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A Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes, newely prepared by Theodore Basille
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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thyrste more but the water which is gyuen hym shall be made in hym a well of water spryngynge vp into euerlastynge lyfe THEO Uerye godlye forsothâ— Youre dysshes also wante not speche PHIL. They reherse y e sayenge of christ in y e gos of IohnÌ„ Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the flesâ—he of y e sonne of maÌ„ drinke his bloude ye haue no lyfe in you But he that eateth my flesshe drinketh my bloud hath eternall lyfe I wyll rayse hym vp at the last day For my flesshe is very meat and my bloud very drynke he that eteth my flesshe drinketh my bloud he dwelleth in me and I in him This puttethe vs in remembraunce when we eate oure meate of the breakynge of Christes moost blessed body and the sheddiÌ„g of his moost precious bloud by the remembrauÌ„ce of it y e beleuyng of the same our soules at that very present are no lâ—sse fed susteyned than oure bodyes are wyth the meate y t is brought vnto vs in these dysshes And this remembraunce of christes death maketh vs to be thaÌ„kfull vnto God the father to endeuour oure selues to lyue worthy his inestimable kyndnes in all poyntes to do oure diligence y â— God maye dwel in vs by his spiryte we iÌ„ him thorowe that fayth which worketh by charite EVSE Here is euery â—hiÌ„ge so godly pleasant y t it ouercoÌ„mech al prayse But seynge y t we haue begun to demaund of you these questions coÌ„cerning y e scriptures in your house we wyll go forth so to do tâ—usting y â— ye would not be greued with vs for so doynge PHIL. Brother Eusebius I am not only not greued w t you but also very gladde that these my deuices haue in ony poynte pleased youre mynde EVSE I praye you what is it that your chayres stooles haue carued on theÌ„ PHIL. A sayenge of Christe in the Reuelacion of Iohn To him that ouercoÌ„meth wyl I grauÌ„te to syt w t me in my throne CHRI A very swete sayenge But what meane you by this PHIL. It it not â—nknowen to you I am sure howe confortable a thyng it is for a wery body to syt to haue a restyng place CHRI Trueth what than PHIL. Certes it is a thousand tymes more coÌ„fortable to haue a place wheâ— body and soule after so many great daungerous conflictes in this miserable worlde maye quietly reste Therfore haue I written this teâ—tâ— on my chayres stooles to putte me myne in remembrance that yf we wyl fynd rest after this life we must seriously not dally but fyght w t Satan our enemy We may neuer giue place to the world the dyuel nor the flesshe but maynly resyst theÌ„ beyng clothed w t the armature of God and neuer leaue vntyll we haue gotten the victory of them all So shall we rest in the kyngedome of God or els not For the Scripture sayeth To hiÌ„ y t ouercoÌ„meth wyl I grauÌ„t to syt w t me â— my throne THEO What scripture I praye you haue ye wrytten here ouer your lauer PHIL. The sayenge of Esaye Be ye wasshed be ye cleane take awaye the euell of your thoughtes from my eies Here so oft as we wasshe our handes we are moued to remeÌ„ber with oure selues yf ony malyce or hate be in our hertes towarde our neyghbour If ther be ony at all we suffer not the Sonne to fall downe vpoÌ„ our anger but accordynge to Christes precepte we go streyght and reconcyle our selues to such as with whoÌ„e we are at debate or they with vs. Moreouer yf there be ony other vncleanesse or notable vyce in vs we streight put it aware oute of our hertes by true vnfayned repentauÌ„ce not only banysshe the vice from vs but also embrace y e vertue contrarye vnto the vyce as the scripture sayeth Declyne from euell do good I gayne cease to do euâ—ll and learne to do good By this meanes hath synne no dominion in vs but vertue very muche EVSE I woulde wysshe soner to come into this house theÌ„ into any place eyther of Emperour or kynge I count him to dwell in a fortunate yle y t dwelleth in a house so adourned garnisshed with the moost odiferous redolent swete smellynge floures of the holy scriptures THEO It semeth vnto me also that youre vyrginalles speake although no man playeth on theÌ„ PHIL. They saye thus The eye hath not sene nor the eare hathe not hearde neyther hath it entred into the harte of man that God hath prepared for theÌ„ that loue hym It maketh that though the sound of y t instrument which is but vayne and fedeth y e eare for a lytle whyle semeth pleasaunte ioyefull to the hearers for the tyme yet is that nothyng in coÌ„parison of the celestiall melodye heauenly ioye that God hath prepared for theÌ„ that loue hym Therefore are we here admonysshed not to delyghte in fantasticall instrumentes the pleasure wher of is more vayne than the smoke but in that melodye ioye whiche is perpetuall neuer decayeth so to institute our lyfe y t we maye be partakers of that vnspekable pleasaunce ioye CHRI The longer I behold the partes of youre house the more I am moued to meruayle seyng so rare spectacles ful of all vertue godlynes Your postes also salute your gestes so farre as I can perceyue PHIL. They expresse this sentence of S. Paule the teÌ„ple of God is holy which you are This putteth vs in remeÌ„braunce in what sâ—euer parte of the house we go that we should so kepe oure hertes cleane from the infeccion of mortal synne that God in them by his holy spirite myght dwel perpetuaâ—ly EVSE I praye you what two great tables haue you hangynge there openly PHIL. This is the table of the. xâ—commaundementes which teachethe vs what we oughte to do what to erchew The other is a table also whiche contayneth in it the offyces of al degrees and estates It teacheth vs whatte we owe to oure mooste noble Prince to oure parentes to al superioures In this table euery man from the hyghest degre to the lowest may lerne his offyce duety Therfore are these two tables redde euery daye openlye in my house my wife chyldreÌ„ w t al my seruauntes beyng called therunto geuynge atteÌ„daÌ„ce diligently to the readyng of y e same If any of my houshold transgresse any percel of gods law he is brought streight waye to these tables and by them is his faut declared vnto hâ—m So that here by he taketh an occasion to amende his lyfe to be y e more circumspecte ware that he falleth not agayne into y t synne afterward This is y e order of my house Other correccion thaÌ„ this vse I none Yet not w tstandyng I thanke my LORD God all do theyr duety so well that I caÌ„ not wysshe it to be done better THEO
of Iesus Christe for the remission of synnes ye shall receyue the gyfte of the holy Ghost Here se you that Christ and his Apostles declared Repentaunce to be a meane wherby we maye obtaine remission of our synnes euerlastying lyfe And that you maye perceyue y e matter y t more playnly I wyll lyuely paynt in moost euydent coloures and set it out before your eies w t certayne other histories of both Testamentes y t ye maye learne to be true whiche Chrisostome sayeth THEO I pray you what sayth he PHIL. Ther is not sayeth he there is not beleue me ony synne in y â— worlde that doth not gyue place to the vertue of repeÌ„tance yea rather to y e grace of God which when we turne to better thiges dothe streyght wayes worke w t vs. EVSE This is a confortable sayeng for synners PHIL. Yea and in al pointes agreable to the holy scriptures For Christ came not to call the ryghteous but synners vnto repentaunce Nowe marke for your helth and consolacion Dauid committed both maÌ„slaughter adultrye therfore was he threatened many euels of God by his Prophet NathaÌ„ Not withstandynge he had not so sone repented hym of his acte coÌ„fessed his faute sayenge I haue offended the LORDE but the Prophet sayde The LORDE hath turned awaye thy syn thou shalt not dye Kynge Achab also dyd slaye his subiecte Nabotch y t he myght enioy his vyneyeard And God therfore sent his Prophet Heli as vnto hym for to tell him that the dogges shoulde lycke his bloude olso euen there where they lycked the blonde of Naâ—othe and that euery one of the house of Achabbe that maketh water agaynst y â— wâ—ull should be slayne c. Achab streyghte waye was ashamed of his faulte repeÌ„ted cutte his clothes couered his flesshe with garmeÌ„tes of heere fasted slept in sacke cloth walked with a heuy countenaunce therfore god seyng his repentaunte herte sayd that he would not bryng in that euel in his dayes but iÌ„ his soÌ„nes tyme. Agayne kinge Manasses in asmuch as he repented for all the abhominacioÌ„ that he committed agaynst god his glory was forgiueÌ„ afterward noÌ„bred among y e fredes of god The Niniuites were threatened withiÌ„ forty daies to be subuerted for theyr dissolute wicked lyuynge But they beynge striken with repentauÌ„ce in y e meane season mendynge theyr lyfe receyued fauour were saued As I may come nerer home as they saye who was more famous in sinne thaÌ„ Mary Magdalene yet in asmuch as she faythfully repented bewailed her synfull lyuyng her synnes were forgynen her Peter denyed Christ yet seynge he repented wepte bytterly for his offeÌ„ce he was fauourably receyued to grace The prodigal sonne althoughe he had consumed all hys goodes was ioyfully receyued in as muche as he repented knowledged his offeÌ„ce The thefe called neuer for grace tyl y e hour of deth yet seyng y t he bewayled than his misery axed merci he was herd weÌ„t w t Christ iÌ„ to Paradyse Do not these histories besydes other shewe of what greate strength repentaunce is CHRI Certes they be very coÌ„fortable for poore afflicte synners PHIL. Thus se you that repentaunce is a great cause of the mitigacion of gods wrath yea an acceptable Sacrifice to God as Dauid saith a sacrifice to God is a troubled spirite a contryte huÌ„ble herte god wyl not despyse Thus repentaunce maketh a man to dye vnto lynne to syne to righteousnes It maketh vs so loÌ„g as we iÌ„ this worlde valeantly to enarme our selues and to enter battayle with SataÌ„ his army coÌ„tinually to fyght against our enemies It maketh vs to hate all wyckednes enbrace all vertue so y â— dayely we procede more more from faith to faith froÌ„ vertu to vertue It maketh vs to hunger thyrst after ryghteousnes It makethe vs to desyre to be dissolued from this mortal body to be with Christ. No maÌ„ is able to expresse sufficiently y e excellency vertu of this true and faythfull repentauÌ„ce And this is it which maketh Chrisostom to crye out on this maner O repentaunce which thorowe gods mercy forgyuest sinne openest Paradise which healest a man contryte brokeÌ„ makest merye hym that is sad callest agayne lyfe froÌ„ deathe restorest the state renuest the honour gyuest boldenes reformest streÌ„gthes powrest iÌ„ agayne grace more aboundaÌ„t O repetauÌ„ce what new thyng shall I tell of the Thou doste loseÌ„ althynges that are bounde All thynges losened doste thou set at liberty All troublous thynges doste y u mitâ—gate All thynges broken doste thou make whole All confused thynges doste thou make cleare Al desperate thynges doste y u encourage O repentaunce more rutulante than golde more bryght than the sonne whome synne doth not ouercome nor defeccion suppresse nor desperacioÌ„ put awaye Repentaunce refuseth couetousnes abhorrethe lecherye excheweth furour madnes maketh loue stronge treadethe downe pryde refrayneth the tonge fasshyoneth maners hateth malyce excludeth enuy Perfecte repentaunce compelleth a synner to suffer all thynges gladly If a violente persoÌ„ seke that that he hathe he forbyddeth hym not Yf he taketh awaye his garment he stryueth not agaynst hym To him that striketh the one cheke he profereth y e other If ony man wyl compell him to go a myle with him he wyll of his owne free wyll go two If he be chastised he geueth him thanâ—kes If he be prouoked he holdeth his peace If he be sharpeâ—ye spoken vnto he speaketh gentely agayne To his superiour he geueth reuerence To his inferiour he is lowlye In his herte is contricion in his mouth confession in his worke all humilite This is y â— perfecte and fruytful repentaunce To him that repenteth so God is at hand a noryssher to hym that is huÌ„gry a gyuer of drinke to him that is thyrstye O repentaunce the mother of mercye the maystres of vertues thy workes are great wher w t thou dost loosen the gylty refressheth theÌ„ that offend reuelest them that slyde â—ecreatest y e desperate By y e Christe appoynteth vs that y â— kiÌ„gdom of heuen is at hande sayenge repent for the kyngdome of heauen is at hanâ— Nither to haue I rehersed vnto you the mynd of Chrisostome coÌ„cerning repentaunce whereby ye maye perceyue as I sayde before that repentaunce is one of the principal meanes wherby we obtayne remissioÌ„ of synnes the kyngedome of heauen EVSE God gyueth vs all grace truly to repent THEO But howe shall we know whaÌ„ we truly repent on such maner that it prouoketh God to be mercyfull to vs. CHRI In dede this is a thynge necessary to be knowen PHIL. To this youre question shall S. Austen aunswere which sayeth Whan thou dost so repent y t y t thing sauoereth to the bytter iÌ„ thy mynd which before was swete in thy life that whiche