Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	lord_n	sabbath_n	2,994	5	10.1532	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03472	The holie historie of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christs natiuitie, life, actes, miracles, doctrine, death, passion, resurrection and ascension gathered into English meeter, and published to withdraw vaine wits from all vnsauerie and wicked rimes and fables, to some loue and liking of spirituall songs and holy scriptures. By Robert Holland maister of Arts, and minister of the Church of Prendergast.	Holland, Robert, 1557-ca. 1622.	1594 (1594)	STC 13595; ESTC S118820	155,202	360

causes of fasting Christ answered the Pharisies and Iohns disciples Then Iohns disciples came and said The Pharisies fast oft and we But thy disciples vnaffraid Do eate and drinke abroade with thee Then Iesus said the children sure Mourne not while that the feast endure But when the Bridegroome shall be gone Then they will all fast at that day No man doth patch a new piece on An old garment it rents away The law obserued is by thee The Gospell makes the other free New wine will burst the bottels sure If they be old therefore I say Sith ceremonies may endure No longer time but must delay Let new wine haue new vessels then And be contented with these men Christ healed a woman that had bin sick of a bloudie issue twelue yeares and raised Iayrus daughter from death As Christ with Iairus thence did go To raise his daughter lately dead A woman sick twelue yeares or moe With touching him of health was sped And after that where they did see The maide from death deliu'red he Christ gaue sight to the blind When Iesus did from him depart Two blind men meeting him did crie Thou sonne of Dauid ease our smart Beleeue ye then said Christ that I Can helpe ' yes Lord said they then he Did touch their eyes and made them see Christ casteth out a deuill and maketh the dumbe man to speake Againe they brought a dumbe man there Possessed with a deu'll but he Cast out the deu'll to their great feare And the dumbe spake which Christ made free The people maruaild yet some said He had done it by Satans aide So Iesus went from place to place Teaching and healing eu'ry one To all that sought he did giue grace He was of great compassion The labourers are few said he Yet is the haruest great yee see At the poole of Bethesda Christ healed a man that had bene diseased 38. yeares and being accused defended his fact After all this against the feast Of Passeouer which then was nie Christ Iesus that tooke little rest Vnto Ierusalem did hie That holy Sabaoth of the Lord The Iewes obseru'd with one accord Christ at Ierusalem then found A multitude of sicke and lame About Bethesda lying round Abiding till the Angell came When as the Angell stird the poole The water still made one man whole Christ by that poole a man did see That had lyen sicke there very long Wilt thou be whole oh man said he Sir I want helpe among this throng Rise thou said Christ thy bed vp take For perfect whole I do thee make Christ heal'd him on the Sabboth day Whereat the Iewes were grieued sore And sought our Sauiour Christ to slay Rewarded thus he was therefore The Iewes accusing Christ do moue Him iustly them for to reproue To whom the father witnessed And Iohn did testifie the same The Scriptures also verified As did his works so full of fame That he the sonne of God should be The stubburne Iewes him would not see Christ defended his Disciples accused for plucking eares of corne on the Sabboth Three feasts the Iewes kept yeare by yeare And chiefest Sabboth dayes did call Of the same feasts it doth appeare The Passeouer was first of all This they the feast of sweet bread name On this day they from Egypt came The next was that whereon God gaue The law by Moses vnto men That day in reuerence we haue The holy Ghost was giuen then This some the feast of weekes do say Some Pentecost some Whitsonday The feast of Tabernacles last Came of these three in order there Those feasts were neuer fully past Till all their dayes accomplisht were The first and last day of each feast Were counted chiefe of all the rest The seu'nth day also through the yeare Is was and so shall be for aye With them and Christians eu'ry where In solemne wise a Sabboth day Though theirs and ours do disagree One day with them obserue not we Christ passed thorough a corne field Vpon the second Sabboth day This doth to many matter yeeld To reason when he went that way Some say it was in Easter feast The last and chiefe day of the rest That day the first doth answer well And so the second Sabboth day Men might it call it did excell The middle dayes as all men say And there withall time of the yeare This reason good makes to appeare Some thinke it was on Whitsonday Because this Sabboth second was As they suppose and that no way The first did the same Sabboth passe These reasons both may please all such As selfe-will leades not ouermuch That day a Sabboth day was sure When the Disciples plucked corne Which thing the Iewes could not indure They did the act most vilely scorne Not knowing him that went that way To be Lord of the Sabboth day The cause they did not waigh withall That hunger then did cause the same The Pharisies on Christ did call And his Disciples fowlie blame They did prefer tradition Before their owne saluation But Christ said vnto them againe What Dauid did who hath not read Now his example doth remaine Though Dauid lye a good while dead These do as he did them before When he and his did hunger sore He had the meate that was forbid These breake you thinke the Sabboth day They do as he and his then did Find fault with him yet no man may The Priests do in the Temple so The Sabboth breake yet free they go One greater then the Temple is And here he standeth verely Mercy will I not sacrifice Learne what this meaneth faithfully Then will you not condemne this day These innocents that hurt no way The sonne of man is Lord likewise Yea euen of the Sabboth day Shall I then these so much despise Or suffer them for foode decay Though fault with them you find so soone The law allowes what they haue done The day is made all men to serue And no man made to serue that day Should not man then his life preserue Vpon the Sabboth if he may The law that bindeth man so fast To finish I am come at last Christ healed one in the Synagogue on the Sabboth day that had a withered hand and answered his accusers Now Christ disposed to beat downe Their grieuous superstition Went shortly after to their towne To reason of this question And to the Synagogue he went The fittest place for his intent For there was alwayes most resort Which was our Sauiours Christs desire That many men might haue comfort All his affection was on fire This his deuise to further then Fell out a worke among those men A man there with a withered hand Was present in that very place They said giue vs to vnderstand If law allow men so much grace As to be cured on this day Christ to accuse they sought a way Christ answered to them againe

in deed Go thou and do th●● thou shalt liue But he in hope of better speed A new assault to Christ would giue Who is my neighbour then said he This thing I would faine learne of thee Then Iesus answering said so A certaine man went by the way That leadeth downe to Iericho Where among theeues he fell ●hat day Robbed and wounded there he was And left halfe dead so on the grasse By chance a Priest came by that way Which when he saw him passed by Likewise a Leuite where he lay Did looke on him and let him lye But a Samaritan by chaunce Came by and saw him in his traunce Which sight so mouing then his heart He tooke on him compassion Whereof before he did depart He made full declaration He powred in and also bound Both wine and oyle into his wound And not contented yet with this He set him vp on his owne beast And brought him to an inne of his Where he prouided for his rest And on the morow ere he went He told the host his whole intent Lo take these two pence that I giue Haue care of this man I thee pray His wants therewith do thou relieue What more he spends I will thee pay Which thinkest thou now of these three To him most neighbour like to be The Lawyer answering did say The mercifull was euen he Go thou said Christ then hence away And do as this man teacheth thee To eu'ry one in miserie Shew thou like liberalitie Marie and Martha entertaine Christ Now as they further passed on Into a certaine towne they came Where was the habitation Of one that Martha had to name Who to her house receiued tho Christ and those that with him did go Her sister Marie men did call Which also sate at Iesus feete And heard his preaching as then all Most heedfully as it was meete But Martha was most busily Prouiding for the company Martha therefore to Iesus said Master regardest not thou this That all the care on me is layd And that my sister sitting is Bid her therefore that she helpe me So shalt thou better serued be And Iesus answerd her againe Oh Martha Martha thou hast care For many things put thee to paine And helpers very needfull are The good part Marie chose in deed And she there after sure shall speed Christ rising from prayer was requested of one of his Disciples to teach them as Iohn taught his Disciples to pray As Iesus was praying with his In the desert as some suppose Which vnto Ephraim nearest is And from his prayers as he rose Of his Disciples one did say Teach vs as Iohn taught his to pray He soone of him had his request He was not long enforc'd to craue Christs readinesse this well exprest As he to them example gaue In their distresse both night and day That they as he them taught should pray Our father which in heauen art Thy name be euer sanctified Thy kingdome come withall my heart I wish the same accomplished Thy will in earth be done we pray As thine in heau'n do it alway Our daily bread giue vs this day Our sinnes also to vs forgiue As we our debters do I say That vs in any wise do grieue Let vs by no illusion Be lead into temptation But Lord from euill vs defend And gratiously deliuer all That we which do on thee depend By frailtie from thee neuer fall Graunt these requests oh Lord we pray To vs and thy whole Church alway Amen Moreouer Christ vnto them said Which of you all shall haue a friend And shall when he in bed is layd Haue cause to go to him or send And say a friend to me is come Bread I haue none now lend me some And he within should answer so Why doest thou trouble me I say I pray thee to some other go I must at this time say thee nay The doore is shut my children be In bed I cannot come to thee I say though he would not arise Nor thee regard as should a friend Yet when he seeth thee in such wise Importunat he will thee lend Of bread or meate what thou doest craue Or what thy need requires to haue Aske then it shall be giuen thee And they that seeke shall surely finde Knock I will open then said he For God to them that call is kinde He loueth such men verely As pray vnto him heartely If you for bread giue not a stone Nor for a fish a serpent send When that your sonnes for want do mone If good things you do giue and lend How much more shall the father he Giue good gifts if thou aske to thee Christ cast out a deuill and the dumbe man spake Then they brought vnto Iesus one Possessed with a deuill that day And him for helpe they call vpon The man was dumbe withall I say Though these impediments had he Yet with a word Christ made him free The multitude amazed were And p●a●●ed God with heart and voice The sonne said they of Dauid here Doth giue vs cause for to reioyce And now assured all we be That Christ the Lord the same is he A woman that his workes did see And heard how he taught great and small ●●id blest is the wombe that bare thee And pappes that gaue thee suck withall But Christ said blest they rather are That Gods word heare and keepe with care The Iewes required asigne Christ to the people said againe This wicked generation Adulterous and verie vaine Though signes they do depend vpon No signe to them shall giuen be But that of Ionas they shall see As to the Niniuites was he That three dayes in the Whale did lie The sonne of man shall shortly be The like to these assuredly The signe that Ionas to them gaue I shall giue these so long in graue The men of Niniuie shall rise And these condemne assuredly They did not Ionas words despise But did repent immediatly A greater then Ionas is here Yet small repentance doth appeare The Queene of Saba she shall rise In iudgement with these men also And them she shall condemne likewise That so farre from her home would go To heare king Solomon I say His greater you do heare this day Christ dining with one of the Pharisies and misliked for eating with vnwashen hands answered them and rebuked their hypocrisie As Iesus taught the people then There came to him a Pharisie Requesting him and all his men To dine with him immediatly Then he went in with him to meate And sitting downe began to eate But when the Pharisie did see That Christ sat downe vnwasht before He maruaild what the cause might be For they did vse it euermore They sit not downe at all to meate But first they wash before they eate Indeed said Christ to him againe Ye do make cleane the vtter side Of cup or platter all in vaine Bewraying still your foolish pride But they

craue Of God I know thou mayst it haue Thy brother then said Christ shall rise I know said Martha the last day Life without me is in no wise Nor resurrection I say The man in me that doth beleeue Though he were dead yet shall he liue Who liues and doth beleeue in me Shall neuer dye beleeu'st thou this I do beleeue thou Lord art he That Christ the sonne of God iwis Which should come to the world and so When she had said home she did go Then called she forth secretly Her sister and to her she said The master is come hard here by Where he and his for thee haue stayd When she heard this she quickly rose And to the Lord forthwith she goes Iesus came not yet to the towne Where Martha met him there he was When Mary went so hastie downe The Iewes that were then there in place Rose vp and said come follow now She will go weepe for him we know When Mary came our Sauiour to She flat downe at his feete then fell My brother Lord she sayd also Had not bene dead I know it well If thou hadst here bene him to see For God had him restor'd to thee When Iesus therefore saw her weepe And all the Iewes that came with her He groned in the spirite deepe So moued his affections were Where haue ye layd him then sayd he They sayd vnto him Lord come see And Iesus wept the Iewes then sayd Behold how he did loue the man His death could Christ not haue delayd That blind mens eyes so open can Then he againe did deepely grone And from the graue said take the stone Then Martha sayd he stinketh now For he is dead foure dayes ago Then Iesus sayd I did thee show If thou beleeue what I would do Gods glorie this I sayd to thee If thou beleeue thou shouldest see When they the stone remoued had Then Iesus did lift vp his eyes And sayd oh father I am glad My prayers thou doest not despise That these as thou still hearest me May know that I am sent of thee Then Iesus cryed with a loude voyce Come Lazarus out of the graue Then he came forth and they reioyce Their dead againe so whole to haue Christ bad them loose away each band For he was bound face foote and hand Then many of them did beleeue When they had seene what he had donne This act did others of them grieue And to the Pharisies they runne To whom they told what they had seene In Bethanie where they had bene The high Priests and the Pharisies A counsell called out of hand What shall we now sayd they deuise Christs fame is spread throughout the land Such wondrous works now worketh he His miracles who doth not see All men in him will sure beleeue If we do let him thus alone The Romans will come vs to grieue Supplanting all our nation They will our rulers take away Therefore deuise we may him slay Then he that Cayphas had to name And was the high Priest that same yeare Perceiue ye not sayd he the same And doth it not to you appeare That for the people one must dye Least they should perish vtterly This God did make him Prophesie Against himselfe he witnesse beares Though for all people Christ should dye Who guiltlesse bloud to spill but feares Gods children and his scattred sheepe Christ Iesus had a care to keepe From that day they consulted how They might him take and cause to dye Whereas the Iewes of him might know Christ walked no more openly To Ephraim he went away Where he and his Disciples lay The passeouer was then at hand And to Ierusalem there went Full many out of all that land Before the feast some with intent Themselues as then to purifie Which feast the Iewes kept orderly The Iewes for Iesus sought about All in the temple where they where That he came not did make them doubt For they had sought him eu'ry where They chargd'd who knew where he would lye To tell or take him craftily Six dayes before the feast no more Our Sauiour came to Bethanie Where he would not be seene before His enemies it was too nye Now the appointed time was come And Christ obayd his fathers dome Though he but lately fled away He then returned with good will His fathers minde he would obay And so all Prophesies fulfill He came therefore to Bethanie Prepared for mankind to dye Christ being come backe to Bethanie from Ephraim supped with Lazarus and was annoynted by Mary whereat Iudas was offended especiallie Christ fearing neither watch nor ward Did offer all occasion Vnto the Iewes without regard To hasten on his passion Wherefore he supt in Bethanie His aduersaries euen by With Lazarus Christ supped there And Martha serued then at boord Where many did with ioy and feare Attend vnto Christ Iesus word As Iohn doth witnesse Mary then Annoynted Christ before those men Of oyntment Mary tooke a pound Of Spiknard very costly sure As any oyntment might be found For it was perfect sweet and pure This all she spent on Iesus there His head and feete as may appeare His feete she wiped with her hayre The house with odour it was sweete The sauour so perfum'd the ayre That came from Iesus head and feete Yet Iudas did repine at this For of his purpose he did misse For he it was that did receiue What men at any time did giue This Christ did very well perceiue How that her fact his mind did grieue For straight with her a fault he found And did her checke thus very round This wast it needed not sayd he This oyntment for three hundred pence Might haue bene sold and giuen me As part of the beneficence That vsed is vnto the poore And such as go from doore to doore He spake not as his mind then gaue But moued with a vayne desire For he did couet all to haue This kindled in him flaming fire Of greedinesse as did appeare By such words as he vttred there Then Iesus sayd let her alone She kept this for my burying day The poore ye may well thinke vpon They shall remaine with you alway Ye shall not alwayes so haue me But they alwayes with you shall be The womans worke thus wrought on me Is good and shall not be forgot This Gospell where as it shall be Preached throughout the world I wot This act of hers shall be spoke sure And her memoriall shall endure Much people of the Iewes were there Not all for Iesus sake onely But for to try what they did heare Of Lazarus assuredly Of him they heard as you haue read How Iesus raisd him from the dead The high Priests therefore tooke aduise How they might Lazarus also Condemne with Christ in any wise Because they saw that many mo Did for his sake in Christ beleeue Which thing did very much them grieue The next day following Christ went towards Ierusalem riding

witnesses arise And testifie as may appeare A truth against thee to vs here But Iesus yet did hold his peace The high Priest sayd to him againe I charge thee that thou do no lesse By God the Lord but tell it plaine If Christ the sonne of God thou be Then Iesus sayd I sure am he And ye shall see the sonne of man Sitting at the right hand of God Whose power to resist none can Nor of himselfe escape his rod And in the clouds of heau'n shall ye The sonne of man then comming see The high Priest then his clothes did rent And sayd what need we any more Of witnesses for this intent He openly blasphemeth sore What thinke ye then they cried all Death he deserues and dye he shall They mocked Christ that him did hold And spat withall into his face To strike him also they were bold So much they were deuoyd of grace With rods and fists most cruelly They beat and vsd him shamefully Then sayd they to him Prophesie Which of vs all now hath done this And other things as wickedly They did against him then deuise But he most meekely suffred all To bring vs sinners our of thrall Now all this while there at the fire Did Simon sit among them then Another mayd did thus inquire Art not thou one of this mans men Though she affirm'd it to be so Yet he deni'd it saying no. Then they that stood by sayd againe One of them thou most surely art Thy speach bewrayeth thee so plaine Thou canst not hide it for thy heart Then he to curse and sweare began That he did neuer know the man The cocke did crow then once againe For Marke doth say he crowed twise Man of himselfe is verie vaine Peter deny'd his master thrise The cocks crow could not let his fall Till Christ did looke on him withall Then he remembred what was sayd Of Iesus vnto him before And then he went out all affrayd And wept and wayled verie sore Whom late no death could terrifie Perceiu'd then his infirmitie Christ was brought vnto Pylate then President of the Romanes Iudas repentance and death Then in the dawning of the day The high Priests and the Elders did A counsell hold to find some way By death Christ Iesus life to rid Whom thence they led then hastily bound hand and foot most shamefully From Cayphas vnto Pylats hall Iesus condemned so of late They brought bound by their counsell all Re●oycing at his wofull state For they had no authoritie Our Sauiour Christ to crucifie Yet they into the common hall Where Pylate did his iudgement giue Went not themselues least thereby all For so the Iewes did then beleeue Should be defiled and be let Thereby the passeouer to eate While this was doing marke the end That to the traitour Iudas fell He was past grace for to amend He loued Mammon to to well Yet his offence displeasd him so That he was wrapped all in wo. When by his meanes he did perceiue His master was condemn'd to dye An inward griefe he did conceiue And did repent him mightely But his repentance tooke no place For it was voyde of faith and grace The thi●tie siluer peeces he Vnto the high Priest brought againe I sinn'd sayd he and wo is me Which haue procur'd my masters paine It was because you thought it good That I betrayd his guiltlesse bloud What is that vnto vs sayd they Looke thou to that which thou hast done Therein thou didst our hests obey And we will end what is begon In temple he the siluer cast And went and hangd himselfe at last The chiefe Priests tooke the siluer plate And sayd it is not lawfull we Do them put vp such is our state Among our treasure for to be And why the law doth so deuise Because it is of bloud the price Then they tooke counsell and did buy A potters field as did befall For to fulfill the Prophesie To be the strangers buriall Wherefore that field is calld I say The field of bloud vntill this day And to leaue of his tragedie Let vs returne to Christ againe Whom then the Iewes maliciously For to accuse did take such paine On Pylate they did cry and call Though then they went not to the hall Pylate went out to them and sayd What cause bring you against this man The wicked Iewes nothing affrayd For to accuse him thus began An euill doer were not he We would not haue brought him to thee Then Pylate sayd to them againe Take him and iudge him by your law We may not iudge him it is plaine Of Caesar we do stand in awe Christs word this was to verifie When he foretold how he should dye They charged Christ that found he was Peruerting of the people there Forbidding men from place to place To pay their tribute any where Vnto Augustus perswading That he was Christ their onely king As Iesus in the iudgement hall Before the gouernour did stand He sayd to Christ before them all Answer thou this now out of hand Art thou king of the Iewes or no And Iesus sayd thou sayest so The high Priests and thy nation Deliuered thee vnto me Now tell me then what hast thou done That they should so cry out on thee They say thou art a naughtie man Defend thy cause now if thou can Then Iesus sayd my kingdome is Not of this world for if it were My seruants sure would neuer misse To fight for me without all feare Ere I should thus deliuered be Vnto the Iewes as thou doest see Then Pylate sayd art thou a king And Iesus sayd thou sayst I am I was borne for this verie thing For this cause to the world I came And witnesse of the truth to beare My voyce he that loues truth will heare Pylate sent Christ to Herod and they were made friends that day Herod sent Christ backe to Pylate Pylate warned by his wife sought by all meanes to deliuer Christ Then to the high Priests Pylate sayd I find no fault sure in this man Their furie then could not be stayd But fiercely thus they all began He teacheth mouing mightily All and begon at Galilie When Pylate heard of Galilie Is he a Galilean then Sayd he and forthwith hastily Sent Christ to Herod with his men He at Hierusalem then was When all these things came so to passe When Herod saw him he was glad For he desired him to see And so his wish at last he had Which neuer till that time would be Such signes and wonders Herod thought He should haue seene as Christ had wrought He then with Christ there questioned And did him many things demand But Iesus nothing answered For all king Herod could command Though high Priests Scribes and people all Accused Christ in Herods hall Then Herod with his men of warre Mocking Christ him in white array Pylate and Herod were at iarre And were made