Abstinence.
4 Of an olde man.
A Certaine deuout man counselled an old man to leaue off the lustes of the flesh, whervnto he had bene outragiously giuen. He aunswered hym: Holly Father, I will obey your reuerend
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A Certaine deuout man counselled an old man to leaue off the lustes of the flesh, whervnto he had bene outragiously giuen. He aunswered hym: Holly Father, I will obey your reuerend
and holesome preceptes, for I perceiue that Ve∣nerie doth muche hurte me, neither am I able to follow that trade any longer.
MOR. Many abstayne from vyces, wherein they are nooseled, not for the loue of God or goodnesse, but bicause of infirmitie, and feare of punishment.