Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A10687
|
The countrie mans comfort. Or Religious recreations fitte for all well disposed persons. Which was printed in the yeere of our Lord 1588. And since corrected, amended, and enlarged by the same author. I.R.
|
Rhodes, John, minister of Enborne.
|
1637
(1637)
|
STC 20961; ESTC S103457
|
26,382
|
92
|
among us bee that have from slandrous tongue bin free Then to conclude seeth it is so that slandrous tongues all sorts will bite Let faith and patience be thy guide and let the Lord give them their right Till then pray thou to God with me to mend those tongues that slandrous be FINIS A song or ditty shewing the nature of the ambitious and what is true happinesse namely to live as that we may make a good end before death THe happy life in these our dayes That all doth seek both small and great Is who may gaine or win the prayse or who may sit in highest seat But in this life happ what happ shall the happy end exceedeth all A good beginning oft we see but seldome standeth at one stay For few doe like the meane degree then prayse at parting some men say To death seeth euery one is thrall the happy end exceedeth all To be as wise as Cato was or rich as Cressus in his life To haue the strength of Hercules which did subdue by force and strife What helpeth it when Death doth call the happy end exceedeth all The longer life that we desire the more offence doth daily grow The greater paine it doth require except the Lord some pitty shew Wherefore I thinke and euer shall the happy end exceedeth all The rich my well the poore releeue the rulers may redresse much wrong The learned can good counsell giue but marke the end of this my song Who shewes good fruites happy I call his happy end exceedeth all FINIS A song in dispraise of spight and enuie To the tune of Now leaue and let me rest VVHen spight hath spent his worst and malice wrought his will Then truth will trie the iust and sift the good from ill Though truth may hap be blamed by spight and spightfull parts Yet truth shall not be shamed for all their spightfull hearts For truth will trie it selfe at length with honest fame When that the spightfull elfe shall hide his head for shame Spight is a spightfull sin with falshood to preuaile A spightfull fained friend hath poyson in his tayle Spight spies out spightfull wayes a true man to deface And laughs when he decayes such is his spightfull grace Yet speake out spight and spare not to spend thy spight dispatch For all thy spight I care not nor for no spightfull wratch For when thy spight is spent and truth shall come in place Then shame thy selfe shall shent and shew thy shamefull face For truth shall still prevaile in spight of spights ill minde Though spight spightfull rayles as curres that bite behinde God sendes them all mis-chance that spends such spightfull drosse With falshood to advance themselues with others losse For spight I little care let spight spie out his worst And make of spight no spare for in truth will I trust Sith truth did never faile at length for his defence Against wrong to prevaile for all his false pretence Vse falshood they that list in earnest or in gaine A false man never mist for falshood â—o haue shame A sorrowfull song or sonnet wherin is lamented our miserable estate in this life hunting after vanity To the tune of Labandalashot TO view the state of mans vnrest I muse oft times in mournfull brest What causeth him by sundry wayes to seeke for worldly pelfe and praise What hope what helpe what tried trust what ioy or stay in things vniust What sureance haue we here to bide we come and goe as doth the tide And yet we take felicitie to loue this worldly vanitie How many mischiefes may befall vpon thy head O man mortall When thou in ioy and iollitie doest little thinke of miserie Great heapes of heavie harmefull haps doth lucklesly light in our laps The snatching snare of death is spread and man on so daine is strooke dead Yea tract of time doth plainly try this world to be but vanitie O wicked Diues man of mold that hadst all pleasures twentie fold Th' abuse thereof doth record beare that thou wouldst not impart nor spare One farthing to the fatherlesse nor needie neighbors in distresse Can riches bring thee backe againe out of this place of plunging paine Where thou in woefull waues must lie bereft of worldly vanitie My mind is much dismayd to see both high and low of each degree How cunningly their parts they play as though this world should last for aye The king in higher place would sit the subiect thinkes himselfe most fit To rule and raigne in regall state that in the sight of small and great He may be seene to sit on hie amidst this worldly vanitie All good advise and counsell graue which we in memory should haue Is cast into oblivion and cleane forgot of eueryman Examples rare of Gods iudgement will not procure vs to repent His benefits we doe abuse his sacred word we doe refuse His mercies powred plenteously we doe reiect for vanitie Such lawlesse Lawyers some there be that plea des on both sides as wee see For many makes the matter sure and maister Mendax will procure That you shall be dispatcht with speed if you can helpe him at his need These prating parasites God knowes which in the silly sheepe-skin goes Deceiueth men by flatterie and all for worldly vanitie Prepend the life of merchants eke how ventrously at sea they seeke For their advantage many miles and then with sundry worldly wiles The simple sort they doe deceiue and so the web of sin thy weaue For that with othes and count'nance made the country people they perswade All ware is good of honestie when it is worse then vanitie If we would thinke vpon our state and in our selues be at debate A remedie there might be found to beat our sinnes vnto the ground But we in wantonnesse doe spend our life and liuings to the end And hauocke makes such wast and spoyle that Lazers poore doe starue the while Instead of hospitalitie is Bacchus bankets of gluttonie Could swinish Sodom liue more ill and be so bent to wanton will Or could Gommorra truly say that we liue not so ill as they If we be iudge our selues herein yet must we looke to sinke for sinne Our carelesse life calls to the Lord for vengeance great of fire and sword We haue no care to liue godly but to delight in vanitie From friends to flatterers we come from God to godlesnesse we runne Of whoredome now is nothing made and drunkennnsse is no ill trade We iest it out when we defame our neighbours nothing worthy blame Vpon suspect reuenge we will what so we doe it is not ill To beare false witnesse wrongfully some are content for vanitie Of sacred scriptures we will none for we can read the same at home Of ministers we haue no care we doe deride them here and there We loathe their learned exhortations which should be for our owne saluations Such like reprochfull words some vse Gods messengers for to abuse For they reprooue
That Solomon did make and write in his most royall daies Praise him for Azaph and the rest whom Dauid set to sing In presence of the holy Arke when Solomon was king Praise him for all the songs and play left vs by learned men Who by their studies night and day did much with inke and pen. Praise him for those that loue this Art and doe the same maintaine Rewarding it with willing hart among the godly traine Praise him and pray that all abuse there of may hated be And that the godly and right vse may rest in each degree Praise him and pray that those of skill may liue in Har-mo-ny And bring up youth with fauour still this art to dignifie Praise him and pray for our good King his Nobles and the rest Our Queene the Prince and the off-spring Lord let them all be blest Praise him yea euer sing him praise on earth most ioyfully That after death our soules may sing his praise eternally Amen Certaine graces before and after meat in english meeter very breife short for children to vse Grace before meat for poore and rich made vpon the 4. Petition of the Lords Prayer and made to the three persons in Trinitie 1 OVr Father through Christ giue vs this day our dayly bread 2 O Christ feed vs by faith in thee to liue when we are dead 3 Thou Spirit of truth teach vs to pray with inward sighes and grones That both the Father and the Sonne may heare our plaints and mones O holy and blessed Trinitie one God in persons three Peserue thy church our king realme and let vs come to thee Amen Grace after meat for the rich and wealthie of of the world AS thou hast fed our bodies Lord so feed our soules likewise And make vs mindfull of the poore as riches doe arise Increase thy flocke preserue our King thy grace and peace vs send That we may lead a faithfull life and make a godly end Amen Grace before meat O Lord our God celestiall blesse this our food materiall That we may rightly vse the same vnto the honor of thy name Thy Church Lord saue our King defend grant vs thy Gospell to the end Amen Grace after meate O Gracious God we magnifie thy glorious name and maiestie For all thy blessings given to vs through thy deare sonne our Lord Iesus Thy Church our King Queene Lord saue the Prince and all the friends we haue Amen Grace before meat THou Lord that didst create all things for mankind to enioy And didst ordaine man for thy selfe to serue thee night and day O blesse these meates and drinkes of ours that we thy name may please With earthly giue vs heauenly food both now and all our dayes Continue all thy goodnesse Lord and still preserue our King The Queene Prince and these our realmes aboue all earthly things Amen Grace after meate for poore people ON Father Sonne and holy Ghost depend we euermore God sanctifie our state to vs and still increase our store O teach vs Lord in time of need to trust in thee and pray That whether we abound or want thou Lord maist be our stay Thy whole and universall Church Lord Jesus still defend And to all troubles of the same Lord ever put an end Amen A Prayer for the King and State O Eternall God most mighty Lord and our heavenly Father in Iesus Christ King of Kings and Lord of all things 〈◊〉 whom kings of the earth doe raigne and 〈◊〉 men doe beare sway both in Church and common weale O Lord our God we beseech thee in the highest degree unto our dread Soveraigne Lord King Charles to his honorable counsell to his Clergie Nobilitie Gentry Magistrates commonaltie to the two universities to the professors of both lawes to every man in his honest just lawful calling that they and every one of them may doe their duty as carefully godly honestly conscionably and in thy feare O Lord as they will answer it to thee in the great day of account