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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	holy_a	world_n	7,411	5	4.5685	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72490	A funerall sermon that was prepared to haue b[i]ne preached, by Robert King doctour in diuinit[y] for a cert[e]in honourable lady then almoste deade, but afterward recouered, to who[m] in writing this sermon was giuen, that she being[e] alyue, mighte read[e] what should haue b[i]ne preached at her death: howbeit now[e] God hath done his will vpon her and hath called her (I doubt not) to himselfe. But now it is here set forth[e] as it was deliuered to her then be[i]nge al[i]ue	King, Robert, d. 1557.	1552 (1552)	STC 14992.5; ESTC S124552	38,054	108

that other men may bestow them for vs or rather striue for them after our deathe Here we may lerne of this doctrine that although this riche man begged a pace beyng in hell in tormentes to haue bene relesed of some of his paine yeat he founde no relief at gods hādes at al for he asked it to late Nomore shall we finde at gods handes if we come to late as he did which died ī infidelitie And as many as dieth in infidelitie shall neuer obteine mercy pray they neuer somoche for thē selues as this man is made mencion to do And moreouer and if all the whole worlde together wolde pray for one of them yet shulde he neuer obteine any relief of his paine Now by the sentēce of god ther is nothing behind then but this that both this riche man and his lyke companions must content them selues with ther state paine that thei be in neuer to loke for better Now here we may see lerne by this doctrine of this place that ther be nomore but ij places prepared for thē that be departed out of this world One for thē that are blessed that is a place of refreshyng Another for them that are dampned that is a place of tormēting We finde not one worde in scriptures of that forged purgatory wherin sowles be not purged but fooles purses be emptied Here endeth the fowerth parte of this Sermon BUt whē this afore named riche mā saw that he could not preuaile any thing at al for himselfe thā he began to make his peticiō for other saieng I pray the therfor father sende him to my fathers howse for I haue fyue bretherne for to warne thē leste they also come to this place of tormentes Here is also to be marked in this parte of the parable a nother damnable opinion spoken by this man being in hell to teache them that are yet here in the earth to be ware of it and suche lyke This mans opinion was as Christe teacheth here in the parable that men wolde geue more credence to Spirites that come from a nother worlde thā to the holie scriptures beyng taught thē here in thys world This opinion is confuted here by the heuēlie Fathers doctrine taught by Christe in the person of Abraham as ye shall heare hereafter This opinion is confuted here of Christe not for this riche mans sake nor for to teache hym and to conuerte hym but it is set here to teache vs to conuerte vs whiche be yet here where we may be taught where we may be conuerted Why be there any nowe a lyue thinke ye that be of that opinion that this riche dampned man was of Ye trulie I fere me to many There be that be not ashamed to vtter ther dampnable opinion with these and suche lyke wordes We knowe say they what we haue here but we know not what we shall haue ther. Who dothe know whether there be any other life after this life Who wil chaunge that wise is the certentie of thinges that we be suer of here in this worlde for the vncertentie of thynges that be to come in a nother to vs vnkowen worlde Ther is none say they that will do thus except a few of momishe mopers whiche can do none other thyng else but mope vppon ther bookes to make vs afraied of shadowes and buggeberes Therfore say these wicked mē we wyll abyde in this our opinion vntill we haue some messenger sent from heuen or hell to shew vs what newes be ther and take our pleasure here in the meane season let thē teche what they wyll Of this opinion the parable teacheth vs that this riche man was and he doth here represent all those that be now of that opinion and that answere that was made vnto hym than is to warne them that be of suche opinion now That the parable doeth teach this mā to be careful for his bretherne that wer yet of the opinion that he was of is not set here to teche that the sowles in hell dothe care for them that are in earthe but it is set here to teache vs to be carefull for our owne selues and for our fryndes also here while care wil help For lyke as this mans care that the parable speaketh of preuailed not nomore shall no mans care preuaile nether for himselfe nor yet for other that is not taken in tyme. What was this mans care in hell that his bretherne all together vntawght of the will of god that is that they that lyue here in this world godly folowing the wil and the pleasure of god shulde haue with god euerlasting glorie as he saw Lazarus had And the contrarie wise as many as toke ther owne pleasure regarding not the will of god shulde be in paine euerlasting as he himselfe was This was his care but to late He saide Vt testificetur illis for to warne them quod he leste thei also come in to this place of torment This mans opinion thus farre was good that he wolde haue his bretherne warned to be ware here ī this presēt lyfe furth But in this his opinion was nought that he wolde haue one to come owe of a nother worlde to teache them for that is a false opinion confuted here by our saluiour Christ let vs be warned here in tyme while lyfe is in vs. But let vs loke neither for Angell sowle nor deuel to teach vs but onely Scripture as ye be here taught by Abraham speaking in gods person to this riche man and not onely to hym but rather vnto vs that we heringe this his doctrine beleuing working after the same may be saufe wher doing the cōtrarie we shulde be dāned For to warne thē saieth the texte To warne them of that as though he might say that I now finde by experiēce that is that vertue shal be of god rewarded vice punished Of this let thē be warned lest perchaunce they differre the amendement of ther liues til they be dead as I dyd and then it wil be to late for thē to be warned as it is now to late for me Vt testificetur illis for to warne them c. By these wordes here he bewraieth his owne wicked opinion that he had here whan he lyued May not a man gather owt of these his wordes this to be his opinion I as though he might say whē I was yet a lyue I iudged all thynges to be put vaine whatsoeuer was spoken of the fire of hell and of the punishmentes of malefactours in a nother worlde I supposed suche thynges to haue bene but preachers dreames to terrifie the simple people and selie sowles to kepe them in awe Therfore I pray the good father Abraham to send Lazarus to warne my fiue bretherne and to testifie vnto thē suerly not onely those thynges to be most true whiche holie scripture doth teache of the euerlastyng damnacion whiche nether they nor I dyd beleue ones to be true or any suche thyng to