Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	law_n	sin_n	soul_n	7,986	5	5.4923	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64606	Epigrams, divine and moral by Sir Thomas Vrchard, Knight.	Urquhart, Thomas, Sir, 1611-1660.	1641 (1641)	Wing U135; ESTC R7441	21,116	70

none_o of_o a_o little_a burden_n shall_v complain_v you_o be_v clothe_v with_o flesh_n and_o bone_n and_o not_o suppress_v a_o little_a house_n a_o giant_n may_v contain_v and_o little_a bulk_n great_a spirit_n oft_o invest_v for_o virtue_n have_v not_o such_o desire_n to_o find_v the_o stature_n of_o the_o body_n as_o the_o mind_n 25._o that_o too_o much_o bewail_v and_o grief_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v at_o funeral_n to_o one_o lament_v the_o decease_n of_o a_o friend_n it_o be_v more_o fit_a that_o you_o relinquish_v orrow_o then_o that_o you_o shall_v be_v leave_v by_o it_o that_o may_v what_o ever_o may_v be_v do_v be_v do_v to_o morrow_n and_o what_o to_o morrow_n may_v be_v do_v to_o day_n we_o shall_v therefore_o as_o as_o we_o can_v desist_v from_o that_o wherein_o we_o can_v long_o insist_v 26._o the_o virtuous_a speech_n of_o a_o disease_a man_n most_o patient_a in_o his_o sickness_n my_o flesh_n still_o have_v be_v a_o enemy_n unto_o my_o spirit_n it_o shall_v glad_v my_o heart_n that_o pain_n which_o seize_v now_o on_o my_o body_n may_v be_v profitable_a to_o my_o better_a part_n for_o though_o disease_n seem_v at_o first_o unpleasant_a they_o point_v we_o out_o the_o way_n we_o ought_v to_o go_v admonish_v we_o exact_o of_o our_o present_a estate_n and_o to_o we_o at_o last_o this_o favour_n show_v that_o they_o enlarge_v we_o from_o that_o ruinous_a close_a and_o dark_a prison_n which_o confine_v we_o 27._o we_o shall_v not_o be_v sorry_a to_o be_v destitute_a of_o any_o thing_n so_o long_o as_o we_o have_v judgement_n to_o persuade_v we_o that_o we_o may_v minister_v to_o ourselves_o what_o we_o have_v not_o by_o not_o long_v for_o it_o to_o want_n what_o i_o shall_v have_v shall_v never_o make_v my_o heart_n less_o cheerful_a reason_n still_o require_v that_o i_o be_v please_v what_o be_v be_v ever_o thing_n i_o lack_v to_o furnish_v to_o myself_o by_o not_o desire_v for_o not_o to_o wish_v for_o thing_n against_o the_o grief_n of_o fear_n and_o frustrate_a hope_n provide_v relief_n 28._o that_o virtue_n be_v better_a and_o more_o powerful_a than_o fortune_n virtue_n deny_v nought_o but_o what_o to_o grant_n hurt_v the_o receiver_n and_o be_v good_a to_o want_v nor_o take_v she_o ought_v away_o which_o will_v not_o cross_v the_o owner_n and_o be_v lucrative_a to_o loss_n she_o no_o man_n can_v deceive_v she_o look_v not_o strange_a nor_o be_v she_o subject_a to_o the_o mean_a change_n embrace_v she_o then_o for_o she_o can_v give_v that_o which_o will_v without_o gold_n or_o silver_n make_v you_o rich_a 29._o how_o magnanimous_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v in_o adversity_n patient_o to_o endure_v what_o can_v be_v evit_v what_o grievous_a weight_n so_o ever_o be_v allow_v by_o misadventrous_a fate_n wherewith_o to_o load_v you_o shrink_v not_o thereat_o but_o yield_v your_o shoulder_n to_o it_o and_o with_o a_o steadfast_a mind_n support_v your_o body_n for_o valiant_a spirit_n can_v not_o be_v overcome_v though_o fortune_n force_v their_o body_n to_o succumb_v 30._o that_o nothing_o more_o oppose_v the_o tranquillity_n of_o life_n which_o be_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o wiseman_n then_o to_o be_v tie_v to_o a_o generality_n of_o public_a example_n in_o all_o our_o action_n among_o the_o cause_n of_o our_o evil_n this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o ordinary_a that_o we_o live_v b'example_n thing_n which_o be_v amiss_o supply_v oftentimes_o the_o place_n of_o what_o be_v right_a and_o most_o virtuous_a for_o there_o be_v no_o man_n scarce_o hold_v that_o error_n which_o be_v do_v in_o common_a 31._o a_o temperate_a diet_n be_v the_o best_a physic_n to_o keep_v a_o moderation_n in_o our_o diet_n be_v the_o chief_a mean_a to_o be_v of_o health_n assure_v for_o nothing_o sicken_v so_o as_o too_o much_o riot_n and_o feast_n kill_v more_o than_o galen_n ever_o cure_v nor_o be_v their_o physic_n shall_v so_o full_o please_v we_o other_o expel_v but_o this_o prveen_v disease_n 32._o that_o all_o our_o life_n be_v but_o a_o continual_a course_n and_o vicissitude_n of_o sin_v and_o be_v sorry_a for_o sin_n we_o sin_n with_o joy_n and_o have_v fine_v we_o mourn_v then_o kindle_v after_o tear_n new_a sinful_a fire_n there_o be_v a_o turn_n perpetual_a and_o return_v betwixt_o our_o repentance_n and_o profane_a desire_n for_o sense_n to_o delight_n be_v wed_v whole_o which_o purchase_v reason_n do_v bewail_v their_o folly_n 33._o why_o our_o thought_n all_o the_o while_o we_o be_v in_o this_o transitory_a world_n from_o the_o hour_n of_o our_o nativity_n to_o the_o lay_n down_o of_o our_o body_n in_o the_o grave_n shall_v not_o at_o any_o time_n exspaciat_fw-la themselves_o in_o the_o broad_a way_n of_o destruction_n see_v the_o strait_a lodging_n of_o your_o mother_n womb_n bring_v you_o to_o life_n from_o whence_o you_o must_v depart_v to_o the_o dark_a entry_n of_o a_o little_a tomb_n betwixt_o your_o birth_n and_o burial_n let_v your_o heart_n tread_v virtue_n narrow_a path_n till_o you_o 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