Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	beseech_v	leprosy_n	33	3	11.1324	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38567	Moriæ encomium, or, The praise of folly written originally in Latine by Des. Erasmus of Rotterdam ; and translated into English by John Wilson.; Moriae encomium. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Wilson, John, 1626-1696.	1668 (1668)	Wing E3208; ESTC R15059	80,052	172

Antony so Nero Seneca and Dionysius Plato and on the contrary are delighted in those blunter and unlabour'd wits In like manner Christ ever abhors and condemns 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 istos those wise men and such as put confidence in their own wisdome And this Paul makes clearly out when he said Quae stulta sunt mundi c. God hath chosen the foolish things of this world and when he saith It pleased God by foolishness to save the world as well knowing it had been impossible to have reform'd it by wisdome Which also he sufficiently declares himself crying out by the mouth of his Prophet I will destroy the wisedom of the wise and cast away the understanding of the prudent And agen when Christ gives Him thanks that he had conceal'd the Mystery of Salvation from the wise but revealed it to babes and sucklings that is to say Fools for the Greek word for Babes is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Fools which he opposeth to the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Wise men To this appertains that throughout the Gospel you find him ever accusing the Scribes and Pharisees and Doctors of the Law but diligently defending the ignorant multitude for what other is that Woe to ye Scribes and Pharises than woe to ye ye wise men but seems chiefly delighted in little Children Women and Fishers Besides among brute Beasts he is best pleas'd with those that have least in 'em of the Foxes subtilty And therefore he chose rather to ride upon an Asse when if he had pleas'd he might have bestrid the Lion without danger And the Holy Ghost came down in the shape of a Dove not of an Eagle or Kite Add to this that in Scripture there is frequent mention of Harts Hinds and Lambs and such as are destin'd to eternal life are called sheep than which creature there is not any thing more foolish if we may believe that Proverb of Aristole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sheepish manners which he tells us is taken from the foolishness of that creature and is us'd to be apply'd to dull-headed people and lack-wits And yet Christ professes to be the Shepheard of this Flock and is himself delighted with the name of a Lamb according to Saint John Behold the Lamb of God! Of which also there is much mention in the Revelation And what does all this drive at but that all mankind are fools nay even the very best And Christ himself that he might the better relieve this Folly being the wisdome of the Father yet in some manner became a fool when taking upon him the nature of man he was found in shape as a man as in like manner he was made Sin that he might heal sinners Nor did he work this Cure any other way than by the foolishness of the Cross and a company of fat Apostles not much better to whom also he carefully recommended folly but gave 'em a caution against wisdome and drew 'em together by the Example of little Children Lillies Mustard-seed and Sparrows things senseless and inconsiderable living only by the dictates of Nature and without either craft or care Besides when he forbad 'em to be troubled about what they should say before Governors and straightly charg'd 'em not to enquire after times and seasons to wit that they might not trust to their own wisedom but wholly depend on him And to the same purpose is it that that great Architect of the World God gave man an Injunction against his eating of the Tree of Knowledge as if knowledge were the bane of happinesse according to which also St. Paul dis-allows it as pussing up and destructive whence also St. Bernard seems in my opinion to follow when he interprets that mountain whereon Lucifer had fixt his habitation to be the mountain of knowledge Nor perhaps ought I to omit this other argument that folly is so gracious above that her errors are only pardoned those of wise men never Whence it is that they that ask forgiveness though they offend never so wittingly cloak it yet with the excuse of folly So Aaron in Numbers if I mistake not the book when he sues unto Moses concerning his Sisters leprosie Obsecro Domine mi c. I beseech thee my Lord not to lay this sin upon us which we have foolishly committed So Saul makes his excuse to David For behold saith he I did it foolishly And again David himself thus sweetens God And therefore I beseech thee O Lord to take away the trespass of thy Servant for I have done foolishly as if he knew there was no pardon to be obtain'd unlesse he had colour'd his offence with folly and ignorance And stronger is that of Christ upon the Cross when he pray'd for his enemies Father forgive them nor does he cover their crime with any other excuse than that of unwittingnesse because saith he they know not what they do In like manner Paul writing to Timothy But therefore I obtain'd mercy for that I did it ignorantly through unbeluf And what is the meaning of I did it ignorantly but that I did it out of folly not malice And what of Therefore I receiv'd mercy but that I had not obtain'd it had I not been made more allowable through the covert of folly For us also makes that mystical Psalmist though I remembred it not in its right place Remember not the sins of my youth nor my ignorances You see what two things he pretends to wit Youth whose companion I ever am and Ignorances and that in the plural number a number of multitude whereby we are to understand that there was no small company of 'em But not to run too far in that which is infinite to speak briefly All Christian Religion seems to have a kind of allyance with folly and in no respect to have any accord with wisedom of which if ye expect proofs consider first that boyes old men women and fools are more delighted with religious and sacred things than others and to that purpose are ever next the Altars and this they do by meer impulse of Nature And in the next place you see that those first founders of it were plain simple persons and most bitter enemies of Learning Lastly there are no sort of fools seem more out of the way than are these whom the zeal of Christian Religion has once swallow'd up so that they waste their estates neglect injuries suffer themselves to be cheated put no difference between friends and enemies abhor pleasure are cram'd with poverty watchings tears labours reproaches loathe life and wish death above all things in short they seem senseless to common understanding as if their minds liv'd elsewhere and not in their own bodies which what else is it than to be mad for which reason you must not think it so strange if the Apostles seem'd to be drunk with new wine and if Paul appear'd to Festus to be mad But now having once gotten on 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉