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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	eternal_a	life_n	soul_n	14,602	5	5.1897	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26831	Muggleton's last will & testament (who died Novemb. 30, 1679) being an absolute and real recantation of his former notorious blasphemous doctrine : together with several Christian instructions in order to refrain the same, shewing the eternal woe	Muggleton, Lodowick, 1609-1698.; J. B.	1679 (1679)	Wing B115; ESTC R3265	4,441	10

I ought or should and if I poor miserable Wretch as I am have time yet not grace allowed me for repentance what can such expect who die with an Oath in their mouths as the persons above specified or in drink as is too frequently seen But having a small time to live and finding approaching death draw so near as to stare me in the face I shall devote the remainder of my small span of time now left me to the honour of Almighty God and preservation of the lives and souls of such of my Countrey-men and Congregation whom I have any ways perverted by my false Doctrine or deluded by my erroneous and Heretical opinion And first let me apply my self as briefly as my small space of Life will admit me to such Persons who are Teachers of false Doctrine Heresie and Schism Let me inform such for such I am very confident are and will be to the end of the World do not only render themselves accountable for their own sins but likewise for the sins of all such People who by them are seduced But pray Beloved mistake not the Words of a Man who in a manner hath both Feet in the Grave Not that their answering for those they seduce shall acquit the Persons seduced but that they both shall joyntly suffer for their Offence according to the respective nature of the Crimes by them committed For on the one hand as certainly as the Teacher of false Doctrine shall be accountable for the Souls of all Persons by him seduced so on the other side all such seduced Persons shall be severe Sufferers for not trying the Scriptures and searching out the difference between Truth and Falshood according to their respective Abilities for where God gives a Talent he requires the same with Interest and not like the sloathful Servant that we should wrap the same up in a Napkin and then tax him for a hard Master I must confess for my own particular part had I imployed the Talent of that Knowledge God had given me to a right use I had not now groaned under the remarkable Judgement of the Curse of the omnipotent God Therefore once more if dying Mens Words have any operation upon living Persons let me request and with bleeding Eyes beseech you as ever you hope to escape those eternal Torments I expect to suffer Never teach false Doctrine I speak this to all Persons of new fangled Opinions in general and likewise to all Persons in particular who are or may be Auditors of such Seducers That they never receive any fundamental Alteration in their Religion until they have first tryed the same by the Touch-stone of Religion which is God's Word For since our Saviour hath said The latter days shall be full of Deceivers of which I must confess my self Chief it certainly behoves every rational Man in so grand a Concern as this is to beware how they are cheated of their eternal Happiness Secondly Let no Man whatever run on in a wicked course of Life in hopes of eternal Happiness at the hour of Death I must confess we have one Example and but one Example that I know of in all the Scripture of a Person who obtained Salvation at the hour of Death and that was the poor penitent Thief on the Cross which was only to keep us from Despair rather than to prompt us to Presumption by casting all our hopes on the last breath of Life God Almighty under the Law requires the first-fruits of our Ground which made Abel's Sacrifice more acceptable than Cain's whereas under the Gospel he requires the first fruits of our Hearts and the service of our green Years And had I for my own particular part served him then I had never come to this deplorable Condition now and I hope this my lamentable Example will deter both Young and Old for ever walking in my Foot-steps But to conclude Solomon says A Man may sustain his infirmities but a wounded spirit who can bear it Such is the wretched misery of my present deplorable Condition that I now not only groan but absolutely perish under this Heart piercing Calamity None but Francis Spira and such a Wretch as my self ever felt such pangs of Conscience as I now feel Hell gapes for me the Devils are ready to torment me to all eternity the holy Angels laugh at me the blessed God mocks at my Calamity yet such is the divine Influence of his blessed Spirit that he compels me poor damned Wretch to preach Salvation to others who never expect Salvation my self But since the Devils themselves have done the like it cannot be conceived strange of me I may nay I can say I put my trust in the Hands of Almighty God yet cannot I believe he will save me such is the miserable hardness of my rocky Heart I sigh I groan I die I languish I perish yet without any remedy Let it once for all suffice and I hope Almighty God will say Amen to my humble and hearty Soul-saving Request That Muggleton's Example may preserve Thousands of Souls from Hell For although I conceive my self justly delivered up to a reprobate Sense yet it is the desire of my Soul other Persons may take Example by my damnable Fall and shun all false Doctrine as they expect Happiness either in this World or the World to come My Breath now fa'ls me I can say no more but this The God above knows that the dying Words of the Unfortunate Muggleton declare more Truth and give more Christian Instruction than the correctest Copies of the most eminent Jesuits and how that shames their Profession let the World judge FINIS