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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
body_n	blood_n	break_v	shed_v	10,145	5	9.7147	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78329	A brief and perspicuous manuduction to practical divinity, by way of question and answer wherein the chief principles of religion are so explained as to infer a good life from them.	B. C.	1670 (1670)	Wing C13A; ESTC R229568	14,880	42

the call and ordination and license of the Governours of the Christian Church impowred thereunto 2. Diligently to attend unto the substance of what is deliver'd rather than to the person the Oratory Wit or Phrases 3. To attribute so much to the authority of God's Ministers as to give belief and obedience to their declarations and directions where I have not assurance or strong grounds at least moving me to the contrary 4. Faithfully to apply the things spoken in the name of God unto my self and afterwards to call them again to remembrance and chew upon them and treasure them up in mind that I may cleanse my wayes by taking heed unto them accordingly And to this purpose Lastly To look upon the word preached as good seed sown in order to my return of a proportionable crop and therefore to take heed that the soil of my heart be prepar'd aright for the receiving rooting and cherishing of it until harvest Q. Consideration of our own doings What course are you to take in the consideration of your own doings A. I am impartially to reflect upon my thoughts and affections words and wayes to lay them to the rule of God's holy and righteous laws and so to pass censure and judgement on them as to their quality good or evil Q. And God's Providences What is the result of your observance of God's Providences to your self and others A. Not to determine by them nakedly the goodness or badness of principles and practices which the rules of right do not approve or condemn but on the one hand by God's mercies and benefits to be provoked to serve him with alacrity and gladness of heart and on the other hand by his judgements for sin to be deterr'd from it and by all his afflictions and chastisements to be humble● under his rod into a patient submission an● resignation to his disposal mortified to this uncertain and troublesome world and the things thereof and fitted for a better Q. Watchfulness What is Christian watchfulness A. The keeping of our thoughts in a wakeful posture lest temptations unto sin surprize us at any time unawares or the good motions of the holy Spirit pass unobserved and so unimproved by us Q. Prayer What is acceptible Prayer A. The sincere and fervent utterance of good desires penitent confessions and thankful acknowledgments to God with faith and reverence Q. What pattern and rule have you to pray by A. That perfect form of prayer which our blessed Saviour taught his disciples called the Lords Prayer Q. What other particular direction have you A. To offer up my prayers to God in the prevailing name of Jesus Christ looking for acceptance through him alone Q. But how then is the Lords Prayer a perfect Form to you since there is no mention of the name of Jesus Christ in it A. I do most effectually pray in the name of Jesus Christ when I prefer those very petitions to the Father which He my Advocate hath penned for me Q. Fasting What is Fasting in the Religious sense of the Word A. The moderate chast●ing and afflicting our selves by voluntary abstinence from meat and drink and bodily pleasures for religion sake Q. Why add you Fasting unto Prayer A. First because it is a fitting expression both of our deep humiliation acknowledging our selves unworthy to be sustained any longer in life and of our zealous desires of the things we ask of God preferring them before our daily food and secondly because it is also a sitting means to elevate our minds in Prayer and to subdue the flesh unto the Spirit Q. The H. Saeraments What mean you by the Sacraments A. I mean those two sacred rites an● ordinances of the new Testament Baptism and the Lords Supper prescribe● by Christ as the visible marks and badge of our Christian profession outward sign and seals of the Gospel Covenant an● real pledges and conveyances as well a pertinent and sensible representations o● spiritual grace where they are order●● administered and received Q. Baptism What is Baptism A. The Institution of Christ for the first admission of his disciples by his Ministers washing the party with water in the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Q. In the name of the sacred Trinity What means that phrase in the name which I have heard some read from the Greek into the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost A. Not onely that the person is baptized by authority and commission derived from the Father Son and Holy Ghost but principally and chiefly that He is now devoted a disciple and so engaged to the perpetual acknowledgment belief and obedience of this sacred Trinity God the Father God the Son and God the H. Ghost which three are yet but one God Q. But of what use may your Baptism be to you since you was baptized in your infancy A. Besides the benefit of regenerating and preventing grace then received for which I owe hearty thanks to Almighty God the consideration of it provokes me to newness of life several wayes First because outward washing signifies and betokens purity Secondly because my being baptized in or into that blessed name engageth me to own his doctrine and keep his laws Thirdly when I remember my Christian name was then given unto me and that I was as soon devoted unto God as of any name in the world I cannot but deem it a reproach to my good name should I do otherwise And Lastly The solemn vow and promise then made by my sureties which I have since taken upon my self requires as much of me Q. The Baptismal Vow What is that solemn vow and promise you speak of A. It consists of these three branches First that I should renounce the Devil and all his works the pomps and vanity of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian faith And Thirdly that I should keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the dayes of my life And I am taught that the grounded hopes of each adult Christian● blessedness depend upon the sincere observance of these three points which were the express clauses of his indentures sealed at his entrance upon the profession of Christianity Q. The Lord's Supper What is the Lords Supper A. It is according to Christs institution bread consecrated broken and eaten wine consecrated powred forth and drank in an holy Communion for a resemblance of Christ whose body was broken with torments for us and blood shed for the remission of our sins It is the Christian Love-feast upon the memorials of the sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ Q. What intend you by the word consecrated applied to the Bread and Wine A. As much as if I had said sanctified set apart and blessed with prayer and the words of institution by a person ordained thereunto Q. How is this Sacrament