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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	good_a	sin_n	vice_n	2,913	5	8.3067	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02225	The burthen of tyre A sermon preach'd at Pauls Crosse, by Iohn Grent, then fellow of New Colledge in Oxford.	Grent, John.	1627 (1627)	STC 12360.3; ESTC S118299	24,308	50

but greatly prouoke his wrath and indignation against her for so soone as euer she came into the number of the haughty she was one of those that are an abomination vnto him Prou. 16. 9. and on whom his eyes are set to humble them 2 Sam 22. 28. As all sinnes vrge him to take vengeance so Pride it seemeth especially and that probably for these reasons First Because t is a mother sinne Secondly because a notorious sinne Thirdly because the most haynous sinne Fourthly because a manifold sinne 1 T is a mother sinne in that all other offences arise out of it as braunches from their roote or streames of water from their fountaine and that two manner of wayes directly and indirectly directly all sinnes spring from Pride because they all aime at the same ende at which Pride doth mans owne excellency and indirectly all spring from Pride because she contemneth and trampleth vnder foot that diuine law in which is the forbidding of them all 2 T is a notorious sinne because it so impudently declareth it selfe For whereas other offences couer their faces in darknesse flye the presence of God desiring to be hid from his eies Pride being brazen fac'd walkes vp and downe the open streets taketh pleasure in the light and so ietts and struts it before the Almighty as if shee meant to outbraue him to his face 3 T is the most hainous sinne in that whereas in euery offence there is an Auersion from the Creator as the formality of it and a Conuersion to the Creature as the materiality though in respect of the latter Pride be not the greatest sinne because height the proud mans ayme carrieth not the greatest repugnancy vnto morall good yet in respect of the former to wit the Auersion from the Creator t is for whereas in other sinnes a man turneth from GOD either through ignorance or infirmity or desire of some other good or the like Pride hath its auersion from him only because t will not be subiect to him and to his rule 4 Lastly t is Peccatum multiplex a manifold sinne because whereas other vices set onely vpon those vertues by which themselues are destroyed Luxury batters Chastitie Anger Patience and the like Pride rayseth it selfe not against any one but against all and as a generall and pestilent disease corrupts them all These are the Diuellish qualities of damn'd Pride and therefore where euer you finde it in persons or in places you may attribute their ruine to nothing more If Moab bee as Sodom and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah euen a breeding of Nettles and Saltpits and a perpetuall desolation that they haue for their Pride Zeph. 2. 10. If Edom bee brought downe to the ground t is because shee hath exalted her selfe as the Eagle and made her nest among the Stars Obed. 4. And if Capernaum be thrust lowe into Hell t is because she was lifted vp high vnto Heauen Math. 11. 23. T was this Pride was Lucifers sinne the Sonne of the Morning which made him from prime of Angels become prince of Deuils and therefore hee neuer doubted if he once could but worke in Adam and Eue that proud conceit that they should bee like gods but t would bee enough to make them die like men While Pride is climbing vp it neuer thinks of comming downe therefore Satan worketh that sin in man of all other that his ruine as t is certaine so it may be suddaine and seize vpon him at vnawares he knoweth they that swell with arrogance must burst at last and when they least thinke of it and that they who ambitiously climbe ouer other mens heads will soone fall and breake their owne necks To this ende hee puts a man into a vaine of exalting himselfe as Haman or of bragging as Nebuchadnezzar or of reuelling as Belshazzar that presently euen amids his Pride and Iolsitie hee may feele some strange downefall And feele it hee shall little hope is there of escaping for if there be any weapons in the Armory of heauen any creatures at Gods command on earth any Viols of wrath to be powred forth then looke to thy Crowne Pride for thou shalt bee sure to haue thy hairy scalpe smitten Though a man were as the Signet of Gods owne right hand as a Frontlet betweene his eyes as a Chaine about his necke yet thence and thence will he soone plucke him if he once begin to be proude and with Ephraim to kicke with the heele Pride shall haue a fall Well therefore may it bee painted with a wry neck not so much scornefull to looke on men ouer the shoulder as indeede to see how fast shame and destruction commeth after Now if such be the danger of Pride and if it so moue God to inflict punishment on it how dareth it so frequently iett vp and downe the streets and not feare the heauy hand of heauen How commeth it to passe there are such troopes of Gallants euery where met so printed powdred perfum'd so kemm'd and trimm'd that a haire may not stand awry Who Absalon-like are so curious of their beauty that they will rather endure three disorders in their liues then one in their locks How commeth it that they so ruffle it in their Silkes and Veluets Cloath of Gold and Tissue That they carry Houses and Lordships Lands and Liuings Yea sometime Tythes and Offerings on their backs And weare Cloathes to that value on one day as was wont to to keepe good Hospitality a whole yeare How commeth it that yong Landlords to maintaine their Pride here in the Citie depopulate sundry Villages in the Countrey Turne many ancient Tenants children a begging and yet keepe no house to relieue them with a morsell of bread How commeth it that where their Grandfathers gaue daily almes to the fatherlesse and widdow and were content to let poore families renue their States and Copy-holds making the eye which saw them blesse them and the eare which heard them giue witnesse vnto them How commeth it I say that there now the sonnes of these men engrosse all tenements into their owne hands as fast as they fall and neuer care for being better members of the Common-weale then to starue others while they fare deliciously themselues Againe if great be the danger of pride and if it seeme chiefely to moue God to inflict punishment how commeth it that our women build such turrets and castles on their heads with braided haire and gold put about How commeth it that they so put down the wanton daughters of Syon for bonets and cawles and round-tires and head-bands and veiles and wimples and crisping pinns and tablets and carerings and rings and mufflers and sweet balls and bracelets and glasses and fine linnen and hoodes and lawnes and such like vanities whereat diuels laugh and good men bite the lip I denie not but there is necessitas personae as well as necessitas naturae a rugge or a mantle doth not befit a Lady or a Princesse though it couer