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	way_n	3,879	5	4.4534	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13907	The treasure of the soule Wherin we are taught how in dying to sin, we may attayne to the perfect loue of God, & our neighbour, and consequently vnto true blessednes and saluation. Many yeares since written in the Spanish tonge, & and [sic] now newly translated into English: by A.P.; Spill de la vida religiosa. English.	Poyntz, Adrian.	1604 (1604)	STC 24208; ESTC S121766	64,180	314

goest namely in the pallace of the Loue of God they doe nothing but singe forth his praise Teach me I pray you quoth Desire to sing by his creatures for I cannot learne it of my self willingly answered sincerity In the mean while Desire trauelled farre and wide in this desart where he saw many great wonders of the Lord and began to learne and to perceiue his mercie and goodnesse most part through Sincerities helpe doctrine and teaching yet he was forced to endure and sustaine many dangers perilles and paine for he did stumble oftentimes but Sinceritie kept him from falling and yet notwithstanding sometimes fell but sincerity did reach him the hande and holpe him vp againe and sometimes catcht such falles that if the Feare of God had not aided him he neuer wold or could haue risen again sometimes when he shold go forwardes went backwards when he should haue amended himselfe by the creatures oftentimes did greatly hinder himself thereby For hee did not endeuour to learne their secret voyces but became hoarse throgh negligence and slothfulnes vntill the feare of God gaue hun a good push and driue him forwardes Oftentimes he did treade on a thorne but sincerity incc●uted his feete and drew him out of it againe Oftentimes fell a sleepe but the ●eare of God did awake him sometimes being wearie sate down and rested himselfe but his dogge Good-will did not holde off from barking vntill he did rise againe Sometimes the way was so tedious vnto him that his heart began to faint ●un and desired to turne backe againe but as soone as he did eate of the fruites to trust in God which hee had in his pocket and in euery place about him came to himself and waxed strong againe And sometimes going by night lost the feare of God and sinceritie so that hee mist his way but as soone as the day appeared and the Sun began to shine found quickly the way againe by meanes of his dogge And when they had thus trauailed certain daies came at the last into a faire large and pleasant field in the midst whereof stood a princely and coastly pallace called Loue where the Loue of God was porter THE THIRDE parte of the Treasure of the Soule Of Loue Charity The first Chapter doth intreat howe the Loue of God doth exercise and trie vs. DEsire was glad whē he sawe so faire and princely a pallace founde by experience that this wearisome tedious and troublesome way had so good pleasant an issue Came therefore presently at the gates of the pallace but finding them shutte close begun to call and knocke yet notwithstanding after long crying and knocking none came to aunswere Call and crie aloude quoth sincerity for in so doing although they were all a sleepe or halfe deafe it cannot be but they shal heare thee Knocke harde with the hammers which do hang at the gates and then soone they will open the doores vnto thee for there hung two hammers at the gate called to sigh and weepe Knocke harde and boldly quoth she for if they were not wont to open the gate to none these two hammers shoulde not hange at the doore for I thinke they are made for that purpose to let all those in that knocke with them Desire hauing knockt and called very long before the Loue of God wold open the gates was yet at y● last comforted by his comming who hauing opened the doore Desire knewe him not Brother quoth the Loue of God what doest thou lack or desire For whom dost thou look here Thou art wearie perhappes to haue watched so longe at the gate and to haue knocked so oftentimes But here wee fame vs all to be halfe deafe to trie thou constancie and patience of trauellers who come hether And when we find some that are wearie and perswade themselues that there is nothing els belonging vnto it but as soone as they are come then presently to open the gates for them and let them come in then wee let those without opening vnto them returne backe againe because wee open not the dore to any who thinketh that hee hath deserued it and perswades himselfe that he is worthy of it and that it is our dutie and are bound to doe it And art thou none of those fellowes No my good Lorde quoth Desire For although I haue suffered and sustained much sorrow and paine both of bodie and soule yet I know for certaine that I haue not deserued am altogether vnworthye to enter into the house vnlesse it woulde please your Lord shippe through your great mercye goodnes to leade and bring mee within wherefore wouldest thou come in quoth that Loue of God or whome doest thou seeke heere in this house My Lorde aunswered Desire I am come from the Pallace of Humilitie accompanied with these worthy personages and haue taken my tourney through the neerest waye being Patience to seeke out the Loue of God who as I am informed keepeth here his residence Doest thou not bring any token quoth the Loue of God whereby a man may know thou commest frō thence Yea my Lord said Desire I haue broght true tokens with me whereof the one was giuen mee in the house of Humilitie and is called Knowledge of him selfe and the other haue I learned by the way and is called Knowledge of God I am glad quoth the Loue God to see thee so wel prouided but dost thou think that for this knowledge sake we are bounde to let thee enter here No my Lorde aunswered Desire but onely as I haue saide before for thy grace and mercies sake because I cannot tell whether these two sundrie knowledges are perfecte or not and therefore I doubt of their sufficiency I knowe that I haue dwelt in the Pallace of Humility for a time and that they haue shewed me there all the house the Damsels their nature and condition but I cannot tell whether I haue well digested in my stomacke the fruites which I haue eaten there although they were vnto mee very toothsome and pleasa●● Be●●des I doe not know●● wherther I haue ●●of●●●ne● not by that may 〈…〉 ●●●me● the pri●kelle●●nd ●●ornes haue gri●●●t●●y hurt me my com●●●ue hath brought me hether almost perforce Therefore my good Lord I can assure thee of nothing that I bring with me but onely of my wickednes vnbelief and imperfection And the chiefest occasion that moued mee to seeke the Loue of God was this that I hearde that he was a good Phisition and Chirurgion would let mee blonde and purge mee from all corruptions and vncleannesse And I am tolde as soone as hee doth see one knoweth presētly his disease although it lyeth hidden secreat win the hearte And wheresoeuer hee putteth his hande vpon there hee purgeth and cleanseth all thinges Wherefore said the Loue of God doest thou desire to be thus cleane sound and vnspotted Because answered Desire that I was also tolde that none who were vncleane and vndefiled should or