Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	sin_n	soul_n	4,646	5	5.4196	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12575	Of the horrible and wofull destruction of, Sodome, and Gomorra To the tune of the nine Muses.		1570 (1570)	STC 22890; ESTC S103469	1,595	1

✚ Of the horrible and wofull Destruction of Sodome and Gomorra To the Tune of the nine Muses THe Scripture playne doth show and tell How Lot in Sodome Towne did dwell Amongst the Sodomites vile He did rebuke their noughty liues Both yong and olde both men wiues Why do you your selues defile He often times with watry eyes their cause he did lament He wept in Hart in gréeuous wise and bad them to repent Desiring and praying From sinne they should refrayne Least Body and Soule bée In euerlastyng payne ¶ God doth abhorre that whorish Bed Whiche thonsands now therin are led and therin styll doth dwell They yeld their soules for Sacrifice To filthy sinne in diuers wise Vnto the paynes of Hell You rauenyng née dy men quoth he That Riches haue in stoare Geue to the poore I say to thée The whiche coms to thy Doore To Fatherlesse and Wydowes too To pyttie them take payne You Surffetters and Dronkardes now From this your Sinne refrayne ¶ Then all in vayne Lot preached styll They all did folow their selfe wyll For that was their desire For his counsell good they passed small In filthy sinne they wallowed all As filthy Swyne in Myre Then did the Lorde commaund that Lot That he should soone depart From amongst the Sodomites so whot For they should féele great smart The Angell then to hym he saide Come Lot and haste awaye For tyll the tyme that thou be gone Nothynge be done there maye ¶ The Angell said looke you not backe To sée that wofull sight and wracke Whiche on them now shall light For you out of the Towne are brought And are escaped from their wicked thoughts Wherin they do delyght Yet Lots wyfe she turnde backe agayne As soone as she was gone For her offence she turned was Into a huge Salt Stone Where she doth stande continually By Goddes decréed Iudgement Because she brake and did forsake Goddes good Cōmaundement ¶ The Gates of Heauen God opened than So Fyer and Brymstone from thence came And on Sodome downe did rayne Gomorra Towne they did excell As thicke as Hayle the Fyre it fell And destroyed was euery man Both man and Beast were burnd to Mucke And Babes in Mothers lap And eke the Chyldren that did sucke On Mothers tender Pap With Fier were they burned O wofull grieuous sight They cryed and shryked To healpe no boote it might ¶ The Damselles tearetheir costly guyse Their yelow lockes downe to their eyes And their Heare like Siluer Wyer Their sownde did reach vnto the Clowdes With bitter teares they cryed alowde All burnynge in the fier These Townes like Gold that shyned so bright With flamyng fier is consumed The mighty God hath destroyed quite And brought it to the grounde That nought is left the Trueth to say But stinkynge Pooles and Welles Whiche was a place of braue delyghtes And eke of pleasant smelles ¶ Thus were these Towns brought to decay Both all and som the trouth to say sauyng Lots House holde then And Lot hymselfe was counted tuff Tyll his Doughters tempted hym to lust As the Story sheweth playne Loe wanton Girles whiche so doth burne In Venus pleasant games If that they may content their turnes And eake their youthfull flames They do desire their Fathers Bed The cankred flesh to please Alas that ye so wanton bée That you wyll neuer cease ¶ Thou mightie God that sittest on hie O turne our Hartes for thy mercie That now amend we may O Lorde thou saydst and it may so be The Sodomits should witnes be Against vs at the latter day O heauy sayng yf that these men Shall sooner mercy craue Then we which know Gods sainges then What iudgement shall we haue O let vs bewayle vs Our sinnes doth so abound For in short space I feare the Lorde In wrath wyll vs confound ¶ O England thou like Sodome art In filthy sinne doth play thy part What sinnes are found in thée Thou dooest excéede Sodome in sinne Thou carest not for Lots preaching O these heauy newes wyll be Ye be thou sure and sure agayne The stones that lieth in wall Because we doo so sore offend To God for plagues wyll call Therfore let sée amends to be And euery one amende Good Lorde I say graunt this all way And thus I make an end ¶ FINIS ¶ Imprinted at London by Richard Iohnes for Henrie Kyrkham dwellyng at the signe of the blacke Boy at the middle North dore of Paules church