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A59582 De finibus virtutis Christianæ The ends of Christian religion : which are to avoid eternall wrath from God, [to] enjoy [eternall] happinesse [from God] / justified in several discourses by R.S. Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684. 1673 (1673) Wing S3009; ESTC R30561 155,104 232

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god_n to_o be_v a_o great_a miracle_n it_o be_v life_n from_o the_o dead_a to_o the_o son_n and_o little_o less_o to_o the_o but_o now_o disconsolate_a now_o wonderful_o rejoice_v mother_n a_o great_a miracle_n intend_v also_o to_o confirm_v the_o same_o truth_n be_v that_o of_o lazarus_n a_o work_n so_o great_a that_o the_o same_o father_n take_v notice_n that_o our_o lord_n lead_v his_o disciple_n to_o galilee_n on_o purpose_n that_o they_o may_v see_v it_o and_o by_o it_o be_v instruct_v in_o the_o mystery_n of_o the_o resurrection_n it_o be_v record_v by_o st_n john_n that_o when_o jesus_n hear_v that_o lazarus_n be_v sick_a he_o abide_v still_o two_o day_n in_o the_o place_n where_o he_o be_v but_o when_o he_o be_v depart_v our_o lord_n speak_v thus_o to_o his_o disciple_n lazarus_n be_v dead_a and_o i_o be_o glad_a for_o your_o sake_n that_o i_o be_v not_o there_o that_o you_o may_v believe_v and_o therefore_o he_o take_v the_o disciple_n with_o he_o and_o go_v to_o bethany_n 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malis_fw-la vitam_fw-la constitutam_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la pudeat_fw-la beatam_fw-la vocare_fw-la when_o he_o be_v blind_a and_o deaf_a and_o dumb_a and_o cripple_v in_o his_o limb_n and_o leprous_a in_o his_o flesh_n and_o torture_v with_o the_o colic_n stone_n and_o gout_n and_o in_o a_o word_n be_v afflict_v which_o such_o calamity_n that_o they_o all_o agree_v aught_o to_o persuade_v their_o sapiens_fw-la or_o wiseman_n fair_o to_o kill_v himself_o that_o he_o may_v avoid_v those_o accident_n i_o do_v not_o say_v evil_n for_o fear_v of_o offend_v the_o tender_a ear_n of_o a_o stoic_a and_o so_o to_o make_v a_o way_n for_o himself_o out_o of_o this_o life_n oh_o the_o happiness_n of_o this_o life_n when_o their_o sapiens_fw-la be_v force_v fair_o to_o die_v etc._n o_o vitam_fw-la beatam_fw-la quae_fw-la ut_fw-la finiatur_fw-la mortis_fw-la quaerit_fw-la auxili_fw-la they_o si_fw-mi beata_fw-la est_fw-la maneaturin_fw-mi eâ_fw-la si_fw-la verò_fw-la propter_fw-la mala_fw-la ista_fw-la fugitur_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la quomodo_fw-la est_fw-la beata_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o he_o may_v be_v rid_v on_o it_o if_o it_o be_v so_o calamitous_a that_o their_o wiseman_n choose_v death_n rather_o than_o such_o a_o life_n how_o be_v he_o then_o possess_v it_o at_o the_o same_o time_n of_o the_o great_a happiness_n let_v i_o interrogate_v with_o st_n augustine_n do_v cato_n the_o great_a example_n of_o the_o stoic_n kill_v himself_o out_o of_o patience_n or_o out_o of_o impatience_n he_o will_v never_o have_v do_v it_o unless_o he_o have_v bear_v the_o victory_n of_o caesar_n most_o impatient_o where_o then_o be_v his_o fortitude_n when_o he_o run_v away_o from_o that_o happy_a life_n wherein_o he_o boast_v and_o why_o may_v not_o those_o thing_n be_v account_v evil_a that_o render_v a_o man_n life_n so_o miserable_a as_o that_o he_o must_v avoid_v it_o by_o his_o own_o murder_n and_o therefore_o the_o peripatetic_n and_o ancient_a academic_n who_o opinion_n varro_n 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and_o the_o great_a evil_n the_o long_o they_o continue_v but_o still_o they_o hold_v the_o erroneous_a conclusion_n that_o their_o sapiens_fw-la may_v be_v happy_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o those_o evil_n which_o that_o they_o may_v no_o long_o continue_v they_o confess_v reasonable_a that_o he_o shall_v kill_v himself_o but_o let_v i_o speak_v again_o with_o st_n augustine_n do_v they_o therefore_o call_v such_o a_o life_n happy_a because_o by_o a_o voluntary_a death_n they_o may_v withdraw_v themselves_o from_o it_o what_o if_o by_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n they_o shall_v be_v continue_v in_o this_o life_n and_o not_o permit_v to_o die_v nor_o ever_o suffer_v to_o be_v without_o these_o evil_n in_o these_o circumstance_n at_o least_o they_o will_v confess_v their_o life_n to_o be_v miserable_a and_o this_o we_o assume_v that_o it_o be_v not_o therefore_o not_o miserable_a because_o it_o may_v be_v relinquish_v because_o it_o be_v a_o short_a misery_n it_o ought_v not_o therefore_o 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miseria_fw-la est_fw-la ideo_fw-la etiam_fw-la beatitudo_fw-la appellari_fw-la magna_fw-la vis_fw-la est_fw-la in_o eye_n malis_fw-la quae_fw-la cogunt_fw-la hominem_fw-la secundum_fw-la ipsos_fw-la etiam_fw-la sapientem_fw-la sibimet_fw-la auferre_fw-la quod_fw-la homo_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la dicant_fw-la &_o vetum_fw-la dicant_fw-la hanc_fw-la esse_fw-la naturae_fw-la primam_fw-la quodammodo_fw-la &_o maximam_fw-la vocem_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la concilietur_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o propterea_fw-la mo_z tem_fw-la naturaliter_fw-la fugiat_fw-la etc._n etc._n vita_fw-la igitur_fw-la quaestorum_fw-la tam_fw-la tamque_fw-la gravium_fw-la malorum_fw-la aut_fw-la premitur_fw-la oneribus_fw-la aut_fw-la subjacet_fw-la casibus_fw-la nullo_n modo_fw-la beata_fw-la diceretur_fw-la si_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicunt_fw-la sicut_fw-la victi_fw-la malis_fw-la ingravescentibus_fw-la cum_fw-la sibi_fw-la ingerint_fw-la mortem_fw-la cedunt_fw-la infelicitati_fw-la ita_fw-la victi_fw-la certis_fw-la rationibus_fw-la cum_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la dignarentur_fw-la cedere_fw-la veritati_fw-la &_o non_fw-la putarent_fw-la in_o ista_fw-la mortalitate_fw-la sine_fw-la summi_fw-la boni_fw-la esse_fw-la gaudendum_fw-la ubi_fw-la virtutes_fw-la ipsae_fw-la cymbus_n hic_fw-la certe_fw-la nihil_fw-la melius_fw-la atque_fw-la utilius_fw-la in_o homine_fw-la reperitur_fw-la quanto_fw-la majora_fw-la sunt_fw-la adjutoria_fw-la contra_fw-la vim_fw-la peticulor_fw-la laborum_fw-la dolorum_fw-la tanto_fw-la fidelioria_n testimonia_fw-la miseriarum_fw-la spe_fw-la salui_fw-la spe_fw-la beati_fw-la facti_fw-la sumus_fw-la sicut_fw-la salutem_fw-la ita_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la non_fw-la jam_fw-la tenemus_fw-la presentem_fw-la sed_fw-la expectamus_fw-la futuram_fw-la talis_fw-la salus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la erit_fw-la saeculo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la erit_fw-la etiam_fw-la finalis_fw-la beatitude_n quam_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la isti_fw-la philosophi_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la videntes_fw-la nolunt_fw-la credere_fw-la hic_fw-la sibi_fw-la conantur_fw-la falsissimam_fw-la fabricare_fw-la quan_fw-mi co_fw-la superbiore_fw-la tanto_fw-la mendaciore_fw-la virtute_fw-la augustinus_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n thirty_o cap._n 4._o there_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o great_a power_n in_o those_o evil_n that_o make_v a_o man_n valour_n guilty_a of_o his_o own_o murder_n especial_o see_v that_o nothing_o be_v more_o natural_a then_o for_o a_o man_n to_o love_v himself_o to_o avoid_v death_n and_o to_o desire_v to_o live_v in_o this_o very_a conjunction_n of_o soul_n and_o body_n st_n augustin_n conclusion_n therefore_o be_v and_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o all_o good_a christian_n that_o in_o this_o life_n which_o be_v oppress_v it_o with_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a evil_n and_o be_v subject_a to_o so_o many_o casualty_n perfect_a happiness_n be_v not_o to_o be_v expect_v and_o therefore_o that_o if_o the_o philosopher_n have_v be_v true_o wise_a they_o will_v have_v leave_v off_o to_o project_n to_o themselves_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o the_o chief_a good_a in_o this_o state_n of_o mortality_n that_o the_o moral_a virtue_n themselves_o than_o which_o nothing_o be_v more_o excellent_a or_o profitable_a in_o human_a life_n be_v great_a testimony_n of_o the_o misery_n we_o be_v here_o subject_a to_o than_o assistance_n against_o they_o that_o they_o can_v give_v the_o happiness_n design_v by_o they_o and_o therefore_o that_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o these_o virtue_n be_v proud_o boast_v of_o by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o they_o be_v vain_o belie_v but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o that_o may_v be_v speak_v against_o philosophy_n as_o the_o wisdom_n of_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o and_o compare_v with_o that_o of_o christianity_n that_o it_o attain_v not_o its_o end_n nor_o make_v any_o one_o happy_a but_o it_o may_v be_v add_v that_o the_o happiness_n by_o they_o design_v be_v but_o poor_a and_o mean_n they_o win_v not_o at_o their_o game_n but_o if_o they_o do_v 17._o si_fw-mi ergo_fw-la virtus_fw-la per_fw-la seipsam_fw-la beata_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la quoniam_fw-la in_o perferendis_fw-la malis_fw-la tota_fw-la vis_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la bonis_fw-la concupiscuntur_fw-la negligit_fw-la si_fw-la summus_fw-la ejus_fw-la gradus_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la patet_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la vitam_fw-la quae_fw-la optatur_fw-la à_fw-la caeteris_fw-la saepe_fw-la respuit_fw-la mortemque_fw-la quam_fw-la caeteri_fw-la timent_fw-la fortiter_fw-la suscipit_fw-la si_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la aliquid_fw-la a_o se_fw-la magni_fw-la boni_fw-la pariat_fw-la quia_fw-la suscepti_fw-la &_o superati_fw-la labores_fw-la ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la usque_fw-la sine_fw-la praemio_fw-la