Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	life_n	part_n	write_v	3,080	5	5.3628	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51399	A pious and Christian consideration of life and death and of all humane actions. Written originally in French by the famous Philip Morney Lord of Plessis. Translated into Latin by Arnoldus Freitagius. And now done into English by M. A. for the benefit of his countrymen.; Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort. English	Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Freitag, Arnold.; M., A.	1699 (1699)	Wing M2801; ESTC R216834	34,660	74

most grievous Evils of this Life But some will say if Death be in the number of those things that are to be desired then it will follow that Life is to be exposed and precipitated that we may be delivered from the numerous Evils thereof and obtain so much Good thereby Though that sort of Solicitude doth not at all affect me yet that there are some who being encouraged with the sure promise of so great and good things hereafter are willing to hasten towards Death but though the Spirit may greatly long for that Life yet is it kept down and hindred from flying thither by the weight of its Earthly Body But that which is here objected is a perfect inconsequence and can in no wise be drawn from the premises That the Flesh is to be tamed and kept under by accustoming our selves to the thoughts of Death is readily granted that we ought to withdraw our selves from the World is not denied but that we may when we please take our selves out of the World I cannot agree because that is not a thing in our own power A Christian as he ought not to shun Death for fear of dying so neither ought he presumptuously to precipitate his Life in hopes of a better though he be exposed to continual assaults of grief and sorrow whilst here yet can he not without reproach and infamy forsake the Post in which he is placed But when his Chief Captain shall think fit to recall him thence then may he readily obey and retire without reproach or infamy A Christian is not born for himself but for God to him he liveth and prolongeth his Life 'till it shall please God to give him the reward of a well-spent Life it is free for God to take it from him but not for him to lay it down when he pleaseth But if it shall happen in Youth in the Flower of thy Age do as Mariners use to do give thanks unto God that with a prosperous gale he hath brought your Ship to Harbour sooner than you expected But if Death delays its coming 'till Old-Age give thanks to God also because though your Voyage hath been tedious yet have you not met with so many Storms and Tempests as might have befallen you in that time In the mean time do you neither make too much hast nor create delays for the Wind is not in your power Shipwreck may be then nearest when to shun it you make too much hast into your Port. Before Mid day God is pleased by Death to give rest to some from their Labours to others at that time and to many not 'till late at night Some he employs no longer than their first sweat others he roasts with the heat of the Sun and some he boileth down 'till they are altogether dry and have no juice left in them Yet he is not forgetful of any of his Servants he hath a time of rest for them all and giveth to every one their reward in due season Nor is any one deprived thereof unless he forsake his Post before he be recalled leave his work unfinished and require his Wages before they are due Wherefore we ought always to acquiesce in his will who in the midst of all our pains and labour can and often doth refresh us with sweet and quiet rest Our Life ought not to be tedious or odious to us because of the Labours which we undergo therein for that would betray a sluggish and abject Mind nor is it to be loved because of the Pleasures thereof for that would betray our folly and madness But let us serve our selves that we may the better serve God who after this Life ended will abundantly bless us with true rest and quietness and pleasures for evermore Death is not to be fled from and indeed it is vain and Childish so to do for it will certainly either meet us in our flight or pursue us at the heels Nor is it to be sought after lest we incurr the Character of rash and presumptuous Persons for no Man though he would can die when he will There is as much of despair in the one as of sloath and pusillanimity in the other and seeing both of them are within the confines of Vice neither of them can deserve either the name of or praises due to Fortitude and Magnanimity It is enough for us constantly and every hour to expect Death that we may not be surprized by it nor overwhelmed with it like unwary and imprudent Persons for as there is nothing more certain than Death so there is nothing more uncertain than the hour of Death This is known to God alone who is the only Author both of Life and Death to whom that we may all both Live and Die ought to be the only study and business of our whole Lives We ought so to Die that we may Live and so to Live that we may Die Happily FINIS BOOKS Printed for L. Meredith at the Star in St. Paul's Church-Yard THE Christian's Sacrifice A Treatise shewing the Necessity End and Manner of receiving the Holy Communion together with suitable Prayers and Meditations for every Month in the Year and the principal Festivals in Memory of our Blessed Saviour In Four Parts The Fourth Edition Corrected The Devout Christian instructed how to pray and give thanks to God Or a Book of Devotions for Families and particular Persons in most of the concerns of Humane Life The Eighth Edition An Advice to a Friend The Fourth Edition The Truth of Christian Religion in Six Books written in Latin by Hugo Grotius and now Translated into English with the Addition of a Seventh Book against the present Roman Church A Book for Beginners or a Help to young Communicants that they may be fitted for the Holy Communion and receive it with Profit A Treatise of the Necessity and Frequency of Receiving the Holy Communion with a Resolution of Doubts about it In three Discourses begun upon Whit-sunday in the Cathedral Church of Peterburgh 1684. To press the Observation of the Fourth Rubrick after the Communion-Office The Practical Christian in Four Parts or A Book of Devotions and Meditations also with Meditations and Psalms upon the Four last things 1. Death 2. Judgment 3. Hell 4. Heaven By. R. Sherlock D. D. Rector of Winwick the Fifth Edition A Winter-Evening Conference in Three Parts The Old Religion demonstrated in its Principles and described in the Life and Practice thereof The Golden Grove a choice Manual containing what is to be believed practised and desired or prayed for the Prayers being fitted to the several Days of the Week also Festival Hymns according to the manner of the Ancient Church A Collection of Offices or Forms of Prayers in Cases Ordinary and Extraordinary taken out of the Scriptures and the ancient Liturgies of several Churches especially the Greek Together with a large Preface in Vindication of the Liturgy of the Church of England The Second Edition FINIS