A14463:2649
A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the…A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the…
A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the principal points of the Christian faith and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certain dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Province. Translated by I.S. Seen and allowed according to the Queens Majesties injunctions.A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the principall poyntes of the Christian fayth and religion, and of the abuses and errors contrary to the same. Done in certayne dialogues in french, by M. Peter Viret, sometime minister of the Word of God at Nymes in Prouince. Translated by I.S. Seene and allowed according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
London: printed by Henry Bynneman? for Abraham Veale, 1573
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.
T. There is no man if he have so much as one spark of good judgement, but would judge her worthy of great blame if she should do it: and worthy of great praise, if she did rather choose to die than to please her father in such wickedness, for by such means she should not obey to her father, but to a bawd, a whoremaster and an ⟨p. 515⟩horrible incest, and to a very Devil.
T. There is no man if he haue so muche as one sparke of good iudgement, but would iudge hir worthy of greate blame if she should do it: and worthy of great prayse, if she did rather choose to die than to please hir father in such wickednesse, for by such meanes she should not obey to hir father, but to a bawde, a whoremaster and an ⟨p. 515⟩horrible incest, and to a very Deuill.
D. Thou hast said well. Then if it be not lawful for a daughter to give over her body to her own father, to abuse it in any kind of villainy, how much less lawful is it then for the soul, which is much more precious than the body, to give over it self to any creature whatsoever he be, whereby it may be joined to the Devil? Then if thy father will be an idolater, and will have thee to be such an one with him, and will have thee to leave Jesus Christ to please him, thou oughtest than to have recourse to the interpretation that Jesus Christ doth make of this commandment, of the honour which is due to father and mother, founded in the first Table: as it shall be more amply declared when we shall come to the exposition of the fifth commandment.
D. Thou hast saide well. Then if it be not lawfull for a daughter to giue ouer hir body to hir owne father, to abuse it in any kinde of villanie, how much lesse lawfull is it then for the soule, whiche is much more precious than the body, to giue ouer it selfe to any creature whatsoeuer he be, whereby it may be ioyned to the Deuill? Then if thy father will be an idolater, and will haue thée to be such an one with him, and will haue thée to leaue Iesus Christ to please him, thou oughtest than to haue recourse to the interpretation that Iesus Christe dothe make of this cōmaundement, of the honor whiche is due to father and mother, founded in the first Table: as it shalbe more amply declared when wée shall come to the exposition of the fifte commaundement.