Diues [et] pauper

Caplm .xi.

DIues. Reason gyueth that men sholde teche ther childe∣ren goddes lawe & good the∣wes / & for to take hede to god y^• ma∣de vs all of nought / & bought vs so de¦re But now men saye that ther shol¦de noo leude folke entremete them of goddes lawe / ne of the gospell / ne of holy wryte / neyther to conne it ne to teche it. ¶Pauper. This is a foule errour & full peryllous to mānes sou¦le For euery man & woman is boūde after his degree to do his besynes to knowe goddes lawe that he is boūde to kepe. And faders & moders / godfa¦ders and godmoders be bounde to te¦che theyr childern goddes lawe / or el∣lys do them to be taught. And therfo¦re god sayth. Erūt vba hec &••. The∣se wordes that I bydde the this daye sholde be in thyn herte. Thou shalt tell them & teche them to thy childern Thou shalt thynke theron syttynge in thy house amonges thy folke. And whan y^u goste by the waye / whan thou goste to slepe / & whan y^u aryseste thou shalt bynde them as a token in thyn hande & in thyn dede / in thyn werke they sholde be alwaye steryng byfore thyn eyen of thyn herte. Thou shalt wryte them in thy dressholde and in thy dores of thyn house / that is to say whan thou comest in / and whan thou goste out / in thyn begynnynge and in thyn endynge of euery dede / alway loke that thou ne none of thyne for∣fette ayenst goddes lawe bycause of the. Deu^• .vi. And in an other place of the same booke he sayth thus. Thou shalt teche my wordes to thy childern / to thy folke / and to thy kyn¦ne s;men. Deut^• .iiij. And saynt Austyn sayth. That eche man in his owne housholde sholde do the offyce of the bysshop in techynge & correctynge of comon thynges. And therfore sayth the lawe. That the offyce of techyn∣ge and chastysynge longeth not only to the bysshop / but to euery gouer∣no••••e after his maner & his degree. To the poore man gouernynge his poore housholde. To the ryche man gouernynge his folke. To y^• housbon de man gouernyng his wyf. To the fader & moder gouernynge ther chil∣dern. To the Iustyce gouernynge his contree. To the kynge gouernynge

his people .xiij q̄ .iiij. duo. et q̄ v. nō putes And one neyghbour sholde te∣che an other. For saynt Peter sayth. Euery man mynyster on to other the grace that he hath taken of god pri^o petri. ij. ¶Diues. My fader & moder be deed / and therfore I lete me dys∣charged of this commaundemente. ¶Pauper. Though they be deed / ••et art thou boūde to doo them worshyp and to helpe theyr soules with holy prayers and almesse dedes yf thou myghtest. Also thou art bounde to worshyp them with thy good lyuyng as I sayd fyrste. For the wyse man sayth. That he that techeth well his childe / he shall be praysed & worshyp∣ped in his childe amonge his kynre∣de / he shal haue Ioye and worshyp in his childe. The fader of the well taught childe in some maner is deed / & in some maner is not deed. For he lefte his childe lyke after hym / for all yf the fader dye bodely / yet he lyued & is worshypped in the goodnesse of his childern. Est mortuus et quasi nō est mortu{us}. Eccl .xxx. And in the wyc¦ked lyuynge of the childe the fader is vnworshypped & deed whyle he goth vpon erthe. Also by this cōmaunde∣ment we be bounde to worshyp god∣fader & godmoder.