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 May 5, 2024.
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¶Of the fourthe keper of chastite. The .viii. Chapitre.
ANd forth with after the precept: he doth adioyne an other keper and {pre}seruer of chastite. That is to say / gesture and out¦warde byhauiour of the body. Wherof also we haue wryten vnto you at large: in the fyrste boke of these thre vowes. Saynt Am∣brose sayth / that the gesture and byhauioure of the body: is as a voyce or speche / that doth shewe / and telforthe: the inwarde affectes / and appetites of the herte and mynde. And here in the rule / saynt Augu¦styne wyll: they gyue good hede / and diligence vn∣to religious gestures / and byhauiours / sayng vnto the disciples of the same. Whan ye go forth / go to gyther. And whan ye come / whether ye went: byde
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to gether / and in your pase goynge / and in your ha¦bite werynge / and in your standyng / or restyng. And in all our mouynges / sterynges / gestures / & byhauiours / loke you shewe euer / ye exāple of good and godly conuersacion. So that you nothyng do: that shulde slaunder / gyue occasion / or offende the syghte of any persone / all vnto edificacion / and as shulde bycome / or byseme your sanctite / holynes / & perfection. In these wordes and sentēces / ben ma∣ny [unspec 1] thynges notable. Fyrste where he sayth go to ge¦ther: is noted that a persone religious: shuld neuer be alone / that is to say: without some persone or {per}∣sones of his owne couent or religion / as after shall [unspec 2] be shewed. The secōde notable: is / the pase ī goyng that is nat one byfore a nother / but bothe together. [unspec 3] The thyrde notable / the fourme and fashon of ye ha∣bite / both in lyke shapen / of lyke length and brede / or wydnes / or one coloure / nat one violet / an other blacke / or one price & valure / nat one fyne / an other course / ne yet one pynshed / and an other playne. And in the weryng therof also all in lyke. Nat one tucked or gyrd / an other louce / and so forth. In like maner / in stacions / inclinacions / and in all other bo¦dely gestures and byhauioures / auoydynge euery where: all occasions of wāton & worldly lyghtnes.