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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	eternal_a	good_a	life_n	4,162	5	5.3241	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07702	The true choice of a friend. Shewing the comfort of a faithfull friend. : A friend is neerer then a brother..; Reasons metamorphosis and restauration	Goldwell, Charles.	1625 (1625)	STC 11989; ESTC S92716	48,079	300

into the iawes of death for which he gaue himselfe that he might redeeme them from death But now let the faithfull of the Lord look vp though in the extreamity of Egyptian seruitude though in the fire of persecution though vnder the rage of enuy and speak cheerefully to their soules Why are ye cast downe Why are ye disquieted Trust in God For they haue a two-fold cause of reioycing in the Spirit Gaudendum est de ijs quae expectamus gaudendum de ijs quae sustinemus Present sufferings and hoped glory are both matter to feed their ioy It was the hope of a better resurrection that so notably confirmed the faith of our Ancients and made them ioyfull in all sorts of trials refusing deliuerance If it were not for this we are saith S. Paul of all men the most miserable 1. Cor. 15.19 but now as he should so conclude the most happy Touching the other There is no chastning for the time seemeth to be ioyous but grieuous yet whither it bee inflicted for siune if ye endure it God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto Sonnes and in the end it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousnesse to them that are thereby exercised Hebr. 12. Thus much we gather from the confession of that holy King Before I was afflicted I went astray but now I keepe thy word It is good for me that I have beene afflicted that I may learne thy Statutes Psal 119.67.71 Or whither they bee afflictions laid vpon vs by the malignant Church for Christs sake they tend most directly and infallibly to the eternall tranquility and saluation of our soules for this cause that miraculously conuerted seruant of God after hee knew the holy ghost had witnessed concerning him that bands and afflictions did abide him in euery Cittie for the name of Christ set light euen by life it selfe which hee no longer counted deere vnto him so that he might fulfil his course with ioy and his Ministration to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God Act. 20.24 He accepted them as a tempest raised to further him towards his wished Citty For there is no reigning with Christ vnlesse there be first a suffering for Christ For hereunto ye are called for Christ also suffered for vs leauing vs an example that wee should follow his steppes 1. Pet. 2.21 By patience and Faith in tribulations and persecutions we are counted worthy of the Kingdome of God for which we suffer 2. Thess 1.5 Then let vs be manfull in our Christian profession and so suffer not suffering any longer that ignominious imputation on vs wherewith we are iustly blotted Solus homo non compatitur pro quo solo Christus patitur If we be his members effectually ingraffed wee will doe any thing wee may for the glorie of our head as hee hath done and doth still for vs in so much that the Spouse daily tasting the matchlesse comfort of his mercifull presence is so more and more inflamed with delight that she is euen sicke of loue Whose cure he vndertakes and performes by holding his left hand vnder her head and with his right hand embracing her Cant. 2.6 Where can she haue a more wished repository then in the bosome of her beloued or what ioy may be compared with hers She finds it is incomparable For he is the chiefest of tenne thousand Cant. 5.10 His arme supporting her is the strength of her life the exile of feare her warrant of prosperitie the other encompassing her a bed of rest a Paradise of full content the port of safetie an vnpregnable fortresse of perpetuall protection so that she shal neuer perish neither shall any man take her out of his hands Iohn 10.28 Fight principalities and powers with the mad threatning Sodomites of this world against the righteous Lots of Gods heritage vntill the passage of their fiery darts offend them and their violent prouocations discruciate and perplex them it is but a customary combate they haue and the more vsuall the better it is for them seeing all things work together for best vnto them Rom. 8.28 and their ioy is neuer so exceeding as whē their faith is held in exercise with diuers tentations Iam. 1.2.3 they being permitted either to dispossesse or preuent securitie that they may not decline from a watchfull care and pious obseruation of him through whom they haue victorie 1. Cor. 15.51 and restitution vnto peace and perfect liberty Arise my loue my faire one and come away for behold the winter is past the raine is changed and gone away Cant. 2.10.11 which his husbandly tendernesse and propitious eye continued to the happy experience of all that loue him allures their subscription to those testimonies and honourable euidences which his Apostle Paul hath left of him That all things are but losse and no better then dunge in respect of the knowledge of Christ being found in him Phil. 3.8.9 That the glory which hee will henceforth reueale vnto them in the kingdome of his Father farre passeth the worthinesse of al present sufferings Rom. 8. and consequently that there is nothing so good nor so desiderable as to be with Christ which is best of all That great Sophy who diligently imployed his heart as is said in the curious exploration of all things sounded a faire and fearfull palinody from the loue of pleasure when he descried his owne aberration therein from the fundamentall principle and beginning of true wisedome The feare of the Lord. Prou. 1. And his father before him valued it his most eminent glory that he could safely say The Lord is my portion and the inheritance of my cup. Psal 15. Thou art my house of defence and my Castle thou art my hope from my youth Psal 71. Howbeit he might otherwise haue largely boasted of his strength and valour of humane amplitude and dignities forasmuch as in Christ nothing auaileth but a new Creature Gal. 6.15 therein standing a patterne vnto vs whereby we should endeuour before all things To put on the Lord Iesus Christ and take no thought for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof Rom. 13. We haue all things in Christ and Christ in vs is all things saith Saint Ambrose therefore vpon our righteous seeking of him are we assured of a conuenient supply of all necessaries that though the Lyons starue and suffer hunger wee shall want no manner of thing that is good Psal 34. But shall cate the good things of the Land Isa 1.19 Wee shall possesse the earth and haue our delight in the multitude of peace Psal 37.11 Saint Bernard glorifies him by the stile of Thesaurus indeficiens an incorruptible neuer failing treasure So is he more then perishing food to the hungry For my flesh is meale indeed Ioh. 6.55 not such as our Fathers are in the wildernesse and are dead Drinke also to the thirstie not like that of Iacobs well but flowing from the inexhaustible fountaine of himselfe which whosoeuer drinketh shall neuer bee more athirst Iohn 4.14