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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	woman_n	year_n	young_a	152	4	5.9154	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56309	The weavers shuttle displayed and the swiftness thereof unfolded, or, The words of a dying man to a dying people, in the midst of a dying nation wherein is held forth I. That the time is short, the way is narrow, the prize is great, the runners are many, the obtainers few, II. That repentance and turning to God is not in one call or command, wherefore wait upon the means appointed by God to work it, and that diligently and constantly this work deferred will be still greater, the time to do it wil[l] be shorter, the strength to do it by wil[l] be less, III. If we endeavour to the uttermost to improve the present opportunity and ability that the Almighty gives us, we shall, for ought I know, live with more comfort here and die in full assurance hereafter, for the greatest evil threatned or feared, may through wisdom be timely prevented / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1652 (1652)	Wing P4244; ESTC R32258	54,417	168

yet to live then consider that half of this thirty years will be slept out and then there remains but fifteen years and the half of this fifteen years will be spent in pains and care to provide for thy self and Family and then there remains but seven years and a half and in the half of this thou wilt have some unexpected sickness and weakness which man that is born of a woman is subject unto and then there remains but three years three quarters and the half of this will be spent in mourning for some losses or crosses in thy Wife Children Kindred and Friends and so there doth not remain so much as two years of peace and quiet for thee to minde thy soul this struck the man into such a damp that he went away sorrowfull as the young man in the Gospel did from Christ Matth. 19. 22. Oh let us redeem that precious jewel of time which we have formerly lost Travellers that have staid a little too long at their Inn when they do find the night approaching they mend their pace and go as many miles in one hour as they did before in two so let us do we have staid too long in doating upon the things of this life and in setting our eyes and hearts upon that which is not the World it was Created of nothing saith the Lord and it hangs upon nothing saith Job Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not saith Solomon Pro. 23. 5. I remember a passage that many years since I read in a little Book called Good News from Heaven between Wealth and his worldly Master at the point of death 1. First Wealth seeing his Master dying saith Well Master thus long have I served you or rather you have served me for you have loved me too much and doted upon me and therefore now you be like to speed the worse you was my Master in shew but I was yours indeed for you did what I would have you do thus far have I gone with you but further I will not I have nothing to do in another world now therefore Master shift for your self if you go to Hell I cannot help it I will go seek me a new Master adieu Ans Master Nay saith his Master I hope thou wilt not serve me so now I have most need of thee many a nights rest have I broken for thee many an hour have I bestowed on thee many a good Feast yea many a Sermon and good opportunity for my soul have I lost for thee Wealth Wealth The more fool thou Master who bid you do so not God I am sure but the Devil and therefore to him you are like to go that set you on work or whither you go I know not nor care not but further to go with you I will not Master Nay Wealth I pray thee say not so that goeth to my very heart go answer for me or at least speak a good word for me Wealth Not I nay I am sure you shall answer for me and your self too and to tell you the truth I doubt the place is too hot for me where you are going but go try Master first how you shall speed and if you do not like the place if you can get leave to come back again I may chance to serve you again believe it who list look look here comes death quivering in your lips quaking in your joynts staring in your eyes I cannot endure the sight of him oh draw the Curtains shift for thy self Master I will shift for one Master What dost thou mock me to increase my misery and dolor What wilt thou leave me thus in the straits Oh that I were to live in the World again I would care as little for thee as thou doest now for me Oh base Vagrant have I thus entertained thee like a Prince for this Oh all ye People of the World be admonished by me a dying man take heed how you give entertainment as I have to this Vagabond cheating Wealth that wanders up and down the World but lay up treasure in Heaven not on the earth and that speedily For man that is born of a woman is of few days saith David and they pass away faster then the Weavers Shuttle saith Iob thou shalt cut off thy life like a Weaver saith the Prophet Isaiah and then if thou hast improved thy talent redeemed thy time and given all diligence to make thy Calling and Election sure for ought I know thou mayest die in full assurance of true blessedness which consisteth not in honour for then Pharaoh had been blessed not in wit for then Achitophel had been blessed not in wealth for then Ahab had been blessed but herein will thy blessedness be that thou indeavourest to be found cloathed with the Robe of Christs righteousness in comparison of which thy own is as dung Phil. 3. 8 9. Looking upon thy self as thou art in thy self as a Tree the body where of is iniquity the Leaves of it is Atheism the Rine pretends perfection the Sap thereof is Humane Reason the Buds swelling words the Fruit of it uncleanness but as thou art taken off from the old stock the first Adam and grafted into the new stock the second Adam thy blessedness lies here in this Root from whence thou receivest sap and becomest a new Tree which may be known by its Root which is Christ by its soil in which it grows which is Free-Grace planted in the House of the Lord and by its body which is Faith by its Bark which is Hope by its Boughs which is Charity by its Leaves which is Spiritual Vertues by its Branches which is good words by its Fruit which is good works This Tree shall stand up with boldness when the other Tree shall fear and shake if he look up there is his Judge offended with him beneath him Hell open and the Furnace boiling ready to receive him on thy right hand thy sins accusing on thy left hand the Devils ready to execute Gods Sentence upon thee within thee thy conscience gnawing without thee all damned souls bewailing on every side the World burning and this dreadfull day will come suddenly as a thief in the night 2 Pet. 3. Therefore while thou hast thy legs let them carry thee to the Assemblies of Zion run to and fro that thy knowledge may be increased thy legs may be taken from thee While thou hast thy hearing listen diligently thou mayst speedily be deaf as many be already While thou hast thy hands let them minister to the necessity of the Saints while thou hast any estate give somthing of it lest thou dost repent too late All these things be mutable and fleeting thy dayes be swifter then the Weavers shuttle and thou mayest lose these before thou dost lose thy life All men had one entrance into life and shall have the like going out In a word thou and I have forfeited our lives many times The wages of sin is death Every sin