Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	evil_a	good_a	know_v	2,974	5	4.2147	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15745	Palladis palatium vvisedoms pallace. Or The fourth part of Wits commonwealth.	Wrednot, William.	1604 (1604)	STC 26014; ESTC S111763	39,902	146

estéeme reproache for the trueth sake gaine but this simplicitie of the iust is derided of the world because they estéeme the puritie of vertue foolishnesse Gregorie L. Learning EArthly prosperitie comforteth thè body but the tongue of the learned preaching the glad tidings of the Gospell bringeth farre more comfort vnto the soule He that reprooueth all men by leading a life conformable vnto his doctrine sufficiently declareth himselfe to be learned neyther is young age in a Doctor to be despised whom both his life and indgement doe commend Ambrose As it is a wise part to gather vine branches in an hedge and clusters of grapes among thornes warely least that whiles thou séekest the profitte thereof thou pricke thy fingers euen so great care ought to be had that thou imitate not him dooing euill whome thou hast heard speake good things Augustine A mans life ought more to be regarded then his learning for a good life without learning is commendable but learning without a good life lacketh integritie Ambrose It is as godly an act to instruct the minde with wisedome as it is to giue sustenance vnto the body when it lacketh Bernard In reading not the wordes but the trueth is to be regarded for oftentimes the plaine trueth and craftie falshood are commixt whereby simple men are oftentimes intrapped and swéete wordes make fooles faine for the loue of worldlye skill dooth nought els but puffe a man with vaine praises and looke by how much greater a mans studies haue béene by so much the more dooth it cause a man to swell with disdaine Isydore The sinner hath his mouth shut because be that hath not taught himselfe cannot instruct another Origen Little woorth is learning vnlesse it be approoued by industry study labour and diligence Cicero The noble possession of learning being deuided amongst many is not destroyed and being deuided into parts séeleth not any lessoning at all but waxeth dayly so much the more durable olde by how much the more it hath béene made common P. Blesen By other mens actions a man ought to learne what a man ought to doe himselfe Cicero It is more auaileable to heare one teach then to studie vpon the booke because thereby a more déepe impression is made in the minde Val. Max. Liberalitie IT skilleth of what minde and not of what state he be that giueth for it is not praise-worthy which is done of compulsion or brauerie Seneca Beware that thy liberalitie be not greater then thy abilitie for in such liberalitie there is alwayes a desire of getting eyther by huck or cruck that thou mayest haue alwayes somewhat to giue and most commonly thefts ensue such liberalitie for when by such manner giuing thou beginnest to be in necessitie thou art forced to lay hands vpon other mens goods and in so dooing thou precurest greater hatred of those from whome thou hast wrongfully taken then loue of those to whome thou hast vnwisely giuen Cicero A good turne quickly done is twise done He is leasse deceiued that is quickly denied then he that is put in hope to obtaine by faire promises If a man deny to giue vnto one whome he hath alwaies béen accustomed to giue he enforceth him to séeke it by crooked meanes Seneca Well answered Alexander a certaine man vnto whome he had giuen a citie for the man sayd that so great a gift became not his base fortune Allexander replied I estéeme not so much what it becommeth thée to receiue as what it becommeth me to giue Idem The hand neuer wanteth what to giue if the heart be filled with good-will Hierom. Liberalitie alwayes maketh hast and it is proper vnto a liberall man to doe that which he dooth quickly Idem For if a man profit an other and yet protract time from day to day before he performe it he looseth two especiall things to wit both the time and the opinion of a friendly minde Seneca Liberalitie is not defined by heaping vp of riches but by the affection which thou hast to giue Idem It is more gréenous vnto a liberall man not to haue bestowed that which was behooue full then to haue bestowed that which was not behoouefull Idem M. Miserie HE knoweth well how to beare temporal miseries who knoweth how to reioyce with inward hope Gre. Miserie is the aboundance of tribulation and wante of consolation when a man is many wayes cruciated and yet cased by no man Idem If we diligently consider of the the matter we shall finde that the generall miserie of man-kinde is thréefould for we are easte to be seduced weake to effect ought and vnable to make resistance If we would iudge betwéene good and bad we are deceiued if we assay to doe good we saint if we desire to resist euill we are weake and easily ouercome Bernard A wise wretch is more a wretch then a clownish miser for the former knoweth how to exagerate the causes of griefe but the latter dooth not Boetius Sinners are to be adiudged by so much more miserable by how much the more often they are suffered to procéede in their sinnes vnchastened Gregorie Wherefore was I borne vnto labour and trauaile my dayes are spent in confusion If he who was sanctified in the wombe spake such wordes of himselfe what shall I wretched man say of my selfe who was conceiued in sinne borne in sinne and yet vile wretch remaine in sinne woe vnto me poore wretch whom thou my mother hast brought foorth euen the childe of vexation and sorrow Wherefore had I not dyed before I was brought foorth Wherefore was I taken vp vpon the knées and nursed wherefore did I sucke the dugges to prolong my life in miserie better had it béene for me if dying in the wombe I had neuer béene brought foorth or being borne I had béene presently brought vnto the graue that thereby I might haue escaped the miseries which now I endure Innocentias Man was made of dust dung and ashes and which is worser of most filthy séede conceined in the lust of the flesh in the heate of lust in the stinking of luxurie and which is worst of and in the spottes of sinne borne was man to labour feare and griefe and which is more miserable vnto death He dooth wicked things whereby he offendeth God he offendeth his neighbour and displeaseth himselfe He committeth dishonest things whereby he d●fileth himselfe staineth his credit and tormenteth his conscience He dooth vaine things whereby he neglecteth things profitable and necessarie His meate becommeth a fire which burneth alwayes and is neuer quenched his foode a woorme which alwayes groweth without ceasting an heape of filthe which alwayes stincketh most horribly Idem Mercie and Pittie A Man ought to haue a great care with what minde he spareth for as there is a punishing pittie so there is a sparing pittie Augustine It is a great comfort vnto the troubled soule when as a man being as it were wrapped in vices and séeing himselfe depriued of vertues flyeth onely vnto the