Let other advance that life, whereby Monarchies, Empires, & Kingdoms be made desolate, barren and unfruitful, yet will ⟨image 3⟩I most of all praise that life, which make the Realms to flourish with innumerable thousands of people, whereby the public weal is preserved in safe estate. Let other praise such as may justly seem to be monsters of nature for their sterility and barrenness, yet will I commend them, which according to their first 1creation and the natural disposition, that God from the beginning engrafted in them, are fruitful 2as a plenteous vine. Let other allow the fan sy of those belly Gods, which for a voluptuous, careless and swinish manner of living, and because they will not live of the labour of their own hands / and the sweat of their own b• ow […], after the commandment of God, had rather live like abominable adulterers, stinking whoremongers, unclean fornicators, detestable Sodomites, unnatural monsters unto the great slander of the Christen religion: and so to dye as unprofitable clods of the earth, th• godly to marry and leave behind them such fruit, as in time to come might both profit the common weal, and also set forth the glory of God, when not withstanding both the law of God, of nature, and of man both suffereth and 3provoketh them unto the contrary, seeing they have not the gift of chastity given them, and it is better to marry than to burn, as the Apostle ⟨image 4⟩saith: Yet will I commend and praise such as do not degenerate, as Icarus did, from their natural kind, but embrace holy wedlock, which 4is honourable among all persons, and bring forth fruit according to the commandment of GOD, because they will not perpetrate nor once attempt any thing, that should be unclean in the sight of GOD, and a stumbling stock in their own conscience. To be short▪ let other praise them, which when they dye, leave no lively & quick testimonies behind them, yet will I commend them, which, when they give over to nature, leave quick and lyuysh testimonies behind them, whereby they de clare that they have lived, and not ben unfrute full nor unprofitable to the Christen public weal.
Let other auaunce that lyfe, wherby Monarchies, Empyres, & Kyngdōs be made desolate, barren and vnfruytfull, yet wyl ⟨image 3⟩I moost of all prayse that lyfe, whyche make the Realmes to florysh with innumerable thousan des of people, wherby the publique weale is preserued in safe estate. Lette other prayse suche as maye iustly seme to be monstures of nature for theyr sterrilite and barrennes, yet wyll I commende them, whyche accordynge to theyr fyrste 1creacion and the natural disposicion, that God from the begynnyng engraffed in thē, are fruteful 2as a plenteous vine. Let other allow the fan sy of those belly Goddes, whyche for a volupteous, careles and swynysh maner of lyuyng, and because they wyll not lyue of the labour of theyr owne handes / and thesweat of theyr owne b• ow 〈…〉, after the commaundement of God, had rather lyue lyke abhominable adulterers, stinking whoremongers, vncleane fornicatours, detestable Sodomites, vnnaturall mōstures vnto the great slaunder of the Christen religion: and so to dye as vnprofitable cloddes of the earth, th• godly to marrye and leaue behynde them suche frute, as in tyme to come myght both profytte the common weale, and also sette forth the glory of God, whan not withstondyng both ye lawe of God, of nature, and of man both suffereth and 3prouoketh them vnto the contrary, seynge they haue not the gyfte of chastite gyuen them, and it is better to marry thā to burne, as ye Apostle ⟨image 4⟩sayth: Yet wyll I commende and prayse suche as do not digenerate, as Icarus dydde, from theyr naturall kynd, but enbrace holy wedlocke, which 4is honorable among all personens, and brynge forth frute accordynge to the commaundement of GOD, because they wyll not perpetrate nor once attempte ony thynge, that shoulde be vncleane in the syght of GOD, and a stomblyng stocke in theyr owne conscience. Tobe shorte▪ lette other prayse them, whyche whan they dye, leaue no lyuysihe & quycke testimoni•s behynde them, yet wyll I commende them, which, whan they gyue ouer to nature, leaue quycke and lyuysh testimonies behynde them, wherby they de clare that they haue lyued, and not ben vnfrute full nor vnprofitable to the Christen publique weale.
- 1Gene. ii.
- 2Psal. c. xxvii
- 3i. Cor. vii. […]i. Cor. vii. 〈…〉
- 4Hebr. xiii.Hebre. xiii.
