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A02882	Domestycal or housholde sermons for a godly housholder, to his children and famyly, compiled by the godlye learned man Christopher Hegendorffyne, doctor, moste necessarye for all faythfull housholders: nowe fyrste translated oute of laten into Englysshe: by Henry Reiginalde.; Conciones aliquot domesticae. Part 1. English	Hegendorph, Christoph, 1500-1540.; Reginald, Henryfl. 1548-1549.	1548 (1548)	STC 13021; ESTC S109407	32,801	94

wee shoulde not defame or robbe our neighboure of his good name or fame The almightie god gyue vs that grace that we may obserue thys commaundemente well thorow oure Lorde Iesus Chryste So be it The nynthe-housholde Sermon vnto theyr Chyldren and famylye WE are come now to the laste two commaundementes of God well beloued chyldrē which do intreat both of cōcupiscence or unlawfull desyrynge thus doth god commaunde Exo 20. Thou shalt not desyre thy neighboures house nor thou shalt not desyre hys wyfe his seruaunte his hande mayden his oxe his afse or any thynge that perteineth vnto hym Beholde and marke these two laste commaundementes of almyghtie God and bothe of them as I haue sayde a lytle before do speake of vnlawfull desyrynge and brieflys this they do commaund vs it is not ynough not to take away other mens goodes which thing was forbidden in the seuenth commaundemente but also we shoulde not couet the goodes of our neighbour as for an example my neighboure hath an house pleasauntely buylded and trewly God wylleth that we shoulde not couet the selfe same house but that we shoulde fauoure our neighbour with all our herte although we haue but a lytle house scarse to thruste our heade in And often tymes my neighbour hath a wyfe whiche is of a godly beutie and indewed wyth good manners and ryche I oughte to suffer or let my neighboure aloue w t her although I haue a wyfe whiche is nothynge to be compared to any neighbours wyfe Althoughe this commaundemente doth seme properly to apperteyne vnto the Iewes to the whiche for the hardenesse of their hertes they were suffered to haue lycence to gyue vnto their wyues a testimony of deuorcemente yfany man wolde not kepe them withe hym which lycence they dyd greatelye abuse for if any man had a wyfe whyche had a good dowrye and fayre an other man that coulde by any meanes wolde bringe her into the hatred of her housebande and then a deuorcement made w t the first husbande did take her to wyfe and it do not syldome chaunce among Christians y t one doth take an others wyfe away And so many in these dayes do take away vnto them eyther their trew labourynge seruaunce or mayden increasynge their yearely wages There perteyneth also to these thynges that y e beastes which be frutefull and stronge we do hate that our neighbour shoulde haue theym and therefore bye all the chraftye meanes that we can we wyll obteyne and get them for our selues to be shorte these commaundementes wyl vs that thou shuldeste not once wisshe thy selfe well if thy neighbour shoulde fare the worse And these two commaundementes seme to be compared agaynst couetuousenes for conetuouse mē gape for and couet all thynges and they cannot suffer their pore neighbour to haue any good thyng with a good wyll both these commaundementes of almyghtye god ye and also the voice of Christe the sonne of god Luke the 12. Chapter shall call you awaye from coneteousenesse when he saythe Take heade of couetuousnesse for bycause the lyfe of euerye man is not in the abundaunce of those thynges which he doth possesse the saying of S. Paul doth fray you from couetuousnes both to the Ephesians the 5. Chapter to the Collos the 3. Chapter Callynge it ydolatry let this plucke you from couetuousenes for that that God doth abhorte it whiche we maye perceyue in Laban Gene the 30. Chapter And in Rabal the fyrste boke of the kynges the 16. Chapter Wherefore flee you frome this enyll well beloued chyldren and imbrace you godlynesse and those thynges which the mercy of god shall gyue you take theym thankefully Godlynesse is a greate gayne say the Samcte Paule in the fyrste Epistle too Tymothe the laste Chapter too those that can be contente in their vocation with a good wyl For we haue brought nothynge into the worlde and we can carye nothynge awaye Wherefore yf we haue necessary lye meate and drynke and where wythe all for to couer vs let vs so be contented Beholde nowe hytherto I haue declared in ordre the tenne commaundementes of God vnto you although it be but meanely which seing that they be beyonde mannes strength or anye mannes power to obserue them kepe them accordingly yet let vs pray vnto the holy ghoste that he wolde bothe renewe and puryfie oure herte that we may not onely kepe them with our extery our doynges but also with our inwarde affection wyl So be it ¶ The Declaration of our belief called in laten simbolum apostolicum The firste housholde Sermon of god the father and the creation of all thynges YE haue heard euen of late well beloued Chyldrenne those thynges whiche god doth require of you in his x. commaundementes yea euen of vs all and seyng that those thynges which he requyrethe of vs can not be performed of vs for bycause of the fragilytie and weakenes of our strength for Christe saith Ihon the 7. Chapter None of you do perform the lawe with your deades he is onely to be knowen of vs which giueth power that we may do those thynges whiche of our selues can not be done he is trewlye God of whome what so euer is necessary for vs to be knowen that same is in oure belief comprehended which belief that it may be vnderstande some what of youe I wyll dilygently declare it And for y t I wolde open to you some waye vnto those thynges which we nowe take in hande I gyue you knowledg that there is one god as it doth appeare in y e fyrste Epistle to the Corinthians the 8. Chapter that is to saye one essence or spirituall substaunce for god is a spirite Ihon the 4. Chapter And truely that same deuyne essence or spirituall substance is atributed to their persons God the father God the sonne and God the holy ghoste Matthew the laste Chapter So that those thre persons be equallye euerlastynge of an infynite power of an infynite wisedome of an infinyte goodnesse c. Now trewly what god is is shewed in the fyrst begynnynge of y e beliefe when a Christian man sayth I beleue in God the father almyghtie maker of heuen and earth Let vs begynne and examyne euerye worde a Christian man sayth I do beleue we do beleue trewly those thynges which be not present before our eyes for fayth is an argumente of thynges hoped for and a declaration of those thinges that do not appeare to the Hebrues the 11. Chapter we do beleue in god and what is god God is a spirituall substaunce for god is a spiryt Ihon the 4. our god is all y t thinge to the whiche we haue a confydence with all oure herte for if we haue a confidence to the trewe god we are in a good case if we haue a confydence to a false god or to mammon or to anye other god we do procure the euerlasting payne of our vngodlynesse Wherfore sayth a Christian man I beleue in god and not simplye

and in other wholesome preceptes and doctrynes of Christe that the lawe maye be as a scolemaister As S. Paul sayth vnto Christe that is that they beyng brought to the knowledge of their synne by the lawe may prepare and ordeyne theyr selues to seke vnto Christe and to his ryght herytage for why the law as Paul to the Romaynes Galathyans doth argue doth make vs to prepare our selues to receyue y e grace of god so y t it setteth before our eies our sinnes and putteth downe the stubbernes of our mynde and maketh vs very gree die of Christes doctryne Furthermore when Christe as it is shewed in the 5. of Marke had delyuered a certeyne man of a deuyll and he dyd pray Christ that he wolde tarry styll wyth hym Chryste made answere vnto him Go thy waies into thyne owne house vnto thy famyly and shew them how moche the Lorde hath done for the and what compassyon he had ouer the. Nowe we haue herde Christe our onelye sauyour commaunde also that he which was delyuered by hym frome a Deuyll shoulde take the office of a Bisshop and preacher of his worde in hys house amonge his Chyldren and famyly and that he shoulde set forth the gret benefyciall goodnes which he had receiued of god and so to brynge his famyly by the loue of god to the very knoweledge of God Furthermore we maye gather oute of dyuers Epistles of Paule that in hys tyme there was both fathers of householdes and mothers of housholdes whiche dyd bryng vp very earnestlye their famyly both in the fayth of Iesu Christ and also in other pryncypall matters of Christes religion for whi in the Epistle vnto the Romayns the laste Chapter he doth salute the housholde and faythfull church of Prisca Aquyia or as I may vse his termes the Christen family whiche was in the house of Prysca and Aquila for wythoute doubte theye were informed priuyly in the fayth of Christ And in the fyrste Epistle to the Corynthyans the laste Chapter he saith Aquyla Priscilla with those which be of y e faythefull congregation in their house doth salute you hertely in the lord And where agayne he calleth the housholde faythefull Churche the Congregation of faythfull Chyldren men seruauntes and women seruauntes which were in the house of the womā Priscilla whō he calleth to the Romayns Prisca and Aquyla her housbande The self same thynge Paul to the Collossians the laste Chapter sayth Salute the Bretheren which are at Laodicia salute Nymphas and the congregation which is in his house where S. Ambrose thynketh that thys Nimpha was a woman diligeut in the commaundementes of God thys artycle in greake Aphtae doth reproue it that he was no woman but a man which did noryssh and bryng vp his Christian famyly at home in hys house in Christian loue and godlynesse The selfe same thynge dothe S. Paul exhorte Tytus Tit. 2. That old women shoulde be soberlye aparelled no slaunderers and that they shoulde teache honeste thynges that they myght cause yonge women to be sobre c. And here Paul wylleth also y t old women should instructe their yonge women at home in their house to godlynesse and good manners And also Paul vnto Tymothie the fyrst Epistle the fourth Chapter commaundeth wydowes to learne godlynesse at home in their houses and to haue a godly famyly And howe canne they haue a godly familie excepte theye teache theyr housholde dylygently and priuately in y e learnyng and erudition of Goddes word To conclude that holy man Sayncte Chrisostome in hys fyrst homely in Genesis saythe When ye shall depart from hence from thys sensyble table let there be put afore you a spiritual table and let the good man of the house saye some of these wordes whiche be here sayde Let the woman here Let the seruantes lecne Let their aquayntaunce lerne and let y e house be the Chuche of God that the Deuyll may be dryuen away and that our daily aduersary may be put to flight wyth all the enemyes of our health and let the grace of the holye ghoste here adyde in this place that all peace and concorde maye defende all inhabytauntes herein c. These be the wordes of Chrisostome Of the which wordes what mā can not vnderstande that it perteynethe to godly fathers of housholdes to make their house the churche of God and the congregation of Christiā people and to take the office of a Bisshop vpon them Also Chrisostome setteth fourth the frutes whiche ryse of sermonnes made at home in houses for bycause of them the deuyll is driuē awaye As S. Peter saith which goeth aboute as a rorynge Lyon fekyng whome he may deuoure And y e holy ghoste doth reste vpon the inhabytauntes and dwellers in the housewhere the worde of god is taught and the inhabytauntes and dwellers doo lyne in concorde and vnytie and they do agree peaceably one wyth an other Whiche frutes verelye do easely brynge to thys poynte all fathers of housholdes that they shoulde dylygently instructe their famyly with the worde of God in their houses For we may see by dayly experyence y t the deuyll goeth aboute with all his power to make debate and stryfe in howses and breaketh amitie peace and soueth discord And it is no doubt y t as Chrisostom truly sayth the deuyll y e enemie of mans saluation and of our hole famylye sekethe oure lyfe and often tymes wolde brynge bothe the father of the housholde the wyfe the Children and y e whole family to perels onlesse he be driuen away of godly fathers of housholds by the swerde of the spirite which is the worde of God With these examples of holy fathers with the preceptes of god in tyme paste gyuen and commaunded in the olde Testamente withe the commaundemente of Christ which he gaue vnto hym whome he delyuered from a deuyll and by these examples of fathers of housholdes and mothers of housholdes whiche I haue rehersed oute of S. Paules Epistles And where as Sainct Paul doth requyre of olde women and widowes we may gather esely by the wordes of Crisostome euery father of a houshold hath lybertie to teach his famyly at his own house the worde of God and y t of ryght he is and ought to be the very Bisshop of his famyly And there is no lesse to be thoughte of mothers of housholdes If there be any brother of a houshold whiche is illyterate or vnlerned and can not teache pryuately hys housholde let him hyer one whiche in hys stead may lerne hys famyly or if he can not let hym aduygysantly marke the sayenges of Publycke and open sermons and let hym repete those saiengs at home in hys house before hys famyly assone as supper or dynete is done Therfore I beyng perswaded wyth those arguementes of S. Paul which I haue made relation of y s I euer thoughte dylygently wythe my selfe that it were very necessary to write for my chyldren and for my hole