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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.

Esay sayeth learne to doe right applye your selues to Equitye delyuer the oppressed helpe the fatherlesse to his right The Prophet Zachary sayth Execute true iudgement shew mercy and louing kyndenesse euery man to his Brother The Apostle sayth Let not the Sunne go downe vpon your wrath neither giue place vnto the backbyter Let vs not loue in worde or in tongue but in worke and truth for he that is sound in loue loueth his neighbour as himselfe and is the very same vnto his neighbour that Christ is to him Briefely haue I calculated and gathered togither the flowers which are swéete and pleasaunt out of the Garden of lyfe which is the holy scriptures not thinking any offence to be committed herein to slaunder any perticuler person concerning Iustice but shewing the estate as the world is now adayes which is a thing not decent nor agréeable to scripture we English people are geuen to desyre new toyes and conceites thinking the newnesse thereof to be more of price then the olde although it be neuer so fond The scriptures are olde my trauayle and industry herein is but new and the newnesse thereof is for the reformation and instructing as well of Maysters as also of seruaunts haue I made in a new Dyalogue the vnderstāding and true meaning of my mind whereby it might the better be perceiued And to show for whoredome swearing lying thefte Dronkennesse Idlenesse Couetousnesse and Correction for the offenders How the scripture and other Godly Authours doe alow The Apostle sayeth What sonne is he whome the Father chastneth not if ye indure chastening God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes but if ye be not vnder correction whereof all are partakers then are ye no sonnes but Bastardes For whome the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth yea he scourgeth euery sonne that he receyueth I moste humbly craue your worshippes pacience herein if ought I haue varyed for my Eloquence is not so fine as Cicero wryteth of dueties to his sonne and as herein it might haue bene shewed and am a yong beginner of such excercyse this being the fyrst tyme of myne enterpryse I must cōfesse as before I haue declared vnto you the occasyon thereof In lyke maner Tobias the auncient father and faythfull seruaunt of God taught his yong sonne Tobias euen frō his tēder age to feare God and to refraine frō al sin His admonicious which he gaue to his sonne are so Godlye and profitable so aduauncing vertue and repressing Vyce that they may iustly séeme worthy to be written in letters of Golde The Parentes of Susanna broughte her vp from her youth that shée was so Godly so vertuous and so honest that God would not suffer the wicked Iudges to preuayle against her Phillip the Euangelist which was one of the seauen Deacons had fower Daughters Virgines he brought them vp so Godly and learnedly that they were able to Prophecy and vnderstande the holy Scriptures S. Paule declareth that Timothie euen from his infancye and chyldhood had learned and vnderstoode the holy scriptures which alone are able sufficiently and euen to the vttermost to iustructe the men of God vnto Saluation through fayth in Christ Iesu Prouoked with such like examples I haue done myne indeuour to the vttermost of my power to shew vnto your worships thys wholsome séede of Doctryne and my symple labour trusting hereby not so to weary my self to get nought but displeasure for Salust sayth It is extreme péeuishnesse yet doe I commend this vnto you desyring your worships to accept it as a synguler gifte profytable and delectable to be read and necessary for the right and perfect instructions according to the tenour which I haue taken in hand whereof to be ignoraunt is to much vngodlinesse but also not attempt any thing that shall eyther be displeasaunt to God or to Godlye and well learned or to your selues Take it therefore I beséech your Worships with ioyfull hartes as a good wil towardes you for other gyfte haue I not to giue you and I shall most humbly beséech God to be your defendour and to giue you his holy spiryte which may gouerne you all in your doinges that you maye walke blamelesse in his sight and be fonnde in the number of Gods elect The euerlasting peace of God in Iesus Christ the contynuall ayd strength ioy and comforte of his most pure holy and mighty spirite with the increase of fayth be most effectually wroughte in your hartes to your owne commodities eternal ioy and comforte Amen Your Worships Iohn Fit Iohn ❧ The Speakers names of thys Dialogue Ciuis Puer CIVIS Well ouer taken in the name of God my good fellow Whether art thou now going thus al alone Puer Forsooth good maister I am a Straunger hereabouts and very willing I am to go to London Ciuis To go to London alas what wouldst thou do there Puer Here in the countrey they say it is a goodly famous Town and very gladly I would see it if I knew the way thyther Ciuis How darest thou go abroade now the world is so hard on this order the Constables and other Offycers as thou goest will apprehende and haue thee before some Iustice for a Rogue Puer I trust they will not doe so for I neuer dwelte with Mayster nor Dame. Ciuis Notwithstanding yet the Lawes of this Realme are verye straightly looked vpon now a dayes concerning such matters especially if they haue not a Pasport from whence they come Puer It is euen so for in the countrey wheras I did dwell they looke very straightly vnto those that are suspected persons and haue them vnto some Iustice and they bee not onely punished with imprisonmente but with whipping and burning in the eare Ciuis It is a thing chiefest to be loked to for if they doe not they ought in all places by the statute to forsee that matter The Constables are charged there with and for default incurre the daunger of the statute Puer I am sure they will not examine me so straightly if they doe I must declare vnto them the troth and the effecte of my matter for I dwelte alwayes with my Father and Mother I haue come a good way and yet I haue not bene examined Ciuis Then I perceyue that you did dwell with your father Puer Yea in deede I dwelt with my mother but my father is dead and lyeth buryed in the bodye of our Churche almost three yeares past but my mother I trust is alyue Ciuis If thy mother be alyue what didst thou with her Puer Marye I did go to Plough and Carte and kepte the Crowes out of the fielde and fetch home the Kyne and other such lyke thinges which appertayne vnto husbandry Ciuis In so doing thou didst well for Adam did worke in the Garden of Eden Cayn was a Plough man and tilled the earth hys brother Abell was a Sheaphearde and kepte Sheepe Noye

not a rebuke vnto the flesh Here my prayer O Lord and with thyne eares consyder my calling holde not thy peace at my teares For inumerable troubles are come about me O deliuer mee from the deceitfull and wicked man for thou arte the God of my strength and thou arte able to wrest and confound myne enemyes they lye lurking abroade on euery side as the Fox doth for his praye they lay baytes for me as the Fysher doth for the small fyshes Saue me O Lorde and delyuer me for thy names sake Ciuis These are very good sayinges For S. Iohn sayeth He that commeth from an high is aboue all and he can delyuer you from all troubles and temptations of the world In the Reuelation lykewyse it is written As many as I loue I rebuke and chasten be feruente therefore and repent and beare this well in mynde Puer It is my desyre But I pray you Syr what great town is that same before vs Ciuis That is London Puer I am glad thereof good mayster leaue me not destitute but be vnto me a comforter and helpe me vnto some good mayster Ciuis I will do my good will but now you are in London where will you become this night haue you no frindes nor Kinsfolks here in London Puer I should haue a Kinseman dwelling as it was tolde me in Fleetestreate and that I shoulde inquyre for him at the Belsauage Ciuis I dwel in Fleetestreate my selfe which is harde by the same Inne and I will bring you thyther Puer If it please you to showe me the house I will be bolde to come to you agayne Ciuis Yonder same is it at the Sygne of the great Bell. Puer Nowe I haue to render vnto you many harty thankes for your great trauayle and paynes which you haue had with me and for as much as I know now where you dwel I will be bolde to let you vnderstande howe I speede of my Kinsman and in the meane tyme I commend you vnto almighty God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ who preserue you and all yours and giue you the light of his countenaunce to shyne ouer you Ciuis Take heede to thy selfe now and keepe wel thy soule that thou forget not the thinges which thyne eyes haue seene and that they departe not out of thy harte all the dayes of thy lyfe My sonne despyse not the chastning of the Lorde neither faynt whē thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth him he chastneth yea scourgeth euery sonne that he receyueth Loth I am you should departe from me but and your Kinseman cannot prouyde you of a mayster come hyther to me agayne and I wil doe what I can but I wil either haue you my self or else prouide you a mayster Puer I thank you for your gentlenesse I pray you how many seruaunts haue you Ciuis I haue but one in the company that I am free of our order is that I can haue no more but this that I haue is almost out of his yeares I woulde all companyes would haue a regarde for the permitting of Apprentises for the lesse Apprentyses that is in a company the better it doth prosper Fare ye well seeing you will needes goe Bee perfite of good comforte be of one mynde liue in peace and the God of loue and peace shall be with you remember well my sayings seeke to please your mayster and your Mistris bee dilligent be true both in worde and deede and be not high mynded The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the fruitefulnesse of the holy Ghost bee with you now and euer Puer I thank you most hartily Syr God be with you Ciuis And you also FINIS ¶ A generall prayer for all men to walke in their vocation and calling FOr as much O heauenly Father as both thy honor and dishouour after a certayne manner dependeth in this world eyther of our Godlye or wicked lyfe if we lyue well thy very aduersaryes shall be compelled to glorifye thee but if our lyfe be vngodlye so shalte thou be dishonoured among the wicked and euill spoken of through our synfull lyuing and because we should not walke inordinately and so prouoke the enimies of thy truth to raile on thee and to blaspheme thy holy name thou hast apoynted in thy blessed law certain honest and godly states and degrees wherin thy people should lyue and hast straightlye commaunded that so many as professe thee thy holye word should contynue in the same and euerye one according to his vocation and calling and by no meanes leade a dissolute lyfe after the maner of the Heathen which know not God that by well doing the professoures of thy holy religion may not only stop the mouthes of foolish and ignorant people but also prouoke them to glorifye thee our Lord in the daye of vysytacion We knowing our infyrmitie and weakenesse which is great and vnable to be redeemed of our natural strength and free wil that we are not able to think a good thought much lesse for to fulfyll thy commandements which thou haste strayghtly commaunded to be kept and wishing the glorye of thy moste glorious name and the accomplishment of thy heauenly will Most humbly and from the very hart beseech thee therefore for Iesus Christ his sake for to indue vs with thy holy spirit which may fulfill that lacketh in vs make vs newe Creatures trade vs in the path of thy holy law and geue vs grace to walke according to our vocation in feare and in obedience of thy good wil that we admit nothing that in any poynt may hinder thy glory and thy honour deface thy name and cause thee to be euill spoken of among the vngodly and that this may come to passe graunt O most mercifull Father that euery one of vs from the highest to the lowest may vnfaynedly aunswere to our calling and frame our lyues according to thy blessed will vnto the glory of thy name that whatsoeuer we doe in worde or deede we may do al things in the name of the Lord Iesu geuing thanks to thee God the Father through him Graunt that all temporall Rulers may vse their office iustly and godly seeke not onely to be feared but also to be beloued to mayntayne the good and to punish the euil accept no person in iudgment alone no false accusation shed no innocent bloud Here the small as wel as the great receyue no brybes set forth thy glory aduaunce thy holy worde promote thy faythfull preachers in all their doinges seeke the profyte of the common weale and so behaue themselues they may be foūd worthy officers in thy sight Graunt that the subiects may shewe all reuerent submissyon to their Rulers obay them in all thinges be faythfull and true to them yea that not only for feare of punishmente but also for conscience sake Graunt that the Bishops Preachers of thy worde and all other spirituall Ministers may take