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A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gatheredA pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered
A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gathered by Theodore Basil.A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
printed for Joha, 1543printed for Ioha, 1543
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Phil. Ye say trueth. Provide therefore that ye your selves remember it well,1 & ever set before your eyes this fear, and that not constraint, servile, bond or churlish, but reverent, gentle, obsequious, willing, yea & even such a loving fear, as a dear Son hath toward his most heartily beloved father, so that ye would fear to offend though there were no law nor punishment at all, even for the love that ye hear toward virtue, true innocency & purity of life. If ye have this fear, ye shall easily have the true obedience & all other things, which most of all become faithful ⟨image 74⟩& loving subjects. And with out this fear know that ye can none otherwise but precipitate & throw headlong your selves into all kind of mischief, peril, danger & destruction.
Phil. Ye saye trueth. Prouyde therfore that ye your selues remember it well,1 & euer set before your eyes this feare, and that not constraynte, seruyle, bonde or churlysh, but reuerent, gentle, obsequious, wyllynge, yea & euen suche a louynge feare, as a deare Sonne hath toward his moost hertely beloued father, so that ye woulde feare to offend though ther were no law nor punyshment at all, euen for the loue that ye heare towarde vertue, true innocencye & purite of lyfe. If ye haue this fear, ye shal easly haue the true obedience & all other thinges, which moost of al become faythfull ⟨image 74⟩& louynge subiectes. And with out this feare knowe that ye canne none otherwyse but precipitate & throwe headlonge your selues into all kynde of mischefe, parell, daūger & destruccion.
- 1What fear we ought to have toward ye high powers.What feare we ought to haue toward ye high powers.