Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	blood_n	body_n	shed_v	4,580	5	9.5800	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13250	The diuine eccho, or resounding voice from heauen moralized betwixt a Christian and his soule, with short and effectuall directions how to liue and die well. Whereby the effects of vertue and the defects of vice, mercy with miserie, heauenly felicitie with worldly vanity, the ioyes of heauen with the torments of hell, are familiarly expressed. Diuided into prayers and meditations for the ease and benefit of euerie Christian. The first part by Iohn Swift.; Divine eccho, or resounding voice from heaven.	Swift, John, fl. 1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 23545; ESTC S103247	62,765	254

yet thinke as many doe that there is no God Psal 13.1 and as Dauids foole affirmes in his heart then truely this man of al men is most ridiculous who will sweare by that which hee supposeth not to be this is the fashion of all scoffing Atheists then tel the world O my soule what such men as these what such blasphemers vse to doe when one shall but speake vnto them kindely at euerie word that they shall answere Eccho Sweare SECT 86. What God is IT is not for a Christian to make a iest of swearing Psal 33.5 if hee sweare he must sweare in truth in iudgement and in righteousnesse for otherwise though a mā swear often yet by my cōsent he should seldome bee beleeued And a guiltie conscience cleared by an oath is like vnto foule hands scowred with sope through which although they be made cleane yet they smell verie rancke thereof a long time afterward and a periured soule though it be cleared and blamelesse in the sight of the world by forswearing yet that same oath adioyned to the former fact terrifies the soule the more that false kisse betraies it inwardlie though it cannot be deciphered by a long space outwardly then in conclusion tell me and tell all men my soule what God that great thundering Iehouah most detests and most detestfully Loathes Ecch. Oathes SECT 87. A Meditation on the betraying of Christ O Sweet Christ O sweet Sauiour how wast thou tormented for these sinnes of ours and the like Lament 1. come then my friends let vs weepe together mourne let teares runne down our checkes and among all our louers let there be none to comfort vs Mat. 26.14.15 let our streets lament let no man feast let all our gates be desolate let our Priests sigh let virgins be discomfited and let vs all bee in heauinesse for we haue sinned our sinnes are great and for them is the sonne of GOD crucified Iudas solde him kist him and betraid him he sold him for thirty pence O thou naughty Traitor at what price dost thou set the Lord of all creatures at thirty pēce what my Lord sold for thirtie pence O what a vile and slender price is this for a Lord of such maiestie certainely a very beast in the shambles is commonly sold for more And dost thou oh Traitour sell for so smal a price almighty God himselfe hee setteth not thee at so small a price for so much as hee buieth thee with his owne most pretious blood Oh what a great price and estimation was that of man and how base an estimation and price was this of God God was solde for thirty pence and man was bought with the dearest bloud of God himselfe And when this Iudas had betrayed him and was deliuered into the hands of the Iewes see how each one giueth him buffets and and stroakes Mat. 27.29 Mat. 14.65 Mark 8.22 23. see how they spit vpon that diuine face with their diuelish mouthes see how they hoodwinke his eyes and strike him on the face scoffing and iesting at him saying Aread who hath smitten thee O my soule great were the mockes and taūts hee suffered for thee how patiently did he beare the spitting of those infernal mouthes that had himselfe not long before with the spittle of his owne mouth restored a blind man to his perfect sight how suffered he their whippings whose seruants were wont in his name with mightie power to whip the very diuels how was hee crowned with thornes that crowned his martyrs with euerlasting Garlands how was he smitten on the face with palmes of mens hands that giueth the palme of victorie vnto such as be cōquerors how was he robbed of his erthly garmēts which cloatheth his saints with garments of immortallitie how was heproffered most bitter gaule that giueth vs the bread of life how was hee offered Vinegar to drink that giueth the cup of saluation Haec omnia sunt cypriani Consider moreouer at what time the Sauiour of the world was nailed to the Crosse how both the heauens and the earth were troubled the Starres were obscured the elements disturbed how the earth quaked how the light was darkened when the sunne turned away his eyes and would not suffer his beames to shine vppon the earth least happilie it might see such a great crueltie SECT 88. Our sinnes the cause of Christs death IF thou be not mooued to take compassion on our sweet Sauiour seeing him in this doleful case for thy sake if now when he sheds drops of blood through out all his body thou canst not shed any teares from thine eyes thinke verily with thy selfe that thou hast a very hard and stonie heart and if thou canst not weep for loue towards him yet at the least weepe for the multitude of thy sinnes for so much as they were the verie cause of this his agonie and greefe Now the tormenters doe not whip him neyther doe the Souldiers crowne him with thornes that do cause bloud to gush out of his body but it is thy very sinnes offences those are the thornes that do prick him they are the speare that do thrust him into the side they are tormētors that do afflict him they are the heauy burthen that doe cause him to sweat this so strange wonderfull a bloudie sweat Oh my sweet Sauiour and Redeemer Oh thou lambe of God that takest away the sins of the world how dearely hast thou bought my saluation SECT 89. They that are in authoritie must shew good examples GOuernours eyther spirituall or temporall sinne more grieuously by example then by act their act destroieth but one their example may destroy many and therfore surely the greater account they are to render and the more circumspectly to behaue themselues least that in their owne precepts they bee found faultie the greater power then that one man hath aboue others must teach him to excell in vertue aboue them for what doth it profit an Emperor to be Lord and king ouer many kingdoms if on the other part he become bondslaue to many vices titles of honour bee nothing worth if the life of the party bee bad surely true nobilitie consisteth not in dignitie linage large possessions and the like but in wisdom knowledge and vertue and this nobility bringeth a man to dignitie in the kingdome of heauen and as for this life it is not the place as foolish men suppose that makes the person renowned but it is the person that maketh the place alwaies honorable SECT 90. The praise of silence OF all vertues the chiefest is silence for by it thou hearest the imperfections of others and concealest thine owne for commonly emptie vessels make the lowdest sound and men of the weakest wit and least capacitie are the greatest bablers the heart of the foole saith Syracke is in his mouth Eccl. 21.26 but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart then thinke this with thy selfe before thou makest any mā of thy

thou also wise with him and art thou hard fauoured with Bias be thou also learned with him so then they that look vpon thee will deceiue themselues both in thy riches and also in thy beautie truely it is the greatest beautie to bee indued with learning and greatest wealth to be inriched with wisdome a poore man vertuous is as far beyond a rich man vicious as the soule is beyond the body it is better to be a man without money then to be money without a man wherefore if aduersitie approacheth learn wisdom if thy troubles bee small beare them because they bee easie to be borne but if they be great grieuous beare with them also for in so dooing thy glorie shall be the greater nay both in bearing them and also bearing with them it is thy duetie and and so shalt thou purchase the reward of obedience lastly if thou canst not haue what thou wouldest thou must be contented with what thou canst gette to will much is follie where ability wanteth and to desire nothing is content which despiseth all things If thou hast neither land nor liuing labour diligently and eate thy bread in the sweat of thy browes so God commanded and appointed thy father Adam to doe Gen. 3.19 23. and the riches that proceed heere-hence are sweetest the blessing best of all and tell and those my soule what they must trust too that haue hands SECT 105. For such as are visited with sicknesse ANother crieth I am horribly punished with sicknesse art thou so perswade thy selfe that thou shalt haue case anon wherefore did God create Physitions saue onely to helpe the sicke what if thou art sick now perswade thy selfe that sickenesse and diseases cannot last long for eyther thou wilt leaue them or else they will leaue thee we cannot be at one stay it maketh no matter how ill thy budy be so that thy soule be sound indeed if the inward man haue a paine in his head wherby he cānot lay him downe in peace and take his rest the contagion then surly is much to be feared Psal 4.8 thinke not that bodily sicknesse is any crosse at all it is rather a propertie who then may auoid it SECT 106. For such as are griened with old age THe third crieth old age is crept vpon mee I am filled with griefes and aches alas my body is weake thereby mine hands shake mine eyes dazell my feet tremble so that I am wearie of my life I would to God I wer a yard vnder groūd or else I would I were as lustie as euer I was ah sinfull wish I see now that thou delightest in naught but in sporting and toying in vanities vain pleasure if Gods spirit did dwell in thee thou wouldest not so earnestlie complaine but giue God praise and thanks for thy long life and reioyce at thy gray head which deserues much honour Ieuit. 19. this is that age which the Lord hath promised vnto all them that loue him Exod. 19. and keepe his commaundements hee hath promised that their daies shall be long in the land that they shall liue many yeares Nay this is that age which euerie man defireth and tell mee didst not thou thy selfe desire to see it when thou wast young thinke then that thou art happie now for that thou hast thy wish this also is no crosse onely a propertie Porphi● p op●●●● 〈◊〉 ●●●●ra de Senect onely belonging vnto man but not vnto euerie man In this age there is no swilling no swearing no swaggering no quaffing nor surfeiting SECT 107. For such as are discontented for that they must leaue the world ANd now who is hee that will not complaine when he must die and howle and cry when he must leaue this world who will say from his heart I haue liued a great while this then is the part of an vnthankfull man who is not contented with the time hee hath liued Grieue not because thou must dy that thou must leaue thy wife and children thy lands and lordships and all things else behinde thee say not thou woe is mee woe is mee that I must die and must thou so 2. King 12 what then It is the nature of a man to die it is no punishment when thou camest first into the world it was vpon this condition that thou shouidest once goe out againe this life is but peregrination for when thou hast walked vnto the end of thy iourney thou must then returne backe nay it is the part of a foole and a dastard to feare that which by no meanes can bee auoided many are gone before thee and many shall goe after thee and thou must knowe that thy life is not thine owne thnu art onely vita commodatus and not donatus thy life is onely lent vnto thee thou hast not a lease thereof thou art but a tenant at will Grieue not at the remembrance of death for death it selfe cannot be greeuous seeing that it is but once it bringeth all happinesse with it and to the godly it is a verie great aduauntage But must thou die indeede if Godly then be glad if wicked repent no man I trow wil speak against death saue he who hath a guiltie conscience death indeed makes this man tremble quake but thou shalt hardly see an honest man vnwilling to die Yet another disc ontented bloud cries out alas what must I dyin my youthfull daies how sottish and how ignorant art thou tell me what is not a commoditie sweetest when as it commeth vnexpected nay death doth euen as well appertaine to youth as vnto old age the Lambs skin comes euen as soon to the market as the sheeps And it makes no matter how many yeres thou hast to liue but how many thou hast liued then if thou canst liue no longer that is thine old age and this the state and condition of all mankinde euen to die at last SECT 108. For such as are slandered YEt another grieues because hee is slaundered so that me thinks there is neuer an heauenly minded man amongst vs art thou slaundered if guiltlesse reioyce if guiltie amend wilt thou grieue at slaunders thou must knowe that no good man will slaunder thee and wouldest thou bee praised of euill men I tell thee to bee commended of them is as bad as to be commended for euill dooing Themistocles did neuer any famous thing in all his life time Senec de odio Inuid or yet what was praise-worthy and yet did no man euer speake against him Oftentimes haue I saw cankers gnawing the greenest and freshest leaues and oftentimes haue I likewise saw enuie pricking those especially that were godly and religious be thou then of good comfort if Cicero if Scipio if Cato if Dauid if Salomon if Peter if Paul or if any of the Prophets or Apostles if any good man should speake euill of thee then hadst thou some cause to grieue but these as malitious vipers doe enuie thy