Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	moth_n	thief_n	treasure_n	2,143	5	9.3630	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06832	The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade their lyfe, & fruitfully to spend their time vnto the glorye of God & the health of their owne soules. Newlye corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1566 (1566)	STC 1727; ESTC S101289	136,978	330

and thē wil my wrath waxe whote and I will kill you with the sweard and your wiues shal be widowes and your children fatherles Thou shalt take no giftes for giftes blinde the wise and peruert the wordes of the righteous Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wronge neither violently oppresse him Ye shal do no vnrighteousnes in iudgement in mete yard in weighte or in measure True ballances true weightes a true Epha and a true Hin shall ye haue Fire shall consume the houses of such as are gredy to receiue giftes He heapeth vp treasure and yet know eth not he for whom he gathereth it O truste not in wronge and robbery geue not your selues vnto vanities ▪ and if ritches encrease set not your harte vpon them Encline my har●… O Lord to thy testimonies and not to couetousnes Who hordeth vp his corne shal be cursed among the people but blessing shall light vpon his hed that geueth food He that trusteth in his riches shal haue a fall but the righteous shall florishe as y e greene leaf Better is a little with the feare of the Lorde then great and innumerable treasures otherwise He goeth aboute to destroy his own house that geueth his mind to couetousnes but who so hateth reward shall liue Better it is to haue a little with righteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten He that hateth couetousnesse shall liue long A man that is sodenly riche enuyeth other and considereth not that pouertye shall come vpon hym Who so robbeth his father and saith it is no sinne y ● same is like vnto a mans●…ear O Lord geue me neither pouertye nor riches onelye graunt me a necessarye lyuinge He that loueth mony wil neuer be satisfied with monye and who so delighteth in riches shall haue no profit therof Where as muche riches is ther are ma ny also that spende them away And what pleasure more hathe hee possessed then sauing that he maye looke vpon them wyth his eyes A labouring man slepeth swetely whether it be litlle or much that he eateth but the aboundance of the riche wil not suffer him to slepe There is a sore plague which I haue sene vnder the sonne namely riches kept to the hurte of him that hath them in possession For oftimes they pearishe with his great misery and trouble and if he haue a childe it getteth nothing Read forth the Chapiter Let not thyne hande be stretched out to receaue and shut when thou shouldest geue Trust not vnto thy riches and saye not tushe I haue inoughe for my life For it shall not helpe thee in the time of vengeance and temptation Trust not in wicked riches for they shal not healp thee in the daye of punishment and wrath Nothing is more wicked and vngratious then a couetous man He that with all his carefulnes heapeth together vnrightuously gathereth for other folkes and another man shal make good chere with hys goods A couetous mans eye hath neuer inough in the portion of wickednes vntil the time that he wither away and hath lost his own soule The riches of the proude shal be rooted out He that loueth ritches shall not ●…e iustified Manye one is come in great mysfortune by the reason of gold and haue found their destruction before them It is a tree of fallinge vnto them It is a tree of passage vn to them that offer it vp and al such as be folish fall therin Blessed is the riche which is founde without blemish and hath not gone after gold nor heaped in mony and treasures where is there such a one and we shal com mende him and call him blessed For great things doth he among his people Wo be vnto you that ioyne house to house and coopl●… land to land euen so lōg as any can be gotten Shal ye alone dwel vpon the earth These things are in the eares of the Lorde of hostes c. Wo bee vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewards and condemne the iust cause of the righteous Wo be vnto thee that spoylest for thou also shalt be spoyled Wo be vnto him that heapeth vp other mennes goods Howe long will he lade himselfe with thick claye O howe sodenly will they stand vp that bite and awake that shall teare thee in peces yea thou shalt be their pray Wo be vnto him that couetously gathe reth euil gotten goods into his house that he may set his neste on hye to escape from the power of misfortune Thou haste deuised the shame of thyne owne house so that the very stones of the wall shall cry out of it and the tymber that lieth betwixt the ioynts of the building shall aunswere Their siluer and theyr gold shall not be able to deliuer thē in the day of the Lords wrath Examples out of the olde Testament Balaam for luc●…es sake would haue cur sed the people of Israel contrary to his own conscience but he was reproued of the Aungell of the Lord so that his cursing was turned into blessing Acham by the commaundement of God was stoned to death because ●…e toke of the excommunicate goods Saul for the couetousnes of the praylost his kingdome The couetousnes of Naball his churlishnes shewed vnto Dauid had almoste caused that Naball and all that euer hee had had bene vtterly destroyed if Abigail his wife had not pacified the matter Notwithstanding God shortlye punished him with death so that he was taken away frō all that euer he had The couetousnes of Achab and Iesabel was the occasion that the good Nabothe was stoned vnto death against all equitie and right that by this meanes they might haue his vineyarde But howe miserable their end was for that their abhominable murther the holy stories do declare Gehesy was striken with leprosy because he receiued mony of Naaman ☞ Sentences out of the new Testament BLessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen Lay not vp treasure for youre selues vpon earth where neither rust nor mothe doth corrupt and where theues break thorow and steale But lay vp treasures for you in heauē where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt and where theeues do not breake through nor steale For where your tresure is ther wil your hart be also What dooth it prophet a man to win the whole worlde if he loseth his soule A rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdome of heauen It is more easye for a cable rope to go thorow the eye of a nedle then a rich man to enter into the kingdome of heauen Wo be to you riche men whiche haue your comfort Take heede and beware of couetousnes For no mans life standeth in the aboū dance of thinges which he possesseth Thou foole this night wil they fetche away thy soule againe from thee Then whose shall the thinges be that thou hast gathered