Selected quad for the lemma: son_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
son_n	daughter_n	father_n	husband_n	25,606	5	9.9891	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01682	The praise of a good name The reproch of an ill name. Wherin euery one may see the fame that followeth laudable actions, and the infamy that cometh by the contrary. With certaine pithy apothegues, very profitable for this age, by C.G.	Gibbon, Charles, fl. 1589-1604.	1594 (1594)	STC 11819; ESTC S113889	37,552	56

be corrupted sometime for feare of offending others as Pilate was who condempned Christ for fe●re to d●●please Cesar sometime with loue he bare to his fréendes like Herod who to please the loue of a damsell condemned Iohn Baptist to death sometime with hatred like the chiefe Priestes who of malice condemned Paul to be smitten as stoned without 〈◊〉 sometime with gold and present●s like the children of the Prophet Samuel sometime with letters as the Elders and Nobles of Izreel w●re by the meanes of Iezabel If he be a lewd Minister What will they say The Church hath béene rather troubled then taught by him he was called by the Name of the Rephaims but he might well be counted in the nomber of the Zamzummins he was a dumb dog that could not barke a blinde watchman that could not sée a wandring good● that could not direct he played the Fox vnder the shadow of a Pharisee he was no pastor but a powler no Paul but a Saul no pillar of the Church for his vertue but a piller for his aduauntage Happy is he if he died well for wretched are they that haue a worse If he be a wicked wealthy man They will set him foorth after this sort The Country is well rid of a catterpiller for hée was a great incroacher of commons a gréeuous inhancer of Rentes ap●tte●●e of oppression to all men his buildinges were more sumptuous then his beneuolence for he cherrished the poore with his meate as the catt doeth the mise he was in ability like the rich man that inlarged his houses in liberality like Nabal in refreshing Dauids souldiours in charity like Diues in relieuing Lazarus in his diet like Diogines for his grosse féeding he euer had aboundance yet liued like a beggar but now he is become a banckerout for the world striueth for his mucke the wormes for his flesh wheresoeuer his soule be If he be any other of what calling or condition so 〈◊〉 hée shal be sure to haue like same according to his s●●tes such properties such report euery man at his death shal be spoken of after his desartes Some will speake of experience many of spight most of report all as they be affected or informed Besides we are to consider the callings and countenaunce of men for as the higher obiect is furthest in sight so the more high the more haynous the more mighty the more miserable is the fall and as the whiter lawne hath the déeper mole so the more holy man the more horrible is his offence I will discend into a few examples of the ign●●●ny of an euill Name that their terrible 〈◊〉 might de●erre o●hers fr●●● the like For cruelty what a Name hath Pharaoh and Herod left behinde them if but in this one in willing all the male Hebrewes to be slaine by the Midwiues at their birthes the other in commaunding al the male children to be slaine in Bethelem from two yeares old and vnder For treachery what a Name hath Absalom and Iudas deserued one for working treason against his owne father the other for betraying his owne maister For vnnaturall dealing what a Name hath Cain and Sanecheribs children left in record one in killing his owne brother the other in murdering their owne father He that saith The memoriall of the iust is blessed dooth adde this The Name of the wicked shall rot Prou. 10.6 as we haue experience by these which are expressed for as rotten fruite doth cast a stinking sauour when it is applied to the nosthrils so a lewd man doth make his Name very lothsome when his opprobrious actions are called to memory We commonly say that he which hath lost his Name is halfe hanged and certes to haue no Name or an ill Name is to be accompted a great crosse the Lord imposeth this as a punishment vpon the wicked His Name shal be put out from vnder heauen Deut. 9.14 and 28.20 as hee did by Amalek and shal be no more remembred Iob. 24.20 Some carry a Name throughout the word an other throughout a Realme some within a Countie many within a towne most within a stréete but to haue no Name not so much as in a stréete as it is the least report so it is the greater reproche therefore Iob speaking of the wicked sayth His remembraunce shall perish from the earth and he shall haue no Name in the street Iob. 18.17 An ill Name is so odious that Moses made a law for the slaunderer that he should pay one hundred sickels for bringing vp an ill Name of a mayde Deut. 22.19 An ill Name whose consistence is in contemptible actions doth cause reproach and shame which bee so burdenous to flesh and bloud that Dauid in diuers places of his Psalmes doth not onely desire to haue rebuke and shame taken from him but also be prayeth for no worser plague to light vppon his ennemies Fill their faces with shame Psal 83. Socrates could say it was better to die honestly then to liue shamefully it is such an abhorrency in nature and no meruaile for it is an argument of Gods indignation after the Lord by the mouth of the Prophet had reuealed all the Iudgements he would afflict Ierusalem with hee doth aggrauate the punishment by this Epiphonema So thou shalt bee as a reproach and shame Ezek. 5.15 An ill Name doth not onely disparage and impeach the Agent but such as be allied to him not onely the party but his progenitors and such as belong or be any way deriued from his linage The reprochfull déedes of the child doth somewhat impaire the Name of his parents the Wiseman saith an euill nurtured son is the dishonour of the father Eccl. 22.3 Therefore it is written in Leuiticus that if a priestes daughter fall to play the whore she poluteth her father Leuit. 21.9 The ill report of Eli his sonnes was some disgrace to himselfe The infamous actes of the father must néedes be some blemish to the child that fruite can hardly flourish on the trée which is rotten at the roote that pestiferous act of Cain was a discountenance to all that came of his loynes It is no paradoxe the more is the pitty to sée the fault of the father cast as an obloquy in the téeth of the child and the parentes to be often twitted and vpbrayded for the escapes of their children There is many a blasted braunch that comes of an auncient house that supposeth his ill Name may be famozed by the renowned factes of his forefathers and to couer his impiety by his petigrée but such are vainely seduced What auayles sayth S. Chrisostome noble linage to him which is with villanous manners reproched Salust hath a sensible saying to that effect The more honorable the life of the Auncestors is after estéemed the more reprochfull is the vice of the linage that succéede them It hath bene an old saying that it is a good stocke where there is neither whore or thiefe spring out of it and yet such is

a man then his owne child Was not Hushai Dauids frend true to him when Absalon his sonne was a traytor to him A man loues his child well yet hée had rather sometyme haue his children iniuried then his frendes Lot had rather haue his daughters defloured then his frendes abused Gen. 19.8 Some wemen loue their husbandes so intierly that they had rather die then depart with them Admetus hauing a disease running vpon him which could not be cured without the death of an other could find none that would gladly dye for his sake but his wife Alcesti Arthemisia did drincke the ashes of hir husband after his death because shée would haue her owne body 〈◊〉 bee her husbands graue In the country called Getica the we●●n desire to die on their husbandes bodies and to bée buried with th●● and because their custome is to marry many wemen there is great striuing which shal haue the preferment and pr●●se herein Yet one frend hath done for another as much as this I haue read of Orestes and Pylades how Orestes was con●e●●ed to dye and the Iudge not knowing one from another Pylades sayd his name was Orestes to saue his fre●●●s life Tanta est vis amicitiae that as Tully saith a true frend is tanquam alter idem Quod difficile dulce as a 〈◊〉 rare to find so it is a great treasure to attaine one as no doubt a true frend is the 〈◊〉 of earthly ioy Yet a good Name is f●r better then the best frend for the best frendes of all will forsake vs when we dye but a good Name will remaine after death Post fatum fama triumphat Sithence a good Name is more excellent then any thing Wée must not looke to get it by sinister but by singular meanes not by vile but by vertuous actions not by vayne but by valiant attemptes The Philosopher saith well Nec vero clarorum virorum post mortem honores permanerent si nihil eorum ipsorum animi efficerent quò diutius memoriam sui teneremus for it is the commendable actions of a man in his life that makes his Name renowned and memorable after death As for example if a good man die what will the people report of him If he be a godly Maiestrate THey will thus commend him He was in the common wealth like Ioseph prouident in foreséeing in geuing iudgement like Samuel iust without bribes in cases of counsell like Salomon prudent in aduising amongst his inferiours like Saul little in hys owne sight Hée stood not vpon the countenance but accomplishment of his office he was full of piety much pitifull nothing parciall he was obeyed more for loue then feare his blessed death bewrayed his godly life and our bad desertes were meanes to abridge his dayes If he be a good Minister THey will report of him He was a good Phisition for hée not onely fed our soules with many good sermons but hee refreshed our bodies with many good meales hee was beloued and honoured of all not so much for his title as integrity He was right Pauls successor for hee was plaine in his habite without pride painefull in his calling without repyning A pastor for deuiding the woord A patterne for direction of life He might boldly reproue vs for our sinnes because he liued blamelesse in our sightes If he be a vertuous rich man THey will thus describe him He was not onely rich by reason of his wealth but well doing his house was an Inne for the straunger an hospitall for the poore a repast for his neighbours his purse was prostrate for euery good purpose hee imitated Iob for integrity Abraham for hospitality Moses for humility hée was louing to his equals lowly to his inferiors liberall to all men We might well forbeere many misers that be about vs but we haue a great misse of such a man to liue amongst vs. If he be any other of what practise profession faculty or function so euer he must expect like commendation according to his conuersation obseruing the dignities degrées giftes and graces of euery one for as the Cedar trée is further séene then the shrub so the higher a man be in place the greater is his report the more noble the more notorious is the Name like a lampe which is further séene vpon a tower then in a trenche I will for breuity omit millions of woorthy men whose Names are famosed by their apparant workes and writings and because as Cicero saith the actes and not the same should first be considered I referre you to their actions to iudge the worthinesse of the Authors If I should enter into authenticall examples how many haue left renowned Names to the world as it is recorded in the word it were too prolixious and néedelesse because they be very perspicuous yet I will infer a few as an introduction to the rest It is written of Ioshua that hée was 〈◊〉 through all the world Iosh 6.27 Samuel that he 〈…〉 and n●●e 1. Sam. ● 26 Dauid that his Name was m●●e gr●●● 〈◊〉 vnto the Name of the great 〈…〉 2. Sam. 7.9 Salomon that he 〈…〉 1. King 10. Iob th●● there was 〈◊〉 like hym i● the earth Iob. 2.3 If I should 〈…〉 of such as 〈…〉 worthy Names in this 〈…〉 them Yet amon●●● many 〈…〉 then any resp●●●●●g 〈◊〉 ●●bility of the sexe what a rare report hath our Souer●●●●● Lady Queene Elizabeth deserued Whose patience in 〈◊〉 crosses whose piety in mainetayning the Gospell whose prouidence in foreséeing for her Countries whose pitty dispersed to all her subiectes hath made her Name so renowned that it is not onely carryed into the South for Saba to woonder at but into most partes of the world for all to admire at Her fame maketh forrayners to stand in feare of her her Maiesty maketh the Pagans to be amazed at her her Regiment maketh all nations to maruaile at her Blessed is she that hath so many blessinges happy are we that haue so rare a Phenix Accursed be they that wish ill to such a creature As shée hath deserued an admirable Name by her life Sic tandiu laudabitur dum memoria rerum Anglorum manebit If a good Name gotten by laudable meanes doth magnifie a man an ill Name procéeding of misdemeanor must néedes infamize him For as the same tallow which doth cherrish the light doth extinguish it if it be turned downeward so the same mouth which dooth praise one dooth depraue him if his actions bee odious as for example if an ill man die what will they say of him If he be an vngodly Gouernour They will thus report The Towne hath a happy turne by his death for it had no d●●●●te by his life he did conuert the publike commodity priuately into his owne coffers he was ready to hang a man like Haman for bowing of a knée or moouing a cap he stood so much vpon his Magistracy that hee cleane forgot himselfe to be a man In his Office he would many wayes