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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

it thē to the example of all Nations For we comit that no diuinitie but rather Diuelishnesse no reason but vanities no policie but peuishnesse that that abateth the feare of God that that emboldneth disobedience that that maint●ineth the libertie Nowe who so is wise I saye with the Prophet Osee shall vnderstande these thinges and he that is right instructed will regarde them for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous such as be godly will walke in them as for the wicked they shall stumble therein But Wisedome saith Salomon shall not enter into a wicked soule nor dwell in the body that is subiecte to sinne And therefore my Babes if you wil attaine the fauour of God if you wil attaine perpetuall pleasure if you will attaine as Salomon did Wisedome feare the Lorde follow Vertue obey the Prince honour your parentes serue youre Maisters loue youre yokefellows embrace counsell and cherish your neighbour and then all things shall goe well with you CHAP. XLV To whom the Author submitteth all his trauels The duty of Diuines promisse made at their consecration and of their liuings with the maner of their liues of Symony THus to come to an ēd of this firste age abridgement to the rest which is the cause not onely of the long sentences often parenthesis and strāge maner of writing but also of the intricate speeches diuersitie of digressions and rude stile most humbly submitting al these simple indeuoures of diuine Phisicall politique discourses taken in hande for the vniuersall benefite according to my naturall duety and allegiaunce to the appointment of oure onelye redoubted Maiestie whose auctoritie and direction is the euerlasting worde of God by the high sessions of Parliament to the consideration of the moste florishing Councellors and high Commissioners and to the reuerende and skilfull Phisitions But the order doctrine ministration and Discipline of the Churche to our chiefe Bishoppes reuerende Pastors and deuoute Diuines saith Caluin euen suche as haue not their zealous lips buttered with the gréedy desire of too too many benefices purchase of Lordships and to king of Leases nor in other delightes and cares of the worlde and the fleshe vaine fansies more affectioned burdened and clogged Bycause the Scripture saith that the cares of this worlde do choke the word and maketh it vnfruitful And Saint Paule telleth Timothie that warriors and intangle themselues with no worldly businesse by reason that they may be alwayes ready like valiant Souldiors to serue their Captains vnder whom they be appointed but rather fully affectioned as in the holy Writ is willed in the statute of vnitie appointed in the articles of Religion published in the Iniunctions commanded in the Booke of Common prayer deliuered of many too new too too precise aswel as too old and péeuish neglected disobeyed being highe time to looke therevnto more seuerely and to sette forth liuely faith due obediēce godly feare furnished with Christiā déeds and no dead faith presumptuous or vehement opinion after euery sickle and common mans imagination For what godly man will account that but a had beléefe A trée to be bewen downe that bringeth forth no good fruite A subiect vnworthy of his libertie that contemneth the lawes of his soueraigne that preferreth his own fancie for faith his liking for lawes and his wilful opinion for religion not regarding how Paule Basil and Bulling●r do define Faith and how it is to be taken to be the victory after Sathan Sin Hel ouer the world flesh and the Deuil ouer presūption disobedience contention as is aforesaid And so of al Ministers Maisters and Teachers to be deliuered according to the laws and decrées put forth by our Maiestie us in the holy homelies is handled and as in the 〈…〉 ●pon the Chapters and in the Church put forth by the reuerende Father in God Doctor Cowper Bishop of Lincolne is learnedlye and Catholikely deliuered to the end that the Spirite maye rule and the Flesh be subdued that Truth may appeare and Errours be eschued that Vertue may be embraced and Vice expulsed that Vnitie may be maintayned and Sedition auoyded that one Doctrine and Ministration ouer al be vsed and al others besides the Catholike Law stablished abolished Hence ariseth the sunction of the Clergie and not for soueraigntie Monarchie Temporal dominion pompe glorie honors riches pleasures ease As I did verye well perceiue not long age at the consecration I saw at Lambeth to be faythfully promised by them that to that highe and godly office were elected And as by the holy Writ testimonie of the antiente Fathers and newe Writers and in the Imposition of hands at the Ordering of Deacons and Ministers dayly is approued And yet in al this my Discourse I would not that any should thinke but that he that attendeth on the Aulter ought to liue by the Aulter but that he that deliuereth Spirituall wisdome ought to haue Temporal honor but that he that traueleth for the benefit of others ought to haue profit himself and that euery reuerend Pastor lerned Preacher godly Minister is worthy of that to his Sea Benefice apperteineth be it Tithes or Lordship with al reuerence being by law theirs in fée simple as well as any possessions of the Nobilitie Gentilitie or Commons and especially those that serue God Prince and Countrey Holily Iustlye and Dutifully that distribute the Heauenly foode for Soule and Bodie that kepe good hospitalitie with a life giuen wholy spiritually Although whiles we liue in the flesh the Motions Prickes or griefes thereof will be more or lesse dayly Doubtlesse the contrarie dealings be a great let to the procéeding forwards of the glorious Gospell and heauēly decrées of your blessed Maiestie as finallie in the feare of God and my loyall dutie I dare affirme I hope in this time as Paule without distruste did in his dayes to Titus and Timothie By worthye Erasmus excellently opened in his Paraphrases which in all churches are méeter in my minde to be red than euery single scholers opinion to be preached as in the workes following shall be shewed and whereof both the good and the bad groweth to the ende that their light maye so shine before men that other séeing their good workes vpon earth they maye glorifye God which is in heauen And that the chaffe may be sifted from the wheate and that suche as haue bin and be spotted with notorious crimes and precise practises how wel so euer they be learned spoken or friended be not permitted either in the ministerie or ecclesiasticall commission nor to teache any where Neyther anye craftesman Bankerupte makeshifte ladde or lewde disposed persons And that also euerye age as well as youth maye learne sound doctrine togither wyth the example of vertuous liuing in too manye places too too sore decayed For as the sayde Sainct Paule sayeth they be the children of GOD whyche be led

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

of GOD and the Prince and them alwaies to folowe and obey by that reuerende Father and honorable Prelate Maister Doctor Elmer in his Sermons of late before oure Soueraigne righte godlye and duetifully deliuered euen as in the Primatiue Church it was by the ancient Fathers and diuine Teachers and as now it becommeth al good subiectes For as Clemens Alexandrinus affirmeth al those that haue a desire to folow the laws do build vnto themselues strong holds that kéepe their minds bodies in a lawful mean obeying their prince without racke in his cōmandements and in guiding their consciences without offence as in the reste shal not be omitted according to the ages of Childe Ladde Youth Perfect man and Olde age And those meanes demeanors or behauiors Aristotle termeth Maners Tullie Duties Saint Ambrose Christianitie 〈…〉 Castilio Couetlinesse Eliot Gouernaunce 〈◊〉 ciuili●ie Lawyers in a sorte formalitie Academiks 〈◊〉 and the holy Ghost Wisedome for through Wisdome 〈◊〉 we reformed taught and preserued as saye Salomon Sy●●ch it is wisedome that openeth the mouth of the dumb a●● that causeth the tongs of babes to be eloquent that ma●●● 〈◊〉 to indeuor at al times in al places as Plato willeth doth by dye● and discipline to folowe Vertue and flée Vice 〈◊〉 abhorre euill opinions and sinister and to kéepe the true catholike faith as saith Clemens Alexādrinus Athanasius and Viues and that informeth childrē also to auoide idlenesse as Ouid willeth holy Ignatius sage Cirill and Mokerus bycause that in the iudgemēt generally of al the wise and learned it hath no small force These behauiours in making and ma●ring the maners of the minde aswell as the state of the body of our late famous Iewell as the learned and worthye Doctor Maister Humfrie testifieth in his tender age considered and during his life accustomed Also the Prouerb is that Meate makes Cloth shapes and Maners a man. The Sacred worde likewise saith that by a mans apparell laughter and going he is known what he is And the auntient custome of Princes Péeres Prelates 〈◊〉 people do declare it as by the Parliament Robes of the States the Wéedes of the Iudges and Sergeants Scarlet Gownes of Aldermen and the Liueries of Companies with the Coates of Armes of the Heralds from time to time haue approued it Howe fantastically disdainefully and sleightly soeuer 〈◊〉 condemne comely ornaments ordered of moste antient ●●●tie for eche kind degrée and profession moste decent as Benedictus Areteus testifieth yet I woulde not haue it so to bée thought that it shoulde be of any necessitie that the office muste be depraued if the Minister be not in his habite as the Proclamation is of no force without there be firste before it be ●ead an Oyre sounded nor that any superstition therein shoulde be mainteined Howbeit to sée a Preacher apparelle●● like a Pedler a Minister like a Minstrell a Doctor like a Dauncer a Byshoppe like a Bacheler a Iudge like a Iester a Counsellor like a Courser a Souldioure like a Sailer a Priuate person like a Péere a Commoner like a Courtier a Woman like a wandring Masker a Man like a monstrous Player a Youth like one of olde yeares were verye vnséemely and vnhealthie in a ciuil and sound societie where all thinges ought to be bothe comely and profitable and eche one according to their degrée to be reuerenced accordingly for the Prouerbe is that As a man is mette so is he grette CHAP. XXXVIII A confutation of suche as appoynt no naturall ende or godly election Of the care that Rulers shoulde haue to holy Religion The follie of suche as haue taughte persite pleasure to be a lette to Vertue a description of the beste constitution BVt bycause my meaning is not to standevpon such things throughly as serue to all comelinesse of the body and minde vntill I come to the other ages I doe affirme here with Galen Clemens Alexandrinus and Saint Augustine that they be not a little deceiued that suppose all men méete to attaine Vertue as they be that thinke there is none that fauour honestie which is to appoint no naturall ende or godly election bycause both these knowe the nature and prouidence of God in mankind but by the halfe For neyther are al men borne enimies to goodnesse nor all so made and chosen that they fauour Iustice Vertue and Godlinesse Wherefore I maruell with them at the Stoikes that supposed al men méete to get Vertue as Paule did at the Galathians who after they had receyued the grace of God cast it behinde them when as 〈◊〉 sée dayly many children borne of the same parents brought vp of the same Maisters and vsing the same nourishmēt differ farre in nature as well as in opinion Who I pray you for Gods sake who hath taughte wickednesse sayth Galen and yet few children shall you find by nature prone to vertue but by their Parentes Rulers Preachers Teachers and Maisters through instruction and correction be broughte therevnto Through the sacred worde as affirmeth the Apostle the people be brought vnto the Christian faith and by godly regiment kept in holy Religion Howe carefull therefore Rulers Potentates Prelates and Preachers ought to be to foresée that Vnitie be obserued through all your Maiesties Dominions and that no exercise inuention or deuise whatsoeuer be permitted Prophesying Preaching Reading Interpretation of Scriptures or forme of ministration Publike or Priuate other than agréeth with the holy Catholike Faith our present lawes confirmed by Gods lawes you may eastlie gather forasmuch as all such doings tend to popularitie mutinie and sedition as often alteration doth Irreligion for what a seditious and sclaunderous case is this that still some put forthe that if it be consonante to the worde of God then we are bounde to obey vse and follow it otherwise not as though it could not be consonant to the Scriptures vnlesse suche a singular and precise Sir did approue it And why bycause forsooth their Cape as it is excell all men and that the holy Ghost is rather preast to instruct Cauillers and Sectaries than the whole Christian state of his holy Churche Princes Péeres and people not considering that where Religion is once firmely grounded and constantly beléeued that then they be there more obedient vnto their diuines than to their Captaynes as testifie Quintus Curtius Iosephus and Lactantius neyther that héereby is brought a manifest starting hole to all contempt and disobedience if this obiection waye withoute distinction of time place and state be admitted Againe they be holden with extreame follie as Bullinger learnedly sheweth that say we are withdrawen from Vertue through righte pleasure through lawfull pastimes as in a Pamphlet of late was deliuered entituled the Destruction of small Vices accompting recreations profitable pleasures reioycings of life for haynous Synnes as persons wholly ignorant in Philosophie Phisicke and Diuinitie for the extreame and vnlawfull