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A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent synners, newly prepared by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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yeare therfore am I nowe determined to talke somewhat with you in this matter This thynge once done I wyll teach you the true Christen faste that youre fast maye be pleasaunt to God profitable to youre soules helthe After warde I wyll declare vnto you the significacion of certayne ceremonyes that be vsed in the Chyrche thys tyme of Lent Last of al I wyl shew you howe ye shall prepare youre selues to receyue worthely at the tyme of Easter the moost blessed Sacrament of 〈◊〉 â—…e Christes very body bloud For as all these thynges are godly so are they very necessary to be knowen of all Christen menne Which thynge moued me to call you hyther at this tyme y t you hauynge knowledge of them maye the more godly behaue your selues this holye tyme of Lent both before God maÌ„ CHRI This your beneficence towardes vs vndoubtedly procedeth from an harte stuffed with true ChristeÌ„ charyte seyng that ye desyre no lesse the saluacion of oure soules than of your owne PHIL. That affecte and mynde ought to be in euery christen man that was in Christ Iesus God forbydde therfore that I or ony maÌ„ shoulde hyde vp the talent ground whiche God hathe gyuen vs but rather employe it to the vtilitie profyt of other Therfore whyle I lyue shal I be redy at al tymes by y e helpe of GOD gladly to impart to other what so euer God hath vouched safe to gyue to me eyther in goodes spirituall or corporall But I pray you marke dilygentely for nowe begynneth our PotacioÌ„ CHRI Our LORD GOD mought gyue vs vnderstandynge in all thynges and so at this tyme watch vpon his worde that it maye not returne agayne in vayne but prosper bryng forth fruyte in vs rytchly to the glory of his name the consolacion of all oure soules EVSE Amen THEO LORDE let it so come to passe ¶ Of Penaunce and the partes of it PHILEMON THis Latin worde Peni tentia called in y e Greke toÌ„ge metanonia which some turne RepeÌ„tasice some Penaunce is as Chrisostome sayth not only to cease from the olde euelles but also to followe better offices For it is sayde Declyne from euell do good Neyther is it ynoughe for vs vnto helth sayth he only to haue plucked out the shafte except we also lay medicines to the wounde Of these wordes of the holy Doc tor S. Iohn Chrysostome is it euydente who trulye repentethe and who not If not onlye a cessasion froÌ„ the sinne but also a diligent exercise of the vertue followeth the PenaÌ„ce than is it true vnfayned But yf there be proued a coÌ„tynuaÌ„ce 〈◊〉 y â— syn and no correccion or amendment of lyfe thaÌ„ is it manifest that such one had neuer no true repeÌ„tance in his herte For S. Austen sayth what other thynge is it to repente or to do Penaunce than to be sorye for the synnes paste from henseforthe to abstayne from those thynges which he hath coÌ„mytted Agayne he sayth the fruyte worthy of penaunce is to lament the synnes beynge past and not to do theÌ„ agayne as it is writteÌ„ caste not synne vpon synne Be ye wasshed sayth y e LORDE by the Prophet Esaye be ye cleane He therfore is wasshed and is cleane which both lamenteth the thynges paste doth not coÌ„myt agayne those thynges that are worthye to be lameÌ„ted Paule descrybeth the true PenauÌ„ce in these wordes Put of saith he the olde man with his actes put ye on the newe man Here he appoyntethe vs not onlye to put of the olde man but also to putte on the newe man Agayne he sayth fasshyon not your selues lyke vnto the manner of this worlde but be ye chaundged by the renuynge of youre mynde wherby we are made a newe creature walking in the newnes of life Doth not our Baptysme also preach vnto vs this thynge We are buryed togyther saythe Paule with Christe by Baptisme vnto deth that as Christ is rysen agayne from the dead so we lykewyse shoulde walke in the newenes of lyfe Thus haue we learned both by y â— holy scryptures the auÌ„cient Doctors what the true penaunce is CRHI We haue learned of these your wordes that to do trulye penaunce is not only to abstayne froÌ„ y e synne but also to amplecte enhalse y e ver tue contrary to the synne PHIL. Ye saye trueth And this is it that the Prophet sayth cease to do euell and learne to do well EVSE So farre as I remember ye taught vs the very same or els not much vnlyke iÌ„ your Christmasse Banckette THEO Yea forsothe in the thyrde dyshe PHIL. It is trueth that ye all saye Therfore nede I nowe to make the fewer wordes concernynge this matter if ye retayne those thinges in your me mory which at that tyme I taught you CHRI We remember all those thinges wel PHIL. I am very glad But this must ye note in youre Penaunce that it oughte rather to be done for the loue of vertue than for the hate detestacion of vyce as the Psalmographe sayth thou haste loued ryghteousnes hated vnryghteousnes Here ye se that the loue of ryghteousnes goethe before the hatred of vnrighteousnes The scrip ture saith of Mary Magdalene ma ny synnes are forgyuen her bycause she loued muche The loue that she had to chastitie and purenes of lyfe made her to abhorre vtterlye despyse all vnclennes whiche before she had vsed Therfore was y e great mul titude of her synnes remytted forgyuen her A christen mannes herte ought so to be enflamed with y e loue of vertu that euen for the only loue of that he shoulde vtterlye deteste abhorre all vyce noughtynes as the Poet sayth Oderunt peccare boni uirtutis a more Oderunt peccare mali formidine penâ—… That is to saye they that are good hate syn for the loue that they haue to vertue But they that are euell hate synne for feare of payne And S. AusteÌ„ sayth Euery man hateth synne so muche as he loueth ryghteousnes Agayne He is an enemye of ryghteousnes whiche synne the not for feare of payne But he shall be a frend yf he synneth not for the loue of it Hereto pertayneth the sayenge of S. Ambrose it is no true PenaÌ„ce saythe he excepte feare doth succede come after loue And not of feare but of the loue of ryghteousnesse begynneth the Penaunce of the intencion feruentnes of loue dothe the more feruente hate of synne followe EVSE Seynge than that it is necessary fyrst intierly to loue vertu before we can vnfaynedlye hate the vyce I besech the Author of al good nes to engraffe in vs this loue that we enhalsynge vertue maye y e more easely eschew vyce CHRI Me thinke it is an hard thynge for a maÌ„ to loue vertu so that for the loue of that on