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world_n	rejoice_v	use_v	weep_v	1,848	5	9.5776	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00378	An exhortation to the diligent studye of scripture, made by Erasmus Roterodamus. And tra[n]slated in to inglissh. An exposition in to the seventh chaptre of the first pistle to the Corinthians; Paraclesis. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Roy, William, fl. 1527-1531, attributed name.; Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut	1529 (1529)	STC 10493; ESTC S109910	70,722	156

vnmaried Therfore Paule lesse the virgines vnmaried shulde by his saing take occasion so to rouse magnifye thē silfes vnto the dishonor of mariage doth here mervelously tēper modifie his wordes saing S●che shall have troble in their flesshe Marke how expresly he speaketh saieng troble in flesshe not in sprete For troble of y e sprete is sinne evyll conscience But troble of flesshe is exterior paine grefe woo vexacion And y t Paule after the māner of the hebrew speache doth here calle the flesshe we do calle the body So that troble of the flesshe is as moche to sa●e as troble of y e bodye I meane not that it is in the body as a disease or malady ys in the body But that troble is in these thinges whiche we daily occupye vse ād be cōversante with and in all that belongeth vnto the body as are our wife chyldre householde house lande cattelle and other movable goodes and all māner matters or busynes that we have to do with men in this vngracyo●s worlde A man therfore vnto whom is geven the gifte of chastite hath nede to kepe in and refraine his curiosite ād beware of matrimony and not to put him silfe in soche troble and miserye Onles necessite doth compelle him like wise as Sainte Paule doth faithfully here geve councell and alwayes ought the same to be stille geven For it is a very greate and excellente fredom and libertye to be vnmaried exempte from moche ād many cares troble miserie and vexacyons Whiche libertye Paule doth forbydde or envye no parsone sayng But I gladly do favore you Beholde y t this is to preache virginite truly not to bringe forthe and alledge the excellentcy therof and mede or deservinge before god but to cōmende the tranquillite quiete that therby doth come in this worlde For a man shall fynde some that of curiosyte only and rasshenes are copuled in matrimony with out all necessyte that elles myght well have bene with out maryage Whiche being vncompelled do stryve wrestyll and l●boure to gette and obtayne mysery When they have yt thus once purchased and obtayned they be then truly not vnrighte we●●y dealte with all but served acordīgly This saye I bretherne the tyme ys shorte yt remayneth that they whiche have wifes be as though they had none and that they that wepe be as though they wept not and that they that reioyce be as though they reioysed not And that bye as though they possessed not And they that vse this worlde as though they vsed yt not for the fassion of this worlde goth away ¶ This is a comone rule for all christē p●op●● that they shulde kepe and observe there everlastinge goodes and treasure which they do possesse in faith and that they might despise and take light regarde of this life So that they be not drouned over depe in love or pleasures care or fylthynes therof that they shulde here lyve and order thē silfe as palmers or pilgrymes of the worlde vsinge all thinges while they be in this shorte passege of lyfe presente not for voluptuousnes and pleasure but as is required of necessite And this is to have a wife as though I had hir not yf with desyer of mīde I had rather wante and be with out hir Neverthelesse by cause of avoydynge synne she is vnto me necessary I have nede of hir But he that seketh in hir not only necessite but also pleasure and volupte this man shall rightewesly be sayde not to have a a wife but to be possessed and had of a wife The same wise ought a christē man to do in all other thinges that is to wyt only case supporte and succurr● with them his necessite not to folow his appetite pleasure and volupte or pā●re fede in thē his olde adame I wolde have you with out care The single mā careth for thinges of the lorde how he maye please the lorde but he that hath maried careth for thīges of the worlde howe he maye please his wife There is difference betwene a virgyn ād a wife The single womā careth for the thinges of the lorde that she may be pure both in body and also in sprete but she that ys maried careth for thinges of the worlde howe she maye please hir husbande ¶ Here is shewed an other cōmodite profite y t cometh of chastite in this worlde That they maye y e more intētively care study to do godly thinges goddes service I meane not in reding soundīge of organes singīge like as now a dayes supersticious religious cloisterers are wōte to do amōges whō is al y ● very service honor of god suppressed quēchidde But that by a blisshed quietnesse a mā may sticke harde geve diligēte attēdāce dayly vnto y e worde of god in redinge prayng alwayes talkinge therof finally in preachīge it accordinge as paule doth exhorte .i. Timo. iiii for a parsone y t is maried cā not geve hī silfe therevnto wholy but ys distracte therfore divided y t is to saye he hath nede to spēde a grete parte of his lyfe so to order hī silfe y t he may acordīgly live with his wife and is like as Martha was combred intāgled with many charges moche bussynesse A maide or an vnmaried body is not distracte so divided in to diverse charges or cares but she may wholy geve hir silfe vnto godly and divine thinges Yet doth not the apostle intende to damne matrimony though here he saye y t a maried parsone doth not only take care for the worlde but also that he ys in a maner divided from god and endureth moche care So that he can not continually praye study or speake the worde of god For all though truly soche a parsones care laboure be not evill Neverthelesse it had ben more profitable for him yf he had abydden loose and free both as concerning for prayer and also for treatinge and speakinge the worde of god furthermore in vtteringe the worde of God he maye do pro●ite and conforte many mē yee all christendome So this ought to be even a very mighty ād an excellente cause to plucke backe every parsone that hath the gifte of chastite from maryynge But oure spretualle people whiche nother knoweth the wayes to praye ●e yet teacheth y e worde of god but only do tormēte thēselves after the forme of mēnis statutes tradiciōs shulde do better thē they have done before time ye that not a litle better yf they were maried And whiles they do now mūbylle houle singe in chirches they did diligētly enforme nurtre ordre rule their wife their childre that they shulde live according to the instituciō of god declared in y e scriptures so provide y t they might have meate drinke ād clotinge aco●dinge for the necessite of their body This speake I for your profite and not to tangle yow