Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	call_v	good_a	life_n	5,210	5	4.4180	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02906	[A tragedye or enterlude manyfestyng the chefe promyses of God unto man by all ages in the olde lawe from the fall of Adam to the incarnacyon of the lorde Iesus Christ. Compyled by Johan Bale ...]; Chief promises of God unto man	Bale, John, 1495-1563.	1547 (1547)	STC 1305; ESTC S109167	18,224	40

is soch a lyght as all men doth illumyne That euer were here or shall be after thys All the worlde he made by hys myghtye power deuyne And yet that rude worlde wyll not knowe what he is Hys owne he enterynge is not regarded of hys They that receyue hym are Gods true chyldren playne In sprete regenerate and all grace shall attayne Manye do recken that I Iohan Baptyst am he Deceyued are they and that wyll apere in space Though he come after yet was he longe afore me We are weake vessells he is the welle of grace Of hys great goodnesse all that we haue we purchace By hym are we lyke to haue a better increes Than euer we had by the lawe of Moses In Moses harde lawe we had not els but darkenes Fygure and shaddowe All was not els but nyght Ponnyshment for synne moch rygour payne and roughnes An hygh change is there where all is turned to lyght Grace and remyssyon anon wyll shyne full bryght Neuer man lyued that euer se God afore Whych now in our kynde mannys ruyne wyll restore Helpe me to geue thankes to that lorde euermore Whych am vnto Christ a cryars voyce in the desart To prepare the pathes and hygh wayes hym before For hys delyght is on the poore symple hart That innocent lambe from soch wyll neuer depart As wyll faythfullye receyue hym with good mynde Lete our voyce then sounde in some swete musycall kynde Resona tunc uoce Antiphonam incipit O clauis Dauid Quam prosequetur chorus cum organis ut prius Vel in Anglico sermone sic O perfyght keye of Dauid and hygh scepture of the kyndred of Iacob whych openest and no man speareth thu spearest and no man openeth come delyuer thy seruaunt 〈◊〉 kynde bounde in prison syttynge in the darkenesse of 〈◊〉 and bytter dampnacyon Baleus Prolocutor THe matters are soch that we haue vttered here As ought not to slyde from your memoryall For they haue opened soch confortable gere As is to the helthe of thys kynde vnyuersall Graces of the lorde and promyses lyberall Whych he hath geuen to man for euery age To knytt hym to Christ and so clere hym of bondage As Saynt Paule doth write vnto the Corinthes playne Our fore fathers were vndre the cloude of darkenes And vnto Christes dayes ded in the shaddowe remayne Yet were they not left for of hym they had promes All they receyued one spirytuall fedynge doubtles They dronke of the rocke whych them to lyfe refreshed For one sauynge helthe in Christ all they confessed In the womans sede was Adam first iustyfyed So was faytfull Noah so was iust Abraham The faythe in that sede in Moses fourth multyplyed Lyke wyse in Dauid and Esaye that after cam And in Iohan Baptyst whych shewed the very lame Though they se a farre yet all they had one iustyce One Masse as they call it and in Christ one sacryfyce A man can not here to Good do better seruyce Than on thys to grounde hys faythe and vnderstandynge For all the worldes synne alone Christ payed the pryce In hys onlye deathe was mannys lyfe alwayes restynge And not in wyll wor●● nor yet in mennys deseruynge The lyght of our faythe make thys thyng● euydent And not the practyse of other experiment Where is now fre wyll whom the hypocryte a comment Wherby they report they maye at their owne pleasure Do good of themselues though grace and fayth be absent And haue good intentes their madnesse with to measure The wyll of the fleshe is proued here small treasure And so is mannys wyll for the grace of God doth all More of thys matter conclude herafter we shall Thus endeth thys Tragedy or enterlude manyfestynge the chefe promyses of God vnto Man by all ages in the olde lawe from the fall of Adam to the incarnacyon of the lorde Iesus Christ. Compyled by Iohan Bale Anno domini M. D. XXXVIII

Baleus prolocutor IF profyght maye growe most Christē audyēce By knowlege of thynges whych are 〈…〉 And here for a tyme. Of moch more 〈…〉 Aduaūtage myght sprynge by the ser 〈…〉 ses heauenlye As those matters are that the Gospell specyfye Without whose knowledge no man to the truthe 〈…〉 Nor euer atteyne to the lyfe perpetuall For he that knoweth not the lyuynge God eter 〈…〉 The father the sonne and also the holye Ghost And what Christ suffered for redempcyon of vs all ▪ What he commaunded and taught in euery coost And what he forbode That man must nedes be lost And cleane secluded from the faythfull chosen sorte In the heauens aboue to hys most hygh dysconfo 〈…〉 Yow therfor good fryndes I louyngel 〈…〉 〈…〉 To waye soche matters as wyll be vttered h 〈…〉 Of whome ye maye lo●e to haue no tryfelin 〈…〉 In fantasyes fayned nor soche lyfe gaudying But the thynges that shall your inwarde stoma 〈…〉 To reioyce in God for your iustyfycacyon And alone in Christ to hope for your saluacyon Yea first ye shall haue the eternall generacyon Of Christ lyke as Iohan in hys first chapt●● wryght ▪ And consequentlye of man the first creacyon The abuse and fall through hys first ouersyght And the rayse agayne through Gods hygh grace myg 〈…〉 By promyses first whych shall be declared all Then by hys owne sonne the worker pryncypall After that Adam bywayleth here hys fall God wyll shewe mercye to euery generacyon And to hys kyngedome of hys great goodnesse call Hys elected spouse or faythfull congregacyon 〈…〉 shall apere by open protestacyon 〈…〉 from Christes birthe shall to hys deathe conclude 〈…〉 ne that therof wyll shewe the certytude Pater coelestis IN the begynnynge before the heauens were create In me and of me was my sonne sēmpyternall With the holy Ghost in one degre or estate Of the hygh Godhed to me the father coequall 〈…〉 hys my sonne was with me one God essencyall ●●●hout separacyon at any tyme from me 〈…〉 God he is of equall dignyte 〈…〉 the begynnynge my sonne hath euer be 〈…〉 s father in one essencyall beynge 〈…〉 e create by hym in yche degre 〈…〉 earthe and haue their dyuerse workynge 〈…〉 power was neuer made anye thynge 〈…〉 wrought But through hys ordynaunce 〈…〉 e hys strength and whole contynuaunce 〈…〉 hym is the lyfe and the iust recoueraunce 〈…〉 Adam and hys whych nought but deathe deserued And thys lyfe to men is an hygh perseueraunce Or a lyght of faythe wherby they shall be saued And thys lyght shall shyne amonge the people darkened With vnfaythfulnesse Yet shall they not with hym take ●ut of wyllfull hart hys lyberall grace forsa●e Whych wyll compell me agaynst man for to make In my dyspleasure And sende plages of coreccyon Most greuouse and sharpe hys wanton lustes to slake By water and fyre by syckenesse and infeccyon Of pestylent sores molestynge hys compleccyon By troublouse warre by derthe and peynefull fearsenesse And after thys lyfe by an extreme heauynesse I well first begynne with Adam for hys lewdenesse Whych for an apple neglected my commaundement He shall contynue in laboure for hys rashenesse Hys onlye sweate shall prouyde hys food and rayment Yea yet must he haue a greatter ponnyshment Most terryble deathe shall brynge hym to hys ende To teache hym how he hys lorde God shall offende Hic praeceps in terram cadit Adamus ac post quartum uersum denuo resurgit Adam primus homo Mercyfull father thy pytiefull grace extende To me carefull wretche whych haue me sore abused Thy precept breakynge O lorde I mynde to amende If thy great goodnesse wolde now haue me excused Most heauenlye maker lete me not be refused Nor tast from thy syght for one pore synnefull cr 〈…〉 Alas I am frayle my whole kynde ys but slyme ▪ Pater coelestis I wott it is so yet art thu no lesse faultye Thā thu haddyst bene made of matter moch more worthye I gaue the reason and wytte to vnderstande The good from the euyll And not to take on hande Of a braynelesse mynde the thynge whych I forbad the. Adam primus homo Soch heauye fortune hath chefelye chaunced me For that I was left to myne owne lyberte Pater coelestis Then thu art blamelesse and the faulte thu layest to me Adam primus homo Naye all I ascribe to my owne imbecyllyte No faulte in the lorde but in my infirmyte And want of respect in soche gyftes as thu gauest me Pater coelestis For that I put the at thyne owne lyberte Thu oughtest my goodnesse to haue in more regarde Adam primus homo Auoyde it I can not thu layest it to me so harde Lorde now I perceyue what power is in man And strength of hymselfe whan thy swete grace is absent He must nedes but fall do he the best he can And daunger hymselfe as ap●reth euydent For I synned not so longe as thu wert present But whan thu wert gone I fell to synne by and by And the dyspleased Good lorde I axe the mercy Pater coelestis Thu shalt dye for it with all thy posteryte Adam primus homo 〈…〉 faulte good lorde auenge not thy self on me 〈…〉 but a worme or a fleshelye vanyte Pater coelestis I saye thu shalt dye with thy whole posteryte Adam primus homo Yet mercy swete lorde yf anye mercy maye be Pater coelestis I am immutable I maye change no decre Thu shalt dye I saye without anye remedye Adam primus homo Yet gracyouse father extende to me thy mercye And throwe not awaye the worke whych thu hast create To thyne owne Image But auert from me thy hate Pater coelestis But art thu sorye from bottom of thy hart Adam primus homo Thy dyspleasure is to me most heauye smart Pater coelestit Than wyll I tell the what thu shalt stycke vnto Lyfe to recouer and my good fauer also Adam primus homo Tell it me swete lorde that I maye therafter go Pater coelestis Thys ys my couenaunt to the and all thy ofsprynge For that thu hast bene deceyued by the serpent I wyll put hatred betwixt hym for hys doynge And the woman kynde They shall herafter dyssent Hys sede with her sede shall neuer haue agrement ▪ Her sede shall presse downe hys heade vnto the grounde Slee hys suggestyons and hys whole power confounde Cleaue to thys promyse with all thy inwarde powre Fyrmelye enclose it in thy remembraunce fast Folde it in thy faythe with full hope daye and houre And thy saluacyon it wyll be at the last That sede shall clere the of all thy wyckednesse past And procure thy peace with most hygh grace in my syghe Se thu trust to it and holde not the matter lyght Adam primus homo Swete lorde the promyse that thy self here hath made me Of thy mere goodnesse and not of my deseruynge In my faythe I trust shall so establyshed be By helpe of thy grace