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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	woe_n	world_n	wretched_a	53	3	8.0509	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06719	Dauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune by Theadore Basille	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1717; ESTC S110422	64,503	192

Dauid my treadynges had nygh slypt For I was sore greaued at the wic ked to se the vngodly in such prospe rite For they are i no parel of deth but stonde fast lyke a palace They come in no misfortune lyke other folke nother are they plaged lyke other men And this is the cause y t they are so puffed in Pryde ouerwhelmed wyth cruelte vnrighteousnes Theyr eyes swel for fatnes they do euen what they lyste Corrupte are they speake blasphemies maliciously proud presumpteous are theyr wordes They ●…retch forth theyr mouthe vnto heauen theyr tong goeth thorowe y e world Therfore fall y e people vnto them therout suche they no small aua●… tage Tush say they how shal God perceaue it Is theyr knowledge in the moost hyghest Lo these are the vngodly these prosper in the world These haue rytches in possession These haue sonnes y e growe vp as yonge plantes These haue mynyō trymme doughters garnysshed round about euen lyke vnto a gorgious tēple These haue theyr garners full plenteous wyth all māner of stoar These haue shepe that bryng forth thousandes hondred thousandes in theyr pastures and feldes These haue fatte oxen y ● are stronge to laboure To be shorte these haue no mischaunse no decay no trouble no noyse no complaynynge in theyr stretes that shoulde greue them Ieremy also saythe O LORDE thou arte more ryghteous than that I shoulde dispute wythe the neuerthelesse let me talke with the in thynges reasonable Howe happeneth it that the waye of the vngodly is so prosperous that it goeth so well with them which ●…out ony shame offend lyue in wickednes Thou planteste them they take roote they growe and brynge forthe fruyte They boste moche of the yet doste thou not ponyshe thē Thus se we howe the vngodlye lyke fat beastes wallowe tomble thē selues in all kynde of pleasures neyther wante they ony thynge in this worlde that theyr hartes can desyre yea they haue more prosperi te than they can awaye wythe all yet are the godly and Sayntes of the Lord oppressed with all misery leadynge a lyfe in great calamite wretchednes thā ony creatures in the world But yet beholde y e ende of the wycked For sodenly they do consume perysh come to nought The Psalmographe sayth y e death of the wicked synners is very euel Agayne The vnrighteous mā shal receaue his plages ponyshmētes whan he dyeth But let vs beholde these thynges as i a pure myrrour by rehearsyng certayne Hystories Howe triumphed the wycked kyng Pharao vpon the Israelites Gods people Howe lysle regarded he the sermons spoken and the myracles wroughte by the seruaūtes of God Moses Aaron thorow the diuine spirite Howe continued he to persecute the people of God euen vnto the very hour of his death But be hold the ende Whan he was moost puffed vp in his pryde and mooste bent to do mischefe howe dyd God trap hym in his owne wylynesse euen broughte that vpon his owne head that he entēded to brynge vp on other Dyd not God meruaylously drowne hym with al his wic ked army preserue his people by that meanes But what was that temporall deathe in comparison to the death eternall the moost greuous intollerable paynes that he nowe suffreth in hell fyre without mercye Agen how dyd Sennacherib y ● proud king of the Assirians bost hī self not only agenst the good kyng Ezechias but also y ● lyuyng God yea blasphemed hym sayng as y e moost cruel lyonlyke tyraunt the great Turke doth nowe a dayes y t he woulde vtterly subdue both hī his cōpany yea y t theyr God shuld ●…e no more able to deliuer thē than 〈◊〉 broken staffe of rede He leaned muche to his owne poletyke wytte martiall valeaunce thynkyng y t in asmuch as heretofore he had sub dued all kyngdoms which he inua ded he also should haue ouercome y ● people of God But God which is the lyuynge almyghtye God able in a twyncklyng of an eye to make frustrate vayne all the fleshly ima ginacions of the worldly tyrauntes yea to brynge to noughte all theyr power sent his Aungell the very same nyghte that all the mischefe was entēded agaynst his peo ple which smote in the hoost of the Assirians an hondred foure score fyue thousand men So that Sen nacherib brake vp departed and was shortely after slayne w t swerde of his owne sonnes An ende worthye suche a proude blasphemous Tyraunte But what is this vnto the infernall paynes y ● be endeles which he nowe remediles suffreth What proud crakes also dyd y ● ar rogant Tyrasite Holofernes make agaynst the people of Israel thynkyng that there was no kyngdome so inuincible stronge fortressed but that he with his martiall puissaunce feates of warre was able easly to ouercome So that he toke no thoughte lyued all in pleasure lyke a careles swyne gyuyng hym selfe to all kynde of beastelyke pleasures But howe valeauntly euen by one woman God dyd ouercome hym and put all his army to flight the Hystory maketh mencion What shal I speke of y e two Hero des wherof the one in the myddes of his fury whē he was moost whot fyry in sekyng the deth of Christ for his sake sleynge innumerable infantes miserably dyed bringing nothing lesse than his cruell blou dy purpose to effecte so valeaunt myghty is our lord god to extiguish and quenche the tyrannye of these bloudsowpers whā it is his moost godly pleasure to preserue those whome he wyll haue kept fre from theyr crudelite furious madnes The other Herode euē in y e middes of his pompe honoure glory beynge clad in his kyngly apparel set Luciferlike on his iudgement seate after that he had moost Tyrauntelyke persecuted certayne of Christes chyrch yea slayne withe swerd Iames the brother of Iohn̄ was smote of the Aūgel of y e Lord because he gaue not y e glory to god So that he was eaten vp of wormes But what nede I rehearse so many Histories oute of the diuine letters seyng that this one whiche I shal nowe recite maye seme abūdantly to satisfy for to shewe howe precious in the syght of the Lorde the deathe of his saynctes is seme theyr lyfe in this world neuer so mi serable wretched pitieful poore ne dy beggerly full of all trouble so row dolour camalite Agen how vile detestable the death of y e wyc ked is in the Lordes syght be theyr lyfe here neuer so pompous galāt easy volupteous ioyful quiet care les popelyke S. Luke in his Gospell declareth how there was a certen ritche man which was apparelled w t pur ple costely lynnen fared deliciouslye euery daye In these wordes the Euangelist sheweth manifestly howe this

rytche man lyued all in plesure had al thinges according to his hartes desyre But beholde y ● ende He was cruell merciles vnpiteful to the poore Therfore whē he dyed the Scripture sayth that he was caried downe ito hel where he was tormented wyth suche greuous flames of fyre intollerable burnynges that he desyred Abraham to send downe Lazarus vnto hym that he myght dyp the typpe of hys fynger in the water coole his tonge for he was greuously tor mented in that flame But Abrahā sayd remember sonne that y u haste receaued thy pleasures in thy lyfe cōtrary wyse Lazarus receaued paynes and troubles Therfore is he nowe cōforted and thou arte tor mented As for y ● poore man his lyfe was so wretched beggerly miserable y ● no man woulde scasely wonchesafe once to cast theyr eye to looke towarde hym he was such an abiecte so vile so rēt so torne so Lazarlyke ful of greuous sores Only y e dog ges lycked his sores But beholde y e ende This poore man dyed was caried of the Aūgels into Abrahās bosome This Hystory declareth playnely howe precious the deathe of the Saynctes that is of the faythfull is in the syght of the Lord appeare theyr lyfe neuer so miserable before the deynty worldlynges Agayne howe vile detestable the death of the wicked is in Gods syght haue they spēt theyr lyfe ī neuer so much ioye pleasure felicite were they recounted before the worlde neuer so blyssed happye fortunate and brought to the ground with neuer so great pompe and solemnite And here se we that to be true whiche is written Wo be to you rytche men which haue your●… consolacion Wo be to you that are fylled for ye shall honger Wo be to you that laughe nowe for ye shall lament and wepe Wo be to you whan all menne shall prayse you for accordynge to these thynges dyd theyr fathers to the false Prophetes But blyssed are ye that honger now for ye shall be fylled Blyssed are ye y ● wepe now for ye shall laugh The deynte worldeliges receaue payne after this life but the faythful in y e Lorde which be oppressed w t miserye troubled for Gods trueth shall receaue ioye glory So that as Dauid sayth Precious in the syght of the Lorde is the death of his Sayntes Hereto agreeth the sayenge of S. Iohn̄ in his reuelacion Blyssed are the dead whiche dye in the Lorde The death of Saynctes muste nedes be precious in the syght of the Lorde they which dye in the Lorde must nedes be blyssed seyng that bothe y ● glory of God is sette forth by theyr death the Saynctes them selues set in a perpetual ioye euerlastig quietnes without ony more care or trouble For after y t they haue offered vp this theyr lyfe vnto god the soules of the righteous are streight wayes in the hand of God and the payne of deth shall not towche thē In the syght of the vnwyse they ap peare to dye theyr ende is taken for very destruccion The waye of y ● righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion but they are in reste And thogh they suffer payne before mē yet is theyr hope full of immortalite They are ponysshed but in fewe thynges neuertheles in many thin ges shall they be wel rewarded For God proueth them lyndeth them mete for himselfe yea as golde in y e fornace doth he trye them receaueth them as a burnte offerynge whan the tyme commeth they shall be looked vpon They ryghteous shall shyne as the sparkes that run thorowe the rede bushe They shall iudge the nacions and haue dominion ouer the people theyr Lord shall reygne for euer They y t putte theyr trust in him shal vnderstand the trueth suche as be faythefull wyll agre vnto hym in loue for his chosen shall haue gyftes and peace But the vngodly shall be punyshed accordyng to theyr owne imaginacions for they haue despised y e righ teous and forsaken the Lorde Moreouer the ryghteous shall stonde in great stedfastnes agaynst suche as haue dealte extremely w t them taken away theyr labours Whan they se it they shall be vexed with horrible feare shall wonder at the hastines of theyr soden helth gronyng for very distresse of mynd shall saye within them selues hauyng inward sorowe mournyng for very anguyshe of mynde These are they whome we sometyme had in derision iested vpon We fooles thought theyr lyues very madnes theyr end to be w tout honour But ●…o how they are coūted amōg the chyldren of God theyr porciō is amonge the Sayntes Therfore haue we erred frō y ● way of trueth The lyghte of ryghteousnes hathe not shyned vnto vs the sonne of vnderstondynge rose not vpon vs. we haue weryed our selues ī y e way of wickednes destrucciō Tedious wayes haue we gone but as for the waye of y e Lorde we haue not knowen it What good hath our pryde done vnto vs or what profyt hath the pompe of rytches brought vs All these thynges are passed awaye as a shadowe c. These and suche other wordes shall they that haue synned speake in hell But y e ryghteoꝰ shall lyue for euermore Theyr reward also is w t y e Lord theyr re membraunce with the hyghest Therfore shall they receaue a glori ous kyngedome and a beautyfull crowne of the Lordes hand For w t his ryght hande shall he couer thē withe his owne arme shall he de fende them c. Thus se we how dere precious in the syght of the Lorde the death of his Saynctesis S. Paule hauyng experience of this thing whē he was yet alyue sayd on this man ner I desyre to be dissolued losoned oute of this mortall bodye to be with Christ. Also kynge Dauid Wo is me that I tary ī this world so longe Therfore howe so euer the wycked worldlynges recount the death of the Sayntes whyther it chaun ceth to thē by famyn hōger swerde water fyre halter or ony otherwise vndoubtedlye it is precious in the sight of the Lord appeare it before the world of neuer so great ignomi ny reproche infamy shame and re buke Happy therfore is he that dy eth this death how so euer it chaūseth vnto hym Blyssed is y e Crosse which bryngeth this glory But let vs se how it commeth to passe that the deth of Sayntes is so precious in the syght of the Lorde It followeth ¶ The syxte verse O Lord I am thy seruāt yea thy seruaunt ī dede the son of thy handmayde thou hast broken my bon des ¶ The nynte strynge BEcause no man be he neuer so holy good and perfecte should thyncke that thorowe his owne holynes goodnes perfeccion he had deserued that his deathe shoulde be dere precious and of great valour in