem,
The deuill is couetous and niggardly towards his,
212,
Causes from whence this liberty ariseth,
ibidem,
The first cause is the Diuine grace,
ibidem,
The second cause is the sweetnes of spirituall consolations,
214.
The third cause is daily vse, and continuall diligence,
215,
The affections are taught of the Lord, and doe work good vnto man,
216,
A Caution,
ibidem,
The yoke of sinners,
page, 217,
The twenteth Chapter.
Of the eyght priuiledge of Vertue, that is; of the blessed peace, & inward quietnes, which the righteous enioy: and of the wretched warre, and continuall trouble and terrour, with which the wicked are shaken and smitten in their soules,
page, 218,
The matters handled in this Chapter.
Three kinds of peace; one with God, another with our neighbour, & the third with our selues,
ibidem,
Of the continuall warre, and inward trouble of wicked men,
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The two daughters of our appetite; Necessity, and Greedines,
ibidem,
The thirst of the wicked,
222▪
Biting of conscience is the companion of carnall pleasure.
ibidem,
The impatience of the appetite.
223,
Whence the vnquietnes of the mind ariseth,
ibidem,
A little misery doth sowre and disturbe a great deale of felicity,
224,
Appetites fight one against another,
225
Of the peace, and inward rest, in which the righteous liue,
226.
The change of the inward man,
227
The presence of the holy Ghost is knowne & discerned by the peace and tranquility of the mind,
page, 228
The seauen first priuiledges and prerogatiues of Vertue are the first cause of this peace,
ibidem,
The second cause of this peace ariseth from the liberty of the subdued pas∣sions,
229,
The third cause of this peace springeth from the greatnes of spirituall con∣solations,
ibidem.
The fourth cause proceedeth from the testimony, and inward ioy of a good conscience,
230,
The fift and last cause is engendered of Hope,
ibidem.
The 21. Chapter.
Of the ninth priuiledge of Vertue: that God heareth the prayers of the righteous, and reiecteth the prayers of the wicked,
230.
The matters handled in this Chapter.
A double deluge; the one materiall, the other spirituall,
ibidem
Man is more miserable then any liuing creature.
231.
A saying of Silenus taken Captiue of Mydas, out of the eleuenth booke of Ouids Metamorp:
page, 232.
Prayer the onely remedy of man,
ibidem.
How sure a remedy our prayer is,
233.
How farre prayer extendeth it selfe,
234.
What great things the Saints haue done by prayer.
page, 235.
The 22. Chapter.
Of the tenth priuiledge of Vertue: which is the help and fauour of God, which the righteous feele and tast of in their tribulations; and of the im∣patience and torment of the wicked in carrying theirs.
236
The matters handled in this Chapter.
Our life is a Sea stormy and tempestuous.
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God doth temper and proportionate the tribulations according to the strength and ability of men.
237.
Tribulation is profitable,
ibidem.
God is present with the righteous in tribulation,
ibidem,
All vertues helpe the afflicted,
239.
Hope is an Anchor.
241,
Wherein true Christianity consisteth,
ibidem.
Of the impatience and fury of the wicked in tribulations.
242,
The wicked are vnfit to beare tribulations,
ibidem.
The force of impatience,
243.
Miseries are doubled vpon the impatient.
244.
Mourning doth nothing profit the impatient,
ibidem
One and the selfe same tribulation doth profit the righteous, and hurt the wi••ked.
245.
Constancy in affliction is not to be sought in Philosophy.
246.
The 23. Chapter.
Of the eleuenth priuiledge of Vertue, that is, that the Lord doth prouide temporall blessings for the louers and embracers of Vertue,
246
The matters handled in this Chapter.
God doth not suffer his to be hunger-starued.
247.
The temporall promises of the old Testament, after some manner doe al∣so pertaine vnto the righteous of the new Testamen••.
248.
In the keeping of the law all good things are found,
249.
To him that keepeth the law of the Lord all things succeede and prosper well,
ibidem
Of the scarcity and pouerty of the wicked,
250.
The curses set downe in the 28, of Deut. are proued by examples.
253,
The curses in the 28. of Deut. pertaine not onely to the Iewish Nation, but also to Christians.
ibidem.
The 25. Chapter.
Of the twelueth priuiledge of Vertue: that is, of the quiet, peaceable, and ioyfull death of the Righteous, and contrarily, of the wretched, misera∣ble, painfull, disquiet and greeuous death of sinners.
254.
The matters handled in this Chapter.
The accidents of death.
255.
A wonderfull and excellent saying of Petrus Damianus of the houre of death.
256
Nothing auaileth in death but Vertue,
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Of the death of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉,
ibidem
The righteous feareth not in the houre of death,
page, 249
In death prosperity doth nothing profit, nor aduersity hurt.
260
The conclusion of those things, which haue been spoken of in this second part of the first booke.
261
Vertue hath but one inconuenience; that is, that it is not well known,
262
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