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death_n	day_n	hand_n	life_n	4,628	5	4.2205	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19626	A vvedding-ring, fitted to the finger of euery paire that haue or shall meete in the feare of God: or, That diuine circle of heauenly loue, wherein man and wife should walke all their dayes The posie whereof is an expression of a good husbands kindnesse toward his vertuous wife, with her retaliacion of like affection.	Crompton, William, 1599?-1642.	1632 (1632)	STC 6061; ESTC S121236	18,860	44

reaching forth vnto those things which are before they presse towards the marke for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Iesus it is the property of a disposition basely seruill alwayes to looke downewards and to thinke it selfe high enough before there be any beginning to ascend whence it comes to passe that many conclude they can doe nothing because they dare not patiently thinke of the difficulty of doing iudging sinfull sluggishnesse to be contented humility when noble spirits aspire daily after high and difficult things inossensiuely Secondly that the way of vertue is the way to honour and preferment in the loue of God Prou. 11.16 and opinion of good men in Rome there was no comming to the Temple of honour but by and thorow the Temple of vertue though it be narrow yet it is an infaillible way whosoeuer climbes in by the windowes as into the Church Iohn 10.1 so vnto honour is a theefe and a robber by treading vpon the pins of an vnlawfull ladder men and women may ascend not excell either by the mist of deserued censure they are couered and so not regarded or else through the suddainesse of a shamefull fall they haue no leisure to embrace their seeming happines when vertue aduancing any like the radiant Sunne expels all cloudes and makes them shine in the fulnesse of strength obserue and see whether such as went in any other path did euer finally prosper When women rise by falling men by fawning and flattery paying money in stead of practising vertue the higher they goe the rarther will their infamy fly abroad onely vertue leades to true honour Thirdly that vertuous daughters hauing once begun neuer leaue good and godly courses till they haue perfected their vertues by action she that lookes backe is not sit for the Kingdome of heauen remember Lots wife it is a miserable thing to haue beene happy when that may be verified of them which the Apostle speakes of his Galatians Yee did run well yee were vertuous chaste Gal. 5.7 sober religious But c. Goodnesse is discerned and commended by continuance either resolue to goe on or begin not climbing is painefull yet men vsually desist not till they attaine the top and end of their desires especially if their aime be at such fruits flowres showes as are in this eminent Garden of vertue good women are no lesse valiant with vnwearied patience to vndergoe the heat of the day knowing they shall not be depriued of their hope their labour cannot be vaine in the Lord 1. Cor. 15. vlt. Reu. 2.10 perseuerance vnto death brings a Crowne of life Fourthly that such vertuous women must not want encouragement by commendation giue them the fruit of their hands let their owne works praise them in the gates Many daughters haue done vertuously c. There was a feast ordained and kept in Rome Plut. vit Rom. called Matronalia in honour of those women which procured a peace betweene the Sabines and the Romanes with diuers priuiledges annexed vnto it as to giue them place in all publike assemblies to speake no dishonest words nor doe any vnseemely thing before them it is a sin to be silent in their praise that deserue it prouided it be done iustly seasonably discreetly I would not wish men to dawbe ouer rotten posts with deceitfull colours to burden vicious women their owne wiues with vndeserued praises nothing more foolish and ridiculous I would not haue men make their wiues though good and vertuous the ordinary subiect of their talke in all places and company no custome more vnseemely if not dangerous but when conuenient occasion is offered to speake the truth of them for the glory of God manifestation of their comfort and excitation of others by such good example Fiftly that vnderstanding husbands are best pleased with the vertuous actions of their owne partners many haue done vertuously but thou to me in my eye and iudgement excellest all A duty I confesse easier to thinke and speake of then to performe an impure adulterous heart thinkes directly the contrary that any mans wise his better th●n is owne Satan casts many rubs in the way shewing men through a deceitfull glasse and saying See and obserue in such a one handsomnesse beauty wit diligence farre excelling thine enioy her at least in desire and preuailing passion yeelding to this temptation blinds iudgement so that many there are who haue and doe deeme their owne choise worst of all nothing pleases that passes from them no not when it is the same which they approue and admire in others therefore the vnderstanding must be conuinc't the heart seasoned with grace the eye emptied of adultery and the mind freed from the restlesse motion and perturbation following desire of change before any can say truly of his owne vertuous second Thou excellest all Take Solomons counsell Pro. 5.15 16 17 19. drinke waters out of thine owne Cisterne and running waters out of thine owne Well let thy Fountaine be blessed and reioyce with the wise of thy youth let her be as the louing Hind and pleasant Roe let her brest satisfie thee at all times and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue giue affection leaue here to extend her selfe something beyond truth either there is no way to erre or no danger in erring this way To wind vp both the Commendation and Comparison on one bottome I shall conclude all with the time in certaine specialties by way of application The whole may serue to informe vs first that men should be experienst able to discerne good from euill vertuous from vicious women before they make choyse of a wife that men so soon as they are married should be able to commend good wines is exprest in the Text that they should be as able to condemne the euill and vicious is necessarily implyed none can commend a good one but he that knowes a bad and can discerne thorow the vaile of hypocrisie maske of dissimulation lest one be mistaken for the other vertue vnderualewed and vice approued such euents are common where experience is wanting hence it is many marry they know not what and may amend their choice they know not when When Cesar was to passe Rubicon against Pompey he left the land with this resolution as I remember That a man could be vndone but once As it is in the gouernment of a Common weale or in the ordering of an Army a Commander can erre but once which is a miserable happinesse ouerthrow and ruine following so close he cannot haue leisure to be twice faulty So oftentimes it fals out in the choyce of a wife men haue not leaue to change often one blest or crost euer so during life it is a practice dangerous intolerable in a well-gouerned State to force an vnion betweene young yeeres where there is no actuall power to chuse nor iudgement to discerne common reason tels vs we should be long in doing that which can