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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	die_v	live_v	sin_n	11,389	5	5.6072	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02904	Hels torments, and heavens glorie	Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?	1601 (1601)	STC 13048.5; ESTC S2725	31,181	186

shold they all bee wearied and the world come to an end before they should end their description make a perfect declaration what is comprehended in each one of these points This faith informeth thee also that the debts and duties which we owe to almightie God are so great that albeit a man had so many lives as there bee sands in the sea yet would they not suffice if they were all employed in his service And this faith likewise telleth thee that vertue is such an excellent treasure that all the treasures of the world and al that mans heart can desire are in no sort comparable unto it Wherefore if there be so many and so great respects that doe invite us unto vertue how commeth it to passe that there bee so few lovers and followers of the same If men be mooved with gaine and commodity what greater commoditie can there be than to attaine life everlasting If they be moved with fear of punishment what greater punishment can bee found than the most horrible everlasting dreadfull torments in the lake of fire and brimstone to continue even world without end If that bonds of debts and benefites what debts are greater than these which we owe unto the almightie God as well for that hee is which he is as also for that which wee have received of him If the feare of perils doe move us what greater perill can there bee than death the houre thereof being so uncertaine and the account so strait If thou be moved with peace libertie quietnes of mind and with a pleasant life which are things that all the world desires it is certaine that all these are found much better in the life that is governed by vertue and reason than in that life which is ruled by the affections and passions of the mind forsomuch as man is a reasonable creature and no beast Howbeit in case thou account all this as not sufficient to move thee thereunto yet let it suffice thee to consider further that even Almightie God so abased himselfe for thy sake that he descended from heaven unto the earth and became man and whereas he created the whole world in sixe dayes hee bestowed three and thirtie yeares about thy redemption yea and was also contented for the same to leese his life Almightie God died that sinne should die and yet for all this doe wee endeavor that sinne might live in our hearts notwithstanding that our Lord purposed to take away the life of sinne with his owne death If this matter were to be discussed with reason surely this alreadie spoken might suffice to prevaile with any reasonable creature for not onely in beholding Almightie God upon the crosse but whether soever we doe turn our eyes we shal find that every thing crieth out to us and calleth upon us to receive this so excellent a benefite for there is not a thing created in the world if we duly consider it but dooth invite us to the love and service of our Saviour Iesus Christ insomuch that looke how many creatures there be in the world so many preachers there are so many bookes so many voices and so manie reasons which doe all call us unto almighty God And how is it possible then that so many callings as these are so many promises so many threatnings and so many provocations should not suffice to bring us unto him What might almightie God have done more than hee hath done or promised more greater blessings than he hath promised or threatened more greevous and horrible torments than he hath threatned to draw us unto him and to pluck us away from sinne And yet all this notwithstanding howe commeth it to passe that there is so great I will not say arrogancie but bewitching of men that doe beleeve these things to bee certainely true and yet bee not afraid to continue all the dayes of their life in the committing of deadly sinnes Yea to goe to bed in deadly sinne and to rise up againe in deadly sinne and to embrue themselves in every kind of lothsome detestable and odious sinne even as though all their whole endeavours intended by the practise of sinne to resist all grace and favour in the sight of God And this is done in such sort so without feare so without scruple of mind so without breaking of one houres sleepe and without the refraining of anie one delicate morsell of meat for the same as if all that they beleeved were dreames and olde wives tales and as if all that the holy Evangelists have written were meere fiction and fables But tel me thou that art such a desperate wilfull rebell against thy Creator and Redeemer which by thy detestable life and dissolute conversation doest evidence thy selfe to be a firebrand prepared to burne in those everlasting and revenging horrible fires of hell What wouldest thou have done more than thou hast done in case thou haddest beene persuaded that all were meere lies which thou hast beleeved For although that for feare of incurring the daunger of the princes lawes and the execution of their force upon thee thou hast somewhat brideled thine appetites yet doth it not appeare that for any feare of Almightie God thou hast refrained thy will in any one thing neither from carnall pleasures nor from taking revenge of thine enemies nor from backbiting and slandering thy neighbours nor yet from fulfilling thine inordinate lusts and desires in case thine abilitie served thee thereunto Oh what dooth the worme of thy conscience say unto thee whiles thou art in such a fond securitie and confidence continuing in such a dissolute and wicked life as thou doest Where is now become the understanding judgement and reason which thou hast of a man Why art thou not afraid of so horrible so certaine and so assured perils and daungers If there were a dish of meat set before thee and some man albeit he were a lier should say unto thee refraine to touch and eat thereof for it is poysoned durst thou once adventure to stretch out thy hand to take a tast thereof though the meat were never so savorie and delicate and hee never so great a lier that should beare thee thus in hand If then the Prophets if the Apostles if the Evangelists yea if Almightie God himselfe doe crie out unto thee and say Take heed thou miserable man for death is in that kind of meat and death dooth lie lurking in that gluttonous morsell which the devill hath set before thee Howe darest thou reach for everlasting death with thine owne handes and drinke thine owne damnation Where is the applying of thy wits thy judgement and the discourse and reason which thou hast of a spirituall man Where is their light where is their force Sith that none of them doe bridle thee anie whit from thy common usuall vices Oh thou wretched and carelesse creature be witched by the common enemie Sathan adjudged to everlasting darkenesse both inward and outward and so doest goe from one darkenesse

mee what a day shall that bee when our Lord himselfe with all his Saints shall come meet thee in the way saying unto thee Arise and make hast O my beloved my delight and my Turtle dove for now the Winter is past and the tempestuous waters are ceased and flowers doe begin to appeare in our land Cant. 2. Howe great joy shall thy soule then receive when it shall bee at that time presented before the throne of the most blessed Trinitie by the hands of the holy Angels especially by that Angell to whom thou was committed as to a faithful keeper and when this Angell with all the rest shall declare thy good workes and what crosses tribulations and injuries thou hast suffered for Gods sake Acts 9. S. Luke writeth That when holy Tabitha the great almes giver was dead all the widdowes and poore folke came about the Apostle S. Peter shewing unto him the garments which she had given them where with the Apostle being moved made his prayer unto Almightie God for that so mercifull a woman and by his praiers he raised her again to life Now what a gladnesse will it be to thy soule when in the middest of those blessed spirits thou shalt bee placed with remembrance of thy almes deeds thy praiers and fastings the innocencie of thy lise thy suffering of wrongs and injuries thy patience in afflictions thy temperance in diet with all other vertues and good workes that thou hast done in all thy life O how great joy shalt thou receive at that time for all the good deedes that thou hast wrought how clearly then shalt thou understand the value the excellencie of vertue There the obedient man shall talk of victories there vertue shall receive her reward and the good honoured according to their merite Moreover what a pleasure will it bee unto thee when thou shalt see thy selfe to bee in that sure haven and shalt looke backe upon the course of thy navigation which thou hast sayled here in this life when thou shalt remember the tempests wherein thou hast been tossed the straits through which thou hast passed and the daungers of theeves and pyrats from whom thou hast escaped There is the place where they shall sing the song of the Prophet which sayth Had it not ben that our Lord had ben mine helper it could not be but my soule had gone into hell Especially when from thence thou shalt behold so many sinnes as are committed every houre in the world so many souls as doe descend every day into hell and how it hath pleased Almightie God that among such a multitude of damned persons thou shouldest bee of the number of his elect and one of those to whome hee would grant such exceeding great felicitie and glorie Besides all this what a goodly sight will it be to see those seats filled up and the citie builded and the wals of that noble Ierusalem repaired againe With what chearfull embracings shall the whole court of heaven entertaine them beholding them when they come loaden with the spoiles of their vanquished enemies there shall those valiant men and women enter with triumph which have together with the world conquered the weakenesse of their owne fraile nature There shall they enter which have suffred martirdom for Christs sake with double triumph over the flesh the world adorned with all coelestiall glorie There shall also daily enter many young men and children which have vanquished the tendernesse of their young yeares with discretion and vertue Oh how sweet and savorie shall the fruit of vertue then be although for a time before her roots seemed very bitter sweet is the cold evening after the hote sunnie day sweet is 〈…〉 ●ountaine to the weary 〈…〉 travailer sweet is 〈…〉 sleepe to the tired servaunt but much more sweet is it to the Saints in heaven to enjoy peace after warre securitie after perill eternall rest after their paines and travels for then are the warres at an end then need they no more to goe all armed both on the right side and on the left The children of Israel went forth armed towards the land of Promise but after that the land was conquered they laid downe their speares and cast awa● 〈…〉 armour and forget 〈…〉 and turmoile 〈…〉 each one under the shaddow of his pavillion and harbour enjoied the fruit of their sweet peace Now may the watching Prophet come down from his standing that did watch and fix his feet upon the place of the Sentinell There is no more feare of invasion by the terrible atmies of the bloudie enemies there is no place for the subtill crafts of the lurking viper there cannot arrive the deadly sight of the venomous Baseliske nor yet shall the hissing of the auncient serpent bee heard there but onely the soft breathing aire of the holy ghost wherein is beholden the glorie of Almightie God This is the region of all peace the place of securitie situated above all the elements whether the cloudes and stormie winds of the darke aire cannot come O what glorious things have been spoken of thee ô cittie of God Blessed are they saith holy Tobias that love thee and enjoy thy peace O my sould praise our Lord for he hath delivered Ierusalem his citie from all her troubles Happie shall I bee if the remnant of my posteritie might come to see the clearenesse of Ierusalem her gates shall bee wrought with Zaphirs and Emeraulds and all the circuit of her wals shall bee built with precious stones her streets shall bee paved with white and pollished marble and in all parts of her territories shall be sung Alleluia O joyfull countrey ô sweet glorie ô blessed companie who shall bee those so fortunate and happie that are elected for thee It seemeth a presumption to desire thee and yet I will not live without the desire of thee O yee sonnes of Adam a race of men miserably blinded and deceived O yee scattered sheepe wandering out of your right way if this be your sheep-coat whether goe you backeward What meane you Why suffer you such an excellent benefit to bee wilfully lost for not taking so little paines What wise man would not desire that all labour and paine of the world were imposed unto him that all sorrows afflictions diseases were even poured upon him as thicke as haile that persecutions tribulations greefs with one to molest him another to disquiet him yea that all creatures in the world did conspire against him being scorned made a laughing stocke of all men and that his whole life were converted into weepings and lamentations so that in the next life hee might find repose in the heavenly harbor of eternall consolation and be thought meet to have a place among that blessed people which are adorned and beautified with such inestimable glorie And thou ô foolish lover of this miserable world goe thy way seek as long as thou wilt for honors promotions build sumptuous houses palaces purchase lands and