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A15800
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Selected sentences out of sacred antiquitie, conducing to the establishment of faith and good manners. Gathered by W. Wynne
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Wynne, William, fl. 1616-1624.
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learne that which is fit no time is to late and though it become feare Age rather to teach then to learne yet it is better to Learne then to beelgnorant August 56. I wish and thinke nothing more fit for mee then to learne to the last houre of my old age for no Age was euer long enough to learne Greg. 57. By all meanes auoyd chiding or contention in wordes for with your equall it is dangerous with your better it is madnesse and with your inferiour especially with a Foole it is base and to fall out with him that is Drunke is to fall out with him that is absent 58. Virtue vndiscreetly possest is often lost discreetly forborne it is better retayned Greg. 59. Whatsoeuer you doe well with discretion is Virtue whatsoeuer without discretion is Vice for vndiscreet virtue is of no better account then Vice Ibid. 60. If worldly wealth bee wanting yet seeke it not by any ill meanes in the world but if you liue in aboundance heere then lay vp by good workes for your selfe else-where in Heauen 61. A manly Christian minde should nener shew higher for Wealth nor lower for Want 62. Gold is liue matter of vnquietest danger to them that haue it a bad Lord and a false Seruant 63. The rich man begging in Hell was not heard because hee heard not the poore man begging on Earth 64. Earthly riches compared to Heauenly guifts are rather trouble some then comfortable Temporall life in respect of Eternall sin rather Death then Life 65. When Diues was a dying he had taken all his wealth with him had hee but giuen to him that asked when he was liuing for all earthly thinges which may bee lost by keeping are preserued by giuing Greg. 66. Gold and Siluer in respect of the soule are thinges indifferent neither good nor bad yet the vse of them may be good the abuse is naught the Care worse the vnlawfull gaine of them worst of all 67. If Art and vse bee seperated Vse is better without Art then Art without vse for Art in vnprofitable without vse and Vse vnaduised without Art Greg. 68. If Doctors Preach the Faith and deale themselues vnfaithfUlly they giue peace to others but none to themselues they praise the truth and practice falshood Let vs receiue their Doctrine not their ill manners The Bees gather not vpon Weedes but vpon sweet Flowers so let vs gather the flowers of their Doctrine and leaue the weedes of their Conuersation 69. Drankennesse is the mother of all mischiefe the matter of offence the roote of vice it is the Heads perturbation the Senses subuersion the Tongues tempost the Bodies storme shipwracke of Chastitie and losse of Time it is a voluntary madnesse a disgracefull diseafe a filthy fashion a shamelesse life the infamy of Honour and Honestie the Soules corruption 70. Drunkennesse is a flattering Deuill a sweet Poyson a pleasing Sinne hee that hath it hath not himselfe he that is Drunke is not onely a sinner but all sinne himselfe 71. A Drunkard whilst he soakes in Wine the Wine soakes him hee is of God abhorred of Angels despised of Wertue forsaken of Men derided of Deuils confounded and scorned of all 72. A Drunkard destroyeth Nature leeseth Grace escapeth Glory and incurreth eternall Darnnation August 73. Noah in one houres Drunkennesse discouered his secret parts which hee had couered sixe hundred yeares together Hierom. 74. The Church hath this propertie to flourish when it is persecuted to grow being oppressed to profit being despised being beaten it ouercommeth being blamed it vnderstandeth and stands fast when it seemes to fall Hillar 75. If you can giue giue if you cannot yet make your selfe affable and willing for God Crowneth inward willingnesse where he findes not out ward ablenesse Let no man answer I haue not for you Charitie comes not alwayes out of a bagge Aug. 76. If you would bee a good Marchant and an excellent Vsuter indeed giue what you cannot keepe that you may receiue what you can be leese giue a little to hand much part with something to gaine an hundred fold giue a Temporall commoditise to receiue an Eternall patrimonie August 77. Who layeth vp his treasure in Earth hath nothing to looke for in Heauen 78. The hand of the Poore is the treasury of CHRIST what the Poore receiueth CHRIST accepteth Therefore giue your Land to the Poore that you may get a Kingdome to your selfe giue a Crumme to haue a Crowne I say giue that you may recoine for whatsoeuer you giue to the poore you shall bee sune to haue againe and that which you will not giue another shall beceine Pet. Rouen 79. It is great impietie to deshone the goods of the Poore upon the Rich and to curry fauour with the mightie at the poores cost It is to drayne water from the dry ground and to bestow it where is no need Isid 80. I aske you if you beleeue and you answer Crede I doe beleeue doe as you say and it is beliefe 81. Labour not to vnderstand that you may beleeue but beleeue that you may vnderstand for vnderstanding is the fruit and reward of Faith 82. Lay arguments aside where Faith is required Logicke is now at rest and silent in the Schooles where Fishermen are beleeued not Logicians Ambrose 83. Great is that Glory which increaseth by no praise and diminisheth by no dispraise Cass 84. The vaine glory of this world is sweet and deceiptfull a fruitlesse paine a perpecuall feare a perilous Throne it begins with improuidence and ends with impenitence 85. The glory is not so great of sitting high as the griefe is extreame in falling lowe nor so much the triumph which attends vpon Victory as the shame and reproach that followeth Destruction 86. If you loue Wealth lay it vp where it cannot perish if Honour esteeme it where none are vnworthily honoured if health speake to enioy it where nothing is feared if Life then loue it where it cannot end with Death 87. If GOD haue giuen you Grace because hee would giue it freely then Loue you God freely not for reward but for himselfe 88. Why Gods grace is bestowed vpon one and not vpon another the Cause may bee vnknowne but it cannot bee vniust Aug. 89. All that is done is lost if Humilitie bed wanting Greg. 90. Humilitie is a Virtue by which in knowing wee learne age esteeme our selues Bern. 91. Fasting is knowne to bee the Tower of God the Castle of Christ the wall of the Holy Ghost the shield of Faith the tryumph of Sanctitie 92. Of that manner of Fasting God well alloweth by which you take out of your owne mouth to put into anothers or by which you afflict your owne Carkasse to relieue your poore Neighbours 93. Though Fasting expell the sicknesse of Vice and Sinne cuts off Passions and driues away the causes of offence yet without the oyntment of pittie without the streame of 〈◊〉 and the cost of Almes it brings no perfect health to the