not a rebuke vnto the flesh Here my prayer O Lord and with thyne eares consyder my calling holde not thy peace at my teares For inumerable troubles are come about me O deliuer mee from the deceitfull and wicked man for thou arte the God of my strength and thou arte able to wrest and confound myne enemyes they lye lurking abroade on euery side as the Fox doth for his praye they lay baytes for me as the Fysher doth for the small fyshes Saue me O Lorde and delyuer me for thy names sake Ciuis These are very good sayinges For S. Iohn sayeth He that commeth from an high is aboue all and he can delyuer you from all troubles and temptations of the world In the Reuelation lykewyse it is written As many as I loue I rebuke and chasten be feruente therefore and repent and beare this well in mynde Puer It is my desyre But I pray you Syr what great town is that same before vs Ciuis That is London Puer I am glad thereof good mayster leaue me not destitute but be vnto me a comforter and helpe me vnto some good mayster Ciuis I will do my good will but now you are in London where will you become this night haue you no frindes nor Kinsfolks here in London Puer I should haue a Kinseman dwelling as it was tolde me in Fleetestreate and that I shoulde inquyre for him at the Belsauage Ciuis I dwel in Fleetestreate my selfe which is harde by the same Inne and I will bring you thyther Puer If it please you to showe me the house I will be bolde to come to you agayne Ciuis Yonder same is it at the Sygne of the great Bell. Puer Nowe I haue to render vnto you many harty thankes for your great trauayle and paynes which you haue had with me and for as much as I know now where you dwel I will be bolde to let you vnderstande howe I speede of my Kinsman and in the meane tyme I commend you vnto almighty God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ who preserue you and all yours and giue you the light of his countenaunce to shyne ouer you Ciuis Take heede to thy selfe now and keepe wel thy soule that thou forget not the thinges which thyne eyes haue seene and that they departe not out of thy harte all the dayes of thy lyfe My sonne despyse not the chastning of the Lorde neither faynt whē thou art rebuked of him for whom the Lord loueth him he chastneth yea scourgeth euery sonne that he receyueth Loth I am you should departe from me but and your Kinseman cannot prouyde you of a mayster come hyther to me agayne and I wil doe what I can but I wil either haue you my self or else prouide you a mayster Puer I thank you for your gentlenesse I pray you how many seruaunts haue you Ciuis I haue but one in the company that I am free of our order is that I can haue no more but this that I haue is almost out of his yeares I woulde all companyes would haue a regarde for the permitting of Apprentises for the lesse Apprentyses that is in a company the better it doth prosper Fare ye well seeing you will needes goe Bee perfite of good comforte be of one mynde liue in peace and the God of loue and peace shall be with you remember well my sayings seeke to please your mayster and your Mistris bee dilligent be true both in worde and deede and be not high mynded The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the fruitefulnesse of the holy Ghost bee with you now and euer Puer I thank you most hartily Syr God be with you Ciuis And you also FINIS ¶ A generall prayer for all men to walke in their vocation and calling FOr as much O heauenly Father as both thy honor and dishouour after a certayne manner dependeth in this world eyther of our Godlye or wicked lyfe if we lyue well thy very aduersaryes shall be compelled to glorifye thee but if our lyfe be vngodlye so shalte thou be dishonoured among the wicked and euill spoken of through our synfull lyuing and because we should not walke inordinately and so prouoke the enimies of thy truth to raile on thee and to blaspheme thy holy name thou hast apoynted in thy blessed law certain honest and godly states and degrees wherin thy people should lyue and hast straightlye commaunded that so many as professe thee thy holye word should contynue in the same and euerye one according to his vocation and calling and by no meanes leade a dissolute lyfe after the maner of the Heathen which know not God that by well doing the professoures of thy holy religion may not only stop the mouthes of foolish and ignorant people but also prouoke them to glorifye thee our Lord in the daye of vysytacion We knowing our infyrmitie and weakenesse which is great and vnable to be redeemed of our natural strength and free wil that we are not able to think a good thought much lesse for to fulfyll thy commandements which thou haste strayghtly commaunded to be kept and wishing the glorye of thy moste glorious name and the accomplishment of thy heauenly will Most humbly and from the very hart beseech thee therefore for Iesus Christ his sake for to indue vs with thy holy spirit which may fulfill that lacketh in vs make vs newe Creatures trade vs in the path of thy holy law and geue vs grace to walke according to our vocation in feare and in obedience of thy good wil that we admit nothing that in any poynt may hinder thy glory and thy honour deface thy name and cause thee to be euill spoken of among the vngodly and that this may come to passe graunt O most mercifull Father that euery one of vs from the highest to the lowest may vnfaynedly aunswere to our calling and frame our lyues according to thy blessed will vnto the glory of thy name that whatsoeuer we doe in worde or deede we may do al things in the name of the Lord Iesu geuing thanks to thee God the Father through him Graunt that all temporall Rulers may vse their office iustly and godly seeke not onely to be feared but also to be beloued to mayntayne the good and to punish the euil accept no person in iudgment alone no false accusation shed no innocent bloud Here the small as wel as the great receyue no brybes set forth thy glory aduaunce thy holy worde promote thy faythfull preachers in all their doinges seeke the profyte of the common weale and so behaue themselues they may be foūd worthy officers in thy sight Graunt that the subiects may shewe all reuerent submissyon to their Rulers obay them in all thinges be faythfull and true to them yea that not only for feare of punishmente but also for conscience sake Graunt that the Bishops Preachers of thy worde and all other spirituall Ministers may take
so and I remember your sayinges well if I should offend my mayster at any tyme should he not forgeue me Ciuis Vpon an amendment a man will do it for Mathew sayeth if thy Brother trespase agaynst thee rebuke him if he repente forgiue him Puer If you forgiue men their faults your heauenly father will also forgiue you Yet I confesse a seruaunt may offend if he do I pray you tell me whether it is lawfull for a mayster to geue his seruaunt vnlawfull correction Ciuis Due correctiō is alowable for seruants if a mayster shall take an vnreasonable thing to correct his seruaunt whereby he putteth out one of his eyes breake his arme or legge or his head it is not lawfull for he must consyder with himselfe that his seruaunt is of the same mould made that himselfe is and that God will requyte euill for euill an eye for an eye c. The Prophet sayth Learne to doe righte applye yourselues to equitie Puer You haue certifyed my desyre perswacions of one friende to another may doe muche good Lorde what happy fortune was it that wee two did meete togeather for your aduertisementes I trust shal doe me much good and I shall be bound to pray vnto God for you that it was my good fortune to haue your company being such a friendly mā as you are if I were learned I woulde make some remembraunce what you haue sayde to mee and I woulde send it downe into the countrey to our olde Duns shewing him what good exhortacions you haue shewed to me and what the duety of seruaunts is vnto their maysters It is a thing in my iudgemente requisyte and necessarye for Seruauntes and Maysters to print these wordes which you haue recited vnto me in their myndes I remember a saying Forgeue one another if thy Brother trespase agaynst thee goe and tel him his fault betweene him and thee alone if he heare thee thou haste wonne thy brother But if he he are thee not then take with thee one or two but I thanke God you haue so vsed me that it shall not be shewed to any Ciuis Remember what is written in the same place Better it is for thee to enter into life with one eye then to haue two eyes and be cast into hell fyre So likewise better it were for thee to suffer wrong and iuiury then to reuenge agayne Recompence to no man euill for euill Let euery soule be flowe vnto anger Loue your enemyes doe good vnto them that hate you blesse them that curse you pray for them that wrong and trouble you And who so smyteth thee on the one cheeke offer him the other And who taketh thy cloake forbid him not thy coat and whoso taketh that is thyne aske it not agayne and as yee woulde that men shoulde doe vnto you euen so doe ye vnto them Lykewyse and if you loue them that loue you what thanke haue you therefore But rather loue those whome you thinke to be your enemies iudge not and ye shal not be iudged Forgiue and ye shall be forgeuen Thus now you heare what benefyte and commoditie commeth and what a fountayne or Wellspring of lyfe is shewed vnto you concerning sufferaunce A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment and the day of death is better then the day of byrth Let him that hath an office wayghte on his office Let him that ruleth doe it with dilligence Let loue be without dissimulacion Be kynde one to another with brotherly loue In geuing honour goe one before another Loue brotherly fellowship Be not weary in well doing Let not the Sunne goe downe vpon your wrath The Vngodly shall be so plagued that they shall seeke death and shall not fynd it they shal desyre to dye and death shall flye from them A discreete Seruaunte shall haue more rule then the sonnes that haue no wysedome An vndiscreete sonne is a greefe vnto his father and heauinesse vnto his mother that bare him Euery tree is knowne by his fruite so is a faythfull and a true seruaunt knowen by hys good and honest behauyour He that is true and iust to his mayster is lyke vnto a precious Iewell Dauid sayeth Myne eyes looke vpon such as be faithful in the land that they may dwell with me Who so leadeth a godly lyfe he shall be my seruaunte There shall no deceitful seruaunt dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarry in my sighte A froward harte shal departe from me I will not know a wicked person Puer Truth it is I can it not denye for if I should I were to blame the thing it selfe lyeth so playne before me that I cannot vary I am vpholden so by your talke that I cannot fall Heare my crying O God geue heede vnto my prayer for I cleaue vnto the same staffe which you haue geuen me to leaue vpon euen Iesus Christ Notwithstanding these wordes are not consydered on nowe a dayes For whereas my mother doth dwell if a man may fynde any occasyon of extremitie of Lawe agaynst his brother or neighboure immediatly he will procure by himselfe or his Soliciter to haue a Writ to make him to appeare at the Tearme whereby they doe not followe those wordes you told me That is if my neighbour shoulde desyre my Cloake shall I giue my Coate to him also peraduenture I shall go naked my selfe the fraylty of the fleshe will not be so aunswered for sure I beleeue though it be so written in scripture there is another meaning therein which if it were declared especially vnto those that are the couetous persons of this worlde I thinke it woulde touch them somewhat for the moste parte of them are all gathering and seeking to inrich themselues and nothing will part from yet they haue a good example of the rich man Diues the pore begger Lazarus Ciuis That is wel remembred of you they haue the more to aunswere those which are in this world in substaunce lyuing haue a great accoumpt to make at the latter day and the pore man that hath his helth followeth his labour and getteth his liuing with the sweate of hys browes is better at his hartes case then they which hath golde and treasure mixed with sicknesse and diseases Albeit I pray God that thou when thou commest to be a man able to kepe a house of thine own that couetousnesse doth not enter into thy brest as it doth into many in these dayes Puer I thanke you for your good wishing towards me for the auoyding therof let me heare some of your mynd Ciuis God cōmandeth that thoushalt not couet thy neighbours goods For couetousnesse is the roote of al euil Dauid sayd Inclyne my hart O Lord to thy testimonies not to couetousnes He that hordeth vp his corn shal be cursed among the people but blessing shal light vpō his head that giueth
Alehouse or Tauerne and procure you to spende and consume such substaunce as you haue and peraduēture your maysters lykewyse Puer Is it not lawfull for me to goe thyther with them Ciuis No it is not for during the tyme of the reteynder of your apprentiship you your selfe and all that you can do is your maysters Puer I grant it be so yet I may haue occasyon somtyme I am sure to be merry and to go to the tauerne for in our countrey on the market dayes when we went to the market and vpon Sondayes or Holidayes now and then we did vse to go to the Tauerne for there commeth no harme of it For wyne soberly dronken quickneth the lyfe of man. Ciuis If he drinke measurably he shal be temperate For Wyne was made for to make man glad at the beginning and not for dronkennesse wyne measurablye dronken is a reioysing of the soule and body Puer There is none that would be so mad as to drinke vnmeasurably if there be that you can tell of by any stories out of the scripture teache me and I will holde my tongue and if I erre shewe me wherin Ciuis Be ye not made drunk with wyne wherin is wantones but be ye filled with the spirite speaking to your selues by Psalmes Himnes and spirituall songs saynt Ierome sayeth we cannot at one tyme be filled with wyne and the holy ghost Looke not vpon the wyne when it is red when it sheweth his collour in the Cup and goeth downe pleasantly To giue his hart to wyne and pleasaunt thinges was mere vanitie Awake yee whiche are dronken with wyne Aaron and his sonnes are commanded not to drinke wyne before they come to sacryfyce before the Lorde Plato writeth that Minos by his laws prohibited the Creteuses that they shoulde not drinke together to dronkennesse Seneca sayth dronkenesse is nothing else but a voluntary madnes the quality of dronkennesse continuing many days is furiousnes and it is fylthy for a man to take more then he is able to receyue and not to know the measure of his stomack they which are dronken do many things which afterward when they are sober they are ashamed of For a dronken man knoweth not the grounde whereon he is Puer It is moste true that you saye yet God forbid but that men shold somtime frequēt the Tauerns drink wine be merry and not to be dronken with excesse all mē are not of one condicion measure is a meane meale and wine minstrelsy reioyceth the hart Ciuis If it be takē in good order it doth so the wise mā sayth wine is a voluptuous thing dronkennes causeth seditiō whoso deliteth therin shal neuer be wise He that hath pleasure in banquets shall be a pore man Who so delighteth in Wyne and delycates shall not be rich Be not dronken wyth wyne wherein is excesse For dronkennesse is counted to be a Lady and a good fellow you cannot speake with her but by the ayde of Glotony who is her Porter There wayteth vpon her Apoplexia Dropsye Palsey Feuers Leprosye Scabednesse Follye Forgetfulnesse Negligence Madnesse and death She is always at debate and strife with Sobrietie and she dwelleth in the Garden of excesse the Deuils owne darling Puer God keepe me and all people from comming within her Gate and out of the company of any of her seruauntes these persons that you speake of are not sufferable for they doe not remember a saying which I haue heard Take heede vnto yourselues that your hartes be not ouerladen with excesse of eating and dronkennesse and with taking of thought for liuing Ciuis You haue remembred it well they take no thought for liuing which acquaynte themselues with excesse The Prophete exhorteth vs to walke honestly as in the day not in excesse of eating and drinking but put ye on the Lorde Iesus Christ Also he sayeth that neyther the couetous nor dronkardes nor cursed speakers nor extorcioners shall inherite the kingdome of God. Puer These are shrewd Thunderbolts that you shoote at me yet is there a saying Drinke no longer water but vse a little wyne for thy stomackes sake O how well content is that man which drinketh a little wyne so that in sleepe he be not sicke thereof nor feele any payne it is lawfull to vse wyne for necessitie for medicine and also for myrth but yet it muste be tempred I perceaue with Sobryetye neyther may it exceede a meane yea it must agree with tyme place degree age and kynde Let men make themselues merry with wyne that afterward they may be more chearefull to obay God and to suffer heauy thinges if neede be and let men beware they forget not themselues that they ouerwhelme not their sences and choke vp their strength Wyne moderately dronken is profytable for the lyfe of man What is his lyfe that is ouercome with wyne Ciuis I will shew you The smoth and playne ground is vnto dronkards a Den for they fal breake their legges their armes and sometime their neckes and are burnt when they fail into the fyre They lye wallowing lyke swyne and worse then the brute beaste which goeth to her vomite Their lyuer is inflamed with to muche drinke the heade is payned the members are made weake and tremble their sences are corrupted the naturall heat is ouerwhelmed with ouermuch wine the stomack which is ouerlargely discēded is sick with crudity or rawnes and with intollerable paynes the whole body is in a maner inflamed and the thirst is augmented Dronkardes lye groueling like blocks so are bereued of their strength that neither head nor foote can do their office Wyne and dronkenes taketh away the hart Wine and women make wyse men runagates and put men of vnderstanding from right institutions A dronkarde hath a tyrannicall harte for he would rule all men as he lust and not by any reason or lawe Dronkennesse also bringeth obliuion of lawes and right A laboring man that is geuen vnto dronkennes shal not be rich The dronken man cōfoundeth nature loseth grace honor runneth headlong into euerlasting dānation Noy whē he hauing dronk morewine thē was mete lay in the tente most fylthely naked his priuy parts which were wonte to be couered he left bare vncouered he which was wont to bee an instructer of vertues was a great offence vnto his Children Ham mocked him the other two sonnes Sem Iaphet of a better disposition were sory and ashamed of their fathers fylthinesse Lot sought to make himself merry with wyne and he incurred perpetuall heauinesse Ammon Dauids sonne was mery with wine Absolon commanded his youg men to slay him Alexander of Macedonia the Conquerour of the world was most fylthy ouercome with wyne being dronke slew Clitus his friend Holefernus was merry with Iudith and dranke more wyne then euer he did before
agaynst your enemy but manfully fyghte in your quarrell vntill you haue wonne the Castle Puer You speake darkely vnto me I pray you shew me the playn mening therof Ciuis I told you your duety towarde God you go to be an Apprentise you must seeke all the wayes you canne to be dilligente and actyue to learne your occupation for that whyche GOD hath appoynted for you you shall haue for there is choyse of what occupation soeuer you can fantasye yourselfe to you must not runne away but so indeuour yourselfe vntill suche tyme as the yeares be expyred that you maye be accoumpted a good and profitable seruant Puer Is that your meaning to run away by the grace of God I wil not for there commeth no goodnes therby the rowling stone gathereth not mosse so the Runaway seeketh his owne confusyon I trust I will remember your talk which you haue vsed to me Ciuis In so doing doubt you not by the grace of God but you shall do wel you must take heede remember how S. Paule wryteth vnto Titus in exhorting Titus to be ware in like maner it is generally to warn you to submit yourself to the Queene our souerayn Lady to the chiefest in authority to obey officers to be redy vnto al good workâ—â— that you speake euil of no man Doe thou none euill and none shall come to thee Leaue euill company and euill wil forsake thee Come not in the path of the vngodlye and walke not in the way of the wicked Eschew it and go not therein departe a syde and passe ouer by Be no stryuer quarreller sower of debate and discorde but shewing all meekenesse vnto all men For Salomon sayth Hee that is of a prowde stomacke stirreth vp stryfe and agayne he sayeth A prowde looke a lying tongue and a harte that goeth aboute wickednesse feete that be swifte in running to doe mischiefe a false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes the Lorde hateth Three kinds of thinges my soule hath much hated sayth the Preacher and I am muche disconteÌ„ted with their disposition A pore man prowde a great man a lyer an old man a foole and lacking discretioÌ„ God resisteth them that be prowde and to them that be humble he geueth hys grace Be not prowde in wisdome in strength nor in ryches it is one God that is wyse puysant and full of felicitie Wherefore do as S. Paule wryteth to Tymothie Studie to shewe thy selfe lawdable vnto GOD a workeman that needeth not to bee ashamed deuyding the worlde of truth iustly Puer By the grace of God obliuion shall not enter into my hart but that when you are farre from me I shall remember your good documente and I gather by your sayinges that it is not good for a man to lye Ciuis I tolde you before twise or thryse yet Salomon sayeth The lying lippes are to God abhominable they that doe truely doe please him S. Paule sayeth put away lying and speake euery man the truth with his neighbour Let thy tongue be ignoraunt of lying and loue so well truth that whatsoeuer that thou speakest think that thou swearest Lye not in earnest nor in iest The Apostle sayeth lye not one to another For Lyars not without cause may be compared to mad dogges for all those that vse it hurte their conscience and lose their credite and bringeth them to confusyon A lyer is worse then a theefe for from a theefe a a man may hyde and from a lyer he cannot That which is bred in the bone will not oute of the flesh Those that for their pleasure were accustomed to lye in their youth wil not faile for their profyte to lye in their age A Lyer maye well be compared to the Deuil for it is the authour of stryfe and discorde betwene neighbour and neighbour I would wish that al parents would reforme themselues of this vyce especiallye Marchauntes and such as are men that frequent buying and selling of wares then they might the better be a meane for the punishing of lying An euill tree cannot bring forth good fruite nor a good tree euill euen so is it harde for him that is a Mayster to correcte his Seruaunte for a fault when he himselfe is the authour therof There is a notable Story worthy to be had in remembrance of the dealing of a Kinges Sonne who being demaunded a question did not say the truth but did tell a lye Puer I pray yon tell me that Ciuis Traian taking his pleasure in the Gardens of Vlcan saw the sonne of King Cebalus and many other yong Children of Rome stealyng fruite forth of an orchard when the Emperour Traian afterwards demanded of him froÌ„ whence he came he answered from his study hearing Rhethorick but in deede he came from stealing of fruits the Emperour Traian was so angry displesed that the child was a lyer told him a lie he prouided coÌ„manded that the same child being the Kings only son should be vtterly depryued and made voyd of all hope to recouer to enioy the realm of his father Cebalus Wherfore speake euery man the truth vnto his neighbor and put away lying sayeth the Apostle and agayne Saynt Peter sayth Vnto the pure are all thinges pure but vnto them that are defiled and vnbeleeuing is nothing pure A lyer is not to be beleeued though he sweare for there is no truth in him he is changeable like the wynd a man can not tell how beleeue anye word that proceedeth out of his month Puer This is a prety short story but can you declare me anye moe agaynst lying for I gather by your sayings it is a thing requisyte and needefull to be well loked vnto Ciuis You say truth it is so I wil shew vnto you many sayings out of the scripture for that only abuse Thou shalt eschew lying ye shal not lye neyther shall any of you deceiue his neighbour Dauid sayth Thou O Lorde shall destroy all them that speake lyes He that gathereth his goods with a lying tong shal lose al and be in perril of his lyfe He that keepeth his tongue keepeth his lyfe from troubles Sathan brought forth the fyrst lye The two Iudges which accused the Godlye woman Susan were most abhomynable lyers Ananias and Saphira dyed sodenly because they lied So many as make or loue lies shal be cast among Murtherers and Idolaters in the Lake of hel burning with fyre and brimstone Puer GOD be mercifull vnto vs and geue vs his lyghte to shyne ouer vs that the truth maye bee knowne among all nations and lying banished and corrected and that I may be myndfull of this your document Ciuis It is not my document but in the Bible you shall fynde muche of these my sayinges Puer Your good coÌ„fortable sayinges moueth me that back agayne to my mother I can not go for by the assistaunce of almighty GOD I
will serue seuen or eyghte yeares and stryue with the world I praye God sende me a good mayster and I doubt not I but so to indeuour my selfe to refrayn my old accustomed chyldish toyes which I did frequent at home Ciuis So sayd and so done is a thread well spone for haue this regarde with your selfe thou must commit thy workes vnto the Lord and loke what thou doest it shall prosper If ye be louing and obedient sayth the Prophete ye shall enioy the best thing that groweth in the Land but if ye be obstynate and rebellyous ye shall be deuoured with the sword for thus the Lorde hath promysed with his owne mouth When you are well placed with an honest mā remember what S. Paule sayeth to the Ephesyans Seruauntes be obedyent vnto your carnall maysters with feare and trembling in singlenesse of your harts as vnto Christ and agayne in the thyrd chapter to the Colossians Seruantes be obedyent vnto your bodily maysters in all things not with eye seruice as men pleasers but in singlenesse of harte And what soeuer you doe doe it hartily as though you did it to the Lorde and not to men you shall receaue the reward of inheritaunce for ye serue the Lord Christ Here you may well perceaue and vnderstande what a comfortable and a precyous rewarde Gods seruauntes shall haue S. Paule wryteth to Timothie in the syxte Chapter Let as many Seruaunts as are vnder the yoake count their maysters worthye of all Honoure that the name of God and his doctryne be not euill spoken of for the same bread you breake vnto others shall be broken vnto you agayne Consyder I beseech you the thinges that grow vpon the earth and all liuing creatures beastes and wormes that creepe vppon the grounde Foules of the ayre and Fyshes of the Sea doe you not see how euer the stronger hath the dominyon of the weaker neyther is it any rebuke or shame for the weaker to be obedient or giue place to the stronger For the Oxe and Goate is in awe of the Lyon the Ramme and Ewe of the Wolfe the Cowe and the Lambe feare the Beare the Goate the Libbarde the Hawke is afrayde of the Eagle the Doue of the Hawke waye the maner of Beastes and Byrdes amongst their owne kynde you see euer the bigger and strōger to be mayster ouer the lesse and weaker And so in all other thinges the stronger sette themselues before the weaker always wherfore Iosephus exhorteth all mortall men to learne here at Obey them that haue the ouersighte of you and submit yourselfe vnto them The faythful man is like a tree planted by the water side that wil bring forth his fruit in due season Puer I would to God that our old priest at home woulde saye but halfe so muche to the ynog men there they would not loue him for there are some vylde churlish Carles that care not what paynes or drudgery they put their seruauntes vnto but I hope it is not so in London Ciuis I haue tolde you ynough of the vsage and dealing of seruauntes there both of their true dealing of their handes and wordes yet Saynte Paule exhorteth Tytus That Seruauntes should be obedient vnto their owne maysters and to please in all thinges not aunswering him agayne neyther be pickers but that they shew all faythfulnesse that they may doe worship to the doctryne of our sauyour God in all thinges Puer It is a thing which alwayes is to bee abhorred and so I trust to doe for I perceyue there is nothing gotten with frowardnesse for they say of gentlenesse commeth ease And besydes I neuer loued to be a picker for I learned in my Cathechisme that I shoulde keepe my handes from picking and stealing and my tongne from lying and slaundering and you haue tolde me many sentences for the taking heede thereof Ciuis A faythful seruant is greatly to be commended but hee that maketh much haste to slouthfulnesse shall not be vnguiltye He that robbeth his mayster and mistresse and sayeth it is no synne the same is lyke to a Murtherer You must therefore take heede I haue seene them in London that hath bene Apprentises for their pilfring hath bene whipped and had good exhortations geuen them and they are not the better Puer It is but a folly to cast pearles amongest swyne it is as wel regardede among them as good instructions is to a heard of Beasts the more is the pittie it is for lack of grace Ciuis If you pick or stele aboue twelue pence the lawes of this realme is death the lawes of God against you for the scripture sayth Thou shalte not steale and agayne he that keepeth company with a theefe hateth his own soule Let him that stale steale no more The Prophet Zachary sayth all theeues shal be iudged after Gods booke and all swearers shall be adiudged to the same I wil bring it forth saith the Lord of Hoastes so that it shall come to the house of the theefe and to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name and shall remain in his house and consume it with the tymber and stones thereof Saynt Iohn sayeth A theefe commeth not but for to steale kill and destroy The Prophet commaundeth vs that we should loue no false theeues Wherefore you must take heede and lette this be well noted in your mynde Ye shall not steale Puer But I pray you let me vnderstand somwhat more what God meaneth in the same saying thou shalt not steale Ciuis I tolde you that S. Paule sayeth lette him that stele steale no more but let him rather labour with his handes the thing whiche is good that he may giue vnto him that needeth Puer Will not God punish al those that transgresse his commaundement Ciuis Why should they sleepe vnpunished Puer I pray you let me heare it prooued by the worde of God that the trangressoures of this commaundement shal not escape from punishment Ciuis God commaunded in the law of Moyses that if any person among the Israelytes did steale a man and sell him the same shoulde suffer death Also that if a man taking a theefe in his house before day light it shoulde be lawful to kil him S. Paule wryteth that theeues extorcioners robbers cursed speakers neyther pillers shall inherite the Kingdome of god The Prophet Esaye cryeth out agaynste the theefe on this manner Wo be vnto thee that spoylest for thou shalt be spoyled agayne So lykewyse the Prophete Micheas saying O wo be vnto them that imagyne to doe harme and deuyse vngraciousnesse vpon their beds to performe it in the cleare day for their power is agaynst God. When they come to haue Land they take it by vyolence they robbe men of their houses Thus they oppresse a man for his house and euery man for his heritage Therfore thus sayth the Lorde Beholde agaynst this houshold I
haue deuysed a plague whereout you shall not pluck your neckes Wo be vnto them that seeketh vyolently to heape vp other mens goods The Prophet Zachary saw a flying booke of twenty cubits long and ten cubits broade in the which was written the curse that shall fall vpon all theeues In the booke of Iosua we reade that Achan the sonne of Zereth stole and conuayed away a goodly Babilonish Garment and two hundred sickles of Siluer and a tongue of Gold of fyftye sickles weight and that therefore at the commaundemente of God he was stoned to death and his stollen good with all that euer he had besydes his sonnes and his daughters his Oxen and his Asses his sheepe his Tent were burnt with fyre King Antiochus which when he with hys Armye entred into the Temple purposing to haue spoyled it and to take out of it great soms of money was stayne both he and his company and hewne in peeces Now you vnderstande some sentences of scripture according to your desyre yet whatsoeuer is gotten wyth crafte and subteltye with vnrighteous bargening with false weights and vniust mesures is before God playne thefte and therefore it ought to be restored Puer Thē by your sayings there is as I conceaue two kynde of theftes the one is to steale from another man and the other is to deceaue his Neighboure by false weyghtes and vniust measures Ciuis It is so For a false Balaunce is an abhomynation vnto the Lord but a true weight pleaseth him A true measure and a true Ballaunce are the Lords he maketh all weyghts Treasures that are wickedlye gotten profyte nothing but righteousnesse deliuereth from death To vse two maner of weights or two maner of mesures both these are abhominable vnto the Lorde The Lorde abhorreth two manner of weightes and a false ballaunce is an euill thing ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgemēt in metyard in weight or in measure True balaunces true weights a true Epha a true Hin shall ye haue I am the Lord your god And agayne Thou shalte not haue in thy bagge two maner of weights a great a small neyther shalte thou haue in thy house dyuers measures a great and a small But thou shalt haue a right and iust weyghte and a perfect and iust measure shalt thou haue that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God geueth thee Puer These thinges I must needes looke vnto for loath I am that it should happen so to me I thanke God there was none of my kindred that euer I did know was found guylty concerning such cryme I haue heard people say with the same measure you mete withthe same shall others meate to you agayne And whatsoeuer you wil that mē should do to you euen so doe ye to them I will labour to get the truth and will not sell away wysdome nurtour and vnderstanding for Wisedome is better then strēgth But now let me heare further of obedience Ciuis I told you at your fyrst meeting of obedience and it is a thing very necessary to be remēbred you must please your mayster mistresse as S. Peter cōmandeth in the second chapter of his fyrst Epistle seruants obey your maysters with al fere not only if they be good curteous but also thogh they be froward for what prayse is it sayeth S. Peter if when ye be buffeted for your faults you take it paciently but if when ye suffer wrongfully ye take it paciētly then is there thank with God for hervnto were you caled For Christ also suffred for vs leuing vs an example that we should folow his steps which did no sin neyther was there deceit found in his mouth which whē he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he suffered he threatued not but cōmitted the cause to him thatiudgeth righeously Puer If you treade a worme on the tayle she will tourne agayne much more should a man when he is buffeted to stryke agayne Ciuis Ioseph mooued to quarrell agaynst his Brethren and did not and you must remember what I sayde vnto you Christ did forgeue his death so must you forgiue your mayster and there is no man that would giue correction vnto his seruaunt vndeserued Puer Correction I can holde well withal but there may be correction deserued and correction vndeserued Ciuis Your duety is to be swifte to heare sloe to speake and slow to wrath For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God therefore you must not geue worde for word or taunt for taunt nor to pleade with him as it were a counseler should pleade a case at the Barre before a Iudge For I tolde you before you must not be stowt and stubborn but lowly and obediente which thinges by your talke you haue already forgotten and yet you sayde Obliuyon should not enter so soone into you you haue two eares the one to heare the other to carrye away the sence and true meaning of such thinges as are taught you Saint Paule wryteth to Timothie in the fyft Chapter Rebuke not an Elder but exhorte him as a father Puer I graunt I sayde so and so I say still and your former wordes I haue printed in my mynde yet this worde to be buffeted greeueth me I am of some stature I thinke to serue my Prince wherefore I trust these wordes shall not displease you I can away with all things you haue sayde to me sauing that Ciuis Do you not beleeue me and can you not awaye with that I haue tolde you by scripture I coulde recyte more to you and one thing more I will shewe you It is written in the. xxi Chapter of Deutrinomium wherein is shewed and declared the greate daunger and perrill of those which are disobedient children which say as you say and will refuse correction and good gouernmente That is if any man hath a sonne or a seruaunt that is stubborne and disobedient and wil not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and mother and they haue taughte him nurtoure but he will not hearken vnto them this worde father and mother is taken here for Mayster and mistresse it followeth what shall be done vnto him Then let his father and mother take him and bring him out vnto the Elders of the Citty and saye This our sonne is stubbern and disobedient and will not hearken vnto our voyce he is a ryoter and a dronkarde then let all the men of that Cittie stone him with stones vnto death and thou shalte put euill from thee and all Israell shall heare and feare If suche correction should be vsed in these dayes what would seruauntes and children doe God forbid it should but yet it is not hurtfull for mee to exhorte and perswade you by scripture to bring you out of darkenesse into light which light shall be your comforte and I tolde you before of two corrections Puer You did
superstition preferring euill customes and wilfull opinions of the ignoraunt people before the true Catholicke Fayth expressed in the holye Scripture Neuerthelesse O Lorde wee beseeche thee for thy great mercy to preserue vs that we neuer follow the multitude to swarue from thy holy word nor liue wickedly through any mans euill example but geue vs euermore grace to obey the Queenes most excellēt Maiestye and all the Nobillitie all Maiestrates that be in aucthoritie vnder her saue vs good Lord from doing wrong to any man giue vs grace to pay euery man his duetye To our Queene that which is due vnto her to our pastor that is due to him to our Landlord and creditors which is due to them and that without grudging Moreouer good Lord we beseech thee saue vs from the company of al blasphemers of thy name vnchaste lyuers extorcioners crafty Brybers Backbyters giue vs grace euermore to disseuer frō them in thought word and deede and saue vs from all deadlye sinne if at any tyme wee shall happen to fall through frayltie or in malyce to offende thy deuine maiesty by transgressing of any of thy holy commaundements we beseech thee graunt vs grace truely for to repent paciently to bee rebuked of the Preachers of thy worde or pryuately tolde thereof by our friendes to our amendment that we may both lyue and dye in thy seruyce and through the merites of thy sonnes passyon to obtaine euerlasting lyfe for euermore Amen ¶ A Prayer against carefulnesse of worldly thinges O Lorde GOD who of thy moste bountifull goodnesse doest daylye feede fowles of the Ayre fyshes in the Sea and worms of the earth without any thoughte taking of their behalfe and lykewyse doeth cloth the flowers with moste bewtifull colloures without their pensyuenes giue vs grace we beseech thee that we may be content with thy prouysyon and that we may be thankefull to accepte that thou haste sent vs truely in this worlde and casting away all care for superfluities dilligently to serue thee labouring in our vocation and neuer to mistrust but that thou wylt of thy goodnesse prouyde meate drink cloth and all necessaries plentifully for vs and our houshold We consyder good Lord that thou commaundest all thy seruauntes to cast away all pensyuenesse thought and care for aboundaunce of worldly ryches putting their trust in thy prouisyon And we doe gladly obay thy commaundementes thou doest promyse to euery man laboring truely in his vocation and iustly executing his office wherevnto he is called all thinges necessary for this presente lyfe thy promises be true seeing no iust man laboring in his degree or vocation that lacketh eyther meate drinke or cloth O Lorde wee thanke thee although not aboundaunce of Lands and possessions nor great plentye of Golde and siluer as many worldlye riche men haue Yet thanks to thee O Lord sufficient of all thinges where with to liue withall and we are there with content reknowledging it to be more then wee are able to deserue towardes thee if it be thy pleasure O Lorde to plague vs with sicknesse fyre water or otherwyse after thy good will to visite vs eyther correcting vs for our sins or visiting vs with troubles for our tryall so as all the goods that we haue should eyther be taken from vs or wasted thereby good Lorde giue vs grace to take such aduersitie paciently and neuer to murmour or grudge at thee nor yet dispayre of thy helpe and succour but meekely submitting our selues to thy mercifull correction and euermore trusting in thee to say vnfaynedly with Iobe the Lorde hath sent vs these goods and the Lord hath taken them away from vs as it pleaseth the Lorde so bee it his holy name be euermore blessed O Lord graunt vs thus to doe for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake Amen ¶ A Prayer to continue in true Faith and Godly lyfe O Mercifull Father wee thy Prodigall children doe myserablye lamente our sinfull lyfe and ofte transgressions of thy holy commaundementes specially wee be sorry to heare thy moste holy name blasphemed to see so much Idolatrye and false religyon mayntayned in the world so ofte swearing and much periury laughed at so great oppressyon robbery and brybery vnpunished we see also so much ennye and mallice raigning manye being sorrye for the welfare of their neighbours and glad of their hurte waxing prowd of thy gyftes disdayning them that lacketh the lyke other detracteth maliciouslye their neighbours spreading abroade false rumours of them many liue in open Aduoultery fornication alowing such damnable lyfe thē to liue in holy and chaste Matrymonye therefore we moste hartilye beseeche thee O Lorde to extende thyne almighty power shew thy Godly wysdome and goodnesse in redressing of these inormities as shal be seene to the expeditiō that the blasphemers and periured men abusers of thy holy name maye repente them to reknowledge amend their faults learn afterward to blesse and glorify thy most holy name Giue grace to al oppressors robbers and backbyters to make restitution of their euill gotten goods to abhore all their owne couetousnesse and to be content to liue with that which thou doest truely send them in this worlde eyther by their honest trauayle or otherwyse Giue to all malicious enuyous men grace to reioyce with their neighboures prosperitie and to bee sorry for their aduersitie as for their own lawding thy name for theirs and euerye mans gyfts Giue grace to all backbyters and false rumours spreaders to consyder that God hath giuen them their tongues to glorifye thee and to comforte their neighbours not to dishonour them nor to hurt none and consydering their trespase to recōcyle themselues to their neighboures whome they haue vntruly slaundered Giue to al Aduoulterers and vicious lyuers grace to abhore their fylthy lyfe and whereas they haue not the gifte of continency to vse the holy remedy of Matrimonye with thanks to thee therefore contenting themselues therewith Giue grace to all them that are vniustly defamed for thy truth and righteousnes sake pacientlye to suffer that without reuenging their owne cause by recompensing euill for euill praying for their Aduersaryes that they may shewe themselues thy Children to thy honour and glory Gyue grace to al men that do truely repent their euill lyfe to continue in thy fauour to increase dayly more more in fayth hope and charitie abhorring all vyce and delighting in good workes commaunded by the holy scriptures all the dayes of their lyfe that through thy grace they dying in thy fauour by the merites of Iesu Christ thy only sonne hastly may possesse the euerlasting ioyes in Heauen Amen ¶ A Prayer to be saide by men of lowe degree O Lord God almighty which by thy infynyte wysedome disposest thy giftes best for thy glory and moste profytable for all men we meekely beseech thee graunte vs grace to be content with that poore estate and liuing whervnto thou hast called vs and to giue thee as harty thankes therefore as if it
had pleased thee to make vs rycher men of great authoritye knowing certaynly that if it were more expedient for thy glory and our saluation to haue eyther higher or lower of degre or greater ryches in this world then we haue as we thank thy goodnesse for that which we haue that both thou mightest by thyne owne omnipotent power and also by thy great goodnesse wouldest haue made vs great rich men lyke as thou haste in olde tyme aduaunced manye as of lowe degree as we are to great ryches and honour in the worlde therefore consydering it is neyther for promotion of thy honour nor for our profyte to be greater and richer thē we be we beseech thee make vs well contente from our hart with that degree and substance which we haue and to contynue in this laboryous state wherin we now are neither grudging agaynst thee for this our pouertye nor enuying the ryches and honour of other men knowing that the welth of rich men is profitable to vs and to all poore men and the prosperity of great men as our quietnes sauegard Moreouer O Lord we knowledge that it is thy diuyne maiesty that some should be set in high authoritye to rule other and some to be rycher then other for if al mē were in a lyke authority and riches ech man would dispyse his neighboures and the pride of men woulde be so intollerable that they woulde neuer suffer no good order to be in the worlde and on the other syde if all men were a lyke pore the mysery in the world would be so great that no man should be able to helpe another so that these diuers offices among men and this diuersitye of riches honours and pouerty which thou hast ordayned O Lord in this world is incomparable better for vs then any order that we can in our brayne deuyse to haue in earth therfore if any man be not content with his degree in this world hee must needes thinke himselfe to be a wicked man because he is sturdy and a stryuer agaynste thy ordynances and because we perceyue O Lord that many in the world are not content with their estates but seeke the honour and ryches of this world some be rebellyous and obstinate some Murtherers bribers theeues and other vniust men we mekely beseech thy diuyne maiesty to amend al such and to saue vs that we neuer consente to their wickednesse nor agree with them in their euil doings but euermore that wee maye haue thy grace to liue contēt with that which thou hast seute and will send vs by truth and honestye and iust meanes that wee running the race of this shorte lyfe in the way of thy commaundementes maye fynally through thy grace obtayne the lyfe euerlastyng in Heauen aboue Amen ¶ A Prayer for them that be at the poynt of Death O Most louing Sauyor gentle redemer which camest into the world to cal synners vnto repentance and to seke vp that was lost thou seest in what case thys our brother lyeth here vysyted with thy mercifull hand all weake feeble sick and ready to yeelde vp his soule into thy holy hands O loke vpon him most gentle Sauiour with thy mercifull eye yea pittie him and be fauourable vnto him he is thy workemāship despyse not the worke therefore of thyne handes thou sufferedst thy blessed body thy precious bloud to be shead for his sins and all ours and to bring him vnto the glory of thy heauēly Father let it not therefore come to passe that thou shouldest suffer so great paynes for him in vaine he was baptysed in thy name and gaue himselfe wholy to be thy seruaunt forsaking the Deuill the world and the flesh count him therefore before thy heauenly father and his blessed Aungels to be thy seruaunte his synnes we counte are great for who is able to say my hart is clean and I am free from my synne but thy mercies O Lord are much greater and thou camest not to call the righteous but the sinners vnto repentaunce to them that are diseased and ouerladen with the burden of sinne thou doest promise thou arte that God which wyllest not the death of a synner but rather that he should tourne and lyue thou arte that Sauyour which wyshest al men to be saued and to come to the knowledge of thy truth wythdraw not therefore thy mercyfull hande from hym because of his sinnes but rather lay vpon him thy sauing health that thou mayest shew thy selfe towardes him to be a Sauyour what greater prayse can be to a Phisition then to heale the sicke neither cā there be a greater glory to thee being a Sauyour of synners Saue him therfore O Lord for thy names sake Agayne let the law be no corisye to his conscience but rather giue him grace in this extreame Agonye and conflict of death to be fully perswaded that thou by thy death haste taken awaye all his sinnes and fulfylled the law for him and by this meanes deliuered him from the cares of the law and payde his raunsome that he thus being fully perswaded may haue a quyet harte a free conscience and a gladde will to forsake this worlde and to goe vnto his Lorde god Moreouer thou hast conquered him that had rule of death euen Sathan suffer him not therfore to excersyse his tyranny vpon this our sicke Brother nor to disquyet hys conscience with the terrours of his sinnes and paynes of Hell let not Sathan nor his infernall Armye tempt him further then he is able to beare but euermore giue him grace euen vnto his last breath valyauntlye to fyghte agaynst the Deuill with strong fayth in thy precious bloud that he may fight a good fight and fynish his course with ioy vnto the glory of thy holy name and the health of his soule O Lord so worke in him by thy holye spirite that he with all his hart may be content and despyse all worldlye thinges and to set his mynde wholye vppon heauenlye thinges hoping with a strong and vndoubted fayth Agayne let it not greeue him O sweete Sauyour to be loosened from this vyle and wretched carcase which is nowe so full of sorrow trouble anguishe sicknesse and paine but let him haue a bent readye wyll through thy goodnesse to put it of yea and that with thys fayth that he at the last daye shall receyue it againe in a much better state then it is now or euer was from the day of his byrth euen a body vncorruptible immortall and like to thy glorious body Let his whole hart and minde be set onely vppon thee let the remembraunce of the ioyes of heauen be so feruent in his breast that he may both paciently thankfully take his death and euer wyshe to be with thee in glory and when the time commeth that he shall giue ouer to Nature and depart from this miserable world vouchsafe we most humbly beseech thee O Lorde Iesu to take hys soule into thy handes and place it among
the glorious company of Aungels and blessed Sayntes and to keepe it to the moste ioyfull day of the generall resurrection that both his body and soule through thine almighty power being knit agayn togyther at that day he may for euer and euer inioy thy glorious kingdome and sing perpetual praises to thy blessed name Amen ¶ Exhortations to comfort the Sicke as long as they haue lyfe and vnderstanding NOwe Brother bee strong in the Fayth of Christ remember Christ crucified Remember Christ to be our alone Sauiour Remember God the Father to be your mercifull Father Forget not that all your sinnes are washed awaye in Christes bloud and that by the vertue of his death and Passion you are made heyre of euerlasting saluation Brother if you can speake answere mee and if you can not speake shewe some outwarde signe and token that it maye be a testimonye vnto vs of your fayth and godly departure ¶ If the Sick vnderstande you then say to him as followeth PErswade your selfe most deare Brother that God euen now calleth you out of thys vale of wretchednesse vnto the ioyfull enherytaunce of hys euerlastyng kingdome where you shall not lyue myserably with sinfull men as you haue done in thys world but you shall gloryouslye raygne wyth that moste mighty God and wyth his holye Aungels and blessed Sayntes Now begins your ioy your solas your comfort now begins your true lyfe which shall be euerlasting nowe is the end of all your sorrows and now beginneth their vnfayned ioyes and true felicitie now shall you see the gloryous maiesty of God face to face now shall you know and perfectly beholde all the godly that haue bene from the beginning of the world and be merry and reioyce with them now shal you see your Sauyour and elder brother Christe as he is Now shall you be clothed with the whyte Garments of immortalitie now shall you haue a crowne of Golde set vpon your head nowe shall you eate of the tree of lyfe which is in the midst of Paradice of God drinke of the Fountaynes of lyuing water now shall you bee a Piller in the temple of your God and sit with hym on his seate and these be the ioyes that shall be euerlasting and neuer haue ende vnto these ioyes shall you straight way goe and for euermore inioy them ¶ And so if he depart out of the world to God then say our Lorde God be praysed for taking him out of the troubles of this world a christyan and a godly ende made he God giue vs all the grace to make the lyke ende Amen OF a godly life commeth a good death if the departure of the Godly man may be called a death and not rather a passing vnto a better lyfe well his body now sleepeth in the Lorde and his soule reigneth in glory with God God graunt him and vs all a ioyfull resurrection Amen NEyghbours before we depart let vs knele downe and giue God the Father thanks for the Godly departure of this our brother in Christ and I will with Gods helpe and your assistaunce reade some Godly thing and I pray you all for to say this Collect after me ¶ The Collect following O How can we most louing father render vnto thee sufficiēt thanks for thyne inestimable godnesse towardes thy faythfull seruaunts whome thou calling oute of thys wretched world vouchsafe to place in thy heauenly kingdome among the gloryous company of thy holy Aungels and blessed Sayntes O full precious is the death of the faythfull in thy sight Blessed are the dead that dye in thee O Lord for they are at rest from their painful trauayles and labours The soules of the righteous are in thy hands O God and the payns of death shall not touch them in the sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye but they are in peace they shyne as the sparkes that run through the redde Bush they glyster as the shyning of heauen they are as the starres world wythout end they are as the Aungels of God they are clad with whyte Garmentes and haue Golden Crownes vpon their heads they doe seruice day and night before the gloryous throne of thy diuyne Maiesty they neyther hunger nor thyrst any more neyther doeth the Sunne or any heate fall vppon them for the Lambe which is in the midst of the throane gouerneth them and leadeth them to the lyuing Fountaynes of water they follow the Lambe whether soeuer he goeth they haue suche ioyes as eye hath not seene nor eare hath not hearde neyther is there any hart able to thinke them Infinite and vnspeakeable are the Treasures O Lord which thou hast layd vp for them that departe in this Fayth for these thy fatherlye benifytes towardes the soules of thy faythfull and for that it hath pleased thee to call this our christen Brother from this vale of mysery vnto thy heauenly kingdome we giue vnto thee most harty thankes humblye beseeching thee that thou wilte take the lyke care for vs and so gouerne vs with thy holy spirite both in sicknesse in health that we may liue a good and Godly lyfe in this present world and whensoeuer it shall please thy Godly will and pleasure to cal vs hence we may with a strong faith in thee and in thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lorde commend both our bodyes and soules into thy mercifull handes and through thy goodnesse be placed in thy gloryous Kingdome among the faythfull chosen people and so for euer and euer prayse and magnifye thee our heauenly Father to whome with thy dearelye beloued sonne Iesu Christ our Lorde and sauiour and the holy Ghost that most sweete comforter be all glory and honour world without end Amen NOwe lette vs ryse and goe to comforte the friendes of this our Brother that they doe not much sorrow and lament for the departure of this our most deare brother which now resteth in ioyfull peace ¶ This done giue them councell to bestow of the burying of him so that you may please God best Then say this following THe very God of peace sanctifye vs throughout and so wholy preserue vs both spirite and soule and body that we may be blamed in nothing at the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christ Amen OVr Lorde Iesus Christe and GOD our Father which hath loued vs and hath geuen vs euerlasting consolation and good hope through grace comforte our hartes and stablishe vs in all good sayinges and doinges Amen PEace be vnto the Bretheren and loue wyth fayth from God the Father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ grace bee wyth all them which loue our Lorde Iesus Christ Amen BLessing and glorye and wysedome and thanks and honor and power might be vnto our God for euermore vnfainedly Amen FINIS Rom. 13. 1. Peter 2. Cato Math. 5. Iohn 17. Ecclesiast What is old age Seneca Titus 2. Agesilaus Ecclesia Alexander Esay 1. Zacha. 7. Ephe. 4. Iohn 3. Hebr. 12. Prou. 3. Cicero Toby Dany 14 Act. 21. Tim.