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	great_a	life_n	7,136	5	4.2263	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77026	A short treatise of the quiet of the soul. How necessary a thing it is, and how it may be atttained [sic]. Composed by the reverend father John de Bovilla, an observant frier of the holy order of St. Francis. Permissu superiorum	Bonilla, Jean de, 16th cent.	1700 (1700)	Wing B3595BB; ESTC R229458	16,670	59

Sheep it cometh to rob and deprive us of Humility and the quietness which is altogether necessary to him who intendeth to profit And it so falleth out that what hath been gotten in many days and with much labor is in little time lost and stolen by these Wolves and the more appearence any thing carieth of Holiness the better also must it be examined and with greater rest and inward quietness as already hath bin said And note that if at any time thou chance to fail in these observations be not therefore troubled but humble thy self in the Presence of our Lord and acknowledg thy weakness and be advised against some other occasion For it may be our Lord permitted it should so fall out to abate some secret Pride which is in thee unknown to thy self And if at any time some sparks of vice do touch thy Soul be not therefore troubled but vigilantly watch and sweetly draw thy Spirit aside and settle it in quietness in such sort that thou be not troubled or altered neither overjoyful nor heavy but keep thy Soul peaceably and clean to God whom thou shalt find within thy self assuring thee that the Divine intention seeketh nothing but thy profit CHAP. V. How the Soul must keep it self in a solitariness that God may work in it THou must make great account of thy Soul sith it is the Temple in which God doth lodge and remain Make such account of it that thou suffer it not to be mingled with any other thing Let thy attendance to our Lords coming be in solitariness for alone he desireth to find thee alone without thoughts alone without wishes or desires alone even without thy own Will Seek not indiscreetly but with the Council of thy Ghostly Father for Crosses to suffer for God but dispose thy self rather to suffer for his Love what pleaseth him Do not thy Will but Gods will be done in thee Let thy Will be free and united on all sides My meaning is that thou desire nothing and if thou desirest any thing desire it in that manner that if it take not effect thou be not therefore afflicted but that thy Spirit remain as quiet as if thou desiredst nothing Therein consisteth true liberty that one be not tied to any thing God expecteth to find thy Soul alone to work in it his wonders O Solitariness in which is builded the high City of Jerusalem O Desert of Joy O Wilderness wherein with great felicity we may enjoy the Almighty Set not thy self to rest in this passage Take off thy Shooes and enter for the Land is Holy Stay not to salute any Body by the way Let the dead Bury the dead For thou goest towards the Land of the living Death hath no part in thee CHAP. VI. Of the Prudence that must be used in loving our Neighbor to the end this Peace be not interrupted EXperience will teach thee that this is the manifest way to life everlasting For the love of God and thy Neighbor shall be poured into thy Soul I came saith our Lord to kindle fire on Earth and my Will is that it burn Although the Love of God hath no limits yet the Love of our Neighbor hath in which Moderation is to be used For if you be not moderate and advised it will be your destruction and by endeavoring to edify others thou shalt cast away thy self So thou must love thy Neighbor that thy own Soul suffer no danger or damage Do not any thing only with that respect to give example to another or for to gain others For hereby thou shall not reap much unto thy self Do all things simply and sincerely to please God Almighty in them without any other regard Think humbly of thy self in all thy works and then thou shalt perceive how little thou art able to benefit others by them See that thy Zeal of gaining Souls be not such that thou come thereby to lose thy peace and quietness Be thirsty and desirous that all men come to know the truth which thou dost know and that they be drunk with the Wine which God promiseth all men and giveth good cheap This thirst of thy Neighbors health thou must entertain when thou hast received it from our Lord and not when thou hast procured it by thine own diligence and indiscreet Zeal For being planted in the solitude of thy heart and Soul by the Almighty he will gather the fruit when it shall please him In the mean while see that thou sow nothing but only keep thy Soul always solitary and tending towards God For God willingly findeth the Soul solitary and loose on every side thereby to bind and tie it the stronger to himself Suffer thou thy self to be tied and dispose thy self to sit idle in the quietness of thy Spirit attending him which will come to hire thee Cast off all cares and walk alone and free on every side to the end that God apparel thy Nakedness with himself and thereby thou shalt attain to the felicity which thou canst not imagine and having forgot thy self his love only will live in thy Soul In conclusion with all diligence or rather without all diligence which may disturb or disquiet thy peace thou must pacify thy zealous intentions with great moderation whilst God preserveth in thee all peace and tranquility For such silence is more effectual than loud crying and by this want of care all is provided and procured that we would have which in substance is nothing else but a whole delivery of the Soul to God being abstracted from all other things wherein thou must beware to think that of thy self thou art able to do any thing for it is God that must perform all who requireth nothing else of thee towards this silence than that thou think humbly of thy self in his presence and that thou present to him thy Soul separated and abstracted from all Worldly things with an inward hearty desire that Gods Holy Will be done and perfectly fulfilled in thee CHAP. VII How free from all self-desires the Soul ought to present her self in the sight of God IN this manner thou must begin by little and little with Sweetness Reverence and Hope in the same Lord who calleth thee saying Come to me all ye that labor and I will refresh you And in another place All ye that be thirsty come to the Fountains of Water This motion or Divine vocation thou must always follow not precipitating your self by preventing or running before the inspirations of the Holy Ghost for it is he who must take you by the hand and guide you and then you shall be carried where the Waves of all Mercy flowing from the Sea of God's sweet Goodness will carry you When thou art come thus far then labour with all possible diligence as well inward as outward assurance to draw near with all the powers of thy Soul to think on such things as make God Almighty worthy of praise love and to be desired and see that herein