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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 sensual_a and_o devilish_a see_v proud_a man_n have_v their_o own_o false_a sapience_n what_o marvel_v they_o have_v also_o their_o own_o false_a and_o deceitful_a patience_n and_o of_o this_o same_o nature_n patience_n be_v the_o patience_n of_o heretic_n they_o may_v make_v a_o show_n of_o voluntary_a religion_n in_o not_o spare_v the_o body_n but_o see_v they_o have_v not_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n how_o can_v they_o have_v true_a patience_n the_o baalite_n of_o idolatrous_a israel_n lance_a themselves_o with_o knife_n the_o gymnosophist_n of_o india_n who_o pine_n and_o distress_n their_o body_n with_o labour_n not_o require_v at_o their_o hand_n the_o poenitentiaries_n of_o rome_n so_o much_o boast_a of_o who_o scourge_n themselves_o and_o spare_v not_o their_o own_o flesh_n the_o four_o religious_a order_n of_o superstitious_a man_n among_o the_o turk_n who_o in_o hard_o use_v of_o their_o body_n go_v beyond_o these_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o yet_o be_v they_o all_o stranger_n 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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