Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	apostle_n	speak_v	word_n	9,283	5	4.1967	3	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

and so maist thou bée but say thou art as cléere from sinne as Christ yet take ensample by thy Sauiour for he disdained not the company of Publicans and Sinners which in those dayes the Iewes accompted the very ofscummes of the earth A very speciall Note HE that wil be strickt in reproouing must not be stayned in his liuing for Tully saith it is the property of a foole to spie faults in other and forget his owne He that doth register others escapes should not be rechlesse himselfe and to twit one by that which either he or his haue bene toucht withall is a méere point of impudency With what force canst thou vtter in disgrace of thy penitent brother There goes a drunkard when many can tell thée thou hast beene ouertaken with drinke With what boldnesse canst thou say There iets a proud person when thy gate gesture and gouernement are great presumptions of pride With what credite maist thou report There goes an Adulterer when thou thy selfe art accompted an incontinent liuer With what countenance canst thou say There goes an Vsurer which takes but tenne in the hundred for mony when thou takest after thirty in the hundred in thy trade With what shame maist thou publish There goes a blasphemer when thou thy selfe hast béene touched with hereticall blasphemy I speake not to the mainetenance of any obstinate and vncorrigible sinner but to crosse these cauilling spirites which spend their mouthes in spighte against others when their owne woorkes may accuse them of vanity in their wordes The Apostle doth not exclude them when hee reprooueth him that speakes against stealing yet playes the thiefe Ro. 2.21 It is not inuaighing spéech can varnish a vitious man nor a hi●● looke can couer a dishonest life nor a brasen face can hide a bad fact but he that respecteth no person but his piety no titles but integrity no excuse but simplicity will not onely reueale such as be euill but reuenge it here or in the world to come Some will obiect they haue not fallen into the like offence their brother haue what then hath he sinned by incontinency you by couetousnes he in pride you by oppression hée by bribing you by blaspheming hée one way you an other yet ye be both liable to a like verdite for hée that sayes the one shall not come in heauen will not suffer the other to inherite without repentance Gal. 5.20 c. Some are crossed with losse of their goods as Iob was many with vntoward children as Eli was and with death of their children as the woman of Sarepta was others with diseases of body as Naomi was with leprosie some with losse of their Name as Cain was who liued to his reproach although God doth not infli●t these in like manner and measure to all yet sithence few or 〈◊〉 are frée from these afflictions one ought not to applaud in an others misery For he that reioyceth at destruction shall not go vnpunished saith Salomon Prou. 17.5 Euery one should square his spéech by the rule of charity waigh his desartes in the ballance of equity then he shall find that if his owne faults were branded ●n his forehead he shall hardly escape without a blemish on his face if he pull not his hat somewhat low ouer his browes Sibi quisque proximus euery man can looke forward to his neighbours faults but hath not an eye to his owne such as these can straine a gnatt but swallow a camell stomble at a straw but leape ouer a blocke like hypocriticall Iewes who could tith minte but ouer●●ip great matters If some of them did examine and compare their owne actions with others they might say as Iudah did of Tamar She is more righteous then I. Gen. 28. and many of them may offer sacrifice euery day with Iob for their vitious and volupt●●●● ch●●dren they may heare many ill reportes of them as Eli 〈◊〉 of his sonnes but they can suffer th●m to procéede ●n without punishment when an other shal be persecuted in the l●●st trip of his life The Conclusion LEast he that hath a good Name should be too glorious or he that hath an ill Name should be too much disgraced I thought good to ad this conclusiue caueat by the way A good Name although it be excellent yet it is earthly though it be memorable yet it is momentany though it be committed to Rolles of record by Chronologiers or engrauen in brasse as they vse in some countrey yet both the Actors wrytinges and all will weare away in time the Philosopher could say Quàm multos clarissimos suis temporibus viros scriptorum inops deleuet obliuio Such as be experienced by age can tell how many men that in their time were noble and famous be now cleane forgotten and out of memory Whereby we may sée the fraile fruition of euery temporary thing which is soone decided with the circle of time so that no perpetuity in this life can be presumed of the most pretious thing A good Name therfore we must not labour or looke to eternize our Names vpon earth but rather couet and craue that we may be in the nomber of those whose Names are written in heauen for as the Lord sayth in the Prophet Esay that is an euerlasting Name which shall not be put out Esay 56.5 and albeit many shall haue their Names blemished in this life blessed are they if they be not blotted out of the boke of life The Marchant will barter his reffuse ware with hys best the Vintner will draw his decayed wine with his better If thy brother of infirmity fall actiones cum fama expendito thou art to consider not onely the offence which procured il report but by how many other actions he is worthy praise and so ballāce one against an other for this course is commonly vsed in the Scriptures You shall find Abrahams folly to be recorded aswel as his faith Noahs ebriety aswell as his integrity Salomons wantonnesse aswel as his wisdome Pauls persecuting aswell as his preaching Peters periury aswell as his penitency yet their eu●ll factes be not applied to their infamy but infirmity neither be their Names extinguished but eternized If Princes Patriarkes Prophets and Apostles haue their faultes meruaile not so much at their inferiors if they fall and therefore as we terme not that trée to be ill which is many times blasted so it beareth good fruite to the end so we must not take that man to be infamous which many times falleth so he riseth by repentance to his death Certaine pithy and profitable Apothegues directing men to thriue not so much by their goods as gouernement WHen the Lambe is by the Lyon there is no feare of the Wolfe He that is shrouded vnder his superior is in lesse daunger of displeasure for he shal be sometime spared when others are spighted many waies pittied when others are oppressed Ioseph could neuer be in ●●●et vntill he had got in fauour vnder Pharaoh