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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 ye hearken unto my commandments1 which I command you this day, that ye love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your hart, & with all your soul, then will I give rain unto your land in due season, early and late, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, thy wine, and thine oil, and I will give grass upon thy field for thy cattle, that ye may eat and be filled. But beware that your heart be not deceived, that ye go aside, and serve other gods, and worship them, and then the wrath of the Lord wax hot upon you and he shut up the heaven, that there come no rain, and the ⟨image 55⟩earth give not her increase, and ye perish shortly from the good land which the lord hath given you.
If ye harken vnto my commaundemēts1 which I commaund you this day, that ye loue the Lorde your God, and serue hym with all your hart, & wyth all your soule, then will I geue rayne vnto your lande in due season, earlye and late, that thou mayest gather in thy corne, thy wine, and thine oyle, and I wyll geue grasse vppon thy fielde for thy cattell, that ye maye eate and be fylled. But beware that your harte bee not deceyued, that ye goe aside, and serue other gods, and worship them, and then the wrathe of the Lorde waxe whote vppon you and he shutte vppe the heauen, that there come no rayne, and the ⟨image 55⟩earth geue not her encrease, and ye perish shortly from the good land which the lord hath geuen you.
- 1Deut. 1•
Put up therefore these my words in your hearts and in your souls, and bind them for a sign upon your hands, that they be a token of remembrance before your eyes, and teach them your children, so that thou talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, or walkest by the way, when thou liest down and when thou risest up, and write them upon the posts of thine house, and upon the gates, that thou and thy children may live long in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give them as long as the days of heaven endure upon earth.