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             A letter of Dr. Reinolds to his friend, concerning his aduice for the studie of diuinitie
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           A
           LETTER
           of
           Dr.
           REINOLDS
           to
           his
           friend
           ,
           concerning
           his
           aduice
           for
           the
           studie
           
             of
             Diuinitie
             .
          
        
         
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Beale
             ,
          
           for
           
             Ionas
             Man.
          
           1613.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           ¶
           A
           Letter
           of
           Doctor
           
             Reinolds
          
           to
           his
           friend
           concerning
           
             his
             aduice
             for
             the
             study
          
           of
           Diuinity
           .
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           I
           Must
           request
           you
           to
           impute
           to
           my
           businesses
           ,
           which
           haue
           diuerse
           waies
           troubled
           me
           ,
           not
           to
           lacke
           of
           good
           will
           ,
           my
           slacknesse
           is
           not
           hitherto
           answering
           your
           letters
           .
           Which
           assure
           your selfe
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           been
           able
           ,
           I
           would
           haue
           sooner
           answered
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           willingly
           ,
           the
           better
           I
           liked
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           being
           sure
           witnesses
           of
           your
           good
           will
           to
           
           me
           ward
           ,
           and
           desire
           of
           godlinesse
           :
           whereof
           for
           the
           one
           I
           haue
           heartily
           to
           thank
           you
           ;
           for
           the
           other
           greatly
           to
           reioice
           with
           you
           .
           Then
           to
           shew
           my
           iudgement
           concerning
           the
           order
           which
           you
           may
           best
           follow
           in
           the
           study
           of
           diuinity
           ,
           I
           can
           tell
           you
           nothing
           but
           that
           you
           haue
           already
           better
           read
           in
           others
           and
           doe
           know
           your selfe
           .
           Howbeit
           to
           satisfie
           your
           louing
           request
           ,
           I
           will
           briefly
           mention
           the
           chiefest
           points
           in
           my
           iudgement
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           be
           regarded
           :
           which
           if
           you
           well
           consider
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           doe
           follow
           ,
           as
           I
           trust
           you
           will
           ,
           and
           God
           grant
           you
           may
           ,
           your
           labour
           shall
           be
           taken
           
           to
           the
           aduancement
           of
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           the
           profit
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           &
           your
           own
           cōfort
        
         
           The
           chiefest
           point
           of
           all
           ,
           to
           begin
           withis
           ,
           sith
           that
           diuinity
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           water
           of
           life
           ;
           the
           vessell
           must
           be
           cleane
           that
           shall
           receiue
           so
           precious
           a
           liquor
           :
           the
           house
           must
           be
           clensed
           that
           shal
           haue
           Gods
           holy
           spirit
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           guest
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           continual
           dweller
           in
           it
           .
           God
           forbid
           you
           should
           thinke
           diuinity
           consists
           of
           words
           ,
           as
           wood
           doth
           of
           trees
           ,
           diuinity
           without
           godlinesse
           doth
           but
           condemne
           consciences
           against
           the
           day
           of
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           prouoke
           the
           wrath
           of
           the
           mighty
           Lord
           ,
           and
           make
           
           more
           inexcusable
           before
           the
           seat
           of
           iudgement
           .
           I
           will
           not
           ad
           ,
           that
           true
           diuinity
           cannot
           be
           learned
           ,
           vnlesse
           we
           frame
           our
           hearts
           and
           minds
           wholly
           to
           it
           .
           But
           I
           will
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           that
           ,
           only
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Poet
           saith
           ,
           
             Symcrum
             est
             nisi
             vas
             ,
             quodcunque
             infundis
             acesssit
             :
          
           so
           it
           is
           written
           in
           the
           book
           of
           Wisedome
           ,
           
             Wisedom
             cannot
             enter
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             a
             wicked
             man
             ,
             nor
             dwell
             in
             a
             body
             that
             is
             subiect
             vnto
             sinne
             .
          
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           great
           cause
           of
           standing
           vpon
           this
           point
           ,
           when
           I
           write
           vnto
           you
           ,
           who
           are
           ,
           as
           I
           trust
           ,
           the
           chosen
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           appointed
           also
           to
           be
           sanctified
           .
           Yet
           sith
           your selfe
           haue
           mentioned
           
           vnto
           me
           your
           owne
           remisse
           kind
           of
           liuing
           (
           as
           you
           doe
           terme
           it
           ;
           )
           as
           you
           loue
           me
           ,
           take
           heed
           that
           this
           remissenesse
           be
           not
           the
           same
           in
           a
           mans
           mind
           ,
           which
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           is
           in
           the
           body
           .
           And
           in
           this
           ,
           to
           conclude
           ,
           consider
           with
           your selfe
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           heathens
           at
           their
           sacrifices
           were
           wont
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           
             Procul
             ô
             procul
             este
             profani
             :
          
           what
           study
           of
           holinesse
           ought
           there
           to
           be
           in
           vs
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           adopted
           ,
           Christ
           hath
           redeemed
           ,
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           hath
           sāctified
           to
           be
           a
           peculiar
           people
           vnto
           God
           ,
           zealous
           of
           good
           works
           :
           which
           if
           it
           be
           required
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           all
           christians
           ,
           what
           shal
           be
           asked
           
           at
           theirs
           ,
           who
           studying
           diuinity
           to
           instruct
           others
           ,
           shold
           shine
           themselues
           as
           lights
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           a
           lewd
           generation
           ?
           Shall
           he
           euer
           perswade
           others
           to
           embrace
           godlinesse
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           perswaded
           himselfe
           that
           it
           is
           a
           pearle
           to
           be
           redeemed
           with
           all
           treasures
           ?
        
         
           For
           the
           study
           it selfe
           ,
           which
           is
           next
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           must
           be
           learned
           of
           God
           ,
           if
           euer
           it
           be
           learned
           .
           Of
           whom
           that
           we
           may
           learne
           it
           ,
           we
           haue
           to
           vse
           two
           meanes
           ,
           prayers
           and
           reading
           of
           holy
           scripture
           .
           Praiers
           ,
           our selues
           to
           talke
           with
           God
           ;
           reading
           ,
           to
           heare
           God
           talke
           with
           vs.
           For
           ,
           because
           
           without
           the
           grace
           of
           the
           holy
           spirit
           ,
           all
           study
           ,
           especially
           in
           diuinity
           ,
           is
           vaine
           :
           therefore
           we
           must
           earnestly
           desire
           of
           God
           that
           he
           will
           enlighten
           our
           minds
           ,
           and
           soften
           our
           hearts
           ,
           both
           to
           know
           and
           follow
           his
           will
           reuealed
           to
           vs.
           Now
           because
           the
           holy
           spirit
           doth
           teach
           the
           same
           doctrine
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           did
           ,
           which
           is
           set
           forth
           vnto
           vs
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           the
           Euangelists
           :
           therefore
           we
           must
           diligently
           giue
           our selues
           to
           reading
           and
           meditating
           of
           the
           holy
           scriptures
           in
           tongues
           in
           which
           they
           were
           written
           by
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           .
           Which
           how
           much
           more
           forcible
           it
           
           is
           then
           to
           be
           doubtfull
           among
           translations
           ,
           if
           S.
           
             Austin
          
           did
           not
           show
           ,
           who
           instructeth
           a
           christian
           preacher
           that
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           and
           Greek
           tongues
           is
           very
           necessary
           to
           vnderstand
           the
           old
           and
           new
           testastament
           :
           yet
           
             Themistocles
          
           might
           shew
           ,
           who
           hauing
           to
           speake
           to
           the
           king
           of
           Persia
           ,
           was
           afraid
           that
           his
           minde
           would
           not
           be
           perceiued
           by
           interpreters
           ,
           and
           therefore
           requested
           the
           king
           to
           grant
           him
           first
           a
           yeeres
           space
           to
           learne
           the
           Persian
           tongue
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           wish
           that
           you
           also
           ioyne
           Hebrew
           to
           your
           Greeke
           ,
           though
           peraduenture
           you
           haue
           once
           began
           it
           ,
           
           and
           giuen
           it
           ouer
           .
           For
           in
           that
           you
           may
           follow
           me
           ,
           sith
           you
           propose
           my
           example
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           better
           ,
           who
           my selfe
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           first
           Master
           of
           Arts
           ,
           began
           the
           study
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           being
           weary
           ,
           left
           it
           :
           the
           next
           yeer
           perceiuing
           the
           necessary
           vse
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           set
           againe
           vpon
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           thanke
           God
           ,
           since
           continued
           a
           student
           in
           it
           .
           Wherefore
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           if
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           very
           welspring
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           the
           brooks
           of
           translations
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           tearme
           them
           )
           must
           be
           diligently
           read
           ,
           and
           by
           often
           reading
           made
           familiar
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           not
           in
           all
           places
           throughly
           vnderstood
           
           as
           the
           same
           
             Austin
          
           hath
           very
           well
           noted
           .
           As
           for
           the
           parts
           of
           scripture
           (
           besides
           this
           continuall
           reading
           of
           the
           whole
           )
           to
           be
           read
           first
           ouer
           with
           more
           diligence
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           I
           will
           giue
           you
           the
           same
           counsell
           which
           I
           heard
           of
           Doctor
           
             Villerius
          
           giuen
           to
           yong
           students
           ,
           that
           first
           you
           take
           your
           greatest
           trauaile
           with
           the
           helpe
           of
           some
           learned
           interpreter
           ,
           in
           vnderstanding
           S.
           Iohns
           Gospell
           and
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           the
           summe
           of
           the
           new
           Testament
           :
           
             Esay
          
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           the
           Psalmes
           of
           
             Dauid
             ,
          
           the
           summe
           of
           the
           old
           ▪
           Howbeit
           in
           the
           rest
           ,
           you
           shall
           doe
           well
           also
           if
           in
           harder
           places
           
           you
           vse
           the
           iudgement
           of
           some
           godly
           writer
           ,
           as
           
             Caluin
          
           and
           
             Peter
             Martyr
             ,
          
           who
           haue
           written
           best
           on
           the
           most
           part
           of
           the
           old
           Testament
           .
           And
           because
           it
           is
           expedient
           to
           ioyne
           the
           reading
           of
           some
           compend
           of
           scriptures
           and
           summe
           of
           all
           diuinity
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           scriptures
           ,
           I
           would
           wish
           you
           to
           trauaile
           painfully
           in
           
             Caluins
             Institution
          
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           whereby
           you
           shall
           be
           greatly
           profited
           not
           only
           to
           the
           vnderstanding
           of
           the
           scriptures
           ,
           whereof
           it
           is
           a
           brief
           and
           learned
           commentary
           :
           but
           also
           to
           the
           perceiuing
           of
           points
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           whither
           all
           things
           doe
           pertaine
           ,
           and
           
           may
           of
           vs
           be
           applied
           .
           Of
           farther
           reading
           of
           Doctors
           and
           histories
           &
           other
           treatises
           of
           religiō
           ,
           I
           wil
           not
           adde
           at
           this
           present
           :
           we
           may
           hereafter
           (
           if
           God
           will
           )
           at
           greater
           leisure
           ,
           when
           these
           things
           are
           done
           which
           must
           bee
           laid
           for
           the
           foundatiō
           ,
           more
           conueniētly
           talk
           .
           Howbeit
           ,
           if
           sometimes
           to
           recreate
           your selfe
           ,
           you
           intermingle
           with
           grauer
           studies
           the
           reading
           ouer
           of
           the
           history
           Ecclesiasticall
           ,
           especially
           as
           it
           is
           written
           more
           for
           our
           country
           by
           good
           M.
           
             Fox
             ,
          
           you
           shal
           receiue
           of
           it
           ,
           togither
           with
           great
           profit
           ,
           great
           delectatiō
           .
        
         
           I
           had
           almost
           forgotten
           your
           two
           last
           points
           ,
           
             Quae
             ratio
             annotandi
             ,
             Quae
             exercitatio
             adhibenda
             ,
          
           
           I
           haue
           so
           little
           to
           say
           of
           them
           .
           For
           touching
           noting
           ,
           you
           know
           I
           do
           not
           like
           the
           cōmon
           custom
           of
           common
           places
           .
           The
           best
           in
           my
           iudgemēt
           ,
           is
           to
           note
           in
           the
           margēt
           or
           in
           some
           paper
           booke
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           the
           summe
           and
           method
           of
           that
           which
           you
           read
           .
           As
           for
           examples
           sake
           ,
           M.
           
             Bunnie
          
           hath
           done
           very
           wel
           in
           
             Caluins
          
           Institutions
           ,
           shewing
           all
           his
           method
           and
           sum
           of
           euery
           sectiō
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Compēdio
          
           &c.
           which
           book
           you
           may
           wel
           ioyn
           with
           the
           reading
           of
           
             Caluin
             ,
          
           to
           vnderstand
           his
           order
           &
           method
           the
           better
           .
           For
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           is
           exercising
           ,
           it
           wil
           be
           good
           somtimes
           to
           occupie
           your
           pen
           either
           
           at
           large
           or
           briefly
           ,
           as
           you
           list
           ,
           of
           such
           godly
           meditations
           as
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           scriptures
           shall
           offer
           vnto
           you
           ;
           praiers
           vnto
           God
           ,
           reprouing
           of
           sin
           ,
           commending
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           exhorting
           to
           righteousnesse
           ,
           dehorting
           frō
           iniquity
           ,
           consolation
           in
           miseries
           ,
           confirming
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           refuting
           of
           heresies
           ,
           &
           taking
           an
           occasion
           of
           doing
           these
           things
           som
           tims
           to
           other
           of
           your
           friends
           (
           a
           liuely
           and
           godly
           exercise
           ,
           )
           whereby
           you
           may
           perfit
           them
           ,
           or
           your self
           at
           the
           least
           .
           If
           you
           cannot
           find
           such
           occasions
           to
           others
           ,
           I
           pray
           write
           to
           mee
           sometime
           of
           doubtes
           that
           you
           may
           find
           ,
           or
           whatsoeuer
           you
           list
           ,
           and
           
           I
           will
           acknowledge
           my selfe
           in
           that
           respect
           as
           in
           others
           ,
           beholding
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           God
           giue
           you
           grace
           ,
           as
           earnestly
           to
           follow
           these
           things
           ,
           as
           you
           haue
           been
           desirous
           that
           I
           should
           prescribe
           them
           :
           you
           see
           the
           learning
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           tongue
           ,
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           scripturs
           ,
           of
           learned
           interpreters
           ,
           of
           the
           sum
           of
           religion
           ,
           of
           noting
           what
           you
           read
           ,
           and
           your
           exercise
           therin
           ,
           these
           things
           require
           much
           time
           ,
           &
           a
           mind
           attent
           ;
           to
           speak
           nothing
           of
           prayers
           ,
           and
           the
           study
           of
           godlinesse
           ,
           which
           will
           also
           require
           some
           meditation
           .
           
             Laborandum
             ,
             mi
             Iohannes
             ,
             non
             luxuriandum
             .
          
           You
           know
           what
           
             Tullie
          
           saith
           
           for
           
             Caelius
             ,
          
           that
           to
           the
           bare
           attaining
           of
           eloquence
           
             omittendae
             sunt
             omnes
             voluptates
             ,
             relinquēda
             studia
             delectationis
             iocus
             ,
             ludus
             ,
             conuiuium
             ,
             sermo
             pene
             familiarium
             deserendus
             .
          
           You
           know
           what
           
             Plato
          
           saith
           of
           his
           Philosopher
           ,
           what
           a
           great
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           he
           would
           haue
           him
           ,
           if
           euer
           he
           shall
           be
           admitted
           a
           man
           worthy
           to
           gouerne
           his
           city
           .
           If
           eloquence
           ,
           if
           philosophie
           require
           such
           trauaile
           for
           ciuill
           and
           base
           things
           (
           in
           this
           comparison
           :
           )
           what
           shall
           we
           think
           that
           the
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           study
           of
           diuinity
           ,
           desireth
           for
           the
           greatnesse
           ,
           &
           for
           the
           worthines
           deserueth
           .
           Whether
           you
           will
           take
           such
           pains
           
           or
           no
           ,
           or
           whether
           you
           will
           fly
           al
           entisemēts
           from
           it
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           ;
           I
           pray
           God
           you
           may
           .
           Surely
           hitherto
           ,
           which
           I
           write
           with
           griefe
           ,
           (
           your
           writing
           ,
           &
           your
           friendship
           doth
           embolden
           me
           to
           write
           freely
           that
           which
           I
           trust
           you
           will
           take
           in
           good
           part
           )
           you
           haue
           bin
           too
           much
           caried
           away
           by
           means
           of
           cōpany
           ,
           from
           earnest
           trauaile
           to
           your
           study
           ,
           to
           sweet
           inticemēts
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           seeing
           of
           vain
           spectacles
           ,
           ouer
           much
           eating
           &
           drinking
           ,
           banqueting
           ,
           frequēting
           of
           the
           town
           ,
           deliting
           in
           vanity
           ,
           resorting
           to
           tauernes
           ,
           forgetting
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           
             Be
             not
             filled
             with
             wine
             wherin
             is
             exces
             but
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           Wil
           you
           pardon
           my
           loue
           for
           desiring
           to
           heale
           
           you
           ,
           or
           shall
           I
           become
           your
           enemy
           for
           speaking
           of
           the
           truth
           ?
           )
           they
           haue
           made
           you
           to
           neglect
           your
           profit
           in
           study
           ,
           they
           haue
           hurt
           your
           wit
           ,
           weakned
           your
           memory
           ,
           corrupted
           your
           good
           desire
           ,
           stained
           your
           manners
           ,
           enfeebled
           your
           body
           ,
           toucht
           your
           good
           name
           ,
           grieued
           your
           friends
           ,
           and
           indeed
           almost
           quenched
           ,
           but
           yet
           I
           thāk
           God
           they
           haue
           not
           put
           out
           the
           liuely
           sparks
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           in
           you
           .
           A
           great
           wel
           willer
           of
           yours
           ,
           though
           not
           greatly
           acquainted
           with
           you
           ,
           did
           ask
           me
           a
           day
           or
           two
           before
           the
           act
           ,
           since
           I
           receiu'd
           your
           letters
           ,
           what
           I
           thought
           of
           you
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           did
           hartily
           desire
           your
           profit
           in
           learning
           
           &
           godlines
           .
           When
           I
           had
           answered
           him
           ,
           for
           that
           good
           opinion
           which
           I
           had
           alwaies
           cōceiued
           of
           you
           ,
           both
           alwais
           for
           your
           towardlinesse
           ,
           and
           especially
           for
           your
           letters
           ,
           so
           friendly
           that
           I
           will
           not
           now
           report
           :
           he
           said
           that
           he
           was
           very
           glad
           to
           heare
           it
           ,
           &
           that
           he
           asked
           the
           question
           in
           some
           doubt
           ,
           because
           in
           few
           daies
           that
           here
           he
           had
           staid
           ,
           he
           had
           seen
           you
           somwhat
           often
           in
           the
           town
           But
           it
           might
           be
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           strāgers
           you
           had
           som
           occasion
           ,
           the
           Iudges
           being
           here
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           oftner
           abroad
           .
           Howbeit
           about
           &
           since
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           to
           absent
           your self
           from
           prayers
           ,
           an
           exercise
           so
           necessary
           for
           christiās
           ,
           that
           
           indeed
           desire
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           know
           it
           coms
           from
           him
           only
           ,
           to
           absent
           your self
           from
           sundry
           exercises
           of
           diuinity
           ,
           wherein
           peraduenture
           some
           good
           might
           haue
           bin
           done
           to
           the
           furthering
           of
           your
           study
           :
           me
           think
           these
           things
           did
           not
           so
           wel
           as
           I
           wished
           ,
           agree
           with
           the
           profession
           &
           as
           it
           were
           protestatiō
           ,
           whichin
           your
           letters
           ,
           so
           shortly
           before
           you
           writ
           to
           me
           .
           I
           may
           seem
           ouer-bold
           ,
           &
           perhaps
           am
           to
           sharp
           in
           this
           my
           dealing
           with
           you
           ,
           agreeing
           as
           some
           may
           think
           ,
           rather
           to
           one
           that
           were
           a
           superior
           ,
           then
           fit
           for
           a
           friend
           ,
           whose
           degree
           &
           state
           is
           equal
           .
           But
           I
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           the
           good
           will
           which
           I
           did
           bear
           ,
           first
           being
           
           reader
           to
           you
           being
           scholar
           ,
           and
           euer
           since
           continued
           with
           my
           free
           aduise
           in
           all
           things
           wherin
           euer
           you
           haue
           asked
           my
           counsel
           (
           as
           ,
           I
           thank
           you
           ,
           you
           haue
           done
           in
           many
           )
           doth
           constraine
           me
           to
           poure
           foorth
           my
           inward
           affection
           to
           you
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           willingly
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           you
           haue
           learned
           of
           
             Salomon
             ,
          
           that
           
             the
             wounds
             of
             a
             friend
             are
             beter
             then
             the
             kissings
             of
             an
             enemy
             .
          
           Euen
           these
           things
           that
           hinder
           your
           study
           ,
           &
           therfore
           at
           your
           request
           I
           was
           cōstrained
           to
           touch
           ,
           I
           haue
           touched
           the
           more
           boldly
           ,
           because
           I
           do
           not
           doubt
           but
           your selfe
           do
           mislike
           them
           :
           &
           I
           see
           in
           your
           letters
           the
           strife
           betwixt
           the
           flesh
           and
           the
           spirit
           ,
           which
           
             S.
          
           
           
             Paul
          
           setteth
           down
           as
           a
           marke
           of
           Gods
           children
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           not
           the
           good
           which
           you
           wold
           but
           the
           euill
           which
           you
           wold
           not
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           .
           God
           giue
           you
           grace
           to
           stir
           vp
           your
           hart
           &
           striue
           as
           a
           faithful
           seruāt
           to
           
             fly
             from
             the
             lusts
             of
             youth
             ,
          
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           exhorteth
           
             Timothy
             ,
          
           that
           you
           may
           set
           your
           mind
           to
           praiers
           &
           the
           reading
           of
           holy
           scripture
           .
           It
           wil
           be
           cōueniēt
           that
           you
           haue
           your
           appointed
           times
           for
           the
           one
           and
           for
           the
           other
           .
           Which
           to
           prescribe
           as
           your self
           knowing
           your
           own
           busines
           ,
           may
           most
           conueniētly
           ;
           so
           cōstātly
           to
           follow
           your
           order
           prescribed
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           earnestly
           you
           shall
           pray
           for
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           failing
           to
           you
           .
           
             Iuly
          
           4.
           1577
        
         
           FINIS
           .