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A06460 Tho. Lupsets workes; Works Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.; Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494. Twelve rules. English. 1546 (1546) STC 16932; ESTC S109651 115,080 426

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first_o if_o to_o man_n or_o woman_n the_o way_n of_o virtue_n do_v seem_v hard_a or_o painful_a because_o we_o must_v needs_o fight_v against_o the_o flesh_n devil_n and_o the_o world_n let_v he_o or_o she_o call_v to_o remembrance_n that_o what_o so_o ever_o life_n they_o will_v choose_v accord_v to_o the_o world_n many_o adversitee_n incommodity_n much_o heaviness_n and_o labour_n be_v to_o be_v suffer_v ¶_o more_n over_o let_v they_o have_v in_o remembrance_n that_o in_o wealth_n and_o worldly_a possession_n be_v much_o and_o long_o contention_n laborious_a also_o and_o therewith_o unfruitful_a wherein_o travail_n be_v the_o conclusion_n or_o end_n that_o he_o which_o be_v god_n 14._o and_o of_o all_o man_n the_o mooste_o just_a or_o rightwise_o 22._o when_o he_o behold_v himself_o mock_v 13._o spit_v on_o scourge_v and_o punish_v with_o all_o dispite_n and_o rebuke_n and_o set_v on_o the_o cross_n among_o errant_a thief_n as_o if_o he_o himself_o be_v a_o false_a harlot_n he_o 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beat_v the_o childrene_a of_o babylon_n again_o the_o stone_n which_o stone_n be_v christ_n and_o the_o child_n be_v evil_a thought_n and_o imagination_n for_o in_o long_o continue_v of_o sin_n seldom_o work_v any_o medicine_n or_o remedy_n ¶_o remember_v that_o all_o though_o in_o the_o say_v conflict_n of_o temptation_n the_o bataile_n seem_v to_o be_v veray_fw-fr dangerous_a yet_o consider_v how_o much_o sweet_a it_o be_v to_o vainquishe_v temptation_n than_o to_o follow_v sin_n whereto_o she_o incline_v the_o whereof_o the_o end_n be_v repentance_n and_o here_o in_o many_o be_v foul_a deceive_v which_o compare_v not_o the_o swetnes_n of_o victory_n to_o the_o swetnes_n of_o sin_n but_o only_o compare_v bataile_n to_o pleasure_n notwithstanding_o a_o man_n or_o woman_n which_o have_v a_o thousand_o time_n know_v what_o it_o be_v to_o gyve_v place_n to_o temptation_n shall_v once_o assay_v what_o it_o be_v to_o vainquishe_v temptation_n ¶_o if_o thou_o be_v tempted●_n think_v thou_o 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