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	grace_n	sin_n	6,825	5	4.8322	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06464	An exhortation to yonge men perswading them to walke in the pathe way that leadeth to honeste and goodnes: writen to a frend of his by Thomas Lupsete Londoner.	Lupset, Thomas, 1495?-1530.	1535 (1535)	STC 16936; ESTC S104339	22,913	86

worlde if the care of our soule were fyrst and chiefely in mens myndes lyke as the care of the worldly substāce occupieth our hartis aboue all other thinges If it were as it ought to be y t in our phantasie reigned the study for the soule thē shuld be here that celestial kyngedom the whiche Christ techeth vs to pray for in oure pater noster where we craue of god that his rule and reygne maye come amonge vs. But as I despayre that commonly this study and care can not be changed from these worldly ryches to the soule so I am ful of good hope that you wyl take hede to your lyfe to ordre therein your desyres in this dewe maner more regardynge what shulde be done then what is done When you se and knowe the ryght path I trust you wil not walk in the croked hye way The trouth shal more drawe you to loue and to folowe vertue then the common ensample shalle entice you to folowe vyce the whiche no man can loue not the synner hym selfe But nowe myne owne good Edmonde here of these three thynges somewhat more you muste prynte in your mynde with a perfect perswasiō that your soule is the chief treasure that you haue wherevppon your continualle thoughte and care muste be to kepe hit to defende it to norishe it to comfort it by al waies and meanes possible for you In this studie you muste spende all your wittes night and day you must think on this thing what so euer you do you must direct your act to this thing If you be occupied in the state of your body eyther to dryue away syckenes or to susteyne helth let it be for the seruice your bodi oweth to y e soule If you trauayle for goodes of this worlde to get your owne lyuyng or to helpe your frende orels to prouide for your chyldren when god shal sende you them let your trauayle be for the necessyties of the body and so finally for the soule Consydre what the goodes of the worlde be howe they be but instrumentes for the body Use then the worlde in his kynde Loke agayne vpon your body howe it is preciouser then the goodes vse hym thē in his worthynes hurte not your body for a thing of lesse valu And as ye haue nothinge nother your body nor your goodes to be cōpared with the dignite of your soule so my swete withipol let nothinge be in your reputation aboue this chief principal iewel the whiche must only for him self be cared for al other thinges in this life must be cherished for it I sticke moche with you in repetinge one thynge but maruayle nat though I so do For I se vs al in this world so blinded partly by a vse custome frō y e cradil in the magnifienge of these goodis partli by thēsāple of them with whom we be daily conuersāt that scant after longe crieng it can nowe be harde y t the soule must be cheifly cared for And except grace worke with you that you your self wyll consent to the trouth it is not possible to perswade you that the very trewe way of lyuyng is this to care chiefly for the soule and to care for all other thynges onelye for the soules sake This sayenge thoughe it be trewe yet I saye hit can not be harde in as moche the lyues of all them with whome ye shal be continuallye conuersaunt shall crye oute clene contrarye agaynste my sayeng For on al sides you shall se menne sweatynge in a contynuall worke bothe of bodye and of mynde to get these worldly goodes withoute any mention made of the soules state the whiche the verye friers care lyttel for as it openly appereth But euer I say to you loke what Christen men shuld do and if you se men so do be glad of that syght folowe the same if you se the contrarie fle from the ensample and cleue euer fastly to the trouthe with a sorowful harte for the losse of other men that so blyndely rushe forthe in the trayne of a vicious lyuyng where the soule is so lyttel cared fore ¶ That this firste thynge may be y e better in your study I wil brefely touche som what of tho thynges that appertein hereto to haue you knowe what nourisheth and comforteth the soule what hurteth and noyeth the same The soule can not but euer lyue it hath noo ende of lyuynge yet we may saye that the soule liueth and dyeth It liueth in the grace of god and dieth in the malice of the diuel The soules lyfe is the lyghte of vertue his death is the derkenes of sinne You haue a free wyll gyuen you wherby you may either quicken or slaye at your owne pleasure your soule in y e bryght Paradise of life and you may set your soule in the blacke dungeon of deathe Let therefore this wyll of yours euer study to procure for the soules life the whiche is your owne lyfe and in the same study you shall delyuer the soule from his death the whiche is the perpetualle payne ordeined for synne that seperateth the image of god frome his patrone I saye syn plucketh your soule frō god whose image your soule shuld beare Therfore in all your actis so doo that you wyllyngely displease not god who canne not be pleased but with a pure and clene conscience pure and cleane if you suffre noo synne to remaygne soo longe in your desyre and mynde that hit cankerethe the thoughte Your thoughte is cankered with the longe resydence of synne when eyther you be weake in the studye of vertue orelles make verye littelle of a faulte or defende youre vyce or nowselle youre selfe in a custome of an inordynate desyre The fraylenes of our flesshe is so greatte that it canne not be but that syn shall come to our desyre but it is our blame if synne tarye and abyde within vs. God hath gyuen vs a myghtye power ouer our selfe we maye when we wyll correcte our desires and dryue out all synne If you knowe not what is synne nor what is vertue by the feare and loue of god you shal knowe boothe The feare of god wylle teache you to flee sinne and folowe vertu The loue of god wylle teache you to folowe vertu and flee sinne wherby your priuey and secrete conscience shall better and more clerely perceiue what is to be done and what is not than any diffinition or descryption can appoynt oute to you Therfore my dere Withipoll enwarpe your selfe faste and sure in the fere and loue of god from your firste rysynge to your reste drawe forth the day in all your busynesse as this louynge feare and feareful loue shal secretely admonishe and warne you and dye rather than you wolde pursue any lust against your knowlege of goddes plesure ¶ What marchandise so euer you occupie remembre it is the busynes of the thirde care for the whiche you may not leaue any poynte of this fyrste care that belongeth