Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	adam_n	death_n	threaten_v	3,366	5	10.1139	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23803	The whole duty of mourning and the great concern of preparing our selves for death, practically considered / written some years since by the author of The whole duty of man, and now published upon the sad occasion of the death of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Mary the II, Queen of England, &c. of blessed memory.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1695 (1695)	Wing A1194; ESTC R33068	65,567	192

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out_o of_o the_o body_n the_o heathen_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o death_n be_v a_o eternal_a sleep_n the_o fear_n of_o the_o rich_a and_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o poor_a but_o pious_a st._n augustine_n often_o breathe_v forth_o this_o heavenly_a wish_n say_v o_o that_o i_o can_v see_v death_n not_o as_o it_o be_v but_o as_o thou_o o_o lord_n have_v now_o make_v it_o death_n be_v the_o supreme_a monarch_n in_o the_o world_n as_o he_o have_v the_o dominion_n over_o sin_n and_o he_o be_v the_o ancient_a king_n who_o reign_n begin_v from_o adam_n yet_o st._n paul_n tell_v you_o 1_o cor._n 15.26_o at_o last_o this_o king_n shall_v be_v vanquish_v the_o last_o enemy_n that_o shall_v be_v destroy_v be_v death_n and_o christ_n who_o be_v the_o resurrection_n and_o the_o life_n pronounce_v this_o sentence_n o_o death_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o death_n ii_o whoever_o be_v the_o author_n and_o father_n of_o death_n sin_n be_v the_o mother_n for_o the_o apostle_n tell_v you_o 1_o james_n 15._o 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full_o to_o know_v himself_o and_o then_o pride_n and_o ambition_n will_v soon_o vanish_v chap._n ii_o that_o death_n have_v no_o respect_n of_o person_n but_o we_o be_v continual_o die_v whilst_o we_o live_v although_o man_n can_v or_o be_v unwilling_a to_o pay_v those_o worldly_a obligation_n they_o lie_v under_o yet_o they_o must_v pay_v this_o debt_n to_o nature_n and_o it_o be_v a_o favour_n afford_v by_o nature_n that_o what_o she_o have_v make_v most_o vexatious_a she_o have_v make_v common_a that_o the_o equality_n of_o fate_n may_v mitigate_v the_o cruelty_n of_o it_o and_o this_o question_v the_o psalmist_n ask_v what_o man_n be_v he_o that_o live_v and_o shall_v not_o see_v death_n ii_o our_o saviour_n tell_v the_o jew_n their_o father_n do_v eat_v manna_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o be_v dead_a 6_o john_n 49._o and_o the_o apostle_n tell_v you_o phil._n 2.8_o that_o christ_n be_v find_v in_o fashion_n as_o a_o man_n he_o humble_v himself_o and_o become_v obedient_a unto_o 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out_o as_o the_o hart_n pant_v after_o the_o water-brook_n so_o long_v my_o soul_n after_o thou_o o_o god_n psal._n 42.1_o death_n only_o shorten_v time_n not_o life_n and_o the_o merit_n of_o death_n be_v the_o debt_n due_a to_o sin_n both_o impose_v on_o mankind_n for_o sin_n iv._o now_o if_o we_o cast_v never_o so_o bright_a a_o lustre_n in_o the_o world_n yet_o alas_o our_o brittle_a body_n how_o quick_o be_v they_o break_v man_n say_v jeremiah_n fade_v like_o a_o leaf_n and_o sin_n like_o a_o wind_n take_v he_o away_o let_v a_o man_n live_v never_o so_o long_o yet_o at_o last_o death_n seize_v he_o but_o to_o consider_v aright_o

and_o the_o worker_n of_o they_o be_v call_v dead_a man_n mat._n 8.22_o luke_n 15.32_o john_n 5.25_o eph._n 2.1.5_o and_o therefore_o upon_o every_o occasion_n of_o sin_n commit_v we_o be_v teach_v to_o remember_v death_n whatsoever_o thing_n have_v death_n annex_v and_o threaten_v as_o the_o reward_n and_o fruit_n belong_v to_o it_o the_o same_o thing_n be_v a_o just_a and_o necessary_a memorial_n of_o death_n now_o all_o our_o sin_n have_v this_o reward_v denounce_v rom._n 6.23_o and_o 7.5_o and_o therefore_o in_o all_o sin_n death_n be_v set_v before_o we_o as_o god_n also_o speak_v express_o in_o his_o warning_n against_o sin_n deut._n 30.15.19_o as_o in_o sight_n of_o death_n we_o be_v to_o remember_v sin_n the_o cause_n of_o it_o so_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o sin_n we_o be_v to_o remember_v death_n the_o effect_n of_o it_o ii_o neither_o be_v these_o sin_n thus_o to_o be_v consider_v by_o we_o only_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o future_a reward_n but_o god_n by_o a_o further_a 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danger_n wherein_o death_n be_v threaten_v unto_o man_n be_v likewise_o mean_v of_o death_n and_o by_o they_o also_o we_o be_v call_v of_o god_n to_o remember_v our_o latter_a end_n sometime_o it_o please_v the_o great_a be_v for_o the_o warn_v of_o secure_a man_n to_o bring_v they_o to_o the_o gate_n of_o death_n before_o they_o enter_v psal._n 9.13_o and_o though_o he_o bring_v they_o back_o again_o yet_o be_v this_o do_v by_o the_o almighty_a for_o a_o memorial_n of_o death_n god_n bring_v man_n into_o such_o extremity_n that_o nothing_o but_o death_n be_v to_o be_v expect_v they_o receive_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n in_o themselves_o and_o despair_v of_o life_n 1_o cor._n 8.9_o and_o be_v free_a among_o the_o dead_a in_o their_o own_o and_o other_o judgement_n psal._n 88.4_o 5._o and_o thus_o many_o time_n they_o be_v in_o death_n often_o 2_o cor._n 11.23_o and_o such_o thing_n god_n work_v oftentimes_o that_o man_n may_v renounce_v the_o world_n and_o set_v their_o heart_n and_o their_o house_n in_o order_n as_o a_o preparation_n for_o their_o departure_n job_n 33.22_o 29._o iv._o let_v we_o praise_v then_o the_o goodness_n of_o the_o almighty_a who_o ordain_v all_o thing_n for_o the_o best_a to_o his_o servant_n who_o unlimited_a providence_n govern_v we_o all_o our_o life_n and_o take_v so_o peculiar_a a_o care_n of_o our_o death_n he_o wise_o cast_v we_o down_o on_o our_o bed_n of_o sickness_n and_o merciful_o draw_v the_o curtain_n betwixt_o the_o transitory_a world_n and_o we_o shut_v out_o all_o its_o vain_a and_o pernicious_a design_n and_o contract_v all_o our_o affair_n and_o business_n to_o a_o little_a room_n or_o chamber_n there_o in_o that_o close_a and_o quiet_a solitude_n he_o speak_v to_o our_o sorrowful_a heart_n and_o methodical_o set_v before_o we_o all_o our_o sinful_a life_n there_o he_o prudent_o discover_v to_o we_o the_o fraud_n and_o fallacy_n of_o this_o world_n and_o kind_o invite_v we_o now_o at_o last_o to_o prepare_v 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