Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	lay_v	rust_n	treasure_n	1,907	5	9.8005	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08035	A most learned and pious treatise full of diuine and humane philosophy, framing a ladder, wherby our mindes may ascend to God, by the steps of his creatures. Written in Latine by the illustrous and learned Cardinall Bellarmine, of the society of Iesus. 1615. Translated into English, by T.B. gent.; De ascensione mentis in Deum per scalas rerum creatorum opusculum. English	Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.; Young, Francis.	1616 (1616)	STC 1840; ESTC S115760	134,272	612

stone but the Cittie it selfe pure gold like to pure glasse And the foundations of the Wall of the Cittie were adorned with all precious stone And the twelue Gates there are twelue Pearles But we must not imagin that heauenly cittie of Ierusalem is built or adorned with gold pearles and pretious stones as heere they are For the holy ghost vseth these wordes because he speaketh to vs who see no better or greate● things but without doubt that cittie which is the country of Gods elect doth more excell all the citties of this world then a cittie of gold or precious stones doth surpasse all country villages made of strawe and clay Lift vp therefore my soule the eyes of thy minde to heauen and thinke of what value the riches are there since golde siluer and precious stones which are heere so esteemed in comparison therof are but as strawe and clay The gold siluer and precious stones also which we haue are corruptible but those which shine in that heauenly Cittie are incorruptible But if thou wilt send thy corruptible gold and siluer by the hands of the poore vnto that heauenly Cittie which surely if thou be wise thou wilt doe then will it become incorruptible and be thine for euer For the Truth cannot lye who saith Mat. 19 Sel the things that thou hast and gine to the poore and tho shalt haue treasure in heauen And in another place Luke 12 Sel the thinges that you possesse and giue almes Make to you Purses that were not treasure that wasteth not in heauen Whither the theefe aprocheth not neither doth the Mothe corrupt O incredulitie of the sonnes of Men Man who is a lyer promiseth ten for one hundred and to repay the principall to his creditor and he is beleeued God who cannot lye promiseth to him that giueth an almes a treasure in heauen a hundred for one yea eternall life yet the couetous man feareth and cannot easily be perswaded to beleeue but had rather hide his treasure Where rust consumeth it Math. 19 and theeues breake in and steale it then lay it vp in heauen where there is neither rust to to consume it nor theefe to steale it But O vnhappy man although it chance that neither theeues doe steale nor Mothe or rust corrupt that which thou hast gott with labour and kept with care yet shall it not be thine as it might haue bin if by the handes of the poore thou hadst sent it into the heauenly treasurie For experience teacheth that the wealth which couetous rich men haue gathered commeth vnto prodigall heyres who in much shorter time waste it then their couetous parents got it whose sinne of couetousnes remayneth notwithstanding for euer Isay 66 For their worme of conscience shall not dye and the fire of hell shall not be extinguished Mar. 9 Therfore my soule let the folly of others teach thee Wisdome Heare thy Lord and master preaching See and beware of all auarice Luke 12 For not in any mans abundance doth his life consist of those thinges which he possesseth The couetous man gathereth and keepeth to haue whereby he may maintaine his life a long time but it happeneth otherwise For he dyeth when as he least thinketh thereof but his wealth couetously gotten doth ingender a worme that will not die and kindleth a fire that will not be quenched O vnhappy couetous man why haft thou so carefully scraped together money to prepare fewell for hell fire Heare St. Iames in his last Epistle go too now ye rich men Iam. 5 weep howling in your mileries which shall come to you Your riches are corrupt and your garments are eaten of Mothes your gold an● siluer is rusted and their rust shall be for a testimony to you and shall eate your flesh as fire You saith St Iames because you are rich are called and accompted happy but indeed ye are more miserable then the poore And yet haue great cause to lament for the great miseries which assuredly shall fall vpon you The superfluous wealth you haue kept and suffered to corrupt when yee ought to haue giuen it to the poore The superfluous garments you haue possessed and rather would haue the Mothes to eate them then the poore to be clothed with them And your gold and siluer which you would haue to rust rather then bestowe it to feed them All these things I say will beare witnesse against you at the day of iudgement and the Mothes and rust of your wealth will become a burning fire which shall waste your flesh for euer and not consume it that the fire may not be quenched nor the paine ended Let vs therefore conclude with the kingly Prophet Psal 143 They haue said to wit fooles that it is a happy people which hath these thinges that is to say great wealth but indeed Blessed is the people whose God is our Lord. THE FOVRTH STEPP From the Consideration of Waters and especially of Fountaines THe Water hath the second place among the elements of the world Cap. 1 and from it also being rightly considered a stepp of Ascention vnto God may be framed First therfore we will consider Waters ingenerall and after we will drawe a speciall Ascention vnto God from Fountaines The water is cold and moyst and hath as it were fiue properties For it washeth away spottes it quencheth fire it cooleth heate it ioyneth diuers things together and lastly it ascendeth as high as it descendeth lowe These things are manifest Emblemes and resemblances of God the Creator of all Water doth wash corporall spottes God doth wash spirituall spotts Psal 50 Thou shalt w●sh me saith D●uid and I shall be made whiter then Snowe For although contrition Sacraments Priests almes and other workes of pietie doe wash the spotts that is the sinnes of the soule yet they are but instruments or dispositions the Author of this washing is onely God Isay 43 I am saith God by Isay I am he that take cleane away thine iniquities for mine owne sake And therefore the Pharises who murmuring against Christ sayd Who car forgiue sinnes but onely God Were not deceiued in giuing onely to God supreme power to forgiue sinnes but because they beleeued not that Christ was God and so they did both blaspheme and speake the truth at one time Neither doth God onely wash the spotts of the soule like water but also would be called water For so writeth St. Iohn He that beleeueth in me as the Scripture saith Iohn 7 out of his belly shall flowe riuers of liuing water And this he sayd of the spirit that they should receiue which beleeue in him for as yet the spirit was not giuen because Iesus was not yet glorified Therefore God the holy Ghost is liuing water and thereof speaketh Ezechiel Ezech. 36 I will poure out vpon you cleane water and you shall be clensed from all Contaminations But because this increated water doth farre excell the created water We