Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earl_n	elder_a	john_n	13,467	5	6.3502	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06460	Tho. Lupsets workes; Works	Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.; Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494. Twelve rules. English.	1546 (1546)	STC 16932; ESTC S109651	115,080	426

of soule and body dyd subdue the puissaunce of carnal appetites There be they whiche beyng mercifull in giuing sustinance to the nedy persons did therby fulfyll the workes of Iustice There also be they whiche obseruyng diligently the commandetes of god dyd transpose worldely possessions vnto the heauenlye treasure To those lette vs hye vs a peace good frendes that we maie shortely be with them let vs desire feruently to come vnto Christ. That thought let god almightee see in vs That entent of our mind and faithe lette our lorde Christe perceiue beholde sens vnto the them whiche towarde him haue moste affection his goodnes will giue his rewardes most abundaunt and plentuous Amen ¶ The rules of a Christian life made by Iohn̄ Picus the elder Erle of Mirandula FIrst if to man or woman the waye of vertu doth seme hard or painefull bycause we muste nedes fight againste the fleshe diuell and the worlde let him or hir cal to remembraunce that what so euer life thei will chose accordyng to the world many aduersitees incommodities muche heauines and labour are to be suffred ¶ More ouer let theim haue in remembraunce that in wealthe and worldely possessions is muche and longe contencion labourious also and therwith vnfruitfull wherin trauaile is the conclusion or ende that he whiche was god and of all men the mooste iuste or rightwise whan he behelde him selfe mocked spitte on scourged and punished with all dispites and rebukes and set on the crosse amonge errant theues as if he hym selfe were a false harlot he not withstandyng shewed neuer token of indignacion or that he were greued but suffering all thynges with wonderfull pacience aunswered all men most gentilly In this wise if thou peruse al thinges one after an other thou maieste finde that there is no passion or trouble that shall not make the in some parte conformable or like vnto Christe ¶ Also put not thy truste in mans helpe but in the onelye vertue of Christe Iesu whiche saied Trust well for I haue vainquished the worlde And in an other place he saithe The prince of this world is caste out therof Wherfore lette vs trust by his onely vertue to vainquishe the worlde and to subdue the diuell And therfore ought we to aske his helpe by the praiers of vs and of his sainctes ¶ Remembre also that as sone as thou hast vainquished one temptacion alwaie an other is to be loked for The diuel goeth alwaie about and seketh for hym whom he wold deuoure Wherfore we oughte to serue diligently and be euer in fere and to saie with the prophete I will stande alwaie at my defence ¶ Take heed more ouer that not onely thou bee not vainquished of the diuel that tempteth the but also that thou vainquishe and ouercome hym And that is not onely whan thou doest no synne but also whan of that thing wherin he tempted the thou takest occasion for to dooe good As if he offreth to the some good acte to be done to the intent that therby thou maiest fall into vainglorie furth with thou thinking it not to be thy deed or worke but the benefite or rewarde of god humble thou thy selfe and iudge the to bee vnkynde vnto god in respecte of his manyfolde benefites ¶ As often as thou dooest fighte fight as in hope to vainquishe and to haue at the last perpetual peace For that paraduenture god of his abundaunt grace shall gyue vnto the and the diuell beyng confused of thy vyctorie shall retourne noo more againe But yet whan thou haste vainquished beare thy selfe so as if thou shuldest fight againe shortely Thus alwaie in bataile thou muste thinke on victorie and after victorie thou muste prepare the to bataile immediatly ¶ All thoughe thou felest thy selfe well armed and readie yet flee not withstanding all occasions to sin For as the wise man saithe Who loueth perille shall therin perishe ¶ In all temptacions resist the begynning and beate the Childrene of Babylon againe the stone whiche stone is Christe and the children be euill thoughtes and imaginacions For in longe continuyng of sinne seldome worketh any medicine or remedie ¶ Remembre that all thoughe in the saied conflict of temptacion the bataile semeth to be veray daungerous yet consider how much sweter it is to vainquishe temptacion than to folowe sin wherto she inclineth the wherof the ende is repentaunce And here in many bee foule deceiued which compare not the swetnes of victorie to the swetnes of sinne but onely compareth bataile to pleasure Notwithstandynge a manne or woman whiche hath a thousande times knowen what it is to gyue place to temptacion shulde ones assaie what it is to vainquishe temptacion ¶ If thou be tempted● thinke thou not therfore that god hath forsaken the or that he setteth but littel by the or that thou arte not in the sight of god good or perfecte but remembre that after sainct Paule had sene god as he was in his diuinitee and suche secreate misteries as be not lefull for any man to speake or reherce he for al that suffred temptacion of the fleshe wherwith god suffred hym to bee tempted least he shuld be assaulted with pride Wherin a man ought to consider that sainct Paule● which was the pure vessel of election and rapt into the third heuen was not withstandyng in perill to bee proude of his vertues as he saith of him self Wherfore aboue all temptacions man or woman oughte to arme thē moste strongly against the temptacion of pride sens pride is the rote of all mischiefe against the whiche the onely remedie to thinke alwaie that god humbled hym selfe for vs vnto the crosse And moreouer that death hath so humbled vs whether we will or no that our bodies shal be the meate of wormes lothesome and venimouse FINIS ¶ Gathered counsailes Consideracion of man him selfe O Man know thy selfe knowe what thou arte know thy begynnynge whye thou were borne vnto what vse or ende thou were gotten why thou weere made of whose making thou were made to what thyng in this world thou were fourmed haue minde of thy makynge bee suche as thou were made yea suche as thy maker fourmed the. Euery daie rensake thine hert euery daie examine thine hert kepe thy soule from sinfull thought let not foule thought ouerthrowe thy minde Whan a shrewde thought toucheth the consent not to it Kil the serpent whan he first appereth treade downe the serpentes heade Caste vnder fo●e the beginning of euil suggestion or stirringe to sin Amende sin there where it is knowen In the beginning withstand a shrewde thought and thou shalte escape well the remenaunte Againste lechery BE thou not defouled with any vncleanesse bee thou not spotted throughe any foule lust Lette lechery growe no more in the Chastitee ioynethe a man to god To chastitee is behyght the kyngdome of heauen If thou yet fele the stirring of thy flesshe if thou bee touched with prickynges of