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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	old_a	young_a	youth_n	300	4	8.2577	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12430	Two sermons, of Ionahs punishment ; Foure sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith ; and published by a more perfect copie then heretofore.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1607 (1607)	STC 22751; STC 22754; ESTC S514	75,287	114

beene spoken before and sayth I pray thee remember iudgement thou must giue account for all these things for vnlesse you repent you shall surely perish No sayth the fleshe talke not of such graue matters but tell mee of fine matters of soft beddes and pleasant things and talke mee of braue pastimes Apes Beares and Puppits for I tell thee the forbidden fruite is sweetest of all fruites for I doe not like of your telling mee of iudgement but take thou thy iewels thy instrument and all the strings of vanitie will strike at once for the flesh loues to be braue and tread vpon corks it cannot tell what fashion to bee of and yet to bee of the new fashion Reioyce O yong man in thy youth O this goes braue for while wickednesse hath cast his rubs and vengeance castes his spurres and his foote and thus shee reeles and now she tumbles and then shee falles therefore this progresse is ended Pleasure is but a spurre riches but a thorne glorie but a blast beautie but a flowre sinne is but an hypocrite hony in thy mouth and poyson in thy stomacke therefore let vs come againe and aske Salomon in good sooth whether hee meaneth in good earnest when hee spake these words O sayth Salomon It is the best life in the world to goe braue lie soft and liue merrily if there were no iudgement But this iudgement marres all it is like a dampe that puts out all the light and like a boxe that marreth all the oyntment for if this bee true wee haue spunne a fayre threed that wee must answere for all that are not able to answere for one why Salomon maketh vs fooles and giueth vs gawdes to play withall what then shall wee not reioyce at all Yes there is a godly mirth and if wee could hit on it which is called Be merry and wise Sara laughed and was reprooued Abraham laughed and was not reprooued And thus much for the first part But remember for all these things thou shalt come to iudgement This Verse is as it were a Dialogue betwixt the fleshe and the spirite as the two counsellers the worst is first and the fleshe speaketh proudly but the spirite comes in burdened with that which hath beene spoken The fleshe goeth laughing and singing to hell but the spirite casteth rubs in his way and puts him in minde of iudgement that for all these thinges now ends reioyce and heere comes in but if this but were not wee might reioyce still if young men must for all the sportes of youth what then shall old men doe being as they are now Surely if Salomon liued to see our old men liue now as heere hee saith of young men so high as sinne rageth yet vengeance sits aboue it as high as high Babell Mee thinkes I see a sword hang in the ayre by a twine threed and all the sonnes of men labour to burst it in sunder There is a place in hell where the couetous Iudge sitteth the greedie Lawyer the griping Landlord the carelesse Byshop the lusty youth the wanton Dames the theefe the robbers of the Common-wealth they are punished in this life because they euer sinne as long as they could while mercie was offered vnto them therefore because they would we bee washed they shall bee drowned Now put together reioyce and remember thou hast learned to bee merry now learne to bee wise nowe therefore turne ouer a new leafe and take a new Lesson for now Salomon mocked not as hee did before therefore a checke to thy ruffes a checke to thy cuffes a checke to thy robes a checke to thy gold a checke to your riches a checke to your beautie a checke to your mucke a checke to your graues woe from aboue woe from belowe woe vnto all the stings of vanitie doest thou not now maruell that thou hast not a feeling of sinne for now thou seest Salomon saith true thine owne heart can tell that it is wicked but it cannot amend therefore it is high time to amend as Nathan commeth to Dauid after Belzebub so commeth accusing conscience after sinne Mee thinkes that euery one should have a feeling of sinne though this day bee like yesterday and to morrowe like to day yet one day will come for all and then woe woe woe and nothing but darkenesse and though God came not to Adam vntill the euening yet hee came although the fire came not vpon Sodom till the Euening yet it came and so comes the Iudge although hee bee not yet come though hee haue leaden feete hee hath iron hands the arrowe slayeth and is not yet fallen so is his wrath the pitte is digged the fire kindled and all things are made readie and prepared against that day onely the finall sentence is to come which will not long tarrie You may not thinke to bee like to the theefe that stea leth and is not seene nothing can bee hid from him and the Iudge followeth thee at thee heeles and therefore whatsoeuer thou art looke about thee and doe nothing but that thou wouldest doe openly for all things are opened vnto him Sara may not thinke to laugh and not bee seene Gehezie may not thinke to lye and not be knowne they that will not come to the banquet must stand at the doore What doe you thinke that God doth not remember our sinnes which wee doe not regard for while we sin the sore runs on and the Iudge setteth downe all in the table of remembrance and his sscrowle reacheth vp to heauen Item for lending to Vsurie Item for racking of rents Item for deceuing thy brethren Item for falshood in wares Item for starching thy ruffes Item for curling thy haire Item for paynting thy face Item for for selling of benefices Item for staruing of soules Item for playing at cardes Item for sleeping in the Church Item for prophaning the Sabboth day with a number more hath God to call to account for euery one must answere for himselfe The fornicator for taking of filthy pleasure O sonne remember thou hast taken thy pleasure take thy punishment The careles Prelate for murthering so many thousand soules The Landlord for getting money from his poore Tenants by racking of his rents see the rest all they shall come like a very sheep when the trumpet shall sound and the heauen and earth shall come to iudgement against them when the heauens shall vanish like a scrole and the earth shall consume like fire and all the creatures standing against them the rocks shall cleaue asunder and the mountaines shake and the foundation of the earth shall tremble and they shall say to the mountaines Couer vs fall vpon vs and hide vs from the presence of his anger and wrath whom wee haue not cared for to offend but they shall not bee couered and hid but then they shall goe the blacke way to the Snakes and Serpents to bee tormented of Deuils for euer O paine vnspeakable and yet the more I expresse it the more