Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ...
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Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ...
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[London :: Printed by Richard Pynson,
1493 (5 July)]
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Conduct of life -- Early works to 1900.
Dialogues, English -- Early works to 1800.
Ten commandments -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08936.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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The x. chaptre
DIues.
Why ben ymages. hilyd in Lenten from mā¦nes sighte
Pauper.
In token. that while men ben in dedly syn they may nat se goddes face / ne seyntes in heuyn And in toke¦nynge yt god & al the court of he¦uyn hyde their face from man & woman / whiles they be in dedly synne / tyl the tyme yt they wole amende them by sorowe of herte & shryfte & satisfaction.
Diues
Why been they more hyd in lentē than in other tyme
Pauper·
the tyme of Lente betokneth the ty¦me of Adamys syn / for the whi∣che we loste the sight of goddes face / & god & the courte of heuen hydde their faces from mākynd vnto the tym of cristes passion. & in token therof in lxx. Whā holy church begīneth to make mynd of Adamys synne / he leuyth son¦ges of myrthe / as Gloria in ex∣celsis. Te deū. & Alleluya For through the synne of adam / our ioye was turned in sorowe & wo
Diues.
I holde it wele done to hyde ymages in Lenton to lette men from ydolatry. Nathelesse ymages of comon offrynge ben selden hyd in lenton / for lettyng of lucre.
Pauper.
Seynt poul sayth that couetise and namely of prestes is cause of moche ydo¦latrye. Auaricia est ydolorum seruitus. Coloc. iii.c. For ne were couetise tho ymages shuld be sette as lytel by as other and as sone hiled and hyd
Diues.
I suppose yt seintes ī erth were nat arayed so ••ay with shone of syl¦uer / and wt clothes of baudkyn
rynges & broches & other iewel∣les as ymages be nowe And sū∣tyme thou seydest yt by the feet is vnderstonde mannes loue & his affection / And therfore me thyn¦keth that the feet so shode in syl∣uer shewe that the loue & the af∣fection of prestes is moche set in golde & siluer / & erthly couetyse For suche richesses of clothynge of the ymage is but a tollyng of more offrynge. & a token to the leude people / where they shulde offre and what / for they had ly∣uer a broche or a rynge of syluer or of golde than a peny or a half¦peny / thoughe the broche or the rynge be but of easy pryce / And comōly they shoe none ymages ne clothe them so richely / but yf they erne firste their shone & ther clothes / but if it be to tolle folk to offrynge.
Pauper.
leue this mater for it is odiouse to the co∣ueitouse prestys yt wynne great richesse by suche ymages. And therfore let suche wordes passe at this tyme and speke we of sū¦what elles more to purpose.
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