Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	age_n	day_n	zion_n	19	3	8.5892	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15117	A dayly exercyse and experyence of dethe, gathered and set forth, by a brother of Syon Rycharde Whytforde; Dayle exercice and experience of dethe.	Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?	1537 (1537)	STC 25414; ESTC S105105	67,532	233

¶_o a_o daily_a exercise_n and_o experience_n of_o dethe_v /_o gather_v and_o set_v forth_o by_o a_o brother_n of_o zion_n rycharde_n whytforde_n ❧_o unto_o the_o devout_a reder_n in_o our_o lord_n god_n &_o moo_v sweet_a savyour_fw-mi jesu_n salutacyon_n this_o little_a treaty_n or_o draght_o of_o death_n do_v i_o write_v more_o than_o twenty_o year_n ago_o /_o at_o the_o request_n of_o the_o reverend_a mother_n dame_n elizabeth_n gyb_n /_o who_o jesu_n perdon_n /_o they_o abbe_n of_o zion_n and_o by_o the_o oft_o call_v upon_o /_o and_o remembrance_n of_o certain_a of_o her_o devout_a sister_n and_o now_o of_o late_o i_o have_v be_v compel_v by_o the_o charytable_a instance_n and_o request_n of_o dyvers_a devout_a person_n to_o write_v it_o again_o &_o again_o and_o because_o that_o writing_a unto_o i_o be_v very_o tedyouse_a i_o think_v better_a to_o put_v it_o in_o print_n /_o whereunto_o i_o be_v the_o rather_o move_v /_o that_o i_o perceyve_v by_o the_o prynter_n you_o have_v thankful_o take_v such_o other_o poor_a labour_n as_o we_o before_o have_v send_v forth_o reed_n this_o i_o pray_v you_o once_o over_o &_o after_o as_o you_o like_v it_o be_v but_o very_o short_a and_o therefore_o have_v i_o not_o divide_v it_o into_o chapytour_n but_o only_o into_o ii_o part_n in_o the_o first_o part_n whereof_o be_v entreat_v of_o the_o fere_n /_o or_o drede_v of_o death_n to_o be_v exclude_v exile_v and_o utter_o put_v away_o in_o the_o ii_o part_n be_v put_v forth_o the_o daily_a exercise_n and_o experience_n of_o death_n ❧_o of_o the_o daily_a exercise_n of_o death_n the_o first_o part_n which_o be_v of_o the_o fear_n or_o drede_v of_o death_n /_o to_o be_v exclude_v exile_v and_o to_o utter_o be_v put_v away_o reverend_a mother_n and_o good_a devout_a sister_n you_o have_v many_a &_o oftentimes_o with_o great_a instance_n require_v i_o to_o write_v unto_o you_o some_o breve_fw-la /_o or_z short_a lesson_n of_o death_n and_o how_o you_o shall_v prepare_v and_o ordain_v yourself_o daily_o thereunto_o this_o lesson_n be_v very_o short_a &_o plain_a after_o saint_n augustine_n thirty-nine_o de_fw-fr tempore_fw-la serm_fw-la two_o c._n thirty-nine_o for_o he_o say_v the_o lest_o lesson_n and_o the_o best_a mean_a to_o dye_v well_o be_v well_o to_o live_v for_o who_o so_o well_o lyve_v say_v he_o may_v not_o evyll_n dye_v then_o do_v we_o learn_v to_o dye_v well_o /_o when_o we_o learn_v well_o to_o live_v /_o and_o that_o lesson_n can_v you_o teach_v i_o better_o than_o i_o you_o for_o you_o have_v long_o use_v the_o craft_n and_o give_v more_o dilygence_n thereunto_o notwithstanding_o somewhat_o in_o part_n to_o satisfy_v your_o devout_a mind_n somewhat_o /_o after_o our_o poor_a understand_v shall_v we_o say_v but_o first_o as_o seem_v unto_o i_o it_o be_v necessary_a &_o spedefull_a that_o we_o enforce_v and_o gyve_v dilygence_n to_o avoid_v exclude_v exile_n and_o put_v far_o away_o that_o chyldyssh_a vain_a and_o folyssh_a fear_n and_o drede_v of_o death_n that_o many_o person_n have_v for_o doubtless_o it_o be_v both_o vain_a and_o folye_a to_o fear_n &_o drede_v that_o thing_n that_o by_o no_o mean_a may_v be_v avoid_v &_o yet_o some_o person_n be_v so_o a_o fray_v of_o death_n /_o that_o they_o shrug_v tremble_v and_o quake_v when_o they_o here_o speak_v thereof_o and_o run_v or_o depart_v out_o of_o company_n /_o because_o they_o will_v not_o here_o tell_v of_o dethe_v and_o to_o excuse_v their_o folye_n they_o take_v auctoryte_n of_o aristotle_n the_o great_a philosophour_n a._n iii._n ethicorun_v ca._n i._o troth_n two_o m._n xxvi_o d._n mar._n iiii_o d._n l._n xxii_o t_o two_o co._n v._o a._n that_o say_v that_o of_o all_o terryble_a thing_n death_n be_v most_o terryble_a /_o &_o over_o that_o our_o savyour_fw-mi before_o his_o passion_n be_v afraid_a of_o death_n and_o natural_o do_v abhor_v it_o for_o the_o pain_n thereof_o saint_n paul_n say_v also_o /_o that_o we_o will_v not_o be_v spoil_v of_o our_o body_n /_o and_o yet_o will_v we_o have_v the_o clothing_n of_o immortalyte_n upon_o which_o /_o and_o apon_n like_o auctoryte_n they_o conclude_v that_o death_n be_v peynfull_a and_o therefore_o to_o be_v fear_v and_o dread_a for_o declaracyon_n hereof_o you_o must_v understande_v that_o the_o drede_n of_o death_n may_v be_v take_v ii_o way_n for_o ii_o cause_n /_o one_z for_o the_o pain_n that_o be_v in_o the_o departing_a of_o the_o soul_n /_o and_o the_o body_n by_o death_n and_o a_o other_o way_n /_o or_o cause_n for_o the_o uncertente_n of_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n and_o of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o ꝑson_n in_o that_o hour_n or_o tyme._n this_o fear_n &_o drede_v of_o death_n shall_v every_o person_n have_v every_o hour_n but_o as_o unto_o the_o first_o fear_n that_o be_v for_o the_o drede_n of_o the_o pain_n in_o death_n that_o fear_n be_v vain_a for_o in_o death_n be_v no_o pain_n or_o right_a little_a to_o be_v fear_v /_o as_z after_o we_o shall_v show_v arystotle_n say_v in_o deed_n su_fw-es vbi_fw-la su_fw-es that_o death_n be_v terryble_a &_o fearful_a /_o but_o that_o be_v unto_o they_o alone_o say_v he_o that_o doubt_n of_o any_o other_o life_n after_o this_o present_a life_n obiecti_fw-la ∣_o on_o yet_o say_v they_o that_o every_o man_n do_v abhor_v and_o loath_a dethe_v and_o do_v what_o he_o can_v to_o avoid_v death_n /_o and_o to_o prolong_v life_n /_o and_o that_o be_v general_a in_o all_o lyve_a thing_n /_o unto_o that_o i_o say_v aunswe_v ∣_o re_z that_o nature_n do_v work_v /_o and_o cause_n in_o all_o thing_n the_o appetyte_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v continue_v and_o to_o endure_v and_o last_o for_o ever_o /_o and_o thereunto_o dethe_v infor_n as_o much_o as_o nature_n may_v /_o other_z in_o themselves_o or_o in_o their_o fruit_n and_o kind_n but_o thereof_o do_v not_o follow_v that_o any_o peyne_n be_v in_o death_n ne_o any_o fear_n or_o drede_v to_o be_v takyn_n therefore_o as_o by_o example_n of_o tree_n and_o fruit_n as_o well_o as_o 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any_o thing_n loathsome_a fearful_a ne_o peyneful_a /_o but_o rather_o sweet_a pleasant_a and_o desirous_a and_o so_o say_v arystotle_n in_o his_o book_n of_o natural_a philosophye_n v._n phi._n v._n mors_fw-la senum_fw-la dulcis_fw-la est_fw-la iwenum_fw-la vero_fw-la violenta_fw-la the_o dethe_v of_o age_a person_n say_v he_o be_v sweet_a and_o pleasant_a /_o but_o the_o dethe_v of_o young_a person_n be_v violent_a and_o grevous_a /_o yet_o say_v i_o that_o the_o fear_n be_v not_o for_o the_o peyne_n of_o death_n in_o depart_v of_o the_o soul_n for_o than_o be_v no_o peyne_n /_o but_o all_o the_o peyne_n be_v in_o the_o sekenes_n disease_n /_o and_o affliccyon_n before_o dethe_v for_o the_o person_n that_o as_o i_o say_v be_v wear_v or_o waste_v unto_o the_o point_n do_v die_v and_o depart_v this_o life_n not_o only_o without_o sorrow_n or_o peyne_n but_o also_o with_o gladness_n swetnes_n and_o pleasure_n and_o so_o say_v the_o same_o philosophour_n arystotle_n in_o a_o other_o book_n tusc_n aristot_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la &_o cicero_n i_o tusc_n and_o so_o do_v also_o a_o other_o great_a philosophoure_v /_o and_z learned_a tully_n and_o i_o dare_v well_o say_v that_o in_o dethe_v be_v less_o peyne_a unto_o such_o person_n then_o be_v in_o the_o prycke_n of_o a_o pin_n or_o nedyll_v unto_o a_o whole_a person_n the_o fear_n than_o that_o our_o savi-had_a before_o his_o passion_n /_o be_v not_o for_o the_o peyne_n of_o death_n but_o it_o be_v of_o the_o fraylte_n of_o our_o nature_n in_o his_o carnal_a flesshe_o part_n for_o the_o pain_n that_o he_o know_v well_o shall_v precede_v /_o and_o go_v before_o dethe_v and_o the_o peyne_n do_v our_o sensualyte_n /_o and_z

paradiso_n this_o day_n shall_v thou_o be_v with_o i_o in_o paradyse_n it_o be_v than_o neither_o the_o long_a time_n nor_o the_o short_a nor_o yet_o the_o penance_n that_o do_v put_v away_o or_o make_v less_o that_o pain_n of_o itself_o but_o the_o love_n of_o god_n /_o for_o who_o sake_n that_o penance_n be_v do_v and_o that_o love_n may_v be_v in_o a_o person_n feruente_a in_o short_a time_n as_o well_o as_o in_o long_o /_o and_o all_o the_o penance_n that_o be_v do_v mortis_fw-la grego_n probatio_fw-la a_o mortis_fw-la be_v nothing_o but_o a_o proof_n of_o that_o love_n /_o &_o so_o as_o long_o as_o we_o bide_v in_o this_o corruptyble_a sorry_a body_n we_o must_v love_v /_o and_o ever_o prove_v that_o love_n by_o contynuall_a penance_n and_o good_a werke_n forsake_v all_o sin_n for_o else_o be_v all_o the_o penance_n &_o the_o work_v void_a and_o lose_v but_o yet_o follow_v not_o thereof_o that_o we_o shall_v desire_v long_o life_n ne_o short_a but_o as_o he_o will_v for_o to_o 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of_o life_n every_o person_n begyn_v to_o dye_v augusti_fw-la augusti_fw-la and_o therefore_o be_v it_o not_o again_o the_o law_n for_o any_o person_n to_o dye_v at_o any_o time_n young_a or_o old_a let_v we_o therefore_o good_a devout_a chrystyane_n put_v clean_o away_o and_o utter_o exile_n this_o frail_a and_o false_a opinion_n of_o death_n /_o and_o let_v we_o think_v very_o and_o believe_v /_o that_o in_o dethe_v be_v no_o wrong_n but_o all_o right_a no_o pain_n but_o great_a pleasure_n sup_n in_o tus_fw-la ubi_fw-la sup_n all_o good_a &_o nothing_o evyll_n for_o as_o the_o