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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	affection_n	good_a	great_a	824	5	2.2463	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03407	A sanctuary for honest men. Or An abstract of humane wisedome Contayning, a certaine way leading to a perfect knowledge of Man, and directing to a discreet cariage in the vvhole course of our humane condition. Collected and composed by Io: Hitchcock student in the Middle Temple.	Hitchcock, John, student in the Middle Temple.	1617 (1617)	STC 13530; ESTC S118697	37,328	202

and small The duty of the great respecteth first the Great or Superiours secondly the small or inferiours The duty of the great is to spend their bloud and ability for the defence of Piety Iustice the Prince the State and Weale-publike and to protect the poor and oppressed against the violence of the wicked for this maketh them both beloued and adored The duty of inferiors consisteth in this The duty of the small first to reuerence their superiors both ceremonially in outward shew which is done as well to the bad as the good and inwardly in loue and affection and so they ought to reuerence only them that deserue well of the comonwealth secondly it is the duty or rather the wisdome of Inferiours to insinuate by honest meanes into the fauour of great men for the prouerbe saith well A friend in Court is worth a penny in purse THe two last vertues whereby wee must guide our selues are Fortitude and Temperance these haue respect to the Accidents Fortitude to the euill accidents of aduersity gouerning the irascible part of our soule and Temperance to the seeming good of prosperity ruling the concupiscible part Fortitude is not as some suppose a loue of dangers Fortitude described or a desire of dreadfull things for this is temerity neither doth it consist in the bignesse of lookes or words nor in Art and cunning nor the strength of the limbs for so a swaggering Braggadochio a Fencer a horse might be valiant but in the resolute courage of the heart will presupposing the knowledge of all difficulties and dangers as well military as other and as wel the danger of the action and the discretion of the execution as the iustice of the cause So that Fortitude is a strong resolution of the minde against all dolorous difficult and dangerous accidents whatsoeuer grounded vpon the honesty and iustice of the enterprise Fortitude in outward euils Now the ill accidents about which Fortitude is busied are eyther Externall which are aduersities afflictions iniuries or internall which are Passions The externa●l or outward euils must be considered in their causes in their effects and distinctly in themselues The causes of them are eyther the iustice and anger of God or the act of an other Those that proceed immediately from the hand of God are commonly generall concerning many at the same instant as pestilence famine tyranny and the like these are the yron scourges of the Almighty therefore I omit them as comming from a supernaturall cause But the best aduise in these euils is to turne to God by speedy and harty repentance and to cease our wickednesse that he may cease his plagues Those euils that proceede from from the Act of an other are eyther such as crosse a mans affaires or wrong his Person eyther in word or deede And the best aduice in this point is to respect first our selues to carry ourselues honestly wisely without passion that we giue an other no aduantage against vs Secondly the person that offends vs and then if it be a foole it's wisdome not to contend with him but to leaue him to his folly if it be a man of discretion wee must consider whether hee doth it out of malice or ignorance and vse him accordingly Secondly wee must consider these outward euils in their effects which are eyther generall or particular their generall effects are for the publike good as pestilence and famine are like a purge or a bloud letting in a corrupted body for the preseruation of the whole Their particular effects are diuers according to the diuersity of spirits vpon whom they fall to the good they are a schoole of instruction to the penitent a fatherly rodde a bridle to keepe them from falling to the reprobate a sickle to cut them of confusion and perdition Thirdly these outward euils must be considered distinctly in themselues and so wee may note seuen kindes of accidents which the world tearmeth principally euill sicknesse captiuity bannishment pouerty lesse of friends infamy death Sicknesse Sicknesse is a priuation of health and heerein the best remedy is to endure it patiently 1. because it is naturall and incident to our humane weakenes 2. because it is eyther short if it bee violent and then it is quickly ended or the paine but moderate if it bee long and then it may be easily endured 3. because it is but the body that suffereth Captiuity Captiuitie imprisonment is a priuation of liberty and heerein a man must likewise remembe● that it is but the body the clogge and prison of the soule that is imprisoned the spirit remaining alwaies free and at liberty Banishment or exile is a priuation of home-dwelling Banishmēt this a man may easily indure if hee consider first that it is but a change of the place et omne solum sapienti patria euery place to a wise man is his owne country Secondly that in exile a man leaues behinde him but the goods of fortune not those of the minde nor body now a wise man carrieth all his goods with him his vertue honesty wisedome sufficiency these are properly a mans owne from which he cannot be banished Pouertie Pouerty is the want of meanes or maintenance now there is a twofold want the one of things necessary for nature which befalleth v●y few for nature is ●tent with a little the o●er of superfluities for p●mpe pleasure delicacy And in this want of pouerty the best way is to be content with that which necessity constraineth libenter velle quod ipsa cogit and this a man may the better doe if he consider first that hee came poore into the world therefore it is iniustice to grudge if hee depart so secondly that pouerty is a secure estate being free from the affaires cares incumbrances that accompany riches Infamy is the impeachment of a mans honour Infamie worth 〈◊〉 good name and in this case it is best to conte●ne the bad censure of the people because enuy neuer speakes well and because it is the companion of vertue Losse of friends is a Losse of friends priuation of the society of Parents wife children or any that are neere and deere vnto vs. And in this case it behooues vs not to grieue excessiuely for the losse of any first because our plaints our greefe our teares are vneffectuall secondly because we may gaine new friends by our honesty and vertue for hee that hath these neuer wants friends Death Death is nothing but a priuation of life whereof I haue spoken sufficiently in the frst fruite of wisdome Fortitude in inward euils THis of outward euils the other about which Fortitude is busied are inward euils arising from the former these are passions feare griefe effeminate pitty cholor enuy reuenge iealousie Against Feare the best remedies are these first Against feare not to looke for the euil nor to looke for it before it come because it is but a casuall