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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	great_a	sin_n	soul_n	8,809	5	5.0614	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72210	The race celestiall, or, A direct path to heauen by Henry Greenvvood, maister of arts and preacher of the word of God.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1609 (1609)	STC 12335.3; ESTC S5239	32,701	98

eyes vpon the centre of the world from whence they came hanging downe their heades to the earth like bulrushes As man therfore was created pure and vpright in soule and streight and right in body carying his head toward heauen so must he runne if euer he will obteine heauen in the streight way and right path that leadeth to heauen Many there are that séeke the Lord and find him not because they séeke amisse so many there are that runne yea all men liuing are runners yet are they farre from obteining because they runne amisse There are foure sorts of ground yet but one fructiferous there are foure wayes in the world yet but one and that a narrow one that leadeth to life Generally there are but these two the way of Godlinesse and the way of iniquity whereof the one in the Gospell of Matthew is called the broad way and the other the straite and narrow gate yet S. Iohn considering the multiplicity of this dangerous Labyrinth doth cut out this broad way into thrée maine heads into Luxury Couetousnesse and Pride saying Whatsoeuer is in the world is either the concupiscence of the flesh the concupiscence of the eye or the pride of life Haec tria pro trino numine mundus habet i. This is the Trinity which the world doth worship These wayes are wide and large and whole multitudes walke in the same Magna plenitudo hominum sed magna solitudo bonorum i. There is a great plenty of men but there is as great a scarcity of good men These wayes séeme pleasant to be walked in yet Nouissima illaerum mors est The end of these wayes is death for the diuell like a subtile fisher sheweth the baite but hideth the hooke sheweth the vnprofitable profit the vnpleasant pleasure of sinne but hideth the hooke from mens eyes which is death according to that of S. Paul Stipendium peccati mors est the wages of sin is death here hel damnation hereafter Sinne séemeth at the first to fawne vpon a man but yet in the end it will with Cains dogge plucke out the very throats of our soules In these maine roades the more is the pity doth the greatest part of mankind runne headlong to perdition without any checke of conscience remorse for their sinnes or any reclamation in the world Sinne neuer more than in these our dayes of the Gospell abounded the Diuell hath more followers than Christ the whole multitude cried Crucifie him Crucifie him But there was but one and that a silly woman that laboured to set him frée The saying of Paul to the Romanes is verified in these our dayes of sinne There is none righteous no not one There is none that vnderstandeth there is none that seeketh God all haue gone out of the way all are altogether vnprofitable there is none that doth good no not one Pride whoredome adultery fornication vncleannes wantonnes idolatry witchcraft hatred debate emulation wrath contention sedition heresie couetousnes drunkennes swearing forswearing blasphemie prophanenes contempt of the word despising of Gods messengers and the like abhominations are reigning in euery angle of this our Iland yea our land is become a sinke of sinne a pit of pollution and a place of abhomination defiled with iniquity A vertice capitis vsque ad plantam pedes 1. From top to toe hauing no sound part throughout it yea our whole land is out of course and it is the great mercy of God that we are not consumed Yea these last dayes of the world are like to the dayes of Israels prouocation of the Lord in the wildernesse wherein we preferre the slauery of Egypt aboue the swéete Manna of heauenly blisse Yea that saying of the Prophet is verified of the most part of mankind That the children gather stickes the fathers made the fire and the women bake cakes for the queene of heauen That is they offered sacrifice to the Sunne and Moone and planets which they called the Quéene of heauen So the Beast of Rome with his Antichristian crue doth sacrifice to Mary making her an Idol and calling her as in their Salue regina and Regina coel● laetare doth appeare the Quéene of heauen They make ignorance the mother of their deuotion Sir Iohn Lack-latine and Sir Anthony Ignorance are their chiefest clarkes and best Massemongers Yea the world is growne to this height of reprobation that that which is written in Iob is verified of many They say to God Depart from vs for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes who is the Almightie that we should serue him Full little thinking that the Lord shall answer them with the like Discedite Depart from me ye workers of iniquity Thus we sée how the worldlings runne in the race of iniquity the broad way to the lake vnquenchable some in the race of Atheisme some in Papisme some in Mahumetisme some in Paganisme but few there are y t run in y e race Christianisme But thou that wouldst be saued thou that wouldst so runne that thou mayst obteine run not in any of these wayes but flie from sinne as from a stinging serpent and a a biting Cocatrice For they that doe such things shall not inherite the kingdome of God The right way therefore wherein we must runne is the way of godlinesse the way of Christianity the way of the word of God framing all our thoughts words and operations according to the precise and strict rule of the same for Factores legis iustificabuntur i. the doers of the law shall be iustified saued and glorified This way of godlinesse is a blessed way to walke in It is sweeter than hony or the hony combe Iugum Christi suaue est onus suum leue i. The yoke of Christ is easie and his burthen light Mandata eius grauia non sunt i. His Commaundements are not grieuous and his commandements are exceeding large her wayes are wayes of pleasure and all her paths prosperity It is a lanterne to our feete and a light vnto our paths It is a pillar of fire to cary vs through the wildernesse of this world to the Celestiall Chanaan it is the power of God to saluation to euery beleeuer both Iew and Grecian it is able to saue our soules it is able to make vs wise to saluation it is profitable to teach to improue to correct to instruct in righteousnesse and to make vs perfect in all good workes It is comfortable in all cases and parts of our life both in prosperity and aduersity both in life and death If we fight it is a sword if we hunger it is meate if we thirst it is drinke if we be naked it is a garment if we be in darknesse it is a light yea in a word the word of God is the high way to heauen Enter therfore in at the streight gate of amendment and runne in the same

of this reward is painted out vnto vs in the holy scriptures by the diuersity and greatnes of the names thereof For first it is called by the name of Regnum caelorum i. The kingdome of heauen because the saints of God do there inioy great liberty dignity honour power pleasure glory and all good things whatsoeuer Secondly it is called by the name of Regnum Dei Christi i. The kingdome of God and of Christ because that Iesus Christ hauing ouercome death hell and damnation together with all the enemies that did oppose vs in the way to heauen doth there rule and gouerne his Church triumphant with heauenly peace and euerlasting tranquillity Thirdly it is called by the name of Paradisus 1. Paradise in respect of the abundant plenty of all good and pleasant things which the saints can either wish or possibly desire Fourthly it is called by the name of Caelum tertium y e third heauen which is called Caelum Empyraeum i. igneum not in respect of fire but in respect of y e glorious light y e shineth therein for it is Situ altissimum quantitate maximum naturâ purissimum luce plenissimum capacitate amplissimum i. High in scituation great in quantity pure in nature ful of light excéeding large able to receiue ten thousand times more persōs then there are drops of water in the sea or sands lying by he shore Fiftly it is called by the name of Sancta ciuitas an holy city built with most pretious pearles because the company that dwell therein are holy and pure shining in holinesse and glistring in purity as the portals of the burnish Sunne Sixtly it is called by the name of Summa beatitudo inestimable blessednesse because the saints inioy the full presence of the blessed trinity wherein true blisse consisteth Seuenthly it is called by the name of Vita aeterna life euerlasting because there shall be no more death nor lamentation no more crying nor sorrow but the saints shall enioy these blessed ioyes so long as God shall be God which is for euerlasting This is the reward promised to all those that will runne in the race of godlines holding out to the end A large reward no man knoweth it but he that inioyeth it Adeò magna est quòd nequit numerari adio pretiosa quòd nequit comparari adeò diutina quòd nequit terminari i. So great is their reward as it cannot be numbred so pretious as it cannot be valued so lasting as it is euerlasting it is great without quantity swéet without quality infinit without number euerlasting without end So great is this reward as neither eye hath seene nor eare hath heard of the like neither can it be expressed of the heart of man Quod praeparauit saith S. Augustine diligentibus se Deus fide non capitur spe non attingitur charitate non comprehenditur desideria vot a transgreditur adquiri potest aestimari non potest i. That which y e Lord hath prepared for those that loue and feare his name is not fully attained to by faith neither fully retained by hope neither fully conteined by charity it far surpasseth the desires of men and angels it may in some measure be obtained but valued it can neuer be Deus saith S. Bernard Est mel in ore melos in aure inbilus in corde i. God is hony in the mouth melody in the eare and ioy in the heart Ibi nihil intus quod fastidiatur nihil foris quod appetatur ibi rex veritas lex charitas poss●ssia aeternitas i. In heauen there is nothing that may séeme fulsome or loathsome out of heauen there is nothing that may be wished or desired for then were there no perfection in heauen for Perfectum est cui nihil addi potest i. There is perfection where can be no addition there the king is verity the law charity and possession eternity S. Augustine speaking of the ioyes of heauen saith thus Ibi laetitia sine tristitia locus sine dolore vita sine labore lux sine tenebris ibi iuuentus semper vigescit nunquā senescit ibi dolor nunquā sentitur nec gemitus vnquam auditur ibi tristitia nunquā videtur sed aeternum gaudium possidetur i. There is mirth w tout inone place without paine life w tout labour light without darknesse there youth alwayes flourisheth and neuer decayeth there is no torment felt no howling heard no sorrow séene but possession of euerlasting ioyes Ibi est summa certa tranquillitas tranquilla faeticitas faelix aeternitas aeterna beatitudo beata Trinitas i. There is great tranquillity tranquill felicity happy eternity euerlasting blessednes and the blessed trinity O gaudium super gaudium vincens omne gaudium extra quod non est gaudium quando intrabo in te vt Deum meum videam qui habitat in te i O ioy aboue all ioyes far surpassing all ioyes without which there is no ioy when shall I enter into thée that I may sée my God that dwelleth in thée This holy man Augustine considering the greatnes of the ioyes of heauen saith on this maner faciliùs expont petest quid non sit in coelo quàm quid fit in coelo i. A man may sooner tel what is not in heauen then what is in heauen for the ioyes which are there are innumerable Euen as a learned Geometrician finding Hercules his footes length vpō the high hill Olympus drew out his whole picture by the proportion of the same though farre vnequall to it so we may gesse at the greatnesse of the ioyes of heauen though farre vnequal to them As the Quéene of Sheba hauing heard the wisdome of Salomon which before she beléeued not sayd to Salomon Loe the one halfe was not told me So the saints of God inioying y e vnspeakeable ioyes of heauē may say It is true which we haue heard concerning the ioyes of heauē by the mouth of preching ministers but lo the thousand part of thē was not told vnto vs. The greatnesse of these ioyes do appeare in y e entertainment of the faithful seruant into ioyes by our Lord Iesus saying Enter into thy masters ioy Our Sauiour saith not Let thy maisters ioy enter into thee but Enter thou into it shewing vnto vs that the ioyes of heauen are so many as the thousand part of them cannot be contained in the soule of man Thus at large haue I spoken of this reward the more to allure al men to run in y e race of Christianity which is y e highway to this glorious reward Foure things there are that being well considered are excellent motiues to cause men to leaue the broad way of iniquity and to betake themselues to run in this race Celestiall The day of death The day of doome The ioyes of heauen and the torments of hell Let euery Christian therefore as he tendreth his euerlasting