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
A12390	Three prayers one for the morning, another for the euening: the third for a sick-man. Whereunto is annexed, a godly letter to a sicke freend: and a comfortable speech of a preacher vpon his death bedde. Anno. Dom. 1591.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 22703; ESTC S117488	8,464	26

which thou commaundest and doe that which thou forbiddest Therefore thou mightest iustly forsake vs as we forsake thee condemne vs whose conscience condemnes our selues But who can measure thy goodnes which giuest all and forgiuest all Though we are sinfull yet thou louest vs though we knocke not yet thou openest though we aske not yet thou giuest What should we haue if we did serue thee which hast done all these things for thine enemies therefore thou which hast giuen vs all things for thy seruice O Lorde giue vs a hast to serue thee and let this bee the houre of our conuersion let not euill ouercome good let not thine enemy haue hys will but giue vs strength to resist patience to endure constancie to perseuere vnto the end Instruct vs by thy word guide vs by thy spirit mollifie vs by thy grace humble vs by thy corrections win vs by thy benefites reconcile our nature to thy will and teache vs to make profite of euerie thing that we may see thee in all thinges and all thinges in thee And because ô most merciful father we walke betweene thy mercie and iustice through many temptations gouerne our steppes with such discretion that the hope of mercie may preuent dispaire and the feare of iustice may keepe vs from presumption that in myrth wee bee not vaine in knowledge wee bee not proud in zeale we be not bitter but as the Tree bringeth forth first leaues then blossomes and then fruite so first wee may bring foorth good thoughtes then good speeches and after a good life to thee honour of thy name the good of thy Children and the saluation of our soules remembring the time when we shall sleep in the graue the day when we shall awake to iudgement Nowe the time is come O Lord which thou hast appointed for rest and without thee wee can neither wake nor sleepe which hast made the day and night and rulest both therefore into thy handes wee commende our soules and bodies which thou hast bought that they may serue thee restore them O Lord to their first Image and keepe them in thy seruice and resigne vs not to our selues againe but finish thy worke that wee may euerie day come neerer and neerer to thy kingdome till wee hate the way to hell asmuch as hell it selfe and euerie cogitation and speech and action bee so many steps to heauen For thy names sake for thy promise sake for thy sonnes sake O Lord wee lift vp our heartes handes and voice vnto thee in his name which suffered for sinne and sinned not Our Father c. A Prayer for a sicke-man ALmightie God and almercifull Father which art the Phisition of our bodies and soules in thy handes are life and death thou bringest to the graue and pullest backe againe wee came into this worlde vpon condition to forsake it whensoeuer thou wouldest call vs and now the Somners are come thy fetters hold me none can loose me but he which bounde mee I am sicke in bodie soule but he hath stroken mee which in iudgement sheweth mercy I deserued to die so soone as I came to life but thou hast preserued mee till now and shall this mercie be in vaine as though I were preserued for nothing Who can praise thee in the graue I haue done thee no seruice since I was borne but my goodnes is to come and shal I die before I begin to liue But Lord thou knowest what is best for all and if thou conuert mee I shall bee conuerted in an houre And as thou acceptedst the will of Dauid as well as the act of Salomon so thou wilt accept my desire to serue thee as well as if I did liue to glorifie thee The spirit is willing but the flesh is fraile and as I did liue sinfully whensoeuer thy spirit was from me so I shall die vnwillingly vnlesse thy spirit prepare me therfore deere father giue me that minde which a sicke-man should haue increase my patience with my paine and call vnto my remembraunce all which I haue heard or read or felt or meditated to strengthen me in thys houre of my tryall that I which neuer taught any good while I liued may nowe teach other how to die and to beare theyr sicknes patiently apply vnto me all the mercies and merits of thy beloued sonne as if he had died for me alone Be not frō me when the enemie comes but when the tempter is busiest let thy spirit be busiest too and if it please thee to loose mee out of this prison when I shall leaue my earth to earth let thine Angels carrie vppe my soule to heauen as they did Lazarus and place mee in one of those mancions which thy sonne is gone to prepare for me Thys is my mediatour which hath reconciled mee and thee when thou didst abhorre me for my sinnes and thou didst sende him from heauen to vs to shewe that thou art bound to heare him for vs. Therefore in him I come vnto thee in him I call vppon thee ô my redeemer my preseruer and my Sauiour to thee be all prayse with thy father and the holy spirit for euer Amen What shall stay me from my father my brother and my Comforter A comfortable speech taken from a godly Preacher lying vppon his death bed written for the sicke I Owe to God a death as his sonne dyed for me Euer since I was borne I haue been sayling to this Hauen and gathering patience to comfort this houre therfore shal I be one of those guests now that would not come to the banquet when they were inuited What hurt is in going to Paradise I shall-loose nothing but the sence of euill and anon I shall haue greater ioyes then I feele paines for my head is in heauen already to assure mee that my soule and body shall follow after O death where is thy sting why should I feare that which I wold not escape because my cheefest happines is behinde and I cannot haue it vnlesse I goe vnto it I wold go through hell to heauen and therfore if I march but through death I suffer lesse then I woulde suffer for God My paines doe not dismay me because I trauell to bring foorth eternall life my sins doe not fright me because I haue Christ my Redeemer the Iudge doth not astonish mee because the Iudges sonne is mine aduocate the deuill dooth not amaze me because the Angels pitch about me The graue doth not greeue mee because it was my Lords bed ô that Gods mercy to me might mooue other to loue him for the lesse I can expresse it the more it is The Prophets and Apostles are my fore-runners euery man is gone before me or els he will follow after me if it please God to receiue me into heauen before them which haue serued him better I owe more thankfulnes vnto him And because I haue deferred my repentance till this houre whereby my saluation is cut off if I should die suddainlie loe how my God in his merciful prouidence to preuent my destruction calleth me by a lingering sicknes which staieth till I be readie and prepareth me to my ende like a Preacher and makes me by wholesome paines wearie of this beloued world least I shold depart vnwillingly like them whose death is their damnation So he loueth me while he beateth me that hys stripes are plasters to saue me therfore who shal loue him if I despise him This is my whole office nowe to strengthen my body with my hart and be contented as God hath appointed vntill I can glorifie him or vntill he glorifie me If I liue I liue to sacrifice if I die I die a sacrifice for his mercie is aboue mine iniquitie Therefore if I should feare death it were a signe that I had not faith nor hope as I professed but that I doubted of Gods truth in his promise whether he will forgiue his penitent sinner or no it is my Father let him doe what seemeth good in his sight Come Lord Iesus for thy seruant cōmeth I am willing help my vnwillingnes ❧ Thus the faithfull depart in another sorte with such peace ioy round about them that al which see wish that their soules may follow theirs A Letter written to ones freende in his sicknesse BEloued I meruell not that you haue paine for you are sick but I maruell that you couer it not for offence because the wisdom of a man is to bite in his griefe and alwaies to shew more comfort in God than paine in suffering Now God calleth to repetitions to see whether you haue learned more constancie than others if sicknes be sharp make it not sharper with frowardnesse but know that this is a great fauour to vs when we die by sicknes which maketh vs readie for him that calleth vs. Now you haue nothing to thinke vppon but God and you cannot thinke vpon him without ioy your greefe passeth but your ioy wil neuer passe Tell me patient how many stripes is heauē worth Is my freend only sick in the world or his faith weaker than others You haue alwaies praied Thy will be doone and nowe are you offended that Gods will is doone Howe hath the faithfull man forgotten that all thinges euen death turne to the best to them that loue God Teach the happie ô Lord to see his haippinesse through troubles Euery paine is a preuention of the paines of hell and euery ease in paine is a foretast of the ease and peace and ioyes in heauen Therefore remember your owne comforts to others before be not impatient when there is most neede of patience but as you haue euer taught vs to liue so nowe giue vs an example to die and deceiue sathan as Job did FINIS