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A09809 The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601? 1602 (1602) STC 20071; ESTC S111836 1,193,680 142

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be_v turn_v into_o sorrow_n and_o calamity_n and_o funeral_n doleful_a elegy_n one_o upon_o another_o be_v hear_v throughout_o the_o city_n in_o stead_n of_o acclamation_n and_o music_n ibidem_fw-la for_o as_o soon_o this_o pestilent_a disease_n have_v seize_v upon_o man_n opinion_n and_o conceit_n do_v propagate_v it_o the_o fast_o it_o consume_v whole_a house_n at_o once_o like_o a_o fire_n in_o so_o much_o that_o fly_n from_o their_o house_n to_o their_o temple_n for_o succour_n and_o recovery_n their_o very_a temple_n be_v even_o fill_v up_o with_o the_o carcase_n of_o such_o who_o there_o fall_v down_o dead_a of_o this_o disease_n who_o extremity_n be_v such_o that_o all_o the_o cistern_n fountain_n and_o pit_n of_o water_n near_o the_o city_n be_v cover_v with_o the_o dead_a corpse_n of_o such_o who_o resort_v to_o they_o for_o to_o quench_v their_o thirst_n in_o so_o much_o that_o many_o go_v voluntary_o to_o their_o grave_n to_o die_v there_o because_o the_o live_n be_v not_o 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christian_n have_v be_v evermore_o hate_v persecute_a and_o revile_v by_o carnal_a man_n and_o that_o only_a for_o their_o grace_n and_o goodness_n witness_v the_o express_a resolution_n of_o st._n chrysostome_n b._n christianorum_fw-la genus_fw-la non_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la odibile_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la est_fw-la divinum_fw-la odiunt_fw-la carnales_fw-la which_o st._n augustine_n thus_o second_v invidentiae_fw-la illius_fw-la diabolicae_fw-la qua_fw-la inuident_fw-la bonis_fw-la mali_fw-la nulla_fw-la alia_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la quia_fw-la illi_fw-la boni_fw-la sunt_fw-la illi_fw-la mali_fw-la 751._o omnis_fw-la enim_fw-la malus_fw-la ideo_fw-la persequitur_fw-la malum_fw-la quia_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la consentit_fw-la ad_fw-la malum_fw-la and_o this_o only_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o puritan_n and_o precisian_n be_v thus_o malign_v and_o despite_v now_o if_o any_o here_o object_n that_o they_o condemn_v not_o puritan_n for_o their_o goodness_n but_o because_o they_o be_v hypocrite_n and_o dissembler_n or_o because_o they_o be_v seditious_a factious_a person_n &_o enemy_n to_o the_o state_n and_o government_n the_o crime_n wherewith_o the_o world_n now_o charge_v they_o ibidem_fw-la who_o accusation_n be_v still_o as_o various_a flit_a and_o uncertain_a against_o puritan_n as_o they_o be_v of_o old_a against_o the_o christian_n to_o this_o i_o answer_v first_o that_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n for_o puritan_n to_o be_v repute_v hypocrite_n and_o impostor_n now_o for_o even_o our_o saviour_n christ_n himself_o be_v not_o only_o count_v but_o 47._o call_v a_o deceiver_n and_o one_o who_o do_v but_o cheat_v the_o people_n though_o we_o all_o know_v and_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v no_o guile_n at_o all_o within_o he_o yea_o all_o the_o apostle_n and_o saint_n of_o god_n be_v account_v deceiver_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v true_a 2_o cor._n 6.8_o and_o 3._o st._n hierom_n inform_v we_o that_o christian_n be_v thus_o style_v even_o in_o his_o age_n ubicunque_fw-la viderint_fw-la christianum_fw-la statim_fw-la illud_fw-la è_fw-la trivio_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vocant_fw-la impostorem_fw-la et_fw-la detrahunt_fw-la he_o rumores_fw-la turpissimos_fw-la serunt_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la egressum_fw-la est_fw-la id_fw-la ab_fw-la alijs_fw-la audisse_fw-la se_fw-la simulant_fw-la ijdem_fw-la auctores_fw-la et_fw-la exaggeratores_fw-la as_o our_o antipuritan_n be_v now_o second_o admit_v that_o puritan_n be_v but_o hypocrite_n &_o impostor_n which_o be_v impossible_a for_o any_o particular_a man_n to_o judge_v since_o they_o be_v unacquainted_a with_o the_o secret_n of_o their_o heart_n 2.11_o which_o god_n alone_o can_v only_o search_v which_o i_o think_v shall_v stop_v these_o objector_n mouth_n yet_o none_o exclaim_v against_o they_o as_o puritan_n and_o precisian_n for_o these_o vice_n only_o but_o for_o that_o very_a profession_n of_o religion_n which_o they_o make_v for_o let_v a_o man_n be_v never_o so_o treacherous_a or_o deceitful_a in_o his_o deal_n yet_o if_o he_o make_v no_o forward_a profession_n of_o religion_n he_o may_v pass_v very_o well_o 2._o for_o a_o politic_a crafty_a provident_a man_n he_o shall_v then_o be_v no_o puritan_n but_o let_v he_o profess_v religion_n be_v he_o never_o so_o honest_a in_o his_o deal_n yet_o he_o s●●●●_n certain_o be_v brand_v for_o a_o puritan_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o man_n hypocrisy_n but_o their_o profession_n of_o religion_n that_o make_v they_o puritan_n which_o if_o it_o be_v but_o mere_o counterfeit_v why_o do_v not_o our_o antipuritan_n make_v that_o profession_n of_o religion_n in_o truth_n the_o very_a show_n o●_n which_o they_o so_o much_o hate_v even_o for_o the_o substance_n sake_n three_o admit_v some_o puritan_n or_o precisian_n be_v mere_a impostor_n make_v m._n religion_n a_o very_a veil_n to_o cloak_n their_o treachery_n and_o circumvent_v their_o brethren_n as_o there_o be_v now_o too_o many_o such_o yet_o malice_n itself_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v that_o the_o major_a part_n of_o they_o be_v most_o just_a and_o upright_o in_o all_o their_o deal_n towards_o man_n witness_v experience_n and_o the_o common_a speech_n that_o such_o and_o such_o be_v very_o honest_a and_o upright_a in_o their_o trade_n or_o they_o be_v worthy_a gentleman_n which_o man_n may_v safe_o trust_v but_o yet_o they_o be_v puritan_n as_o if_o their_o piety_n be_v a_o disparagement_n to_o their_o honesty_n and_o yet_o man_n hate_v and_o slander_v they_o all_o alike_o for_o the_o hypocrisy_n only_o of_o some_o few_o as_o they_o do_v the_o christian_n in_o st._n augustine_n day_n ●02_n quanta_fw-la mala_fw-la say_v he_o dicunt_fw-la in_fw-la malos_fw-la christianos_n quae_fw-la maledicta_fw-la perveniunt_fw-la ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la christianos_n nunquid_fw-la enim_fw-la dicit_fw-la qui_fw-la maledicit_fw-la aut_fw-la qui_fw-la reprehendit_fw-la christianos_n ecce_fw-la quid_fw-la faciunt_fw-la non_fw-la boni_fw-la christiani_n sed_fw-la ecce_fw-la quae_fw-la faciunt_fw-la christiani_n none_o separate_v non_fw-la discernit_fw-la thus_o do_v man_n deal_v with_o puritan_n now_o they_o hate_v revile_v and_o persecute_v they_o in_o the_o lump_n without_o distinction_n they_o deem_v they_o hypocrite_n and_o deceiver_n all_o alike_o when_o as_o the_o most_o of_o they_o be_v not_o such_o as_o if_o their_o very_a profession_n of_o religion_n ibidem_fw-la make_v they_o hypocrite_n which_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o believe_v therefore_o they_o detest_v they_o not_o for_o their_o hypocrisy_n which_o reach_v only_o to_o some_o few_o but_o for_o the_o strict_a holiness_n and_o preciseness_n of_o their_o life_n alone_o wherein_o they_o all_o accord_n four_o the_o reason_n why_o man_n thus_o uncharitablie_o forejudge●_n all_o puritan_n for_o hypocrite_n though_o they_o neither_o know_v their_o heart_n nor_o person_n be_v only_o this_o because_o they_o 1._o see_v that_o holiness_n grace_n and_o goodness_n 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the_o malice_n the_o reproach_n of_o all_o carnal_a christian_n who_o be_v 16._o unacquainted_a with_o the_o power_n of_o save_a grace_n themselves_o be_v apt_a to_o censure_v it_o as_o folly_n hypocrisy_n or_o madness_n in_o all_o other_o but_o yet_o this_o may_v be_v their_o comfort_n 50._o cum_fw-la damnamur_fw-la à_fw-la vobis_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la absolvimur_fw-la if_o any_o now_o reply_n that_o puritan_n live_v not_o as_o they_o speak_v and_o teach_v therefore_o the_o world_n condemn_v they_o for_o hypocrite_n and_o dissembler_n let_v seneca_n give_v they_o a_o satisfactory_a answer_n 21._o aliter_fw-la inquit_fw-la loqueris_fw-la aliter_fw-la vivis_fw-la hoc_fw-la per_fw-la malignissima_fw-la capita_fw-la et_fw-la optimo_fw-la cuique_fw-la inimicissima_fw-la virtue_n platoni_n objectum_fw-la est_fw-la objectum_fw-la epicuro_n objectum_fw-la zenoni_n omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la isti_fw-la dicebant_fw-la non_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la viverent_fw-la sed_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la vivendum_fw-la esset_fw-la de_fw-fr virtute_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr i_o loquor_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la vitijs_fw-la convicium_fw-la facere_fw-la in_fw-la primis_fw-la meis_fw-la facere_fw-la cum_fw-la potuero_fw-la vivam_fw-la quomodo_fw-la oportet_fw-la nec_fw-la malignitas_fw-la i_o ista_fw-la multo_fw-la veneno_fw-la tincta_fw-la deterrebit_fw-la ab_fw-la optimis_fw-la ne_fw-fr virus_fw-la quidem_fw-la istud_fw-la quo_fw-la alios_fw-la spargitis_fw-la vos_fw-la necatis_fw-la ne_fw-la impediet_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la perseverem_fw-la laudare_fw-la vitam_fw-la non_fw-la quam_fw-la ago_o sed_fw-la quam_fw-la agendam_fw-la scio_fw-la quo_fw-la minus_fw-la virtutem_fw-la adorem_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la intervallo_fw-la ingenti_fw-la reptabundus_fw-la ●equar_fw-la expectabo_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquam_fw-la malivolentiae_fw-la in●●olatum_fw-la sit_fw-la cui_fw-la sacer_fw-la nec_fw-la rutilius_n fuit_fw-la nec_fw-la cato_n etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr 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