Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	austin_n	paul_n	plato_n	1,515	5	13.2385	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18304	Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earl of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes; Certaine precepts	Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, attributed name.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage, attributed name.	1636 (1636)	STC 4899; ESTC S118517	27,423	208

and he that seekes for meanes to passe it unprofitably spurres a forward Horse without reason to the overthrow of his Rider for whosoever wasteth many years and purchaseth little knowledge may be said to have had a long time but a short life And whatsoever thou doest doe it wisely and forecast the end For who thinkes before he doe thrives before he thinke 17 Use such affability and convenient complement as common Civilitie and usuall curtesie requireth without making thy selfe too deare to thy Friend or thy Friend too cheap to thee 18 Be stedfast in thy promise and constant in a good resolution and if at any time thou hast ingaged thy Word perform it being lawfull though to thy losse So shall thy Promise be as forcible as anothers Bond thy Word as another Oath For it is the Man that gives credit to his Oath more than the Oath to the Man 19 Aske confidently that thou requirest For he that asketh doubtingly teacheth the way to be denyed 20 Make not Law thy practise to injurie or instrument to uphold thy spleene against any man without due occasion lest in the end it prove to thee no greater refuge than did the Thicket of brambles to the flocke of Sheepe that driven from the plaine by Tempest ranne thither for shelter an● there lost their Fleeces 21 Though I thinke no day amisse to undertake any good enterprise or businesse in hand yet have I observed some and no meane Clerks very Cautionarie to forbeare these three Mundayes in the yeare which I leave to thine owne consideration either to use or refuse viz. 1 The first Munday in April which day Caine was born and his brother Abel slaine 2 The second Munday in August which day Sodome and Gomorrah were destroyed 3 Last Munday in December which day Iudas was born that betrayed our Saviour Christ An Addition of some fourefold short remembrances which every man may experience daily in his Life Time VSe foure things so much as you can So shall you please both God and Man Praying Reading and Hearing and in good works labouring Vse foure things as little as you can So shall you please both God and man Eating Drinking Sleeping and to spend much time in trifling There be foure causes for the which a Man is borne into the world and the first is chiefest of all To serve God and his Countrey his Parents his Friends There be foure vertues which we must strive to attain That is to be Iust and Constant Wise and Temperate There be foure vices which a man must earnestly shun and avoid Sloathfulnesse and carelesnesse vaine curiosity and nicenesse There be foure things in this world earnestly desired and never obtained Mirth without mourning Health without Sicknesse Travell without wearisomnesse and all goodnesse without evill There be foure things to be greatly desired and earnestly followed In Behaviour sobernesse in Promise steadfastnesse in Conversation meekenesse and in Love contentednesse There be foure things most needfull and the same most harmefull Wit and Words Drinke and Company There be foure things much worth and little weighed Time and Health Truth and Quiet There be three things Saint Austine was sorry he lived not to see First Rome in her flourishing Estate Secondly to see Christ in the Flesh Thirdly to heare Saint Paul preach Plato gave thankes to Nature for foure things and what were they 1 That he was a Man and not a Beast 2 That he was a Man and not a Woman 3 That he was a Grecian and not a Barbarian 4 That he lived during the Time of Socrates There be foure things of the most most desired and unto many most dangerous Authority and ease Women and delights There be foure things greatly sought dangerously gotten fearefully enjoyed and justly repented Unlawfull Lust and Lucre immoderate Wealth and Revenge There are foure kinde of people according to David that are most indebted unto God for their lives 1 Those that have escaped from a Dearth 2 Prisoners their Bonds 3 Those which are preserved from a mortall Sicknesse 4 Sea-faring Men that are neither among the living nor the dead There be foure thoughts by the which a man may best reclaime his carelesse and dissolute life 1 By thinking that if one must give account of every idle Word what exaction shall be required for his idle deeds 2 That if those shall be condemned who have done no good what shall become of those who have done nothing but evill 3 That if those shall not be held guiltlesse that have not given their owne goods where shall they appeare that have wrongfully taken others 4 That if Ignorance without zeale shall not be pardoned where shall knowledge with neglect be condemned There be five thoughts which should ever be in the minde of every good Christian First to thinke of pleasure to despise it Secondly of Death to expect it Thirdly of judgement to escape it Fourthly of Hell to prevent it Fiftly of Heaven to desire it There be foure things very easie to doe oft but very hard to doe well To desire to command to counsell and to judge There be foure things better to give than to take Pardon Physicke Allowance and Rewards There be soure as great evils in the world unpunished as those that are punished First Untemperatenesse secondly Unshamefastnesse thirdly Unfaithfulnes fourthly Unthankfulnesse There be foure things we cannot but set by and yet can hardly be sure of Health Wealth anothers love and our owne life There be foure things the poor man hath equall with the Prince Health Sleep Thought and lasting life There be foure things we may be grieved with but should not grudge at The Ordinance of God the Will of a Prince the sentence of a Iudge the finding of our faults There be foure things which cannot well be demanded with reason and therefore may be denied with honesty A Masters message a Lovers affection a Friends Counsell our owne thoughts There be foure things good to use but nought to need Law Physicke our friends purse and our owne patience There be foure servants of the heart that shew the disposition of their Master The Eye the Tongue the Foot and the Hand There be foure things best matched but not oftnest married Gratiousnesse with Greatnesse Discretion with Learning Beautie with Chastity Wit with Vertue There be foure sorts of people that feare is never long from The Ambitious the Vicious the Covetous and the Iealous There be foure things the more you take the more you leave Light of a Candle Instruction of the Learned Wit of the Wise and Love of a Friend There be foure things fit for all those that desire a quiet life Busily to finde no faults Contentiously to lay no Wagers Disdainfully to make no comparisons Wickedly to maintaine no opinions There bee foure mothers bring forth foure very bad daughters Truth Hatred Prosperity Pride Security Perill Familiarity Contempt There be foure Ioyes to be desired and the last is above all Secure