Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	evil_a	fruit_n	treasure_n	2,403	5	10.5309	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10693	An inuectiue againste vices, taken for vertue. Gathered out of the scriptures, by the vnprofitable seruaunt of Iesus Christe, Richard Rice; Invective againste vices, taken for vertue.	Rice, Richard, fl. 1548-1579.; Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588.	1575 (1575)	STC 20973; ESTC S119799	30,305	85

and not with griefe Now therefore do I sore muse how this question except it were by the priuy suggestion of Sathan worker of all mischiefe coulde sinke into any honest specially into any Christian mans stomake to demaunde what they shoulde doe or howe they shoulde be occupied if these sinfull pastymes otherwise called honeste recreations were laied aside If you woulde be as diligent to demaunde howe ye shoulde liue well howe ye shoulde behaue youre selues to please GOD howe ye might remaine in the feare and dreade of God as ye are to inquire for suche vaine trifles oh lorde what a worlde should we then haue shortly And in conscience I suppose that this is the more meeter question of bothe for a Christian man to demaunde For with what face dareste thou enterprise to inquire how thou shalte consume the daie in suche wicked pastymes with the abhominations that longeth there to as the blasphemie of Goddes moste holy name dronkennesse excesse with many other more suche like seyng and consideryng that thou art not certain nor sure to liue the halfe daie Dooest thou thinke it no daunger to fall into the handes of the Lorde Haste thou no more dread of him that is able to kille bothe thy bodie and soule and to caste theim bothe into helle fire Now ponder I praie thee the Sacred Scriptures that followe what occupation and businesse ye should by their counsaile haue if these foolishe pastymes were set a parte Matthewe saith wake because you knowe not what hower your maister will come Of this be you sure that if the housholder knewe what houre the thefe would come he would surely watch and not suffer his house to bee broken vp Therefore bee ye also readie For in an hower as you thinke not will the soonne of manne come Heare ye this ye sluggardes Matthewe biddeth you wake ye wil saie We are neuer lesse disposed to slepe then when wee are at Tables Cardes Dice Bowles Tennes or Chesse I graunt that to be very true But wil that businesse please youre heauenly maister when he commeth sodainely vppon you Matthewe would haue you as diligente to prepare againste the commyng of the Lorde to vanquishe and driue awaie the assaultes of the Deuill as the housholder is diligente to prepare weapons againste the commyng of the Theefe that would breake vp his house And would the housholder thinke you fall to Cardes Dice Tennes or Bowles if he knewe when the theefe would come vpon hym Matthewe saieth plainely naye but he would watche saieth he if he knewe what hower the theefe would come and prepare weapons to keepe hym of And wilt thou seeyng thou arte vncertaine when the Lorde will come as the housholder is what hower the theefe will come applie thy self to Dice Tables and Cardes and suffer the house of the liuyng God to bee broken vp For the temple of God is holy saieth saincte Paule whiche are ye and thinke ye that there oughte not as greate studie to bee taken for to defende the house that God made to his owne similitude and likenesse And redeemed with his precious death From the snares of the wicked againste the commyng of his maister as there oughte to bee for an house that is made of lime and stone and is in subiection to euery tempeste of water and winde The whiche also was builded of a synfull manne and paied for with corruptible siluer and golde that at his diyng daie shall bidde his Maister adewe and neuer doe hym pleasure after The instrumentes that ye must prepare to keepe awaie the theefe againste youre Maisters commyng are not Boules dice Cardes Tables Bowes Kniues Tennes Balles Chessemen Counters paised Grotes Toppes and Scourges with suche like a thousande mo whiche the deuill hath inuented no no. Sainct Luke in his thirtene Chapiter telleth vs of other maner of instrumentes to passe awaie the tyme with then these bee he saieth with a deepe stomacke take héede watche and praie for ye knowe not whē the tyme is and that I saie to you I saie to you all watche Luke would haue a Christian mannes instrumente to occupie hymself withall and to passe awaie the tyme to consist in watchyng and praiyng and the fleshly children of this world would haue it to consiste in Dicing Cardyng Boulyng and Tennes plaiyng thou wilte saie that it will irke and wearie one euer to be watchyng and praiyng I saie vnto thee that of the aboundaunce of the harte the mouthe speaketh for a good manne out of the good treasure of his harte bryngeth for the good thynges As to doe all thyng what soeuer thei go aboute either in woorde or deede in the name of the Lorde Iesu giuyng thankes to God the father by hym And to applie them selues to watchyng praiyng and readyng of the sacred scripture as the frutes that spring out of the good treasure of their hartes But an euill manne out of the euill treasure of his harte bryngeth for the euill thynges as Dicyng Carding with suche more a greate noumber For if he had any better treasure liyng in his hearte he would surely bryng it foorthe But he hath no better that he can take a manne of truste therefore euill as thei bee so he vttereth them For as thei lye Canckerfretted at his hearte so he laieth theim foorthe take theim vp who liste therefore of thyne owne mouthe I iudge thee Thou euill seruaunte canste thou finde in thy harte to passe awaie the time with Cardes Tennis Tables and Dice daie and nighte without wearinesse and care And saiest thou to watche and pray and to be giuen to the wholsome meditation of Goddes woorde will wearie any manne Seyng the firste is abrode pathe leadyng to destruction the whiche these vnthriftie gamesters can finde out readily enough The laste is a verie narrowe pathe leadyng to life and saluation the whiche is not yet troden out of theim for it is vnsearched for Luke in the twelue Chapiter also saieth Lette your loynes bee girte rounde aboute and your lightes burnyng and your selues ready like men that waite for their maister when he cōmeth from the weddyng that as sone as he commeth and knocketh thei maie opē vnto hym Blessed are those seruauntes whiche the lorde when he commeth shall finde wakyng Here I thinke Christe boroweth a similitude of theim that in the night tyme vse to prepare them selues in a readinesse against their maisters commyng home from the weddyng because he would haue them so handsomely girte that thei maie walke with the lesse lette and impedimente But I thinke if wee should walke in the nighte after our honeste passyng awaie of the tyme to mete with our maister we had néede I suppose to be well couered about our heades least the winde make our braines dissie and we stagger out of the righte pathe and reele like nighte riottours and dronkardes and thei that walke in the night For the moste parte vse to carrie