Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	life_n	love_n	soul_n	8,923	5	5.0064	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39528	The honour of marriage, or, The institution, necessity, advantages, comforts, and usefulness of a married life set forth in a sermon January 27, 1694, at Seven-Oak in Kent / by Joseph Fisher ...	Fisher, Joseph, d. 1705.	1695 (1695)	Wing F1010; ESTC R14340	16,478	32

was created The Lord God said it is not good that man should be alone I will make him an help meet for him It is not good that is to say it is no way convenient or comfortable or agreeable to him or his condition in the world and therefore he created 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Help meet for him as we interpret it But the words are variously translated by others viz. Anxilium simile sibi in the vulgar Latin followed by the Syriack Version a Help like unto himself i. e. one of the same Nature and Constitution with him one of equal Tenderness and Regard for him as he has for himself or one created on purpose to perform all those kind offices of assistance which his condition in the world requires from her in the Septuagint 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Assistant according to himself that is according to his Nature and wants and wishes In the Chaldaick Version of Onkelos 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Samaritan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Help a Support a Prop as before him and in the Arabick 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the same meaning so that in the sense of these three Translations wherein the Grammatical signification of the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is expressed and therefore put in the Margin of our English Bibles the whole Sentence implies that God created one that would be a present and perpetual aid to man one that should be always at hand in his power and helpful The Jerusalem Targum is somewhat obsure and paraphrastical I will make him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Yoke-fellow that may go out with him I shall pass by those extravagant Interpretations some Jews make on purpose to countenance their Opinions concerning Divorce and shall content my self with that Gloss of a Rabbi as I find him cited because the Jews generally agree in it I will make an help 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which shall be always with him or at hand to minister unto and to observe him But what needs Criticism the best way to interpret words is to confider things and to direct the meaning of those to the nature and use of these and therefore by the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we may understand that the Woman was created to perform all the Duties incumbent upon her towards the Man not excluding his towards her and consequently she was not ordained or given to him for the Gratification of his Lust but for the Comfort of his Life And from hence you see for what God made such a Fellow creature It was not good for Man to be single and solitary he wanted one to assist and cherish him to be his individual Companion a Constant a most Intimate Familiar and a Bosom-Friend We of all God's Creatures are born for Society of which Husband and Wife are the first two a whole Family the next part a City the third and so on till you come to the last Complement or Combination of it And as all Society is appointed for the good of every Individual of it so is that of Man and Wife by the express Command and Counsel of God who made them Adam in a Reply to God calls her The woman whom tho gavest to be with me The Hebrew Words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The woman which thou gavest with me i. e. to stand by me as some seem to suppose are thus rendred by the Samaritan Version 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The woman which thou broughtest to me viz. which thou didst betroth unto me give to be my Spouse or Wife and join to me in the strictest Bond of Union So that from the sense of these two places we fully learn what end God aimed at in the Creation of the Woman and the Donation of her to the Man namely That they should mutually assist each other and be one and the same Person almost in every Condition of Life They were to communicate in each others Joys alleviate their Griefs assist by their Prudence their Labour and Industry and earnestly promote the welfare of one another For thus and thus only could the necessities of their Nature be supplied and their Infirmities supported which otherwise each of them must inevitably have laboured under if remaining Single And if we will believe Inspired Writers the Woman is not only the Comfort but the Ornament of a Man's Life A vertuous woman is a crown to her husband Her price is for above rubies the heart of her husband doth fully trust in her she will do him good and not evil all the days of her Life To which I will add these words of Syracides He that getteth a Wife beginneth a Possession a help like unto himself and 4 Pillar of rest 2. That I may further shew how joyous and comfortable such a Life as this is it may be sufficient to observe That Love which sweetens every thing we desire or take in hand in this World ought in Marriage to have a ruling share or at least a very large Proportion For it is not only that thing which may but which must be the Bond of Matrimonial Union 'T is this which must move the Heart and Affections of each Party determine the Choice gain Consent which is the most Essential Part of the Espousals and which will cast a perpetual Joy and Delight upon the Happy Pair Every one that considers the State of Humane Nature must know what an absolute Command this Passion has in the Bravest and Wisest Hearts 'T is this that makes Men ruin themselves or promote their own welfare for we often love what we should hate and we hate what we should love and from hence is it that we are made Miserable In truth it requires great Art much Watchfulness strength of Judgment a controuling Sway over our selves a profound Fear of God and Sense of Religion to regulate this Passion and to keep it upon right Objects and within bounds of Moderation But I may say That in the Married State it can hardly have exceedings the dearer the Affection the better it is and the more intire the more pure the more lasting that love is 't is the more commendable and makes Life more comfortable Husbands says St. Paul love your wives for this cements them together into One it mingles their Affections gives them one Heart and one Soul and whatever makes a Separation is either the bitterness of Death or the more tormenting Flames of Contention He knows not what Love is nor the Joys that follow it i. e. he has nothing at all of Humanity in him who perceives not in his mind the many Consolations which must arise from such united Hearts from such a redoubled force of Kindness and Affection 3. Further Thirdly That which may recommend a Married Life to all but Prophane and Lascivious Wretches is this that it engages Men to Industry and Labour to Honesty and Providence and to be