Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	lord_n	time_n	1,564	5	3.2852	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09391	A direction for the government of the tongue according to Gods word	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1593 (1593)	STC 19688; ESTC S107173	27,185	80

the brain before neesing when a man hath neesed the danger is past as learned Phisitians teach therfore there is no cause of the using such words then more then at coughing Our answeres must be soft that anger be neither kindled nor increased A soft answere putteth away wrath but grievous words stirre up anger Nabal by 〈◊〉 language provoked David to wrath but Abigail by the contrarie appeased him Gedeon spake gently to the men of Ephraim when they were angry against him and appeased them For the text saith When he had thus spoken then their spirits abated towards him Therefore Salomon saith well A joy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth but how good is a word in due season Now if any shall raile on us our duty is not to raile againe Blesse them that persecute you Blesse I say and curse not Be curteous not rendring evill for evill neither rebuke for rebuke but contrariwise blesse knowing that ye be thereunto called that you should be heires of blessing This thing was notably practised by David Psal. 109.4 For my friendship they were mine adversaries but I gave my selfe to prayer And therefore in this case either silence is to be used or at the most onely a just and manifest defence of our innocencie to be made Ezechias commaunded the people to be silent and not to say any thing to the speech of Rabsachai now flattering now threatning When Eli spake hardly of Anna badde her put away her drunkennesse she answered Nay my lorde I am a woman troubled in spirite I have neither drunke wine nor strong drinke but have powred out my soule before the Lorde Thus Ioseph cleareth him-selfe saying I have done nothing wherefore they should put me in the dungeon And Daniel to Nabuchodonosor Vnto thee O King have I done no hurt And our Saviour Christ when the Iewes saide unto him Say wee not true that thou art a Samaritane and hast a devill answered I have not a devill but I honour my father and yee have dishonoured me And Paul beeing to make an apologie for himselfe begins thus Men and brethren I have in all good conscience served God untill this day Now when a man hath thus cleared him selfe though his owne worde in his owne behalfe take no effect yet let him patiently commit his cause to God who in time will manifest the trueth and bring it to light As David did Iudge me O God saith he for I have walked in mine innocencie And againe The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him but the Lorde will not leave him in his hande nor condemne him when he is judged Meekenesse in reproofes is when any shall admonish his brother of any fault for his amendment with the like moderation that Chirurgeons use who beeing to set the arme or legge that is forth of joynt handle it so tenderly that the patient shall scant feele when the bone falles in againe This counsell Paul giveth Breethren if any man be fallen by occasion into any fault ye which are spirituall restore such a one or set him in joynt againe with the spirite of meeknesse This was practised by Abraham towardes Lot when their heardmen were at variance saying Let there be I pray thee no strife betweene thee and me neither betweene mìne heardmen and thine for we are brethren And this is done foure wayes First when wee reproove a man generally as Nathan did David by a parable Secondly when in the roome of a reproofe we put an exhortation In the exhortation insinuating an oblique reproofe as when a man shall sweare in his talke I shall not need alwaies to say Yee doe verie ill to sweare and so to dishonour God But I w●ll lappe it up in the forme of an exhortation as pilles are lapt in sugar by saying Yea and nay yea and nay shall serue among us Rebuke not an Elder but exhort him as a father and young men as breethren saieth Paul to Timothie Thirdly when the reproofe is propounded in a mans owne person as though hee were faultie which reprooveth Paul practised this Novv these things breethren saieth hee I have figuratively applyed to mine owne selfe and Apollos for your sakes that yee might learne by us that no man presume above that which is vvritten Fourthly when the fault is directly reprooved but yet partly with prefaces that wee doe it of love that wee wish well to the partie that wee speake as considering our selves that wee also are in daunger of the same fault and partly by framing the reproofe out of the worde of God that the partie may see him-selfe rather to be reprooved by God then by us after this manner the inferiour may admonish his superiour especially when there is no other way of redresse and hee is to listen yeelding himselfe tractable Naaman is advised by his servant who said Father if the Prophet had commaunded thee a great thing wouldest thou not have done it how much rather then when he saieth to thee Wash and be cleane Then went hee downe and washed him-selfe seven times in Iordan When any shall in this manner be admonished of a fault they are to yeeld themselves tractable and thankefull and heartily glad of so good a friend Notable is the speech of the Psalmist Let the righteous smite me it is a benefite let him reproove me it is the chiefe ointment let it not be wanting to my head And Salomon saith A reproofe entreth more into him that hath understanding then an hundreth stripes into a foole And Open rebuke is better then secret love CAP. VII Of Sobrietie Vrbanitie Fidelitie and care of others good name SOBRIETIE in judgement is when a man either suspendeth his opiniō of his neighbours sayings or doings or else speaketh as charitably as he can by saying as little as may be if the thing be euill or by interpreting all in better parte if the speech or action be doubtfull Therefore doe thus despise not thy neighbour but thinke thy selfe as badde a sinner and that the like defectes may befall thee If thou canst not excuse his doing excuse his intent which may be good or if the deede be euill thinke it was done of ignorance if thou canst not no way excuse him thinke some great temptation befell him and that thou shouldest be worse if the like temptation befell thee and giue God thankes that the like as yet hath not befallen thee Despise not a man being a sinner for though he be euill to day he may turne to morrow Here is condemned all headie and rash judgement whereby men make things either worse then they are or else they take and turne all things to the worse parte Thus the deuill dealt with Iob saying Doeth Iob feare God for naught c. but stretch out thine hand now and touch all that he hath to see

Againe a mother brought her child to the Vniversitie of Wittemberge by reason he was possessed with an uncleane spirit beeing demaunded how it came to passe she answered in the hearing of many that in her anger shee saide The devill take thee and thereupon presently the childe was possessed And in our countrey men often wish the plague the poxe the pestilence to their children their seruants their cattell and often it falles out accordingly Reuerence to man is in two respects either because he is created after the image of God or because he is aboue us in age giftes authority In the first consideration men must haue care to giue such names to children as are proper and fit usuall and knowne the signification whereof may admonish them of the promises of God of godlines or of some good duty And there be foure allowed endes of giving names I. To preserue the memory of some thing by the name giuen as Adam Israell Isaac II. To signifie some thing to come as Evah Abraham Iohn Peter III. To preserue the name and memorie of parentes and kindred which was used in the birth of Iohn Baptist. This custome may still be retained if there be any good example in the ancetours that the childe may follow IIII. That the life and profession of good men may be revived in the renuing of their names Here we must take heed in no wise to giue to children the proper names or titles of God as Iesus Immanuel c. Neither are the professours of the Gospell to be intituled by the names of such as have beene famous instruments in the Church as to be called Calvinists Lutheranes c. Now this I say that every one of you saith I am Paules and I am Apollos I am Cephas and I am Christes Is Christ divided or was Paul crucified for you either were ye baptized in the name of Paul And it is a bold part of the pestilent generation of Papistes who take to themselves the name of Iesuites for the name of Christian was given to the disciples at Antioch not by the devise of man but by devine oracle Reverence to man as he is superiour is in using fitte titles of reverence Sara is commended in Scriptures for obeying her husband and for calling him Syr. But excesse must here be avoided when titles of honour proper to God are given to men as head of the Catholique Church to the Pope Lady and Queene of heaven to the mother of Christ. This fault Christ. This fault Christ reprooved in the young man saying Why callest thou me good there is none good but God CAP. VI. Of Modestie and of Meekenesse MODESTY in speech hath divers caveats first if a man speake any thing of him selfe that is in his owne commendation let him alter the person and speake of him selfe as of another I know a man saith Paul speaking of him-selfe in Christ above fourteene yeres agoe c. which was taken up into Paradise and heard wordes which can not be spoken And Iohn saith of himselfe When Iesus sawe his mother and the disciple whome he loved standing by c. Here take heede of boasting whereby men imitate the devill who said All this power will I give thee and the glorie of those kingdomes for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoeuer I will give it Againe when a man shall have occasion to speake of his owne faultes and corruptions let him speake the uttermost against himselfe as Paul called him selfe the first of all sinners But 〈◊〉 be to mention any thing of him selfe that may minister matter of commendation let his speech rather incline to the defect then to the excesse as Paul saith I am the least of the Apostles which 〈◊〉 not meete to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Church of God Secondly in the mentioning of things which moove blushing we are to use as seemely wordes as may be chosen Gen. 41 1. Afterwarde Adam knewe Hevah his wife which conceived and bare Cain 1. Sam. 24.4 And when he came to the sheepecoates by the way where there was 〈◊〉 and Saul went in to cover his feet that is to doe his easement Meekenesse also required in communication which is when a man useth 〈◊〉 and faire speech 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 remembrance c. that they be courteous shewing all meekenesse to all men for we our selves also were in times past unwise disobedient c. Meekenesse and gentlenesse shewes it selfe in Salutations Answeres and Reproofes For the first daily experience sheweth that it maketh much for the maintaining of love to call men by their proper names or surnames And this was a signe of speciall favour that God called Moses by his proper name Yet more convenient it is to salute our betters by names of honour or office Thus the disciples call our Saviour Christ Rabbi and it was the usuall manner among the Iewes to call their betters Adon that is Lorde or syr The formes of salutations are to be after the order practised in scripture An Angell saluted Gedeon thus The Lorde be with thee thou valiant man And Boaz came to Bethlehem and said to the repers The Lorde be with you and they answered The Lorde blesse thee And the Angell saluted Mary Haile freely beloved the Lorde is with thee c. Christ comming among his disciples saide Peace be among you and he taught them comming to any house to say Peace be to this house By this it appeareth that our common formes of salutations are commendable which are of divers sortes as when one meetes another God save you when one goes away God be with you in the morning God give you a good morning after noone God give you a good evening when one is going on his journey God speede your journey when one is working God speede you in eating much good doe it you when one hath a new office God give you joy of your office when one is sicke God comfort you c. And when children salute their fathers and mothers after this manner I pray you father blesse me I pray you mother blesse me it is a seemely thing For God hath made parents to be the instruments of blessing to their children in nurtoring them and praying for them As the fift commaundement saith Honour thy father and mother that they may prolong thy dayes It is 〈◊〉 use in all places when a man neeseth to salute him by saying Christ helpe you But there is no cause why the words should then be used more then at another time The reasons are I. It is an olde custome fetched from the Gentiles before Christ and hath no ground at all for they used with the like wordes to wish men health because they thought neesing to be a sacred and holy thing and because some take it to be a signe of unhappie and evill successe which indeed is otherwise II. If there be any danger in