Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	command_v	forbid_v	vice_n	1,917	5	9.6001	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19560	Institutiones piæ or directions to pray also a short exposition of the Lords Prayer the Creed the 10 Com[m]andements Seauen Penitentiall Psalmes and Seauen Psalmes of thanksgiuing. by HI.	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.; Isaacson, Henry, 1581-1654.	1630 (1630)	STC 599; ESTC S101694	117,554	422

promise_n ceremony_n and_o the_o law_n itself_o be_v fulfil_v and_o end_v 1_o the_o promise_n as_o 1.15_o gen._n 1.15_o the_o seed_n of_o the_o woman_n shall_v break_v the_o serpent_n head_n 22.18_o gen._n 22.18_o in_o thou_o shall_v all_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v bless_v 2_o the_o ceremony_n the_o priesthood_n by_o his_o eternal_a priesthood_n 110.4_o psal_n 110.4_o the_o sacrifice_n by_o his_o own_o oblation_n 7.27_o heb._n 7.27_o circumcision_n 3.21_o luc._n 2.21_o 3.21_o by_o his_o circumcision_n and_o baptism_n passeover_n by_o the_o eucharist_n 14.22_o mar._n 14.22_o 3_o the_o law_n by_o his_o satisfaction_n and_o absolute_a fulfil_n of_o it_o in_o who_o be_v no_o sin_n nor_o spot_n cant._n cant._n but_o a_o absolute_a and_o perfect_a righteousness_n which_o righteousness_n he_o have_v of_o his_o free_a will_n and_o mercy_n impute_v to_o we_o and_o make_v we_o if_o with_o a_o lively_a faith_n we_o apprehend_v he_o and_o believe_v on_o he_o and_o in_o this_o respect_n it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o he_o observe_v and_o fulfil_v the_o law_n of_o god_n who_o not_o trust_v to_o himself_o or_o his_o own_o work_n commend_v himself_o whole_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n 5.21_o rom._n 8.3.4_o 2._o cor._n 5.21_o and_o seek_v all_o his_o righteousness_n by_o faith_n in_o christ_n jesus_n so_o that_o we_o be_v to_o rely_v on_o those_o word_n which_o saint_n paul_n speak_v in_o his_o sermon_n at_o antioch_n be_v it_o know_v unto_o you_o therefore_o 13.38_o act._n 13.38_o man_n and_o brethren_n that_o through_o this_o man_n christ_n jesus_n be_v preach_v unto_o you_o the_o forgiveness_n of_o sin_n and_o by_o he_o all_o that_o believe_v be_v justify_v from_o all_o thing_n from_o which_o you_o can_v not_o be_v justify_v by_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n but_o yet_o we_o must_v take_v this_o along_o with_o us._n that_o this_o faith_n whereby_o we_o believe_v that_o christ_n satisfy_v the_o law_n and_o be_v become_v our_o righteousness_n and_o perfection_n be_v mere_o by_o god_n grace_n and_o favour_v infuse_v into_o our_o heart_n by_o the_o holy_a spirit_n which_o stir_v up_o in_o we_o a_o love_n and_o desire_v to_o keep_v the_o law_n of_o god_n which_o though_o the_o same_o desire_n never_o attain_v to_o perfection_n while_o we_o live_v in_o these_o earthly_a tabernacle_n for_o the_o frailty_n and_o indisposition_n of_o the_o flesh_n yet_o god_n in_o his_o mercy_n accept_v the_o same_o for_o christ_n sake_n for_o the_o better_a conceive_v of_o the_o drift_n and_o scope_n of_o these_o commandment_n we_o be_v to_o take_v notice_n of_o two_o thing_n 1_o whereas_o in_o every_o commandment_n the_o gross_a sin_n tend_v to_o the_o breach_n of_o that_o commandment_n be_v only_o forbid_v by_o name_n yet_o we_o be_v to_o conceive_v that_o all_o sin_n of_o that_o nature_n though_o lesser_o in_o degree_n and_o not_o name_v together_o with_o the_o provocation_n thereunto_o be_v likewise_o inclusive_o contain_v in_o that_o prohibition_n 2_o and_o where_o any_o virtue_n be_v command_v to_o be_v observe_v there_o all_o the_o vice_n and_o sin_n contrary_a to_o that_o virtue_n be_v forbid_v and_o where_o any_o vice_n be_v prohibit_v there_o all_o opposite_a virtue_n to_o it_o be_v enjoin_v meditation_n of_o death_n that_o all_o man_n must_v die_v be_v long_o since_o enact_v by_o statute_n in_o the_o parliament_n of_o heaven_n unrepeal_v and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o day_n of_o death_n be_v by_o god_n keep_v from_o we_o 1._o aug._n in_o psal_n 34._o conc._n 1._o lest_o we_o shall_v promise_v to_o ourselves_o any_o thing_n for_o future_a time_n i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o spend_v many_o word_n to_o prove_v either_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o the_o one_o or_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o other_o only_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o conclude_v this_o work_n with_o a_o few_o meditation_n and_o prayer_n which_o may_v serve_v as_o well_o for_o those_o who_o feel_v the_o hand_n of_o god_n by_o sickness_n as_o for_o those_o which_o be_v in_o perfect_a health_n to_o meditate_v and_o think_v upon_o that_o they_o be_v not_o take_v unprovided_a and_o this_o exercise_n of_o meditation_n of_o death_n and_o resolution_n to_o die_v ought_v not_o to_o seem_v strange_a or_o hard_o to_o christian_n for_o the_o philosopher_n in_o his_o time_n account_v all_o day_n spend_v without_o serious_a consideration_n of_o our_o end_n to_o be_v but_o fond_o consume_v and_o affirm_v that_o the_o whole_a life_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n plato_n plato_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o meditation_n of_o death_n and_o therefore_o it_o have_v be_v observe_v that_o abraham_n 19_o gen._n 23.3_o 19_o when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n purchase_v no_o more_o land_n than_o will_v serve_v to_o bury_v his_o dead_a to_o teach_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v not_o fix_v or_o fasten_v our_o mind_n upon_o the_o transitory_a thing_n of_o the_o world_n but_o have_v our_o affection_n bend_v upon_o another_o world_n and_o meditate_v upon_o the_o day_n of_o our_o death_n which_o bring_v two_o benefit_n with_o it_o first_o it_o deliver_v we_o out_o of_o many_o care_n and_o trouble_n and_o second_o it_o lead_v we_o to_o joy_n unspeakable_a the_o first_o of_o these_o benefit_n the_o heathen_a man_n can_v see_v 7._o artabanus_n to_o xerxes_n herod_n l._n 7._o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n when_o he_o say_v that_o no_o man_n live_v in_o so_o flourish_a estate_n who_o if_o not_o often_o yet_o once_o i●_n his_o life_n do_v not_o desire_v rather_o to_o die_v then_o to_o live_v for_o the_o unavoidable_a calamity_n and_o grievous_a disease_n incident_a to_o this_o life_n do_v so_o often_o disquiet_a and_o vex_v a_o man_n that_o notwithstanding_o our_o life_n be_v natural_o short_a yet_o sometime_o it_o seem_v over_o long_o unto_o he_o and_o therefore_o say_v he_o death_n be_v the_o most_o acceptable_a and_o wish_a for_o sanctuary_n and_o place_n of_o refuge_n for_o a_o life_n full_a of_o misery_n and_o grief_n and_o for_o the_o second_o take_v among_o many_o that_o of_o saint_n cyprian_n cypr._n cypr._n we_o pass_v by_o death_n to_o immortality_n neither_o can_v we_o come_v or_o attain_v to_o eternal_a life_n but_o by_o leave_v this_o life_n nor_o be_v our_o corporal_a death_n to_o be_v account_v a_o end_n or_o period_n of_o life_n but_o a_o passage_n to_o a_o better_a for_o by_o this_o temporal_a journey_n we_o pass_v to_o eternity_n for_o this_o separation_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o body_n common_o call_v death_n if_o we_o consider_v the_o true_a scope_n and_o aim_n of_o god_n in_o it_o be_v not_o inflict_v by_o he_o as_o a_o severe_a judge_n to_o punish_v the_o elect_n but_o as_o a_o most_o merciful_a father_n who_o only_o call_v his_o child_n from_o a_o dungeon_n of_o misery_n to_o a_o place_n of_o all_o felicity_n and_o happiness_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o have_v always_o make_v the_o godly_a to_o leave_v this_o life_n with_o such_o willingness_n and_o joy_n and_o to_o endure_v with_o so_o great_a courage_n and_o constancy_n all_o their_o great_a agony_n meditation_n for_o the_o sick_a set_a thy_o house_n in_o order_n for_o thou_o shall_v die_v 38.1_o esa_n 38.1_o 19.25_o job._n 19.25_o i_o know_v that_o my_o redeemer_n live_v and_o that_o he_o shall_v stand_v at_o the_o latter_a day_n upon_o the_o earth_n 19.26_o job._n 19.26_o and_o that_o i_o shall_v be_v again_o clothe_v with_o this_o skin_n and_o in_o my_o flesh_n i_o shall_v see_v god_n 19.27_o job._n 19.27_o who_o i_o myself_o shall_v see_v and_o my_o eye_n shall_v behold_v this_o hope_n be_v lay_v up_o in_o my_o breast_n lord_n let_v i_o know_v my_o end_n and_o the_o number_n of_o my_o day_n that_o i_o 39.5_o psal_n 39.5_o may_v be_v certify_v how_o long_o i_o have_v to_o live_v 39.6_o psal_n 39.6_o behold_v thou_o have_v make_v my_o day_n as_o it_o be_v a_o span_n long_o and_o my_o age_n be_v as_o nothing_o in_o respect_n of_o thou_o and_o very_o every_o man_n live_v be_v altogether_o vanity_n 39.7_o psal_n 39.7_o for_o man_n walk_v in_o a_o vain_a shadow_n and_o disquiet_v himself_o in_o vain_a he_o heap_v up_o riches_n and_o can_v tell_v who_o shall_v gather_v they_o 39.8_o psal_n 39.8_o and_o now_o lord_n what_o be_v nay_o hope_n true_o my_o hope_n be_v even_o in_o thou_o 39.9_o psal_n 39.9_o deliver_v i_o from_o all_o my_o offence_n and_o make_v i_o not_o a_o rebuke_n to_o the_o foolish_a 3911._o psal_n 3911._o take_v away_o thy_o stroke_n from_o i_o for_o i_o be_o consume_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o thy_o heavy_a hand_n 39.12_o psal_n 39.12_o when_o thou_o with_o rebuke_n do_v chasten_v man_n for_o sin_n thou_o make_v his_o beauty_n to_o consume_v away_o like_o a_o moth_a fret_v a_o garment_n every_o man_n therefore_o be_v but_o vanity_n 39.13_o psal_n 39.13_o

patient_a with_o they_o in_o their_o correction_n and_o bear_v with_o all_o their_o infirmity_n that_o which_o we_o be_v forbid_v to_o do_v against_o they_o be_v 20.9_o exo._n 21.17_o levit._fw-la 20.9_o not_o to_o speak_v evil_a of_o they_o or_o to_o curse_v they_o 7.11_o mat._n 15.5_o mat._n 7.11_o not_o to_o see_v they_o want_v not_o to_o be_v ashamed_a of_o they_o for_o poverty_n or_o other_o cause_n whatsoever_o &c._n that_o thy_o day_n may_v &c._n &c._n 2._o the_o promise_n be_v make_v to_o all_o such_o as_o shall_v keep_v this_o precept_n which_o be_v long_a day_n of_o life_n here_o and_o happy_a too_o else_o they_o will_v be_v no_o better_o than_o a_o curse_n long_o day_n hereafter_o for_o ever_o in_o bliss_n which_o be_v the_o high_a blessing_n that_o can_v befall_v to_o any_o this_o promise_n god_n make_v 1._o to_o provoke_v we_o to_o that_o duty_n of_o reverence_v and_o obey_v our_o parent_n and_o superior_n 2._o to_o show_v how_o high_o he_o esteem_v of_o it_o the_o six_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v this_o commandment_n follow_v proper_o and_o in_o order_n in_o the_o next_o place_n for_o man_n life_n be_v the_o most_o previous_a thing_n in_o this_o world_n and_o upon_o which_o all_o other_o thing_n depend_v god_n seem_v to_o take_v care_n by_o this_o commandment_n for_o peace_n and_o quietness_n whereby_o man_n life_n may_v be_v preserve_v kill_v thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v neither_o thyself_o nor_o other_o neither_o shall_v thou_o have_v any_o desire_n to_o do_v any_o such_o act_n under_o this_o commandment_n be_v diverse_a other_o particular_n forbid_v for_o as_o god_n forbid_v the_o act_n so_o do_v he_o command_v that_o all_o occasion_n or_o mean_n to_o execute_v that_o act_n be_v forbear_v and_o take_v away_o if_o god_n command_v we_o not_o to_o kill_v than_o he_o prohibit_v anger_n quarrel_v chide_v hatred_n 5.22_o mat._n 5.22_o and_o all_o other_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o may_v be_v as_o provocation_n ro_o slaughter_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a he_o enjoin_v us._n to_o love_v our_o neighbour_n as_o ourselves_o to_o live_v peaceable_o and_o quiet_o with_o they_o to_o do_v good_a for_o evil_n and_o all_o this_o because_o man_n be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n flesh_n of_o our_o flesh_n the_o thing_n that_o christ_n pay_v so_o dear_a for_o the_o seven_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n adultery_n thou_o shall_v not_o commit_v adultery_n the_o chief_a aim_n and_o scope_n of_o this_o commandment_n be_v to_o preserve_v the_o marriage_n bed_n inviolate_a and_o with_o great_a reason_n it_o be_v place_v next_o to_o the_o prohibit_v of_o homicide_n because_o that_o next_o and_o dear_a to_o a_o man_n after_o his_o own_o life_n be_v the_o preservation_n and_o honot_fw-mi of_o his_o wife_n for_o they_o two_o be_v but_o one_o flesh_n 2.24_o gen._n 2.24_o and_o by_o this_o commandment_n be_v also_o implicit_o and_o secret_o forbid_a whoredom_n incest_n sodomy_n 1.26_o sodomy_n rom._n 1.26_o sin_n against_o nature_n 5.28_o nature_n mat._n 5.28_o unlawful_a desire_n and_o affection_n uncleanness_n evil_a talk_n obscene_a song_n and_o impudent_a behaviour_n uncivil_a sight_n lascivion_n picture_n intemperance_n of_o diet_n delicacy_n and_o excess_n in_o apparel_n and_o the_o like_a be_v provocation_n to_o the_o sin_n here_o forbid_v and_o as_o we_o be_v prohibit_v these_o thing_n so_o be_v we_o command_v hereby_o to_o live_v chaste_o temperate_o 5.8_o mat._n 5.8_o modest_o and_o pure_o in_o heart_n for_o by_o these_o virtue_n as_o our_o saviour_n tell_v we_o we_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o beatificiall_a vision_n of_o god_n and_o enjoy_v that_o blessedness_n which_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o those_o that_o in_o pureness_n of_o heart_n love_n and_o serve_v he_o the_o eight_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v steal_v thou_o shall_v not_o steal_v that_o be_v thou_o shall_v not_o take_v from_o another_o any_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o thy_o own_o and_o against_o this_o commandment_n we_o may_v offend_v diverse_a way_n by_o commit_v sacrilege_n take_v any_o thing_n from_o the_o church_n by_o with_o hold_v that_o which_o be_v due_a to_o king_n or_o prince_n by_o rob_v on_o the_o high_a way_n or_o out_o of_o house_n by_o deceive_v any_o man_n in_o bargain_v in_o false_a weight_n and_o measure_n in_o be_v bankrupt_a without_o cause_n by_o oppress_v the_o poor_a or_o keep_v his_o pledge_n by_o encroach_a upon_o the_o possession_n of_o any_o other_o either_o by_o violence_n open_o or_o by_o fraud_n in_o remove_v land_n mark_n etc._n etc._n by_o keep_v that_o which_o be_v find_v from_o the_o true_a owner_n by_o deny_v or_o conceal_v a_o trust_n by_o detain_v the_o laborer_n hire_v by_o live_v idle_o and_o eat_v out_o of_o another_o man_n labour_n by_o neglect_v a_o master_n service_n and_o mispend_v his_o good_n the_o nine_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o bear_v false_a witness_n against_o thy_o neighbour_n etc._n thou_o shall_v not_o bear_v false_a witness_n etc._n etc._n thou_o shall_v not_o give_v false_a evidence_n before_o a_o judge_n against_o any_o man_n whosoever_o do_v so_o be_v not_o only_o guilty_a of_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o commandment_n but_o of_o the_o three_o also_o in_o commit_v perjury_n neither_o be_v false_a testimony_n with_o a_o oath_n forbid_v only_o but_o also_o without_o a_o oath_n 1_o thou_o shall_v not_o accuse_v thy_o brother_n unjust_o slander_v he_o revile_v he_o backebite_v he_o abuse_v he_o by_o uncivil_a jest_n 2_o thou_o shall_v not_o lie_v or_o equivocate_v either_o for_o sport_n or_o to_o avoid_v danger_n or_o loss_n for_o although_o some_o seem_v to_o approve_v of_o jacob_n 27.19_o gen._n 27.19_o in_o lie_v to_o his_o father_n that_o he_o be_v esau_n the_o midwine_n 1.19_o exo._n 1.19_o to_o save_v the_o child_n rahab_n the_o harlot_n 2.4.5_o josu_fw-la 2.4.5_o to_o save_v the_o spy_n michol_n 19.14_o 1._o sam._n 19.14_o to_o save_v david_n her_o husband_n judith_n 11.5_o jud._n 11.5_o to_o deceive_v holofernes_n aug._n aug._n yet_o it_o be_v safe_a with_o saint_n august_n to_o hold_v that_o all_o lie_n be_v direct_o opposite_a to_o truth_n must_v needs_o be_v sin_n the_o ten_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n house_n etc._n thou_o shall_v not_o etc._n etc._n this_o commandment_n be_v direct_o against_o covetousness_n or_o evil_a concupiscence_n the_o issue_n of_o original_a sin_n which_o be_v derive_v to_o all_o mankind_n after_o the_o fall_n of_o adam_n covet_v not_o covet_v no_o man_n ought_v to_o covet_v or_o desire_n no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o in_o his_o heart_n any_o thing_n which_o belong_v to_o another_o man_n and_o whereby_o he_o may_v receive_v any_o damage_n or_o detriment_n neither_o his_o house_n which_o be_v his_o inheritance_n and_o his_o defence_n against_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o sharpness_n of_o the_o cold_a nor_o his_o wife_n which_o be_v bone_n of_o his_o bone_n and_o flesh_n of_o his_o flesh_n his_o partner_n as_o well_o in_o sorrow_n as_o pleasure_n nor_o his_o servant_n without_o who_o help_n and_o labour_n he_o can_v dispatch_v his_o affair_n nor_o his_o cattle_n which_o do_v his_o work_n in_o conclusion_n nothing_o which_o may_v any_o way_n prejudice_n he_o now_o see_v that_o 2.10_o ja._n 2.10_o he_o which_o be_v guilty_a in_o break_v one_o part_n of_o the_o law_n offend_v in_o all_o and_o that_o to_o the_o keep_n of_o it_o the_o whole_a inward_a and_o outward_a man_n be_v require_v and_o that_o the_o flesh_n while_o we_o be_v in_o this_o world_n be_v whole_o opposite_a to_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o we_o to_o fulfil_v the_o same_o by_o our_o own_o endeavour_n for_o it_o be_v with_o we_o as_o it_o be_v with_o saint_n paul_n 7.18_o rom._n 7.18_o in_o our_o flesh_n dwell_v no_o good_a thing_n and_o the_o good_a that_o we_o will_v we_o do_v not_o but_o the_o evil_n which_o we_o will_v not_o that_o we_o do_v and_o see_v also_o that_o 3.20_o rom._n 3.20_o by_o thou_o deed_n of_o the_o law_n no_o man_n can_v be_v justify_v not_o that_o the_o law_n be_v in_o fault_n be_v good_a of_o itself_o but_o our_o own_o flesh_n 8.7.8_o rom._n 8.7.8_o the_o carnal_a mind_n be_v enmity_n with_o god_n and_o they_o which_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n not_o be_v able_a to_o please_v he_o for_o the_o comfort_n therefore_o of_o all_o when_o as_o neither_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n can_v justify_v we_o nor_o we_o be_v able_a to_o fulfil_v the_o same_o god_n of_o his_o infinite_a mercy_n send_v his_o son_n christ_n jesus_n into_o the_o world_n 3.13.14_o galat._n 3.13.14_o that_o he_o suffer_a death_n for_o we_o may_v redeem_v we_o from_o the_o curse_n of_o the_o law_n that_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o promise_n of_o the_o spirit_n through_o faith_n for_o in_o he_o all_o the_o