Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
[Sidenote: [Fol. 69_b_.]]
Nowe thou housbande and housewife, that haue done
your diligence and cure about your husbandrye and huswyfry,
accordynge to the fyrste sayenge of the philosopher,
[Sidenote: Pay attention;]
_Adhibe curam_: And also haue well remembred and 4
fulfylled the seconde sayinge of the sayde philosopher,
[Sidenote: Be frugal; and thou shalt be rich.]
_Tene mensuram_: I doubte not but ye be ryche accordyng
to the thyrde sayinge of the sayde philosopher, _Et eris
diues_. Nowe I haue shewed you the sayinge of the 8
philosopher, wherby you haue goten moche worldely
possession, me semeth it were necessary, to shewe you
howe ye maye gette heuenly possessions, accordynge to
[Sidenote: Matt. xvi. 26.]
the sayenge of our lorde in his gospel, _Quid prodest 12
homini, si vniuersum mundum lucretur, animæ vero suæ detrimentum
paciatur_: What profyteth it to a man, thoughe
he wyn all the worlde, to the hyndraunce and losyng
of his soule? Howe be it, it shoulde seme vnconuenient 16
for a temporall man to take vpon hym to shewe
or teache any suche spirytuall matters; and yet there is
a great diuersytie betwene predication and doctrine.
155. ¶ A diuersitie betwene predication and doctrine.
[Sidenote: [Fol. 70.]]
As sayncte Iherome saythe, there is greate difference or
[Sidenote: Difference between preaching and doctrine.]
diuersitie betwene preachinge and doctrine. A preachyng
or a sermon is, where [is] a conuocation or a gatherynge
of people on holye dayes, or other dayes in churches or 4
other places, and times sette and ordeyned for the
same. And it belongeth to theym that be ordeyned
[Sidenote: Every man may teach.]
there-vnto, and haue iurisdiction and auctorytie, and to
none other. But euery man may lawefully enforme and 8
teache his brother, or any other, at euery tyme and place
behouable, if it seme expedient to hym, for that is an
almes-dede, to the whiche euery man is holden &
bounde to do, accordyng to the sayenge of saynt 12
[Sidenote: 1 Pet. iv. 10.]
Peter, _Vnusquisq_ue, _sicut accepit gratiam, in alterutrum
illam administrare debet_. That is to saye, as euery man
hath taken or receyued grace, he oughte to mynyster
[Sidenote: Chrysostom.]
and shewe it forthe to other. For as Chrisostome saythe, 16
great merite is to hym, and a great reward he shall haue
in tyme to come, the which writeth or causeth to be
writen, holy doctrine, for that entent, that he may se in
it, howe he may lyue holylye, and that other may haue 20
it, that they maye be edyfyed or sanctyfyed by the same;
for he saythe surely, knowe thou, that howe many soules
[Sidenote: [Fol. 70_b_.]]
be saued by the, soo many rewardes thou shalte haue for
[Sidenote: Gregory.]
eyther.
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