Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	body_n	end_n	life_n	7,923	5	4.6130	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02477	Newes out of Powles Churchyarde now newly renued and amplifyed according to the accidents of the present time. 1579. and otherwise entituled, syr Nummus. Written in English satyrs. Wherein is reprooued excessiue and vnlawfull seeking after riches, and the euill spending of the same. Compyled by E.H. Gent. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed.	Hake, Edward, fl. 1560-1604.	1579 (1579)	STC 12606; ESTC S106141	42,751	128

vntruste that is in man moe men can speake plausibly in time of good happe as we terme it then in time of siknes iudge vprightly Alas in time of sicknesse and in assaultes of death wherin the bodye is not more greuously oppressed then the minde diuersly distracted and the soule mightelye assaulted how fewe doe consider or at the leastwise do apply them selues to the relief of the poore afflicted soule to the strengthning of the féeble mynde and to the repelling of those bytter temptations and assaults of the common enemies of man kinde the olde Serpente the vaine wicked and vnconstant worlde and the fraile peruerse and rebellious flesh which alwayes doe attend and attempt the sicke enféebled and oppressed person Surely were it not that God in time of suche extremitye dothe mightelie comforte and confirme suche as be his in the promises of his mercye in the death of his deare Jesus and in the merytes of his passion it is not possible but that sicknes shoulde be intollerable death horryble Hel wictorious the bodye liuing to be a terrour to the mynde and the mynde so terrified and brought to desperation to be the perpetual dampnatioun of the bodye and soule Which thing considered and from my verye harte remembred I cannot choose but in this blessed battaile and I truste thoughe somewhat sharpe and egre yet most happy conflycte whervnto as a fellowe souldyer and adopted brother you are called for your tryall I cannot choose I saye but to the increase of your courage endeuoure to make plaine vnto you in all that I maye the fruit of affliction and the commoditye of death imparting with you suche weapons as for mine owne store the Lorde our Captaine hathe alloted vnto me to the ende that being conueniently appoynted you may resist and auoyde at all assayes and become bolde valiaunt constant and perseuerable to the death Touching which death notwithstanding it be gréeuous to the fraile flesh yet is it moste ioyfullye to be receyued as an vndoubted ende of all griefe for why it is the beginning of Joye and perpetuall tryumph wherevpon a certaine godly man wryteth If thou haddest a good conscience thou woldest not flye death And againe why haste thou pleasure in that wretched body whose felowshippe doth nothing els but violentlye withdrawe and deteine thee from the king ▪ come of euerlasting glorie O cousen what else but a place of exile is the miserable bodie to the Soule And to what thinge else maye this our lyfe more aptlye be compared then to an horswaie or stage playe where men do assemble to behoulde sondrye feates and where euerye man laboureth in all that he maye to winne praise promotion and authoritye after the ende of his tragicall part God onelye is permanent immortall euer lastinge All things else are transitorye and subiecte to corruption They be constituted corruptible and mortall and must be consumed of time and ha● their endes by corruption The S●●e shall passe for it was made but for mans vse The Moone and the starres shall perish for they were created but for the necessitye of man Heauen and earth shall decaye for they conteine but a place of exile and prison for the body of man yea the body of man also shall perish for it is but as an enemy to exercyse the soule and to make it apte to apprehend by fayth the Joyes of heauen and crowne of immortalytie Moste certaine I saye it is that the frayle body shal be resolued to earthe there shall sléepe till the soule returne vnto it and tyll the members be restored to their right places Wherefore sithe earth and corruption is the ende of the bodye yea the end of all things that were made created and that the same ende of the bodye is the beginning of lyfe wishe for death wishe for a peaceable departure and finding the same imbrace it saying in your hart Come Lord come Jesus make haste and tary not Come Lorde that I maye be one with thée and coheyre of the kingdome purchased with thy precious bloud Deere Cosen and beloued in the Lorde lette not longe sickenesse discourage you neyther be you in anywise perplexed or gréeued with the lowe state and constitutiō of your body And in and aboue all thinges let not hyndraunce in worldly affayres disquyet you As you haue begonne so further the will of the Lord and be ready to receiue whatsoeuer he wil lay vpō you For the gretest affliction misery that man may or doth suffer in this lyfe is not worthie the leaste of those treasures which God will bestowe vpon him in the lyfe to come which is durable permanent glorious altogither full of blessednes And assure your selfe for so God hath promised and wyll not goe one iote from his worde that he wyll laye no more vpon you then by his grace and strengthe you shal be able to heare althoughe he séeme somewhat sharply to correct you and somewhat seuerely to deale with you for who is he whome the Lorde chasteneth not Surely surely whome he loueth the same dothe he chasten in him is he delighted as the father in his son offering himself vnto him as a déere father to his sonne whereas if we refuse chastycement we are no sonnes but bastards and not inheritable by any right Ioseph was afficted and delyuered by y lord Dauid was chastised and he acknowledged the Lorde and founde reliefe in his Soule Tobias was corrected and he founde health Iob was tryed was made perfect What shoulde I say euen all the Appostles all the Prophets yea and all the good men that euer were haue bine tryed by affliction chosen by persecutō and crowned by patience abydinge the wyll and pleasure of god Wherefore be strong in the Lord desire of him in your hart the his will may be wrought in you that you may with a glad hart receyue whatsoeuer his Maiesty shal lay vpon you Assure your selfe that this your present sicknes is either for punishment of sinne for exercise of your faith or to that death And therfore if it be for punishment beséeche him to giue you patienceand assure your selfe vpon repentaunce to haue frée full remission in Christ If it be for tryall giue him thanks if it be to the death reioise in it thinke it is y greatest gift that euer he gaue you in this world being the very passage to the heauenlye and Angelicall Paradice And pray euen from the bottom of your hart that neyther the loue of the worlde nor the feare of the same death may distracte you from the desire of it Be not carefull to leaue your kinsfolckes friends and acquaintaunce let it not gréeue you to part from your goods nor haue any loue depending vpon any earthly thinge whatsoeuer As for your Kinsfolkes and worldly friendes at your Graue they wil leaue you and within a while after forget you and shortlye after that shall dye themselues and be forgotten themselues also