WE shal nowe therfore intreatyng of this noble vertue chastite: shewe fyrst of the terme / what this worde chastite dothe meane or signifie. For that name chasti¦te: may be taken generally / & in a large maner. And so doth it by token: discrecion / modera∣cion / or a due meane in all thynges to be done / as chaste in eatyng / drynkyng / slepyng / and generally in all maner of vertues / cōmune both vnto the soule and body. But as the terme chastite doth betoken: of the selfe {pro}pre significaciō: so doth it ap{per}teyn vn¦to ye body / & vnto the clēnes & due order therof. For chastite hath {pro}perly ye name: of chastesynge / or cor∣rection / bycause ye chastite: doth chastice & corect the body / as ye rod (in maner) doth ye chylde.* 1.1 Chastite thā thus taken: may be called a restreynt of the na∣tural / & bodely acte of generation. Or (as saynt Au¦gustine sayth) Chastite is a vertue / ye doth refrayne & subdue ye assayles & hasty mortōs of the fylty plea∣sure of ye body: vnder ye yoke & rule of reason.* 1.2 * 1.3 Or as the same saynt Augustyne sayth agayne. Chastite may be called / a clene & honest state or byhauiour of al ye hole body / by ye restrict & rebatyng of ye furies & wyld hasty mociōs of vice. But bicause this maner of chastite: doth extēd to al degres of christianes / as wel wedded
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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"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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as singule / wedowes and virgins. And we done here intreate onely of the chastite that dothe apper∣teyne vnto religious {per}sones: we shall therfore leue that cōmune chastite / and speake of this chastite af¦ter our entreprise.
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* 1.1
Diffinicio castitatis.
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* 1.2
De diffi.
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* 1.3
Ibidem,