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A00808	A diamonde most precious, worthy to be marked instructing all maysters and seruauntes, how they ought to leade their lyues, in that uocation which is fruitfull, and necessary, as well for the maysters, as also for the seruants, agreeable vnto the holy Scriptures. Reade me ouer, and then iudge, if I be not well, then grudge: thinke well of him that mee made, for Gods worde shall neuer fade.	Fit John, John.	1577 (1577)	STC 10929; ESTC S117750	53,823	110

the glorious company of Aungels and blessed Sayntes and to keepe it to the moste ioyfull day of the generall resurrection that both his body and soule through thine almighty power being knit agayn togyther at that day he may for euer and euer inioy thy glorious kingdome and sing perpetual praises to thy blessed name Amen ¶ Exhortations to comfort the Sicke as long as they haue lyfe and vnderstanding NOwe Brother bee strong in the Fayth of Christ remember Christ crucified Remember Christ to be our alone Sauiour Remember God the Father to be your mercifull Father Forget not that all your sinnes are washed awaye in Christes bloud and that by the vertue of his death and Passion you are made heyre of euerlasting saluation Brother if you can speake answere mee and if you can not speake shewe some outwarde signe and token that it maye be a testimonye vnto vs of your fayth and godly departure ¶ If the Sick vnderstande you then say to him as followeth PErswade your selfe most deare Brother that God euen now calleth you out of thys vale of wretchednesse vnto the ioyfull enherytaunce of hys euerlastyng kingdome where you shall not lyue myserably with sinfull men as you haue done in thys world but you shall gloryouslye raygne wyth that moste mighty God and wyth his holye Aungels and blessed Sayntes Now begins your ioy your solas your comfort now begins your true lyfe which shall be euerlasting nowe is the end of all your sorrows and now beginneth their vnfayned ioyes and true felicitie now shall you see the gloryous maiesty of God face to face now shall you know and perfectly beholde all the godly that haue bene from the beginning of the world and be merry and reioyce with them now shal you see your Sauyour and elder brother Christe as he is Now shall you be clothed with the whyte Garments of immortalitie now shall you haue a crowne of Golde set vpon your head nowe shall you eate of the tree of lyfe which is in the midst of Paradice of God drinke of the Fountaynes of lyuing water now shall you bee a Piller in the temple of your God and sit with hym on his seate and these be the ioyes that shall be euerlasting and neuer haue ende vnto these ioyes shall you straight way goe and for euermore inioy them ¶ And so if he depart out of the world to God then say our Lorde God be praysed for taking him out of the troubles of this world a christyan and a godly ende made he God giue vs all the grace to make the lyke ende Amen OF a godly life commeth a good death if the departure of the Godly man may be called a death and not rather a passing vnto a better lyfe well his body now sleepeth in the Lorde and his soule reigneth in glory with God God graunt him and vs all a ioyfull resurrection Amen NEyghbours before we depart let vs knele downe and giue God the Father thanks for the Godly departure of this our brother in Christ and I will with Gods helpe and your assistaunce reade some Godly thing and I pray you all for to say this Collect after me ¶ The Collect following O How can we most louing father render vnto thee sufficiēt thanks for thyne inestimable godnesse towardes thy faythfull seruaunts whome thou calling oute of thys wretched world vouchsafe to place in thy heauenly kingdome among the gloryous company of thy holy Aungels and blessed Sayntes O full precious is the death of the faythfull in thy sight Blessed are the dead that dye in thee O Lord for they are at rest from their painful trauayles and labours The soules of the righteous are in thy hands O God and the payns of death shall not touch them in the sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye but they are in peace they shyne as the sparkes that run through the redde Bush they glyster as the shyning of heauen they are as the starres world wythout end they are as the Aungels of God they are clad with whyte Garmentes and haue Golden Crownes vpon their heads they doe seruice day and night before the gloryous throne of thy diuyne Maiesty they neyther hunger nor thyrst any more neyther doeth the Sunne or any heate fall vppon them for the Lambe which is in the midst of the throane gouerneth them and leadeth them to the lyuing Fountaynes of water they follow the Lambe whether soeuer he goeth they haue suche ioyes as eye hath not seene nor eare hath not hearde neyther is there any hart able to thinke them Infinite and vnspeakeable are the Treasures O Lord which thou hast layd vp for them that departe in this Fayth for these thy fatherlye benifytes towardes the soules of thy faythfull and for that it hath pleased thee to call this our christen Brother from this vale of mysery vnto thy heauenly kingdome we giue vnto thee most harty thankes humblye beseeching thee that thou wilte take the lyke care for vs and so gouerne vs with thy holy spirite both in sicknesse in health that we may liue a good and Godly lyfe in this present world and whensoeuer it shall please thy Godly will and pleasure to cal vs hence we may with a strong faith in thee and in thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde commend both our bodyes and soules into thy mercifull handes and through thy goodnesse be placed in thy gloryous Kingdome among the faythfull chosen people and so for euer and euer prayse and magnifye thee our heauenly Father to whome with thy dearelye beloued sonne Iesu Christ our Lorde and sauiour and the holy Ghost that most sweete comforter be all glory and honour world without end Amen NOwe lette vs ryse and goe to comforte the friendes of this our Brother that they doe not much sorrow and lament for the departure of this our most deare brother which now resteth in ioyfull peace ¶ This done giue them councell to bestow of the burying of him so that you may please God best Then say this following THe very God of peace sanctifye vs throughout and so wholy preserue vs both spirite and soule and body that we may be blamed in nothing at the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christ Amen OVr Lorde Iesus Christe and GOD our Father which hath loued vs and hath geuen vs euerlasting consolation and good hope through grace comforte our hartes and stablishe vs in all good sayinges and doinges Amen PEace be vnto the Bretheren and loue wyth fayth from God the Father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ grace bee wyth all them which loue our Lorde Iesus Christ Amen BLessing and glorye and wysedome and thanks and honor and power might be vnto our God for euermore vnfainedly Amen FINIS Rom. 13. 1. Peter 2. Cato Math. 5. Iohn 17. Ecclesiast What is old age Seneca Titus 2. Agesilaus Ecclesia Alexander Esay 1. Zacha. 7. Ephe. 4. Iohn 3. Hebr. 12. Prou. 3. Cicero Toby Dany 14 Act. 21. Tim.

the pore and nowe when I am at London and not knowne my bondage shall not profyte the Lord. Ciuis Your bondage by the Lawes of this realme will profyte him as Littleton declareth and that will not serue your tourne when you shall be bounde that questyon wil be demaunded of you then that being knowne you cannot be bound as an apprentice but shall loose your labour and be constrayned to goe into the countrey agayne Puer I can then say the contrary for they knowe it not Ciuis You must not do so for that is an vntroth and in so doing you shall not do well Puer Well or not well God willing I will put it in tryall But tell me now you haue hard my mynde all this whyle whether goe you and what countreyman are you Ciuis I was born Northwardes and am a Citizen of London and there is my dwelling Puer What is that Citizen is it an occupation Ciuis It is no occupation but all the inhabitauntes within the same Cittie and being Freemen therof are called Citizens Puer I thought they had bene called Townsemen But I pray you tell me what doe the seruauntes there they saye here in the country they take great paynes and fetch water and be cruelly whipped and carryed to a place they call it Brydewell Ciuis I tolde you before what commeth of ease and ydlenesse whereby you might vnderstande that paynes must be taken and the most parte of them doe fetch water in a Tanckarde on their shoulders I haue done it my self and so haue others that are men of welth and worship dwelling there And as for Brydewell there is such a place which was erected and appoynted by the famous Prince King Henrye the sixte as by Rycharde Graftons Chronicle appeareth at the humble sute of the Cittizens of the same Cittie and is ordayned for all those lewde and ydle Persons as Vacabonds and such lyke and for those that are obstinate naughty persons which will not liue in the feare of God but abuse their bodies with euill and lewde vyces as Whoredome c. Puer Is that so then I trust in God I will not come thyther for I will not vse that euill excercise Here in the country the horesons that are so lusty and play such partes bee not whipped but stand in the Church in a Sheete Ciuis That is the spiritual lawes of this realme and the abuse of the follye is a thing worthy of punishment for such vyces are not sufferable I coulde shewe you Storyes what the Scripture sayeth concerning Whoredome Puer Seing that I am yong and tender of age willing I wold here some of them by reson that I may the better auoyde my selfe from it Ciuis GOD sayeth thou shalt not commit adultery The man that breaketh Wedlocke wyth his neighbours wyfe let him be slayne both the aduoulterer and the Aduoultresse Cursed be he that lyeth with his neighboures wyfe and all the people shall say Amen Keepe thee from the euill woman and from the flattering tongue of the harlot that thou lust not after her bewty in thine hart and least thou be taken with her fayre lookes An Harlot wyll make a man to begge his bread but a marryed Woman wyll hunt for the precyous lyfe maye a man take Fyre in his bosome and his cloathes not burne or can one goe vpon hote coles and his feete be not hurte Euen so whosoeuer goeth to his neighboures wyfe and toucheth her cannot bee vnguilty who so committeth Aduoultrye with a woman hee is a Foole and bringeth his lyfe to destructyon he getteth himselfe also shame and dishonour The lippes of an Harlot are a dropping Hony Combe and her throate is softer then Oyle but at the last she is as bitter as Wormewood and as sharp as a two edged sword her feete go downe vnto death and her steppes pierce thorough vnto Hell. She regardeth not the path of lyfe so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not knowe them keepe thy waye farre from her and come not nye the doores of her house Puer How is it possible for me to take heede of that which I know not Ciuis You shall somewhat perceyue a whore by her wanton eye for haue in remembraunce that an euill eye is a Shrew The Whoredome of a woman may be known in the pryde of her eyes and eye liddes by euery Hedge shall she sit down Her delicate tooth her fylthy talke and her ydle and vayne iesting the setting forth of herself yea she wil seke to desyre your company despising others is a disturber of quyet folks all her delight is in banqueting and daunsing for she is one of the Deuils darelinges Therefore looke not to narrowly vppon the bewty of a woman lest thou be prouoked to desyre toward her Be ashamed of whoredome be ashamed also to looke vppon an other mans wyfe and to make many tryflyng wordes with her mayden or to stand by her bedde syde Lyke as the worme and moath commeth out of cloathing so doth wickednesse of women But I say vnto you whosoeuer looketh on a wyfe lusting after her hath committed adultery with her already in his harte The Apostle exhorteth vs to flye from Whoredome Ioseph feared and did run away from Putifers wife and would not consente to her There shal be no Whore among the Daughters of Israell neyther Whorekeepers among the sonnes of Israell There shall no whores Chyld come into the congregation of the Lorde For a Whore is a deepe Graue and a Harlot is a narrow pit Puer God defend me from such vyces these are very good warnings for me and all others I pray God I may remember your sayinges Yet as I remember I heard say Let not thine harte wander in her wayes and be not thou deceiued in her pathes for many one hath shee wounded and cast downe yea many a strong man hath shee slayne her house is the waye vnto Hell where men goe downe to the chamber of death Ciuis That is very wel remembred of you Thou shalt not lust after thy neighbours wife neyther whoremongers nor worshippers of Images nor brekers of wedlock nor wekelinges neyther abusers of them selues with mankynd shall inherite the Kingdome of God. If there be any man that is called a Brother and is a whoremonger with such shall you not eate The Prophete sayth I will come and punish you and I my selfe will be a swifte wytnesse agaynst the Adulterers A gracious woman mayntayneth honesty A fayre woman without discreate manners is lyke a Ring of golde in a swynes snowte sayth Salomon A stedfast woman is a Crown vnto her husband but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly is a corruption in his bones A wyse woman vpholdeth her house but a foolish wyfe plucketh it downe Who so findeth an honest faythful woman she is more worth then pearles she occupyeth Wooll and flax

foode He that trusteth in his riches is lyke to a broken staffe for he shall haue a fall but the righteous shall flourishe as the greene leafe Better it is to haue a little with the feare of God then great and vnmeasurable-treasures otherwyse Better it is to haue a little thing with righteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten He that hateth couetousnesse shal lyue long Nothing is more wicked and vngracious then a couetous man A couetous mans eye hath neuer ynough He that loueth riches shall not bee iustifyed Lette your conuersation be without couetousnesse be content with that you haue already The Apostle exhorteth vs that couetousnes shold not be once named among you for God verily hath sayd I will not fayle thee nor yet forsake thee Iudas for lucre of money solde betrayd his mayster Christ Ananyas and Saphyra were punished with soden death because of a couetous mynde Acham by the commandement of God was stoned to death because he toke of the excomunicate goods Couetousnesse caused Herod to seeke to persecute Christ in his swadling cloutes I haue harde say that Syr Thomas Moore which knewe the truth to forsake it agayne and to conspyre with a Cardinall in Englād to blynd and deceiue the King of England and to bring him out of the light into darkenesse Saule for the couetousnesse of praise lost his Kingdome The couetousnesse of Achab and Iesabel was the occasyon that Naboth was stoned vnto death Take heede sayeth the Euaungelist and beware of couetousnesse for no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of thinges which he possesseth The Prophet sayeth wo be vnto them that giue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes and condemne the iust cause of the righteous They haue excercysed their harts in couetousnesse Blessed is the rich which is found withoute blemish and hath not gone after Gold nor hoped in money and treasures where is there such a one and we will commende him and call him blessed for great thinges doth he among the people For riches is the guift of God geuen to man to mayntayne the degrees of this worlde and therefore not euill yea and some must be poore and some rich God our father hath deuided riches and pouertye among his children according to his Godly will pleasure and wisdome And as riches doth not exclude thee from the blessing so doth not pouertye certifye thee but to put thy trust in the liuing god For if thou trust in the liuing God then if thou be poore thou couetest not to be riche for thou arte certifyed with that which GOD hath prouyded for thee Puer I thanke you hartily I maye lyken you vnto a Mercers shop for I can no sooner aske you a question but you resolue it vnto mee immediately if men in these dayes would marke the true sayings of the scripture things might be amended it is pitty that a man will not examin his conscience considering that he is but a flower in this world but what remedy I doubt not if it be not amended God will seeke reuengement thereof when he seeth good Ciuis For of the aboundaunce of the hart the mouth speaketh so doth all men for what they say with their mouthes the hart thinketh the same yet the talke that I haue had with you moueth mee to say vnto you as Christ sayd to his Disciples Blessed are the eyes which see that you see for I say vnto you glad I am not only of your company but that I perceaue you reape and gather good seede at my handes and let Cocle alone Puer Duety byndeth me there vnto otherwyse although I am tender of yeares what mighte you thinke of me if you shoulde spend all this talke on me in vayne For I gather that it were better to haue friendly vsage of the scriptures then to excercyse that whiche shoulde neyther be profytable for vs ne yet to the hearers commendable For in the tenth of Luke and other places it is written Aske and it shal be geuen you seke you shal find knock it shall be opened vnto you for who so asketh receaueth he that seketh fyndeth and to him that knocketh shall it be opened by these comfortable words which I haue receiued of you I trust shall make me as fresh as the Olyue or Hauthorne for these your sweete flowers that you haue geuen vnto me grow in the Garden of lyfe and hath brought me out of the puddle which peraduenture I should haue lyne wallowing in Yet I am carefull to thinke how I should behaue my selfe at London Ciuis Thou arte much to blame Christ sayd vnto his Disciples Take ye no thought for your lyfe what ye shall eate neyther for your body what you shal put on the lyfe is more then meate and the body more then rayment consyder the Rauens and the little small Byrdes they neyther sowe nor reape they haue also neyther storehouse nor Barn and yet God feedeth them but how much better are ye then the fowles wherfore be of good comforte and ask not what you shal eate nor what you shall drinke and clyme not vp so hye as the Prouerbe is least a chip fall into your eye but seeke the Kingdome of God and all these shall be mynystred to you wee draw now a pace towards London Puer I pray ▪ you how far is it thyther me thinkes the iorney very long and yet comfortable bycause of your aduertisement Ciuis It is not aboue one Myle or thereaboutes Puer I am glad thereof for I promyse you Syr I am almoste weary I haue come a great waye yet GOD bee wyth my good olde Mother and all my Friendes I am sure they woulde be gladde to heare of my well doing Ciuis She may very well heare therof I doubte it not and shee shall haue great ioye of you Puer I trust so yet in al my troubles temptations whatsoeuer shal happen Lord graunt me that I may remember your saying that I may say as the wyddow sayd vnto the vnrightfull Iudge Deliuer me from myne Aduersarye for I knowe the Aduersarye the Deuill will seeke all the wayes he can to get mee into his Net. But still my fortitude and strength shall bee in God. My mouth shal speake the praise of the Lord and let al flesh giue thanks vnto his holy name for euer and euer For he sayeth and commandeth me to take heede that I be not deceiued and againe hee sayeth When I here of warres and insurrections he commaundeth me not to be afrayde for such thinges must come to passe whyche God of his infynite mercy graunte mee grace that hereafter I may remember say Delyuer me O Lord from myne enimies for I flye vnto thee to hyde me stretch forth my hands to thee And now Lord what is my hope truely my hope is euen in thee deliuer me from all myne offences and make me