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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	fruit_n	tree_n	1,531	5	8.1780	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14001	Nevv essayes: meditations, and vowes including in them the chiefe duties of a Christian, both for faith, and manners. By Thomas Tuke, minister of Gods Word, at S. Giles in the Fields.; New essayes: meditations, and vowes.	Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1614 (1614)	STC 24312; ESTC S105349	74,323	307

is the Church How precious therefore both to Priest and people should this Hammer and Fire bee in a true account thereof within their soules Of Good-deeds SVCH are good workes as are and are done according to the will of GOD reuealed For the rule of wel-doing is not our wils who are but seruants but the Will of GOD who is our Maister whose will is Iust and the Rule of Iustice GOD being able to will nothing but right and good seeing Hee is Wisedome Truth and Goodnesse it selfe And a thing may be according to His Will and yet not be done of him that does it according to it A good deed is ill done if it bee not done for maner as wel as for matter according to the Will of GOD. For if a man do that that is good and thinke it is euill that man doth sinne Not onely because hee thinkes that euill which is not euill but also because he iudging it to bee euill yet doth it Euen as a man may lye when he speakes the truth if he thinke that is a lye which hee speaketh when hee speakes it Againe if a man do that whereof he doubteth and is not perswaded of the lawfulnesse thereof hee sinnes For whatsoeuer is not of Faith is sinne And finally though a man do a thing that is good yet if hee do it not to GODS Glory but for his owne or for base respects and not in way of obedience to GODS Commandements hee questionlesse commits a sinne A good man onely can do a good deed For an euill tree cannot bring forth good fruite and a corrupt fountaine can send forth no wholesome water Good deeds are necessary to saluation as the way to the Kingdome but not as the cause of reigning They are not the causes of saluation but the workes and testimonies of them that are to bee saued And they are not the matter nor forme of faith but they are true effects vndoubted tokens and vnseparable companions of true Faith and of true Charity if well performed For Faith and Charity are not idle and vnfruitfull but labourious and full of goodnesse And though our wel-doing be no cause of our Blessednesse yet it shall not want a reward but as wee doe abound therein in this world so shall we exceed in glory in the world to come The more wee flourish in fruit in this life the more wee shall flourish in felicity in the life to come But some haue beene heard to say they can do no good deeds they haue no riches they are but poore These are deceiued thou hast not a penny hast thou a prayer Thou hast no goods to giue hast thou good counsell Thou canst do no deeds of comfort hast thou any words of comfort Thou hast no bread hast thou a blessing Thy legs are lame thou canst not go well thy hands are lame thou canst not worke well hast thou a good tongue canst thou speake well There is no man so poore but he may benefite his neighbour one way or an other If any way it is a good deed if hee do it well And GOD accepts any thing a cup of cold water if there be no better the widdowes Mite euen any thing haire to the building of the Tabernacle a pin to the dressing of his Bride And suppose a man do a good deed to a wicked man yet if hee do it not for his wickednesse but either because he is a man or that hee may win him vnto goodnesse or shew himselfe a follower of GOD who is kind vnto His enemies and doth good euen to the wicked surely hee doth a good and shall not loose his reward And say that a man should bee kinde vnto some hypocrite thinking him to bee a Saint because hee could not discerne his simulations being so cunningly carried yet shall the benefactor bee rewarded of GOD Who regards his affection and seeth his heart and will recompense him according to his loue and not according to the condition of the party which did not deserue it If a mans benesicence proceeds of benevolence and bee performed in the name of CHRIST to the glory of GOD it shall neuer want a recompence For GOD is not not iniust to forget the labour of our loue and as men sow so shall they reape as they brue so shall they drinke Our gifts shall bee recompensed with glory our paines with pleasures our labours with life Do well and haue well Liue well and die well Hee that doth well to the Seruant for the Maisters sake shall be sure to receiue a reward from the Maister Himselfe It shall neuer be said that hee that was kind and louing to the Childe is vnkindly and hardly dealt with of the Father Let vs not therefore bee weary of wel-doing for in due season wee shall reape if wee faint not Of the knowledge of God ALL Men affect knowledge by a certaine instinct of nature How vnmanly a vice then is it to affect the ignorance of GOD our Maker Ruler and Redeemer Whose Nature Beauty and Perfection doth more excell all the world then all the world excels the meanest creature that is in it Wee study to know the nature and perfection of things that are by farre lesse worthy to be knowne Yea sometimes wee will search into things forbidden and sometimes take paines to know that which is not worthy of those paines Except wee know GOD how shall wee take Him alone to bee our GOD and not defile our selues with idols Vnlesse wee know Him how shall we loue Him how can we trust in Him how can wee serue Him Do men loue that they know not Will a man serue hee knowes not whom Will a man make account of that the worth or vse whereof is vnknowne vnto him Or will a man acknowledge and beleeue in one hee knowes not Wee are spirituall Priests and Princes is it for a Priest to bee ignorant of his GOD Doth it become a King to bee ignorant of the KING of Kings who set the Crowne on his head and put the Scepter into his hand Euen beasts and birds know their owners keepers feeders and is it a seeemely thing for man whom GOD hath made their Lord to bee ignorant of Him by whom they liue and moue and haue their being and long of Whose mercies it is that they are not consumed To know GOD rightly is a note of GODS people They shall all know Mee from the least of them euen to the greatest of them saith the LORD and an infallible argument of blessednesse This is life Eternall that they know thee the onely true GOD and IESVS CHRIST whom Thou hast sent who is very GOD blessed for euer On the contrary affected ignorance of GOD is the brand of wicked men who say vnto GOD Depart from vs for wee desire not the knowledge of Thy Waies This ignorance exposeth a man to the iudgements of GOD whose wrath is kindled by this sinne The LORD hath a controuersy with the inhabitants