Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	know_v	life_n	time_n	7,912	5	3.6056	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01189	A dyet for the Christian soule, constantly to be obserued euery day, that it may alwaies reioyce in the Lord..		1600 (1600)	STC 6832.65; ESTC S126272	9,205	78

not not lifting vp our heartes when wee prosper nor casting them downe when we are crossed And thus will the diligent as are able to enform him and as often as hee may to seeke oportunitie to confer with such as feare God that hee may both doe and receiue good As the coales of fire lying together do yeeld more heate and endure longer so the seruantes of God receiue mutual comfort one of another and doe by their mutuall loue declare indeed that they are Gods children 1. Iohn 3. 13. 14. Maruell not my Brethren though the world hate you wee know that wee are translated from death vnto life because wee loue the Brethren and hee that loueth not his Brother abideth in death In which blessed sentence note both an euidēt marke of the childe of God and the reprobate The Childe of God loueth Gods Children the reprobate worldlinge hateth Gods children 7 When at anie time he findeth himselfe to haue failed in his dutie to God he must take heede that hee neyther make sleight reckoning of it which hardeneth the hart nor yet that he too deeply be cast downe by it which much discourageth a poor distressed soule from comfortable proceeding but rather speedilie to reconcile himselfe to God and so recouering himselfe to bee made more circumspect by his fall 8 He is to take heed that al these duties be not made matters of course and custome without care to grow better thereby for this is the subtiltie of Sathan to make men thinke when they haue performed outward obedience it sufficeth God is a spirite and therefore must be worshipped hart●lie and in truth 9 Hee is also to obserue Gods blessings and chastisementes that by both his hart may bee drawne to thanks and requests that so all the daye as it were hee maye walke with his gracious God 10 He is to looke well to his carriage in company that he do no hurt by worde or example nor take anie from others but cōtrariwise endeuor rather to do good If all the company bee not of one mind c. then hee is to wait for fitte occasion from their talke to vtter somewhat wisely to th'holding out of vnsauorie talke that attendance may be giuen to better being wisely and kindly offered And to this purpose before hee go into company he is to thinke of some matter that may bee profitable for the company to which hee goeth Without this care it is better to attend vppon familie and charge at home then to frequente company If the cōpany be scornefull or brutish so as hee can haue none oportunity to do good First hee is not to ioyne with them in their idle talke but to shew apparant dislike of it by silence countenance c. Secondly he is to break off company as soone as may be If hee light vpon such as thinke it an ouercharging of them alwayes to be held to this cōmunication he must haue regard of their weaknes and must bring them on so as he may best preuaile with them But not to make them think that there is no talke allowed but of Scripture when as it cannot bee denide but men may talke of their trades howe to grow to more skill in them c. When hee commeth in company to deale about his affairs or other mens matters when just occasion shall drawe him thereto he must so carrie himselfe as may be sutable to the other parts of his life that there be no breking of his peace with GOD taking heede that he do not in any euill follow the fashion of other men He is also in company to auoid as rocks those common sins against the third and ninth commaundements Let not God or any word or work of his bee once mentioned but with reuerent feare Let not any man bee named but with loue remembring that roiall Law Whatsoeuer men should doe vnto you doe you the same vnto thē Waying well these holy sentences of the 119. Psal 53. Feare is come vppon mee for the wicked that forsake thy law 63. I am companion of all them that feare thee and keepe thy precepts 97. Oh how loue I thy law it is my meditation continually 139. Mine eies gush out with riuers of water because they keepe not thy Law 155. Saluation is farre from the wicked because they seeke not thy statutes 158. I saw the transgressors and was grieued because they kept not thy word The sweet and blessed spirite of GOD write these sentences in our hearts that wee may Christianly behaue as well in regarde of health as also behauiour which makes mee the more willing to describe it for all mens easier apprehension When the stomacke or ventricle hath receiued the foode it locks it vp afterward to heate conuert it into a kind of white matter which beeing so changed according to his qualities discends by degrees into the guts and bowels certaine veines wherof doe sucke and draw the very purest best substaunce and so do cary it to the Liuer When it is grosse super …