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	life_n	soul_n	9,720	5	4.8385	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08254	Here begynneth the rule of seynt Benet	Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino.; Fox, Richarde, b. ca. 1447.	1517 (1517)	STC 1859; ESTC S110729	56,422	88

well of them that curse or say euyll of you ¶ The .xxxiii. is that ye suffer and take in worthe all aduersites trowbles and persecutions done to you for iustice or for your good lyuinge or well doynge ¶ The .xxxiiii. is that ye be not Prowde neyther in youre mynde nor hart beere not your selfe aboue a nother nor disspise noon other nor be not opinatiue ¶ The .xxxv. is that ye gyue you not moche to drynkynge of wyne nor ale nor none other drynke ¶ The .xxxvi. is that ye be not a glotten nor ete moche nor often hastly nor gladly ¶ The .xxxvii. is that ye be not slepy and sluggysshe nor moche yeuen to slepe ¶ The .xxxviii. is that ye be not slewthfull heuy or slow to doo your office or duete ¶ The .xxxix. is that ye be not trowblous busy quarelynge or grutchynge ¶ The .xl. is that ye be no detractor bakbyter ne slaunderer nor reuylor of any person ¶ The .xli. is that ye put your full trust all your hope oonly in god ¶ The .xlii. is that what so euer goodnes or vertue ye thynke to be in you that ye repute and knowe well that it cōmeth oonly of god and not of your selfe ne of your merytes nor deseruynge ¶ The .xliii. is that what so euer euyll is in you ye knowe for certeyne that it cōmeth of your selfe is done of your selfe and so take and repute it ¶ The .xliiii. is that ye alwayes drede the day of iugement of god ¶ The .xlv. is that ye fere the paynes of hell ¶ The .xlvi. is that ye longe for euerlastynge lyfe with all your mynde inward desyre ¶ The .xlvii. is that ye allweyes suspecte deth haue it dayly in rememberance as though it were present and continualy byfore your yes ¶ The .xlviii. is that ye be well ware euery howre what dedes ye doo in this p̄sent lyfe that at no tyme ye fall or offēde rechelesly or necligently by dede worde or thought but that you euer p̄meditate and discusse byfore what ye shall doo say or intende ¶ The .xlix. is that ye knowe for certeyne that all myghty god all weyes And continually ouer loketh seeth hereth you youre werkes wordes and thoughtes in euery place and tyme. ¶ The .l. is that ye by by put a way all euyl thoughtꝭ as so ne as they cōme to your mynde by fixinge your thoughtꝭ remēbrāces faste vpon christe his passion meritꝭ benifitꝭ ¶ The .li. is that ye disclose your thoughtes encōbrances of your mynde to som holsom and agyed gostly fader ¶ The .lii. is that ye kepe and refrayne youre mouthe from all euyll and shrewde speche and cōmunicacion ¶ The .liii. is that ye loue not to vse many wordes nor moche speche ¶ The .liiii. is that ye speke not nor vse no wordꝭ that be inutile vayne trifelinge ydle or prouokynge lawghter ¶ The .lv. is that ye loue not moche lawghter or lowde or soden lawghter ¶ The .lvi. is that ye here with mery harte glad mynde holy doctrines sermons exhortacions lecturꝭ scriptures ¶ The .lvii. is that ye gyue youre selfe diligently often and instantly vnto prayer ¶ The .lviii. is that ye knowlege and cōfesse dayly in your prayer vnto god all your synnes euyll dedes of tyme passed with wepinge teres or at the leeste with morning sobbynge and sorowing for the doinge of them from thense forth to kepe you fro the same synnes and euyll dedes ¶ The .lix. is that ye fulfyll not the desyrs and cōcupiscēces of the flesche and that ye hate your owne wyll ¶ The .lx. is that ye obey in all thynges the cōmaundemētes of your abbasse all though she whiche god for bedde do other wyse hir selfe hauing ī mynde these wordes of all myghty god what so euer they cōmaūde you to doo doo ye but doo not as they doo that is to saye when they doo amysse ¶ The .lxi. is that ye h●ad 〈◊〉 wyll nor desyre to 〈◊〉 or called holy byfore ye so be but that ye first endeuor you to be holy where thurgh ye may deserue to be called holy ¶ The .lxii. is that ye fulfyll dayly in youre workes and dedes the cōmaundement of god ¶ The .lxiii. is that ye feruētly loue the vertue of chastite ¶ The .lxiiii. is that ye hate no person ¶ The .lxv. is that ye haue no suspeccion rancor malice ne enuy in you ¶ The .lxvi. is that ye loue no stryfes ne debates neyther in dedes nor wordes ¶ The .lxvii. is that ye eschewe pryde and bostynge and all that may be thoccasion of them ¶ The .lxviii. is that ye haue ī reuerēce your seniors elders ¶ The .lxix. is that ye loue your yongres ī the loue of christe that is to say as norisshing thē as faders moders ī pitie in erudicion by doctrine In example of holines by dredinge them when they be out of the waye and in plentiousnesse of consolacion by confortynge them when they be feble ¶ The .lxx. is that ye pray for youre enemies that is to say for theyr reformacion and saluacion ¶ The .lxxi. is if any wrothe debate or variāce be amongꝭ any of you that then ye be reconciled and returne to vnite peace byfore the sonne goynge downe ¶ The .lxxii. is that ye neuer dispayre of the mercy of all myghty god ¶ Loo dere susters sayth seynt Benet these be the instrumē rules doctrines and instruccions of spirituall crafte and occupation whiche if they be continually fulfylled by you bothe by day and by nyght and offred byfore god and by him recognised in the laste daye of iugement ye shall be recompēsed of all myghty god with the rewarde that he hathe promysed whyche neuer bodely yie hathe seen neuer ere hath harde ne hart of man can thinke whiche thynges al myghty god hath p̄paryd and made redy for theym that loue him The shop the howse of offyce werkynge place wherein ye shal be with the sayde Instrumentes diligently worke execute doo and brynge a bowte all these rules doctrines and instructions is the cloyster of the monastery and the stablenes and stedfastnes of religiose cōuersacion in the couent and congregacion ¶ Here foloweth the .v. chapiter which treateth of thobedience of Minchins THe chefe and principall degre of humilite is Obedience without taryeng or delay makynge This vertue agreeth well and becōmeth those virgins and to them doth eapꝑteygne whiche in their loue preferre no thynge byfore the loue of all myghty god or to whome no thynge is soo dere as christe For eyther of the holy religion whiche they haue ꝓfessed or for fere of the bytter paynes of Hell or elles for Ioye of euerlastinge lyfe as sone as any thynge is them cōmaūded by their superior to be doon euin as it were cōmaunded by god they cannot nor maye not make nor suffre any delay in the performynge or executynge therof but incōtinent forthwith doo it euyn as it were cōmaunded

consyderacion resteth oonly in thabbasse ¶ And as for the coloure or cursnes of the clothe of all other apparell ganerally the minshins shall not grudge nor cōplayne but be contēt with suche cloth as may be gotten ī the ꝓuīce or coūtre where they dwell and with that cloth that is courseste and that may be bought best chepe Thabbasse shal se for the mesure of their garmentes that they be not to short for the werers but meserable They that take newe garmentes shall delyuer alwaye their olde by and by to be put in the vestiarye for pore people It is sufficient for a mynchī to haue two grarmētes of euery sorte by cause of nyghtes and for wasshynge of the same And what so euer and aboue the sayde two garmentes that is superfluous and muste be take awaye Also shoos what so euer other olde thynge there be they shall delyuer them whan they receyue newe as touchinge their Bedstuffe a mat a stamyn a couerlet and a bolster be sufficient The whiche beddes muste be often tymes serched of thabbasse lesse the mynchins take or kepe any thinge that thabbasse is not priuey vnto And if ought be founde with any of theym that she hath not receyued of the abbasse let hir be submitted to the moste greuous discipline And to the entent that this vyce of propriete may be plucked vp by the rote all thinges necessary muste be gyuen by thabbasse to the minchins as well garmentes bokes and instrumētes for their crafte and occupaciōs so that all excuses of necessite may be taken away yet the same abbasse muste alway consyder the sentence of thactes of the appostels that distribucion was made to euery oon of them as necessite required And therfore the abbasse muste cōsyder the infirmytes of theym that lacketh and not the euyll wyll of theym that be enuyous Howe be it in all hir iugemētes let hir well thīke That after hir dedes she shall be agayne rewarded of almyghty god ¶ Other thynges there be in this chapiter cōcernynge the garmentes of monkes whiche by cause they be not mete nor cōuenient for women we haue in this oure translacion made no mencion of them ¶ The .lvi. chapiter treateth of the table of thabbasse THabbasse muste allway haue at hir table peregines and gestes howe be it as often as there is no gestes thabbasse may call vnto hir whome she luste of hir susters but she shall euer take hede that oon or too of the eldeste in the religion be lefte with the sufters for their discipline ¶ The .lvii. chapiter treath of the artificers of the monastery IF there be any artificers in the monasterye they shall doo their occupacion with all humilite so that they haue firste the cōmaundement or leue of the abbasse And if any of theym be prowde for the conninge of the crafte that she hath byfore a nother bycause she semith to doo soom ꝓfyte to the monastery aboue other suche oon must be withdrawen and sequestred from that crafte shall not goo to it agayne except thabbasse cōmaunde hir after that she hathe meked submitted hir selfe If any thinges of the warbes of thartificers be to be solde they that shal haue the sale must se wysely and beware that there be no fraude nether in the worker nor in the seller nor no fraude doo to the monastery And let theym all way remembre Ananie and Saphire lesse perauenture they and all other which do any deceyte in the goodꝭ of the monastery suffre lyke deth in their sowles as the forsayd Ananie and Saphire suffred in their bodies that is to say sodeyne deth In the prices of all suche stuffe the synne of courtouse muste vtterly be exchued and therfore let it be solde somwhat better chepe than it sholde haue be of secular persons to th entent that god may be glorified in all thynges ¶ The .lviii. chapiter treateth of the maner forme of the receyuinge of susters into the monastery WHan any person commethe newly to conuersyon towardes religigiō hyr enterynge shall not be lyghtly graunted to hir but as the appostell saythe take ye a good proufe whether hir inward intent and desyre com of god or not And therfore if suche oon cōmyng doo perseuer in hir desyre be perceyued to suffer pacyently iniurys sayd and doon vnto hir and to be contented with the difficultie that is made for hir entringe by the space of .iiii. or .v. dayes and that she stonde stedfaste in hir peticion let hir be admitted to entre and then let hir be in the gesten chambre a fewe dayes and afterward let hir be in the chambre of the nouices where she shall cōtynewe in meditacion and there eate and drynke And suche an aged suster shal be deputed vnto hir whiche is an apt person to wynne sowles whiche shall tenderly and diligently take hede vppon hir and applye hir selfe to vnderstōde if she seke god veryly without feyning wether she be diligētly gyuin to the seruyce of all myghty god to obediēce to abyde suffre rebukes Harde thinges sharpe thynges must be declared vnto hir by the whiche men goo vnto god if she promyse to cōtinewe in hir stedfastnes thē after tow monethꝭ be passed let this rule be redde vnto hir by order and these wordes say vnto hir Beholde and loke This is the lawe vnder the whiche thou wylt continewe and doo seruyce If so be thou mayste kepe it entre If thou mayste not goo thy waye wyles thou arte fre And if she contynewe styll Then lette hir be brought into the forsayde chambre of Nouices And agayne lette hir be proued in all pacience And aftur the space of .vi. monethes let the Rule be redde vnto hir agayne That she may well knowe whereto she entrethe And if she stonde yeat in hir purpose by the space of other .iiii. monethes then after the same .iiii. monethes let this same rule be redde vnto hir agayne And if that she takynge with hir selfe a delyberaciō wyll promyse that she wyll kepe all maner of thingꝭ in the rule and obserue all thinges commaunded of hir superior then let hir be receyued into the couent knowynge for certeyn that it is ordeyned by the lawe of the rule that it may not be lefull for hir fro that daye forth warde to goo out of the monastery nor to caste the yoke of the rule from hir necke nor plucke hir necke out of the yoke of the Rule whiche with soo longe a visement she myght byfore haue refused whan she shall be reseyued she must in the quere in the presence of all the couent make a promisse of hir stabilite and of the cōuersacion of hir maners and obedience byfore god and his sayntes after the sayde rule to th entent that at any season when she doo otherwyse she may well knowe hir selfe to be dāpned of allmyghty god whome she mocketh scorneth of the which hir promyse she must make a wrytinge to the name of