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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	word_n	world_n	writing_n	27	3	7.9800	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02545	Holy obseruations. Lib. 1. Also some fewe of Dauids Psalmes metaphrased, for a taste of the rest. By Ios. Hall	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1607 (1607)	STC 12671; ESTC S103654	25,435	209

changeable But all mens natures are equally indisposed to grace and to the common vocation of Christianity we are all borne heathens To do well nature must in the first be obserued and followed in the other crossed and ouercome 43 Good-man is a title given to the lowest wheras all Titles of Greatnesse Worship Honor are obserued and attributed with choice The speech of the World bewrayes their minde showes the common estimation of goodnes compared with other qualities The World therfore is an il Herald and vnskilful in the true stiles It were happie that goodnesse were so common and pity that it eyther shoulde not stand with greatnesse or not bee preferred to it 44 Amongst all actions Satan is euer busiest in the best and most in the best part of the best as in the ende of Prayer when the heart should close vp it selfe with most comfort Hee neuer feares vs but when wee are well imployed and the more likelyhood he sees of our profit the more is his enuie and labour to distract vs. Wee shoulde loue our selues as much as he hates vs and therfore striue so muche the more towardes our good as his malice striueth to interrupt it We doe nothing if we contende not when wee are resisted The good soule is ever in contradiction denying what is graunted and contending for that which is denyed suspecting when it is gayne-saide and fearing libertie 45 God forewarnes ere he try because he would be preuented Sathan steales vpon vs suddenly by temptations because he would soile vs. If we relent not vppon Gods premonition and meet not the lingring pase of his punishmēts to forestall them he punisheth more by how much his warning was more euident and more large Gods tryals must be met when they come Satans must bee seene before they come and if we be not armed ere wee bee assaulted wee shall be foyled ere wee can bee armed 46 It is not good to bee continuall in denunciation of iudgement The noyse to which wee are accustomed tho loud wakes vs not whereas a lesse if vnusuall stirreth vs The next waie to make threatnings contemned is to make them common It is a profitable rodde that strikes sparingly and frightes somwhat oftener then it smiteth 47 Want of vse causeth disabilitie and custome perfection Those that haue not vsed to praie in their closet cannot pray in publique but coldely and in forme Hee that discontinues meditation shal be long in recouering whereas the man inured to these exercises who is not dressed till he haue praied nor hath supped till hee haue meditated dooth both these well and with ease He that intermittes good duties incurres a double losse of the blessing that followeth good of the facultie of dooing it 48 Christianitie is both an easie yoke and an hard hard to take vp easie to beare when once taken The heart requires much labour ere it can bee induced to stoope vnder it and findes as much contentment when it hath stooped The Worldling thinkes Religion seruilitie but the Christian knowes whose slaue hee was till hee entred into this seruice and that no bondage can be so ill as freedome from these bondes 49 It is a wonder how full of shiftes nature is Ready to turne ouer all good purposes If wee thinke of death she suggests secretly Tush it shall not come yet If of iudgement for sinne this concernes not thee it shall not come at all If of heauen and our labour to reach it Trouble not thy selfe it will come soone enough alone Addresse thy self to pray it is yet vnseasonable stay for a better opportunitie To giue almes thou knowest not thy owne future wāts To reproue what neeedest thou thrust thy selfe into wilfull hatred Euery good action hath his lett He can neuer be good that is not resolute 50 All Artes are Maides to Diuinitie therefore they both vayle to her and do her seruice and she like a graue mistresse controlls them at pleasure Naturall philosophie teacheth that of nothing can be nothing made and that from the privation to the habite is no returne Diuinitie takes her vp for these and vpon supernaturall principles teaches her a Creation a Resurrection Philosophy teaches vs to follow sense as an infallible guide Diuinity tels hir that faith is of things not seen Logick teaches vs first to discourse then to resolue Diuinity to assent without arguing Ciuil law teacheth that long custome prescribeth Diuinity that old things are passed Morall Philosophie that tallying of iniuries is iustice Divinitie that good must be returned for ill Policie that better is a mischiefe then an inconuenience Diuinitie that wee maie not doe euill that good maie ensue The Schoole is well ordered while Diuinitie keepes the chaire but if anie other skill vsurpe it and checke their mistresse there can followe nothing but confusion and Atheisme 51 Much difference is to bee made betwixt a reuolter and a man trayned vp in error A Iew and an Arryan both deny Christs deity yet this opinion is not in both punished with bodily death Yea a reuolt to a lesse error is more punishable then education in a capitall heresie Errors of iudgement tho lesse regarded then errors of practice yet are more pernicious but none so deadly as theirs that once were in the truth If truth be not sued to it is dangerous but if forsaken desperate 52 It is an ill argument of a good action not well done when we are glad that it is done To bee affected with the comfort of the conscience of wel performing it is good but meerly to reioyce that the act is ouer is carnall He neuer can begin cheerfully that is glad he hath ended 53 Hee that dooth not secret seruice to GOD with some delight doth but counterfaite in publique The truth of anie acte or passion is then best tryed when it is without witnesse Openlie manie sinister respects may draw from vs a forme of religious duties secretly nothing but the power of a good conscience It is to bee feared God hath more true deuout seruice in closets thē in churches 54 Words and diseases grow vpō vs with years In age wee talke much because wee haue seene much and soone after shal cease talking for euer Wee are most diseased because nature is weakest and death which is neere must have harbingers such is the old age of the World No maruell if this last time bee full of writing and weake discourse full of sectes and heresies which are the sicknesses of this great and decaied body 55 The best ground vntilled soonest runs out into ranke weeds Such are Gods Children Ouer-growne with securitie ere they are aware vnlesse they bee wel exercised both with Gods plow of affliction and their owne industry in meditation A man of knowledge that is eyther negligent or vncorrected cannot but growe wilde and godlesse 56 With vs vilest things are most common But with GOD the best thinges are most frequently giuen Grace which is the noblest of all