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A19292And can we grieue especially at that, which heretofore was our principall reioycing?
A19292And therfore Dauid concludeth, Will the Lord forsake for euer?
A19292Can we delight in the mortifying of the flesh?
A19292Can we discerne our Affections thus turned vpside down?
A19292Can we haue a better Euidence of the truth of our Conuersion, then the alteration of our Affections?
A19292Can wee now delight in such thinges, which before wee loathed?
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A19292May we not obserue both these true in Ionas his case?
A19292What should I say?
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A19292and can we so reioyce in all spirituall comforts, as that we can also be sorrowfull for our abuse of them?
A19292and reioyce that wee can sorrow for sinne?
A59161But do not I here propose a lesson very hard to human frailty to learn?
A59161But for what may we have a high esteem of ourselves?
A59161But in what matter?
A59161For, how can it be imagined possible, the eternal law of nature should be so far violated, as that a substance should be changed into an accident?
A59161Quare autem alienum dixi?
A59161Why therefore should I fear to espouse it?
A59161de Risu) that usually when he began to eat after long fasting, he could not forbear to break forth into a fit of loud laughter?
A59161this of the Soul, or that of the Body?
A19058& do not their Desires enflame them to buy thē, or take thē away by vioence?
A19058All these motions being so iust were it not a great cruelty to seeke to suppr ● sse them, as it were in despight of nature?
A19058And contrariwise, what doth so much distract the Wills, and diuide the hearts, as Iealousie?
A19058And for al this are their desires satisfied?
A19058And moreouer what can be sweeter to our thoughts then the image of a true& constant loue, which we are assured our frend doth beare vs?
A19058And when will mighty men ceasse to extend the boūds of their possessiōs?
A19058And whence, say they, proceed these so different inclinations, but from the author of nature?
A19058And who will beleeue that euer vertue( like vnto Polipus which eates his owne armes) will euer ruine her proper obiects?
A19058But how many great personages haue we seene expose themselues to bee a scorne of the world by the excesse of their Choler?
A19058But how often haue wee seene this inhumaine fury dissolue euen the most sacred friendship vpon very friuolous subiects?
A19058But what is more reasonable then to see a man moued with pitty and compassion of his like, of his friends, or of his kinsman?
A19058But whence comes the power which this Passion hath, thus to vnite the subiects where it worketh?
A19058But who knowes not that these Passions ● re ● re exercises of vertue?
A19058Can hee refraine his tongue, or containe the other parts of his body in their duty?
A19058For what can they feare, who haue nothing remaining to trouble them?
A19058For what expences, what profusiō doth she not to attaine vnto the reuenge which shee doth meditate?
A19058Had not their Estate beene ouerthrowne, and their rich prouinces made desolate?
A19058Had not their common- weath without it, bene a prey to Hanniball, and the Carthaginians?
A19058How many other Estates, Empires, and Kingdomes, through Hope haue maintained themselues against the iniuries of Fortune?
A19058How often doth shee make a man ruine his owne fortune?
A19058How then can any man beleeue that these two contrary Passions can subsist in one subiect?
A19058If hee bee a wicked man, why are wee amazed if the effects resemble the cause?
A19058If there be a branch of a riuer that may fit their buildings, must they not haue it either by loue or force?
A19058Is it a father?
A19058Is it not rather a meere stupidity then a true constancy?
A19058Is there any innocency that can bee sheltred from the outrages of this inhumane fury?
A19058Is there any thing more contrary to Loue then Iealousie?
A19058Nay, is it not to quench the fruits of vertue; and to deny it the content which is due vnto it, in cutting off thus generally all Passions?
A19058The lands, the houses of their neighbors, do they not stand in their light?
A19058Was not their hope seconded by a thousand miracles which God wrought to preuent the shipwracke of the State?
A19058What content to haue a friend whose discourse sweetens our cares?
A19058What is hee that will not laugh at this strange vanity?
A19058What iustice can force a soule well bred, to indure this brutish rigot?
A19058What must the soule then be within, whose outward image is so horrible?
A19058What remaines then but to confesse that reason must gouerne them, and reduce them to a mediocrity which is found in vertue?
A19058Who will not then, say they, hold this death happy, which is recompenced by two such sweete liues?
A19058another may offend vs after that he hath bene outraged by vs: and what wonder is it if hee requite vs with the like?
A19058what sober man but receiues content in the actions of sobriety?
A19058what valiant man but suffers himselfe to bee transported with the loue of braue exploits, and a desire to seeke glorious death in combats?
A19058who is it then that will blame so commendable a thing?
A19058whose circūspection assures our fortunes,& whose only pr ● sence fils vs with ioy and content?
A19058whose conuersation charmes our griefs?
A19058whose counsells disperse our feares?
A19058will you haue him that owes his life, and honor, and whatsoeuer ● ee enioyeth, to his friend, insensible of the offices of his friendshp?
A19058would they that the ● eares of an honest wife should haue no power, o ● er an husband that were ready to abandon her?
A19058would wee that a vertuous man should not bee touched with indignation to see crimes honored, and the wicked aduanced to the height of dignities?
A10663And Aristotle proposeth it as a Probleme, Why they, who corrupt and violate the chastity of any, doe after hate them?
A10663And by pale studies sooner waste?
A10663And how miserable must their miseries be, whose very happinesse is unhappy?
A10663And if here the wish of him in the Poet be objected: O mihi praeteritos refer at fi Iupiter ann ● … s?
A10663And therefore t is wise advise of Seneca, Non vis esse Iracundus?
A10663And why should not the Sunne of Righteousnesse work as much at the like distance, as the Sunne of Nature?
A10663Anne aliud, quàm — — 〈 ◊ 〉,& occulti miranda potentia Fati?
A10663Are not Men here, beyond the rest, the very proper subjects and receptacles of misery?
A10663Are wee not Vassals and Slaves to many distempered passions?
A10663Darst thou say nay?
A10663Do we toyle and sweat, and even melt our selves away for that which wee sooner forsake than finde?
A10663Ecquid agam rogitas?
A10663Excipitur vulgi quam pauper Apicius?
A10663For doth not the Sunne work wonderfull effects in the bowels of the Earth, it selfe notwithstanding being a fixed Planet in the Heaven?
A10663For first, how can any thing be contrary to the Soule, which receiveth perfection from all things?
A10663For first, what are all the motions and courses of Nature, but the Ordinary works of God?
A10663For if the Soule be not naturally traduced, how should Originall sinne be derived from Adam unto it?
A10663For should not many other Creatures farre exceed Man in the Durance of their being?
A10663Have not our very Contents their terror, and our Peace disturbance?
A10663He brake forth into words, strange and unusuall from so close a disposition; to wit, Whether she were wronged because she did not reigne?
A10663Hic Pietatis h ● … s?
A10663Hoc est quòd palles?
A10663Inquire the reason, why one man lives conformably to the Law of God and Nature, another breakes out into Exorbitant courses?
A10663Is hee that adviseth thee thy Superiour?
A10663Is not our heart made the Naturall center of feares and sorrowes?
A10663Is this the fruit, for which we fast?
A10663It is naturall for gaining of Knowledge to hasten unto that whereby we loose both it and our selves?
A10663Mane piger stertis?
A10663No?
A10663Or why should the Not presence of his Body make that uneffectuall now, which the Not existing could not before his Incarnation?
A10663Q ● … m ● … sture 〈 ◊ 〉, ● … ajoraque v ● … ribus a ● …?
A10663Quis matrem nisi mentis inops in funere nati Flere vetat?
A10663That can digest so great, so many shames?
A10663Trim Warriour, tell me what thy Lute can doe, What Venus Graces, comely heire, sweet hew, When thou shalt wallow in the dust?
A10663Videsne Sacram metiente te via ● … Cum bis ter ● … lnarum tog â Vt or a vertal ● … uc& huc euntium Liberrima Indignatio?
A10663What Grecian soldiers turn''d to Grecian dames?
A10663What must I doe?
A10663What not a man of Greece( O fowle disgrace) Dare meet or looke proud Hector in the face?
A10663What of the Night?
A10663What of the Night?
A10663What sluggard snore so long?
A10663When I am dead, and in mine V ● … ne; What care I though the World burns?
A10663When thou pacest up and downe In thy long Gowne, Seest thou how the people fret To see thee Iet?
A10663Whence come Warres and fightings, saith Saint Iames, but from lusts which warre in your members?
A10663Who without much irrision can endure, To see a Beggar a proud Epicure?
A10663Who would forbid a Mother then to mourne, When her Sons ashes are warme in his urne?
A10663Why should he not be as Powerfull Absent, as he was Hoped?
A10663and our Minds, as it were, Hives to entertaine numberlesse swarmes of stinging and thorny Cares?
A10663and to labour for such a purchase, which like lightning is at once begun and ended, yea indeed sooner lost than gotten?
A10663as if they served here but as Cookes to dresse their owne Bodies for the Wormes?
A10663cur quis non prandeat hoc est?
A10663for Intellectus omnia intelligit, saith Aristotle, yea wherein all Contraries are reconciled and put off their Opposition?
A10663qua propt ● … r?
A10663surge, inquit Avaritia, eja Surge ▪ negas?
A10663what doe?
A10663why doest thou feare?
A10663〈 ◊ 〉 ameris?
A10663〈 ◊ 〉 inter se quam pro levibus noxij ● … i ● … a 〈 ◊ 〉?
A10663〈 ◊ 〉 r. lucation, p. 40. l. 6. r. contact, p. 56. l 15. r. 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉?
A42026( If the party affected have more virtues then money, and not more money then virtues) And if not, what then?
A42026And now being in the bowels of Love, some will ask, Whether Men or Women be soonest allured, and whether be most constant, the male or the female?
A42026And who can withstand the force of it?
A42026Art thou perswaded that this Non- parallel, thou thus affectest, hath dedicated his service only to thee?
A42026As thus; Hath his fair carriage got him estimation where he lives?
A42026Auri sacra fames, quid non mortalia cogis Pectora?
A42026But for an amorous complexion to cover glowing fires beneath the embers of a gray- beard; to see an old man to dote upon Women, what more odious?
A42026Do we not commonly see, that in painted pots of Apothecaries are contained the deadliest poyson?
A42026Do you call this Love, forsooth?
A42026Do you think he would change his contentment, for any thing in the whole Universe?
A42026Do you think this is the way?
A42026Doth not common experience make this common unto us, that the fertilest ground bringeth forth nothing but weeds, if it be not tilled?
A42026Doth not impiety infect the clearest and most acute wit, if it be given to idleness?
A42026Doth not rust corrode the hardest Iron, if it be not used?
A42026Doth not the Moth eat the finest garment, if it be not worn?
A42026For when they fall in Love, do they not fall in love with beauty, or something which seems pleasing unto them?
A42026Has she money?
A42026Hath he ever since he vowed himself your servant, solely devoted himself yours, and not mixt his affection with forain beauties?
A42026Hath he kept a fair quarter, and been ever tender of his untainted honour?
A42026Hath he never boasted of young Gentlewomens favors, nor run descant on their kindnesse?
A42026Hath he never enured his tongue to play the hypocrite with his heart?
A42026How frantick then are those Lovers, who are hurried headlong with the gay glistering of a fine face?
A42026How great force and enticements lie in kissing?
A42026How hard is it a fault with face not to bewray?
A42026How many of such like, would not let to hazzard their very souls for their Mistresses sake?
A42026If you seek to perswade them, they will flie out against you like so many Lyonesses, objecting, How can they moderate their passions?
A42026Is not the Lover ever blinde in affection towards his beloved?
A42026Is she mula auro onusta?
A42026Look all about you, who so young that loves not?
A42026O weak jealousie, did ever thy prying and suspicious sight finde thy Mistresses lip guilty of any smile?
A42026Or who so old, a comely feature moves not?
A42026She is peevish and sick till she see him, discontent, heavy, sad, and why comes he not?
A42026Some will object and say, All this is but cunningnesse,( as who knowes the sleights of Sirens?)
A42026Tell me Mullidor, and fear not to tell me, for thou tellest it to thy Mother, what ailest thou?
A42026That the Estrich carryeth fair feathers, but rank flesh?
A42026What Daedalus can quench such flames as these?
A42026What a fantasticall stomach must he needs have, that can not eat of a dish of meat, till another have cut of it?
A42026What a perfect harmonie of affection is there betwixt the Turtle and his dear mate?
A42026What a sweet poyson is the beauty and comelinesse of one sex to another?
A42026What poyson may be dissolved which Love mingleth not?
A42026What weapons can be forged and filed, to transfix the sides of innocent creatures which Love hammereth and polisheth not in his shop?
A42026What''s a kisse of that pure faire?
A42026What( saith he) would you have me inconstant?
A42026What, languish in the lap of an ungratefull Mistresse?
A42026What, would you have me mad?
A42026Who would wash after another, when he might have fresh water enough for asking?
A42026Will any man in his wits be thus deluded?
A42026can Virgin modesty return that accent and not blush?
A42026can he be so silly as to consume himself in seeking such a toy?
A42026deem no man( say they) so mad as to be entangled with desire?
A42026doest not thou see the blushes of her cheeks are innocent?
A42026forsake heaven with Venus for the love of an Adonis?
A42026have ye dealt more favorably with brute beasts then with reasonable creatures?
A42026her carriage, sober?
A42026her discourse all chast?
A42026how many Men do wander in this way?
A42026is it a grief of body, or of minde, that keeps thee on the Holy- dayes from frisking at the foot- ball?
A42026may it not rather be called madnesse and folly?
A42026no desire to see the publick shewes, or haunt the Theater?
A42026no toyish gesture?
A42026or any lascivious glance from her eye?
A42026or thought you them worthy to be tormented, that were so misled?
A42026or what a pitiful thing is it, for a Man that is about to go a long journey, to be tyed to Ride on a Beast that is half tyred to his hand?
A42026or what precipices are there which Love prepareth not?
A42026she is no popular Mistresse, all her kisses do speak her Virgin?
A42026such a bashful heat at several tides ebbes and flowes; flowes and ebbes again, as it were affraid to meet our wilder flame?
A42026that his affection is really towards thee?
A42026that his protests, though delivered by his mouth, are ingraven in his heart?
A42026that the Cypresse tree bears a fair leaf, but no fruit?
A42026thus; How is it with me?
A42026was it for this I lost so many good houres, that I burned, became entranced, that I passed through fire and water?
A42026were it not pity they should be ever divided?
A42026what is it then that stirs up this hot passion in thee?
A42026what is the most you will give?
A42026what more absurd?
A42026where is he?
A42026why bteaks he promise?
A42026why tarries he so long?
A42026will Love be ruled and governed by the will of any but himself?
A42026yes, why not?
A42026— Quis meas miserae Deus, Aut quis juvare Daedalus flammas queat?
A42026— What God can ease?
A42026— What will not this desire of money compell a Man to attempt?
A59163145 Quid est autem misericordia, nisi alienae miseriae quaedam in nostro corde compassio, qua utique si possimus, subvenire compellimur?
A59163Amor amicitiae& amor concupiscentiae In quid amicum paro?
A59163And if we would not refuse to lose our Liberty to purchase a Kingdom; wherefore should we not bear with an Injury, to gain an eternal Crown?
A59163And that he shall blame those actions, which the world doth not approve of, save only because it knows not their motives?
A59163And that it appertains only to thy Wisdom, to change our Anger into Indignation, our Pity into Mercy, and our Love into Charity?
A59163And that with Lovers, he felt the flames of Love, without enduring their Disturbances?
A59163And what Provinces hath she made desolate?
A59163And where will you lodg ● her, if she agree not well neither with knowledg nor riches?
A59163Audaces temeritate provecti, ante cupiunt adire pericula quam instant?
A59163Aug. Omnia offa mea dicent, Domine, quis fimilis tibi?
A59163Aun hoc parum magnum est?
A59163Bonus vir est qui injuriam fecit?
A59163But where then will you place Pleasure if it be neither to be found in Voluptuousness nor in Glory?
A59163Cui enim assecuto satis fuit, quod optanti nimium videbatur?
A59163Cum ergo sine Dei gratia salutem non posset custodire guam accepit, quomodo sine Dei gratia posset reparare quam perdidit?
A59163Did not Cleopatra govern Mark Anthony?
A59163Do not the Stoicks confefs with us that blows foreseen hurt not so much as do others?
A59163Dolores qui dicuntur carnis, animae sunt in carne& ex carne: quid enim caro per feipsam sine anima vel dolet vel concupiseit?
A59163Ecce nos reliquimus omnia,& secuti sumus te, quid ergo erit nobis?
A59163For ought there to be any relation between our welfare and our loss?
A59163Hath a woman offended you?
A59163Hath your enemy used outrage to you?
A59163Hic rogo, non furor est, ne moriare, mori?
A59163How happy was that distressed man that drew tears from thine eyes?
A59163How often have they wisht for Death, that they might be freed from these domestick enemies?
A59163I know very well, that the Stoicks have cry''d her down; but what Passion hath ever been able to defend it self against their calumnies?
A59163If the miserable are sacred Persons, are the merciful prophane?
A59163Inpunita tu credis esse quae invisa sunt?
A59163Interrogas quid petam ex virtute?
A59163Interrogemus singulos, Dic Epicure, quae res faciat beatum?
A59163Into what degree of madness had his Choler thrown him?
A59163Is it a Child that hath injured you?
A59163Is it a naughty man that hath offended you?
A59163Is it not ingratitude to mistake the advantages which we have received from Nature?
A59163Is not Choler, which takes up arms in the behalf of good against the enemy thereof, a shadow of Justice?
A59163Laesus est?
A59163Malus est?
A59163Naturae curis debemus quod hanc furorem contraxerit, actum esset de hominibus si pertinax ira fuisset: adhuc cum brevi duret, quid pejus?
A59163Non vis esse justus sine gloria?
A59163Nunc vero quam longe processerunt mala valetudinis?
A59163Ought we not to be angry when all Laws, Divine as Humane, are violated?
A59163Puer est?
A59163Qu ● m verum est quod regnum coelorum vim patitur,& qui vim faciunt diripiant illud?
A59163Quad mihi voluptatem nominas?
A59163Quaeris quid sit hominis bonum?
A59163Quam fortiter Leonidas milites allocutus est?
A59163Qui enim pollicetur serenti proventum, naviganti portum, militanti victoriam, marito pudicam uxorem, patri pios liberos?
A59163Quid enim est quod cum labore meminimus, ine labore obliviscimur; cum labore discimus, sine labore inertes sumus?
A59163Quid ex Idae Platonicis traham, quod cupiditates meas comprimat?
A59163Quid luges quem suscitare non potes?
A59163Quid majus est quam in infirmitate hominis, habere securitatem Dei?
A59163Quid miraris?
A59163Rex est?
A59163Sen. Si gaudes de nummo, times furem; si autem gaudes de Deo, quid times?
A59163That Pity should wound thy Heart, without weakning it?
A59163That he was Angry at those that were injured without troubling his Quiet?
A59163That he wept with the wretched, without interessing his happiness?
A59163That it should be eaten up with Sorrow, yet not disquieted?
A59163That it should be enflamed with Love, yet not consumed?
A59163That with the needy he formed desires without loss of his Abundance?
A59163Then what man is he who will submit to these truths, if he be a slave to self- love?
A59163Thus Misery teacheth us Mercy; and our own evil teacheth us to cure that of others: Who can condemn so just a Resentment?
A59163Vidistinequam iutra paucas horas ille ordo quamvis lentus dispositusque transicrit?
A59163What Admiration did these Motions of thy Soul cause in the Seraphim?
A59163What Champaigns hath she strew''d over with dead Garkases?
A59163What a miracle was it, to see that Anger should be kindled in thy Soul, without trouble thereunto?
A59163What can I do less in honour of so many Wonders, than to consecrate our Passions unto thee?
A59163What hath not she undertaken, when she hath had Kings for her slaves, and made use of their power to execute her Fury?
A59163What honour can a Conqueror hope for, who owes all his greatness to his Injustice?
A59163What less submission can I make to thy adored Power, than loudly to avouch that there is none but thou, who can teach us the use of these Motions?
A59163What marks of Cruelty hath she left in the world, when she hath reigned in the hearts of Monarchs?
A59163What must be added to Boldness, to make thereof true Fortitude?
A59163Whether there were any Passions in our Saviour Christ, and wherein they differ''d from ours?
A59163Whether there were any Passions in the state of Innocency, and whether they were of the same nature as are ours?
A59163Which is the most violent of all the Passions of Man?
A59163Who hath not compassion for this man, who was not so much the Slave, as Martyr of Ambition?
A59163Who is not affected with pity, to see Pompey, who drunk with love of a false greatness, undertakes civil and foreign Wars?
A59163Who sees not, that this greatness is meer weakness; and that the Choler which transports them, is a mark of the infirmity which accompanies them?
A59163Who were able to overcome the difficulties which accompany all Sciences, were they not seasoned with Sweetness?
A59163Who will not judge by these conditions, that Fear is a friend to our Quiet?
A59163aetati donetur, nescit an peccet: mulier est?
A59163and how glorious was the infamous Sinner, to whom thou witnessedst thy Love by thy Complaints and Sighs?
A59163and how shall he be faithful to God, if he be in love with himself?
A59163and is it not an action of Piety to be incensed against an impious ● retch who prophanes Altars, and disho ● ors Churches?
A59163and is it not injustice to give infamous names to these innocent Subjects, which being well managed by Reason, might merit such glorious Titles?
A59163and shall not we adore a Vertue, which Iesus Christ hath pleased to consecrate in his own Person?
A59163and that the greatest part of our sufferings comes from being surprized by evil?
A59163and to that end, sighed and made vows?
A59163and wherefore do they make that pass for a fault which she hath in common with so noble a Virtue?
A59163and who dares blame a Passion, to which we owe our Innocence?
A59163and who would ever contrive any famous design, were he not thereunto invited by the hope of Pleasure?
A59163c. 5 Clamat Sol, quid me colis ut Deum, quem vides ortu occasuque concludi?
A59163has usuras voluptatum pendimus, ultra modum fasque concupitarum Innumerabiles esse ● morbos miraris?
A59163how innocent was that Offender, whose Conversion was wrought by thy Tears?
A59163how oft hath indignation encouraged Judges against the guilty, who were made insolent in their misdemeanor, by the protection of great ones?
A59163how puissant was the oppressed, whose interests thou maintainedst?
A59163how rich was that poor one, whose wants thou didst bewail?
A59163if Misery draw Tears from our Eyes, shall not Mercy draw Praises from our Mouths?
A59163if we admire Patience, shall we despise Compassion?
A59163if we respect them whom Fortune hath set upon, shall we censure those that assist them?
A59163may not one give himself over to Choler, when she perswades us to revenge our Parents?
A59163ne tibi quisquam auserat Deum?
A59163quid stupes?
A59163sculp: Notes for div A59163-e8900 Quamdiu cum affectibus colluctamur, quid magni facimus?
A59163wherefore do they condemn that in this Passion, which they approve of in Wisdom?
A59163wherefore do they then blame foresight in Fear?
A59163wherefore do you revive it by your Sorrow?
A59163wherefore with a greater piece of Imprudence would you change what is past, and wish in vain, that what is already done, had not been done?
A59163who knows not that hope strengthens us, and that she encourageth us to the understanding of glorious and difficult designs?
A59163— Lachrymae volvuntur inanes?
A5002314 Cui verba facio?
A50023A little more modest then the Ambitious?
A50023An ira secundum Naturam sit, manifestum erit, si hominem inspexerimus: quo quid est mitius, dum in recto animi habitu est?
A50023And but somewhat a better Governour in his Family then the Prodigal and Avaricious persons?
A50023And can a man be condemned as unjust, because he endeavours to be more vertuous then his Companions?
A50023And can we not relieve those that are in misery, unless we mingle our Sighs with their Sobs and Groans, and our Cries with their Tears?
A50023And doth he not lead the faithful to a vertuous life, by the Discourse of these wise Heathens?
A50023And had we ever heard of Revolts and Treasons, Murders and Parricides, if audacity had not therewith inspired the rash and Cowardly?
A50023And how should Reason be a Soveraign in her Kingdom if she have no Subjects to Command?
A50023And if she can not repulse Enemies at the Gate, how shall she repel their fury when they have gotten possession?
A50023And if they be unhandsom, why do they betray their defects by smug pots and ornaments?
A50023And of what use are all those Jewels which rattle at your Ears?
A50023And see we not daily that they send Death to their Patients with the Drinks that ought to cure them?
A50023And that he must hold his Authority over a number of Rebells that despise his Soveraignty?
A50023And that they set aside the magnificence of their stately dwellings, to come and divert themselves in a Shepherds Hut?
A50023And that those which ought to obey him must prescribe him Laws?
A50023And that to give his Enemy Battel or rout his Adversaries he must be heated by the most furious of his Passions?
A50023And unhappy amidst all that which ought to deliver him from it?
A50023And what more cruel Vengeance can be drawn from an Enemy, than to see him a slave in places of the greatest freedom?
A50023And who despiseth all the Counsels of Reason to take the advice of one that is blind and ignorant?
A50023And why do we afflict our selves, for the suffering of a pain, for which Nature hath no remedy?
A50023And with what Justice shall they compel so many commendations from our Mouths, if they must always wallow in rest?
A50023And yet will any believe that Vertue must be idle unless she proclaim War against Monsters?
A50023Are not her Remedies as cruel as hazardous?
A50023But alas, who is there that may not easily discern that so fading a perfection can not make us happy?
A50023But if you believe it, why do you betray your own judgment by your practice?
A50023But not to discredit Knowledg without authority, is it not she that hath so often changed the face of Christendom?
A50023But who doth not easily see that this Tyranny strikes directly at his Liberty, that these motions howsoever moderated annoy his Peace?
A50023But you will say, do we not see that they are often of use to us?
A50023Can he not err in his Judgment?
A50023Can we not be charitable without being afflicted?
A50023Did not Philosophers become the first Hereticks?
A50023Did not the ages of the greatest Learning lean more to Atheism than to Religion?
A50023Do not all Kingdoms complain of her injustice?
A50023Do we not see that he discourses of things he understandeth not?
A50023Doth not Tertullian maintain a great number of their Paradoxes?
A50023Doth not all Europe complain at this day of the Art of Physick?
A50023Doth not he render the Mysteries of Christianity familiar to us by their Doctrine?
A50023Exiguum hoc, quod si montes coercent, si fluvii cingunt, patriam esse censes?
A50023For how can a Man place his happiness in works which are not his own?
A50023For if they be handsom, wherefore do they disguise themselves under so many different forms?
A50023For what Color was there, that the Stoicks should be judged guilty for leaving the Academia, and forsaking their Masters Party, to side with truth?
A50023For what did she ever do in the World that turned not to the dishonor of the Conqueror, or the disadvantage of the vanquished?
A50023For what is more delightful then a vertuous vacation, and what is more toilsom then Anger?
A50023For what is there of a more quiet Nature than Man, and what more furious than Love?
A50023For who shall believe that Julius Cesar had ever attempted the Roman Government, if he had not been as hardy as ambitious?
A50023For who shall imagin that things out of our power should make us happy?
A50023If he be but somewhat more chast then the most unclean?
A50023If he be obliged to fly to their Counsels, and if he must borrow of them all the forms of his Government?
A50023If she sink under their violence when she is disposed to expect them, how shall she be able to give them Laws when she is become their Captive?
A50023In fine, what advantage do we acquire when we are taught by Divines that God is infinit?
A50023In homine Optimum quid est?
A50023In what School have you been taught that nature is impotent, if she take not Passions to her assistance?
A50023Indeed, What is there more extravagant then a man who rejects the truth to embrace the noise of a biassed and interressed multitude?
A50023Is it a Crime to aspire unto goodness?
A50023Is it no temerity to proceed against Philosophers after the manner of Rebels, for taking nature and reason to be their Guides?
A50023Magnify himself in Treasures that Fortune may pull from him?
A50023Must we be guilty of effeminacy, to perform Acts of Generosity?
A50023Nam quid est cupiditas& laetitia, nisi voluntas in eorum consentionem, quae volumus?
A50023Nemo istorum, quos divitiae honoresque in altiore fastigio ponunt, magnus est: quare ergo magnus Videtur?
A50023Of what use is it to know how to compose a formal Discourse?
A50023Or to make too men Felons because one of them was found innocent?
A50023Quanta haec amentia, essigiem mutare naturae, picturam quaerere;& dum verentur, maritale judicium perdere suum?
A50023Quantum a nostris disciplinis aliena sunt, quam indigna nomine Christiano, faciem fictam gestare, quibus simplicitas omnis inducitur?
A50023Quid aliud censes esse beatè Vivere, nisi Secundùm i d, quod est in homine Optimum, Vivere?
A50023Quid aliud est vitia incendere, quàm authores illis inscribere,& dare morbo, exemplo Divinitatis, excusatam licentiam?
A50023Quid est in quo erratur?
A50023Quid si sanum voces leviter febricitantem?
A50023Quid times quod in tua manu est ne timeas?
A50023Quis ad meliora non festinet?
A50023Quis enim pollicetur serenti reventum, militanti Victoriam, marito pudicam uxorem, patripios liberos?
A50023Quis ergo generosus?
A50023Something more temperate then Drunkards?
A50023That all his Enterprises must depend upon their advices?
A50023That he can not be active without their help?
A50023That he can not perform generous things without their assistance?
A50023That they appoint days, to be entertained after their manner?
A50023That they change their Goblets of Gold into wooden Bowls?
A50023That they lay aside their Plate- Services for earthen Dishes?
A50023That they prefer the Work of the Potter before the Art of the Goldsmith?
A50023That they sometimes fight Vertues battels, and employ endeavors for her defence which beget admiration?
A50023The Disputes of her Doctors, have they not been the destruction of the greatest number of them that are gone down to the Chambers of Death?
A50023This request is too just to be refused, and if you judg it such, why are you so reserved?
A50023To drive nature from her Cheeks by Vermillion, and forfeit her own judgment for fear of her Husbands censure?
A50023To what end shall she desire Treasures since they make her not happy?
A50023Tormented in the arms of Rest?
A50023Victorious without Enemys to Conquer?
A50023Was she ever merciful to the innocent in assaulting the guilty?
A50023Was she ever seen to be moderate in combat or modest in Victory?
A50023What Peace, Content and Glory is it then to be vertuous?
A50023What Shame, Self- horror and Confusion to be vicious?
A50023What a folly is it for a Woman to prefer a bastard complexion to her own?
A50023What advantage do you give him above other men, if he have but a little more courage then the greatest Cowards?
A50023What can be imagined more unjust then to condemn two innocent men because one of them was not guilty?
A50023What can then be more irrationally said then to affirm that man who is at liberty in all his actions, had need of so many monstrous Beasts?
A50023What contentment can a man have amidst so many apprehensions?
A50023What greater Punishments can be inflicted upon Criminals than to expose them to the Will of so many Tormentors?
A50023What greater cruelty can be invented then to make Men idolize a Mistress that either maintains her rigor, or perseveres in her kindness?
A50023What greater torment can an Enemy be condemned unto, then to love a Creature that derides or makes her Triumphs of his liberty?
A50023What have you said ignorant Philosophers?
A50023What is more tranquil then clemency, and what more turmoiling then cruelty?
A50023What is that Spanish red with which you force your Cheeks and Lips to blush good for?
A50023What profit do we reap from these formalities?
A50023What, say they, is a wise man infallible in his conjectures?
A50023When she stands up for the preservation of Laws, when she suffers for the defence of her Temples and her Altars?
A50023Where are the Written Laws that decided his Doubts?
A50023Where are those commandments that brought him back to his Duty?
A50023Where the promises and threats for reward of the Righteous, and punishment of the Wicked?
A50023Where, replies he, is the freedom of the wise man, if he may not act but by the intermediation of his Passions?
A50023Where, say they, will be their Victory if they have no Enemy to vanquish or tame?
A50023Who can assure the Mariners that their voyage shall be attended with smooth Seas, the winds favorable, and their Navigation prosperous?
A50023Who can warrant the Souldiers that their Arms shall be victorious, and assure them of the Rout of their Enemies?
A50023Who departs from his own Reason to be guided by their Example?
A50023Who judgeth not Hannibal very unhappy, when he forsakes the Command of his Souldiers to be made obedient to his Love?
A50023Who shall believe that a wise man can not be valiant, unless he be possest of Anger?
A50023Why art thou affrighted at that which is in thy power not to be troubled at?
A50023Why do you dissemble your troubles of mind, and wherefore do you hide from me that glorious resolution you have taken, to put a Tyrant to Death?
A50023Why fear evils since she owns not that there is any evil but vice, whose arrival she may prevent by the bare Acts of her will?
A50023Why should Death afright her, since she finds her advantage in it?
A50023Why should she call anger to the vengeance of an injury, since she slights it?
A50023With what confidence dare you render my wise man a dependant of his Slaves?
A50023Would you make a God of him, after you have filled him with Pride?
A50023and that the holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son hath the communication of their Perfections?
A50023and that this noble faculty must pine away, unless she fight to Subject the Rebellious, and to range the Factious into reason?
A50023and to use Dilemma''s and Inductions to surprize the unskilful?
A50023and when in the midst of a victorious Army brought back from Thrasymene, he could not defend himself from the allurements of a Strumpet?
A50023and why should she draw Joy from Fortunes smiles, since she places her happiness in a good Conscience?
A50023quis vero dubitavarit nihil aliud esse hominis optimum, quam eam partem animi, cui dominanti obtemperare convenit caetera quaeque quae in homine Sunt?
A50023that he merits chastisements by living according to his Instructions?
A50023that the Father begets the Son from all eternity?
A50023that the Unity of his Nature agrees with the Trinity of his Persons?
A50023to frame Sophisms to ensnare the unlearned?
A50023to reduce an Argument to an impossibility?
A50023what art thou afraid of, is it not what thou must one day undergo?
A50023who can lawfully accuse them of insolence for courting of vertue themselves and procuring her the Love and admiration of others?
A50023who would be faithful to her, since she rejects what we esteem, and can not inrich us but by teaching us to be poor?