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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	dead_a	die_v	4,346	5	5.5733	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12430	Two sermons, of Ionahs punishment ; Foure sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith ; and published by a more perfect copie then heretofore.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1607 (1607)	STC 22751; STC 22754; ESTC S514	75,287	114

doe the worke of a Magistrate hee which is a Iudge should doe the worke of a Iudge hee which is a Captaine should doe the worke of a Captaine he which is a minister should doe the worke of a minister as when Noah was called an husbandman hee did the worke of an husbandman This contempt of the country doth threaten danger to the land as much as any thing else in our dayes vnlesse their burthen bee eased and their estimation qualified in some part to their paines Thinking that you haue not heard of this theame before seeing the words of my text did lye for it thus much I haue spoken to put you in mind how easily you liue in respect of them and to rectifie our minds towards our poore brethren which in deed seeme too base in our eyes and are scorned for their labours as much as wee should be for our idlenesse Then saith Moses Noah hegan to bee an husbandman In that itis here said that Noah began it doth not disprooue that hee gaue not himselfe to husbandrie before but it importeth that Noah began to set vp husbandry againe after the flood before any other so this good man recomforted with the experience of Gods fauour which had exempted him and his seed out of all the world and reioycing to see the face of the earth againe after the waters were gone though an old man and weaker then he was yet hee returned to his labour a fresh and scorned not to till and plant for all his possessions as though hee were an husbandman such a lowlines is all wayes ioyned with the feare of God that they that are humbled with religion doe not thinke themselues too good to doe any good thing Heere note by the way that none of Noahs sonnes are said to begin this worke but Noah himselfe the olde man the hoary head and carefull father begins to teach the rest and shewes his sonnes the way how they should prouide for their sonnes and how all the world after should labour and trauell till they returne to dust so the olde man whome age dispenceth withall to take his ease is more willing to prouide for the wants of his children then they are which are bound to labour for themselues and their parents too as the Storke doth feede the dam when shee is olde because the dam fedde her when shee was young What a shame is this to Shem and Iapheth that is to vs which are young and strong that the father should bee called a labourer when the sonnes stand by Now the ground was barren because of the flood and could not bring foorth fruit of it selfe because of the curse therefore it pittied Noah to see the desolation and barrennes and slime vpon the face of the earth which hee had seene so glorious and sweete fertile with all maner of hearbes and fruits and flowers before Therefore hee setteth himselfe to manure it which waited for nothing now but a painfull labourer to till and dresse it that it might bring forth delights and profits for sinfull man as it did before By this wee may learne to vse all meanes for the obtayning of Gods blessings and not to lose any thing which wee might haue or saue for want of paines for that is sinne as Salomon noteth in the 24. of the Prouerbs when hee reproueth the slouthfull husbandman because his fielde brought forth nettles and thistles in stead of grapes not because the ground would not beare grapes but because the slouthfull man would not set them Shall God commaund the earth and all his creatures to increase for vs and shall not wee further their increase for ourselues As wee increase and multiply our selues so wee are bound to ioyne hand and helpe that all creatures may increase and multiply too or else the fathers should eate the childrens portion and in time there would bee nothing left for them that come after this regard Noah seemeth to haue vnto his posteritie and therefore hee gaue himselfe vnto husbandry which is commended in him vnto this day and shall bee recorded of him so long as this booke is read whereby wee are warned that hee which liueth onely to himselfe is not to bee remembred of them which liue after But as Dauid cared how the realme should bee gouerned after his death as well as hee did during his life so though we die and depart this world yet wee should leaue that example or those bookes or those workes behind vs which may profit the Church and Common wealth when wee are dead and buried as much as wee did when wee liued among them Euen as Noah planted a vineyard not for himselfe but for the ages to come after Some doe thinke that Noah planted the first vineyard and drunke the first wine and that there was no vse of grapes before which opinion they are led vnto that they might excuse Noah and mitigate his fault if he did sup too deepe of that cup the strength and operation whereof was not knowne vnto him nor vnto any man before But it is not like that the excellent liquor and wholsome iuice of the Grape did lye hid from the world so many hundred yeares and no doubt but there were vines from the beginning created with other trees for how could Noah plant a vineyard vnlesse hee had slips of other vines or graps that grew before seeing hee did not create fruits but plant fruites as wee doe For this is principally to be noted that so soone as hee had opportunitie to doe good hee omitted no time but presently after the flood was gone and that the earth began to drie hee plied it with seedes and wrought it till hee saw the sruites of his labour By this wee learne to omit no occasion to doe good but whensoeuer wee may doe good to count it sinne if we doe it not But if wee be so exercised then all our works shall prosper like the vineyard of Noah because the fruit of the vine doth cheare the countenance and glad the heart of man Therefore some haue gathered vpon the planting of this vineyard a signification of gladnesse and thankfulnesse in Noah for his late deliuerance as the Iewes by their solemne feastes did celebrate the memoriall of some great benefit but I rather iudge that God would haue vs see in this example what men did in those dayes and how wee are degenerare from our parents that wee may prepare against the fire as Noah prepared against the water This is worthy to bee noted too that GOD did not so regard his husbandrie but that hee had an eye to his drunkennesse and speakes of his faulte as well as his vertue whereby wee are warned that though God blesse vs now while wee remember him yet hee will chasten vs so soone as wee forget him though wee bee in a good name now infamy will rise in an houre though wee bee rich at this present pouertie may come presently though wee bee whole while