Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	brethren_n	know_v	love_v	5,050	5	7.2282	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14003	The picture of a true protestant: or, Gods house and husbandry wherein is declared the duty and dignitie of all Gods children, both minister and people. Written by Thomas Tuke.	Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1609 (1609)	STC 24313; ESTC S102480	87,646	261

the Lord and he shall nourish thee The wicked that are strangers and enimies vnto his Church from the wombe he will surely punish He will breake their teeth and crack their iawes They shall melt like ice and cons●me like snailes He will carry them away as with a whirlewind in his wrath Thou O God shalt bring them downe into the pit of corruption the bloody and deceiptfull men shall not liue out halfe their daies Finally seeing we are Gods field building we are al taught to loue one another We are not two houses but one we are not two fields but one And therfore as one we ought to loue and embrace one another It were a prodigious sight to see one stone in a building to iustle with another We are as Liuing stones in Gods spirituall building let vs therefore by loue lie close by one another let vs not iustle one another If an house be deuided against it selfe how shall it stand We are Gods house houshold-seruants therefore we must not be diuided against our selues lest his house fall downe vpon our heads Diuision is a forerunner of destruction Therefore as one stone in a building beareth vp another somtimes a little one bearing a greater and sometime the greater bearing a lesser euen so let vs beare vp and beare with one another let vs not fly out of the wall let vs not stomacke enuy one another alwaies remembring that we are the stones of one building and all laid by one Maister-mason Corne in one field plants in one Orchard trees in one wood flowers in one garden and vines in one vineyard do grow together without molesting and hindring one another They stand together without discontentment they shroud and harbour one another We are the corne of Gods field the plants of his orchard the trees of his wood the flowers of his garden and the vines of his vineyard and therefore we should stand together without contempt discontentmēt we ought to shroud and shilter one another Now therefore as the elect of God holy and beloued put on the bowels of mercy kindnesse humility meekenesse long suffering Put away wrath anger malice cursing and hate not one another For he that hateth his brother is in darkenes But let vs loue one another for loue cōmeth of God and euery one that loueth is borne of God Wouldest thou know that thou art in the state of life Then loue thy brethren We know saith Iohn that we are translated from death to life because we loue the brethren he that loueth not his brother abideth in death Wouldest thou know that thou louest God Then loue the children of God For euery one which loueth him that did beget loueth him also which is begotten of him Wouldest thou abide in the true light Then loue thy brother For he that loueth his brother abideth in the light there is none occasion of euill in him Wouldest thou be like the Lord that did beget thee Then loue for God is loue Wouldest thou be obedient vnto God Thē loue thy neighbour for his commandement is that thou shouldest loue thy neighbor as thy selfe Finally wouldest thou shew thy selfe a true disciple of Christ thy Sauiour Then loue thy fellowes For by this shall all men know saith Christ that ye are my disciples if ye haue loue one vnto another Let vs therefore affect one another with true loue We are the sons of one father the children of one mother the tēple of one God the field of one husbandman the house of one inhabitant the branches of one vine the stones of one bilding and the plants of one field let vs therfore keepe peace with our selues embrace one another in the armes of amity So shall Gods house continue his throne shall endure his field shall prosper we our selues shall flourish our ioys shall be increased and our enimies shall be defeated of much aduantage Thus much concerning the instructions which arise out of the consideration of these two titles together It remaineth now to set downe those that may be gathered from thē being distinctly considered by themselues And of the former first CHAP. 4. We must keepe our selues wholly for God We must be content with his husbanding We must striue to be fruitfull in good things They are to be dispraised that are barren FIrst forsomuch as we are GODS field we must beware that we giue not our selues to any from him We are not our own to dispose of as we list our selues but his that hath bought vs and taken vs in for himselfe Let vs therefore take heed that we suffer not our selues to be sowne with corrupt seed to be set with the plants of wickednesse Let not the diuell sow the tares of wicked errours and filthy sinnes within thee Thou art Gods keepe thy selfe cleane and pure for God Secondly seeing we are Gods field let vs be content with his husbandnig of vs. The ground doth patiently beare the Plowman and his Plow the sower and his seed without the least resistance So let vs be content to beare with meekenesse Gods plough and his ploughmen his seed and sowers Let vs endure all things which he hath in his wisdome ordained to breake vs vp to make vs faire and fertile his Word his Sacraments his Ministers his Orders Let vs not repine and storme against them but subiect our selues and beare them meekely without resisstance Thirdly we are taught to be fruitful vnto God in faith loue repentance and obedience The good ground which receiueth good seed is very profitable to the owner sending forth plenty of fruit Euē so we being sowen with the good and wholesome seed of Gods word we ought to bring forth fruit aboundantly that our owner may haue a plentiful crop It is a cursed ground that receiues seed yet affoordeth either nothing or nought but weedes We are Gods field a●d therefore we should not be like the field of the sluggard that is ouergrowne with thornes nettles If a field be broken vp with the plough and if good seed be not sowen therein it will bring forth more store of weeds then if it had laine vnplowed So if the seeds of Christian vertues be not sowne in our heartes and fructify in our liues now that we haue ben broken vp with the plough of Gods word we shall more abound with the stinking weedes of wickednesse then if we had neuer felt that plough Let vs therefore looke to our selues and labour to be fruitfull in good thing Apply thine heart to instruction and thine eares to the words of knowledge He that followeth after righteousnesse and mercy shall find life righteousnesse and glory Now that we may be fruitfull we must performe these duties following First we must roote those sinfull weedes out of our hearts which oppresse and choke them Breake vp your fallow ground and sow not among the