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A15118	Here followeth dyuers holy instrucyons and teachynges very necessarye for the helth of mannes soule, newly made and set forth by a late brother of Syon Rychard whitforde; Here followeth dyvers holy instrucyons and teachynges very necessarye for the helth of mannes soule.	Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?; Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636. Here be the gathered counsailes of Saynct Isodorie to informe man, howe he shuld flee vices.; John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407. Of detraction.	1541 (1541)	STC 25420; ESTC S105112	99,010	194

and fame and that is harde to do when y● mater is in many mouthes yet must he do what he can therunto Consyder nowe I praye you howe harde thys thynge is to be done although hyt be in a true tale and vnto fewe persons as vnto thre or two or one person alon Let in case a man se hys neyghbour do fornication he telleth thys forth he doth therin dedly synne For hyt hys contrarye vnto the lawe of nature / vnto the good ●●der of charite Math. 18. c. and directly contrarie vnto the wordes and mynde of the gospell Howe shal he nowe make restiticion a mendes For yf he speke vnto the party where he made the detraction he may not saye he lyed tolde a fals tale For than shulde he make an vnlawfull lye vpon hym selfe and also defame hym selfe And if he shulde say hyt was true that he sayde he shuld so more depely defame the sayde ꝑson howe shuld he nowe do in thys case I wyl tell you howe And I praye you Note hit well He must seke the ꝑson or persons vnto whom he made the detraction / when he may conueniently And saye after thys fourme Frende or frēdes I tolde you such a tale of suche a persone or ꝑsons hyt was a detraction he nedeth not to say hyt was true or false but as I fayde hyt was a bachytynge and sclauuder of my neyggbour a greate offence agaynst god I shuld not haue tolde you any such nor you shuld haue herde hyt nor bylyued hyt but you shuld rather haue axed me what profe and wytnes I had of my tale and yf I had sayde none but my selfe then shulde you haue rebuked me for my so sayng and at the least you shulde haue gyuen vnto me no credence but rather warned and counseled me to shewe hyt no forther And thus I crye our ●ord mercy I dyd bothe offende hym and you For yf you haue vpon my mouth tolde hyt any forther then be you bounden to do vnto them as I haue done nowe vnto you Loke well nowe good christians howe harde hyt is to make amendes for detraction and yet some ꝑsons when they knowe howe to make the amedꝭ wyl not so do for shame but rather do put theyr soules in ●operdy Kepe therfore your mouth from detraction Recounte well your owne synnes you shall rather be sory for all other synners then be redy to rehers them Serche not what other men do or say For so may you lyghtly fall into suspicion therby saye that is not true so fal frō an yuel synne into a wors ¶ Of A lye or lyenge IN detraction be communely many lyes And suerly hyt is a great shame for a chrystiane to be a lyer For Chryste is the essenciall truth and father vnto all the true christians Io. 8. f. And the dyuyl from the bygynnyng is a lyer and father of all lyes and lyers Defoule not therfore your mouth with any lye Sap. 1. c For the wyseman sayeth Os quod mentitur occidit animam That mouth that maketh a lye doth slee the soule Sane your soule vse to speke the truthe playnly without crafte or colours other in your worde or worke ¶ Of swerynge TO affirme and bynde a lye with an othe is erectable much abominable Sweryng is forboden by the law except it be for a lawfull cause required by lawful psōs in lawful in tyme lawful place● Otherwyse haue you no wyll appetite pleasure to swere sayth our sauyour omnino y● is ●or vtterly so the we shulde vtterly haue no mynde ne desure to swere neuer to swere but constrayned therunto and then that the other in consciēce be true Math. 5. ● with y● circumstances byfore sayde The vse of swerynge is perilous bothe for the body / soule For that vse may ingender a custū so that a man shall swere greate othes and not perceyue hym selfe that he swereth any othe at all although so to swere by custome be not alway dedly synne yet is it harde to excuse the ingendrynge of that custome from dedly synne In customable othes a man maye lyghtly fall into for swerynge And to forswere wyttyngly and wyllyngly by deliberacion is alway dedly synne To auoyde all ioperdies therfore vse not youre mouth vnto othes For trothe nedeth none othes A true saynge shal be well byleued without any othe Yee and nay is ynough for a faythful christian And though a man were dredles of god yet the periel of the body shulde moue hym to leue sweryng and the custome therof For holy scripture sayeth De domo iurantis non recedet plaga Eccli 23. b. The vengeance of god hāgeth euer styl ouer the house of the swerer and he is euer full of iniquite And then must nedely all that housholde be euer in perile and ioperdy where the customable swerer dwelleth Vse not thā to swere your selfe not yet suffer you any other to swere that you may let ¶ Of promyse and vowe to be rendred and kepte ❧ ⚜ ❧ NOtwithstādyng yf you by sworne othe make any promyse or vowe that vowe muste you nedely rēder kepe and perfourme yf you so maye do without the offence of god For our lorde god sayde by hys prophete Moyses Deut. 23. d. Cum votū voueris domino deo tuo c. That is when thou hast made a vowe vnto thy lorde god Make hast and tarye not ne make any stoppage to rēder and ꝑfourme hyt For thy lorde god wyll require hyt And yf it be holden backe and thou tarye and stoppe therat hyt shal be reputed and layde vnto thy charge for synne yf thou wylt make none suche promyse thou mayst be without any synne but that vowe that on s hathe passed out from thy lyppes shalte thou obserue kepe and perfourme accordynge as thou hast promised vnto thy lorde god by thyne owne proper wyll and with thyne owne mowth thou hast spoken And the prophete Dauid sayth Vouere et reddite Psal Make you vowe at youre wyl and then render perfourme the same vnto your lorde god Be not therfore lyght to promyse and harde or loth to paye Proue you by deliberation as saint Iohn saith what spirit moueth you to make the promise 1. Io. 4. then neuer slycke ne tarye to paye For muche displeaseth god a folysh promyse And they be accounted and nōbred amonge infideles and faythles persons that do not perfourme fulfyll that they haue vowe●● ꝓmyssed ¶ That all thynges be open and knowne vnto god ❧ ⚜ ❧ ANd let no man thynke nor byleue that the vowe or promyse that he maketh in secrete maner vnto hym selfe alon be vnknowen vnto god For suerly all thynges be playne opyn vnto hym Thynke none yuell in your herte therfore For by no sylence may hyt be hyd from hym No thynge can be so couered ne cloked but that hyt shal be reueled and shewed nor any thyng

Of doctrine or lernynge AN olde Englysh prouerbe Who so no thing can ne any thyng wyll lerne thoughe he neuer thryue who may hym werne Haue you therfore A desyre to haue doctryne and lernynge and gyue great diligence and importune labour thervnto and you shal haue bothe profete pleasure therby For as doctryne and lernynge cūmeth of wysdome so doth hyt bryng the person vnto wysdome and prudēce of the scoler make a mayster and so cōsequently make hym honorable bothe byloued dred But yt forseth muche of whom what you lerne Chuse you therfore a techer that hathe wysdome and prudence that lyueth and teacheth therafter For as the mayster is suche cōmunely the scoler wyll be neuer lerne any thing that doth sowne or appere cōtrarye vnto the lawe of god Lerne then that doctrine that may be profetable both vnto your soule and body The way and meane to gete and increace lernyng is put in two olde verses Sepe rogare Rogata tenere Retenta docere Hec tria difcipulum faciunt fuperare magistrum To axe oft well to kepe to teache the lerned was These .iii. do make y● scoler his maister for to pas ¶ To take oft kepe that is takē And to teache that lerned was These iii. do the scoler make hys mayster for to ouer pas ⚜ ⚜ BE you therfore nother abashed nor lothe to axe to lerne that thyng that you can not when you can hyt rehers hyt often in your mynde and lyberally teache hyt vnto some other ꝑsons For by teachynge your lernyng shal meruelousip incrense and by collaciou and communicacion of lernynge you shall bult out and ▪ brynge vnto knowledge those thynges that be fore were harde darke hydde and vnknowen But loke well whom you teache and what you teach For euery lernynge is not cōuenient ne mete for euery person And beware that in teachynge of other persons you hurt not your self that is that you take no pryde therin nor yet to be chafed angry or vēgeable vnto them that can not or do not lyghtly lerne Be not ashamed to speke that you knowe is true nor afrayde deuly to defende the troth with softe wordes and sobre maner Stryue not in disputacion to venquish and to gete the maystre Be not styfe in youre opinion But euer gyue place yelde your selfe and lyghtly gyue ouer / graunt vnto the truthe Speke not agayne iustice Ne euer be aboute to defete and put a way the ryght ¶ Of ru●iosite ANd in all your teachyng or lernyng auoyde curiosite Vse not to speke with ynkhorne termes newe retricke nor in da●ke wordꝭ harde to be vnderstande speke playnly that your disciples or herers may perceyue what you meane Studye not to be ouer much eloquent nor yet in any wyse barbarous 〈◊〉 meane stile is most cūly most profetable And desyre not the laude prayse of the worlde for so may you los● all your merit turne your science conyng into pryde Sciencia inslat 1 cor ● ● ●nyth saynt Paule Science and greate conynge dothe swel boll blowe vp the person vnto pride Study not to lerne know priue hyd thingꝭ nor those artes or sciēces that be not lawful ordo nor apperteyne vnto you to knowe haue you euer in cūpany desyre pleasure rather to here / thē to speke Be not redy to speke fyrst byfore al po r cūpany specially yf your souerene or seniours be present ¶ Of obedience HAue you euer a regarde vnto your souerene elders and betters For vnto them apper●ey ●leth fyrst to speke vnto the subiect iuuinours to he●ken to gyue hede euer to be obediēt vnto theyr byddinges and to gyue them due reuerence and honor eueryche accordyng vnto hys dignite degre and vnto theyr merite of sancrite and holines so maye you do vnto god seriuce honour ●n thē and folowe hys wyll in folowynge theyrs Make not your selfe ma●e felowe nor yet very● familier and homely with your superiours For after ●●●e olde prouerbe Nimia familiaritas parit conrem●●um Ouennuche boldnes maketh a person m●lepa●● and vnreuerene Shewe a meke gentel countenance vnto all persons And what so euer you do at comaundement let hyt be done withou● mu●●nur or gra●dge without styckynge of stop page frely ●●lfully and spedfully Hila●em ●aro ●om dillgi● deu● God soue●ha glad gyu●● yt●●the hys dut●t● with glad her●e 2. co 9. b and ther●full by ha●●ion And be you eue●●●●●o take any honors ▪ Premisne●●● sou●●●yu 〈…〉 ●or●te yf you mayꝭ auo●de thē without the offence of god for doubtles he is in most perrel ioperdy Aug. inregula that is in moste hyght rowl●●e and dignite ¶ Of prelacie EVery prelate shulde studie and defyre rather to be of his subiectes byloued then dred Ibidē The most sure castel towre or garde that any souereyn may haue is the loue of hꝭ subiectꝭ Dion de regno For a souereyn that hathe many louynge subiectes is much lyke vnto a ꝑson that shulde haue many soules in one body and all with lyke diligence to serue and to prouide for then Let therfore your vertue / your● goodnes gentelnes wynne the loue of your● subiectes for so shall you by loue haue better seruice and more cōforte of thē then you can haue by rygour rugh dealynge Yet muste you kepe a due meane so that synne be corrected and that euer with the loue and fauour of the persōs Aug. in regula and hate of the vices And vfterly to exclude parcialite nother to prayse any persons very much aboue the residue and celdome to excuse any defaulte but neuer vtterly to defēde any synne Hyt apperteyneth vnto a wyse discrete and vertuous prelate to moderate and tempere euery cause that the good persōs be not brought or turned into yuel by ouer much fauour nor yet the yuel wexe wors by ouer muche rygour Be as a very father by seuerite ernest byhauiour and as a mother by cōpassion pir●e Currage and conforte the diligent persons that meane well and blame and reforme the vn●estful and negligent Aug. inregula and vnto all be patient And euer remēber that as you haue subiectes vnder you so haue you a prelate and souereyne aboue you / at the least almyghty god Do than as you wolde be done vnto Forget not what you haue bene The cōmune puethe is The priste remēbreth not that euer he was clerke nor the mayster that he was somtyme a disciple or scoler you may be sure that as you do intreate you shall be intreated as you deale with your subiectes so wyll your soueryne / and hygh prelate when you come home deale with you let therfore mercy be in place byfore iustice although they both must be kept ioyned to gether The extreme rigour of iustice may be kepte in the discussion serche and examynacion of the cause but in the definicion