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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	show_v	soul_n	5,454	5	5.2942	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16041	[Spousage of a virgin to Christ]	Alcock, John, 1430-1500.	1497 (1497)	STC 287; ESTC S117774	7,137	17

feet and bounde hym and he cryed sayd leue ye yonge mayde ye destroye me And in lyke wyse Saynt Iulyan bette hym and put hym to grete rebuke and therfore the deuyll worshypped virgynyte as it is radde in Thobye the sixte chapytre For ryght as the deuyll hath power of all vnclene lyuers ryght soo he honoureth virgyns and feereth theym bycause of the angelles And therfore Saynt Iohan Crysostomus sayth Castitas est res angelica ꝑ quam solum singulariter homines angelis assimulantur And that angels haue in heuen by felycyte A man or a woman beynge theyr in virgynyte haue by grace and by grete labour Virgynyte by grace hath dyuerse preuyleges Fyrste it replenyssheth paradyse tricesimasecunda questione prima ca. Nupcie The seconde that virgynyte is a vertue that man only may please god with fayth in aut de leuo s Scimus colla .iij. the .iij. It is the begynnynge of other vertues In aut quomō op ep̄i s neque autem sacras the .iiij. That only amonge wȳmen a virgyn is to be consecrate .xxv. di Sicucius the .v. Virgyns martyrs and there other and hath Aureolam tricesimasecūda questione quinta Si paulus For as matrymony replenysshed the erthe with children ryght so a virgyne replenysshed paradyse tricesimasecūda questione .i. Nupcie Moders of children of the worlde hath grete besynes and sorowe for to brynge forth theyr children a virgyn is in quyetnesse and bryngeth forth her children in grete Ioye as it is wryten Mathei .xxij. Que parate erant intrauerunt cum eo ad nupcias And as it is wryten Canticorum secundo Sicut lilium inter spinas sic amica mea inter filias Virgynyte is lykened vnto a lyly the leuys of the lyly that conserued the beaute therof is sobrenesse of mete and drynke the contrarye therof is shewed in Loth beynge dronken fyled his owne doughters Genesis decimonono xv.q.i Inebriauerunt Ieronimus Uirgo vinum fugiat pro veneno As who sayth a virgyn sholde hate wyne as venym ¶ Custos ALso ye must be a custos a keper of all suche thynges as this daye shall be delyuered vnto you in the name of your spouse folowe hȳ therin For and ye kepe not all thynges in theyr beynge as he hath made theym they sholde forthwith be destroyed and therof Dauyd sayth Nisi dominus custodierit ciuitatem c̄ So ye must kepe the tresour of your spouse Cryste perteynynge to his fayth to haue in your remembraūce wyll to kepe the foure thynges that shall be delyuerd vnto you this daye your veyle your mantell both beynge of blake a rynge with a lyght of waxe berynge in your honde and in kepynge of thyse it shal be shewed as ye loue your husbonde This veyle and mantell remembred ryght well the virgyn saynt Agnes whan she sayd Posuit signū in faciem meā et nullū amatorē preter eum admittā That is to saye He hath couerd my soule Inwarde and myn heed with a veyle that and yf I wyll loue ony man better than hym I shall goo to the colour of my veyle and that is euerlastynge deth In lyke wyse she shewed that her spouse Cryste Iesu had Indued her with a garment all sette with precyous stones that is to saye with charyte fayth hope humylyte obedyens abstynence prayer Inbroudred all thyse fayr vertues in the blake garmente of her body and soule here knytte togyder whiche may euery vertuous persone dayly vse and encrease to his rewarde by grace and free wyl that be gyuen vnto hym yf he wyll seke therfore And therfore the sayd saynt Agnes songe sayd to all virgynes Induit me dn̄s ciclade auro detexta Anulū Also I haue by the auctoryte gyuen vnto me by Cryst Iesu to delyuer vnto you this daye a rynge in token of maryage Indyssolyble to be made betwix you hym For as saynt Poule sayth Ye must herafter remembre no thynge but that is godly therfore the sayd saynt Agnes cryed with a grete voyce agaynst the deuyll hym that tempted her to vnclenly desyres sayenge Discite a me pabulum mortis quia ab aliū amatore preuenta sum And shewed vnto hym and vnto all the people with a mery voyce Anulo suo subornauit me dominus noster Iesus cristus et tanquam sponsam decorauit me corona That is to saye All the pleasures and temptacyōs of the worlde departe from me for our lorde Iesu Cryste with his rynge hath wedde me and hath crowned me with a crowne of euerlastynge Ioye yf I kepe truly my loue spousage vnto hym ¶ Lumen ALso remembre the lyght that ye brynge with you that sygnefyeth Cryste Iesu That is Uera lux que illuminat omnem hominē venien tem in hunc mundum Who 's fayth by his chirche taught you ye must entyerly kepe see your lyght go not out but be brennynge in your soule and in your mynde by the blessyd Incarnacōn passyon resurreccyon and the moost blessyd lyf of our sauyour Cryste Iesu and that ye falle in none erthely synne heresye nor errours by ony mānes techynge nor dyspute not the rules of your relygyon but with all reuerence and obedyence that ye may do ye take theym obeye theym obserue them And whatsoeuer your abbesse or the rewlers of your relygyon commaunde you to do byleue it is for the helth of your soule and accordynge to your relygyon and honour and loue theym as your fader and moder ye muste be pacyent amonge your systers suffre theym ye muste be meke ye muste ete and drynke suche metes and drynkes as ye be cōmaūded and whan ye haue not half slept ynough ye must ryse ye must synge in your course and ordre with your systers and take no hede though your voyce be not moost swettest and clere so ye haue a swete deuocyon ye must serue your systers and wasshe theyr feet for Cryste Iesu to whome ye shall be spoused vnto was obedyent to his fader and suffred deth and he god and man wasshed also the feet of his dyscyples poore fysshers ¶ Nazarena ALso ye must be Nazarena that is to saye deseuered from the worlde as Iesus Nazarenus sayth hymself Regnū meū non est in hoc mūdo But though your body be here in this worlde corporally your mynde your soule to be with Cryste Iesu and so take the worlde in all thynge therin and saye with Saynt Poule The worlde is to me a payne and I to the worlde my Ioye is oonly in Cryste crucefyed So syster your pleasure and conuersacyon muste oonly be in the crosse of Cryste that is penaunce in fastynge prayer and mortyfycacyon of your enemy the flesshe and let it not haue his wyll kepe you within your monasterye and departe not therfro xvi.q.i placuit n. For ryght as a fysshe deyeth that is without water Ryght soo a man or woman of Relygyon beynge without theyr cloyster