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A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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1543
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STC 1743; ESTC S109680
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springeth and the feare of the LORDE For as the one is the begynnynge of wisdome â–ª so is the other of helth Euse. I pray God we may so knowe our selues that we may deserue to haue this moost excellent vertu engraffed in our brestes Phil. Neyghbours one worde wyth you than an ende of this your fyrst flour Remember that your floure is called Vnfayned humilite bycause ye may not outwardely pretend humilite and inwardely be inflated wythe Pharasaicall arrogancy puffed vp after the manner of the proud Hypocrites and supercibious Pharises whom Christ his Apostles rebuke so oft in y e holy scriptures for theyr fayned holynes Be no paynted sepulchres outwardely fayre and inwardly full of rotten bones and al fylthynes For many as saynt Ierome sayth followe the shadowe of Humilite but fewe the trueth Let all glosyng wordes be taken away let all faynynge gestures cease Pacience sheweth a maÌ„ to be truly huÌ„ble Let your humilite therfore not only be expressed wyth gesture and voyce but also let it procede from y e pure affecte of the herte So maye ye be sure to haue God gracious fauourable vnto you euer to prosper in all your honest trauayles godlye affayres Hytherto haue I spoken sufficientely of youre fyrste floure called Vnfayned humilite and I haue bene the longer aboute it bycause I would be glad to expell the poisonof Pryde out of your hertes which raygneth almoost vniuersally beyond al measure at this daye and to engraffe in you this goodly herbe which is so swete and wholesome that wythout it no medicine can ryghtly be ministred This beynge digested all other are y â— more easye to receyue Theo. Neyghboure Philemon thyncke not but y e your wordes are reposed euen in y e lowest parte of our hertes we trust that ye haue not sowen this seed of Goddes worde in ony stony grouÌ„d but in suche good earth as shall brynge forth some an huÌ„drethe folde some syxty folde and some thyrtye folde Phil. It doth me good to heare this to knowe your redy wyll vnto all goodnes vertu For in dede neighbours we had neuer more nede to worcke well and to do good dedes than at this tyme. The christen religion begynneth vtterly to decay Alas we speke much of Christe but manye lyue no part of Christ. Uice styl reygneth vertu hath no place Well I wyl gyue you your second floure Christo. I praye you lette vs haue it ¶ The second floure named Pure Innocency Philemon BEhold here is the second floure of your Nosegay I am the almighty GOD. VValke before me and be perfecte And I vvyll make my couenaunte betvvene me and the and vvyll multiplye the beyonde all measure Euse. Was not this the sayenge of God the father vnto AbrahaÌ„ Phil. Yies verely pertaynethe now vnto vs no lesse than it dyd at y t tyme to hym For what so euer thynges are wrytten are wrytten for our learnynge Ye shall receaue moche pleasure of this your floure yf ye marke the vertue of it well Fyrst ye shall note that God calleth hymselfe the almyghty God wherby we maye easely discerne hym froÌ„ those gods yea rather Idolles and dyuels whome the Hethen dyd worshyp call vpoÌ„ For our God is omnipotent that is to say almyghty plenteous in power aboundant oâ— sufficient ful of all good nedy of nothynge The Gods of the Gentiles are of no power puissauÌ„ce streÌ„gth full of all imbecillite weakenesse misery Our God made all thinges of nothing by y e power of his word The Gods of the HetheÌ„ make not but they are made of other and are none other thynge than wood stonnes syluer gold or wicked spirites Oure God is able to helpe so many as call on hym in spirite truethe The Gods of the Gentiles are not able for to helpe theÌ„selues neyther do they heare ony man that cal on them as we maye perceaue by the prestes of Baal Oure God lastethe for euer euer euen worldes worldes withoute ende The Gods of y e Hethen perysh and are more vayne than the smoke Thus se ye what a God we haue None eyther in heauen earth or hel is able to compare w t this our God He alone is good mercifull gentle pacient long sufferynge almyghty ryghteous omnisufficient plenteous of power full of all good In him all thinges abunde nothinge wanteth He is y e omnisufficient protectour valeaÌ„t defender for all them that repose theyr affiaunce and truste in hym Who therfore wyll not haue a pleasure to serue this God Who is so madde to forsake this God to folowe ony other Who beynge godly mynded wyll not seake the glory of this God euen froÌ„ the very harte Who hauyng but a carnell of Christen salte in his brest wyl not haÌ„ge wholy on thys God as alone altogyther sufficient for the faythefull abundantly in all thynges wherof they haue nede eyther pertaynyng to the soule or to the bodye Cursed be that maÌ„ that putteth his truste in man that takethe fleshe for his arme he whose herte departe the from the LORDE For he shal be lyke the Heath that groweth in the wildernes As for the good thyng that is for to come he shall not se it but dwell in a drye place of the wyldernes euen in a salte vnoccupyed londe O but blyssed is the maÌ„ that putteth his truste in the LORDE whose hope the LORDE is hymselfe For he shall be as a tree that is plaÌ„ted by the waters syde which spreadeth oute the roote vnto moystnes whom the heate can not hurte wheÌ„ it coÌ„meth but his leaues are grene in the tyme of drowte shall he not be carefull neyther shall he cease at ony tyme to bring forth his â—ruite Secondely ye shall note that after God hath described him selfe to be almyghtye that is passynge all other in power it is so greate infinite vnmeasurable he expresseth the duety of so many as wyll serue hym as they ought VValKe before me saythe he and be perfecte Loo here is your flour Pure Innocency He that obserueth this precepte of god canne not displease erre or offende butte worke pure innnocency before god WalKe before me sayth he be perfecte Theo. What meanethe God by that I praye you Phil. To walke before God is to serue hym according to his worde so purely and innoceÌ„tly as though GOD hymselfe were euer present before oure eyes Chri. This is a hard thiÌ„ge Phil. The yoke of Christ is swete y e burdeÌ„ is lyght neyther are his preceptes heauy For where the spirite of the LORDE is there is liberte And if the sonne hath made you free than are ye truly free And yf ye be endewed wyth streÌ„gth froÌ„ aboue than is nothyng harde but all thynges easy thorow the spirite that worketh in you Theo. I praye you declare vnto vs howe we may
which god spake vnto Samuell This shall be y e lawe or right of y â— kyng sayth he that shall reigne ouer you Your sonnes shall he take for his charettes for horsemen to ronne before his Charettes and to be rulers Captaynes to be plowe men to tyll his londe to be repers in his haruest to make hys harnesse such thynges as belong to hys Charettes As for your doughters he shal take them to be Apoticaries Cookes Bakers Your best londe vyneyardes and oylegardeÌ„s shall he take gyue vnto his seruauÌ„tes Of youre seedes also vineyardes shal he take the tythes gyue vnto his Chamberlaynes seruauntes And your seruauntes your maydes your best yonge men youre Asses shall he take do his busines w t all Of your flockes shall he take the tythes ye shal be his seruauntes Are not theise wordes manifest and playne inough to declare what ryght tytle power by the worde of God our moost excellent Prynce hath to chalenge and require of vs suche costes charges as he sustaynethe for the common weale that all that euer we haue is at his commaundement that we oughte by no meanes to resist or say him nay Chri. They are more clere than the Sonne more open theÌ„ the lyght Theo. Yet haue I hearde some saye that we are made free by Christe ought to serue no manne nor to be charged with paymeÌ„tes to ony parson but all thynges ought to be coÌ„mon amonge christen men Phil. To aunswere vnto euery parte of thys your sentence requireth many wordes asketh much tyme. But to be short know that who so euer mayntayneth that kynde of doctrine dissenteth muche from the christen religion corrupteth the word of God soweth false teachynge huntethe a carnal liberte and desyreth to lyue in al kynd of synne without punishmente Trueth it is y â— we are made free by Christ but this oure liberte is spirituall and not temporal By Christ we are delyuered from y e daÌ„nacion of the law but not from the obseruauÌ„ce ofit By Christe we are made free from the power of SataÌ„ synne deathe desperacion and hell but not from the power of y â— ciuile magistrates By Christ haue we receaued our manumission fredomâ— from the condemnacion of all those thinges iÌ„to the which we were cast by the siÌ„ne of our fyrste father AdaÌ„ So that by Christ we are spiritually made free if we abyde in his wordes as we rede iÌ„ y e Gospel of IohnÌ„ iÌ„ diuers other places of y â— holy scripture But this spiritual liberte maketh vs not free from our obedieÌ„ce dutye towarde the temporal power to whome we owe both oure selues and al that euer we haue as ye â—eard before For this were a thing of to much absurdite contrary to all good order the teachyng both of Christe of his Apostles Yea so should God be the Author of confusion not of order of dissension and not of concorde S. Austen saythe if ony man thyncketh that because he is a christen maÌ„ he ought to pay no custome or tribute nor shew ony honour to the hygh powers he falleth into a great erroure is very muche deceaued S Ambrose also sayth yf the temporall gouernoure asketh tribute we deny it not lette the londes of the Chyrche paye tribute If the rulare desireth the londes he hath power to chalenge theÌ„ let him therfore take theÌ„ yf he wyl I gyue them not to the Emperour but nether do I deny them Agayn he sayth it is a great special document or poynt of teachyng wherby christen men are taught to be subiecte to the higher powers bycause that no man should thyncke that y â— constitucioÌ„ or ordinauÌ„ce of an erthly kynge ought to be losoned or broken For yf the sonne of God payde Tribute of what greate authorite arte thou whiche thiÌ„kest that thou oughtest not to pay Theophilacte also sayth that we corporally obey hym that hath power on our bodies whyther he be kyng or TyrauÌ„t it hyndrethe vs no thynge that we shoulde spirituallye well please the God of spirites For Christ saythe paye vnto the Emperour y e whiche is the Emperours pay vnto god that whiche is Gods Marke that he sayth not gyue but paye It is saythe he dette Paye therfore thy dette Thy Prynce kepethe the froÌ„ thyne enemies he causethe that y u lyueste in quiet Thou therfore for these thinges owest tribute to him Thus se you proued both by the holy Scripture the auÌ„cient Doctors y t they which professe Christe are not so made free but that they are bounde to be subiecte obedieÌ„t to the high powers in al godly and decent matters Agen that al thinges ought not to be commoÌ„ among them or that they be excepted from such corporall charges as y e rulers require of theÌ„ but that they ought to paye tribute custome taske subsidye or ony thynge els that is required of them by the temporal gouernours seyng chefely it makeâ—he so greatly vnto theyr owne auauÌ„cement profit coÌ„modite They therfore y t denye these thiÌ„ges or grudge to paye them whan time requireth occasion is gyuen verely they are farre from true Christen men and shall for theyr disobedience receaue damnacioÌ„ excepte they repent and amende Euse. God forbyd but that euery man should paye with a wyllynge harte what so euer is required of hym for the mayntaynauÌ„ce and conseruacion of the publique weale Theo. Certes we were vnworthy to lyue vnder the dominion of so puissaunte a Gouernoure yf we should not in all poyntes satisfy euen vnto the vttermoost his godly and reasonable requestes seyng we haue styll dayly do receaue innumerable coÌ„modities pleasures at his graces hande Phil. The charges whiche the Kynges graces maieste sustayneth dayly for the welth of al vs his subiectes are infinite far exceade y e vnexperte capacite of the rude simple people as we may se before oure eyes learne by the constant fame common reporte of all men as I may leaue of to speaâ—e of y â— byldyng of many Castels Blocke houses strong holdes Bulwarkes fortresses c. of men appoynted vnto the defence of the same wythe all thynges pertaynyng thervnto agayne of the common Scholes the techers of theÌ„ of sendyng forth Preachers into euery parte of hys Realme of procurynge learned magistrates of gyuynge exhibicion to many vertuous lerned men of a thousande thynges mo which his moost gracious maieste dothe for y e wealth of vs for the conseruacioÌ„ of this his mooste florysshynge Realme therfore ought we to suppeditate and minister agayne vnto him abundantly what so euer his grace requireth of vs at ony tyme or els we greuously offende God walke not accordinge to the order of Charite but are manifest traÌ„sgressours of Gods moost holy wyll which