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	good_a	life_n	7,085	5	4.4715	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84361	Elixir magnum vitæ: or, the great elixir of life, being the most admirable cordial-drink, and its singular virtues, never before made publick; is now exposed to sale, as the most excellent preservative of humane bodies, for the general good of all persons		1670-1680 (1680)	Wing E525B; ESTC R231741	6,212	14

gives the Patient convenient refreshment and is so friendly to nature that it rarely fails to take away the cause of a Distemper and then it follows most certainly that the effects must cease It cleanseth the Spermatick Vessels of all crude Seed and Matter and maketh the body lively and fit for Generation and by that means helpeth Barrenness It also expels Poyson and is very effectual in rooting out the cause of all Agues and Feavers and is not only an Antidote but a most excellent Cordial in that Infectious and Mortal Disease of the Plague from which Good Lord deliver us This incomparable Elixir is more pretious than Gold and will certainly by Gods assistance preserve life in the greatest danger therefore let none spoil its Operation in using their bodies to other Physick if a sick person be not doomed to Death or his life by Divine Permission not yet Terminated no better Medicament need be administred and whoever uses themselves to this Elixir will very rarely have the Small Pox or Meosles It is a most excellent Medicine for those that go long Voyages to Sea and preserves as well as cures those which are afflicted with the Scurvey and 't is no less excellent for all persons that in the Summer time frequently drink Mineral Waters for it carries off the Dregs and Fecies that are usally left and too often of very dangerous consequence The World would undoubtedly put a high value upon this Elixir did they but know its admirable Vertues in purifying and sweetning the whole Mass of Blood and consequently fortifying the Spirits and thereby put the whole body in so sound and healthful a condition that few Diseases shall be able to assault or offend it since most Distempers must certainly vail if Life be not terminated by God Almighty to its innocent but prevalent Vertue and Operation Directions for the Administration of this Great Elixir of Life THe Dose must be given thus consideration being had to the age and strength of the Patient from the age of twenty and upwards no person need take any more than three or four spoonfuls at most except it be in very strong Robust bodies who are naturally Costive but in bodies of a more tender nature they may being with two spoonfuls or less if they please but it must be taken at night going to bed be it two three or four spoonfuls and the same quantity must be taken also the next Morning The manner of its Operation will be as it finds cause in some it will work in six hours in others in eight or ten according as Humours abound and the body is afflicted with different Distempers this Cordial works frequently by Stool Urine and Sweat but never by Vomit 't is a Medicine of searching nature and thereby expels those occult Maladies which are destructive in the end to all humane kind nor is like to other Purging Medicines which usually leave an uneasy binding or astringent quality behind but 't is in reality of a Balsamick nature that heals and strengthens so accurately that it leaves the body in a most excellent vigorous condition to administration Children in the Month may take it thus viz six eight or ten drops in any distill'd Water as shall be thought fit and as the Infant grows on from one month old to twelve you may encrease your drops as reason and discretion will direct till it amounts to half a spoonful and then also qualify as aforesaid and to Children of two years old give them one moderate spoonful and to those of four years old a spoonful and a half for those of seven years of age two spoonfuls and for such as are older use your discretion All persons that accustom themselves to the use of this Cordial-drink will from its first dose be very sensible of its strengthening quality it leaves behind and so gradually increases or augment the same till by Gods assistance an infallible cure be perfected For all sudden Indispositions or Cold taken use this Elixir for three Mornings and three Nights together and by the blessing of God it will very rarely fail to perform a cure let the Malady be what it will but for old Distempers that have been habitual and continue inveterate no person can reasonably expect that a small quantity should effect a cure but having followed the aforesaid Directions let the person take two spoonfuls at Night and the same the next Morning for eight or ten days after which rest a week from taking any more that nature may receive the undoubted benefit intended by this admirable Cordial in any fits give a large dose Note That the first two or three days doses do but stir up the Humours which are afterwards by a continuation thereof most happily carryed off and the Disease by Gods blessing upon the means perfectly cured and Health restored to the great joy of the Patient that long languished under the malignancy of his Distemper Now in the Griping of the Guts according to the strength of the Patient may be taken four or five spoonfuls less or more as cause requires and it must be repeated again in five or six hours and the same again the third time if need require and you not doubt of a cure This Elixir is very excellent for such persons that are weak and Consumptive and for such also that have a weak Digestion for it very much comforts and strengthens the Stomach as is before exprest and in order to this the Patient may take a spoonful before Dinner and another after a few days in the performance whereof the Stomach will be so well cleansed and strengthned that of necessity the Patient will have a most excellent Appetite Take the same quantity aforesaid in an old Ptisick-Cough either before the fit or after Note Likewise that this most excellent Elixir of Life doth far exceed all Cordial-Drinks Waters or Sweating Medicines whatever for they cause great weakning Sweats and fails in carrying off the grosser matter but this Cordial expels much of the peccant Humour by a kind of Transpiration or breathing through the Pores and lastly evacuates the grosser matter from the very Center of the Body to the great comfort and satisfaction of the Patient And let me advise all persons for their own good as they expect the benefit of this Elixir to be very exact and careful in following these full Directions And lastly observe that it may be taken in a small quantity at any time of the day as an Antidote to prevent Diseases for 't will be no hindrance to business nor need it be seconded with Broth or Posset-drink as other Purging Physick is It is safe for all ages persons and Seasons in the hottest Summer and coldest Winter when critical Diseases reign most and other Physick cannot be safely then may this In all fits give a large Dose It has been found by experience to be a most incomparable Remedy in the highest Feaver even when they Rave It may be