'Ihe gouernement luk. !1, ;7.&•l.f t,&.~.z.. Jf. Apttl.c, l9o hard quellion to his friends. And .AmfJrO[e ·A rhinkerh that he did thus to !lop the mouthes oftalkers,andtooccupie their wits. . Withail, it mnft bee remembred to bee a Chri!liaA dntie, cuen at the table to main– taine talke ofreligion,and ofduties ofgodli– nclfe,afcer the pracHfeofour Sauiour Chrill: though many vpon litle ground thinke other– wife.Tm•ili•nrecordeth ofthe Chrillians of I his time,that they vfed iu their loue fealles to talke together,as confiderihgwith themfelues that they had God himfclfe as an care witnes , tothem. Chryfeflome ofthis point faith well: I Hom,:. /wouldto God (faithhe) that in ••uern~und1 in f~nfles, andatbathes,men wouldtalktlfnddjfftute •· Thcff, ofhdl' for theremembring ofheR, woHldh.ndera B :.c. m•nfomfalling to hell. And irWasrhe manner ofthe primitiue Church atdinncrand fupper, to vfe the reading ofthe Scriptures. When.JI Aug. comeeothee.ble (C1ith v.fuguf/ine) heorethat cr 1 a.to9 wh~eh is rMd 4Ccording to cuftome, withuHt An.J flirreorftri/Ung: thatyourmiJuthe.r 1114] not onely receiue the meate,but;•ourcares m4J hunger after tht~vordofGod. And this ancient cullomeis to this day retained in the Colledgcs of the Vnioerfitiecf Cambridge. Andthis holy reioycing at meates,is fpeci– allyi:obe vfecl with fnch as are godly.For Sa– lqtJUn1iith, that he hrhicheateth at the coHttou5 Pr•·',3· 8 mans table,]hall vomit hh morfels, andjhallloofe hh'jw<h'IPDrdJ. Thefaithfull at lernfalem did All.:. 4 6 breakc bread together,withgl.ulneffi andflngle- C ne!fe •f heart. f<.ueft. Whether ie!ling betolerablein any fottotnot? · .Anfw. TiJat iealling which llandeth in qnippes, taunts, and girds, which ferueth on• ly forthe olf.:nce offome, with the delight of others, isnottolerablc; becaufeaiiJPeech mHft Eph.t.~9 edifie~ andminiftergrace to theheAr"s: neither doth it agree with Chrillian grauiry and mo– dellie. But two kinds ofielling are tolerable, the oue is moderate and fparing mirth, in the vfeofthings i!Jditfc:rcnt,in feafon conuenienr, withoutthe le.1llfcandall ofany man,and with 2 profit tothe hearers. TheC. cod is,that which the Prophets vfed , when they ielled againfr wicked perfons,yerfo,as withall they iharply D reprooued their finues. .Atnoone Eliah mock!d f.Kiug, them~andfoid, Criea!oHd,forheisaGod: either t8. ~..,. heta~th~orpHrfoethhMenemies~orUinhU iDHr– :~~ft.l• ney,or it maybe heJleepethandmHflbe aw4Jc!d. If,., 4, As for lau~hter, it may bevfed: otherwife IoJu. God would neuer haue giuen that power and facultie vnto man: but the vfe ofit mull bee both moderate and feldome ; as forrow for our finnes is to be plcntifull and ofteA. This we may learne in Chrills example, of whom we reade that he wept three times, at the deLu~,,,. llru<tion oflerufalem, at the railing ofLaz.a4'· r.m, and in his ag:onie: bctwcneuerread that Ioh.u. he laughed. And fpecially rememberthefay. ~~b,1,7, ing of {;hryfojlomc; Ssrifu. in Ecclefl•, diaboli opm eft, thatlS, To mooue laughter m the Church, is the worke ofthe diuell. · Fidelitie isconllancie inall our lawfullfay– ingsand promifcs. bm,4. Jfo J,Chro, IJ.~. :z.,Chr. Apromife is to be made with this condi– tion (ifGod will) and then ifa man bee pre– uented by death, or by any like meanes hee is not to bo blamed: otherwife a mans lawfull word and promife bindeth him accordinato the will and pleafure of him to whom !; is made. 27•~3. Now ifafterward it behurtfull to him that madeit, he mayc.rauet~ be free from his promtfc: and hberue beemg granted, take it. But apromtfe bound Wtth an oath is to bee kept, though priuatehinderance follow yet fo as the Magillrate may order the m;ttcr, Pfai,J!-4 and preceede in cquitie, thatthe dammage may be the le!fe. , . The lallgrace_whichistebevfedinfpeech, ts care ofour netghbours good name, which isfarre bettert~ himthengrtlltriches, H<re is condemned the tale-bearer,which ofan euill mind tclleth athing ofanother, to bring him into hatred,or to reuenge ltimfelfe, orro get fomething, which otherwife bee could not obtaine. Pro.U,I This tale-bearing is ofdiuers fort: One is when men whifper abroad fecretly the faul; ofanother,whereasthey lhouldrather adrno- 1\o mlh theparty, as Ch•m when.hehad feene his :•·'"''· fathers nakedne!fe, ran ftratght and told his G<n, 9 , brethren. The fecond, when they adde to,or u. change the thing faidor done,as it ferueth for their purpcfe. Some ofthe witne!fes which came againll Chrifr, charged him to fay, 1 h 6 • wiltdej/roythhttmplewhiehh,ad<with hand., ~".;' 0 ~JnditJ three dlfies bu•idanother witheNt h~tnds. 0 ' ' Where firll they change his meaning; for Chrifrfpake ofthe templeofhis bodic. Se– codly,rhey adde to thewords: for Chrill faid nor, I wiRdej/roy thh temple : but deflroyynhh mnple. Therefore the holy Gholl nott th them wirh the name of/t~lft wimesbetertrs.The third,when men furmif;, and tell that which was neuerdone. When{eremywas goingout oflerufalem to the land ofBeniamin, and was in the gate of Beniamin, {riiah tooke him and fald, Thou Aiell to the Chaldeans. Then faid I",l'· lercmie, that isfi1l1e; I flie notto the Chalde- 'l• ans, but hewould notheare him. The fourth, is the coloured tale-bearing, when oGe fpea. keth euill of another with fine prefaces and preambles, faining that he is very forythat his neighbor hath done fuch or fuch a thing : that hefpeaketh not ofmalice,butofa good mind: that heis con!lraincd to fpeake: that hefpcaketh not all hee could fpeake; that the parti• to whom the tale is told mull koepe it fecret. Luther writeth of thi< fault verie well: This ;;:••J 3 vice (faith hee) whereby wee u/1 abro•d the '·' • • things which we he4reofothers, o111dtak! them m worftpt~rt, i& veryrife, tmdofgreatforce tofowa tbfcords:th.rather, bteaufc it ofeenjhewu itfelfe vnder the prtfcncr: and nam! ofCoJmfo/1 andgood ad~tfo• .Andit i5 anotable viZftrdfar ataltbearer totraniform_e himfelfe int• an Angel! oflight, and 1_____-_-_-_--_-_-_-_-_-_-_---~---_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-~------ ----------------· ~nkr ____
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