vpon the soule of euery one that doth euil Indignation Wrath and Anguish So that it appeareth manifestly hereby how their punishment ought to be cruell not only in Hel but also Heere that impugne your Highnesse procéedings or that practise to performe the wicked déedes of the Fleshe Apostasie Idolatrie Blasphemie Hypocrisie Sacrilege Treason Tyranny Extortion Conspiracie RebellioÌ„ Rape Buggerie Burglarie Murther Thefte Periurie Pride Hautinesse Insolencie Clipping Washing Counterfeyting of Coyne Deceit Cosoning Idlenes Roging Murmuring against Rulers Backbiting Filching Sclandering Brauling Scolding Libelling Bribing Enuying Repining Taunting Scoffing Fighting Mutining Disdaine Disobedience Vnnaturalnesse Ingratitude Incest Fornication Adulterie Gluttonie Drunkennes Dissembling Couetousnes Vsurie Slouth Witchcraft Bauderie Ribauldrie BaÌ„kerupting Vnseruiceablenesse such like afore mentioned amongst the actuall sins whiche are alwayes euil and wicked and according to the more the lesse be to be punished And therefore oure Redeemer testifyeth in that Sermon he made vpon the Mount which for our Soules health Bodily comfort surpasseth al that Sermons made vpoÌ„ the Earth that Not euery one that sayth Lord Lord shal enter into the Kingdome of Heauen but he that doth the will of my Father which is in Heauen And his will is that yée beléeue his word Obey your Prince and doe thereafter that is that we embrace the works of Holinesse afore recited and forsake and renounce the déedes of Wickednesse laste repeated The holy Ghoste so instructeth by all Christians to bée receiued Hence Paule teacheth That not the Hearers of the Lawe but the Doers they are iustified whych liue according to the Spirite not according to the Flesh By Marlorat excellently opened affirming that our Iustification resteth vpoÌ„ Faith without the workes of the depraued Law of Nature Moses Law or any other whatsoeuer withoute a constant Faith in Iesus Christ but not without the déedes and fruites commanded by the Law of the Gospell the Law of the Spirit and Lawe of Grace For as Bullinger â—â—uinely deliuereth the Moral Law is continuall and in some part the Iudiciall but not at all the Ceremoniall of Moses And certaine so farre as the Lawe is the rule how to liue well and happily so far as it is the bridle to stay vs in Gods feare so farre as it is a pricke to wake the dulnesse of our flesh so farre as it is giuen to instruct correct and rebuke vs men so farre I say with him that it remayneth still This Saincte Iames most earnestly affirmeth saying that such as know how to do well and do it not are still bound in their sinne as if he should say the Lawe hath rule still ouer such for they be not as yet regenerate bycause they walke stil according to the fleshe and not according to the Spirite The very same Saincte Peter maketh more playne for the eyghte Soules that were saued by water signifieth Baptisme that saueth vs and not the cutting away the foreskinne Circumsition but the forsaking of euill a good conscience coÌ„senting vnto Gods will a liuely and vndoubted faith budding forth all good blossoms and spirituall fruites for we acknowledge as Bullinger affirmeth according to Sainct Paule that we are created vnto good workes But so that héereby we may not swell with pride in our selues forgetting the merites of Christ wheÌ„ we reade in the holy Scriptures that we are iustified by ours owne workes that oure owne workes are called righteous that vnto our works is giuen a reward of euerlasting life nor yet that we growe to presumptuous secure and licentious when we find that we are iustified only by Faith that we are fréely ransomed by the frée bountie of our redéemer that hée once for all pacified the wrath of his father and broughte vs againe to be his déerely beloued Children But that as we be fréelie redéemed through his only goodnesse without anye merite of ours so we without any compulsion must sanctifie oure soules and bodies walking alwayes in the light of godly conuersatioÌ„ as it is of late very well expressed by Master Rogers but most effectually of all of olde by the holy Apostles themselues By Peter who willeth that we make our election calling this way sure so that we shalâ—â—â—uer fall if in Faith wee minister vertue in vertue knowledge in knowledge temperance in temperance patience in patience godlynesse in godlinesse brotherly kindnesse in brotherly kindnesse loue Howe farre now they be deceiued be they neuer so excellent orators or neuer so cunning Sophisters and how vnméete to bring vp youth and to instruct the state of the world haue they neuer so many tongs or neuer so many Schole poynts in health holynesse obedience vnitie laudable qualities profitable artes what office place or dignity soeuer they haue or be they neuer so frantike feruente as was the murtherer that wounded of late yeares a valiant Captaine thinking therby to haue slaine a most worthie and noble Gentleman nowe of the Quéenes Maiesties most honourable priuie Counsel yea or to liue notwithstanding hir highnesse excéeding mercie and great pietie that coÌ„demne Gods prouidence as well ecclesiastical as teÌ„porall gouernement in our most royall Maiestie primate prerogatiue Palatine power in prelates by the Quéenes highnesse giuen in as large manner as euer they were or the high dignitie of the nobles and estates Lordly rule middle meanes appoynted doctrine vnitie of seruice common prayer Christian discipline right reason ordinarie Lawes dayly decrées holy workes iust déedes healthfull medicine industrie and diligence of vertuous men cleauing to vniuersall destinie without regard of the humane vertues particular sensualitie without consideration of the diuine graces or common libertie without respect of princely power You may sée héerein partly as in a glasse but in the ages following all the graces at large mentioned in the Epistle as well by the holy writte vse of the parts naturall and morall Philosophie as by the experience of all well ordered common weales Counsels Parliaments Conuocations Sinodes Decrées and excommunications of the primitiue Church And how likely it is that they should be eyther very godly naturall wise or rightly learned â—ting all certaynetie of diuine grace power naturall and 〈◊〉 obedience the holie word blessed regimente godly lawes â—thie creations high preferments all aduancementes meâ—â—â—ents worship disgradings and continuall gouernemente 〈◊〉 the beginning teacheth approueth and declareth to theÌ„ 〈◊〉 be not infected with the Heluetian contagion or libertie of longing to ouerthrowe as well Princes and Nobles of the â—astle as of the Spiritualtie that there might be no certainetie of superioritie that al might be at libertie through election of gouernoures to come to dignitie not for desart but for flatterie or feare Which forasmuch as all men by nature do conot libertie and superioritie so muche the more as affirmeth Caesar ought Princes to prouide certayne and spéedie meanes to restreyne them Wherefore I may bycause this Volume
instructions then for youth and whatsoeuer for the elder sorte be they neuer so simple that aduanceth vertue and suppresseth vice preferreth the fruites of the faithfull spirite condeÌ„neth the works of wicked fleshe planteth truth supplanteth falsâ—â—de condeÌ„neth flattery vttereth the veritie yéeldeth knowlege suppresseth ignorance assisteth the state and procureth quietnesse mainteineth health defendeth froÌ„ sicknes banisheth liberty teacheth the duty for soule body according to the Catholicke vnitie who so condemneth enuieth defameth or misliketh bicause it is in our own tong to the vse of the meane learned aswel as for the best scholers as some do our workes of the Bathes that haue neither wit nor wil to wâ—y the weight of our words written neither for glory nor gaine but for the coÌ„mon weale muche lesse to amend theÌ„ or incourage others There is no hope of religion holinesse wisdom loue learning 〈◊〉 obedience to be found in them CHAP. XLV Why the Author hath touched so many matters in briefe in this firste booke that at large shall be handled in the other fiue Of the vnknitting of Gordius knot That no benefite is equall to health long life and a good name Vpon what foundation the Author buildeth and of his plainenesse and briefnesse And how onely the wise and godly regarde Vertue and Knowledge but the foolishe and wicked neither I Haue bin the longer and the more earnester in this laste parte of this worke bicause I would not onely if I coulde grub vp al wickednesse by the roote leaste I mighte not liue to finishe the other or be discoraged to take paines with out thankes or benefite but also to the vttermoste of my small power presently sowe grasse and strewe the rootes séedes and plants of all vertue true religion due obedience and perfite health in al children Here louing Babes you haue the first wreathe of Gordius knot vnknit which the most valiant Conquerour with al his puissaunce could not vnfolde but was faine to cut it to allude the Oracle as writeth Quintus Curtius bicause his hautie courage and outragious lust would not yéelde to orderly reason whereby no doubt you may obtaine a greater Empire of immortalitie and euerlasting glory in subduing your own vaine affections preseruing youre perfite partes and ordering all your trades in Faith which is the victorie ouer sinne according to the will of God obedience of your owne Prince and profite of your natiue countrie as Tullie in the laste parte of Scipios dreame deliuereth thaÌ„ if ye obtained ten strange traÌ„sitorie conquests of great Alexander Howbeit Scanderbergs prowesse and victories against the common enimy of al Christendome who can passe ouer in silence without coÌ„mendation 〈◊〉 truly what auaileth I pray you only for lust ambition and not for the procéeding of the glorious gospel and fréedome of Christians A manne to winne all the wide worlde and to lose his owne selfe as Alexander did in Babilon before he had raigned full seauen yeares or yet his Tombe of golde and too too magnificeÌ„t buriall at Alexandrîa by Diodorus Siculus so excellently described not regarding the words of Demiphon his Diuiner or Magos nor the Chaldean Prophetes or rather Mathematists and Gymnosophistals as by them is testified in the places before alleaged And what benefite is equall to health of bodie and soule a god and godly name and long life to sounde children well brought vp in al godlinesse and conuenient qualities Thys ye sée is the foundation that the wisest haue laide that I do thinke good to folowe in this fraile age and to build vpon for the preseruation of body and minde in all ages whiche if any other had rather to haue framed in any other sorte euery man in Gods name hath his owne gift according to the measure of graces mentioned giuen vnto them And they may do as they please for my parte I haue as he that liueth vpon his practise by lawfull grace of the Vniuersitie and hathe had no other mainteinance but it for these one and twentie yeres yéelded mine indeuor in a forme neuer before so fashioned as time abilitie would serue me how the healthy body not only of infantes are at large to be preserued and the affections guided but also of all other in a briefe if it be effectually considered in diuers and sundry places of forreine soile as well as in our own for any thing that I can note too too far amisse and that hath more néede of godlinesse ayde furtherance and increase of honestie loue seruice and due obedience throughe â—olesome regiment seuere punishment and spirituall life the deprauing deminishing and abolishing of Vertue thoroughe had custome sinister opinions loose libertie slacke execution euil example or too too precise inuentions For what auaileth the confessing of the Scriptures obedience due to Princes the auctoritie of the high Couet of Parliament the Quéenes highnesse to be supreme gouernor aswel in causes Ecclesiasticall as Temporall the appointing of high dignities degrées offices in both callings if notwithstanding hir procéedings be contemned or not folowed And therfore for the duetie I owe to God your Maiestie I do déeme it more méete to write according to the Lawes of Christianitie of nature and of my Country wel established inaugre the minds God be thanked of al the contrary a plaine doctrine righte trade and orderlye meane through holsome lawes profitable néedful to be kept vsed of al godly subiects and faithful children than at wilde randon by vehement fatall happe or chaungeable chaunce like brainlesse persoÌ„s desperate dolts wether blown Cocks without the scope of gratious reason certainty of gouernmeÌ„t deceÌ„t order to treade dutifully this our present pilgrimage vpon whom the ends of the world are come as Rogers rightly insinuateth in his work of the second comming of Christ let the Ciceronians cleaue neuer so muche with Tullie to Platos reuolution or lewd Libertines to their licentious liking Oh gracelesse Libertines the decay of nations Oh wilfull Follie and Vice the ruine of al estates Oh cursed Hipocrisie popularitis and flatterie the welspring of al schismes heresies and outrages Let also the vnexpert in natures lore the ignorant or carelesse of Gods commandements blessed regiment with the talkers of the Scriptures and not the followers of Athanasius so sharply rebuked neuer so colourably scholerly do impudeÌ„tly vtter the contrary howbeit to say the truth of this age by the iudgement of moste trauellers aswell as by mine owne experience in forraine countries as wel as ouer all our own there is no Realme in al Christendom where godlinesse is more declared youth better instructed the people for honest life more coÌ„meÌ„ded the inhabiters more welthier mainteined or the common quietnes in peace and vnitie better preserued than héere with vs God bée praised the Quéenes highnesse magnified and the sacred Counsell honored and alwayes for his truth sake conserue
that the power wisdome and iustice of kings princed and rulers is the gouernement of God they be his presiâ—â—â—ts for by me sayth he Princes rule as in the holy volume most plainely and very often is expressed Whyche I woulde that some pastours preachers and ministers woulde wiselyer weye and warne in their Synodes SermoÌ„s parishes not to suffer others that haue no liceÌ„ce to preach their inuentioÌ„s contrary to the Quéenes procéedings as I wish that they in their houses wold observe that al other by them might take example to kepe Lent and suche fasting dayes as by the lawes of God and men are commaunded of Courtiers and Lawyers better vsed than of some diuines althoughe the Apostles themselues ordayned Lente and Telesphorus Quinquagesima as Polidor writeth wherby the bodie may be brought obedient to the spirit that Name better maintained land encrease more cherished and the more subiectes be bred and nourished with two partes in sixe of household diet saued the bodie healthilier preserued and the more people exercised let some Libertines busie belly bodies neuer so cunningly voyde of feare or duetie colour the coÌ„trary Howbeit nine sorts of people by lawes haue ben always tollerated as the case hath required Sick Soldiers Sailers Infants Nurses womeÌ„ gret longing or lying in Childe bed aged persoÌ„s prisoners wayfaring meÌ„ whoÌ„ of late they named Pilgrims The seconde from inordinate and vnlawfull touching or venerie as from coueting of goods vnlawfullye as sayth Clemens Alexandrinus as in the last Section where all actuall sinnes are expressed shal be shewed The thirde not only from vnsitting toyes but also from al other vnlawfull déedes be it of séeing hearing or smelling so that through this vertue Temperance the actions inwarde outwarde of vs vppon this earth are kepte in their meane as the heauenly Sunne through his mouing light and influence in the middle Sphere giueth his meane temperature yéelding by gods appointment to this lower world with the rest of the celestiall bodies all flourishing comfort growth and encrease Wherevpon the diuine Doctor Saint Hierome saith that be which obserueth Temperaunce liueth like a reasonable treature but he that doth not like a bruite beast And Bullinger sayeth vnlesse we liue and leade a temperate 〈◊〉 life we are vtterly vnworthy to beare the name of Christians of the louing bush and therefore that feareth god obeyeth his Prince lawes or regardeth reason alwayes to be considered as wel as of the woman bycause hir bodie is subiect to the vertuous man as the sacred Scriptures most diuinely doe teach the Homilies instructeth Peter Lawne handleth and as experience amongst all good Christians sheweth not seuering themselues as it is too commonly practised but rather louingly the one to embrace the other except a lawful and manifeste cause according to the Scriptures and not liberty do coÌ„strain it seeing that they be both but one fleshe two immortal soules the creatures that be only endued with reason courage and 〈◊〉 with power Iustice and wisdome that must abide the terrible sentence according to their déedes to whom al creatures as wel heauenly as earthly serue and obeye as long as they vse folowe and practise the workes of the spirit and forsake the wicked workes of the fraile flesh as by Tobias it is euideÌ„tly expressed and of Paul the chosen Apostle in the Acts in his Epistles at large declared which briefly in this last part is vttered Prayer not being the leaste for through it as the Prophetes Apostles and Doctours of the Churche doe affirme namely Saint Augustine S. Ambrose Saint Ierome Saint Chrisostome with all other holye fathers of the primatiue Church as wel as of latter time as by our godly and lerned Homilies and pestils dayly redde therin appeareth fleshly affections are thereby not only quenched but also God euen our god which guideth al things is therwith best pleased after the phrase of men as the Scripture doeth by the figure Anthropopathia with Lodouicus Viues I speak it and therfore it shall dayly and nightly he vsed The kingly Prophet Dauid hath so willed it of diuerse in our â—ong deuoutlye and dutifullye deuised in their bookes of â—â—â—red prayers of all the zealous sort highly to be imbraced the Meditations and selfe talke of Saint Augustine latelye translated And so before meate shall exercise for Hippocrates hath so willed it that labour should goe before meate that the bodie may be made more pure and cleane for the vncleane the more you nourishe them the more you hurt them CHAP. IX In what aire exercise should be of the force thereof whiche is best and how to know it THys bréeding bringing vp and exercise shold be in a good ayre as the child it selfe must be brought vp in when as the ayre can more alter the bodie and spirits than any nourishment or foode as Diodorus Siculus Consiliator Martin Curtez and Peter Martir of Anglera affirmeth séeing that of the matter of it is breathing as Galen proueth which if it shal be euil or infected the liuing creature can not long be sounde as Rhasis Agricola and Benedictus Victorius testifye and as our valiant trauellers finde true in their Nauigations to Perrow China and Cataya Hence may be proued that the aire is not so hurtful as some iudge especiallye for them that be brought vp and accustomed therevnto neyther in Hollande Holdernesse Rumney marsh Brint marsh the Lowes in Lancashire and hundreds in Essex c. for as muche as in all these and many others that I name not as well in forraine soyle as in our own countrey I haue séene as wel sundry olde men as diuerse healthye and lustie persons The wholesomest ayre as all the Philosophers and Phisitions do affirme is that that is of pure substaunce and that when the Sunne ariseth doth soone waxe hot when it setteth doth soone coole as Mont. declareth as is affirmed to be in iâ— Slemarge in Irelande being the very cause of their greate health and length of life as a hundred sixescore seauenscore yeares and vpwards as they there enformed me the seconde yeare of the raigne of Quéene Mary And as that learned maÌ„ Maister Iohn Chaloner hir highnesse secretarie in Ireland â—aÌ„ testifye There be diuerse meanes by whiche the holesomnesse of the aire and place may be knowen as be places frée from staÌ„ding waters and quickly dispatch of the cloudes of the night as Palladius sayeth and that be likewise from the Sea as Plato sheweth bycause that as the Sea of his owne nature is â—â—try and stormie so the inhabiters mindes do alwayes like it 〈◊〉 and flowe Whiche of my selfe to praise or disprayse according to the nature of places to me for the most part vniuersally knowen throughout all this lande I thinke not requisite for sundrye considerations of the wise easily coniectured This onelye I wish
that always after they would remember neuer at any tyme â—â—â—â—ne the deceiptful and damnable doctrine euery where too in common of Machiuels inuention of flattering superiours being strange to equals and stout to inferiours but rather the holy Ghost who willeth that the higher we be aduanced 〈◊〉 to humble ourselues as the Lord Strange whiles he was in Oxford with the commendation of euery man and the Earle of Surrey in his fathers time in Norwich but especiallye at the Quéenes Maiesties progresse of late in Norffolke And that to all men you beare a good conscience but chiefely as sayth Sainct Paule to them that be of the houshold of faith and to them likewise that be of your kinne alie friends familiâ— seruantes and neyghbors and to all other you vse good wordes and countenances wherein that honourable Knight pâ—â—â—ent counseller and princely presidente Sir Henry Sidney surpasseth hauing doubtlesse greate reason and diuine vnderstaÌ„ding in so doing séeing we haue all after a sort but one substance by nature of soule body and but one kind of redemption Neither verily is the bloud made purer in the vaynes by reason of pedigrée dignities reuenews riches or fées nor yet any difference of beginning or ending as Tully testifieth Sir Thomas Eliot and Doctor Cradocke but in respect of our ancestors worthy calling bringing vp guiding except perhaps following the good custome of our elders to be of better inclination to honestie prowes and pietie and the longer it shall continue in a name or lignage the more it is commended hoâ—â—â—ed extolled For who hauing any knowledge in diuinitie Philosophie seruice or chiualrie and being voyde of enuie doth not commend and extoll the fidelitie of all them that constantly continue in their Catholike vnitie perfit loyaltie assisteth the cominaltie doth minister equitie and daunt the enimie as the noble and puissant Talbot is of olde remembred and to this day vsed for the victories he atchieued and for the better quieting of their familie in France as writeth Froisard Contrarily who of indifferente iudgemente dothe not thinke them worthie with Tully to be disgraded of all honor and prayse that forsake the fayth conspire agaynste their Countrey Rebell against the state sow Schismes and defame their gouernoures truely none that knoweth reason experience or the Scriptures A like example we haue of our Coyne be they as little as Pence or as great as Portigues which as long as they be of right mettall iust standerd and due stampe are receyued for good payment but if they shall be counterfeited clipped or washed as they haue bin too late and are ouer often who for the only forme trow ye will allow of them certaynely none of any iudgement And euen so we may say of Gentilitie wanting eyther honestie comendable qualitie or fidelitie declining from theyr progenie wasting their patrimonie vppon wantonnesse and brauerie and not vpon the seruice of Prince and Countrey for euen like as these chiefe vertues prudence magnanimitie iustice godlynesse constancie temperance loyaltie and libertie euer was and is the originall cause of all worship honour and maiestie as writeth Pontanus Patritius Chelidonius Tigurinus and Gueuara so these head vices infidelitie obstinacie rebellion ignorance ingratitude extortion iniurie rashnesse prodigalitie hautinesse euer was and is the cause of all infamie seruilitie disgrace and obloquie with the rest of the sinnes following as Osorius eloquently expresseth and of M. Blandy translated into our tongue answerably Hence Mathew the Euangelist sayth that when salt hath lost his â—â—tinesse what shall be seasoned therewith when the iuste 〈◊〉 become vniuste what right shal we looke for when the godly professors and teachers be become vngodly practisers and doers what shal be expected when the tree that brought forth god fruite hath loste his fruitfulnesse what is it good for but to be casts into the fyre to be shorte where Faith is made a fantasie Wit wilinesse and Cunning craftinesse what shall 〈◊〉 thinke to find but sinne and sickenesse punishement and death damnation and Hel of al Christian children to be considered bicause it is cleane contrary to their professor vnlesse they will be but Catholiques in name and caste-â—waies in deede séeing that amongst the Infidels as Tullâ—e testifieth he was not counted for an honest man that one might not playe withal blindfold at the game Euen and â—dde without deceit either of Gentilitie or Yeomanrie althoughe the Prouerbe goeth Without all barking Oh what woulde the heathen Cicero say now if he liued in these days of the light of the Gospel to them that haue putte on the armour of light that shew and saye in their doings for a prouerbe Conâ—â—ience is hanged that said so then in the time of Infidelitie And truely it seemeth too true the more pitie for diuers and sundry sticke not stil to be benefice sellers aswel of the Cleargie as of the Laitie Leasemangers wood spoilers and Vsurers not onely in the Countries but also in townes and Cities raising of deade treasure and vnlawfull aduauntage growing profite and daylye reuenewes a thing wholly against nature as Tullie testifieth bycause it seuereth the societie of mankinde as also that honorable Councellor Maister Doctor Wilson in hys worke righte godly and cunningly hath deliuered forth of the Scriptures fathers and Philosophers And yet they talke in Pulpits at Tables and in their bargaines aswel by way of comparison for their credence as in their words although he were a bond man borne and a traffiquer boasting himselfe to be as good as he that for his vertue is worshipfully called and vsed protesting earnestly the heauenly doctrine and outwarde shewe of liuing in al their actions and dayly therewith at sermons notwithstanding they be known after they be tried for common Hipocrites like Aristonicus scholers as testifieth Laertius and the Athenians as writeth Tullie who knewe what was honest and taught the same but doe it they woulde not And that made S. Iohn to say in those dayes néere the destruction of the Iewes that al the world was set vpon wickednes as too too many be in these dayes neare the ende séeking thorough fraude one an others spoâ—â—e and not one anothers profite helpe and succour as Latimer in his Sermons often vttered viz. that many set more by siluer than by soules more by golde than by godlinesse more by a peny than by honestie more by their luste than by their lawes more by brauery than the preseruation of body and soule more by priuate profite than by common benefit more by their vaine opinions than the Quéenes procéedings as if the hands had bin ordained to spoile the partes the féete to forsake the members and the head to contemne the body whereas cleane contrary in a sound body or state euery one doth his duty according to that that by the lawe of nature is limited The hands minister to eche member
and the least number of all for all kinde of Scholers our state to them that looke into it as I haue done into euerie Citie Towne Corporation and Borough and the maner of the liues of all oure Countrey people of euery degrée doth so require as Ireland doth the contrarie Scholes and Vniuersities as B. Rich rightely proueth our Statute Lawes commaundeth and for the loue I beare to my Countrey I do 〈◊〉 bicause that by the meane eche state is best mainteined â—f dearth and scarcitie maye be eschewed obedience bée embraced laborious arts and painful trauels practised and also by reason of the greate want there is of painful seruants and willing Hindes notwithstanding that néedeful statutes made for seruantes and that also of taking of Prentises for doubtlesse after they haue gotten some Scholerly knowlege conceite of vnderstanding aboue their felows and custome in ydlenesse the two firste ages they then forthwith condemne for the most in al the ages folowing not only honest homely and home trauels but also if their parents leaue them not liuing aunswerable to their vnderstanding and liking nor by any other wayes be preferred to shifts forsooth sectes and practises by and by they enter or into the professioÌ„ of Diuinitie Phisicke Lawe and Schooling before they bée approued eyther for capacitie maners or experience turning witte into wilinesse learning to lewdnesse truth to deceitfulnesse cunning to craftinesse eloquence to flattery fidelitie to hipocrisie labour to ydlenesse and humilitie to stoutnesse to be shorte as Tullie testifieth that as bountie by bountie is diminished so I affyrme that by learning learning is contemned and disabled And yet hereby I meane not to seclude the apt minde of any of the Yeomanrie that shal haue continual maintenaunce from the dayly study and practise of any of the aforenamed or any other of the liberall scieÌ„ces neither Colledges or worthy graÌ„mer schooles are to be suppressed no more thaÌ„ I do affirm that the dullarde of highe birth is to be preferred or the pelting schooles in euery place to be suffered as in the nexte age shal be at large declared and the ouer number in ech Diocesse idlely trayned accounted with the labours trades and exercises described Which vse of laudable labors and exercises Martial is so antient as Diogenes scholers practised it in Grece in Candy as Erasmus declareth Licurgus appointeth it the Lacedemonians and Alexander Seuerus furthered it amongest the Romaines and charged the sensures ouer youth to be againe carefull as Valerius Cordus testifieth and Conradus Lycosthenes Commaunding youth with due reuerence to attend often in the presence of their vertuous Parentes Tutors and Maisters that thereby they might learne Ciuilitie good Maners Wisedome euery kinde and age by themselues At the Bathes omitted notwithstanding my rules deliuered as of Buckstones chieflye is reported not doubting but it will be ordered according to the Register prescribed considering the noble Earle woulde haue al men well vsed and euery one to be well dealte withal for to his great charges was the house builded and for the common benefite and not for priuate profite nor vaine deuises and so Plato councelled the Athenians in al their dooyngs although they were Infidels that they shoulde learne all offices of life of Christians therfore not to be neglected at all times and in al places CHAP. XXXVII Of Tullies deuision of dueties bothe naturall and morall and howe they ought to be regarded The antiquitie formalitie and decentnesse of apparell in sort handled to the praise and dispraise thereof THe Romane Orator deuideth dueties two wayes the one perfite following nature endued with the morall vertues or Cardinall as the Schoole Doctours Bernarde and Lumbarde do tearme it wyth the auntient holy Fathers Anselme and Augustine and lerned Philosophers as Aristotle Macrobius and Scotus bycause they fortifie and strengthen all manlie motions as for example Prudence righteth vnderstanding Fortitude Courage Temperaunce Luste and Iustice all powers The other not so perfite procéeding of instruction by precepts guiding the trade of life according to euery condition to the semblaunce of wisedome and naturall goodnesse of all wise men as sheweth Gueuara by the authoritie of Salomon to be desired and in their children to be instilled bycause they ought more to reioice and glory in knowledge their children haue than of the abundaunce of goods they leaue them Although now adayes possessions annuities cattelles gold and siluer be chiefly estéemed for who except only the very wise and perfect noble hearing one commended for the gifts of the minde and body that forthwith demaundeth not for the gifts of fortune also as of what liuelihode is he what is he worth noâ— regarding his state profession and vertuous calling or his noblenesse if he be vsed preferring the mould of the earth and dumbe beasts that he bréedeth before mans graces ruler of all corruptible things politicall causes Oh horrible abuses by the very Heathen condemned For as Quintus Curtius writeth the honest ciuil and learned sorte commonly be least wealthy vnlesse it be worthily bestowed vpon them by Princes Péeres Potentates Prolats and parents gifts heritage office will or mariage And no maruell for their mindes are more inclined to vertue wisedome knowledge and honestie than to riches possessions or annuities and certeinly so it becommeth good men for vnlesse babes you haue a delight to séeke after wisedome vertue knowledge and good maners in vaine as saith Simplitius is the studie naturall or diuine either the skill trade of bréeding féeding husbandry or clothing by Tully so highly waised or the waye of winning of riches by any office Arte or misterie or yet the high gift of preaching healing or pleading not treading the steppes of Christianitie of some Ministers Phisitions and Lawiers to be better considered in their preaching and practising not so muche regarding how eloqueÌ„tly delicately cunningly it be handled as howe true profitably iustly it be performed mainteining no action or wager of Lawe for gaine or glory neither assuring the sicke of health when he is paste remedy nor alledging the Scriptures for the furtheraunce of libertie but suche as accorde with the veritie as that famous Clarke and excellent Preacher Maister Doctour Squire of late in his Sermons at Paules Crosse excellently handled and diuinely deliuered Another part of this dutie that may be referred to childreÌ„ consisteth in the comely keping of the body and séemly forme of apparell of Holinshed not a little reproued as it is nowe vsed of the elder sorte by Viues in Prose Lillie in Latine verse for youths cunningly described so that it be regarded remembring alwayes the due reuerence belonging to Parentes Maisters Elders Nobles and Officers as Moses Sirach Plutarch Quintilian Ambrose Osorius and Mokerus willeth which as Tullie sheweth was better obserued of the Lacedemonians than of the Athenians But the chiefest regarde of all muste be to obserue the lawes
of GOD and the Prince and them alwaies to folowe and obey by that reuerende Father and honorable Prelate Maister Doctor Elmer in his Sermons of late before oure Soueraigne righte godlye and duetifully deliuered euen as in the Primatiue Church it was by the ancient Fathers and diuine Teachers and as now it becommeth al good subiectes For as Clemens Alexandrinus affirmeth al those that haue a desire to folow the laws do build vnto themselues strong holds that kéepe their minds bodies in a lawful mean obeying their prince without racke in his coÌ„mandements and in guiding their consciences without offence as in the reste shal not be omitted according to the ages of Childe Ladde Youth Perfect man and Olde age And those meanes demeanors or behauiors Aristotle termeth Maners Tullie Duties Saint Ambrose Christianitie 〈…〉 Castilio Couetlinesse Eliot Gouernaunce 〈◊〉 ciuiliâ—ie Lawyers in a sorte formalitie Academiks 〈◊〉 and the holy Ghost Wisedome for through Wisdome 〈◊〉 we reformed taught and preserued as saye Salomon Syâ—â—ch it is wisedome that openeth the mouth of the dumb aâ—â— that causeth the tongs of babes to be eloquent that maâ—â—◠〈◊〉 to indeuor at al times in al places as Plato willeth doth by dyeâ— and discipline to folowe Vertue and flée Vice 〈◊〉 abhorre euill opinions and sinister and to kéepe the true catholike faith as saith Clemens AlexaÌ„drinus Athanasius and Viues and that informeth childreÌ„ also to auoide idlenesse as Ouid willeth holy Ignatius sage Cirill and Mokerus bycause that in the iudgemeÌ„t generally of al the wise and learned it hath no small force These behauiours in making and maâ—ring the maners of the minde aswell as the state of the body of our late famous Iewell as the learned and worthye Doctor Maister Humfrie testifieth in his tender age considered and during his life accustomed Also the Prouerb is that Meate makes Cloth shapes and Maners a man. The Sacred worde likewise saith that by a mans apparell laughter and going he is known what he is And the auntient custome of Princes Péeres Prelates 〈◊〉 people do declare it as by the Parliament Robes of the States the Wéedes of the Iudges and Sergeants Scarlet Gownes of Aldermen and the Liueries of Companies with the Coates of Armes of the Heralds from time to time haue approued it Howe fantastically disdainefully and sleightly soeuer 〈◊〉 condemne comely ornaments ordered of moste antient â—â—â—tie for eche kind degrée and profession moste decent as Benedictus Areteus testifieth yet I woulde not haue it so to bée thought that it shoulde be of any necessitie that the office muste be depraued if the Minister be not in his habite as the Proclamation is of no force without there be firste before it be â—ead an Oyre sounded nor that any superstition therein shoulde be mainteined Howbeit to sée a Preacher apparelleâ—â— like a Pedler a Minister like a Minstrell a Doctor like a Dauncer a Byshoppe like a Bacheler a Iudge like a Iester a Counsellor like a Courser a Souldioure like a Sailer a Priuate person like a Péere a Commoner like a Courtier a Woman like a wandring Masker a Man like a monstrous Player a Youth like one of olde yeares were verye vnséemely and vnhealthie in a ciuil and sound societie where all thinges ought to be bothe comely and profitable and eche one according to their degrée to be reuerenced accordingly for the Prouerbe is that As a man is mette so is he grette CHAP. XXXVIII A confutation of suche as appoynt no naturall ende or godly election Of the care that Rulers shoulde haue to holy Religion The follie of suche as haue taughte persite pleasure to be a lette to Vertue a description of the beste constitution BVt bycause my meaning is not to standevpon such things throughly as serue to all comelinesse of the body and minde vntill I come to the other ages I doe affirme here with Galen Clemens Alexandrinus and Saint Augustine that they be not a little deceiued that suppose all men méete to attaine Vertue as they be that thinke there is none that fauour honestie which is to appoint no naturall ende or godly election bycause both these knowe the nature and prouidence of God in mankind but by the halfe For neyther are al men borne enimies to goodnesse nor all so made and chosen that they fauour Iustice Vertue and Godlinesse Wherefore I maruell with them at the Stoikes that supposed al men méete to get Vertue as Paule did at the Galathians who after they had receyued the grace of God cast it behinde them when as 〈◊〉 sée dayly many children borne of the same parents brought vp of the same Maisters and vsing the same nourishmeÌ„t differ farre in nature as well as in opinion Who I pray you for Gods sake who hath taughte wickednesse sayth Galen and yet few children shall you find by nature prone to vertue but by their Parentes Rulers Preachers Teachers and Maisters through instruction and correction be broughte therevnto Through the sacred worde as affirmeth the Apostle the people be brought vnto the Christian faith and by godly regiment kept in holy Religion Howe carefull therefore Rulers Potentates Prelates and Preachers ought to be to foresée that Vnitie be obserued through all your Maiesties Dominions and that no exercise inuention or deuise whatsoeuer be permitted Prophesying Preaching Reading Interpretation of Scriptures or forme of ministration Publike or Priuate other than agréeth with the holy Catholike Faith our present lawes confirmed by Gods lawes you may eastlie gather forasmuch as all such doings tend to popularitie mutinie and sedition as often alteration doth Irreligion for what a seditious and sclaunderous case is this that still some put forthe that if it be consonante to the worde of God then we are bounde to obey vse and follow it otherwise not as though it could not be consonant to the Scriptures vnlesse suche a singular and precise Sir did approue it And why bycause forsooth their Cape as it is excell all men and that the holy Ghost is rather preast to instruct Cauillers and Sectaries than the whole Christian state of his holy Churche Princes Péeres and people not considering that where Religion is once firmely grounded and constantly beléeued that then they be there more obedient vnto their diuines than to their Captaynes as testifie Quintus Curtius Iosephus and Lactantius neyther that héereby is brought a manifest starting hole to all contempt and disobedience if this obiection waye withoute distinction of time place and state be admitted Againe they be holden with extreame follie as Bullinger learnedly sheweth that say we are withdrawen from Vertue through righte pleasure through lawfull pastimes as in a Pamphlet of late was deliuered entituled the Destruction of small Vices accompting recreations profitable pleasures reioycings of life for haynous Synnes as persons wholly ignorant in Philosophie Phisicke and Diuinitie for the extreame and vnlawfull
according to instrumeÌ„ts and offices from the mediate graces in mankinde it worketh déedes the Arteries conâ—â—yeth the spirituall bloud from the heare the Vaines the nutritiue froÌ„ the Liuer sinewes sense from the Braine to al parts and they againe feeling with the â—â—â—ctes fibres and rest of the sinewâ—s of heate cold harde soft rough and smooth c. So that if they be letted be it in the wrest for example by wouÌ„d dislocatioÌ„ or Fracture vntill they be vnited againe by Nature and that noble part of Phisieke termed Chirurgery as at Leith Barwike I had no smal experieÌ„ce after the assault in the beginning of the second yere of the Quéenes Maiesties raigne the hand instrument before al instruments shall lose his operation And euen so we maye say of the eye the scousâ—watch of outwarde actions glasses of the inward soule which if it be affected and encoÌ„bred wyth â—â—th of Catarike by Surflot Lake Philip Moore and Grey dayly handled right artificially doth trie no colours vntil it be câ—ched so without Gods gift Naturall reason the perfit operation of the animal spirit being in man as Iob affirmeth albeit it is the inspiration of the Almightie that giueth Vnderstanding for as Themistius sayth there is nothing more diuine Whiche vnderstanding in ideots through defecte is wanting in Infantes and extreame old age as in the Litargie Mania and Melancholie by reason of Sicknesse and as in the Frensy Ielosie and Heresie through too much Musing wrong instruction affection extreame loue and trouble of the mind Without blessed Gouernemente holy discipline and dayly instruction we coulde not learne so muche as to speake our owne language or any tongue in vse muche lesse knowe any Religion Law or dutifulnesse forasmuch as Paule sayth the Faith being the substance of things looked for afore defined deuided commeth generally by the Sense of Hearing an instrument to the reasonable office belonging and hearing by the word of truth therefore Clemens Alex teacheth that there is no knowledge without faith nor faith without knowledge Which must be vnderstood by the sight souÌ„d of the Caracters or Letters forelearned or by visioÌ„s or inspiratioÌ„s answerable to the inueÌ„tion vnderstaÌ„ding of ech reasonable person in euery Nation as of the learned and godly Nowel in the latter parte of his Catechismes is verye well noted out of the word Loqui to speake and singularly well approued of Maister Ralfe Leuer in his Witcraft and lately founde true by experience in the Brute people brought in by Captain Frobisher except it be miraculously But that hapneth not to all persons neyther at all times nor in all places for if it had or did at anye time or in any age the Heauenly Writ would not haue said againste the Godlesse Libertines detestable Southsayers and dissembling destinators To them that knocke in Faith shal be opened but whether they knocke in beliefe or not they shall enter It woulde not haue sayde againste the olde Arians newe Familie of Loue and late Anabaptists wherof some had grace to recant of late yeres at Paules Crosse thorough the godly Doctrine and wise perswasion of a right gracious Pastor in the Churche of God euerye where worthilye known to them that beleeue and that be baptised is saluation belonging It woulde not haue sayde against Loyterers Roags and all euill doers to them that do well of the housholde of Faithe is the Kingdome of Heauen to them that do euill Hel fire Hence manifestlye appeareth the error of Origen although some defende him in that he taught al men shoulde be saued as I haue hearde some ignorauntlye affirme leauing no matter subiecte for the triumph of Gods Iustice Hence likewise the Scripture proueth that Lucifer for pride and ambition with his adherentes were into perpetual torments condemned wishing that all children were hereof instructed that they might no lesse regarde the meane and refraine the extreame than some of the elder sorte wantyng wisedome grace due consideration do little estéeme or auoyd Not knowing belike or not regarding Tobias words to hys sonne how that of Pride beganne all destruction neyther yet the confession of thousandes at their examinations and execution howbeit in the ages following it shal at large be handled if that already here sayd may not suffise and Opius law deliuered that teacheth a meane to be kepte in aparrell vnlesse such sumptuousnesse abroade where it néedeth not and attyre that ought not be not forthwith amended For hereby doubtlesse Vice is furthered Hospitalitie hindered Liberalitie condemned Charitie neglected and abilitie to serue the Prince when néede shall be diminished But it woulde haue saide whether they do well or euill the euerlasting ioy is determined These things the holy Ghoste hath not vttered bicause the truth cannot be againste it selfe and that is the light Lampe which we are bound to folow or else the Apostle would not haue saide that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of Heauen Be not deceiued herein saith he to the Corinthians Galathians and Ephesians And this that hée spake as he spake it doubtlesse by the spirite of God so the faithfull in all their doings are to consider it forasmuche as all the workers of iniquitie he willeth to departe from hym And truth it is Babes otherwise howe shoulde it cause the wicked and disobedient from euill to refraine and to tourne vnto the Lord or comfort the faithful iust and honest to continue in vertue and earnest zeale of godlinesse as the godlye haue alwayes done if vertue hath not his reward here and in Heauen and the vice his punishment both vpon earth and in hel And this is the Catholike beléefe that they that haue done well shal go into life euerlasting they that haue done euill into hell fire CHAP. XLII Wherein a good common weale consisteth and howe the Gentiles as well as Christians hadde allurementes and meanes to drawe menne therevnto A question why Christ suffered That God is no lesse iust than he is mercifull How Princes take their regimente from God in that they punishe the euill and aduance the good The fruites of the Spirit declared The works of the flesh desciphered Our sauiors sermon vpon the mount touched That the Morall lawe is continuall and in some part the Iudicall but not at al the Ceremoniall How al men be created to do good works A briefe conclusion vppon the drift of this whole worke That euery Country is to liue within the limites of their owne lawes THe Gentiles as wel as the Gréekes and the Romanes kept this course in al their gouernments as maye appeare by the lawes of Solon Licurgus and Pompilius with infinite other nations for Solon affirmed constantly to the Athenians that a good commoÌ„ wealth consisted in these two in preferring the good and in punishing euil The Romanes saith Tullie founded Temples in memorial hereof in such sorte as none