Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	aaron_n	anoint_v	head_n	13	3	4.9105	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10414	A mirrour of monsters wherein is plainely described the manifold vices, &c spotted enormities, that are caused by the infectious sight of playes, with the description of the subtile slights of Sathan, making them his instruments. Compiled by Wil. Rankins. Séene and allowed.	Rankins, William, fl. 1587.	1587 (1587)	STC 20699; ESTC S115638	36,729	52

deceitfull seducer Idlenesse masking after this maner with all things necessarie prouided by his maister especiallie not forgetting his visard of honest Recreation is appointed formost as well deserues his dignitie Next from a lake little inferior in lothsomnesse to the other this porter fetcht Flatterie to place him the second in the same charge which Idlenesse had vndertaken whose plague was little inferior to the other especiallie considering that he was a branche sprong from the same tr●e for what other thing may we expect then impossibilitie to gather Grapes of Thornes or Figs of Thistels the taste of this frute depriuing a man of his sences I will set downe physicke for him which hath alreadie tasted thereof and admonitions to the willing to eschue the same Of all the stinking wéeds that choke swéet flowers growing in the garden of a florishing commonwealth I find none sooner rooted nor more p●stilent then the sensuall séed of flatterie whose branches spred and are nourished with the moist sappe of traiterous deuises whose leaues are fresh and gréene and whose blossoms ga●e and gorgious to dazle their eyes which peraduenture might decerne the secret poison hidden harmes that lurketh vnder the deadlie shadowe of so beautifull a trée The fruits whereof in outward shew pretend loue and by the swéet melodie of sugred words banish all feare of mistrust but inwardlie they are filled with hatred contempt and vnnaturall reuenge Flatterie by his golden pretence of vnfaigned affection entrappeth the simple betraieth the innocent corrupteth iustice and peruerteth the wise and good disposition to vnciuill brutishnesse What may be more contrarie to the ground of humaine societie which is faith in words and constancie in our déeds then this pernitious vice of Flatterers which séeme to be that they are not and are that they séeme not to be whose face is fréendlie whose toong deceitfull and whose lips are smoothe to giue kisses with Iudas What shaddoweth vice with the colour of vertue but flatterie what maketh men suppose themselues in surest safetie when they are in greatest danger but fawning Parasites what vrgeth to securitie a soule drowned in sinne but the pleasant baite of flatterie what disquieteth the peaceable estate of a countrie well gouerned but hearkening to a glosing toong what pricketh the desire of youth to be lewde but soothing Subtiltie what is the spoile of so manie godlie matrones and chaste virgins but rash trust to flie and subtill dealings But it maye be hée which is well furnished with this damnable qualitie and whose delight consisteth onelie in flatterie will obiect that by this Gnatonicall kind of exercise his calling is eleuated his credit aduanced and his wealth well augmented therefore the best kind of fowling Oh hainous practises oh diuelish opinion and oh thrice curssed man which in contempt of God and his lawe studieth to thriue by losse of his owne soule In vaine is the building where the Lord is not the foundation haplesse are those attempts that are not measured by the line of Grace and curssed is the séed sowne in iniquitie For the Lord is truthe it selfe and such as resist the truthe resist the high maiestie of God Happie then are the simple whose waies are righteous whose heart abhorreth flatterie and deceit him the Lord shall annoint with that precious oyle of Aaron and on his head powre downe the heauenlie dew of euerlasting felicitie his trée shall be planted by the water side his leafe shall neuer wither and his fruite continuallie ●●rish Let vs therefore beware of such pernitious Gnatonists who taking vs fréendlie by the one hand haue in the other a naked blade to shed our bloud and smiling in our faces séeke to betraie our soules farre woorsse I iudge them then open enimies for of these we may beware the other we feare not Touching which point I hepe it shall not séeme absurd to rehearse a pleasant fable the words whereof though fained yet the effect presenteth a sence of true meaning The Sheapheard s●metime belike wearied with his charge and desirous to recreate his paine with some pleasure committed the kéeping of his flocke to the diligent suruey of his Dogge whome bicause he thought a profitable seruant he fed euerie daie with good meat but the Dogge like a currish creature not content with his fare at home oft times spoiled a shéepe abroad the better to satisfie his insatiat appetite which the Sheapheard perceiuing contrarie to his woonted manner not like a fréend but a foe came and would haue hanged him Alas quoth the Dogge why are you desirous to destroye me I am your fréend and one of your houshold seruants rather extend such crueltie on the Woolfe who dailie lyeth in waite to deuoure your flocke by me vigilantlie protected nay sayd the Sheapheard I déeme thée more worthie death for his déeds declare him to be my open enimie but thou vnder the coulour of fréendship and deceitfull diligence doost euerie day diminish my shéepe Hereby may we decer●e that farre more heinous is theyr faulte and greater their punishment which vnder pretence of humaine curtesie doo vs iniurie We see then that all is not golde that glistereth nor euerie one to be estéemed a fréend that speaketh faire the deadest water hath the déepest chanell from the finest Flower is gathered as well poison as Honye The pittifull teares of the dissembling Crocodyle are quickelie turned to outrage and sauage crueltie So flattering mates carrie Suger in their mouthes and Gall in their hearts their teares are full of tyrannie and theyr sighes seasoned with barbarous seueritie They cleaue to the coates of highest in authoritie not vnlike the Iuie which créepeth vp the bodye of the mightie Oke and being come vnto the toppe thereof ouershadoweth his boughes with his twined branches The many mischéefes that insue by flatterie would fill whole volumes and my skill vnable to decipher them Yet that the weakest capacitie maye conceiue how mortall the effect is of so vile a cause I iudge it not impertinent to vnfolde an example or two of ancient memorie If the flattering toong of subtile Synon had béene cut off before it song swéet hermonie of pleasing tales into the eares of the credulous Troians then had that famous Cittie neuer felt the force of fire then had not the sillie men like Sheepe béene slaughtered in theyr beds nor then had not the flourishing estate of aged Pryamus béene crossed with a miserable ende If Aristippus famous in that Arte had béene banished the Courte and confines of Cor●●th then had not the noble mind of Dionifyus béene infected with so great tyrannie whose hands still bathed themselues in the bloud of guiltlesse soules For flatterie corrupteth the mindes of Princes dismembreth their authoritie and wasteth theyr treasure We reade that Thymon a Noble man of Athens who by enterteining a crew of soothing seruants became