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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	sin_n	sorrow_n	2,548	5	8.4726	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00614	The maner to dye well An introduction most compendiouslie shewinge the fruytfull remembrance of the last fowre things: that is to say, death, hel, iudgement, and the ioyes of heauen. Gathered out of manye good authors, both comfortable and profitable to the dilligent reader. Learnedly instructing howe to prouide for death.	Soto, Pedro de, d. 1563. aut; W. B.	1578 (1578)	STC 1075; ESTC S120489	42,232	138

hinder thee Although I speake to thee O beloued soule I do meane and speake these thinges also to those which are as yet vnperfect aduising and counsayling you al to loue innocēcie and hate euyl What soule soeuer thou be that offendest be sory and repent and so repent if thou doest meane to reape the fruites of true repētance that thou doo not returne to thine olde sinnes nor to the occasions therof Looke alwayes for death and so prepare thee selfe for it as though euerie howre should be the instaunt therof And lest weake soules should lacke any kinde of godlie instruction whereby they might the better prouide them selues to dye I wyl adde more to this which I haue sayde Marke well the wordes of mine Apostle which thing the matter it self doeth plainely shewe You haue no stedfast dwelling nor permanent cittie sayth he in this trāsitory world for such a cittie is onely to be looked for in the worlde to come vnto the which this world is nought but the way and pilgrimage which iourney and pilgrimage is ended when your life is determined Death is the end of al men that boundeth and leadeth directly from the pilgrimage wherein you now are vnto the region whervnto you cast your course in suche dyrect sorte that there is none other way or gate through which you cā enter or departe out of this Pylgrimage into your countrey but onelie by death As there is no assuraunce of lyfe so there is an assured certenty of death but this indyfferent betweene the good and the euyll that being mixt in this perigrination they be al but straungers and they al do long to come to the blessed kingdom although they al walke not in the ryght path Al you so lōg as you are in this iourney although you stray you may returne to the ryght way againe And when you come to the ende of your iourney euē at the very gates therof at the extreme instant of death some go from eryle to lyfe and other some go to myserable and eternall death You ought not therfore lightly to esteeme nor forcelesse with a neglygent conscience to consider in what sort you shoulde come to death For then must you forgoe leaue behind you al thinges whatsoeuer you put any trust or confidence in whether it be riches honour friendes or any other vanitie whatsoeuer for at the howre of death they shal profite nothing but must be al left behind and you fellowlesse without companye shal goe alone before the tribunall seate of almightie God thereto receyue accordinge to your workes What greater blindnesse madnesse maye there be then to take pleasure or reioyce in any thing that may happē vnto you whylst you trauaile in this iourney or to loue any transitorie thing that neither auaileth or profiteth the soule And as it were cast into a certayne sodaine madnesse with a drye wythered conscience without God to seeke for such things as are altogether fleshly and rashly to rush and thrust foorthe after externall thinges onely neglecting slouthfully tyme and godly occasions wherby they might amend their liues taking no regarde nor heede to the spiritual estate of their inwarde man And in this maner you doe runne headlong vnto death O how many are in this very point deceyued Loe here how they are intraped wrapt vp and taken in the deceytful nettes and priuie snares of this transitorie and miserable worlde See howe vnhappilie they are taken captiues and compelled to drawe the yoke of the diuell that thus vnaduisedlye come to death with blinde and hard hartes O howe vnhappie bee their liues that neglecting death prepare not for their owne health They whiche hinder the soule and with pleasure pamper theyr fleshe forgoing althinges behouefull and necessarie for theyr saluation are worthy to be cut of an cast away Euerie man ought so to liue at euery howre as though the same were the last howre of his life wherein he should go to heare the iudgement of god And right now if not oftner alwaies he ought to cal present before his eyes the dreadful houre of his departure from the fleshe for the soule shal be iudged for euery word work and thought Alwaies and presently thou oughtest so to rule thy self that by thy nowe doing thou shouldest be found in such a readinesse as in tyme to come thou wouldest wyshe thou shouldest be found in when vndoubted death shal appeare It is therefore the parte of a foolish and madde harte to deferre the correction of life vnto that time wherein the ende of lyfe appeareth and when there is no further hope of life At what time we ought not neede to be amended but rather being amēded we ought to meete our god Departing out of this life thy soule forgoeth not onlie al offences but also leaueth al other thinges behinde it And yet art thou not sayde then to forsake sinne whē thou canst sinne no more Therfore whilst thou hast power to sinne forsake it seeing that true repentāce can neuer be to late notwithstanding that such repentance as is deferred to the last howre is much doubted whether it maye be called true repentance or not If the feare of damnation do so much trouble thee at the howre of thy death take heede then that thou prepare what remedie thou canst to preuent the same I feare me thy feare groweth not by charity for that thou didst offence me thy Lord God but that it commeth only of the proper loue thou bearest to thee selfe Thy onely cause of griefe is for that by thine owne offences thou hast gained death and eternall damnation whereas if thou hadst truely repented thy chiefest cause of sorowe shoulde be in that thou wast vnobedient stubborne vnthankfull reprocheful and that thou yeeldedst not due honour vnto me This ouer great lamēting of thine owne cause doth iustly argue that if there had bene no daunger or if sinne should freelie escape vnpunished thou wouldest neuer bewayle thy sinfull estate although thou hadst continued therein a thousand yeres The true repentāce whereby the soule is reconciled vnto me is grounded only vpon charity doth continually lament and repent that it hath so often despised me the best the greatest faithfullest Lord God Creator redemer And that it hath exalted it self so hyely so proudlie so arrogantlie and vnobedientlie against me it being but dust and of no value Whosoeuer he be that meaneth to dye well let him as mine Apostle teacheth lyue soberlie iustlie and godly For after a good and iust life foloweth an happy death For the death of my Saints are precious in my sight by what death soeuer they doe depart out of this life whether it be by water or by fyre or in their beddes And for a preparation thervnto in the meditation whereof a wyse man spēdeth the whole course of his natural lyfe take here this short exercise whereby euery Christian may in suche sorte admonishe and direct himselfe in such order as he