Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	lord_n	pardon_v	sin_n	9,714	5	5.0242	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19336	Here after foloweth the prologue of the foure last thynges ...; Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. English.	Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471, attributed name.; Gerardus, de Vliederhoven, 14th cent, attributed name.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. ed.	1496 (1496)	STC 5759; ESTC S114682	87,652	186

it is wryten in Ecclesiasticus in the seuententh chapitre His eyen beholde Incessauntly all the wayes of men As to saye he wyll Rewarde alle that they done accordyng there after We rede in Vitis patrū an example of an angell that somtyme nombred all the paaces of an Heremyte whiche paas is a lesse thynge than an ydle worde Therfore seythe Saynte Mathew in his .xii. chapitre That men shall yelde Rekenynge and Reason atte the day of dome of euery Idle worde that they haue sayde It is wryten in the boke of Sapyence in the fyrst chapitre He that speketh euyll and peruersely shall not mowe hyde hym atte the daye of Iugement And correction shall not passe besydes hym Vayne thoughtes semeth but a lytyll thynge Neuerthelesse it is wryten in the Book of Sapyence in the fyrste chapitre How felonous euyll thoughtes must be answered vnto For he wyll serche all our thoughtes It is also wryten in Isaye in the last chapitre I shall serche theyr werkes theyr thoughtes shall come assemble my selfe with people That is to saye to deme them as I shall Iuge them Therfore speketh Iohell also in his thirde chapitre I shall assemble all maner of people in the last dayes shall brynge them to the vale of Iosaphat And there I shal dispute with them techyng my people and myn herytage of Israhell Alle our thoughtes our wordes and our werkes shall be thenne righte straytely Iuged And as Saynt Gregory saythe vpon the Gospell of Saynt Mathew the thre and twenty chapitre All the heres of our hedes be nombred Semblably God consydereth all our goynges stappes And wyll that alle our vayne thoughtes our ydle wordes shall not rest vndyscussed atte the day of Iugement Certayne alle our werkes shall be thenne as manyfestely shewed vnto all people as though they were wryten in our forhedes As it is wryten in Ecclesyastyco ▪ in the enleuenth chapitre Atte the ende of man all his werkes and dedes shall be vncouered and made open Fyftely it behoueth to yelde Rekenyng and accomptes not oonly of the synnes that we haue done but also of the vertuous and good dedys that we haue lefte vndone Saynt Mathew sayth in the fyue twenty chapitre Thene shall the grete Lrynge saye to thoos on his lyfte honde Departe from me ye wycked synners and go in to the fyre euerlastyng whiche is made redy for the deuylles and theyr angeles I haue ben hungred ye haue not fedde me ●● whiche one of the causes why the fals ryche glotone fonde no water to refresshe hym with was that he ne wolde suffre the pouer Lazar to haue the crōmes that fyll from his table One shall not Rekenen oonly of thynges done and forgeten but also of tyme lost in executyng euyll thynges and lefte that that was good vndone It is wryten in Ecclesiastes the .xvii. chapitre That our lorde hath gyuen man a nombre of dayes a season to then tent he shold vse hit well and holsomly to his pleaser and theyr owne helthe wherof many folkes taken none hede Improfytably wast theyr tyme wherupon Saynte Bernarde complayneth hym to his Scolers sayeng There is no thynge more precyous here than tyme. But alas now a dayes it is moost vyly loste The dayes of Saluacyon passen and noman hedeth hit There is none complayneth hym of the losse of a daye and yet it can neuer be recouered Ther shall not be loste an here of an hede nor a moment of a tyme. but alle shall come to a due Rekenyng O what drede hadde Saynt Ancelme in his Medytacyons sayeng O vnprofytable and drye tree what shall be thyn answere the day whenne thou shalte be questyoned to gyue Rekenyng of all thy werke accompte for the lest twynkelynge of thyn eye and all the tyme of lyfe that hath ben lente the. How thou hast dyspended hit And therfore sayth Sapyens in Ecclesiastes the fourth chapitre My dere beloued sone kepe and spende well thy tyme. The sixthe and the laste thynge that behoueth to gyue Rekenyng and accomptes for is all the yeftes that we haue resceyued of oure lorde God Suerly our lord hath gyuen vs noo thynge but that he wyll haue therof bothe Reason and Rekenynge where by hit semeth rather that he hath but lente hit vs then gyuen hit vs absolutely Certaynly he shall calle vs to Rekene For all his gyftes be they spyrytuell as the gyftes of grace to the soule or temporall as strengthe delyueraunce and beaute of the body or worldely rychesse power and worshyp in this lyfe of alle these thynges It appereth by Example and by a parabole in the Gospell of saynt Mathew in the fyue and twenty Chapitre of the fyue talentes whiche be peces of money of Saynt Luke in the nynetenth chapitre ▪ How the noble man delyuered to his seruaūtes certeyn rychesse wherof they were fayne to yelde Reason doo accompte for euery thyng therof pertyculerly As it is wryten in Iob. the .xix. chapitre I mowe ye that at Iugement all these thynges afore sayd shall be rekened for full straytely wherfore sayth Iob in his .ix. chapitre what shall I doo whenne our lorde shall ryse vp to Iuge alle men And whenne he shall questyone me what shall I answere thenne O how lyghtely and how soone shall he come askynge a due Rekenynge and accomptes of all our werkes Oure perdycyon is nyghe and the tyme hasteth faste and is alwaye commyng That is to saye whenne oure lorde shall come and Iuge his people For as sayth Abdeas in his oonly chapitre The day of our lord shall come in the euenynge atte mydnyght Atte Cocke crowe or in the mornyng As is to saye If he come sodeynly that he ne fynde you slepynge This that I saye to you I saye it in lyke wyse to all other Be ye wakyng thenne slepe not For yf ye watche not I shall come to you as a thef ys shall not know whenne ne what houre It is red in Apocalyps in the last chapitre Lo see how I come anone brynge with me rewardes to yelde euery man after theyr desertes Now then̄e my right dere frende sens that must nedely of so many thynges and eueriche of them yelde due rekenyng accōpte be not vnpurueyed but make dilygently examen thyselfe dilygently purge well thy conscyence to the bothom to the entent that when our lorde shall come to Iuge all thynge as well dede as quyke Thou mayst couenably resonably answere therby to haue his mercy grace and pardone of al thy synnes And this is that Ecclesiasticꝰ ammonysshed vs in the .xviii. chapitre sayenge Examen thyselfe before the daye of Iugemente And that shall be to thy helpe in the presence of our lord Ihesu cryste ¶ How the horryble abydyng of the last day extreme daye of Iugement is to be doubted ¶ The thirde chapytre of the seconde parte

The Cordial or a booke de Quatuor Novissimus translated out of French by Antony E. Rivers S. Scales ● Memorare nouissima c. An̄o Domnini 1478. Edward 4 an 19. Liber adscriptus Bibliothecae Bodleianae Oxōn Memorare nouissima c. Prologus ALle Ingratitude vtterly settynge a parte we owe to call to our myndes the manyfolde gyftes of grace with the benefayttys that our lo●●● of his moost plenteuous bonte hathe gyuen vs wretches in this present transytorye lyfe whiche remembraunce of right dyrectly shold Induce vs to gyue his godhede therfore contynuall and Immortall louynges and thankes in noo wyse to falle to thygnoraūce or forgetfulnesse therof Among whiche benefaytes and gyftes is graūted vs f●e arbytremente And therby with oure good desertes supported and holpen by his moost dygne mercy and grace we be enabled to be the children of euer lastyng saluacyon to possesse the Ioyes of heuen whiche are Incomprehensyble Inestymably blysfull good And by cause we be so frayle inconstante prone to fall feble insuffyryent of oure selfe to resyste the fraudelente malyce temptacyon of our auncyent ennemy the fend Therfore he hath yeuen vs his mercy to be our releef Reason to be our lanterne and Remembraunce to order our guydyng Then̄e fyrste of this precyous gyfte of mercy we may to our gret comfort veryly trust to haue it at alle tymes in this worlde when̄e we deuly sue call therfore But we muste know for certeyn that we can haue no capacyte ▪ nor power to receyue hit after the season of our bodely lyfe here Secondly by Reason we owe in the moost extreme loue drede to knowe and take hym as our creatour redemptour alle our wylles to be subgette vnto his pleasure Thryddely we owe to remēbre how we may guyde vs for to stande in his grace Cōsyderyng what we where what we be what we shal be And for asmoche as very prudence admonesteth techeth vs how the cōclusion of euery thyng sholde be moost soueraynely taken hede vnto Therfore I aduyse that this treatys here after ensuynge whiche to of our four laste thynges be well ouer red and seen And not oonly seen and red but also well conceyued noted and often remembred And yf perauenture we fynde therin ony cause of grouge or elles ony mocyon to blotte or ruste the clerenesse of oure ghostely vnderstandynge styryng vs to vnmesurable fere or ony other presumptuous synystre or vayne concept Yet late vs take hit alle wayes to the best entent hauyng no dispeyr in oure lordes mercy for it is infynyte And knowe for trouthe that none suche euyll moeuyng cometh but of thynstygacyon of oure goostly aduersayre whome we must vertuosly resyste catholyquely allewayes reste vpon the moost ferme pyller of oure fayth whiche is the very assured shelde meane of our goostly helthe And to haue the grace in our necessyte calie we for helpe vnto the holy goost that Illumyneth and techeth euery soule for to kepe the wayes of saluacyon to the enherytynge of the eternall Ioye and glorye Amen THis present treatyse is deuyded in four pryncypall partes Of the whiche euery parte conteyneth thre other synguler partes as in the maner folowyng is shewed ¶ Pars prima ¶ The fyrst pryncypall parte is of the bodely dethe And therunto belongeth thre other synguler partes ¶ The fyrst of the thre is how remembraūce of dethe causeth a man to meke and humble hym selfe folio .ii. ¶ The soconde is how Remembraunce of deth maketh hym to dyspyse all vayne worldly thynges folio .xii. ¶ The thyrde is howe Remembraunce of deth causeth a man vncōstrayned to take vpon hym to do penaūce and to accepte it with a glad herte folio .xv. ¶ Pars secunda ¶ The seconde pryncypall parte is of the laste day of Iugement conteyneth in hym selfe thre other synguler partes ¶ The first of these .iii. is how accusacōn that shall be atte the day of Iugement is thyng to be dred folio .xxiii. ¶ The seconde is how the last day of Iugement is terryble not without cause for ther must be gy uen a due rekenyng and acompt of euery thynge folio .xxvii. ¶ The thyrde is how the terryble abydyng of the extreme sentence causeth doubtes to be had of the Iugement folio xxxiiii ¶ Pars tercia ¶ The .iii. pryncypall parte is of helle or of the Infernall gehenne conteyneth in it selfe thre other synguler partes ¶ The first of those .iii. is how helle after holy scripture is named dyuer se many wyses fo .l. ¶ The seconde is how they that descende in to helleben punysshed with many grete and sondry paynes folio .liiii. ¶ The thirde is howe ther be many dyuerse cōdicōns of greuances in the paynes of helle fo .lix. ¶ Pars quarta ¶ The .iiii. pryncypall parte is the blysful Ioyes of heuen therunto apperteyne .iii. other synguler partes ¶ The fyrste of thoos thre is how the Royalme of heuen is loued praysed and recōmended for his beaute clerenes and lyghte folio .lxx. ¶ The seconde is how the Royalme of heuen is praysed for the manyfolde goodnesses that be habundaūt therin folio lxxii ¶ The thyrde is howe the celestyall Royalme is to be lauded for the perpetuell Infynyte Ioye and gladnes therin folio .lxxv. ¶ Explicit tabula ¶ Here after foloweth the prologue of the foure last thynges MEmorare nouissima et meternūnon peccabis Ecclesiastici septimo capitulo Ecclesiasticus sayth in his seuenth Capitre these wordes folowynge Bere well in thy mynde the last thynges thou shalt neuer falle in synne Also Saynte Austyn sayth in his book of me dytacyons That man ought rather haue in fere and eschewe the abhomynacōn fylthe of synne than ony other crueltees of the Infernall tormentes Loo thenne how the knowlege of these four last thynges and frequentyng the memorye remembraūce of them called vs from synne and draweth vs to vertue conformeth vs to all gode werkes Wherfore by the helpe of the dyuyne Inspyracyon I haue purposed to reherse and saye a lytyll of these four tynges As whiche they be and what they be and also to declare somwhat of euery of them syngulerly by them selfe precyously dygnely by saynges auctorytees of sayntes and generally by examples and saynges of auctorysed clerkes It is to be noted that after the sayeng of saynces men sa yt comynly ther be foure the last thynges And whiche they be it appereth clerely by the wordes of Saynt Bernard in a sermon where he sayth in all thy werkes haue remembraunce of thy laste thynges whiche be four That is to wyte fyrste Bodely dethe Seconde The daye of Iugement ▪ Thyrde The paynes of helle Fourth The glorie of heuen O what thyng is more horrible than dethe What thyng is more dredefull terryble than the day of Iugement what thyng is more Importable to be suffred than the gehēne paynes

in the place of equyte Iustyce For when̄e the Iuge whiche oughte soo gretely to be doubted hathe pronoūced his Iugement sentence sayeng Go fro me ye wycked Come to me ye blessyd theyr Remedye is paste To this purpose rede we in ●itis patrū How ther was some tyme an holy man whiche was tempted with the spiryt of for nycacyon he besought our lord that his enemye the fende whiche tēpted him myght appere visibly vnto him so he dyd Thene the sayd holyman seyde vnto the fende what auayleth the thus for to tempte the people parde it is a grete foly for whēne the hast brought ony to synne thy trespas is the gretter consequently the augmentest thyne owne payne To whom the fende answered Certeynly all that is trewe but I knowe well the mo folkes that cause to synne the more I deferre the commynge of the day of dome I drede that daye aboue alle thynges and the heryng thenne of that harde sentence Goo ye wycked and cursed in to eternall fyre whiche is made redy to the deuyll and his angellys And therfore I doo my power to prolonge the tyme of comynge of the sentence O good lorde what cause of drede haue these fendes and these vnhappy synners thenne If thou wylt be assured in this horryble and dredefull Iourney Sowe nowe in thy lyfe the werkes of Mercy Pyte and Iustyce O howe blessyd and howe happy shall he be that now entendeth to the poore languysshyng nedy people For in that harde Iourney oure lorde wyll delyuere them therfore from alle daūgere It is wryten in the Prouerbys of Salomon in the .xi. chapitre The mercyfull man dothe grete good vnto his soule and dooth also the digne fruytes of penaūce For they that now sowe teres lamentacōns the rewarde therof shall come brynge them in to the lodgyng of Ioye and of gladnesse But there be many that sowen now presentely thornes cokyll wenynge to repe Inne good whete but ywys foles it wyll not be soo For as Thappostle sayth ad Galathas in the .vi. chapytre Suche as a man hath sowen here suche shal he repe then̄e for hȳselfe And therfore sayth our lord by his prophete Ozee in his .x. chapitre ye haue sowen felony haue reped iniquyte he that hath sowen synne euyll werkes he shall be repen Ioyned in to the paynes of helle But he that hath sowen vertues the good werkes of penaūce He shall repe gadre the euerlastynge glory And alle that haue done well shall rest in the Ioyes of heuen And those that haue done synne and wyckednesse shall go and reste in the paynes of helle Certaynly theyr werkes folowen them As it is wryten in the Apocalyps the .xx. Chapytre After theyr werkes men shall be both saued and dampned It is redde in the Gospell of Saynt Iohan the fyfth Chapytre An houre shall come to the whiche all that be in Monumentes or Tombes shall here the voys of our lorde And they that haue done well shall go in the Resurreccion of lyfe And they that haue done wyckedly shall go vnto the Iugement of dethe It is wryten in the seconde Chapitre of the Apocalyps how the Iuge shall saye I am he that ensercheth the hertes of persones and shall gyue to euery of you his Rewarde after his werkes And as sayth Abdeas It shall be done vnto the as thou hast done To the same purpose is wryten in Iheremye the .l. chapitre And these be the wordes of the eternal Iuge vnto the euyll angell spekyng of the dāpned synners yelde and doo hym after his dedys and werkes And therfore yf thou wylt haue a good heruest and habun daunce of fruyte sowe good werkes largely in the tyme of this presente lyfe For he that soweth them now largely shall gadre them then habundantly And he that now soweth them sparyngly shall then gad them scarsely he that soweth them with blyssynges ▪ shall gadre them with grete Ioye gladnesse As it is wryten in the seconde Epystle ad Coryntheos in the ix chapitre For he that soweth his sedys in syn̄e maledyccōns semblably shall Inne gadre them And as it is wryten in a Prouerbe The sede that man sowes in this present lyfe shal be his hous when̄e the Iuge shal say Come ye go ye The thirde thyng why the dome of the Iuge shall be terryble It is to be remēbre how dampned soules shall be by the mornyng sentence full of all sorow eternally separated and departed from god his sayntes of paradyse and putte on the lyfte honde vnto the tendes of helle Certeynly Incontynente without caryeng that this horryble sentēce shal be pronoūced by the mouth of Ihesu cryste The perpetuell deuylles shall be there arredyed redy for to take and rauayne the soules of the wretched sȳners whiche they shall lyghtely brynge vnto euerlastynge tourmentes and paynes This maye appere vnto vs by a fygure in the book of Hester the .vii. Chapitre of the mynystres of kynge Assuer whiche were desyrous and redy to take Amon as it is conteyned in the same Chapitre How the worde was not all out of the mouthe of the sayd kyng But that the mynystres hadde couered the vysage of the same Amon. In lyke wyse the deuylles in this hydeous Iourney shall be more then redy to resceyue the soules of these wretched synners And this is wryten in the Lamentacions of Iheremye in the fyrste Chapitre Alle his persecutees haue taken hym Iohan Crysostom sayth in the book of Repayryng of forfaytours Remembre these cruell and terryble tourmentoures that neuer may shew mercy on ony body ledeth downe the vnhappy synners vnto euerlastynge tourmentes And Hugho of Saynte Vyctour sayth That the horryble mynystres of helle shall be apparayled and arredyed incontynent as the sentence is gyuen to take the condempned vnto tourmentes And thenne the wretched vnhappy caytyffes lamentably shall say they haue caught me lyke as a deuoryng lyon lurkȳgly hath taken his pray O what sorow and payne wherof maye not be estemed in mānes mȳde nor by tellyng pronoūced wherfore saynt Bernarde sayth in his Medytacyons what thynkest thou what wepynge what waylynge and what sorowe shall be whenne the synners shall be expulsed oute of the companye of Iuste men and putte from the syght of God and delyuered and caste vnto the hondes of the deuylles to go with them in to euerlastyng fyre and vtterly banysshed from alle the Ioyes of heuen to abyde in the derknesse there suffryng payns for theyr demerytes after the quantyte of theyr synnes And then̄e the myserable synners beynge in despeyre of the Redempcion shall entre into the lowest partyes of the erthe in the hōdes of our lordes glayue there to remayn with out seeng of ony lyghte Of this payne of separacyon or departyng sayth also Crysostome Some foles wene and thynke to haue theyr wysshynge yf they maye escape the gehenne of helle