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A21119 Sermons very fruitfull, godly, and learned, preached and sette foorth by Maister Roger Edgeworth, doctoure of diuinitie, canon of the cathedrall churches of Sarisburie, Welles and Bristow, residentiary in the cathedrall churche of Welles, and chauncellour of the same churche: with a repertorie or table, directinge to many notable matters expressed in the same sermons Edgeworth, Roger, d. 1560. 1557 (1557) STC 7482; ESTC S111773 357,864 678

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sayth saint Peter with louing feare of God and of your husbands And here is to be noted that sainte Peter wrote this epistle or letter to the countreis where some were cōuerted to Christes fayth and some were not And as the women commonly be more tender harted then the menne so manye tymes they were soner conuerted to Christes religion then the men were And in this case he exhorteth the women to shew their faithful maner of liuyng by louing obedience subiectiō that so bi their good godly cōuersation thei might allure their husbands to y e same faith y t they were of to beleue as thei did And here you se now again how highly the blessed apostle estemeth honest conuersation as a meane of as great efficacitie to allure mē to goodnes as is y e word of exhortation or preachyng as he had said afore in the second chapter Conuersationem vestram inter gentes habentes bonam c. Biddynge them be of good conuersation that where men backebite you and saie euill by you as of malefactours when they consider your good workes they maye glorifie God and be conuerted to God by your good example And I doubt not but that in this troublelous time of new opinions and errours that hath now many a daye persecuted the mindes of good fayethfull people the stedfast and faythfull conuersation of the honest wiues hath staied their husbandes in the right trade and made them good men where els they would haue erred as others haue done as well in this citie as in other places Quarum non sit extrinsecus capillatura aut circūdatio auri aut indumenti vestimentorum cultus Because Saint Peter hadde bidde al wiues please their husbandes with obedience and due subiection lest they shoulde thinke thys subiection and pleasynge of their husbandes to stand in trimmyng and dressynge their bodies curiously and wantonlye for their husbandes pleasures he declareth that he meaneth nothing lesse biddeth theim that they vse not to make their heere for the nonce settyng it abrode smothly slickt to make it shine in mens eyes or curiously platted in traces or as gētle womē vse now adaies purposly neglected hāging about their eies as it were saiyng I care not how my heere lye and yet while they do so they most care howe to pull abroade their lockes to be sene And so when they take vppon them to care least then they care most for their heere Some there be that can not be contente with their heere as God made it but dothe painte it and set it in an other hue as when it was white hoore they dye it fayre and yelowe or if it be blacke as a crowe it must be set in some lighter colour as browne or aburne or redde And so muste their browes and the bryes of their eye lyddes be painted proporcionably All this disgisyng of womens heere saint Peter calleth by one name Capillatura makynge their heere or curiouslye dressynge their heere which he disswadeth and coūsaileth to the cōtrary And s Paule .i. Timo. ii biddeth all women apparell and raye theim selues in comelye rayment with bashfulnesse or shamefastnes and with sobrietie Non in tortis crinibus not wyth their heere platted or sliked abroade And bothe the blessed Apostles biddeth women not to vse superfluitie of these golden abilimentes as they be nowe called nor of ouer costlye rayment dasshed wyth Pearles or precious stones Sainte Peter calleth suche precious and costlye garnisshinge of rayment Cultus indumenti vestimentorum as who should saye Indumenti indumentorum or Vestimenti vestimentorum The dressing of the raymente of all raymentes to signifie the preciousnes or riches of the rayment as we vse to saye the flower of all flowers A felowe of all felowes to signifie the excellencye of the thinge Sainte Peter and saint Paule which were sure that they hadde the spirite of God and spoke by the spirite of God in Goddes name disswadeth such costlines and biddeth women not to set their mindes theron For as saint Cypriane saieth Li. de habitu virginum Chastitie in virgin wife and wydowe consisteth and standeth not onely in the sounde integritie and wholenes of their flesshe but also in a certayne shamefastnes and honesty of their apparell for lightly there is no more precious and costlye dressynge then is amonge them whose honestye is lyght cheape Therfore in no case let your raymente deface and sclaunder the sinceritie and integritie of your bodies but that like as you kepe your bodyes chaste and cleane after your callynge whether it be virginitye mariage or wydowehode So let the dressynge of your heades and the apparelynge of your bodyes be chaste cleane and after a sober fashion not lyke players disgysed after any wanton maner least the lightnesse of your dressynge shewe the lightnes of your condicions Almightye God by the mouth of the blessed prophet Esai iii. reproueth very earnestly and greuously this costlye gorgious dressyng wantō behauour of womē which was then vsed in Ierusalē as it is now in our time in England Pro eo quod eleuate sunt filie Siō ambulauerūt collo extento nutibus oculon● ibaut c. He punisheth them with shame cōtrary to their pride and iolitie saiynge Decaluauir dominus verticem filiarum Syon dominus crinem earum nudabit He bryngeth theim to shame from toppe to toe beginnyng at the head of whiche they were so proude and so vnto the shooes of their fete God wyll plucke the heeres from their heade that they toke so muche thought to set forthe and to painte it and will make it bare and shewe it as it is That euerye man maye see it was not their owne but perwynes or paynted eyther here by temporall miserye sorow sicknes or in hell when al the world shal wonder at their pryde Their trimmed shoes their nouches brooches and Rynges their chaynes dimisentes and pendentes their costlye edges and precious abilimentes shall come to naught And then their pleasaunt odours of muske ciuet and of all perfumes shall be turned into stenche Erit pro suaui odore fetor And for ioye and myrth shal come sorowe and mournynge for their pryde and exaltation shal come vylenesse and deiection What manne or woman wyll be so madde as wittynglye to vse that hath bene the destruction of other women If a man or a woman dye vpon the meate and drinke that he hath taken it maye well be thought poyson that he hath taken and a man woulde bee well ware that he eate not of the same You heare howe for suche curious and wanton behauiour folowed a greuous stroke of correction therfore beware you be not poysoned with y e same drinke lest you come to a like ende This adulteration chaūging of gods handyworke by painting womans heere to make it seme faire and yelow or of their leers of their chekes to make thē loke ruddy or of their forehed to hide y e wrinkles to make
faciant non gementes hoc enim non expedit vobis Obey theim that be set in auctoritye ouer you and submit and lowelye subdue your selues vnto theim for they watche and take paine to ouersee you as menne that should yelde and make accompte for your Soules them you muste obey so gentlye that they maye haue ioye and be gladde to take paynes for you and not to grone or mourne in their solicitude and pains takynge for that is not profitable for you Obey theim that Preache and teache you the worde of GOD speciallye takinge hede to their doctrine howsoeuer their liuynge be If their cōdicions be noughtie then as Christe teacheth vs. Que dicunt seruate facite secundum opera eorum nolite facere Math. xxiii What they saie take hede and do it but after their doynge dooe not you When they saye and liue not or do not accordynge to their saiynge Vt cum gaud●o hoc faciant That they maie be glad of their labours taking among you like as an husbandmā which is glad to do his work when he seeth the trees of his setting graffing proue well bear fruites When he seeth the fieldes of his tillynge beare plentifullye suche Corne or grayne as hee hathe sene then he perceiueth that he hath not laboured in vayne bende his backe and galled hys handes in vayne and that he hath not without some cause suffered and borne the heate of Somer and the colde of Winter he is gladde of his paines taking this shal make him glad and merie so to do an other time And euen so shall the elders be glad when they see their yonge men or subiectes whether it be in thynges perteining to God or els to the worlde profite and go forwarde by their informations and labours taken amonge them and will be sorie and soore agreued of the contrarie And this will do you no profite but rather hurte It shall do theim good to be sorye for your euill doinge or for your not profitinge but it shall dooe you no good but rather hurte in as muche as beside youre euill doinge you vexe your Heades Ouerseers and rulers and so aggrauate your owne vyces and leudenesse Therfore saieth saint Peter Adolescentes subditi estote senioribus Where you shall vnderstand that there be two maners of yongelinges Some be yonge for lacke of many yeres as the worde is commonly taken others be worthy to be counted yongelinges because they haue younge lyghte leude and childishe condicions more like children then like sadde menne or women of naturall and rype grauitye and discretion Such a distinction of younge persones vseth the Philosopher in the beginninge of hys firste booke of the Ethikes declarynge who and what maner of menne be meete and profitable hearers of Morall philosophy or of matters of Policye where he hathe this conclusion That younglinges be not moste meete hearers or scholers of Morall philosophye whiche he proueth thus The proper and conueniente Hearer or learner of anye science or facultye must be suche as can surelye and euidentlye or plainely knowe the principles and conclusions of that Science when they hear them and that can of them geue right iudgement whether they be wel to be done or contrarye But younglynges can not so doe therfore they be not meete hearers of that facultie That they can not so do he proueth for the principles and conclusions of all Moral philosophye and of all worldlye policye be of mannes actes and doinges whiche be not well knowen but onelye by experience and of them the yongmen haue none experience and therfore of them they haue no perfite iudgemente no more then a Prentice ▪ newe bounde to the Drapers crafte can by his hande or by his eye geue true iudgement whether the clothes in his masters shoppe be truelye and surelye wrought and coloured or not or the Grocers prentice whether the spices and other wares in his masters shoppe be quicke or tainted or whether they maie be solde to losse or to gaynes They muste haue longe experience afore they can come to suche knoweledge Euen so muste they haue experience of mens doinges that shall be good morall Philosophers or politike persons and suche be not these yongelings that take noo heede to grauitie and sadnesse And thys is true sayeth the Philosopher whether they be younge in yeares or younge secundum morem in maners and conditions as be these younge ruffians and lustye bloudes They be to obstinately and stifelye bended and set to folow their owne passions and appetites thinkynge the waye that they bee noseiled in brought vp and vsed to to be best They wyll not bee persuaded nor counsailed but euen as they haue bene vsed and brought vp that wyll they vse and so will they continue by their good will who so euer faie naye Teache them how to vse theim selues temperatelye in their dietes in eatinge and drinkinge to auoide ingurgitations and riotynge by nighte and by daye it helpeth not how to vse theim selues chastelie according to to the Lawes of righte reason or patientlie agaynste fumes or passions and anger moderate liberalitie againste prodigalitye and waiste they bee so wilfull they be so wanton they bee wedded to folowe their owne passions to folowe their olde trade as they were wonte to dooe more lyke childrene then like menne that it boteth not to exhorte theim to the contrarye The holye Scripture speaketh of suche youngelynges .iii. Regum xii where it is writte that after the deathe of Salomon the kynge succeaded hym Roboam his sonne And when the power of the whole Realme came to crowne him and make him kynge and to professe their obedience to him firste they desiered one petition of him saiynge after this maner your father laied on vs a verye harde and heauie burthen therefore our desire is that nowe you shall diminishe and bate a little of youre fathers harde and soore commaundemente and of that verye heauye yoke that he layde vppon vs and we shall dooe you seruyce This heauye yooke and burden was no vyle seruyce that Salomon putte theim to for it is written Capite ix that Salomon sette or put none of the people of Israell to anye Seruile woorke or drudgerie but these soore coactions were certayne money graine and vitailes whiche they payed euerye moneth towarde the furniture of the charges of Salomons house and familye whiche were verie greate in dede as appeareth .iii. Regum iiii And for thys purpose there were twelue rulers or maister purueyours assigned by the Kinge ouer euerye trybe one beside their vndertakers and gatherers and some purloyners by suche the people were greuouslye oppressed as appeareth by their humble Supplication here made Well the younge kinge somewhat amased at their request badde the people departe till the thirde Daye after and then they shoulde haue an aunswere what hee wolde doe In that tyme hee consulted firste wyth the aunciente Fathers and graue Counseylours that were of counsaile with Salomon the Kinge his father whiche