Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	die_v	issue_n	son_n	13,628	5	5.9273	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52885	A rich treasure at an easie rate: or, The ready way to true content A short and pleasant discourse manifestly shewing how inconsistent riches is with piety usually, and how opposite poverty is often. Together with the happy agrement and conjunction of honest labour, real godliness, and soul-content. By N. D.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.	1678 (1678)	Wing N569D; ESTC R181476	17,986	119

Curiosity Prodigality was upper Butler and under him Ryot and the Cup they all drunk in was call'd Excess a foul great Cup it was and looking on it to see what mark it had I observed three letters but all three D's but yet not standing together But the one near the brim the second in the middle the third in the bottom Many would guess what these three letters might mean some said it was Donum Domini Divitiarum The name of the Donour But they of the house said the first D. was Delight the second Drunkenness and the third was Drowziness But there dwelt an old Man not far off whose name was Gravity a comely old Man of much Learning and great experience upon whose Counsell all the neighbours did much rely yea I have known when Labour and Godliness and Content too have gone to advise with him But he had been discharged from looking into Riches his house he told me these three letters were set on by the same hand that wrote the three words on Belshazzar's wall and that the first D. did signifie Disease the second D. Death and the third he was sure was Damnation And were it not too long a Digression I could tell you what Children Riches had and what Grand-children And since I hear what is become of all Riches was now an old Man he had had two Sons and two Daughters Both his Sons died without issue in their Fathers life so that he saw his name was like to perish whatever became of the estate The eldest Son was called Honour the Fathers darling and the hopes of all the Family but a weakly Child he was and never likely to be long liv'd he died yong and put all the House into Mourning they lament the loss of Honour to this day The younger Son was called Ambition one of an haughty and aspiring minde and of a working restless spirit he was one still in every desperate and mischievous plot was betraid and came to an untimely and shameful end and no Man pitied him The two Daughters were Delicacy the elder more like the Mother and Avarice the younger more like the Father The elder was always an unruly and wanton Girl never like to come to good and when her Mother had provided a great match for her preferment she had cast her self away upon one of her fathers servingmen call'd Prodigality they agreed like dogs and cats and they had an only daughter whose name was Infamy Avarice was resolved to be ruled by her Father and by his perswasion she was bestow'd on his Steward oppression his chief servant whom he said he loved as dearly as if he had been his own child he told his daughter Avarice he would make the best husband for her in the world that they were sure never to want they not theirs for if she could but save the husband would be sure to get But they had not a good day together neither but lived quite besides what they had and they had an only daughter whose name was Misery These two Grandchildren Infamy and Misery are all that at present are left of Riches Race they are yet living and like to live many a day But to return to his Servants again Luxury was his Cook Gluttony his Carver Malice was his Secretary But he made most of two above all the rest Flattery the one his greatest favourite and Calumny the other These two had the length of his foot the one could make him angry and the other pleased with whom they would and whensoever they listed I had like to have forgot his Chaplain for he would be thought to be religious too his name was Sir Iohn Reader He was no Scholar at all though he said he had taken a degree in the University But he had two properties which gave general content to all the house he could mumble them over a few short Prayers out of the Book and when he had done he could bowl and drink and swear with the best of them all the day after Now the house being stored with such servants there was nothing but disorder to be seen they could none of them endure Godliness but made songs of him scoffed and jeered at him and all his actions yea made themselves merry with his very gestures and quarrel'd with his Children and Servants Nor did they well agree among themselves for there would be often swearing cursing banning and fighting among themselves Prodigality and Covetousness could never agree though Covetousness and oppression ever held together Malice Calumny and Flattery often jarred and differed And as for Ryot he could agree with never a one of them but only Pride Chap. 4. Godliness Complains to Riches of his Servants and is ill intreated Godliness comes to Riches in a courteous way and tells him privately of their miscarriages and withall tells him if he keep these Servants longer they will undo him for ever peswades him to reform his Family because he wish't him well and to turn away these old Servants and he would commend better to him which should be more for his Credit and Profit too But Riches grew very hot and would not hear him speak but fell foul on Godliness and fell from railing to striking and then calls his Servants to help him and first of all his Chaplain who was no ways able to hold Argument with Godliness but he could out-wrangle and out-rail Godliness and Gravity both he would needs bring Scripture to consute Godliness and he had one place very ready and it was all the Scripture he was acquainted with Eccles. 7. 16. Be not righteous over much neither make thy selfe overwise for why shouldest thou destroy thy self or desolate they self and lose thy neighbors and thy friends Here he had thought he had knocked Godliness down But instantly Godliness had his answer ready and bad him read the next words Be not overmuch wicked neither be thou foolish why shouldest thou die before the time Sir Iohn was presently non-plust that he had not a word of Scripture more but fell to downright railing Then did Riches call for his other servants to second his Chaplain and bad Pride and Malice and Calumny to pay him soundly and if they four were not able to do it he would send for Oppression to set him further off and he vowed he would never endure him while he liv'd nor suffer him to live quietly by him for next his old mortal enemy Poverty whom he had sent packing he protested to hate Godliness more than any creature alive yea he swore to it two that he hated him more than he did the very Devil And old Iezabel looking out of her Window cryed Spare him not knock him down or send him packing for I cannot abide the very looks of him Chap 5. Godliness his servants and Pedigree Riches Servants and his fall out NOw Godliness had a few Servants of his own training up well bred fit to serve the best