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	sin_n	spirit_n	19,754	5	5.4357	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01239	Ars moriendi. Here begynneth a lytell treatyse shortlye compyled, and called Ars moriendi/that is to saye the crafte to dye, for the helth of manes soule.; Ars moriendi. English.		1532 (1532)	STC 788.5; ESTC S124177	4,472	13

nature and substaūce is and haue mercy pyte on me great synner after thy great mercyes and for thy bytter passyon for I knowlege byleue fayth fully as a crysten chylde of thyne that thou here in fourme of brede is the same my lorde god that of thy goodnesse cam downe from heuen and was borne toke the nature of the blyssed vyrgyn Mary and dyed for me and tose the thyrde daye and after ascended in to heuen there reygneth with the father and the holy ghost all sayntes for euer imor tall the whiche for our great helth fraylte and dayly trāsgressyon hast ordeyned this thy blyssed body in this wyse to be taken of me of other wyllyng to be saued I know well that I am ferre vnworthy to be called thy chylde or seruaunt for the great multytude of my synnes how be it thou mayst make me tyght full able the which onely of synners hast made great sayntes ī heuen By thy great power myghte graunt me nowe to take the mekely in all fere and in waylynge for my synnes and with spyrytuall gladnesse Come nowe good lorde in to my herte and clense it all of synne entre in to my soule make it hole and therwith sanctyfye me within and without be my defence for body and soule rebukynge put tynge asyde all myn enemyes ferre fro the presence of thy power that I than so defended by the may haue a fre and sure passage to the kyngdome where I shal not se the in I knowe well that I haue greuyd the mercyfull lorde and broken thy cōmaundementes in the whiche thou onely oughte to be worshypped ¶ The secōde say this Good lorde I have a good purpose desyre with thy helpe to be ryght ware hereafter that I fall not in to synne I entende to flee the occasyone after the possybylyte of my power ¶ The thyrde is this Gracyous lorde I haue good wyll to make an hole Confessyon of all my synnes whan place and tyme cōuenyent may be had accordyng to thy cōmaūdementes and all holy churche These .iii. verytes or treuthes who soeuer sayth with herte vnfeynyngly in what place that euer he be he may be sure that he is in the state of saluacyon that he shall haue euerlaftyng lyfe thoughe he had done all the synnes of the world And yf he decessed without any confessyon for lacke of a preeft as slepynge or sodayne deth he shulde be saued suffrynge afore harde paynes in purgatory wherfore it is good counceyll that euery cryften man ones or twyes on the day erly orlate or elles at leest on holy dayes examyne his conscyence remembre yf that he may with all his herte vnfaynyngly these sayde .iii. treuthes and yf he can so do he may be sure that he is ī the state of grace and yf he may not but is in wyll to synne agayne the occasyons of mortall synne and so drowned in synne wyll not aryse suche one maye be sure that the pope may not assoyse hym not for thy good it is that suche one vse moche prayer and gyue almesse and do good dedes after theyr power that god the rather maye lyghten theyr hertes and the sooner tourne to goodnesse Amen ¶ Here after foloweth the .xii. degrees of Humylyte CAste thy syght downewarde and shewe mekenesse bothe in thy herte and body ¶ Beware of hyghe speche clamours se that thy wordes be fewe well set and reasonable ¶ Be not lyghte for to laughe but vse euer sadnesse ¶ Be styll and kepe scylence to nede requyre that answere must be hadde ¶ Kepe well the cōmyn rule as the holye place hath vsed ¶ Thynke the most vylest of all other and so pronounce thy selfe ¶ Knowlege the vnworthy and not profytable to any thynge and so byleue in dede ¶ Make ofte confessyon of thy synnes and that with great contrycyon ¶ Kepe paryence in thyn obedyence at thy paynes and trouble ¶ To all people be thou not subgect for thy maysterssake ¶ Thyn owne wyll forsake it andlone it in no wyse ¶ And euer kepe the from synne for fere of hym aboue ¶ The .vii. degrees of obedyence ¶ The fyrst is to do that is cōmaunded of thy souerayne without grutchynge ¶ The seconde is to make none excepcyon neyther of the tyme neyther of the dede that is to be done ¶ The thyrde is to be glad and chereful in thy herte to do such dedes cōmaunded without any compulcion settynge asyde at beestly condycyons ¶ The .iiii. to be quycke in such dede doyng leuynge at other occupacyons for that tyme or any maner of excuse ¶ The .v. is to do suche thynges with all thy myghte and power thynkynge that thy rewarde shall be great ¶ The .vi. is to do them also with all mekenesse both in spyryte and gesture ¶ The .vii. is to contynue suche obedyence to the ende of thy lyfe euer folowynge thy mayster Iesu chtyste that was made obedyent for thy synne vnto deth ¶ The .vii. degrees of pacyence ¶ The .vii. degrees of pacyēce thou mayste beholde here ¶ To euyll done to the or aduersyte make no resystence ¶ Do not euyll for euyll ne gyue no euyll answere ¶ Loue thyn enemye and do good for euyll or hym in recompence ¶ Grutche not agaynst aduersyte but take it as swete ensence ¶ Accompte it for best medycyne and but glad in thy payne ¶ Thanke god therfore and loke for more with all benyuolence ¶ And whan thou haste no grutchynge in these than mayst thou be fayne ¶ The .xv. degrees of charyte ¶ These make perfyke charyte after Poules epystole ¶ Be pacyent cōtynuell for any aduersyte ¶ Lyberall to the nedy do good for euyll