Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	husband_n	wife_n	2,730	5	6.6528	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05679	The portraiture of hypocrisie, liuely and pithilie pictured in her colours wherein you may view the vgliest and most prodigious monster that England hath bredde.; Portraiture of hypocrisie, lively and pithilie pictured in her colours	Bate, John, M.A.	1589 (1589)	STC 1579; ESTC S101572	70,120	198

diuellish subtlety woluish cruelty or Antichristian hypocrisie they be not scattered Blesse Lord those Cities and Townes where thy Gospell is purely preached that they may liue in peace which loue thy lawe make we beséeche thée peace within their walles and prosperitie within their Palaces make strong the lockes of our Portes and blesse thy children within them put peace for our bandes and fill vs with the fatte of thy Corne that thou King of glorie and Lorde of Hostes mayest enter in by our gates thy pure word not onely abide within our walles but also in our willes Thou which breakest the bowe and snappest the speares in sunder and burnest the Chariot with fire protect vs from slaughter and scatter the Nations which delight in warre Thou Lord extinguish the fire and flames of discorde which canst conclude a peace for vs with the stone of the grounde Compell the Woolfe to lye downe with the Lambe and the Leoparde with the Kidde worke a conuersion in the heartes of those which preferre vncertaine riches and vaine pleasures of this vile sinnefull and wretched world before the profession of thy truth and preaching of the Gospell Autoph Amen For surely the Lorde hath miraculously deliuered vs from their deuouring and gréedy rauening mouthes Philox. You say well Autophilus in commending him for our maruelous deliueraunce but will you bee mindefull of so great and manifold benefits Autoph I hope so Philox. Then be so Autoph Can you prooue the contrarie Philox. I woulde Autophilus prooued it not It is a common and vsuall practise nowe a dayes amongest Hypocrites to carrie about with them faintlike mouthes and diuelish minds to say Amen to euery good praier with their mouth when their hearts are worldly and wickedly excercised But it is not painted wordes which please the Lorde but the workes of righteousnesse and obedience wherein he delighteth to take vp the Crosse and followe Christ and to deny a mans selfe which Autophilus will neuer doe are two not able markes of Gods children Autoph Be not to rash in iudging Philox. Then leaue to be Autophilus Autoph Indéede so shall I forsake my selfe but as yet I meane it not and yet haue you mooued me so farre that since the Gospell and persecution goe both hande in hande together I coulde be content to suffer sometimes persecutions but not continually for such as I am can hardly away with continual afflictions Philox. I am not ignorant how naturally men are infected with the disease Philautia that is to say selfe loue how much they are addicted to it and they estéeme of themselues But if any man commeth to me sayth our Sauiour and hateth not father mother wife children yea and his owne selfe cannot be my disciple Not that we should enuie or be malitious towards them but that we haue such affections towards them that neuerthelesse the loue of the sonne of God be aboue all thinges Of such an holy hatred Abraham is a worthy example who had rather be cruell against his owne sonne euen to the death then in one point shewe himselfe disobedient Let the husband therefore loue the wife the wife her husband the father his sonne the sonne his father So that their humane loue drawe nothing from the spirituall loue of Christ Nowe therefore Autophilus since there are but two waies the one narrow and rough difficult to the flesh to be traueled the other broade smooth and leading to destruction Tell me briefly whether you had rather goe with worldly ease to eternall damnation then to take vp the Crosse and goe the narrowe waye to life euerlasting for one of them wee must néedes runne at length that is either to ioy or vtter perdition Autoph I cannot tel what you call worldly ease but I am sure I woulde goe to heauen Philox. Walke not then after the flesh but after the spirite they that frame themselues after the will of Christ are his liuely members they which loue not themselues nor the world loath their former life feare to fall into sinne at a worde they which crucifie the fleshe with the affections and lustes thereof shall possesse those ioyes Autoph What I doe it pertaines not vnto you you shall not answere for mée I doubt not but I am cloathed with Christes righteousnesse I hope that Christes perfect obedience yéelded vnto his father shall make satisfaction for me Philox. A goodly countenance of honestie and pretence of fleshly Christianity doe you thinke that Christe will holde you for righteous when you giue your selfe to vnrighteousnesse what is this but a dishonouring of him and a scorning of him for his redemption of you as if Christ shoulde accept the proude man for lowly him for a louer of God which is a louer of himselfe him for a delighter in God which onely delighteth in vaine pleasures him for mindefull of Gods benefits which is altogether vnthankfull him for a chast person which is a whoremonger him for sober which is a drunkard lastly him for a true worshipper which is an Idolater Autoph I hope you cannot iustly affirme that I am stained with any of these vices Philox. Doth your conscience acquite you Autoph What is that to you Philox. I aske you for no harme notwithstanding if euery stitch of your conscience were throughly ript vp I feare we shoulde finde it sore sicke of many of these sinnes Beware of Idolatrie it is the Mother vice from whence doe spring many other Autoph Idolatry quoth you I thanke God I neuer knewe what it meant Philox. So much the worse you may be sicke of that disease and knowe it not Beware of Couetousnesse it is the roote of all euill Which also is called of the Apostle Paul Idolatrie Autoph Call you Couetousnesse Idolatrie either I forgette it or else I neuer learned it as for my Couetousnesse care you not I knowe my selfe to bée farre enough from it vnlesse you will call good husbandry Couetousnesse as many indéede are woont for nowe a daies a man must lashe out sette Cocke on hoope spende all on the poore and in House kéeping or else he shall be counted a Niggarde nay verily doe what we can wée shall offende some parties If we be warie then are wée accounted Couetous if liberall then vnthriftes and thus they terme euery thing at their pleasure Philox. Nay you put on faire visards on beastly and vglie monsters hyding couetousnes vnder the cloke of good husbandrie pride vnder the shewe of handsomenes stoutnes vnder the colour gentrie thus although the couetous of cormerants store vp treasures in their Palaces by violence and robberies eate vp poore men euen as Beasts eat grasse kéeping it vnder nothwithstanding all this is the point of good husbandrie Good husbandrie said I No verilie as bad as may be for the winning of a fewe pence to loose Gods loue and for to haue rich chistes and coffers stuffed with red ruddockes to léese the fauour of the euerlasting God No

thinke vppon any thing else at that time then onely that which it prayeth Let the breast bée alwaies shutte against the aduersarie and let it bée open to God onely neither let it suffer the enimie of God to enter into it in the time of prayer for hée oftentimes stealeth vppon vs and entereth in and subtilly deceiuing vs turneth away our prayer from GOD that wée may haue one thing in our heart and an other thing in our mouth yet not the sounde of the voyce but the minde and the sense ought to pray vnto GOD with an vnfayned affection Thus much Cyprian Howe is it then possible that the couetous caytiue whose minde is continually on his mucke the proude man whose GOD is selfe loue the lecherous whose heart is with his Harlot the Drunkarde whose minde is on bybbing shoulde pray What say I howe is it possible No no it is vnpossible such may cry without ceasing helpe vs O deare Christ our Sauiour deliuer vs O Lorde wée beséeche thée to heare vs But the Lordes eares are stopped against their cry God heareth not sinners that is to wit vnrepentaunt men wickedly and impudently perseuering in their sinnes Wherefore Autophilus this lesson I tell you is some-thing harde yea and so harde that it will neuer bée learned vnlesse you haue that chiefe and principall Schoolemaister namely the holy Spirite of Almighty God to instruct you which lesson when you haue indéede well and perfectly learned turne ouer the leafe and then bragge of knowledge and vnderstanding otherwise as good neuer a whit as neuer the better it is not the mumbling of the mouth but the feruent zeale of the minde it is not the sound of the voice but the sense and vnderstanding of the heart which tuneth pleasantly and acceptably in the eares of the Lord else the Lord will say This people draweth neare vnto mee with their lips but their heart is far from me Autoph But is all this true that you tell me or else are you disposed to iest Philox. You shall finde it so Autoph Quandocunque reddideris rationem villicationis tuae Autoph But are all necessarily required to an effectuall praier which you haue briefly repeated Philox. Yea it is most true Autoph Then know you what you said as good nothing at all as nothing the better I estéeme it best to saue some labour that whereas the Apostle willeth vs to pray continually I will pray neuer a iot for I will tell you Philox. that which I hope you will conceale sithence it concerneth a multitude more then my selfe for I haue heard Master Parson reade sometimes when my minde hath not béene otherwise occupied or exercised that wee ought to pray at our downe lying and at our vprising yea at al times which thing I for mine owne part haue but seldome practised yet notwithstanding at night when I haue most leisure I coulde finde in my heart to pray a little but commonly sléepe ouercommeth me before I come to the end of my Pater noster so that I neither consider to whom I pray what I pray or what moueth me to prayer In the morning yea and all the day long my braines be busied about other matters for you knowe that I haue more affaires to be conuersant in then one or two Philox. Haue regarde to the sauing of your soule doe not let the diuell possesse that which ought to be the temple of the holy Ghost If you shoulde make supplication to an earthly Prince I do not doubt but you woulde haue regarde of Maiesty respect of Person consideration of the cause mouing you thereunto with singular foresight into the sute it selfe dooing nothing so farre as in you consisteth eyther rashlie or vnséemely that the rather your sute might bée perfourmed and accomplished and the action therein commended Shall wée then for temporall and transitorie affayres before earthlye Kinges and Princes haue such regarde of vpright behauiour haue such care of euerie circumstance pertayning to our cause such respecte of excellencie and worthinesse that if al things were not perfourmed and paynted praise worthie wee woulde accounte the strongest ioynt of our credite to bée greatly blemished and crazed And shall wee then so negligentlie securely and carelesselie behaue our selues before that great and mightie Monarch the Lorde of heauen and earth séeing it hath pleased his most high Maiestie to admitte vs which are nothing else but most vile wormes duste and ashes so familiarlie and friendlie to talke and conferre with him by praier Shall wée I saie more vnreuerentlie behaue our selues than if we should talke with some Hinde or anie of the vulgar and common sort shall wee hauing such carnall and fleshly mindes fraught full of iniquitie full of mischiefe and all kind of wickednesse and shall wée dare presume eyther to open our mouthes or once to moue our lips before him which doeth not onelie sée our outwarde vnreuerende dealing but also knoweth inwardly what wée are euen full of all filthie venome and stinking poyson Surelie if the Prince vnto whome you make your humble supplication although that you outwardlie professe and proteste loyaltie and due obedience did vnderstand that inwardly you pretended and practised treason and trecherie against his owne proper person I thinke that your sute shoulde not onelie not bée graunted but that you your selfe also shoulde paie the due price and iust recompence worthie of so foule and mischieuous an intention Man maye deceiue man no man may deceaue the Lorde which tryeth the very heartes and reines and will the Lorde thinke you I meane the Lorde of heauen and earth heare the prayers and inuocations of him that not only handleth his cause so carelesly and negligently but also carrieth a treacherous crucifying minde against his diuine Maiesty that is a minde full of couetousnes enuy pride vaine glory lechery gluttony vnrighteousnes and wilfull ignorance Nay rather he heareth him not but wil plague him with euerlasting and vnspeakeable torment in hell for that he so rudely and brutishly behaueth himselfe in so high a matter Autoph If a man were easily to bée mooued from a quiet and setled minde this were sufficient to driue him into melancholy Philox. The more at quiet your minde is in this behalfe I doubt the diuell hath the more dealing with you and that he hath lulled you a sléepe in the cradell of carelesnes and securitie Beware of such setled rest it is a great signe that Sathan hauing besieged thy soule hath by ensnaring brought it to his owne Bowe for the further thou art from him the more pernitious and perillous dartes of temptation will he cast against thée sometime séeking to puffe thée vp with pride if he cannot so preuaile he straight waies encountereth with couetousnes and setteth vppon thée with vsurie making thée to hoarde and heape by hooke or crooke to snatch by right or wrong to rake by violence from thy poore brethren who haue more néede then thy selfe If by