Now to return to young daughters how 1they should be instruct in prayer & know lege of their christen religion according as it is set forth in dialogues & institutions of the christians, yet shall they not be to busy in teaching & reasoning openly, but there to use silence and to learn at home, openly to hear, and at home let them reason and teach each other. Neither would I not have them ever shut up, as it were in cage, never to speak nor to come forth, but 2sometimes to see the good fashions and honest behaviour of other for to keep them ever in mew is enough either to make them stark fools, or •lles to make them naughts, when they shall once come abroad into company. As for this thing, every discrete parent shall know by the aforesaid rules how to order them, to avoid all wan tonnes and niceness in words, gestures and deeds, to eschew all unhonest games and pass times, to avoid all unhonest loves and occasions of the same, as unhonest dancing, wanton communication, company with ribalds and filthy speakers, teach them to avert their sight and senses from all such inconveniences, let them avoid idleness, be occupied ether doing ⟨p. lxxviii⟩some profitable thing for your family, or e•es 3reading some godly book, let them not read books of fables, of fond and light love, but call upon God to have pure hearts and chaste, that they might cleave only to their spouse Christ unto him married by faith, which is the most pu rest wedlock of us all, pure virgins, being both married and unmarried. Evil words, saith Paul, corrupt good manners, uncleanness and covetousness, let them not once be named among 4you, nor no foolish ribaldry talking, nor light testing, which are not comely, but be occupied in prayers and thanksgiving. Books of Robyn hood, Beves of Hampton, Tro•us, & such like fables do but kindle in liars like lies and wanton love, which ought not in youth with their first spittle to be drunken in, lest they ever remain in them. If ye delight to sing songs ye have the Psalms and many godly songs & books in English right fruitful & sweet. Take the new Testament in your hands, & study it diligently, & learn your profession in baptism to mortify your flesh, and to be revived in the spirit, learn the use of the Lords supper, to remember his death, and to give him perpetual thanks for thy redemption.
NOw to returne to yong daughters how 1they shuld be enstru•t in prayer & know lege of theyr christē religiō according as it is set forth in dialoges & institutions of ye chri stians, yet shall they not be to busy in teachyng & reasoning openlye, but there to vse sylence and to learne at home, openly to heare, and at home let them reasone and teache eche other. Neyther wold I nothaue them euer shutte vp, as it were in cage, neuer to speake nor to come forthe, but 2sometymes to se the good fasshions and honest behauiour of other for to kepe thē euer in mew is ynough eyther to make thē starcke fooles, or •lles to make thē naughtes, whē they shal once come abroad into company. As for this thyng, euery discrete parente shall knowe by the aforesayd rules howe to order them, to auoyd all wā tonnes and nycenesse in wordes, gestures and dedes, to eschewe all vnhonest games and passe tymes, to auoyd all vnhonest loues and occasions of the same, as vnhonest daunsynge, wanton communicacion, company wythe rybaldes and fylthy speakers, teache them to auerte theyr syght and sences from all such inconueniences, let them auoyd ydlenes, be occupied ether doinge ⟨p. lxxviii⟩some profitable thyng for your family, or e•es 3readynge some godly boke, lette them not reade bokes of fables, of fond and lyght loue, but call vpon God to haue pure hartes and chaste, that they might cleue only to theyr spouse Christ vn to hym maryed by fayth, which is the moost pu rest wedlock of vs all, pure virgins, beyng both maried and vnmaried. Euell wordes, saythe Paul, corrupte good manners, vnclennes and couetousnes, let them not once be named amōg 4you, nor no foolysh rybaldry talkyng, nor light testyng, which are not comely, but be occupied in prayers and thankesgyuynge. Bokes of Robyn hood, Beues of Hampton, Tro•us, & such lyke fables do but kyndle in lyers lyke lyes and wanton loue, which ought not in yougth wyth theyr fyrst spettle to be dronckē in, lest they euer remayne in them. If ye delyght to synge songes ye haue the Psalmes and many godly songes & bokes in Englysh right frutefull & swete. Take the new Testament in your handes, & study it diligently, & learne your profession in baptyme to mortify your flesh, and to be reuyued in the spirite, learne the vse of the Lordes supper, to re member his death, and to gyue hym perpetuall thankes for thy redempciō.
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- 3Books of […] bless of fon• & light lou• women ought not t• read.Bokes of 〈…〉 bles of fon• & lyght lou• women ought not t• reade.
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