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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	judge_v	law_n	1,465	5	4.9712	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01518	The droomme of Doomes day VVherin the frailties and miseries of mans lyfe, are lyuely portrayed, and learnedly set forth. Deuided, as appeareth in the page next following. Translated and collected by George Gascoigne Esquyer.	Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577.; Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216. De contemptu mundi. English.	1576 (1576)	STC 11641; ESTC S102877	200,832	291

and the ritch mans cause you folow toeth and nayle Towards the one you extend rygor and towards thother you vse gentill dispensation You respect th one with great difficultie and thother you handle with great fauour The one you harken vnto but sleightly and neglygently and thother you bende eare vnto willingly The poore man cryeth out no man heareth him The ritch man doth but whisper cuery man harkeneth Whiles the ritch man spake all men kept filence and his wordes were extolled vp to the skyes The poore man spake and the people sayed who is this And if he tell them they will ouerthrowe him The patient man 〈◊〉 out vpon wronge and no man heareth him he cryeth out alowde with his voyce there is no man to geue sentence Yea if at any tyme you vndertake the poore mans cause you delaye them lyngeringly But when you haue taken in hand the cause of the ritch man then you further it with all expedicion You despise the poore and honour the ritch These you ryse vnto reuerently but those other you sporne frō you with dyspight If any man with a gouldē ringe on his finger gallant garmēts doe come into your cloysters a poore man also come in with a homely garment if you looke vpon him that is well clothed saye sit thou héere alofte then say vnto the poore stād thou ther or sit downe vnder the foote stoole of my féete doo you not now iudge acording to your owne affectiōs becōe the iudges of wicked thoughts for of you against you the Prophet saith They are magnified they are become ritch they are wel fatted and become greasy they haue neyther vnder taken the Orphanes cause nor geuen sentence for the poore men But it is cōmaunded in the lawe That there be no respect of persons but heare the small as well as the great You shall haue no respecte to any mans person For the 〈◊〉 appertaineth to god And ther is no respect of persons with god But you neither geue fauour fauourably franckly 〈◊〉 doe iustice iustly For vnlesse some what be felt nothinge is delt Neither can you geue well vnlesse you sell. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you defer iustice so longe that you take more then the whole 〈◊〉 them which mayntained the contention Bicause the charge of expences is gerater then the worthe of the sentence But what can you answere in the stryct daye of iudgement vnto him which commaundeth you sayinge Fréely you haue taken and fréely geue Gaynes in the coffer bringe losse and dammage in the conscience 〈◊〉 catche after mony but you entangle your sowles And 〈◊〉 doth it profit a man if he gayne all the whole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 purchase dampnation for his soule 〈◊〉 what 〈◊〉 shall man make for his sowle The brother shal not redéeme the brother a man shal not appease god for himself nor geue him the price of his redemption He hath 〈◊〉 for euer and he shall 〈◊〉 vntill the later end Geue care 〈◊〉 you 〈◊〉 men what the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saythe 〈◊〉 you Goe to nowe ye ritche men 〈◊〉 and howle 〈◊〉 your nuseries which shall happen vnto you Your riches are 〈◊〉 Your gaye garments are eaten with mothes Your gold 〈◊〉 is become rust And the rust thereof shal be a witnesse against you and shall fret and consume your flesh lyke fyer 〈◊〉 haue horded vp vnto your selfe wrathe anger in the latter daye Behould and harken the 〈◊〉 of your workemen which wrought tylled your 〈◊〉 that you planted doth crye And the noyse therof hath 〈◊〉 the eares of the Lorde of Sabaoth Therefore the trueth commaundeth Doo not lay vp for your selues 〈◊〉 in earth where rust eateth and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And where théeues digge it vp and steale it O vnqueachable 〈◊〉 and vnsatiable 〈◊〉 what couetous man was euer yet contented with his 〈◊〉 desire when he obtayneth to that which he desired he desireth more he alwayes setteth his end in thinges which he must haue And not in things which he hath already The eye of a couetous man is vnsatiable And he is not to be satissied with his iniquities A couetous niggard shall net be cōtented with his mony And he which loueth riches shall receiue no fruite thereof Hell and destruction are neuer filled No more are the vnsatiable eyes of men The bloodsucker hath two daughters which say Affer Nam Brynge for Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia 〈◊〉 Wilt thou O couetous wretch know wherefore thou art alwayes emptie and art neuer filled marke then Thy measure is neuer full Which whatsoeuer it houldeth yet is it capable of more But the humble mynde is capable of good Bicause he which cleaueth fast vnto god is one spirit with god So that whatsoeuer then it houldeth it is neuer full vnlesse it haue god of whome it is alwayes capable Then if thou wilt be satisfied leaue to be couetous For as long as thou art couetous thou canst not be satisfied For ther is no cōparison of light vnto darkenesse nor of Christ vnto Beliall Synce no man can serue both God and mamon O false felicitie of riches whiche doth in déede make the riche man an vnhappie childe For what is more vnhappie then the welthe and abundaunce of this worlde whiche is cauled riches The ritche and the poore are opposytes and contraryes But yet the welthe of the worlde doth not take away but bringe the 〈◊〉 For more suffiseth sayth Salomon A little vnto a poore man then much aboundaunce vnto a riche man For whereas much riches are there are many also to eate the same Howe many and how greate are the higher powers which haue néede So as by my selfe I can often fynde experyence that welthe maketh not a man ritche but néedie Howe many hath couetousnesse seduced And 〈◊〉 many more hath this miserable niggardlines ouer throwne and cast awaye The Asse condempneth Balame Bicause being ouer come with the couetousnesse of their faire promises he vndertoke to cursse The people of Israell did stone Acham bicause he tooke gold and siluer for the offerings Naboth was slayne that 〈◊〉 might possesse his vyneard Giezi was stryken with leprosy bicause he asked and receyued siluer and gold and garmentes vnder the name of 〈◊〉 Iudas did hange himself in a halter bicause he sould betrayed christ Ananias and Saphira dyed sodeynly bicause they went about to beguyle the Appostles of the price of their feild Tirus did buyld his treasury and heaped vp siluer lyke earth gold lyke vnto the claye of the stréetes But behould the Lord shall possesse it And shall stryke the strength thereof in the Seas and it shall be deuoured with fyer Why should any man goe about to heape to gether when he which doth heape together can not longe stand nor continewe for lyke vnto a flower he commeth forth and is shaken And flyeth