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	good_a	heart_n	5,843	5	4.6392	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02138	The myrrour of modestie wherein appeareth as in a perfect glasse howe the Lorde deliuereth the innocent from all imminent perils, and plagueth the bloudthirstie hypocrites with deserued punishments. Shewing that the graie heades of dooting adulterers shall not go with peace into the graue, neither shall the righteous be forsaken in the daie of trouble. By R.G. Maister of Artes.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1584 (1584)	STC 12278; ESTC S105813	16,444	48

secretlie to washe hirselfe and seing the coast cléere and hirselse solitarily said thus vnto them bring me quoth she oyle and sope where with to washe and sée that you shut the doores surelie The maidens carefullie obaieng their mistresse commande shut the garden gates and went out themselues at a bac●…e doore to fet what their mistresse had willed them not seeing the elders bicause they were hi●… who no sooner sawe the maidens gone and Susanna a fit pray for their filthy 〈◊〉 but they rose vp and ran vnto hir the one of them beginning to perswade hir on this manner Be not amazed mistresse Susanna quoth he to sée vs thus sodenlie and secretly arriued neither let our presence appale your senses for we come not cruellie as as foes but 〈◊〉 as fr●…nds if our comming be strange the cause is as straight and where necessitie for●…eth there it is harde to striue against the streame be that seeketh no waie against his owne will oft times kicketh against the pricke and he that striueth to withstand 〈◊〉 hoppeth against the hil These things considered if we offence in being to 〈◊〉 your beautie shall beare the blame as the onlie cause of this enterprise for to omitte all friuolous circumstances and to come to the matter so it is that your deuine hartes 〈◊〉 haue so béene perplexed with the passions of loue and haue beene so déepely drowned in the desire of your person that there is no torment so terrible no paine so pinching no woo so gréeuo●…s as the the gréefe which hath griped vs since we haue burned in loue towardes you Sith therefore our liking is such let it be repaide againe with loue let our firme fanste be requited with mutuali affection and in lieu of our good will cönsent vnto vs and lie with vs. That sinne which is secretlie committed is alwaies halfe pardoned she liueth 〈◊〉 enough that liueth charely the garden gates are surely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 can sée vs whereby to detect vs of the cryme The credit which we carie in Babylon shall be sufficient to shrow●… you from shame our office shall be able to defende you from ●…istrust and our graie haires a shielde to defend you from suspition and by this small offence you shall both pleasure vs and purchase to your selfe two such trusty fréends as you may in all duetifull seruice commaunde Susanna hearing this subtill serpent to breath out such brutishe reasons woondered to sée two of their calling so blinded with the vale of la●…ciuious lusts as to 〈◊〉 so 〈◊〉 against there owne conscience insomuch that for a good space the stoode astonished vntill at last gathering hit wittes togither shée burst foorth int●… these spéeches Tis a saieng quot●… shée not so common as true that wh●… so sinneth against his conscience sinneeth against his owne soule and he that knoweth the Lawe and wilfullie di●…obeieth it deserueth manie stripes whic●… sacred sentence I wyshe you to consider and no doubt it will be a sufficient modestie and account me for euer as a common harlot for the Lord suffreth not the wicked to go vnrewarded She saith the wise man that is not continent but common in hir loue and yeeldeth that which is proper to hir husbande into the possession of a stranger disobeieth the lawe maketh breach of hir plighted faith and lastlie plaieth the wh●…re in most hellish adulterie hir children shall not take roote nor hir braunches shall bring foorth no fruite hir name shall bee spotted with infamie and hir discredite shall not quight be forgotten And shal I then knowing this wilfullie worke mine owne woe shall I repaye the troth my husbande reposeth in me with such treacherie shall I requite his loue with such disloyaltie shall such guilefull discourtesie be a guerden for his vnfained good will no the feare of God is a fortresse vnto me against such follie the loue I beare to my husbande is a shielde to fence mée from such shamelesse fansie and the care of mine owne honour is a conserue against such filthy concupiscence Wheras you saie that the finne which secretly is committed is halfe pardoned and that she liueth Caste which liueth Caute that the gates are shut that no man can espie our follie and that the place is so secret that the offence cannot be preiudiciall to my good name I answere that I more estéeme the wrath of God than the words of men and I dread more to commit such a deuillish fact before the sight of the almightie than before the eies of all the worlde man iudgeth but the bodie but God the soule the one being but a small pinch the other a perpetuall paine 〈◊〉 saieth the wyse man that breaketh wodlocke and thinketh thus in hys heart who seeth mée the mistie clouds haue couered mée and I am compassed about with a clowdie darkenesse my offence shall not bée an obiect vnto anie mans eyes neither can anie man discerne my ●…ooinges I am secretlie closed with in the walles whom m●…de I to feare and as for the LORDE ●…e is mercifull and will not remember anie mans sinnes hée is slowe vnto wrath and promiseth spáedilie to pardon the faults of the wicked Such a one that feareth more the eye of a mortall man than the sight of an immortall God and knoweth not that the eies of the Lord is ten thousand times brighter than the glittering beames of the sunne beholding the verie thoughts of men and searching the hart and the raines the same man shall bee punished with earthlie plagues and hellish torments he shall sodainelie be taken in his owne trappe and he shal fal before the face of euerie man bicause hée preferred his owne pleasure before the feare of the Lorde But alas it is vnfite for the yoong fawne to lead the old bucke for a blind man to be a guid to him which hath his sight nor méete for a séelie simple woman to instruct the Elders and Iudges of the people is it my part to exhort you vnto vertue or rather is it not your dutie to perswade me from vice but I hope this proffer is but to make a triall of mine honesti●… and to sift out my secret intent if otherwise your wils and your wordes be a like ●…ease your sut●… for you may wel gape but neuer gaine you looke for The Iudges hearing séelie Susanna thus cunninglie to confute their deuilish cōnclusions séeing she had infringed their reasons by the power of the law thought to wrest hir vpon a higher pin and to lay such a blot in hir way as she shoulde hardlie wipe out For although they knewe she did rightlie refell their frantike follie and perfectlie perceiue hir godlie counsel was a cooling carde to their inordinate ●…sires ye●… they were so blinded with the v●…le of ●…ciuious vanitie and so dimmed with the cloud of concupiscence that the 〈◊〉 of God was of no force to hale them from this hellish follie but that the other Elder gaue Susanna this sharpe and wicked answere

Susanna quoth he Helias counsell did litle preuaile to perswade Ahab from eni●…ieng the vineyarde of Naboth but that he both obtained his desire and rewarded such an obstinate subiect with cruell death Barsabe coulde not withholde Dauid both from sacking hir honor and honestie and also from murdering cruelly hir louing husbande Vrias neither sh●…ll these painted speeches preuaile against our pretended purpose for he is a cowarde that yeeldeth at the ●…rst shotte and he not woorthie to weare the budde of beautie that is daunted with the first deniall we haue the tree in our hande and meane to enioie the fruite we haue veaten the bushe and will n●…t nowe let the birdes escape and seing we haue you here alone your stea●…ne 〈◊〉 shall stande for no sterling b●…t if y●… consent be assnred of two trustie fren●… if not hope for no other hap 〈◊〉 de●…h for your deniall Tis a saieng n●… so common as true that a womans 〈◊〉 treasure is hir good name and that the which hath crackt hir credite is halfe hanged for death cutteth off all miseseries but infamie is the beginning of all sorrowes Sith then loathsome ●…iscredit is woorse then losse of life assur●… thy selfe if thou denie vs we will beate th●… with the rodde for wee both will witnesse against thee that we tooke thee committing adulterie with a yoong man and that the more couertlie to cloake thy whoredome thou didst secretlie sende awaie thy maides that so thou mightest enioy thy pleasure and they not espie thy practise Our office and authoritie our age and honor shall suffice to witnes our wordes to be true so that thou shalt purchase to thy freends and thy fame perpetuall discredite and to thy bodie without pardon a most pinching and shamefull death séeing therefore by consent thou shalt still keepe the report of thy chastitie and by discredite thou shalt reape death and discredite shewe thy selfe a wise woman and of two euils chose the best Susanna hearing the mischeuous pretence of these subtill serpentes and seeing that they had so laide the traine that she coulde no waie escape the trappes but either she must incur the ●…aunger of the bodie or the destruction of the soule was perplexed with such doubtfull passions and cumbred with such carefull thoughts th●… shee 〈◊〉 foorth into trickling teares sorrowfull sighes and wofull wailings which poore soule shée blubbred foorth in this wise Alas quoth she most vilde and vniust wretches is the feare of God so far from your minds as you séeke not only to sack mine honor but to suck my blud is it not iniurie inough in that you couet to spoile mine honestie but that you long to spill my life hath this swéete loue you pretend such bitter taste is this the fruite of your fained fansie no doubt the cause must be pernicious when the effect is so pestilent flatter not your selues in this your folly nor sooth not your selues in your sinnes for there is a God that séeth and will reuenge and hath promised that who so bindech two sinnes togither shall not bée vnpunished in the one But alas what auaileth it to talke of wisdome to the foole or of the wrath of God to a wilfull reprobate The charmer charme he neuer so wiselie charmes in vaine if the Adder bée deafe and the wise casteth stones against the winde that seeketh to draw the wicked from his follie Let me therfore poore soule more narrowly consider mine own case I am alas perplexed with diuers doubtfull passions and gréeuous troubles assaileth me on euerie side if I commit this crime though neuer so secretlie yet the eies of the Lorde séeth the verie inwarde thoughts and mine owne conscience shall continuallie be a witnesse against me of this wickednes the reward of sinne is death then what other hap can I hope for but perpetual damnation if I doe this wicked déede sith the Lorde himselfe hath promised to be a swift witnesse against all wilfull adulterers And if I consent not vnto these vnrighteous Iudges I am like to be vniustlie accused of the like crime so that both I shall suffer death without cause yet which is most gréefe not die without shame By this meanes what dishonour shal I bring to my parents what discredite to my husbande and what infamie to my selfe and my séelie children The hoarie haires of my father Helchias shall be brought with sorrowe vnto the graue Icachim shall be ashamed to shewe his face in the stréetes of the cittie and my poore babes shall be counted as the seede of an harlot and yet alas I my selfe altogither sacklesse why my secret offence shall preuent all this open shame the Lorde is slow to wrath and his mercie eccéedeth all his works he wisheth not the death of a sinner and hartie repentance pacifieth his displeasure But O vile wretch that I am why do I thus blaspheme against the Lord his law why do I breath out these hellish spéeches can I say I wil repent at my pleasure or shall I therefore sin in hope bicause the Lord is merciful No no it is better for me to fall into your hands and not commit the offence then to sin in the sight of the Lord shal I not rather feare God than man drea●… him more that killeth both bodie soule than him y ● hath power but to kil the bodie only yet his scare shalbe my defence And with that she cried with a loud voice and the two Elders cried out against hir and the one of them ran and opened the gate y ● more to verifie their vild intent Now when the seruants hard the cry in the garden they hastily rushed in at the backe doore to sée what violence was offered to their mistres But when y ● Elders had declared the matter vnto them y ● seruants were gretly ashamed for such an infamous report had neuer bin bruted of Susanna the fame of this heinous fact being spred throughout all Babilo●… euery man began diuersly to coniecture as fansie led them hir frends sorrowing suspected y ● cancred minds of y ● cruel iudges hir foes laughing said y ● dissembled holines was dooble sin that the holiest countenance hath not alwais y ● honest est conscience both frend foe notwithstanding wondring at the strange chaunce Well as y ● nature of man is desirous of noueltie so on the morow after y ● people flocked to Ioachims house to heare this case throghly canuased thither came the two Elders also hauing their mindes fraught with furie and their harts full of hate mischiuou●…ie imagining against Susanna to put hir to deth They therfore commanded presently before al the people to sende for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioachims wife immediatly they sent for hir who came accompanied with hir father and mother hir children and all hir kinred The Iudges séeing Susanna to be come and that she had hir face couered with a vale commaunded presentlie to vncouer hir