Epigrams and sentences spirituall in vers, of Gregori Nazanzen, an auncient & famous bishop in the Greke churche Englished by Tho. Drant.
- Title
- Epigrams and sentences spirituall in vers, of Gregori Nazanzen, an auncient & famous bishop in the Greke churche Englished by Tho. Drant.
- Author
- Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.
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- [London] :: Imprinted at London in Fletestreate, neare vnto S. Dunstones church by Thomas Marshe,
- 1568.
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- Epigrams, Greek.
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Contents
- title page
- To the righte honorable, the right reuerent father in God Ed∣monde Bishoppe of London, his very good Lorde and Maister, Tho. Drant wisheth grace and peace with long and ioyful life, in the euerliuing God through Christe our Sauiour.
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. - De Gregorio ad Le∣ctores.
- Ad Gregorium
- W. C. Doctor, to the translation.
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epigrams
- Tvvo kindes of life, Actiue, and Contemplatiue.
- Trie thy selfe, before thou intermedle with holy matters.
- Truste not lightly nor cauill muche.
- A shame for a teacher to be reprouable.
- Let Bishops, and Prelates geue light.
- VVel doing is better then wel saying.
- An acceptable offring vnto God.
- Make no vowe to God.
- Mans life a market.
- The race of Christian life.
- Nor presume, nor dispaire.
- Kepe on thy course in vertue.
- All occasion of euill is to be shunned.
- Knowe thy selfe. Good deedes better then golde.
- Study godlines: Charme thy tongue.
- Temptation by thy eies.
- Temptation by the eares.
- Temptation by the other senses.
- Be not to liberal to thy belly.
- Laughter must be laughed at.
- Fauour and deformitie.
- Contempte of vanities.
- The highnesse and humblenesse of good vvorkes.
- Against vayne glorie and dis∣simulation.
- Take not pryde in prayse, Prayse not rashly.
- Pleasure not in deriding an other.
- Triumphe ouer no man.
- Better clere conscience in aduersitie, then feare of iudgement in vvelth.
- Almesse measure.
- Almesse dealing.
- As vve are affected to the poore, so is Christe to vs.
- Godly pouertie is to be relieued.
- Pouertie better then ill gotten riches.
- A seruaunt is a felovve seruaunt.
- No shame to be a seruaunt.
- True nobilitie.
- Christe thrists to be thristed after.
- Cast not alwaies to ouercome.
- Some losse bringes vantage.
- Forget and forgiue.
- In iniuries call to minde Christe his passion.
- The chastning of thy body is a medicine for vice.
- Sweare not.
- The summe of the lawe is charitie, and Christe his passion.
- A deare frende is a deare treasure.
- Counsailers are necessary.
- Backbiting, shamefastnesse.
- Good companie.
- Frutes of fooes.
- Pacience breakes enuie.
- The measure of bounty.
- Blame our selues, not the deuill.
- Dreames vaine.
- Hope the beste.
- Learning and vvisedome.
- Stoutenesse, and courage.
- An olde man vvithout vvitte, a younge vvithout courage.
- VVorke and vvatche.
- VVisedome better then riches.
- VVe deny God tvvo vvayes.
- Against the Arians, Hipo∣crites, and disceuers.
- The othe of Nazensen being made Bishoppe.
- A spirituall dompe.
- A praier against Iulianus.
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Mariage, Redemption,
eape iudgments of God. - Of his busye and wordly affayers.
- From Egipt and Babilon to the holie Lande.
- From Sodome to the mounte,
- Conflict of fleshe and spirit
- A brething to God.
- The world vyolent.
- Better to dye, or to lyue.
- Vnlodge the deuill.
- Mortifying.
- The felicitie of a Christian is Christ.
- The life miserable, and synne vnquyet.
- The vanitie of this lyef A passage vnto God.
- The knovvlege of the Trynitie is blesfulnesse:
- A prayer for quiet death.
- Finall repentaunce All is vanitie.
- A repulse to the deuill A passage to heauen A Farewell to the worlde
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epigrams
- A good beginning, a good endir
- Constancy is crowned.
- Hie speakinge.
- Vse and Abuse.
- Vaine glorie.
- Continuaunce.
- Laughter, anger, babling
- Dutie to God, parents, preists▪ and Elders.
- Parentes and Children.
- Suche like.
- Proportion.
- The tounge.
- Language.
- Haples frindles.
- Drunkennes.
- VVynde.
- A fat belly, a leane vvitt.
- Thriftye dyet.
- Fooles wise,
- Baronnes.
- A milking sheparde.
- Order.
- Order.
- Order.
- Man, death.
- The good feare not.
- VVisdome vanquisheth.
- Perseueraunce.
- VVisdome is stronge.
- Bugges fraye fooles.
- The poore giuing.
- The lavvyer
- The Tutour of the Fatherles.
- The sentence not the vvordes.
- Diuersitie.
- Instruction of fooles.
- Chastninge.
- An othe
- Treasure.
- Short pleysure.
- Pleasure chaungable.
- Shamefastnesse in vvomen.
- Helth.
- Bablinge.
- Bribes.
- A sadd spirit.
- Riches.
- Frendeshyp.
- Care.
- Temperance in aboundance.
- VVyne.
- Feare of iudgement.
- Affliction to affliction.
- Lastinge glorie.
- Anger an il counsailer.
- Ill vvomen.
- Marke the ende.
- Suche father suche child.
- Like of like.
- Beauty and Pittie.
- Gods blessyng.
- Order and povver.
- Dreading, and melling,
- The lavve of like.
- The stout are gloriouse.
- Dreames.
- Handling of rebelles.
- The people a beast of many heads.
- An ydle worke.
- Gould a Rethorician.
- VVorldly peace.
- Frinde and fooe.
- Light shipping.
- Musing of death.
- The mynd a Temple.
- Knowe thy selfe.
- The steadfast mynde.
- Vanyties.
- Deades and woordes.
- Hooly orders, reliques.
- The path of vertue.
- Of sevnge: The stepps of the deuill.
- The sicke man feleth not.
- VVordes and vvorkes.
- Idlenes.
- Treasure standing.
- Vertue passing.
- Faith.
- The meane.
- Bouldnesse vvith discretion.
- Lavve and Lavvyer.
- Please and displease.
- VVary in praysing.
- Duresse trieth.
- Denying of Father.
- A good name a good possession.
- Spare straungers, and the dead.
- An other life.
- The Trinitie, the fountaine.
- Mans life.
- A christian life.