Two guides to a good life The genealogy of vertue and the nathomy of sinne. Liuely displaying the worth of one, and the vanity of the other.

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Two guides to a good life The genealogy of vertue and the nathomy of sinne. Liuely displaying the worth of one, and the vanity of the other.
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London :: Printed by W. Iaggard,
1604.
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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There ate sixe kinds of Luxury.

The first is Fornication, which is the vnlawful coyture or societie of one sin∣gle person with another.

The second is Rape or rauishment, when a virgin is defloured, either with her consent or against her will: for al∣though it be with her consent, yet it is counted rauishment, in respect of the ainousnesse thereof, by reason it vio∣lently

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breakes the lists of chastity, and opens a gap many times to further vn∣cleannesse.

The third is Adulterie when the ma∣riage bed is defiled, and this is of twoe sorts, either simple, as when the maried sinnes with the vnmarried, or double, when the married sinnes with the mar∣ried.

The fourth is incest, when the abuse of fleshly lust is committed by such as are of one kinred, bloud, or affinnity: which sinne makes men of the nature of bruite beasts.

The fift, is Zodomy, which is of two sortes, when man lusteth after man, or man after beast, and this sin in the holy scripture is ranckt with murder and cal¦led a crying sinne, as continually soli∣citing and calling for vengeance vpon the offendors.

The sixt is the excesse of carnall acti∣on euen amongst the married; which although it seeme lawful, yet it offends

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god, if it exceede measure or modesty.

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