Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	wonder_n	world_n	worth_n	31	3	9.2422	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16733	Characters vpon essaies morall, and diuine written for those good spirits, that will take them in good part, and make vse of them to good purpose.	Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?	1615 (1615)	STC 3635; ESTC S104709	11,952	62

and most abused by folly He carrieth both the sworde and the scepter for the vse both of Iustice and Mercie He is present in all Inuention and can not be spared from Action He is the Treasury of Graces in the Memory of the wise and bringes them forth to the world vpon Necessity of their vse He openeth the windowes of Heauen to giue Light vnto the Earth and spreades the cloake of the Night to couer the Rest of labor He closeth the Eie of Nature and waketh the spirit of Reason he trauelleth thorough the minde and is visible but to the Eie of Vnderstanding He is swifter then the winde and yet as still as a Stone pretious in his right vse but perilous in the contrarie He is soone founde of the carefull Soule and quickly mist in the want of his comfort he is soone lost in the lacke of Emploiment and not to be recouered without a world of Endeuour he is the true mans peace and the Theeues perdition the good mans blessing and the wicked mans curse He is knowne to be but his being vnknowne but only in his being in a being aboue knowledge he is a Riddle not to be read but in the circumstance of description his name better knowne then his nature and hee that maketh best vse of him hath the best vnderstanding so him he is like the study of the Philosophers stone where a man may see wonders and yet short of his Expectation shee is at the Inuention of warre Armes the Souldier Maintaines the quarrell and makes the Peace Hee is the Courtiers Play-fellow and the Souldiers Schole-master the Lawyers Gaine and the Merchantes Hope His life is Motion and his loue Action his honor Patience and his glory perfection He masketh Modestie and blusheth Virginitie honoreth Humilitie and graceth Charitie In Summe finding it a world to walke thorough the wonder of his Worth I will thus briefely deliuer what I finde truely of him Hee is the Agent of the Liuing and the Register of the dead the direction of God and a great Worke-master in the world Death DEATH is an ordinance of God for the subiecting of the world which is limited his time for the correction of Pride in his substance he is nothing being but onely a depriuation and in his true description a name without a nature He is seene but in a picture heard but in a tale feared but in a passion and felt but in a pinch He is a terror but to the wicked and a skar-crow but to the foolish but to the wise a way of comfort and to the godly the gate of life He is the case of paine and the end of sorrow the liberty of the imprisoned and the ioy of the faithfull it is both the wound of sinne and the wages of sinne the Sinners feare and the Sinners doom He is the Sextons agent and the Hangmans reuenue the rich mans dirge and the Mourners merry-day Hee is a course of time but vncertaine till hee come and welcome but to such as are weary of their liues It is a message from the Physitian when the Patient is past cure and if the writ be well made it is a supra sedeas for all diseases It is the heauens stroke and the earths Steward the follower of sicknesse and the forerunner to Hell In summe hauing no pleasure to ponder too much of the power of it I will thus conclude my opinion of it It is a stinge of sinne and the terror of the wicked the crowne of the Godly the staire of vengeance and a stratagem of the Deuill Faith FAITH is the hand of the soule which layeth hold of the promises of Christ in the mercy of the Almighty Shee hath a bright eye and a holy eare a cleare heart and a sure foot shee is the strength of Hope the trust of Truth the honour of Amitie and the ioy of Loue shee is rare among the sonnes of men and hardly found among the daughters of weomen but among the sonnes of God she is a conueyance of their inheritance and among the daughters of Grace she is the assurance of their portions Hir dwelling is in the Church of God hir conuersation with the Saints of God her delight with the beloued of God and her life is in the loue of God shee knowes no falshood distrusts no Truth breakes no promise and coines no excuse but as bright as the Sunne as swift as the winde as sure as the rocke and as pure as the gold she lookes towards heauen but liues in the world in the soules of the Elect to the glory of Election she was wounded in Paradise by a dart of the Deuill and healed of her hurt by the death of Christ Iesus shee is the poore mans credit and the rich mans praise the wisemans care and the good mans cognizance In summe finding her worth in words hardly to be expressed I will in these few words onely deliuer my opinion of her Shee is Gods blessing and mans blisse reasons comfort and vertues glory Feare FEARE is a fruit of sinne which droue the first Father of our flesh from the presence of God and hath bred an imperfection in a number of the worse part of his posteritie It is the disgrace of nature the foile of reason the maime of wit and the slur of vnderstanding It is the palsie of the Spirit where the Soule wanteth faith and the badge of a Coward that cannot abide the sight of a sword It is weaknesse in nature and a wound in patience the death of hope and the entrance into despaire It is childrens awe and fooles amazement a worme in conscience and a curse to wickednesse In briefe it makes the Coward stagger the Lyer stammer the Thiefe stumble and the Traitor start It is a blot in Armes a blur in Honour the shame of a Souldier and the defeat of an Army FINIS