Two Dyaloges (c. 1549) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 30 pages of information about Two Dyaloges (c. 1549).

Two Dyaloges (c. 1549) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 30 pages of information about Two Dyaloges (c. 1549).
dyssolue it well inoughe.  Canni.  What woldest thou do, I praye the, and yf a man shulde say to thy teth thou lyest falsely, or elles call the by thy ryght name knaue in englysshe.  Poli.  What wolde I do quod he, that is a question in dede, mary he shulde feele the wayghte of a payre of churlyshe fystes I warrant the.  Canni.  And what and yf a man gaue you a good cuffe vpon the eare that shulde waye a pounde?  Poliphe.  It were a well geuen blowe that wolde aduauntage hym. xx. by my trouthe and he escaped so he myght say he rose vpon his ryght syde, but it were maruayle & I cut not of his head harde by his shulders.  Canni.  Yea but good felowe thy gospell boke teacheth the to geue gentle answers, and fayre wordes ||agayne for fowle, and to hym that geueth the a blowe vpon the ryght cheke to holde forth the lyfte.  Poliphe.  I do remembre I haue red suche a thinge in my boke, but ye must pardone me for I had quyte forgotten it.  Can.  Well go to, what saye ye to prayer I suppose ye praye very ofte.  Poli.  That is euyn as very a touche of a pharesey as any can be.  Cannius.  I graunt it is no lesse the a poynte of a pharesey to praye longe and faynedly vnder a colour or pretece of holynes, that is to saye when a man prayeth not fro the bothum of his hart but with the lyppes only and from the tethe outward, and that in opyn places where great resort of people is, bycause they wold be sene.  But thy gospel boke teacheth the to praye contynually, but so that thy prayer come from the bothu of the hart.  Poli.  Yea but yet for all my sayenge I praye sumtyme.  Can.  When I beseche the when ye art a slepe?  Poli.  When it cometh in to my mynde, ones ||or twyse may chaunce in a weke.  Can. what prayer sayst thou?  Poliphe.  The lordes prayer, the Pater noster.  Canni.  Howe many tymes ouer?  Poli.  Onis, & I trowe it is often inoughe, for the gospell forbyddeth often repetynge of one thynge.  Canni.  Can ye saye your pater noster through to an ende & haue youre mynde runnynge vpon nothynge elles in all that whyle?  Poli.  By my trouthe and ye wyll beleue me I neuer yet assayed nor proued whether I coulde do it or no.  But is it not sufficient to saye it with my mouthe?  Can.  I can not tell whether it be or no.  But I am sure god here vs not excepte we praye from the bothum of our harte.  But tell me another thyng I wyll aske the.  Doest thou not fast very often?  Poli.  No neuer in all my lyfe tyme and yf it were not for lacke of meate.  Can.  And yet thy boke alowes and commendes hyghly bothe fastynge and prayer.  Polip.  So coulde I alowe them but that my belly can ||not well affare nor a way with fastyng.  Cannius.  Yea but Paule sayth they are not the seruauntes of Iesus Christe whiche serue theyr belly & make it theyr god.  Do you eate fleshe euery day?  Po.  No neuer when I haue none to eate, but I neuer refuse it when it is set before me, and I neuer aske question not for coscience but for my belly sake.  Can.  Yea but these stronge sturdy sydes of suche a chuffe
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