Omnibus & singulis. Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland.

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Title: Omnibus & singulis. Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland.
Author: Scot, Patrick.
Publication: London :: Printed by William Stansby,; 1619.
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Subject terms: Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "Omnibus & singulis. Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11616.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.

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SECT. IX.

HAue a special care to re∣sist seuen chiefe Cham∣pions that shall be sent out a∣gainst you.

First,b Pride shall indeuor to make you, with Lucifer, be thrust out of Heauen.

c Enuie, with that olde Serpent, shall perswade you to eat the forbidden fruit.

d Wrath shall stirre you

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vp to kill innocent Abel.

e Sloth, that lazie Slug∣gard, shall make your Vine∣yard bee ouergrowne with Thornes and Nettles.

Neuer-satisfiedf Couet∣ousnesse shall moue you to desire Naboths Vineyard, & with Achan, value a Babylo∣nish Garment, a few Shekels of Siluer, and a Wedge of Gold, at an higher price then thy owne, or the bloud of thy whole Family.

Sixtly, (without con∣stant resistance)g Drunken∣nesse is able to make thee commit Incest with thy owne Daughters.

Lastly, (seeming sweete poysoned)h Lecherie shall attempt to cause Vriah to be placed in the front of the

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Battaile, that thou maist in∣ioy Bershebah.

Notes

b

Superbia, ••et. 2. Epist. est vitiū muliebre super∣bia, & arguit oris duritiem, ac sensus qualis inest, Lapidi. Text.

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c

Inuidia, Gen. 3.1. Squalida vi∣pereas mandu∣cans foemina car∣nes; cui{que} dolent oculi, quaeque suum cor edit; quam macies & p••llor habent; spinosa{que} gestat tela manu; talis pingitur inuidia

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d

Ira, Gen 4.8. Irae affectus to∣tus positus est in impetu doloris, armorum sanguinis minimè humana feruens cupiditate, Sen. de Ira. Pro. 15.19.

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e

Segnities species rectè ve∣lata cucullo; Non se non alios, vtilitate iuvat.

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f

Auaritia, 2. Reg. 21.1. I••shua ••.2. Auarus tam fru∣itur quod non habet, quàm quod habet.

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g

Ebrietas, Gē. 9 33 per temu∣lentiā nesciens, miscet libidine incestum; & quem Sodoma non vicit, vice∣runt v••na, Cle. Alex. l. 2. c. 19.

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h

Luxuria, 2. Sam. 11.4, 17. S••le satae Circes tam magna po∣tentia ••ertur, verterit, vt mul¦tos in noua mon∣stra viros, Iune.

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