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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	faith_n	good_a	love_n	2,550	5	5.7551	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03425	The king's request: or, Dauid's desire A sermon preached at the last generall fast holden at Yorke, the 21. of Aprill last. By Phinees Hodson Doctour of Diuinity, and Chancellour of the Metropoliticall Church of St. Peter-Yorke.	Hodson, Phineas, d. 1646.	1628 (1628)	STC 13551; ESTC S104137	19,311	38

out to the whole Land is in iealousie and combustion what can the fruit or effect be but confusion And thus it hath beene but blessed be God that of late hath giuen vs cause to hope for better things and that God that put it into his Maiesties heart to call a Parliament so blesse it and continue peace and vnity in it as with one heart and one hand they may ioyne against the enemies of Religion and the State to the glory of God the honour of his sacred Maiestie and the safety of his Kingdomes What if hitherto the cloudes and stormes of contention haue intercepted those rayes of comfort which otherwise might haue cheared vs and made vs strong against all forreine assaults feares and haue enabled vs to haue supported the weake hands of our confederates and allies that haue fainted vnder the burthen of the common enemy Yet let vs not be discouraged It 's Gods method many times in matters of moment to proceed by contraries Thus he began So was Eue cursed before she had the promise of blessing Thus he went on So was Sarahs wombe dried vp before he made it fruitfull Gen. 18. Yea thus hee continued So hee made Ioseph a bondslaue before he brought him to honour And hee must himselfe in a Basket a leaking Boat God knowes be cast into a Riuer Ex. 2. that must carry Gods people thorow the red Sea Could any thing be more crosse then to thinke that that childe that in a basket was ready to sinke should carry so great a people through a Sea and yet dry-shood You see in my Text Dauid longs and faints and prayes and importunes and sets his rest vpon it as his only blisse before he can be admitted to dwell in Gods house to behold his beauty And this is our hope and I am persuaded my trust is not in vaine that God in this course hath beene pleased to make strife and distraction the ground and foundation of that beauty of vniformity and vnanimity which shall henceforth commend and grace this Church and State Thus did our blessed Sauiour out of the infidelity of Thomas worke faith thus did God cause Iohn Baptist to spring out of the barren wombe of Elizabeth And surely then shall we begin to haue assurance that God hath not forgotten to be gracious when out of the former seeds of faction and diuision hee shall cause the beautifull fruits of loue and vnitie o grow O how good and comely a thing is it for brethren to dwell together in vnitie this is it makes vs beautifull and comely and commends vs to Gods affection Therefore if Saint Paul will vouchsafe to entreat those he may command this shall be it That they speake all one thing that there be no dissention that they be knit together in one minde and in one iudgement 1 Cor. 1.10 And if Saint Peter will haue one thing remembred aboue all the rest hee will bring it in as a parting blow whereof they must take speciall knowledge Friends bee yee all of one minde 1 Pet. 3.8 and in the second to the Philippians after he had contested with them and coniured them by whatsoeuer was deare vnto them If any consolation in Christ if any comfort of loue if any fellowship of the spirit if any compassion and mercy what of all this fulfill my ioy This was the vtmost of his ambition the period of his desires wherein would he haue his ioy fulfilled what would doe it That yee be like minded hauing the same loue being of one accord and of one iudgement And what was the end of this his serious importunity that nothing be done through contention or vaine glory which are like the breaking in of waters that cannot be staied If God haue beene long angry with his people and once begin to be reconcil'd why then They shall be my people and I will be their God and I will giue them one heart and one way Ier. 32. yea this was our Sauiours prayer last before his passion as Saint Iohn records it that they may bee all one Ioh. 17. Euen so Lord Iesus let vs be all one in our affections and deuotions that with one mouth we may praise God Rom. 15. all one in iudgement that wee may proceed by one rule both in things pertaining to Religion and gouernment Ecclesiasticall and by one rule in ciuill matters and things pertaining to the common good and the maiestie and honour of the King and State That this whole Kingdome being as a Citie that is at vnitie in it selfe nay as one family nay if it were possible as one heart wherein reason season'd with religion gouernes and commands like a iust and a potent King and the affections yeeld obedience like so many humble faithfull dutifull subiects the whole Nation may be a Nation after Gods owne heart and with confidence say with the Spouse in the Cant. My well-beloued is mine and I am his So shall we enioy Gods beauty and he take pleasure in ours So may the temporall fruit by the mariage of King and people in a happy bond of loue and vnitie be anew brood of Kingdomes for men and women being married begat men and women like themselues But Prince and people happily ioyn'd if they beget it must be kingdomes like themselues by a new propagation and enlargement So shall the spirituall fruit be such by this beauteous coniunction that so many of vs as are thus ioyned shal be his children and adopted for heires euery heire a King to reigne with our blessed Sauiour Iesus Christ in the Kingdome of his Father which the Lord grant for the same his deare Sonnes sake to whom with the holy Ghost bee all glory and praise for euer and euer FJNJS