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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	life_n	speak_v	4,234	5	4.7152	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48381	A sermon preach'd in the Cathedral-Church at Ely, July the 24th, 1698 on occasion of His Majesty's proclamation against atheism, and profaneness, &c / by Charles Lidgould ...	Lidgold, Charles, d. 1701.	1699 (1699)	Wing L1978; ESTC R15964	16,733	28

enlighten the Eyes of all such Miscreants in this Life that they may see their wretched mistake time enough to prevent a too sad and terrible Coviction of it in the next a Tho. Cases Model of Spiritual Thankfulness before the House of Commons Feb. 19. 1645. p. 24. One of the Assembly of Divines speaking of the Superstition Heresy and Profaneness they had Covenanted to extirpate takes notice of no less than 180 Heresies that were at that time propagated in this Nation whereof if there were so many I doubt we may e'en thank those of his own Stamp for being the occasion by so miserably rending this poor Church in pieces as they did Among which he mentions the Divinity of Christ and the Holy Ghost question'd by some deny'd by others and that there wanted not such as asserted the Mortality of the Soul Of the former of these 't were to be wished there were not too many in our days And of the latter b History of A. B. Laud's Troubles and Tryal Published by Mr. Wharton Tho' this is but an old Heresy revived For Euseb Hist Eccles Lib. 6. c. 37. tells us of some in Arabia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Who said that the Soul of Man at the very instant of his departure dies and perishes together with the Body and shall hereafter return to Life with it again at the day of Resurrection A. Bp. Laud in his Answer to the Lord Say's Speech gives this Account there were some then Living who tho' they durst not speak it out in all companies did yet cunningly insinuate that at Death the Soul and Body were extinct together but rise again at the Resurrection It seems such monstrous Errors did not then appear bare-fac'd tho' he might possibly see this made publick afterwards it appearing in Print c The Mortality of the Soul by R. O. Printed in the Year 1644. a little before his Death But even those were more rational than our Modern Moralists if I may be allow'd to use that Term their Opinion supposing an after Compensation of Deeds whether Good or Evil that meet not with their Reward here Whereas these remove every thing out of their way that may curb or restrein them from committing the vilest enormities in this World by expecting never to be called to an Account for them in another Wickedness and Immorality So that where we find such Principles we need not be to seek for Practices answerable to them or indeed for any of that black Catalogue of Sins which we drew out of the two Prophets against the Jews For alas what should hinder such from stealing from using any sinister ways of defrauding their Neighbours from Extortion from down-right Violence where they are powerful enough or some false pretence of Right where they are not from seeking to attain Honor or Riches by any unlawful means c. What should restrain them from gratifying their sensual Lusts from height'ning them by pampering their Bodies from inslaming them by Intemperance and Excess What indeed can withhold them from any kind of Sin whatsoever that they are in the least tempted to either by Profit or Pleasure or even an Itch of boasting and glorying in their Wickedness that we may see what Men of Courage and Bravery they are how they can bid defiance to all manner of Fear or Danger of any after-reckoning Hence proceed those daring Sins of Profaning God's Holy Name by Blasphemy common Swearing despising his Holy Word and those he has set a-part for the Dispensing of it flighting all we can urge to Reform them and endeavour to put Goodness and Piety out of countenance by Scoffing at all that is Sacred By which means I am afraid it happens that we find a great many who have some secret Veneration for Virtue and make Profession of the same Religion with us from the contagious Influence of such sad Examples most scandalously blaspheming God by their wicked Lives Indeed how many are there who come to Church and vouchsafe us the Hearing while we are reproving Vice that can yet be guilty of many of the Sins above-mention'd not scrupling to pass over any thing that stands in the way of their Coveteousness or Ambition If they can but get Wealth or Honor no matter by what means whether by lying or Arts of Deceit in buying or selling by exacting on the Necessities of others by giving or taking of Bribes by ruining their Neighbours Reputation or endeavouring to supplant him by any under-hand dealing or even Perjury it self The very naming whereof brings me to the last Sin I mention'd that hasten'd God's Vengeance on Jerusalem Perjury for 't is more than time I should have done with this Head which I could heartily wish I had not too much reason to be so large upon and may put us upon considering whether we have not likewise too many Zedekiah's among us that bear but little regard to the Oath they have taken to the King under whose Government we are now blessed be God fully settled in a safe and we hope a Lasting Peace Now if we are no less guilty of their abominable Impieties and have that Sin withall lurking among us that was the immediate Cause of bringing that Captivity upon them then it is high time for us to consider in the next place From the dreadful Effects of their Wickedness what may we justly expect should befall us if we persist with our no less heinous Provocations to incense the Majesty of Heaven against us Which was the Second thing I desir'd might be consider'd Suppose ye saith our Saviour that those Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their Sacrifices were Sinners above all the Galileans because they suffer'd such things or that those eighteen on whom the Tower of Siloam fell and slew them were Sinners above all that dwell in Jerusalem I tell you nay but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Luke 13. the first 5 Verses So when the Apostle warns his Corinthians of what happen'd to the Israelites in their Passage out of Egypt into Canaan for their disobedience he tells them that with many of them God was not well pleas'd for they were overthrown in the Wilderness 1 Cor. 10.5 naming likewise in the Verses following several other Judgments that befell them for several Sins and to let them know that such Sins might justly expect the like Vengeance he adds v. 11. that all these things happen'd to them for Ensamples and they are written for our Admonition upon whom the ends of the World are come I think I have made it appear that our Sins are so far from coming short of theirs that they seem in many respects to exceed them All our hopes are that we are not so universally wicked that there are some Phineas's still left that may hinder the Progress of this Profaneness and Immorality so rise among us nay that God bethanked we have a Moses to stand in the Gap a Prince whose