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A13636	The seconde book of Tertullian vnto his wyf, translated into Englyshe, wherei[n] is co[n]teined most godly cou[n]sel how those that be vnmaryed, may chose vnto them selfes godly companyons, and so to liue quyetly in this world and blessedlye in the worlde to come; Ad uxorem. Book 2. English	Tertullian, ca. 160-ca. 230.; Hooper, John, d. 1555.; Rhenanus, Beatus, 1485-1547. aut	1550 (1550)	STC 23916; ESTC S104898	18,381	70

it Itē not euery one that saith vnto me Lord Lord shall entre into the kyngdome of heauē but he that doth the wil of my father whiche is in heauen And saynt Paule speaking of the false chrysten I meane such as be but chrysten in name only Unto Titus .i. Saith they professe that they knowe God wyth theyr mouthe by theyr outwarde vse of the sacramentes and ceremonies the Apostle meaneth no doubte but wyth theyr dedes they denye him In as muche as they bee abominable lyuers and not obediēt vnto goddes worde but reprobate persones as touching any good woorkes It is good to thincke then that the man of God Tertuliā toke such for no better thē the heathen Specyally seyuge that hys mayster and Lord Iesus Christ sayth further that at the laste daye he wyll saye vnto such christen disciples of hys de parte from me an ye that worke Iniquitie I knowe you not c. Mat .vii. And who I pray you shoulde better knowe who bee the trewe chrysten and chrystes disciples in dede then our sauiour Iesus himselfe which saith Ioh .viii. If ye shal abyde in my worde then shall ye be my disciples in dede Item Ioh .xv. He that abideth in me and I ī him bryngeth fourthe muche frute c. Then they that bryng forth no frutes of rightuousnes at al but lie still lyke swyne wallowing in theyr voluptuousnes or els lyke cruell dogges do barke at and persecute the trewe doctryne of Chryste whyche they knowe not bee none of chrystes discyples and therfore no trew christē but heathē worse then infidels in the syght of almightie god Yea and so bee all suche to as do contynuallye sryll from day to day walke or lye in their foruicacion adulterie dronke nnesse glotonye extorcion intollerable vserie inordinat couetousnesse blynde supersticion and wiked Idolatrye wyth suche lyke vyces as S. Paule sayth .i. Cor. vi and Ephe .v. For why shulde they els be cast oute of the company or communion of al christen men In token that they haue no parte ī the gospel nor of the kingdome of Christe except they amende Saynet Paule when he went so earnestly aboute to dryue the christen people amongest the Corynthiaus from the vsyng of the Idolatrie other vices of the gentyles there what ment he when he sayde .i. Cor. x. I woulde not haue you ygnoraunte brethren that our fathers wer al of them vnder the cloude as passed thorow the sea al of thē wer baptisid into Moses in the cloud in the sea al did eate one the same spiritual meate and al did drynke one spirituall drinke c. What shuld the Apostle meane by all these wordes I say but that suche of those fathers as were afterwardes noughty fell from God vnto lust and synne and tempted and prouoked god vnto wrathe and vengeaunce in the wyldernesse were neuer the better in the sighte of him for y t they had before sene and felt so many of his greate miracles or wonderfull dedes nor for that they had ben partakers of so many of his holy signes and sacramentes Now that this was S. Paules meanynge aperyth playnly by that he sayth by and by after the afore aleaged wordes out in manye of them God had no pleasure And that same the Apostle proueth by that the Lorde did after ward punishe plage thē so greuously oftē in the wildernesse For they were ouerthrowē in the wildernesse saythe S. Paule .i. Cor. x. And then he goeth fourthe there to his purpose and sayth but these are examples vnto vs that we should not luste after euel thinges as they lusted nor be worshippers of Images as some of thē he meaneth the forefathers of the Iewes that prouoked God in the wyldernesse were And so fourth as ye may reade there at your leasure And at the the laste Sainct Paule concludeth thus al these thinges happened vnto them for figures or examples as he mighte saye were wrytten for our warning vpon whome the endes of the worlde are come vpon Euen as thoughe he would saye It shall nothyng auayle you O ye christen amongest the Corinthians that ye once receaued the spirite of God at your baptysme that ye come ofte to praye togyther and synge psalmes in the commen assēbles nor that ye do oftē receaue the sacrament of Christes bodye and bloude c. As other good christen do Excepte that ye do followe youre profession in dede continew in the spiryt and feare of the lorde auoydynge all deadly synne and the wicked wourshypping of Images that is vsed amongest your neighbours and familiers the gentyles there at Corrinth c. And by thys good mother is it easy to applye this aforesayde saying of sainet Paule vnto our corrupte ryme of whyche no doubte the holy goste shewed before hande .ii. Timo. iii. And to esteme those persons no trew chrystians whiche do perseuer wythoute all repentaunce and amendement in all maner of vice and abominacions of y e world For Saynt Iames saythe that the pure and vndefiled religion before god and the father is to vysit the fatherlesse and wyddowes in theyr afflyccion by these two good workes of mercy he vnderstandeth the walkīg in all other good dedes ye may bee sure and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the world That is to beware that he defile not hys soule nor body nother with the couetousnes extorsiō adultery fornicacion Idolatrye or suche lyke abomynacions whyche the worlde commonlye vsyth or cōmytteth But to returne somwhat agayne vnto my purpose please it you to vnderstande good mother that whereas ye shall hereafter fynde certaine annotaciōs in the mergent of this treatyse the same I made my selfe with out master Hopers knowledge but y e faithful may sone iudge whyther they be trewe or no if they wyl confer the same wyth the righte touche stone the holy scryptures This I wright for none other intent but that if the same annotacions do not lyke you ye should not put y e blame in mayster Hoper who knoweth not yet of them And as for the notes that I haue made here there concernynge the Sacrament I amsure that ye woulde nor be offended wyth them yf ye had rede the same doctors mynde in other places of hys woorkes Because y t by y e same he dothe manyfestlye declare that he was of the ryghte opynyon in the sayde Sacramente For in hys fyrste boke agaynste the herityke Marcion who dyd saye that all the thinges of thys world wer vncleaue but other more dampnable heresies then that dyd he stiffely defend he sayth these wordes folowīg Chryst dyd not reproue breade by whyche he dyd represent his bodye And in hys fourthe boke where he confuteth the sayde abominable herityke for saying y t our sauioure Iesus had but a phātastical body he is yet more playne and sayth thus Chrsyte toke breade distributed y e same vnto hys discyples and made it his bodye sayinge this is my bodye That

¶ The seconde booke of Tertullian vnto his wyf translated into Englyshe wherī is cōteined most godly coūsel how those that be vnmaryed may chose vnto them selfes godly companyons and so to liue quyetly in this world and blessedlye in the worlde to come ¶ Let wedlocke be had in price in all poyntes and let the Chāber be vndefiled for whore kepers and aduouteters god wyl iudge Heb. 13. ✚ To the christian Reader Iohn Hoper wysheth grace knowledge in the Lorde THe more of importaunce weyghte the mater is a mā takethe in hande with the more circumspectyon and aduised counsel he shoulde begyn the same lest the thyng lyghtly vnaduisedly begon myght eyther constrayne the autour with shame to leaue and forsake vtterlye hys facte eyther with anxite and troble of mynde to perseuer and contynewe in the same Therfore it was wyselye counceled by wyse men when they sayed before thou begynne any thyng aske counsell and then put the thyng councelled vpō in fact With this maketh also that elegant wyse prouerbe Dimidium facti qui bene cepit habet That is to say he hat halfe ēded his purpose y t begīneth wel But in the lyfe of manne what is more waightie graue excellent or wāteth more circumspection good counsel ernest praier vnto god thē Matrimonye What and thou shouldest begyn it vnwyslye and vngodly how many inconueniēce and troubles should there folow I leaue y e nombre of testymonies and examples and commende the vnto experyence We see daylye moste petifull and lamentable alienations and separacions not onlye of the mynde but lykewyse of the bodye by meanes as well of frowardnes and morosyte of condicions as of filthy adulterye and vnlawful diuorcementes To succour and helpe so great euelles in the begynnyng of matrymonye required counsel and not suche as perswadeth cōpelleth the moost part of persons to marye for fond flesshely or auaricious affection but holye iuste prudent and well aproued counsell that teacheth at the begynnyng to beholde wysely the condicions of hym or her that is wyshed for in Mariage and so in tyme wyth wysedome take or leaue him or her accordīgly with tyme aduised vpon And then appoynte hym selfe yf anye thynge shulde happen after the Mariage contrarie to hys expectacyon and hope that he or she had of others helthe maners or condicions that breaketh not afterward matrimonie with patience and tolleraunce to beare them vntill death separat the one from the other or God redresse and amende the faultes and maners to be redressed and amended But before man or womā marie this is requisite to be done that euery one and of euerye sexe and kinde examine him selfe whether he can with a good conscience lyue sole and vnmaryed or not Yf he can it is the mynde of the holy ghost and of sayncte Paule that he so remayne in purite cleanes of life in body and soule to y e glory of God .i. Cor. vii and the commodyties of this trewe and vnfained chastite be infinite and wōderful but not geuē to all men And great hede muste be taken here lest vnder the pretext and name of chaste and sole lyfe lye hyd most damnable hordome and adulteri In case thou be gyltie and fyndest in thy selfe the daunger of adustion and burnynge of concupysence it is the cōmaundement of God thou mary i. Cor. vii Wyth this commaundement no man can dyspence nor no vowe or what esti●acie 〈◊〉 or estimaciō so euer it be for obedience vnto the commaundement is better then al the vowes or sacrifice of the lawe And when thou hast thus aduisedly apoynted thy selfe to maryage see thou first chose thy make or companiō before thou lone lest thou happen to be deceaued with blinde loue which sodenly entred and sodenly perisheth agayne Measure not thy chose from ryches bewtie age parentaige or from suche like but from vertwe godlynesse wit discreacion tractablenesse of condicions The first condycyons be not to be refused in case they be well placed in a man or woman that hath them with y e feare of God where that lacketh they be better refused then taken And because we may be deceaued vnder the shewe of vertue and happen vpon a woman of frowarde cōdicions and troublous whē we thynke our selues best bestowed and also the woman many tymes hoping to haue matcht with an honest man where as she afterward findeth her selfe vtterly deceaued farther bothe manne and woman manye tymes are charged and in daunger to loue the rich the faire and so prefer them before y e good and vertuous The fyrst election begynning of Matrymony ought to be frome prayer in the whiche suche as woulde marie shuld aske of God a godly companyon from whom onely it is gyuen Prouer. After diligente prayer shoulde be like inquisition of what fayth the partye is that is desyred in Matrymonye for as dyuersytye of religyon betwene one man and hys wyfe is daungerous so is it forbydden by God Deut. vii Ios. xxiii Therfore Abrahā the father of the faythfulles bounde his seruaunte by an othe that he shoulde not take any of the doughters of Canaan for hys sonne Isaac And Isaac commaundeth Iacob hys sonne to beware of y e same Gene. xxviii The contempte and violacion of thys cōmaundemēt brought the children of Israel into greate daunger Iudic. iii. And Salomō the kynge into Idolatrye .iii. Reg. xi Therfore saynct Paule saythe i. Cor. vii That it is lawful to marye whom we wyll so it be in the Lord as it neuer can be where as the persone to be Maryed abhorrithe as saynt Ambrose sayth the autoure of Matrimonye It is not ynoughe for the man or y e woman that wyl mary to chose such a one as beareth y e name of Christ but he or she must diligently serch what the practyse and obedyence of hys cōuersation is to the name of Christianite And when suche a one is founde then chose and loue honestlye seke wyth the counsel of thy wise frendes and neglecte not the suffragies nor consente of the parentes and frendes of the persone thou sekest and commende then all the successe to God and desyre hys wyll to be done Thys is the onely way to begynne Matrimony if it shal euer prosper wel But out alas howe farre be men nowe adayes from thys maner of waye towardes mariage This is now accompted folyshnes and supersticion And in y e place of these vertues is entred many vnlawful and vngodlye meanes some bye and sell theyr children yea from y e cradell and maketh mariages betwene those that hath not the vse of reason to iudge what maryage is Another sort seketh howe with flattery collusion defraude gile yea by the meanes of bandes and vnhonest persones alure the sonne and daughter to a contracte wyth oute the knowledge aduyse and consent of the parentes and thynketh it good ynough so they agre wythin them selues Another sort wher as they se the mairage they