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A08202	An order of houshold instruction by which euery master of a familie, may easily and in short space, make his whole houshold to vnderstand the principall and chiefe points of Christian religion, without the knowledge whereof, no man can be saued.	Nichols, Josias, 1555?-1639.	1595 (1595)	STC 18539.5; ESTC S2248	53,178	122

AN ORDER OF HOVSHOLD INSTRVCTION By which euery master of a Familie may easily and in short space make his whole houshold to vnderstand the principall and chiefe points of Christian religion without the knowledge whereof no man can be saued Deut. 6. vers 6.7 And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart thou shalt rehearse them continually vnto thy children and shalt talke of them when thou tariest in thine house and as thou walkest by the way and when thou lyest downe and when thou risest vp c. 2. Tim. 3.15 Thou hast knowne the holie Scriptures of a childe which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation thorough the faith which is in Christ Iesus AT LONON Printed by the VVidowe Orwin for Thomas Man dwelling in Pater-noster row at the signe of the Talbot 1595. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THE LORD ROBERT DEVOREVX Earle of Essex and Ewe Vicount Hereford and Bourchier Lord Ferrers and Chartly Lord Bourchier and Louaine Knight of the noble Order of the Garter Master of her Maiesties Horse and one of her Maiesties most Honorable priuie Councell grace and peace be multiplied IT is a matter of great waight and necessarie duety Right Honorable to consider wisely and to iudge rightly of the workes of God in the euent of thinges which happen vnto men For as it is written in the Psalmes a Psal 145.17 The Lord is righteous in all his waies and holy in all his workes And againe b 107.43 VVho is wise that hee may obserue these things for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lorde And againe c 92.6 An vnwise man knoweth it not and a foole doth not vnderstand this And seeing d Rom. 11.36 all thinges are of him and thorow him for him and e 1. Sam. 2.9 in his owne might no man shall bee strong but f Psalm 75.7 33.11 God is Iudge hee maketh low he maketh high and that the counsell of the Lorde shall stand for euer the thoughtes of his hart Gods prouidence in all things is to be obserued thoroughout all ages euery man ought carefully to regarde the prouidence of God in the thinges befalling to himself and others which I find very fruitfully obserued by the holy seruaunts of GOD in the Scriptures As Ioseph when he sawe his Fathers house in the time of the greate famine to come into Egypt to buy foode comforteth his brethren who of enuie had solde him thither with this obseruation saying g Gen. 45.5 Bee not sad neither grieued with your selues that ye sold me hither for God did sende me before you for your preseruation And Dauid comforteth himselfe and stayeth the rage of his seruaunt against the cursing of Shimei by this consideration saying h 2. Sam. 16.12 Jt may bee that God will looke vpon mine affliction do me good for his cursing this day So Mordecai encourageth Ester to make supplication to the king though it were contrarie to lawe and in hazard of her life in the behalf of the Iewes who were appointed to die by wicked Haman by such a wise collectiō among other wordes saying a Ester 4.14 VVho knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for such a time In like sorte when I thinke vpon your honor remembring what I haue heard of your noble Father that good Erle in the time of his last sicknes of his godly care ouer his children comparing thereunto how God hath preserued you vnto this time what speciall fauour you haue attained before so gracious a Prince in what an high waigh tie place you are set in what yeares of your age these things are befallen you together with the blessed giftes by which you are fitted thereunto mine hart is touched with a comfortable hope that the Lords grace working effectually in you and his heauenly spirite directing you you might be a worthie instrument in faithfull and wise seruice to her maiesty for the good of this common-wealth the churches of Iesus Christ among vs. For if b 1. King 18.4 Obadiah vnder wicked Ahab could keepe from Iezebel and feede an hundreth Prophetes and c Iere. 38.8.9 Ebedmelech could obtaine of that euill king Zedekiah to deliuer Ieremie out of the dungeon into which he was cast by the Princes with the kings consent and d Nehem. 2. Nehemiah could apply the fauour he had with that heathenish King Artashasht to the building of the walles of Hierusalem who can tell but that much more such a noble man of Christian knowledge aduanced by God into the fauour of so Christian and religious a princesse may likewise performe some seruice of great importance to the Church of God and his countrie And verily if God e Pr●u 18.4 made all for himselfe Euery man ought to serue God according to his place giftes and his elect f Ephe 1 6. for the glorie of his grace g Act. 17.26 assigning the times which were ordained before and the bounds of mens habitation that they should seeke the Lord and if he haue h Math. 25.14 giuen euery man a talent whereof hee must render an account then ought euerie man i 1. Cor. 7.17.24 so to walke as God hath distributed to euery man as the Lorde hath called euery one and therein to abide with God Therfore k 1. Sam. 15. Saul without reseruing of any spoyle by any pretence must bee obedient to the voyce of the Lord in the vtter destroying of Amalecke because God had annoynted him to be king called him thereunto And Dauid l 2. Sam. 12. though hee were a man after Gods heart yet because he forgate his aduancement by God his great benefits and by deflowring his neighbours wife c. disobeied God and caused the enemies of God to blaspheme was reproued sharply punished seuerely And thou O meeke m Num. 30.12 Moses what kept thee out of the lande of promise And thou O wise a 1. King 11. Salomon what made thy latter dayes troublesome and a breach in thy kingdome And thou O good b 1. King 22. Iehoshaphat what brought thy life in hazard was it not that God who exalted you in honour Who so honor not God are plagued was not sanctified by your seruice If God thus deale with his owne c 1. Pet. 4.17 house where shall the vngodly and sinners appeare d Philip. 3.19 whose God is their bellie who e Haback 1.16 sacrifice to the net of their own policies and honour the f Luk. 16.13 God riches but g Exod. 5.2 know not the Lord who giueth them all things abundantly to enioy h Rom. 1.24 God giueth them ouer to their owne lusts i Iob. 5.14 they meete with darknes in the day time and grope at noone day as in the night some by k 2. Sam. 17.23 their policie make an halter

to hang themselues some in the l Dan 5. middest of their iolitie haue the ioynts of their loynes loosed and their knees smitten one against another and some are m Psal 53.5 Prouerb 28.1 afeard where there is no feare and flye when no man pursueth them And n Esay 5.24 as the flame of fire deuoureth the stubble and as the chaffe is consumed of the flame so their roote shall bee rottennes and their bud shall rise vp as dust because they haue cast off the lawe of the Lord of hosts c. that it might stand as an vnchaungeable decree of the hie God the possessor of heauen and earth concerning the wicked the true seruants of God o 1 Sam. 2.30 The feare of God rewarded Them that honor me I will honor and they that despise me shall be despised So did the Lord aduance vertuous p Gen. 45. Ioseph before all his brethren he q Exod. 1.21 made houses to the widowes who feared God in Egypt and deliuered r Iere. 39.16 Ebedmelech in the day of euill Therefore for the comfort of all them that walke according to their gifts callings with God it is written ſ Psal 33.18 Behold the eye of the Lord is vpon thē that feare him and vpon them that trust in his mercie to deliuer their soules from death and to preserue them in famine For this cause right Honorable haue I presumed to dedicate this small booke to your Honour not onely because I am perswaded of your fauorable acceptation but also that by mee being one among many you might know what hope and expectation there is among her Maiesties most faithfull subiects concerning you that your yong yeres being sanctified and t 1. Ioh. 2.14 as S. Iohn saith being strong the word of God abiding in you and hauing ouercome the wicked you might amōgst other graue and wise counsellors bee a ioyfull labourer in all good causes and a prosperous furtherer of things concerning God to the great ioy peace and honor of her most excellent maiestie and that by the mouthes of many her louing subiects prayses may redound to the glorie of God and that you may glorie in his praise And here I humblie craue your Christian fauour to giue mee leaue to tell you what the Lorde speaketh vnto you For me thinketh I heare him speake vnto you as he did vnto Ioshuah and Abraham a Ioshu 1. Be thou strong and of a most valiant courage that thou mayst obserue and doe according to al the law which Moses my seruant hath commanded thee thou shalt not turne away from it to the right hād nor to the left that thou maist prosper whither soeuer thou goest I will be with thee J will not leaue thee nor forsake thee b Gen. 15.1 cap. 17.1 Feare not J am thy buckler and thine exceeding great reward J am God alsufficient walke before me and bee vpright Now this little booke of houshold instruction I tender vnto your Honors protection nothing comparable to the profound works set foorth by rare and singular men but as a little candle to bee placed in the midst of the house to giue light to all them that are therein And as in the worke of the materiall Temple vnder Salomon c 2. Chron. 2.2 hewers of stones had a necessary vse so this little book may bee some good helpe to prepare the seueral members of the familie for the skilfull builders that is the d 1 Pet. 2.5 faithful ministers to be ioined as liuely stons in the spirituall temple of God For as the Psalmist doth testifie e Psal 119.130 The entrance into Gods wordes sheweth light and giueth vnderstanding vnto the simple And our Sauiour teacheth that there is a secret working in his kingdom like the growing of the f Mat. 13 3● small graine of mustard-seed and as a little leauē hid in three pecks of meale So g 1. Cor. 1.27 God hath chosen foolish thinges of the world to confound the wise God hath chosen weake thinges of the world to confound the mighty c. And to whom should I offer the booke of teaching the familie but euen to him whose houshold being well instructed ordered guided may diuers waies doe good vnto many of all estates and degrees yea euen to him who knoweth verie well how needfull a thing it is in regarde of the Common-wealth which in troublesome times doth find that a Christian Prince cannot be sure of such a peoples faithfulnes in dayes of triall whose bellies being fedde with the fatte of the earth haue mindes vnsetled and for lacke of the knowledge of Christ and the feare of God are apt to go after the sway of time and to bee led as beastes by the bellie where most ease gaine pleasure shall draw them Therefore nothing doubting but that your godly wisedom and good knowledge of Christ Iesus will graciously receiue any thing that may be helpful to Christian religion and godlines I present this little booke vnto your Honour with al humblenes and good will in the Lord leauing the successe vnto him in whose handes are the a Psalm 31.15 times of all things and b 1. Cor. 3.7 who onely giueth increase Most meekely praying his diuine goodnes to make you honorable in this world in all pietie and Christian vertues to the glory of his name the honour of your Prince and countrey and to the reioycing of all good christians in the world to come to bee partaker of his glory who shall be glorified in his Saintes and made marueilous in all that beleeue Amen At Eastwell in Kent this 26. of Februarie Anno 1596. Your Honours alwaies to command in Christ Iesus IOSIAS NICHOLS To all gouernours of Families grace and peace c. I Very well remember my welbeloued country mē ye that are gouernours of families that he was a wise Preacher that sayde a Eccles 12.12 There is no ende in making many bookes And that many very good and excellent Catechismes are published in our English tongue being not onely very profitable for Christians to exercise themselues in but also most notable tokens of the Christian care and loue of diuers learned and godly minded men toward their neighbors and countrie Yet haue I some good reasons as I thinke to put foorth this little booke of mine as a mite in comparison of the greatest gifts of other men who by their excellent workes haue greatly replenished the Lords treasurie First because that I finde that the Lord in the building of his Church vseth the diuers gifts of his seruants to expresse his manifold wisedom And as vnto men of diuers complexiōs and affections he hath giuen choise of meate and varietie of apparell so many bookes to one end are set foorth in diuers fashions and with a diuers gift order and facilitie that hee whome one booke sauoureth not might yet like the taste of