Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	world_n	worthy_a	write_v	21	3	4.8433	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14946	A spyrytuall and moost precyouse pearle Teachyng all men to loue and imbrace the crosse, as a mooste swete and necessary thyng, vnto the sowle, and what comfort is to be taken thereof, and also where and howe, both consolacyon and ayde in all maner of afflyccyons is to be soughte, and agayne, how all men should behaue them selues therein, accordynge to the word of God. Sett forth by the moste honorable lorde, the duke hys grace of Somerset, as appeareth by hys epystle set before the same.; Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English.	Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552, attributed name.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1550 (1550)	STC 25255; ESTC S105089	87,629	226

For if wee shoulde wayle and be heauy withoute reason or measure when God doth nothyng but 〈◊〉 iustyce and ryghtuousnes vpon hys enemyes what were it els but to myslyke the rightuousnes of God and euen to loue that thinge whiche God hateth And what is thys els but onely the very rightuousnes and goodnes of God whan he punysheth marterith vtterlye subdueth and destroyeth in vs here in thys worlde hys our greatest enemyes that is to saye our synnes Therfore to sorowe and mourne without measure in the myddest of affliction and trouble is nothynge els but to shew thy selfe a frinde vnto synne which is thyne Gods hyghest enemye Wherfore we shulde rather laude God and hyghlye reioyse not specyallye because of the myserye and affliccyon but in the ryghteous gracious wil of God Righ teous I saye because he punysheth synne And agayne gracyous mercyfull for as muche as he doth punyshed it muche more easelye then we haue iust●…ye deserued ¶ The thyrde Chapter ¶ All maner of troubles and affliccyōs whatsoeuer they be are alwayes muche lesse and lyghter then are our synnes UUhansoeuer a man doth geue a small and a lyght ponyshemente vnto hym y t hath deserued much greater it is reason that he receyue take it pacientlye As one that hath slayne and murthered a man yf he be but beaten and whyped out of a citye or towne he taketh it in good part because he knoweth well ynoughe that he hath deserued to be hanged The holy woman Iudyth thynketh in the ▪ viij Chapter that all these transyto ty ponyshmentes are muche lesse farre inferyor vnto our synnes and wickednes ses Wherfor yf thou suffer pouertye sy●… nesse or any other aduersyte consider and thincke with thy selfe after this maner Well thy manyfold synnes haue deserued a thousand thousand tymes more gre nous ponyshment more heauye sycknes more horrible warre and more intollerable imprisonment And yf al the miseries of the world shuld come together vpō on●… heape vnto the yet y u hast deserued much worse For y t haste well deserued the full power tiranny of the deuil eternal dā naciō which notwithstanding God hath kept taken from the of his mere mercy only for Iesus christes sake Itē he y t hath receiued alwaies good prosperous thin ges ought not to meruel nor to wonder yf somtyme he receyue also some mysfortune aduersyte Euen the chyldrē of the world can say that there is neuer a good houre but hath also deserued an euyll Now so mercyful is God y t he suffereth no man vpō earth vnrewarded with one benefyte or other As wel before trouble as after yea also in the very tyme there of he geueth hym many hygh excellent gystes and benefytes as well bodyly as ghostly corporall as spyrytuall As for his benefytes before trouble and affliccyō we haue a notable exāple set be fore oure eyes in Iob which sayth seyng we haue receyued moch goodnes of God why shuld we not be cōtent also to receyue the euyl lykewyse Plyny the seconde beynge an Heathen man as he wold cōfort a fryude of his whose deare spouse wyfe was departed out of y e world amōg other thīges he wrote after thys maner This ought to be a singular cōforte vnto the that thou hast had and inioyed suche a precyous Iewell so longe a tyme. For. ●…iiij yeares dyd she lyue with the and there was neuer anystryfe brawling or contention betwene you nor neuer one of you ones displeased the other Yea but now thou wylt s●…y so much the more loth and vnwillynge am I to forbeare to be without her seynge I lyued so long a tyme so quyetely with her For we forget sone suche pleasures commodyties as we haue proued tasted but a lytle ty me only But to answer to this take thou hede that thou be not founde vnthanckefull yf thou wylt onely wey and consyder what thou hast lost and not remember how longe thou dedest enioye her And agayne in the very tyme myddest of affliccyon and trybulacyon God geueth vs grace to consyder other good prosperous thynges whiche we haue and enioy styll that thorowe the rememberās consyderacyon of them oure smarte payne maye be eased mollyfyed mytygated As for an example thou art a wea ke impotent and a dyseased man in thy body but yet hath God geuen the reasonable conuenient goodes possessions to susteyne y e with or els yf y u hast scarsenes lack of goodes ryches yet thou hast no lacke of bodyly health Nowe yf we wyl not set wey the one agaynst the other then are we lyke vnto lytle chyldren which yf any man happen a lytle to dysturbe or hynder theyr playe game or to take any maner of thynge from thē they wyll by and by cast away al the rest also and wyl fall on wepynge Euen so were it possyble ynough for ▪ vs to do lykewyse when so euer anye misfortune shuld happen vnto vs to waxe angrye displeased and to haue no maner of luste nor desyre to vse nor to enioye it vnto that good that styll remayneth is lefte behynde Be it in case that thou werte depryued of all maner of bodely comforte but yet in thy brest hart thou haste the knoweledge of Iesus Christ which hath redemed the oute of hell and damnacyon that was dewe vnto the in respecte of the whiche damnacyon all plages vpon earth are to be estemed as one lytle drop of water agaynst the whole sea Besydes thys also thorow fayth thou felest a confydens and assurans of euerlastynge eternall ioye As S. Paul doth wryte of the same in the. viij to the Roma saying I suppose that the affliccyons of thys worlde are not worthy of the glorye that shall be reueled vnto vs. An exāple haue we set before our eyes in the prodigall desperate sonne whiche dyd so humble and submyt hym selfe that he desyred no more to be taken for a sonne but to be put to labor as a daye laborer and an hyered seruaunt so that he myght but onelye remayne in hys fathers house Euen so whatsoeuer God sendeth ought we to ta ke pacyentlye so that we maye but onely dwell in the house of God in heauē with God euerlastingly Now yf any man shulde thinke thus God doth not ponysh other whiche haue committed muche more h●…ynos synnes with so great greuous plages dyseases as he doth vs that were vnreuerently vnchristenly ymagyned of God For what yf thou thy self beyst more wicked then any other But be it so that other do lyue more wickedlye 〈◊〉 then thou what wotest thou howe God doth ponysh them The greatest most greuous paynes and ponyshementes are the inwarde sorowes secrete ponyshmētes of the mynde which are not sene with the outwarde eye And althoughe they haue no specyall sorowe nor singular griefe that