Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	speak_v	word_n	2,711	5	3.7885	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19600	The deyenge creature		1514 (1514)	STC 6035; ESTC S122481	16,768	36

vnclothed of vertue and repleted with vyces naked of grace and in myn owne defaute and to come to the presence of the kynge of all kynges and vnpouruayed of all thynges that wolde accorde with his moste ryall and Imperyall estate I dare not take it vpon me I sholde be in suche drede and fere I sholde not con ne dare not speke for my selfe for I haue prayed my good aungell to speke for me and he hath denyed it I haue called vpon Reason Drede and Conscyens and they haue answered me full heuyly that they be lothe to accuse me and exscuse me they can not / and alledgeth many a grete resonable cause why that I can not say nay to I haue called vpon my seruauntes whiche were take me to rewle and gouerne as I wolde answere for theym / and they answere me ryght sorowfully and say yf they sholde say ony good worde for me they sholde not saye trouth of me and casteth to me that peryll that no body wolde geue credence vnto theym yf they wolde saye well on me but call theym flaterers fals dyssymulours and flaterers of synne Alas alas I haue heuyly dyspended my longe lyfe that in all this longe tyme I haue not purchased me one frende to speke for me Had our lorde of his moost ample grace ordeyned me immedyatly after my crystendome to haue dyed forth with I myght saye I had be borne in a gracyous houre But wolde it please your goodnes to speke for me and vnderstande whether I shall haue hardynes to make a byll to the blessyd lady and moost holy vyrgyn that euer was and she that dysdayneth not nor denyeth not synfull synners whan they call after grace Notwithstandynge her chastyte and her pure vyrgynyte excelleth all other vyrgyns Now good go your waye lette me wete how I shall spede for all this tyme I lyue in suche drede and fere that me were better dye anone than lyue ony lenger in the drede that I am in And also I haue so grete drede and fere of the ryghtwysnes of almyghty god that I am almoost deed for fere for reason drede and conscyence sayd to me full shortly that the hyghe Iuge sholde not be percyall nor he wolde not be corrupte with good but he wyll mynyster to me Iustyce certaynly but and he atteyneth to mynyster to me Iustyce without fauour I wyll appele to his mercyes certaynly for other remedy is there none parde Origene our blessyd lady helpe Thyophyle syr Emery how sholde they haue done ne the moder of mercy had ben and many another synner that her grace hath holpe She is quene of heuen lady of the worlde and empresse of hell / and saynge to her sone cryste Iesu hath dyed and suffred so tourmentous a deth and in her owne syght to her grete socour and moderly compassyon I hope she wolde be lothe that the eke precyous passyō sholde be loste in ony creature that her blyssed sone suffred so paciently ¶ The answere of fayth hope to the dyenge creature HAue ye none acqueyntaunce with our brother Charyte we meruayle that ye haue not spoken of hym in all this tyme / for and ye were Joyned with vs twayne your message sholde be the more acceptably herde manyfolde ¶ The lamentable complaynt of the dyenge creature to fayth hope and charyte CErtaynly I haue but lytell deled with hym I was neuer conuersaunt with hym that me repēteth now for I fele by you twayne that he may do moche in the hygh courte I haue more deled with vengeaunce than I haue with charyte / for I wolde haue ben auenged vpon euery man by my wyll whan the people had slayne my chyldren my kyn my frendes robbed spoyled my selfe certaynly I wolde haue ben a wroke right fayne and I had had power to my wyll but though my power were lytell certaynly I haue hated them and wylled them to haue ben done to as they haue done to me / and wel I wote that is not the ordre of charyte But now I hertely crye god mercy our blessed lady you holy charyte of the that myn enemyes here afore god oure blessed lady you thre I forgyue them all that they haue done agaynst me / wyl not be auenged though I myght And I pray you holy charyte thoughe it were longe or I were aqueynted with you be not the lother to doo for me I sore repente me that I haue thus vnresonably vnwyttyngely absented me frome you hertely I crye you mercy / praye you of your charyte to put out of your mynde my presumptuous foly for certaynly I shall neuer doo so more agayne but in euery thȳge that I haue to do I shal desyre your fauoure socour and your counseyll and I vtterly denye and desyre vengeaunce and neuer to dele with hym no more how someuer I be done to but take it in pacyence and thynke as me ought of ryght that worse than I haue ben doone to I haue deserued to be done to / but that is not the worlde / for hym haue I serued and pleased and dyspleased almyghty god that is maker of all thynge and his holy begoten sone that conceyued was of the holy goost and borne was of a pure chaste vyrgyn and dyed for our redempcyon whan I haue greuously offended and broken his commaundementes in all thynge knowynge that I dyde not well wherfore my peryll is the more Nor I haue not called after ȳ blessed holy goost graces mercy socour and her helpe whan I haue ben in places of peryll of deedly synne Nor I haue not called vpon that moost holy pure chaste and moost excellent vyrgyn and I haue be sought her of grace and she tourned her vysage frome me not for lacke of fayth but for me thoughe that her moost excellent charyte and chastyte muste of very ryght abhorre my synnes and all thynge that I pleased the worlde with I knowe well that I dyspleased hym that redemed me with his precyous passyon And this I wote well deserueth a grete punysshemente than I haue it suffred and there as me lacked suffycyaunce and boldenes to come in the presence of theym that I haue so greuously offended / wyll it please your goodnes Faythe Hope and Charyte charytable to goo and stere and be meane for me to the mother of mercy and pyte that she wolde go for me to the gloryous trynyte and take you thre with her / for wele I wote the gloryous trynyte wyll nothynge denye that she desyreth they vnderstande her perfyte charyte suche that euery creature that calleth after grace she hath pyte vpon them haue they neuer so greuously offended I sholde fal in dyspayre I had not perfyte trust in her grace mercy pyte And so I haue grete cause for to haue brought my Ioly soule in to grete bondage and in suche aduersyte without remedy that it passeth my power to ease hym or helpe hym nor the grete specyall truste

flesshe and blode that ye toke of me your humble creature and handmayden ¶ The thyrde consyderacyon ANother is this I and euery your other creatures before youre partye bowed to sue meanes to honoure to worshyppe to gloryfye you in that we can or may / but so it is that in Iustyfyenge of this synner grete honoure and glory shall be to you and to your sayntes for your scrypture sayth Gaudium est angelis dei super vno peccatore penitentiam agenti That is to saye Ioye and gladnes is to your aungelles the conuersyon of one synner contryte and penytent and in another place your scrypture sayth Magis gaudium est super peccatore penitentiam agenti quam super nonaginta nouen iustis ¶ That is to saye and to sygnyfye that more Ioye and honour is to god in reconsylynge a synner that is in full and assured purpose to perseuer in grace than in grete multytude of other ryghtwys that neuer offended ¶ Wherfore my lorde as I am bounde to honour and gloryfy you so am I bounde in maner to make instaunce for recōsylynge of this your creature in the whiche thynge ye shall be gretely honoured and gloryfyed and these be the thynges that moueth me to instaunce and solycyte his causes and to submyt me for hym ¶ The fourth consyderacyon FOrthermore I se in hym grete abylyte and lykelyhode to se that creature that may serue you honoure and gloryfye you for he entyerly dyspleased with hym selfe that he hath so greuously synned and offended your grace and he is ryght heuy and contryte therfore and he remembreth hym many sythes of his olde synnes not as delytynge ne hauynge pleasure in theym but to his shame and grete remors and he hath theym in perfyte hatred in so moche that he wolde not offende agayne in the leest of theym for all the worlde he hathe fastened his entente and pourpose to be here after all of other demeanynge thrugh your helpe and grace and he wyll gladly do penaunce for that he hath trespassed and he lowly submytteth hym selfe to the correcyon of youre chyrche and wylfully assenteth to paye the fynaunce and suffre the penaunce attaxed by your chyrche and to do satysfaccyon as is for his freylte possyble And where as he sayth hym selfe not of abylyte ne power to do satysfaccyon as hym oweth in that behalfe he putteth hym selfe holy in your grace and remytteth hym to your grete mercy and to the meryte of your passyon whiche counteruayleth and preuayleth all the penaunce and satysfaccyon that myght be possyble for to be done by all the worlde from Adam tyll to the laste creature that shall be borne ¶ And he pyteously cryeth to me and besecheth me to enterpose my merytes betwene your Iugement and hȳ and to offre in sacryfyce for hym the sobbynge and syghynges the sorowfull and lamentable terys that I wepte for you in your tender age and chyldhode whan Symeon prophecyed to me your passyon / and whan I had lost you in Iherusalem and the sorowes that I suffred for you in tyme of your paynefull and greuous passyon whan the swerde of sorowe perysshed my herte And certes I am ryght well content and gladde so to do And I beseche you soo to accepte my merytes for his / as he goodly desyreth and to set my sorowes and teres of pyte in place of his penaunce and contrycyon ¶ Forther more it myght lyke you to cōsyder the grete labour and besynes of Fayth Hope and Charyte and namely for charyte whiche sueth for hym contynually and neuer is ydell but besy to labour for hym / and she cleueth and called for me for hym incessauntly to se the expeccyon of his causes / and she vndertaketh for his aberinge and well ye wote that her desyre prayer maye not be voyde ne frustrate but she must be gracyously herde in all her goodly requestes and desyres She hath also receyued fayth and hope on her partye for this seke creature and hath professed to kepe your fayth inuyolably and hope hath put hym in ful assuraunce of your mercy / for thoughe it soo be that he se not in hym selfe wherof he may truste to reioyse your pardō / yet she sheweth hym that in you is soo greate promptues of mercy and contynuall custome that you be wonte and vsed alwaye to forgyue and haue of naturall proprete for to be mercy able to all synners that it maketh hym bolde to fasten the anker of his hope in you and trusteth fynally to make a vyage in the porte of your mercy ¶ The conclusyon of our ladyes supplycacyon NOw my lorde syth all the good abylytes and dysposicōns vnto grace be in this creature by your suffraunce / there is no more to doo but shat ye let descende your grace to the vessell so dysposed and that you vouchesaufe to suffre hym reioyse your pardon and reconsyle hym to your chyrche and make hym a membre therof the soner and spedlyer for this my prayer and request I you beseche my moost dere lorde and sone who me it hathe lyked you al waye to here gracyously and neuer suffre to departe boteles of petycyon for whiche be to you and to your moost honourable and drad father with the holy goost your egall pere euerlaslynge Ioyi honour and glory Amen ¶ Her endeth a lytell treatyse of the dyenge creature Enprynted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the sone by Wynkyn de Worde Anno dn̄i M. CCCCC.xiiii ¶ Melius est nomen bonum quam diuitie multe Prou. xxii ROBERT COPLAND