The right rule of Christian chastitie profitable to bee read of all godly and vertuous youthes of both sexe, bee they gentlemen or gentlewomen, or of inferiour state, whatsoeuer. Collected and written by one studious to gratifie his freendes, and profit his kindred: first (priuately) for the instruction, forewarning and forearming of certayne younge gentlewomen his neare and deare cosins: and after published by the same, in hope to profit the Church & common wealth, according to his talent. The methode wherof is to bee seene immediatly after the preface to the reader.
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The right rule of Christian chastitie profitable to bee read of all godly and vertuous youthes of both sexe, bee they gentlemen or gentlewomen, or of inferiour state, whatsoeuer. Collected and written by one studious to gratifie his freendes, and profit his kindred: first (priuately) for the instruction, forewarning and forearming of certayne younge gentlewomen his neare and deare cosins: and after published by the same, in hope to profit the Church & common wealth, according to his talent. The methode wherof is to bee seene immediatly after the preface to the reader.
Author
Hergest, William.
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Imprinted at London :: By [W. How for] Richard Iohnes, and are to bee solde at his shop ouer against S. Sepulchers Church without Newgate,
[1580]
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Chastity -- Early works to 1800.
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"The right rule of Christian chastitie profitable to bee read of all godly and vertuous youthes of both sexe, bee they gentlemen or gentlewomen, or of inferiour state, whatsoeuer. Collected and written by one studious to gratifie his freendes, and profit his kindred: first (priuately) for the instruction, forewarning and forearming of certayne younge gentlewomen his neare and deare cosins: and after published by the same, in hope to profit the Church & common wealth, according to his talent. The methode wherof is to bee seene immediatly after the preface to the reader." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03079.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.
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The fifth Cause.
FIfthly,* 1.1 wée must be Temperate, and vse Abstinence and Sobrietie, lest wee abuse the Creatures of God, contrarie to his commaundement: Gather vp the frag∣ments, least any thynge be lost. Math. 14. Mar. 6 Luk. 9. Which is our maister Christes precepte of Parstimonte and religious vse of thynges. And includeth a prohibition of the abuse of all gods Creatures.
Notes
* 1.1
5. Least wee should abuse gods creatu∣res, created to gods glory & the profit of the godly. Math. 14. Mar. 6. Luke. 9.