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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14530	An introduction to vvysedome, made by Ludouicus Viues, and translated in to Englyshe by Rycharde Morysine; Ad sapientiam introductio. English	Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540.; Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. Aliquot sententiae insignes. English. Selections.; Morison, Richard, Sir, d. 1556.; Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.; Berthelet, Thomas.	1544 (1544)	STC 24848; ESTC S119289	45,201	146

ones vnderstād how it is brought to passe Seing therefore that thou lyuest of his giftes consider what cursed vnkyndnes and what dampnable rashenes it is to be so bold to fal at debate with him by whose benefit and wyll thou haste thy beynge and lenger shuldest thou not be if he wolde not At thy table let al thing be chaste pure wyse holy euen as he is whose gyftes thou art nowe in hand with Let all bakbytyng bytter wordes fierse and cruel speking be secluded from thy table where thou felest the incredible swetenes and clemency of god towardes the. Wherfore it is more intollerable that thou shuldest contaminate that place with sharpnes and hatred agaynst thy brother where thou fyndest moche fauour and gentle softenes towardes the. This thing the Gentylles wel perceyued which for the same skyll named all thynges dedicate and belongyng to the table with names of plesantnes myrthe as feastes iunkettes and gawdes where it was counted a greuouse offence any sad heuy or haynous thyng eyther to be done or sayd Seynge therfore thou hast god to thy gouernour whiche is most in myght wysedome and liberalitie put away the inordynate regarde of thy selfe wherin thou semest to mystrust his goodnes and labour only howe thou mayst please and content hym It is a great folyshnes to say or do any thyng amysse a madnes to dysplease hym for the contention of thy table from whom all nourishementes commeth a madnes to get his displeasure of whome thou labourest to obteyne a benefyt namely for as moche as the lyfe is not preserued by meate but by the wyl and pleasure of god according to the saieng of scripture Not in Breade onely liueth man But in euery worde of god We haue by indenture of Iesu lord of all in heauen and earth that they shal lacke nothing which seke accordingly the kyngdome of god and rightuousnes alowed before hym Seynge therfore that god is so boūteful towardes the in his giftes be not thou vnkinde to thy brother accompting him no lesse to be the son of god than thou thy selfe and that god is no more bounde to the than to hym and that he hath only made the a minister of his giftes of whom nexte vnto god thy brother shulde aske relyefe Neyther is there any thyng more truly giuen to Christ then that that is bestowed vpon the poore Whan thou hast with meates and drinkes refresshed thy selfe consider whose prouidence and power it is to susteyne the lyfe with suche thynges as thou hast receyued and gyue thankes therfore to god not as thou woldest to hym whyche hath prepared sustenance for the with his money but suche thankes as are mete for hym which hath made both the and also the meate susteining the life not by the strēgth of the sayd meate but by his diuine power and inestymable goodnes At thy downe lyenge and vprysynge remember the benefittes of god not onely towardes the but towardes all mankynde yea and all the hole worlde Consider in what dangers man is whyle he lyeth lyke a deade carkas hauyng no power of him selfe Wherfore Christe must so moche the more instantly be sought vpon that he may vouchsafe to defende vs sylly wretches Hede ought to be taken that we prouoke not hym to wrothe and angre by any our synne seyng he is our keper and our gouernour Arme thy forhead and thy breaste with the sygne of the crosse and the secrete parte of thy harte with deuout praiers and holy meditations And whan thou shalte go to thy bed loke that thou thinke euery day resembleth y e hole life of man whom the night succedeth and slepe a very expresse token of death We must therfore pray vnto Christ that he vouchesafe to be with vs euer fauourable both in tyme of life and death and that he vouchesafe to graunt that to be pleasaunt and quiet vnto vs. We must pray hym that straunge dreames feare vs not but that euen sleaping we may haue him in mynd and that refreshed with his comfort we may ryse merily in the mornyng remembring his blessed deth y e price wherby he redemed mankynd Thou shalt kepe thy bed chast and pure so that thy enemy the authour and head of al fylthynes may haue no claime ne right therin And with the sygne of the crosse and Inuocatiō of the name of God but specially through holy thoughtes cogitations and stedfast purpose neuer after to offende shalte thou dryue al the power of the feend from it Whan thou rysest in the mornyng commit thy selfe to Christe rendryng thankes vnto hym that he hath preserued the that night through his helpe and tuition from the deceytes and enuy of that cruell ennemy As thou hast fyrst slept the nyght tyme and are nowe rysen ageyne so remember that our bodyes shall fyrst slepe by deathe and after be restored to life by Christ whan he shal appere and come to iuge both quick and deade Beseche hym that it may be his wyll and that he cause the to spende the day folowyng in his seruice so that thou mayst nother hurt nor yet be hurt of any man and that thou so compassed on euery syde and defended with christian godlynes mayst safely escape the nettes and snates whiche the deuyll moste deceytfull ennemy neuer ceasseth to laye for mankynde Worshyp Mary the blessed mother of God and other holy saintes the deere beloued frendes of Christ dwelling with him in life euerlasting Rede and here ofte times the lyfe and actes of them that thou mayst folowe the same Let thy thought and reporte of them be not as of men but as of persons that by the goodnes of god haue transcended all nature and humayne excellency and nowe nygh conioyned with god Where as there is so great likenes of men both in body and mynd they being al brought in to this world by one ryght and tytle made and appoynted to a certayne communion and societie of life to the preseruation wherof nature hath proclaymed this lawe Let no man to an other do that that he wold not haue done to him self He that restored nature decayed hath professed this one doctrine to be his but yet expressyng the same more at larg and settyng it out more plainely for to make the nature of man perfect in euery condition and as lyke vnto god as it may be he cōmaunded vs not only to loue one an other but also to loue our ennemies that we may be like the father of heuen whiche syncerely loued his enemies as he declareth by his great benefittes shewed vnto them And howe is it to be marked that the nature of man is suche that we wold them to be our frendes whom we our selfes can in no wise loue ¶ Of Charitie THis moste wyse mayster and guyde of our lyfe hath gyuen vs this one document to rule our life by that is to loue one an other knowing that by this only rule we might lead a blessed life without nede of any mo lawes