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A06866
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An inuectyue agenst the moost wicked [and] detestable vyce of swearing, newly co[m]piled by Theodore Basille
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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STC 1730.5; ESTC S115309
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in that behalfe In howe troublous and ragynge sea sayle these wretches miserable caytisses What intollerable plages abyde them What fearse punyshmeÌ„tes and cruell tormentes are prepared for theÌ„ Howe is it possible that they maye escape the moost extreme venâ—eaunce of GOD Not only to sweare but also falsely to sweare Not only falsely to sweare but also to sweare vpon the holy Euangely Not onely to sweare vpon the holye Euangely but also to caul God al hys holy sayntes to be wytnesses yea that in a wrong matter O detestable abhominacion O wyckednesse more than can be expressed O shameful synne worthy all kynd of punyshment O incomparable vice worthy to be reuâ—ged not with papers wearyng only but wyth the moost bytter intollerable paynes that are prepared in hell for Satan and hys ministers Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe saythe the scripture It is not lawful for vs vaynly to sweare shall we than presume falsly to forsweare our selues Althoughe the compâ—ny of them which suffer them selues to be periured I trust be not to be compared in nomber vnto the multitude of them that be the customable sweares yet waÌ„t there not at this daye which are gilty of that faute and woulde God it were not so in Englond What is to be sayd of those men who so sweareth by god yâ— is yâ— truth righteousnes taketh hyâ— to wytnes to maintayne hys lyeng disâ—eaâ—e vnrighteousnes he is a periure yll lyghte suche one yâ— lytyll regardeth goddâ—s truth hys â—ommaundementes which for a lytle trifle wyll forsweare them selfes gyue theyr soules from god to the dyuell Howe miserâ—ble agayâ—e are they which although they know the matter to be wrong wyll for a lytle mony or for fauour of the â—arty willyngly take an oothe vpon a â—oke falsly forsweare themselues â—â—â—rary to theyr owne conscience Are not there thynke you in the world whiche for couetousnes of teÌ„porall possessions make clayme to other mens landes fordge false euidence inuent wrong titles and bryng in falfe witnesses wyth them to sweare vpon a boke that all is truethe whan they knowe the contrary and theyr conscience condemneth theÌ„ for so swearyng What abhominable wretches are all these What periured caytiffes maye these be counted What ponyshmente can be inuented sufficicieÌ„tly great for theyr detestable wyâ—kednes Thus by theyr periury and false wytnes is the true owner deceaued of hys ryght depriued of his goodes caste into pouerte made a wretche throne into suche misery that nether he nor his wyfe nor yet his childreÌ„ are able to lyue but many times perysh for honger O wretched creatures O insatiable wolâ—â—es Whyle they haue respecte only vnto theyr couetous affeccion and labour to satisfy that they neglecte despyse both the helth of theyr owne soules and the wealth of theyr neghbour What for all that Yet by this meanes haue they obtayned theyr purpose and set the other beggarly fellowe besydes the sadle Now they are menne of fayre londes They are Gentle mennes fellowes They are able to lyue wythoute theyr dame They shall be are a rule in the countrey and be counted among yâ— moost honest meÌ„ of the Paryshe They shal haue nowe wherof to lyue at theyr hartes ease so longe as they lyue And whan they dye they shall leaue theyr heyres suche lyuynges that yâ— best Gentle men in all the countrey shall be glad to marry theyr doughters vnto them Are not these great coÌ„modities who wolde want these pleasures maye haue them by one means or other O miserable wretches whyche for a lytle easy lynynge that they maye leaue theyr chyldren wealthy behynde them feare nothyng at all to cast theyr soules into hell fyre What dothe it profyt a man to wyn all the whole worlde and at the laste to lose hys soule To much a wretch is he which for worldely possessions wyll putte hys soule in daunger Mark wel To farre estraunged is he from GOD whiche regardeth the goodes of this worlde more than hys owne soules health And what commoditie shall he haue by those goodes wrongfully gotten whiche he hathe leafte vnto hys sonne whan his soule lyghethe brennyng in hel fyre and greuously ponyshed wythe all kynde of cruell intollerable paynes A comparison betwene yâ— father the sonne The sonne is counted a Gentle manne before the worlde for the goodes sake yâ— father is reckenned before God and his holy saynctes a fyre bronde oâ— hel The sonne is Lorde of many possessions yâ— father is a wretch hath nothyng The sonne is replenyshedde withe deynties ioye and pleasures the father is fylled ful of bitter sorowes greuous paynes and iÌ„tollerable tormentes The sonne syngeth playeth daunceth and maketh mery the father weapeth lamenteth soroweth and wysheth hymselfe neuer to haue ben borne Fidem spectato Beholde what is the ende of euell gotten goodes Behold how Dame Periury rewardethe her seruauntes at the latter ende Behold vnto what poynt falshode bryngeth them that vse it Why do not meÌ„ remember these thynges laboure to lyue iustly ryghteously of theyr owne Godlynesse is great ritches sayth S. Paule i. Ti. vi if a man be coÌ„tent with that he hath Oh that meÌ„ wold once be wyse and remember theyr latter ende So would they not huÌ„t about to get the goodes of this wretched world by hooke or by crooke as they do now a dayes but rather lay vp treasures for them selues in heaueÌ„ where nether rust nor moulthes corrupte Mat. vi and where theues nether breke vp nor steale Treasures that are wickedly gotten profyt nothing but ryghteousnes delyuereth from death Pro. x sayth SalomoÌ„ Let not therfore those men thynke which so gredely gather togyther the goodes of the worlde yea that vnryghteously that those possessions can longe endure in theyr stocke kynred lynage For we haue both hearde and sene that goodes wrongfully gotteÌ„ be soone dispersed abrode come to nought Is not this a common sayeng among vs Euel gotten goodes wyl neuer coÌ„e to good profe Agayn the goodes whiche are wrongefully gotten the thyrde heyre shall scasely enioye The Latinistes also saye Male partum peius perit A thyng that is euell gotten neuer thryueth but yâ— spendyng of it is worse thaÌ„ the gettynge was The Poet Claudianus haue very godly verses pertaynyng vnto this our matter which I wyll here nowe reherse In prolem dilata ruunt periuria patris Clandia nusi Curâ—tium Et paenam merito filius ore luit Et quas fallacis collegit lingua parentis Has eadem nati lingua refudit opes That is to saye the periuries of the father escapyng punishment in this worlde â—aull vpon the sonne in so muche that the sonne is plaged for that the father hathe offended And looke what rytches the tonge of the deceatfull father hath gathered togyther euen the very same hath the tonge of the sonne payde home agen and wastfully speÌ„t The Greke Poet