Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	appear_v	life_n	sin_n	4,010	5	4.7063	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14879	The plaine mans pilgrimage. Or iovrney tovvards heaven Wherein if hee walke carefully he may attaine to euerlasting life. By W.W.	Webster, William, treatise writer.	1613 (1613)	STC 25181; ESTC S101835	77,422	180

of his death and resurrection meaning thereby that we which are ioyned vnto Christ as an impe is to the stock of a tree ought so to liue of his life as there may not appeare any deformity in vs but that as he hath dyed so wee must dye also and as hee is risen againe so wee must rise againe likewise wee must dye vnto sinne and rise againe vnto newnes of life for that is the death and the life which hee speaketh of How shall wee know that wee bee in him and are made partakers of his graces but by our ●ndeauoring of our selues to keepe his commandements and soothly the only mean to know and to be assured in our selues that we dwell in Christ and Christ in vs is our keeping of his commandements as Iohn teacheth adding further that our knowing that he dwelleth in vs is by the spirit which he hath giuen vs because that by that spirit wee endeauour to follow him and to frame our selues to his will whereby we yeeld proof of the vnion that is between him and vs for euen as the children of the world witnesse themselues to be alone with the world by following their worldly lusts ambition coueteousnes and pleasures which may be likewise sayd also of the members of Sathan So in like case the Christians shew themselues to be made one with Christ by his holy spirit when they follow Christs steppes and make his life to serue them as a most perfect rule to lead their liues by What remaineth then to be done in this case soothly that we on our parts doe enforce our selues by eschewing all flothfullnesse which being hurtfull and noysome in this behalfe for as much as it is of such importance that we cannot neglect it without wilfull disappoynting our selues of our saluation and soueraigne felicity This way is narrow and rough I confesse it is so as all Christians doe and so doth Christ himselfe say it also for in as much as thereby we must forsake our selues to follow Christ which is very painfull and hard to the flesh which desireth nothing but her owne pleasures and commodities no doubt but wee feele it to bee verry bitter and burthensome but what for that yet must we take that way without stepping aside one way or other for that is the only way which after many labours and hard pinches leadeth in the end vnto life As for the other way it is very broad faire and accompanied with great pleasures but the end thereof saith our sauiour leadeth vnto death Now to consider that it is much better to go by labour to rest by tribulation to ioy by death to life then contrariwise to go by rest to labour by ioy to tribulation and by life to death and looke what estate commeth last shall bee euerlasting What thing then should hold vs back or hinder vs in the race ' if it bee the world with all the goodnes honours and pleasures thereof let vs vnderstand that all those things passe away like an arrow which is shot at a white or marke the trace whereof is not perceiued any more by the roughnes and vneasines of the way Let vs consider how there is nothing soe vneasie nor rough which becometh not easie and smooth by continuall vse If it bee the infirmity and weakenesse of our nature let vs thinke vpon him which hath promised to stand by vs to helpe vs and to strengthen vs who being good will helpe vs being almighty wil also strengthen vs conditionally that we pray to him continually Aske saith hee and it shal be giuen vnto you seeke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you Prouided alwaies that wee on our side doe striue our selues for he helpeth not them that are idle and doe nothing hee giueth his spirit but it to such as feeling their owne feeblenesse and being displeased there-with doe earnestly desire and craue his spirit for helpe to such as nothing asketh nothing hee giueth it is euen hee himselfe that worketh in vs both the will and deede how-be-it not so long as wee our selues sleepe not so long as wee fould our armes a crosse and much lesse so long as wee resist him The Kingdome of GOD saith IESVS CHRIST suffereth violence and the violent pluckt it to them and who bee those violent they which beeing inflamed with great desire and zeale to fashion them-selues like to their head and doe violence and force to themselues to the intent that their nature and flesh being restrained and brideled may not cast any impediment in the way of Gods spirit which worketh in them those which feele themselues cold and lasie whether it bee in praying to God or in giuing him thankes for all thinges those that doe quicken and stirre vp themselues without suffering them-selues to goe on and to be ouer-come of their flesh Those which take paines to marke all their owne thoughts and affections and to restraine them from passing their bounds and from rouing a stray setting a sure watch vpon their mindes and following the counsell of the wise Because that from the mind commeth the welspring of al euil and finally they which by CHRISTS spirit doe incessantly crucifie the flesh with the lusts thereof And of a truth wee bee of our owne nature so contrary to GOD and so bent to the seeking of our selues and our affections are so headie and vehement and we be haled vnto euill with so great force of our flesh that we must not thinke that GOD can haue his dominion in vs vnlesse wee vse great force to ouercome and subdue our selues vnto him To conclude that they onely true marke of all Christians and right beleeuers is loue without the which a man may well talke of Christ and of the Gospell and may well haue the Sacraments and all the godly ceremonies that can be deuised and yet all shal be nothing Constancy in going forward vnto the end of our race THe fift part in this happy iorney is Constancy perseuerance to the end for if thou begin by time find the way and go a right and continue not vnto the end thy reward is with them of whom Paul saith their end is worse then their beginning There is nothing in our life which suffereth so many changes as our deuotion hot and cold in and out of and on not in one mood so long as the Sparrow sits vpon the ground Thus man is roulled vpon a wheele that neuer standeth still he is vpon the side of a hill where it is easie to slide and hard to get vp the flesh therefore the Apostle mooued with pitty seeing man stand vpon such a slippery ground as it were in a ship ready to sinke he crieth to them that stand surest take heed least yee fall that is when thou hast put on the armor of light and art in the spiritual field to fight the Lords battaile against the world the flesh and the deuill turne not backe like Demas but

doe we learne when we thinke of this but that which Moses saith to apply our harts vnto wisdome The second note is that the time of man is set his bounds apointed which he cannot passe to this Iob beareth witnesse saying Are not his daies determined thou hast appointed his bounds which he cannot passe Againe Ieremy saith they could not stand because the day of their destruction was come As there is a day of distruction and a day of death so there is a day of birth a day of mariage a day of honour a day of deliuerance according to that the determination is made that is GOD hath determined all things As God appointed a time when his Son should come into the world and he came at the same time as the Prophets and Euangelists accord So he hath appointed a time when all blessings shall come vnto vs and they come at the same time It may bee some will say if any time bee set thus long I shall liue and I cannot passe then will I take no Phisicke you may aswell say I will take no meate God hath not ordained the end without the meanes but the meanes aswell as the end If he hath appointed one to die in his youth he hath appointed meanes to shorten his life or if he haue appointed one to liue long he hath appointed also some meanes to preserue him The third note is that our life is but short the Rauen the Phenix the Hart. Lion and the Elephant fulfill their hundreds but Man dyeth when he thinketh yet his sun riseth before his eyes bee satisfied with seeing or his eare with hearing or his heart with lusting then death knocks at his dore and wil not giue him leaue to meditate an excuse before he come to iudgmēt This was the Arithmetick of holy men in former times to reckon their dayes so that their time might seeme short to make them apply their hearts vnto wisdome As thus first they did deductt the time which is past for the time which is past is nothing then they did deduct the time to come The time to come is vncertaine for no man can say that he shall liue any time Now when the time past and the time to come is set aside there is then nothing left but the present time and is but a moment which is not so much in respect of eternity as a little moat to the whole world Thus wee may see what an Epitome mans life is come to Dauid numbred his dayes by measure My dayes saith he are like a span long Iob sayth Man which is borne of a woman hath but a short time to liue Our fathers marueling to see how suddenly men are and are not comparing life to a dreame in the night to a bubble in the water to an arrow which neuer resteth til his fall This is our life for while we enioy it we loose it as Iacob sayd that his dayes had bene few so we may say that our dayes shall be few For as some came into the vineyard in the morning and some at noone and some at night for there must be some goe out of this worldly wildernesse in the morning some at noone and some at night some mans life hath nothing but a morning some hath a morning and a night he which liueth longest liueth al toe day so that a glorious life may be compared to a glorious day and a sorrowfull life to a bloody day and a long life to a Summers day and a short life to a Winters day Now why hath God appoynted such a short time to mankind in this world surely least hee should deferre to doe good as his manner is for though his life be so short yet he thinketh it to long to repent for we deferre til that week which we thinke wil be our last Consider this all which trauell toward heauen had wee not need to make hast which must goe such a long iourney in such a short space how can he chuse which remembreth that euery day runneth away with his life The fourth poynt is our aptnesse to forget death rather then any thing els and therefore Moyses prayeth the Lord to teach him to remember his dayes as though they were stil slipping out of his mind For when Moses prayeth the Lord to teach him to remember his dayes he signifieth that hee very faine would remember them but still his minde did turne from them and that hee could not thinke vpon them longer then hee thought on the Lord which taught him to remember them Such is the rebelious nature of ours we cannot remember that which wee should because we are apt to remember so many things which we should forget How often doth the Scripture call death to our remembrance and yet wee read how many put the day of death from them and would not remember it Salomon bids vs remember that we shall come to iudgement yea wee say in our hearts there is no death or at least death will not come before we be old There is a kinde of men which cannot abide to heare of death they are sicke with the name of it the reason is death prophsied no good to the wicked but euil for which they cannot abide it for death commeth to the wicked like a Iailor which commeth alwaies to haile them to prison therfore their care is not to remember death that thereby they might apply their hearts vnto wisdom and so loose their pleasures before their time for he which doth not purpose yet to leaue his sin would not be troubled with any thought that might make him take his pleasure fearefully for the deuil doth neuer teach a man to remēber his death because he gaineth by the forgetfulnes of death but the Lord our God which would haue vs to apply our hearts vnto wisdom it is he which teacheth vs to remember our daies The last point that to remember how short a time wee haue to liue will make vs apply our hearts to that which is good two things are to be noted in these words first that if we wil find wisdome we must apply our hearts to seeke her the second that remembrance of death makes vs to apply our hearts vnto it touching the first Moyses found some fault with himselfe for for al that he heard and did see and obserued and was compted wise yet he was new to begin to apply his heart to learne wisdome so vnsaciable and couetous as I may say are the seruants of God for the more wisdome faith and zeale they haue the more they defer Therefore the way to get wisdome is to apply our hearts vnto it for from that day which a man beginnes to apply his heart vnto wisdome hee learneth more in a month after then hee did in a yeere before euen as wee may see the wicked because they apply their hearts to wickednesse how fast they proceed how easily how quickly they become perfect swearers expert 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