An Enterlude called Lusty Juventus Lyuely describing the frailtie of youth : of natur, prone to vyce : by grace and good counsayll, traynable to vertue |
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as much as man is naturally prone,
To euil from his youth, as scripture doth recite,
It is necessary that he be spedely withdrawen,
Frome concupiscence of syn, his naturall appetite,
And ordre to bryng vp youth, Ecclesiasticus doth write,
An vntamed horse, wyl be harde saith he,
And a wanton chylde wilfull wyl be.
To euil from his youth, as scripture doth recite,
It is necessary that he be spedely withdrawen,
Frome concupiscence of syn, his naturall appetite,
And ordre to bryng vp youth, Ecclesiasticus doth write,
An vntamed horse, wyl be harde saith he,
And a wanton chylde wilfull wyl be.
Gyue hym no libertie in youth, nor hys foly excuse,
Bowe doune his necke, and kepe him in good awe,
Least he be stubburne: no laboure refuse,
To trayne hym to wisedome, and teache him Gods lawe
For youth is frayle and easy to draw
(By grace (to goodnes: (by nature to yll:
That nature hath ingrafted, is harde to kyll
Bowe doune his necke, and kepe him in good awe,
Least he be stubburne: no laboure refuse,
To trayne hym to wisedome, and teache him Gods lawe
For youth is frayle and easy to draw
(By grace (to goodnes: (by nature to yll:
That nature hath ingrafted, is harde to kyll
Neuertheles in youth men maye be best
Trayned to vertue by godly mean
Uice may be so mortified and so supprest
That it shall not breake furth, yet ye roote will remayne:
As in thys Enterlude by youth, you shall se playn:
From his lust by good counsell, brought to godly cōuersation
And shortly after to frayle natures inclination
Trayned to vertue by godly mean
Uice may be so mortified and so supprest
That it shall not breake furth, yet ye roote will remayne:
As in thys Enterlude by youth, you shall se playn:
From his lust by good counsell, brought to godly cōuersation
And shortly after to frayle natures inclination
The enemy of mankind, Sathan through Hipocrisy
Fayned or chosen holynes of mans blynd entent
Forsakyn Gods word, that leadeth ryght way
Is brought to felowshyp and vngracious company:
To abhominable lyuing, til he be holy bent
And so to desperation, if good counsel were not sent
From God, that in trouble doth no man forsake
That doth call, and trust in hym for Christes sake.
Fayned or chosen holynes of mans blynd entent
Forsakyn Gods word, that leadeth ryght way
Is brought to felowshyp and vngracious company:
To abhominable lyuing, til he be holy bent
And so to desperation, if good counsel were not sent
From God, that in trouble doth no man forsake
That doth call, and trust in hym for Christes sake.
Finally, youth by goddes special grace,
Doth earnestly repent his abhominable lyuyng
By the doctrine of good counsell, and to his solace
Gods mercy entreth to hym recitinge:
Gods merciful promises, as they be in writinge
He beleueth and foloweth to his great consolacyon
All these partes ye shal se brefly plaied in their fashiō
Doth earnestly repent his abhominable lyuyng
By the doctrine of good counsell, and to his solace
Gods merciful promises, as they be in writinge
He beleueth and foloweth to his great consolacyon
All these partes ye shal se brefly plaied in their fashiō
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