ABSTRACT
As writers strongly committed to the Reformation, Anne Lock Prowse and Elizabeth Russell translated works which they believed were doctrinally useful for their Protestant readers. Lock translated Calvin’s four sermons from French, dedicating the work to Katharine, Duchess of Suffolk. These were published with the appended sonnet sequence A meditation of a penitent sinner. This appears to be the first sonnet sequence written in English. The present edition is a facsimile of the Folger Shakespeare Library copy of 1560. Of the markes of the children of God, and of their comforts in afflictions was published in 1590. Lock’s translation of Jean (or John) Taffin’s French treatise proved very popular as there were seven subsequent editions. The appended poem The necessitie and benefite of Affliction may reasonably be attributed to Prowse; it is written in common meter with alternating rhymes and continues the themes of the prose treatise. The present edition is a facsimile of the Huntington Library copy, which is an excellent copy. Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell was the sister of Anne Cooke Bacon. Her translation of Bishop John Ponet’s work from Latin was dedicated to her daughter Anne Herbert and in her dedication she suggests that the work was published in 1605, long after it was written, to prevent alterations to the text after her death. This edition is reproduced here from the one extant copy held at the Folger Library.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SONG-F.
fOHJ\CCAL~ YIN, YPON THE that Ezechias made a_f ter be had beneJ icke, and tbe band· God,
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leut tfJeonr(y th4t
put into all medititZcs lnttye {erue for a tourmtnttd foult , that is foy,the determined of almyghtit and dif}o{eth all th.J•ngtl. the heft to them th4t trufle in him? : . This Phyfick.! refteth one!J trewt the n:oflc 4nd mu{y per[efland medicine. · .· . But in cafe thttt
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'«ff1i£1cJ kJ:ndled ttnd brook! it,or hu oppreffid appetite be;·ng with grojfe faithfi}Je ··and papi- taft ofi t.TYo u(Jf ay)to them.for theyr difeafe is
rvith that daugerous diflttfe oft ht fo {jng of Gods wrath ttgainfl him, bath not the cOferue ofbelefe of Gods p,.ouidece re- mainyng tvith him, or bryng miniflred to him. tither for fehlenef!e offlomttck_caH not receiue
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if' t-Il!
E P t tetttght him to feel{! he 41th ifi{y tb:i in the determined purpoft ofGoJ, that hath fent his orvn fonne for redeptio, f}oiled ofa ll heneftt ofr edemption. He feleth at all to late horve foultt
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mt tbe l»erc not ht
tbat not alilJqr afptrc bnto tl)e l]tautlp ltft,but tl}at it .i»M " Cl)iefebefirc to atteine tl)ermnto.. · . Jaow let b.f rrtourne to tl)e king eJtcbfa.l. amclube tf)at l)c l}ab fpectall tsfotnttimeJ in fud)e nnguptl)es tl]at t,e · f[Jm.3o. ltbgt t!)ee tn 'Dtatl)tSnn wl)en)! fbnlbc bau•:·wl)e ant me into afi)tS, wl}at Llltg.s that J)cmabt tl)tr£ br.s t"nt l)e tn IJiSbepaTtpng, bnt tf)!lt t,e felt lp tnto tf)e f)annt.a ofu'Sob. J»owt romt it tl)ttl to .afTe t})at tlJU.a't] t btcaufe l)e coed:: ue' of men m tn anp ot}Jer atflictton,nnn t}Jat afmuc!J fpmp!t btact}, but f gaut ftgnc lt)at t,e puniO}tb bicaure of ft ti)ts fame btfputatt6 ufiDatdtt,it rl)albe tafp \la to c:odub toud.>in; e}ed)ta§y l)cll.lnSalfo bcy;s tn neat!) ,but tiJat was not l)c mass
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·The firfi fcrmon
cutofnU tl)ittgeD'.nnb .fa!t no no fiJall] mancr bea: fte.tt.Jautnom J ntare ozawm out of the
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The(econdc fermon.
· :Wl}trin bt tf)nt anguHbdJdbt l)fm fn to l)p• prlffpon.a. '}fa crpt ann tammt,anD maltt llrdare tupll, it is tl)m to bt fapbe tl)at Ul
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The fcconc!c: fermon.
l)owe coufl) &>ttfottrme tl}at:'tl)an mua: be nenr• aa a U?ata tl)at iS out fpilt. nowci»l)att.G tbecaufe tbnt l)ccoaln nuuur of complaint to n:p:dft!)ts gracfc., ptt coulb l)e nmer k epc fdmce. ~ e alfo i»lJp 1)3
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·;4 . The fcco'nclc fcrmori
lit al'inap in angui(b. 3nb notabit al tl)d' m htng J! m ttttn tt)nt 45ob bot not ~me ml elpkt wttt) fud)c: tJ;trmdtic:fo) ifl)c q:erdfc: bS tt to mnure fud}e ar, fualte.s. c fparttb bs tl)i:but tt !ball pltafe munc nomtne. f€l)tsttts tl)m tbat we to btare a'iuap. jfloi» to tl)c rdt:ltt tern e rol)tlt tn a! tt)e con!tnntie nf mrn."£1)tp O,nvc fome tolttn of bnltantnts U,l)m not tl,tfu agatnft tttttt, lmtfc
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The fcconde fcrmor..
bt fud;e a ont,tt frntrt1} ton !ton: ZSuttl:)e goon kmgt meant net agatnlt <5cn:but l)att, bt:: • me was, • tb«t wt ll)oultl baue fuel) tntl'ructton d)tttbp eJr"'tasbatt) not
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The fecondc fermon. 4J
bt iDoulD glablp baur bonr,. 3nb we rce manpc . brdaration of tl)e cl)afltranmtess fmt to JOautb l)tfJ Otf)et uaunte.o lt>l)nt !)at!} O,arplp aftltc tbe tttcantng of (lE;td)tats. )I fap:' itt.e fapb antt !)emro b"nt it • lt)t lnmtntcb not tl)rp founbc r.o fuci,t pcoplt il>l'lt crpe alai, tl)nr bnntO,t aroapt on tl}e ar;.e. €ontrnti'Wpft cf Jtct)iOS fbtwttl) crt d)at tf
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The feconde (ermon.
€ ott,ro tl]at lt't fba!t bane a d,ca. Difputactcns,pet we n,au not Itt to tt)at ouucomc all mana of lctttJI mtbougl) rtpulfr me , tl)oug\J it appearc tbat
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. mon.
· h4th 4/fo it.! uyll1v4lf<! lettforfy all dayn o[n:y {yfi iit the ofmy Joule. Lor4.e,"to .:lttho{e tbatJbaU hrrtafter;the life ofm y j}iritt foaU he no- tttble amoffg tbat thou haft cafl
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The th)·rdc fcrn1on.
ancD.'l,o tl)us 3tC:l)tu all confufell • l)tmtuiraculouap,ruen as nownc frotn l)eautn to fucct)tsr fting tl,at btfconfiturc gnat rol)itl)e mal ,rnopftb, anb not
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The thyn1e fcrmon.
ttJcmrth bnto bG we tmto m hfc.birou.crut take to be but an Olbrr of nalurt. tt that tf)c bt fparttb the we otig})t to felt fatf)trlyt gootmtJS, but tl'f
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The thyrdc fer!non.
ti)tir finnts, anb tarrp not ttU on bnto it,but tl)ep P1tftnt fduts bnto an fdue.o as tf1tp nel)e
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The thyrde lermon• tfJ
ltalltt!J bJJ ~lc to h~. b8,t!Jat f!)e map not onlp knowc tl)at tt (uutd) wocdfc bpon b" , ann auufrtJJ t.• of
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The rhyrdc fcrmon.
wen to fpof:t IJpttt ofhii1 nature: e treatcb mcntiJu of. y «tone notonclp to parbon fnttlt as pa:: meant tofi:lp,\lfing mancr of finntll bacth . ;f.,l.,
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The thirde
i»c !tum tume Ut o mt map bt tmtation.a,tl;at acucr finkt ooi»ne bntu tt,e burom,
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The fourth fermon. 6t
lmt tbofei:o1Jict]eare as it were cut of from -son, ann are confounncn i»itb roratl}, tall not is goo anp mancr of ronp, art mane eilmngen frpm of
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s4 · The fourth 1crm6ri.
a lpke fentcncc. it not one man tl)at wi}ole boop oftbt !pur(fap )bnto
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The fou.rth fcrmon. 6 9
btt, anb rrceautb »e frdp come \mto antJ ncnn be l}Un. )!fwel)auenot fbcl)e an tnttmmon' mtcanne:s. ner one uf p)apfes a!f be ougfjte. it iS to be crpplpen. , tl)at fatf)tt
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The fourth [ennon.
i»bm l)c fptnketl) l)ofue fntlltt4 ftlucli to warne we to }latl)cr in gcncr all( as t)atl) bene )y lt in not pnougt) y_iuc tl)at be nunng hfc,but roe ougl]t pure tl)at tl)at ini)tn magni::
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The foitrth fermon
nom 'Jut tf}at l}c it wl)om we bnro. · it tl)at t5ob fuffrctl) to bre au tl)e
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The fourth ferman·. 7 3
rnnt tl)tm felfcs-bp tl)at mtrct',J tl)at t!Jtr ougbt about all tf)ingcs to e onlp goon.: nes of <5ob to rea in tl)e fame. !\'O tiJtn a of great boctrtne, if me eli l)aue repetttl] agapnt faping ttJat lJt fpake is, tl)at wtU make to acknoivlebgement tl}crof , tl]at t,c JllJaue fato
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The fourth fermon.
r ant tl)at to bu mbtme mnp bt fultl'Cfatdit t!}isbopngiue lbRll fdc tf}attf}tsilJ
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A medttation ofa !inner
Jin petsnouttt) tnercp,anb to to tl}rc. metf)efptrite of tl)p grace. to 15ut rrnbrt mp wontcb topes againe, 3rc from mt,an'O J rnbure blifo e me of grace tl)c of tl)p ll'it!J thy mp topc£t,anb nmtte me againe j}irit fiuctt ton. J' 1\tl}at J mnp l)opc l not au tn bnpne
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A don ofa Goner
{itf:,T -"'I cattdl Oapnt anb burnt facrtb ·thou not in n nltars fauom: afcrnb, . friwges. !lpprafctl) tl}cc,anb mahtt!J at . ll'ttb fuxfull man,anb l)atl} npairb our fall. ts eutt ,tin ft'lf, )I otrn to God fiapue beltgl)t£S, mp Opttlg l}att to b d a ttoblc:b rwttt l)onc. t14 tro k · lthc l)tm to be, J n wl)omc tafUtiTt mltb hngrtng paine tlf dltli atb ft'blttJ ftarucb appetite,
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econCiliaiion
ofC doeth change . 'I do rccciuc the bodic of it not which nature hath
