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A05185	The book of Ruth expounded in twenty eight sermons, by Levves Lauaterus of Tygurine, and by hym published in Latine, and now translated into Englishe by Ephraim Pagitt, a childe of eleuen yeares of age	Lavater, Ludwig, 1527-1586.; Pagitt, Ephraim, 1574 or 5-1647.	1586 (1586)	STC 15319; ESTC S108368	118,172	336

him and also shee did not forsake her mother in-law her husbād being dead Her latter pietie was that shee being at libertie from her husband did not follow lust she did not seek for yong men were they rich or poor but she did keep her selfe safe vnto her husbandes kinsman that shee might haue seede according to the law and rayse vp the name of the dead to their posterity She might haue had a young husband eyther in her owne country or among the Israelites but shee had rather marry an olde man than doe against the law Notable deedes are to be praysed both in men and women BOAZ did not alow the maner which shee vsed in seeking a husband or at the least he could not haue praysed it in any other which had not the like cause For that which shee did had an outward apearāce of euil but he doth not iudge according to the outward appearaunce of this worke but according to RVTHES intent and purpose He thought that that which she did was not of lightnes and lust but at the commaundement of her mother in law that there might be seede raysed vppe according to the law to the former husband For he doth consider that she hath liued hitherto well and so behaued her selfe toward her mother in-law that she was worthie of a notable husband And because BOAZ did so indifferently iudge of that deede which had an outward appearance of euill doth take it in good part truely we ought not to interprete in the worst parte those thinges which haue the appearaunce of good and are in their own nature good right There are some who take in the worsepart the words deeds of others through a certain corruption of nature being led by no probable reason Sainct PAVLE in the 1. to the COR. 13. chap. sayth loue doth not thinke euill it beleeueth al things it hopeth for al things Wordes and deedes whiche are doubtfull are to be well interpreted but not the euill Looke howe muche the worse a man is so much the more suspitious is he It is commonly sayd he that is euill thinketh euill and in this matter they doe follow the nature of the deuill But who so will not be suspected of euill must keepe thēselues from these things which make men to be suspected of others Numb 32. chap. MOSES suspected the two tribes and an halfe begging the land beyond Iordaine which was verie fertill that they woulde forsake theyr brethren in daungers But after they had declared theyr purpose they took away that euill suspition out of his mind and out of the minds of the other Israelites 2. SAM 10. chap. DAVID sendeth Ambassadours to the king of the Ammonites to comfort him after the death of his father but the king harkening vnto flatterers suspected them of treason whereof most cruell warre arose Therefore wee must not harken vnto backbiters and flatterers who doe put euill suspitions into mens mindes Also in matters of religion all thinges are to be set foorth openly and plainly least greeuous suspitions arise in the minds of the simple For there are some who although they vnderstand the state of religion yet they doe speake doubtfully of many pointes of religion least great men shoulde be offended with them And the example of RVTH doth teache vs that we bee not ledde by our owne affections or doe that which is pleasant to the flesh neglecting the law of God RVTH coulde haue had a young husband but she married an old man least she should haue violated the lawe of the Lord. There are widowes whiche may easily haue riche husbandes but either they will not haue Idolaters or they will not forsake their fatherlesse childrē Also there are men with whome riche wiues would marry if they would goe out of those places wherein pure religion is embraced into such places where there is no mention made of it Sometime they do fauour theyr children least that if they marry wiues suche as they would it shoulde be worse with them the which the children ought to bee thankefull for BOAZ comforteth RVTH whome againe he calleth louingly daughter least that she should be afrayd of him but be of good comfort Peraduenture she feared least shee should be accompted vnshamefast or that hee being not well in temper shoulde force her to commit whoredome or els be repulsed He doth add that he would doe that which she required that is he is ready to mary her for it is knowne to all the Citie that she is a vertuous woman worde by word it is euery gate knoweth that is all the citie eyther because that iudgement was executed in the gate 〈◊〉 the gate by Sinedoche is put for the whole Citie First of al in contracting matrimonie thou must looke that the modest behauiour and honesty of the woman which thou art about to marry be knowne to all men But in our times the first question is of wealth and the last of maners it is a good thing if a woman be not demed if it be knowne to all the citizens that she behaued her selfe well from her youth it is very filthie on the contrarie parte if it bee knowne to bleare-eyd-men and to barbers that she hath bene a woman desiled and vnshamefast He addeth a condition vpon which condition hee will marry her I doe not denie sayth hee that I am thy kinsman some doe thinke that BOAZ was ELIMELECHES brother sonne but there is one of nearer affinitie to thee I will conferre with this man of this matter if he wil doe according to the law of consanguinitie and marry thee it is well but if not I wil marry thee according to the law of kindred He had rather marry her by and by but he would not take away the right of his kinsmā If he would haue married her BOAZ had done hym an iniurie if he had married her before he had aduised with his kinsman The same reason is also to be hadde in other matters Iustice is that vertue whiche doth giue so euery man his owne We ought to be so farre from withholding those thinges which are another mans without his consent that wee ought rather to defēd his right from others And in that hee doth not by and by bid her come to him and promise her mariage hee doth admonishe them which are about to marry not to make too muche hast or runne headlong by followyng theyr owne affections For we must beware least any impedimentes be found For there are some things which do either hinder marriages about to be contracted or do dissolue them whiche are contracted those verses are knowne Error conditio votum cognatio crimen Cultus disparitas vis ordo ligamen honestas Si sis assinis si forte coire nequibis Haec socianda vetant connubia tuneta retraetant The vow of virginity vnder the pope doth hinder marriage and also orders as if any man be a clearke of which matters there is no occasion that wee

amongst the Latines from a yoke for that maried folkes are as if it were bound vnder one yoke But though thou doest vnderstand these wordes of PAVLE generally that we must not keepe companie with vnbeleeuers yet hereof it may be inferred that muche rather wee must not marrie with them 1. COR. 7. chap. when the Apostle saith that the faithfull must not forsake the vnfaithfull wife hee doth speake of marriage contracted and not to be contracted Therefore wee must take heede least we marry with the wicked for wealth for power or for other temporall profites Yet at least some regard ought to be had of these Children which comming of vnequall matrimony are commonly badly brought vp In GEN. 6. chap. the sonnes of the holy Fathers did marry wiues of the daughters of CAIN because they were bewtifull and of them they had Giantes that is despisers and contemners of religion Superstitious mothers do corrupt their children with false opinions which they do hold obstinately and that they may doe very easily sith they are dayly conuersant with them and they doe refuse no labor that they may do these things IVDG 3. chap. there is an other example of the Israelites which did marry Idolaters And there may manie newe examples be brought of them who this way haue cast both themselues and theyr children into great daunger of wealth estimation and the soule Therefore let the parentes being mindefull of these daungers beware least they giue theyr sonnes to wicked women much lesse to giue their daughters to wicked husbandes in which there is greatest daunger let not children choose them suche wiues thier parents being against them Although many say that they can turne their wiues to the truth yet they know that they are not wiser then SALOMON who did hope without doubt that he could do the same but by the flatteries of women he forsooke God and so forward Of that that it is sayd that ELIMELECH died and both his sonnes wee must call to mind that all men must die HEB. 9. this is called the way of all flesh in the scriptures in which they may not linger at their pleasure As many as were before vs are dead In the booke of GENESIS the 5. chap. wherein those fathers which liued long are numbred who florished before the floud of euery of them it is said they re dead All other daungers may be auoyded by some meanes but the daunger of death cannot be shunned For he must die whom order doth require whether he will or no if that another woulde dye in his place that would not be graūted Euerie body doth depart sooner for the moste part then they thinke them selues Not onely old men but also young men doe sometime dye sodenly Who woulde thinke that NAOMI should haue out liued her sonnes wee knowe not when where or how we shall dye These thinges ought to stirre vs vp the fatall hower being at hand for who will not willingly die hauing so many companions in this iourney who is so bold to aske of God that he might liue alone If thy friendes dye thou shouldest thinke that they goe before thee that thou shalt followe by and by For there are farre better comfortes in the scriptures but these are not to be despised If thou art troubled with diuers greeuous afflictiōs thou shouldest think that thou shalt dye and that shortly do not therefore lay thy hand vppon thy self but wait for it patiently Next when we heare that we must looke for death let vs furnish our selues with necessarie thinges as men doe when they are going a iourney wee must beware of wickednes we must followe after godlines and innocencie of life They are to be reprooued whiche are troubled when they heare any mention of death For who will hope to haue helpe in war of him who doth feare a sheathed sword in peace daunger is not ouercome by despising And sith NAOMI being compassed with many euils did not despaire wee also being cast of God into greeuous troubles and miseries let vs not dispaire or accuse him A woman for this onely canse or name that shee is a widdow is miserable For the husband in the scripture is called the head of his wife for the body without the head is not a man but a stocke Widowes are often times despised of theyr friends this euill is somewhat mitigated if their husbandes do leaue behinde them sonnes to bee a comfort and helpe to their mother ae widdow But the death of her sonnes followed the death of her husband ELIMELECH so that shee seemed wholy to be destitute of mans ayde To these was added pouerty for the goods that she had were spent by little and little in iourneis and other causes which are not knowne to vs. For what is more despised than a poore widow Adde to these that she was now olde and such cannot well nourishe themselues because they are froward and subiect to many diseases And old age is a disease by it self Olde women as the common people say are vnworthy of life and they are mocked with many reproches To this heape of troubles is added that they were straungers amongest the Moabites a nation noysome cruell to Israelites and superstitious If her husband and children had died in theyr countrey she had her kinsmen and men of affinitie to comfort her if she had bene a straunger amongest people of of her own nation it would haue bene greeuous how muche more amongest these But if as some thinke she went into the land of Moab against the word of God she felt then the bites and stinges of conscience she remembred that those troubles befel to her for her own sinne yet for all these heapes of troubles NAOMI did not dispaire for shee knewe that this is the lotte of the sainctes in this world that they are exercised with many and great afflictions We must thinke in great afflictions that they are not sent vs by chaunce but of God a moste mercifull father to ou● profite and also that hee will mittigate those troubles and take them away by and by if it be for our profite we must thinke what wee haue deserued by our sinnes for God is wont to cast his own children oftentimes into great troubles that hee may make them reioyce the more afterwardes Furthermore others haue also their burthens Let vs not say that neuerman was so oppressed with so many troubles for as PAVLE sayth wee haue not withstoode as yet to bloud God doth tame vs with great troubles that wee may seeke for eternall life in which we shall be freed from all trobles There are also other endes of troubles which God doth send Sathan doth endeuoure to perswade vs in troubles that God doth hate vs and therefore that it is needefull that wee prouide for our selues but we must patiently looke for helpe from God who also in his good time did mercifully at the length deliuer out of great troubles The 4. Sermon 6 Then