Ptōchomuseion [sic]. = The poore mans librarie Rapsodiæ G.A. Bishop of Exceter vpon the first epistle of saint Peter, red publiquely in the cathedrall church of saint Paule, within the citye of London. 1560. Here are adioyned at the end of euery special treatie, certaine fruitful annotacions which may properly be called miscellanea, bicause they do entreate of diuerse and sundry matters, marked with the nombre and figures of Augrime. 2.

Antithesis. 20.

ANtithesis signifieth in Latin Contrariū, contrary. It is a figure by the which we amplifi by cōtraries. It maybe in single words, as Seruaui nō extinxi. I saued him & not destroied him. Also in whole sentences. Vt habet assentatio iucunda principia, eadem exitus amarissimos adfert. Assentation or flattry bringeth pleasant & swete beginnings, but the same bringeth most bitter & sowre endes. Also, Ini∣micis te placabilē, amicis inexorabilē praebes. Thou behauest thy selfe to thine enemies placable & tractable, but to thy frēds inexorable. In Paul this is Antithesis. If you liue after the flesh, you shal die, if after the sprit, you shall liue.* 1.1 Agayn, the letter killeth, the sprit quickneth. Cicero. In pace bellū quaeritas, in bello pacem desideras. In time of peace thou sekest warre, in tyme of warre thou desirest peace. Also in idlenes thou makest tumultes, in tumultes thou art only idle. In refrig idissima cales, in refer¦uentissima friges. In a cold cause thou art hote, in a hote cause thou art cold. This is a very apt Antithesis. Non obruisti me muneribus, sed scele¦ribus. Thou hast not ouerwelmed me with rewards, but with wickednes. Finally Tacito cum opus est clamas: cum loqui conuenit, obmutescis. VVhen silence nedeth then thou criest out, when speche is required, thou art dom. Ades, abesse vis, abes, reuerti cupis. VVhen thou arte present, thou wouldest be absent, when thou art absent, thou wouldest returne. Note that there is no figure so elegant and apte, as this is, to amplifie & varie any Oration.

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  Rom. 8 1. Cor. 3