Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	godly_a	remember_v	wicked_a	881	5	9.8041	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09744	The vvhole sermons of that eloquent diuine, of famous memory; Thomas Playfere, Doctor in Diuinitie Gathered into one vollume, the titles thereof are named in the next page.; Sermons	Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609.; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Path-way to perfection. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Heart's delight. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Power of praier. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Sick-man's couch. aut	1623 (1623)	STC 20003; ESTC S105046	300,452	702

p Quam immensa est latitia de recordatione transactae virtutis c. Ber. in festo omnium Sanc. ser. 2. O what heauenly comfort doe they inwardly feele which are delighted vvith the remembrance of vertue past with the fruition of ioy present with the expectation of felicitie to come This threefold cord of comfort as it can neuer be broken so it must alwaies bee drawne forth at length that q Reu. 22.11 he which is iust may be still more iust that he which is strong may be still more strong Thus did Dauid r 1 Sam. 17.36 remembring he had once slain a Beare he did not repent him of it but gathered strength and courage by it and vvas afterward more bold to combat with a mightie Gyant then before he had beene to deale with an eluish Beare Therefore as they which leap the further they go backward to fetch their runne they further the leap forward when they haue runne so here we may looke back a little and remember both vvhat we haue done il to amend it and also vvhat we haue done vvell to continue it Otherwise the remembrance either of vices or vertues is so farre from putting vs any white forward that it casteth vs quite backeward For as Marke the Eremite vvitnesseth s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The remembrance of former sinnes is enough to cast him downe altogether who otherwise might haue had some good hope Our sins and Elies sonnes are alike Elie hearing his sonnes vvere slaine vvhom he himselfe had not chastised and corrected as he ought fell downe backvvard and brake his neck (t) 1 Sam. 4.17 And so all they that remember and hearken after their former sinnes vvhich they should haue mortified and killed fall downe backward and turne away from God For this is the difference betweene the godly and the vvicked Both fall But the godly fall forward vpon their faces as Abraham did when hee talked vvith God the vvicked fall backward vpon the ground as the Iewes did vvhen they apprehended Christ. Hee that remembers his sinnes to be sorry for them as Abraham did fals forward vpon his face but he that remembers his sinnes to reioyce in them as the Iewes did falls backward vpon the ground Wherefore if thou bee vpon a mountaine looke not backward againe vnto Sodome as Lots vvife did (x) Gen. 19.27 if thou be within the Arke flie not out againe into the world as Noahs Crow did (y) Gen. 8.7 If thou be well vvashed returne not againe to the mire as the Hogge doth (z) 2 Pet. 2.22 if thou bee cleane purged runne not againe to thy filth as the Dogge doth (a) Pro. 26.11 If thou be going towards the land of Canaan thinke not of the Flesh-pots of Egypt (b) Exod. 16.3 If thou bee marching against the hoast of Midian drinke not of the waters of Harod (c) Iud. 7.6 If thou be vpon the house top come not downe (d) Mar. 13.11 If thou haue set thy hand to the plough looke not behinde thee (e) Luke 9.62 remember not those vices which are behinde thee No nor those vertues neither For as Gregorie vvriteth (f) Memoria virtutis fouea mentis De cura pastorali par 4. c. 1. The remembrance of former vertues doth many times so besot and inueigle a man that it makes him like a blinde Asse fall downe into a ditch When Orpheus went to fetch his wife Eurydice out of hell hee had her granted to him vpon condition that hee should not turne back his eyes to looke vpon her till hee had brought her into heauen Yet hauing brought her forward a great way at length his loue was so excessiue that hee could not containe any longer but would neede● h●ue a sight of her Whereupon forth wi●h be lost both her sight and her selfe she suddenly againe vanishing away from him g Flexit amans oculos protinus illa relapsa est Ouid. Met. l. 10. Fab. 1. Memini● Virgilius Geor. l. 4. in fine This is a Poeticall fiction neuerthelesse it serueth very fitly to this purpose to admonish vs that if we haue any vertue which is to be loued as a man is to loue his wife yet we must not bee so blinde in affection as to dote too much vpon it or to fal in admiration of our selues for it or to be alwayes gazing and wondring at it lest by too much looking vpon it and by too well liking of it and by too often remembring it we loose it because indeed hee that remembers his vertues hath no vertues to remember Seeing hee wants humilitie which is the mother-vertue of all vertues For this is the difference between the godly the wicked Both remember vertues But the godly remember other mens vertues the wicked remember their owne vertues The remēbring their owne vertues make them ensamples to imitate these remembring their owne vertues make them miracles to wonder at therfore the godly remembring they haue some one or other little vice in them are humbled though they haue very many great vertues But the wicked remembring they haue some one or other little vertue in them are proud though they haue very many great vices Wherefore though thou haue conquered Kingdomes yet crake not of it as Senacharib did g Esay 37.13 though thou hast built Babel yet brag not of it as Nebuchodonozer did h Dan. 4.27 though thou haue a great people yet number them not as Dauid did i 2 Sam 14.2 though thou haue rich treasure yet shew them not as Ezechias did k 2 Reg. 20.13 though thou haue slaine a thousand Philistins yet glory not in it as Sampson did l Iudg. 15.16 though thou haue built seuen altars yet vaunt not of it as Balack did m Num. 23.1 though thou giue almes yet blow not a trumpet n Math. 6.1 though thou fast twice a weeke yet make no wordes of it o Luke 18.12 remember it not but Forget that which is behind If thou wilt bee Perfect p Mat. 1● 22 sell all that thou hast and follow me saith our Sauiour Sell all that thou hast Or if no man will buy it giue it Or if no man will take it Forget it Themistocles said hee had rather learne the Art of forgetfulnesse then of memory That is as I vnderstand it rather Diuinity then Philosophy For Philosophy is an Art of memory but Diuinity is an Art of forgetfulnes Therfore the first lesson that Socrates taught his Scholler was Remember q Reminiscere For hee thought that knowledge is nothing else but a calling of those things to remembrance which the minde knew before it knew the body But the first lesson that Christ teacheth his Scholler is Forget r Obliuiscere Hearken O daughter saith hee and see Forget thine owne country and thy fathers house So that faith is that faire Helena which drinkes to vs in a cup of