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A31383 The holy court in five tomes, the first treating of motives which should excite men of qualitie to Christian perfection, the second of the prelate, souldier, states-man, and ladie, the third of maxims of Christianitie against prophanesse ..., the fourth containing the command of reason over the passions, the fifth now first published in English and much augemented according to the last edition of the authour containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers taken out of the Old and New Testament and other modern authours / written in French by Nicholas Caussin ; translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others. Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.; T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640. 1650 (1650) Wing C1547; ESTC R27249 2,279,942 902

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carnal_a love_n 49_o x._o superfluous_a attire_n 51_o xi_o envy_n 54_o xii_o ambition_n and_o avarice_n 56_o conclusion_n a_o bad_a courtier_n life_n be_v a_o perpetual_a obstacle_n to_o virtue_n 58_o three_o book_n practise_v of_o virtue_n section_n page_n i._o devotion_n for_o great-one_n 60_o ii_o wherein_o consist_v all_o devotion_n and_o spiritual_a life_n 61_o character_n of_o the_o spiritual_a man_n ibid._n character_n of_o the_o carnal_a man_n ibid._n iii_o first_o combat_n of_o a_o spiritual_a man_n against_o ignorance_n 62_o iu._n practice_n of_o faith_n ibid._n v._o four_o other_o light_n to_o disperse_v ignorance_n 64_o vi_o twelve_o maxim_n of_o salvation_n ibid._n vii_o twelve_o maxim_n of_o wisdom_n 66_o viii_o practise_v of_o devotion_n and_o prayer_n 68_o ix_o necessity_n of_o confession_n ibid._n x._o practice_n of_o confession_n 69_o xi_o practise_v of_o examen_fw-la of_o conscience_n 71_o xii_o practise_v of_o receive_v 72_o xiii_o practise_v of_o hear_v mass_n 74_o 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tome_n of_o the_o holy_a court_n the_o prelate_n sect_n page_n i._o that_o it_o be_v convenient_a the_o nobility_n shall_v govern_v the_o church_n 165_o ii_o that_o the_o nobility_n shall_v not_o aspire_v to_o ecclesiastical_a office_n but_o by_o lawful_a way_n 167_o iii_o of_o the_o vocation_n or_o call_n of_o a_o prelate_n 168_o iu_o virtue_n requisite_a in_o the_o carriage_n of_o a_o prelate_n 169_o v._n the_o second_o virtue_n of_o a_o prelate_n which_o be_v fortitude_n of_o spirit_n against_o avarice_n and_o riot_n 170_o vi._n the_o three_o quality_n of_o a_o good_a prelate_n which_o be_v purity_n of_o life_n 171_o vii_o the_o four_o perfection_n of_o a_o prelate_n which_o be_v observe_v in_o zeal_n and_o charity_n 172_o viii_o the_o five_o excellency_n of_o a_o prelate_n which_o be_v science_n and_o prudence_n ibid._n ix_o the_o motive_n which_o noble_a prelate_n have_v to_o the_o duty_n of_o their_o
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his_o adversary_n at_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o mingle_n he_o be_v wound_v mortal_o with_o a_o arrow_n and_o command_v his_o coachman_n to_o draw_v he_o out_o of_o the_o combat_n which_o he_o do_v and_o as_o he_o be_v put_v in_o his_o second_o chariot_n which_o follow_v his_o chariot_n of_o war_n after_o the_o fashion_n of_o king_n he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n without_o find_v any_o remedy_n to_o divert_v the_o sharpness_n of_o that_o fatal_a stroke_n his_o body_n be_v bring_v back_o to_o jerusalem_n all_o bloody_a and_o the_o mourning_n for_o his_o death_n be_v so_o sensible_a and_o so_o pierce_a that_o it_o seem_v as_o if_o there_o have_v be_v a_o universal_a sack_n of_o the_o whole_a city_n never_o prince_n be_v so_o belove_v never_o any_o more_o passionate_o lament_v nor_o be_v there_o to_o be_v find_v any_o one_o among_o all_o the_o king_n of_o judea_n that_o have_v less_o vice_n and_o more_o zeal_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n his_o life_n be_v without_o spot_n his_o reputation_n without_o reproach_n and_o to_o say_v truth_n his_o goodness_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o breath_n that_o all_o the_o world_n do_v breathe_v poor_a jeremy_n be_v so_o cast_v down_o at_o a_o death_n so_o sudden_a that_o he_o lose_v all_o his_o joy_n and_o begin_v then_o according_a to_o s._n jerome_n to_o make_v those_o sad_a lamentation_n that_o have_v engrave_v his_o grief_n on_o the_o memory_n of_o all_o man_n to_o question_v why_o so_o good_a a_o king_n after_o so_o many_o action_n of_o piety_n be_v kill_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o infidel_n as_o a_o old_a suit_n that_o humane_a curiosity_n have_v commence_v against_o providence_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n some_o say_v pliny_n thrive_v by_o their_o wickedness_n and_o other_o be_v torment_v even_o by_o their_o own_o sacrifice_n but_o who_o be_v we_o to_o think_v to_o draw_v the_o curtain_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n before_o the_o time_n and_o to_o know_v the_o reason_n of_o all_o that_o god_n do_v and_o permit_v in_o the_o world_n for_o one_o virtuous_a prince_n that_o be_v afflict_v in_o the_o accident_n of_o humane_a thing_n we_o shall_v find_v always_o ten_o wicked_a one_o that_o have_v end_v miserable_o and_o yet_o we_o cease_v not_o to_o quarrel_v with_o the_o ordination_n of_o heaven_n by_o what_o contract_n be_v god_n to_o make_v his_o servant_n always_o win_v at_o play_n and_o war_n must_v he_o do_v perpetual_o miracle_n to_o make_v himself_o be_v think_v what_o he_o be_v what_o wrong_a do_v he_o do_v josiah_n if_o after_o a_o reign_n of_o one_o and_o thirty_o year_n conduct_v with_o great_a success_n and_o a_o universal_a approbation_n he_o die_v in_o the_o bed_n of_o valour_n defend_v his_o country_n and_o render_v proof_n of_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o courage_n what_o injury_n be_v it_o to_o have_v give_v he_o the_o honour_n to_o carry_v the_o heart_n of_o all_o his_o subject_n to_o his_o grave_n and_o to_o spread_v the_o glory_n of_o his_o name_n through_o all_o age_n and_o all_o the_o live_n after_o that_o we_o have_v see_v in_o history_n 100_o tyrant_n die_v almost_o all_o in_o a_o row_n of_o hideous_a and_o bloody_a death_n we_o come_v again_o to_o king_n manasses_n who_o after_o he_o have_v shed_v so_o much_o blood_n pass_v out_o of_o this_o life_n by_o a_o death_n peaceable_a enough_o we_o return_v to_o herod_n and_o tiberias_n and_o to_o mahomet_n who_o die_v in_o their_o bed_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v great_a saint_n of_o fortune_n canonize_v by_o their_o happiness_n alas_o what_o be_v the_o life_n of_o these_o and_o of_o their_o like_a to_o be_v stab_v every_o moment_n in_o the_o heart_n and_o in_o the_o public_a opinion_n to_o be_v curse_v of_o a_o million_o of_o mouth_n every_o
profession_n 173_o x._o the_o example_n of_o great_a prelate_n be_v very_o lively_a spur_n to_o virtue_n ibid._n s._n ambrose_n i._o his_o call_v 175_o ii_o a_o short_a elegy_n of_o the_o life_n and_o manner_n of_o s._n ambrose_n 179_o iii_o his_o government_n ibid._n iv_o his_o combat_n and_o first_o against_o gentilism_n 182_o oration_n of_o symmachus_n to_o theodosius_n and_o valentinian_n the_o young_a for_o the_o altar_n of_o victory_n exercise_n of_o pagan_a religion_n and_o revenue_n of_o vestal_n ibid._n v._o oration_n of_o s._n ambrose_n against_o symmachus_n 184_o vi._n the_o triumph_n of_o s._n ambrose_n in_o the_o conversion_n of_o s._n augustine_n 188_o vii_o disposition_n to_o the_o conversion_n of_o s._n augustine_n 191_o viii_o agitation_n of_o spirit_n in_o s._n augustine_n upon_o his_o conversion_n 194_o ix_o accident_n which_o further_v this_o conversion_n 195_o x._o the_o admirable_a change_n of_o s._n augustine_n 196_o xi_o the_o affair_n of_o s._n ambrose_n with_o the_o emperor_n valentinian_n the_o father_n and_o gratian_n the_o son_n 199_o xii_o the_o death_n of_o the_o emperor_n gratian_n and_o affliction_n of_o s._n ambrose_n 202_o xiii_o the_o embassage_n of_o s._n ambrose_n 204_o fourteen_o the_o persecution_n of_o s._n ambrose_n raise_v by_o the_o empress_n justina_n 206_o xv._o maximus_n pass_v into_o italy_n 208_o xvi_o affliction_n of_o s._n ambrose_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o valentinian_n 210_o xvii_o the_o tyranny_n of_o eugenius_n and_o not_o able_a liberty_n of_o s._n ambrose_n 211_o xviii_o the_o difference_n of_o s._n ambrose_n with_o the_o emperor_n theodosius_n &_o his_o death_n 213_o the_o soldier_n i._o the_o excellency_n of_o warlike_a virtue_n 217_o ii_o he_o entrance_n into_o the_o palace_n of_o valour_n and_o the_o illusion_n of_o the_o salmonean_n and_o rodomont_n 218_o iii_o the_o temple_n of_o valour_n and_o sage_a precept_n give_v by_o the_o christian_a soldier_n to_o refute_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o time_n and_o first_o that_o piety_n help_v valour_n 220_o iu._n manifest_a proof_n which_o declare_v that_o piety_n and_o valour_n be_v not_o thing_n incompatible_a 222_o v._o against_o duel_n 224_o vi_o against_o the_o ill_a manage_n of_o arm_n 225_o vii_o against_o sensual_a love_n &_o impurity_n 228_o viii_o against_o the_o perfidiousnes_n of_o interest_n 230_o ix_o short_a and_o notable_a instruction_n 231_o constantine_n i._o the_o providence_n of_o god_n over_o constantine_n 233_o ii_o the_o nobility_n of_o constantine_n 235_o iii_o his_o education_n and_o quality_n 237_o iu._n his_o entery_n into_o the_o empire_n 238_o v._n his_o prowess_n against_o maxentius_n 242_o vi._n the_o death_n of_o diocletian_a and_o feat_n of_o arm_n perform_v by_o constantine_n against_o lycinius_n 243_o vii_o the_o vice_n and_o passion_n of_o constantine_n before_o his_o baptism_n with_o the_o death_n of_o crispus_n and_o fausta_n 245_o viii_o the_o call_n of_o constantine_n to_o christianity_n the_o progress_n of_o his_o conversion_n and_o baptism_n 247_o ix_o the_o act_n of_o constantine_n after_o his_o baptism_n 248_o x._o the_o endeavour_n of_o good_a work_n with_o the_o virtue_n and_o law_n of_o constantine_n 249_o xi_o the_o zeal_n of_o constantine_n in_o the_o proceed_n in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a 251_o xii_o the_o government_n of_o constantine_n 254_o xiii_o the_o death_n of_o constantine_n 255_o the_o statesman_n i._o the_o excellency_n of_o politic_a virtue_n 263_o ii_o he_o table_n of_o babylon_n draw_v from_o sundry_a conception_n of_o the_o most_o singular_a wit_n of_o antiquity_n 264_o iii_o the_o destruction_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o government_n of_o the_o divine_a providence_n over_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o world_n 266_o iu._n the_o table_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n otherwise_o call_v the_o city_n of_o honest_a man_n draw_v out_o of_o many_o excellent_a conceit_n of_o ancient_a author_n and_o thing_n practise_v in_o some_o former_a commonwealth_n 268_o v._n sage_a precept_n draw_v out_o of_o the_o monument_n of_o the_o divine_a agathopolis_n 271_o boetius_fw-la i._o his_o great_a nobility_n 276_o ii_o the_o eminent_a wisdom_n and_o learning_n of_o boetius_fw-la 278_o iii_o his_o entrance_n into_o government_n of_o state_n 280_o iu._n the_o entrance_n of_o theodorick_n into_o rome_n and_o his_o happy_a government_n by_o the_o counsel_n of_o boetius_fw-la 282_o v._n the_o honour_n of_o boetius_fw-la and_o alteration_n of_o theodorick_n 287_o vi._n the_o imprisonment_n of_o boetius_fw-la 291_o vii_o the_o death_n of_o boetius_fw-la 293_o the_o lady_n i._o that_o the_o holy_a court_n can_v subsist_v without_o the_o virtue_n of_o lady_n and_o of_o their_o piety_n in_o the_o advancement_n of_o christianity_n 297_o ii_o that_o woman_n be_v capable_a of_o good_a light_n and_o solid_a instruction_n 298_o iii_o the_o ten_o order_n of_o woman_n and_o the_o vicious_a quality_n which_o lady_n ought_v especial_o to_o avoid_v 299_o iu._n the_o ten_o order_n of_o woman_n full_a of_o wisdom_n and_o virtue_n 302_o v._n a_o brief_a table_n of_o the_o excellent_a quality_n of_o a_o lady_n and_o first_o of_o true_a devotion_n 302_o vi_o modesty_n 303_o vii_o chastity_n 304_o viii_o discretion_n in_o the_o manage_n of_o affair_n 305_o ix_o conjugal_a love_n 306_o x._o the_o care_n of_o child_n 307_o xi_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o discourse_n ibid._n clotilda_n i._o her_o birth_n and_o education_n 307_o ii_o clodovaeus_n require_v clotilda_n in_o marriage_n 308_o iii_o embassage_n to_o the_o king_n of_o burgundy_n for_o the_o marriage_n of_o clotilda_n 310_o iu._n the_o arrival_n of_o clotilda_n in_o france_n &_o the_o life_n she_o lead_v in_o the_o time_n of_o her_o wedlock_n 312_o v._n the_o prudence_n which_o the_o queen_n use_v in_o the_o conversion_n of_o her_o husband_n 313_o vi._n the_o conversion_n of_o clodovaeus_n 315_o vii_o what_o clodovaeus_n do_v by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o clotilda_n after_o his_o baptism_n 316_o viii_o the_o good_a success_n which_o god_n give_v to_o clodovaeus_n after_o he_o become_v a_o christian_n 317_o ix_o the_o life_n of_o clotilda_n in_o her_o widowhood_n her_o affliction_n and_o glorious_a death_n 319_o indegondis_fw-la x._o issue_v from_o the_o blood_n and_o house_n of_o clotilda_n she_o transport_v the_o catholic_n faith_n into_o spain_n 323_o xi_o the_o persecution_n of_o indegondis_fw-la 324_o xii_o the_o retreat_n of_o hermingildus_n and_o his_o conversion_n 325_o xiii_o the_o reciprocal_a letter_n of_o the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n upon_o their_o separation_n 326_o fourteen_o the_o treaty_n of_o peace_n between_o levigildus_fw-la and_o his_o son_n by_o the_o mediation_n of_o indegondis_fw-la 327_o xv._o hermingildus_n be_v wicked_o betray_v 328_o xvi_o the_o letter_n of_o hermingildus_n to_o indegondis_fw-la and_o his_o generous_a resolution_n 330_o xvii_o the_o death_n of_o hermingildus_n 331_o a_o table_n of_o the_o maxim_n and_o example_n contain_v in_o the_o three_o tome_n of_o the_o holy_a court_n the_o first_o part_n of_o the_o three_o tome_n touch_v the_o divinity_n i._o maxim_n of_o religion_n page_n 339_o i._n example_n of_o the_o esteem_n we_o ought_v to_o make_v of_o faith_n and_o religion_n 342_o ii_o maxim_n of_o the_o essence_n of_o god_n 343_o ii_o example_n the_o power_n of_o god_n over_o faithless_a soul_n 346_o iii_o maxim_n of_o the_o excellency_n of_o god_n 348_o the_o greatness_n of_o god_n compare_v to_o the_o abjectness_n of_o man_n 349_o iii_o example_n of_o the_o weakness_n of_o man_n and_o inconstancy_n of_o humane_a thing_n 352_o iu._n maxim_n of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n 354_o the_o foundation_n of_o truth_n of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n 356_o iu._n example_n divers_a observation_n upon_o providence_n 358_o v._n maxim_n of_o accident_n 359_o v._o example_n of_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n over_o the_o estate_n and_o riches_n of_o the_o world_n 363_o vi_o maxim_n of_o praedestination_n 365_o vi_o example_n of_o the_o secret_a power_n of_o praedestination_n 368_o vii_o maxim_n of_o the_o divinity_n of_o jesus_n 370_o of_o the_o revelation_n of_o the_o word_n incarnate_a and_o how_o all_o creature_n bear_v witness_n of_o his_o divinity_n ibid._n vii_o example_n the_o triumph_n of_o jesus_n over_o the_o enemy_n of_o faith_n 373_o viii_o maxim_n of_o perfection_n of_o jesus_n which_o make_v he_o to_o be_v belove_v 375_o excellency_n in_o the_o person_n of_o our_o saviour_n 376_o viii_o example_n of_o the_o admirable_a change_n of_o worldly_a love_n into_o the_o love_n of_o jesus_n christ_n 379._o the_o second_o part_n touch_v the_o order_n of_o this_o present_a life_n ix_o maxim_n of_o devotion_n 381_o ix_o maxim_n of_o dark_a devotion_n 382_o ix_o maxim_n affect_a devotion_n 383_o ix_o maxim_n transcendent_a devotion_n 384_o ix_o maxim_n solid_a devotion_n 386_o ix_o example_n of_o solid_a devotion_n 387_o x._o maxim_n of_o interest_n 389_o x._o example_n of_o liberality_n and_o the_o unhappiness_n of_o such_o as_o seek_v
their_o end_n by_o unlawful_a way_n 392_o xi_o maxim_n of_o craft_n 394_o xi_o example_n of_o craft_n 397_o xii_o maxim_n of_o revenge_n 399_o xii_o example_n of_o reconciliation_n 402_o xiii_o maxim_n of_o the_o epicurean_a life_n 404_o xiii_o example_n the_o dreadful_a event_n of_o sensuality_n 470_o fourteen_o maxim_n of_o suffering_n 408_o that_o the_o divine_a providence_n excellent_o appear_v in_o the_o affliction_n of_o the_o just_a ibid._n fourteen_o example_n of_o constancy_n in_o tribulation_n 411._o the_o three_o part_n touch_v the_o state_n of_o the_o other_o world_n xv._o maxim_n of_o death_n 413_o xv._o example_n of_o the_o manner_n how_o to_o die_v well_o draw_v from_o the_o model_n of_o our_o lady_n 416_o xvi_o maxim_n of_o the_o immortality_n of_o the_o soul_n 419_o xvi_o example_n of_o the_o return_n of_o soul_n 423_o xvii_o maxim_n of_o purgatory_n 425_o xvii_o example_n of_o the_o apparition_n of_o soul_n 428_o xviii_o maxim_n of_o eternal_a unhappiness_n 430_o xviii_o example_n of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n and_o pain_n of_o hell_n 434_o xix_o maxim_n of_o sovereign_a beatitude_n 435_o xix_o example_n of_o contentment_n of_o beatitude_n 438_o xx._n maxim_n of_o resurrection_n 440_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o glorify_a body_n 441_o that_o the_o resurrection_n of_o jesus_n christ_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o we_o and_o that_o we_o shall_v behold_v the_o sweetness_n and_o glory_n of_o it_o as_o the_o source_n of_o our_o eternity_n 442_o xx._n example_n divers_a observation_n on_o the_o length_n of_o life_n and_o desire_v of_o resurrection_n 445_o conclusion_n of_o the_o maxim_n i._o obscurity_n and_o persecution_n of_o truth_n 446_o ii_o the_o definition_n of_o sensuality_n the_o description_n division_n and_o sundry_a sort_n of_o libertine_n 447_o iii_o the_o cause_n of_o sensuality_n well_o describe_v by_o the_o apostle_n s_o judas_n 448_o iu._n the_o ignorance_n &_o nullity_n of_o sensuality_n 449_o v._n the_o effect_n of_o sensuality_n and_o punishment_n of_o the_o wicked_a 450_o vi_o hideous_a usage_n of_o the_o wicked_a for_o the_o sin_n of_o impiety_n 451_o vii_o advice_n to_o youth_n and_o such_o as_o too_o easy_o give_v way_n to_o impiety_n 452_o viii_o that_o the_o remedy_n of_o our_o evil_n consist_v in_o zeal_n towards_o faith_n  _fw-fr division_n of_o the_o diary_n i._o act_n of_o devotion_n ii_o practice_n of_o virtue_n iii_o business_n iv_o recreation_n a_o table_n of_o the_o section_n the_o first_o part_n concern_v devotion_n section_n page_n i._o the_o importance_n of_o well_o order_v every_o action_n of_o the_o day_n 456_o ii_o at_o wake_v ibid._n iii_o five_o good_a action_n to_o begin_v the_o day_n 457_o iu._n of_o adoration_n the_o first_o act_n of_o devotion_n ibid._n v._o a_o example_n of_o adoration_n 458_o vi_o of_o thanksgiving_n the_o second_o act_n of_o devotion_n ibid._n vii_o a_o pattern_n of_o thanksgiving_n ibid._n viii_o of_o offer_v or_o oblation_n the_o three_o act_n of_o devotion_n ibid._n ix_o the_o manner_n of_o offer_v ourselves_o too_o god_n 459_o x._o of_o contrition_n the_o four_o act_n of_o devotion_n ibid._n xi_o a_o form_n of_o contrition_n ibid._n xii_o of_o petition_n or_o request_n the_o five_o act_n of_o devotion_n 460_o xiii_o a_o form_n of_o petition_n ibid._n fourteen_o of_o the_o time_n proper_a for_o spiritual_a read_n ibid._n xv._o a_o abstract_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o jesus_n christ_n to_o be_v use_v at_o the_o communion_n ibid._n xvi_o what_o we_o be_v to_o do_v at_o the_o celebration_n of_o the_o bless_a sacrament_n and_o other_o ensue_a act_n 461_o xvii_o devotion_n for_o the_o day_n of_o the_o week_n ibid._n xviii_o devotion_n for_o the_o hour_n of_o the_o day_n 462_o xix_o of_o confession_n a_o very_a necessary_a act_n of_o devotion_n and_o advice_n thereon_o 463_o xx._n a_o excellent_a prayer_n of_o s._n augustine_n for_o this_o exercise_n take_v out_o of_o a_o manuscript_n of_o cardinal_n sacripandus_n ibid._n xxi_o of_o 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