A07128:574
The principles of Christian Religion necessary to be known of all the faithfulThe principles of Christian Religion necessary to be knowen of all the faythful
The principles of Christian Religion necessary to be known of all the faithful: set forth to the great profit in training up of all youth, by Tho. Becon.The principles of Christian Religion necessary to be knowen of all the faythful: set forth to the great profite in trayning vp of all youth, by Tho. Becon.
London: printed by John Daye, 1569London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1569
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.
Be glad with the wife of thy youth. Loving is y• Hind, & friendly is y• Roe. Let her breasts alway satisfy thee, & hold thee ever content with her love. O my son, why wilt thou have pleasure in an harlot, & embrace y• bosom of an other woman? Every mans ways are open in the sight of y• Lord, and ⟨image 47⟩he […] of the ungodly shall […] himself, & with the […] of his own sins, shall he be trapped.
Be glad with the wife of thy youth. Louing is y• Hinde, & frendly is y• Roe. Let her brestes alway satisfie thee, & holde thee euer content with her loue. O my sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, & embrace y• bosome of an other woman? Euery mans wayes are open in the sight of y• Lord, and ⟨image 47⟩he 〈…〉 of the vngodly shall 〈…〉 himself, & with the 〈…〉 of his own sinnes, shall he be trapped.
Keep thee from the evil woman,1 and from the […] tongue of the harlot, that thou lust not after her beauty in thy hart, and least thou be taken with her fair looks. An harlot will make a man to beg his bread: but an honest woman will seek about to get her living. May a man carry fire in his bosom, & in his clothes, & not be burnt? or can one go upon hot coals, & his feet not be hurt? Even so, who soever goeth into his neighbours wife, and touheth her, can not be unguilty.