Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earl of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes
         Certaine precepts
         Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.
      
       
         
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             Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earl of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes
             Certaine precepts
             Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.
             Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, attributed name.
             Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage, attributed name.
          
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                   COR
                   VNVM
                   VIA
                   VNA
                
                 
                   The
                   right
                   honorable
                   Sr
                   William
                   Cecill
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Baron
                   of
                   Burghley
                   Knight
                   of
                   the
                   honorable
                   Order
                   of
                   the
                   Garter
                   Maister
                   of
                   Her
                   highnes
                   Ward
                   's
                   and
                   Liueries
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Lords
                   of
                   her
                   Maiesties
                   Priuie
                   Counsell
                   and
                   Lord
                   High
                   Tresorer
                   of
                   England
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               PRECEPTS
               ,
               OR
               ,
               Directions
               for
               the
               well
               ordering
               and
               carriage
               of
               a
               mans
               life
               ,
               through
               the
               whole
               course
               thereof
               :
               left
               by
               William
               ,
               Lord
               Burghly
               ,
               to
               his
               Sonne
               ,
               at
               his
               death
               ,
               who
               was
               sometimes
               Lord
               Treasurer
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               .
               Also
               some
               other
               Precepts
               and
               Advertisements
               added
               ,
               which
               sometimes
               was
               the
               Iewell
               and
               delight
               of
               the
               right
               Honourable
               Lord
               and
               Father
               to
               his
               Country
               ,
               FRANCIS
               ,
               Earle
               of
               Bedford
               ,
               deceased
               .
            
             
               In
               two
               Bookes
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Thomas
                 Iones
              
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               be
               sold
               at
               his
               shop
               in
               the
               Strand
               ,
               neare
               Yorke
               House
               ,
               1636.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               To
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Richard
               ,
               Lord
               Buckhurst
               ,
               eldest
               Sonne
               and
               heire
               apparant
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Edward
               ,
               Earle
               of
               Dorset
               ,
               Lord
               Chamberlaine
               to
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               one
               of
               his
               Majesties
               most
               Honourable
               Privy
               Councell
               ,
               and
               Knight
               of
               the
               most
               Noble
               order
               of
               the
               GARTER
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 good
                 Lord
                 :
              
            
             
               MVltiplicity
               of
               words
               begets
               multiplicity
               of
               errors
               :
               especially
               in
               those
               whose
               tongues
               
               were
               never
               polished
               by
               Art.
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               I
               have
               much
               Learning
               ,
               but
               that
               is
               in
               my
               Shop
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               as
               true
               that
               I
               am
               ignorant
               ,
               having
               not
               the
               happinesse
               to
               bee
               bred
               a
               Scholler
               .
               
                 Non
                 cuiuis
                 homini
                 licet
                 adire
                 Corinthum
                 .
              
               This
               little
               Booke
               (
               my
               Lord
               )
               being
               formerly
               printed
               ,
               hath
               received
               good
               entertainement
               :
               and
               now
               that
               it
               goes
               under
               your
               protection
               ▪
               I
               doubt
               not
               ,
               but
               it
               will
               be
               much
               more
               welcome
               .
               The
               cause
               of
               this
               dedication
               is
               to
               expresse
               part
               of
               my
               thankefulnesse
               for
               
               the
               goodnesse
               I
               have
               received
               from
               the
               Noble
               Earle
               your
               Father
               ,
               the
               right
               vertuous
               Countesse
               your
               Mother
               ,
               and
               your
               Honourable
               selfe
               ,
               for
               which
               the
               height
               of
               my
               ambition
               is
               onely
               to
               be
               stiled
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 most
                 humbly
                 devoted
                 to
                 serve
                 you
                 Tho.
                 Iones
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
             
               THE
               INDVCTION
               .
            
             
               BEloved
               Sonne
               ,
               the
               many
               religious
               and
               morall
               vertues
               inherent
               in
               your
               matchlesse
               Mother
               ,
               under
               the
               wings
               of
               whose
               prudent
               and
               Godly
               government
               ,
               your
               infancy
               hath
               beene
               trayned
               and
               guided
               up
               ,
               together
               with
               your
               Education
               ,
               under
               so
               zealous
               and
               Learned
               a
               Tutor
               ,
               put
               mee
               rather
               in
               assurance
               then
               hope
               (
               as
               Tullie
               sometime
               exacted
               
               from
               his
               Sonne
               ,
               from
               the
               onely
               hearing
               of
               Cratippus
               his
               Master
               )
               that
               you
               are
               not
               ignorant
               of
               that
               summary
               bond
               ,
               wherein
               you
               stand
               obliged
               to
               your
               Creator
               and
               Redeemer
               ,
               which
               is
               onely
               able
               to
               make
               you
               happy
               ,
               both
               here
               and
               hereafter
               ,
               in
               life
               and
               death
               :
               In
               mentioning
               whereof
               ,
               I
               meane
               not
               onely
               a
               bare
               and
               Historicall
               knowledge
               ,
               but
               with
               a
               reall
               and
               practicall
               use
               adjoyned
               ,
               without
               which
               ,
               though
               with
               a
               seemely
               assumption
               ,
               you
               could
               expresse
               to
               the
               world
               in
               a
               former
               habite
               and
               living
               portrayture
               ,
               all
               Aristotles
               Morall
               vertues
               ,
               and
               walke
               that
               whole
               booke
               in
               Life
               and
               Action
               :
               yet
               are
               you
               but
               a
               
               vaine
               and
               wretched
               creature
               ,
               the
               fairest
               out-side
               of
               the
               miserablest
               inside
               ,
               that
               ever
               was
               concealed
               by
               Toombe
               ,
               or
               shadowing
               :
               And
               although
               I
               nothing
               doubt
               ,
               your
               youth
               being
               guided
               ,
               and
               your
               green
               vessell
               seasoned
               by
               such
               wholesome
               documents
               and
               instructions
               ,
               derived
               from
               so
               all-sufficient
               Teachers
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               not
               unfurnished
               of
               such
               needfull
               helpes
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               furtherers
               to
               your
               life
               and
               conversation
               :
               yet
               that
               I
               may
               the
               better
               retaine
               and
               expresse
               the
               zealous
               affection
               ,
               beseeming
               a
               Father
               to
               his
               Sonne
               ,
               or
               that
               you
               should
               be
               forced
               to
               derive
               your
               stay
               and
               advice
               ,
               rather
               from
               the
               
               rule
               of
               strangers
               ,
               then
               from
               him
               from
               whom
               you
               are
               produced
               ,
               and
               brought
               forth
               .
            
             
               Out
               of
               these
               fore-going
               considerations
               therefore
               ,
               thinking
               it
               not
               unmeet
               ,
               I
               have
               essayed
               from
               the
               affection
               of
               a
               Father
               ,
               to
               give
               you
               such
               good
               advertisements
               and
               rules
               for
               the
               fitting
               and
               squaring
               of
               your
               life
               ,
               as
               are
               gayned
               rather
               by
               my
               long
               experience
               and
               observation
               ,
               than
               by
               much
               reading
               or
               Studie
               ,
               being
               such
               (
               in
               my
               hope
               )
               with
               that
               good
               assistance
               ,
               that
               shall
               
                 season
                 your
                 Youth
                 like
                 the
                 deaw
                 of
                 Age
                 :
              
               to
               the
               end
               that
               you
               entring
               into
               this
               exorbitant
               and
               intangling
               World
               ,
               may
               be
               the
               better
               furnished
               to
               
               avoid
               those
               harmelesse
               courses
               ;
               whereinto
               these
               dangerous
               times
               ,
               and
               your
               experience
               may
               easily
               insnare
               you
               :
               and
               because
               I
               would
               not
               confound
               your
               memory
               ,
               I
               have
               reduced
               them
               into
               tenne
               Precepts
               ,
               which
               if
               next
               to
               Moses
               Tables
               ,
               you
               imprint
               in
               your
               minde
               ,
               you
               shall
               reape
               the
               benefit
               ,
               and
               I
               the
               end
               of
               my
               expectation
               and
               content
               .
               And
               thus
               they
               follow
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Contents
               of
               this
               Booke
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Precept
                   1.
                
                 
                 FOr
                 choyce
                 of
                 your
                 Wives
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 education
                 of
                 your
                 Children
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 For
                 houshold
                 provision
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 choyce
                 of
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 How
                 to
                 intreat
                 your
                 Kindred
                 and
                 Allies
                 .
              
               
                 5
                 Adviseth
                 to
                 keepe
                 some
                 great
                 man
                 to
                 your
                 friend
                 :
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 complement
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 6
                 How
                 and
                 when
                 to
                 undertake
                 suits
                 .
              
               
                 
                 7
                 Advertiseth
                 for
                 suretiship
                 .
              
               
                 8
                 How
                 to
                 behave
                 a
                 mans
                 selfe
                 .
              
               
                 9
                 How
                 far
                 to
                 disclose
                 a
                 mans
                 secrets
                 .
              
               
                 10
                 Adviseth
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 scurrilous
                 in
                 conversation
                 .
              
               
                 An
                 addition
                 of
                 some
                 short
                 Precepts
                 and
                 sentences
                 ,
                 not
                 impertinent
                 to
                 the
                 former
                 .
              
               
                 An
                 addition
                 of
                 some
                 fourefold
                 short
                 remembrances
                 ,
                 which
                 every
                 man
                 may
                 experience
                 daily
                 in
                 his
                 life
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Conference
                 betweene
                 a
                 Philosopher
                 and
                 a
                 Iustice
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 handfull
                 of
                 short
                 questions
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 resolutions
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 genealogy
                 of
                 Pride
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 
                   BURGHLEY
                   HOUSE
                   From
                   the
                   Gardens
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               
                 PRECEPT
                 1.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 choice
                 of
                 your
                 Wives
                 .
              
               
                 FIrst
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 shall
                 please
                 God
                 to
                 bring
                 you
                 to
                 Mans
                 estate
                 ,
                 making
                 you
                 capable
                 of
                 that
                 Calling
                 ,
                 use
                 great
                 providence
                 and
                 circumspection
                 ,
                 in
                 choice
                 of
                 your
                 Wives
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 root
                 from
                 whence
                 may
                 spring
                 
                 most
                 of
                 your
                 future
                 good
                 or
                 evill
                 :
                 
                   For
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   choice
                   of
                   a
                   Wife
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   a
                   project
                   of
                   Warre
                   ,
                   wherein
                   to
                   erre
                   but
                   once
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   undone
                   for
                   ever
                   :
                
                 And
                 therefore
                 be
                 wel
                 advised
                 before
                 you
                 conclud●
                 ought
                 herein
                 ;
                 For
                 though
                 your
                 Errour
                 may
                 teach
                 you
                 wit
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 uncertain
                 whether
                 you
                 shall
                 ever
                 find
                 time
                 to
                 practise
                 it
                 :
                 Therefore
                 the
                 more
                 securely
                 to
                 enter
                 herein
                 ,
                 First
                 ,
                 well
                 consider
                 your
                 estate
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 in
                 a
                 true
                 survey
                 ,
                 you
                 finde
                 firme
                 and
                 setled
                 ,
                 Match
                 neere
                 home
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 deliberation
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 otherwise
                 crazie
                 and
                 Rented
                 ,
                 then
                 farre
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 quicke
                 expedition
                 :
                 be
                 informed
                 truly
                 of
                 their
                 inclination
                 ,
                 which
                 that
                 there
                 may
                 bee
                 a
                 more
                 equall
                 
                 Sympathy
                 ;
                 compare
                 it
                 with
                 your
                 owne
                 ,
                 how
                 they
                 agree
                 :
                 for
                 you
                 must
                 know
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 good
                 woman
                 makes
                 not
                 for
                 every
                 man
                 a
                 good
                 wife
                 ,
                 no
                 otherwise
                 then
                 some
                 one
                 good
                 Dish
                 digesteth
                 with
                 every
                 stomack
                 .
                 After
                 that
                 ,
                 enquire
                 diligently
                 of
                 her
                 stocke
                 and
                 race
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 shee
                 sprung
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 her
                 parents
                 have
                 been
                 affected
                 in
                 their
                 youth
                 .
                 Let
                 her
                 not
                 be
                 poore
                 ,
                 how
                 generous
                 so
                 ever
                 :
                 For
                 Generosity
                 without
                 her
                 support
                 ,
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 faire
                 shell
                 without
                 her
                 kernell
                 ,
                 
                   Because
                   a
                   man
                   can
                   buy
                   nothing
                   in
                   the
                   Market
                   without
                   money
                   .
                
              
               
                 And
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 safest
                 walking
                 ever
                 between
                 two
                 extremes
                 ,
                 so
                 chufe
                 not
                 a
                 wife
                 of
                 such
                 absolute
                 
                 perfection
                 and
                 Beauty
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 carnall
                 eye
                 shall
                 be
                 speak
                 you
                 injury
                 :
                 neither
                 so
                 base
                 and
                 deformed
                 ,
                 that
                 breed
                 contempt
                 in
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 you
                 to
                 a
                 loathed
                 bed
                 .
              
               
                 Make
                 not
                 choise
                 of
                 a
                 Dwarfe
                 or
                 a
                 Foole
                 ,
                 for
                 from
                 the
                 one
                 you
                 may
                 beget
                 a
                 race
                 of
                 Pigmeyes
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 will
                 be
                 your
                 daily
                 griefe
                 and
                 vexation
                 :
                 for
                 it
                 will
                 irke
                 you
                 so
                 oft
                 as
                 you
                 shall
                 heare
                 her
                 talke
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 shall
                 continually
                 finde
                 to
                 your
                 sorrow
                 ,
                 that
                 feele
                 that
                 Crosse
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   There
                   is
                   nothing
                   so
                   fulsome
                   as
                   a
                   she-foole
                   .
                
              
               
                 Touching
                 the
                 government
                 of
                 your
                 House
                 ,
                 let
                 your
                 Hospitalitie
                 be
                 moderate
                 ,
                 equall'd
                 to
                 the
                 measure
                 of
                 your
                 estate
                 ,
                 rather
                 
                 bountifull
                 then
                 niggardly
                 ,
                 yet
                 not
                 prodigall
                 ,
                 nor
                 over-costly
                 ,
                 for
                 though
                 some
                 who
                 having
                 otherwise
                 consumed
                 themselves
                 with
                 secret
                 vices
                 ,
                 have
                 endevoured
                 to
                 colour
                 their
                 riots
                 upon
                 their
                 vertue
                 ,
                 yet
                 in
                 my
                 observation
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 heard
                 nor
                 knowne
                 any
                 man
                 grow
                 poor
                 ,
                 by
                 keeping
                 an
                 ordinary
                 ,
                 decent
                 ,
                 and
                 thrifty
                 Table
                 .
              
               
                 Banish
                 drunkennesse
                 out
                 of
                 your
                 Houses
                 ,
                 and
                 affect
                 him
                 not
                 that
                 is
                 affected
                 thereunto
                 :
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 vice
                 that
                 impaires
                 health
                 ,
                 consumes
                 wealth
                 ,
                 and
                 transformes
                 a
                 man
                 into
                 a
                 beast
                 :
                 a
                 sinne
                 of
                 no
                 single
                 ranke
                 ,
                 no
                 ordinary
                 station
                 ,
                 that
                 never
                 walkes
                 unattended
                 with
                 a
                 train
                 of
                 misdemeanors
                 at
                 the
                 heeles
                 :
                 
                 besides
                 for
                 the
                 credit
                 thereof
                 ,
                 to
                 induce
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 other
                 commendation
                 ascribed
                 to
                 a
                 Drunkard
                 ,
                 more
                 then
                 the
                 wel-bearing
                 of
                 his
                 drink
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 Commendation
                 fitter
                 for
                 a
                 Brewers
                 horse
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Dray-mans
                 back
                 ,
                 than
                 either
                 for
                 Gentle-men
                 or
                 Serving-men
                 ;
                 for
                 especially
                 ,
                 the
                 latter
                 being
                 taken
                 tardy
                 herein
                 is
                 thereby
                 doubly
                 divorced
                 from
                 himself
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 being
                 first
                 sober
                 ,
                 hee
                 is
                 not
                 his
                 own
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 drunk
                 ,
                 he
                 falls
                 short
                 by
                 two
                 degrees
                 .
              
               
                 Beware
                 thou
                 spend
                 not
                 above
                 three
                 of
                 the
                 4
                 parts
                 of
                 thy
                 revenue
                 ,
                 nor
                 above
                 one
                 third
                 part
                 thereof
                 in
                 your
                 house
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 parts
                 will
                 but
                 defray
                 extraordinaries
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 alwayes
                 
                 surmount
                 your
                 ordinaries
                 by
                 much
                 :
                 for
                 otherwise
                 you
                 shall
                 live
                 like
                 Beggars
                 in
                 continuall
                 wants
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 needy
                 man
                 can
                 never
                 live
                 happily
                 ,
                 nor
                 contented
                 ,
                 being
                 broken
                 and
                 distracted
                 with
                 worldly
                 cares
                 :
                 for
                 then
                 every
                 least
                 disaster
                 makes
                 him
                 ready
                 to
                 Morgage
                 or
                 sell
                 :
                 and
                 that
                 Gentleman
                 that
                 sels
                 an
                 Acre
                 of
                 Land
                 ,
                 looseth
                 an
                 ounce
                 of
                 credit
                 :
                 for
                 
                   Gentilitie
                   is
                   nothing
                   but
                   ancient
                   Riches
                   :
                
                 So
                 that
                 if
                 the
                 Foundation
                 do
                 sinke
                 ,
                 the
                 Building
                 must
                 needs
                 consequently
                 fall
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 PRECEPT
                 2.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 Education
                 of
                 your
                 Children
                 .
              
               
                 BRing
                 your
                 children
                 up
                 in
                 obedience
                 and
                 learning
                 ,
                 yet
                 without
                 too
                 much
                 austerity
                 ,
                 prayse
                 them
                 openly
                 ,
                 reprehend
                 them
                 secretly
                 :
                 give
                 them
                 good
                 countenance
                 ,
                 and
                 convenient
                 maintenance
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 your
                 ability
                 :
                 for
                 otherwise
                 your
                 lives
                 will
                 seeme
                 their
                 
                 bondage
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 as
                 those
                 are
                 censured
                 ,
                 that
                 deferre
                 all
                 good
                 to
                 their
                 end
                 :
                 so
                 that
                 portion
                 you
                 shall
                 leave
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 thanke
                 death
                 for
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 you
                 .
                 Marry
                 your
                 Daughters
                 betimes
                 ,
                 lest
                 they
                 marry
                 themselves
                 .
              
               
                 Suffer
                 not
                 your
                 Sonnes
                 to
                 passe
                 the
                 Alpes
                 :
                 for
                 they
                 shall
                 exchange
                 for
                 their
                 forraine
                 travell
                 (
                 unlesse
                 they
                 go
                 better
                 fortified
                 )
                 but
                 others
                 vices
                 for
                 their
                 owne
                 vertues
                 ,
                 
                   Pride
                   ,
                   Blasphemy
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Atheisme
                 ,
                 for
                 
                   Humilitie
                   ,
                   Reverence
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Religion
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 by
                 chance
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 wary
                 industry
                 ,
                 they
                 attaine
                 unto
                 any
                 broken
                 Languages
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 profit
                 them
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 
                 have
                 one
                 meat
                 served
                 in
                 divers
                 dishes
                 .
              
               
                 Neither
                 by
                 my
                 advise
                 shall
                 you
                 train
                 them
                 up
                 to
                 Warres
                 :
                 For
                 hee
                 that
                 sets
                 up
                 his
                 rest
                 to
                 live
                 by
                 that
                 profession
                 ,
                 in
                 mine
                 opinion
                 ,
                 can
                 hardly
                 be
                 an
                 honest
                 man
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 good
                 Christian
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   Every
                   warre
                   of
                   it selfe
                   is
                   unjust
                   ,
                   the
                   good
                   cause
                   may
                   make
                   it
                   lawfull
                   :
                
                 besides
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Science
                 no
                 longer
                 in
                 request
                 then
                 use
                 :
                 for
                 Souldiers
                 in
                 Peace
                 ,
                 are
                 like
                 Chimneyes
                 in
                 Summer
                 ,
                 like
                 Dogges
                 past
                 Hunting
                 ,
                 or
                 Women
                 ,
                 when
                 their
                 beauty
                 is
                 done
                 .
                 As
                 a
                 person
                 of
                 qualitie
                 once
                 noted
                 to
                 the
                 like
                 effect
                 ,
                 in
                 these
                 Verses
                 following
                 .
              
               
               
                 Friends
                 ,
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 Women
                 in
                 their
                 prime
                 ,
              
               
                 Are
                 like
                 to
                 Dogges
                 in
                 Hunting
                 time
                 :
              
               
                 Occasion
                 ,
                 Warres
                 ,
                 and
                 Beauty
                 gone
                 ,
              
               
                 Friends
                 ,
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 Women
                 here
                 are
                 none
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 PRECEPT
                 3.
                 
                 For
                 House-hold
                 Provision
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 choice
                 of
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 LIve
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Countrey
                 without
                 Corne
                 and
                 Cattell
                 
                 about
                 you
                 :
                 For
                 hee
                 that
                 must
                 present
                 his
                 hand
                 to
                 his
                 purse
                 for
                 every
                 expence
                 of
                 houshold
                 ,
                 shall
                 as
                 hardly
                 keepe
                 money
                 therein
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 for
                 one
                 to
                 hold
                 water
                 in
                 a
                 Sive
                 .
                 And
                 for
                 your
                 provision
                 ,
                 lay
                 to
                 buy
                 it
                 at
                 the
                 best
                 hand
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 sometimes
                 a
                 penny
                 saved
                 ,
                 betweene
                 buying
                 at
                 your
                 need
                 ,
                 or
                 when
                 the
                 season
                 most
                 fitly
                 may
                 furnish
                 you
                 .
              
               
                 Be
                 not
                 willingly
                 attended
                 ,
                 or
                 served
                 by
                 Kinsmen
                 or
                 Friends
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 seeme
                 to
                 be
                 men
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 intreated
                 to
                 stay
                 :
                 for
                 such
                 will
                 expect
                 much
                 ,
                 and
                 sted
                 little
                 ,
                 neither
                 by
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 amorous
                 :
                 For
                 their
                 heads
                 are
                 commonly
                 intoxicated
                 .
                 Keepe
                 
                 rather
                 too
                 few
                 ,
                 then
                 one
                 too
                 many
                 ,
                 feed
                 them
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 pay
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 most
                 ,
                 so
                 may
                 you
                 lawfully
                 demand
                 Service
                 at
                 their
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 boldly
                 exact
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 PRECEPT
                 4.
                 
                 How
                 to
                 intreat
                 your
                 Kindred
                 and
                 Allyes
                 .
              
               
                 LEt
                 your
                 Kindred
                 and
                 Allyes
                 bee
                 welcome
                 to
                 your
                 
                 Table
                 :
                 grace
                 them
                 with
                 your
                 countenance
                 ,
                 and
                 ever
                 further
                 them
                 in
                 all
                 their
                 honest
                 actions
                 ,
                 by
                 word
                 ,
                 liberality
                 ,
                 or
                 industry
                 :
                 for
                 by
                 that
                 meanes
                 you
                 shall
                 double
                 the
                 bond
                 of
                 Nature
                 :
                 be
                 a
                 Neighbour
                 to
                 their
                 good
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 to
                 their
                 bloud
                 :
                 By
                 which
                 reasonable
                 deservings
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 finde
                 them
                 so
                 many
                 Advocates
                 ,
                 to
                 plead
                 an
                 Apologie
                 for
                 you
                 behind
                 your
                 backe
                 ,
                 so
                 many
                 witnesses
                 of
                 your
                 vertues
                 ,
                 whensoever
                 others
                 shall
                 seeke
                 to
                 deprave
                 you
                 :
                 but
                 shake
                 off
                 the
                 Glo-wormes
                 ,
                 I
                 meane
                 ,
                 Parasites
                 and
                 Sycophants
                 ,
                 who
                 will
                 feed
                 and
                 fawne
                 on
                 you
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Summer
                 of
                 your
                 prosperity
                 ,
                 bnt
                 in
                 any
                 adverse
                 Storme
                 ,
                 
                 will
                 shelter
                 you
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 then
                 a
                 Cloake
                 of
                 Taffatay
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 Arbour
                 in
                 Winter
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 PRECEPT
                 5.
                 
                 Adviseth
                 to
                 keepe
                 some
                 great
                 Man
                 to
                 your
                 Friend
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 to
                 complement
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 BE
                 sure
                 you
                 keepe
                 some
                 great
                 Man
                 alwayes
                 to
                 your
                 Friend
                 :
                 yet
                 trouble
                 him
                 not
                 for
                 Trifles
                 :
                 Complement
                 
                 him
                 often
                 ,
                 present
                 him
                 with
                 many
                 ,
                 yet
                 small
                 gifts
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 little
                 charge
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 cause
                 to
                 bestow
                 any
                 great
                 gratuity
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 then
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 no
                 Chest
                 commoditie
                 ,
                 or
                 obscure
                 thing
                 :
                 but
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 daily
                 in
                 sight
                 ,
                 the
                 better
                 to
                 bee
                 remembred
                 :
                 for
                 otherwise
                 you
                 shall
                 live
                 but
                 like
                 a
                 Hop
                 without
                 a
                 Pole
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Vine
                 without
                 her
                 Elme
                 ,
                 subject
                 to
                 injury
                 and
                 oppression
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 a
                 Foot-ball
                 ,
                 for
                 every
                 superiour
                 insulting
                 companion
                 to
                 spurn
                 at
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 PRECEPT
                 6.
                 
                 How
                 and
                 when
                 to
                 undertake
                 suits
                 .
              
               
                 VNdertake
                 no
                 suit
                 against
                 a
                 poore
                 man
                 ,
                 without
                 receiving
                 of
                 great
                 wrong
                 ,
                 for
                 therein
                 you
                 make
                 him
                 your
                 Competitor
                 :
                 besides
                 that
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 held
                 a
                 base
                 Conquest
                 ,
                 to
                 triumph
                 upon
                 a
                 weake
                 adversary
                 ;
                 neither
                 undertake
                 law
                 ,
                 against
                 any
                 man
                 ,
                 before
                 you
                 be
                 fully
                 resolved
                 you
                 have
                 the
                 right
                 on
                 your
                 side
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 once
                 so
                 ascertaind
                 ,
                 
                 then
                 spare
                 neither
                 cost
                 nor
                 paines
                 to
                 accomplish
                 it
                 :
                 for
                 a
                 cause
                 or
                 two
                 being
                 so
                 close
                 followed
                 ,
                 and
                 well
                 accomplished
                 ,
                 may
                 after
                 free
                 you
                 from
                 suits
                 a
                 great
                 part
                 of
                 your
                 life
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 PRECEPT
                 7.
                 
                 Advertiseth
                 for
                 suretiship
                 .
              
               
                 BEware
                 of
                 suretiship
                 for
                 your
                 best
                 friend
                 :
                 for
                 he
                 that
                 payeth
                 another
                 mans
                 debts
                 ,
                 goeth
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 leave
                 other
                 men
                 to
                 pay
                 his
                 ,
                 and
                 seeketh
                 his
                 owne
                 overthrow
                 .
                 Therfore
                 
                 if
                 he
                 be
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 cannot
                 well
                 say
                 nay
                 ,
                 chuse
                 rather
                 then
                 ,
                 to
                 lend
                 that
                 money
                 from
                 your selfe
                 upon
                 good
                 bonds
                 ,
                 though
                 you
                 borrow
                 it
                 :
                 so
                 many
                 you
                 pleasure
                 your
                 friend
                 ,
                 and
                 happily
                 secure
                 your selfe
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 borrowing
                 of
                 money
                 ,
                 be
                 evermore
                 precious
                 of
                 your
                 word
                 :
                 for
                 he
                 that
                 hath
                 a
                 care
                 to
                 keepe
                 day
                 of
                 payment
                 ,
                 is
                 Lord
                 commander
                 many
                 times
                 of
                 another
                 mans
                 purse
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 PRECEPT
                 8.
                 
                 How
                 to
                 carry
                 a
                 mans
                 selfe
                 toward
                 his
                 Superiours
                 ,
                 and
                 Inferiours
                 .
              
               
                 TOward
                 your
                 Superiours
                 be
                 humble
                 ,
                 yet
                 generous
                 ;
                 with
                 your
                 equals
                 familiar
                 ,
                 yet
                 respective
                 ;
                 towards
                 your
                 inferiours
                 ,
                 shew
                 much
                 humility
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 familiarity
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 bow
                 your
                 body
                 ,
                 stretch
                 forth
                 your
                 hand
                 ,
                 uncover
                 your
                 head
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 popular
                 complements
                 :
                 the
                 first
                 prepares
                 way
                 to
                 
                 advancement
                 :
                 the
                 second
                 will
                 make
                 you
                 knowne
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 well
                 bred
                 :
                 the
                 third
                 gaines
                 a
                 good
                 report
                 ,
                 which
                 once
                 gained
                 ,
                 may
                 easily
                 be
                 kept
                 ;
                 for
                 high
                 humilities
                 are
                 of
                 such
                 respect
                 in
                 the
                 opinion
                 of
                 the
                 multitude
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 easilier
                 won
                 by
                 unprofitable
                 curtesies
                 ,
                 than
                 by
                 churlish
                 benefits
                 :
                 yet
                 doe
                 I
                 not
                 advise
                 you
                 ,
                 overmuch
                 to
                 affect
                 or
                 neglect
                 popularity
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
               
               
               
               
                 PRECEPT
                 9.
                 
                 How
                 farre
                 to
                 disclose
                 a
                 mans
                 secrets
                 .
              
               
                 TRust
                 no
                 man
                 with
                 your
                 credit
                 ,
                 or
                 estate
                 :
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 meere
                 folly
                 for
                 a
                 man
                 to
                 inthrall
                 himselfe
                 further
                 to
                 his
                 friend
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 he
                 needs
                 not
                 feare
                 him
                 being
                 his
                 enemy
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 PRECEPT
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 BE
                 not
                 scurrilous
                 in
                 conversation
                 ,
                 nor
                 Stoicall
                 in
                 your
                 wit
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 one
                 makes
                 you
                 unwelcome
                 to
                 all
                 companies
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 puls
                 quarrels
                 on
                 your
                 head
                 ,
                 and
                 makes
                 you
                 hated
                 of
                 your
                 best
                 friends
                 .
              
               
                 Iests
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 doe
                 savour
                 of
                 too
                 much
                 truth
                 ,
                 leave
                 a
                 bitternesse
                 in
                 the
                 mindes
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 touched
                 .
                 And
                 although
                 I
                 have
                 already
                 pointed
                 at
                 these
                 inclusive
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 thinke
                 it
                 necessary
                 to
                 leave
                 it
                 to
                 you
                 as
                 a
                 caution
                 ,
                 
                 because
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 many
                 so
                 prone
                 to
                 quippe
                 and
                 gird
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 had
                 rather
                 lose
                 their
                 friend
                 than
                 their
                 jest
                 :
                 and
                 if
                 by
                 chance
                 their
                 boyling
                 braine
                 yeeld
                 a
                 quaint
                 scoffe
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 travell
                 to
                 be
                 delivered
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 woman
                 with
                 childe
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 thinke
                 those
                 nimble
                 apprehensions
                 ,
                 are
                 but
                 the
                 froth
                 of
                 the
                 wits
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 An
                 Addition
                 of
                 some
                 short
                 Precepts
                 and
                 sentences
                 ,
                 not
                 impertinent
                 to
                 the
                 former
                 .
              
               
                 GOE
                 as
                 thou
                 wouldst
                 be
                 met
                 ,
                 sit
                 as
                 thou
                 wouldest
                 be
                 found
                 ,
                 weare
                 thy
                 apparrell
                 in
                 a
                 carelesse
                 ,
                 yet
                 a
                 decent
                 seeming
                 :
                 for
                 affectednesse
                 in
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 is
                 commendable
                 in
                 nothing
                 ;
                 and
                 indeavour
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 farre
                 from
                 
                 vaine-glory
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 strive
                 in
                 any
                 thing
                 rather
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 
                   substance
                   without
                   shew
                   ,
                   then
                   in
                   shew
                   without
                   substance
                   .
                
              
               
                 2
                 Strive
                 not
                 to
                 inrich
                 thy self
                 by
                 Oppression
                 ,
                 Usury
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 unlawfull
                 gaine
                 :
                 for
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 little
                 evill
                 gotten
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 onely
                 melt
                 away
                 it selfe
                 like
                 deaw
                 against
                 the
                 Sunne
                 ,
                 but
                 shall
                 likewise
                 consume
                 with
                 it selfe
                 that
                 which
                 was
                 more
                 lawfull
                 :
                 how
                 then
                 shall
                 it
                 hast
                 without
                 stay
                 ,
                 when
                 all
                 the
                 whole
                 lumpe
                 is
                 corrupted
                 ?
                 Surely
                 ,
                 (
                 if
                 experience
                 faile
                 not
                 )
                 with
                 a
                 swifter
                 speed
                 ,
                 than
                 either
                 by
                 the
                 prodigall
                 hands
                 of
                 a
                 third
                 or
                 second
                 Heire
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 that
                 ungodly
                 dies
                 rich
                 ,
                 
                   well
                   hee
                   
                   may
                   have
                   mournens
                   to
                   his
                   Grave
                   ;
                   but
                   shall
                   be
                   sure
                   to
                   finde
                   few
                   Comforters
                   at
                   his
                   judgement
                   .
                
              
               
                 3
                 Be
                 industrious
                 and
                 studious
                 in
                 thy
                 youth
                 ,
                 knowing
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 by
                 thy
                 Labour
                 thou
                 accomplish
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 is
                 good
                 ,
                 the
                 labour
                 passeth
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 good
                 remaineth
                 to
                 thy
                 comfort
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 by
                 the
                 contrary
                 for
                 thy
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 doe
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 is
                 evill
                 ,
                 the
                 pleasure
                 passeth
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 evill
                 remaineth
                 to
                 thy
                 torment
                 :
                 and
                 withall
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 lesse
                 paine
                 to
                 be
                 studious
                 in
                 thy
                 youth
                 ,
                 than
                 a
                 griefe
                 to
                 be
                 ignorant
                 in
                 thy
                 age
                 .
              
               
                 Corrupt
                 company
                 is
                 more
                 infectious
                 than
                 corrupt
                 ayre
                 :
                 
                 therefore
                 be
                 advised
                 in
                 thy
                 choise
                 :
                 for
                 that
                 Text
                 of
                 thy selfe
                 that
                 could
                 never
                 so
                 be
                 expounded
                 ,
                 thy
                 companion
                 shall
                 as
                 thy
                 commentarie
                 lay
                 open
                 to
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 withall
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 see
                 it
                 by
                 experience
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 if
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 neither
                 good
                 nor
                 evill
                 ,
                 accompany
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 good
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 transformed
                 into
                 their
                 vertue
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 neither
                 good
                 ,
                 nor
                 evill
                 ,
                 consort
                 with
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 evill
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 incorporated
                 to
                 their
                 vice
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 good
                 company
                 with
                 the
                 good
                 ,
                 both
                 are
                 made
                 the
                 better
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 evill
                 with
                 the
                 evil
                 ,
                 both
                 the
                 worse
                 .
              
               
               
                 For
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Proverbe
                 ,
              
               
                 Such
                 as
                 the
                 company
                 ,
                 such
                 is
                 the
                 condition
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 Whatsoever
                 good
                 purpose
                 thou
                 intendest
                 at
                 thy
                 death
                 ,
                 that
                 doe
                 in
                 thy
                 life
                 :
                 for
                 so
                 doing
                 ,
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 more
                 acceptable
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 commendable
                 to
                 man
                 :
                 for
                 he
                 that
                 gives
                 when
                 he
                 cannot
                 hold
                 ,
                 is
                 worthy
                 of
                 thankes
                 when
                 one
                 cannot
                 chuse
                 :
                 besides
                 ,
                 in
                 so
                 doing
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 see
                 thy
                 intent
                 brought
                 home
                 to
                 thy
                 aime
                 ,
                 and
                 nere
                 craze
                 the
                 Conscience
                 of
                 Executor
                 or
                 Over-seer
                 to
                 pervert
                 it
                 thou
                 deceased
                 ,
                 to
                 some
                 sinister
                 respect
                 or
                 private
                 end
                 .
              
               
                 Whatsoever
                 thou
                 shalt
                 purpose
                 ,
                 
                 be
                 silent
                 in
                 thy
                 intentions
                 ,
                 lest
                 by
                 the
                 contrary
                 thou
                 be
                 prevented
                 and
                 laughed
                 to
                 scorne
                 .
              
               
                 6
                 Strive
                 to
                 subdue
                 the
                 affections
                 of
                 thine
                 owne
                 heart
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 oftentimes
                 harder
                 than
                 to
                 conquer
                 a
                 Kingdome
                 :
                 and
                 forbeare
                 whatsoever
                 is
                 
                   deare
                   unto
                   thy
                   body
                   ,
                   being
                   any
                   way
                   prejudiciall
                   unto
                   thy
                   soule
                   .
                
              
               
                 7
                 Abuse
                 not
                 thy
                 body
                 in
                 youth
                 by
                 surfet
                 ,
                 riot
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 distemper
                 ,
                 through
                 an
                 over-weening
                 ability
                 of
                 strength
                 :
                 
                   for
                   youth
                   and
                   nature
                   passe
                   over
                   many
                   infirmities
                   that
                   are
                   growing
                   till
                   their
                   age
                   .
                
              
               
                 8
                 Live
                 vertuously
                 ,
                 that
                 thou
                 maiest
                 dye
                 patiently
                 ,
                 for
                 ,
                 
                   who
                   
                   lives
                   most
                   honestly
                   ,
                   will
                   dye
                   most
                   willingly
                   :
                
                 and
                 for
                 thy
                 longer
                 daies
                 ,
                 and
                 better
                 health
                 upon
                 earth
                 ,
                 afflict
                 not
                 thy
                 body
                 with
                 too
                 much
                 unnecessary
                 Physick
                 ;
                 but
                 furnish
                 thy
                 minde
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 plenty
                 ,
                 to
                 lay
                 up
                 for
                 it selfe
                 and
                 others
                 in
                 time
                 of
                 want
                 :
                 for
                 
                   surely
                   that
                   mans
                   end
                   shall
                   be
                   easie
                   and
                   happy
                   ,
                   that
                   death
                   findes
                   with
                   a
                   weake
                   body
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   strong
                   soule
                   .
                
              
               
                 6
                 Nor
                 be
                 thou
                 dismayed
                 though
                 thou
                 groane
                 under
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 sicknesse
                 ,
                 for
                 as
                 sometimes
                 it
                 purgeth
                 the
                 body
                 from
                 nocent
                 humours
                 :
                 so
                 doth
                 it
                 often
                 times
                 the
                 soule
                 from
                 more
                 dangerous
                 security
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 rather
                 with
                 this
                 thought
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 the
                 Physitians
                 owne
                 rule
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 our
                 too
                 common
                 experience
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 perfect
                 health
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 neutrality
                 between
                 sicknesse
                 and
                 health
                 ,
                 as
                 no
                 absolute
                 pleasure
                 is
                 more
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 avoid
                 paines
                 ,
                 according
                 as
                 one
                 thus
                 writeth
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 health
                 ,
                 Physitians
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 at
                 best
                 enjoy
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 Neutrality
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 can
                 there
                 be
                 worse
                 sicknesse
                 than
                 to
                 know
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 we
                 are
                 never
                 well
                 ,
                 nor
                 can
                 be
                 so
                 ?
              
               
                 10
                 The
                 eyes
                 are
                 the
                 instruments
                 of
                 lust
                 :
                 therefore
                 make
                 a
                 Covenant
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 
                 betray
                 not
                 thy
                 heart
                 to
                 vanitie
                 .
              
               
                 11
                 Be
                 ever
                 diligent
                 in
                 some
                 vocation
                 :
                 for
                 continuall
                 ease
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 more
                 dangerous
                 ,
                 is
                 more
                 wearisome
                 than
                 labour
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 freedome
                 to
                 live
                 licentiously
                 ,
                 nor
                 pleasure
                 to
                 live
                 without
                 some
                 paine
                 .
              
               
                 12
                 Indifferent
                 superiority
                 is
                 the
                 safest
                 equality
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 sobrest
                 speed
                 is
                 the
                 wisest
                 leisure
                 .
              
               
                 13
                 He
                 is
                 worthy
                 to
                 fall
                 that
                 tempts
                 himselfe
                 :
                 and
                 therefore
                 shunne
                 occasion
                 of
                 Evill
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 hast
                 halfe
                 overcome
                 thine
                 enemy
                 .
              
               
                 14
                 Labour
                 to
                 keepe
                 a
                 good
                 Conscience
                 to
                 thy
                 Comforter
                 :
                 for
                 he
                 that
                 is
                 disfurnished
                 therof
                 ,
                 hath
                 feare
                 for
                 his
                 Bed-fellow
                 ,
                 
                 Care
                 for
                 his
                 Companion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 sting
                 of
                 the
                 guilt
                 for
                 his
                 torment
                 .
              
               
                 15
                 In
                 all
                 thy
                 attempts
                 let
                 Honesty
                 be
                 thy
                 ayme
                 :
                 For
                 he
                 that
                 climbes
                 by
                 privy
                 deceit
                 ,
                 shall
                 fall
                 with
                 open
                 reproach
                 :
                 and
                 forget
                 not
                 in
                 thy
                 youth
                 to
                 be
                 mindefull
                 of
                 thy
                 end
                 :
                 
                   For
                   though
                   the
                   old
                   man
                   cannot
                   live
                   long
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   Young-man
                   may
                   dye
                   quickly
                   .
                
              
               
                 16
                 The
                 waste
                 of
                 Time
                 is
                 a
                 deare
                 expence
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 that
                 seekes
                 for
                 meanes
                 to
                 passe
                 it
                 unprofitably
                 ,
                 spurres
                 a
                 forward
                 Horse
                 without
                 reason
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 overthrow
                 of
                 his
                 Rider
                 :
                 for
                 whosoever
                 wasteth
                 many
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 purchaseth
                 little
                 
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 said
                 to
                 have
                 had
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 short
                 life
                 .
                 And
                 whatsoever
                 thou
                 doest
                 ,
                 doe
                 it
                 wisely
                 ,
                 and
                 forecast
                 the
                 end
                 :
                 
                   For
                   who
                   thinkes
                   before
                   he
                   doe
                   ,
                   thrives
                   before
                   he
                   thinke
                   .
                
              
               
                 17
                 Use
                 such
                 affability
                 and
                 convenient
                 complement
                 ,
                 as
                 common
                 Civilitie
                 ,
                 and
                 usuall
                 curtesie
                 requireth
                 ,
                 without
                 making
                 thy selfe
                 too
                 deare
                 to
                 thy
                 Friend
                 ,
                 or
                 thy
                 Friend
                 too
                 cheap
                 to
                 thee
                 .
              
               
                 18
                 Be
                 stedfast
                 in
                 thy
                 promise
                 ,
                 and
                 constant
                 in
                 a
                 good
                 resolution
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 thou
                 hast
                 ingaged
                 thy
                 Word
                 ,
                 perform
                 it
                 ,
                 (
                 being
                 lawfull
                 )
                 though
                 to
                 thy
                 losse
                 :
                 So
                 shall
                 thy
                 Promise
                 be
                 as
                 forcible
                 as
                 anothers
                 
                 Bond
                 ,
                 thy
                 Word
                 as
                 another
                 Oath
                 :
                 
                   For
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   Man
                   that
                   gives
                   credit
                   to
                   his
                   Oath
                   ,
                   more
                   than
                   the
                   Oath
                   to
                   the
                   Man.
                   
                
              
               
                 19
                 Aske
                 confidently
                 that
                 thou
                 requirest
                 :
                 For
                 he
                 that
                 asketh
                 doubtingly
                 ,
                 teacheth
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 be
                 denyed
                 .
              
               
                 20
                 Make
                 not
                 Law
                 thy
                 practise
                 to
                 injurie
                 ,
                 or
                 instrument
                 to
                 uphold
                 thy
                 spleene
                 against
                 any
                 man
                 without
                 due
                 occasion
                 ,
                 lest
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 it
                 prove
                 to
                 thee
                 no
                 greater
                 refuge
                 ,
                 than
                 did
                 the
                 Thicket
                 of
                 brambles
                 to
                 the
                 flocke
                 of
                 Sheepe
                 ,
                 that
                 driven
                 from
                 the
                 plaine
                 by
                 Tempest
                 ranne
                 thither
                 for
                 shelter
                 ,
                 an●
                 there
                 lost
                 their
                 Fleeces
                 .
              
               
                 21
                 Though
                 I
                 thinke
                 no
                 day
                 
                 amisse
                 to
                 undertake
                 any
                 good
                 enterprise
                 ,
                 or
                 businesse
                 in
                 hand
                 ;
                 yet
                 have
                 I
                 observed
                 some
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 meane
                 Clerks
                 ,
                 very
                 Cautionarie
                 ,
                 to
                 forbeare
                 these
                 three
                 Mundayes
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 leave
                 to
                 thine
                 owne
                 consideration
                 ,
                 either
                 to
                 use
                 or
                 refuse
                 ,
                 viz.
                 
              
               
                 1
                 The
                 first
                 Munday
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 which
                 day
                 Caine
                 was
                 born
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 brother
                 Abel
                 slaine
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 second
                 Munday
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 which
                 day
                 Sodome
                 and
                 Gomorrah
                 were
                 destroyed
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 Last
                 Munday
                 in
                 December
                 ,
                 which
                 day
                 Iudas
                 was
                 born
                 ,
                 that
                 betrayed
                 our
                 
                   Saviour
                   Christ
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 An
                 Addition
                 of
                 some
                 fourefold
                 short
                 remembrances
                 which
                 every
                 man
                 may
                 experience
                 daily
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Life
                 Time.
                 
              
               
                 VSe
                 foure
                 things
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 So
                 shall
                 you
                 please
                 both
                 God
                 and
                 Man.
                 
              
               
                 Praying
                 ,
                 Reading
                 ,
                 and
                 Hearing
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 good
                 works
                 labouring
                 .
              
               
                 Vse
                 foure
                 things
                 as
                 little
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 So
                 shall
                 you
                 please
                 both
                 God
                 and
                 man.
                 
              
               
               
                 Eating
                 ,
                 Drinking
                 ,
                 Sleeping
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 spend
                 much
                 time
                 in
                 trifling
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 causes
                 ▪
                 for
                 the
                 which
                 a
                 Man
                 is
                 borne
                 into
                 the
                 world
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 first
                 is
                 chiefest
                 of
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 serve
                 God
                 and
                 his
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 his
                 Parents
                 &
                 his
                 Friends
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 vertues
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 must
                 strive
                 to
                 attain
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 is
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Iust
                 and
                 Constant
                 ,
                 Wise
                 and
                 Temperate
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 vices
                 which
                 a
                 man
                 must
                 earnestly
                 shun
                 and
                 avoid
                 .
              
               
                 Sloathfulnesse
                 and
                 carelesnesse
                 ,
                 vaine
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 and
                 nicenesse
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 in
                 this
                 
                 world
                 earnestly
                 desired
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 obtained
                 .
              
               
                 Mirth
                 ,
                 without
                 mourning
                 .
                 Health
                 without
                 Sicknesse
                 .
                 Travell
                 without
                 wearisomnesse
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 goodnesse
                 without
                 evill
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 to
                 be
                 greatly
                 desired
                 ,
                 and
                 earnestly
                 followed
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 Behaviour
                 ,
                 sobernesse
                 ,
                 in
                 Promise
                 ,
                 steadfastnesse
                 ,
                 in
                 Conversation
                 ,
                 meekenesse
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Love
                 ,
                 contentednesse
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 most
                 needfull
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 most
                 harmefull
                 .
              
               
                 Wit
                 ,
                 and
                 Words
                 ,
                 Drinke
                 ,
                 and
                 Company
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 much
                 worth
                 ,
                 and
                 little
                 weighed
                 ,
                 
                 Time
                 ,
                 and
                 Health
                 ,
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 Quiet
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 three
                 things
                 Saint
                 Austine
                 was
                 sorry
                 he
                 lived
                 not
                 to
                 see
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 Rome
                 in
                 her
                 flourishing
                 Estate
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 Christ
                 in
                 the
                 Flesh
                 .
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 to
                 heare
                 Saint
                 Paul
                 preach
                 .
              
               
                 Plato
                 gave
                 thankes
                 to
                 Nature
                 for
                 foure
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 were
                 they
                 ?
              
               
                 1
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 a
                 Beast
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 a
                 Woman
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Grecian
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 a
                 Barbarian
                 .
              
               
               
                 4
                 That
                 he
                 lived
                 during
                 the
                 Time
                 of
                 Socrates
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 ,
                 most
                 desired
                 ,
                 and
                 unto
                 many
                 most
                 dangerous
                 .
              
               
                 Authority
                 and
                 ease
                 ,
                 Women
                 ,
                 and
                 delights
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 greatly
                 sought
                 ,
                 dangerously
                 gotten
                 ,
                 fearefully
                 enjoyed
                 ,
                 and
                 justly
                 repented
                 .
              
               
                 Unlawfull
                 Lust
                 and
                 Lucre
                 ,
                 immoderate
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 and
                 Revenge
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 foure
                 kinde
                 of
                 people
                 (
                 according
                 to
                 
                   David
                   ,
                
                 )
                 that
                 are
                 most
                 indebted
                 unto
                 God
                 for
                 their
                 lives
                 .
              
               
                 1
                 Those
                 that
                 have
                 escaped
                 from
                 a
                 Dearth
                 .
              
               
               
                 2
                 Prisoners
                 their
                 Bonds
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 Those
                 which
                 are
                 preserved
                 from
                 a
                 mortall
                 Sicknesse
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 Sea-faring
                 Men
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 neither
                 among
                 the
                 living
                 nor
                 the
                 dead
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 which
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 best
                 reclaime
                 his
                 carelesse
                 and
                 dissolute
                 life
                 .
              
               
                 1
                 By
                 thinking
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 one
                 must
                 give
                 account
                 of
                 every
                 idle
                 Word
                 ,
                 what
                 exaction
                 shall
                 be
                 required
                 for
                 his
                 idle
                 deeds
                 ?
              
               
                 2
                 That
                 if
                 those
                 shall
                 be
                 condemned
                 who
                 have
                 done
                 no
                 good
                 ,
                 what
                 shall
                 become
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 have
                 done
                 nothing
                 but
                 evill
                 ?
              
               
                 3
                 That
                 if
                 those
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 
                 held
                 guiltlesse
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 not
                 given
                 their
                 owne
                 goods
                 ,
                 where
                 shall
                 they
                 appeare
                 ,
                 that
                 have
                 wrongfully
                 taken
                 others
                 ?
              
               
                 4
                 ▪
                 That
                 if
                 Ignorance
                 without
                 zeale
                 ,
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 pardoned
                 ,
                 where
                 shall
                 knowledge
                 with
                 neglect
                 be
                 condemned
                 ?
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 five
                 thoughts
                 which
                 should
                 ever
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 minde
                 of
                 every
                 good
                 Christian
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 to
                 thinke
                 of
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 to
                 despise
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 of
                 Death
                 to
                 expect
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 of
                 judgement
                 ,
                 to
                 escape
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 of
                 Hell
                 ,
                 to
                 prevent
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Fiftly
                 ,
                 of
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 to
                 desire
                 it
                 .
              
               
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 very
                 easie
                 to
                 doe
                 oft
                 ,
                 but
                 very
                 hard
                 to
                 doe
                 well
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 desire
                 ,
                 to
                 command
                 ,
                 to
                 counsell
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 judge
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 better
                 to
                 give
                 than
                 to
                 take
                 .
              
               
                 Pardon
                 ,
                 Physicke
                 ,
                 Allowance
                 ,
                 and
                 Rewards
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 soure
                 as
                 great
                 evils
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 unpunished
                 ,
                 as
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 punished
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 Untemperatenesse
                 :
                 secondly
                 ,
                 Unshamefastnesse
                 :
                 thirdly
                 ,
                 Unfaithfulnes
                 :
                 fourthly
                 ,
                 Unthankfulnesse
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 we
                 cannot
                 but
                 set
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 can
                 hardly
                 be
                 sure
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 Health
                 ,
                 Wealth
                 ,
                 anothers
                 
                 love
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 owne
                 life
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 the
                 poor
                 man
                 hath
                 equall
                 with
                 the
                 Prince
                 .
              
               
                 Health
                 ,
                 Sleep
                 ,
                 Thought
                 ,
                 and
                 lasting
                 life
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 we
                 may
                 be
                 grieved
                 with
                 ,
                 but
                 should
                 not
                 grudge
                 at
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 Will
                 of
                 a
                 Prince
                 ,
                 the
                 sentence
                 of
                 a
                 Iudge
                 ,
                 the
                 finding
                 of
                 our
                 faults
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 which
                 cannot
                 well
                 be
                 demanded
                 with
                 reason
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 may
                 be
                 denied
                 with
                 honesty
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 Masters
                 message
                 ,
                 a
                 Lovers
                 affection
                 ,
                 a
                 Friends
                 Counsell
                 ,
                 our
                 owne
                 thoughts
                 .
              
               
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 good
                 to
                 use
                 ,
                 but
                 nought
                 to
                 need
                 .
              
               
                 Law
                 ,
                 Physicke
                 ,
                 our
                 friends
                 purse
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 owne
                 patience
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 servants
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 that
                 shew
                 the
                 disposition
                 of
                 their
                 Master
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Eye
                 ,
                 the
                 Tongue
                 ,
                 the
                 Foot
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Hand
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 best
                 matched
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 oftnest
                 married
                 .
              
               
                 Gratiousnesse
                 with
                 Greatnesse
                 ,
                 Discretion
                 with
                 Learning
                 ,
                 Beautie
                 with
                 Chastity
                 ,
                 Wit
                 with
                 Vertue
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 sorts
                 of
                 people
                 ,
                 that
                 feare
                 is
                 never
                 long
                 from
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Ambitious
                 ,
                 the
                 Vicious
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 Covetous
                 and
                 the
                 Iealous
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 the
                 more
                 you
                 take
                 ,
                 the
                 more
                 you
                 leave
                 .
              
               
                 Light
                 of
                 a
                 Candle
                 ,
                 Instruction
                 of
                 the
                 Learned
                 ,
                 Wit
                 of
                 the
                 Wise
                 ,
                 and
                 Love
                 of
                 a
                 Friend
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 things
                 ,
                 fit
                 for
                 all
                 those
                 that
                 desire
                 a
                 quiet
                 life
                 .
              
               
                 Busily
                 to
                 finde
                 no
                 faults
                 ,
                 Contentiously
                 to
                 lay
                 no
                 Wagers
                 ,
                 Disdainfully
                 to
                 make
                 no
                 comparisons
                 ,
                 Wickedly
                 to
                 maintaine
                 no
                 opinions
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 bee
                 foure
                 mothers
                 bring
                 forth
                 foure
                 very
                 bad
                 daughters
                 .
              
               
                 Truth
                 ,
                 Hatred
                 ;
                 Prosperity
                 ,
                 Pride
                 ;
                 Security
                 ,
                 Perill
                 ;
                 Familiarity
                 ,
                 Contempt
                 .
              
               
               
                 There
                 be
                 foure
                 Ioyes
                 to
                 be
                 desired
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 last
                 is
                 above
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 Secure
                 quietnesse
                 ;
                 Quiet
                 Ioyfulnesse
                 ;
                 Ioyfull
                 blessednesse
                 ,
                 and
                 blessed
                 everlastingnesse
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               Conference
               betweene
               a
               Philosopher
               ,
               and
               a
               Iustice
               .
            
             
               
                 Philosopher
                 .
              
               
                 VVHat
                 Goddesse
                 art
                 thou
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iust
                 .
              
               
                 Iustice
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Philo.
                 
              
               
                 Why
                 lookest
                 thou
                 with
                 so
                 sterne
                 a
                 Countenance
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iustice
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 
                 how
                 to
                 be
                 bowed
                 with
                 words
                 ,
                 or
                 moved
                 with
                 teares
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phil.
                 
              
               
                 From
                 whence
                 descended
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iustice
                 .
              
               
                 From
                 Heaven
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Philosopher
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 are
                 thy
                 Parents
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iustice
                 .
              
               
                 Faith
                 and
                 good
                 Conscience
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Philos
                 .
              
               
                 Why
                 hast
                 thou
                 one
                 eare
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 shut
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iustice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 one
                 lies
                 open
                 to
                 Truth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 is
                 shut
                 to
                 her
                 Enemy
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Philosopher
                 .
              
               
                 Why
                 bearest
                 thou
                 a
                 Sword
                 in
                 one
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 payre
                 of
                 ballances
                 in
                 the
                 other
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iustice
                 .
              
               
                 With
                 the
                 one
                 I
                 mete
                 out
                 right
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 other
                 I
                 punish
                 her
                 opposers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Philos
                 .
              
               
                 Why
                 walkest
                 thou
                 alone
                 ?
              
            
             
               
               
                 Iustice
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 good
                 Company
                 is
                 scarce
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Philos
                 .
              
               
                 Why
                 art
                 thou
                 in
                 so
                 poore
                 a
                 habit
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Iust
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 he
                 that
                 covets
                 to
                 get
                 much
                 riches
                 ,
                 can
                 never
                 be
                 just
                 .
              
               
                 Upon
                 whose
                 Conference
                 one
                 inserted
                 these
                 Verses
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 old
                 time
                 Iustice
                 was
                 portrayed
                 blinde
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 To
                 signifie
                 her
                 strict
                 impartiall
                 Doome
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 in
                 her
                 hand
                 she
                 held
                 a
                 Scale
                 ,
                 to
                 finde
              
               
                 By
                 weight
                 ,
                 which
                 part
                 did
                 most
                 remove
                 the
                 loome
                 .
              
               
                 She
                 is
                 blinde
                 and
                 deafe
                 ,
                 yet
                 feeles
                 apace
                 .
              
               
                 Her
                 Scale
                 now
                 weighes
                 the
                 Fees
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 the
                 Case
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               handfull
               of
               short
               questions
               ,
               with
               their
               Resolutions
               .
            
             
               Question
               .
            
             
               VVHy
               are
               Citizens
               commonly
               of
               lesse
               stature
               than
               other
               men
               ?
            
             
               Ans
               .
               Because
               they
               live
               most
               in
               the
               shade
               .
            
             
               Q.
               Whether
               the
               Egge
               or
               bird
               was
               first
               ?
            
             
             
               A.
               The
               Bird
               ,
               for
               the
               first
               course
               of
               creatures
               were
               immediately
               from
               God
               without
               secondary
               causes
               .
            
             
               Q.
               What
               waters
               of
               all
               others
               ascend
               highest
               ?
            
             
               A.
               The
               teares
               of
               the
               faithfull
               ,
               which
               God
               gathers
               into
               his
               bottle
               .
            
             
               Q.
               Of
               all
               fishes
               in
               the
               Sea
               which
               doe
               our
               Naturalists
               observe
               the
               swiftest
               ?
            
             
               A.
               The
               Dolphin
               ,
               which
               swimmes
               faster
               than
               either
               Bird
               or
               arrow
               flies
               ;
               which
               Fish
               is
               most
               dangerous
               to
               Marriners
               .
            
             
               Q.
               What
               breakes
               the
               shell
               at
               the
               comming
               out
               of
               the
               Chicken
               ?
            
             
               A.
               By
               the
               ordinary
               time
               of
               
               sitting
               upon
               ,
               the
               shell
               becommeth
               very
               tender
               and
               brittle
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               least
               stirring
               effecteth
               it
               :
               but
               the
               principall
               reason
               is
               ,
               the
               defect
               of
               nourishment
               ,
               which
               at
               the
               end
               of
               that
               time
               is
               wasted
               in
               the
               shell
               ,
               which
               the
               Chicken
               missing
               ,
               exposeth
               her selfe
               to
               finde
               ,
               and
               so
               breaketh
               it
               .
            
             
               As
               likewise
               the
               defect
               of
               Nutriment
               is
               the
               naturall
               cause
               of
               all
               other
               births
               .
            
             
               Q.
               Christ
               bids
               us
               be
               wise
               as
               Serpents
               ,
               wherein
               consists
               their
               Wisedome
               ?
            
             
               Answ
               .
               1.
               
               That
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               she
               casts
               off
               her
               old
               skinne
               ,
               to
               invest
               her
               in
               a
               new
               .
            
             
               2
               That
               she
               will
               defend
               her
               
               head
               above
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               3
               That
               carrying
               Poyson
               in
               her
               mouth
               ,
               she
               ever
               puts
               it
               out
               before
               she
               drinke
               .
            
             
               4
               That
               she
               stoppes
               her
               eares
               at
               the
               voyce
               of
               the
               Charmer
               .
            
             
               Q.
               What
               is
               that
               that
               is
               too
               hard
               for
               one
               to
               keepe
               :
               enough
               for
               two
               ,
               and
               too
               much
               for
               three
               ?
            
             
               Answ
               .
               Secret.
               
            
             
               Qu.
               To
               whom
               may
               a
               man
               best
               commit
               his
               secret
               ?
            
             
               Answ
               .
               To
               a
               common
               Lyar
               ,
               for
               he
               ,
               though
               he
               disclose
               it
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               beleeved
               .
            
             
               Quest
               .
               What
               were
               the
               Names
               of
               those
               two
               Theeves
               that
               were
               crucified
               with
               Christ
               ?
            
             
               Ans
               .
               The
               Scripture
               nominates
               them
               not
               :
               Yet
               some
               Writers
               
               give
               them
               these
               names
               :
               Dismas
               and
               
                 Gesmas
                 ;
                 Dismas
              
               ,
               the
               happy
               :
               and
               Gesmas
               the
               infortunate
               :
               and
               according
               to
               the
               Poet
               :
            
             
               Gesmas
               damnatur
               ,
               Dismas
               ad
               Astra
               levatur
               .
            
             
               Qu.
               How
               may
               a
               man
               drinke
               much
               wine
               ,
               and
               strong
               drinkes
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               drunke
               ?
            
             
               An.
               By
               eating
               before
               some
               bitter
               Almonds
               ,
               whose
               nature
               is
               to
               suppresse
               the
               strength
               thereof
               downewards
               .
            
             
               Q.
               Aristotle
               being
               demanded
               ,
               what
               was
               the
               fruit
               to
               himselfe
               of
               al
               his
               study
               and
               Philosophie
               ?
            
             
               Ans
               .
               Answered
               ,
               to
               doe
               those
               things
               out
               of
               a
               naturall
               willingnesse
               ,
               
               that
               others
               doe
               by
               compulsion
               .
            
             
               Q.
               Why
               cannot
               the
               heart
               of
               a
               man
               be
               filled
               ,
               although
               he
               should
               enioy
               the
               whole
               World
               ?
            
             
               Ans
               .
               Because
               the
               whole
               Globe
               of
               the
               World
               is
               round
               ,
               and
               Mans
               heart
               a
               Triangle
               receptacle
               for
               the
               Trinitie
               :
               For
               as
               one
               saith
               :
               
                 Cor
                 Camera
                 Omnipotentis
                 Regis
              
               .
            
             
               Qu.
               By
               what
               meanes
               may
               a
               man
               best
               withdraw
               his
               affection
               where
               he
               loves
               ,
               in
               spight
               of
               his
               hate
               ,
               and
               cannot
               chuse
               ?
            
             
               Ans
               .
               By
               striving
               to
               divide
               it
               with
               some
               other
               at
               the
               same
               time
               :
               for
               he
               that
               loves
               over-many
               ,
               never
               loves
               over-much
               .
            
             
               Qu.
               By
               what
               meanes
               may
               the
               
               coales
               of
               Beauty
               be
               best
               quenched
               ,
               that
               they
               burne
               not
               to
               unlawfull
               desire
               ?
            
             
               Answ
               .
               By
               this
               highest
               contemplation
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               picture
               be
               so
               amiable
               ,
               needs
               must
               the
               patterne
               be
               most
               admirable
               :
               and
               if
               the
               lesser
               so
               please
               ,
               how
               would
               the
               greater
               Content
               ;
               which
               unlawfull
               pursuit
               of
               the
               one
               here
               ,
               may
               justly
               exclude
               from
               the
               other
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               Q.
               Why
               is
               Homo
               ,
               a
               common
               name
               for
               all
               Men
               ?
            
             
               An.
               Because
               it
               is
               a
               Synonyma
               to
               Humus
               ,
               the
               earth
               :
               the
               common
               matter
               all
               men
               are
               made
               of
               .
            
             
               Q.
               Whence
               is
               the
               derivation
               of
               Cadaver
               ,
               a
               dead
               carkasse
               ?
            
             
             
               Ans
               .
               Of
               Caro
               data
               vermibus
               .
            
             
               Qu.
               What
               three
               Letters
               are
               those
               that
               make
               us
               both
               Bondmen
               and
               Free
               ?
            
             
               Ans
               .
               They
               are
               EVA
               ,
               which
               inverted
               ,
               are
               Ave
               ,
               the
               Angels
               Salutation
               .
            
             
               Qu.
               What
               two
               Letters
               are
               those
               that
               your
               Infants
               first
               cry
               out
               upon
               ?
            
             
               An.
               They
               are
               E.
               and
               A.
               according
               to
               our
               note
               .
            
             
               Clamabunt
               E.
               A.
               quotquot
               nascuntur
               ab
               Eva.
               
            
             
               Qu.
               Whether
               the
               current
               or
               the
               stay
               of
               Farthing
               Tokens
               have
               beene
               more
               beneficiall
               or
               prejudiciall
               to
               the
               poore
               ?
            
             
               An.
               This
               question
               shall
               be
               answered
               by
               the
               blinde
               beggar
               
               of
               Saint
               Giles
               in
               the
               next
               Edition
               .
            
             
               Q.
               What
               strumpet
               of
               all
               other
               is
               the
               most
               common
               prostitute
               in
               the
               World
               ?
            
             
               
                 Ans
                 .
                 Lingua
              
               ,
               that
               common-whore
               :
               for
               she
               lies
               with
               all
               men
               .
            
             
               Qu.
               What
               Lady
               is
               that
               that
               may
               be
               kist
               ,
               and
               handled
               ,
               but
               not
               clipt
               ?
            
             
               Ans
               .
               Lady
               Pecunia
               ,
               by
               whose
               favour
               all
               these
               may
               be
               yours
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               genealogy
               ,
               off-spring
               ,
               progeny
               ,
               and
               kindred
               ,
               the
               houshold
               ,
               the
               family
               ,
               the
               servants
               and
               retinue
               of
               Pride
               ,
               cum
               tota
               sequela
               sua
               ,
               with
               all
               her
               trayne
               and
               followers
               .
            
             
               1
               SElfe-love
               ,
               selfe-liking
               ,
               self-pleasing
               ,
               self-will
               ,
               singularity
               .
            
             
               2
               Covetousnesse
               ,
               unlawfull
               desire
               ,
               Concupiscence
               ,
               inordinate
               lust
               ,
               barbarous
               unlawfull
               getting
               .
            
             
               3
               Ambition
               ,
               climbing
               aspiring
               affectation
               .
            
             
               4
               Hatred
               ,
               malice
               ,
               envy
               ,
               disdaine
               ,
               
               haughtinesse
               ,
               contempt
               ,
               scornefulnesse
               ,
               scoffing
               ,
               unkindenesse
               .
            
             
               5
               In
               wrath
               ,
               fury
               ,
               madnesse
               ,
               outrage
               ,
               hastinesse
               ,
               fretfulnesse
               ,
               eagernesse
               ,
               wildenesse
               .
            
             
               6
               Frowardnesse
               ,
               wilfulnesse
               ,
               waywardnesse
               ,
               elvishnesse
               ,
               impatience
               unrulinesse
               ,
               untowardnesse
               ,
               disobedience
               .
            
             
               7
               Statelinesse
               ,
               lordlinesse
               ,
               loftinesse
               ,
               high
               lookes
               ,
               surlinesse
               ,
               sternesse
               ,
               vengeance
               ,
               revenge
               .
            
             
               8
               Cruelty
               ,
               tyranny
               ,
               domination
               ,
               usurpation
               ,
               oppression
               ,
               wrong
               ,
               injustice
               ,
               iniquity
               ,
               rashnesse
               .
            
             
               9
               Profanenesse
               ,
               irreligion
               ,
               atheisme
               ,
               contempt
               of
               God
               ,
               
               foolishnesse
               ,
               disobedience
               .
            
             
               10
               Errour
               ,
               heresie
               ,
               superstition
               ,
               schisme
               ,
               sects
               ,
               pharisaisme
               ,
               puritanisme
               ,
               idolatry
               .
            
             
               11
               Contention
               ,
               discord
               ,
               division
               ,
               brawling
               ,
               scolding
               ,
               rayling
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               GLASSE
               Wherein
               those
               enormities
               and
               foule
               abuses
               may
               most
               evidently
               be
               seen
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               destruction
               and
               overthrow
               of
               every
               Christian
               Common-wealth
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               the
               onely
               means
               how
               to
               prevent
               such
               dangers
               :
               by
               imitating
               the
               wholesome
               advertisements
               contained
               in
               this
               Booke
               .
            
             
               Which
               sometimes
               was
               the
               Iewell
               and
               delight
               of
               the
               right
               honourable
               Lord
               ,
               and
               Father
               to
               his
               Country
               ,
               FRANCIS
               ,
               Earle
               of
               Bedford
               ,
               deceased
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               THOMAS
               IONES
               ,
               1636.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
               The
               Contents
               of
               this
               Book
               sheweth
               those
               Abuses
               which
               are
               the
               destruction
               of
               every
               Christian
               Common-wealth
               .
            
             
               
                 1
                 A
                 Wise
                 man
                 without
                 workes
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 An
                 old
                 man
                 without
                 devotion
                 .
              
               
                 3
                 A
                 young
                 man
                 without
                 obedience
                 .
              
               
                 4
                 A
                 rich
                 man
                 without
                 charity
                 .
              
               
               
                 5
                 A
                 woman
                 without
                 shamefastnesse
                 .
              
               
                 6
                 A
                 Master
                 or
                 Ruler
                 without
                 vertue
                 .
              
               
                 7
                 A
                 Christian
                 man
                 full
                 of
                 contention
              
               
                 8
                 A
                 poore
                 man
                 proud
                 .
              
               
                 9
                 A
                 wicked
                 and
                 an
                 unjust
                 King.
                 
              
               
                 10
                 A
                 negligent
                 Bishop
                 .
              
               
                 11
                 A
                 people
                 without
                 discipline
                 .
              
               
                 12
                 A
                 people
                 without
                 law
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               A
               Glasse
               wherein
               those
               blemishes
               and
               abuses
               may
               be
               perfectly
               seene
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               destruction
               and
               overthrow
               of
               every
               Christian
               Common-wealth
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 first
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 1.
                 
                 
                   A
                   wise
                   man
                   without
                   works
                
                 .
              
               
                 AMong
                 those
                 severall
                 maimes
                 and
                 blemishes
                 in
                 any
                 estate
                 whatsoever
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 
                 that
                 presenteth
                 it selfe
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 wise
                 man
                 or
                 a
                 Preacher
                 without
                 good
                 workes
                 :
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 as
                 doth
                 not
                 worke
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 teaching
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 wisedome
                 which
                 he
                 delivereth
                 with
                 his
                 owne
                 tongue
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 hearers
                 doe
                 despise
                 the
                 good
                 and
                 wholesome
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 perceive
                 that
                 the
                 works
                 of
                 the
                 Preacher
                 do
                 differ
                 from
                 his
                 teaching
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 authority
                 of
                 the
                 Preacher
                 shall
                 never
                 be
                 good
                 ,
                 except
                 (
                 by
                 example
                 of
                 good
                 life
                 )
                 he
                 fasten
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 heart
                 of
                 the
                 hearer
                 :
                 especially
                 when
                 the
                 Preacher
                 himselfe
                 is
                 fallen
                 into
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 sin
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 apply
                 the
                 wholsome
                 salves
                 of
                 other
                 Preachers
                 to
                 his
                 
                 owne
                 wounds
                 .
                 The
                 Lord
                 therfore
                 willing
                 to
                 instruct
                 his
                 Disciples
                 both
                 in
                 doctrine
                 and
                 good
                 works
                 ,
                 taught
                 them
                 how
                 they
                 should
                 take
                 heed
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 saying
                 .
                 
                   If
                   the
                   salt
                   be
                   unsavory
                   ,
                   wherein
                   shall
                   it
                   be
                   made
                   savory
                   ?
                
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Preacher
                 be
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 not
                 as
                 he
                 ought
                 to
                 doe
                 ,
                 what
                 Preacher
                 shall
                 bring
                 him
                 in
                 againe
                 ?
                 And
                 if
                 the
                 light
                 that
                 is
                 within
                 thee
                 is
                 become
                 darkenesse
                 ,
                 how
                 great
                 then
                 shall
                 the
                 darkenesse
                 be
                 it selfe
                 ?
                 If
                 the
                 eye
                 have
                 lost
                 the
                 use
                 and
                 office
                 of
                 sight
                 :
                 what
                 man
                 can
                 require
                 that
                 same
                 service
                 of
                 the
                 hand
                 or
                 foot
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 member
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ?
                 Therefore
                 let
                 
                 Preachers
                 take
                 heed
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 incur
                 not
                 a
                 sharper
                 vengeance
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 the
                 greater
                 occasion
                 to
                 many
                 that
                 they
                 doe
                 perish
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 Salomon
                 himselfe
                 ,
                 while
                 he
                 did
                 transgresse
                 ,
                 and
                 worke
                 contrary
                 to
                 his
                 great
                 wisedome
                 :
                 was
                 the
                 cause
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 his
                 salt
                 onely
                 ,
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 Israell
                 was
                 divided
                 .
                 Wherefore
                 those
                 persons
                 to
                 whom
                 many
                 things
                 are
                 committed
                 ,
                 have
                 the
                 greater
                 los●e
                 if
                 they
                 bestow
                 not
                 that
                 well
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 received
                 of
                 their
                 head
                 and
                 Governour
                 :
                 and
                 therefore
                 he
                 that
                 hath
                 the
                 greater
                 charge
                 ,
                 shall
                 make
                 the
                 greater
                 answer
                 and
                 reckoning
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 servant
                 which
                 knoweth
                 
                 the
                 will
                 of
                 his
                 Master
                 and
                 doth
                 it
                 not
                 ,
                 shall
                 suffer
                 sharp
                 scourges
                 and
                 bitter
                 punishments
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 second
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 2.
                 
                 
                   An
                   old
                   man
                   without
                   devotion
                   and
                   godly
                   feare
                   .
                
              
               
                 THe
                 second
                 stain
                 and
                 shamefull
                 abuse
                 ,
                 is
                 an
                 old
                 man
                 that
                 hath
                 no
                 holinesse
                 in
                 him
                 :
                 but
                 when
                 the
                 members
                 and
                 parts
                 of
                 his
                 body
                 be
                 old
                 and
                 feeble
                 ,
                 the
                 lims
                 of
                 his
                 minde
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 inward
                 
                 man
                 ,
                 are
                 nothing
                 the
                 stronger
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 decent
                 and
                 comely
                 ,
                 that
                 old
                 men
                 should
                 give
                 themselves
                 to
                 more
                 perfect
                 holinesse
                 and
                 devotion
                 ,
                 than
                 other
                 men
                 ,
                 whom
                 the
                 flourishing
                 time
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 hath
                 not
                 as
                 yet
                 forsaken
                 .
                 The
                 example
                 may
                 be
                 gathered
                 in
                 wood
                 ,
                 that
                 even
                 as
                 the
                 Tree
                 is
                 accounted
                 naught
                 and
                 evill
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 it
                 hath
                 blossomed
                 ,
                 bringeth
                 forth
                 no
                 good
                 fruit
                 :
                 so
                 among
                 men
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 wicked
                 and
                 evill
                 person
                 ,
                 who
                 when
                 the
                 flower
                 of
                 his
                 youth
                 is
                 past
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 old
                 time
                 of
                 his
                 body
                 ,
                 bring
                 forth
                 ripe
                 workes
                 of
                 good
                 fruits
                 .
                 For
                 what
                 thing
                 can
                 be
                 more
                 ridiculous
                 ,
                 than
                 a
                 mans
                 minde
                 not
                 to
                 
                 endeavour
                 to
                 attaine
                 strength
                 and
                 perfection
                 ,
                 when
                 all
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 his
                 body
                 (
                 by
                 age
                 )
                 are
                 come
                 to
                 defection
                 and
                 end
                 ?
                 When
                 his
                 eyes
                 waxe
                 dimme
                 ,
                 his
                 eares
                 hard
                 of
                 hearing
                 ,
                 his
                 head
                 bald
                 ,
                 his
                 cheeks
                 withered
                 through
                 lacke
                 of
                 bloud
                 :
                 when
                 he
                 beginneth
                 to
                 want
                 his
                 teeth
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 his
                 breath
                 strong
                 and
                 earthly
                 ,
                 his
                 breast
                 stuffed
                 with
                 phlegme
                 ,
                 evermore
                 troubled
                 with
                 the
                 cough
                 :
                 and
                 finally
                 ,
                 when
                 his
                 legges
                 doe
                 faile
                 under
                 him
                 as
                 he
                 goeth
                 ,
                 by
                 age
                 ,
                 and
                 swelling
                 with
                 diseases
                 :
                 the
                 inward
                 man
                 that
                 feeleth
                 no
                 age
                 ,
                 being
                 also
                 pained
                 with
                 the
                 selfe
                 same
                 diseases
                 .
                 And
                 all
                 these
                 sicknesses
                 and
                 infirmities
                 
                 rehearsed
                 ,
                 are
                 signes
                 and
                 tokens
                 before
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 this
                 body
                 shall
                 shortly
                 decay
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 have
                 we
                 to
                 doe
                 then
                 ,
                 while
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 this
                 life
                 draweth
                 so
                 fast
                 on
                 ?
                 but
                 that
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 old
                 ,
                 should
                 desire
                 to
                 covet
                 nothing
                 else
                 ,
                 than
                 how
                 they
                 might
                 soonest
                 obtaine
                 the
                 felicity
                 of
                 the
                 life
                 to
                 come
                 .
                 For
                 to
                 young
                 men
                 ,
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 their
                 life
                 is
                 alway
                 at
                 hand
                 and
                 uncertaine
                 ,
                 but
                 unto
                 old
                 men
                 it
                 is
                 more
                 ripe
                 and
                 naturall
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 agreeable
                 to
                 their
                 age
                 .
              
               
                 Wherefore
                 a
                 man
                 must
                 take
                 heed
                 of
                 two
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 never
                 doe
                 waxe
                 old
                 in
                 his
                 flesh
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 draw
                 the
                 whole
                 man
                 unto
                 sinne
                 :
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 the
                 
                 heart
                 and
                 the
                 tongue
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 hart
                 is
                 alway
                 imagining
                 of
                 new
                 thoughts
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 tongue
                 is
                 evermore
                 swift
                 in
                 speaking
                 whatsoever
                 the
                 heart
                 doth
                 imagine
                 or
                 thinke
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 old
                 men
                 therfore
                 beware
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 young
                 members
                 doe
                 not
                 bring
                 the
                 whole
                 harmony
                 of
                 their
                 bodies
                 out
                 of
                 tune
                 :
                 causing
                 the
                 other
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 (
                 which
                 doe
                 shew
                 gravity
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 laughed
                 to
                 scorne
                 .
                 For
                 every
                 man
                 ought
                 to
                 take
                 heed
                 ,
                 what
                 becōmeth
                 the
                 age
                 which
                 he
                 beareth
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 doe
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 shall
                 cause
                 ,
                 that
                 neither
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 age
                 nor
                 behaviour
                 may
                 be
                 touched
                 with
                 despising
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 third
                 abuse
                 ▪
              
               
                 Chap.
                 3.
                 
                 
                   A
                   young
                   man
                   without
                   obedience
                
                 .
              
               
                 HEre
                 must
                 we
                 intreat
                 on
                 the
                 third
                 eye-sore
                 :
                 namely
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 be
                 found
                 without
                 obedience
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 world
                 is
                 brought
                 out
                 of
                 good
                 order
                 .
                 For
                 how
                 doth
                 he
                 thinke
                 to
                 be
                 reverenced
                 when
                 he
                 commeth
                 to
                 age
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 his
                 youth
                 will
                 shew
                 no
                 obedience
                 or
                 reverence
                 to
                 them
                 which
                 are
                 old
                 ?
                 And
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 common
                 
                 saying
                 among
                 old
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 can
                 never
                 play
                 the
                 Master
                 well
                 ,
                 who
                 hath
                 not
                 one
                 way
                 or
                 other
                 declared
                 himselfe
                 serviceable
                 and
                 obedient
                 to
                 some
                 other
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 which
                 cause
                 ,
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 his
                 being
                 upon
                 the
                 earth
                 in
                 his
                 flesh
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 lawfull
                 time
                 and
                 age
                 of
                 a
                 teacher
                 ,
                 that
                 hee
                 should
                 teach
                 :
                 did
                 serve
                 and
                 minister
                 obediently
                 to
                 his
                 Parents
                 .
                 Likewise
                 then
                 ,
                 as
                 gravity
                 ,
                 sadnesse
                 and
                 perfect
                 godly
                 manners
                 ,
                 are
                 looked
                 for
                 and
                 beheld
                 in
                 old
                 men
                 ,
                 so
                 to
                 young
                 men
                 belongeth
                 (
                 of
                 right
                 )
                 humble
                 service
                 ,
                 subjection
                 and
                 obedience
                 .
              
               
               
                 Wherefore
                 in
                 those
                 precepts
                 and
                 commandements
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 which
                 appertaine
                 to
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 our
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 is
                 the
                 honour
                 of
                 Father
                 and
                 Mother
                 ,
                 being
                 commanded
                 unto
                 us
                 :
                 that
                 although
                 the
                 carnall
                 father
                 be
                 not
                 alive
                 ,
                 or
                 is
                 unworthy
                 ,
                 yet
                 you
                 must
                 to
                 some
                 other
                 which
                 is
                 alive
                 ,
                 shew
                 obedience
                 and
                 give
                 honour
                 ,
                 till
                 such
                 time
                 thou
                 commest
                 to
                 an
                 age
                 ,
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 honoured
                 thy selfe
                 .
                 For
                 this
                 word
                 Father
                 is
                 taken
                 foure
                 manner
                 of
                 waies
                 in
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 by
                 nature
                 :
                 by
                 the
                 nation
                 or
                 people
                 :
                 for
                 counsell
                 :
                 and
                 for
                 age
                 .
                 Of
                 the
                 naturall
                 father
                 ,
                 Iacob
                 speaketh
                 to
                 Laban
                 ,
                 saying
                 .
                 
                   If
                   the
                   
                   feare
                   of
                   my
                   father
                
                 Isaack
                 
                   had
                   not
                   beene
                   here
                   ,
                   thou
                   wouldest
                   have
                   taken
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   have
                   .
                
                 Of
                 the
                 father
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 said
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Lord
                 spake
                 to
                 Moses
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 bush
                 .
                 
                   I
                   am
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   thy
                   Fathers
                   ,
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   Abraham
                   ,
                   the
                   God
                   of
                
                 Isaack
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   God
                   of
                
                 Iacob
                 .
                 Of
                 the
                 father
                 for
                 age
                 and
                 counsell
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 likewise
                 written
                 .
                 
                   Aske
                   the
                   Father
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   shall
                   tell
                   thee
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Elders
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   shall
                   shew
                   unto
                   thee
                   .
                
              
               
                 Wherefore
                 ,
                 if
                 thy
                 naturall
                 Father
                 be
                 dead
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 not
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 obeyed
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 other
                 old
                 man
                 doe
                 give
                 thee
                 good
                 counsell
                 ,
                 thou
                 must
                 shew
                 the
                 obedience
                 of
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 unto
                 him
                 .
                 For
                 how
                 shall
                 hee
                 be
                 
                 honoured
                 in
                 his
                 old
                 age
                 ,
                 which
                 refused
                 to
                 follow
                 the
                 good
                 lessons
                 of
                 obedience
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 himselfe
                 ?
                 Whatsoever
                 a
                 man
                 doth
                 labour
                 ,
                 that
                 shall
                 he
                 reape
                 and
                 gather
                 .
                 In
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 all
                 discipline
                 (
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 )
                 seemeth
                 to
                 be
                 unpleasant
                 and
                 painefull
                 :
                 but
                 afterward
                 it
                 shall
                 give
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 have
                 exercised
                 themselves
                 therein
                 ,
                 the
                 most
                 pleasant
                 and
                 quiet
                 fruit
                 of
                 right
                 and
                 justice
                 .
                 For
                 like
                 as
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 fruit
                 found
                 on
                 that
                 Tree
                 ,
                 which
                 first
                 did
                 beare
                 no
                 blossoms
                 :
                 so
                 in
                 age
                 ,
                 that
                 man
                 shall
                 never
                 have
                 the
                 due
                 honour
                 to
                 age
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 his
                 youth
                 hath
                 not
                 first
                 beene
                 exercised
                 with
                 some
                 discipline
                 .
                 
                 And
                 which
                 way
                 can
                 discipline
                 be
                 without
                 obedience
                 ?
              
               
                 It
                 followeth
                 then
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 without
                 obedience
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 young
                 man
                 without
                 discipline
                 :
                 for
                 obedience
                 is
                 the
                 mother
                 of
                 all
                 discipline
                 .
                 It
                 requireth
                 great
                 exercise
                 :
                 example
                 and
                 rule
                 whereof
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 taken
                 by
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesu
                 Christ
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 obedient
                 unto
                 his
                 father
                 ,
                 yea
                 to
                 the
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 to
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 the
                 crosse
                 ,
                 tooke
                 upon
                 him
                 gladly
                 ignominy
                 and
                 rebuke
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 fourth
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 4
                 
                   A
                   rich
                   man
                   without
                   charity
                
                 .
              
               
                 NExt
                 ensueth
                 the
                 fourth
                 argument
                 of
                 evill
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 rich
                 man
                 destitute
                 of
                 almes
                 deeds
                 or
                 charity
                 :
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 as
                 doth
                 hide
                 and
                 lay
                 up
                 till
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 is
                 sufficient
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 distributing
                 nothing
                 to
                 the
                 poore
                 and
                 needy
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 while
                 he
                 useth
                 so
                 great
                 diligence
                 ,
                 in
                 keeping
                 the
                 
                 goods
                 gathered
                 on
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 he
                 loseth
                 the
                 treasure
                 which
                 is
                 everlasting
                 of
                 the
                 heavenly
                 Country
                 .
                 Whereto
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 called
                 the
                 rich
                 young
                 man
                 ,
                 who
                 demanded
                 of
                 him
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 saying
                 to
                 him
                 .
                 
                   If
                   thou
                   wilt
                   be
                   perfect
                   ,
                   goe
                   and
                   sell
                   all
                   that
                   thou
                   hast
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   poore
                   ,
                   and
                   come
                   and
                   follow
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   thou
                   shalt
                   haue
                   treasure
                   in
                   heaven
                   .
                
                 Which
                 no
                 man
                 ever
                 can
                 have
                 ,
                 except
                 he
                 comfort
                 the
                 poore
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 not
                 him
                 therefore
                 sleepe
                 upon
                 his
                 riches
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 do
                 good
                 unto
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 for
                 although
                 a
                 rich
                 man
                 have
                 gathered
                 together
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 goods
                 ,
                 yet
                 can
                 he
                 not
                 enjoy
                 
                 them
                 all
                 alone
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 man
                 is
                 sustained
                 with
                 few
                 and
                 small
                 things
                 .
                 Then
                 what
                 greater
                 folly
                 can
                 there
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 then
                 for
                 the
                 excessive
                 feeding
                 and
                 cloathing
                 of
                 one
                 man
                 ,
                 to
                 lose
                 all
                 the
                 pleasures
                 of
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 purchase
                 the
                 everlasting
                 paines
                 of
                 hell
                 ,
                 without
                 hope
                 of
                 any
                 comfort
                 or
                 helpe
                 ?
              
               
                 That
                 thing
                 therefore
                 which
                 of
                 necessity
                 thou
                 must
                 once
                 forsake
                 ,
                 in
                 hope
                 to
                 be
                 rewarded
                 againe
                 everlastingly
                 ,
                 doe
                 thou
                 distribute
                 willingly
                 and
                 cheerfully
                 .
                 For
                 all
                 things
                 which
                 we
                 behold
                 with
                 our
                 eyes
                 ,
                 are
                 temporall
                 ,
                 but
                 those
                 which
                 we
                 see
                 
                 not
                 ,
                 are
                 eternall
                 and
                 everlasting
                 .
                 For
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 we
                 are
                 temporall
                 ,
                 things
                 of
                 like
                 quality
                 doe
                 us
                 service
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 we
                 depart
                 from
                 this
                 earthy
                 abode
                 ,
                 everlasting
                 joy
                 shall
                 attend
                 upon
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 felicity
                 without
                 limit
                 or
                 ending
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 reason
                 have
                 we
                 to
                 love
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 we
                 cannot
                 alway
                 have
                 with
                 us
                 ?
                 when
                 we
                 evidently
                 behold
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 lands
                 and
                 substance
                 of
                 a
                 rich
                 man
                 ,
                 doe
                 declare
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 without
                 wit
                 and
                 judgement
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 loveth
                 those
                 things
                 with
                 the
                 desire
                 of
                 his
                 whole
                 heart
                 ,
                 which
                 never
                 doe
                 render
                 him
                 loue
                 againe
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 love
                 gold
                 ,
                 silver
                 ,
                 lands
                 ,
                 dainty
                 
                 fare
                 ,
                 fine
                 meats
                 ,
                 and
                 bruit
                 beasts
                 ,
                 the
                 naturall
                 course
                 of
                 things
                 doe
                 teach
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 none
                 of
                 these
                 can
                 yeeld
                 him
                 love
                 againe
                 .
                 What
                 thing
                 is
                 then
                 further
                 from
                 all
                 reason
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 love
                 that
                 which
                 cannot
                 love
                 thee
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 neglect
                 that
                 ,
                 which
                 giveth
                 to
                 thee
                 all
                 things
                 with
                 love
                 ?
                 For
                 that
                 cause
                 ,
                 God
                 commanded
                 us
                 to
                 love
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 but
                 our
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 sith
                 that
                 he
                 can
                 render
                 love
                 againe
                 for
                 love
                 :
                 which
                 thing
                 worldly
                 goods
                 cannot
                 doe
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 well
                 knowne
                 .
                 Even
                 so
                 God
                 commandeth
                 us
                 to
                 love
                 our
                 enemy
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 same
                 love
                 may
                 make
                 him
                 of
                 our
                 enemy
                 ,
                 our
                 friend
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 every
                 covetous
                 rich
                 man
                 
                 therefore
                 ,
                 who
                 would
                 have
                 everlasting
                 riches
                 ,
                 distribute
                 (
                 while
                 he
                 is
                 here
                 )
                 to
                 the
                 poore
                 and
                 needy
                 ,
                 those
                 riches
                 which
                 are
                 but
                 temporall
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 not
                 continue
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 will
                 not
                 sell
                 that
                 thing
                 which
                 he
                 loveth
                 ,
                 how
                 can
                 another
                 man
                 buy
                 that
                 thing
                 which
                 he
                 coveteth
                 ?
                 and
                 therefore
                 the
                 covetous
                 men
                 are
                 called
                 cursed
                 of
                 the
                 most
                 righteous
                 Iudge
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 which
                 past
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 say
                 unto
                 them
                 :
                 
                   The
                   blessing
                   of
                   God
                   be
                   upon
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   wee
                   doe
                   blesse
                   you
                   in
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   God.
                
                 Therefore
                 the
                 covetous
                 men
                 are
                 cursed
                 and
                 unhappy
                 :
                 who
                 for
                 transitory
                 goods
                 doe
                 goe
                 to
                 everlasting
                 damnation
                 .
              
               
               
                 But
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 side
                 :
                 
                   Blessed
                   are
                   the
                   pittifull
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   shall
                   finde
                   mercy
                   and
                   pitty
                   .
                
                 Happy
                 is
                 that
                 man
                 that
                 is
                 mercifull
                 ,
                 for
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 God
                 (
                 in
                 this
                 vertue
                 )
                 doth
                 not
                 looke
                 upon
                 the
                 substance
                 and
                 riches
                 :
                 but
                 upon
                 the
                 affection
                 and
                 heart
                 of
                 man.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 fift
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 5.
                 
                 
                   A
                   woman
                   without
                   shamefastnesse
                
                 .
              
               
                 PRoceeding
                 to
                 the
                 fift
                 notorious
                 kinde
                 of
                 abuse
                 ,
                 I
                 finde
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Woman
                 without
                 modesty
                 or
                 shamefastnesse
                 .
                 For
                 even
                 as
                 wisedome
                 doth
                 both
                 get
                 and
                 keepe
                 good
                 manners
                 in
                 men
                 ,
                 so
                 in
                 Women
                 ,
                 shamefastnesse
                 doth
                 bring
                 forth
                 ,
                 nourish
                 and
                 keepe
                 ,
                 all
                 honest
                 and
                 good
                 works
                 .
              
               
               
                 Shamefastnesse
                 keepeth
                 them
                 chaste
                 and
                 pure
                 ,
                 it
                 plucketh
                 in
                 warie
                 respect
                 of
                 life
                 ,
                 it
                 refraineth
                 from
                 strife
                 and
                 debate
                 ,
                 it
                 asswageth
                 anger
                 ,
                 it
                 quencheth
                 the
                 desire
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 ,
                 it
                 doth
                 moderate
                 the
                 desire
                 of
                 the
                 minde
                 ,
                 it
                 chastneth
                 wantonnesse
                 ,
                 it
                 banisheth
                 drunkennesse
                 ,
                 it
                 maketh
                 few
                 words
                 ,
                 it
                 bridleth
                 the
                 greedy
                 desire
                 of
                 the
                 gut
                 ,
                 and
                 utterly
                 condemneth
                 theft
                 ,
                 what
                 more
                 ?
                 It
                 brideleth
                 and
                 tameth
                 all
                 vice
                 ,
                 it
                 nourisheth
                 all
                 vertues
                 ,
                 and
                 whatsoever
                 is
                 before
                 God
                 and
                 man
                 acceptable
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 life
                 which
                 is
                 unchast
                 ,
                 is
                 neither
                 praised
                 of
                 men
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 nor
                 rewarded
                 of
                 God
                 
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 to
                 come
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 chaste
                 life
                 ,
                 is
                 well
                 spoken
                 of
                 among
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 rejoyceth
                 also
                 in
                 the
                 hope
                 of
                 the
                 blisse
                 to
                 come
                 .
                 It
                 doth
                 winne
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 men
                 which
                 are
                 living
                 and
                 doe
                 perceive
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 them
                 which
                 come
                 after
                 ,
                 it
                 leaueth
                 a
                 goodly
                 example
                 of
                 imitation
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 pleasant
                 and
                 a
                 godly
                 memory
                 .
                 It
                 delighteth
                 alway
                 in
                 good
                 manners
                 ,
                 and
                 agreeth
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 evermore
                 refreshing
                 the
                 soule
                 with
                 continuall
                 reading
                 and
                 meditation
                 of
                 the
                 holy
                 Scriptures
                 .
                 And
                 besides
                 this
                 ,
                 it
                 keepeth
                 the
                 examples
                 of
                 good
                 which
                 are
                 gone
                 ,
                 being
                 alway
                 acquainted
                 and
                 joyned
                 in
                 company
                 with
                 them
                 
                 that
                 are
                 perfect
                 and
                 honest
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 exercise
                 of
                 shamefastnesse
                 ,
                 consisteth
                 in
                 two
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 outward
                 behaviour
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 inward
                 affection
                 of
                 the
                 minde
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 by
                 giving
                 good
                 examples
                 before
                 men
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 holy
                 Apostle
                 saith
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 minde
                 ,
                 before
                 God
                 we
                 do
                 provide
                 and
                 beginne
                 good
                 works
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 shamefastnesse
                 and
                 chastity
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 is
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 covet
                 other
                 mens
                 goods
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 flie
                 all
                 uncleannesse
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 eate
                 and
                 drinke
                 but
                 in
                 time
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 gigler
                 and
                 a
                 provoker
                 of
                 other
                 men
                 to
                 laughter
                 :
                 no
                 speaker
                 and
                 teller
                 of
                 false
                 and
                 vaine
                 tales
                 :
                 to
                 be
                 soberly
                 apparrelled
                 ,
                 
                 all
                 things
                 being
                 set
                 in
                 comely
                 order
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 godlinesse
                 in
                 all
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 in
                 the
                 haire
                 on
                 the
                 head
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 rayment
                 .
                 Not
                 to
                 company
                 with
                 the
                 ungodly
                 ,
                 neither
                 to
                 looke
                 proudly
                 or
                 disdainfully
                 upon
                 any
                 man
                 ,
                 nor
                 yet
                 wantonly
                 to
                 cast
                 up
                 the
                 eyes
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 evill
                 provocation
                 of
                 other
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 goe
                 nicely
                 and
                 tripping
                 in
                 the
                 streete
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 pace
                 like
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 a
                 game
                 or
                 a
                 play
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 seene
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 tempt
                 other
                 therewith
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 be
                 also
                 inferiour
                 unto
                 no
                 man
                 in
                 good
                 workes
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 occasion
                 to
                 no
                 man
                 of
                 reproch
                 or
                 shame
                 ,
                 to
                 blaspheme
                 or
                 slander
                 no
                 man
                 :
                 to
                 hate
                 none
                 that
                 is
                 
                 good
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 scorne
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 old
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 thou
                 knowest
                 not
                 ,
                 nor
                 to
                 contend
                 or
                 strive
                 with
                 thy
                 better
                 :
                 and
                 finally
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 blab
                 abroad
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 thou
                 knowest
                 .
                 These
                 things
                 do
                 make
                 a
                 man
                 loved
                 of
                 his
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 and
                 acceptable
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 shamefastnesse
                 and
                 chastity
                 of
                 the
                 soule
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 do
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 thou
                 dost
                 ,
                 more
                 for
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 be
                 seene
                 of
                 men
                 :
                 to
                 stay
                 the
                 desire
                 of
                 evill
                 thoughts
                 :
                 to
                 esteeme
                 every
                 man
                 better
                 than
                 thy selfe
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 infect
                 thy
                 judgement
                 with
                 false
                 doctrine
                 :
                 to
                 agree
                 with
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 
                 Catholique
                 and
                 universal
                 faith
                 :
                 to
                 cleave
                 onely
                 to
                 God
                 :
                 to
                 presume
                 nothing
                 of
                 thy selfe
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 commit
                 all
                 thy
                 doings
                 to
                 the
                 helpe
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 to
                 be
                 alwaies
                 humble
                 in
                 his
                 sight
                 :
                 to
                 offer
                 to
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 the
                 chastity
                 of
                 thy
                 inward
                 minde
                 :
                 never
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 end
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 cease
                 from
                 good
                 workes
                 during
                 thy
                 life
                 :
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 strong
                 heart
                 to
                 despise
                 the
                 present
                 tribulations
                 of
                 thy
                 minde
                 :
                 of
                 things
                 worldly
                 ,
                 to
                 love
                 nothing
                 but
                 thy
                 neighbour
                 :
                 to
                 set
                 and
                 lay
                 up
                 the
                 treasure
                 of
                 all
                 thy
                 love
                 in
                 heaven
                 :
                 and
                 finally
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 assured
                 ,
                 that
                 for
                 thy
                 well
                 doing
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 lose
                 the
                 reward
                 in
                 heaven
                 .
              
               
               
                 Shamefastnesse
                 is
                 a
                 goodly
                 ornament
                 of
                 noble
                 persons
                 .
                 It
                 exalteth
                 those
                 which
                 be
                 humble
                 ,
                 making
                 them
                 noble
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 beauty
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 feeble
                 and
                 weake
                 :
                 the
                 prosperity
                 of
                 them
                 which
                 be
                 sicke
                 ,
                 the
                 comfort
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 heavinesse
                 ,
                 the
                 increase
                 of
                 all
                 beauty
                 :
                 the
                 flowre
                 of
                 Religion
                 :
                 the
                 defence
                 and
                 buckler
                 against
                 sinne
                 :
                 a
                 multiplier
                 of
                 good
                 deeds
                 :
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 onely
                 paramour
                 and
                 darling
                 of
                 God
                 the
                 creator
                 of
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 sixt
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 6.
                 
                 
                   A
                   Master
                   or
                   a
                   Ruler
                   without
                   vertue
                   .
                
              
               
                 IN
                 this
                 place
                 followeth
                 the
                 sixt
                 abuse
                 :
                 namely
                 ,
                 a
                 Lord
                 or
                 Master
                 that
                 is
                 without
                 vertue
                 .
                 For
                 it
                 profiteth
                 nothing
                 to
                 have
                 power
                 and
                 authority
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 rule
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Master
                 have
                 not
                 in
                 himselfe
                 ,
                 the
                 direct
                 and
                 orderly
                 sway
                 of
                 vertue
                 .
                 But
                 this
                 vertue
                 consisteth
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 in
                 the
                 externe
                 and
                 outward
                 
                 strength
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 very
                 requisite
                 and
                 necessary
                 for
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 worldly
                 Rulers
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 exercised
                 in
                 the
                 inward
                 strength
                 ,
                 in
                 good
                 and
                 vertuous
                 manners
                 .
                 For
                 often
                 times
                 a
                 man
                 doth
                 lose
                 the
                 might
                 and
                 power
                 to
                 rule
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 negligence
                 of
                 the
                 inward
                 part
                 :
                 as
                 it
                 appeared
                 by
                 Eli
                 the
                 Priest
                 ,
                 who
                 while
                 he
                 punished
                 not
                 his
                 children
                 with
                 the
                 rigorous
                 and
                 strait
                 rod
                 of
                 justice
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 did
                 sinne
                 :
                 God
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 would
                 be
                 revenged
                 for
                 their
                 wickednesse
                 upon
                 him
                 )
                 sharpely
                 punished
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 consented
                 to
                 their
                 naughtinesse
                 .
              
               
                 Therefore
                 it
                 is
                 necessary
                 ,
                 
                 that
                 Rulers
                 have
                 these
                 three
                 things
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 :
                 terror
                 to
                 be
                 feared
                 ,
                 good
                 governance
                 ,
                 and
                 love
                 .
                 For
                 except
                 the
                 Governour
                 be
                 feared
                 and
                 loved
                 ,
                 his
                 ordinance
                 and
                 rule
                 cannot
                 stand
                 .
                 Therfore
                 through
                 his
                 goodnesse
                 and
                 honest
                 familiar
                 conditions
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 procure
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 them
                 which
                 are
                 under
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 by
                 just
                 and
                 discreet
                 punishment
                 .
                 Not
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 or
                 should
                 appear
                 to
                 revenge
                 his
                 owne
                 quarrell
                 or
                 injurie
                 :
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 transgression
                 or
                 breaking
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 punished
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 in
                 feare
                 .
              
               
                 Wherefore
                 ,
                 while
                 many
                 persons
                 doe
                 depend
                 and
                 hang
                 upon
                 
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 himselfe
                 must
                 altogether
                 depend
                 and
                 hang
                 upon
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 cleave
                 onely
                 to
                 him
                 :
                 who
                 hath
                 set
                 him
                 in
                 that
                 rule
                 :
                 who
                 hath
                 established
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 stronger
                 man
                 ,
                 whereby
                 to
                 beare
                 the
                 burdens
                 of
                 many
                 .
                 For
                 except
                 a
                 beame
                 be
                 laid
                 fast
                 and
                 sure
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 stronger
                 thing
                 which
                 is
                 able
                 to
                 beare
                 it
                 ,
                 all
                 that
                 is
                 laid
                 upon
                 it
                 shall
                 fall
                 downe
                 :
                 yea
                 and
                 it selfe
                 also
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 very
                 bignesse
                 and
                 weight
                 of
                 it selfe
                 ,
                 shall
                 fall
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 with
                 the
                 burden
                 thereof
                 .
                 So
                 a
                 Prince
                 or
                 Ruler
                 ,
                 except
                 he
                 sticke
                 fast
                 to
                 his
                 maker
                 ,
                 both
                 he
                 himselfe
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 is
                 with
                 him
                 doth
                 quickly
                 perish
                 .
              
               
               
                 There
                 be
                 some
                 ,
                 who
                 after
                 they
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 authority
                 ,
                 doe
                 become
                 better
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 cleave
                 more
                 neere
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 than
                 they
                 did
                 before
                 :
                 and
                 some
                 are
                 contrariwise
                 thereby
                 made
                 the
                 worse
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 Moses
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 made
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 communication
                 with
                 God
                 more
                 familiarly
                 than
                 he
                 had
                 before
                 .
                 But
                 Saul
                 the
                 sonne
                 of
                 Cis
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 King
                 ,
                 through
                 his
                 pride
                 and
                 disobedience
                 ,
                 highly
                 sinned
                 and
                 offended
                 against
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 King
                 Salomon
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 sate
                 in
                 the
                 seate
                 of
                 his
                 Lord
                 and
                 father
                 King
                 David
                 ,
                 God
                 increased
                 and
                 made
                 him
                 rich
                 with
                 
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 wisedome
                 ,
                 to
                 governe
                 over
                 innumerable
                 people
                 .
                 And
                 contrariwise
                 ,
                 after
                 that
                 Ieroboam
                 the
                 servant
                 of
                 Salomon
                 ,
                 had
                 usurped
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 David
                 ,
                 he
                 turned
                 tenne
                 Tribes
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 Israell
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 Samaria
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 true
                 and
                 right
                 worship
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 wicked
                 and
                 divellish
                 worshiping
                 of
                 Idols
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 which
                 examples
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 apparant
                 and
                 manifest
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 men
                 when
                 they
                 doe
                 come
                 to
                 dignity
                 ,
                 doe
                 grow
                 more
                 perfect
                 and
                 better
                 :
                 and
                 some
                 againe
                 ,
                 through
                 pride
                 of
                 their
                 advancement
                 and
                 rising
                 up
                 ,
                 doe
                 fall
                 and
                 waxe
                 worse
                 .
                 By
                 both
                 
                 the
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 understood
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 which
                 increase
                 in
                 goodnesse
                 ,
                 doe
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 vertue
                 and
                 godly
                 disposition
                 of
                 the
                 minde
                 ,
                 even
                 by
                 the
                 onely
                 help
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 doe
                 fall
                 by
                 the
                 weakenesse
                 of
                 the
                 minde
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 negligence
                 and
                 small
                 regard
                 they
                 have
                 to
                 vertue
                 ,
                 which
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 have
                 without
                 the
                 helpe
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 man
                 that
                 hath
                 many
                 things
                 under
                 him
                 ,
                 whereof
                 he
                 hath
                 charge
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 not
                 the
                 strength
                 and
                 vertue
                 of
                 the
                 minde
                 ,
                 is
                 no
                 way
                 able
                 to
                 fulfill
                 or
                 performe
                 what
                 he
                 should
                 doe
                 .
                 For
                 many
                 things
                 do
                 bring
                 with
                 them
                 many
                 troubles
                 and
                 vexations
                 .
              
               
               
                 Therefore
                 let
                 every
                 man
                 that
                 is
                 a
                 Ruler
                 ,
                 procure
                 first
                 with
                 all
                 industry
                 of
                 his
                 minde
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 he
                 may
                 be
                 sure
                 of
                 the
                 helpe
                 of
                 God.
                 For
                 if
                 in
                 his
                 doings
                 he
                 have
                 the
                 Lord
                 and
                 governour
                 of
                 all
                 Lords
                 and
                 Governours
                 to
                 his
                 helper
                 ,
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 set
                 light
                 or
                 despise
                 his
                 ordinance
                 and
                 rule
                 ,
                 because
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 power
                 but
                 of
                 God.
                 He
                 lifteth
                 up
                 the
                 poore
                 and
                 needy
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 very
                 dunghill
                 ,
                 and
                 maketh
                 him
                 to
                 sit
                 with
                 the
                 Princes
                 of
                 his
                 people
                 .
                 Likewise
                 he
                 casteth
                 downe
                 the
                 mighty
                 from
                 their
                 seate
                 ,
                 exalting
                 them
                 which
                 are
                 meeke
                 and
                 lowly
                 :
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 world
                 might
                 be
                 obedient
                 unto
                 God
                 ,
                 &
                 his
                 glory
                 only
                 exalted
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 seventh
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 7.
                 
                 
                   A
                   Christian
                   man
                   full
                   of
                   brawling
                   and
                   contention
                   .
                
              
               
                 A
                 Most
                 irkesome
                 and
                 pernicious
                 thing
                 is
                 this
                 seventh
                 abuse
                 ,
                 which
                 now
                 we
                 have
                 in
                 hand
                 :
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 a
                 Christian
                 man
                 full
                 of
                 contention
                 ,
                 who
                 by
                 faith
                 and
                 baptisme
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 partaker
                 and
                 a
                 bearer
                 of
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 doth
                 (
                 against
                 the
                 sayings
                 and
                 minde
                 of
                 Christ
                 )
                 delight
                 in
                 pleasures
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 are
                 transitory
                 ,
                 and
                 doe
                 daily
                 fall
                 away
                 .
                 Because
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 things
                 for
                 which
                 a
                 man
                 doth
                 strive
                 ,
                 doe
                 cause
                 the
                 same
                 strife
                 ,
                 either
                 for
                 the
                 love
                 that
                 is
                 borne
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 covetous
                 desire
                 for
                 himselfe
                 ,
                 or
                 for
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 thing
                 ,
                 which
                 lyeth
                 hid
                 under
                 an
                 odious
                 and
                 hatefull
                 matter
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 example
                 ,
                 warre
                 ,
                 although
                 it
                 be
                 odious
                 and
                 an
                 hatefull
                 thing
                 ,
                 yet
                 is
                 it
                 holden
                 and
                 maintained
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 with
                 a
                 bold
                 and
                 fierce
                 courage
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 love
                 and
                 desire
                 which
                 men
                 have
                 to
                 winne
                 the
                 victory
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 purchasing
                 of
                 liberty
                 .
                 In
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 many
                 other
                 things
                 are
                 desired
                 and
                 sought
                 
                 after
                 ,
                 with
                 contention
                 ,
                 who
                 may
                 have
                 them
                 first
                 before
                 another
                 :
                 by
                 no
                 lesse
                 hatefull
                 and
                 painefull
                 labour
                 ,
                 yea
                 and
                 feare
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 other
                 which
                 are
                 got
                 by
                 most
                 detestable
                 warre
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 therefore
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 perceive
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 contention
                 but
                 for
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 loved
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 loving
                 and
                 a
                 friendly
                 reward
                 ,
                 which
                 followeth
                 to
                 their
                 minde
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 ended
                 .
                 Whosoever
                 therefore
                 striveth
                 for
                 any
                 manner
                 of
                 thing
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 sheweth
                 evidently
                 and
                 plainely
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 loveth
                 this
                 world
                 .
              
               
                 How
                 then
                 doth
                 the
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 by
                 the
                 mouth
                 of
                 Saint
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 forbid
                 that
                 this
                 world
                 
                 should
                 be
                 loved
                 ?
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 saith
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   not
                   the
                   world
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   things
                   that
                   be
                   in
                   the
                   world
                   .
                
                 For
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 the
                 word
                 ,
                 cannot
                 dwell
                 together
                 in
                 one
                 heart
                 :
                 even
                 as
                 the
                 eyes
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 cannot
                 behold
                 the
                 heaven
                 above
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 earth
                 beneath
                 ,
                 both
                 at
                 once
                 with
                 one
                 looke
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 let
                 us
                 search
                 and
                 see
                 ,
                 whether
                 there
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 any
                 thing
                 indeed
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 loved
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 is
                 the
                 world
                 which
                 the
                 speech
                 of
                 God
                 forbiddeth
                 us
                 to
                 love
                 .
                 We
                 are
                 not
                 commanded
                 to
                 love
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 things
                 which
                 come
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 our
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 for
                 whose
                 sake
                 all
                 
                 things
                 are
                 made
                 .
                 Him
                 thou
                 art
                 commanded
                 to
                 love
                 :
                 for
                 all
                 other
                 things
                 which
                 doe
                 perish
                 and
                 fade
                 away
                 ,
                 cannot
                 goe
                 up
                 with
                 us
                 to
                 heaven
                 .
                 But
                 our
                 neighbour
                 is
                 heyre
                 (
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 we
                 )
                 of
                 the
                 kingdome
                 which
                 shall
                 never
                 fayle
                 :
                 and
                 therefore
                 we
                 must
                 love
                 together
                 one
                 another
                 heartily
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 so
                 much
                 therefore
                 as
                 we
                 shall
                 not
                 continue
                 alway
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 but
                 shall
                 fayle
                 also
                 with
                 the
                 world
                 :
                 we
                 are
                 commanded
                 not
                 to
                 love
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 but
                 our
                 neighbour
                 ,
                 because
                 (
                 yea
                 ,
                 being
                 on
                 earth
                 )
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 part
                 and
                 portion
                 of
                 the
                 heavenly
                 kingdome
                 ,
                 although
                 he
                 be
                 among
                 these
                 low
                 Elements
                 ,
                 which
                 
                 makes
                 him
                 worthy
                 to
                 be
                 loved
                 of
                 all
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 desirers
                 of
                 the
                 heavenly
                 blisse
                 :
                 forasmuch
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 high
                 Country
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 heaven
                 ,
                 he
                 shall
                 be
                 heyre
                 with
                 his
                 brethren
                 for
                 ever
                 .
                 For
                 this
                 cause
                 God
                 doth
                 forbid
                 us
                 to
                 love
                 this
                 world
                 :
                 lest
                 he
                 which
                 so
                 loveth
                 ,
                 be
                 separated
                 and
                 made
                 a
                 stranger
                 from
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God.
                 That
                 thing
                 then
                 should
                 not
                 be
                 striven
                 for
                 ,
                 which
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 not
                 love
                 ,
                 because
                 a
                 man
                 bearing
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 must
                 see
                 that
                 he
                 have
                 also
                 the
                 selfe-same
                 or
                 like
                 manners
                 in
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 Christ
                 had
                 .
                 For
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 worthily
                 be
                 called
                 a
                 Christian
                 man
                 ,
                 except
                 he
                 agree
                 with
                 Christ
                 in
                 
                 manner
                 and
                 good
                 living
                 .
                 As
                 touching
                 Christ
                 ,
                 the
                 Prophet
                 doth
                 write
                 of
                 himselfe
                 these
                 words
                 .
                 
                   Behold
                   the
                   childe
                   whom
                   I
                   have
                   chosen
                   ,
                   mine
                   elect
                   ,
                   my
                   soule
                   is
                   well
                   pleased
                   in
                   him
                   :
                   I
                   will
                   send
                   my
                   spirit
                   upon
                   him
                   .
                   He
                   shall
                   not
                   strive
                   ,
                   he
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   an
                   outcryer
                   ,
                   nor
                   extend
                   his
                   voyce
                   in
                   the
                   street
                   .
                
              
               
                 Behold
                 ,
                 Christ
                 doth
                 not
                 strive
                 or
                 cry
                 out
                 :
                 therefore
                 if
                 thou
                 doe
                 covet
                 to
                 be
                 like
                 him
                 in
                 manners
                 ,
                 strive
                 not
                 ,
                 lest
                 thou
                 appeare
                 to
                 doe
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 abuse
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Christ
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 .
                 For
                 God
                 commandeth
                 them
                 which
                 follow
                 him
                 ,
                 saying
                 .
                 
                   Be
                   not
                   ye
                   called
                   Masters
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   but
                   one
                   your
                   Master
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   in
                   heaven
                   .
                   And
                   call
                   ye
                   no●
                   
                   father
                   upon
                   the
                   earth
                   ,
                   for
                   ye
                   have
                   one
                   father
                   which
                   is
                   in
                   heaven
                   .
                   For
                   ye
                   are
                   altogether
                   brethren
                   :
                
                 whom
                 he
                 commandeth
                 to
                 make
                 common
                 supplication
                 ,
                 and
                 prayer
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 .
                 
                   O
                   our
                   father
                   which
                   art
                   in
                   heaven
                   ,
                   hallowed
                   be
                   thy
                   name
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 He
                 then
                 contendeth
                 and
                 laboureth
                 in
                 vaine
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 father
                 in
                 earth
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 professeth
                 ,
                 that
                 both
                 his
                 Country
                 and
                 father
                 is
                 in
                 heaven
                 ,
                 which
                 Country
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 possesse
                 and
                 enjoy
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 that
                 refuseth
                 to
                 set
                 all
                 his
                 care
                 on
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 passing
                 not
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 eighth
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 8.
                 
                 
                   A
                   poore
                   man
                   prowd
                
                 .
              
               
                 TO
                 behold
                 a
                 poore
                 man
                 prowd
                 ,
                 may
                 worthily
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 stand
                 for
                 the
                 eighth
                 abuse
                 :
                 because
                 although
                 he
                 have
                 nothing
                 ,
                 yet
                 is
                 he
                 puffed
                 up
                 with
                 an
                 high
                 aspiring
                 mind
                 ,
                 which
                 thing
                 ,
                 even
                 they
                 that
                 are
                 rich
                 men
                 are
                 forbidden
                 to
                 doe
                 :
                 
                 
                   That
                   they
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   high
                   minded
                   .
                
                 What
                 thing
                 is
                 more
                 foolish
                 ,
                 than
                 that
                 he
                 who
                 through
                 great
                 poverty
                 and
                 extreame
                 misery
                 is
                 brought
                 low
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 were
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 ground
                 ,
                 because
                 (
                 that
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 that
                 consideration
                 )
                 hee
                 might
                 behave
                 himselfe
                 lowly
                 :
                 should
                 in
                 this
                 meane
                 estate
                 bear
                 a
                 prowd
                 heart
                 against
                 God
                 ?
                 For
                 this
                 fault
                 ,
                 even
                 they
                 that
                 were
                 created
                 in
                 the
                 high
                 habitacle
                 of
                 heaven
                 ,
                 were
                 dejected
                 and
                 throwne
                 down
                 from
                 thence
                 .
              
               
                 Wherefore
                 then
                 will
                 he
                 be
                 prowd
                 and
                 high
                 minded
                 here
                 on
                 earth
                 ,
                 as
                 though
                 he
                 were
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 exceeding
                 great
                 power
                 :
                 who
                 (
                 before
                 all
                 other
                 men
                 )
                 
                 should
                 carry
                 and
                 behave
                 himselfe
                 both
                 humble
                 and
                 lowly
                 ?
              
               
                 But
                 that
                 the
                 poore
                 people
                 shall
                 not
                 beare
                 their
                 poverty
                 heavily
                 ,
                 with
                 sorrowfulnesse
                 and
                 sadnesse
                 of
                 heart
                 :
                 let
                 them
                 heare
                 what
                 they
                 shall
                 receive
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 he
                 saith
                 .
                 
                   Blessed
                   are
                   the
                   poore
                   in
                   spirit
                   ,
                   for
                   theirs
                   is
                   the
                   kingdome
                   of
                   heaven
                   .
                
                 For
                 the
                 mercifull
                 Iudge
                 doth
                 handle
                 all
                 things
                 so
                 indifferently
                 ,
                 that
                 to
                 them
                 to
                 whom
                 he
                 hath
                 not
                 given
                 the
                 riches
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 he
                 giveth
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 heaven
                 ,
                 that
                 hee
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 rich
                 man
                 in
                 that
                 glorious
                 place
                 ,
                 who
                 on
                 earthly
                 things
                 hath
                 not
                 set
                 his
                 care
                 or
                 delight
                 .
              
               
                 Poore
                 men
                 therefore
                 must
                 
                 take
                 heed
                 ,
                 lest
                 while
                 in
                 poverty
                 and
                 need
                 they
                 passe
                 over
                 the
                 pleasure
                 and
                 kingdome
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 :
                 they
                 should
                 (
                 through
                 the
                 lacke
                 of
                 wisedome
                 )
                 lose
                 also
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 heaven
                 .
                 For
                 although
                 by
                 the
                 order
                 and
                 dispensation
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 they
                 doe
                 live
                 in
                 earthly
                 poverty
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 may
                 endeavour
                 to
                 be
                 poor
                 and
                 meeke
                 in
                 spirit
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 not
                 promised
                 to
                 all
                 poore
                 men
                 ,
                 without
                 exception
                 indifferently
                 :
                 but
                 to
                 them
                 onely
                 ,
                 in
                 whom
                 the
                 humble
                 and
                 lowly
                 meeknesse
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 doth
                 accompany
                 the
                 want
                 and
                 lacke
                 of
                 outward
                 riches
                 .
                 Because
                 an
                 humble
                 poore
                 man
                 ,
                 is
                 called
                 poore
                 in
                 
                 spirit
                 ,
                 who
                 when
                 he
                 is
                 outwardly
                 poore
                 and
                 needy
                 ,
                 doth
                 not
                 inwardly
                 extoll
                 himselfe
                 with
                 a
                 proud
                 heart
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 lowlinesse
                 of
                 the
                 minde
                 shall
                 doe
                 more
                 to
                 the
                 attaining
                 of
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 heaven
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 temporall
                 poverty
                 and
                 lacke
                 of
                 worldly
                 riches
                 .
                 For
                 meek
                 and
                 lowly
                 men
                 possessing
                 riches
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 called
                 poore
                 in
                 spirit
                 :
                 whereas
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 prowd
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 have
                 nothing
                 ,
                 without
                 doubt
                 are
                 dispossessed
                 of
                 the
                 blessing
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 promised
                 to
                 the
                 poore
                 in
                 spirit
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Of
                   both
                   these
                   sorts
                   ,
                   the
                   holy
                   Scripture
                   speaketh
                   on
                   this
                   wise
                   .
                
                 Some
                 make
                 themselves
                 rich
                 ,
                 although
                 they
                 have
                 nothing
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 some
                 make
                 themselves
                 poore
                 ,
                 albeit
                 they
                 have
                 never
                 so
                 great
                 riches
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 rich
                 man
                 then
                 being
                 poore
                 in
                 spirit
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 a
                 poore
                 man
                 notwithstanding
                 all
                 his
                 riches
                 :
                 and
                 the
                 poore
                 man
                 that
                 is
                 prowd
                 in
                 heart
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 a
                 rich
                 man
                 although
                 hee
                 be
                 naked
                 and
                 poore
                 .
                 It
                 followeth
                 ,
                 that
                 humblenesse
                 of
                 the
                 minde
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 noble
                 and
                 glorious
                 poverty
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 prowd
                 stubbornenesse
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 a
                 foolish
                 kinde
                 of
                 riches
                 .
                 Therefore
                 poore
                 men
                 must
                 have
                 in
                 minde
                 what
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 because
                 they
                 cannot
                 obtain
                 in
                 worldly
                 goods
                 what
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 ,
                 let
                 not
                 their
                 hearts
                 be
                 puffed
                 up
                 with
                 pride
                 ,
                 as
                 though
                 they
                 had
                 all
                 that
                 they
                 cannot
                 have
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 ninth
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 9.
                 
                 
                   A
                   wicked
                   and
                   an
                   unjust
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 NOw
                 come
                 we
                 to
                 a
                 capitall
                 abuse
                 indeed
                 :
                 namely
                 ,
                 an
                 unjust
                 or
                 a
                 wicked
                 King
                 or
                 Prince
                 :
                 for
                 a
                 King
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 wicked
                 or
                 unjust
                 ,
                 but
                 correct
                 and
                 punish
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 owne
                 person
                 defend
                 and
                 maintaine
                 the
                 dignity
                 of
                 his
                 
                 name
                 .
                 For
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 is
                 understood
                 ,
                 that
                 hee
                 may
                 rule
                 well
                 all
                 his
                 subjects
                 which
                 are
                 under
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 how
                 can
                 he
                 correct
                 and
                 rebuke
                 other
                 ,
                 who
                 doth
                 not
                 amend
                 his
                 own
                 manners
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 wicked
                 ?
                 For
                 in
                 the
                 righteousnesse
                 and
                 justice
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 is
                 his
                 seat
                 exalted
                 :
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 fidelity
                 and
                 truth
                 of
                 a
                 Prince
                 ,
                 is
                 his
                 governement
                 and
                 rule
                 established
                 and
                 made
                 strong
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 righteousnesse
                 and
                 justice
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 oppresse
                 no
                 man
                 wrongfully
                 by
                 power
                 :
                 to
                 judge
                 and
                 give
                 sentence
                 betweene
                 man
                 and
                 man
                 indifferently
                 ,
                 without
                 affection
                 of
                 any
                 person
                 :
                 to
                 defend
                 strangers
                 ,
                 
                 Orphane
                 children
                 ,
                 and
                 widdowes
                 :
                 to
                 see
                 that
                 robbery
                 and
                 theft
                 raigne
                 not
                 in
                 his
                 Realme
                 :
                 to
                 punish
                 straightly
                 adulterous
                 and
                 fornicating
                 persons
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 promote
                 and
                 exalt
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 wicked
                 :
                 to
                 give
                 no
                 living
                 to
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 unchaste
                 persons
                 ,
                 and
                 makers
                 of
                 vicious
                 pastimes
                 ,
                 to
                 destroy
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 land
                 all
                 that
                 are
                 wicked
                 against
                 God
                 and
                 their
                 Parents
                 :
                 to
                 suffer
                 no
                 murtherer
                 or
                 man
                 queller
                 to
                 live
                 ,
                 much
                 lesse
                 such
                 as
                 doe
                 kill
                 either
                 father
                 or
                 mother
                 :
                 to
                 defend
                 the
                 Church
                 :
                 to
                 comfort
                 the
                 poore
                 with
                 deeds
                 of
                 charity
                 :
                 to
                 take
                 heed
                 that
                 his
                 Officers
                 under
                 him
                 be
                 just
                 and
                 good
                 men
                 :
                 to
                 have
                 of
                 his
                 
                 Counsell
                 ,
                 antient
                 ,
                 wise
                 ,
                 and
                 sober
                 men
                 :
                 to
                 give
                 no
                 eare
                 to
                 Sooth-sayers
                 ,
                 Witches
                 ,
                 or
                 Enchanters
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 keepe
                 anger
                 in
                 his
                 stomacke
                 :
                 to
                 defend
                 his
                 Country
                 justly
                 and
                 valiantly
                 against
                 adversaries
                 :
                 to
                 put
                 his
                 whole
                 trust
                 and
                 confidence
                 for
                 all
                 things
                 in
                 God
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 prouder
                 in
                 heart
                 ,
                 if
                 things
                 doe
                 succeed
                 after
                 his
                 minde
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 beare
                 the
                 contrary
                 patiently
                 :
                 to
                 keepe
                 stedfastly
                 the
                 Catholike
                 or
                 universall
                 Faith
                 :
                 not
                 to
                 suffer
                 his
                 children
                 to
                 doe
                 wickedly
                 :
                 to
                 bestow
                 certaine
                 houres
                 daily
                 in
                 prayer
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 eate
                 and
                 drinke
                 out
                 of
                 season
                 .
                 
                   For
                   woe
                   be
                   to
                   that
                   Land
                   ,
                
                 (
                 as
                 the
                 Prophet
                 saith
                 )
                 
                   whose
                   King
                   is
                   a
                   childe
                   ,
                   and
                   
                   whose
                   great
                   men
                   doe
                   rise
                   up
                   early
                   to
                   eate
                   and
                   drinke
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 keeping
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 maketh
                 a
                 kingdome
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 to
                 be
                 prosperous
                 ,
                 and
                 afterward
                 bringeth
                 the
                 king
                 himselfe
                 to
                 a
                 more
                 excellent
                 and
                 royall
                 kingdome
                 .
                 But
                 hee
                 that
                 ruleth
                 and
                 governeth
                 not
                 his
                 Kingdome
                 after
                 this
                 prescript
                 ,
                 doth
                 maintain
                 ,
                 suffer
                 and
                 beare
                 many
                 evils
                 ,
                 inconveniences
                 ,
                 and
                 adversities
                 in
                 his
                 Realme
                 ,
                 whereinto
                 it
                 falleth
                 for
                 the
                 lack
                 of
                 good
                 rule
                 .
                 Because
                 oftentimes
                 hereby
                 ,
                 the
                 peace
                 and
                 tranquillity
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 is
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Realme
                 evill
                 spoken
                 of
                 ,
                 the
                 fruits
                 of
                 the
                 ground
                 are
                 diminished
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                 ground
                 made
                 bare
                 ,
                 and
                 finally
                 ,
                 it
                 causeth
                 the
                 people
                 to
                 be
                 negligent
                 in
                 doing
                 their
                 duty
                 .
              
               
                 Many
                 and
                 sundry
                 sores
                 doe
                 infect
                 a
                 Realme
                 ,
                 and
                 hindereth
                 the
                 prosperous
                 weale
                 thereof
                 .
                 The
                 death
                 and
                 losse
                 of
                 friends
                 and
                 children
                 ,
                 doe
                 bring
                 sadnesse
                 and
                 heavinesse
                 unto
                 mens
                 hearts
                 ,
                 for
                 when
                 enemies
                 doe
                 invade
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 they
                 waste
                 and
                 impoverish
                 the
                 land
                 on
                 all
                 sides
                 ,
                 they
                 slay
                 up
                 the
                 Cattell
                 great
                 and
                 small
                 .
                 Againe
                 ,
                 troublesome
                 weather
                 and
                 great
                 windes
                 ,
                 doe
                 hinder
                 the
                 growth
                 and
                 increase
                 of
                 the
                 ground
                 :
                 it
                 maketh
                 also
                 the
                 Sea
                 as
                 troubled
                 and
                 unable
                 to
                 doe
                 service
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 often
                 times
                 blasts
                 
                 and
                 lightnings
                 wither
                 the
                 corne
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 blossoms
                 on
                 the
                 trees
                 .
                 But
                 above
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 the
                 unrighteousnesse
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 doth
                 make
                 darke
                 and
                 clowdie
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 his
                 whole
                 Realme
                 :
                 being
                 the
                 cause
                 often
                 times
                 (
                 through
                 his
                 iniquity
                 and
                 wicked
                 government
                 )
                 that
                 his
                 Nephewes
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 nor
                 his
                 children
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 doe
                 inherit
                 the
                 Crowne
                 of
                 their
                 Father
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 for
                 the
                 offence
                 of
                 Salomon
                 ,
                 diuided
                 the
                 kingdome
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 Israell
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 his
                 children
                 .
                 Behold
                 what
                 great
                 goodnesse
                 commeth
                 of
                 a
                 righteous
                 and
                 good
                 Prince
                 :
                 there
                 is
                 none
                 so
                 blinde
                 but
                 they
                 may
                 see
                 if
                 they
                 
                 will.
                 Of
                 him
                 commeth
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 hee
                 is
                 the
                 defence
                 of
                 his
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 the
                 safegard
                 and
                 liberty
                 of
                 his
                 people
                 ,
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Nation
                 ,
                 the
                 remedy
                 of
                 all
                 sorrowes
                 ,
                 the
                 joy
                 of
                 men
                 ,
                 the
                 temperatenesse
                 of
                 the
                 weather
                 ,
                 the
                 stilnesse
                 of
                 the
                 sea
                 ,
                 the
                 fruitfull
                 increase
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 the
                 helpe
                 and
                 comfort
                 of
                 the
                 poore
                 ,
                 the
                 sure
                 heritage
                 of
                 his
                 children
                 ,
                 and
                 finally
                 ,
                 to
                 himselfe
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 certaine
                 argument
                 and
                 hope
                 ,
                 of
                 eternall
                 felicity
                 to
                 come
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 yet
                 let
                 every
                 King
                 take
                 this
                 lesson
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 marke
                 it
                 well
                 :
                 that
                 as
                 among
                 men
                 hee
                 is
                 set
                 highest
                 in
                 his
                 throne
                 ,
                 so
                 (
                 if
                 he
                 minister
                 not
                 justice
                 )
                 hee
                 
                 shall
                 be
                 deepest
                 in
                 paine
                 .
                 For
                 in
                 this
                 life
                 ,
                 as
                 many
                 transgressors
                 and
                 offendors
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 under
                 him
                 ,
                 so
                 many
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 shall
                 he
                 have
                 above
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 his
                 extreame
                 sorrow
                 and
                 paine
                 remedilesse
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 tenth
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 10.
                 
                 
                   A
                   negligent
                   Bishop
                
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 tenth
                 abuse
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 negligent
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 which
                 gapeth
                 ambitiously
                 to
                 be
                 honoured
                 and
                 reverenced
                 as
                 a
                 Bishop
                 :
                 but
                 doth
                 not
                 the
                 office
                 ,
                 ministration
                 and
                 duty
                 of
                 a
                 Bishop
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 whole
                 message
                 
                 he
                 is
                 commanded
                 to
                 doe
                 .
                 Therefore
                 let
                 us
                 first
                 demand
                 and
                 enquire
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 meant
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 and
                 vocable
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 Greeke
                 word
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 man
                 set
                 in
                 a
                 high
                 place
                 ,
                 to
                 looke
                 farre
                 off
                 and
                 round
                 about
                 him
                 ,
                 as
                 out
                 of
                 an
                 high
                 Tower.
                 
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 cause
                 why
                 he
                 is
                 made
                 a
                 watch-man
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 is
                 required
                 at
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 himselfe
                 doth
                 open
                 ,
                 when
                 by
                 the
                 mouth
                 of
                 Ezechiel
                 the
                 Prophet
                 ,
                 he
                 teacheth
                 a
                 Bishop
                 the
                 reason
                 and
                 cause
                 of
                 his
                 office
                 ,
                 speaking
                 on
                 this
                 wise
                 .
              
               
                 Thou
                 sonne
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 thee
                 a
                 watchman
                 over
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 Israel
                 :
                 wherefore
                 when
                 
                 thou
                 hast
                 heard
                 what
                 words
                 I
                 do
                 speake
                 unto
                 thee
                 ,
                 thou
                 shall
                 shew
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 tell
                 them
                 that
                 I
                 spake
                 the
                 words
                 .
                 When
                 I
                 shall
                 say
                 unto
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 thou
                 shalt
                 surely
                 dye
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 givest
                 him
                 not
                 warning
                 thereof
                 ,
                 nor
                 speakest
                 to
                 admonish
                 the
                 wicked
                 of
                 his
                 evill
                 way
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 live
                 :
                 then
                 shall
                 the
                 same
                 ungodly
                 man
                 dye
                 in
                 his
                 owne
                 unrighteousnesse
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 bloud
                 will
                 I
                 require
                 at
                 thy
                 hand
                 .
                 Neverthelesse
                 ,
                 if
                 thou
                 give
                 warning
                 to
                 the
                 wicked
                 ,
                 and
                 hee
                 yet
                 turne
                 not
                 from
                 his
                 ungodlinesse
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 his
                 wicked
                 way
                 ,
                 hee
                 shall
                 dye
                 in
                 his
                 wickednesse
                 ,
                 but
                 thou
                 hast
                 delivered
                 thy
                 soule
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 becommeth
                 therefore
                 a
                 Bishop
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 set
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 
                 Watch-man
                 over
                 all
                 ,
                 to
                 looke
                 well
                 upon
                 offences
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 knoweth
                 them
                 perfectly
                 ,
                 then
                 to
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 amended
                 :
                 if
                 he
                 can
                 ,
                 with
                 words
                 and
                 godly
                 counsell
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 cannot
                 ,
                 then
                 after
                 the
                 rule
                 of
                 the
                 Gospell
                 ,
                 to
                 avoid
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 fellowship
                 and
                 company
                 of
                 the
                 godly
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Lord
                 saith
                 in
                 the
                 Gospell
                 .
                 
                   If
                   thy
                   brother
                   doe
                   offend
                   against
                   thee
                   ,
                   rebuke
                   him
                   betweene
                   thee
                   and
                   him
                   :
                   if
                   hee
                   will
                   heare
                   thee
                   ,
                   thou
                   hast
                   wonne
                   thy
                   brother
                   .
                   If
                   hee
                   will
                   not
                   heare
                   thee
                   ,
                   take
                   one
                   or
                   two
                   with
                   thee
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   ,
                   all
                   words
                   may
                   be
                   ratified
                   .
                   If
                   hee
                   will
                   not
                   heare
                   them
                   ,
                   tell
                   the
                   Church
                   .
                   And
                   if
                   hee
                   will
                   not
                   heare
                   the
                   
                   Church
                   ,
                   take
                   him
                   as
                   an
                   Ethnicke
                   and
                   a
                   Publican
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   After
                   such
                   an
                   order
                   must
                   hee
                   be
                   driven
                   out
                   ,
                   which
                   will
                   not
                   obey
                   the
                   Bishop
                   and
                   teacher
                   :
                   and
                   he
                   that
                   is
                   thus
                   expulsed
                   ,
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   come
                   in
                   company
                   either
                   of
                   Teacher
                   or
                   Bishop
                   .
                   For
                   it
                   is
                   written
                   of
                   the
                   Priest
                   in
                   the
                   Law
                   :
                
                 Let
                 him
                 not
                 take
                 a
                 wife
                 that
                 is
                 a
                 whore
                 ,
                 or
                 polluted
                 ,
                 nor
                 put
                 from
                 her
                 husband
                 :
                 for
                 such
                 an
                 one
                 is
                 unholy
                 unto
                 his
                 God.
                 
                   Therefore
                   he
                   that
                   doth
                   joyne
                   to
                   him
                   in
                   company
                   such
                   a
                   body
                   ,
                   being
                   excommunicated
                   by
                   a
                   faithfull
                   Minister
                   ,
                   without
                   the
                   consent
                   of
                   him
                   :
                   breaketh
                   the
                   Law
                   of
                   holy
                   Priest-hood
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   an
                   elect
                   kinde
                   of
                   Christian
                   men
                   .
                   
                   After
                   this
                   fashion
                   must
                   a
                   Bishop
                   behave
                   himselfe
                   ,
                   over
                   them
                   to
                   whom
                   hee
                   is
                   a
                   watchman
                   :
                   but
                   what
                   manner
                   of
                   man
                   ,
                   he
                   must
                   be
                   himselfe
                   ,
                   the
                   Apostle
                   Saint
                
                 Paul
                 
                   sheweth
                   in
                   this
                   wise
                
                 .
                 A
                 Bishop
                 must
                 be
                 blamelesse
                 ,
                 the
                 husband
                 of
                 one
                 wife
                 ,
                 watching
                 ,
                 sober
                 ,
                 comely
                 apparrelled
                 ,
                 a
                 lover
                 and
                 maintainer
                 of
                 hospitality
                 ,
                 apt
                 to
                 teach
                 .
                 Not
                 given
                 to
                 over-much
                 Wine
                 ,
                 no
                 striker
                 ,
                 not
                 greedy
                 of
                 filthy
                 lucre
                 :
                 but
                 gentle
                 ,
                 abhorring
                 fighting
                 ,
                 abhorring
                 covetousnesse
                 .
                 One
                 that
                 ruleth
                 well
                 his
                 owne
                 house
                 ,
                 having
                 children
                 in
                 subjection
                 with
                 all
                 gravity
                 and
                 cleanenesse
                 of
                 life
                 .
                 Not
                 a
                 young
                 Scholler
                 ,
                 lest
                 he
                 ,
                 being
                 puffed
                 up
                 ,
                 fall
                 into
                 the
                 snares
                 of
                 the
                 divell
                 .
                 Hee
                 must
                 
                 also
                 have
                 a
                 good
                 report
                 of
                 them
                 which
                 are
                 without
                 ,
                 lest
                 he
                 fall
                 into
                 the
                 rebuke
                 and
                 snare
                 of
                 the
                 divell
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 shew
                 in
                 worke
                 ,
                 that
                 thing
                 which
                 hee
                 teacheth
                 in
                 doctrine
                 .
                 
                   Therefore
                   let
                   negligent
                   Bishops
                   take
                   heed
                   ;
                   for
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   vengeance
                   ,
                   the
                   Lord
                   complaineth
                   by
                   the
                   mouth
                   of
                   his
                   Prophet
                   ,
                   saying
                
                 ;
                 My
                 Pastors
                 have
                 ground
                 my
                 people
                 to
                 powder
                 ,
                 the
                 sheepheards
                 did
                 not
                 feed
                 my
                 flocke
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 did
                 feed
                 themselves
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 rather
                 let
                 them
                 whom
                 the
                 Lord
                 hath
                 set
                 over
                 his
                 family
                 ,
                 procure
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 meate
                 in
                 due
                 season
                 :
                 a
                 measure
                 of
                 Wheate
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 pure
                 and
                 true
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 
                 the
                 Lord
                 commeth
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 deserve
                 to
                 have
                 these
                 comfortable
                 words
                 .
                 
                   My
                   good
                   and
                   faithfull
                   servant
                   ,
                   because
                   thou
                   hast
                   beene
                   faithfull
                   over
                   a
                   few
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   set
                   thee
                   over
                   many
                   ,
                   enter
                   into
                   the
                   joy
                   of
                   the
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 eleventh
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 11.
                 
                 
                   A
                   people
                   without
                   discipline
                
                 .
              
               
                 COmming
                 now
                 to
                 the
                 eleventh
                 blemish
                 in
                 this
                 life
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 comprehended
                 in
                 these
                 words
                 :
                 a
                 people
                 without
                 discipline
                 :
                 who
                 when
                 they
                 doe
                 not
                 practise
                 obedience
                 in
                 their
                 living
                 
                 to
                 good
                 and
                 godly
                 doctrine
                 ,
                 doe
                 choke
                 themselves
                 with
                 the
                 common
                 snare
                 of
                 perdition
                 .
                 For
                 they
                 doe
                 not
                 escape
                 the
                 wrath
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 except
                 they
                 earnestly
                 follow
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 taught
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 the
                 Psalmist
                 saith
                 to
                 the
                 people
                 which
                 will
                 not
                 receive
                 discipline
                 :
                 
                   Apprehend
                   and
                   receive
                   discipline
                   ,
                   lest
                   God
                   be
                   stirred
                   to
                   anger
                   .
                
              
               
                 Discipline
                 is
                 a
                 manner
                 of
                 teaching
                 ,
                 which
                 leadeth
                 men
                 to
                 the
                 amendment
                 of
                 evill
                 and
                 naughtie
                 manners
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 also
                 a
                 keeping
                 and
                 following
                 of
                 the
                 rules
                 and
                 lessons
                 of
                 our
                 Elders
                 ,
                 whereof
                 Saint
                 Paul
                 speaketh
                 ,
                 
                 saying
                 :
                 
                   Abide
                   and
                   continue
                   in
                   discipline
                   ,
                   God
                   offereth
                   himselfe
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   his
                   children
                   .
                   But
                   if
                   yee
                   be
                   out
                   of
                   discipline
                   ,
                   whereof
                   ye
                   are
                   made
                   already
                   partakers
                   ,
                   then
                   are
                   yee
                   advouterers
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   his
                   children
                   .
                
                 They
                 therefore
                 which
                 are
                 gone
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 out
                 of
                 discipline
                 ,
                 doe
                 receive
                 no
                 inheritance
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdome
                 of
                 heaven
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 children
                 doe
                 receive
                 and
                 beare
                 the
                 correction
                 of
                 their
                 fathers
                 discipline
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 not
                 despaire
                 or
                 doubt
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 shall
                 receive
                 in
                 time
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 the
                 inheritance
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 this
                 discipline
                 Esay
                 speaketh
                 ,
                 saying
                 :
                 
                   Cease
                   from
                   doing
                   
                   wickedly
                   ,
                   and
                   learne
                   to
                   doe
                   well
                   .
                
                 And
                 the
                 like
                 sentence
                 is
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 Psalmist
                 ,
                 who
                 saith
                 :
                 
                   Decline
                   from
                   evill
                   ,
                   and
                   doe
                   good
                   .
                
                 Wherefore
                 that
                 man
                 is
                 very
                 miserable
                 and
                 unhappy
                 ,
                 which
                 throweth
                 from
                 him
                 discipline
                 :
                 for
                 he
                 is
                 bolder
                 than
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 which
                 crucified
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 cut
                 out
                 his
                 garment
                 ,
                 for
                 hee
                 doth
                 cut
                 the
                 discipline
                 of
                 Christs
                 Church
                 .
                 And
                 likewise
                 as
                 the
                 coat
                 doth
                 cover
                 all
                 the
                 body
                 saving
                 the
                 head
                 ,
                 even
                 so
                 is
                 the
                 whole
                 Church
                 clad
                 and
                 defended
                 with
                 discipline
                 ,
                 saving
                 onely
                 Christ
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 the
                 head
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
                 And
                 as
                 that
                 coat
                 was
                 whole
                 
                 without
                 any
                 seame
                 ,
                 so
                 is
                 this
                 discipline
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 whole
                 and
                 sound
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 this
                 discipline
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 when
                 hee
                 should
                 ascend
                 up
                 to
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 after
                 hee
                 was
                 risen
                 from
                 death
                 ,
                 spake
                 to
                 his
                 disciples
                 ,
                 saying
                 :
                 
                   Abide
                   yee
                   here
                   still
                   in
                   the
                   Citie
                   of
                
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
                 
                   till
                   yee
                   bee
                   clad
                   from
                   above
                   with
                   power
                   .
                
                 Then
                 the
                 discipline
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 is
                 the
                 coat
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 hee
                 which
                 is
                 not
                 within
                 this
                 discipline
                 ,
                 is
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 us
                 not
                 therefore
                 cut
                 that
                 coate
                 ,
                 but
                 let
                 us
                 cast
                 lots
                 who
                 shall
                 have
                 it
                 :
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 say
                 :
                 Let
                 us
                 breake
                 nothing
                 of
                 the
                 commandements
                 of
                 
                 GOD
                 ,
                 but
                 every
                 man
                 whereunto
                 hee
                 is
                 called
                 ,
                 therein
                 let
                 him
                 constantly
                 abide
                 with
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 twelfth
                 abuse
                 .
              
               
                 Chap.
                 12.
                 
                 
                   A
                   people
                   without
                   Law.
                
                 
              
               
                 THe
                 last
                 of
                 this
                 Catalogue
                 of
                 abuses
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 people
                 without
                 Law
                 ,
                 who
                 while
                 they
                 despise
                 the
                 sayings
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ordinances
                 of
                 his
                 Lawes
                 :
                 doe
                 runne
                 thorow
                 divers
                 waies
                 of
                 errours
                 ,
                 into
                 the
                 snare
                 of
                 
                 transgression
                 and
                 breaking
                 of
                 the
                 Lawes
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 concerning
                 those
                 wayes
                 of
                 errour
                 ,
                 the
                 Prophet
                 (
                 under
                 the
                 person
                 of
                 a
                 transgressor
                 )
                 doth
                 lament
                 and
                 bewaile
                 mankinde
                 on
                 this
                 wise
                 .
                 
                   We
                   have
                   erred
                
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 
                   and
                   gone
                   astray
                   like
                   sheepe
                   ,
                   every
                   one
                   after
                   his
                   own
                   way
                   .
                
              
               
                 Of
                 these
                 waies
                 it
                 is
                 spoken
                 in
                 the
                 Booke
                 of
                 Wisedome
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 mouth
                 of
                 Salomon
                 ,
                 saying
                 :
                 
                   Many
                   wayes
                   appeare
                   good
                   and
                   strait
                   unto
                   men
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   last
                   end
                   of
                   their
                   wayes
                   ,
                   bringeth
                   them
                   to
                   death
                   .
                
                 And
                 truely
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 wayes
                 of
                 perdition
                 ,
                 when
                 men
                 doe
                 not
                 regard
                 the
                 Kings
                 high
                 way
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 right
                 
                 and
                 straight
                 out
                 ,
                 turning
                 neither
                 on
                 the
                 right
                 hand
                 nor
                 on
                 the
                 left
                 :
                 the
                 which
                 way
                 ,
                 our
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 (
                 who
                 is
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 justification
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 doe
                 beleeve
                 )
                 plainely
                 sheweth
                 us
                 ,
                 saying
                 .
                 
                   I
                   am
                   the
                   way
                   ,
                   the
                   truth
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   life
                   ,
                   no
                   man
                   commeth
                   unto
                   the
                   Father
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   mee
                   .
                
                 To
                 which
                 way
                 he
                 calleth
                 all
                 men
                 without
                 respect
                 ,
                 saying
                 :
                 
                   Come
                   unto
                   me
                   all
                   yee
                   that
                   labour
                   and
                   are
                   heavy
                   laden
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   will
                   refresh
                   you
                   .
                
                 For
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 exception
                 of
                 persons
                 before
                 God
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 there
                 is
                 neither
                 Iew
                 nor
                 Greeke
                 ,
                 man
                 nor
                 woman
                 ,
                 bond
                 nor
                 free
                 :
                 but
                 Christ
                 is
                 all
                 things
                 in
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 are
                 one
                 in
                 Christ
                 Iesu
                 .
              
               
               
                 For
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 Christ
                 is
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 those
                 which
                 are
                 without
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 are
                 without
                 Christ
                 :
                 then
                 the
                 people
                 that
                 be
                 without
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 are
                 likewise
                 without
                 Christ
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 abuse
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Gospell
                 ,
                 any
                 people
                 should
                 be
                 without
                 the
                 Law
                 :
                 for
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 the
                 Apostles
                 were
                 commanded
                 to
                 preach
                 to
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 thunder-claps
                 of
                 the
                 Gospell
                 ,
                 were
                 heard
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Gentiles
                 which
                 sought
                 not
                 after
                 righteousnesse
                 ,
                 have
                 received
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 finally
                 ,
                 considering
                 that
                 they
                 which
                 were
                 farre
                 off
                 ,
                 were
                 made
                 nigh
                 in
                 the
                 bloud
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 they
                 which
                 sometime
                 were
                 not
                 a
                 people
                 ,
                 are
                 now
                 made
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 Christ
                 :
                 being
                 now
                 a
                 glad
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 salvation
                 ,
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 comfort
                 〈◊〉
                 ●he
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Highest
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 sith
                 that
                 every
                 Nation
                 hath
                 a
                 witnesse
                 of
                 the
                 resurrection
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 sith
                 the
                 Lord
                 himselfe
                 beareth
                 witnesse
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 saying
                 :
                 
                   Behold
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   with
                   you
                   alway
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   world
                   .
                
                 Therefore
                 let
                 not
                 us
                 be
                 without
                 Christ
                 in
                 this
                 transitorie
                 life
                 ,
                 lest
                 Christ
                 be
                 without
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 to
                 come
                 .
              
               
                 FINIS
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               LONDON
               ,
               
                 Printed
                 by
              
               Thomas
               Harper
               ,
               for
               Thomas
               Jones
               ,
               1636.