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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	child_n	life_n	sin_n	5,404	5	4.5049	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68914	Iuuenilia. A collection of those poemes which were heretofore imprinted, and written by George wither	Wither, George, 1588-1667.; Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630, engraver.	1622 (1622)	STC 25911; ESTC S120366	76,243	209

doubts haue beene in vaine And that thou mean'st yet to returne againe It saies thy absence from some cause did grow Which or I should not or I could not know It tels me now that all those proofes whereby I seem'd assur'd of thy disloyalty May be but treacherous plots of some base foes That in thy absence sought our ouerthrowes Which if it proue as yet me thinkes it may Oh what a burden shall I cast away What cares shall I say by and to what height Towre in my new ascension to delight Sure er'e the full of it I come to try I shall eu'n surfet in my ioy and die But such a losse might well be call'd a thriuing Since more is got by dying so then liuing Come kill me then my deare if thou thinke fit With that which neuer killed woman yet Or write to me before so shalt thou giue Content more moderate that I may liue And when I see my staffe of trust vnbroken I will vnspeake againe what is mis-spoken What I haue written in dispraise of Men I will recant and praife as much agen In recompence I le adde vnto their Stories Encomiasticke lines to ymp their glories And for those wrongs my loue to thee hath done Both I and it vnto thy Pitty runne In whom if the least guilt thou finde to be For euer let thine armes imprison me Meane while I 'le try if misery will spare Me so much respite to take truce with care And patiently await the doubtfull doome Which I expect from thee should shortly come Much longing that I one way may be sped And not still linger 'twixt aliue and dead For I can neither liue yet as I should Because I least enioy of that I would Nor quiet die because indeed I first Would see some better daies or know the worst Then hasten Deare if to my end it be It shall be welcome cause it comes from thee If to renew my Comfort ought be sent Let me not loose a minute of Content The precious Time is short and will away Let vs enioy each other while we may Cares thriue Age creepeth on Men are but shades Ioyes lessen Youth decaies and Beauty fades New turnes come on the old returneth neuer If we let our goe past 't is past for euer FINIS A Metricall Paraphrase vpon the CREEDE SInce it befits that I account should giue What way vnto saluation I beleeue Of my profession here the summe I gather First I confesse a Faith in God the Father In God who without Helper or Pertaker Was of himselfe the Worlds Almighty Maker And first gaue Time his being who gaue birth To all the Creatures both of Heauen and Earth Our euerlasting wel-fare doth consist In his great mercies and in Iesus Christ The second person of that Three in one The Father's equall and his onely Sonne That euer-blessed and incarnate Word Which our Redeemer is our life Our Lord. For when by Sathans guile we were deceiued Christ was that meanes of helpe which was conceiued Yea when we were in danger to be lost Conceiued for Vs by the Holy Ghost And that we might not euer be for-lorne For our eternall safety he was Borne Borne as a Man that Man might not miseary Euen of the substance of the Virgin Mary And loe a greater mercy and a wonder He that can make All suffer suffered vnder The Iewish spite which all the world reuile at And Romish tyrannies of Pontius Pilate In him doe I beleeue who was enuied Who with extreamest hate was Crucified Who being Life it selfe to make assured Our soules of safety was both dead and buried And that no seruile feare in vs might dwell To conquere Hee descended into Hell Where no infernall Power had power to lay Command vpon him but on the third day The force of Death and Hell he did constraine And so in Triumph He arose againe Yea the Almighty power aduanc'd his head Aswell aboue all things as from the dead Then that from thence gifts might to men be giuen With glory Hee ascended into Heauen Where that supreame and euerlasting throne Which was prepar'd he climb'd and sitteth on That blessed seate where he shall make abode To plead for vs at the right hand of God And no where should he be enthroned rather Then there for he is God as is the Father And therefore with an equall loue delight I To praise and serue them both as one Almighty ●et in their office there 's a difference And I beleeue that Iesus Christ from thence Shall in the great and vniuersall doome Returne and that with Angels He shall come To question such as at his Empire grudge Euen those who haue presumed him to iudge And that blacke day shall be so Catholicke As I beleeue not onely that the quicke To that assise shall all be summoned But he will both adiudge them and the dead Moreouer in the Godhead I conceiue Another Person in whom I beleeue For all my hope of blessednesse were lost If I beleeu'd not in the holy Ghost And though vaine Schismatickes through pride folly Contemne her power I doe beleeue the holy Chast Spouse of Christ for whom so many search By markes vncertaine the true Cath'like Church I doe beleeue God keepe vs in this vnion That there shall be for euer the Communion Of Gods Elect and that he still acquaints His Children in the fellowship of Saints Though damned be Mans naturall condition By grace in Christ I looke for the remission Of all my foule misdeeds for there begins Deaths end which is the punishment of sinnes Moreouer I the Sadduces infection Abhorre and doe beleeue the Resurrection Yea though I turne to dust yet through God I Expect a glorious rising of the body And that exempted from the cares here rise I shall enioy perfection and the life That is not subiect vnto change or wasting But euer blessed and for euerlasting This is my Faith which that it faile not when It most should steed me let God say Amen A Metricall Paraphase vpon the Lords Prayer To whom that he so much vouchsafe me may Thus as a member of his Church I pray LOrd at thy Mercy-seat ourselues we gather To doe our duties vnto thee Our Father To whom all praise al honor should be giuen For thou art that great God which art in heauē Thou by thy wisdome rul'st the worlds whole frame For euer therefore Hallowed be thy Name Let neuer more delayes diuide vs from Thy glories view but let Thy Kingdome come Let thy commands opposed be by none But thy good pleasure and Thy will be done And let our promptnesse to obey be euen The very same in earth as 't is in heauen Then for our selues O Lord we also pray Thou wouldst be pleased to Giue vs this day That food of life wherewith our soules are fed Contented raiment and our daily bread With eu'ry needfull thing doe thou relieue vs And of thy mercy pitty And forgiue vs All our misdeeds in him whom thou didst please To take in offering for our trespasses And for as much O Lord as we beleeue Thou so wilt pardon vs as we forgiue Let that loue teach vs wherewith thou acquaints vs To pardon all them that trespasse against vs. And though sometime thou findst we haue forgot This Loue or thee yet helpe And leade vs not Through Soule or bodies want to desperation Nor let abundance driue into temptation Let not the soule of any true Beleeuer Fall in the time of tryall But deliuer Yea saue him from the malice of the Diuell And both in life and death keepe vs from euill Thus pray we Lord And but of thee from whom Can this be had For thine is the Kingdome The world is of thy workes the grauen story To thee belongs the power and the glory And this thy happinesse hath ending neuer But shall remaine for euer and for euer This we confesse and will confesse agen Till we shall say eternally Amen Thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house and vpon thy Gates Deut. 6. 9. FINIS * ●ere re●ers and ●ibes the Winter 〈◊〉 was so ●…ing 〈…〉 The reason of the 〈◊〉 Winter 〈◊〉 cause of all 〈◊〉 dangers as 〈◊〉 during 〈◊〉 distempera●… of the ayre He noteth the most 〈◊〉 alteration of 〈◊〉 weather a 〈◊〉 before these Nuptials The 〈…〉 preparation 〈◊〉 this 〈◊〉 the state wh●●… of ●is here ●●…gorically 〈◊〉 * Meaning the 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 of 〈…〉 on 〈◊〉 water which 〈◊〉 most 〈…〉 〈…〉 workes 〈…〉 a He declares what vs● is to be made of these showes and triumphes and wha● meditations the minde may be occupied about when 〈◊〉 behold them * Fire-workes The Marriage being on S. Valentines day the Author showes it by beginning with the salutation of a supposed Valentine a 〈◊〉 b Wales a Tyber 〈◊〉 the Ri●er which 〈…〉 Rome b White-●all Semel in anno ridet Apol. a Abuses stript and whipt He noteth the mildnesse of the winter which excepting that the beginning was very windy was as temperate as the spring Moft men 〈◊〉 of opinion ●hat this ●ay euery ●ird doth ●huse her ●ate for 〈◊〉 yeer a By these he means the two Masques one of them being presented by the Lords the other by the Gentry * Hopes See Pro. 30. 8. 9.