Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	true_a	2,848	5	3.8360	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00023	A looking glasse of mortalitie. Not verie pleasant at the first view to many men, but yet most necessarie, profitable and commodious for all sorts of people, of what estate dignity, or calling soeuer they be. : With an Exhortation to good life annexed: wherein are treated all such things as appertaine vnto a Christian to do, from the beginning of his conuersion, vntill the end of his perfection. / Made by I.B..	I. B.	1599 (1599)	STC 1041.3; ESTC S124171	41,847	174

protection and defence of Almightie God and sleepe sweetly vnder the shadow of his pastorall prouidence and the other being excluded from this kinde of prouidence wander abroade like straied sheep without their shepeheard and maister lying wide open to all the perils dangers and assaults of the world Now then my deare brother if a vertuous life be accompanied with all these benefites tell me I pray thee of good fellowship what is the cause shall withdraw thee and perswade thee not to embrace such a precious treasure what art thou able to alleage for excuse of thy great negligence to say that this is not true it can not bee admitted for so much as thou seest that all is grounded vppon the word of God and the testimonies of his holie Scriptures and to say Esa 69. that these are but small benefites thou canst not for so much as they doe exceede as we haue before declared all that mans heart can desire To say that thou art an enemie vnto thy selfe and that thou dooest not defire these benefites this cannot be sayd considering that man is euen naturally a friend to himselfe and the will of man hath euer an eye to his owne benefit which is the very obiect or marke that his desire shooteth at to say that thou hast no vnderstanding or tast of these benefits it will not serue to discharge thine offence for so much as thou hast the faith and beliefe though thou hast not the tast for the tast is lost through sin but not the faith Faith is a more cer●aine wie●esse then ●ll the wit●asses and experiences ●n the world and the faith is a witnesse more certaine more secure and better to bee trusted then all other experiences and witnesses in the world why dost thou not then discredit all other witnesses with this one assured testimony why dost thou not rather giue credit vnto faith than to thine owne opinion and iudgement O that thou wouldest make a resolute determination to submit thy selfe into the hands of Almighty God and to put thy whole trust assuredly in him how soone shouldest thou see all these prophecies fulfilled in thee then shouldest thou see the excellency of these deuine treasures then shouldest thou see how starke blind the louers of this world are that seeke not after this high treasure To be short then shouldest thou see vpon what good ground our Sauiour inuiteth vs to this kind of life saying Come vnto me all ye that trauell Math. 11. and are loden and I will refresh you take my yoke vpon you and you shall finde rest for your soules for my ●oke is sweete and my burthen is light Almightie God is no deceiuer not false promiser neither yet is hee a great boaster of such things as he promiseth why doest thou then shrinke backe why doest thou refuse peace and quietnesse why doest thou despise the gentle offers and sweete callings of thy pastors how darest thou despise and banish away vertue from thee which hath such prerogatiues and priuiledges as these be and withall confirmed and signed euen with the hand of Almightie God The Queene of Saba heard far lesse things theē these of Salomon ●an 9. yet she trauelled frō the vttermost partes of the earth to trie the truth of those things wh●● she had heard why doest not thou then hauing such notable yea and so certaine newes of vertue aduenture to take a little paines to trie the truth and sequele thereof O my deere Christian brother put thy trust in Almighty God and in his word and commit thy selfe boldly without all feare into his armes and vnlace from thy handes triflings knots that haue hitherto deceiued thee and thou shalt finde that the deedes of vertue doe farre excell her fame and that all which is spoken in praise of her is nothing in comparison of that which she is in deed That a man ought not to deferre his repentance and conuersion vnto God from day to day considering that hee hath so many debts to discharge by reason of the offences committed in his sinfull life past Chap. 4. NOw then if on the one side there be so many so great respects that do bind vs to change our sinfull life and on the other side wee haue not any sufficient excuse why we should not make this exchange I beseech thee tell me how long time wilt thou tarrie vntill thou fullie resolue to do it turne thine eyes ô my Christian brother and looke backe a little vppon thy life past and consider that at this present of what age soeuer thou be it is high time or rather the time is well neere past to begin to discharge some part of thine old debts consider that thou who art a Christian regenerated in the holy water of Baptisme who doest acknowledge Almighty God for thy father consider I say that all this notwithstanding thou hast liued euen as loosely and dissolutely as thou hadst bene a meere infidell that had neuer any knowledge of Almighty God and if thou deny this then tell me what kind of sinne is there that thou hast not committed what tree is there forbidden that thou hast not beholden with thine eyes what greene meddow is there in which thou hast not at the least with desire feasted thy lecherous lustes what thing hath bene set before thine eyes that thou hast not wantonly desired what appetite hast thou left vnexecuted notwithstanding that thou didst beleeue in Almighty God and that thou wert a Christian what wouldest thou haue done more if thou haddest not had any faith at all if thou haddest not looked for any other life if thou haddest not feared the dreadfull day of iudgement What hath all thy former life bene but a webbe of sinnes a sinke of vices a way full of brambles and thornes and a frowarde disobedience of Almighty God with whom thou hast hitherto liued but onely with thine appetite with thy flesh with thy pride and with thy goodes and riches of this transitory world these haue beene thy gods these haue bene thine Idols whom thou hast serued whose lawes thou hast diligently obeyed make thine accounts with Almighty God with his lawes with his odedience and peraduenture thou shalt find that thou hast esteemed him no more then if hee had bene a God of straw for it is certaine that there be many Christians which beleeuing that there is a God are induced to sinne with such facility as though they did beleeue that there were no God at al do offend no whit lesse though they beleeue that there is a God then they would doe they beleeued that there w●● none at all What greater in●ry what greater despite c●● there bee done then thus to contemne his deuine maiesty Finally thou beleeuing all such things hast notwithstanding so led thy life as if thou we●● perswaded that the beliefe 〈◊〉 the Christians were the gre●● rest fables or lies in the who● world And if the multitude of thy