154. Third saying of tJie philosopher. 105 



28 saying of saynt Paule ; luxta facultates faciendi sunt 

 sumptus, ne longi temporis vicium breuis hora consumat : 

 This plav beerun with loue and charity, and oft times Play, begun 



^ ' ° .in love, 



it endeth with couetous wrath and enuy. And this me ends in 



■' wrath. 



32 thynketh shoulde be a sufficient instruction for kepynge 

 of measure. 



154. \ A prologue of the tliyrde sayinge of the 

 philosopher. 



Nowe thou housbande and housewife, that haue done [Foi. 6^.] 

 your diligence and cure about your husbandrye and hus- 

 wyfry, accordynge to the fyrste sayenge of the philoso- 

 4 xiher, Adhibe curam : And also haue well remembred and^^y*"^"- 

 fulfylled the seconde sayinge of the sayde philosopher, 

 Tene rmnsuram : I doubte not but ye be ryche accordj-ng Be frugal ; 



and thou 



to the thyrde sayinge of the sayde philosopher, Ui ^mshaitbe 



rich. 



8 diues. Nowe I haue shewed you the sayinge of the 

 philosopher, wherby you haue goten moche worldely 

 possession, me semeth it were necessar)', to shewe you 

 howe ye maye gette heuenly possessions, accordynge to 



1 2 the sayenge of our lorde in his gospel. Quid prodtst ^*"- ^'^ 

 homini, si vniuersum mundum lucretur, animcB vero sua detri- 

 mentum paciatur : What profyteth it to a man, thoughe 

 he wyn all the worlde, to the h}-ndraunce and losyng 



1 6 of his soule .'' Howe be it, it shoulde seme vncon- 

 uenient for a temporall man to take vpon hym to shewe 

 or teache any suche spirj-tuall matters ; and yet there is 

 a great diuersytie betwene predication and doctrine. 



155. \ A dinersitie betwene predication and doctrine. 



As sayncte Iherome saythe, there is greate difference or [Foi. 70.] 

 diuersitie betwene preachinge and doctrine. A preaching DifiFerence 

 or a sermon is, where [is] a conuocation or a gatherynge preaching 



and doc- 



4 of people on holye dayes, or other dayes in churches or *"»>«. 



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