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The governance of virtue teaching all faithful christia[n]s, how they ought daily to lead…The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade…
The governance of virtue teaching all faithful christia[n]s, how they ought daily to lead their life, & fruitfully to spend their time unto the glory of God & the health of their own souls. Newly corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade their lyfe, & fruitfully to spend their time vnto the glorye of God & the health of their owne soules. Newlye corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566
London: printed by John Day, 1566London: printed by Iohn Day, 1566
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
If thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God to keep and to do all his1 commandments and ordinances, then all these curses shall come upon thee, & overtake thee. Cursed shalt thou be in the Town, and cursed in the Field, cursed shall thine almery be and thy store. Cur sed shall the fruit of thine body and the fruit of thy land be, and the fruit of thy oxen, and the flock of thy sheep. The Lord shall make the pestilence clean to thee, until he have consumed thee from the land: The Lord shall smite thee with madness blindness, and dazing of hart, because thou servedst not the Lord thy god with joyfulness and with a good hart for the abundance of all things, wherefore thou shalt serve ⟨image 125⟩thine enemy which the Lord shall send o• thee in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, & in need of all things: And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck until be have brought the to nought. Read this Chapter diligently from the beginning to the end.
If thou wilt not harken to the voice of the Lord thy God to kepe and to do all his1 commaundements and ordinaunces, then all these curses shall come vpon thee, & ouertake thee. Cursed shalt thou be in the Towne, and cursed in the Fielde, cursed shall thine almayrye be and thy store. Cur sed shall the fruite of thine bodye and the fruite of thy lande be, and the fruite of thy oxen, and the flock of thy shepe. The Lord shall make the pestilence cleane to thee, vn til he haue consumed thee from the lande: The Lord shall smite thee with madnesse blindnes, and dasing of hart, because thou seruedst not the Lord thy god with ioyfulnes and with a good hart for the aboūdācs of all thinges, wherefore thou shalt serue ⟨image 125⟩thine enemie which the Lord shal send o• thee in hunger and thirste, in nakednes, & in neede of all thinges: And he shall put a yoke of iron vpon thy necke vntil be haue brought the to nought. Read this Chapiter diligētly from the beginning to thend.