Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	body_n	glorious_a	vile_a	2,633	5	9.7400	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10300	The mothers counsell or, liue within compasse Being the last will and testament to her dearest daughter.	M. R.	1630 (1630)	STC 20583; ESTC S101922	13,750	48

The Mothers Counsell OR Liue within Compasse Being the last Will and Testament to her dearest Daughter Modesty In Chastitie Chastity of body is the key to Relig. Wantonesse In Temperance Temperance is the mother o● 〈◊〉 Ma●ne●… In Beautie ●…ry is a womans golden Crowne Odio●…ness●… In Humilitie Humilitie is a womans best Armor Pride Printed at London for Iohn Wright and are to be sold at his Shop in spur street without Newgate at the signe of the Bible 16●… Good Counsell to the Christian Reader 1 THat you keepe a narrow watch ouer your heart words and deedes continually 2 That with all care the time be redeemed that hath been idly carelesly and vnprofitably spent 3 That once in the day at least priuate prayer and meditation bee made 4 That care be had to doe and receiue good in company 5 That your family be with all diligence and regard instructed watched ouer Christianly gouerned 6 That no more care bee spent in matters of this world then must needs 7 That you stirre vp your selue to liberalitie to Gods Saints 8 That you prepare your selues to beare the Crosse by what meanes soeuer it shall please God to exercise you 9 That you giue not the least bridle to wandring thoughts 10 That you bestow some time in mourning not onely for your owne sinnes but for the time and age wherein you liue 11 That you looke daily for the comming of our Lord Jesus Christ for your full deliuerance out of this world 12 That you acquaint your selues with some godly person with whom you may conferre of your Christian estate and open your doubts to the quickning of Gods graces in you M. 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The Mothers counsell OR Liue within Compasse Being the last Will and Testament to her dearest Daughter which may serue for a worthy Legacie to all the Women in the World which desire good report from men in this world and grace from Christ Jesus in the last day Liue within Compasse In Chastitie FIrst my Daughter vnderstand that Chastity is the beautie of the soule and puritie of life which refuseth the corrupt p●…sures of the flesh 〈…〉 onely possessed of those who ke●… 〈◊〉 bodies cleane and vndefiled and it consisteth either in sincere virginitie or in faithfull Matrimony The chaste soule is a rich chamber onely fit for Christ The most bountifull God is a chaste and pure Spirit and therefore aboue all things thou oughtest to call vpon him with chaste prayers If the body be not kept pure and vnspotted from whoredome the Soule can hardly be feruent in deuout prayer Pure chastity is beauty to the Soule grace to the body and peace to all worthy desires Beautie is like the flowers of the Spring but chastitie like the starres in heauen So must the flesh be nourished that it may serue thee so must it be tamed that it be not proud As nothing is more vile than to be ouercommed of the flesh so nothing is more glorious than to ouercome the flesh Frugalitie is the signe of chastitie Chastity is a vertue of the soule whose companion is fortitude Chastity is the Seale of Grace the staffe of deuotion the marke of the Iust the crowne of virginity the glory of life and a comfort in Martyrdome Idlenesse is the enemy to chastity Chastity without charity is 〈◊〉 without oyle Chastity and modesty are suff●… to enrich the poore And 〈…〉 age rather make choyce o● 〈…〉 manners than loosenesse o● 〈◊〉 our with great Lands and rich possessions If chastity bée once lost there is nothing left prayse-worthy in a woman The first step to chastity is to know the fault the next to auoyd it Where necessitie is ioyned vnto chastity thence Authoritie is giuen to vncleannesse for neither is she chaste which by feare is compelled neither is shée honest which with néede is obtained Doe not say thou haste a chaste minde if thine eye be wanton for a lasciuious looke is a signe of an inconstant heart Amongst all the conflicts of a Christian soule none is more hard than the warres of a chaste minde for the sight is continuall and the victorie rare Chastity with the raines of Reason bridleth the rage of lust A chaste eare cannot abide to heare that which is dishonest True felicity though hid from mortall eyes yet is it the obiect of a chaste spirit The first felicitie that a chaste woman shall haue after this life is the rest of her Soule in Christ the second shall be the immortalitie and glory of her body That chaste woman hath got to the height of felicitie whom no feare troubleth no pensiuenesse consumeth no carnall concupiscence tormenteth no desire of worldly wealth afflicteth nor any foolishnesse moueth vnto mirth A chaste woman is to be measured not by her beauties but by her vertues A woman is the wonder of Nature if shée wrong not Nature A chaste woman is an admirable Angell till shée be drawne by angells to become a Deuill Women that are chaste when they are trusted proue often wantons when they are causelesse suspected A virgins heart is like the Cotton trée whose fruit is so hard in the Bud that it soundeth like steele and being ripe puts forth nothing but wooll Chastitie is a veile which Innocents adorne th' vngatherd rose defēded with the thorne O Chastitie the gift of blessed soul●… comfort in death a crowne vnto the life which all the passions of the minde controls adorne the minde and beautifies the wife that grace the which nor death nor time attaints Of earthly Creatures making heauenly Saints Penelope in spending chaste her dayes as worthy as Vlysses was of prayse Beleee't a woman cannot take vpon her with Beauty Riches nor with hie nobility to claime the true deserued praise of honor if chastitie doe faile by her fragilitie for that 's the vertue which defends her honor Chastitie is strong when all that wooe it doth resist and turnes them vertuous too Vnchaste words vtter'd to a vertuous dame turne and defile the speaker with red shame A Wife is like a garment vs'd and torne A Maid like one made vp but neuer worne Gold is not knowne by sight but by the test Thought makes not chaste but tryall proues them best Misfortune still such proiects doth pursue He makes a false Wife that suspects a true Their carriage not their Chastitie alone Must keepe their name chaste from suspition Out of Compasse in Chastitie Is Wantonnesse WAntonnesse when it turnes to lust in a womans bosome is a desire against reason a furious and vnbridled appetite which killeth all good motions in her minde and leaueth no place for vertue Shame and infamie waits at the héeles of vnbridled wantons Wantonnesse is an enemy to the purse a foe to the person a canker to the minde a corrosiue to the conscience a weakner of the wit a befotter of the senses and lastly a mortall bane to all the bodie so that thou shalt finde pleasure is the path-way to perdition