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A15118 Here followeth dyuers holy instrucyons and teachynges very necessarye for the helth of mannes soule, newly made and set forth by a late brother of Syon Rychard whitforde; Here followeth dyvers holy instrucyons and teachynges very necessarye for the helth of mannes soule. Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?; Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636. Here be the gathered counsailes of Saynct Isodorie to informe man, howe he shuld flee vices.; John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407. Of detraction. 1541 (1541) STC 25420; ESTC S105112 99,010 194

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of_o peace_n and_o charite_n folio_fw-la eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o pity_n and_o compassion_n folio_fw-la eodem_fw-la of_o the_o contempt_n &_o despise_v of_o worldly_a praise_n foe_fw-mi lxxii_o of_o honest_a conversacyon_n folio_fw-la eodem_fw-la of_o the_o cumpanye_n or_o felyshyp_n of_o good_a ꝑson_n foe_fw-mi lxxiii_o ¶_o of_o the_o custodye_n or_o keep_a of_o the_o ear_n or_o hear_v folio_fw-la eodem_fw-la of_o the_o custody_n &_o keep_v of_o the_o mouth_n foe_fw-mi lxxiiii_o of_o detraction_n or_o bachyte_v folio_fw-la lxxv_o of_o a_o lie_n or_o lyenge_a folio_fw-la lxxvi_o ¶_o of_o swear_v folio_fw-la eodem_fw-la of_o ꝓmyse_n &_o vow_v to_o he_o render_v &_o keep_v foe_fw-mi lxvii_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v open_a and_o know_v unto_o god_n folio_n eodem_fw-la ¶_o of_o good_a conscience_n folio_fw-la lxxviii_o that_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v attrybute_v and_o apply_v unto_o god_n folio_fw-la eodem_fw-la ¶_o that_o the_o virtue_n of_o man_n shall_v be_v hide_v and_o keep_v clo_n 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will_v not_o lyght_o be_v move_v unto_o wrath_n but_o keep_v long_o their_o patience_n &_o suffer_v great_a wrong_n or_o peyne_n but_o when_o they_o be_v once_o fulvexed_a they_o be_v as_o be_v say_v mercyle_v all_o venge_n able_a theto_o their_o kind_n be_v of_o they_o that_o will_v soon_o be_v move_v of_o a_o light_n occasion_n for_o a_o trifle_n &_o suntyme_o will_v seek_v occasion_n and_o make_v quarrel_n and_o yet_o then_o when_o they_o be_v angry_a will_v they_o never_o as_o be_v say_v be_v appease_v without_o extreme_a &_o most_o cruel_a vengeance_n and_o these_o ꝑson_n be_v of_o the_o worst_a kind_n of_o impatience_n for_o these_o in_o manner_n have_v no_o patience_n at_o all_o there_o be_v yet_o a_o other_o kind_n of_o patience_n natural_a call_v a_o unlpyne_n pacyence_n that_o be_v to_o say_v such_o patience_n as_o the_o fox_n have_v some_o time_n or_o the_o cat_n that_o will_v lie_v or_o sit_v full_a still_o and_o patient_o bide_v unto_o the_o time_n their_o prey_n be_v 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of_o then self_o make_v the_o patience_n meritoriouse_a for_o as_o the_o philosofour_n say_v aristot_n aristot_n for_o those_o thynnge_n that_o be_v in_o we_o of_o nature_n we_o be_v not_o worthy_a any_o praise_n or_o yet_o dispraise_n /_o reward_v or_o pain_n i_o say_v determinate_o of_o themselves_o notwithstanding_o a_o man_n be_v bind_v by_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n to_o restrain_v all_o natural_a disposition_n and_o inclynacious_a unto_o vice_n and_o to_o force_v they_o forth_o by_o violence_n unto_o virtue_n for_o the_o great_a meryte_n stand_v in_o the_o great_a violence_n for_o the_o scripture_n say_v regnum_n coelorum_fw-la vim_o patitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n b._n math._n 11._o b._n the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n do_v suffer_v violence_n and_o the_o violent_a parson_n do_v ravysh_a and_o win_v it_o and_o saint_n paul_n unto_o his_o disciple_n timothe_n no_o parson_n shall_v win_v the_o crown_n a._n 2._o timon_n 2._o a._n but_o that_o do_v feght_n accord_v unto_o the_o law_n 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●_o and_o 24._o b._n for_o the_o scripture_n say_v qui_fw-la perseveraverit_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o finem_fw-la hic_fw-la saluus_fw-la erit_fw-la who_o so_o ever_o do_v per_n sever_v and_o continue_v unto_o the_o end_n that_o ꝑson_n shall_v have_v the_o merit_n and_o reward_v of_o salvation_n the_o sufferance_n also_o must_v be_v of_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v grevous_a for_o every_o man_n may_v lyght_o suffer_v and_o here_o that_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o peyneful_a ne_fw-fr do_v greve_v although_o some_o person_n they_o say_v can_v not_o here_o wealth_n but_o that_o be_v not_o because_o it_o be_v grevouse_n but_o for_o default_n of_o wysdome_n &_o discretion_n but_o where_o be_v not_o greve_v be_v no_o sufferance_n and_o therefore_o no_o patience_n but_o when_o the_o greve_v or_o pain_n be_v bear_v and_o suffer_v for_o a_o good_a cause_n with_o good_a will_n as_o be_v say_v and_o continual_o then_o be_v that_o sufferance_n call_v patience_n notwithstanding_o those_o cause_n that_o 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be_v go_v ●_o joc._n 3._o ●_o be_v not_o from_o above_o as_o faint_a james_n say_v of_o sapience_n 2._o 2._o io._n 2._o and_o faint_a john_n command_v his_o disciple_n therefore_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o will_n ne_o desire_n to_o love_v the_o world_n nor_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v there_o in_o the_o worldly_a patience_n than_o be_v all_o worldly_a and_o the_o ghostly_a patience_n heavenly_a the_o one_o best_o &_o carnal_a the_o other_o ghostly_a and_o spiritual_a the_o one_o /_o sinful_a and_o dyvelyshe_a and_o the_o other_o good_a and_o goodly_a unto_o the_o tun_n patience_n man_n may_v attain_v and_z reach_z by_o himself_o by_o his_o own_o will_n but_o unto_o the_o tother_o not_o so_o and_o why_o the_o cause_n be_v that_o the_o concupiscens_fw-la desire_n and_o love_v whereby_o the_o worldly_a ꝑson_n do_v so_o styff_o and_o obstinate_o bear_v and_o suffer_v pain_n and_o sorous_a be_v of_o the_o world_n &_o all_o sinful_a and_o man_n of_o himself_o may_v fall_v into_o sin_n though_o he_o can_v not_o by_o himself_o arise_v again_o unto_o the_o state_n of_o grace_n as_o by_o exeample_n a_o man_n can_v not_o climb_v unto_o a_o steple_n top_n without_o streyrꝭ_n or_o some_o other-helpe_a but_o when_o he_o be_v at_o the_o hygh_a place_n thereof_o he_o may_v of_o his_o own_o will_n without_o help_n fall_v down_o but_o unto_o the_o ghostly_a patience_n man_n may_v not_o so_o attain_v and_o come_v of_o he_o self_n be_v cause_n the_o fervor_n love_n and_o desire_v whereby_o the_o ghostly_a ꝑson_n do_v so_o strong_o and_o meruelouse_o suffer_v so_o wonderful_a pain_n be_v of_o god_n and_o god_n be_v a_o spirit_n impossible_a that_o may_v not_o suffer_v ne_o have_v any_o pain_n a_o man_n therefore_o can_v not_o love_v that_o thing_n impassable_a with_o out_o he_o be_v holpyn_v &_o inflame_v with_o that_o godly_a fire_n that_o be_v the_o holy_a ghost_n &_o so_o then_o may_v he_o love_v god_n and_o by_o that_o love_n he_o may_v suffer_v and_o glad_o bear_v 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