Selected quad for the lemma: death_n
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A39351
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An exclamation to all those that love the Lord Jesus in sincerity against an apology written by an ingenious person, for Mr. Cowley's lascivious and prophane verses / by a dutiful son of the Church of England.
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Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.
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1670
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Wing E675; ESTC R36225
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very_a sickness_n and_o it_o be_v no_o long_a time_n since_o i_o have_v recover_v but_o bless_v be_v god_n for_o it_o i_o have_v by_o his_o save_a assistance_n suppress_v my_o great_a folly_n and_o those_o which_o escape_v from_o i_o be_v i_o think_v as_o innoxious_a as_o most_o of_o that_o vein_n use_v to_o be_v beside_o they_o be_v interline_v with_o many_o virtuous_a and_o some_o pious_a mixture_n what_o i_o speak_v of_o they_o be_v truth_n but_o let_v no_o man_n mistake_v it_o for_o a_o extenuation_n of_o fault_n as_o if_o i_o intend_v a_o apology_n for_o they_o or_o myself_o who_o be_o conscious_a of_o so_o much_o guilt_n in_o both_o as_o can_v never_o be_v expiate_v without_o special_a sorrow_n and_o that_o cleanse_n and_o precious_a effusion_n of_o my_o almighty_a redeemer_n and_o if_o the_o world_n will_v be_v so_o charitable_a as_o to_o grant_v my_o request_n i_o do_v here_o most_o humble_o and_o earnest_o beg_v that_o none_o will_v read_v they_o but_o a_o idle_a or_o 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gentle_a gale_n convey_v and_o breath_n on_o some_o parch_a bank_n crown_v with_o a_o flowery_a wreath_n odour_n and_o myrrh_n and_o balm_n in_o one_o rich_a flood_n o'reran_a my_o heart_n and_o spirit_v my_o blood_n my_o thought_n do_v swim_v in_o comfort_n and_o my_o eye_n confess_v the_o world_n do_v only_o paint_v and_o lie_v that_o the_o world_n be_v indeed_o such_o a_o liar_n they_o shall_v find_v by_o woeful_a experience_n who_o give_v ear_n to_o the_o song_n of_o the_o siren_n of_o this_o age_n the_o charm_a rhetoric_n of_o seditious_a or_o lascivious_a fancy_n if_o any_o person_n of_o learning_n and_o gravity_n find_v himself_o incline_v to_o judge_n i_o guilty_a of_o imprudence_n in_o publish_v this_o paper_n i_o shall_v beseech_v he_o by_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n to_o consider_v the_o advice_n i_o shall_v here_o give_v he_o in_o the_o speech_n of_o that_o noble_a martyr_n romanus_n as_o it_o be_v record_v by_o prudentius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hymn_n 10_o contemn_v praesens_fw-la utile_fw-la o_o prudens_fw-la homo_fw-la quod_fw-la terminandum_fw-la quod_fw-la relinquendum_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la omit_v corpus_fw-la rem_fw-la sepulchri_fw-la &c_n &c_n funeris_fw-la tende_n ad_fw-la futuram_fw-la gloriam_fw-la pergo_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la agnosce_fw-la qui_fw-la sis_fw-la vince_n mundum_fw-la &_o saeculum_fw-la for_o satisfaction_n to_o any_o man_n who_o shall_v think_v himself_o concern_v in_o the_o controversy_n i_o have_v here_o undertake_v i_o shall_v hereunto_o subscribe_v my_o name_n and_o i_o do_v solemn_o promise_v that_o if_o any_o learned_a person_n whatsoever_o shall_v undertake_v to_o oppose_v i_o either_o in_o public_a or_o in_o private_a in_o this_o design_n to_o render_v such_o write_n most_v odious_a and_o detestable_a to_o all_o those_o that_o have_v name_v the_o name_n of_o christ_n i_o shall_v give_v he_o a_o answer_n upon_o this_o condition_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o oblige_v i_o to_o conceal_v any_o letter_n to_o be_v write_v upon_o this_o occasion_n either_o his_o or_o i_o if_o i_o shall_v conceive_v that_o the_o publication_n of_o they_o may_v any_o way_n conduce_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o the_o good_a of_o men._n i_o shall_v conclude_v with_o that_o exhortation_n of_o the_o bless_a apostle_n be_v not_o deceive_v evil_a communication_n corrupt_v good_a manner_n by_o those_o word_n of_o a_o heathen_a poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o plain_o upbraid_v those_o foolish_a man_n who_o profess_v christianity_n make_v excuse_n for_o that_o kind_n of_o wickedness_n which_o i_o here_o oppose_v as_o if_o forsooth_o much_o excess_n be_v to_o be_v allow_v in_o love_n and_o even_o more_o in_o poetry_n dixi_fw-la &_o nulla_fw-la meam_fw-la vertet_fw-la sententia_fw-la mentem_fw-la edmund_z elys_n rector_n of_o east-allington_n in_o devon_n finis_fw-la