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	lord_n	soul_n	13,508	5	5.1021	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09515	The boke entytuled the next way to heuen the whiche in true walky[n]ge or goy[n]nge is but thre dayes iourney, and to go or walke euery daye but thre myles as wytnesseth moyses who sayeth. Ibimus viam trium dierum in solitudinem. [et]c. Exodi. iij. Ca. F.; Next way to heven	Peter, of Luxemburg, Saint, 1369-1387.	1520 (1520)	STC 19795; ESTC S114591	20,762	34

hȳ And of that haue we an example of oure selfe / yf a man hath to speke with an other he speketh vnto hym more gladly whan he fyndeth hymselfe all alone The thyrde thynge is that he sholde at that houre cast out of his herte all dremes thoughtes afterwarde to be all in orayson The .iiij. thynge that he oughte to haue with all his herte grete entende to praye the holy ghost that he gyue vnto hym grace of deuocyon / for orayson without deuocyon hath no sauour / put than payne to houe it do that / that in the is god shall ende it And yf god gyue the grace for to worsshyp hym menynge the payne that thou there shalt take wepe / for teeres ben as ryght good wyne of the whiche the soule deuoute wexeth dronke vnto god in orayson in suche maner that he ne can refuse hym in that thynge that he demaūdeth / in lykewyse as it appereth by saynt Peter / and by magdaleyn the which wepte god gaue vnto them that that they demaūded that was pardon of theyr synnes Teres ben of ryght grete profyte and of ryght grete vertue / for one only tere maye gete of god that that all the aūgelles in heuen ne all the saintes of paradyse ne may do that is to knowe whan the synner wepeth for his propre synnes wherof it is wryten in the psalter that the moost pleasaūt sacyfyce that the synner may make vnto god is that he be contryte repentaūte that he hūble hym before god in wepynge / for whan the tere of the synner repentaunt is offred vnto god with humble herte deuoute it thrughe perceth the heuen by her vertue moūteth tyl vnto the throne of the mageste dyuyne / there ne is aungell the whiche it may ne dare holde tyll vnto that that it be come before the face of god / that it hath goten that that he wyl for his soules helth / for the orayson the whiche is made in wepynge as sayth saynt Austyn thrughe perseth the herte of our lorde Iesu cryst moueth him vnto pyty entreateth enclyneth to loue hym chaungeth the sentence of Iudge recordeth the synner perfytely vnto god The .vj. is that he ought to regarde the estate of this presēt mysery where there is soo many perelles that there is none the whiche maye it accompte / for man is euermore in temptacyon of the fleshe of worldly vanitees / and of the begylynge of of thyn enemy / other in stepinge or in wakynge / or in spekynge But he sholde thynke that the worlde the flesshe ne vayn quysshe but theyr frendes / therfore sholde he wel kepe hym that he ne be frende of the worlde ne of the flesshe / for all those that loue the worlde and the flesshe ben the enemyes of god as sayth saȳt Iames. Meruayle it is how the worlde may be Ioyous who so well regardeth the peryll of this worlde / for the worlde is a Iayle wherin we ben in pryson for our synnes / we ne knowe whan we shall goo out of it wheder we shall be saued or dampned Now sholde it be agrete nouelte yf the these sholde synge or laughe whan men lede hym to be hanged / but yet ben we well more out of wycte and more abused than suche theues for we renne all vnto the gybet of hell vnto dampnacyon perdurable all daunsynge and makynge feest / for we ben in lyke wyse as a vessel in the hye see with all the sayle stretched hysed with wynde at wyll we go euery daye on grete Iourneys to warde hell or paradyse / for we ne knowe yet in what parte we shall aryue so all in slepynge / in walkynge / in drynkynge / in etynge in playenge / in singynge euermore we goo for warde wtout arestynge as people the whiche ben of the see And therfore who soo well beholdeth this worlde the grete peryll he sholde haue better cause to wepe than to laughe / for yf the synner beholde the heuen he seeth the coūtree herytage eternal where as is perfyte felycyte from the whiche he is yet ferre of by his synnes And for as moche he hath good cause to wepe And yf he beholde the erthe he seeth the mater wherof he hathe be made and where vnto he shall retourne at the houre whan he shall departe from this worlde / that is in th ende of this lyfe And yf he loke vnder the erthe he seeth hel the whiche is redy to engloute hym with mouthe open / and to tour ment for his synnes And yf he loke on the ryght hande he seeth the prosperitees the rychesses wherof all the worlde it is abused deceyued drawne vnto dampna eyon And yf he loke on the lyfte hāde he seeth the ylles trybulacyons that the cursed done vnto the good And yf he loke behynde him he seeth the tyme that he hath lost in vanytees in thoughtes that he sholde haue dispended in good werkes And yf he loke before hym he seeth the deth whiche cometh / yet ne knoweth whā he shall dye / ne of what deth / ne in what place / ne ī what estate And yf he loke within hym he seeth his cōscyence ful of synnes / his wytte his body full of cursed maners / enclyned in cursed customes And yf he loke wtout hym he fyndeth hymselfe enuyroned beset aboute with soo many perylles / ne knoweth how he shall escape And also he seeth knoweth the dure harde sentēce of the ryghtfull Iudge that he shall also caste at the daye of Iudgement vpon the synners of the whiche he is one of the nombre yf he amende not his conscyence We sholde put our ende in teres in penaūce / we sholde call the holy ghost in oraysons that he be vnto vs in ayde that he defend vs frō all our syn̄es from all our myseryes The .vij. thynge is to regarde the estate wherin he shal be at the deth whan all our membres haue loste all theyr force strength / the soule goynge forth frome the body shall se our lorde out of measure wroth with hym for his synnes / yf he ne be than truely penytent repentaūt of all his defautes / vnder he shal se hel open for to engloute hym / his sȳnes he shall se on his ryght hande that whiche shall accuse hym the enemies on the lefte hande that which wolde bere hȳ awaye horryble shall crye vpon hym Thȳke than often on these thynges wtout ende and I knowe well yf thou vnderstode them that thou sholdest despyse lyghtly all the vanytees of the worlde shall drawe that vnto deuocyon / for the vanytees wordely shall more greue at the deth than ne do ayde than there no ne maye ayde ne socour / ne frendes / ne parentes / ne fader / ne