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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	grace_n	mercy_n	sin_n	4,120	5	4.6437	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09173	The Lord Marques idlenes conteining manifold matters of acceptable deuise; as sage sentences, prudent precepts, morall examples, sweete similitudes, proper comparisons, and other remembrances of speciall choise. No lesse pleasant to peruse, than profitable to practise: compiled by the right Honorable L. William Marques of Winchester that now is.	Winchester, William Paulet, Marquis of, 1535?-1598.	1586 (1586)	STC 19485; ESTC S114139	64,844	115

Friendship that is earnest requireth daily communication or visitation A man ought not in any affaires to be so occupied that it be a lawfull let not to communicate or write vnto his friend Where perfit loue is not there wanteth always faithfull seruice and for the contrary he that perfectly loueth assuredly shall be serued I haue been am and will be thine therfore thou shalt do me great iniurie if thou be not mine I haue not seen any to possesse so much to be woorth so much to know so much nor in all things to be so mightie but that one day he shall need his poore friend The man that loueth with his hart neither in absence forgetteth nor in presence becommeth negligent neither in prosperitie he is proud nor yet in aduersitie abiect he neither serueth for profit nor loueth for gaine and finally he defendeth the cause of his friend as if it were his owne We ought to vse friends for 4. causes 1 We ought to haue the company of friends to be conuersant withall for according to the troubles of this life there is no time so pleasantly consumed as in the conuersation of an assured friend 2 We ought to haue friends to whom we may disclose the secrets of our hart for it is much comfort to the wofull hart to declare to his friend his doubts if he doth perceiue that he doth feele them indeed 3 To help vs in our aduersities for little profiteth my hart in teares to bewaile vnles that afterward in deed he will take paines to ease him 4 We ought to seeke and preserue friends to the end they may be protectors of our goods and likewise iudges of our euils for the good friend is no lesse bound to withdraw vs from vices whereby we are slandered than to deliuer vs from our enimies by whom we may bee slaine The Iustice and punishment of God togither with his mercie goodnes and purpose WHen man is in his chiefest brauerie and trusteth most to mens wisdom then the secret iudgement of God soonest confoundeth and discomforteth him The mercie and iustice of God goeth always togither to the intent the one should encourage the good and the other threaten the euill I would to God we had so much grace to acknowledge our offences as God hath reason to punish our sinnes The great mercy of God doth suffer much yet our manifest offences deserue more With God there is no acception of persons for he maketh the one rich the other poore the one sage the other simple the one whole the other sicke the one fortunate the other vnluckie the one seruant the other master and let no man muse thereat for that such are his ordinances We see daily that it is impossible for mans malice to disorder that which the diuine prouidence hath appointed but that which man in a long time decreeth God otherwise disposeth in one moment It is requisite that God should order his purpose for in the ende sith man is man in few things he cannot be either certaine or assured and sith God is God it is impossible that in any thing he should erre Things that are measured by the diuine iudgement man hath no power with rasor to cut them As it is meet we should trust in the greatnes of Gods mercie so likewise it is reason we should feare the rigor of his iustice It is the iust iudgement of God that he that committeth euil shal not escape without punishment and he that counselleth the euill shall not liue vndefamed What the euill with their tyrannie haue gathered in many dayes God shall take from them in one hower Likewise what the good haue lost in many yeeres God in one moment may restore God doth not put vs vnder good or euill fortune but doth gouerne vs with his mercy and iustice Iustice and Iusticers IT is an infallible rule and of humane malice most vsed that he that is most hardie to commit greatest crimes is most cruel to giue sentence against another for the same offence We behold our owne faults as through small nets which causeth things to seeme the lesser but we behold the faults of others in the water which causeth them to seeme greater There is no God commandeth nor law counselleth nor common wealth suffereth that they which are admitted to chastise liars should hang them which saith truth I am of the opinion that what man or woman withdraweth their eares from hearing truth impossible it is for them to apply their harts to loue any vertues be it Senator that iudgeth or Senate that ordaineth or emperor that commandeth or Consul that executeth or Orator that pleadeth The opinion of all wise men is that no man except he lacke wit or surmount in follie will gladly take on him the burden and charge of other men A greater case it is for a shamefast man to take vpon him an office to please euery man for he must shew a countenaunce outward contrary to that he thinketh inward He that will take charge to gouern other seeketh care and trouble for himselfe enuie for his neighbors spurs for his enimies pouertie for his wealth danger for his body torment to his good renowme and an end of his days The charge of Iustice should not be giuen to him that willingly offreth himself to it but to such as by great deliberation are chosen Men now a dayes be not so louing to the common wealth that they will forget their owne quietnes and rest and annoy themselues to do others good Iudges should be iust and vpright for there is nothing decaieth more a common wealth than a iudge who hath not for all men one ballance indifferent There are many in common wealths that are expert to deuise new orders but there are few that haue stout harts to put the same in execution It is impossible for any man to minister iustice vnles he know before what iustice meaneth It is impossible that there be peace and iustice in the common wealth if he which gouerneth it be a louer of liers and flatterers That common wealth is greatly slandered wherin the euill are not punished nor the good honored The desire of commandement is become so licentious that it seemeth to the subiect that the weight of a feather is lead and on the contrarie it seemeth to the commanders that for the flieng of a flie they should draw their swords There is no woorse office among men than to take the charge to punish the vices of another and therfore men ought to flie from it as from the pestilence for in correcting of vices hatred is more sure to the corrector than amendement of life is to the offendor Reason it is that he or she which with euill demeanor haue passed their life should by iustice receiue their death Matters of iustice consisteth more in execution than in commanding or ordaining That common wealth cannot decay where iustice remaineth