Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	knowledge_n	lord_n	temperance_n	1,588	5	11.7145	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09183	The piththy [sic] and moost notable sayinges of al scripture, gathered by Thomas Paynell: after the manner of common places, very necessary for al those that delite in the consolacions of the scriptures	Paynell, Thomas.	1550 (1550)	STC 19494.3; ESTC S122454	195,516	370

ye haue honeste conuersation among the gentiles that they which backbite you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitation Submit your selues vnto almaner ordinaūce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kyng as vnto the chiefe heade other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punishment of euell doers but for the laude of thē that do wel Seruauntes obeye youre maysters with all feare not onelye yf they be good and courteous but also though they be fromward For it is thanke worthy yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe suffering wrongfully For what praise is it yf when ye be sufferd for your fautes ye take it paciently but yf when ye do welye suffre wrong and take it pacientlye then is there thankes with God Christe suffred for vs leuing vs an example that we should folow his steppes whiche dyd not synne neither was there gyle foūd in his mouth whiche when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he was buffeted he threatened not but cōmitted the cause to him that iudgeth righteously whiche his own selfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shoulde be beliuered frō sinne and shoulde liue in righteousnes The .iii. Chapter WEmens apparell shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of golde eyther in putting on of gorgious apparell but lette the hid in ā of the heart be vncorrupt with a meke and quiet sprite which sprite is before god a thing muche set by It is better yf the wyl of god ve so that ye suffre for wel doyng then for cuell doyng The .iiii. Chapter HE whiche suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sinne the he hence forward should liue asmuch tyme as remaynethe in the fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyl of god To this purpose was the ghospell preached vnto the dead that they shoulde be condemned of men in the fieshe but shoulde lyue before god in the sprite Aboue al thinges haue feruent loue amonge you for loue couereth the multitude of synnes The .v. Chapter SE that ye fede Christes flock which is amōg you taking the ouersighte of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willinglye not for to desyre filthy lucre but of a good mynd not as though ye were Lordes ouer the parishes but that ye be an ensample to the flocke and whē the chief shepehearde shall appere ye shall receiue an incorruptible croune of glory God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Be sober watche for your aduersary the deuil as a roatyng lyon walketh aboote sekyng whome he maye deuoure Whome resiste sted faste in the sayth remembring that ye do but fulfyll the same afllictions which are appoynted to your brethrē that are in the worlde ¶ The second Epistel of S. Peter the fyrst Chapter IN your fayth minister vertue and in veriue knowlege and in knowledge temperaunce and in temperaunce pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly kindenes in brotherlye kindenes loue For yf these thinges be among you and are plenteous they will make you that ye neither shal be ydle nor vnfruitefull in the knowlege of our Lorde Iesus Christ But he that lacketh these thinges is blynde and gropeth for the waye with his hande and had forgottē that he ws purged from his olde synnes The .ii. Chapter THere were false prophetes amonge the people euē as there shal be false teachers amōg you whiche priuely shall brynge in damnable sectes euen denying the Lorde that hath boughte them and bring vpon themselues swift damnacion and many shall solowe theyr damnable wayes by which the waye of truethe shal be euyll spoken of and through couetousnes shal they with fained wordes make marchaundise of you whose iudgement is not farre of and theyr damnation flepeth not The Lord knoweth howe to deliuer the godly out of the temptation and howe to rescrue the the vniusle vnto the daye of iudgement For to be punished namely thē that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vnclennes and despise the rulers Presumpteous are they and stubburne and feare not to speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Of whome soeuer a man is ouer come vnto the same is he in bondage It hadde bene better for them not to haue knowen the waye of right wisenes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holy commaun dement geuen vnto them The .iii. Chapter ONe daye is with the Lorde as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The Lord is not slacke to fulfyl his promes as some men count slackenes but is pacient to vs warde and wolde haue noman lost but wolde receyue all men to repentaunce The daye of the Lorde wyl come as a these in the night in the whiche daye the heauens shal perishe with terrible noyse and the elementes shall melte with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shall burne And suppose ye that the long suffringe of the Lorde is saluation euen as oure dearelye beloued brother Paule accordyng to the wysedome geuen vnto hym wrote to you yea almoste in euerye Epistle speaking of suche thinges among which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde whiche they that are vnlearned vnstable peruerte as they do other scriptures vnto theyr owne destruction The .i. Epistel of S. Iohn the Apostle the .i. Chapter YF we saye that we haue no synne we deceiue our selues and truth is not in vs. Yf we knowledge oure synnes he is faithful and iust to for geue vs oure synnes and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The .ii. Chapter IF any manne sinne yet we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that oblayneth grace for oure synnes not for your sinnes onelye but also for the sinnes of al the world He that sayth I know hym and kepeth not his commaundemetes is a lyar and the veritie is not in him He that sayeth he by deth in hym oughte to walke euen as he walked He that sayth how that he is in the lyghte and yet hateth his brother is in darkenes euen vntill this time He that loueth his brother abydeth in the light there is none occasiō of euelin him He that hateth his brother is in darckenes and walketh in darkenes and cannot tel wyther he goeth because that darcknes hathe blynded his eyes Se that ye loue not the world nether the thinges that are in the worlde Yf any manne loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe the luste of the eyes and the pryde of goodes is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde vanisheth awaye and the luste therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of god abideth euer The .iii.