Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	bear_v	life_n	live_v	4,791	5	5.2156	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10990	Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of god with other dyuerse tytles as it sheweth in his table.; Contemplations of the dread and love of God.	Rolle, Richard, of Hampole, 1290?-1349, attributed name.	1506 (1506)	STC 21259; ESTC S100005	42,029	80

I counseyll the in herte and in wyll that thou flee all suche vanytees For though thou be lorde or lady husbonde man or wyfe thou mayst haue as stable an herte wyll as some relygyous that sytte in the cloystres But so the it is that the moost sykerest waye is to fle as relygyous do but for all may not be men or women of relygyon therfore of euery degre in the worlde god hath chosen his seruauntes What euer than thou be that wyt come to the loue of god begynne fyrst to do good dedes with a good wyll and a contynuell desyre After that desyre fulfyl thy wyll in dede with dyscrecyon that thou mayst contynue to thy lyues ende Whā thou hast begonne thynke in thyn herte that god hath gyue the suche grace to begynne that thynge to his worshyp thou mayst well do it yf thou wylt performe it in dede with the helpe of god After this poynte stande stably in wyll aske grace of perseueraunce and performe it in dede with a feruent spyryte And whan thou hast begonne dyscretly though it be trauaylous in the begynnynge all that trauayle be it in fastynges wakynges prayers or ony other ghoostly trauayle all shall be lyght to the shall torne the in so grete myrthe and ghoostly conforte that thou shalt sette lytell by the passynge Ioye and the vanytees of the worlde Stande than stably in wyll and in dede and god almyghty that hath begonne good werkes in the wyll norysshe the forth in all vertues defende the from thyn enemyes teche the to loue hym and kepe the in to his loue to thy lyues ende after this deth thou shalt not drede for thou shalt euer abyde in his kyngdome where that is no care ne drede but all Ioye conforte for euermore lastynge ¶ Now I haue shewed to the foure degrees of loue declared here fyue specyall vertues whiche as me thynketh be moost nedeful euery man for to haue that wyl trauayle in ghoostly werkes to al other maner men and women they be full spedefull to knowe whether they be relygyous or seculer And for as moche as many in the begynnynge haue full lytell sauour in deuoute prayers or in holy medytacōns some perauenture for tender age some for vnconnynge therfore to suche symple folke I wyll shewe a maner forme how by medytacyon they may be styred to deuocyon and what maner prayer shall be to theym nede full AB ¶ By what prayer or thought thou mayst be styred to deuocyon THan thou ordeynest the to praye or haue ony deuocyon founde to haue a preuy place from all maner noyse tyme of reste wtout ony lettynge Syt there or knele there as is moost to thyn ease Than be thou lorde or lady thynke wel thou hast a god that made the of nought whiche hath gyue to the thy ryght wyttes ryght lȳmes other worldely ease more than to some other as thou mayst se aldaye that lyue in grete dysease moche bodely myschyef Thynke also how synful thou art were not the kepynge of that good god thou sholdest fall in to all maner of synne by thȳ owne wretchednes than thou mayst thynke sothly as of thy self that there is none so synful as thou art Also yf thou haue ony vertue or grace of good lyuynge thynke it cometh of goddes sendynge nothynge of thy selfe Thynke also how longe how often god hath suffred the in synne he wolde not take the in to dampnacyon whan thou haddest deserued it but goodly hath abyden the tyll thou woldest leue synne torne to goodnes for loth hȳ were to forsake that he bought so dere with bytter paynes Also thou mayst thynke for he wolde not lese the he became man was borne of a mayde in pouerte trybulacyons all his lyfe he lyued after for thy loue deth he wolde suffre to saue the by his mercy ¶ In suche maner thou mayst thynke of his grete benefytes and for the more grace to gete to the compūccyon beholde with thy ghoostly eye his pyteous passyon ¶ A short medytacōn of the passyon of our lorde Ihesu cryste THou mayst here ymagyne in thy herte as yf thou sawe thy lorde take of his enemyes with many repreues despytes brought before a Iuge falsely there accused of many wycked men he answered ryght nought but mekely suffred theyr wordes They wolde nedes haue hȳ deed but fyrst to suffre paynes Beholde thā that good lorde cheuerynge quakynge all his body naked bounde to a pyler about hym standynge wicked men wtout ony reason sore scorgynge that blessyd body without ony pyte Se how they cesse not from theyr angry strokes tyll they se hym stande in his blood vp to his ancles from the toppe of his heed to the sole of his foot hole skynne they lefte none his flesshe they rased to the bones for werynes of them selfe they lefte hym almoost dede Loke than asyde vp on his blessyd moder se what sorow she made for her dere sone haue compassyon of her payne that laye there aswowne Torne agayne to thy lorde se howe they vnbynde hym how hastly they drawe hym forth to do hȳ more dysease A garlonde of thornes they put vpon his heed tyll the blood ran downe in to his eyen nose mouth eeres Than they kneled downe with scornes arose vp with repreue spette in his face See than how the blessyd lady beteth her breste draweth her clothes wryngeth her hondes I trowe thou wylt wepe for that pyteful syght ¶ Loke yet agayn to thy lorde se how they hurle hym forth to an hyghe hylle there to nayle hym hande foot vpon the rode tree Se than fyrst how fyersly they drawe of his clothes how mekely that he than wente to the crosse he spredeth his armes abrode but strayter with cordes they drewe forth his armes tyl the synewes the Ioyntes be all to broke than with full grete nayles they nayled his precyous hondes to the crosse In the same maner thou mayst se how greuously they drawe his dere worthy legges and nayled his feet downe to the tree Se than how they profered hym for to drynke bytter galle eysyll and kneled agayn before hym with many despytes Than herken to that good lorde how mekely he taketh leue of his gracyous moder and of his dere apostles betaketh them eyther to other as dere moder and sone Than with a grete voyce he cōmended his spyryte to his father in heuen and hanged downe that blessyd heed ryght forth vpon his brest Se also how soone after they perced his herte thrugh with a spere with full grete anger and ranne downe by his body medled blood water Than mayst thou haue full grete pyte beholdynge that good lady how for sorowe she synketh downe in her systers armes Take hede to the chere of his apostle saynt Iohan to the teres of Marye magdalene and of his other