Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	woman_n	world_n	write_v	46	3	5.0120	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09497	Here begynneth a ryght profytable treatyse co[m]pendiously drawen out of many [and] dyuers wrytynges of holy men, to dyspose men to be vertuously occupyed in theyr myndes [and] prayers	Betson, Thomas.	1500 (1500)	STC 1978; ESTC S110939	15,744	36

vnryghtfull ¶ Beware of ydelnes the whiche is moder of all synne vnclennesse so that by your offyce that ye be called to or by prayer redynge wrytynge lewynge or other handewerkes doynge ye may make your bodyes dayly wery crucyfyed And therby make your spyrytes the more quycke and apte to the seruyce of our lorde in confusyon of your enemye and encreace of glorye ¶ Beware to be Inquysytyf or to muse on hyghe maters and subtyll And leue them to worldely people● and to clerkes for otymesthe letter may hurte you Thynke euer that ye had leuer dye than ones to passe the clausures or boūdes of your monasterye Yf ye haue a faythfull a Iuste frende to whom ye may open the secretes of your herte than ye haue a grete tresour for oftymes one shall be deceyued seldome can iuge the trouth in his owne maters so well as other Knowe your owne synnes wayle them medle with none other Beware euer of detraccion flee it as it were a venemous serpent that the speker therof be your contenaūce departynge from them may be ashamed therwith lothe for euer so to speke or do Moreouer yf ye wyll see your spouse Ihesu cryst in your mynde by contemplacōn euer kepe your sylence For saynt Ierom sawe many in Egypt amonge holy faders that .vij. yer●● togyder spake not owne worde but only to god to his saynt Yf the caas be so that ye must speke lete it be in all peas charyte with fewe wordes Remembrynge that your spouse loueth no voyde ●lat●●ynge but wolde be with you alone in all quyetnesse in your soules Wherfore be ye aferde to dysplease hym or to dryue hym out from you with stryues or debate sclaundres othes and suche other ¶ Saynt Iames coūselleth eche man to refrayne his tonge sayenge that lyf deth ben in the power of the same tonge wrytynge thus Who that refrayneth his tonge he shal be blessyd in all his dedes c. Knowleche your self at all tymes carayne and erthe the glory therof is as a floure in the medowe Absteyne you as pylgryms from all desyres of the flesshe the whiche dayly bataylleth ayenst the soule Absteyne also from lyes at all tymes as ye wolde from helle for them in no wyse loueth Ihesus your spouse And also beware to mayntene or botrace suche lyes whiche is abhomynable in the syght of god Yf there come ony straūger vnto you lete hym knowe by your heuenly talkynge behauyour that ye be a well taught spouse of cryste that they may glorefye in you for you be amended by you Bere the wordes of saynt Ierom in your mynde that sayth thus Truste me verely that theris no thynge more peryllous to a man than is a woman to a woman no thynge more contagyous than is a man for eyther of them is chaff eyther is fyre And note this for a truth that preuy talkyng lacketh no suspycyon That thynge is not lefull to be seen that is not lefull to be desyred More than ony man can suppose or wryte the deuyll reioyseth whan memorye of o man is fixed had in a womānes herte There is no venym in the worlde so noysom to woman as is affeccōn towarde man of what soeuer cause it procede or growe Ye may see that the desyre of worldly wymen is euer in vesture golde precyous stones ornament outwarde of the body therin they put theyr glorye felycyte In so moche that it suffyseth not them theyr luste gyuen by nature only but they seke occasyon craft by the sayd premysses to encreace theyr sayd luste desyres to theyr grete dampnacōn beware therfore of ony costely habyte or suche vanytees c. Certaynly sayth the sayd saynt Ierom the pryncypall desyre is of suche wymen that men sholde fest theyr eyen in the faces of them by the prouocacōn syght of theyr precyous arraye But they sholde cōsyder though nature hath gyuen to golde suche other a p●ecyosyte wherby they ben praysed what is that to the vyle carkas that it hangeth vpon the whiche is but a ●achell of dounge brought forth of vnclene seed fynally shall be wormes mete ¶ The wordes of saynt Ierom. O Thou moost vylest worse than ony beest how shamefast sholdest y● be in thy body yf thou woldest beholde thyself that so in thyn arraye auaūcest thyself And this blessyd Ierom sayth I take them for no relygyous wymen that be● cladde in costlyous araye or in wanton pynched habytes but he calleth them in latyn Pessimas meretrices et storta Wherfore desyre ye to go in vyle vnshapely vesture that wanton dissolute persones may rather be prouoked to scorne laughe at you than to thynke euyl or desyre you for they say not trouthe that do ensure themself with a glorye to kepe chastyte in a costely or ony shapely vesture ye shal be called ladyes for bycause that ye shall be spoused to the kyng of all kynges Beware than take hede with all mekenesse to your dygnyte in lesse than your spouse be greued make a deuorce so departe from you Yf that ye wyst ones had tasted how swete your spouse were ye sholde haue pleasyr ynough that passeth all worldly pleasyrs This Ioye pleasyr had saynt Ierom many other both of men wymen kepe the mansyon of your spouse clene garnysshe it with floures of vertue and accompte your self moost vyle out caste of this worlde Remembre also how in your baptysme ye forsoke the worlde the enuye and all theyr pryde glory the whiche now ye shall cōfer me vnder the grettest othe that may be therwith receyue our lorde god in sacramēt in this your fyrste entrynge in to religyon Beware also of vayne glory lyftynge vp your vysage voyce on hyghe as wymen done in the worlde Rebukyng other or to speke of your noble blood or kynrede for in the spousage and seruyce of god the poorest mannes doughter lyuynge shall be egall lyke to the gretest kynges doughter lyuynge in erthe Ye muste forsake all suche worldely pompe vanyte take a newe a more sure noble dignyte by your spouse Ihesu cryst that neuer shall haue ende the poorest of you bryngeth more to the monastery so that ye come with a meke herte and in wyll to forsake yf that ye hadde neuer so moche than she that bryngeth moche with a proude herte and therwith to other wolde haue it knowen Beware euer that no foule worde or stryue be amonge you that ben deed folke in this worlde But euer thynke that the trompe of the last daye of Iugement soundeth in your eeres and calleth you sayenge Ryse doughters Ryse come to your Iugement Lete euer your mynde be with your spouse and with your moder blessyd Marye the sayntes as often as ye synge or rede Remembrynge that god is there present and seeth what