Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	death_n	soul_n	4,534	5	4.9343	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44573	The Jesuit's manner of consecrating both the persons and weapons imploy's for the murdering kings and princes by them accounted hereticks being matter of fact / translated out of Hospinian's History of the Jesuits, pag. 366, printed at Zurich in the year 1670.; Historia Jesuitica. English. Selections	Hospinian, Rudolf, 1547-1626.	1678 (1678)	Wing H2888; ESTC R8362	3,787	10

upon Earth the only interpreter of the Divine and Human law deliver'd by Mahomet 3. That it was just and legal to kill and murder all Princes that were not obedient in all things to him either by open force or private contrivance as opportuty offer'd 4. That his Disciples were not bound or oblig'd in their allegiance to any Prince whatever oathes they took to be true to him 5. That Paradise was a Garden flowing with milk and hony and abounding in all manner of sensual pleasures and delights 6. That whosoever should kill any Prince and Enemy to their law should enjoy the next place in Paradise to Mahomet himself 7. That it was in the power of this Vicar of Mahomet by a particular Grant or Pattent from Mahomet to distribute and share the joys of Paradise to such as he should think deserving With these pestilent and abominable maxims did they leven and corrupt the education of all the Youth that came within their Clutches to render them the more obedient to their Principles and to make them the more undaunted in such dangerous attempts which they themselves should put them upon The particular Disciples of this Doctrine being first stupified with a potion of Opiate were carried into a Garden adjoyning to the Colledge where when they awak'd again all sorts of delights and pleasures waited on them Streams of Hony Wine and Milk Variety of Musique sumptuous Garments and costly provision to please the Palate neither were lovely Women wanting all which pleasures they enjoy'd to full satiety Afterwards when they had had a full enjoyment of all these pleasures they were again laid asleep with another draught of Opiate and carry'd back into the Colledge When they came to themselves again to use the words of Paulus Venetus and call'd to mind what pleasures they had for so small a time enjoy'd they began to be troubl'd that those pleasures were too short But being instructed upon what accompt they might enjoy them to Eternity they began to be in love with death and to contemn all thoughts of danger that should bring them to these everlasting pleasures of which they had had such a transitory taste already Then their Doctor who fain'd himself to be the Prophet of God laying hold of the opportunity Be but prepar'd said he in obedience to me to suffer Death undauntedly when occasion shall serve and you shall eternally enjoy those pleasures which were here too short Upon which those miserable wretches believing death to be so great a gain willingly condescend and swear to obey him in all things whatever he shall enjoyn though to the loss of their Lives And thus this Tyrant over Souls animates and instigates these credulous admirers of sensual Pleasure to commit the most Execrable Murthers and Villanies that Revenge or Interest can contrive Thus far Paulus Venetus with whom Nicetas Choniates agrees in these words They go and reside as Friends and Subjects of those Princes whom they are design'd to murther and faining private business or the publick imployment of Envoys or Embassadours in secret Conference dispatch the Prince appointed for the slaughter never considering the difficulty of the attempt nor the severe punishment of such an abominated Crime And this they do to render themselves formidable to all men and that none should dare to withstand their Fury Whereby it came to pass that many Regions and Princes became Tributary to this Tyrant till he was by the Tartars put to death for a false Prophet and all the whole crew of Homicides quite extinguish'd in the Year 1262. The same Education do the Jesuites give their Scholars in all their Schooles and Colledges inflaming the Courages of their Disciples to all acts of impious Violence and Villany under the specious pretence of doing God good service which being once imprinted in a mind animated with the hopes of eternal happiness is enough to guide the rash hand of Impiety to the Sacred Breast of the greatest Prince in the World FINIS