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A04606	The arte and science of preseruing bodie and soule in healthe, wisedome, and Catholike religion phisically, philosophically, and diuinely deuised: by Iohn Iones phisition. Right profitable for all persones: but chiefly for princes, rulers, nobles, byshoppes, preachers, parents, and them of the Parliament house.	Jones, John, physician.	1579 (1579)	STC 14724; ESTC S119245	104,818	142

the féet serue all the body and the heade gouerneth all the motions in a meane Oh prosperous and happy state oh quiet and louing lims oh blessed and godly vnitie that neuer swarueth frō equitie And equitie is defined by the Doctor to the Student of Law to be a righteousnes that considereth al particular circumstāces of déedes with the eye of pitie and mercie by too manye Lawiers as it is bruted neglected furthering rather quarels and enuious sutes than appeasing of brawles debates controuersies Although I haue heardful often that honorable iust Iudge sir Iames Dyar extremely reproue them And suche as delay the poores causes by the prudent and puissant Presidēt the Erle of Huntington be vtterly reiected bicause the scripture forbiddeth all christian children to vse it And therefore the Lorde Burleigh high Treasorer of England doeth kéepe with all sortes the dayes and times appointed for the hearing and determining of their causes without any partialitie as doth also the Lord Chauncelor prouidently and spéedily dire●●●●g all his decrées according to equitie Sectio tertia CHAP. XXIX At what time the Babe shall beginne to bee instructed and after what manner Howe the Theologicall or Diuine graces are before al other to be firste planted AS soone as the childe therefore can speake and vnderstād what is spoken vnto him let it be forbidden all vnlawful vndecent things séeing that by nature if we may cal custome another nature as Hippocrates doeth we loue those things as Arist Galen and Clemens Alexādrinus say that we are brought vp wyth and accustomed therevnto And the custome must be such as wil make the mind godly maners c●●●● the body tēperate as teacheth Petrus Canisius Iohannes ●onius Plato where he affirmeth that the things whiche we as loue in youth in age not to forget Hēce is the saying of Horace which he auoucheth that the earthen pot as it was first sea●●●●ed so it wil long remaine Salomon also saith teach a child his way in youth and in olde age he shal not departe from it Maister Nowell that worthy Deane declareth that children rather ought to be brought vp firste in godly manners and good lessons of Christianitie then in humane actions and trades worldly for except the Theological diuine or spirituall graces or powers taughte in the Catholike Churche be first obtained of al ages aswel as infants to the soules health commeth as little profite as to the body groweth benefite where all disgestion is hindered And therefore I shall shewe howe to Christians they are deliuered being thrée in number Faith Hope and Charitie Faith saith Saint Paule is a substance of thinges looked for no reasō appearing Or Faith as saith Basil is the gift of God and a certaine lighte wherewith whosoeuer is lightned he firmely agréeth to all suche things as God hath reuealed and deliuered to his Churche to be learned of vs. Faith as writeth Bullinger is a gift inspired by God into the minde of man whereby without any doubting at all hée doth beléeue that to be most true whatsoeuer God hath either taught or promised in the bookes of both the Testaments in the Créede made by the Apostles sufficiently declared and in the Symbolum said in the Churche by Anthanasius wyth that of Damasis mentioned by Saint Hierome as they doe the graces or powers of the godhead of the Trinitie the father the sonne and the holy ghost whereof there is no doubt but certainely to be trusted as we hope for the ioyes euerlasting and so shall we saue both body and soule and not caste them away as Hāmon the Apostata of late did in Norwich Hope as affirme Saint Peter and Saint Paule is giuen vs from God through which with an assured truste we looke for the ioyes of our saluation and euerlasting life and it worketh in vs Charitie for as Faith ingendereth Hope so doth Hope Charitie Charitie is a grace as witnesseth Saint Iohn Saint Paule and Saint Augustine giuen vs likewise from God whereby we loue God for his owne sake and our neighbour for Gods sake and so vndoubtedly to be beléeued And not as 〈◊〉 proper Pilates interprete it Grammatically whyche the ●●●kes call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Latines Charitas for euery loue 〈◊〉 or longing as the Father through kind to loue his child the Husband for duty his Wife the seruāt his Maister the frie●● his friend the kinsman his kinsman the neighbour his neighbour the amarous louer his loue and such like trā●●ory affections neither yet as the Familie of Loue faineth But rather true Charitie is taken for the loue that we owe vnto God for the innumerable benefites that he hath bestowed vndeserued vpon vs that we not looking for any requitall or balance being emptie may loue one another for hys sake as he hath loued vs for Loue saith Peter recouereth the multitude of sinnes And that throughe this vnitie we maye be incorporate and made all the members of one mysticall body being the onelye badge or signe whereby wée should be disciphered For by this saith the wisedome of the father shall ye be known to bée my Disciples if ye loue one another as I haue loued you so that if you be able to remoue m●●ntaines and haue no Charitie this loue is but in vaine And therefore Bullinger saith that Charitie is the fulfilling of the Lawe whiche contayneth in it the summe of all good workes CHAP. XXX What regarde muste be had to such as keepe the company of youth Of the abuse of sundry parentes and of lawes made as well for them as for children THus at length we sée what sparkes of grace are to be kindled in all Christians and what they should be that frequent the company of children and that vse to the Nurcery and howe in wordes and déedes they ought to giue good example as willeth Fabian or at the leaste none euill And suche be they as be of good inclinatiō by nature that haue themselues bin godly modestly and orderly brought vp according to the Catholike instruction and maners of oure land bycause there is none other fit to company noble childrē neyther them of the gentilitie nor yet of the comminaltie to speake playnely as Clemens Alexandrinus writeth most godly Of mightie Mamea mother to the Emperour Alexander Seuerus watchfully obserued as she and hir sonne that was the firste of all the Romane Monarches that was Christened by Origen as testifyeth Sir Thomas Elyot by the authoritie of Eucolpius the secretarie although Constantius oure Countreyman was the first that aduāced the faith and defended it as Polidore writeth not a little auayleable to his hir soules healthe immortall glory nor smally beneficial to the Romane Empire if ye consider howe it was depraued by the vitious liuing and beastly example of Heliogabalus and his licentious mother

especially from the t●●●●ing vp company of al youth as be of Aristippus Epicurus or Hegesias minds doctrine and maners The Gyrenaikes ●●●riserians who swarued so farre frō the meane although then they bare the name of Philosophers as well in conuersation and doctrine following hunting after vice delightes of the outward senses besides the cōsent of inward reason in stede of pleasure as though there had bin none other felicitie but to eate drinke dallie tickle rubbe scratch and other vnlawfull pastimes contemning the motions and déedes of the spirite and cleauing to the appetite and lustes of the flesh whereas it was and is the high way not only to the destruction of bodye and soule but also of name and liuelode the one sorte putting all blisse in wanton chambering the other in drunken banqueting the third in contemning life so that Hegesias stirred many to neglect as well their owne preseruation vntill Ptolomeus the King by decrée put him to silence as by politique princes euer accustomed that against God and the lawes hath preached as also induced sundry to despaire and to cast away themselues through his eloquent orations vttered in the hearing of ignorant persons that he made in prayse of death and contempte of life as Valerius Maximus and Erasmus testifieth much like to certayne barbarous Indians mentioned by Quintus Curtius whiche amongst them are reckned for theyr wise men who doth accompt it for great shame to be aliue vntill they be aged sicke or gréeued leauing héerein no rule to reason no place to experience nor no restraint amendment or correction to the licentious fleshe lust and ire will and courage sinfull old Adam respecting neyther the safegarde of the soule through amendment of life by the graces of the godhead in the newe Adam through faith hope and charitie with the godly diuines nor the conseruation of the parts in health the humane graces or vertues through Phisicall councell wyth the reuerende and skilfull Phisitions nor the preseruation of power wisedome and iustice through blessed and kingly regiment with the mighty Magistrates wise Philosophers and learned Lawyers togither with all sort of Scismes Sectes and Heresies which are euer said to tend to sedition mutenie and alteration whereof in all times hath bin too great a tryall néedefull therefore alwayes spéedely to be preuented withstāded and abolished vnlesse we shall as new fangled as some are in their garments and the whole r●●te of them that teach with the desperate and damnable Turkes or that do beléeue 〈◊〉 ●enesaries are instructed al too Heathenly as did diuers 〈◊〉 Philosophers trusting only in Destinie whō the Prophets Ieremie hath vtterly confuted with Sainct Gregorie and maister Hutcheson in his work entituled The Image of God or too too generally as ouermany do faine that al thyngs good and euil doe happen of fatal necessitie predestinately séeing that not only al the olde holy writers Clemens Alexandrinus Ignatius Cyrillus Augustine Gregorius do affirme that Predestination doeth appertayne but onely to the blessed Election of the faithful godly and holye ones alone but also 〈◊〉 late forraine and home writers Erasmus Sarcerius Lo●ouicus Viues Maister Hutcheson Doctour Cradocke and Antonius Coranus very largely and learnedlye deliuereth Here only remembred for our outward instruction and not to put any Faithful Beleeuer in doubte of our inward Electiō and Predestination through grace in Christ Iesu and that agréeable to the whole scope of the Scriptures for if we shall apply to our vase capacities The offering of the Lorde vnto vs is our calling who so taketh holde of him is electe if wee continue to the ende in the truth we may boldely saye that we are predestined the faithful and godly giuen and not the Vnfaithful Sinful and wicked but if we refuse him we are Hardned and so shal we not leade any into Presumption nor life Desperation And therefore Bullinger right warely and wiselye teacheth that all men are not drawen vnto him by the Heare nor like Blockes and Stockes although Paul was forcibly to preach vnto the Gentiles the veritie Abacucke violently to shew Daniel the power and mercie of the Mighty and Ionas miraculouslye to warne them of Niniuie to repente and cry for mercie whych they obtayned Bycause euery one of them tourned from hys euill waye and from the wickednesse he had done to the great grief of the Prophet as ye may read by reason he saw that his preaching should be falsifyed More regarding his own credite than the glorie of the mightie or the sauing of so infinit many which fault God forbid it should be in anye of the Cleargie séeing that God enforced none to follie For the confirmation whereof Bullinger citeth the saying of our Sauioure Aske and it shall be gyuen vnto you Seeke and yee shall fynde Knocke and it shall bee opened vnto you for whosoeuer asketh receyueth and whosoeuer seeketh findeth and to hym that knocketh shall bee opened Whereby we sée that we must alwayes whiles we liue ●●aues for the assistance of the graces of the Godhead to direct ours according to the diuine lawes and then doubtlesse we are his Sainctes Let anye in this poynte of their precise and vnprofitable inuentions say what they list or can to the contrarie séeing that Cause confesseth man to haue Reason and Will as it is most true and as by the definition of Man appeareth for Man is a liuing creature endued with reason or else his state were no better than a Beast if there were no difference whiche by no meanes maye be permitted but alwayes remembred that the earnest care of children to follow Vertue may be furthered and not hindered as forth of Sainct Augustine maye be gathered but rather the more encouraged and that the euill and disobediente may not haue a false glose to coulour theyr lewdenesse and that Diuine thyngs Naturall and Political may not be confounded nor the weake consciences burthened as in the holy Articles of Religion is forewarned in the Margent vpon Ochines third Sermon noted and by Veron likewise willed and as by this definition set forth of the sacred Scriptures is verifyed for the predestinate are Sainctes or holy people made like to the Image of God and are called iustifyed and glorifyed by him CHAP. XL. A declaration of certayne conceyted fellowes voyde of reason or arte which iudge of the mediate graces not as they ought nor yet of the immediate Of the wickednesse of Libertines and of the speedie redresse that must be had Machiuels discourses to his Prince to be abandoned A repetition of things going afore in a Christian societie to be remembred FVrthermore who of any right iudgement can but mislike the precise and too too péenish conceite of some that wéene themselues odde wightes whiche doe iudge Gods power and glorie to be depraued if there be granted any grace vertue or power to procéede from the celestiall bodies theologicall

a stocke of such a good Prince or ruler another in his beautie comely corpse another in hys knowledge of tongues another in Science and eloquence another in riches and goodes another in possessions and patrimonie as the very heires of lust and pride from our first parent whereby none doth delight alwayes in well doing nor in vsing the reasonable minde giuen them of God by the knowledge of themselues and beholding his wonderfull workes to be carefull how to serue obey and loue their Creator Prince and neighbour The Iewes likewise refused it notwithstanding they were heauenly incorporate and rid from the perpetuall bondage of feare vnder the law of Moses giuē vnto him by God himself and deliuered in stony Tables by reason of the hardnesse of their hartes But bycause they walked after the will of the fleshe and not after the spirite the lawe auailed them not as Paule testifieth to the Romanes for they sought their righteousnesse by the ceremoniall and outwarde workes of the law which were but shadowes and not through inward loue and desire therevnto by faith in the Messias the Sauior to come vnto which all the lawe tended as the diuine writers at large expounde Lastly such Christians as put their Iustification in creatures their owne vertues or in Christs only mercy withoute regarde of his power that doth terrifie aswel as it did create and his wisedome that iudgeth as well as it guideth neglecting the diuine graces Faith Hope and Charitie subuette the lawe of Grace for the lawe of Grace if we shall define it is the league of Gods fauor beneuolent kindnesse towards mankinde as in the sacred word antient Doctors and newe writers is more manifest than the Sunne beames as to your sences I doubt not shal be made euident For if kinde crafte force or abundaunce that we may fetch this foreland againe full winde if Iewish ceremonies circumcision sinne offerings if the worshipping of creatures as Idolaters vse if our own natural workes without Christes grace as the Pelagians held by Saint Augustine confuted If bare beléefe in his mercie the onelye acknowledging that Christe died for mankind without respect of his iustice as the Originists beléeued being no faith indéede but a mere opinion as say Erasmus Caluin Beza Bullinger Musculus Marlorat and Gualter that whiche bringeth forth no fruite no victorie ouer sinne as ouer many in these dayes fantastically fanste as diuerse of the sensuall Iewes in Saint Iames time affirmed that counted thēselues Christians boasting of the Gospell but neglecting the déedes thereof by him confuted And the Anabaptistes in Luthers dayes in Germany at Mounster by Sleidan mētioned and other into many Christian countries rebelling deceiuing and spoiling al men that they can compasse deuise or get may iustifie before the vpright Iudge being such déedes afore mentioned as the fleshe fulfilleth and not suche as the spirite worketh Howe shall oure depraued nature or corrupte manners bée reformed and made méete afore we go hence for the celestiall Throne in the life to come sit and iudge the twelue Tribes of Israel yéelde a right accompt for our demeanors at the generall iudgement in the time to come or here liue héedefullye temperately and honestly whiles we liue according to holy Diuinitie Kingly policie and naturall societie If once again Cunning or Learning shall excuse Wickednesse riches force flattery and finenesse purchase pardon highe birth and noble place saluation or naked faith without the wedding garmēt acceptation wherefore then hath Christs suffred his paineful passion not to saue vs howsoeuer we deale séeing Saint Iohn saith that Christ came to saue sinners God forbidde Why then forsoothe to this ende you maye be certaine that we shall embrace Vertue and forsake Vice that wée shall thoroughe faith in his grace striue and fighte againste the lustes of the worlde fleshe and the Deuil as Paule telleth vs he didde with the reste of the holye Fathers and may walke in all holinesse and good behauiours and not to saue sinners bycause wée sin for as Saint Iohn saith No sinner is hearde of God but that thoroughe faith in him wée shoulde forsake sinne and tourne to him throughe earnest repentaunce and then he saueth vs whiche ha●● sinnes for then are we not sinners although the 〈◊〉 and pricke thereof doe not wholly leaue vs These many 〈◊〉 sons in Scripture must be distinguished And so finally not they which go forwards obstinately still in wickednesse with the aucthor of sin oure aduersary the Deuil are saued but they that do r●pent amēd as by the whole discourse of Scriptures is approued Well then go to Babes and beléeue this for euer that we be redéemed throughe the frée mercie of God by faith only For wheresoeuer faith is saith Caluin Bullinger and Beza there also it sheweth it selfe by good workes bycause the righteous cannot but worke righteousnesse the faithful I say cannot but constantly hope and vnfainedly and charitably loue his Christian brother For he disobeyeth not be enuiesh not he despiseth not he deceiueth not or if he hathe done so he repenteth him intending neuer to do so any more beséeching the Lord to assiste him with his grace And in this sense it is saide that Faith onely iustifieth but in no other as Erasmus folowing the faithful and antiēt fathers at large declareth in his Prologue to the Paraphrase vppon Saint Paules Epistle to the Romanes and not through other creatures our owne natures sinister opinions loose inuentions ▪ precise practises withoute the warrant of the worde of God néedelesse ceremonies traditions oblations althoughe suche rites Sabaothes solemne feastes and holy dayes that serue for the benefite of soule and body for the contemplation and seruice of God and resting of their bodies and quieting of their minde from worldly affaires had from the Apostles Primatiue Churche Catholike Councels and holy statutes be still to be obserued and reuerenced according to eche state condition of things indifferent as by the difference there was betwéene the East and the West Church in Anacetus Policarpus time may appeare as Socrates B. Iewell and Foxe doe witnesse And not in one word for al through bare beléefe by S. Iames disproued of S. Augustine disalowed by Bullinger post a loue termed as some maliciously or ignorātly do affirm vs to holde without commending of Christian déedes in the worlde requyred of our Soueraigne commaunded in the Homelies deliuered and by all our godly Preachers preferred straightly charged as ofte as they haue cause to entreate therof with the which no state of our bignesse is able to compare not onely notably well learned in the Vniuersities but also through all the land God be thanked And our former libertie is restored that our first parent Adam loste through lust and disobedience pleasant Paradice by the new Adam is vnshut that was through the olde made fast The way that was barred to all posterities