Selected quad for the lemma: work_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
work_n	faith_n	good_a	james_n	14,239	5	9.1170	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43312	[Mataiobrachytēs tou biou] The brevity and vanity of man's life : discovered in a sermon preached at the funerals of Mrs. Ellen Hartcourt, youngest daughter to the virtuous and excellent Lady Cony of Stoke in Lincolnshire, who was interr'd in Saint Andrews-Holborn-Church, March 23, 1661, being married that day five weeks before / by Richard Henchman.	Henchman, Richard.	1661 (1661)	Wing H1428; ESTC R227539	20,951	44

man_n be_v a_o empty_a man_n he_o have_v nothing_o in_o he_o but_o that_o which_o be_v good_a for_o nothing_o and_o therefore_o say_v saint_n james_n chap_n two_o 20._o will_v thou_o know_v oh_o vain_a man_n that_o faith_n without_o work_n be_v dead_a as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v thou_o empty_v man_n thou_o that_o have_v but_o a_o boast_n of_o faith_n thou_o who_o faith_n be_v fill_v up_o only_o with_o good_a word_n not_o good_a work_n will_v thou_o know_v thou_o shall_v wither_v thou_o will_v or_o no_o that_o thy_o faith_n be_v dead_a when_o man_n fall_v from_o god_n the_o devil_n empty_v he_o of_o that_o which_o he_o be_v full_o off_o the_o image_n of_o god_n in_o uprightness_n and_o fill_v he_o with_o that_o which_o be_v but_o emptiness_n his_o own_o image_n in_o unrighteousness_n natural_o he_o be_v a_o vain_a empty_a man_n the_o heart_n of_o man_n at_o the_o best_a of_o nature_n be_v but_o like_o a_o child_n pocket_n full_a of_o stone_n and_o trash_n and_o how_o empty_a be_v that_o heart_n which_o be_v thus_o fill_v vain_a man_n be_v a_o empty_a man_n unless_o to_o be_v full_a of_o vain_a thing_n which_o be_v worse_a than_o emptyness_n may_v go_v for_o fullness_n again_o second_o that_o be_v vain_a which_o be_v unprofitable_a and_o thus_o it_o be_v expound_v mal._n iii._o 14._o you_o have_v say_v it_o be_v vain_a to_o serve_v god_n and_o what_o profit_n be_v it_o that_o we_o keep_v his_o ordinance_n and_o eccles_n i_o 3._o have_v pronounce_v all_o thing_n to_o be_v vanity_n he_o subjoin_v what_o profit_n have_v a_o man_n for_o all_o the_o labour_n which_o he_o take_v under_o the_o sun_n so_o man_n be_v vain_a in_o this_o sense_n what_o great_a vanity_n then_o to_o let_v go_v the_o substance_n for_o a_o shadow_n heaven_n for_o this_o world_n what_o will_v it_o profit_v a_o man_n to_o gain_v the_o world_n and_o to_o lose_v etc._n etc._n that_o be_v a_o second_o notion_n three_o vain_a man_n i._n e._n deceitful_a man_n homines_fw-la falsitatis_fw-la so_o cajetane_v and_o psal_n lxii_o 9_o sure_o man_n of_o low_a degree_n be_v vanity_n and_o man_n of_o high_a degree_n be_v a_o lye_n to_o be_v lay_v in_o the_o balance_n they_o be_v altogether_o light_a than_o vanity_n virgil_n call_v he_o vanum_fw-la mendacemque_fw-la hominem_fw-la vain_a and_o deceitful_a man_n and_o psal_n four_o 2._o how_o long_o will_v you_o love_v vanity_n and_o seek_v after_o lease_v vanity_n seek_v after_o vanity_n that_o be_v a_o three_o notion_n four_o and_o last_o vain_a man_n i._n e._n transitory_a man_n man_n be_v vanity_n because_o he_o be_v frail_a and_o transitory_a that_o be_v say_v to_o be_v vain_a which_o vanish_v that_o man_n vanish_v away_o see_v a_o plain_a place_n of_o scripture_n psal_n cxliiii_o 4._o man_n be_v like_a to_o vanity_n his_o day_n be_v as_o a_o shadow_n which_o pass_v away_o here_o be_v man_n picture_n draw_v to_o the_o life_n like_v to_o vanity_n a_o poor_a transitory_a thing_n here_o now_o and_o go_v anon_o he_o be_v not_o only_o empty_a unprofitable_a and_o deceitful_a but_o very_o frail_a and_o transitory_a well_o now_o as_o the_o wiseman_n say_v ecclesiast_fw-la xi_o 8._o suppose_v you_o live_v many_o year_n to_o fourscore_o or_o a_o hundred_o which_o be_v very_o improbable_a it_o be_v a_o hundred_o to_o one_o you_o do_v not_o yet_o suppose_v it_o let_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o so_o many_o year_n be_v a_o shadow_n as_o a_o tale_n that_o be_v tell_v very_o every_o man_n old_z and_o young_a rich_a and_o poor_a be_v a_o vanity_n in_o the_o morning_n they_o be_v like_o grass_n flourish_v a_o little_a make_v a_o little_a show_n for_o a_o time_n but_o in_o the_o evening_n they_o be_v cut_v down_o and_o wither_a away_o but_o yet_o further_o suppose_v a_o man_n live_v many_o day_n to_o the_o utmost_a extent_n of_o nature_n and_o rejoice_v in_o all_o those_o his_o day_n which_o be_v in_o a_o manner_n impossible_a yet_o i_o say_v suppose_v it_o that_o his_o head_n never_o ache_v all_o his_o day_n he_o know_v not_o what_o sorrow_n or_o sickness_n mean_v he_o have_v what_o his_o heart_n can_v desire_v yet_o i_o must_v tell_v he_o that_o all_o be_v but_o vanity_n when_o all_o be_v do_v what_o profit_n have_v a_o man_n of_o all_o his_o labour_n which_o be_v take_v under_o the_o sun_n the_o total_a sum_n amount_v to_o this_o man_n be_v at_o his_o best_a estate_n altogether_o vanity_n now_o you_o must_v know_v that_o there_o be_v a_o threefold_a vanity_n first_o of_o creation_n second_o of_o transgression_n three_o of_o condition_n man_n be_v vanity_n in_o all_o these_o three_o respect_n first_o in_o the_o excellency_n of_o his_o creation_n he_o seem_v not_o to_o be_v void_a of_o vanity_n for_o as_o his_o age_n be_v nothing_o before_o the_o lord_n why_o so_o man_n himself_o in_o his_o innocency_n compare_v with_o god_n his_o creator_n be_v nothing_o but_o vanity_n job_n four_o 18._o behold_v he_o put_v no_o trust_n in_o his_o servant_n and_o his_o angel_n he_o charge_v with_o folly_n and_o if_o cherubin_n and_o seraphin_n do_v cover_v their_o face_n as_o be_v imperfect_a and_o vain_a compare_v with_o he_o how_o much_o more_o may_v vanity_n be_v attribute_v to_o we_o who_o dwell_v in_o house_n of_o clay_n who_o foundation_n be_v in_o the_o dust_n which_o be_v crush_v before_o the_o month_n job_n four_o 13._o but_o then_o again_o second_o if_o man_n be_v vanity_n in_o his_o creation_n compare_v with_o god_n than_o he_o have_v bring_v upon_o he_o a_o second_o and_o worse_a kind_n of_o vanity_n by_o his_o fall_n a_o vanity_n of_o transgression_n and_o gild_n by_o this_o man_z who_o be_v heir_n apparent_a of_o the_o world_n be_v exile_v paradise_n his_o glory_n become_v clothe_v with_o ignominy_n and_o shame_n and_o this_o bring_v a_o three_o vanity_n after_o it_o a_o vanity_n of_o condition_n from_o which_o none_o can_v be_v exempt_v every_o man_n live_v be_v vanity_n whether_o sinner_n or_o saint_n as_o long_o as_o he_o retain_v the_o appellation_n of_o a_o man_n so_o long_o he_o be_v inheritor_n of_o vanity_n who_o frame_n be_v a_o brittle_a as_o glass_n who_o name_n be_v a_o soon_o forget_v as_o a_o tale_n that_o be_v tell_v let_v the_o heathen_a know_v say_v david_n psa_n ix_o 20._o that_o they_o be_v but_o man_n but_o man_n why_o be_v that_o so_o slight_a a_o matter_n what_o be_v man_n jeremiah_n tell_v we_o ch._n xxii_o 29._o earth_n earth_n earth_n every_o man_n that_o live_v upon_o the_o earth_n be_v but_o a_o piece_n of_o that_o earth_n on_o which_o he_o live_v earth_n by_o creation_n earth_n by_o conversation_n and_o earth_n by_o dissolution_n into_o dust_n man_n never_o continue_v in_o one_o stay_v but_o vanish_v as_o a_o shadow_n job_n fourteen_o 2._o in_o a_o word_n that_o so_o i_o may_v pass_v to_o a_o short_a application_n as_o holiness_n to_o the_o lord_n be_v engrave_v upon_o aaron_n breastplate_n exod._n xxviii_o 36._o so_o upon_o every_o man_n forehead_n may_v be_v write_v this_o motto_n man_n at_o his_o best_a estate_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n give_v i_o leave_v to_o derive_v from_o this_o two_o observation_n these_o few_o practical_a improvement_n and_o i_o have_v do_v and_o first_o be_v it_o so_o that_o every_o man_n at_o his_o best_a etc._n etc._n then_o this_o may_v instruct_v we_o not_o to_o trust_v in_o man_n psal_n cxlvi_o 3_o 4._o put_v not_o your_o trust_n in_o prince_n nor_o in_o the_o son_n of_o man_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o help_n his_o breath_n go_v forth_o he_o return_v to_o the_o earth_n in_o that_o very_a day_n his_o thought_n perish_v trust_v not_o therefore_o in_o the_o great_a man_n vanity_n will_v deceive_v you_o and_o every_o man_n be_v vanity_n every_o man_n say_v the_o psalmist_n walk_v in_o a_o vain_a show_n there_o be_v a_o show_n of_o this_o and_o that_o and_o the_o other_o thing_n a_o promise_n of_o it_o but_o it_o be_v a_o vain_a show_n it_o be_v but_o like_o a_o pageant_n which_o feed_v the_o eye_n or_o delight_v the_o pancy_z or_o please_v the_o far_a but_o it_o pass_v away_o and_o leave_v you_o as_o empty_a as_o before_o every_o man_n at_o his_o best_a estate_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n not_o only_o in_o his_o affliction_n and_o in_o his_o loss_n in_o his_o trouble_n and_o in_o his_o sorrow_n but_o take_v a_o man_n in_o the_o height_n and_o perfection_n and_o accomplishment_n of_o all_o creature_n comfort_n take_v the_o creme_a the_o pith_n the_o marrow_n the_o sweetness_n of_o all_o extract_v a_o quintessence_n of_o all_o that_o can_v be_v have_v in_o the_o creature_n and_o all_o be_v but_o vanity_n if_o therefore_o the_o creature_n be_v so_o vain_a and_o the_o day_n of_o man_n be_v vanity_n oh_o let_v we_o set_v our_o eye_n and_o heart_n upon_o