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.

Of the sixt 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 vvicked liue. CHAP. XVIII.

HOpe and Confidence doth accompany & fol∣low the peace and ioy of a good conscience, in which the righteous liue, of which the Apostle speaketh,* 1.1 Reioycing in hope, patient in trouble: counsayling vs to reioyce in hope, and to haue patience in trouble: for Hope telleth vs, that we haue a strong helper, and a bountifull rewarder. This is one of the chiefest iewels & treasuries of a Christian life: thys is the possession and patrimony of the sonnes of God; thys is the safe and secure hauen, & true remedy of all the miseries of this lyfe. But we must heere note (least perhaps wee be deceiued) that as there be two kindes of fayth, one dead, which bringeth foorth no fruite, and thys is the fayth of euill and wicked Christians: the other is a liuely fayth, full of charitie, and fruitfull vnto eue∣rie good worke, which the righteous haue, which leadeth vnto life:* 1.2 so also there are two kindes of Hope or Confidence, one dead, which gyueth not life vnto the soule, neither strengthe∣neth it with her workes, neither comforteth it in tribulations. Such is the hope which the wicked glory in. The other is a liue∣lie hope (as the Apostle Peter calleth it) which as it is a thing that hath life,* 1.3 so also it bringeth foorth the effects and fruites of lyfe: which are to rayse vp the minde, to comfort, to reioyce it, and to support it in that way, which leadeth to heauen, and to recreate, refresh, and encourage it in the troubles of this world: as that holy woman Susanna was strengthened and refreshed, of whom it is written, that beeing already condemned, when she was led to the place of execution, where she should haue beene stoned to death, she was not discouraged, but shee hoped in God, and her hart had sure affiance in the Lord. Such was the hope of Dauid,* 1.4 when he sayd; O thinke vpon thy seruant as concerning thy

Word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust: the same is my comfort in my trouble. Many & meruailous be the effects of this liuely hope, in that soule wherein it dwelleth, and so many the moe, by howe much it more participateth of the loue of God, which giueth life vnto hope.

Of these effects the first is, that it strengtheneth a man in the way of Vertue,* 1.5 through the hope of a rewarde: for the more sure and certaine he hath the pledge and pawne of this reward, by so much more cheerefully he runneth thorowe whatsoeuer tribulations of this world, as all the holy Doctors of the Church confesse with one mouth. Hope, sayth Saint Gregory, dooth rayse vp the soule vnto eternitie,* 1.6 and therefore it feeleth no e∣uils, which it outwardly beareth. Origen sayth, the hope of fu∣ture blessings, dooth bring rest to those that labour: as to those that contend in battell, the hope of victory and reward dooth mittigate the griefe of theyr woundes.* 1.7 Saint Ambrose dooth subscribe vnto this: Hope of profit, saith he, dooth steale away our labours, and doth hide the feare of danger. Of the same minde is Saint Ierome; All labour, and euery worke, sayth he, is wont to become easie, and to be made light,* 1.8 when the reward of it is thought vpon: and the hope of reward, is the solace and comfort of the labour.

Saint Chrisostome is more copious in this poynt,* 1.9 Alwaies, sayth he, the hope of future blessings, doe make lighter the pre∣sent discommodities. Any body may see this in Merchants, who passe and sayle ouer the large and bondlesse Seas, and suffer shypwracks,* 1.10 Pyrats, and many other dangers, by which theyr hope is often frustrated, neither yet do they so leaue of, but they assay and try the same things againe and againe. Wee also may say the same of Husbandmen: for when as they haue deeplie furrowed the ground, and diligently haúe tilled it, and sowne it, oftentimes they are frustrated of theyr hope, eyther through drought, or too much moysture, or through blasting, and some other calamitie. Neuerthelesse, they doe not so leaue of, but a∣gaine, when the season approcheth, they exercise theyr husban∣dry. And in another place;* 1.11 If any man setteth by a laborious life, let him despise and hate slothfulnes: for if to Marriners the threatning billowes and fearefull waues of the Sea doe seeme

tollerable: if stormes & winters are tollerable to Husbandmen, if wounds and slaughters to Souldiers, if grieuous blowes and stripes seeme light and tollerable to champions, for the hope of temporall and perrishing commodities: much more whē hea∣uen is prepared for a reward, wee ought not to esteeme or ac∣count of these present troubles & afflictions. Exceedingly doth a promise & a blessed end mittigate the labours. Doe not thou therfore, ô Christian, think or coniecture, that the way of Ver∣tue is rough and sharpe, but looke to the end of it. Be not de∣ceiued in beholding the pleasant way of vices, but looke to that downfall and destruction, that it leadeth thee to.

That holy man sayd very truly and well. Which of vs wish∣eth or desireth to walke in a way strowed with Roses, & planted with diuers flowers, if the assured end of it be death? And who will refuse a rough and difficult way, that leadeth vnto life?

Thys hope doth not onely adde courage vnto vs, to obtaine our desired end; but it encourageth vs in all the meanes, which are destinated to that end, and generally in all our necessities, & in the miseries of thys life. For by this a man is helped in all his trouble; defended in dangers, hee receiueth solace in sorrowes, ayde in infirmities, sufficiencie in all neede: for by thys wee ob∣taine the fauour and mercy of the Lord, which helpeth and ay∣deth vs in all affaires. Of all these wee haue most certaine, and most euident pledges and gages of holy Scriptures: but especi∣ally in Dauids Psalmes. For there is scarcely found any psalme, which doth not commend vnto vs this vertue, and which de∣clareth not vnto vs, the most noble fruites of it. For without all doubt hope is a most rich treasury, & a very great consolation, which the righteous haue in this world. Therefore let no man thinke much, if we be more long and prolixe in repeating the authorities of thys place.

In the second booke of the Chronicles, a certaine Prophet sayth to King Asa;* 1.12 The eyes of the Lorde behold all the earth, to strengthen them, that with a perfect hart beleeue and hope in him. Ieremie speaketh thus of thys hope;* 1.13 O how good is the Lord, vn∣to them that put theyr trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh af∣ter him.* 1.14 And Esay sayth, If ye returne and be quiet, ye shalbe safe, your strength shall be in quietnesse and hope. By quietnesse in thys

place is vnderstood, the tranquilitie & inward rest of the soule, in the midst of tribulations: which is the effect of hope, which hurleth and casteth foorth all carefulnesse, and inordinate anxi∣etie, by that fauour which it expecteth of the Diuine mercie. Not vnlike to thys, is that of Ecclesiasticus, Yee that feare the Lord,* 1.15 beleeue in him, and yee shall not be frustrated of your reward. Ye that feare God, hope in him, and mercy shall come vnto you for pleasure. Consider the old generations of men, and marke them well, was there euer any one confounded that put his trust in the Lorde? And Salomon in his Prouerbs sayth;* 1.16 Put thy trust in God with all thy hart, and leane not vnto thine owne wit. In all thy wayes ac∣knowledge him, and hee shall order thy goings. Surely it is a great furtherance vnto hope, to haue knowne the mercie of God, not only by reading, but much more by experience. For a man ho∣peth through an assured affiance, that hee will profit him, who often hath profited others.* 1.17 Hence is that of the Psalme, They that know thy name will put theyr trust in thee: for thou Lord, hast neuer failed them that seeke thee.* 1.18 He saith also in another psalme, My trust hath beene in the Lord: I will be gladde and reioyce in thy mercie. The effect of thys hope, the same man declareth, when he sayth;* 1.19 Who so putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth & compasseth him on euery side. Hee sayth very well, embraceth and compasseth, that he might signifie, that it shall keepe and garde him on euery side, no otherwise then a King is encompassed with his Garde, that he may be the more safe. In another psalme he teacheth the same thing more at large:* 1.20 I waited patiently, saith he, for the Lord, and he enclined vnto mee, and heard my calling. He brought mee also out of the horrible pitte, out of the mire and Clay: and sette my feete vpon the Rocke, and ordered my goings. And hee hath put a newe song in my mouth: euen a thanks-giuing vnto our GOD. Many shall see it and feare: and shall put theyr trust in the the Lord. Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lorde, and turned not vnto the proude, and to such as goe about with lies.

All these be the words of the Prophet, in which hee also [ 3] sheweth another effect of this Vertue; that is, the mouth and eyes of man are opened, that hee may know by experience the goodnes and fatherly prouidence of God. It is also a singuler [ 4] fruite of hope, that wee are not onely deliuered from dangers;

but also that there is a new prayse and a new thanksgiuing put into our mouthes, which the Prophet insinuateth, when hee sayth; And he hath put a new song in my mouth, &c. He calleth it a new song, which is sung for a new deliuerance, with an vnusu∣all and new affection of mirth. We shal not easily end this mat∣ter, if wee should alledge all the verses, and sometimes whole Psalmes, written of this matter. For the ninety and one Psalm, and the hundreth and fiue and twenty are wholy imployed in commending this vertue vnto vs, and to describe the excel∣lent fruites of it, which they enioy and ioy in, who haue theyr trust and confidence in the Lord, and dwell vnder his protecti∣on. Saint Bernard writing vpon the ninth verse of the former Psalme:* 1.21 Because thou ô Lord art my hope: he sayth; Whatsoeuer therefore is to be done, whatsoeuer is to be eschewed, whatsoe∣uer is to be borne, whatsoeuer is to be wished, ô Lord, thou art my hope. This is the onely cause of all my promises, this is the whole reason of mine expectation. Let one pretend merit, let him boast that he hath borne the heate of the day, let him say that he hath fasted twice a weeke, lastly let him brag that hee is not like other men: but it is good for mee to cleaue vnto the Lord; and to put my trust in my Lord God. If rewards be pro∣mised me, I will hope that I shall obtaine them by thee; if wars rise against me, if the world rageth, if the wicked fret and sume, if the flesh lust against the spirit, yet I will trust in thee. For to what end are we wise, if we doe not sticke and cleaue with all feruour and deuotion of soule and spirit to this solide, sound, perfect, and blessed hope, and cast away all other miserable, vaine, vnprofitable, and seducing hopes? A little after the same mellifluous Doctour by way of Dialogue, doth thus reason: Fayth sayth;* 1.22 Great and inestimable blessings are prepared of God, for those that serue him: Hope sayth; those are kept for me: Charity sayth; I runne vnto them.

Behold my brother, thou doost see how great be the fruites of this vertue,* 1.23 and profitable for what. Hope is as a safe Ha∣uen, to which the righteous direct theyr course, so often as any storme of the world rageth: it is as a most strong shield, vpon which all the darts of our enemies are receaued without any wound: it is as a Store-house for foode, whether in the time of

famine, all the poore may come, & haue bread. It is that taber∣nacle, couer, and shadow, which the Lord doth promise in E∣say, that hee will be to his elect a shadow to defend them from the heate of the day, and a defence from the stormy tempest and from raine. That is, a safegard from all the aduersity and pros∣perity of the world, To conclude, it is the medicine, and com∣mon remedy of all our euils, and encumbrances. For it is cer∣taine, that whatsoeuer we hope for of God iustly, faithfully, and wisely, we shall obtaine it, if it be conducent and appertayning to our saluation.* 1.24 Therfore Cyprian calleth the mercy of God, a fountaine or vvell of all blessings, that cannot be drawne dry, and our hope and trust a bucket or vessell, in which those bles∣sings are receaued: and he sayth that according to the quantity of the vessell, so is the proportion of the remedy. For in respect of the fountaine, the water of mercy neuer fayleth. The Lord sayd to the children of Israel, All the places that the soles of your feete shall tread vpon,* 1.25 haue I giuen you: So also all the mercy, vpon which man shall set his foote, shall be his. Like to this is that; He that taketh his motion, or is moued of the Lord, hee will hope all things, neyther shall he be frustrated of his hope. Whereby it is ma∣nifest, that this hope is an imitation of the vertue and diuine power,* 1.26 redounding to the glory of the same God. Bernard was not ignorant of this, when hee sayd; Nothing doth make the omnipotency of the word more cleare, then that it doth make all them omnipotent, who hope in him. Wilt thou know that this is true; did not he pertake of the omnipotency of God, who being vpon the earth, commaunded the Sun, that it should stand still in the midst of heauen, and that it should not hasten to runne his course, for the space of a day? And an other, who gaue a wish to King Ezechias,* 1.27 whether he would that the sha∣dow of the Sunne should goe forwards ten degrees, or returne backe so many? This is that, that after a singuler manner illu∣strateth the glory of the Lord, when we see his seruants so pow∣erfull. For if that proude King of the Assirians glorified in that,* 1.28 that Kings, as himselfe, serued him: how much more shall the Lord our God glory, that after a certaine manner all they are Gods, that serue him; after they haue participated of his power?

¶ Of the vaine hope of the wicked.

THis then is the treasury of Hope, which the righteous pos∣sesse in this life, and to which there is no accesse for the wic∣ked. For although they also haue hope, yet they haue not a liue∣lie, but a dead hope. For sinne taketh away the life, and there∣fore theyr hope worketh not in them those effects, which be∣fore we haue remembred. For as there is nothing to be found, which more reuiueth hope, then a good conscience: so the chie∣fest cause which maketh it to faile, and killeth this hope, is an euill conscience. For that alwayes flyeth and feareth the light, and maketh a man faint-harted and of feeble courage: for he is not ignorant that the gate of the diuine fauour & grace is shut against him. Hence it is, that as a shadow doth alwayes follow the body, so feare and desperation in all places and at all times, doe wayte vpon an ill conscience. It appeareth then that such is the trust and hope of the wicked, as their felicity and happines is: for as their felicity is in the goods of this world, so in them is their hope and trust; seeing that they glory in them, and in the time of tribulation runne vnto them, as to a Sanctuary or a place of refuge. Of this hope it is written in the booke of Wisedom; The hope of the vngodly is like a dry thistle flowre,* 1.29 that is blowne a∣way with the wind: like a thinne scum that is scattered abroade with the storme: and like as the smoake which is dispersed heere and there with the wind. By which we may see, how vaine the hope of the vngodly is. Neyther onely is this hope vaine, but it is very hurt∣full, deceitfull, and dangerous: as the Lord God admonisheth by the mouth of the Prophet;* 1.30 Alas for those disobedient children (that is, who haue forsaken their father) sayth the Lord, that they will take counsaile, and not of me, that they will take a secret aduice, and not out of my spirit, and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne. Euen they that walke to goe downe into Egipt, and haue asked no question at my mouth, but seeke strength in the might of Pharao, and trust in the shadow of Egipt. Therefore shall the strength of Pharao be your confusion, and the trust in the shadow of Egipt your shame. They were ashamed of the people that could doe them no good, and that might not helpe them, nor shew them any profit, but were their confusion and re∣buke. All these be the words of Esay. Neyther content with

these he proceedeth in the next Chapter:* 1.31 Woe vnto them that goe downe into Egipt for helpe, and trust in Horses, and put their con∣fidence in Charrets, because they be many: and in Horse-men, be∣cause they be lusty and strong: but they regard not the holy one of Israell, and they aske no question at the Lord. And he neuerthe∣lesse is wise, and will plague the wicked, and goeth not from his word, he will arise against the houshold of the froward, and against the help of euill doers. Now the Egiptians are men, and not God, and theyr Horses flesh, and not spirit: and as soone as the Lord stretcheth out his hand, then shall the helper fall, and he that should haue beene hel∣ped, and they shall altogether be destroyed.

Thou seeft heere, my brother, clearer then the noone light, the difference betweene the hope of the righteous, and of the wicked.* 1.32 For the hope of the wicked is flesh, but the hope of the righteous is spirit. The one is no other thing, then that man is, the other is that which God is: so that there is as great diffe∣rence betweene the hope of the good, and of the wicked, as is betweene God and man. Therfore worthily doth the Prophet goe about to feare vs from the one, and inuite vs to the other, saying:* 1.33 O put not your trust in Princes, nor in any child of man: for there is no help in them. For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turne againe to his earth, and then all his thoughts perrish. Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe: and whose hope is in the Lord his God, which made heauen and earth, the Sea, and all that therein is. Behold heere also a difference betweene both hopes. The same difference the same Prophet declareth also in another Psalme,* 1.34 saying; Some put their trust in Charrets, and some in Horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They are brought downe and fallen: but we are risen & stand vpright. Thou seest heere how well the fruites agree to the roote, foundation, or tree of hope: for the fruite of the one is a downfall;* 1.35 but of the other exaltation and victory. Wherefore very fitly they that trust in the vanities of this world, may be compared to that man in the Gospell, Who built his house vpon the sand: and the rayue descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beare vpon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. But they that trust in the Lord, may be likened vnto him, that built his house vpon a rocke, which stood safe, strong,

and firme against all the tempests and stormes of thys life.

The same thing no lesse elegantly the Prophet Ieremy doth teach by an excellent comparison:* 1.36 Cursed be the man, saith hee, that putteth his trust in man, and that taketh flesh for his arme, and he whose hart departeth from the Lord. Hee shall be like the Heath that groweth in the wildernesse: as for the good thing that is for to come, hee shall not see it, but dwell in a dry place of the wildernesse, in a salt and vnoccupied Land. But of the righteous, he speaketh on a contrary manner: O blessed is the man, sayth he, that putteth his trust in the Lord,* 1.37 and whose hope is in the Lord himselfe. For he shall be as a tree that is planted by the waters side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moistnesse, whom the heate cannot harme when it com∣meth, but his lease shall be greene: and though there growe but little fruite because of drouth, yet is hee not carefull, neither euer leaueth of to bring forth fruite. Hetherto be the words of Ieremie.

Tell me now I pray thee, what other thing can bee desired (if so be that men haue but a little spark of reason) to know the difference, which is betweene the hope of the righteous, & the hope of the wicked; betweene the prosperity of the one, and of the other? What greater commodity can arise from a tree, then to be planted after that maner that the Prophet speaketh? Be∣leeue me, such is the condition and estate of the righteous, to whom all things fall out prosperously, and with whō all things goe well: because they are planted by the current of the Riuer of Gods grace. But on the contrary part, there can be no wor∣ser estate of a tree, then to be wilde, then to be planted in a dry ground, in the wildernes, & in a land of salt: it dooth not yeeld fruite in due season: to be briefe, it is farre remooued from the sight and tillage of men. By thys comparison, the wicked may easily vnderstand, that they in thys life cannot haue a more mi∣serable estate, because they haue eyes remoued, yea quite turned from God, who is the fountaine of liuing water, and haue theyr eyes sette and fixed, and theyr hope reposed vpon frayle & de∣ceitfull creatures, which are vnderstood by a dry land, desert, & vnoccupied.

By this also it is manifest, in how excellent a place the world it selfe is planted,* 1.38 which certainly is planted in a dry & barraine ground, seeing it hath the footing of his hope placed on a foun∣dation

so weake: which is no hope, but errour, vanitie, and con∣fusion, as before we haue showen. Tell me, I pray thee, vvhat misery can be greater then this? what pouertie more naked thē to liue without hope? Therefore, seeing that man is through sinne left so poore and naked,* 1.39 as before we haue declared, and that the hope of the Diuine mercy is so necessary for him, what shall bee left vnto him, who hath lost it, which might haue strengthened and confirmed him? Wee see that all liuing crea∣tures in theyr kinde are brought foorth perfect, that nothing is wanting vnto them for the preseruation of theyr life. But man, through sinne is so desolate, and so bereft of all things, that hee hath nothing of those things, which are needfull and necessary for him, but he must liue of almes, and be relieued from the di∣uine mercy. Then if thys meanes be taken away, what shall be the life of man? Surely lame, maimed, & full of a thousand de∣fects. What other thing is it to liue without hope, then to liue without God? What other thing is left vnto man of all his aun∣cient patrimony to preserue his life,* 1.40 besides this onely support and helpe? What Nation was euer so barbarous, so voyde of all religion, that had not some knowledge of God, or of some Die∣tie, whom it did not worshyp with some certaine honour & a∣doration? of whom also it did not looke for some benefit of the Diuine prouidence?

In that short time that Moses was absent from the chyldren of Israell,* 1.41 the people thought that they had beene vvithout a God, and as rude and ignorant began to exclaime, and to speak to Aaron,* 1.42 Arise, make vs Gods to goe before vs: as if they durst not goe any further without some God. Wherby it is manifest, that mans nature, although it alwayes knoweth not the true God, yet it is necessary that it know some God. And although man is ignorant of the cause of his owne frailtie, yet he acknow∣ledgeth his owne frailtie, and for this naturally seeketh helpe of some God.* 1.43 Euen as Iuie naturally seeketh for some post or tree, which it may leane vnto; or some wall, by which it may bee supported, and creepe aloft, it beeing not able to sustaine and held vp it selfe:* 1.44 And as a woman naturally seeketh for the sup∣portation and shadow of man; for she as an imperfect creature, knoweth that the ayde and helpe of man is necessary for her:

so mans nature beeing needfull, and wanting many things, doth seeke for the shadow and refuge of God.

These things therefore beeing thus, wee may easily coniec∣ture, what is the life of those men, who liue in this wretched & miserable widowish estate, forsaking God, and beeing forsaken of God. I would gladly knowe this one thing: They that lyue after thys manner, how doe they comfort themselues in theyr miseries? howe doe they defende themselues in dangers? vvho doth cure theyr infirmities? with whom doe they confer of their businesse? of whom doe they aske counsaile in doubtfull mat∣ters? of whom doe they seeke for help in theyr necessities?* 1.45 with whom doe they traffique? with whom are they conuersant? whom doe they sticke to? to be briefe, by whose help doe they escape the snares of this life, who haue not any refuge? If the body cannot liue without the soule, nor the soule without God, surely God is no lesse necessary for the one life, then the soule is for the other. And if (as we haue said before) liuely hope be the anchor of our life, how dare any man vndergoe the dangers of this tempestuous sea, his shyp beeing destitute of this anchor of hope? If hope be the shielde, by which wee defend our selues; how can men defend themselues in the midst of theyr enemies beeing without this shield? If hope be the staffe, by which mans nature is supported in all her weakenes and frailtie; vvhat shall weake and feeble man doe, without the staffe of this hope?

Hetherto, as I thinke, we haue sufficiently showed, what is the difference betweene the hope of the righteous and of the wicked: and what is the nature and condition of them both. That is, one of them hath God for his defence and bulwarke; but the other, the broken staffe of reede of Egipt, which he that lea∣neth vpon,* 1.46 it goeth into his hand, and shooteth it through. For it is meet, that that error which he committeth, in hoping in things so vncertaine and doubtfull, & relying altogether on them, that he should be corrected no otherwise,* 1.47 then by hauing mischance and being deceiued by them, as the Prophet Ieremy plainlie te∣stifieth: who when he would denounce the destruction and o∣uerthrow of the kingdome of Moab, he sayth thus: For because thou hast trusted in thine owne workes and treasure, thou shall bee taken: and Chamos (the God in whom thou trustest) with his priests

and Princes, shall goe away into captiuitie. Consider therefore what kinde of ayde that is, the trust of which, is the ruine and ouerthrow of him that so trusteth.

Therefore let these things suffise which haue beene spoken of the priuiledge and prerogatiue of hope: which although it seeme almost to be the same with the speciall prouidence of God,* 1.48 of which wee haue spoken before, yet it is not the same: for they differ betweene themselues, as the effect and cause of a thing. For although there be many foundations of thys hope, as the goodnes of God, truth of the same God, and the merrits of Christ: yet the principall ground is the fatherly prouidence of God, from which ariseth thys hope & confidence. For to know that God hath so great a care ouer him, and that he is defended and gouerned of him with so respectiue a regard, dooth excite and stirre vp in man, a great hope, and an assured confidence.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Rom, 12.
• * 1.2

  Hope two fold.
• * 1.3

  1, Peter, 1,
• * 1.4

  Psalm, 119,
• * 1.5

  Effects of true hope. 1.
• * 1.6

  Gregory in the 6. booke of his Mor∣rals.
• * 1.7

  In his 9. homily vp∣on Exodus. Vpon the 12. Psalme.
• * 1.8

  Ierom in an Epistle.
• * 1.9

  In his 17. homily vp∣on Genesis.
• * 1.10

  Similies.
• * 1.11

  Vpon Saint Mathew.
• * 1.12

  2, Chro. 16.
• * 1.13

  Lamen. 3,
• * 1.14

  Esay, 30,
• * 1.15

  Ecclus. 2,
• * 1.16

  Prou, 3,
• * 1.17

  Psalm, 9,
• * 1.18

  Psalm, 31,
• * 1.19

  Psalm, 32,
• * 1.20

  Psalm, 40
• * 1.21

  Bernard in his 9, Ser∣mon vpon the Psalme, Who dwel∣leth.
• * 1.22

  In his 20. Sermon vp∣on the same Psalm.
• * 1.23

  A Cata∣logue of the effects of hope.
• * 1.24

  Cyprian in an Epistle to Don.
• * 1.25

  Iosua, 1.
• * 1.26

  Bernard in his 85. Ser∣mon vpon the Cant. Hope ma∣keth men omnipotēt.
• * 1.27

  4, Kings, 20.
• * 1.28

  Esay, 10.
• * 1.29

  Wisdom. 5.
• * 1.30

  Esay, 30.
• * 1.31

  Chapter, 31
• * 1.32

  The hope of y^e righte∣ous is spirit, but of the wicked flesh
• * 1.33

  Psal. 146.
• * 1.34

  Psal. 20.
• * 1.35

  A simili∣tude. Math. 7,
• * 1.36

  Ierem, 17,
• * 1.37

  To him that trusteth in the Creator all thinges happen suc∣cesfully and prosperous∣ly: but to him y^e tru∣steth in the creatures, al things fall out vnluc∣kilie.
• * 1.38

  Where the world is planted.
• * 1.39

  How vn∣happy the estate of thē is, who haue not theyr trust in god.
• * 1.40

  Onely hope is left vnto man.
• * 1.41

  Man cannot liue without a God.
• * 1.42

  Exod, 32.
• * 1.43

  A similie.
• * 1.44

  A similie.
• * 1.45

  How ne∣cessarie Hope is for man.
• * 1.46

  Esay, 36,
• * 1.47

  The punish∣ment of fruitlesse & vaine hope. Ierem, 48,
• * 1.48

  The diffe∣rence of the prouidence of God, and of hope or trust.