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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	let_v	lord_n	see_v	4,698	5	3.6890	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06832	The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade their lyfe, & fruitfully to spend their time vnto the glorye of God & the health of their owne soules. Newlye corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1566 (1566)	STC 1727; ESTC S101289	136,978	330

had and they cryed with a loud voice saying how longe tariest thou O Lord holy and true to iudge and to reuenge our bloude on them that be on the earth And long white garments were g●… uen vnto euery one of them And it was said vnto them that they should rest a little season til the nomber of their fellowes and brethren and of them that shoulde be killed as they were fulfilled Against the temptation which the faithful haue when they compare their miseries and wretchednes with the welth prosperitie ▪ and pleasures of the swinish Epicures and wicked worldlinges Where thou also shalt see the misera ble end of the vn godly IF Sathan our olde aduersary with his handemaide the fleshe shall at any time moue thee to forsake God and his holy worde ▪ by considering the florishing and triumphant estate of the wicked worldlinges and the to muche miserable and base trade of the Lordes seruauntes and professoures of gods truth which liue in all kinde of misery wretchednes and pouertie and ar piteously oppressed of the tirants of this worlde when on the contrarye part the vngodlye haue all thinges at their owne pleasure and liue at their hartes ease without disturbance for lacke of temporall thinges consent no●… to his subtil assaultes ▪ but manfully resist them cōsidering with thy selfe that thoughe the vngodlye raigne in t is world and haue the vppermost hand yet shall their end be miserable when the poore afflicted for Gods cause shall altar their manifolde temptations be rewarded with perpetuall ioy and euerlastinge glorye and that thou mayest be the more assuredly perswaded in these thinges ▪ call to remembrance these holy scriptures folowing Sentences out of the olde Testament KNowest thou not this that from the beginning euer since the creation of man vpon earth the praise of the vngodly hath bene short and that the ioy of the hipocrites hath continued but the twinck ling of an ey Though he be magnified vp to the heauen so that his hed reacheth vnto the cloudes yet he perisheth at the laste like dong in somuch that they which haue seene him shall say where is he He vanissheth as a dreame so that he can no more be founde and passeth away in a vision in the night so that the eye whiche saw him before getteth now no sighte of him his place knoweth him no more Wherefore do the wicked men liue in healthe and prosperitie come to their olde age and encrease in riches Their Childers children liue in their sighte and their generation before their eyes Their houses are safe from all feare for the rod of god doothe not smite them Their bullock gendreth and that not out of time their cowe calueth and is not vnfruteful They send their children forth bi flockes and their sonnes lead the daunce They bear with them tabrets and harpes and haue instrumentes of musick at their pleasure They spende their dayes in welthynesse but sodenlye they go downe to Hell O Lord thou art more righteous then that I should dispute with thee Neuertheles let me talke with thee in thinges resonable How happeneth it that the way of the vngodlye is so prosperous and that it goeth so wel with them whiche without any shame offende and liue in wickednesse Thou plantest them they take roote they growe and bring forth fruite They boste muche of thee yet art thou far from their raines But thou Lorde to whō I am wel knowen thou that hast sene and proued my hearte take them awaye like as a flocke is caried to the slaughter house and appoint them for the day of slaughter O Lord how long shal I crye and thou wilt not heare how long shall I cōplaine vnto thee suffering wrong and thou wilt not helpe why lettest thou me se werinesse and labour Tiranny and violence are before me power ouer goeth right for the law is torne in pyeces and there can no right iudgement go forth And why the vngodly is more set by then the righteous This is the cause that wrong iudgement procedeth Thine eies O Lord are clean thou mayest not see euil thou canst not be hold the thing that is wicked Wherfore then dost thou looke vpon the vngodly holdest thy tong when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better then himselfe Thou makest men as the fysh of the sea like as the creepyng beastes that haue no guide they take vp al with their angle they catch it in their net do sacrifice vn to their yarne because that thorow it their porcion is become so fat and their meat so plenteous Wherfore they cast out their net againe and neuer cease to slay the people Like as the wyne deceiueth the dronkard euen so the proud shal fal and not endure Ful miserable is the death of vngodly for they that hate the vnrighteous shall be plucked vp by the roote Freate not thy selfe at the vngodly be not thou enuious against the euil doers For they shal sone be cute down like the grasse and be withered euen as the grene herbe Greue not thi self at one y ● is in prosperity and liueth in abhominacion Leaue of frō wrath let god displeasure let not thy gelousy moue thee also to do euil For wicked doers shall bee rooted out but they that paciently abyde the lord shal enherite the land Suffer yet a litle while and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt loke after his place and he shall be away Reade forth the Psalm●… and marke it well Wherfore thus arrogantly magnifiest thou thy selfe at all tyme. O mischeuous gyaunt wherfore enforceth thy tonge mis chief fordgyng disceat lyke a new set Rasour Wherfore louest thou malice rather then honesty rather to lye then to saye truth For thou delightest in all maner of pernicious speach oh thou desceitful tong Wherfore god shall vtterly rende thee vp by the rootes and destroy thee and he shal throwe thee downe out of thy tabernacle and pluck thy rootes out of the land of the liuing Rede diligently and marke well the. 73. Psalme whiche altogether belongeth vnto this matter Wo be to the proud wealthy in Sion euen to suche as thincke them selues so s●…re vppon the mounte of Samarya which holde them selues for the best of the world and rule the house of Israel at their owne pleasure Ye are taken out for the euil day euen ye that sit in the stoole of wilfulnes ye that lie vpon beds of Iuory and vse your wantonnes vpon youre couches ye that eat the best Lambes of the flocke the fattest calues of the drouy ye that sing to the lute and in playing of instruments compare your selues vnto Dauid ye that drinke wine out of goblets and annoynte your selues with the best oyle but no man is sorye for Ioseph hurte therfore shall ye now be the firste of them that shal be led awaye captiue and the lustye ●…heare of the wilful shall come to an

their wicked liuing and exhorted them vn to repentaunce Amos at the commaundement of kinge Amassas for his preching was cruelly bea●…en and greuously formented At the laste Ochozias sonne of Amasias caused him to be thurste into the temples with a great nayle and being half deade he was caryed into his own countrye where he sone after died Micheas was buffeted emprisoned and fed with bread and water Examples out of the olde Testament BLessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousnes for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Blessed are ye when men reuile you perse●…ute you and 〈◊〉 speak all eu●…l sayings against you for my sake Reioyce and be mery for great is your rewarde in heauen For so persecuted they the Prophets before you The scoler is not aboue the maister nor the seruant aboue his Lorde If they haue called the Father of the housholde Belzebub how much more shall they so cal them that are of his houshold Be not afrayed of them that ●…il the body but rather feare him whiche is able to destroy both body and soule in hel fire Euery one that shall confesse me before men I shall confesse him also before my fa ther whiche is in heauen But whosoeuer shal deny me before men I shall also deny him befyre my Father that is in heauen Ye shal be hated of all men for my sake Whosoeuer wil follow me let him forsake him self and take vp hys crosse and folow me For whosoeuer wil saue hislife shall lose it But whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake and the gospelles the same shall saue it For what shall it profite a man if he winne all the world and lose his owne soule or what shall a man geue to redē his soul w tal agaī whosoeuer fore shal be ashamed of me and my wordes in this whorish and sinful generation of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he commeth in the glory of his Father with the holy angels The seruaunt is not greater thē his Lord. If they haue persecuted me they will also persecute you If the world hate you know ye that it hated me before you If ye were of the world the world wold loue that is his But forasmuch as ye are not of the world but I haue chosē you out of the world therfore doth the world hate you The tyme shall come that who so euer killeth you wyll thinke that he doth God seruice Ye shal lamēt and wepe but the world shal reioyce In the world ye shal haue trouble but be on a good comfort I haue ouercom the world If we suffer with Christ we shall also be glorifyed together with him I suppose that the afflictions of thys life are not worthy of the glorye whiche shal be shewed vpon vs. Blessed be God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ which is the father of 〈◊〉 and the God of al comfort which comforteth vs in all our tribulations As the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in vs euen so is our consolation pleuteous by Christ. We are not weried but though our out ward man perishe yet the in ward man is renued day by day For our trouble which is shorte and lighte prepareth an exceding and an eternall waight of glorye vnto vs while we loke not on the things which are sene but on the things which are not sene For thinges whiche are seene are temporal but things which ar not sene are euerlasting We know that if our earthly mansion of this dwelling were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitatiō not made with handes but euerlasting in heauen Unto you it is geuen not only to beleeue in Christ but also to suffer for his sake Suffer affliction as a good souldiour of Christ. If we dy wyth Christ we shal liue with him If we suffer w e him we also shalreig●… with him if we deny him he will also dny vs. All that wil liue godly in Christe Iesu shall suffer persecutions This is thanke woorthy●… if a man for conscience toward god endure grefe and suffer wrong vndescrued If when ye do wel ye suffer wrong and take it patientlye then is there thankes with God For here vnto verely were ye called Blessed are ye if any trouble happen vn to you for righteousnes sake Dearly beloued maruel not that ye are proued by fire which thing is to trye you as though some straung thing hapned vnto you but reioyce in as muche as ye are partakers of Christes passion that when his glorye appereth ye may be merye and glad If ye be railed vpon for the name of Christ happy are ye For the glory and the spirite of God resteth vpon you On theyr parte he was euill spoken of but on your parte he is glorified If any man suffer as a christian man let him not be ashamed but let him glorify god in this behalfe Let them that be trooubled according to he wil of god commit their saules to him with wel doyng as vnto a faithfull creatour Iesus to sāctify the people with his own bloud suffered without the gate Let vs go forth therfore out of the tentes and suf fer rebuk wyth him For here haue we no continuyng city but we seke on to come By many trybulations must we enter into the kingdome of heauen The holy ghost witnesseth in euery city saying that bandes and trouble abide me But none of these things moue me neyther is my lyfe dear vnto my selfe that I mighte fulfill my course with ioy and the ministration of the word whith I haue receiued of the Lord Iesu to testify the Gospell of the grace of God I am ready not to be bounde only but also to dy for the name of the Lord Iesu. Blessed are the deade that dye in the Lorde euen so sayth the spirite that from henceforth they reaste from their labours But theyr worke folow them Examples out of the new Testamen IOhn Baptist for truth telling to kinge Herod was cast into prisō beheaded Iesus Christ our Lord and sauiour after many blasphemies rebukes slaunders and bitter tormentes suffered the moste spitefull deathe of the crosse and so entred into glory The holy marter S. Stephen was stoned vnto death Iames y ● brother of Iohn was beheded What kindnes Peter and Paule wyth the apostles found at the handes of them whose saluatiō they most diligētly sought the histories make mencion Neither I heare speak of those blessed Marters which sence their dayes haue dyed for the confession of gods truthe so that the gospell is not without a cause called of blessed Paul the word of the crosse For all that wil liue godly in Christ Ie su saith he shall suffer persecution I saw saith Sainct Iohn vnder the altar the soules of them that were killed for the woord of god and for the testimony●… whiche they