Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	devil_n	father_n	lie_n	3,415	5	9.0726	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43351	Miscellanea, or, A mixture of choyce observations and institutions, moral, and divine, composed for private use being the product of spare hours, and the meditations of J.H.	Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.	1669 (1669)	Wing H1480; ESTC R4644	40,398	215

in charity will return an hundred fold into thy own bosome or entayle a blessing upon thy childrens children CHAP. VI. GIve thine heart to thy Creator reverence to thy superiors honor to thy Parents thy bosom to thy friend give diligence to thy calling and ear to good counsel give almes to the poor and glory to God forgive him that ignorantly offends thee and him that having wittingly offended thee seeks forgiveness of thee forgive him that hath forcibly abused thee and him that hath fraudulently betrayed thee forgive all thine enemies but least of all thy self he is below himself that is not above an injury and he that spares himself teacheth God not to spare him Give and it shall be given thee forgive and it shall be forgiven thee to give and forgive is the sum of all Christianity CHAP. VII IN thy apparrel avoyd profuseness singularity and gaudiness let it be decent and suted to the quality of thy place and purse Too much punctuality and too much morosity are the extreames of pride be neither too early in the fashion nor too long out of it nor too precisely in it what custome hath civiliz'd is become decent till then ridiculous Where the eye is the Jury thy apparrel is the evidence the body is the shell of the soul apparrel is the husk of that shell the husk often tells you what the kernel is seldome doth solid wisdome dwell under fantastick apparrel neither will the pantaloone fancy be immured within the walls of grave habit the fool is known by his pyed coat CHAP. VIII LEt thy discourse be pleasing and profitable be cautious what thou speakest to whom how and when let what thou speakest be neither false nor impertinent nor too much not false for God is the Author of truth the Devil is the Father of lyes If the telling of a truth shall endanger thy life or credit the Author of truth will protect thee from that danger or reward thee for thy damage if the telling a lye may secure thy life or credit the father of lies wil beguile thee of thy gaines or traduce the security better by losing of thy life to save it then by saving of thy life to lose it however better thou perish then the truth Be sure thy discourse be to purpose lest thou be counted foolish and thy discourse a burden let it not be too much God hath given thee two ears and one Tongue to the intent thou shouldst hear much and say but little what thou hearest thou receivest what thou speakest thou givest it is more glorious to give more profitable to receive and it is less shame to be lost in a blushing silence then to be found in too bold Eloquence Sute thy discourse to thy company all meats please not every palat all kind of discourse pleaseth not every company Neatly entice every one to that he knows to that which likes him best and may profit him most so shall thy company be desir'd and thy discourse priz'd but cloath not thy language either with obscurity or affectation in the one thou discoverest too much darkness in the other too much lightness He that speaks from the understanding to the understanding doth best and know when to speak least whilst thou shewest wisdom in not speaking thou bewray thy folly in too long silence if thou art a fool thy silence is wisdom if thou art wise thy long silence is folly As too many words from a fool's mouth gives one that is wise no leave to speak so too long silence in him that is wise gives a fool opportunity of speaking and makes thee guilty of his folly To condude if thou be not wise enough to speak be so wise as to hold thy peace CHAP. IX IF thou wouldest have a good servant let thy servant find a wife Master let his food rest and wages be seasonable let his labour recreation and attendance depend upon thy pleasure Be not angry with him too long lest he think thee malicious nor too soon lest he conceive thee rash nor too often lest he count thee humorous be not too fierce lest he love thee not nor too remiss lest he fear thee not nor too familiar lest he prize thee not in brief whil'st thou givest him the liberty of a servant beware thou lose not the Majesty of a Master rebuke his faults in private publick reproof hardens him if he be past a youth strike him not he is not fit for thy service that after wise reproof will either deserve strokes or bear them the wages he hath earned detain not from him lest God withhold thy wages from thee if he complain to thee hear him lest he complain to heaven where he will be heard if he hunger for thy sake thou shalt not prosper for his sake The poor mans penny is a plague in the rich mans purse CHAP. X. IF thou be a servant deal justly by thy Master as thou desirest thy servant should deal by thee where thou art commanded be obedient where not commanded be provident let diligence be thy credit let faithfulness be thy Crown let thy Masters credit be thy care and let his welfare be thy content let thine eye be single and thine heart be humble Be sober that thou may'st be circumspect he that in sobriety is not his own being drunk whose is he be not contentious nor lascivious the one shews a turbulent heart the other an idle brain A good servant is a great master and the best way to become a great and good master is to be a good and faithful servant he that is faithful in a little shall be ruler over much CHAP. XI MArry not too young and when thou art too old marry not lest thou be fond in the one and dote in the other and repent of both let thy liking ripen before thou love let thy love advise before thou choose and thy choyce be fixed before thou marry Remember that the whole happiness or unhappiness of thy life depends upon this one act nothing but death can dissolve this knot He or she that weds in hast repents oft-times by leasure Whoever repents him of his own act is or was a fool by his own confession In thy choyce or rather in thine acceptance of an husband let him be one that is discreet and wise lest when thou hast him disallowing his parts thou despise his person and make thy life uncomfortable let his breeding and behaviour be answerable to thy quality and disposition lest thou be weary of him at home and ashamed of him abroad Marry not too far above nor too far below thy quality and fortune lest in the one thou be upbraided with thy first condition or lest in the other thou expect more observance then will be given both which create discontent Let not his years be short of thine nor far exceed them if he be much elder he may fancy thee but thou wilt take no pleasure in him if he be younger the burden of