Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	cause_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	150	3	9.0636	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25306	The Amorous convert being a true relation of what happened in Holland.		1679 (1679)	Wing A3019A; ESTC R170298	56,784	194

to his Chair where they thought he was asleep and found him dead one cannot imagine the Lamentations they made And their affection for him was so blind that instead of thinking his death proceeded from a Natural cause they attributed it to his zeal for Religion and the trouble he had for the affront it had suffered by Josebeth 'T is true his death proceeded not from a Natural cause and 't was his zeal but not for Religion that had caused it for it was the Poyson that he had prepared with so much warmth to give Josebeth that had killed him for all his Cordial For when he first resolved to destroy Josebeth by the Waters of Jealousie he did so little think of sharing the danger with her that he had provided no preservative for himself So that seeing himself ingaged in honour to make the tryal with her he made use of the time he pretended to spend in Prayer to take down an excellent Cordial he always carried about him but it was no perfect Antidote against the power of Poyson however he thought that might secure him But it fell out otherwise for whether it were that the Cordial was not of a quality to resist that Poyson or that his Age had not the force to bear the Conflict or that his fear kept the Cordial from working 't is evident that cursed Hypocrite gave himself that deadly blow that he intended for another and ended his days more quietly and with less pain than he deserved And upon quite different accompts Josebeth that took the same water had a different destiny For having taken a just jealousie by that part of Wanbergue's Letter where he mentioned all designs of obtaining Abigal that she was in danger to be poysoned she had used her self every morning to take a wonderful Antidote So that Youth being fortified by so excellent a Remedy easily overcame the Venom of the Poyson The joy she had to see her self out of danger by the Rabbins and the Poyson was followed by another every whit as great and that was the Declaration of Wanbergue that being resolved never to leave the Law of Moses he permitted her being she was turned Christian the liberty to chuse another Husband And afterward consigned her all her Portion and her Jewels with greater honesty than one would have expected The impatience he had to be at liberty too to follow his inclinations made him more easie than otherwise he would have been and this was a good effect of his love to Abigal that had before produced so many ill ones for Josebeth For his business was no sooner ended with Josebeth but he made his pretension openly to Abigal who yet was not much disposed to subject her self eternally to a Man who before he had her used her so imperiously as he did How said she he does already find fault with my company thinks I am too expensive in my Cloaths and House if he has already so much Confidence what will he do when he is my Master She made these Reflexions as soon as the misfortune of Josebeth had destroyed her Envy and all joyned together made her carry her self very coldly to Wanbergue But being governed only by her passion and vanity having the chief sway over her when she saw Josebeth come out of her troubles with Honour and Triumph she was possessed with her former Envy again and seeing what Declaration Wanbergue had made having her head filled with Emulation she thought it would be a great advantage to her to marry Wanbergue who chose rather to have her for his Wife than Josebeth To this reason that vanity made she added others of weight For the Estate her other Husband left her could not be taken out of Amsterdam because if she died without Children it was to be imployed for the Publick Good of the Portugueze Nation So that she saw her self confined to Amsterdam without the liberty of passing her life at Brussels which she so much desired And to stay a Widow all her life was against all sense she wanted a Husband to secure her Reputation and that free humour which she could by no means constrain and being to marry where could she have such a Husband as Wanbergue his Rank and Fortune could much better than any other maintain her in that great Splendour that she had always lived in All these Reasons overcame the repugnance she had at first to marry Wanbergue and made her accept him for her Husband This Marriage help'd to console the Rabbins for the loss of Manassas and Josebeth as well by the Presents the new married Couple made them as by the feasting at the Marriage to which they were all invited Villeneufe did not possess Josebeth so soon there being more Ceremony required to fore-run that happiness to accomplish which he was by his Friends in the Court of Brussels invited thither by the Arch-Duke Leopold who then govern'd the Low-Countries That Court was then full of Devotion in imitation of the Arch-Duke For that Prince who was also according to the Custom in Germany Commendatory Bishop of Passaw had interwoven with Secular Splendour a mixture of Piety He himself wore a little Band and plain Cuffs and said every day his Office with Father Chiflet who had care of his House as well as his Soul This strictness passed through all the House the very Pages being as exact to say their Prayer as to do their other Exercises All about the Palace was written good Sentences to put the Courtiers in mind of their duty And it was pleasant enough to see his Officers and Courtiers joyn together with Books in their hands making at least as if they said their Prayers and this shew of Devotion was absolutely necessary for any man that meant to make his Fortune and by the neglect of it the Count Salazar that had more Wit than Cunning or Devotion had like several times to lose his favour One day as he was coming into the Palace he cry'd to the Guard at the door Deo Gratias which is usually said to the Porter of a Convent and being in the Privy Chamber another time where there was a Gentleman who was to raise a Troop of Horse Sir said the Count without doubt you will have your Commission if you are but well versed in the Divine Service The Arch-Duke had chid him for it several times but he could not hold for his life and finding a Colonel that was turning over his Prayer-book he ask'd him what is Trump to day instead of asking what was the Office of the day which so incensed the good Prince that he forbid Salazar the Court. This pleased the Spaniards very well but the Flemmings who are the better Christians cared not for so much shew and Ceremony But this being the Face of the Court made it the properest place for Josebeth to own her Conversion in The Arch-Duke himself desired to be her Godfather which made all the Court talk of nothing but the Divine

and therefore I must come back to my first opinion that you are a little apt to be ungrateful Villeneufe had not great difficulty to appease this little anger and afterwards asked of her with great passion what he should do to make her happiness as she had intimated in her Note You are little too hasty said Josebeth blushing we do not yet know one another enough to explain that mystery Ah Madam says he quite transported I do not so much as know whether you are already in the power of another Man Solomoune said she that brought you hither will inform you of my concerns take notice of her House and come thither Monday towards the Evening where she will fully instruct you and afterwards bring you hither in the beginning of the Night Villeneufe again threw himself at her feet and Josebeth holding down her head to take him up inclined it a little towards his with which he was so transported that he cryed out Oh why does not all the world know my good Fortune and why may not I cry out I have seen her I have seen her I have seen her No more of this said she a little troubled and very serious though you are a Frenchman remember you are not in France and therefore pray no crying out of your Victory That little heat of joy scaped from Villeneufe against his will and without design for though he was a Frenchman yet in that he differed from most of his Nation being most perfectly discreet and thence he took occasion to make a thousand Vows both of his Secresie and Faith to which she gave a ready belief because she had no mind to doubt them As he was going away he would have left some Tokens of his liberality with Solomoune but she refused them with some kind of disdain Though it were a good way from thence to his own Lodging yet he was at home before he thought of it so much was he taken up with his own Reflections among which he had some that he could not well reconcile He saw plainly enough that Josebeth was married and that being he could not comprehend how she had put honour into her Note she had sent upon the Water On the other side if it were only an amorous Intrigue without other design than that of pleasure why had she not made use of the first occasion that was so favourable to satisfie it To think she was in a confusion because of the odness and newness of the Adventure was ridiculous for 't was an appointment of her own making and of which she was absolutely the Mistress Amidst all these doubts there was one thing sure enough and that was the merit of Josebeth which he preferred to all that ever he had known even to young Riparda that was then the handsomest Person at the Hague and now is Countess of Caravas Being so taken with the Qualities of the lovely Josebeth he expected impatiently to have a full account of all her concerns and being come to his Lodgings he made a resolution which he had never done before to go through all difficulties for the obtaining of Josebeth Who for her part was as much pleased with him as he could be with her Fortune said she has done more for me than Wisdom and thereupon she applauded her own fancy which gave her more satisfaction in one hour than all the wise counsels of her Friends had given her in all her life The only trouble she had was caused by her fear that Villeneufe for whom she already had felt so great a kindness might abate in the eagerness of his desires when he came to know her story But sure that cannot be said she he appears generous and there is nothing in my story that can occasion any thing but pity So that she would not recall the orders she had given Solomoun to tell her life to Villeneufe Who being ready at the hour appointed You shall know all our Affairs said she and judge by that if we have a Friendship for you or no. Our Mistress being you will have it so was born at Metz in Lorraine two and twenty years ago her Father was one of the richest Men of that City and of that sort that live upon the income of their Rents Though he made an outward profession of Christianity yet in his heart he was a Jew being descended of the Tribe of Benjamin as well as his Wife She left him Widdower when he was but young without any Child but the little Josebeth who though she were but six years old was admired by all the World I had been her Nurse and her Father was pleased to trust me so far as to make me her Governess and to take the care of his House to which I agreed against the advice of my Friends that I might be near a Child for whom I had so great a love She passed for a Christian as well as her Father and the better to colour the business she was called Mary and not Josebeth which was the name her Mother had ordered should be given her when she was grown up She had not been taught any thing of Jewish Religion in which I durst not instruct her for fear lest the innocence and simplicity of a Child might reveal the secret of the Family which was extremely zealous for the Law of Moses It had been considerable at Rome and chose rather to leave that City than either to go to Mass or else to wear a Hat covered with Yellow as Paul the Fourth ordained all those of our Religion should do both as a distinction and a disgrace The zeal of the Family was not at all diminished in our Master who forbare to give his Daughter a Jewish Education only out of a belief he had that a Husband of his own Religion would easily bring her back to it In the mean time the poor man found himself decay every day and therefore was very solicitous to provide a Husband for his Daughter lest his death might prevent the design he had of marrying her to a Jew He wrote therefore to a Friend of his own Tribe at Amsterdam offering him his Daughter and twenty thousand Pounds for her Portion The young Jewish Hollander came a wooing the Match was concluded and Josebeth married before she was full fifteen years old Within three Months the Father dyed and we left Metz to come hither And here the good Nurse stood still to cry and Ville neufe took that occasion to ask her wherein was the unhappiness of Josebeth Has she an ill Husband does he not use her well But Solomoune who had no mind to have her discourse broke off presently wiped her Eyes and thus continued it Her Husband whose name is Wanbergue denyes her nothing is handsome is not above thirty years old and has a very great Fortune being one of those rich Merchants who are more considerable than Lords and send little Fleets to trade on their own account His Father