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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03083	A brefe and a playne declaratyon of the dewty of maried folkes gathered out of the holy scriptures, and set forth in the almayne tonge by Hermon archbyshop of Colayne, whiche wylled all the housholdes of his flocke to haue the same in their bedchambers as a mirror or glasse dayly to loke in, wherby they might know and do their dewties eche vnto others, and lede a godly, quiet and louing life togethers, and newly translated into ye Englishe tonge by Hans Dekyn.	Wied, Hermann von.; Dekyn, Hans.	1553 (1553)	STC 13208; ESTC S112652	9,078	40

sat cattell wyth stryfe Therefore oughte ye to extreme and imbrase thys concorde and quyetnes as the mentenat and onely vpholder of the whole felyssytye in maryage whyche is in gendred of faruente loue faythfulnes and kyndnes and mayntayned by the same wherin ye ought contynuallye to walke in all chastenes and purenes of lyuynge whyche assuredlye shyneth as a most precyous thynge in the syghte of God and in the cōmendacyon of the same sayeth Salamon in the boke of wysedome O fayre is a chaste generatyon wyth vertu for it is wyth good men where it is presente men take example there at and yf it goo awaye yet they desyre it it is alwayes crowned and holden in honoure and winneth the rewarde of the vndefyled battell but the multytude of vngodlye chyldren are vnprofytable and the thynge that are planted in whoredome shall take no depe rote nor laye anye faste foundacyon thoughe they be grene in the braunches for a tyme yet shall they be shaken wyth the wynde for they stonde not faste and thoroughe the vehemencye of the wynde they shal be rooted oute for the vnprofytable braunches shal be broken theyr frute shal be vnprofytable sower to eate yee meate for nothynge and why all the chyldren of the wycked muste bere recorde of the wickednes of theyr fathers and mothers when they be asked but to the ryghteous be ouer taken wyth deathe yet shall he be in reste Here maye you se howe vyle filthye and abominable aduoutry fornycacyon and basterdye is and howe hye in extymatyon a chaste lyfe is amongeste al good and godlye folke and in specyallye in the syghte of GOD to whome no secrete synne is hyde And as a chaste louynge lyfe in maryage is moste commendyd so oughte ye to be of chastemaners to haue chaste talke ▪ and to exchewe all wanton fassyons vnclenlye communycatyon fylthye handelynge and all vnsemelynes and to be the speakars and very dores of all vertue and godlynes for Saynte Paul sayeth be ye folowers of GOD as deare chyldren and walke in loue euen as Christ loued you and gaue hym selfe for vs an offerynge and a sacryfyce of 〈…〉 ete sauoure to God so that fornycacyon and all vnclenes or couetousnes be not ones named amongeste you as becommeth sayntes neyther fylthye nor folyshe tawlke neyther gestynge whyche are not comelye but rather geuyng of thankes for this ye knowe that whoremongers eyther vnclene parsons or couytous parsons whyche is the woreshypper of Images shall haue anye enterans in thee Kyngedome of GOD and of Christ Also there ought to be a temporance betwene man and wife for God hath ordeyned maryage for a remedye or medycyne to asswage the hete of the burnynge fleshe and for procreatyon and not beestelye for to fulfil the whole lustes of the deuelyshe mynde and wycked fleshe for tho ye haue a promes that the acte in maryage is no synne yf the man receyue hys wyfe as a gyfte geuen to hym of God and the wyfe hyr husbande in lyke case as ye haue a promes that ye synne not when ye eate and dryncke measurablye wyth thankes geuynge yet yf ye take excesse or vse it beestelye vylelye or inordynatelye youre mistēperans make that yll which is good beynge ryghtelye vsed and that whyche is clene ye defyle thoroughe youre abusynge of it God hath not called you to vnclenes but vnto holynes sayeth saynte Paul and forther sayeth he it is the wyll of God euen that you shulde be holye and that euery one of you shuld knowe howe to kepe hys vessell in holynes and honour and not in the lustes of concupyscens as do the hethen whyth know not God Also saynte Paul wylleth you that ye wythdrawe not youre selfes nor departe not one from another except it be wyth the good consente of bothe for a tyme to faste and to praye which fastynge and prayer I wolde to God were more vsed then it is not as Ipocrytes were wonte but as Christyans oughte and are commaunded all moste in euerye parte of the scryptures for they that in eatyng and drinkynge fulfyll the whole lustes of the fleshe can not worke after the sprete and as we daylye and hourelye contynuallye synne so oughte we contynually to pray and call for grace And in all the whole Byble you shall not finde a more godlye example of mariage whyche I wolde to God all maryed folkes wolde rede then that of Tobyach and Sara the doughter of Raguell whyche were knytte together in fastynge and prayer and ofte vsed the same lyuyng a godlye pure and clene life for the which they obtayned the blessynge of God and sawe theyr chylders chyldren to the fyfte generatyon Whyche chyldren vndoutydlye is the hyeste gyfte and greateste tresure of thys world and mayntynans of the same For chyldren is the verye sure bande and last knot of loue Matrymony all by the whyche the parentes can neuer be clerelye separatyd a sunder In asmuch as that whyche is of them both can not be deuyded seyng both haue parte in euerye one And chyldren are they re parentes chefe ioye comforte and felycite nexte vnto GOD theyr staye and staffe vpholders of their age and in theyr chyldren do the parentes leue in a maner after theyr death For they dye not all togethers that leaue collopes of theyr owne fleshe alyue behynde them and by theyr chyldren yf they be vertuously and Godlye broughte vp then is God honoured and the commen welthe auanced so that the parentes and all men fare the better by them You re children moste assuredlye is the verye blessynge of God for the whiche ye oughte to geue hym mooste hartye thankes be contented and wyth suche as he doth sende you be they manye or fewe sonnes or doughters For yf they be manye he wyll prouyde for them yf they be faythfull Yf they be fewe he maye sende you more and geue you more ioye of one doughter then of x. sonnes therefore be contente wyth hys wyll for he dothe all thynges for the beste and knoweth what is beste ▪ for you geue him moste hartye thankes for suche as you haue and be dylygent to see them vertuouslye and godlye broughte vp and in any case suffer them not to be ydell For they that will not worke sayeth saynte Paul let them not eate therefore put them to learne some honeste scyens or crafte wherunto of nature they be moste apte For in that shall they moste proffet by the which they maye get theyr owne lyuynge and serue the commen welthe And aboue al thyng let them fyrst learne to knowe God and hys most holy word whiche is the ryght pathe and hye way to all vertue and Godlines the sure shylde and stronge bukelar to defende vs from the deuyll and all hys cruell and crafty assawtes geue them daylye godlye and louyng exhortasyons suffer no vyce to take rote in them but rebuke them for their yll and commende them in their well doinge Prouyde