Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	end_n	live_v	9,498	5	5.5392	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86110	A fevv collections for Irelands souldiers.	Haward, Lazarus.	1647 (1647)	Wing H1166; Thomason E375_19; ESTC R201351	11,321	20

THat man is blessed that lives a holy life nothing can make him poore he graceth all conditions honors and places HE that loves the world and yet hopes for heaven let him cease that love and know that if Christ makes us deny this world he will give us a better EVery man is afflicted in this world that he may be humbled yea many sores on thy flesh that fewer sinnes may be on thy soule REfraining of sin brings Christ into Armies but fruitfulnesse in goodnesse brings him into our hearts JN an Army none are so happily fed as those who wait upon God for their daily bread and are therewith satisfied competency is a good souldiers content GOod things are not wearisome in their continuall use our daily bread though daily received is to be daily craved HE that with patience kisseth Gods striking hand is happy for there is no greater argument of patience then the acknowledgement of a divine hand in our suffering THe patience of God is greater then the wickednesse of man yet let not sinners presume the silent Judge will at last speake home ORder and due execution of strict Discipline is the strongest guard to keep an Army from distruction if Moses offend he must taste of the great Generall Gods displeasure REconcile your consciences and carefully keep at a distance from all sin and put thy whole confidence in God rest upon his promise and fear not to prevaile LEarne of zealous Paul not to count your lives deare unto you that thereby you may finish your lives with joy EVery distrustfull suspicion of our owne present condition makes us feare least God is now filling up his cup of wrath for us to drinke off but remember Davids saying in 42. Psal 11. FEed not your fears nor fancies with such thoughts as are apt to terrifie and affright you Esa 33.18 THe true cause why God may be slack in delivering of an Army from an approaching danger may proceed from a neglect of praising him for deliverances past HHappy is the man that gets a resolution to live because his time is not yet come to die pitching his desires upon the pleasures which have neither bounds nor end AS thou knowest not when or where death will meet thee so thou must remember that alwaies and in every place he seeketh for thee NEver had any man perfect rest in this world for it deceives all that put their trust therein DIvers are the miseries and sorrowes of this life and few the pleasures to make us more desirous of heaven where there is nothing but pleasure OLd age may be good three waies naturally morally and spiritually the last is best when a man can looke both waies backward with comfort to his life past forward with joy to his reward to come REsolve that nothing shall hurt thee for sinne is the sting of all troubles plucke out the sting and devide all the malice of the Serpent DIrect an awfull eye towards thy last account and it will by many degrees be more carefull of the manner then the matter of actions both how and what thou doest EVerlastingly to be exiled from Gods in whom is life must needs be an everlasting death if Gods presence be fulnesse of joy the fulnesse of sorrow must needs be in his absence REmember our head is in heaven what makes our hearts upon earth it is fit the head and heart should go together YF this temporall life which we know be so precious and that time must determine it how precious is that which is equall with eternitie OLd in knowledge and obedience is blessed the hoarie head is a crowne of glory if it be found in the way of righteousnesse VErtue adds to a regenerate man a new splendor which together with the honor of his house challengeth respect from all RUine and destruction are in the paths of the wicked and the way of peace they shall never know that contemne and oppose the Gospell of Christ PRay still and God will answer and what is wanting in our endeavours God will make up of his sufficient mercies JN death and dust who can say this is the Skull of a King that of a Captaine this of a Polititian that of a Foole this of an Officer that of a Souldier KNowledge never rests till his faith be built on assurance that God hath pardoned his sin and given him a place in heaven EVery man whose eternall election and present justification is such that he can call God father his Saviour brother and the Holy Ghost his Comforter the terrors of death amaze him not for he knowes whom he hath trusted and whether death shall lead him FINIS