Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	faith_n	hope_n	love_n	2,864	5	5.6124	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06506	A well-resolved man; or, Good resolutions, & good endeavo[ur]		1600-1699? (1699)	Wing W1282C; ESTC R186356	9,179	15

or with both Troubles and Prosperity and so as raising all terrene good and happiness to a much better and higher Enjoyment Prov. 16.8 37.6 and besides in whatsoever condition the assurance of all working to his good especially to the encrease of his everlasting happiness 1 Pet. 1.8 Rom. 8.28 2 Cor. 4.17 7.4 8.2 In summe If I should suppose and particularly declare the many Divine Experiences Providences Protections Directions Blessings Joys and Encouragements which he hath had in health and in sickness and among some good friends and notwithstanding some ill Enemies and so both in Troubles and Prosperity and if I should so declare that all men might fully know the same though if evil-ey'd hinder-good men would very much vex thereat yet would the good or best men all presently wel-know or be ready to say-out that he blessed man though much unworthy had and hath yet very much reason with the Psalmist and other well-resolved men to particularly declare the much goodnesse of our GOD to his praise c. Verse 9 SECT III. SEcondly more publiquely also will a much well resolved man be willing when occasion to speak or any way declare abroad Gods goodnesse and praises yea tho●gh if any evil ey'd ill-minded men would therefore shew horns with Combs against him vers 9. c. And so like this well resolved Psalmist professes also in Psal 40.3 5 7 8 9 10 and in severall other of his praisfull Psalmes And likewise many other much well-resolved Saints in all Ages have been so willing to publiquely well imploy their Talents either by acting speaking studying writing or the like when occasion though often-times some ill minded men have therefore much detracted from and opposed the. And so likewise in these and times to come will many such well-resolved men be cheerefully willing to do any good when conveniently they may and to let their light shine to their Heavenly Fathers glory though Owle-sighted hate-light men or evil-ey'd hinder-light men or such whose hornes or Combs hang in their light would therefore much envy maligne gainsay or ill oppose them Math. 5.15 16. and 25.17 18.22 23 Mark 4.21 Psal 75.1 4 5 9 10. But here a few words of some application Good men I hope will think right well of my good endeavours and resolutions in this publique impressing way I hopeing to do some good thereby how little soever and having more then ordinary engagements and occasions thereunto and the rather while I do not censure or blame these who though much able do yet think it more discretion to forbeare in this Impressing way while yet we may well blame check or brush some ill-detracture sneaking evil-ev'd base-spirited hinderers and opposers of goodnesse But of this I may if occasion write some things elsewhere and how detracters and persecuters are the worst of men and most Father-Satan-like and of their base and rediculous humours and among other things how they deserve to be crowned instead of Lawrell with a Coronet of two bigg Eares on a Knaves cap with a Coxcomb and bell And now to come to what I cheefely intend in this Section I being willing for want of Tallants to bring a few Mites into the publique Treasury I desire upon occasion to give some very short account of some of my intended good endeavours and resolutions tending to a declareing of Gods goodnesse to his praise and his peoples happiness verse 9. And first to name one book intituled A Divine Mirrour or The happy Man c. Wherein a regenerate gracious man may behold much of his divine heaveny happiness on Earth Which book is well beg●n printed and might have been published a good time before now if first some intended additions and since some occasioned diversions had not hindered the same By which it may be well known to our Gods praise that a much gracious man can or may often much rejoyce in many severall respects yea often times though if ill-minded men would comely shew their hornes against him And so how he can rejoyce much more then the ungracious men even in externall and morall felicities though especially indivine and heavenny happinesse And well is it if therein as likewise in some other intended Treatises I hope to see farr better my former litte and weak though gracious and vertuous endeavours and so to declare such divine and heavenny happinesse however yet weakly as to g●ve some occasion to hope as well as wish of some conversation amongst Angells and of learning some divinity in Heaven and of God himself Phil. 3.20 Heb. 12.22 Joh. 6.45 Psal 71.17 And to give onely here this little short account of the intents of the before mentioned book Wherein by way of Character of an happy man is or may be shewed as in a Divine Mirrour to such severall things of the following heads Of Gods love to him in Jesus Christ Of his blessed Union in Christ Of the divine Spirit in him and much blessings and felicityes of all these Also of his divine graces his divine happy heavenny faith And of his such hope And so of his divine love Likewise of his Evangellicall humilliation Repentance and filiall feare occasioning much exaltation joy and love in God Also of other his divine graces and of his morall virtues ingraced and so raised to more happinesse Of his divine gracious and often joyous prayers praiseings and other good Christian exercises and good endeavours and resolutions Of his Orthodox Religion and felicities thereof Of his blessed peace as farr as he may with all men and much love to and Communion with the Saints Also of his divine gracious courage and of his contentment and often divine joyes in Troubles And how the same and oppositions do and may often turne to his good And of his good use and heaven-minded enjoyment of externall happinesse and prosperity Of his much happinesse in God And so in and with him of his divine and heavenny life welfare Wisdome Power Amiablenesse Fre●nds Riches Honors pleasures and how his God gives is and will be such happinesse to him Also of his divine joyes and how the same are alwayes habituall and often actuall free ready quick instant lively much Angelliseing his soul and thereby adding to all his other felicities And how somtimes may be unexpressable and how superterrene super-humane divine and heavenny Of his entertayning enjoying and encreasing such divine and heavenly infusions And of his soul often eying and having conversation in Heaven and enjoying in some degrees the felicities thereof already And of his divine Communion and fruition of God And so how his soul may be more sublimed to an heavenny temper often entertayning and enjoying partakings of the divine self and Heaven within him Also how such divine and heavenny graces joyes and felicityes are in some respects communicative to such as are capable thereof And how if all men would seriously endeavour to be such as he we might behold a more Angellicall Heavenny age