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I •…•…olde euery yonge man in voyde ty mes wolde exercyse theyr pastyme in redynge of holy scryptures / for I fy•…•… de no thynge more better to stablysshe oute
conscyence. Also therin shall You fynde pre cyous preseruacyōs agaynst all vyces / fo: them that dylygently wyll apply it in ver tue: As when ye be tangled or snared wi•…•…h voluptuous pleasures / rede the fyrst pystle to the Coryntheās. vi. chapytre / to auyode delectacyons of thy flesshely bodye for noo synne deedly / that a man doth defyleth his owne bodye / but onely fornycacyon (and Paule sayth to the Thessolanyons this is the wyll of god whiche is your sanctifica∣cyon / that you refrayne from all concupys∣sence or lecherous affeccyons) these places / and dyuerse other in scrypture / doth prouo∣ke a man to refrayne all carnall affecciōs: and doth coole and swage the cruell hete of man / wh•…•…ch naturally can not be auoyded but onely by arace. Also scrypture doth not onely monysshe vs: but also noryssheth v•…•… through the vertue of the holy ghost / to ob•…•… serue all thyng•…•… that we rede or here therin. Also yf thy nature be so stronge that tho•…•… can not auoyde the daūger therof: then ma•…•… ste thou mary a wyfe. 1. Co. 7. Paule say•…•… better it is to mary then to bren or to deffyl•…•… thy body whiche is the temple of god / Pau
le exorteth the Ephesians. 1. Ephe. 4. to vse no •…•…ylthy or vnhonest wordes to come out of your mouthes / but suche as be fruyt•…•… in edefyenge eche other.) Also be ware of a lecherous •…•…ye / whiche is the preuyest enemy that the body hath agaynst the soule / for the •…•…uāgelyst sayth. Mat. 5. (who so cu•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 deth a woman or mayde in w•…•…ll or des•…•…re of concupyssence carnally / strayght with that wyll or desyre synneth de•…•…dly in the •…•…∣ghte of god.) Also that no hore monger or cōmon haunter of bordellys / or fornycator can not inheryte the kyngdom of god / for that is a clene place full of vertue and clen nesse / Paule saythe to the Corynthyans▪ 1▪ Co. xi. yf ye be de•…•…lyned to dronkennesse de lytynge as a gloton in bely Ioy remembre Luc. th▪ xxi. chapytre savenge (suffre not your bodyes to be ouer laden with drynke / or metes for there is no gloton or dronkarde can not enheryte the kyngdom of heuen.) Wherfore let all youthe exercyse theyr tyme in scryptures of vertuous lernynge / & there shall you fynde all remedye / and comforte agaynst all instvgacions and oppressyons of your soule and body.
¶ Quetite et inuenietis.