Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	death_n	life_n	time_n	2,917	5	3.5617	3	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18615	The Best choyce a funerall sermon / published at the desire of some of the friends of the dead.		1607 (1607)	STC 5141.7; ESTC S288	17,327	59

hands his dissolution So Iudas the traitour not able to beare the disgrace of his owne treason in betraying the innocent blood of his Maister made a quicke dispatch of himselfe Matth. 27.5 And not onely the wicked but the godly also haue sometime hastened their death and desired the day of their dissolution vpon weake reasons which as I dare not disalow so I cannot greatly commend When Sampson by the subtiltie of a Harlot came into the handes of the Philistims they put out his eyes and caused him to grinde in a mill And when on a certaine day the Princes of the Philistims were come togither to sacrifice vnto Dagon their god to whom they gaue the praise to haue deliuered their enemie into their hands then Sampson was called for hee must bee brought forth to make them merrie And within a large house whose waight was born vppe with two mighty pillars in the middest Sampson was placed neare those same pillars who praying vnto God to strengthen him with all his power prested the pillars and ouerthrew the house Iud. 16.30 and slew a great multitude For there were without vpon the roofe of the house three thousands besides them that were within and among the multitude he himselfe perished The good man considered that it was his calling to destroye the enemies of the people of God and hee loued not his life that hee might with losse thereof finish the worke of his calling And good Elias that zealous Prophet of God in the daies of Ahab fleeing from Iezebel into the wildernesse beyond Beersheba and sitting vnder a Iuniper-tree desired to die saying 1. Kings 19.4 It is enough O Lord take away my life I am no better then my fathers Hee was somewhat impatient and would haue had his dissolution hastened because hee could rest no where in safetie from the wrath of Iezebel For many diuers causes which for the time haue taken away the sweetnesse of life and the bitternesse of death many haue desired the hastening of their dissolution But sudden short vncoÌ„stant not alwaies iustifiable is the desire grouÌ„ded vpon those causes Burdens presse vs not continually that wee should be euer weary of bearing Perils indure not euer that we should euer feare Reproach doth not alwaies attend vpon vs that we should out of a big heart mislike our liues for shame Paine and discontentment doe not abide with vs still that we should euer wish to die the desire to bee dissolued grounded vpon these causes cannot be lasting There is onely one true reason that taketh awaye all bitternesse of death and ouercommeth all sweetnesse of this present life and breedeth in vs a true constant and sound desire of dissolution And that is this that the Apostle here remembreth as the commoditie or aduantage of death drawing his desire namely that by this meanes hee should be gathered vnto Christ and obtaine fellowshippe with him by fight and not by faith the gaine and glorie and sweetnesse of which fellowship wee shall consider when we come to handle those last words Which is best of all Here it is more proper to consider and shewe that the fellowshippe of Christ is gained by dissolution and that the godlie dying doe goe vnto him Of the two malefactors which was crucified with the Lorde Iesus the one vpon the Crosse besought him saying Luk. 23.42 Lord remember me when thou coÌ„mest into thy Kingdome to whom hee made answer in the 43. verse This day thou shalt bee with me in Paradise Of which fauour afforded to the theefe Ambrose speaketh excellently writing vpon the 38. Psalme and framing a little short speech to the diuell by whom Iudas had beene lately before set on to betray his Master The theefe vpon the Crosse saith Ambrose in his vnderstanding sawe the kingdome of Christ which Iudas could not see in the feast Supper of Christ Therefore did this heauenly voyce second the theeues praier This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Thou didst triumph Ã´ fierce Dragon that thou hadst drawn away an Apostle from Christ Plus amisisti quam sustulisti qui latronem vides in Paradisum esse translatum Thou hast lost more then thou hast got and so thinke when thou seest the theefe translated into Paradise For who shal be excluded when a theefe is admitted Thy minister Ã´ diuell entred thither from whence thou wert cast out But leauing further commenting vppon those wordes in them wee may see that the same day and houre when the soule of a true beleeuer departeth from the body it taketh a happie iourny and is carried by Angells into Paradise to enioy the companie of Christ In the fourteenth of Iohn verse 2. Iesus saith In my fathers house are many mansions If it were not so I would haue told you I goe to prepare a place for you and though I goe to prepare a place for you I will come againe and receiue you vnto my selfe that where I am there may you bee also His Fathers house that hee speaketh of is the ample kingdom of heauen the many mansions there are the blessed resting places of the Saints Iesus went to prepare those places in his ascensioÌ„ Hee commeth againe to euery one of vs in the houre of dissolution and by the ministery of Angels receiues our soules to himselfe that in the same Kingdome they may rest with him till they receiue their bodies in the resurrtction when both in body and soule they shall continue with him for euer This promise of Christ to come againe and receiue them to himselfe did make them saith Augustine in his 77. Tractate vpon Iohn Certes fidentes post pericula tentationum se apud Deum cum Christo esse mansures Sure and confident that after the perill of tentations that is after death dissolution they shall continue with Christ in the presence of God Vnto that former place ioyne an other testimonie out of Iohn in his seuenteenth chapter froÌ„ the twenty verse to the 25. Iesus praieth for those that beleeue in him that they might bee one with him by a most strait coniunction And in the verse 24. that they should come vnto him saying Father I will that those which thou hast giuen mee be where I am that they may see my glorie which thou hast giuen me for thou didst loue mee before the foundation of the world I will saith Iesus that they be where I am Then as hee left the world to ascend vnto his Father so they must leaue the world which they doe in death to ascend vp vnto Iesus Christ A notable place is that of the Apostle Paul in the second to the Corinthians 5. chapter 6. verse Wee are alwaies bold thogh we know that while we are at home in the body we are absent froÌ„ the Lord for wee walke by faith and not by sight Neuerthelesse we are bold and loue rather to remoue out of the body and to dwell with the Lord. So long as wee dwell in these

to the Bar and there condemned is led from thence to the place of execution It is like the birth day of Pharaoh vnto his officer the Baker who was taken out of prison led to the gallowes hanged and made a praie to the foules of heauen The death therefore of the wicked is euill and to be shunned if it could bee shunned for in it endeth all their rest and beginneth all their labour In it endeth all their happinesse and beginneth all their miserie In it endeth all their pleasure beginneth their torment which neuer shall end and they fall as the tree that is cut downe for the fire Reade the report of the vnmercifull glutton in Luk. 16.19 what pleasures his life abounded withall which all turned to torments when hee died But the righteous are cut downe like to ripe corne that with care is brought into the barne and they are deliuered from the euills that are to come Esay 57.1 they rest from all their labours past Reuel 14.13 They come to their perfect ioy in hope whereof they reioyced beefore Matth. 25.11 It is saide to the good seruant Enter into thy Maisters ioy And when they put off the earthly house of this tabernacle 2. Corin. 5.1 they haue a building giuen of God not made with handes but eternall in heauen They leaue earthly possessions which comming naked into the worlde they found here and going naked out of the world they leaue here and for them they receiue an inheritance immortal vndefiled that fadeth not away but is reserued for them in the heauens and then doe they truly begin to liue when they depart out of this darke vale of fraile mortalitie Truly that seruant of God the ruines of whose earthly tabernacle lie here before vs to be interred knowing that the death of the righteous was to bee desired did with desire and longing expect and entertaine the houre of his dissolution And when hee had not yet in deede but onely in his purpose and resolution put off his flesh and receiued in himselfe the sentence of death hee could by no meanes bee drawen in his affections to put it on againe though the fraile flesh and his fading life as enticing harlots did earnestly striue to drawe his liking vnto them But as a wise and stout trauailer when after long wearie iournies he sees at last not farre off the place of his habitation dooth then with double desire contend to come vnto it and wil not then suffer himselfe to bee staied but saith in his heart Oh long desired seate of my wished rest often haue I thoght vpon thee now shall I obtaine thee my feete forget their wearinesse and my hart forgets all faintnes for loue of thee and my desire shall not end till I obtaine the end of my desire Euen so this man made wise by the word of God which maketh wise vnto saluation being strong and of good courage in the Lorde when after wearie trauaile and long iournies in this wildernesse of the world vale of tentations he was admonished by sicknesse and infirmitie that he was not farre from the end of his way and that his resting place vpon the hill of Gods holines was not much distant hee lifted vp the eyes of his minde toward heauen and contemplating the beautie of the heauenly new Ierusalem and of the glorious kingdome prepared for the sonnes of God with doubled desire he contended thither and casting of all those things that might stay him the loue of this world and of fraile life hee wholly breathed heauen with this resolution Long haue I desired thee nowe haue I found thee When thou wert further of I desired thee and now that my ioy be fulfilled in comming vnto thee I speake not these things as onely intending to praise him though it be his iust and great praise that these things be truly spoken of him and such a praise as men doe not vsually deserue namely to renounce this world to contend with ful course of strong affections toward heauen For his praise only I speak not these things of him though to the righteous there belongeth a blessed memorie Prou. 10.7 himselfe desired not praise among men but the praise that is of God But I remember also for your sakes and in him I shadow forth vnto you as in an example agreeing aptly with the doctrine of my text what ought to be the desire and resolution of euery of you namely to meete the Lords purpose with your desire and to goe hence with ioy when the houre of your dissolution commeth and not to looke backe in your loue and wishes to this world as Lots wife looked backe to Sodome wheÌ„ her departure out from thence was her safetie and her stay could not haue beene any longer without her hurt Thus much shall serue to haue spoken of the first wordes wherein the Apostle signifieth his desire of death Now let vs coÌ„sider of the coÌ„moditie that he looketh to reape by his dissolution which maketh him so much to desire it And to be with Christ. The commoditie of life was publike hee might doe good to others His wordes for that are in verse 24. Neuerthelesse to abide in the flesh is more needefull for you The commoditie of death is priuate he shall win good to himselfe That he pronounceth in the words of this verse Desiring to bee dissolued and to bee with Christ In which words giuing reason of his desire hee teacheth vs a fruit of our death and what it is that should make vs desire death namely that thereby we might be gathered vnto Christ Many men for many causes desire the day of their dissolutioÌ„ But as the Lord Iesus said Luk. 10.42 of Maries choyce One thing is needefull so may we say of the reasons driuing men to desire death one is laudable Abimelech the base sonne of Gedeon besieged a Tower in Tebez and comming neare vnto the wall thereof a woman threw down vpon him a peece of a milstone wherewith she brake his head Iudg. 9.53 Then he called his seruant that bare his armour and bad him draw his sword and kill him yeelding this reason for his desire of death That men might not say a woman killed him The valiant man for the auoiding of that dishonour desiring the speede of his owne dissolution by his armour bearers hands In the daies of Dauid Absolom rebelled against his father And Achitophel a man very politike and a subtill counseller tooke part with him His counsell Absolom refused followed rather the counsell of Huspai Herevpon Achitophel partly angrie and disdaining that his counsell was not followed partly fearing that Absoloms faction could not preuaile letting slip the opportunitie that he had counselled him to take sadled his Asse forsooke Absolom went to his owne house set all things in order and then hanged himselfe The proud PolititiaÌ„ not able to beare the disgrace and fearing afterclaps for he suspected Absoloms fall hastened with his own

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