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	father_n	soul_n	6,087	5	4.9755	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09704	A poore mannes beneuolence to the afflicted Church	Pits, John.	1566 (1566)	STC 19969; ESTC S114729	7,855	26

must suffer persecutions Well saith our Sauiour Christ happy are ye when men reuile you persecute you for my names sake for you shal not lose your rewarde For this I tel you you shall be hated of all men for my names sake therfore yf the world hate you know ye that it hated me before you but for as much as ye are not of the world but y t I haue chosen you out of y e world therfore doth y e world hate you But be of good chere I haue ouercome the worlde and therfore feare not little flocke for it is your fathers wil to geue you a kingdom And feare not them that can kyl the body but feare him that can cast both body and soule into hel fyre be faithfull therfore vnto the death and I wyl geue thee y e crowne of lyfe Therfore my beloued sith that we haue such swete promises of God y e father in his son Christ Jesus let vs cleaue vnto him he wyll performe them he neuer fayled none that put their trust in him as y e prophet Dauid saith I haue called vpon y e Lorde and he hath heard me I haue trusted in the Lord and he hath holpen me he therfore often times crieth as in the. 12. psalme Help me O God in the 69. psalm Saue me O God in the. 16. psalme Preserue me O God in the. 30. psalme I haue called vpō the Lord in my trouble and he hath heard me and deliuered me Therfore doe you now with the prophete Dauid in the. 66. psalme burste foorth and saye Thou O God haste and doest proue vs. Thou also hast and wylte trye vs euen as Siluer is tried Thou broughtest vs in to the snare and laidst trouble vpon our loynes Thou suffredst men to ryde ouer our heades we went go through fyre water but we know that y u wylt bryng vs in to a comfortable place Thus said Christ to his disciples that where I am there shal ye be also Therfore we besech thee most merciful father to ayd vs w t thy grace and assist vs w t thy holy spirite that we mai perfectly learn to know thee to be our creatour Jesus thy son to be our only sauiour and y ● Holy ghost to be our only sanctifier To these three as to one eternal God be all honour and glory now and for euermore Amen ¶ Your brother in Christ Ihon Pits ¶ To the afflicted Church in Scotland Fraunce Spayne or any other land BE of good chere my brethren all doe not now faint nor quayle But to the Lord doe ye now call lest that in truth ye fayle For Sathans yre passe not a pin though that he rule and rage His power it is to smal and thin the truth for to asswage ¶ Though Kyngs be strong and wyne likewise womē thought to be Yet Truth in any maner wyse more stronger shall ye sée Kynges haue fayled and also wyne and women haue not stood Truth hath remaind from time to time as proofe we haue full good Truth was good kept styl his place when Woman had a fall Truth was styl Truth had his grace when Woman was in thrall What Truth hath said ꝑformd it was as in all states we sée Let Woman speake whats cum to pas let her tel tale for mée As touching wyne what shal I say his force I thinke not great Although the hart he mery make yet is he best with meat The empty body doeth not grée with wyne though it be good Salomon to the sory saith he geue wyne to chere their mood ¶ Geue good wyne Salomon doth say then is there that doth fayle In Truth there is no maner way that can make it to quayle For Truth shal stand both firme fast and kéepth his tast full swete When wyne and women shal be past and kynges layd vnder fete ¶ With Truth is no comparison no match with him may be For God and Truth they be both one vncompared to be Who dwelth ī truth doth dwel in God and God in him lykewyse So dwel in Truth then haue God to make thée perfect wyse For who against the truth doth kicke against God kicketh to Then is he lyke to fall on pricke which wyll make him crie wo. When Truth did speake in Noes daies wyllyng them to repent Lest that they perisht in their waīes they wold not but felt dent ¶ Truth to the Zodomites preached by Lot this is certayne Their licensiousnes he counsayled that they should not maintayne The Zodomits wold not Truth heare but kept their whole desyre Therfore they paid for that ful deare for burnt they were with fyre ¶ What got kyng Pharao for hꝭ paine when truth he did pursue He and his host were dround certayne as Exodus doth shewe Sisara and Abimelech to of women were both slayne The booke of Judges declareth so which is both true and playne ¶ Hieroboam because he wrought against the well knowne Truth Baasa to death his stocke hath brought and thereon had no ruth What became of quéene Jezabell the Truthes great enemie Dogs did eat her in Jezraell Truth sayd it should so be ¶ Ahabs house by Iehu was slayne for that he did conspyre Gods prophets for to put to payne and geue them death for hyre So read we of Zedechias which troubled Jeremie That both his eyes destroyed was and he felt miserie ¶ What is sayd of Herode the kyng that sought the Truth to kyll Who was ful of most deadly styng to wurke his cruell wyll His kyngly power could not p̄uayle nor helpe him in his néede Whē stinking wormes did him assayl● which on his corps did féede How strong kynges be when God doth stryke the scripture doth wel sho In other bookes we haue the lyke we néed not far to go Yf that the kyng wyl néeds reioyce let him reioyce in this That he hath God to heare his voyce to kéepe him from all mis. Therfore let kyngs now serue y e Lorde and not put Truth to flight But in the same for to accorde lest that they léese their might Let them that doe the Truth embrace embrace and kéepe it styll For kynges shal not the Truth deface though that it be their wyll What kings haue doen w t Satans ayd it is not now vnshowne What women haue thereto assayd it is not much vnknowne What wine ī bākets hath forth sought many the tale can tell How by y t way Truth hath ben bought as time can show full well ¶ What Jewes ther be y e Truth to by I néed not much to say And Judasses that traiterously séeke Truth him to betray Euen here at hand hard by the dore of both those sorts there bée Which persecute Truth euermore that he can not go frée ¶ Truth to exile hath