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A19513 Two fruitfull and godly treatises, to comfort the afflicted viz. 1. Of the heauenly mansions. 2. The praise of patience. The first contayning the description of the house of glory: the second the loue of patience, to endure all tribulations and affliction to obtaine that heauenly kindome full of sweet consolation for the godly. By Mr. William Covvper, Bp. of Galloway. Cowper, William, 1588-1619. 1616 (1616) STC 5943; ESTC S118545 71,081 312

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this_o be_v not_o to_o possess_v their_o soul_n in_o patience_n this_o be_v not_o say_v augustine_n magnanimity_n 22._o but_o pusillanimity_n the_o daughter_n of_o impatience_n which_o because_o it_o can_v endure_v it_o seek_v to_o eschew_v that_o which_o grieve_v it_o soli_fw-la christiani_n patientia_fw-la sicut_fw-la veram_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la ita_fw-la &_o veram_fw-la habent_fw-la patientiam_fw-la only_o the_o christian_n as_o he_o have_v true_a wisdom_n so_o have_v he_o true_a patience_n and_o of_o all_o other_o patience_n beside_o christian_a patience_n that_o be_v true_a which_o s._n james_n speak_v of_o all_o other_o wisdom_n 223._o non_fw-la est_fw-la ista_fw-la patientia_fw-la desur_fw-la sum_fw-la descendens_fw-la sed_fw-la terrena_fw-la animalis_fw-la diabolica_fw-la cur_n enim_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la superborum_fw-la falsa_fw-la patientia_fw-la sicut_fw-la superborum_fw-la falsa_fw-la sapientia_fw-la this_o patience_n come_v not_o from_o above_o but_o be_v earthly_a 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from_o this_o praise_n of_o patience_n cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la vider_n be_v ibid._n aliquem_fw-la patient_fw-la aliquid_fw-la far_o noli_fw-la continuo_fw-la laudare_fw-la patientiam_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la ostendit_fw-la nisi_fw-la causa_fw-la patiendi_fw-la quando_fw-la illa_fw-la bona_fw-la est_fw-la tunc_fw-la ista_fw-la vera_fw-la est_fw-la when_o therefore_o thou_o see_v any_o man_n suffer_v any_o thing_n patient_o praise_v not_o thou_o incontinent_a his_o patience_n for_o patient_a suffer_n can_v be_v commend_v unless_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o suffer_a be_v know_v if_o the_o cause_n be_v good_a than_o the_o patience_n be_v good_a also_o circumcelliones_fw-la a_o most_o deum_fw-la pernicious_a branch_n of_o the_o heresy_n of_o the_o donatist_n be_v so_o desirous_a to_o obtain_v by_o suffering_n the_o praise_n of_o martyrdom_n that_o they_o will_v throw_v themselves_o down_o headlong_o from_o high_a place_n or_o cast_v themselves_o into_o fire_n or_o water_n but_o augustine_n in_o his_o learned_a dispute_n 223._o pull_v from_o they_o the_o praise_n of_o patience_n quid_fw-la miseri_fw-la faciunt_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la impietatis_fw-la adversus_fw-la deum_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o se_fw-la exercuerunt_fw-la crudelitatis_fw-la luant_fw-la poenas_fw-la insuper_fw-la &_o quaerunt_fw-la martyrum_fw-la glorias_fw-la what_o do_v these_o miserable_a man_n who_o when_o they_o suffer_v punishment_n of_o their_o impiety_n towards_o god_n and_o cruelty_n towards_o themselves_o yet_o out_o of_o such_o suffering_n seek_v the_o glory_n of_o martyrdom_n an_fw-mi impatiens_fw-la passio_fw-la coronabitur_fw-la shall_v a_o impatient_a passion_n be_v crown_v aut_fw-la quomodo_fw-la innocens_fw-la iudicabitur_fw-la cui_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la diliges_fw-la proximum_fw-la sicut_fw-la teipsum_fw-la si_fw-la homicidium_fw-la committit_fw-la in_o seipso_fw-la quod_fw-la committere_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la in_o altero_fw-la 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