Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	brotherly_a	love_n	temperance_n	1,285	5	11.2878	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14923	The soules progresse to the celestiall Canaan, or heavenly Jerusalem By way of godly meditation, and holy contemplation: accompanied with divers learned exhortations, and pithy perswasions, tending to Christianity and humanity. Divided into two parts. The first part treateth of the divine essence, quality and nature of God, and his holy attributs: and of the creation, fall, state, death, and misery of an unregenerated man, both in this life and in the world to come: put for the whole scope of the Old Testament. The second part is put for the summe and compendium of the Gospell, and treateth of the Incarnation, Nativity, words, works, and sufferings of Christ, and of the happinesse and blessednesse of a godly man in his state of renovation, being reconciled to God in Christ. Collected out of the Scriptures, and out of the writings of the ancient fathers of the primitive Church, and other orthodoxall divines: by John Welles, of Beccles in the County of Suffolk.	Welles, John, of Beccles.	1639 (1639)	STC 25231; ESTC S119607	276,075	406

doe shrinke away at time of temptation is no true faith nor their love true which doth love to day and hate to morrow or hate upon every sleight occasion neither is it true patience to be patient for a season Note and after a while to change their patience into impatiency for the truth of vertues cannot stand without constancy Patient abiding is constancy to suffer and susstaine all adversity This patient abiding is the vertue and constancy to suffer and sustaine all adversity with patience it is impossible that any man can be voyd and free from the disposition of anger but by impatience wee be overthrowne though wee be but sleightly assaulted and thereby are driven from the purpose of godlinesse righteousnesse and truth but the parts of true repentance be the calmenesse which is not stirred to anger the assured looking for Gods ayd and helpe is the constant abiding in that which is right just true and good and the vertue to suffer and sustaine all troubles and adversities by these parts patience is made perfect and in the faithfull man there cannot one of them be wanting without the hinderance of the whole true patience is commanded unto us in holy Scripture Rom. 5.3.4 as to the Romans Rejoyce in tribulations knowing that affliction worketh patience and patience triall and proofe hope whatsoever things be fore written they be written for our learning that we may have hope through patience and comfort of Scriptures Gal. 5.22 and to the Galatians the fruit of the spirit is love joy peace patience gentlenesse goodnesse faith against such there is no Law and to the Thessalonians 2 Thes 1.4 5. In so much that wee our selves doe glory of you in the Churches of God for your patience and faith in all your afflictions tribulations and persecutions which ye suffer that yee may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God for which yee also suffer Luke 8.15 and our Saviour Christ himselfe commending patience unto us saith that the seed which fell upon the good ground be they which with a pure and good heart doe keepe it and bring forth fruit through patience againe Luke 21.19 through patience saith hee you shall possesse your soules Againe by the Scriptures we are advised counselled and admonished to patience as to the Corinthians 2 Cor. 6.4 5 6. Let us be have our selves saith S. Paul in all things as the Ministers of God in much patience in troubles in necessities in straits and dangers and so forth and to the Ephesians Ephes 4.1 2. I which am in bonds for the Lord beseech you walke worthily in the vocation whereunto yee be called with all weekenesse and humblenesse with patience forbearing one another in love therefore put you on saith hee Col. 3.12 13. as the holy welbeloved and chosen of God the bowels of mercy gentlenesse humblenesse sobernesse and patience forbearing and forgiving one another even as Christ forgave you Againe 1 Tim. 6.11 follow after righteousnesse godlinesse faith love meekenesse patience exhort rebuke them saith he with all patience 2 Tim. 4.2 Tit. 2.2 and to Titus Advise the elder men to be watching grave sober sound in faith in charity in patience and to the Hebrewes Take heed that yee faint not Heb. 6.12.15 but be yee followers of them which through faith and patience inherit the promises and through patient abiding hee obtained the promise 2 Pet. 5.6 7. and Peter saith hereunto apply all your endeavours and declare your faith in your vertue and in your vertue knowledge and in your knowledge temperance and in your temperance patience and in patience godly life in your godly life brotherly love and in your brotherly love charity to all men thus wee may see how wee are commanded and admonished in the new Testament to patience as also there be many places in the old testament wherein the great vertue of patience is highly commended unto us especially in the Psalmes of David and the Proverbs of Salomon all which be to this purpose set forth that wee should be moved and stirred up to the study of true patience by the commandement and authority of Gods Word that wee being exercised and tryed thereby wee may constantly without feare or fainting persevere and continue in the course of holy exercise and godly life Psal 91.14 c. and after long continuance have the reward of eternall life Now will I call to remembrance some of those holy Fathers in which the godly person may as it were in a glasse behold and consider the patience of the holy Saints and appoint himselfe ever to endeavour and follow the same And first and before all and farre surpassing all others the example of patience God is in God himselfe who in his infinite mercy and goodnesse Whereas wee have deserved his indignation malligrace and curse towards us doth bring forth his Sunne upon both the good and the evill that hee suffereth and directeth the times and seasons the services of the elements the increase of all things that are bred to serve the turnes and use of the wicked and the unworthy as well as the worthy and godly and in his long suffering bearing with the wicked and unworthy whereas of his just judgement Christ he might destroy them all at once but the mirrour of example of Gods patience is shewed unto us in Christ our Saviour whose whole life doth represent unto us a wonderfull degree of patience in all points and thereunto wee ought all of us to frame our selves as many as doe glory of his name and doe shew to be Christians and professors of his faith and Religion 1 Pet. 2 20 21 22 23. For Saint Peter saith If you doe abide and continue patiently in well-doing there is grace and favour with God for thereunto you be called for Christ also suffered for us leaving in an example to follow his steppes which committed no sinne neither was there any guile found in his mouth who spake no evill when he was evill spoken of when he suffered he threatned not but yeelded the revenge to him which judgeth righteously Wee should follow the example of Christs patience not onely in his sufferings but in his upright living also and in patiently abiding the afflictions laid upon us for our uprightnesse and other waies And thus wee be moved and provoked unto true patience both by the examples of our heavenly Father and of Christ our Saviour his onely begotten by the following of whom wee shall declare our selves to bee the children of God Let us therefore follow the bright shining vertue of God according to the proportion of his heavenly grace such a one was Noah who living in the middest of the malice of the most wicked and corrupt world Noe. Gen. 6.5 8 c. being armed with the vertue of patience continued in the trade of godly life and innocency untill the end and proceeded