Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	believe_v	die_v	life_n	6,038	5	4.8496	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16276	A Very godly song intituled, The earnest petition of a faithfull Christian, being clarke of Bodnam, made vpon his death bed, at the instant of his transmutation to a pleasant new tune.	Clarke of Bodnam.	1624 (1624)	STC 3194.5; ESTC S3904	1,301	2

A very godly Song intituled The earnest petition of a faithfull Christian being Clarke of Bodnam made vpon his Death-bed at the instant of his Transmutation To a pleasant new tune NOw my painfull eyes are rowling And my passing Bell is towling Towling sweetly I lye dying And my life is from me flying Grant me strength O gracious God For to endure thy heauy rod Then shall I reioyce and sing With Psalmes vnto my heauenly King Simeon that blessed man Beleeued Christ when he was come And then he did desirs to dye To liue with him eternally Christ wrought me a strong saluation By his death and bitter passion He hath washt and made me cleane That I should neuer sinne againe Grieuous paines doe call and cry O man prepare thy selfe to dye All my sinnes I haue lamented And to dye I am contented Silly Soule the Lord receiue thée Death is come and life must leaue thée Death doth tarry no mans leasure Then farewell all earthly pleasure In this world I nothing craue But to bring me to my Graue In my Graue while I lye sleeping Angels haue my soule in keeping When the Bells are for me ringing Lord receiue my soule with singing Then shall I be frée from paine To liue and neuer dye againe Whiles those wormes corruption bréed on Wayte my noysome corpes to féed on My feruent loue this prison loathing Craues a robe of Angels cloathing Farewell world and worldly glory Farewell all things transitory Sion hill my soule ascendeth And Gods Royall Throne attendeth Farewell wife and children small For I must goe now Christ doth call And for my death be ye content When I am gone doe not lament Now the Bell doth cease to towle Sweet Iesus Christ receiue my soule The second part of the Clarke of Bodnam To the same tune O God which did the world create Heare a poore sinner at thy gate Thou that from death didst set me free Remit my sinns and shew mercy Oh thou that caus'dst thy blessed Sonne Into this Uniuerse to come Thy Gospell true here to fulfill And to subdue death sinne and hell Grant for his sake that dy'd on trée On the blest Mount of Caluary That I being grieued for my sin May by repentance heauen win The Gospell saith Who so beléeue To them wilt thou a blessing giue Amongst which number grant me faith That to beleeue thy Gospell saith Which if I doe as grant I may Though here I dye I liue for aye Then Sauiour swéet remit my sin And giue me grace that life to win And since they death a price most great Hath bought me here I doe intreat To giue me grace thy Name to praise Both now and euermore alwaies For by thy death my soule is frée From hell which still by thy decrée To sinners all for sinn●● due Untill thy Son our Sauiour ●i●e Did vanquish by Almighty power Death hell and all that could deuoure My sinnes O Lord I doe confesse Like sands in Sea are numberlesse Yet though my sinnes as scarlet show Their whitenesse may exceede the Snow If thou thy mercy doest extend That I my sinfull life may mend Which mercy thy blest Word doth say At any time obtaine I may If power and grace in me remaine From carnall sin for to refraine Then giue me grace Lord to refraine From sinnes that I may still remain● With thee in heauen where Angels sing Most ioyfully to thee our King And grant O Christ that when I dye My soule with thee immediately May haue abode amongst the blest And liue for euer in true rest FINIS Printed at London for H. G.