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A01624	The course of Christianitie: or, As touching the dayly reading and meditation of the holy Scriptures very requisite and necessary for all Christians of what estate or condition soeuer: tvvo bookes. Translated out of Latine into English, by Iohn Ludham vicar of Wethersfeld. 1579.; De sacrae Scripturae lectione as meditatione quotidiana. English	Hyperius, Andreas, 1511-1564.; Ludham, John, d. 1613.	1579 (1579)	STC 11755; ESTC S120317	159,740	250

the Laitie ought to haue not onely sufficiently but abundauntly also the worde of Christe dwelling in them and that they ought to teache or admonishe one an other But what me thinketh thou bitest in thy lippe and couertly mockest me crying out against me that there is not so muche as one crumme of Hieroms meaning in those Commentaries Go to verily if thou wilte be it so But what if we sette downe other things whiche thou neuer darest to reiect as straunge or counterfaite and yet haue the selfe same meaning that the wordes goyng before haue Heare what hée sayth expounding the seconde Chapiter of the Epistle to Titus Lette the senses bee exercised and the minde dailye fedde with diuine readings and so shall our questions not become foolishe There is no man in a manner but knoweth the learned and long Epistle of Hierome written to Paulinus In this is contayned a huge heape of moste excellent reasons prouoking to the study of the holy Scriptures where are so digested and putte in order that the whole Epistle séeth not to bée written to Paulinus alone but generallye also to all Christians In consideration wherof it came to passe also that our auncestours nowe for certaine ages paste whoulde haue the same as a most profitable instructiō like as it is in very déed to be prefixed set before the holy Bible And albeit in the same Epistle he somwhat sharply inueyeth against the impudency and rashnes of some men which take vpon thē to teach the Scriptures before they haue learned thē cōplayneth that they to wit the holy Scriptures are of euery pratling Gossup doting olde man babling Sophister finally of all sortes of people too too vnreuerently handled and mangled yet neuerthelesse intending to signify that no manne of what state or condition soeuer oughte to be restrayned from the reading of them hée addeth immediatelye after That in them doe therefore appeare a certaine simplicitie and basenesse of wordes to the intent the rude and rusticall people mighte the more easily bee instructed and not only the learned but also the vnlearned receiue profite euerye one according to their capacitie And to learne verily it lyeth al mē vpon indifferently to teach not so But there is moreouer in Hieroms iudgement somewhat peraduenture that the haters of holy Doctrine will more maruaile at In as muche as he doeth not onely couet to haue men to exercise themselues in reading the holy Bookes But also he exhorteth commaundeth and vehemently vrgeth that Virgins that matrones entangled with the cares of houshould matters that widowes would giue themselues to the selfe same studies of holy scripture For so he writeth to Demetriades in his Epistle or booke De Viginitate seruanda This one thing O thou daughter of God And chiefly loe this one I will thee tell and ofte thee warne The same to thinke vpon Namely that thou occupy thy mind in the loue of holy reading neither suffer the good grounde of thy hart to bee infected wyth the seede of Darnell and Tares Leaste the goodman of the house beyng asleepe which is Nous that is to saye the minde alwayes cleauyng to God the enimy come and sowe Cockle in it c. Againe he sayeth Determine with thy selfe howe many houres thou oughtest to bestowe in learning the holye Scripture howe muche time in reading not to wearye thee but to delighte and instructe thy soule Straighte after there followe preceptes as touching handye laboure as of Spinning Weauing and so forthe Then in the latter end of the same Epistle Ioine saith hée the end to the beginning neither am I content once to haue admonished thee loue the holy Scriptures and Wisedome will loue thee loue hir and shee will saue thee honour hir and shee will embrace thee Furthermore in Epistola ad Celantiam matronam whiche is entituled Of the Institution of a good Huswife for whether it bée Hieroms as some thinke or of Pautinus doyng as othersome will haue it I neyther nowe dispute neither doth it greately skill séeing it is agréede vppon among all menne that it is bothe godly and learned and also compiled in that age we reade thus Let thy chiefe and principall care bee to knowe the lawe of God by the whiche thou mayste as it were beholde the present examples of the saintes before thine eyes Learne by the counsell thereof what thou oughtest to doe and what thou oughtest to leaue vndone For the greatest furtheraunce to righteousnesse that can be is to replenishe the harte and soule with the sweete testimonies of the Lord and that which thou couetest to execute indeede alwaies to ponder and meditate in thy minde To the people yet rude and not vsed to obedience it is commaunded of the Lorde by Moses that for a token of memorie wherby they might remember the commaundementes of the Lorde they should throughout the skirtes of their garmentes haue certaine ornamentes of purple and scarlet coloure indifferently meynte that euen when they looked by chaunce hither and thither they mighte still bee putte in minde of the heauenly commaundements And straitwayes after a fewe words comming betwéene hée sayth Seeing thou keepest not nowe the preceptes of the Letter but of the Spirite thy mindefulnesse of the diuine commaundements is spiritually to bee garnished whereby thou haste not so often to recorde the precepts of the Lorde as alwayes to thinke vppon them Let the holy Scriptures therfore be euermore in thy handes and ponder them continually in thy minde thinke it not ynoughe for thee to keepe the commaundements of God in thy minde and in thy deeds to forgette them But for this cause learne to know that thou mayst do whatsoeuer thou haste learned to be done Againe in the same place So farre forth be careful for thy house as thou mayst notwithstanding bestow some tyme in caring for thy soule Choose to thy selfe some fitte place somewhat remoued from the noyse of thy family wherevnto as vnto a Hauen as a man whoulde saye oute of a huge tempeste of cares conuey thy selfe and the waues of thy thoughtes that were raysed withoute dispose thou within to tranquilitie and quietnesse See thou bestowe there so much study in holy reading so often and plentifull prayers so firme and precise consideration of things to come as that thou mayste easilye by this occasion make amendes for all the lettes of the residue of thy tyme. Thus much hathe hée there Nowe let vs sée what Hierome requireth of widowes in this behalfe ad Saluinam de viduitate seruanda hée sayeth Bee alwayes occupied in reading the holy Scriptures and vse so often and feruent prayers that al the dartes of euill thoughts wherewith youth is wonte to bee pierced thoroughe maye with this shield bee beaten backe Likewise to Furia the widowe hée sayeth When thou goest to meate remember that by and by thou oughtest to praye and euen forthwith also to reade Oute of the holye Scriptures haue a certaine number of verses fixed in

so ofte as anye intreatie touchyng the Scriptures is there godlily and purely and sincerely practised and made Euery Church wherein are placed diligent and faithfull teachers is as a famous Vniuersitie and common Schoole for all men to come vnto And that is wonte to be taken for moste sounde and leaste suspected whiche is publikely and of those that haue the charge of teaching in the Churche committed vnto them giuen forth and exhibited But I holde beste to set downe héere that whiche Saint Chrisostome in hys homilie 21. vpon Iohn hath wisely pronounced as touching all thys matter If wee woulde sayth he diligently ransacke the Scriptures wee might thereby obtaine saluation if we woulde be throughly conuersant in them we should rightly be instructed both in learning and liuing And albeit a mā be crooked peruerse and vnmerciful albeit he hathe profited nothing aforetime yet now at least wise shal he profite and although hee doth not by and by perceiue it receiue some comforte For if so be a man sitteth in a shop where oyntments or perfumes be made he doth euen whither hee will or no taste of the sauor thereof then muche more he that frequenteth the Church For euen as of slouth groweth negligēce so of exercise cōmeth cherefulnesse Though thou be subiect to neuer so many sins though altogither vncleane yet refuse thou not to come to the Church For what if thou doest not the thinges that are taughte Thou shalte not lose altogither thy labour if thou vnderstandest but thy selfe to be miserable Thys feare wil not be vnprofitable nor this dreade out of season If thou sob and sigh from thy hearte bycause thou doest not that which thou hearest there is no doubt but that thou shalt one day beginne to do wel For it cannot bee that he that both heareth GOD and talketh wyth GOD should be without profite For by and by we are kept vnder We wash our handes when we take vp the booke Seest thou with what reuerence we are moued before we reade But if we adde diligence herevnto then will great profit come thereby For none but the reuerent soule washeth his handes And the wife if shee haue hir heade bare couereth it so soone as may bee giuing a token of hir inwarde reuerence but the man if his heade be couered will by and by discouer it Seest thou howe the outward fashion declareth the inward affection Furthermore he that is a diligent hearer of a diuine Sermō doth oft times grone in conscience doth oft times finde fault with his life and manners Let vs apply our selues therefore to the Scriptures my deere brethren and especially to the Gospels let vs oft times be in hande wyth them For the booke is no sooner opened but straighte wayes we shall meete with the name of CHRIST and when wee heare the order of his birth we shall remember Mary his mother which of Ioseph hir husband was founde to be with child by the holy GHOST Now hee that shall heare these things will immediately be inflamed with a wonderfull loue of virginitie he wil maruel at the childe he will despise earthly things Neyther is it to be thought a matter of small importaunce that a virgine was accompted worthy of the holy Ghoste and to be saluted by the message of an Angel. And these things briefly for a tast But if thou wilt diligētly serch through all things thou shalt incontinently contemne al worldly affayres and shalt reioyce with thy selfe If thou bee riche thou wilt passe nothing for riches when thou vnderstandest that a poore Carpenters wife in a vile cotage and condition became the mother of our Lorde If thou be poore thou needest not bee ashamed when thou hearest that the authour of the worlde refused not a most vile cabin Thus being perswaded thou shalt not be carried headlong to rauine and extortion thou shalte not bee carried to couetousnesse thou shalt not take thy neighbors good but rather thou shalt imbrace pouerty thou shalt despise riches thou shalt by this meanes put away al malice Againe when thou shalt see Iesus lying in a manger thou wilt cast away all care of decking thy sonne with gold or siluer of garnishing thy bedde thou wilt cast away I saye all couetousnesse thou shalt obtain many things which perticularly I can not now stād to declare but they shal know that will take a taste of thē Wherefore I exhorte that yee woulde giue attendance to reading that yee woulde gather the true meanings and write them in your heartes Which when the Iews regarded not they thought it ynough to carry the bokes in their hands but we let vs haue them not in our hāds but in our houses yea let vs as it behoueth vs imprinte them in our heartes For by this means the filthy drosse of this life being done away we shal obtaine the sweete blessings of the life to come Hitherto hée These words are indéede somewhat long but yet suche as are verye worthy to be obserued of all persons And in good soothe it is expedient that next after the Scriptures the godly admonitions also of the holy fathers amongst whō Chrysostome is notable shoulde be graciously hearde and highly estéemed of all men But it is time that I now make an end of speaking I most hartily therefore pray and beséech all persons euen in the bowels of oure Lorde and Sauioure IESVS CHRIST of whō wee professe and auaunt that we haue obtained the most honorable name of Christians that we woulde by all meanes possible indeuour oure selues to aunswere to so holy a name and calling And for bycause this thing can not be brought to passe but by the knowledge of GODS will and of the whole substaunce of Christian doctrine it is euident forsooth that the continuall reading and hearing of the Scriptures is verye muche requisite and necessarie for al Christians Take therefore I beséech you the aduertisementes of vs hytherto collected in suche wise as by the same we maye haue intelligence that you are in some sorte perswaded to buy the holy bookes to take them in your handes yearely once or oftner if it maye be to reade and pervse them It is an olde saying that there is no longing for that which is vnknowen and that knowledge hath no enimy but the ignoraunt But thus it is thou shalte no sooner beginne to reade the holye Scriptures but thou shalt beginne also to loue and imbrace them The wonderfull swéetenesse that is in reading thou shalte then first of all perceyue when thou art a little envred with it As for those counterfaite reasons wherewith in these our dayes the crafty Foxes and Aegiptian inchaunters goe about to withdrawe all sortes of men but especiallye the common sorte and youth of good calling from their holy and godly purpose stoppe thou thine eares against them and passe them ouer as deadly Mermaides songs Sathan the commō enimy of mankinde sléepeth not neyther taketh anye reste but from time to tyme