Linguistic DNA - Concept Modelling Demonstrator

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	day_n	life_n	put_v	4,782	5	4.7946	4	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12529	Noahs doue, or Tydings of peace to the godly A comfortable sermon preached at a funerall. By Samuel Smith minister of Gods word at Prittlewel in Essex.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1619 (1619)	STC 22851; ESTC S110828	14,797	60

with Balaam die the death of the righteous but they will neuer yeelde consent to liue the life of the righteous they would faine act the parte of the godly in their death that by no meanes care for their spirit in life Oh how is these mens madnes to be mourned for and their ignorance and obstinacy to bee pittied poore soules they deceiue themselues This will neuer be men cannot liue like sinners and die like Saints They that sow to the flesh Gal. 6.6 shall of the flesh reape corruption Were it not madnesse in a man that after hee hath sowed cockle and darnell in his fielde at Haruest time to thinke hee shall reape good wheate euâ—â—y man would condemne this man of madnes exterme folly Oh my brethren let vs take heed we proue not such fooles one day Be not deceiued God is not mocked Whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall hee reape Doest thou goe on in thy sinnes in thy prophane course of vncleanenesse drunkennesse swearing Sabaoth-breaking c. and yet thinkest to die in peace this is altogether impossible I will say to thee as sometimes Iehu sayd to the messengers of Iehoram 2. Reg. 9.22 What hast thou to doe with peace so long as the whoredomes of thy mother Iezabel remaine So what peace can there bee at thy death so long as thy whoredomes remaine thy drunkennesse vsury oppression remaine it is grace in life that hath the promise of peace in death Vse 2 The second vse is for matter of instruction vnto the Godly that they bee not wearie of well doing for in due time they shall reap if they faint not Let not the godly bee discouraged in their worke in Gods vineyard what though they beare the heate burthen of the day the euening commeth when they shall rest the Lords penny this peace at last will make amends for all and then wee shall see and confesse with the Apostle that these light and momentary afflictions here are not worthie of such a recompence of rewarde Looke still to the end of wel-doing Iam. 5.7 peace at last this shall be thy portion In the meane time doe as the husband man doth waite for the pretious fruite and haue long patience Thy labour shall not be in vaine in the Lord after all the boysterous stormes in this life wrestling against sinne Sathan and thy owne corruptions here is Gods promise gone out of his lips that can no more fayle then himselfe cease to be true Thou shalt haue peace at last Thirdly seeing the Lord hath Vse 3 promised peace vnto his seruants at last that a good life brings with it euer a good death Hence wee learne what to conceiue of the despairing wordes of Gods seruants in time of some sore assault and temptation when the waters enter into their soule that God hath forsaken them and that he hath forgotten to be gracious that hee hath shut his louing kindnesse in displeasure that God hath no mercy in store for them and the like Namely that these are but words of distemper not of reason of iudgement for will God cast away his people Rom. 11.1 God forbid Such may be the nature of the disease that fuming vp into the braine may cause such a distemper for the time present But mans changeable tongue can neuer alter Gods decree which is vnchangeable he hath sayd it Rom. 3.3 That the end of the vpright and iust man shall bee peace at last and who shall hinder it shall Sathan lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen when God doth iustifie any no no wee are more then conquerours thorough him that loued vs therefore let vs learne to iudge aright of our brethren in their deathes and let not our iudgement bee weakened or charity faile when they are put to cry out as before but looke we vpon their liues if they appeare to haue beene godly and religious and that they haue made conscience of holy duties remember we euer the Lords promise The latter end of that man shall be peace The last thing wee are to take notice of from the authority of this Scripture is that if peace bee promised of the Lord vnto the vpright iust man The end of that man shall be peace Then on the contrary Wicked men can haue no peace in death there Doct. 5 is peace to the wicked whose liues haue beene gracelesse their deathes haue beene comfortlesse what though the wicked flourish in this world waxe olde and growe in wealth Iob. 21.8.9 what though their houses be peaceable and without feare and the rod of God is not vpon them what though they spend their dayes in pleasure they shall suddenly to hell saith Iob There is no peace to the wicked Esa 48 2â— saith my God The Doctrine then will bee cleare That wicked men in death can haue no peace Those that in the time of their life haue had no care or conscience to gette grace into their soules when sicknesse comes and death approacheth must needs be voyd of all true comfort Salomon hath excellent sayings to prooue this Doctrine Pro. 11.7 When a wicked man dieth saith hee his expectation perisheth the hope of his power shall perish And Iob hath a saying to the same purpose Iob. 27.8 What hope hath the hypocrite though he hath heaped vp riches when God taketh away his soule meaning thereby indeed that he hath no hope left him What ioy then can be there in a wicked mans prosperity what comfort can there bee in such a peace as hath ruine destruction attending vpon it Dan. â— What ioy had Belshatzar in his banquet when in the midst of his cups hee beheld the hand writing vpon the wall contayning in it the sentence of his finall downfall His thoughts were troubled saith the Text his ioynts were loosed and his knees smot one against another his coÌ„pany could not comfort him nor his dainty dishes refresh him when his conscience is vp in armes against him Luk. â—2 42 The rich man in the Gospell was very ioyfull and gloried in his plentie promised much peace to his soule but wee see how suddenly this glory of his is damped with this newes This night they will fetch thy soule from thee No heauier newes could come to him that had his portion in this life then to tell him of fetching away his soule I might lay here before your eyes a multitude of examples Had Saul peace had Ahab peace had Iesabel peace had Iudas peace There is no peace vnto the wicked Take all the pleasantest delicates that the earth may affoord and offer them to a condemned wretch going to execution will he glut himselfe with them and fall to them with an hungry appetite No no hee will answer thee I can take no delight in these things for I perceiue that present death waiteth for mee So euen so is it with a wicked man and so shall it be

with him in the last dayes though his barnes bee full and his presses run ouer though hee can number his Oxen by thousands and his Sheepe by ten thousands these cannot adde one iot of comfort to his heauy heart when death approacheth hee shall then finde no pleasure in them for then there remaines for him nothing but a fearefull expectation of iudgement This shall bee the woefull estate and condition of those that put from theÌ„ the euill day that will not be acquainted with Gods wayes their liues hauing beene dissolute and sinfull their deathes shall be wretched and without comfort The Reasons Reas 1 First the wicked want peace in death because they want faith in life for it is faith euen faith alone that must giue vs boldnes and comfort at that day For thus runnes the promise Io. 3.16 God so loued the world that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting But wicked men beleeue not in him the word of God cannot worke vpon their harts it is but as seed cast vpon stony ground as appeares by the heardnes of their hearts and therefore being without the couenant no maruaile though they partake not of the promise Reas 2 Secondly the prerogatiues and priuileges of Gods people would bee much infringed if there were no differeÌ„ce betwixt the wicked the godly if they were but so blessed in their deathes as they seeme prosperous in their life then might the godly say that they had cleansed their hearts in vaine But now in that the hope of the wicked doth perish and in death they begin to partake of miserie whereas the godly after al their trials trouble shall then haue peace Herein standeth the difference betweene them Pro. 14.32 The wicked shall bee cast away for his lewdnesse But the Righteous hath hope at his death For the time of this life we see that commonly wicked men enioy their pleasure and are full whereas Gods seruants are afflicted and suffer want and therefore the Iustice of God requireth that their conditions should bee changed on both sides The pleasure of the one to bee turned into paine and the sorrow of the other into comfort for if there were not a day of refreshing vnto the godly of al men they were most miserable And if there were not a reckoning day reserued for the wicked of all men they were most happy Vse 1 This serues first of all to awake the Carnall man which is euer singing the sweete dittie of peace vnto his Soule that seemeth to haue made a league with death to be at an agreement with the graue Ah poore Soules there is a day comming when the Lord wil disannul this agreement and this drunken peace shall bee dissolued when death shall once lay vpon them his arest what will it auaile thee to crye Lord Lord. Thou maist crie till thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth thou mayst howle vpon thy bed like a wolfe and yet the Lord will stop his eares that hee will not heare thy crye and that because thou hast dispised instruction Pro. 1. and when the Lrod sought vnto thee and offered grace vnto thee thou wouldest not heare him Therefore his distributiue Iustice requireth that thou shouldest crie and call vnto the Lord and hee shall not answere thee This is a most fearefull condition thus to be forsaken of the Lord especially wheÌ„ in time of distresse the poore soule shall seeke for coÌ„fort This is Gods iust iudgement for the contempt of grace before offered vnto him Oh the miserie of this poore creature that is so payned that hee cannot liue so vnprepared that he dare not die that goes to bed but cannot sleepe that tasts his meat but wil not down that shifts his roome but not his paine as for death which hath already seazed vpon him his conscience tels him he is altogether vnprepared for This is the condition these will be the outcries of those that will not in time bee warned to seek to worke out their peace betimes in their life time before it be too late and their conscience shall tell them There is no peace Vse 2 But especially are they heere to be reproued that liue in hope that the time of their death will beget hope They knowe that they haue beene vile wretched and desperate sinners without grace and goodnesse and that they haue from time to time dispised Gods patience and long suffering that should haue led them to repentance vnto all manner of licentious liuing this they knowe and that they haue presumptuously euen against knowledge conscience resisted the Lord hardning their owne hearts against his ordinance this they knowe Yet they trust they say at last to haue repentance for al so be saued Their own coÌ„science telleth theÌ„ that their estate is damnable ã€ˆâ—Šã€‰ if the Lord should at this instance of time call them to accouÌ„t they must needs perish yet poore Soules they presume of repentance at the last But poore Soules how can such as haue spent their dayes in the seruice of sin and Sathan thinke that death will prooue so good vnto them Are Theeues and Robbers and such like offenders bound ouer to the Assises to the end they may receiue honor or shame to be put into the Commission and taken vp to the bench or not rather to receiue Iudgement and to bee executed according to their demerits Oh take heede thou deceiue not thine owne soule herein Many thousands are now in hell and there shal suffer the paines of the damned for euer more that had these purposes to haue cryed God mercy at last Remember this when I am gone that it is grace in this life that brings peace at last I knowe the Deuill will still perswade vs to play with our sins but in the meane time our sins will not play with vs we run dayly into Gods score and the greater our debts the deeper repentance at last If Moses had not slaine the Egiptian the poore Ebrewe must haue perished Saul fauoured the life of Agag but it cost him his owne life If those fiue wicked Nations had not beene destroied before the Iewes had seated themselues in the Land of Canaan where had beene their peace Seeing then that the case is so dangerous let Agag bee slaine the Cananits cast out and the Egiptian put to death I meane let vs kill our sinnes and break off our iniquities by repeÌ„tance that so wee may procure our peace doubtlesse then shall wee possesse our soules in peace while we liue heere and end our dayes in peace Which the Lord grant vnto vs all for his Christs sake Amen FINIS

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