The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce.

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Title: The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce.
Author: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Publication: [Imprynted at London :: In Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Sonne, by me Wynkyn de Worde,; The yere of our lorde god.M.CCCCC.xxv. the xxviij. daye of Nouember] [1525]
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¶ Saynt Hugh.

¶ The souerayn must of right byleue those subiectes whome he knoweth of good lyf / religyous maners / & holy cōuersacyon. For y^e trouth or falshede of ony {per}sone is not knowen by the speche of y^e mouth / but by theyr werkes & dedes. Ex fructibus co{rum} cognoscetis eos.* 1.1 sayth our sauyour. Of theyr fruytes & werkes / may ye knowe euery persone. The very religyous {per}sones ben not deceytfull / ben not feyners / ben not double of theyr wordes.* 1.2 Nor (as the psalmist sayth) of them y^t by theyr herte / of purpose / & in theyr hertes by know∣lege done speke those thynges y^t ben false and not true But y^e seruaūtes of god done speke w^t the mouth / y^t is thought in y^e herte. And good lyfe doth cause credence & fayth to be gyuen vnto theyr wordes. And contrary the euyll lyfe & vnrelygyous behauyour / causeth the trouth to be doubted. Let them therfore w^tout doubte be byleued / that w^tout doubte ben good & vertuous.

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* 1.1

Mat. vi

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* 1.2

Psal. xj.

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