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A17171 The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that entend to liue quietly and godlye in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forthe in English by Theodore Basille.; Christlich Eestand. English Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. 1543 (1543) STC 4047; ESTC S110661 97,888 204

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all hys nede And here muste the chyldren be taught thus to praye Oure father which arte in heauē c. And to expresse the articles of our fayth distinctly perfectely And in processe of tyme lerne thē truly to vnderstād them and the ten Commaundementes also by harte Then teache them the Prouerbes of Salomon and the boke of the preachet and such comonsentences as are these Uertue excelleth all thynges To lye is the moost shamefullvice of all Thou shalte hurte no man but profyt euery man Speake euell of no man Backebyte nor curse no man All men are brethren And suche lyke godly sentences lette them be planted into yonge hartes Aboue all thynges shall the parētes vse godly honest cōuersaciō in y ● presence of theyr chyldren teache them more vertue goodnes than theyr wordes For wordes althoughe they maye do muche yet shall good ensamples of lyuynge do more to the yougth Let not your chyldren be conuersaunt wytheuell persons and lyght company lette them not heare vicious nor wanton communicacion nor se no synfull sygh tes The parentes must vse them selues before them as before GOD and all honest people Cato the wyse Senatour of Rome expelled Ti tus Flaminius out of the counsell only because that in the syghte of hys yonge doughter he embrased his wyfe Christen folke shulde remember the fearfull sentence of Christ sayeng Who so euer geueth occasion of euell to any of these yonge chyldren that beleue in me it were better forhym to be drowned wyth a mylstone tyed about his neck ▪ Thou must diligētly beware lest any in thyne house gyue any euell ensample and speke that at naught is in theyr presence And take hede leest thou receaue any persone into thyne house that maye ether by worde or dede corrupte thy chyldren or seruauntes Remember that euell speach maye soone corrupte destroy that which thou hast bene long in plantyng buyldynge Wanton and euell communicacion sayth Paul conrupteth good manners And begynne by tymers to plante vertue in thy chyldrennes brestes for late sowynge bryngethe a late or neuer an apte haruest Yong braunches wyl be bowed as thou lystest●… but olde trees wyll sooner breake than ●…ow And what soeuer good liquour is put first into a newe ●…arthen potte it wyll kepe the sent therof euer after if it therin stand any ceason And as for the yeares to set the chylde to the scole fyrst considre the apte sharpenes of witte therof for some are apte at fyue yeares some not before syxe or seuen yeares And what they shall be fyrst taught it is tolde before And here must ye chose out discrete learned godly masters for your chyldren which shall 〈◊〉 cordyng to theyr capacities ●…ently wysely enstructe them as is contayned in theyr primers in Englysh and dialoges as are there made for them whiche whan they can read both prynted and written letters and can well commyt that y ● they haue l●…rned to memory sayēg it distinct ly perfectly by hart t●…ē let thē learne to write to cas●… a compte to ●…yfre adde subtray c. And let them exercyse theyr penne and theyr tonges in readyng diuerse prynted bokes pertaynynge to the holye scriptures and come to heare the trewe prech●…rs of Gods word and in ony wyse let them not heare the papistike preachers and whan they come home from any good sermone aske thē what they haue borne awaye exhort them to marke diligently another tyme and to rehearse it when they come home Let them saye the gra●…es at the tables Let thē prepare the table serue you therat clenly and manerly Let thē spend all the tyme in vertuous vses neuer be ydle for the tyme of yougth is preciouse and passeth away swyftly Be ye circumspecte o pa rentes in fedyng and apparellyng your childrē let thē not be paumpered vp to dilicately withe meates wines nor yet arayed to sumptuously proudly Daniel was as wel lyking as pure of cōplexion with a messe of potage euery daye 〈◊〉 a draft of water as were they y ● were fedeuery daye of the kynges table Excesse of meates drynckes in yougth and gorgious apparell is y ● dore vnto glotony dronckennes lecherye and the way to pryde al maner of vyce neuer to be pluckte from thē in age For the which enormities vyces theyr parentes vp bryngers shal gyue strayght rekenyng vnto God let not thy yougth rūne out of thy dores nether by day nor nyght without thy lycence and take a rekening of theyr behauyoure in thyne absence Suffre thē not to come into any lyght wantō cōpany Se that ye correcte thē dewly discretely for theyr faultes so that they stand in great feare awe of the and if wordes wyl not reclayme thē than take the rod or weapō of correcciō discrete ly vsed For the rodde of correccion ministreth wysedome but the chyld suffred to do what he listeth is y ● confusiō of his mother And who so spareth the rod hateth the childe but he y ● loueth him nourtereth him in tyme the childes hert is ful of folyshnes but the rod of correcciō driueth ●…t forth Better it is that chyldrē wepe thē olde men Se that they pycke not steale not nor vse no vnlawfull games be not to rough nor to hastye weth them but so order your selues to them that they maye both loue and feare you ¶ The. xix Chapter Chyldren wher vnto they be apte lette them learne that science or handye crafte COnsyther well wherevnto thy chylde is naturally enclyned And vnto that occupacion let him be put to many mē nowe a dayes al be it they se theyr chyldrē apt vnto let ters good learnyng hauyng substaūce ynough to fynd thē therat yet wyll they not suffer them to continewe therat because thē selues cā not fa uour it or els they se no aduauntage worldly f●… low but great trouble ●…secuciō which worldly mē in thus doyng declare thē selues vngodly destroyers both of them selues theyr childrē of all common weales congregacions For what publique weal towne cyte or parysh can be wel gouerned wythout y ● Prince ruler preste or bi shop be lerned in gods lawe Prophetes and in his gospel what is the cause of all this dissensiō cruell persecucion tyranny euell lawes making vniust actcs false religion wycked ordinaunces vngodly decrees institucions but onely the blynd ignoran̄ce of vnlerned rulers which mea sure all thyng after theyr owne fonde fleshly affectes and reason besydes all scriptures wolde haue theyr owne carnal wylles to stonde in the steade yea rather to be aboue God hys lawes In tymes paste when men sawe so many spirituall promocions vnto rytch bysshoprykes benefices deanrykes Abbayes Pryories chauncelershyps c then they dyd set fast theyr childrē to scole to make them popysh prestes ydelly to lyue by other mennes sweates
but nowe they se howe laborouse and perellouse an office it is to preach and to teache Gods worde purely freely and faythfully And how vnthankeful an office it is to rule cominalties after iustyce and equite and what an heuye intollerable laboure it is to minister iustyce and iudgement after Gods worde lookyng for no aduauntage but to be a comon seruāt for the comon wealth sustayning suche intollerable burdens labours and perels as the offyce dewly ministred askethe no man is glad to haue his chylde learned vnto such vnprofitable and laborouse endes It was once an holy sacrifyce to God for a manne to dedicate his doughter or sonne vnto Frāces Clare Benet Thomas Austen Mary c. ydelly to lyue in all fylthines whā riches dignites worldely vayne worshyp and priuate profyt followed or rather whē they gredely aspired and folowed it But nowe whan the comon laboure godlynes and the publique profit of all comō weales congregacions depend vpon it no mā regardeth nether good learnyng nor vertue so far of are they nowe to set theyr chyldren to godly sco les When yougth was nothynge apte to good letters and when there was no good learnyng nor no good teachers then well was he y ● might sette his chyld to scole But nowe when yougth was neuer so apteto good learnyng as it is this daye learnynge good letters neuer so plenteously floryshyng restored and redact into such acompendious clere brifnesse neuer so good diligent and learned masters neuer so plenty of so good and playn bokes prynted neuer so good cheape the holy Ghost as it were into mennes mouthes mercifully offerynge hys gyftes and yet wyll there no man open his mouth his eyes to se so cleare lyght nor his eares to heare so pure manifest and holesome doctrine euen the worde of theyr owne saluacion For oure vnthanckefulnes therfore all these infinite heauēly benefites shall be takē frō vs giuē to some other naciō as to the Turkes Iewes whyche shall thanckefullyer then we receaue them And we shall haue the popysh prestes wyth all papistrye haltered and captiued vnder hardenecked Pharao in myer and claye neuer to be delyuered out of that yerney seruitude of his intollera ble bondage But nowe therfore O ye Christen parentes seyng that your yougth is now by the fauoure of God endewed wyth so good wyttes enclyned vnto good letters let not the graces gyftes of God be offred you in vayne but exercyse them in good autors both Greke Latine and in noble hi●…ortes in Logyke Rethoryke and in the tonges let them read the holy Byble and commend it to memory so shall they in tyme to come be profitable vnto the comon wealthe whervnto they be borne And such as are apte to handy occupacions let them b●… set to thē which be moost profitable necessary for a cōmon weale as for payntyng keruynge wyth suche lyke they are more ●…ucyouse than necessary And consyder that al●…ust and true occupacions iustly erercysed and vsed Goddes blessyng maketh them to prosper and the truedoers and labourers in theyr callynge hys blyssyng make them rytch Euery man to put his chyld to that master which is moost ex cellent and connyng in that craft it is no nede to monyshe nor to exhorte your chyldren to be trewe of fewe wordes faythfull in dedes and promises diligent and seruiseable to euery man obedient to theyr masters clenly quycke handsome and wyllyng to do theyr commaundemen tes Nowe when thou hast perfectely learned thy crafte it shall be profitable for the to trauel into straung countryes to se the workyng and hād lynge therof amonge other nacions wherby ether thyselfe mayst lerne both a perfayter practyse and also more experience or els they of the maye learne the same into thy nowne profyte And in so trauaylynge holde thy selfe modeste styll and sobre medlynge not beyonde thyn own facultye Be ientle frendely faythfull and curteous to them conformynge thy selfe vnto theyr honest fashions and godly manners Beware of euell company dronkennes beware of lyght wanton women learne no vyce nor euell maners of them but only vertue such occupaciōs as are profitable bryng home cōnyng vertue no syn nor euell maners of which thou shalte se to much to lytle of that good is Cutte clothes iagged al to hagged hosen disfigure and deforme honest persons declare lyght mē and wantonnes in thy harte But before all these experiences seakynge se that thou prouidest thy chyldren honest mates if they desyre it and let thē rather togither liue at home and not the one to departe anye longe tyme from the tother for trauaylynge in straūge countreyes bryng some yonge euell disposed per sons into great inconueniences and noughty liuyng as it was wonte to be sayde of the Rome runners neuer to be good after ¶ The. xx Chapter LEt not your yōg daughters be to proudly costly appareld but modestly honestly for thys gorgyouse apparel is not els but a minstrelsy pypyng vp a daūce vnto al lechery Remēbre that Peter saithr That the apparel of wemen maye not be vtwarde inbroydred oute layd hear which is an whorishe fashyon nor in hangyng on of golde or puttynge on of costelye gorgious flaryng clothes c. The vtward light apparell declareth a corrupt proude and sinfull inward hert Let shamefastnes chastite modesty mekenes few wordes sadnes and sobryete be the yong womans aparell to sette forthe hyr bewtye For after thys maner in the olde tyme sayth Peter were holy yonge wemen decked of theyr matrōs were obedient to theyr housbandes As was Sara vnto Abrahā callynge hym Lorde whose doughters ye are as longe as ye do well Let the examples of Rebecca and Rachell be at youre eyes whyche godlye and fayer women desyryng and sekynge the loue of theyre husbondes were glad to please them Learne also of Paul howe to tyer your selues Bewar●… ye wound not your pouerty and proud hert and to precious and sumptuouse apparell yf ye wyl go forthe in your prowde araye so neglecte you the doctrine of god and procure youre selues dāp nacion But yf ye saye ye decke your selues to be the more clenely so to please youre husbandes I tell you agayne that ther is a meane measure in euery thynge accordynge to euerye state degree theris a comlye apparell whych comelynes and measure no honest husbond nor honest wyfe wylbe glad to trāsgresse exceade Such eccesse pryde maye procure the dyshonestye harme to thy husbonde As for ientle wemen suche as are of noble byrthe whether they maye excede in lyght wā ton apparell or in apparell to costly I wyl first as●… them whether they be Christen faythfull wemen or vnfaythfull If they be vnbeleuers then let them walke as they liste And the more gorgyouse tenderlynges they be the better shall they please theyr head the dyuyll And seynge
th y haue wantō proude sprytes they muste nedes haue lyke garmentes to declare what they b●… within in herte and mynde wyth these wemen I wyll not wrestle But yf they be Chrysten faythfull wemen they maye well knowe that the holy Apostles Peter and Paule haue wrytē theyr erhortaciōs for sober apparell vnto them which haue such ryche Iewels stones gold syluer not to poore women that haue them not Seyng then that the word of God is pryncypally spoken to you that be ientle womē of noble parentel whych haue these ryches and Iewels to laye thē awaye wyth all youre pōpe and pryde wylbe taken for Chrysten folkes then folowe you the exhortations of the mynysters of Iesu Christ. Moreouer ye shulde remember what is the very nobilite what maketh gentle men and wemē that it is not apparell but m●…kenes gen tle behauyour discrete conuersacyon prudence wysdome lernynge vertue And they that in Chryst Iesu are baptysed are baptysed into one body of Chryst where we are all one no difference betwixte noble nor bloude poore nor ritch Galat. iii. And therfore in thys respecte there is no boast to be made of bloude but remember y ● ●…oble quene Hester whych sayde Thou knowest my state o Lorde that I hate the sygne of preemynence worshyp whych I beare vpon my head what tyme I must go forth to be sene that I abhorre it as an vncleane clothe and that I weare it not whan I am quyet alone by my self GOD therfore hath geuen you ryches to dystrybute them to the poore not to mayn tayne your pryde therwyth So were Iewelles bestowed euen amonge the Heathē for at Rome was a lawe called Lex Oppia wherby all pompe excesse of rayment was forbodden all honeste wemen they were commaunded that none how myghty or rytche soeuer they were shulde not weare aboue an vnce of golde vpon theyr bodies Cypriane sayeth that wemen albe it they be ryche yet therfore ought they not to vse the more pompe pryde but to knowe those onelye to be riche which are ernest in godlye workes helpyng the poore A shamefull and blasphemous thynge it is to weare syluer golde veluets and sylkes and to suffer the poore to want clothes foode yee she that proudlye decketh her selfe destroyeth hyr owne soule geuethe other folkes occasyon of destruccyon For she stereth vp euell affeccyons and lustes in them that beholde hyr yee such one is poyson and swearde to thē that se her Nether may suche gorgyouse fla rynge prowde wemen be iudged godlye nor honest And therfore sayde Paul That euerye woman comming into the church to pray or to heare the worde preached must be honestly coue red and especially hyr heade for yf she come in bare headed or shewyng any parte of her heare as some saye it out and manye haue borowed heare she dishonest hyr head whych is hyr housband let them therfore be decked and koueredde wyth comely veales for the angelles whyche are thē ministers and messāgers of God And what madnes were it to come into the church vnder a pretence of humblenes to pray to God for gra ce wher by such proude fashyons thou prouokest hys heuy wrath vpō the It were better for such people to be thrust into a sacke with a myl stone hanged aboute theyr neckes as Christ sai eth drowned then thus to offende anye one of the least in the congregacyon What shame God threateneth vnto suche prowde personnes ye maye reade Esa. iii. sayynge That for theyr chaynes of golde the shall haue halters of hempe and fetters and colers of yerne for theyr muske and pomaunders they shal haue stynke for theyr brodred heare euerye man shall se them balde and for theyr stomachers of golde they shall weare sack whyche all wythe a myserable destruccion of Israhell and Iuda by theAssiryans and Babylonites came iustlye to passe in the dayes of these kynges Ioa chas Ioakim and Zedechias Wherfore let euery honest woman accordyng to hyr state abilite be comely clenly and honestely apparelled auoydynge all sluttishnes and vnclennelyenes and so teche theyre chyldren and refrayne from all excesse and super fluite that God may be praysed noman offēded at your apparel ra ther garnished with vertue vtward honestye thē w t pryde whych procureth you euuye and it wyll in conclusion haue a shamefull fall ¶ The. xxi Chapter ¶ Howe daughters and maydens must be kepte NOw to returne to yong daughters how they shuld be enstru●…t in prayer know lege of theyr christē religiō according as it is set forth in dialoges institutions of y e chri stians yet shall they not be to busy in teachyng reasoning openlye but there to vse sylence and to learne at home openly to heare and at home let them reasone and teache eche other Neyther wold I nothaue them euer shutte vp as it were in cage neuer to speake nor to come forthe but sometymes to se the good fasshions and honest behauiour of other for to kepe thē euer in mew is ynough eyther to make thē starcke fooles or ●…lles to make thē naughtes whē they shal once come abroad into company As for this thyng euery discrete parente shall knowe by the aforesayd rules howe to order them to auoyd all wā tonnes and nycenesse in wordes gestures and dedes to eschewe all vnhonest games and passe tymes to auoyd all vnhonest loues and occasions of the same as vnhonest daunsynge wanton communicacion company wythe rybaldes and fylthy speakers teache them to auerte theyr syght and sences from all such inconueniences let them auoyd ydlenes be occupied ether doinge some profitable thyng for your family or e●…es readynge some godly boke lette them not reade bokes of fables of fond and lyght loue but call vpon God to haue pure hartes and chaste that they might cleue only to theyr spouse Christ vn to hym maryed by fayth which is the moost pu rest wedlock of vs all pure virgins beyng both maried and vnmaried Euell wordes saythe Paul corrupte good manners vnclennes and couetousnes let them not once be named amōg you nor no foolysh rybaldry talkyng nor light testyng which are not comely but be occupied in prayers and thankesgyuynge Bokes of Robyn hood Beues of Hampton Tro●…us such lyke fables do but kyndle in lyers lyke lyes and wanton loue which ought not in yougth wyth theyr fyrst spettle to be dronckē in lest they euer remayne in them If ye delyght to synge songes ye haue the Psalmes and many godly songes bokes in Englysh right frutefull swete Take the new Testament in your handes study it diligently learne your profession in baptyme to mortify your flesh and to be reuyued in the spirite learne the vse of the Lordes supper to re member his death and to gyue hym perpetuall thankes for thy redempciō Mothers must also teache theyr