A monomachie of motiues in the mind of man: or a battell betweene vertues and vices of contrarie qualitie Wherein the imperfections and weaknesses of nature appeare so naked, that anie reasonable soule may soone see by what spirit he is lead: herevnto also, besides sundrie deuout praiers necessarilie interlaced, diuers golden sentences of S. Barnard are annexed: and also a briefe conclusion of his vpon this theame, that victorie is obtained by resisting temptation. Newlie englished by Abraham Fleming.
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A monomachie of motiues in the mind of man: or a battell betweene vertues and vices of contrarie qualitie Wherein the imperfections and weaknesses of nature appeare so naked, that anie reasonable soule may soone see by what spirit he is lead: herevnto also, besides sundrie deuout praiers necessarilie interlaced, diuers golden sentences of S. Barnard are annexed: and also a briefe conclusion of his vpon this theame, that victorie is obtained by resisting temptation. Newlie englished by Abraham Fleming.
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Autpertus, Ambrosius, d. 784.
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Imprinted at London :: By H. Denham [, dwelling in Pater noster rowe, being the assigne of W. Seres,
1582] Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis.
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Spiritual life -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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"A monomachie of motiues in the mind of man: or a battell betweene vertues and vices of contrarie qualitie Wherein the imperfections and weaknesses of nature appeare so naked, that anie reasonable soule may soone see by what spirit he is lead: herevnto also, besides sundrie deuout praiers necessarilie interlaced, diuers golden sentences of S. Barnard are annexed: and also a briefe conclusion of his vpon this theame, that victorie is obtained by resisting temptation. Newlie englished by Abraham Fleming." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00940.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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The ASSALT giuen by di∣uelish
HATRED.
O Man, forsweare to
loue him, who is thy
enimie in all things.
Neuer, so long as thy
life lasteth, agrée with
him, who is contrarie and against
thée in euerie respect. Neuer shake
hands with him, which taketh
from thée anie iot of thy right. Ne∣uer
giue him faire looke, neuer shew
him kind countenance, which doth
out-face thée, triumph ouer thée,
scorne and scoffe at thée, prouoke
thée to vnpatience by wrongs and
iniuries.
Neuer like of him so long as
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thou liuest, which is alwaies ca∣sting
thy faults in thy téeth. Ne∣uer
abide him, that doth what he
can to excell thée in words, déeds,
credit, and preferment. For, if he
did not enuie thée, is it like hée
would in this sort séeke his owne
aduancement, aboue thée, which
art his better?
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