God hath the made vnto his owne lykenes No erthly creature vnto the comparable Thy iyen vpwarde to consyder his hyghnes Where other creatures that ar vnresonable Goeth on all foure and ar nat other able.
For in sothnesse the certayn quantite of that planet is unknowen toerthly dwellers; and yet by opinion of some men it is holden for more than midle-erth.
And right as beestly wit shulde ben subject to reson, so erthly power in it-selfe, the lower shulde ben 80 subject to the hygher.
But other-wyse, if god him-selve wolde Afferme love and pees bitween the kinges, Pees is the beste, above alle erthly thinges.
And eek the briddes song[es] for to here Would have rejoised any erthly wight.
It is written by grete clerkes and wyse, that, in erthly thinges, lightly by studye and by travayle the knowinge 15 may be getten; but of suche hevenly melody, mokel travayle wol bringe out in knowing right litel.
He that had a mayd to dame, The lamb that slayn [for sinners] was, Shall shelde me from gostly blame; For erthly harm is goddes grace.
Love that with good wil and reson accordeth, with non erthly riches may nat ben amended.
But he that can 15 never so wel him behave, and hath vertue habundaunt in manyfolde maners, and be nat welthed with sucheerthly goodes, is holde for a foole, and sayd, his wit is but sotted.
And if deth mowe it nat reve more than an erthly creature, thilke thing than abydeth with thy-selfe soule.
He maketh bishops for erthly thank, 405 And nothing for Christes sake; Such that ben ful fatte and rank, To soule hele non hede they take.
And therfore, of erthly thinges, mokel mater lightly cometh in your lerning.
Be ye my gyde and lady sovereyne; *As to myn erthly god, to yow I calle, 95 *Bothe in this werke and in my sorwes alle.
Love is a gretter lawe, by my pan, 1165 Than may be yeve to any erthly man.
For therto lawe is on the beste Above alle other erthly thing, To make a liege drede his king.
Plese it your gracious Lordship to conceyve þat in moor quiet ne pesibler rest blessed be god was never erthly Cite nor toun in absence of her most souveraign & gracious Lord.
In The Commandment of Love Rolle explains: For als dede slas al lyuand thyng in [th]is worlde, sa perfite lufe slas in a mans sawle all fleschly desyres and erthly couaytise.
God mad erth of erth, & namyd it for his, Adam of erth in erthly paradys.
Paygann for bestoeing so much affection on a erthly creetur, and this to oure good parson who cou'd find no reproche for her plesant folly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "erthly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
