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A04606 The arte and science of preseruing bodie and soule in healthe, wisedome, and Catholike religion phisically, philosophically, and diuinely deuised: by Iohn Iones phisition. Right profitable for all persones: but chiefly for princes, rulers, nobles, byshoppes, preachers, parents, and them of the Parliament house. Jones, John, physician. 1579 (1579) STC 14724; ESTC S119245 104,818 142

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the féet serue all the body and the heade gouerneth all the motions in a meane Oh prosperous and happy state oh quiet and louing lims oh blessed and godly vnitie that neuer swarueth frō equitie And equitie is defined by the Doctor to the Student of Law to be a righteousnes that considereth al particular circumstāces of déedes with the eye of pitie and mercie by too manye Lawiers as it is bruted neglected furthering rather quarels and enuious sutes than appeasing of brawles debates controuersies Although I haue heardful often that honorable iust Iudge sir Iames Dyar extremely reproue them And suche as delay the poores causes by the prudent and puissant Presidēt the Erle of Huntington be vtterly reiected bicause the scripture forbiddeth all christian children to vse it And therefore the Lorde Burleigh high Treasorer of England doeth kéepe with all sortes the dayes and times appointed for the hearing and determining of their causes without any partialitie as doth also the Lord Chauncelor prouidently and spéedily dire●●●●g all his decrées according to equitie Sectio tertia CHAP. XXIX At what time the Babe shall beginne to bee instructed and after what manner Howe the Theologicall or Diuine graces are before al other to be firste planted AS soone as the childe therefore can speake and vnderstād what is spoken vnto him let it be forbidden all vnlawful vndecent things séeing that by nature if we may cal custome another nature as Hippocrates doeth we loue those things as Arist Galen and Clemens Alexādrinus say that we are brought vp wyth and accustomed therevnto And the custome must be such as wil make the mind godly maners c●●●● the body tēperate as teacheth Petrus Canisius Iohannes ●onius Plato where he affirmeth that the things whiche we as loue in youth in age not to forget Hēce is the saying of Horace which he auoucheth that the earthen pot as it was first sea●●●●ed so it wil long remaine Salomon also saith teach a child his way in youth and in olde age he shal not departe from it Maister Nowell that worthy Deane declareth that children rather ought to be brought vp firste in godly manners and good lessons of Christianitie then in humane actions and trades worldly for except the Theological diuine or spirituall graces or powers taughte in the Catholike Churche be first obtained of al ages aswel as infants to the soules health commeth as little profite as to the body groweth benefite where all disgestion is hindered And therefore I shall shewe howe to Christians they are deliuered being thrée in number Faith Hope and Charitie Faith saith Saint Paule is a substance of thinges looked for no reasō appearing Or Faith as saith Basil is the gift of God and a certaine lighte wherewith whosoeuer is lightned he firmely agréeth to all suche things as God hath reuealed and deliuered to his Churche to be learned of vs. Faith as writeth Bullinger is a gift inspired by God into the minde of man whereby without any doubting at all hée doth beléeue that to be most true whatsoeuer God hath either taught or promised in the bookes of both the Testaments in the Créede made by the Apostles sufficiently declared and in the Symbolum said in the Churche by Anthanasius wyth that of Damasis mentioned by Saint Hierome as they doe the graces or powers of the godhead of the Trinitie the father the sonne and the holy ghost whereof there is no doubt but certainely to be trusted as we hope for the ioyes euerlasting and so shall we saue both body and soule and not caste them away as Hāmon the Apostata of late did in Norwich Hope as affirme Saint Peter and Saint Paule is giuen vs from God through which with an assured truste we looke for the ioyes of our saluation and euerlasting life and it worketh in vs Charitie for as Faith ingendereth Hope so doth Hope Charitie Charitie is a grace as witnesseth Saint Iohn Saint Paule and Saint Augustine giuen vs likewise from God whereby we loue God for his owne sake and our neighbour for Gods sake and so vndoubtedly to be beléeued And not as 〈◊〉 proper Pilates interprete it Grammatically whyche the ●●●kes call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Latines Charitas for euery loue 〈◊〉 or longing as the Father through kind to loue his child the Husband for duty his Wife the seruāt his Maister the frie●● his friend the kinsman his kinsman the neighbour his neighbour the amarous louer his loue and such like trā●●ory affections neither yet as the Familie of Loue faineth But rather true Charitie is taken for the loue that we owe vnto God for the innumerable benefites that he hath bestowed vndeserued vpon vs that we not looking for any requitall or balance being emptie may loue one another for hys sake as he hath loued vs for Loue saith Peter recouereth the multitude of sinnes And that throughe this vnitie we maye be incorporate and made all the members of one mysticall body being the onelye badge or signe whereby wée should be disciphered For by this saith the wisedome of the father shall ye be known to bée my Disciples if ye loue one another as I haue loued you so that if you be able to remoue m●●ntaines and haue no Charitie this loue is but in vaine And therefore Bullinger saith that Charitie is the fulfilling of the Lawe whiche contayneth in it the summe of all good workes CHAP. XXX What regarde muste be had to such as keepe the company of youth Of the abuse of sundry parentes and of lawes made as well for them as for children THus at length we sée what sparkes of grace are to be kindled in all Christians and what they should be that frequent the company of children and that vse to the Nurcery and howe in wordes and déedes they ought to giue good example as willeth Fabian or at the leaste none euill And suche be they as be of good inclinatiō by nature that haue themselues bin godly modestly and orderly brought vp according to the Catholike instruction and maners of oure land bycause there is none other fit to company noble childrē neyther them of the gentilitie nor yet of the comminaltie to speake playnely as Clemens Alexandrinus writeth most godly Of mightie Mamea mother to the Emperour Alexander Seuerus watchfully obserued as she and hir sonne that was the firste of all the Romane Monarches that was Christened by Origen as testifyeth Sir Thomas Elyot by the authoritie of Eucolpius the secretarie although Constantius oure Countreyman was the first that aduāced the faith and defended it as Polidore writeth not a little auayleable to his hir soules healthe immortall glory nor smally beneficial to the Romane Empire if ye consider howe it was depraued by the vitious liuing and beastly example of Heliogabalus and his licentious mother
that always after they would remember neuer at any tyme ●●●●ne the deceiptful and damnable doctrine euery where too in common of Machiuels inuention of flattering superiours being strange to equals and stout to inferiours but rather the holy Ghost who willeth that the higher we be aduanced 〈◊〉 to humble ourselues as the Lord Strange whiles he was in Oxford with the commendation of euery man and the Earle of Surrey in his fathers time in Norwich but especiallye at the Quéenes Maiesties progresse of late in Norffolke And that to all men you beare a good conscience but chiefely as sayth Sainct Paule to them that be of the houshold of faith and to them likewise that be of your kinne alie friends famili● seruantes and neyghbors and to all other you vse good wordes and countenances wherein that honourable Knight p●●●ent counseller and princely presidente Sir Henry Sidney surpasseth hauing doubtlesse greate reason and diuine vnderstāding in so doing séeing we haue all after a sort but one substance by nature of soule body and but one kind of redemption Neither verily is the bloud made purer in the vaynes by reason of pedigrée dignities reuenews riches or fées nor yet any difference of beginning or ending as Tully testifieth Sir Thomas Eliot and Doctor Cradocke but in respect of our ancestors worthy calling bringing vp guiding except perhaps following the good custome of our elders to be of better inclination to honestie prowes and pietie and the longer it shall continue in a name or lignage the more it is commended ho●●●ed extolled For who hauing any knowledge in diuinitie Philosophie seruice or chiualrie and being voyde of enuie doth not commend and extoll the fidelitie of all them that constantly continue in their Catholike vnitie perfit loyaltie assisteth the cominaltie doth minister equitie and daunt the enimie as the noble and puissant Talbot is of olde remembred and to this day vsed for the victories he atchieued and for the better quieting of their familie in France as writeth Froisard Contrarily who of indifferente iudgemente dothe not thinke them worthie with Tully to be disgraded of all honor and prayse that forsake the fayth conspire agaynste their Countrey Rebell against the state sow Schismes and defame their gouernoures truely none that knoweth reason experience or the Scriptures A like example we haue of our Coyne be they as little as Pence or as great as Portigues which as long as they be of right mettall iust standerd and due stampe are receyued for good payment but if they shall be counterfeited clipped or washed as they haue bin too late and are ouer often who for the only forme trow ye will allow of them certaynely none of any iudgement And euen so we may say of Gentilitie wanting eyther honestie comendable qualitie or fidelitie declining from theyr progenie wasting their patrimonie vppon wantonnesse and brauerie and not vpon the seruice of Prince and Countrey for euen like as these chiefe vertues prudence magnanimitie iustice godlynesse constancie temperance loyaltie and libertie euer was and is the originall cause of all worship honour and maiestie as writeth Pontanus Patritius Chelidonius Tigurinus and Gueuara so these head vices infidelitie obstinacie rebellion ignorance ingratitude extortion iniurie rashnesse prodigalitie hautinesse euer was and is the cause of all infamie seruilitie disgrace and obloquie with the rest of the sinnes following as Osorius eloquently expresseth and of M. Blandy translated into our tongue answerably Hence Mathew the Euangelist sayth that when salt hath lost his ●●tinesse what shall be seasoned therewith when the iuste 〈◊〉 become vniuste what right shal we looke for when the godly professors and teachers be become vngodly practisers and doers what shal be expected when the tree that brought forth god fruite hath loste his fruitfulnesse what is it good for but to be casts into the fyre to be shorte where Faith is made a fantasie Wit wilinesse and Cunning craftinesse what shall 〈◊〉 thinke to find but sinne and sickenesse punishement and death damnation and Hel of al Christian children to be considered bicause it is cleane contrary to their professor vnlesse they will be but Catholiques in name and caste-●waies in deede séeing that amongst the Infidels as Tull●e testifieth he was not counted for an honest man that one might not playe withal blindfold at the game Euen and ●dde without deceit either of Gentilitie or Yeomanrie althoughe the Prouerbe goeth Without all barking Oh what woulde the heathen Cicero say now if he liued in these days of the light of the Gospel to them that haue putte on the armour of light that shew and saye in their doings for a prouerbe Con●●ience is hanged that said so then in the time of Infidelitie And truely it seemeth too true the more pitie for diuers and sundry sticke not stil to be benefice sellers aswel of the Cleargie as of the Laitie Leasemangers wood spoilers and Vsurers not onely in the Countries but also in townes and Cities raising of deade treasure and vnlawfull aduauntage growing profite and daylye reuenewes a thing wholly against nature as Tullie testifieth bycause it seuereth the societie of mankinde as also that honorable Councellor Maister Doctor Wilson in hys worke righte godly and cunningly hath deliuered forth of the Scriptures fathers and Philosophers And yet they talke in Pulpits at Tables and in their bargaines aswel by way of comparison for their credence as in their words although he were a bond man borne and a traffiquer boasting himselfe to be as good as he that for his vertue is worshipfully called and vsed protesting earnestly the heauenly doctrine and outwarde shewe of liuing in al their actions and dayly therewith at sermons notwithstanding they be known after they be tried for common Hipocrites like Aristonicus scholers as testifieth Laertius and the Athenians as writeth Tullie who knewe what was honest and taught the same but doe it they woulde not And that made S. Iohn to say in those dayes néere the destruction of the Iewes that al the world was set vpon wickednes as too too many be in these dayes neare the ende séeking thorough fraude one an others spo●●e and not one anothers profite helpe and succour as Latimer in his Sermons often vttered viz. that many set more by siluer than by soules more by golde than by godlinesse more by a peny than by honestie more by their luste than by their lawes more by brauery than the preseruation of body and soule more by priuate profite than by common benefit more by their vaine opinions than the Quéenes procéedings as if the hands had bin ordained to spoile the partes the féete to forsake the members and the head to contemne the body whereas cleane contrary in a sound body or state euery one doth his duty according to that that by the lawe of nature is limited The hands minister to eche member