Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n
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De finibus virtutis Christianæ The ends of Christian religion : which are to avoid eternall wrath from God, [to] enjoy [eternall] happinesse [from God] / justified in several discourses by R.S.
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Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684.
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Wing S3009; ESTC R30561
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the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o which_o the_o foolishness_n of_o preach_v have_v in_o opposition_n to_o all_o their_o philosophy_n again_o resettled_a over_o all_o the_o christian_a world_n the_o first_o particular_a that_o we_o be_v to_o prove_v be_v this_o that_o they_o can_v never_o secure_v to_o themselves_o the_o happiness_n they_o design_v in_o this_o life_n and_o this_o st_n augustine_n prove_v to_o their_o head_n i_o shall_v give_v you_o but_o a_o taste_n of_o his_o discourse_n first_o those_o prima_fw-la naturae_fw-la those_o first_o happiness_n of_o nature_n which_o the_o academic_n make_v prime_a part_n of_o their_o felicity_n say_v he_o and_o where_o and_o how_o can_v they_o be_v so_o ascertain_v as_o not_o to_o be_v subject_a to_o various_a casualty_n what_o grief_n be_v there_o though_o never_o so_o contrary_a to_o pleasure_n what_o uneasinesse_n and_o disquiet_n be_v there_o 144._o prima_fw-la sic_fw-la naturam_fw-la numerat_fw-la cicero_n incolumitatem_fw-la conservationemque_fw-la omnium_fw-la partium_fw-la valetudinem_fw-la sensus_fw-la integros_fw-la vires_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la caeteraque_fw-la generis_fw-la ejuidem_fw-la v._o ciceron_n de_fw-fr finib_fw-la lib._n 5._o p._n 144._o though_o never_o so_o contrary_a to_o rest_n and_o indolence_n that_o may_v not_o happen_v to_o the_o body_n of_o their_o wise_a philosopher_n who_o can_v help_v his_o be_v deform_v if_o nature_n make_v he_o so_o siknesse_n happen_v to_o one_o and_o he_o want_v health_n weakness_n and_o lassitude_n to_o another_o and_o he_o want_v strength_n to_o another_o a_o lazy_a heaviness_n and_o torpor_n and_o he_o want_v activity_n and_o which_o of_o all_o these_o may_v not_o happen_v to_o the_o body_n of_o their_o wise_a man_n then_o as_o to_o the_o soul_n what_o little_a assistance_n from_o our_o sense_n will_v remain_v towards_o the_o perception_n and_o comprehension_n of_o truth_n etc._n ea_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la prima_fw-la naturae_fw-la quando_fw-la ubi_fw-la quomodo_fw-la tam_fw-la bene_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vitâ_fw-la possunt_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la sub_fw-la incertis_fw-la casibus_fw-la fluctuentur_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la dolour_n contrarius_fw-la voluptati_fw-la quae_fw-la inquietudo_fw-la contraria_fw-la quieti_fw-la in_o corpus_fw-la cadere_fw-la sapientis_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la membrorum_fw-la amputatio_fw-la vel_fw-la debilitas_fw-la hominis_fw-la expugnat_fw-la incolumitatem_fw-la deformitas_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la imbecillitas_fw-la sanitatem_fw-la vires_fw-la lassitudo_fw-la mobilitatem_fw-la torpor_fw-la aut_fw-la tarditas_fw-la ecquid_fw-la horum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la nequeat_fw-la in_o carnem_fw-la sapientis_fw-la irruere_fw-la quid_fw-la ipsius_fw-la animi_fw-la primigenia_fw-la quae_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la bona_fw-la ubi_fw-la duo_fw-la prima_fw-la ponunt_fw-la propter_fw-la comprehensionem_fw-la perceptionemque_fw-la veritatis_fw-la sensum_fw-la &_o intellectum_fw-la sed_fw-la qualis_fw-la quantusque_fw-la manet_fw-la sensus_fw-la si_fw-la ut_fw-la alia_fw-la taceam_fw-la homo_fw-la fiat_fw-la caecus_fw-la &_o surdus_fw-la ratio_fw-la verò_fw-la &_o intelligentia_fw-la quo_fw-la recedit_fw-la ubi_fw-la sopietur_fw-la si_fw-la aliquo_fw-la morbo_fw-la efficiatur_fw-la insanus_fw-la deinde_fw-la perceptio_fw-la veritatis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la carnum_fw-la qualis_fw-la ac_fw-la quanta_fw-la est_fw-la quando_fw-la sicut_fw-la legimus_fw-la in_o veraci_fw-la libro_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la corpus_fw-la corruptibile_fw-la aggravat_fw-la animam_fw-la etc._n etc._n if_o a_o man_n shall_v happen_v to_o be_v blind_a and_o deaf_a and_o whether_o go_v the_o reason_n and_o understanding_n of_o this_o great_a philosopher_n how_o will_v he_o render_v it_o sedale_n and_o tractable_a if_o by_o the_o tumultuary_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o a_o disease_n he_o once_o be_v render_v mad_a but_o although_o no_o such_o disease_n shall_v fall_v upon_o he_o yet_o how_o little_a perception_n of_o truth_n can_v we_o possible_o arrive_v to_o we_o while_o we_o be_v impede_v with_o this_o flesh_n see_v it_o be_v true_a that_o we_o read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n that_o the_o corruptible_a body_n press_v down_o the_o soul_n ib._n impetus_fw-la porrò_fw-la vel_fw-la actionis_fw-la appetitus_fw-la si_fw-la hoc_fw-la modo_fw-la recte_fw-la latin_a appellatur_fw-la ea_fw-la quam_fw-la graeci_fw-la vocant_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quia_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la primis_fw-la natuae_fw-la deputant_fw-la bonis_fw-la nun_n ipse_fw-la est_fw-la quo_fw-la geruntur_fw-la etiam_fw-la insanorum_fw-la illi_fw-la miserabiles_fw-la motus_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la quae_fw-la horremus_fw-la quando_fw-la pervertitur_fw-la sensus_fw-la ratioque_fw-la ropitur_fw-la porro_fw-la ipsa_fw-la virtus_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la inter_fw-la prima_fw-la naturae_fw-la quoniam_fw-la &_o eye_v postea_fw-la doctrinâ_fw-la introducente_fw-la supervenit_fw-la cum_fw-la sibi_fw-la culmen_fw-la bonorum_fw-la vindicet_fw-la humanorum_fw-la quid_fw-la hic_fw-la agit_fw-fr nisi_fw-la perpetua_fw-la bella_fw-la cum_fw-la vitiis_fw-la nec_fw-la exteriori_fw-la bus_fw-la sed_fw-la interioribus_fw-la nec_fw-la alienis_fw-la sed_fw-la plane_n fuis_fw-la etc._n etc._n ib._n and_o the_o earthy_a tabernacle_n weigh_v down_o the_o mind_n that_o otherwise_o will_v be_v apt_a to_o meditate_v on_o many_o thing_n hardly_o say_v he_o do_v we_o guess_v aright_o at_o thing_n that_o be_v upon_o the_o earth_n and_o with_o labour_n do_v we_o find_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v before_o we_o then_o for_o the_o appetitive_a part_n which_o the_o grek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o latins_n have_v scarce_o any_o good_a name_n for_o though_o it_o be_v esteem_v with_o they_o one_o of_o their_o prime_a part_n of_o happiness_n be_v not_o this_o the_o power_n by_o which_o when_o once_o the_o sense_n be_v pervert_v and_o reason_n lay_v a_o sleep_n all_o those_o horrible_a action_n of_o mad_a and_o phrenetical_a person_n be_v perform_v then_o as_o for_o the_o moral_a virtue_n such_o as_o temperance_n and_o prudence_n justice_n and_o fortitude_n which_o exceed_v the_o prime_a happiness_n of_o nature_n and_o be_v introduce_v by_o learning_n and_o discipline_n what_o great_a matter_n of_o happiness_n can_v there_o be_v in_o these_o when_o they_o confess_v that_o their_o virtue_n be_v always_o in_o a_o perpetual_a war_n with_o vice_n not_o only_o with_o outward_a vice_n but_o also_o with_o such_o as_o be_v within_o we_o not_o only_o with_o other_o vice_n but_o also_o with_o our_o own_o we_o who_o be_v christian_n confess_v credamus_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la nullum_fw-la est_fw-la vitium_fw-la cum_fw-la sicut_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostous_n caro_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la adversus_fw-la spiritum_fw-la cui_fw-la vitio_fw-la contraria_fw-la virtus_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la sicut_fw-la idem_fw-la dicit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la concupiscit_fw-la adversus_fw-la carnem_fw-la haec_fw-la duo_fw-la sibi_fw-la inuicem_fw-la adverfantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n absitergo_fw-la ut_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la bello_fw-la intestino_fw-la sumus_fw-la jam_fw-la nos_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la vincendo_fw-la volumus_fw-la pervenire_fw-la adeptos_fw-la esse_fw-la credamus_fw-la that_o the_o flesh_n lu_v against_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spirit_n against_o the_o flesh_n and_o that_o these_o be_v contrary_a one_o to_o another_o so_o that_o we_o can_v do_v the_o thing_n that_o we_o will_v and_o therefore_o we_o confess_v also_o that_o we_o be_v not_o the_o adepti_fw-la that_o we_o have_v not_o yet_o attain_v that_o happiness_n to_o which_o by_o the_o conquest_n of_o our_o carnal_a appetite_n we_o desire_v to_o be_v advance_v conflictum_fw-la et_fw-la quis_fw-la est_fw-la adeo_fw-la sapiens_fw-la ut_fw-la contra_fw-la libidines_fw-la nullum_fw-la on_fw-we ninò_fw-la habeat_fw-la conflictum_fw-la and_o where_o be_v that_o philosopher_n who_o by_o his_o wisdom_n have_v attain_v to_o such_o a_o mastery_n as_o to_o be_v beyond_o this_o intestine_a war_n and_o to_o have_v no_o conflict_n with_o his_o lust_n to_o pass_v by_o those_o other_o virtue_n it_o be_v a_o full_a testimony_n that_o they_o give_v we_o of_o their_o want_n of_o true_a happiness_n while_o they_o describe_v unto_o we_o the_o happiness_n that_o they_o suppose_v themselves_o to_o have_v in_o their_o virtue_n fortitude_n the_o stoic_a have_v learn_v the_o lesson_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d effari_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la epictetum_fw-la in_o initio_fw-la enchiridii_n v._o commentarium_fw-la plutarchi_n stoice_n magis_fw-la inopinata_fw-la quam_fw-la poetas_fw-la effari_fw-la thing_n within_o our_o power_n and_o thing_n without_o our_o power_n so_o well_o that_o he_o will_v not_o allow_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v evil_a that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o power_n to_o hinder_v but_o for_o all_o that_o let_v this_o stoic_a boast_n of_o his_o immunity_n from_o evil_n or_o the_o cyrenaic_a of_o his_o pleasure_n or_o the_o epicurean_a of_o his_o indolence_n vocare_fw-la tantus_fw-la superbiae_fw-la stupor_n est_fw-la in_o his_o hominibus_fw-la hic_fw-la se_fw-la habere_fw-la finem_fw-la boni_fw-la &_o a_o seipsis_fw-la fieri_fw-la beatos_fw-la putantibus_fw-la ut_fw-la sapiens_fw-la eorum_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la qualem_fw-la mirabili_fw-la vanitate_fw-la describunt_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la excaecetur_fw-la obsurdescat_fw-la obmutescat_fw-la membris_fw-la debilitetur_fw-la dolotibus_fw-la crucietur_fw-la &_o si_fw-la quid_fw-la aliud_fw-la ralium_fw-la malorum_fw-la dici_fw-la aut_fw-la cogitari_fw-la possit_fw-la incidat_fw-la in_o eum_fw-la quo_fw-la sibi_fw-la mortem_fw-la cogatur_fw-la infer_v hanc_fw-la in_o his_o