Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	hell_n	sin_n	sting_n	5,056	5	11.5139	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18193	The lamentacion of a synner, made by ye most vertuous Ladie, Quene Caterin, bewayling the ignoraunce of her blind life: set furth and put in print at the instaunt desire of the righte gracious ladie Caterin duchesse of Suffolke, [and] the earnest requeste of the right honourable Lord, William Parre, Marquesse of North Hampton	Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548.; Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.	1547 (1547)	STC 4827; ESTC S108944	34,896	122

further if any time men would impugne gaynsaye vs w t the wisedome of the world yet we haue by Christe so muche supernatural light of the trut●e that we make a mocke of al those that repugne the truthe Christe also vpon the c●osse hath triumphed ouer the worlde Firste bycause he hath discouered the same to be naught that wheras it was couered with the vayle of Ipocrisie and the vesture of morall vertues Christ hath shewed that in goddes sight the r●ghteousnes of the worlde is wickednesse and he hath yelded witnes that the workes of men not regenerated by him in fayth are euel And so Christe hath iudged and condemned the worlde for naught Furthermore he hath geuen to al hys so muche light and spirite that they knowe it and disprayse the same yea and treade it vnder their feete w t al vayne honours dignities and pleasures not taking the fayre promises neyther the offers whiche it doth present Nay they rather make a scorne of theym And as for the threatnynges and force of the worlde they nothing feare Nowe therfore we may see howe great the victorye and tryumphe of Christ is who hathe deliuered all those the father gaue him frō y e power of the deuill cancellynge vpon the Crosse the wrytyng of our dertes For he hath delyuered vs frō the condemnacion of sinne from the bondage of the lawe from the feare of death from the daungier of the world and from all euylles in this life and in thother to cum And he hath enriched vs made vs noble most highlie happie after suche a glorious and tryumphant waye as can not w t tongue be expressed And therfore we are forced to say his triūphe is merueylous It is also sene knowen y e Christ is the true Messias for he hath delyuered man from all euylles and by hym man hath all goodnes so that he is the true Messias Therfore al other helpers be but vaine and counterfeyted Sauiours seing that by this oure Messias Christ wholie and onely we be delyuered from all euylles and by hym we haue all goodnes And that this is true it is euidente and cleare because the very true christian is a christian by Christ. And the true christian fealeth inwardly by Christe so muche goodnes of god that euen troublouse lyfe and death be swete vnto hym and miseries happie the true christian by Christe is disburdened frō the seruitude of the lawe hauing the law of grace grauen by the spirite inhabiting his hart and from sinne that reygned in him from the power of the infernal spirites from dānacion and from euery euyll And is made a sonne of God a brother of Christ heyre of heauen and lord of the worlde So that in Christe and by Christ he possesseth al good thynges But let vs knowe that Christ yet fighteth in spirite in his elect vesselles and shall fight euen to the daye of iudgemēt At which daye shal that great enemy death be wholie distroyed and shal be no more Then shall the children of god reioyce on him saying O death where is thy victory sting There shal be thē no more trouble nor sinne naye rather none euyll but heauen for the good and hell for the wicked Then shall wholie be discouered the victorie and triumphe of Christ who after Paul shall present vnto his father the kyngdome togithers with his chosen saued by him It was no lytle fauour towardes his chyldren y ● Christ was chosē of god to saue vs his elect so highlie by the waye of the crosse Paul calleth it a grace and a moste singuler grace We maye well thinke that he hauinge ben to the worlde so valiaunte a Capitayne of God was full of light grace vertue and spirite Therfore he myght iustelie saye Consūmatum e●t We seing then y t the tryumphe and victory of oure capitaine Christ is so merueilous glorious and noble to the whiche warre we be appoynted lette vs force our selues to folowe him w t bearyng our crosse that we maye haue felowshyppe with him in his kyngdome Truly it maye be most iustely verified y t to behold Christ crucified in spirite is the best meditacion that can be I certeynlye neuer knewe myne owne miseries and wretchednes so wel by booke admonicion or learnyng as I haue doen by lokyng into the spirituall booke of the crucifix I lamente muche I haue passed so many yeares not regardyng that diuine booke but I iudged and thought my self to be well instructed in the same whereas nowe I am of this opinion that yf God would suffer me to lyue here a M. yeare and should studye continually in the same diuine booke I should not be fylled with the contemplacion therof Neyther holde I my self contented but alwayes haue a great desier to learne and study more therin I neuer knewe myne owne wickednes neyther lamented for my synnes truly vntill the tyme god inspired me with his grace that I looked in this booke Then I beganne to see perfectly that mine owne power and strēgth could not helpe me that I was in the Lordes hande euen as the cleye is in the potters hand thē I began to crye and saye Alas lorde that euer I haue so wickedlie offēded the beyng to me frō the beginnyng so gracious so good a father most specially now hast declared and shewed thy goodnes vnto me whan in the time I haue doen the mooste iniurie to call me and also to make me know take the for my sauioure and redemer Suche be the wōderful workes of god to cal sinners to repentaunce and to make them to take Christe his welbeloued sonne for theyr sauiour this is the gift of god of all christians to be required and desiered For except this great benefite of Christe crucified be felte and fixed surely in mannes harte there cā be no good work doen acceptable before god For in Christ is al fulnes of y e godhead in him are hid al the treasures of wisedōe and knowledge euen he is the water of life wherof whosoeuer shall drynke shal neuer more thyrst but it shal be in hym a well of water springinge vp into euerlastynge life Saynct Paule sayeth there is no damnacion to them that are in Christ whiche walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite Moreouer he sayth yf when we were ennemies we were reconciled to god by the death of his sonne muche more seyng we are reconcyled we shal be preserued by his death It is no lytle or smal benefit we haue receyued by Christ yf we consydre what he hathe doen for vs as I haue perfectly declared heretofore Wherfore I praye the lord y t this great benefite of Christ crucified maye be stedfastly fixed and printed in al christian hartes that they maye be trewe louers of God