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	lose_v	soul_n	4,573	5	5.5120	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12373	Satans compassing the earth. By Henrie Smith	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1592 (1592)	STC 22692; ESTC S107437	17,258	55

which are slaine alreadie and remember when anie spectacle of frailtie is in thine eie this is my warning for no man hath more priuiledge then another This is the profite we should make of other mens faultes like a pearle which is taken out of the serpent when wee see our brothers nakednes it should moue vs to compassion of him and a feare of our selues for when wee reioyce at others fall like Cham as the leprosie went from Naaman to Gehezi so God turneth his wrath from them it lighteth vpon vs Prou. 24.18 and such as haue despised others without remorse haue fallen in the like or more shamefully themselues and neuer rose again What shall we do then when we heare of other mens faults not talke as vvee doo but beware by them and thinke Am I better then hee Am I stronger then Sampson Am I wiser then Salomon Am I chaster then Dauid Am I soberer then Noah Am I firmer then Peter if God should leaue mee to my selfe if he should withdrawe his hand vvhich holdes mee Into howe many gulfes haue I bin falling when GOD hath preserued me of occasion or delaied the temptation or vvonderfully kept me from it I knowe not hovv for he deliuereth me from euill as he deliuered Dauid from the hloud of Nabal by Abigael which came vnlooked for So he hath preuented many wonderfully whē they were assaulted so hardly that they had thought to haue yeelded to the enemie Sometime I may say there wanted a tempter sometime I may say there wanted time somtime I may say there wanted place sometime the tempter was present there wanted neither time nor place but God helde me backe that I should not consent so neer we haue glided by sin like a ship which rides vpon a rock and slips away or a birde which scapes frō the fowler when the net is vpon her There is no salte but may lose his saltnes no wine but may lose his strength nor flower but may lose his sent no light but may bee eclipsed no beau●ie but may bee stained no fruite but as 〈◊〉 blasted nor soul but may bee 〈◊〉 wee stand all in a slipperie a nea● where it is easie to slide hard 〈◊〉 vp like little children which ouerthrowe themselues with their clothes now vp now downe at a strawe so soon wee fall from God and slide from his word and forget our resolutions as though wee had neuer resolued Man goeth forth in the morning weake naked and vnarmed to fight with powers and principalities the deuill the world al their adherents and whom doth he take with him but this flesh a traitor redie to yeld him vp at euerie assalt vnto the enemie Thus man is set vpon the side of a hill alwaies declining and slipping the flesh muffleth him to make him stumble the world catcheth at him to make him fal the deuill vndermineth him to make him sinke and crieth still Cast thy selfe downe and when he falleth he goeth apace as Peter who denied thrise together when he is fallen is like a stumbling stone in the way for other 〈◊〉 they may fall too Therefore 〈…〉 that thinketh hee standeth take heed 〈◊〉 he fall So earnestlie must wee call 〈◊〉 our soules that we be not weary of wel doing for happier are the childrē that neuer began then Iudas whose ende was worse then his beginning Wisdome and Righteousnesse are angrie with him that leaueth his goodnesse to become worse if thy spouse had committed fornication thou mightst haue diuorsed her but he which leaueth his righteousnesse to liue in wickednesse forsakes his spouse to committe fornication and is diuorced from Christ himselfe If thou were like the Vine or the Oliue or the Figge tree they would not leaue their grapes or their fatnesse or their sweetenesse to get a kingdome but the Bramble did If thou be like the Bramble what wilte thou doe when the fire comes As this is a memorandum to all so especiallie let him that ruleth and him that teacheth take heede least he fall for if the Pillers shrinke the Temple shakes as when a great Tree is hewen downe which is a shadowe to the beastes and a neast to the birdes many leaues and bowes and twigges fal with it so many stand and fall with them whose lampes geue light to others Euen as Ieroboams sinne made Israel to sinne Therfore Paul hath giuen you a watch-word which euerie one should write vpon his table vpon his bed and vpon his nailes least he forget in one hower for he which standes now may fall before night Sinne is not long in comming nor quickly gone vnlesse God stop vs as hee mette Balaam in his way and stay vs as hee staied the womans sonne when hee was a bearing to his graue we runne ouer Reason and treade vppon Conscience and fling by Councell and goe by the Word and poast to Death as though we ran for a Kingdome like a Lark that falles to the ground sooner then she mounted vp at first she retires as it were by steps but when she commeth neerer the ground she falles downe with a iumpe so we decline at first and wauer lower and lower til we be almost at the worst and then we runne headlong as though we were sent poast to hell from hotte to luke-warme from luke-warme to key colde from key-colde to starke dead so the languishing soule bleedes to death and seeth not his life goe till it be at the very last as pe Woe be vnto him that is guiltie of this murther if the bloud of Abell cried for vengeaunce against his brother Cain which slewe his bodie shall not God be reuenged for the death of the Soule Where is thy Brother saith GOD Naye where is thy soule hast thou slaine it which was my Spouse my Temple mine owne Image If the seruant which hidde his Talent was cast into darkenesse what shall bee done vnto thee which hast lost thy Talent For hee which falles from his righteousnesse dooth not hide his Talent but more hee dooth lose it Thus if you neuer knewe what good to make of euill this you maie learne in the sinners Schoole let them which thinke they stande take heede least they fall and let them which are down care to rise and the Lord so direct our steppes that we may rise againe FINIS Acts 26.28 2. Cor. 13.9