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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lord_n	praise_n	praise_v	1,731	5	9.0991	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01738	A treatise of true fortitude. By M. George Gyffard, Preacher of the worde of God, at Maldon in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1594 (1594)	STC 11870; ESTC S114291	21,526	60

valiant in minde Whē the mighty oppresse the weake howe shal a Iudge execute true iudgement vnlesse he be of a valiant corage If the minister of the word throgh pusillanimity do feare the face of man how shal he reproue sinne especially in persons of high estate Tyrants seek to inuade kingdoms with great force how shall the man of warre be able to meete them looke thē in the face if hee haue not the heart of a Lyon And what an honor is it to the Worthies which fight the battailes of the Lord against the enemies of God in defence of the truth the Church and Common wealth that the King of glory himselfe as it were commeth downe to be praised among them and together with thē For in his prayse it is written Iehoua isch milhamah Exod. 15. Iehoua is a man of warre And Jehoua gilbor milhamah Psalme 24. Iehoua mighty in battell This is the high praise of the mighty 3 But perhaps some man will say what iust cause is there that this vertue should be praised and had in admiration aboue all vertues Why should it haue the highest or the chiefe honor I answer that the cause is apparāt vnto those that beholde and viewe her well with all the pleasant sweet fruites that she bringgeth forth She maketh great for she is excellent great spreading herselfe thorough the heigth the depth the length and the bredth of al goodnes inasmuch as the mind of man can neuer retaine or practise any good thing without her force and might Shee is euen as the sinnewes bones of strength knitting together and supporting the whole bodie of vertues Shee lifteth vp the minde of man for as through weakenesse mans minde is ouer-come and brought into a base slauery vnto all euill so by strength it ouercommeth and hath the victorie is aduanced vnto freedome and dignitie Shee is the maine piller that supporteth both Church and Common wealth Inasmuch as she openeth the mouth of the Iudge to pronounce true sentence of iudgement without all dreade or respect of persons Shee remoueth all feare from the messenger of God and maketh him bolde faithfully to vtter his full message vnto all degrees of men both high and lowe Shee girdeth on the sworde of the mighty warrior and leadeth him foorth with boldnes to fight the battailes of the Lorde to repell the violence of the enemie and to saue the liues of many thousands In respect of these things her glorie is more bright then the cleerest star that shineth in the firmament Many are the ornaments of Gold of Pearle and of other precious things wherwith the body is decked but all of them are by manie degrees inferior to the ornaments wherwith shee decketh and beautifieth the minde of man Her iewels cannot be valued by any price 4 This noble vertue then is woorth the seeking after and blessed is hee that findeth the right way to clime vp vnto her Shee dwelleth on high and is harde to come vnto as all godly things are difficil Her fame indeede causeth many to seeke after her but few there be that find her because the most part light into the wrong way inticed and deceiued by a sturdy vice which hath stollē her cloke and would be like vnto her These runne as swift as the Roe but looke how much the faster so much the further off from the pure vertue of which they haue lost the sight To remedy this mischiefe and to direct such as seeke her the way is to be opened which leadeth to the one and that leadeth to the other for so may a man learne to auoyde the wrong and to chuse the right course And nowe wee come vnto it Fortitude is double humane diuine I call that humane fortitude which the Gentiles I will not say had for they had nothing in them pure but which by the light of nature they did see and describe and which they laboured to attaine vnto by the naturall powers faculties of the mind through humane courage And that is the diuine Fortitude where the mind through faith in Christ putteth on the grace power of God and thereby dooth become great and valiant As it is written Be strong in Lord and in the power of his might put on the whole armor of God Ephes 6. If wee looke well into eyther of these wee shall finde in the one the right way to ascende vp to the Palace of the princely Vertue and in the other the race wherein men runne to that vice which doth resemble her They that seeke to obtaine her as a spirituall gifte from GOD by fayth in Christ through the new birth by which the minde is renewed made free take the right way they shal posses her they shall taste of her sweete fruits But such as endeuour by their owne naturall powers and faculties of the minde through humane courage to become valiant run in the wrong way and although they attaine to an exceeding hardinesse yet is it no vertue but a resolute or rather a desperate boldnes beeing in deede a vice vnder the shewe or resemblance of vertue They runne in the way of the Gentiles and higher then they did they cannot clime 5 Marry some will say I woulde neuer wish to clime hier in Fortitude then the Gentiles did nor to goe in a better way therein then they There were among them as all antiquitie dooth report as valiant and braue minded men as euer liued in the world And this also we find that neuer any men haue performed greater or more noble acts thē they did for which they haue been had in admiration and honoured of all men and shall be to the worlds end To let passe many of auncient time which were very great what say you vnto Phillip of Macedon and to his sonne Alexander the great What say you to Scipio and Haniball Caesar and Pompey Was there but a shewe of vertue in these men was all theyr courage and hardinesse but a vice May wee not rather esteeme them and others of like fame as woorthy patterns for all Warriors to imitate let no man couet to bee a more woorthy souldiour then Julius Caesar was 6 To this I aunswere that in verie deede it can hardly be shewed that euer there haue beene more souldiour-like men in the world thē some of those forenamed if we respect eyther theyr skill to guide an Armie or their courage and boldnesse of minde also their famous acts but yet it is out of all doubt that they had not in them the true Fortitude which is a most pure vertue but they had some shewe thereof And so likewise the fame the glory which they haue euen to the worlds end is but a vaine glory shall vanishe and at the last lye in the dust For proofe of this wee haue first this vndouted principle that there is nothing pure in man by nature but all wholy depraued and corrupted As it is written They are