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	soul_n	way_n	6,089	5	4.7618	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19199	Complaynt of the soule		1519 (1519)	STC 5609; ESTC S109069	18,338	32

vnfaythful / and with out fayth no man maye please the / and thus all my lyfe is dyspleasynge vnto the. ¶ A good lorde what shall I do for I want fayth of the / fere of the / loue of the / drede of the / but I want not the drede of the worlde / loue of the worlde / and shame of the worlde And thus the ymage of my soule is defauted made foule ī thy syght and is depreued thy grete vertues where by it sholde be made fayre and acceptable to the what shall I do than but tourne me to the aske mercy for that I haue spenbed my lyfe so myserably A than I maye calle my soule a synfull soule whiche is without drede of the wtout shame of synne vnderstandynge that after the ordre of thy ryghtwysnesse synne muste haue sorowe / than my soule ought to haue sorowe / and al my lyfe sholde he we pynge / who shal gyue teres ynough to myn eyen that I maye wepe ynough for my myserable lyuynge / and lamente that I euer haue spent so myserably my tyme which I can not now reuoke agayen / ne fruytfully recōpence but by sorowe for my synne ¶ Alas I haue loste the well of lyfe and of al true solace / and I haue delued in the olde stynkynge cysterne of synne / and the deceyuable water ther of whiche semeth in y● begȳnynge swete and delectable / now it is tourned in to bytternesse / abhomynacyon / and grete sorowe ¶ O moost mercyfull lorde whiche arte the wel of pyte of grace frome whome the flode of celestyall glorye doth streme vpon all the heuēly courte Replenysshynge them with all pleasure delectacyons passynge y● possybylyte of mannes thynkynge / gyue me good lorde in this vale of my serye for the glorye of thy name the spyryte of compunccyon that I may bytterly wepe for my synnes and to be preuylegyate by thy grace neuer frome hens forward dāpnably to affend the. ¶ O merueylous god how myserably is my soule / whiche only can not sorowe accordynge to the greuous offences that it hath done in this lyfe but also it is in maner benomen and deed / for it feleth not the grete goostly sorowes that it hath / wherby excepte it haue helpe by meane of penaunce it shal be broughte to the bytter paynes of euerlastynge deth A I may curse synne the whiche hath brought me so ferre frome the good lord / and so ferre fro my selfe that I haue loste my felȳge y● quyckenesse of my spyryte / and the goostyly taste of all sprytuall pleasure and delectacyons in vertue ¶ A myserable soule a synfull soule why arte thou so dulle so slowe to all good werkes whiche art to the pleasure of god / and to thy perpetuall promocyon and endlesse Ioye / perpetual blysse and hertely gladnesse / why arte thou so prompte and so redy to all wretchednesse and al werkes of abhomynable synnes whiche are to y● grete dyspleasure of almyghty god / and to thy grete payne and sorowe and dampnacyon bothe of soule of body Why arte thou so oblyuyous and forgetfull of fruytfull vertuous doctryne / and so retenty●e of euyll fpekynge and wordes Incytynge to synne Woo woo mayst thou be whiche leueste the waye of vertue chosest the waye of hyces / leuest the waye of saluacyō and takest the waye of dampnacyon Thou haste lyfe and deth bothe layde before the / and whiche thou wylt thou mayste chose Louest thou not lyfe / hatest thou not deth louest thou not delectacyō and pleasure / hatest not thou payne and sorowe Alas how vnhappy arte y● than whiche chosest the waye of synne / the waye of deth / y● waye of payne endlesse sorowe / and wylfully leuest y● waye of vertue whiche ledeth to ly●e Ioye and endlesse myrth with al y● herte can thynke or desyre consolacyon Thou rennes to bodely deth not only bodely wherby thy soule shall be departed frome thy body / but also the goostly syght of deth where thou shalt be for euer departed frome the face and clere vysyon of god whiche is y● lyfe to thy soule lyke as thy soule is lyfe to thy body / the paynes of fyre and the terryble syght of the deuylles shall not be so greuous vnto the / as the sondrynge frome thy lord god whiche full sure the thou shalte se hym in his glorye Wold not thou saye that suche a man were worthy sorowe and payne whiche wolde chose to go that way were it neuer so pleasaūt there he knewe certaynly / yf he contynued therin that he shal be taken with theues robbed and put to the moost bytterest payne of deth Then I counseyll the by tymes leue the waye of synne / for the ende therof is endlesse sorowe / and the pleasure y● cometh therof be it neuer so grete it shall hastly passe And yf thou come to that ende thou shalt take thy leue also true as god is true frome all pleasures without ende Our lorde of his grete mercy offred to the eternall pleasure for a shorte temporall payne suffred accordynge to the ordenaūce of his wyl / yf thou wylt refuse so grete a lucre for so lytel a payment than thou arte an vnhappy marchaunt Then yf thou wylt not folowe the wyll of god in suffrȳge of this payne / but wyll fulfyll thynowne wyll in takynge thy shorte synfull pleasures of this lyfe / arte not thou than worthy / by the ryghtwysenes of god to lose and be depryued of this perpetuall Ioye pleasure thou canst not resonably saye nay For thou that wylt refuse so inestymable a Ioye for so lytell a pryce / than thou settest lytell therby / in that thou dysablest thy self to haue it ¶ And of very equyte thou whiche wylfully and sȳfully forsakest ●●●●nal saluacyon / thou deseruest by the ryghtwysnesse of god to haue eternall payne and dampnacyon Then beholde vpon the ryght syde the mercy of god whiche is redy to gyue the perpetuall Ioye for a shorte vertuous payne And beholde vpon the lyfte hande the ryghtwysnesse of god whiche shall gyue the eternall payne for refusynge of eternal Ioye whiche thou forsokest for a shorte sȳful pleasur / thā beware what thou doost / he of his grete grace offereth the perpetuall Ioye And yf thou wylt so lyghtly refuse it / than he thryteth the with endelesse sorowe and payne that thou mayste not escape his handes / chose the now whether thou wylt for a lytel payne haue endelesse pleasure / or for a lytel symple solace haue endelesse paȳe and sorowe / and one thou muste nedes chose I counseyll the to take payne and leue pleasure / drawe the to the ryght hande that thou be not founde at the daye of dome amonge the damned people vpon the lyfte hande / leue vayne and synfull temporall Ioye for the ende therof is sorowe / yf thou lyuest after thy pselaunt desyres of thy flesshe it shall