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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68062	A brief fourme of confession instructing all Christian folke how to confesse their sinnes, [and] so to dispose themselues, that they may enioy the benefite of true pena[n]ce, dooing the woorthy frutes therof, according to th'vse of Christes Catholique Church. Newly translated into English, and set foorth together with certaine other godly brief treatises and praiers, as is to be seene in the side folowing.	More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. aut; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. aut; Fowler, John, 1537-1579.; Vaux, Laurence, 1519-1585, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 11181; ESTC S121597	62,758	242

couetous craftie and deceitful The eigth Commaundement THou shalt beare no false witnesse that is to saie refraine thy tong from al harme dammage both of thy self thy neighbour and from al maner of lying il report or witnesse How it is broken THis Commaundement is broken in bearing any false witnesse to the dammage of our neighbour or in hearing the same with good wil or in procuring and causing any other to do the same Also in vttering disclosing any mans faultes openly whereas few men doe openly know them or in bewraying his secrete faultes in aggrauating and augmenting his defectes and imperfections in hiding and dissembling his vertues in belying any man in praising or commending ought without cause and to no purpose and good ende or for any euil intent effec● in angring or prouoking any man to indignation without cause or reason in murmuring grudging lying glosing accusing backbyting giuing priuie scoffes defaming il suspecting in being curious and spying to know other mennes liues secretes and in bewraying the same in slaundering and sowing tales to defame him to empaire his good name to sprede abrode or to enlarge yl reporte of him to iudge yl of any mā Also in hearing gladly and giuing eare to other that do such like things or in not letting nor forbidding them if we may in reioycing at the yl report of our neighbour to be sorie that he hath a good report name to be enuious of his giftes graces good qualities good dedes not to giue good counsel when we may do any good thereby or to omit and refuse or neglect to speake wel and giue good witnesse of our neighbour when time and place requireth How this Commaundement is fulfilled THis Commaundemente is kept and fulfilled by doing good to our neighbours with our woordes where occasion and nede requireth by doing the contrarie things of al that is afore said specially by vsing truth in al our doings and sayings and in such witnesses and testimonies as we shal giue of our neighbour beeing glad to set foorth his vertues to couer and hide his faultes to excuse his defectes and imperfections to construe take in the best part al things that are doutful may any wise be drawen to a good meaning likelyhod to speake and thinke wel of him without contrarying or gaine-saying the manifest truth to procure endeuour when it is in our power that other also doe the same finally to kepe and haue in vs alway charitie the whiche as S. Paule saith for that it is patient gentle doth suffer al couer al taketh al in good part except that which is euidently il of it self or hath a spice and parttaking with yl Of brotherly warning and correction IT perteineth also to the affirmatiue parte of this Cōmaundement to admonish warne our brother charitably Wherin there is some particular mentiō consideration to be had and that is that wheras the same is a medicine of the soule whereby our neighbour may auoide and come out of syn or not fal into it it is requisite behoueful to be circumspect warie in appliyng the same to the partie at suche time and season as we shal perceiue it to take effect do good or els see some likelyhood that it shal do no harme and then we are bound to vse the same vnder paine of great sinne And whereas al men in some respect or other are of duetie bounde herevnto yet Prelates Preachers Rulers Magistrates Householders and men of age authoritie are more specially bound thereto eche one according to his degree and state The Commaundementes of the Church which are six SIx Cōmaundements there are in the whole Church which are in maner general the which we are bound to kepe eche man in his vocation degree bycause of the bounden duety we haue to obey the Churche as our spiritual Mother them that are Rulers Officers in the same for that thei are in Gods room place The first THe first Commaundement is to heare Masse vppon Sondaies al holy daies that are kept according to the custome of eche Prouince and Diocese How this is fulfilled THis Cōmaundement is fulfilled in hearing one Masse to the end and if it may be the High Masse and that which is of the present daie and feast to heare the same with al reuerence deuotiō and with good affections and motions in our hartes in desiring and calling for the grace of God and fully purposing to forsake sinne How it is broken JT is broken in not dooing any thing of this aforesaid or in doing the contrarie The second TO fast suche daies as the Church commaundeth that is to witte the Lent the fower Imber daies the Eues Fasting daies on Fridaies and Saturdaies to eate like as in the Lent conformably and according to the custome of the Countrie and Diocese wherein a man liueth This precept conteineth in it two things to witte Christian abstinence and sobrietie which is to eate once in the daie measurably the other is the appointmēt of such meates as are to be forborne as flesh egges cheese milke or any of these without necessitie and license How this is broken IT is broken by not fasting on such daies aforesaid without some reasonable cause and by eating more then once by eating before noone some notable great space of time by eating ouermuche with some sensible excesse or with some euident curiositie delicatenes by eating the night before with apparent fulnes to defraude the fast folowing Also by fasting with vndiscrete abstinences to some euident harme of the bodie by fasting superstitiously Iewishly by eating flesh egges cheese or white meates vppon forbiddē daies without vrgent cause and necessitie and without leaue of the ghostly Father or of the Physition in case thou may haue time and opportunitie to aske leaue libertie therevnto By not absteining from sinne on those daies specially by not exercising our selues in good vertuous deedes vpon the same daies namely in deuotiō in praier whereby our fasting may be fruitful vnto vs. Concerning the maner of obseruing the Saturdaies it is to be noted that bycause there are diuers fashions according to the diuersitie of the Countries the well disposed Christiā man must conforme and frame himselfe vnto the custome of the Countrie where he is abyding if he wil liue without offense of others according vnto S. Ambrose rule And therefore he must also confesse himself of any fault he hath done against suche customes specially if he did it with contempte or with offense vnto others The third Precept TO paie our Tithes and offrings such as of olde customes haue bene wonte to be paid They offend this Precept and are bound to restitution who paie not the same and they that paie them with some defect or with the worst and they that paie not tithes of al suche things as the custome of

sweare oft times to sweare without cause vse the name of God or of his creatures with smal regard and reuerence To sweare in doubtful things to forsweare to committe periurie To promise and vow euil things or for euil intent purpose Not to fulfil or to delay without necessarie cause any good vow or promise To vse any vain idle othes To breake the Commaundementes of the Church and of our betters and Superiours Also if a religious person doe not conforme and frame his life to the rule and order that he hath vowed or if any person do not qualifie him selfe to such state of life as he hath taken vpon him To blaspheme to denie God to curse and banne Gods creatures To be negligent colde and vndiscrete to be mistrustfull to be ouermuch dul and wandring in praier and in Gods seruice What this Precept commaundeth and bindeth vs vnto JT bindeth vs to the vertues that are contrarie to al this aforesaid chiefely to the seruice and worshipping of god To vse our selues wel and in due order in al that perteineth to the tong and to talke and to spend our time wel as reason ruled by faith shal require To vse al due reuerence vnto al things where the name of our Lord is called vpō as are the seuen Sacramentes holy doctrine and preaching praier vowes taking of othes and al halowed things To cal on Gods holy name in our necessities to giue him thankes with al our heart To sweare when necessarie occasion is offered with al truth with reuerence with lawfull cause To doe eche thing wel and duely according to the rule state and office that we liue in The third Commaundement THou shalt keepe holy the Sonnedaies and holy Feastes of the Church What is commaunded in this Precept TO heare Masse from the beginning to the end deuoutly and the Sermon also if we can To labour and occupie our selues on those daies in recōciling disposing our selues wel toward god To kepe vs from sinne To bestowe those daies chiefely in calling vpon God commending our selues to him with our whole hart And to cal to mind remembrance his benefites towards vs and to be thankeful to him for the same What is forbidden in this Commaundement wherwith the same is broken THis Commaundement is broken with al things that are contrarie to these aforesaid namely by the exercise of handy craftes and wordly affaires occupations which tende and redound al to profit and temporal gaine when as any part of our duetie toward God and his holy Feastes is let thereby except there be some euident and manifest nede that requireth the same for order of charitie and helpe of our neighbour The fourth Commaundement HOnour thy Father and Mother that is to witte thy natural Parentes through whome thou wast borne and brought vp in this world and also the spiritual Prelates Bisshops Pastours Preachers Doctors Scholemaisters al such as haue charge of soules al temporal Gouernours generally al that are in Gods stede as headdes appointed by him for our profit gouernment And by this honour towarde them is meant that we must thinke wel of them reuerence them obey thē helpe succour them in their needes wish them wel procure the same and to praie God specially for thē also to regard haue in honour our Elders and al aged persons What is forbidden in this Commaundement IT is forbidden to do ought that is contrary to this aforesaid in time place when reason doth bind and require the same as to curse or speake yl of our Parents and Superiours not to helpe them not to obey them to giue them il answeres to mocke and scoffe at them to murmur grudge and thinke yl of them to dishonour cōtemne or despise them The Parentes also and Superiours do offend against this Commaundement when they giue not to their childrē or subiectes and to such as are vnder their charge that thing which is due vnto them as is good admonition counsel teaching good hede loking to thē good example and ordinate loue toward them to haue a vigilant eie care of them likewise the husbandes in vsing al these things toward their wiues The fifth Commaundement THou shalt not kil Thou shalt neither do nor desire to do any bodily harme to thy neighbour to wit where there is no commaundement of Superiour or Gouernour that requireth the same or publike Authoritie that may laufully commaund it How this Commaundement is fulfilled and whervnto it doth bind vs. WE must be boūtiful gentle meke courteous charitable merciful both to our frindes and enemies What is forbidden in this Precept and how it is broken JT is brokē in not doing this aforesaid at suche time and place as is mete to be done and also in dooing any of this that foloweth to witte killing wounding stryking cruell vsing euil handling by force and putting to shame or villanie or els in desiring or procuring any of these things to our neighbour Also in giuing of counsel thereto or prouoking the same and stirring vp any to do the like and in dissembling and holding vs stil when we might let and staie the same Also when he that is a Iudge doth passe excede the order of iustice or hath not a good single intēt Moreouer in bearing hatred malice anger wrath and rancour toward our neighbour in railing and vsing euil wordes and croked language or doing any thing that maketh debate and enmitie in piking quarels in taking partes and sides and giuing occasions of harme and offense vnto others in stirring vppe braulings and brablings by stirring vp of coles when they were raked vp that is by ripping vp of old sores and renewing a strife which had ben once appeaced ●n striuing or contentiousely mainteining holding of opinions in beeing at open defiance in earnest ouerlowd speaking calling in scolding and open clamors crying out in rage of passions wherby many times men fall together by the eares and lay handes one on another Also in not giuing aduise warning and counsel in such perilles as may fal on the persōs of our neighbour on his bodie or goodes or any of his also in tourneiments and exercise of feates of Armes not to vse discretion wisedome but dangerously to be rash hastie or to vse any wrath and hatred therein to bid the combate to any person or to doe it or to be present at it or giuing the ground where to fight it The sixth and ninth Commaundement THou shalt not committe adulterie nor any fornicatiō nor desire any other mans wife nor haue any carnal accesse or behauiour vnto her What is commaunded in this Precept TO be chaste to be moderate and sober in eating and drinking honest in wordes and al outward gestures to weare our clothes and apparel in al decent sad graue wise without wanton deuises and honestie according to our degree and calling We are also here