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
A40005	A declaration of the bountiful loving-kindness of the Lord manifested to His hand-maid Mary Harris, who stood idle in the market-place, till the eleventh hour, yet afterwards received her penny : this is that none might despair : also a discovery of her sufferings through her disobedience and rebellion against God's precious truth, that none might presume, or harden their hearts in the day of God's visitation : as also, a few words of encouragement from experience, to any who knows the name of the Lord in the least measure, to fear the Lord, and trust in his mercies.	Forster, Mary, 1619?-1686.	1693 (1693)	Wing F1603A; ESTC R10779	6,761	14

Friends came to her that was in the fashion of the World she would say What Friends who know Gods precious Truth put on their Hoods so that is like me in my other life Friends who have received Gods precious Truth need no other adorning and having spoken long in this wise she laid her self in silence waiting for her dissolution having said I shall shut mine Eyes and Sleep but she lay several weeks in great weakness after this having her Heart exercised on this wise And if she had spoken an unadvised word then would she cry to the Lord to wash her throughout and say Judge me Lord judge me with thy great Judgments let nothing remain in me or be spoken by me but what is pure search me throughly Ah cursed be that nature and that disposition this at first kept me from receiving Gods pure Truth cursed be that disposition and lying longer then one would have thought one so weak could have lain taking very little of any outward sustenance some would say to her it may be thou mayst recover No no would she say I must lay down this body for my rebellion in my other Life if any had said I should recover it would for a little time seem to refresh me and if they had said surely I could not live long or so it would cast me down but now I long for death I must lay down this body for said she when I received Gods precious Truth I received the sentence of death And this she was very positive in all along and when she was preswaded to be passive in this matter she said I have indeed cause enough to desire life now for the Lord hath made me partaker of his blessed Truth and if I live I know I shall bear a Testimony a faithful Testimony for the Lord and he hath placed me amongst his People and I shall have their company this is desirable but I must lay down this body great was her love to the Lord and his People and when the Servants of the Lord came to her it was such a reviving that she had not the sence of her weakness her Heart being overcome with the Love of the Lord in his Servants she lay a rejoycing Often was she assaulted by the Enemy sometimes to desire Life sometimes with worldly things but she would say even in Gods Authority Away Satan away I desie thee in the Name of the Lord touch not that which is pure and one time when she was under this temptation a precious Servant of the Lord coming to visit her Ah said she to him now the Tempter flees he cannot stand before thee then after she had been thus tryed she was usually filled with joy in God through whom she had obtained victory then would she sound forth the praises of the Lord. And grew still more weak and sometimes would say I am weak and full of pain but it is below me to complain and with much patience and comly behaviour she lay and in the morning before her departure she called for several things to drink and gasped for breath but said I shall not go so And afterwards did as it were lay her self forth in silence waiting for her dissolution but at the coming in of a good Friend she revived and lived till Evening and about half an hour before her departure she was taken with a very great trembling and seemed to be somewhat troubled it was said by one near her what 's the matter what ailest thou I fear said she whether it be a true Spirit or a Temptation it was said to her what meanest thou art thou in any doubt as concerning the Truth of which thou art made partaker No no said she that 's Gods pure and Everlasting Truth the Truth which the People of God called Quakers are made pertukers of and for which they suffer that is everlasting that is the true Spirit and their God is my God and although I see it not now as I have seen it yet I bring in my Testimony that 's the Truth that shall abide for ever that 's pure and nothing that is defiled must be sheltred under it that 's the Truth which enlightens every man that cometh into the World The little Seed in me is become great great great Blessed be God who hath placed me among his People and I possess what they possess and when the Faithful lie as I lie my Portion will be their Potion and my Cup is full it runs over over over Then she breathed a little thicker about the space of one quarter of an hour and without groan or sigh or the least motion she shut her eyes and slept Glory be to God for ever A few Words of Encouragement from Experience to any who know the Name of the Lord in the least Measure to Fear the Lord and Trust in his Mercies Friends IN the Living sence of Gods Love and manifold Mercies wherewith he hath compassed me as one every side it hath been often yea very often upon and in my heart What shall I render or wherwith shall I appear before the Lord And the Answer was and is Keep low in his Fear and do thy Duty declare his Goodness spread forth his Praises that they who have not such experience of his Mercy may by thy Declaration speak good of his Name and be encouraged to fear him for ever and trust in his Mercies Then first whosoever thou art that shalt read these Lines and hast Hungrings and Thirstings begotten in thee after Righteousness fear the Lord and trust in his Mercies and thou shalt be satisfied let the Lord God of Heaven and Earth be thy fear and let him be thy dread yea keep in the fear of the Lord all the day long and that will purifie thy Heart and make it a fit receptacle for the manifestation of Gods Love and Power Or art thou in any doubt concerning the Truth or the Way or Manifestation of it as it now appears wait thou in God's Fear and trust in his Mercy and assuredly the Light will shine forth it will arise and expel the Darkness and discover to thee the Path of Life in which the wafaring man although a Fool shall not err Again Art thou in God's Eternal Truth poor low and little seeing and knowing little of the mystery of Godliness having little faith love or zeal for God his Truth and People yet sayst thou in thy Heart this little is of the right kind and I would not part with it for all the World Well Friend be content with thy Portion and keep in the pure fear of the Lord wait on him and trust in his Mercies and he will arise in thee and increase thy store yea when he hath by his righteous Judgments as with a Rod of small Cords whipt out the Buyers and Sellers out of his Temple and the House is clean and thou fit for it the time of refreshment being come he will assuredly open the well-springs of