Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	desire_v	die_v	life_n	7,123	5	4.9012	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00321	The psalme of mercy, or, A meditation vpon the 51. psalme by a true penitent.	I. B.; Bate, John.; Bennet, John, Sir, d. 1627.	1625 (1625)	STC 1045.5; ESTC S4124	83,365	392

slay_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o as_o a_o fruit_n of_o our_o repentance_n expect_v from_o we_o a_o holy_a revenge_n upon_o ourselves_o we_o must_v judge_v our_o 140_o self_n that_o we_o be_v not_o judge_v and_o lest_o our_o judgement_n become_v fruitless_a and_o elusory_a we_o must_v put_v they_o in_o execution_n severe_o without_o pity_n or_o partiality_n let_v we_o therefore_o prevent_v his_o face_n of_o majesty_n his_o countenance_n of_o authority_n by_o confession_n which_o confession_n be_v a_o profession_n of_o forsake_v our_o former_a fault_n the_o judge_n cbrys._n we_o can_v the_o judgement_n we_o may_v prevent_v if_o we_o take_v the_o opportunity_n and_o repent_v true_o and_o timely_o of_o our_o sin_n thou_o will_v merciful_o and_o gracious_o repent_v thou_o of_o the_o judgement_n denounce_v &_o doom_v against_o us._n therefore_o it_o be_v hove_v every_o man_n to_o keep_v a_o court_n at_o home_n and_o therein_o to_o sit_v as_o chief_a justice_n to_o indict_v and_o arraign_v himself_o at_o the_o bar_n of_o his_o own_o conscience_n &_o where_o he_o find_v the_o fault_n there_o to_o inflict_v punishment_n in_o as_o much_o as_o at_o these_o assize_n the_o heart_n must_v needs_o be_v find_v the_o great_a offender_n because_o from_o the_o heart_n do_v flow_v all_o vain_a and_o sinful_a imagination_n all_o idle_a and_o wicked_a word_n all_o lewd_a and_o scandalous_a action_n let_v he_o do_v justice_n upon_o his_o heart_n in_o the_o first_o place_n let_v he_o correct_v the_o pride_n of_o it_o by_o humiliation_n the_o wantonness_n of_o it_o by_o contrition_n the_o jollity_n of_o it_o by_o sorrow_n the_o stubornenesse_n of_o it_o by_o weep_v the_o gluttony_n of_o it_o by_o fast_v the_o covetousness_n of_o it_o by_o almes-giving_a and_o so_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o physic_n cure_v each_o contrary_n by_o his_o contrary_a affection_n the_o physic_n must_v be_v apply_v to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v ill_o affect_v the_o salve_n lay_v upon_o the_o place_n that_o be_v sore_o where_o the_o sin_n breed_v &_o swell_v there_o must_v the_o sinner_n cut_v and_o lance_n he_o must_v prick_v his_o heart_n to_o the_o quick_a and_o let_v out_o store_v of_o tear_n as_o the_o former_a and_o latter_a rain_n as_o our_o heart_n have_v be_v fat_v and_o pamper_a as_o it_o be_v with_o sin_n so_o they_o shall_v grow_v lean_a and_o meager_a again_o by_o sorrow_n for_o sin_n look_v how_o much_o the_o poenit_fw-la less_o i_o spare_v myself_o so_o much_o the_o more_o will_v thou_o spare_v i_o my_o repentance_n do_v in_o a_o sort_n execute_v thy_o vengeance_n and_o with_o a_o temporal_a vexation_n do_v prevent_v and_o avoid_v thy_o eternal_a damnation_n by_o cast_v i_o down_o it_o lift_v i_o up_o by_o make_v i_o ugly_a in_o my_o own_o it_o present_v i_o pure_a in_o thy_o eye_n by_o accuse_v it_o do_v excuse_v by_o condemn_v it_o do_v acquit_v i_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o unhappiness_n to_o be_v sear_v and_o cauterise_v with_o a_o hot_a iron_n and_o fret_v with_o a_o eat_a powder_n but_o those_o mean_n and_o medicine_n which_o do_v cure_v by_o sharpness_n and_o sourness_n by_o the_o benefit_n which_o they_o procure_v do_v excuse_v their_o distastfulnes_n and_o by_o the_o succeed_a profit_n do_v allay_v the_o present_a pain_n by_o sin_n thy_o spirit_n take_v occasion_n to_o increase_v grace_n not_o by_o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n but_o by_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o that_o spirit_n which_o even_o of_o sin_n make_v a_o plaster_n against_o sin_n for_o i_o be_v as_o sick_a of_o sorrow_n as_o of_o sin_n may_v hopeful_o resort_v to_o thou_o the_o physician_n of_o my_o soul_n who_o end_n of_o come_v into_o the_o world_n be_v to_o cure_v the_o sick_a especial_o such_o as_o feel_v themselves_o sick_a enen_fw-la at_o the_o heart_n i_o must_v break_v my_o golden_a 32._o calf_n that_o be_v any_o idol_n of_o sin_n which_o my_o corrupt_a heart_n do_v serve_v and_o worship_n i_o must_v burn_v it_o with_o zeal_n and_o with_o contrition_n grind_v it_o to_o powder_n and_o then_o strew_v it_o upon_o the_o water_n of_o tear_n drink_v it_o up_o again_o by_o this_o thy_o gracious_a mean_n a_o antidote_n will_v be_v draw_v out_o of_o poison_n the_o oil_n will_v cure_v the_o bite_n of_o scorpion_n the_o worm_n will_v gnaw_v the_o wood_n the_o moth_a the_o cloth_n that_o breed_v it_o the_o very_a excrement_n of_o my_o sinful_a soul_n like_a dung_n and_o manor_n will_v fatten_v and_o make_v it_o fruitful_a in_o goodness_n the_o hunt_v and_o wound_a poeniten_v hart_n by_o eat_v of_o a_o herb_n know_v how_o to_o help_v 〈◊〉_d and_o heal_v himself_o and_o to_o make_v the_o arrow_n that_o pierce_v his_o rib_n to_o fall_v to_o the_o ground_n the_o swallow_n when_o she_o have_v put_v out_o the_o eye_n of_o her_o young_a one_o know_v by_o a_o herb_n of_o her_o own_o name_n how_o to_o restore_v their_o sight_n again_o thy_o herb_n of_o grace_n the_o juice_n whereof_o be_v our_o repentance_n do_v expel_v the_o fiery_a dart_n of_o satan_n shoot_v by_o sin_n into_o our_o soul_n and_o this_o eye-salue_n do_v cause_v we_o though_o never_o so_o much_o blind_v with_o sin_n to_o see_v both_o our_o error_n in_o commit_v and_o thy_o mercy_n in_o pardon_v our_o offence_n the_o most_o powerful_a rhetoric_n to_o move_v thou_o to_o pity_n be_v repentance_n and_o the_o most_o delightful_a music_n in_o thy_o ear_n be_v that_o doleful_a ditty_n tune_v to_o a_o tremble_a tongue_n and_o a_o quaver_v voice_n peccavi_fw-la in_o coelum_fw-la etc._n etc._n against_o thou_o against_o thou_o only_o i_o have_v offend_v the_o string_n bend_v the_o chalib_n strong_a bow_n the_o fire_n mollify_v the_o hard_a steel_n the_o goat_n blood_n break_v mantuan_n even_o the_o adamant_n i_o hope_v my_o heart_n humble_a and_o melt_a repentance_n will_v appease_v thy_o hot_a and_o heavy_a indignation_n conceive_v against_o i_o the_o most_o wear_v and_o tear_v linen_n by_o contusion_n and_o grind_n in_o the_o mill_n make_v smooth_a and_o white_a paper_n even_o so_o my_o most_o base_a and_o rot_a rag_n of_o vanity_n and_o wickedness_n by_o true_a contrition_n with_o thy_o benediction_n will_v produce_v a_o clean_a heart_n and_o renew_v a_o right_a spirit_n within_o i_o the_o corruption_n and_o consumption_n of_o the_o one_o will_v prove_v the_o generation_n or_o regeneration_n of_o the_o other_o to_o sacrifice_v &_o to_o kill_v be_v express_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o word_n in_o holy_a writ_n because_o every_o sacrifice_n be_v slay_v in_o thy_o leviticall_a law_n but_o this_o break_n of_o my_o heart_n and_o offer_v my_o body_n in_o sacrifice_n to_o thou_o be_v a_o evangelicall_a sacrifice_n because_o therein_o which_o may_v rom._n seem_v strange_a the_o sacrifice_n be_v slay_v and_o yet_o live_v for_o it_o be_v my_o faith_n not_o my_o death_n which_o thou_o seek_v thou_o thirste_a for_o my_o holy_a desire_n not_o my_o pollute_a blood_n thou_o be_v appease_v with_o my_o willingness_n to_o renounce_v the_o world_n not_o with_o my_o departure_n out_o of_o the_o world_n this_o be_v abraham_n the_o father_n of_o all_o thy_o faithful_a one_o his_o sacrifice_n which_o thou_o require_v of_o he_o for_o what_o do_v abraham_n but_o offer_v his_o own_o body_n in_o his_o son_n what_o do_v thou_o require_v of_o he_o but_o his_o faith_n who_o as_o thou_o do_v command_v chrysol_n his_o son_n to_o be_v offer_v so_o thou_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o be_v kill_v i_o hold_v it_o a_o wise_a and_o a_o advantageous_a course_n in_o any_o man_n to_o die_v to_o sin_n that_o he_o may_v live_v to_o righteousness_n to_o mortify_v the_o old_a man_n that_o he_o may_v be_v quicken_v in_o the_o new_a to_o die_v daily_o that_o he_o may_v live_v eternal_o wherefore_o i_o will_v die_v that_o i_o may_v not_o die_v i_o will_v wound_v my_o hart_n with_o temporary_a contrition_n that_o i_o may_v avoid_v the_o deadly_a wound_n of_o 〈◊〉_d who_o desire_v my_o everlasting_a destruction_n i_o will_v live_v a_o die_a life_n that_o i_o may_v not_o die_v a_o 〈◊〉_d death_n for_o thy_o sake_n be_v we_o kill_v all_o the_o day_n long_o and_o right_a dear_a in_o thy_o sight_n be_v this_o death_n of_o thy_o saint_n here_o i_o can_v be_v content_v to_o stir_v up_o a_o holy_a emulation_n between_o those_o that_o thus_o die_v and_o such_o as_o be_v stone_v burn_a or_o otherwise_o do_v to_o death_n for_o defence_n of_o thy_o honour_n and_o testimony_n of_o thy_o truth_n 〈◊〉_d who_o by_o excellency_n be_v term_v martyr_n these_o die_v but_o once_o and_o at_o once_o their_o pain_n be_v soon_o past_a but_o the_o other_o die_v a_o linger_a death_n they_o die_v daily_o and_o continual_o it_o be_v account_v seneca_n a_o mitigation_n of_o cruelty_n and_o a_o

shall_v be_v find_v just_a and_o pure_a and_o it_o be_v my_o part_n as_o to_o believe_v there_o be_v equity_n and_o justice_n in_o all_o thy_o proceed_n 〈◊〉_d sometime_o through_o my_o blindness_n i_o can_v sometime_o through_o my_o 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o even_o when_o 〈◊〉_d do_v most_o bitter_o smart_v to_o bridle_v my_o unruly_a passion_n and_o with_o a_o calm_a and_o subdue_a heart_n to_o kiss_v the_o rod_n wherewith_o i_o have_v be_v scourge_v and_o to_o endeavour_v by_o all_o mean_n that_o thy_o righteousness_n as_o it_o be_v indeed_o so_o it_o may_v shine_v clear_a and_o bright_a to_o the_o face_n of_o all_o the_o world_n behold_v i_o be_v bear_v in_o iniquity_n and_o in_o sin_n have_v my_o mother_n conceive_v i_o upon_o the_o straight_a inquisition_n and_o exact_a survey_n of_o myself_o and_o my_o sin_n search_v and_o ransack_v every_o corner_n of_o my_o house_n of_o clay_n i_o have_v find_v a_o noisome_a sink_n and_o filthy_a puddle_n or_o rather_o a_o poison_a and_o poisonous_a spring_n a_o paternal_a or_o a_o parentall_a sin_n a_o hereditary_a a_o radical_a and_o original_a sin_n whence_o all_o the_o sin_n of_o my_o thought_n word_n and_o deed_n be_v continual_o and_o plentiful_o derive_v this_o be_v that_o canker_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v breed_v in_o the_o bone_n will_v never_o out_o of_o the_o flesh_n this_o be_v the_o law_n of_o my_o member_n which_o do_v always_o resist_v the_o law_n of_o my_o mind_n the_o everliving_a seed_n of_o rebellion_n which_o maintain_v the_o implacable_a war_n between_o the_o flesh_n and_o the_o spirit_n which_o will_v never_o 〈◊〉_d till_o mortality_n have_v put_v on_o immortality_n and_o death_n the_o last_o enemy_n be_v swallow_v up_o in_o victory_n this_o be_v peccatum_fw-la peccans_fw-la a_o sin_v or_o a_o spurn_v sin_n it_o be_v a_o sin_n a_o punishment_n peccati_fw-la of_o sin_n and_o a_o cause_n of_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d which_o yet_o i_o do_v not_o allege_v to_o excuse_v or_o extenuate_v but_o rather_o to_o accuse_v myself_o and_o aggravate_v my_o sin_n know_v right_o well_o that_o the_o vile_a i_o be_o in_o my_o own_o the_o more_o acceptable_a i_o shall_v be_v in_o thy_o sight_n and_o hope_v that_o the_o frank_a confession_n of_o my_o miserable_a condition_n proceed_v from_o true_a humiliation_n and_o contrition_n will_v the_o rather_o move_v thy_o tender_a compassion_n as_o beggar_n chrysost._n upon_o earth_n to_o stir_v the_o bowel_n of_o pity_n in_o their_o beholder_n lay_v open_a to_o their_o view_n their_o grievous_a sore_n and_o loathsome_a disease_n the_o great_a misery_n be_v the_o fit_a object_n of_o thy_o great_a mercy_n &_o the_o more_o desperate_a the_o malady_n the_o more_o honourable_a will_v the_o cure_n be_v to_o the_o physician_n where_o my_o sin_n abound_v thy_o grace_n delight_v to_o superabound_v for_o the_o only_a and_o singular_a sin_n of_o adam_n as_o of_o he_o that_o bear_v the_o person_n of_o all_o his_o posterity_n be_v just_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o whole_a posterity_n and_o all_o be_v guilty_a of_o sin_n by_o his_o singular_a sinful_a act_n thou_o o_o god_n in_o thy_o justice_n do_v permit_v the_o natural_a propagation_n of_o sin_n in_o his_o offspring_n which_o deserve_v such_o a_o punishment_n for_o such_o a_o sin_n hereupon_o it_o come_v that_o my_o inbred_a corruption_n and_o the_o inherent_a sting_n of_o sensuality_n in_o i_o who_o sin_v in_o adam_n as_o levi_n tithe_v in_o abraham_n loin_n be_v not_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o my_o guilt_n but_o a_o fruit_n or_o reward_n thereof_o according_a to_o thy_o just_a judgement_n whence_o it_o may_v well_o be_v term_v the_o penalty_n of_o sin_n for_o that_o prime_a sin_n the_o chief_a source_n of_o sin_n which_o the_o further_a it_o run_v the_o fast_a it_o increase_v by_o this_o stream_n fall_v into_o it_o grow_v in_o the_o end_n to_o such_o a_o strong_a and_o forcible_a current_n as_o do_v even_o carry_v and_o compel_v i_o violent_o to_o sin_n if_o thy_o grace_n do_v not_o resist_v the_o 〈◊〉_d thereof_o because_o hence_o do_v flow_v my_o sinful_a passion_n my_o evil_a affection_n my_o sinister_a inclination_n and_o from_o they_o my_o sin_n of_o action_n or_o omission_n which_o be_v sin_n of_o action_n also_o in_o their_o full_a perfection_n or_o imperfection_n rather_o which_o i_o daily_o or_o rather_o hourly_a and_o continual_o commit_v in_o which_o regard_n my_o woe_n arise_v from_o my_o own_o wickedness_n my_o case_n be_v most_o deplorable_a every_o way_n wherefore_o i_o beseech_v thou_o with_o the_o eye_n of_o pity_n and_o mercy_n to_o behold_v it_o i_o be_v conceive_v in_o sin_n and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o 〈◊〉_d sin_n that_o i_o be_o not_o apt_a and_o ready_a to_o conceive_v yea_o to_o engender_v and_o produce_v from_o imagination_n to_o assent_v from_o assent_n to_o delectation_n from_o delectation_n to_o resolution_n from_o resolution_n to_o execution_n if_o thou_o o_o lord_n do_v not_o beget_v i_o anew_o by_o the_o immortal_a seed_n of_o thy_o word_n if_o thou_o do_v not_o quell_v and_o extinguish_v in_o i_o this_o old_a seed_n which_o will_v always_o be_v spring_v and_o sprout_v in_o the_o rank_n soil_n of_o my_o sinful_a flesh_n when_o my_o mother_n first_o warm_v i_o in_o her_o bowel_n she_o conceive_v sin_n when_o she_o bring_v i_o forth_o into_o the_o world_n she_o be_v deliver_v of_o a_o child_n of_o sin_n the_o child_n in_o the_o mother_n womb_n be_v hold_v to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o mother_n and_o undoubted_o the_o mother_n have_v a_o great_a share_n in_o the_o child_n before_o she_o depart_v with_o it_o beside_o her_o nature_n and_o substance_n she_o impart_v unto_o it_o her_o quality_n inclination_n and_o disposition_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o scion_n take_v from_o her_o tree_n and_o a_o collop_n cut_v out_o of_o her_o flesh_n that_o which_o be_v bear_v of_o flesh_n be_v flesh_n and_o therefore_o holy_a 〈◊〉_d ask_v this_o unanswerable_a 14._o question_n who_o shall_v appear_v clean_o before_o thou_o or_o who_o 〈◊〉_d bring_v a_o clean_a thing_n out_o of_o a_o 〈◊〉_d not_o only_o actual_a 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d and_o natural_a not_o the_o second_o motion_n of_o it_o only_o put_v into_o form_n but_o the_o first_o that_o be_v unshape_a do_v plot_n and_o contrive_v the_o treason_n be_v author_n if_o not_o actor_n of_o it_o they_o bring_v fuel_n to_o the_o fire_n which_o afterward_o be_v kindle_v and_o set_v a_o burn_a that_o fomentation_n of_o sin_n be_v not_o only_o the_o cause_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n but_o sin_n itself_o this_o be_v that_o threefold_a cord_n every_o part_n and_o piece_n whereof_o be_v sinful_a that_o bind_v i_o fast_o to_o the_o bar_n of_o thy_o justice_n first_o adam_n his_o primitive_a sin_n then_o the_o dirivation_n of_o sin_n to_o all_o his_o posterity_n and_o afterward_o the_o particular_a action_n of_o sin_n proceed_v from_o they_o both_o now_o if_o i_o be_v a_o sinner_n 〈◊〉_d in_o my_o mother_n womb_n when_o and_o where_o shall_v i_o be_v faultless_a if_o i_o be_v so_o bad_a before_o i_o see_v the_o light_n how_o shall_v i_o not_o be_v much_o worse_o when_o through_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o contagion_n of_o sin_n i_o have_v suck_v in_o the_o infectious_a air_n thereof_o how_o can_v it_o be_v but_o that_o my_o inbred_a naughtiness_n must_v needs_o gain_v strength_n and_o gather_v increase_n and_o what_o can_v the_o progress_n and_o end_n be_v when_o the_o beginning_n of_o my_o life_n be_v so_o 〈◊〉_d and_o sinful_a if_o i_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o my_o mother_n womb_n into_o the_o roade-way_n of_o sin_n and_o travel_v the_o journey_n of_o sin_n still_o onward_o let_v i_o but_o recount_v the_o vanity_n of_o 〈◊〉_d childhood_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d my_o youth_n the_o slip_n or_o rather_o fall_v of_o my_o 〈◊〉_d age_n the_o infirmity_n of_o my_o old_a age_n and_o i_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d find_v that_o from_o my_o 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d to_o my_o death_n and_o 〈◊〉_d i_o tread_v the_o way_n not_o of_o life_n but_o of_o sin_n 5._o 〈◊〉_d i_o be_v conceive_v in_o sin_n 6._o behold_v thou_o love_v truth_n etc._n etc._n in_o these_o two_o ecce_n which_o be_v happy_o sort_v together_o i_o desire_v to_o intimate_v two_o remarkable_a thing_n the_o one_o be_v the_o misery_n of_o my_o wretched_a condition_n the_o other_o the_o largeness_n of_o thy_o tender_a affection_n the_o first_o ecce_fw-la be_v on_o thy_o part_n behold_v o_o lord_n my_o conception_n and_o birth_n in_o sin_n behold_v i_o drown_v and_o overwhelm_v in_o a_o sea_n of_o sin_n the_o other_o ecce_fw-la be_v on_o my_o part_n i_o behold_v in_o thou_o o_o lord_n a_o fire_n of_o love_n because_o thou_o love_v the_o least_o sparkle_v of_o grace_n in_o i_o which_o mount_v upward_o make_v i_o