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	life_n	world_n	4,984	5	4.5135	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59652	Moral vertues baptized Christian, or, The necessity of morality among Christians by William Shelton, M.A., late fellow of Jesus Colledge in Cambridge, and now vicar of Bursted Magna in Essex.	Shelton, William, d. 1699.	1667 (1667)	Wing S3099; ESTC R37384	107,365	208

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o door_n be_v open_a for_o any_o man_n to_o go_v out_o of_o the_o alibi_fw-la disser_fw-fr lat_fw-la cap._n 9_o alibi_fw-la lib._n 5._o 8._o 29._o alibi_fw-la world_n when_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o it_o and_o antoninus_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v the_o valour_n of_o the_o heathen_n which_o we_o may_v not_o imitate_v because_o it_o be_v cowardliness_n nickname_v sect._n 3_o if_o we_o proceed_v to_o another_o sort_n of_o man_n we_o shall_v find_v a_o unnatural_a sin_n among_o the_o platonist_n at_o least_o as_o some_o understand_v it_o tolerate_a and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d allow_v which_o the_o apostle_n severe_o reprove_v the_o man_n leave_v the_o natural_a use_n of_o the_o woman_n 27._o rom_n 1._o 27._o burn_v in_o lust_n one_o towards_o another_o man_n with_o man_n or_o male_n with_o male_n a_o sin_n which_o socrates_n himself_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v be_v guilty_a of_o towards_o alcibiades_n so_o diogenes_n laertius_n report_v socratis_n diog._n in_o vitâ_fw-la socratis_n it_o from_o another_o author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o probable_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o that_o verse_n in_o juvenal_n inter_fw-la 2._o sat._n 2._o socratico_v notissima_fw-la fossa_fw-la cinedos_n i_o shall_v be_v immodest_a to_o give_v a_o plain_a translation_n of_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d word_n sure_a plato_n speak_v very_o broad_o in_o one_o of_o his_o dialogue_n and_o bring_v in_o a_o story_n between_o socrates_n and_o alcibiades_n to_o confirm_v what_o be_v before_o say_v of_o socrates_n concern_v which_o discourse_n although_o fjoinus_n make_v a_o mystical_a interpretation_n in_o his_o commentary_n and_o quote_v a_o passage_n in_o plato_n in_o another_o place_n which_o seem_v to_o detest_v this_o wickedness_n in_o the_o sum_n he_o give_v of_o the_o dialogue_n yet_o in_o that_o same_o place_n he_o confess_v quod_fw-la autem_fw-la tam_fw-la crebram_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d injiciat_fw-la mentionem_fw-la abominanda_fw-la est_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la audaci●_n nisi_fw-la eo_fw-la consilio_fw-la id_fw-la fecisset_fw-la ut_fw-la eam_fw-la detestandam_fw-la esse_fw-la hominibus_fw-la suis_fw-la voluisset_fw-la demonstrare_fw-la but_o there_o needs_o abundance_n of_o charity_n to_o make_v a_o man_n believe_v he_o have_v this_o end_n now_o be_v this_o only_a plato_n opinion_n it_o may_v be_v the_o less_o charge_v upon_o other_o man_n but_o it_o seem_v it_o do_v so_o general_o obtain_v among_o the_o platonist_n that_o so_o grave_a and_o sober_a a_o man_n as_o plutarch_n who_o live_v at_o the_o least_o four_o hundred_o helvicum_n v._o helvicum_n year_n after_o plato_n be_v in_o a_o great_a doubt_n whether_o to_o affirm_v or_o deny_v the_o lawfulness_n of_o this_o fact_n i_o do_v not_o remember_v such_o a_o doubtful_a passage_n xyl._n plut._n de_fw-fr liberis_fw-la educand_a p_o 11._o xyl._n 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unrighteousness_n of_o man_n unrighteous_a immoral_a wicked_a man_n shall_v suffer_v for_o their_o fault_n and_o how_o then_o can_v it_o be_v safe_a for_o they_o to_o die_v sect._n 5_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v its_o own_o evidence_n that_o they_o who_o thus_o live_v and_o die_v in_o enmity_n to_o god_n without_o be_v reconcile_v to_o he_o it_o can_v be_v but_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v miserable_a after_o death_n indeed_o these_o two_o thing_n must_v be_v suppose_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n and_o that_o our_o soul_n be_v immortal_a which_o atheist_n will_v expect_v shall_v be_v prove_v before_o they_o will_v yield_v i_o think_v i_o shall_v too_o far_o digress_v if_o i_o shall_v undertake_v to_o prove_v these_o which_o i_o shall_v the_o less_o need_n to_o do_v because_o they_o be_v so_o frequent_o and_o successful_o undertake_v by_o other_o there_o may_v be_v the_o same_o reason_n for_o this_o as_o for_o the_o former_a head_n about_o the_o possibility_n of_o these_o thing_n they_o be_v the_o same_o person_n who_o deny_v both_o i_o take_v that_o in_o because_o it_o may_v be_v dispatch_v in_o few_o word_n but_o the_o existence_n of_o a_o deity_n and_o the_o soul_n immortality_n can_v be_v prove_v convince_o to_o reason_n without_o a_o large_a discourse_n upon_o they_o wherefore_o in_o hope_n that_o this_o treatise_n will_v find_v all_o those_o it_o meet_v with_o ready_a to_o yield_v both_o these_o then_o suppose_v they_o it_o can_v be_v but_o wicked_a man_n who_o be_v enemy_n to_o god_n while_o they_o live_v and_o die_v in_o the_o same_o state_n must_v needs_o be_v desert_v of_o god_n &_o separate_v from_o he_o after_o death_n if_o god_n be_v not_o infinite_o holy_a and_o pure_a he_o can_v be_v god_n his_o nature_n be_v absolute_o perfect_a it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o god_n must_v infinite_o abhor_v sin_n and_o sinner_n for_o sin_n where_o it_o be_v not_o purge_v away_o as_o it_o be_v not_o in_o these_o man_n now_o how_o can_v it_o stand_v to_o 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may_v be_v fear_v it_o be_v one_o reason_n why_o the_o heathen_n do_v so_o allow_v themselves_o in_o all_o manner_n of_o wickedness_n and_o vice_n because_o they_o have_v god_n to_o be_v their_o patron_n who_o their_o fable_n report_v to_o have_v practise_v the_o same_o thing_n but_o the_o lord_n be_v our_o god_n the_o lord_n who_o name_n be_v holy_a and_o reverend_a and_o 111_o psal_n 111_o holiness_n be_v his_o nature_n and_o it_o may_v be_v it_o will_v not_o be_v a_o great_a sin_n to_o say_v there_o be_v no_o god_n at_o all_o then_o to_o say_v there_o be_v such_o a_o god_n as_o the_o poet_n speak_v of_o yea_o and_o the_o more_o sober_a heathen_n be_v of_o this_o mind_n plutarch_n for_o himself_o affirm_v as_o much_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xyland_n de_fw-fr superstitione_n p._n 169._o xyland_n etc._n etc._n what_o say_v you_o he_o that_o believe_v there_o be_v no_o god_n be_v he_o not_o wicked_a but_o he_o that_o believe_v there_o be_v such_o a_o god_n as_o superstitious_a man_n fancy_v he_o to_o be_v be_v he_o not_o much_o more_o wicked_a for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o have_v rather_o man_n shall_v say_v there_o be_v never_o such_o a_o man_n as_o plutarch_n then_o that_o they_o shall_v say_v plutarch_n be_v a_o inconstant_a passionate_a revengeful_a man_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v very_o dishonourable_a to_o god_n to_o think_v he_o any_o thing_n less_o than_o infinite_o and_o perfect_o holy_a and_o then_o what_o must_v become_v of_o those_o man_n who_o be_v as_o unlike_a to_o god_n as_o the_o devil_n be_v or_o their_o nature_n be_v capable_a of_o they_o must_v look_v to_o be_v separate_v from_o god_n as_o the_o devil_n be_v they_o must_v keep_v company_n with_o their_o own_o kindred_n and_o ally_n sin_n marry_v the_o soul_n to_o the_o devil_n and_o his_o company_n and_o his_o torment_n be_v the_o portion_n of_o a_o sinner_n wherefore_o woe_n be_v to_o the_o wicked_a it_o shall_v be_v ill_a with_o 3._o isa_n 3._o he_o for_o the_o reward_n of_o his_o hand_n shall_v be_v give_v he_o and_o man_n of_o loose_a profane_a debauch_a vicious_a life_n be_v wicked_a man_n who_o misery_n that_o wait_v for_o they_o in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v will_v express_v and_o enforce_v this_o argument_n with_o great_a horror_n than_o they_o be_v now_o aware_a of_o then_o will_v it_o be_v prove_v that_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o live_v honest_o and_o virtuous_o because_o they_o that_o live_v otherwise_o be_v miserable_a when_o they_o die_v which_o be_v the_o second_o instance_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o moral_a virtue_n as_o that_o our_o life_n may_v be_v good_a so_o that_o our_o death_n may_v be_v safe_a chap._n vi_o sect._n 1_o end_n 3_o there_o be_v a_o necessity_n of_o moral_a virtue_n that_o both_o life_n and_o death_n may_v be_v comfortable_a what_o the_o world_n will_v be_v without_o light_n that_o be_v our_o life_n without_o comfort_n light_n be_v gladness_n and_o therefore_o it_o will_v be_v a_o melancholy_a world_n if_o we_o be_v all_o benight_a and_o left_a to_o grope_v in_o the_o dark_a and_o gladness_n be_v light_a the_o jew_n have_v light_a and_o gladness_n and_o joy_n we_o 8._o 〈◊〉_d 8._o shall_v soon_o be_v weary_a of_o our_o life_n if_o we_o be_v debar_v of_o all_o the_o comfort_n and_o pleasure_n of_o life_n but_o the_o question_n be_v where_o be_v the_o palace_n of_o pleasure_n and_o which_o be_v the_o path_n that_o lead_v to_o it_o where_o do_v hearts-ease_n and_o comfort_n grow_v how_o may_v we_o come_v to_o live_v in_o pleasure_n and_o to_o die_v with_o joy_n sure_o there_o be_v a_o way_n that_o seem_v right_a unto_o a_o man_n but_o the_o end_n thereof_o be_v 14._o prov._n 14._o the_o way_n of_o death_n so_o be_v the_o way_n of_o wickedness_n and_o vice_n in_o point_n of_o comfort_n as_o well_o as_o safety_n and_o if_o ever_o we_o hope_v for_o comfort_n and_o joy_n whether_o live_v or_o die_v we_o must_v apply_v those_o word_n to_o this_o case_n enter_v not_o into_o the_o path_n of_o the_o wicked_a and_o go_v not_o in_o the_o way_n of_o evil_a man_n ●_o prov._n ●_o avoid_v it_o pass_v not_o by_o it_o turn_v from_o it_o and_o pass_v away_o and_o the_o reason_n add_v afterward_o be_v not_o impertinent_a the_o path_n of_o the_o just_a be_v as_o the_o shine_a light_n that_o shine_v more_o and_o more_o unto_o a_o perfect_a day_n the_o way_n of_o the_o wicked_a be_v as_o darkness_n they_o know_v not_o at_o what_o they_o stumble_v and_o for_o the_o proof_n of_o this_o i_o offer_v two_o thing_n there_o be_v no_o considerable_a comfort_n to_o be_v have_v in_o or_o from_o a_o wicked_a immoral_a life_n but_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o virtue_n there_o be_v pleasure_n and_o comfort_n and_o peace_n and_o that_o in_o abundant_a measure_n sect._n 2_o so_o long_o as_o a_o man_n continue_v wicked_a he_o can_v expect_v no_o considerable_a comfort_n in_o that_o state_n i_o say_v no_o considerable_a comfort_n because_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o these_o man_n presume_v and_o boast_v that_o they_o live_v the_o most_o merry_a and_o jovial_a 21._o job_n 21._o life_n they_o take_v the_o timbrel_n and_o harp_n and_o rejoice_v at_o the_o sound_n of_o the_o organ_n they_o spend_v their_o day_n in_o wealth_n or_o proper_o in_o good_a they_o good_a themselves_o in_o the_o pleasure_n of_o sense_n have_v not_o belshazzar_n a_o merry_a bout_n as_o the_o phrase_n sometime_o 5._o dan._n 5._o be_v and_o have_v not_o the_o generation_n of_o drunkard_n still_o the_o same_o that_o count_v it_o pleasure_n to_o riot_n in_o the_o day_n time_n yea_o their_o pleasure_n be_v 2._o 2_o pet._n 2._o too_o great_a to_o be_v confine_v to_o a_o day_n instead_o of_o 119._o psa_fw-la 119._o rise_v at_o midnight_n