in my meate, and drinke: in my appare II, and bed: and chaste in all my touchings, flying (as from fier) all things that are otherwise. The third acte is, puri∣tie,
in wordes, speeche and conuersation; in lookes, laughters, and gestures of the bodye: and in the ex∣teriour garce and fashion, obseruing in all this such chastitie, that christian honestye and decencye may bee resplendent in all, cutting of what soeuer shall∣bee contrary thereunto. The fourth acte is, puritie in friendship, and in louing, and familiar commerce or conuersation with the creatures, carefully auoi∣ding any ouer greate familiarity with any one, that may bee any occasion of blemishing chastitie, nei∣ther giuing, nor receiuing any presents, or giftes, that may bee shares, or stumbling blockes to faile in this vertu. The fiste acte is, puritie in seperating our∣selues from all occasions, aswell exteriour, as interi∣our, which prouoke to any thing that may dissillu∣strate, or ouerthowe chastitie. And therefore hee that is perfectly chaste, flyeth secret pride, by the which, God permitteth man to fall into manifest Luxurye. Hee flyeth wrathe, for that it inflameth the blood,
and altereth the fleshe. Hee flyeth idle∣nesse, because it openeth the gate to fleshly lust. And finally hee flyeth all places, and persons by whose companye hee may indaunger his chastitie: For hee that loueth daunger, shall perishe therein. The sixth, and last degree of chastitye is, puritye in all the cogi∣tations of the hearte, and in the motions, and alte∣rations of the fleshe, keeping it lowe, and subiected to reason, not onely, in waking, but as much as in vs lyeth,
euen in our sleepes, endevouring to giue no occasion, that the diuell should therein delude vs with filthy representations, or alterations. And these are the six pure white leaues of this celestiall lillye, which allthough it groweth amōg the thor∣nes of many temptations, and tribulations which