Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	body_n	soul_n	unite_v	6,137	5	9.8589	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40648	Andronicus, or, The vnfortunate politician shewing sin stoutly punished, right surely rescued / by Tho. Fuller ...	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1646 (1646)	Wing F2403; ESTC R16036	44,228	174

mightest not perish for ever Thou wast miserable for a short time that thou mightest not bee miserable for all eternity I make no doubt but thou hadst the yeares of Eternity in minde seeing that thou didst suffer such things so constantly and couragiously 8. But doth not so strong charity argue a weak judgement Despaire it selfe may presume of salvation if such an-one was saved How improperly did he usurp that Expression comparing himselfe to a * Bruised Reed when another Scriptureresemblance was more applyable unto him of a * Bul-rush bowing downe his head onely top-heavy for the present with sense of suffering not inwardly contrited in heart for the sinnes hee had committed Must not true Repentance have a longer season to ripen it and by workes ensuing to avouch to the world the sincerity thereof Insomuch that of late some affirme that the good Theefe on the Crosse did not then first begin but first renew his Repentance lately interrupted by a fellonious Act. Allow Andronious for a Saint and we shall people Heaven with a new Plantation of Whores and Theeves how volumnious will the Booke of Martyrs be if Paine alone does make them 9. On the other side we must be wary how in our Censures wee shut Heaven-doore against any Penitents Farre bee it from us to distrust the power of Gods mercy or to deny the efficacie of true though late Repentance the last groan which divorces the soule from the body may unite it to God though the Arme of his body was cut off the Hand of his faith might hold All that I will adde is this if Andronicus his soule went to Heaven it is pitty that any should know of it lest they bee encouraged to imitate the wicked Premises of his life hoping by his Example to obtaine the same happy Conclusion after death 10. After his Execution the tide of the Peoples fury did turne who began to love his memory and lament his Losse Such as before were blinded with Prejudice against him could now clearely see many good deeds he had done for the Publique and began to recount with themselves many Sovereigne Lawes which hee had enacted some bemoaned the misery which he had endured as if his punishment was over-proportion'd to his deserts Whether this pitie proceeded out of that generall humour of men never to value things till they are lost or because their revenge had formerly surfeted upon him now began to disgorge it selfe againe Or which is most probable this Compassion arose from the mutability and inconstancy of humane Nature which hates alwaies to be imprisoned in one and the same minde but being in constant Motion through the Zodiac of all Passions will not stay long in the same Signe and sometimes goes from one Extremity to another 11. By this time Isaacius was brought by Basilius the Patriarch unto the Throne and placed thereon with all solemnity then the Crowne was put upon his head on the top whereof was a Diamond-Crosse greatnesse and Care are twins which Isaacius kissed I welcome thee said he though not as a stranger who have been acquainted with Crosses from my Cradle Thou art both my Sword and my Shield for hitherto I have conquered with suffering Then weighing the Crowne in his hand it is faith he a beautifull burthen which loads more than it adornes 12. Here Basilius the Patriark made a Sermon-like Oration unto him which as it was uttered with much Gravity so it was heard with no lesse Attention and embraced by the Emperour with great Thankfulnes Not presuming Sir to teach you what you doe not know I am incited by my Calling and encouraged by your Clemency to put you in minde of what otherwise you may forget This Crowne and Sceptre were sent you from Heaven onely we have done our duty in delivering them unto you And now me thinks that Divine Majesty perfectly shines in You his Image These our Eyes upheld folded hands and bared heads and bended knees are due from us to God and wee pay them to him by paying them to you his Receiver And wee doubt not but you will improve the Power and Honour bestowed on you for the protection of the people committed unto you 13. In a mans body whilst naturall Heat and radicall Moisture observe their limits all is preserved in health if either exceedes their bounds the body either drownes or burnes It fareth thus in the constitution of the State betwixt your Power and our Prosperity whilst both agree they support one another but if they fall out about Masterie even that which over-comes will be destroyed in a generall confusion And if you should betray your Trust though we bow and beare and sigh and sob armed with Prayers and Teares yet know that our sad Mournings will mount into that Court where lye the Appeales of Subjects and the Censures of Soveraignes which will heavily bee inflicted by him whom you represent Speake I not this out of any distrust of your Justice but out of earnest desire of your happinesse wishing that the greatnesse of Constantine Founder of this place the goodnesse of Jovian the successe of Honorius the long life of Valens the quiet death of Manuel the immortall fame of Justinian and what soever good was singl'd on them may joyntly be heaped upon you and your Posterity 14. Hereupon followed such a shout of the people as the oldest man present had not heard the like and all interpreted it as a token presaging the future felicity of the new Emperour And thus we have presented the Reader with the remarkable intricacie and perplexity of successe as if Fortune were like to lose her selfe in a Labyrinth of her owne making winding backward and forward within the compasse of five yeares with more strange varieties then can easily bee paralell'd in so short a continuance of time 1. First Alexius no Andronicus 2. Then Alexius and Andronicus 3. Then Andronicus and Alexius 4. Then Andronicus no Alexius 5. Then Isaacius no Andronicus Thus few strings curiously plaid upon by the cunning fingers of a skilfull Artist may make much Musick and Divine Providence made here a miraculous harmony by these odd expected transpositions tuneing all to his owne glory 15. Here I intended to end our History save that I cannot discharge my Trust and bee faithfull to the Truth without taking some speciall observation of Basilius Wee cannot forget how Active an Instrument hee had been to serve the cruelty of Andronicus and when first I looked wishly upon his hands so busied in wicked employments I presently read his Fortune that hee should come to a violent death The old Hermite seemed to mee a Prophet to confirme me in my opinion when reproving him for stickling in temporall matters and my conjectures grew confident that this Patriarke in processe of time would either shake his Mitre from his head or his head from his shoulders And perchance if the ingenuous