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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	faith_n	word_n	1,876	5	4.4042	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19282	The blessing of Iapheth prouing the gathering in of the Gentiles, and finall conuersion of the Iewes. Expressed in diuers profitable sermons. By Thomas Cooper.	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1615 (1615)	STC 5693; ESTC S115593	59,416	96

Heauen And is the Church of God in this life subiect to infirmities Is she not perfect and intire but labouring to perfection Is shee growing in grace and following hard after the marke that shee may dayly deny her selfe take vp her crosse that being conformable to her head she may be crowned with him in glory What life then is in that member that is not dayly quickned by Christ What trueth in that Church that boasts of perfection what hope of that Church which growes worse and worse shal corruption discourage from of not rather d●iue vnto Christ shall infirmitie cast off or not rather interesse in our Sauiour let not darknesse stumble thee where Christ doth couer with his beautie neither forsake thou the societie that is accompained with corruption least thou forsake thy Sauiour that healeth corruption and came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance As thou shalt finde him sildome in the house of the Pharisie so by this thou shalt there finde him that the Pharisie is abased and consounded in his righteousnesse and therefore so comfort thy selfe in corruption as to haue it abolished not nourished in thee so approue thy selfe a liuely member of Iesus Christ as that thou dayly dyest vnto sinne in submitting to the will of thy God and dayly killest sinne in doing Gods will against thy selfe For what Doth not the Church of God abide in Tents Hath she not pitched her field to fight the battels of the Lord Doth shee so dwell in Tents as not to remooue from them is shee otherwise subiect to corruption then daily to fight with and conquer the same Is she not a pressed souldier vnder her Captaine Christ Iesus that so in him she may bee more then conquerour not onely ouer all affliction but euen ouer all sinne and the wages thereof whatsoeuer And is there not a necessitie layd vpon her as shee will maintaine her peace with God to exercise continuall waree against her selfe can she otherwise conquer sin than not to suffer it to raigne ouer her Can shee otherwise sigh earnestly for her deliuery from that bondage then to striue against that tyranny and daily to cast off the yoke thereof Can she expect the crown before she haue sought the good fight of Faith except she striue as shee ought to doe Doe not many seeke to enter in and shall not bee able Doe not many runne in a race and yet one obtaineth And ought not then the Church to striue euen for the best with the best Must she not so runne that she may obtaine Can shee choose but fight continually that carrieth a liuing enemie continually within her that hath the world that deceitfull and importunate enemie dayly to assault her without That hath that olde aduersarie so subtill so violent so mightie so vnwearied dayly plotting her destruction on euery side Now casting in his firie darts of fearefull tentations then casting out whole floods of persecution to swallow her vp sometimes assaulting on the right hand with pride and presumption eftsoones oppugning on the left hand with horrors and dispaire Can shee bee like vnto her Master if shee doe not suffer with him Can shee raigne with her Sauiour if shee doe not conquer with him What peace then can there bee since the whoredomes of our nature are so rife and corruptions so rebellious continually Is there any way to procure our peace but by maintaining continuall warre against our corruptions Are not they deceiued in the estate of grace when the strong man armed keeping the house all is quiet Doe they not in vayne boast of perfection who necessarily must fight dayly if they will proceed in grace Doe not they in vaine plot for ease to the flesh whose true peace is procured by dayly curbing and subduing thereof And seeing many begin in the Spirit that ende in the flesh Oh that we were wise to sit downe before we enter into Christianitie to cast vp our reckoning what our Religion will cost vs that wee must haue blowes at the least if not resist vnto blood Oh that wee would learne to striue lawfully that so wee may stand fast and finish our course Surely if our cause bee good and we lawfully called thereto if our weapons be spiritual against our spirituall enemies if wee strike with the word and beare of blowes by Faith and patience If wee are alwayes feafull of our selues and watchfull ouer our priuie corruptions If we dayly renue our strength in CHRIST by continuall and feruent prayer If we fence our head with the brest-pate of hope and arme our hearts with dayly repentance and examination of our wayes If wee prepare continually for newe assaults and haue our eyes fixed vpon the recompence of the reward If wee assist our weake brethren by counsell and correption And multiply our thanksgiuings vnto our GOD as hee crowneth our combates keeping speciall Records of our speciall combates and erecting Trophyes of them to the glory of our GOD. If we take no thought for the flesh to fulfill the lustes thereof but dayly put on the LORD IESVS by a renued and quickning Faith And so committing our selues in wel-doing into the handes of our faithfull Creator wee suffer afflictions and bring foorth fruite with patience not casting away our confidence which hath so great recompence of reward but continue to the ende and stand fast hauing finished all things there is layde vp for vs vndoubtedly a crowne of righteousnesse which the LORD IESVS will bestow vpon vs in due time as those that haue fought the good fight of Faith and finished their course with ioy And may wee not hence reape assured comfort in all our combates that seeing our Captaine is CHRIST IESVS our cause the Lord our ende Saluation our enemies such as are both necessarie and yet spoyled and conquered to our handes Therefore as our quar●ell will bee glorious vnder such a Captaine against such enemies so our conquest will bee certaine euen as our Head is Conquerour Oh how may this establish vs against the reproches and contradictions of the World that wee are contentious persons and striue with the whole Earth that wee bring a sword and set variance in our owne flesh Did wee desire this day of affliction or rather are wee not called yea thrust out thereto Doe wee not labour peace and is it not the world that spurnes against it Is our warre to any other ende then to procure peace with GOD Is it not by most sweet and peaceable meanes euen by Prayers and Teares by en●reaties perswasions humblings of the flesh Is not this Yoke exceeding sweete and this burthen passing light Is it not most reasonable to offer vp this sacrifice vnto God Is it not most acceptable to be offered vp in Iesus Christ Is it not most comfortable that as our troubles doe abound so our consolations doe much more abound in CHRIST IESVS to vpholde vs