Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	die_v	soul_n	35,575	5	5.8301	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93579	Fearefull newes from Coventry, or, A true relation and lamentable story of one Thomas Holt of Coventry a musitian: who through covetousnesse and immoderate love of money, sold himselfe to the devill, with whom he had made a contract for certaine yeares. And also of his most lamentable end and death, on the 16, day of February. 1641. To the terror and amazement of the inhabitants thereabouts. writen [sic] by Lawrence Southerne of Coventrey.	Southerne, Lawrence.	1642 (1642)	Wing S4753; Thomason E146_3; ESTC R19040	4,072	9

life but that is needles for it is easily understod that his life is abhominabl whose death is Damnable so then and marke whosoever thou art that givest thy selfe to covetousnesse and will not the Lord to be suffitient for the marke also what it hath wrought in many others and make them an example to thy selfe I could instance many but I will speake only of these as pertinent to this occasion the first is that arch traitor Iudas who because he could get no more would under value his Lord and Master and rather then he would goe without money would sell him though it were but for thirtie peeces of silver a second is that Ananias who through covetousnesse and to save his money would not sticke to lie though it were against the Holy Ghost A thir● is that covetous Acan who could not rest till he had stolne the wedge of gold and the Babilonish gar●ent Another of the same nature we may read of Ahab who lay groaning upon his bed sicke and would not eate bread till he had the Vinyard of Nabeth and rather then his purpose should be of none effect he would by that wicked instrument Iesebell his wife cause him to be stoned to death But what was the end of these covetous wretches for the first hee came and made abare confession of his fault but wanting Grace went away and desperately hanged himselfe another with his wife also which is not here exprest at the rebuke of one of the Apostles for lying against the holy Ghost was suddainely smitten deade A third for his theft and unjust desires was for the same ajudged to be stoned to death The fourth and last for that he sold himselfe to worke wickednesse was by the just decree of Almightie GOD strangely shot into the body as he fate in his Chariott by which mortall wound he died O! the folly and madnesse of many men who sell their soules eternall happinesse for a few temporall and fading pleasures but if they would consider with me these two things certainly it would be a large motive to reduce men from prizing temporall things at so high a rate as many now a dayes doe O! that man would consider the eternitie of his soule which because it is the breath of GOD it cannot dye but must live everlastingly in either weale or woe now if it depart the body under the wrath and curse of GOD in what miserable estate doth the body leave it and so to it 's cost will one day finde it for this is true that as death leaves a man so Iudgement will finde him For it is an old saying that as the tree falls so it lyes for after death Repentance is no whit prevalent for then we shall repent for nothing but this that we repented no sooner for such will be the extremitie of paine in that lake of fire and Brimstone wherby the soule shall be so distracted that it can thinke of nothing but execrations blasphemies and the like Now it is eternitie that ads fewell to this fire for so oft as the Soule thinkes of this little word ever it is a Hell in the midst of Hell Nay it is a very Hell it selfe O! the heavie doome of the just Iudgement of Almightie GOD who as he hath not limited his mercies to his elect so he hath not set or apoynted an end of punishment to the Reprobate but so farr is their misery from ending that it is ever but begining now then let those damned soule selling witches Conjurers and such like duely consider the miseries of eternall death consider it I sayall you that forget GOD least suddainly his wrath breake out upon you and heteare you in peeces whilest ther is none to help you consider also that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God for he is a God of pure eyes and cannot behold innequitie with any the least consent or liking but wil punish it either here or hereafter though in his dearest Children But that no man should despaire let him know that as God is a iust God so he is a mercifull God also for his mercies are above all his workes for let the wicked sorsake his finne and the uniust man his dealing and let him returne unto the Lord and hee will have mercy upon him and will abundantly pardon therefore forsake finne and feare not but thou shalt finde mercy upon which I wish every man to relie FINIS