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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	woman_n	womb_n	world_n	56	3	3.9651	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26718	The good womans champion, or, A defence for the weaker vessell being fit for widdowes, wives, maidens, or others to read or heare : wherein is vindicated the bitter reproaches, scandalous writings of some fantastick men against poor, harmlesse women and maides, with a carefull wives good counsell to a carelesse, bad husband / by I.A.	I. A.	1650 (1650)	Wing A9A; ESTC R11216	7,287	20

Husband séking by all means possible she can to please him either with kinde and loving spéches or pleasant and modest behaviour there are some froward men like churlish Naball that are never contented with whatsoever she doth or sayes when a kind and loving husband would think himselfe blest to enioy such a treasure be ravisht with the love of such a wife If you will be pleased to heare what St. Peter doth say for wives it is thus Husbands dwell with them according to knowledge giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker vessell being heires together of the grace of life that your prayers be not hindered These words are to shew Husbands that there should be a kinde of loving duty by them allowed to their wives and that they should live and dwell together in civill and discreet knowledge and not with wrangling discord and envie for a wise man will give honour to his wife above all women for many respects first because she is his wife and it may be hath horne him children then as she is a woman and a Christian likewise he is to beare with her imbicilities if she have any because she indeed is the weaker Vessell for God hath ioyned them together as one body that they should both be heires to inherit the grace of eternall life for where man and wife doth live in unity and peace their prayers no doubt shall be heard St. Paul writing to the Ephesians saith thus Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the Church and gave himselfe for it And in another place he uttereth these words Husbands love your wives be not bitter against them I could heartily desire that some unkind husbands would take notice and hearken to those words of the blessed Apostle with what a tye he doth perswade and exhort them to love their wives which would almost move a stone to heare and I could with them to mark with reverence and to take it to their heart of whom he speaketh and his comparison which is the Church for he coniureth them by no lesse then Christ the blessed Son of God our Saviour and Redeemer who gave his life for us to redeeme our sinfull Soules from Hell and damnation this is a deep yet a sweet perswasion to love The Apostle also exhorteth Husbands not to be bitter to their wives but there are too many now adayes that will not hearken to his counsell but I will use the words of Solomon who sayeth thus A contentious man is apt to kindle strife and hatred stirreth up contentions but love covereth all trespasses This saying of the wise man methinkes should quell those foolish mens follies which utter and write such invectives and fantastico revilings taunts and iests against women for these are those wicked spirits the Devills Agents which soweth discord and breedeth contentions kindling the coles of strife hatred and disdaine in divers families betwixt man and wife never perswading to peace love or unity which should hide and cover all domestick iarrs or trespasses and they make as though a woman were but as a meere cipher and stood for nothing but let them know thus much that a woman is worthy of a far better respect for she is the vessell of eternity and is or ought to be the closet or cabinet of a mans heart his summum bonum or his All in all his chiefest Secretary or his second selfe for as it is said they are one flesh yet some snarling criticks there are who wil not blush to say that unto a woman we should reveale no secret or that they hardly ever hoard or read of a discrét vertuous or wise woman To answer them in brief amongst many let them but looke into the first of Samuel where they may finde it written thus Abigall was a woman of good understanding but her husband Naball was churlish and evill in his doings Now if she had not bin a woman of wisdome understanding David had slaine her husband and every one of his servants for his Family was great which Abigall for her wisdome David did marry after her husbands death Also in the second of Samuel you may read how a wise woman saved the City from destruction when it was besieged by Joab Likewise did not Holefurnes and his servants marvell at the wisdome of Judeth and she afterwards saved the City when he had besiedged it by cutting off his head Also Boaz said to Ruth All the city of my people doth know that thou art a vertuous woman And was not Susanna a vertuous woman that would rather suffer death then yeeld to the vitious and wicked Elders Many more proofes may be obiected against those envious back-biters and standerers of that worthy Sex for a woman was the vessell of the Holy Ghost which nourished in her wombe and brought forth into the world the Redéemer of Mankinde our blessed Saviour Christ Iesus Also did not divers women follow Christ and ministred unto him being present at his death to whom he appeared at his Resurrection And did not Pilates wife fore-warne her husband to have nothing to doe with Christs death Having thus briefly written of some vertuous good and discréet wives women I think it not amisse to say a little in defence of vertuous Virgins and Maids In the 22. of Deut. it is said That they are to be punished that bring an evil name upon a Virgin and in 1 Cor. 7. it is thus If a Virgin marry she hath not sinned and was not Jepthas daughter of Israell a vertuous Virgin who willingly submitted her selfe for a sacrifice to fulfill her Fathers vow And did not Christ compare the five wise Virgins to the kingdome of heaven But amongst other Virgins me thinks I should not bury in oblivion the memory of our famous Country-woman Elizabeth late Quéene of England who for her time was accounted the Phenix of Christendom and admired for vertue and wisdome throughout the world She kept her land in peace and her forreigne enemies in awe she was truly religious for which the Lord ever blessed her to her end and thus much I le ●y of her inspight of envious detractors she dyed a good woman and a Virgin Queen Thus have I in brief related some passages and collections out of the sacred Scriptures in defence of good vertuous and barmlesse women but if there be any that will not beleeve the same let them heare what St. Paul saith unto them Vnbeleevers shall not enter into everlasting rest And now in my opinion it is unchristian uncharitable and immodest for any man so bitterly to enveigh and write against a woman which naturally he should love cherish and honour for many respects as is before said above all the creatures in this world I must confesse that the conditions and humours of some fantastick men are fickle various unconstant they are double tongued and false hearted they will protest and say one thing and meane another as too too many