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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	faith_n	heart_n	purify_v	2,568	5	11.6551	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06508	A frutefull and godly exposition and declaracion of the kyngdom of Christ and of the christen lybertye, made vpo[n] the wordes of the prophete Jeremye in the xxij. chapter, with an exposycyon of the viij. Psalme, intreatyng of the same matter, by the famous clerke Doctor Martyn Luther, whereunto is annexed A godly sermon, of Doctor Urbanus Regius, vpon the ix. Chapyter of Mathewe of the woman that had an issew of blood & of the rulers daughter, newly translated oute of hyghe Almayne.; Epistel aus dem Propheten Jeremia. English	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Rhegius, Urbanus, 1489-1541. Sermon upon the ix. chapter of Mathewe.; Lynne, Walter.	1548 (1548)	STC 16982; ESTC S103978	55,289	166

taken with the palsey lyeng sycke in a bedde he did forgeue to hym hys syunes and restored hys healthe to him Mat. xv In the .xv. chapter of Mathew Christe cryeth woman thy faythe is greate Matth. xxi be it to the as thou willeste In the .xxi. chapter of Mathew ye shalres ceyue all thinges whatsoeuer ye beleuing shal aske in your prayer In the ix chapter of Marke Mar. ix Luce. vij to men beleuing all thinges are possible In the .vij. chapter of Luke the Lord sayth to Magdalent thy fayth hath mayd the safe go thou away in peace Luk. viij In the .viij. chap. of Luce Christ sayth to the chief man of the synagog feare thou not beleue thou onely and thy doughter shal be safe In the xvij chap. of Luke Lu. xvij Christe sayth to the mā full of lepry which he made cleane ryse you vp go thou awaye thy fayth hath saued the. So he sayde also to the blynde man in Hiericho Lu. xviij In the xviij chap. of Luke Faith is called the gyfte of God And through the holy Gospel of Iohn God promiseth euerlastinge lyfe to them that beleue in Christe In the xv chapter of the Actes Act. xv Peter tea cheth that fayth purifieth our hartes And in the xvi of the Act. Act. xvi whā the kepar of the prison sayth to Paul Sila Maisters what thing must I do that I may be saued They answered to him beleue in the Lord Iesu and thou shalt be safe and thy house And in the xi Hebr. xi Chapiter to the Hebrues Saint Paul reckeneth furth a greate rehersall of the deuoute and olde Christianes And he writteth that thei were welbeloued to God and pleased hym And that they shewed myracles by faythe and that it maye not be that any man please god withoute fayth How often sayth Paule that fayth without workes iustifyeth whiche thynge the auncient Doctours of the church of ryght opinyon and fayth setfurthe by these wordes onely fayth iustifyeth But for asmuche as our aduersaries accuse vs and bable that faythe is praysed to moche and exalted aboue measure of vs thereby they shewe thē selfes not yet to vnderstande what is fayth and what the scriptures of the Prophetes and Euangelistes yea the fathers and auncient Byshoppes teache of Christian fayth Wherfore let no man suffre hymself to be leadde awaye from the trueth by the rebukes of oure aduersaryes by whiche they ouerthrowe vs. That not any man may be troubled lightly and called away from the true sentence we shall shewe the causes wherfore scripture prayseth and exalteth so greatly faith in Christ Faythe in vs is vnperfite euereaceth from day to day for that cause it is not so perfite a work by it selfe that so great thynges may be attributed and gyuen for the perfection of it selfe But the couse of thys laude and prayse is because fayth gyueth true glory to oure Lorde God and because it beleueth that he is mercyfull iuste true whiche wil maye performe surelye hys promyse in Christ Thys is the ryghte true worshipping of God Vvhosoeuer beleueth so the word of God he calleth vpon God in all hys necessite without doubte trusteth loked for help of him in patience Therfor faith is thesame thyng which cleaueth fasteneth it self to true perfectiō that is to say to Christe apprehendeth the mercy of god promysed in Christ whiche promyse may not be apprehēded taken otherwyse by no other meane or instrumet thā by faith which is a trust vnto the promysed grace help of god in Christ in al miseries necessities If it might be that I had al the works of al men I had not this faith I myght not yet apprehēd the promyse in christ by al these workes This is the nature of the promise that it desyreth to be apprehended by fayth God promiseth to vs al help grace for Christes sake wherforyf I shuld make leane amost kyl my selt the space of an hole yeare by most strayte greuous fastynges eatyng nothing but crustes of breade drinking pure water yf I shuld go on pilgrimage to Rome armed fenced on al partes or vpō my bare fete not clothed with synnyng clothe but with a wollē rough garmēt rubbing prickyng my skynne yet I myght neuer apprehend the promyse of God in Christ by they works how painful soeuer thei be But whā I heare that God promyseth offereth to me hys mercy help and whan I trust to hys worde as true almygtye I beleue to God whiche can not lye and deceaue than I apprehende and receyne these thynges by that fayth whiche he hath promysed in Christe Therfore the fathers of true opinion and faythe doth declare openly not withoute a cause that onely fayth not any work iustifyeth saueth For because the Gospel sheweth offereth gyueth to vs Iesu Christe the Sonne of God whiche alone and no other hath delyuered vs from synne and death howe may thou receyue otherwyse hym and apprehend in thy harte hym as thyne owne propre than by onely fayth in hym that thou mayest beleue to the Gospell that is to saye that he hath dyed and rysen agayne for the and that he is trnely thy sauyoure and delyuerer Vvherfore note ye diligentlye and forgette not that true fay the in Christe is onely the true meane and instrument by which we laye hande on apprehende and receyue the mercye of God promysed to vs in Christ and al benefytes to our saluation But whan we heare that faith is greatly praysed let vs not thinke that there is suche a perfection in vs whiche hath deserued so great testification in wordes honoures and prayses For it by it selfe deserueth not that but it is the trust in the mercy of God by Christe Therforouer thoughtes must be anone directed vnto Christe vnto whome faythe casteth it selfe to whome it fasteneth and conioyneth it selfe to whome it cleaueth and for whose cause it loketh for and receyueth all good and healthfull thynges of God Faythe is alwayes vnperfyte but Christe to whome faith afflixed cleaue to is not vnperfite but the true infinite and vnmeasurable treasure of all perfection Yf folyshenesse is with vs Christe is oure wysedome Yf we haue synne Christe is our iustice Yf we be not enduwed yet with that holines with which we shulde be for the cause of oure synnynge fleshe Christe is oure sanctification And whan we ware yet prysoners vnder the tyran of hell to euerlastynge death And whan he had no counsayll nor helpe in the hole world forasmuch as no creature myghte delyuer vs and therfor we should hane peryshed than God fende and gaue to vs hys owne propre sonue vnto a redemer that he myght be oure redemption i. Corinth i. i. Cor. i. In conclusyon we haue all fulnesse in Christ and we haue these thynges in hym mooste sufficiently mooste plenteously and most abundauntly