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A17171	The golde[n] boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary [and] profitable for all the[m], that entend to liue quietly and godlye in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forthe in English by Theodore Basille.; Christlich Eestand. English	Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.	1543 (1543)	STC 4047; ESTC S110661	97,888	204

lytle gyue therof after thy power For a good treasure shalt thou lay vp in store for thy selfe agaynst y ● day of trouble yea that small substāce wherof a poore man giueth almose pleseth the Lord much better then when welthye men gyue theyr lytle of theyr great rytches Example in s. Luke Remēber the comon Prouerbe That thou sparest from gyuyng for Gods sake shall the dyuell cary another waye So saythe Salomon Some man gyueth out his goodes and is the rytcher but the nyggarde hauyng ynough wyll departe from no thynge And yet is he euer in pouerte He that is lyberall in gyuynge shall euer haue plenty God increaseth loue and fauoureth ma ryed folke bycause they shewe mercy charite to the nedy And yf God maketh the ritch man poore he doth well For he seeth that if he shuld haue ritches he would be to proud and forget God and himselfe to with pouerte therfore and adflicciō wyll he nourtour his chyldren so to teach them his wayes lest in abundaunce and wealth they runne after theyr owne wayes and lustes For tribulacion and aduersite are the fyer and salte that purge preserue vs from stynkynge not destroye vs but they teache vs to put our trust in God and not in oure selues nor in no creatures they draw vs from transitory thinges to fasten vs sure to God and because we shoulde not be condemned wyth the worlde he plucketh vs wyth his Crosse from the worlde Into the which troublouse state of the crosse whan maryed cowples be cast of GOD then haue they the moost present cōsolacions out of s●…riptures to conforte them and to cause them to reioyce in theyr affliccion as are the holy Psalmes of Dauid we haue also the godly ensamples of the deare beloued faythefull seruauntes of God as were Iob Abraham Iacob c. Item the wordes of Christ. Who so wyll serue me let him dayely take his crosse vpon hym and folow me And in Ihon and Paule is full of conforte in hys epistles specially Hebreus x. Whan ony of the maryed personnes be tempted or troubled wyth syckenes or any other fortune then shulde the to ther conforte hym or her wythe these confortable ensamples Psalmes and sentences of gods spirite of all consolacion one suffryng wyth the tother for so shall the affliccion and Crosse be the easylyer borne and loue mutuall the more encreased Trewe loue sheweth her selfe moost clearely in trouble and syckenes And yf the one grudge at the tothers syckenes he doth agaynst Gods wyll And if he reioycethe at her or she at hys affliccion it is a token of lytle loue excepte hys reioyce be in the Lorde so to conforme hym to the similitude of hys sonne Christ that he myght be lyke hym in glory Paul cōmaundeth you to do to your seruaū tes that y t is iust and equall louyngly frendly vsynge them remembrynge that ye your selues haue a master in heauen learne of Iob also the same for your seruauntes are of Goddes creacion as wel as ye derely beloued and hys chosen children also yea and your brothren and systers in Christ. Let them therfore for theyr laboures haue theyr conuenient food and wages be not bytter harde nor iniuriouse vnto them in no wyse A great offence it is before God to kepe the labourynge seruauntes wages frō hym Iames sayth vnto such rytch mē Beholde the hyer of y ● labourers that haue reaped downe youre feldes which hyer ye haue kept backe by fraude cryeth and the complaynt of the labourers is entred in to the eares of the Lorde of Sabbaoth Ye haue had good dayes vpon erth and lyued at your pleasure and delyghted your hartes but it is only agaynst the daye of your slaughter So Iames sayth that the defraudynge of mens wages wyll be at last a slaughter Many men vse theyr seruauntes as slaues and beastes and therfore is theyr ertorted seruyce vnprofitable vnfaythfull to suche cruell masters more faythfull is the seruice done of loue than for feare compulsion Agayne the seruauntes must laye a parte all euel condicions prydevnfaythfulnes brawlyng and murmurynge pyckyng and tales tellynge remembryng Paules exhortacion sayeng ye ser uauntes be obedient to your masters with feare and tremblynge in singlenes of youre herte as vnto Christ not with eye seruice as mē plesers but euen as the seruaunt of Christ that ye may do the wyll of GOD from your hartes wyth●… good wyll Thyncke that ye serue the Lorde and not men ¶ The. xviii Chapter How chyldren shuld be well and godly brought vp GReate ioye quietnes it bryngethe to the parētes to se theyr childrē godly vertue ously brought vp And agayne besydes y e sorow y t euell brought vp chyldrē bring to theyr parentes yet shall they render a strayght rekenyng to God for theyr euell bryngynge vp of them The women shulde noryshe theyr owne chyldren wyth theyr owne brestes or els yf they maye not for weaknes yet oughte they to seke honeste and godlye nourses of sober lyuynge that wyth theyr mylke they myght drinkin also vertewe And the parētes especiallye the mother must endeuour to speake fyrst to the chyld perfectly playne and ●…ncte wordes for as they be fyrst enformed to speake so they wyll contynew Caius and Tyberius the sonnes of Cornelia Grachy were ornate and eloquent in theyr speche for theyr mother was eloquent of tongue And euen from theyr infancy forth let the parentes teach theyr ●…hyldren no fables nor lyes nor no vayne nor lyght communicaciō but that onely which is godly honest graue and frutefull let it be planted in theyr new hertes They must teach them fyrst certayne godly sentences though they yet can not vnderstande them yet let them commende them to memory and practyse them in speche tyll they maye here after the better perceaue them as are these folowyng As certaynely as thou seyst the heauens and the earth so certaynly muste thou knowe that ther is one īuysyble god one alone for all suffycient hauing hys beyng of himselfe all creatures ther being of him Heauen and earthe and all that was made is of goddes owne creacyon God is the mooste hyghe goodnes Wythout God theris nothing good God nedeth no creature to be ioynedde wyth hym in hys dedes and cownselles to forgeue dampne saue or healpe It is he alone that vpholdeth all the wor●… preserueth it and gyueth euery thyng the lyfe beynge whyche it hath He is louyng graciouse and mercyful to them that so beleue and trust vpon him God is trewe and iuste and holye in all hys workes God loueth vertue and hateth synne 〈◊〉 vyce It is good that God commaundeth and euell that he forbyddeth God punysheth synne euell A man must loue God aboue all thynges He may not murmur agaynst god but be wyllynge and thankfull in all aduersite to beare it He must call onely vpon God and complayne to hym onely in

ernestly to this matter lest any manne intendynge to haue the golde and catchyng the whotte cooles do burne hy●…selfe wythout recure For temporall goodes sake the matter miscarieth and is in daunger There is sometyme great rytches but wyth lytle honeste is it gathered togyther And wythe the same rytches wyll not be al waye prosperite peace and rest Many trust to theyr goodes and nothyng wyll they learne therfore also can they do nothyng but lyue deyntely and wyth pryde excesse and dishonesty to wayst it awaye that hathe bene long gathered togyther Nowe whan there is all waye taken from the heape and no thyng layd therto it waysteth away in processe of tyme howe great so euer it hathe bene Then foloweth pouerte yea an intollerable and vnpa●…ient pouerte For they that nowe lasshe oute all togyther haue had no necessite hytherto but were in all wealth therfore after suche a Sonne shyne there commeth euer an intollerable heate and thense forth begyn they to warme them selues at the bare leaues Who so nowe in his eleccion lookethe to the multitude of goodes and not howe they were wonne whence they come he hath accustomably suche a smoky hat set vpon his head that all the water of Ryne can not wash away the soo●… therof Good wythout God honeste is a deadly poyson the bodely dyuell hymselfe Goodes and rytches is in y ● hand of an vndiscrete igno raunt man is as a sharpe knyfe in the hande of a chylde that doth no good therwyth but woun deth and destroyethe it selfe Wherfore let euery mā in the elecciō haue more respecte to discreciō knowledge thā to rytches Moreouer an hand that is occupyed wynneth getteth his lyuing godly and honestly doth farre excell any rytches that are wonne A rytche man which hath great goodes in hys hand yet hath learned nothyng wythall and nothyng can learne whan he once loseth hys substaunce and goodes he can wynne no more but commeth immediately to the staffe wallet As for suche one as hathe applyed hym selfe to learnyng he is fytte to some office he can and is able to occupy and laboure and thoughe he once or twyse loseth that he hath yet canne he wynne more agayne And though no mā wyth hys eleccion shulde haue speciall respecte vnto temporall substaunce yet ought no man to behaue hymselfe vncircum spectly nether lyghtly to regarde honest prouisiō For lyke as out of great rytches there followeth pryde euen so of pouertie there folowethe muche euell Therfore is it not vnryghte that thou 〈◊〉 thyne eleccion considre how thou mayst honestly wynne thy breade and wherof thou mayest lyue wyth thy spouse and what thy spouses substaunce and occupyeng is howe the same may be an healpe to thy conuenient lyuynge If thou nowe wylte not regarde the more excellent and better thynges but haue onely respecte vnto the goodes than marryest thou not the parson but the goodes Wherof if there be not so muche as thou wouldest fayne haue or if it waste awaye then farewell all the loue For that loue whiche commethe thorowe rytches beauty or other lyke smale occasions is euen as a fyre that is made of stra●… or tow it groweth soone and is great but streyghtewaye it vanysshethe Euen so is that loue shortely extincte which spryngeth not of durable occasions If a fyre be made of whole stronge wood it gyuethe a good naturall heate lykewyse if thou in the eleccion of a spouse haste respecte vnto y e true godly honest poyntes thē is the loue of so muche the longer continuaunce And to be shorte let euery one wyth his eleccion haue fyrst respecte vnto those poyntes for y e whiche wedlocke was ordeyned of God Then whether the partie whom thou arte mynded to chose be reasonably endewed wythe all or no. And to the intent that the same may well be per ceaued let euery mā haue faythfull respecte here to the rytches of the mynde whether the parson be godly wyse discrete true faythfull honest so ber and louyng Item whether she be whole and sounde and not laden wyth sore diseases deformed sluttysh fylthy euell fauoured what her estate is what power and possibilite she is of how where with whom she hath ben brought vp whervpon she lyueth what she occupyethe how frutefull handsome houswyfely laborious and quycke she is If besyde these thou fyndest other great rytches bewty and suche gyftes and comest godly honestly by them thou haste the more to thancke God for But specially and afore all other thynges we must faythfully wyth feruentnesse and stedfast belefe without ceasynge make intercession and prayer vnto God to whome all hartes are open and knowne that he wyll not suffer vs to go amysse but as a father healpe and guyde vs to a ryght mariage in the whiche we maye lyue honestly and prosperously euē as we ought to his honoure For it is God onely that prouidethe the mariage that hath the hartes in hys hande and that gyuethe the wyll as it is sayde in the Chapters afore But lyke as in other poyntes matters the ordinaūce of God doth not destroye lawfull instrumētes Euen so here in this cause the institucion of God denyeth not the ordinate election but in them that feare GOD they go both togyther Of this ordinaūce of God and ordinate eleccion we haue a very fayre example Gene. xxiiii where Abraham sent his seruaunt in hys messa ge to get his sonne Isaac a wife in Mesopotamia The same seruaunt begynneth his matter with prayer sayeth O lord god of my master Abrahā send me good spede this day and shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham Lo I stonde here by y ● well of water for he t●…yed there with his seruauntes and camels without the cyty by a welles syde and the daughters of the menne of thys cytie wil come out and drawe water Now the damsell to whome I saye stoupe downe thy pitcher and lette me drincke yf she saye dryncke and I wyl geue thy camels dryncke therby wyll I know that she is the same whome thou haste ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isaac Beholde in thys prayer doth Abrahams seruaunt knowlege the ordinaunce of god and that god onely prouydeth the mariage and yet neuer theles he falleth to prayer and vseth that meane For it foloweth in the story And it came to ●…as that yer he hadde left speakynge Rebecca came forth caryed a pitcher vpon her shulder she was a verye fayre damesell vnblemisshed virgyn came downe to the well to drawe water Then ranne the seruaunt vnto her and asked hir drynke she sayde Drincke syr And wyth that toke she downe her pitcher and gaue hym drincke And whan he had droncken she sayde I wyll drawe water for thy camelles also that they maye dryn●…e And so she made haste and poured water out of her pitcher into the trough and

The goldē boke of christen matrimonye moost necessary profitable for all thē that entend to liue quietly and godlye in the Christen state of holy wedlock newly set forthe in English by The odore Basille ¶ Hebre. xiii wedlockers honorable among al parsons the bed vnde●…led But whoremongers adu●…erers God ●…all iudge Prouer. 5. ¶ Be gladde wyth the wyfe of thy yougthe a●… wyth a louynge hynde and frendely roo Let he●… brestes alwaye satisfye the and holde the cōtent wythe her loue Oh my sonne why wylte thou haue plesure in an harlotte and embrace the bosome of another woman Prouer. 12. ¶ An honeste louynge and diligente wyfe is a ●…rowne that is to saye a great honour and glory to her husbande But she that behauethe her selfe vnhonestly is a corrupcion in his bones Prouer. 18. ¶ He that fyndeth a good wyfe fyndeth a great treasure and he shall receyue pleasure at the Lor des hande Prouer. 19. ¶ House and rytches is gyuen a man of his pa rentes but a wyse and discrete wyfe is vnfaynedly the gyfte of the Lorde ¶ To his singuler good frende master Anthony Gryse Theodore Basille wysheth longe lyfe cōtinuall health prosperous felicite IF God whyche is the alone gyuer of all good thynges hadde endewed me wyth the diuine gyfte of suche and so great eloquence that I myght iustely and wythout ony reprehension haue compared with that moost excellēt Greke Pericles whose vayne of ornate eloquence eyther in persuadynge or dissuadynge euen of very nature semed to be incomparable not able of any mortall man to be obtayned nor yet scase ly in ony poynte so muche as a shadowe of the same to be expressed yet I here frely cōfesse that I myght well appeare more barbarous thā the rude and grosse Garamantes yf I should take vpon me to decantate and set forthe the dignite of honorable wedlocke accordynge to the desertes therof and exalte it wythe suche encomies laudes prayses as it hath alwayes ben thoght worthy euen of them that haue moost floryshed wyth pregnant wyttes excelled with all kynde of knowledge bothe diuine and humayne Lette other prayse Chastitie so muche as they lyste whiche they saye would God it were so fylleth heauen yet wyl I commend matrimony which replenysheth bothe heauen and earth Let other set for the syngle lyuynge wyth so manye prayses as they can accumulate and tomble one in anothers necke for as much as it is voyd of all care trouble disquietnes yet wyll I for euermore commend the state of honorable wedlocke whiche refusethe no kynd of pay●…e and trouble so that it maye bryng any profyt at all to the publique weale of Christendome Let other approue solitarye lyuynge whyche is pertaker of none of all those burdennes that the common sorte of mē do sustayne yet wyll I preferre that state of lyuynge whych accordyng to the order of charite is redy at all tymes to beare the burdens of o●…her and to seke the quietnes of other no lesse than of it selfe Let other prayse y e kynd of lyfe wherby mankynd decayeth and in processe of tyme shoulde be vtterlye destroyed yet wyll I commende that manner of lyfe whiche begetteth and bringeth forth to vs excelent Kin ges noble Princes Pryncelyke Dukes puyssaunt Lordes valeaunt Knyghtes connyng artificers for the mayntenaūce of the cōm●… weale learned wyttes c. Let other auaunce that lyfe wherby Monarchies Empyres Kyngdōs be made desolate barren and vnfruytfull yet wyl I moost of all prayse that lyfe whyche make the Realmes to florysh with innumerable thousan des of people wherby the publique weale is preserued in safe estate Lette other prayse suche as maye iustly seme to be monstures of nature for theyr sterrilite and barrennes yet wyll I commende them whyche accordynge to theyr fyrste creacion and the natural disposicion that God from the begynnyng engraffed in thē are fruteful as a plenteous vine Let other allow the fan sy of those belly Goddes whyche for a volupteous careles and swynysh maner of lyuyng and because they wyll not lyue of the labour of theyr owne handes and thesweat of theyr owne b●… ow 〈◊〉 after the commaundement of God had rather lyue lyke abhominable adulterers stinking whoremongers vncleane fornicatours detestable Sodomites vnnaturall mōstures vnto the great slaunder of the Christen religion and so to dye as vnprofitable cloddes of the earth th●… godly to marrye and leaue behynde them suche frute as in tyme to come myght both profytte the common weale and also sette forth the glory of God whan not withstondyng both y e lawe of God of nature and of man both suffereth and prouoketh them vnto the contrary seynge they haue not the gyfte of chastite gyuen them and it is better to marry thā to burne as y e Apostle sayth Yet wyll I commende and prayse suche as do not digenerate as Icarus dydde from theyr naturall kynd but enbrace holy wedlocke which is honorable among all personens and brynge forth frute accordynge to the commaundement of GOD because they wyll not perpetrate nor once attempte ony thynge that shoulde be vncleane in the syght of GOD and a stomblyng stocke in theyr owne conscience Tobe shorte ▪ lette other prayse them whyche whan they dye leaue no lyuysihe quycke testimoni●…s behynde them yet wyll I commende them which whan they gyue ouer to nature leaue quycke and lyuysh testimonies behynde them wherby they de clare that they haue lyued and not ben vnfrute full nor vnprofitable to the Christen publique weale For can christē matrimony be ony other wyse than a thyng of great excellency and incōparable dignite seynge it was not ordeyned of Minos of Creta nor of Licurgus of Lacedemonye nor yet of Solon the Athenian but of the moost hygh and immortall God hym selfe by hym yea by hī alone cōmēded to mankynd in so much that menne may seme to be allured moued and styred vnto thys state of lyuynge w t a certen inspiracion of the holy Ghost In Pa radyse also that garden of pleasure was it insti tuted yea and that before ony synne reygned in this worlde to shewe that it bryngethe to man great ioye wealth felicite quietnes And syns that tyme hath it euer ben had in great estimacion ▪ yea and that not only amonge them that professe vnfayned faythe in the lyuynge God but also amonge so many as only were led by y ● instincte of nature in somuche that it was recounted a thynge of muche ignominye and reproche to lyue wythoute the state of wedlocke to be vnfruytfull Were not the holy Patriarches marryed men Did not the Prophettes of God liue in the christen state of holy wedlocke Dyd not God in the olde lawe bothe wyll hys prestes to marry also appoynt thē what wyues they shoulde haue Was not Christ borne in maryage Were not the Aposties of Christ marryed men Dyd not Christ garnysh