Selected quad for the lemma: virtue_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	love_n	patience_n	temperance_n	1,797	5	11.2015	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18431	The garden of prudence Wherein is contained, a patheticall discourse, and godly meditation, most brieflie touching the vanities of the world, the calamities of hell, and the felicities of heauen. You shal also find planted in the same, diuers sweet and pleasant flowers, most necessarie and comfortable both for body and soule.	Chappell, Bartholomew.	1595 (1595)	STC 4999; ESTC S104953	25,188	80

and the common mischief of man more credit is giuen to mens signets then to their soules The honesty of men consisteth in the true performance of their promises Quietnesse THe paeient man enioyeth most quietnes and a quiet mind keepeth the body in temperance It is better to liue with a little quietly then with aboundance troublesomlie Quietnes maketh a merrie heart and a fat bodie Remembrance IT is good to remēber our faultes that we may first repent vs of them and then specdil● amend them There is nothing more cōfortable to the heart of man then the remēbrance of sorrows past in prosperitie present Reason Nothing in a man is better then reason for by that hee goeth before beastes and followeth the gods A perfect reason is that good which properly belongeth to man all other thinges are to him common with beasts For if he bee strong so is the Lyon if faire so is the Peacocke if swift so is the horse Reason maketh a man full of felicity Man by reason killeth the wilde Boare stayeth yea slayeth the light footed Stagge By reason one man gouerneth another for the subiect by reason is brought to obey the Prince the Prince with clemēcie through reason ruleth the subiect and long raigneth ouer them Riches RIches make place for losse for such as possesse much must loose much Not Riches but good deeds shall deliuer●a man from damnation Riches are the ●ause of sin and sin of death Riches draw men to hurt●ull desires an● drown their soules in the gulfe of perdition Sapience THe roote of wisedome is to feare God and the branches thereof be of long life The ardent desire of wisedome bringeth a man to the euerlasting kingdome A wise heart will abstaine from euill deeds and he shal prosper in the works of iustice The thoughtes of a wise man can not bee depraued A wise man is neuer troubled with the tempests of heauinesse Wisdome excelleth strength the prudent person is preferred before the puissant Wisedome is the Nurse of peace and the mother of all other vertues Sicknesse SIcknesse patientlie taken is a perfect token of the loue and fauour of God for therby we see our frailtie and weaknes and also the omnipotent power of the highest Sicknesse causeth great men to remember God and poore men to acknowledge their offences Sicknesse is more necessarie then meat for by the one the body onelie is maintained but by the other both body soule are cōforted Silence SIlence to follie is great wisdome Vse few words and much wit Offende rather in silence then in babbling Silence hurteth none but many words are hated of all men An euil man is soner vanquished by silence then with answers and malice sooner stirred with words then reformed A man which cannot keep silence is like a citie whose gates stand wide open wherein the aduuersarie entreth at his pleasure Tru●th MAnie wordes commonly scatter trueth to nothing Truth seeketh not corners All the wayes of God are mercy truth Time trieth trueth trueth pleaseth God Let thy tongue ●ee ignorant of lying and swearing and so well see thou loue trueth that what soeuer thou speakest thinke that thou swearest the same Trueth surmounteth all earthly things for God himself is very trueth Trueth floweth from God as from the only fountaine of the same Trueth cannot hide it self for it shineth in darknesse and banisheth the dimme cloudes of ignorance As Satan is the father of lies so is God the authour of trueth Truth flourisheth amongst the godly but all such as beare lying lips are banished from that societie Let all thy talke be mixed with modestie and trueth Vertue V●rtue is godlie inclination of the minde to eschew euill and imbrace godlinesse Vertue is to restraine anger to mittigate desire and to refraine carnal pleasures The fruits of the Spirite are charitie chastitie humilitie ioyfulnesse peace patience bountifulnesse goodnesse long sufferance saith temperance continence and meeknes Vertue adorneth thy minde decketh thy thy soule and winneth loue to thy ●ody Vertue is euer one with most deep roo●s perfectly planted and can with no violent means be destroyed It beseemeth vertue to be free from dread and subiect to no seruitude Vertue cannot serue because she is free Virginitie VIrginity flourisheth as the greene lawrel and can by no tempestuous blastes of aduersitie be quailed Virginitie is sister of Angels vanquisher of lustes Princesse of Vertue and possessour of all good things Virginity be●●tifieth the body preserueth strength and leadeth the soule to eternall happinesse The woman vnmaried the Maiden vncorrupted thinke on thinges pertaining to God to the intent to bee holy in bodie and soule The seruants of Virginitie are sobrietie modesty continencie silence and lenitie Virginitie scorneth Pride banisheth malice daunteth enui● imbraceth all vertues Virginitie is the garland of al Vertues the garden of comfort and the court of all praise For there is no godlie motion but she affecteth no flower of comfort but shee possesseth no earthlie praise but she deserueth Witte A Wise man doth all things by counsell a foole soone discouereth his follie Wit consisteth in the knowledge of things good and euill Seperate them from thee that do craftilie flatter thee and imbrace them with kindnes that faithfullie loue thee least ill men haue most profite by thee The help of god is not onely gotten with wishing and praying but by vigilant studie diligent executing and wise counselling all things come to passe Preuent as a wise man the daungers that may fall vpon thee A wise man foreseeth future mishaps and suffereth none to afflict him A wise man winneth wealth both to comfort himselfe and his posteritie but a foole looseth his patrimony and can get nothing Witte refuseth hastines wrath because they be enemies of counsel Wit gouerneth affections and putteth all vices to flight Wit is the gift of God and the brightnes thereof banisheth all the darke cloudes of ignorance Wit adorneth her self with th the sweet pleasant flowers of all vertues she refraineth from sin and imbraceth all godlines she prepareth vs to hansomnes and teacheth vs to eschue the filthy way of beastlinesse Witte is the mother of patience the daughter of wisedome the sister or modesty and temperance and the care●ull Nurse of well doing FINIS What can it auaile thee to win althe world loose thine owne soule This life is a miserable vale The sandes o● the sea the grasse of the field are sooner numbred then our woes No man was euer happie in this life All estates ● this world most miserable ●●e frailty ●t this life The certenty of death The noise of damned soules The lothsomnes of hell The tor●ents of ●ody and ●oule toge●her ●okens of the seconde ●omming ●f the lord The last gret plague in London The hardnes of our ●eares The Angels wait the comming of the ●●rd The Lord sitteth in iudgment The reward for the wicked The comfort of the Godly ●he An●els shew ●he mercies ●f God There is no remedy for sinne after death The end of 〈…〉 the first entrāce to eternall blisse Ba●nard Salomon Seneca Salust ●●egori● Barnard Gregorie Seneca Salomon Salomon Seneca Paule Augustine Seneca Paul● Salamon Dauid Salamon Salomo● ●●●lesiast Augustin● Idem Augustine 〈◊〉 Salomon Aristotle Salus● Solom●n Augustine Seneca Paule Augustin● ●ugustine Augustine Hierome ●regorie Cicero Salust Salomon Augustine Solomen Seneca Hieronim Galen Hipocrat Galen Hipocrat 〈◊〉 Augustine Hierome Salomon Augustine Barnard Augustine Barnard ●lutarch ●ully ●gustine Sal●mon Seneca Seneca Hieronim Salomon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plutarch A●gustine Hieroni●● Chrisosto● Salust Osoriu● Augustine Salomo● Barnard Ambrose Augustine Solom●n Augustine Barnard Hieronim A●gustine Hieronim Aristotle ●ully Senec● plutarch Seneca plato ●ully ●ully Salomo● Paul● 〈◊〉 Augustine Pithag Chrisostom H●eronim D●uid Hierome Augustine Barnard plato Paule Chrysost ●ully Aristotle Cyptian Augustine Paule A●brose Cyprian Salomen ●ully Socrates Salust plato Democrit Socrates Salomon Salust Ambrose

are turnde to dust his furious wrath none can abide God stil will fauour all the iust but sinners seeke themselues to hide Ocursed soule how art thou vext how art thou chok'd with wofull care Hovv doest thou quake when as the text of sinne doth vvill thee to beware When all these dreadfull sights appeare before thine eyes and are at hand Hovv doth thine heart then shake and feare hovv doest thou care to flie the land Thy body novv doth rise also like gri●sly ghost from out the graue And in the same thy soule must goe and with the same due paines must haue Before thee sits a Iudge seuere vvhose vvrathfull rage thou must abide Behind thee Sprites they soule to teare accusers eke on euery side Aboue thee hangs a dread●ull sword to cut thy body to the pot Which is of God the mighty word but woe to thee that hath this lot Below the fierie pot doth stand which filled is with boiling lead And will consume both heart and hand and euery limme from foot to head Most filthy brimstone is the fewel th●t makes the lead like burning fire Of wicked men this is the iewell of damned soules the perfect hire Yet worse then this remaines behind their hope is past of all redresse For dying still thems●lues they find yet liue they must a time endlesse Behold thou canst no mercy win behold thy foes haue thee beset Behold thy soule condemnd for sin in St●gian lake must pay thy debt O dolefull doome of sinne the meed O wretched soule that doest repent But too too late thus doe we read for time of grace is past and spent Wherefore in vaine thou now doest crie with Diues that is vext in hell Thy birth thy life thou doest defy because with deuils thou must dwell Which raue with rage which firebrāds cast which rome which run still in their kind Which only fiery trumpets blast this is the ioy which sinners finde Of the felicities of heauen BVt come beholde the ioyfull place behold the comfort of the same Behold where Saints and soules of grace all ioy possesse quite void of blame Behold who can conceiue in heart beholde what tongue can els expresse What pen can well discrie in part the woondrous ioyes of heauen blesse Where Angels bright with Christ do raign where honours hie doe flourish still Where darknesse all is banisht cleane where all things haue their wished will Where heat nor cold do once oppresse where thirst and hunger haue no place Where paine and sorrow alwaies cease where loue and peace haue all their grace Where heauinesse is turned to ioy where all conceipts do comfort bring Where nothing is that breeds annoy where perfect blisse doeth alwaies spring O caitiffe wight this place behold which doth surmount the reach of thought Whose gates are fram'd of finest gold whose wals of diamōds clear are wrought Behold the citie where it standes whose pauements are of pearle fine Whose springs brings comfort to all lands for stil they run with oile and wine There all things bath in ioyful blesse There milke and honie doe abound There all men haue chiefe happinesse there musick hath her sweetest sound The lambe of God is there inthroand in chaire of state shining most bright Which all the wicked doth confound and brings the godly to his light The light is such as would obscure both Sunne and Moon if they were there And so for euer will endure most happie he that is his heire There flowes a pleasant siluer streame wherein the life of man doth run Which glittereth as faire Tytans beame yea much more bright then is the Sunne There growes a tree on either side which sauing health and comfort brings Whereby in peace we alwaies bide and from the same all mercie springs The ●ap thereof doth iustice nurse the leaues as reliques left behind Do stil maintaine each Christians purse whose soules in fine our Lord doth find The blos●oms of the same doe cease all worldlie strife euen in one houre The seeds thereof bring heauens blesse the fruits do showe Gods mighty power No time can well consume the barke it stronger is then time can wast The substance eke appeares so sta●ke that death it doth subdue at last The Song of the Angels and of all the Saintes of God A Famous Quire there is also whose godly songs do sound most sweet Sanctus Sanctus and Lans Deo thus in their harmony they meet The ●ingers Angels are most bright the Cherub and the Seraphin The holy Saints are eke in sight and all consent in well tuning Most happie he yea ten times blest amongst these Saints that beares a part In heauens high sure is his rest and hath all ioy plac'd in his heart There is also a pleas●nt field wherein all vertues flourish still Their humblenesse which oft doth yeeld and patience that gets good will Fideli●y there eke doth raigne with her is ioin'd Dame Prudence graue Good gouernment for to maintaine whereby at last good rest we haue There Sapience sage with Modesty there faithfull Loue doth come in place There Friendship deare with curtesie which fauour wins without disgrace There Probity her selfe doth stay a vertue rare I you assure There Piety remaines alway which bringeth blisle which will endure There Summum bonum shal we find the strongest Anchor of our hope There chiefest treasures for mankinde there of all blisse the only scope This summum bonum is the well whence godly vertues al doe spring Wherin each faithfull seeks to dwell and there with gladsome ioy to sing O Fountaine cleare O blessed spring whereby all vertues flourish still Most happie he in euerie thing that vertue loues and euer will By vertue honours here we haue By vertue faithfull hearts we win By vertue cleane we are and braue by vertue purg'd of all our sinne Wherefore lets all with might and maine Embrace the course of Vertues lore That we in blisse with Christ may raigne where vertues spring for euermore O famous place that doth excell that doth al earthly blisse surmount Where Saints and Angels only dwel whose pleasant ioies no man can count Each saint is higher in his place and brighter also in our sight Then Sun or Moon whose glittering grace our eyes refuse they are so bright What glory there where glory is and doth in highest state abound Thrise happy hee that can see this most blessed they that haue it found Here Patriarkes and Prophets all here godlie martyrs weare the crowne Here Virgins pure are freed from thrall here sacred Saints haue all renowne Here sences all are fullie fed with their delights in highest degree 1. Here musick seeks to fill thy head with sound as sweet as sweet may be 2. Most fragrant smels here eke abound to please thy nostrels in their kind 3. Here tastes most sweet are also found to please thy palate yet behind 4. Surpassing sightes here are also as obiectes for thy Christall eies 5. More