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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	body_n	right_a	sit_v	5,149	5	7.1964	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09628	Tvvelve rules, and vveapons concerning the spirituall battel Together with a briefe exposition vpon the sixteene Psalme: with two most worthie epistles, written in Latin by that most worthy and noble gentleman Iohn Picus Earle of Mirandula. And translated into English for the benefite of all good Christian souldiers in the spirituall battaile.; Selections	Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.; W. H., fl. 1589.	1589 (1589)	STC 19898A.3; ESTC S110418	18,502	40

art he which geuest thy selfe to me to be inherited Let the iust man then consider how great is this felicitie that God shal be his inheritance He addeth The lots haue fallen to me in goodly places For euery mans part and portion of olde time was deuided by lottes And because there are many which although they are called to this felicitie as are all Christians yet notwithstanding they make no accompt of it so that oftentimes for a little light pleasure they change it He addeth the same My heritage is excellent vnto me As if he had said euen as that heritage is excellēt so doe I esteeme it exceeding well and doe repute all other things in respect of it according to the saying of Paule but very dong but because to haue this light of vnderstanding that man may know this felicitie is a gift geuen from God he therefore addeth I will thanke the Lord for geuing me to vnderstand For because man oftentimes purposeth to serue God according to humane reason when sensualitie and the flesh repugne But that man is perfect that hath not only his soule but also his flesh enclined vnto God according to that saying My heart and my flesh haue reioyced in the liuing God Therefore hee addeth My reynes also chasten me in the night season That is the very reynes themselues wherein is accustomed the greatest inclination to concupiscence doe not moue me to euil but rather rebuke and chasten me that is they withhold me in the night season insomuch that they tame and scourge the very body Then he sheweth the cause and saith J set the Lord alwaies in my sight For if any man haue God alwaies before his eies for a rule of all his works and in all his works he seeketh not his owne commoditie nor glory nor pleasure but onely to please God he shall in short time become a perfect man and because he so doeth in al his affaires he shall alwaies prosper Therfore he saith He is on my right hand that I can not be moued Hee sheweth how that the felicitie of a iust man is great because he shal be for euer happie both in soule and body and therefore he addeth My heart is mery That is to say my soule is merrie knowing after death heauen to be prepared for him And my flesh shall rest in hope That is although it reioyceth not as if it were out of hand after death to receiue his state yet notwithstanding it resteth in the graue with this hope that it shall rise in the day of iudgement together with his soule immortall and most glorious and this he declareth in the verse following for because he said his heart was merry he geueth a reason Because he shall not leaue my soule in hell And because that hee said his flesh rested in hope he yealdeth a reason saying Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption Because that which was corruptible shall rise incorruptible and bicause Christ was the first which entred into Paradise and made the way for vs and was the first which rose and his resurrection is the cause of our resurrection therefore these things which wee haue spoken of are principallie to be vnderstoode of the resurrection of Christ as Peter the Apostle declareth And secondly they are to be vnderstoode of vs in as much as we are members of Christ which onely saw no corruption because his body was not putrified in the graue Therefore because the way of well liuing leadeth vs into perpetuall life both of soule and bodie He therefore addeth Thou hast made the wayes of life knowen vnto me And because the whole felicitie of this life consisteth in the true vision and fruition of God he therefore addeth Thou shalt fill me with the ioy of thy countenance And because the felicitie shall endure for euer he therefore addeth At thy right hand are pleasures for euermore He saith at thy right hand because our felicitie is compleated in the sight and enioying of Christes humanitie which sitteth at the right hand of the maiestie of God on high according to that of Iohn This is our ful reward to see God and him whom he hath sent Iesus Christ TO HIS NEPHEW Iohn Franciscus Iohn Picus Earl of Mirandula wisheth health in him which is the true health MAruaile not my Sonne neither take any griefe or dismaye that vpon thy departure from me there are so many occasions of euill ministred vnto thee which may disquiet thee and withstande thy determined purpose of good life how greate a myracle should it be rather if to thee alone amongst mortall men the way to heauen were made plaine and easie without labour and toyle as though there were no deceitful world nor wicked deuill or as though thou were not yet in the flesh which lusteth against the spirite and maketh vs of men monsters vnlesse wee shall looke well to our selues but rather reioyce as S. Iames counselleth thee saying Reioyce my brethren when yee shall fall into diuers temptations Nor without good cause for what hope is there of glory when there wanteth hope of victorie and what victory can there be when there is no fight Hee is lured to the crowne that is allured to the combat and especially to such wherein no man can be ouercome if hee will not himselfe neither neede we any mans help to conquere but onely his which geueth vs both mind and might to ouercome It is great felicitie to a Christian to consider that the victorie consisteth by the goodnes of God in his owne will and the rewardes thereof farre greater then either his wish or worthinesse possiblie may be Tell me my deare Sonne is there any thing in this life of these things whose desire troubleth earthly mindes that can bee attayned without labor or not enduring many indignities and miseries The merchant thinketh it well with him if after many nauigations many thousand discommodities thousand perils of life he get some gayne It needeth not that I write vnto thee as touching the warfare of this world whose miseries experience it selfe hath and doeth sufficiently teach thee What heapes of griefes what great anxietie how much carefulnes there is in obteyning the fauour of Princes in purchasing the friendship of our equals in compassing of honors I am rather for to learne of thee then to teach thee who contenting my selfe and meane leisure with my bookes haue learned from my very youth to liue within my bounds These therefore earthly transitorie vncertaine and vile things common also to vs with brute beasts shall we with paine and panting scarcely attaine and shall we be drawen as if we were drousie and sleepy and as it were against our will vnto heauenly and diuine things the which eye hath not seene nor the eare heard as if without vs the Lord could not raigne neither those heauenlie Citizens be euer blessed Truely if this earthly felicity might be got with ease a man might shunning labour like better to