Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	judgement_n	time_n	5,214	5	3.9408	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08405	The redemption of time:, or, A word to the wise; perswading and earnestly entreating them, as they tender the salvation of their souls to all eternity, to mind the time past, present, and to come, before it be too late; drawn from those pathetical words of Moses, O that men were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their later end. Deut. 32.29 / by R. B.	R. B.	1663 (1663)	Wing B169A; ESTC R224302	1,264	1

The Redemption of Time OR A WORD TO THE WISE Perswading and earnestly entreating them as they tender the Salvation of their Souls to all eternity to mind the time past present and to come before it be too late drawn from those pathetical words of Moses O that men were wise that they understood this that they would consider their later end Deut. 32.29 O that Men would Be wise in lamenting things past with sorrow viz. The evils they have committed against God in thought word and deed their neighbour in harming him in body soul fame substance themselves by sinning without fear proceeding without shame persevering without remorse The good they have omitted in rooting out vices rising out of nature frailty malice not getting vertue for to rule passions break evil customs overcome evil occasions not serving God as nature bound them grace moved them promise in baptism urged them The time they have lost then which nothing is more precious to gain heaven avoid hell lessen temporal pains slippery because time past is ended to come is not begun present is but a moment irrecoverable either by price power or prayer The death of Christ by his enemies cruelty because the man was innocent the manner unmerciful the malice excessive by his friends ungratefully because they either betrayed him denied him fled from him for his friends and enemies willingly to save them from hell to procure them grace to buy them heaven Understand things present with shame viz. the multitude of Gods benefits in soul by curing it from sin enduing it with grace helping it with Sacraments body by keeping it from infinite diseases from maims and deformities from want and necessities goods by substance children friends The vanity of the world whereof the pleasures are few short damnable miseries are infinite in number grievous in quality common in experience fruits are contempt of God carlesness of the soul final perdition Their frailty in sinning by reason of the flesh that followeth sense and appetite resisteth reason and grace betrayeth the soul devil whose malice is implacable deceits are infinite assaults continual world that ministereth occasions of sin oppressions of vertue cumbers of body and mind infancy is a dream without use of will memory understanding youth is a madness full of idle words roving thoughts disordered deeds manhood is a combate with evil customs of things past occasions of things present fear of danger and evil to come age is a sickness wherein the body languisheth senses fail judgment impaireth Provide for things to come with fear of The day of death then which nothing is more certain to sever us from the body cut us off from the world summon us before the judge uncertain in what manner in what state in what time and place bitter by reason of the pangs of the body the remorse of conscience the fear of damnation The appearance before the Judge whose wisdom is infallible for that it seeth into all places searcheth the hearts of all persons knoweth the course of all times justice is inflexible for that his mercy was refused injuries must be revenged enemies must be confounded presence is unavoidable for that Angels withold the Devils draw back no place will protect The danger of hell where the place is dark uneasie loathsome torments are infinite uncessant everlasting company consisteth of the devils the wicked the worm of conscience The loss of heaven where the place is delightsome ample glorious company is the Trinity the humanity of Christ all the Saints felicity is such as neither eye hath seen nor ear hath heard nor heart hath conceived By R. B. LONDON Printed for Tho. Clarke at the South-entrance of the Royal Exchange 1663.