Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	father_n	ghost_n	son_n	12,682	5	5.5144	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07686	A liuely anatomie of death wherein you may see from whence it came, what it is by nature, and what by Christ. Togeather with the power, strength, and sting thereof: as also a preparatiue against the same. Tending to teach men to lyue, and die well to the Lord. By Iohn More, preacher of the Gospel.	More, John, d. 1592.	1596 (1596)	STC 18073; ESTC S120562	24,364	78

set at perfect libertie what is this body else but a prison a Iayle and a dungeon If to enioy the sweete presence of God be the highest felicitie why then to bee kepte from it is it not the extreamest miserie And certainlye till wee bee escaped out of this lyfe vve vvander abrode from the Lorde If vvee consider that this vnstedfast faultie corruptible frayle wythering and rotten Tabernacle of ourbodie is therefore dissoluted by Death that it afterwardes maye bee restored againe into a stedfast perfect vncorruptible and heauenly glorye shall not faith compell vs feruentlye to desire that vvhich nature feareth If we consider that by Death vvee are called out of banishment to inhabite our Countrey yea our heauenly countrey shall vve obteyne no comforte thereby Alas this our vvretched lyfe is a vapoure a smoake a shadowe a warre-fare a Wildernesse a vayle of vvretchednesse wherewith wee are compassed about on euerye side vvith moste fyerce and fearefull enemies And should vve desire to dwell heere should vvee lust to lyue in this lothesome and laborious lyfe should vvee vvishe to tarry in this vvretchednesse should vve haue pleasure to remaine in this perilous estate Daniels Den is not so dreadfull as is this dungeon vvee dwell in Secondly concerning death as you haue partly heard vvhat is it now else then a Waspe vvithout a sting a sword without an edge a dagger vvithout a pointe What is it else now to all Gods children then the dispatcher of all displeasures the ende of all our trauels the doore of heauen the gate of gladnesse the porte of Paradise the hauen of health the rayle of rest the entrance of felicitie the ende of all miseryes and the beginning of all blessednesse It is the very bed of Downe faieth a godly Father and therfore vvell compared to a sleepe for the dolefull bodies of Gods people to rest in out of the which they shall arise and awake most fresh and lustie to lyfe euerlasting It is a passage to the father a chariot to heauen the Lordes messenger a leader vnto Christ a going to our home a deliuerance from bondage and prison a demission from warre a securitie from all sorrowes and a manumission from all miseries So that the very Heathen in some places did cause the day of their death to be celebrated with mirth melodie and minstrelsie And shall we which are Christians be dismaide at it should we be afrayde of it Shoulde such a friende as it is be vnwelcomed should the foulenesse of his face feare vs from his good conditions should the hardnesse of his huske hinder vs from his sweete curnell should the roughnesse of the tyde tye vs to the banke and shore there to bee drowned rather then the desire of our home driue vs to goe aboard shoulde the hardnesse of the saddle set vs on our feete to perrishe by the waye rather then to leape vp and endure the same a little and so bee where wee woulde bee Lastlye touching the lyfe prepared for vs after death if I should go about to expresse it the more I should so doe the further I should be from it For the eye hath neuer seene nor the eare heard nor the heart of man can euer conceiue the ioye mirthe melodye pleasure power wealth riches honour beautie fellowship dainties odours glorye wisdome knowledge treasures securitie peace quietnesse and eternall felicitie which the faithfull shall haue and enioye worlde without ende with God the Father the Sonne and the holye Ghost with Angels and Arche-angels Patriarches and Prophets with Apostels and Euangelists the martyrs and confessors and with all the Saintes of God in the Pallace of the Lorde in heauen the kingdome of God the glorye of the Father O woe to the blyndnesse of our eyes that wee see not this woe to the hardnesse of our hearts that feele not this woe to the deafenesse of our eares that heare not this in such wise as wee should doe where through wee might bee so farre from fearing Death that rather wee should wishe it crying with Simeon Nowe let thy seruante departe in peace And with Dauid When shall I come and appeare before thee Woe is me that my babitation is thus prolonged But alas great is our vnbeliefe full fainte and weake is our fayth or else nighte and daye teares and cryings shoulde bee our Breade and Drinke whilest it is sayde vnto vs Where is your God We should rather wish to bee doore keepers in the house of the Lord then to dwell in these vngodlye tents for one daye in his courte is better then a thousand It is a token of little loue to God to be so lothe to goe vnto him when hee calleth Heerein wee ought to lament the weakenesse of our faith and seeing our neede to prepare for remedye against the time of neede and to begge of God his ayde strength and comfotre against the pinche which vndoubtedly If wee aske with faith we shall obteyne and fynde his promise true Thus to knitte vp all least I should seeme to tyre you my promise I trust in some sorte is performed touching this shorte discourse wherein I haue rather tyed my selfe to the matter then my methode I alwayes preferre the substance before the shadowe and thus I commende you to the Lorde beseeching him for Christes sake to keep vs soules and bodies to his kingdome and glorye and to leade vs order vs and dispose vs as he will in all thinges in all places and for euer that at the length we may come whither we would that is into his owne blessed presence and fruition of immortallitye with Christ and his Saints worlde without ende AMEN