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	life_n	rise_v	6,632	5	7.2458	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51494	Motives to Godly mourning and rejoycing; or, Christ Jesus his kind invitation to sinners to repent	W. H.	1698 (1698)	Wing M2942A; ESTC R221922	19,087	36

thou shalt take away from the midst of thee thy Sins and thy Idols and return and call upon Me thy God and Redeemer and Preserver I will enlighten thine Eyes lest at any time thou sleep the Sleep of Death I will preserve thee and my Candle shall shine upon thine Head And thou shalt rejoyce in my most pleasant and most blessed Light wherewith I will direct thy Paths in the night of the mortal Life leading thee to my bright-shining Glory in the ways that lead to eternal Life I will open thy Eyes with the Beam of my infinite Light and thou being awaked as it were out of a heavy Sleep shalt wonder how in the by-past time thou didst walk in Darkness and in the Shadow of Death And thou shalt love Me thy Deliverer with all thy Heart and shalt honour Me with the Sacrifice of perpetual Praise Arise speedily my dearly beloved Son arise from the Darkness and Horror of Hell where thou lyest and receive the Light of Heaven which will rejoyce thee before the last night come which will be the last Punishment of Sinners who despise my present Inspirations and Mercies Meditate on these things in the inner Chamber of thy Heart and cast thy Eyes upon Me the Sun of Righteousness who am desirous to enlighten thee and to fill thy dearly beloved Soul with the bright-shining Glory of the Saints of Light CHAP. XIV Concerning the unhappy Death of a Sinner THE Sinner whilst he lives runs through the Fields of the World like an Ox satted for the Slaughter The miserable Man considers not that he will be taken by Death as a Highway-Man lying in wait That being bound in the Chains of Hell he may pay unto the utmost Farthing He drinks he eats he plays he laughs he swears and blasphems and in the very time whilst he is sinning without restraint Sickness and Death comes suddenly upon him and he is called to Judgment O how bitter a Grief is it to be called to Death O how great Trembling and Horror takes hold on the Sinner when he sees that by a most grievous Death he is separated from all things which he dearly loved O how lamentably saith he in that distress the Sorrows of Death have compassed me and the Pains of Hell have taken hold upon me Wo to the wicked Man when he dies upon whom all the Billows of Sorrow and Afflictions do suddenly rush that he may have a fore-taste of the Torments of Hell who did not breath after eternal Consolations Now the riotous Banquets are passed away now the ungodly Games are gone Now Kinsmen and Friends have failed Now Riches profit not and whatsoever was delightful is turned into Matter of Desolation and Despair The unhappy Soul which despised my Inspirations is afraid to go out of the Body into everlasting Flames and flys back as far as it can if so be it may find any that can comfort it in that distress But it resists in vain because the hour of Death is at hand and the time of its giving up all its desireable things which it had in the days of old when it transgressed my most sweet Law All its Sins as a terrible Army are set before it that it may see how sad and bitter an end follows the by-past Joys The Devils like ravenous Dogs stand in expectation of their Prey which is tyed with innumerable Chains of its own Sins that it may be dragged to Punishment The foolish Man when he had time took no care to be reconciled unto Me and in the last hour he hath not any whom he may look to for help All his Persecutors over-take him between the straits and desire cruelly to suck up his Blood and then the Sentence of my Justice being pronounced the Vessel of Wrath fitted for Destruction is halled to Torments This is the Lot of an unrighteous Man whom Evils do overtake in Destruction What thinkest thou then my Son who hast sinned What dost thou expect Is not thy Mind terrified at the hearing of these things which a Sinner dying suffers against his Will Turn then to thy God who can deliver thee from the Wrath to come and comfort thee when thou art going out of this Life by his infinite Grace and his unconceiveable Mercy Be greatly afraid of my Wrath and Justice whilst thou art alive that at thy Death thou mayest find my Fatherly Compassion For they that in their life time fear me as a severe Judge in their Death they find Me as a most bountiful Father Blessed are they who observe my Ways with all their Heart being mindful of their latter end They shall not be afraid of the Terror of the Night when they shall speak with their Enemies in the Gate to wit when they shall pass out of this Life After which will follow the eternal Night of Sinners or the eternal Light of the Righteous whom I have loved Follow me my Son and let my Law cleave to thy inward Parts and the Torment of Death shall not seize upon thee but thou shalt rest in a joyful and delightful Peace FINIS

learn Wisdom in the School of my Meekness and mayest grow up with the Nourishment of Men come to years that grow up to the measure of Love which is higher than Heaven The World passeth away and the Lust thereof but the Union of my Love will never pass away but will joyn with Me my most beloved Servants for whom I have appointed a Kingdom that they may eat and drink at my Table in the Banquet of the Dainties of my Paradice CHAP. IX Concerning Inconstancy which a Sinner falls into JErusalem hath sinned a great Sin therefore she became unstable and could find no Rest A Fool changes as the Moon Wherefore seeing every Sinner is a Fool he suffers the Punishment of his own Transgression never continuing in the same state but changing his Purpose every hour He hath departed from his Firmness and Constancy which he had in Me his God and Keeper who change not And therefore he wanders in Uncertainty not knowing whither to go and finding no Rest for the sole of his Foot All his Persecutors over-take him between the straits and he desiring to escape free changes places perpetually until his own Evils take him in Destruction while he is flying away Wo to the Soul that hath departed from Me He will sind Torments every where and day and night Sleep will depart from his Eyes To day the Sinner seeks Friends to morrow he shuns them because they are unfaithful To day he is bent upon Games to morrow he laments because by living riotously he hath consumed his Substance To day he seeks the Honours of the World to morrow he shuns them being marked with Infamy for his Sins What then art thou minding my Son who sittest upon the Wheel of the World which is always turning How is it that thou dost not return unto Me who am thy Safety Vertue and Constancy Hast thou not learned by daily Experience that the Thoughts of Mortal Men are fearful and their Fore-casts uncertain which proceed without Order unto the end Know assuredly my Son that without my Mercy thou art the dry Stuble and a Leaf driven with the East-wind which can no where find Rest Sometimes thou wilt be joyful and anon sorrowful to morrow thou wilt lament for thy Infirmity and the next day thou wilt be terrified with the fear of Death Sometimes the care of Temporal things sometimes Ambition sometimes Thirst sometimes Hunger will torment thee unless thou repent and cast thy care on Me and offer thy self wholly unto Me on the Altar of thy Heart If thou shalt seek Me with all thy Heart nothing shall trouble thee neither Death nor Life nor the World nor Hell nor any other Creature visible or invisible For by the Testimony of thy Conscience thou shalt be as the Lyon that is strongest among Beasts and turneth not away for any I will confirm thee who wast subject to the Inconstancy of Adam thy Father and I will strengthen thee with my most mighty Hand I will make thee a Pillar of Iron and a Wall of Brass against all the Enemies of thy Soul They shall fight against thee but they shall not prevail against thee because I will change thee being a Penitent into another Man and make thee Partaker of my Grace and Valour CHAP. X. Concerning the Remorse of Conscience wherewith a Sinner is tormented MY Son unless thou return to Me with all thy Heart thy Wickedness will correct thee and thy Backsliding will reprove thee for by what things any Man sins by the same he shall be punished It is a just Judgment that the Sinner who hath forsaken Me his God should feel within himself Remorse of Conscience and Anguish arising from the fear of Death and Hell It is a just Judgment that amongst the forbidden Joys of the World wherewith he seeks to be delighted contrary to my Law he should be pierced with the sting of a Heart groaning and foreseeing its own Damnation The Terrors of Death fight against a Sinner though he seeks for Joys neither can a wicked Man have Peace who is reproved by his own Conscience from which he cannot fly This Remorse riseth out of Sin as a Worm out of Timber and shews that I am a just Judge and that the Sinner is a Betrayer who sold me for a small price Meditate on these things my Son and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that thou hast forsaken Me thy Lord and Benesactor and that my Fear was not before thee Dost thou not see that all things fall out unhappily to thee whilst thou flyest from me and that with Anxiety of Mind thou drinkest the troubled Waters of the Egyptians whereas by my Grace thou mayest return into the dearly beloved City of Jerusalem and drink of the pure Water of Jordan where thou mayest wash and be made whiter than Snow Wherefore then resistest thou the Impulses of my Love calling and inviting thee to my Friendship Cast away from thee my Son the five Yokes of Oxen which thou hast foolishly bought and take willingly upon thee my one and most sweet Yoke where thou shalt not be wearied with the Prickings of Conscience but shalt find rest to thy wearied Soul Seek the Heavenly Tranquillity and the Peace which passeth all Understanding and rest from that Anxiety wherewith thou art vexed Call unto me and I will answer thee with my Divine Inspirations which will beget true Joys and compose thy troubled Spirit I will comfort thee and speak inwardly to thy Heart if thou return unto me and praise me with Uprightness of Heart when thou hast obtained Liberty and Rest and other most precious Priviledges of the Children of God Despise now the Counsels of the Men of the World who torment thy Heart and follow my one and most healthful Counsel and thou shalt see how I scatter all the Plots of thy Enemies and create in thee a new Spirit whereby thy Age may be renewed as the Eagles that thou mayest enjoy my most lovely Peace and Security CHAP. XI Concerning the Hardness of Heart which a Sinner falls into I Am righteous and I love Righteousness and my Countenance beholds the Upright The Sinner hath rejected me and resisted my innumerable Inspirations whereby I endeavoured to mollifie his Heart And therefore I reject him and withhold my Rain that it drops not upon him I invited Pharaoh by outward Signs which I wrought by the hand of Moses my Servant and by inward Inspirations which he unhappy Sinner felt But when he resisted my great Mercy I suffered his Heart to be hardened more than the Flintstone and the hardest Rocks until he persecuted Israel my People and was drowned as Lead in the mighty Waters I anointed Saul King of Israel when he was little in his own Eyes and followed me like a Boy of one Year old But after he began and continued to resist my many Motions and Inspirations I threw him away so that he fell upon his own Sword and died fearfully