❧ All the Letters of the A. B. C. by euery sondrye Letter wher­of, ther is a good Document set-fourth and taught in Ryme.

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O Yee Young ones / haue a good regarde vnto these Sentences / and take the Instruction of those-same effectu­ally to Heart. Enterprise not / nor-yet take; in any-wyse; vpon you, to reade many or great Bookes, er-euer yee haue well exercised you in the A. B. C. / and can perfectly spell all Woordes / to an apt Sentence.

Enterprise not also to be a Maister or Teacher, er-euer yee haue obedientlie accomplished your Vocation or Callinge / in the Discipline of your Maister.

But first-of-all take-heede rightly in your Heartes / vnto the good Documentes of this Crosse-rowe or A. B. C. Letters. and in so doinge, growe-vpp therin / till vnto the Olde-age of the manlye Vnderstanding of Iesu Christ: and so becom repleanished with the godlie Wysdome.

TAKE IT TO HEART.

A. ATtend yee Young ones / and learne Vnderstan­dinge
Pro. 2.4. b.
B. BEare-fauor to the Loue / that she in you may haue plantinge.
1. Cor. 12. d. 13. Col. 3. b. c.
C. COm to the meetmynded Beeinge of Bounteousnesse.
Zach. 9. c. Math. 11.21.
D. DIrectlye the right Humilitie / to you it doth expresse.
Math. 11.
E. EArnestly sett your Lust to the good Lyfe, so cleare.
Psal. 1.2.
F. FAsten therin your Heart / so shall yee not feare.
Ier. 17. b. Math. 7.16. Luk. 6. g.
G. GEeue-eare to the Trueth / so lyue hee vnmolest.
Iohn. 8.14.17.
H. HOly and wyse is Hee / that standeth Therto prest:
Math. 7. d. 8. Luk. 11. b. c..
I. IN heauen nor on Earth / none other Rest yee finde.
Ier. 6. Math. 11. d. Act. 4. c.
K. KEepe and turne therto / all your Heart / Lust / and Minde.
Deu.. 6. a. 10. Ioel. 2. Pro. 3.
L. LEt not such thinges byde-back / for any Frinde therfore.
Math. 16. c. 19. Luk. 14. d.
M. MEetly therto apply you / and hunt for no thinge more.
Pro. 2.2.
N. NOte and haue regarde / to the good Beeinge alwaye.
Rom. 12.2.
O. OPen your Heart / and receaue the Loue / I saye.
Psal. 32. a. Ephe. 3. b.
P. PAsture your Spirit / vnder Gods Power and Will.
Eccl. 7. b. 1. Pet. 5. a.
Q. QVell or vex not yourselues / with Cogitations ill.
Esa. 1. c. 15. a. Sap. 1. a.
R. RVnne and call to the Lorde / in all your Sufferinge.
Psal. 17. a. 18. a. [...] 54.55. [...]6
S. SEeke in your Conflict / your Reioycinge.
Rom. 8. d. 11. b Ephe. 6. b.
T. TAme so your selues / and your owne Mynde yee shall.
1. Cor. 9. c. 10. Gal. 5. c. 1. Pet. 2. b. 4.
W. WYllinglye loue God / and his Lawe / aboue all.
Deu. 6. a. 10. b. Math. 22. d.
V. VNto fleashlie Desyres fall not / ne haue therin delight.
Rom. 6. b. 8. b. Gal. 5. b.
X. XErcise you in Vertue / and praise the Loue vpright.
Ephe. 4. a. 5. Col. 3. b.
Y. YMagine alwayes / what is right and resonable.
1. Tim. 4. b. 6. Phil. 4. a.
Z. ZElously thinke vpon that which is peaceble.
Rom. 2. b. Heb. 12. b.
&. & Becometh the Young ones / that they deale eauenso.
Iohn. 13. d. 14. [...] 15. b.
9. 9 Sider now these thinges / and yee shall wisely go.
Psal. 1. a. Pro. 3.4. a. Math. 7. c.
CHARITAS EXTORSIT PER HN.

Translated out of Base-almune into English. Anno. 1575.

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