Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n
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A45346
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A sermon preach'd before Her Majesty the Queen Dowager in her chappel at Somerset-House, upon the fifth Sunday after Easter, May 9, 1686 / by William Hall.
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Hall, William, d. 1718?
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1686
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Wing H447; ESTC R30723
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a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o her_o majesty_n the_o queen_n dowager_n in_o her_o chapel_n at_o somersethouse_n upon_o the_o five_o sunday_n after_o easter_n may_v 9_o 1686._o by_o william_n hall._n preacher_n in_o ordinary_a to_o his_o majesty_n publish_a by_o her_o majesty_n command_n london_n print_v by_o henry_n hill_n for_o william_n grantham_n in_o cock-pit-alley_n near_o wilde-street_n 1686._o a_o sermon_n preach_v before_o the_o queen_n dowager_n on_o rogation-sunday_n may_v 9_o 1686._o amen_n amen_n dico_fw-la vobis_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la petieritis_fw-la patrem_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la meo_fw-la dabit_fw-la vobis_fw-la petite_fw-fr &_o accipietis_fw-la ut_fw-la gaudium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la sit_fw-la plenum_fw-la joh._n 16.23_o 24._o amen_n amen_n i_o say_v to_o you_o if_o you_o shall_v ask_v the_o father_n any_o thing_n in_o my_o name_n he_o will_v give_v it_o you_o ask_v and_o you_o shall_v receive_v that_o your_o joy_n may_v be_v full_a our_o bless_a saviour_n in_o that_o incomparable_a sermon_n at_o his_o last_o supper_n of_o which_o his_o belove_a disciple_n st._n john_n have_v give_v we_o a_o copy_n from_o his_o thirteen_o to_o his_o seventeen_o chapter_n read_v a_o lesson_n to_o his_o apostle_n of_o the_o high_a importance_n to_o their_o future_a conduct_n and_o comportment_n he_o exhort_v they_o with_o a_o eloquence_n divine_a in_o its_o original_a a_o eloquence_n divine_a in_o its_o force_n and_o energy_n to_o the_o performance_n of_o many_o thing_n as_o hard_a and_o difficult_a as_o they_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v put_v in_o practice_n beside_o the_o command_n he_o give_v they_o of_o love_v one_o another_o 13.34_o and_o that_o according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o love_n he_o bear_v they_o sicut_fw-la dilexi_fw-la vos_fw-la he_o give_v they_o a_o clear_a and_o ample_a view_n a_o full_a prospect_n of_o all_o those_o pain_n and_o affliction_n of_o all_o those_o torment_n of_o that_o death_n they_o be_v to_o undergo_v for_o his_o sake_n he_o 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enjoin_v they_o not_o only_o to_o acquire_v such_o virtue_n as_o be_v to_o adorn_v or_o embellish_v themselves_o but_o to_o plant_v they_o in_o the_o soul_n of_o other_o to_o prescribe_v rule_n and_o method_n of_o a_o new_a life_n of_o a_o new_a belief_n to_o preach_v penance_n affliction_n cross_n persecution_n even_o to_o death_n to_o man_n indulge_v themselves_o all_o sort_n of_o inordinate_a pleasure_n to_o preach_v poverty_n of_o spirit_n at_o least_o as_o absolute_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n to_o man_n boundless_a in_o their_o riches_n boundless_a in_o their_o desire_n of_o scrape_v they_o together_o by_o all_o mean_v possible_a good_a or_o bad_a to_o preach_v humility_n to_o the_o proud_a patience_n to_o those_o that_o brook_v not_o affront_v chastity_n to_o the_o impure_a temperance_n to_o the_o glutton_n to_o control_v lawless_a usurpation_n and_o tyranny_n to_o level_v immoderate_a flight_n of_o ambition_n to_o transform_v the_o idolater_n of_o vice_n into_o the_o admirer_n and_o proselyte_n of_o virtue_n in_o a_o word_n to_o transplant_v man_n from_o sin_n to_o grace_n from_o grace_n to_o glory_n it_o be_v very_o hard_o for_o the_o apostle_n before_o who_o clear_a view_n be_v place_v such_o a_o scene_n or_o landscape_n of_o future_a event_n so_o disagreeable_a to_o sense_n and_o corrupt_a nature_n not_o to_o be_v discourage_v not_o to_o shrink_v back_o not_o to_o cry_v out_o as_o upon_o another_o occasion_n 19.25_o quis_fw-la ergo_fw-la poterit_fw-la salvus_fw-la esse_fw-la who_o be_v it_o then_o that_o can_v be_v save_v our_o b._n saviour_n therefore_o who_o well_o know_v how_o easy_o man_n be_v deter_v from_o do_v good_a even_o at_o the_o distant_a view_n of_o ensue_a danger_n to_o animate_v and_o encourage_v his_o disciple_n to_o a_o enterprise_n so_o high_o conduce_v to_o their_o own_o advantage_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v dishearten_v or_o dismay_v at_o the_o mighty_a task_n after_o he_o have_v convince_v they_o in_o his_o precedent_a discourse_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o lay_v under_o his_o command_n but_o what_o be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v not_o feasible_a that_o it_o be_v easy_a confer_v upon_o they_o more_o sensible_a encouragement_n in_o the_o verse_n forego_v that_o of_o my_o text._n in_o which_o he_o promise_v to_o give_v they_o unconceivable_a comfort_n and_o consolation_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o all_o their_o trouble_n and_o affliction_n and_o then_o for_o the_o obtain_n of_o it_o in_o the_o word_n of_o my_o text_n advise_v exhort_v nay_o command_v they_o to_o have_v recourse_n to_o prayer_n as_o the_o necessary_a mean_n to_o render_v all_o burden_n light_a all_o yoke_n sweet_a all_o labour_n and_o pain_n easy_a amen_n amen_n dico_fw-la vobis_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la petieritis_fw-la patrem_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la meo_fw-la dabit_fw-la vobis_fw-la petite_fw-fr &_o accipietis_fw-la ut_fw-la gaudium_fw-la vestrum_fw-la sit_fw-la plenum_fw-la amen_n amen_n i_o say_v to_o you_o if_o you_o shall_v 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to_o ascend_v with_o christ_n in_o spirit_n