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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03079	The right rule of Christian chastitie profitable to bee read of all godly and vertuous youthes of both sexe, bee they gentlemen or gentlewomen, or of inferiour state, whatsoeuer. Collected and written by one studious to gratifie his freendes, and profit his kindred: first (priuately) for the instruction, forewarning and forearming of certayne younge gentlewomen his neare and deare cosins: and after published by the same, in hope to profit the Church & common wealth, according to his talent. The methode wherof is to bee seene immediatly after the preface to the reader.	Hergest, William.	1580 (1580)	STC 13203; ESTC S118310	81,356	114

thee nothinge preuaile Pleasure her felse hath thrust thee away saying neither am I seemely for thee nor thou fit for mee Thou hast plaied enough thou hast eaten enough thou hast dronke enough thou hast dallied enough it is time for thee now to bee packkinge hence with thee why doost thou as yet graspe and holde fast the fleetinge delightes of this transitory life seeinge this life it selfe hath forsaken thee and so of the persons of all other degrees and seuerall callinges for to prosecute all were endlesse This much for example sake Secondely from the Cause A Gayne if no cause should mooue you to this vice 2. From the cause but prosperitie case and your owue beastly appetite as there can bee no other cause in you then would your offence bee greater thou the crime of common strumpets that are driuen therto by pouertie and penurre The which how shamefull and reprochfull it would bee witte and discretion with riper yeares will tell you The greeuousnesse of this opprobrious offence drawen from the circumstaunce time MOreouer 3. From the circumstance of time if in the time of such great light of the Gospell that through Gods merciful prouidence shineth vpon you you should commit this abhominable worke of darkenesse it would encrease the punishmente of your sinnes wonderfully If in this dreadfull time wherin appeare manifest signes and tokens of Gods wrath and indignatiō against vs for our sinnes as blazing Stars Monsters terrible sightes in the Aire supernaturall Earthquakes and such like prodigous wonders you should be so carelesse and so full of contempt of his dreadfull Maiestie that you should with this sinne encrease Gods wrath already kindled against vs your plagues one time or an other would bee horrible Agayne apply the circumstance of time of the wéeke of the yeare to your solues and you shall finde no time for such vncleanenes but shal perceiue it hainous shame ful vnseemely for a faithful Christian at al times thus 1. ON the working day Not on the working day is no fit time to cōmit whoredome or filthines in for it would bee a great shame for vs that when all other giue them selues to labour to please the Lorde in their vocation with honest vertuous exercises wee alone should giue our selues to slothfulnes wantonnes vice filthines abhomination 2. The Sunday and holyday is no fit time for the prophanation vnhalowinge of our bodies by whoredome or Adultery 〈◊〉 Not on the Sabothe day and holy day and such like impuritie for that day aboue all other the Lorde requireth that wee should keepe holy and dedicate and consecrate the same to his seruice and in no wise that day to serue his enemies the wortoe the flesh or the Diuell Besides the very name Sabboth doth admonish vs to rest from our owne filthy will to d● the will of the Lord. For Sabboth in Hebrue signifieth rest Moreouer that day is a tipe and figure of our eternall life wherin we shal rest from sinne for euer Which wee must begin in this worlde by resting from our corrupt will lust and desire or els wee shall neuer come to it And therfore no day to woorke our damnation and eternal death by such dead workes as is who redome c. 3. The morning when the Sunne shyneth 〈◊〉 Not in the 〈◊〉 clearely casting forth her bright Beames is no fitte time for the woorkes of darkenesse and then wee should giue thanks vnto our heauenly Father that hee hath so louingly preserued vs from all daungers of the night past that hath not suffered the Diuell to pull downe the house on our heades as hee did on Iobe his Children nor suffered our thretes to bee cut in our veddes as manies bee and so forth of other his irrecompensable benifites bounteously bestowed vpon vs without any our besertes And not to ●ee so vnthankefull for his diuine benificence as by and by to prouo●e him to wrath through out filthine●●e in steede of thankes for the same his great mercy 4. But peraduenture you will thinke the night and darkenesse a fit time for it No Not at night not for For God hath ordained the night and da●kenesse not only that we might take our reste and sleepe but also to set afore vs a type and shaddowe of the euerlastinge borro● and darkenesse that hee hath prepared in Hell for suche as contempne him and disobey his woorde and commaundemente And what impudente b●ldenesse were it 〈◊〉 to prouoke God to wrathe when hee setteth a signe and picture of his wrath before our face 5. After Dinner or Supper is no fitte time for it Not after dinner or supper for that were as if a shrewd Girle after shee had beene well fedde and cherished of her louinge Father would● come to him and in steade of thankes spitte in his face who woulde not counte sutch a one worthy to bee 〈◊〉 scourged and plagued hut so do all such as béeing liber●ly sed of their heauenly Father runne by and by and 〈◊〉 steede of gininge him thankes by livings to him and his Saincts commit who redeme or such like 〈◊〉 which hée most abhoreth and detesteth Now procéede and apply the circumstance of time in the yeare to your selues and you shal finde the like that is that there is no time of the yeare fit for a Christian to commit who redome in thus 1. NOt at Newyeres tide Newyeares tide for that is the feast of Circumciston when all fleshly lustes and vanities should be cut from our harts And therfore no time then to let thē●uergrow our hartes and mindes so much that they carry ve euen to commit the outward externall filthy 〈◊〉 2. Not at Twelfe tide Twelfetide for then God appeared shewen him selfe to the worlde and therfore no time to commit such vucleanenesse in the Lordes prefence 3. Not at Candlemas for that is a time of purif●y● 〈◊〉 ●lensing of our soules and cōsciences Candelmas therfore 〈◊〉 time ●o pollute and defile the same with such abhomination 4. Not at Shroftide ●yde for that is a time of honest mirth and recreation and wee Chistians are commaunded that when wee will bee merrie wee should bee merry in the Lorde Now now great a shame would it bee for vs if that when all other rei●yse in the Lorde in vertue honesty and lawdable recreations we alone should reioyce in the Diuell in the spirite of fornication in vice dishonesty and villainie 5. Not at Lente Lente for that is a time of fasting praying repentance and studyinge to pacif●e Gods wrath and if wee then should prouoke him to wrath wee should shew our selues too desperate 6. Not at Easter Easter when our heade Christe rose from death to life after hee had conquered finne the Diuell and all the insernall Atmie and therfore the Churche hath appointed that time speciall to rise from sinne and corruption Now it were to much shame for

esse errare That it is a thing incident to man to erre and therfore it cannot bee but the vnlearned amonge whom I supply a roome must now and then misse the quishin I craue thy gentle patience and fauourable correction therin Which if I shall obtaine wil be an encouragement vnto mee for thy further vse and employing of my small Talent hereafter to thy further benefit as health money the senowes and strength of thinges to bee donne leasure and the state of a Seruaunt will permit Farewell in the Lorde that liueth for euer and euer Iohannis Cooci Odoastichon in Guilielmi Hergesti de Castitate librum QVae decoret mores atque ornet vita pudicos Perdocet hic summa cum ratione liber Hinc aberunt Thaides metetricia lucra sequute Hinc MEDIA procul fiet ipsa leuis Penelopas contra complectitur iste pudicas Iste modo castas laudat amatque liber Nec Sexus quicq̄ distinctio poscit in isto Quod pariter casti non decetesse viri VTile si quicquam scriptis tibi lector in ipsis Occurrat vere dicito iure tuum Non iter Erroris describit scelerata relinquit Nugas indignas non docet iste liber Castus casta petat contemnat faeda pudicus Foelix qui sacras pectore condit opes AVTHORI faucas lector pro munere tanto Causaque sit vitae lectio pura piae Rod. Waddingtonus Ad lectorem Hexasticon ADsis Christicole praecepta haecperlege casta Discas vr castè tempora casta dare HERGESTVS voluit casto haec conscribere stilo Sic voluit castos admonuisse animos Vt fugerent causas facerent quae turpia facta Et vellent omnes optima quaeque sequi The contents of this short Treatice concerninge Christian Chastitie FIrst the Vertues commaunded by the seuenth commaundement are plainely and breefely described and set downe and also the ●ices by the same forbidden Fol. 1. Secondly the causes why wee Christians must practise and vse Christian Chastitie are recited and declared Fol. 14. Thirdly ensue the causes why Temperance and Sobrietie the preseruers of Christian Chastitie must of Thristians bee vsed Fol. 22. Fourthly the causes that procure whoredome and adulterie Fol. 2● Fifthly the gree●onsnes enormitie and haynousnes of Whoredome Adulterie and al impuritie And what wretchednesse miserie shame confusion mischiefe calamitie and destruction it bringeth Fol. 30. Sixtly Remedyes for this mischiefe and how we may withstande and expell the filthie spirite of Whoredome or Fornication Fol. 61. Seuenthly and lastlye a Prayer for the guifte of Christian Chastitie against Whoredom Adu●terie and all kinde of impuritie Fol. 87. A TREATICE OR DIScourse of Christian Chastitie The Preface to the first parte FOr as much as euery Christian of what sex or degree soeuer they bee man or woman bound or free Yeoman or Gentleman Prince or Poysant Kinge or Keasar when hee was receaued into Gods house and seruice the Church and christianitie by baptisme did make a solemne couenaunt and bargayne with God their Lorde and Maister to warre and fight val●auntly vnder his standerd against his and their spirituall ●nemies the Flesh the VVorld and the Diuell that is agaynst their owne corrupt nature affections Flesh what it is lustes and desires which is vnderstood by the worde Flesh agaynst the vsage and custome and pernitious examples of wicked lyfe in the vngodly World what it is which is noted by the worde VVorld And agaynst the suggestions and inward intisementes to cuil of Sathan The worde Diuell what here it signifieth which here is signified by the worde Diuell For as many times in the Scripture by the worde Holy Ghost is not signified the substaunce of the holy ghost but his efficacie power and operation in vs so heare by this worde Diuell is not signified the substance of the Diuell but his seerete working in our mindes by entycing vs willingly and wittingly to tread vnder foot the sacred Lawes of the most highest and so to worke our owne damnation The Diuell in deede is an in●i●ible substaunce that can not bee seene but yet wee may soone know whyther hee be in our harte minde ●●soule or no for that motion that mooueth vs to wee may be sure commeth of the Diuell though wee can not see his substaunce nor forme or shape which our spirituall enemies as the Apostle telleth vs doo fight against our soule to destroy it eternally if they finally ouercome And this fighting against the world the flesh and the Diuell is to forsake the Diuell and all his workes the Pompes and vanities of the wicked world and all the sinfull lustes of the fleshe Mentioned in the cōmon Cathechisme of the Church of England And for that euery Christan then further cou●naunted that he or she should keep gods holy will and commaundementes and walke in the same al the dayes of their life And finally for that the flesh the worlde and the Diuell do tempt and entice vs but especially young folkes to the breache and transgressiō of the seuenth commaundemente cheefely and most earnestly and so to incurre Gods heauye displeasure wrath anger curse and malediction It is expedient for youth to know what vertues are principally required and commaunded by the said seuenth cōmaundement and what vices or sinnes are by the same prohibited and forbidden And also the wayes meanes that God hath appointed out for vs to tame our vnruly fleshe to bridle our lust fancy desire and concupiscence and to keepe it within the lystes and limits of this his most holy Law of the seuenth commaundement 1. What vertues and vices are commaunded and forbidden by the seuenth commaundement THe seuenth commaundement or the thir●● Law of the second Table Thou shalt not commit Adul●eri● but 〈…〉 chastely ●o●yly as becō●th the Childe and serua●●t of God requireth and commaundeth chéely and principally these ●re ●ert●es that is to witte 1. Virginitie or Mai●hoode 2. Chastitie 3. Sham●fastnesse 4. Temperance or moderation 5. Honest diligent labor 6. Modestie in apparrell ANd prohibiteth and forbio●eth théefely princip●lly the contrary vices and all other vices that procure nourish or maintaine those coutrary vices as are 1. Adulterie 2. VVhoredom or fornication 3. Incest 4. Dronkennesse 5. Gluttonie 6. Intemperance or lacke of moderation 7. VVantonnesse 8. Vnshamefastnesse 9. vnlawful loue 10. Filthy talke 11. Hipocrisie or dissimulation 2 What the vertues of the 〈◊〉 Commaundement bee FOr the better vnderstandyng and declaration of which Vertues and Vices you must consider marke and note diligently their seuerall descriptions folowyng VIRGINITIE or Maidenhoode is a vertue of the minde or soule graunted vnto some especially to such as cratie it by continuall prayerin Christes 〈◊〉 by the g●i●t of God to bri●●● fleshly lust and to auoy● al contaminations and 〈◊〉 of the ●●inde and body whatsoeuer that ●●ey may 〈◊〉 the more gooly beeinge chaste and pure both in body and minde or soule without polutions 〈◊〉 or ●●thy cogitacions