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glory_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	8,378	5	9.6671	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56983	Enchiridion miscellaneum spare houres improv'd in meditations divine, contemplative, practical, moral, ethical, oeconomical, political : from the pietie and learning of Fr. Quarles & Ar. Warwick, Gents. : by it they being dead, yet speak (Heb. XI. 4).	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Warwick, Arthur, 1604?-1633. Spare minutes, or, Resolved meditations and premeditated resolutions.	1677 (1677)	Wing Q94; ESTC R6261	74,920	244

let me rather be least there without honour here then the greatest here without glory there I had rather be a dorekeeper in that house then a ruler in these tents CHAP. XXXIV When I see the heavenly Sunn buried under earth in the evening of the day in the morning to find a resurrection to his glory Why think I may not the Sonnes of heaven buried in th' earth in the evning of their daies expect the morning of their glorious Resurrection Each night is but the pastdayes funerall and the morning his resurrection Why then should our funerall sleep bee other then our sleep at night Why should we not as well awake to our Resurrection as in the morning I see night is rather an intermission of day then a deprivation and death rather borrows our life of us then robbs us of it Since then the glory of the Sunn findes a Resurrection why should not the sonnes of glory Since a dead man may live againe I will not so much look for an end of my life as wait for the comming of my change CHAP. XXXV I See that candle yeelds me small benefit at day which at night much steeds me and I know the cause is not because the candles light was les at day but becaus the daies light is les in the evening As my friends love to me so mine to my friend may be at all times alike but we best se it when we most need it and that not because our love is then greater but our want Though then i welcome a courtesie according to my want yet i will value a courtesie according to its worth That my fortunes need not my friends courtesie is my happiness should my happiness sleight my friends courtesie 't were my folly CHAP. XXXVI I See that candle makes small shew in the day which at night yeelds a glorious lustre not becaus the candle has then more light but becaus the ayre hath then more darkness How prejudiciall then is that ambition which makes me seem less then Jam by presuming to make me greater then I should be They whose glory shines as the sparks amongst stubble loos their light if compared to the Sonne of glory I will not seat my self higher then my place least J should be disgraced to an humility but if J place my self lower then my seat J may be advanced to the honour of Friend sit up higher I had rather be exalted by my humility then be brought low by my exaltation CHAP. XXXVII I See that candle which is as a Sunn in the darknes is but as a darknes in the Sunn the candle not more lightning the nights darknes then the Sunn darkening the candles light I will take heed then of contention especially with great ones As J may be to strong for the weaker so J must be to weak for the stronger I cannot so easily vanquish mine inferiors but my superiors may as easily conquer me I will doe much to be at peace with all men but suffer much ere J contend with a mighty man CHAP. XXXVIII I See when J follow my shadow it flies me when I flie my shadow it follows me I know pleasures are but shadows which hold no longer then the sun shine of my fortunes Least then my pleasures should forsake me J will sorsake them Pleasure most flies me when J most follow it CHAP. XXXIX It is not good to speak evill of all whom we know bad it is worse to judge evill of any who may proove good To speak ill upon knowledg shewes a want of charity to speak ill upon suspition shewes a want of honesty I will not speak so bad as J know of many I will not speak worse then J know of any To know evill by others and not speak it is sometimes discretion to speak evill by others and not know it is alway dishonesty Hee may be evill himselfe who speaks good of others upon knowledg but he can never be good himself who speaks evill of others upon suspition CHAP. XL. A Bad great one is a great bad one For the greatnes of an evill man makes the mans evill the greater It is the unhappy priviledg of authority not so much to act as teach wickednes and by a liberall cruelty to make the offenders sin not more his owne then others Each fault in a leader is not so much a crime as a rule for error And their vices are made if not warrans yet presidens for evill To sin by prescription is as usuall as damnable and men run post in their journey when they goe to the divell with authority When then the vices of the rulers of others are made the rules for vices to others the offences of all great ones must needs be the greatest of all offences Either then let me be great in goodnes or else it were good for me to be without greatnes My owne sinns are burthen too heavie for mee why then should I lade my self with others offences CHAP. XLI TO speak all that is true is the property of fools to speak more the● is true is the folly of too many He that spends all that is his own is an unthrifty prodigall He that spends more then his own is a dis-honest unthrift I may sometimes know what I will not litter I must never utter what I doe not know I should be loath to have my tongue so large as my heart I would scorn to have my heart les then my tongue For if to speak all that I know shews too much folly to speak more then I know shews to little honesty CHAP. XLII It is the ambitious folly of too manny to imitate rather greatnes then goodnes They will sooner follow the example of their Lord then the precepts of their God I will alway honour greatnes I will onely imitate goodnes rather doe good without a pattern then commit evill in imitation 'T is better to be sived without a president then to be damned by example CHAP. XLIII THere is no security in evill society where the good are often made worse the bad seldom better For it is the peevish industry of wickednes to find or make a fellow 'T is like they will be birds of a feather that use to flock together For such commonly doth their conversation make us as they are with whom we use to convers I cannot be certain not to meet with evill company but I will be carefull not to keep with evill company I would willingly sort my self with such as should either teach or learn goodnes and if my companion cannot make mee better nor I him good I will rather leave him ill then hee shall make me worse CHAP. XLIV TO teach goodnes is the greatest praise to learn goodnes the greatest profit Though hee be wisest that can teach yet he that doth learn is wiser I will not therefore be unwilling to teach nor ashamed to learn I cannot be so ignorant but I may teach somewhat nor so wise

a distracted Judgment The Muses starve in a Cooks shop and a Lawyers Study CHAP. LXXX WHen thou communicatest thy self by Letters heighten or depress thy stile according to the quality of the party and business That which thy tongue would present to any if present let thy Pen represent to him Absent The tongue is the minds Interpreter and the Pen is the Tongues Secretary CHAP. LXXXI KEep thy soul in exercise lest her faculties rust for want of motion To eat sleep or sport too long stops the natural course of her natural actions To dwel too long in the employments of the body is both the cause and sign of a dull Spirit CHAP. LXXXII BE very circumspect to whose Tuition thou committ'st thy child Every good Schollar is not a good Master He must be a man of invincible patience and singular observation he must study children that will teach them well and reason must rule him that would rule wisely he must not take advantage of an ignorant father nor give too much ear to an indulgent Grandmother the common good must outweigh his private gains and his credit must out-bid Gratuities he must be deligent and sober not too familiar nor too reserv'd neither amorous nor phantastick Just without fierceness mercifull without fondness if such a one thou meet with thou hast found a Treasure which if thou know'st how to value is invaluable CHAP. LXXXIII LEt not thy laughter handsell thy owne jest least whilst thou laugh at it others laugh at thee neither tell it often to the same hearers least thou be thought forgetfull or barren There is no sweetness in a Cabage twice sod or a tale twice told CHAP. LXXXIV IF opinion hath lighted the Lamp of thy Name endeavour to encourage it with thy own Oyl lest it go out and stink The Chronical disease of Popularity is shame If thou be once up beware From Fame to Infamy is a beaten Road. CHAP. LXXXV CLeans thy morning soul with private and due Devotions till then admit no buisness The first-born of thy thoughts are God's and not thine but by Sacriledg think thy self not ready till thou hast prais'd him and he will be always ready to bless thee CHAP. LXXXVI IN all thy actions think God sees thee and in all his actions labour to see him that will make thee fear him this will move thee to love him The fear of God is the beginnining of Knowledg● and the Knowledg of God is the perfection of Love CHAP. LXXXVII LEt not the expectation of a reversion entice thy heart to the wish of the possessours death lest a judgement meet thee in thy expectation or a Curse overtake thee in thy fruition Every wish makes thee a murtherer and moves God to be an Accessory God often lengthens the life of the possessour with the days of the Expectour CHAP. LXXXVIII PRize not thy self by what thou hast but by what thou art hee that values a Jewell by its golden frame or a Book by its silver clasps or a man by his vast estate errs if thou art not worth more then the world can make thee thy Redeemer had a bad penny worth or thou an un-curious Redeemer CHAP. LXXXIX LEt not thy Father's nor The Fathers nor the Church thy Mother's beleef be the ground of thine The Scripture lies open to the humble heart but lockt against the proud Inquisitour he that beleeves with an implicit Faith is a meer Emperick in Religion CHAP. XC OF all sins take greatest heed of that which thou hast last and most repented of He that was last thrust out of doors is the next readiest to croud in again and he that thou hast forest baffled is likeliest to call more help for a revenge it is requisite for him that hath cast one devill out to keep strong hold least seven returne CHAP. XCI IN the meditation of divine Mysteries keep thy heart humble and thy thoughts holy let Philosophy not be asham'd to be confuted nor Logick blush to be confounded what thou canst not prove approve what thou canst not comprehend beleev and what thou canst beleev admire so shall thy ignorance be satisfied in thy Faith and thy doubts swallowed up with wonders the best way to see day-light is to put out thy candle CHAP. XCII IF opinion hath cried thy name up let thy modesty cry thy heart down lest thou deceive it or it thee there is no less danger in a great name than a bad and no less honor in deserving of praise then in the enduring it CHAP. XCIII USe the holy Scriptures with all reverence let not thy wanton fancy carve it out in jests nor thy sinfull wit make it an advocate to thy sin it is a subject for thy faith not fancy where Wit and Blasphemy is one Trade the understanding's Banckrupt CHAP. XCIV DOst thou complain that God hath forsaken thee it is thou that hast forsaken him 't is thou that art mutable in him there is no shadow of change in his light is life if thy Will drive thee into a Dungeon thou mak'st thy own darkness and in that darkness dwels thy death from whence if he redeem thee he is mercifull if not he is just in both he receiv's glory CHAP. XCV MAke use of Time if thou lov'st Eternity know yesterday cannot be recall'd to morrow cannot be assured to day is only thine which if thou procrastinate thou losest which lost is lost for ever One to-day is worth two to morrows CHAP. XCVI If thou be strong enough to encounter with the times keep thy Station if not shift a foot to gain advantage of the Times He that acts a Begger to prevent a Thief is never the poorer it is a great part of wisdom somtimes to seem a fool CHAP. XCVII IF thou intend thy writings for the public view lard them not too much with the choice lines of another Authour lest thou lose they own Gravy what thou hast read and digested being delivered in thy own Stile becoms thine it is more decent to wear a plain suit of one entire cloth then a gaudy garment checquer'd with divers richer fragments CHAP. XCVIII IF God hath blest thee with inheritance and children to inherit trust not the staff of thy family to the hands of one Make not many Beggers in the building up of one great heir lest if he miscarry thro a prodigal Will the rest sink thro a hard necessity Gods allowance is a double portion when heigh bloud and generous breeding break their fast in plenty and dine in poverty they often sup in Infamy if thou deny'st them Faulcons wings to prey on Fowl thou givest them Kites stomachs to seiz on Garbage CHAP. XCIX BE very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding least the frosts of May nipp his Blossoms While he is a tender Twig streighten him whilst he is a new Vessell season him such as thou makest him such commonly thou shalt find him Let his first lesson be Obedience and the