Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	dead_a	die_v	sin_n	16,958	5	5.5972	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00337	The seauen spirituall exercises of a deuout soule Containing the life and death of our sauiour Christ: compiled in seauen meditations, replenished with most godly, and deuout motions, and seruing for the seauen dayes in the weeke.	Bull, John, fl. 1613, attributed name.	1613 (1613)	STC 1046; ESTC S115252	18,791	130

honour and the saluation of Soules Let me wholy occupy my selfe in the same conforme my selfe to thy holy will doing as much as my estate is able I beseech thee that no loue of transitory things carry me away nor no creature draw mee into perilous dangers Nay rather let mee embrace all things for the loue of thee that are to be imbraced but let mee still hold thee more deare vnto mee then any thing and onely in thee finde rest and quietnesse Iesus drinketh gall vpon the Crosse I Giue thee thankes O most mercifull IESVS that in the houre of thy death Mat. 27.34 to quench thy thirst thou wouldest apply a Sponge full of vineger vnto thy mouth that by tasting in that thy afflicted estate thou mightest satisfie thy heauenly Father for all our intemperances and voluptuousnesse and leaue vnto vs a miraculous example of thy pouertie Grant mee grace O Lord that for the loue of thee I may despise all dilicious sauours and exquisite banquets and that I may be contented with modestie and temperance to eate drinke that onely that may suffice to the sustenance of this body rendring thee infinite thankes for the same Purifie and heale my Soule that whatsoeuer is acceptable vnto thee may be pleasing to mee and what displeaseth thee may be vnsauery and loathsome vnto mee Iesus endeth the worke of our Redemption I Giue thee thankes O Iesu the feruent louer of mankinde that in so absolute order thou didst end the worke of our Redemption offering thy selfe a liuely Sacrifice on the Altar of the Crosse for the sins of the world I beseech thee O my Redeemer that thou wouldest vouchsafe to be the onely harbour of my heart and the scope of my cogitations wordes and workes that in all things with pure chaste intention I may onely looke on thee that I doe that thing onely which thy glorie requireth that nothing please mee but thee and that I desire nothing besides thee Grant ô Lord that hereafter at any time I be not slacke or remisse in thy seruice but that the feruour of thy holy Spirit being daily renued in mee my diligence may increase more and more in thy praise and seruice Iesus dyeth I Giue thee thankes O most meeke Iesus that thou diddest call Death and command thy Spirit to leaue the prison of the flesh being commended into the hands of thy Father in which thing thou declarest Ioh. 19.30 that thou art that true Shepheard that dyed for the safeguard of his flocke Grant mee O Lord that being dead to sinne and all wicked vices I may onely liue vnto thee that the course of this life being ended in charitie I may forth-with enter into thee that art the true Paradise of our soules Iesus is buried I Giue thee thankes O beloued Iesus that with great complaints and mournings of thy friends thou wert taken from the Crosse Iohn 19.40.41 annointed with most precious ointments wrapped in linnen cloths put into another mans Sepulchre O Lord bury with thee all my senses and desires that being ioyned to thee in the strong linckes of loue I may be as it were dead in those things that displease thee And of the contrary part in all things that please thee let mee be wholy aliue ready and ioyfull let me onely be delighted in thee my Redeemer and treasure of my Soule Amen MED●●●● ●●● Christ 〈…〉 I 〈…〉 for 〈…〉 hast not spared to vndergo the torments of death and hell for my sake that thou mightest aduance mee into thy Kingdome Let the consideration of this ô God terrifie me from sinne because thou sparedst not thine onely begotten Sonne but that 〈…〉 endure the grea●● 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 Let it also 〈…〉 in my hea●●● 〈…〉 that thogh 〈…〉 of wrath 〈…〉 in mee Iob 6.4 and 〈…〉 thereof drinke 〈…〉 spirit yet I may still remember that thou my Sauiour hast satisfied for all my sins and conquered both Death and Hell Col. 2.15 when thou diddest leade captiuitie captiue and by the spoyle of all principalities powers of darknesse hast swallowed them vp into victory Behold O Lord behold my infirmities and consider that I am in thy hands but as the clay in the hands of the Potter If thou try me giue mee patience to beare it and when thou smitest me lift me vp againe and if thy terrours should fight against mee Iob. 6.4 yet teach me ô Lord to resolue that it is thy fatherly worke to kill sinne in me that I being mortified in my sinfull flesh may be raised vp vnto the life of glory Amen Christ is risen from the dead I Giue thee thankes O good IESVS that victoriously comming out of thy Sepulchre with most noble triumph after thou haddest ouercome death diddest rise againe the third day in great Glory and Maiestie visiting thy Disciples comforting them with exceeding gladnes Grant ô Lord that being quickned from death and the deadly action of my sinfull life and vngodly conuersation I may walke in the newnesse of life and seeke onely for those things which are high and heauenly and not those things which are vile and transitorie that when thou being the true life shalt secondly appeare in the glory of thy Father with the Angels I may likewise appeare with thee in glory and be made euerlastingly blessed in the ioyfull fruition of that Kingdome that neuer shall haue end Iesus ascendeth into heauen I Giue thee thankes O louing Iesus that fortie dayes being ouer-past after thy Resurrection thy Disciples did behold thee triumphantly Acts 1. and gloriously ascending into heauen where sitting at the right hand of thy Father thou rulest and raignest as King world without end Let it be pleasing vnto thy goodnesse ô Lord that my Soule may be rauished with the loue of thee Coloss 3.1 and to seeke those things that are aboue and may despise al worldly things Let it alwayes aspire vnto thee that it may be lift vp vnto the heauens from whence must come my comfort my crowne and my ioy And that my prayer may ascend vnto thee as the morning Incense let it affect or be delighted in nothing but in thee my onely Lord and God Iesus sendeth the HOLY GHOST I Giue thee thankes O most louing Iesus that didst send thy holy spirit vpon thy elect which perseuered in prayer and didst send them to preach and teach the people throughout all the world I beseech thee O LORD to purifie the inward parts of my heart and to giue mee true puritie and cleannes of conscience that the same Comforter finding in my soule an acceptable dwelling-place may adorne and beautifie it with the most fruitfull gifts of his Graces Let him onely comfort me onely strengthen me onely rule mee and be onely respected of me Let me neuer want the comfort of thy Spirit ô God but that I may finde him in his sweet influence of grace and assistance to sanctifie my Soule and to strengthen the