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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	eye_n	goodness_n	great_a	46	3	2.1425	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12160	Corona charitatis, = The crovvne of charitie a sermon preacht in Mercers Chappell, May 10. 1625. at the solemne funerals of his euer-renowmed friend, of precious memory, the mirroir of charitie, Mr. Richard Fishburne, merchant, and now consecrated as an anniuersary to his fame; by Nat: Shute, rector of the parish of Saint Mildred in the Poultry, London.	Shute, Nathaniel, d. 1638.	1626 (1626)	STC 22466; ESTC S117282	35,817	55

them and vngendo emungunt by annointing them they vnskrew the more easily their charitie There were foure Ministers of vs with him in his sicknesse and I dare say with a cleare forehead though wee had a yeelding subiect to worke vpon yet not one of vs parted our lips to exhale the least gift from him for our owne particulars As his stomacke euer kicked against Poperie so was hee a true wouen Protestant and a naturall sonne of the Church of England insomuch that though he wanted not the Chariots of Israel the prayers zealous and frequent of many for him yet hee desired the blessing of the Church I meane the common prayers to be read to him before he should tradere lampada resigne his last breath to testifie the spirituall delight hee suckt from them in his life and that comfort which he assuredly hoped to borrow from them at his death Shall I lay out his comfortable speeches to others when he saw their eyes runne ouer with teares for him hee would often say Trust in God for his owne heart taught him that seeing all the pleasures of this life must be rowled together and all should be filed vpon that file of Salomon Eccles 1.2 Vanitie of Vanities all is Vanitie it was the truest wisedome to hang vpon God Shall I encroach so farre vpon your patience as to shew you his Patience towards God All the time that fatall sicknesse fed vpon him euen till death He lowed not vnder the hand of God as the Kine did vnder the Arke 1. Sam. 6.12 as if he were vnwilling to leaue this world as they were to leaue their Calfes but was willing to beare that hand in aduersitie that had borne him in prosperitie Quadratus lapis Christianus quocunque verteris stat Aug. in Ps 86. homil 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like a foure squared stone which way soeuer you throw it it rests so did he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 casts his passions asleepe as Saint Basil saith and was content what way soeuer God came vpon him whether from the North or the South in Iudgement or in Mercie Shall I bedew you with his teares Neuer any man at whose death I haue beene drew more teares from his eyes then he Those Limbecks of his neuer ceased distilling These Fountaines aboue were almost alwayes open Surely as Saint Augustine saith Procella ingens magnam vim ferebat lachrymarum Aug. Confess l. 8. c. 12 There was some great storme within him against sinne that brought downe such a floud of teares yet not without some beames of ioy for he would say himselfe See you these teares These shall be all botled And certainly we saw that vpon his weeping a wonderfull assurance of comfort came vpon him euen as the fire from Heauen followed the water powred vpon Elias his Sacrifice Lastly for his faith and hope which did assist him till his last houre mine eyes were neuer witnesses of a greater confidence in any dying man his comfort neuer so much as once shaken If hee had had any broken fancies in his sleepe that might seeme to haue ouer-shadowed his hope hee would chase them away still as hee waked Indeed his confidence was so high-built that I began to looke at the foundation fearing that there might bee some bogge of presumption and that all was not built vpon the firme Rocke To that purpose doubting he might be too forward I set him backward to consider the many snares and temptations of this life which lie as thicke as the rine in Autumne before our feet and the many sinnes which oftentimes men of the best fame are gored with He answered me I confesse I haue beene a great and grieuous sinner but yet I thanke God I did euer labour priuatly to make my peace with God againe Nay this he sealed againe with a fairer stampe for being askt by me often why finding such comfort he wept so much He regested this answer Ipsa obmutescit facundia si aegra sit conscientia Ambros in Psal 118. Octonar 6. many times together Poore Fisborne shall be a Saint Thus as the Sun cannot bee without light no more can goodnesse bee without hope And as after showres of Aprill raine the aire is the sweeter so after these teares of his was his ioy the more sensible as on the contrary If the conscience bee sicke the tongue is dumbe as Saint Ambrose saith Nay that it may appeare that with this very hope hee tooke Heauen the very last word that hee spake in this World testifie aloud when it should seeme reuoluing with himselfe the Passion of Christ a cordiall meditation for all dying men hee crowned his death with these Golden words I am now hasting to Mount Caluary to my Sauiour and so after a little more sand runne out his glasse neuer to be turned againe in peace and in a good old age rendred himselfe into his hands with whom hee now rests in that bosome of glory and shall so rest for euer and euer Onely he hath left the World as Lot left Sodome in smoake and combustion Hee that made God heire of his goods himselfe the heire of God and the earth the heire of his bodie he hath made many friends the sorrowfull heires of his memory As the long looking vpon the Sunne makes our eyes water so the serious remembrance of his Goodnesse must needes fetch out teares If some mens eyes bee dry for the present for many times the deepest wounds bleed not soonest nor the greatest sorrows weepe soonest yet my heart whispers to me their hearts are not dry Nay our sorrows for him will yet rise to a higher tide when we come hereafter more to want him wee now bury him in the earth we shall then bury him in our hearts Time will tell them that loued him without a false bottome that in this I haue now said my tongue strooke not on both sides I confesse I distrust not Gods power nor hath my hope forsaken me of any mans goodnesse but yet mine eyes despaire almost euer to see a man with such a retinue of graces so wise so louing so iust so religious so charitable so hopefull in his death euen all these beames contracted into one Glasse Per eandem lineam serram reciprocare Tertull de Corona militia cap. 3. But I must not draw my Saw the same way againe as Tertullian's phrase is I will only sound myne hoarse Trumpet once againe and so end Farewell a Lustre to this Citie Farewell a glory to his Company Farewell a beautie to the Merchants Farewell a credit to the place where he liued Farewell an honourer of the Church Farewell a Patrone of the Poore Farewell the ioy of all his Acquaintance And if any man haue a part in this sorrow I haue not the shortest Farewell the noblest louingest and faithfullest friend that euer poore man had Farewell once againe thou second Nehemiah Farewell Text Farewell Time Finally brethren fare you well Bee yee good Nehemiah's like him vnderprop Gods seruice And God Almightie remember you and neuer wipe out the good deeds which yee shall doe to the house of God and the offices thereof From this time forth and for euermore Amen Amen FINIS