Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	holy_a	word_n	writing_n	2,429	5	9.0871	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15745	Palladis palatium vvisedoms pallace. Or The fourth part of Wits commonwealth.	Wrednot, William.	1604 (1604)	STC 26014; ESTC S111763	39,902	146

future time néede nor yet in bondage vnto thy riches Solon It is a thing very common that the children of poore and meane men become very wealthy when as yet the children of rich men decay and come vnto indigencie which procéedeth partly from hence that the one because he hath little is sparing and painefull the other hauing much and not knowing how it was gotten spendeth prodigally not thinking that euer his wealth wil be consumed He is truely rich whose life is vertuous abounding with good workes Augustine Repentance HE that by repentance turneth vnto the Lord shall be made pertaker of eternall blisse with the Angels in heauen August There are many who are more ashamed to repent then to sinne oh wonderfull madnesse Art thou not ashamed of the wound it selfe and yet blushest to haue it bound vp and healed is not the wound loathsome and stincking hie thée therefore vnto the Surgion repent thée acknowledge thy sinnes and saye oh Lorde I haue sinned against thée pardon mine iniquities for I haue done amisse August de penitent To sinne and not repent therefore is a more haynous offence in the sight of God then was the sinne it selfe Chrisostome As the penitent thiefe vpon the crosse by his example of repentance and his being receiued vnto mercie gaue good reasons vnto many sinners that they should not despaire of Gods mercies so likewise it is to be feared that many presuming vpon the like grace doe throw themselues headlong into damnation not beginning to repent vntill such times that they haue no time of repentance left them Repentance is deriued as it were of punishing because that man dooth by repentance as it were punish the euill that hee hath committed For these thrée things which by the outwards striking of the brest are signified to wit the brest the hand and the sound denoteth that wée repent vs of those things which wee haue done amisse by thought worde and déede Hugo S. Slouth SLouth is a certaine drowstnesse of the minde whereby any man neglecteth to doe any good things or to finish ought being begunne Barnard Of Idlenesse no profit but discommodity and losse ariseth Esaw béeing slouthfull lost the blessing of his birth-right because he had rather take meat● then séeke to get it August The slouthfull man will and will not he is noted by the name of a slouthful man who wil willingly raigne with God but is vnwilling to take paines for God Beda Rewards please him when they are promised but spirituall combats terrifie him when they are commanded Slouthfull men iudge that nothing can be done which they themselues cānot performe giuing sentence according vnto their owne infirmities For we suppose those things whereunto we are not accustomed hard and intolletable to be endured We estéeme it a torment to want wine or to arise at the breake of the day yet are not those things difficult but we are fēeble and weake Securitie IT oftentimes happeneth that he who by the battell of temptation could not be ouercome hath yet greatly béene damnified by his owne security Greg. Security ought to be in our hope and feare in our conuersation that thereby those that striue may be cherished and those that are secure punished No man ought to liue securely in that life which is called altogeather a temptation knowing that as of bad he may be made better so contrariwise of good he may become worse August Many men by a secure carelesnesse in a small time runne into more dangers and incurre greater losses then after in all their life long they are able againe to recouer be they neuer so vigilant He that is secure in his own busines will surely be remisse in anothers Scripture HE hath learned most who dooth most but if I performe that which thou declarest and thy selfe net performe it my déedes doe rather hold off the scriptures then thy spéech which thou vainely hablest Hierome We ought to vse the holy Scripture in stéed of a looking glasse by correcting that which is amisse concerning those things that are well and decent and by reducing those things that are in a meane vnto a more perfect order Idem The meditation of the Lawe consisteth not so much in reading the Scripture as in executing the preceptes therein contained Idem If there bee ought in the worlde that maye bee a staye vnto a wise man and may perswade him béeing pestered with the hurlie burlies and troublesome turmoyles of this world to beare all things patiently that I assuredly perswade my selfe to be principally effected by reading meditating the holy Scriptures Idem We ought neither to speake or doe ought for which we cannot be warranted by the holy scriptures Basilius Whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne but faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word of God therfore without the scriptures all our actions want a true ground which is faith so consequently al our actions which are not directed by the holy scriptures are sinne Idem We maye say vnto a man falling from his state Let no man wax proud and we may say vnto a man that is risen from his fall Let no man despaire Behould how wōderfully the scripture vseth the selfesame word to depresse the proud and to exalt the humble It recalleth the proud vnto the seare of humility and the humble vnto the assurance of faith Oh inestimable medicine of a strange nature which being laid after one the selfesame order by pressing downe dryeth vp the swelling humors and by raysing vppe infuseth drye It terrifieth vs from the fall of euill things but comforteth vs with our reperation T. Tribulation BY afflictions and tribulations we loose earthly things but by patiently sustaining thereof we multiply heauenly ioyes Greg. The Lord maketh the way through which his elect are to passe vnto him rough and hard least that being delighted with the pleasure thereof as it were with the ioyes and delicates of this life they should rather choose to linger in their iourney then hasten vnto him and so respecting the pleasantnesse of the way should forget their country whereunto they were going Idem As the starres doe shine in the night but are not séene in the day time euen so true vertue which oftentimes in prosperity is not apparant yet in aduersity and tribulation is séene most euidently Barnard Be not angry though the wicked florish in this world and the godly suffer tribulation because it is not proper vnto true Christian Religion to be exalted but to be depressed The wicked haue no inheritance in heauen nor the godly in the world But the godly ought to reioyce in this life with all assured hope of their future felicitie in heauen Beda Let vs beare patiently small matters and crosses remembring what he suffered for vs vpon the crosse who inuiteth vs vnto that heauenly banket in heauen Cassi No man knoweth how much he hath profited but in aduersity because euery one receiueth the blessing of Gods grace in

Inward griefe sooner bringeth a man vnto the graue then outward sorrow which commeth not them the heart Idem If thou suffer affliction if wante and necessitie if persecution if slanders and vniust defamations or what soeuer els take ●● patiently and gréeue not and Gods holy spirit shall minister vnto thée sufficient strength to vndergoe all miseries and calamities Idem Be ready to administer comfort vnto the gréeued soule and adde not griefe vnto griefe Guile and Deceit POysons that they may deceiue are enuolued in Dunnie and vices deceaue not but vnder the shew and appearance of vertues Ambrosius Many men liue plainely and prosper in all things and many deale alwayes subtiltie and yet are alwayes behinde hand Idem Many men liue plainely and prosper in all things and many deale alwayes substillie and yet are alwayes behinde hand Idem A man may more easily shunne the dangers of a professed she then of a sained friend because for the one he will be alwayes armed but for the other he is vnprouided Idem A guilefull enemie endeuoureth to make a shewe of loue and yet desireth to wound Idem It is deceit when one thing is done and another made shew to be intended Idem He is crastie who imitateth vertue by guile and deceit There are many who being endued with sharpe wittes abuse their good guists by conuirting them vnto deceite and guilefull dealings Idem He dealeth not deceitfully in Gods worke who when he giueth himselfe vnto good studies disireth not humane praises nor worldly preserments He dealeth deceitfully who by concealing the truth séeketh either his owne commoditie or anothers discommoditie Aulus Gel. Words are appointed not that therby men should deceiue one another but that thereby one man might open his thoughts vnto another wherefore to vse words to deceiue and not to that end that they were appointed is a great sinne Gregorie Persidiousnes is an hidden deceinable euil whose most effectuall powers are to deceiue and slatter Val. Max. He who deceiueth his friend that reposeth his trust in him is more to be detested then he that deceiueth him that reposed no confidence in him H. Heresie HE is an Heretique who for desire of any temporall commoditie and especially of glory and renowne broacheth new opinions Augustine He is an Heretique who obstinately defendeth an error after the trueth is manifested Let Heretiques dispute wholy out of the Scriptures and not insist vpon such points as the Pagans and Infidels doe and their opinions will easily be ouerthrowne Tertullian Heretiques bring in a great number of Apocrysall bookes and bassard writings that they may amaze the vndiscréete and such as are ignorant in Gods booke Ireneus Heretiques searing to be ouercome by the truth and thereby compelled to shake hands with vs fall a rayling or els stoppe their cares that they may not heare or their eyes that they may not sée the trueth and so be conuerted Lactantius Heretiques respect not so much honest life ciuill conuersation and bountifull pittie towards the distressed as to be praised and boasted if be so they may but séeme to ouercome by syllogismes sallacies and false arguments Sozome Rotten flesh is to be eaten away and scabbie sheepe to be seperated from the shéepfould least the whole man and the whole flock be destroyed and infected Arrius was but one sparke in Alexandria but because he had not béene at the first suppressed the whole citie and country was set on fire and destroyed Augustine As those that haue a wicked opinion albeit their conuersation be outwardly good are to be taken héede of euen so are they also to be taken héed off who are of sound opinion and yet liue wickedly Chrysostome Many séeking by comtemplation to obteine more then they are able to conceiue runne into peruerse errors and whiles they refuse with humilitie to be the Schollers of truth they become maisters of errors Gregorie Humilitie EVen as a Trée to the end it may growe an bright ought to haue good roote downeward so whosoeuer hath not his minde fixed vpon humilitie is exalted vnto his owne ruine Augustine Thy country is on high and humilitie the waye therevnto wherefore then if thou desirest to come vnto thy country doost thou leaue the way which leadeth therevnto Idem Humilitie oftentimes boweth that which neyther force nor might could cause to bend Ambrose By humilitie all our déedes are seasoned Augustine Whosoeuer death not héere on earth himselfe shall hardly be partaker of the glory in heauen Gregorie Humilitie is a glorious thing and pride it selfe desireth to be cloaked with the name thereof least it growe into contempt Bernard It is true humilitie for one to estéeme basely of ones owne selfe and to commend good partes in another without either malice or ranckor Gregorie Whosoeuer thinketh to be truely vertuous without humility dooth as he who gathereth duste vpon an heape and placeth it in the winde which is no sooner downe but it is carried away Idem He that is humble in minde and estéemeth of others more then himselfe desireth not superioritie and dignitie slieth from him that prosecutesh it but proseeuteth him that flyeth from it Chrysost To be truly humbled is a sure argument of grace Humilitie is the way vnto humilitie euen as patience is the way vnto peace or reading vnto knowledge therefore if thou desire to be humble walke in the way therevnto for he only that is truly humble spareth his owne soule who because he would not be thought to be that which he was not as much as he can desireth not to be knowne to be that which he is Bernard Humilitie especially consisteth herein that we subiect all our actions vnto Gods will Idem I. Ignorance IGnorance of God for the most part is the mother of dispaire Bernard Many things are vnknowne which ought to be knowne which happeneth either by carelesnesse to know or sloath to learne or shame to enquire and this ignorance is intollerable Idem It is as great an offence is be ignorant in that which one ought to knowe as it is to doe some things that ought not to be done Seneca He that séeth the light knoweth how to iudge of darknesse for he that is ignorant of the light approoueth darknesse for light Gregorie They flatter themselues vnto their owne condemnation who that they might haue the more libertie to sinne are willingly ignorant Bernard He that is most expert wise or wittie may iustly confesse that he is a scholler yea altogether ignorant in some things Cicero When as we know our owne ignorance we will the more willingly be are others burthens God neuer forsaketh him who trulie knoweth his owne sinnes Gregorie Knowledge is two wayes necessary vnto saluation to wit knowledge of God of thy selfe because as by knowledge of thy selfe thou learnest to feare God and by knowledge of God to loue God likewise Euen so contrarily ignorance of thy selfe engendreth pride and by ignorance of God thou fallest into desperation Bernard