Here begynneth the boke called the Pype, or tonne, of the lyfe of perfection The reason or cause wherof dothe playnely appere in the processe.
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Here begynneth the boke called the Pype, or tonne, of the lyfe of perfection The reason or cause wherof dothe playnely appere in the processe.
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Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?
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[Imprynted at london :: In fletestrete, by me Robert Redman, dwellynge in saynt Dunstones parysshe, next the churche,
In the yere of our lorde god a thousande fyue hondred and. xxxii. [1532] the xxiii. day of Marche]
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here begynneth the boke called the Pype, or tonne, of the lyfe of perfection The reason or cause wherof dothe playnely appere in the processe." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15122.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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¶Of the .xi. keper of Chastite / that is / cure of the body. The .xv. Chapitre.
YEt (after saynt Augustyne) doth folo∣we an other enemy of chastite moche subtyle / and as nat moche greuous / so moche more ieopardous. That is to saye: delectacion and pleasure in clene clothynge / and in the pykyng & curyng of the body For the prohivicion and letting wherof: he sayth in the begynnyng of the .vi. Chapitre of the rule. Let your clothyng (saythe he) be laundred or wasshen / at the appoītemēt / and after the wyll of ye souereyne And yet agayne. Baynes also for ye body. &c. Where
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saynt Augustyne wyl that the disciples of this rule shulde haue shyft of clene clothes / and purgacion of the body: accordyng vnto discrecion / and as nede & the honestie of religion doth require / but nat after the appetite or desyre of the persones / lest (sayth he) the superfluous pleasure / of fayre and clene clothes shulde defoule and make the soule vnclene & fylthy. And in very dede / I haue knowen diuerse religi∣ous persones / that after theyr shyftynge into clene clothes: haue bene more troubled with vnclene mo∣cions: than they were at other tymes. And so lyke wyse of the waysshyng / and pykyng of the body. Wherin to be ouercurious: is contrarie vnto the pu¦rite of chastite. And nothyng to care therfore: is cō∣trarie vnto the honeste of religion / specially ī them that done lyue in congregacion. And therfore saint Augustyne wyll / the seke persones / althoughe they deney: shulde (natwithstandynge) take by the com∣maundement of the souereyne: that were necessarie and honeste / and if (any shulde desyre that were nat expedient: they shulde be denyed. All these thynges haue we set forth here: for the garde and custody of chastite / accordyng vnto the order and very mynde of the selfe rule of saynt Augustyne. That the disci∣ples therof: hauynge zele vnto the obseruaunce of theyr rule: shulde the more diligentely applie them selfe and gyue study / to perfourme the solempne {pro}∣fession / and promyse of theyr vowe.
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