Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n
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The first booke of the Christian exercise appertayning to resolution. VVherein are layed downe the causes & reasons that should moue a man to resolue hym selfe to the seruice of God: and all the impedimentes remoued, which may lett the same.
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Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.
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STC 19353; ESTC S121958
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many_o do_v we_o see_v daily_a as_o the_o prophet_n do_v in_o his_o day_n commend_v in_o their_o 9_o sin_n and_o bless_v in_o their_o wickedness_n how_o many_o palpable_a and_o intolerable_a flattery_n do_v we_o hear_v both_o use_v and_o accept_v daily_a &_o 140._o no_o man_n cryethe_v with_o good_a king_n david_n away_v with_a this_o oil_n and_o ointment_n of_o sinner_n let_v it_o not_o come_v upon_o my_o head_n be_v not_o all_o this_o vanity_n 39_o be_v it_o not_o madness_n as_o the_o scripture_n callethe_v it_o the_o glorious_a angel_n in_o heaven_n seek_v no_o honour_n unto_o themselves_o but_o all_o unto_o god_n and_o thou_o poor_a worm_n of_o the_o earth_n desyre_a to_o be_v glorify_v the_o four_o and_o twenty_o 4._o elder_n in_o the_o apocalips_n take_v of_o their_o crown_n and_o cast_v they_o at_o the_o foot_n of_o the_o lamb_n &_o thou_o will_v pluck_v forty_o from_o the_o lamb_n to_o thyself_o if_o thou_o can_v o_o fond_a creature_n 143_o how_o true_o sayethe_v the_o prophet_n homo_fw-la vanitati_fw-la similis_fw-la factus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o man_n be_v make_v like_o unto_o vanity_n that_o be_v like_v unto_o his_o own_o vanity_n as_o light_v as_o the_o very_a vanity_n themselves_o which_o he_o follow_v and_o yet_o the_o wife_n man_n more_o expresselie_o in_o vanitate_fw-la sva_fw-la appenditur_fw-la 23._o peccator_fw-la the_o finner_n be_v weigh_v in_o his_o vanity_n that_o be_v by_o the_o vanity_n which_o he_o follow_v be_v see_v how_o light_n and_o vain_a a_o sinner_n be_v the_o second_o vanity_n that_o belong_v to_o promotinon_n ambition_n be_v desire_n of_o worldly_a honour_n dignity_n and_o promotion_n and_o this_o be_v a_o great_a matter_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o a_o worldly_a man_n this_o be_v a_o jewel_n of_o rare_a price_n and_o worthy_a to_o be_v buy_v even_o with_o any_o labour_n travail_n or_o peril_n what_o soever_o the_o love_n of_o this_o let_v the_o great_a man_n that_o be_v christian_n in_o jewrie_n from_o confess_v of_o christ_n open_o the_o love_n 11._o of_o this_o let_v pilot_n from_o delyver_a jesus_n according_a as_o in_o conscience_n he_o see_v he_o be_v 19_o bind_v the_o love_n of_o this_o let_v agrippa_n and_o festus_fw-la from_o make_v themselves_o christian_n 26._o albeit_o they_o esteem_v paul_n doctrine_n to_o be_v true_a the_o love_n of_o this_o let_v infinite_a man_n daily_a from_o embrace_v the_o mean_n of_o their_o salvation_n but_o alas_o these_o man_n do_v not_o so_o the_o vanity_n hereof_o s._n paul_n say_v not_o without_o just_a cause_n nolite_fw-la esse_fw-la pveri_fw-la sensibus_fw-la be_v you_o not_o child_n 14_o in_o understanding_n it_o be_v the_o fashion_n of_o child_n to_o esteem_v more_o of_o a_o paint_a babble_n than_o of_o a_o scotfree_a jewel_n and_o such_o be_v the_o paint_a dignity_n of_o this_o world_n get_v with_o much_o labour_n maintain_v with_o great_a expense_n and_o lose_v with_o intolerable_a grief_n and_o sorrow_n for_o better_a conceave_a whereof_o ponder_v a_o little_a with_o thyself_o gentle_a reader_n any_o state_n of_o dignity_n that_o thou_o will_v desire_v and_o think_v how_o many_o have_v have_v that_o before_o thou_o remember_v how_o they_o mount_v up_o and_o how_o they_o descend_v down_o again_o and_o imagine_v with_o thyself_o which_o be_v great_a either_o the_o loye_n in_o get_v or_o the_o sorrow_n in_o lose_v it_o where_o be_v now_o all_o these_o emperor_n these_o king_n these_o prince_n and_o prelate_n which_o reioyse_v so_o much_o once_o at_o their_o own_o advanceman_n where_o be_v they_o now_o i_o say_v who_o talk_v or_o thynkethe_v of_o they_o be_v they_o not_o forget_v and_o cast_v into_o their_o grave_n long_o ago_o and_o do_v not_o man_n boldelye_o walk_v ever_o their_o head_n now_o who_o face_n may_v not_o be_v look_v on_o without_o fear_n i_o this_o world_n what_o then_o have_v their_o dignity_n do_v they_o good_a it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a thing_n to_o consider_v the_o vanity_n of_o this_o wordly_a honour_n it_o be_v like_o a_o honour_n man_n own_o shadow_n which_o the_o more_o a_o man_n run_v after_o the_o more_o it_o fly_v and_o when_o he_o flyethe_v from_o it_o it_o follow_v he_o again_o and_o the_o only_a way_n to_o cache_v it_o be_v to_o fall_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n upon_o it_o so_o we_o see_v that_o those_o man_n which_o desire_a honour_n in_o this_o world_n be_v now_o forget_v and_o those_o which_o most_o flee_v from_o it_o &_o cast_v themselves_o low_a of_o all_o man_n by_o humility_n be_v now_o most_o of_o all_o honour_a honour_v i_o say_v most_o even_o by_o the_o world_n itself_o who_o enemy_n they_o be_v while_n they_o live_v for_o who_o be_v honour_v more_o now_o who_n be_v more_o commend_v and_o remember_v than_o s._n paul_n and_o his_o like_a which_o so_o much_o despise_v worldly_a honour_n in_o this_o life_n according_a to_o the_o saye_v of_o the_o prophet_n thy_o friend_n o_o lord_n be_v to_o too_o much_o honour_v 138._o most_o vain_a than_o be_v the_o pursuyte_n of_o this_o worldly_a honour_n and_o promotion_n sing_v it_o nether_a content_v the_o mind_n nor_o continuethe_v with_v the_o possessor_n nor_o be_v void_a of_o great_a danger_n both_o in_o this_o life_n and_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v according_a to_o the_o saye_v of_o scripture_n most_o severe_a judgement_n shall_v be_v use_v upon_o those_o that_o be_v over_o other_o the_o mean_a man_n shall_v obtain_v 6._o mercy_n but_o the_o great_a and_o strong_a shall_v suffer_v torment_n strong_o the_o three_o vanity_n that_o belong_v to_o ambition_n of_o or_o pride_n of_o life_n be_v nobility_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n a_o great_a pearl_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o nobility_n world_n but_o in_o deed_n in_o itself_o &_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n a_o mere_a trifle_n and_o vanity_n which_o holy_a job_n well_o understand_v when_o he_o write_v 17._o these_o word_n i_o say_v unto_o rottenness_n thou_o be_v my_o father_n and_o unto_o worm_n you_o be_v my_o mother_n and_o sister_n he_o that_o will_v behold_v the_o gentry_n of_o his_o ancestor_n let_v he_o look_v into_o their_o grave_n and_o see_v whether_o job_n say_v the_o true_o or_o no._n true_a nobility_n be_v never_o begin_v but_o by_o virtue_n and_o therefore_o as_o it_o be_v a_o testimony_n of_o virtue_n to_o the_o predecessor_n so_o be_v it_o a_o other_o of_o virtue_n unto_o the_o successor_n and_o he_o which_o holdethe_v the_o name_n thereof_o by_o descent_n without_o virtue_n be_v a_o mere_a monster_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o ancestor_n for_o that_o he_o break_v the_o limit_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o nobility_n of_o which_o sort_n of_o man_n god_n say_v by_o 9_o one_o prophet_n they_o be_v make_v abominable_a even_o as_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o love_v their_o glory_n be_v from_o their_o nativity_n from_o the_o belly_n and_o from_o their_o conception_n it_o be_v a_o miserable_a vanity_n to_o go_v beg_v credit_n of_o dead_a man_n where_o as_o we_o deserve_v none_o ourselves_o to_o seek_v up_o old_a title_n of_o honour_n from_o our_o ancestor_n we_o be_v utterlye_o uncapable_a thereof_o by_o our_o own_o base_a manner_n and_o behavyour_fw-mi christ_n clear_o confound_v this_o vanity_n when_o be_v descend_v himself_o of_o the_o great_a nobility_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o this_o world_n and_o beside_o that_o be_v also_o the_o son_n of_o god_n yet_o call_v he_o himself_o ordinary_o the_o 8._o son_n of_o man_n that_o be_v the_o son_n of_o the_o virgin_n 26._o marie_n for_o otherwise_o he_o be_v no_o son_n of_o man_n and_o further_o than_o this_o also_o call_v he_o 10._o self_n a_o shepeheard_n which_o in_o the_o world_n be_v a_o name_n of_o contempt_n he_o soght_v not_o up_o this_o and_o that_o old_a title_n of_o honour_n to_o furnish_v his_o style_n withal_o as_o our_o man_n do_v nether_a when_o he_o have_v to_o make_v a_o king_n first_o in_o israel_n do_v he_o seek_v out_o the_o ancient_a blood_n but_o take_v 9_o saul_n of_o the_o base_a tribe_n of_o jew_n and_o after_o he_o david_n the_o poor_a shepherd_n of_o all_o his_o 16_o brother_n and_o when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o world_n he_o soght_v not_o out_o the_o noble_a man_n to_o make_v 4._o prince_n of_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v to_o make_v apostle_n 44._o but_o take_v of_o the_o poor_a and_o simple_a 1._o thereby_o to_o confound_v as_o one_o of_o they_o say_v the_o foolish_a vanity_n of_o this_o world_n in_o make_v so_o great_a account_n of_o the_o preeminence_n of_o a_o little_a flesh_n and_o blood_n in_o this_o life_n the_o fourthe_a vanity_n that_o belong_v to_o wisdom_n ambition_n or_o pride_n of_o life_n be_v worldly_a wisdom_n whereof_o the_o apostle_n say_v the_o wisdom_n of_o this_o world_n be_v folye_a vuith_n god_n if_o it_o be_v folly_n then_o great_a vanity_n