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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	draw_v	evil_a	sprinkle_v	1,134	5	10.3564	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19504	A preparatiue for the new Passeouer very profitable to be perused and read of all those who are called to the holy table of our Lord / by Maister William Cowper ...	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.	1607 (1607)	STC 5933.3; ESTC S2563	54,238	126

sprinckled in our hearts from an euill conscience Here is a Sacrament more excellent thē the passeouer here is bread more holye then that Shew-bread heere are the tokens of Gods presence more glorious thē the Arke heere the Lord commeth downe and saluation vnder his winges not to sound by Angel● the precepts of his lawe on Sin●i but to seale vp by his Spirit the promises of his Gospell to the inhabitants of Sion shall we then presume to come to this holye Table without sanctification Or if wee will may we not looke assuredly for iudgement The Corinthians were stricken with death and sundrie diseases because they discerned not the Lordes bodye and which is most fearfull of all he that came to the marriage wanting his wedding Garment was hee not taken from the banquet Table and cast into the place of vtter darknes and shall wee looke to escape the like iudgement if wee fall into the like contempt of God Prepare thy selfe oh Israel to meet thy God let vs search and trye our waies let vs lift vp our hands with our hearts vnto God in the heauens If wee bee this day come to the Lord with all our heart let vs put away our strange Gods which are our sinnes from among vs let vs with Iosephs Brethren make ready our presents sith wee haue no better thing then our heart le● vs ●acrifice our hearts to the Lord that in the best estate that pos●ible we can get it for the Lord our God is a greate King Cursed is he that hath a male in his Flock ●nd voweth and sacrificeth a corrupt thing to the Lord. Beware therefore wee offer not that which is lam● and torne to the Lord● a diuided heart a ●alting heart betweene two an vnpenitent heart is neither a meete Sacrifice to offer vnto the Lord nor a meete vessell wherein to receiue th●t holye thing which heere the Lord offers vnto thee The Apostle saieth that the breaking of this breade is the Communion of the bodye of Iesus Sith Christ is that holy thing which heere is communicated take heede how we make readye the heart wherein to receaue him Ioseph of Arim●thea and the rest of those goly ones who tooke downe Iesus from the Crosse wrapped his deade bodye in pure and fine linnen what shall wee then doe with the liuing bodye of Iesus shall not wee receiue it into pure fine and well prepared hearts No man sayes our Sauiour puts new Wine into old V●ssels far lesse wil any man put the ordin●r● food of his body into vnclean vnseasoned and vnsauerie vessels but least ● of all should men presume with vnholy hearts and handes to meddle with things saccred and h●auenly Here is new wine indeede let vs not put it into old vessels Heere is heauenly Manna let vs not receaue it with earthlye hearts Any man that is in Christ should become a new creature If we be these blessed ones who are called to the participation of the Lambes supper then shall it be graunted to vs to bee arayed with pure fine linnen and shining which is the righteousnesse of the Saints The Lord vouchsafe this grace vpon vs that sith hee hath made vs partakers of the heauenly vocation and ca●led vs to the marriage of his Sonne that wee receiue not so excellent a grace in vaine but it may be vnto vs his seruants according to his word And now before wee enter to speake of this tryall least the tender consciences of the Godlye by reason of that which I haue spoken should be discouraged and cast downe with the sence of their owne vnworthinesse which at all times is great in their eyes but greatest when by tryal they looke most narrowlie vnto themselues We haue therefore to consider that there bee two sortes of tryals One whereby a thing perfect is tryed in such sort that it is not made better but found to bee that which it is and with this kinde of try●ll man is saide to trie the Lord and his word so speakes the Lord by Malachie Proue me try me now if I will not poure you ou●● blessing without measure By this tryall if a man fall too to trye the Lord hee shall finde him such as hee is true constant and faithfull to performe that which he hath spoken or if againe man will enter and trie the word of the Lord hee shall finde that the lawe of the Lord is perfect no drosse in it but like siluer fined seauen times in the fire There is againe another tryall whereby thinges imperfect are so tried that they are made better and at the length perfected and hereby God tries man for so hee speakes by the same Malachie The Lord wil fine the sonnes of Leui and purifie them as gold and siluer that they bring offerings to him in righteousnesse And with this triall also man tries himselfe searching out his iniquities that he may forsake them and this triall tendes indeed to a perfection at the last but stands rather in a finding out and forsaking of our imperfections then in any present perfection And of this tryall the Apostle meanes heere so that this precept dooth commaund vs to search out our iniquities to depart frō them but doth no way import that we should not communicate at this Table because that new tryall discouers to vs new transgressions for we come not he●e as men without sin but as poore and miserable sinners seeking the Sauiour of the world knowing that hee came not to call the righteous but sinners vnto repentance Thou then who after examination shalt finde the selfe a miserable and yet a penitent sinner say not with Peter Lord depart from me for I am a sinfull man but so much the rather goe to him and crie with Dauid Haue mercy on mee O God and according to the multitude of thy cōpassions put away mine iniqu●ti●s for it is a true saying Christ came into the world to saue sinners Stay not thou therfore backe from him because ●hou art sinfull onelye trie if thou bee wearie of thy sinnes for we are sure that a sin discouered by tryall and cast out by repentance will neuer condemne vs Wash you saith the Lord make you c●●an take away the euil● of your workes from before my eies and then though your sinn●s were as crimson they shall be made whi●e as snowe though they were red lik● Sva●●● they shall be as VVool. Omne quod ipse mimihi non imputare aecr●uerit S●c est quasi ●on fuerit euerie sin saieth the ancient which God hath concluded not to impute vnto me is as if it had neuer beene If therefore in thy conscience thou feele thy sins an hea●y burden vnto thee vnder the which thou sigh●st gronest and wherof thou earnestly desir●st to be rele●ued crying with that holy Apostle O miserable man who shall deliuer me from ●his bo●●e of sinne

And yet let no man thinke that albeit the breaking and giuing of the bread be the cōmunication of Christs bodie that therfore the bread is transubstantiate into his body or that euery one receiues the bodye of Christ who receiues the bread for there is greate difference between communication acceptation on the part of God In this sacrament there is indeed a communication exhibitiō of christ but on y e part of the vnbeleuing receiuer it failes for fault of acceptatiō because they haue no faith whereby to receiue him nor a purified heart wherin to lodge him It is therfore a vile error also of the Papists who affirme that the wicked in this Sacrament eate Christ but to their damnation It is contrarie to the word of God reformed antiquitie for whosoeuer saith christ eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternall life and I wil raise him vp at the last day Sacrame●num quibusdam ad vitam quibusdam ad exitium ●es vero ipsa cuius est sacramentum omni homini ad vitam nulli ad exitium Item Qui non manet in Christo et in quo non manet Christus proculdub●o non manducat spiri●ualiter carnem nec bibit sanguinem eius licet visibiliter premat dentibus sacramentum sanguinis et corporis e●us The wicked who beleeues not may with Iudas eate Panem Dommini non panem Dominum The breade of the Lorde but not the bread which the Lorde himselfe is to his worthy receauers Of all this then it is euident that this banquet is moste heauenlye and excellent wherein as there is no lesse offered then CHRIST IESVS so no lesse is refused by them who refuse to communicate they proclaime by their deede if they continue in it that they haue No Portion in Dauid neither inheritance in the sonne of Ishai But no● wee leaue them and returne to speake as wee promised of that tryall w●ich they whominde to communicate are to take it of themselues Let a man therefore try himselfe This Particle therefore is relatiue to that which went before since there is a daunger will hee say and many ea●es and drinkes vnworthily therefore take yee heede how yee come hee saith not simplie let a man eat but let a man trye himselfe and so let him eat This warning then of the Apostle stands in the ent●ie to t●is holy action like that Cherubin armed a with sword in the entry of Paradice yet not to hold out the Sonnes of Adam but only to terrifie vs that wee presume not to draw nere without sanctification And herein doth our Lord Iesus discouer his wonderfull loue towards vs who before he inuite vs to eate and drinke at his table dooth first of all instruct vs how we shold doe it Absalom c●lled his younger Brother Ammon to a banquet onely of purpose to slay him he prepared delicate meate and drinke aboundantly for him but concealed the danger It is not so with our elder Bro●●er he calles vs here to a banquet not of purpose to slay vs but to saue vs he is no way willing we should make this Table a snare to trappe our selues to damanation which he hath ordeined as a meane of our Saluation and therefore before hand forewarnes vs of the danger that we may eschew it It is pittie to see how the great multitude runne to this holy Sacramēt without tryall and examination of themselues and all because they heare of a breade of life which heere is exhibited to the Communicants at this holye Table it is verie true that great thinges are exhibited heere indeede but thou shouldest first of all enquire of thy selfe who art thou what interest thou hast in this Communion and whether or no thou be one of those to whom these holy thinges do appertaine for if thou in thy person be a profane and vnsanctified creature thy touching of these holye thinges may defile them and make thee giltie of the contempt of them but shall not benefit thee yea a greater cursse then that which Elisha pronounced on the vnb●leeuing Samaritane Prince shall light vppon thee thou shalt see the Table of the Lord heare of the plentie of the breade of life therein communicate but shalt not eate of it let a man therefore trie himselfe and so let him eate of this bread and drinke of this cup. For as this Sacrament is a holy and excellent thing so should they who celebrate it bee holye and seperate persons It should not bee receiued with common handes that is with e●rthlye hearts and vnsanctified affections The Pharises would not eate their common meate with vnwashed handes and that was but superstition but heere to wash before we● eate both our handes and our head with Peter yea to wash as Ieremy exhorts vs Our hearts from our wickednesse is deuotion and good Religion both commended and commaunded by the word of God Otherwise fearefull is that warning of our Sauiour If I wash thee not thou shalt haue no part with me To the vncleane all thinges are vncleane for euen their consciences are defiled The Lorde hath neuer suffered vnpunished the vnreuerent looking to or handling of the holy signes of his presence Them of Bethshemeshe looked vnreuerently into the Ark and the Lord slewe fifty thousand of them Vzza touched vnreuerently the Arke and the Lord in like manner strook him instantly to death Ahim●l●ch would not giue to Dauid the hallowed bread of proposition but conditionallye that the young men who were with him were sanctifyed No vncircumcised man might eat of the pascall Lambe vnder paine of death and such as were circumcised being vncleane behooued to absteine till they were clensed according to the lawe yea such of them as were cleane did not eate without foure daies preparation for the Lord commaunded them to take the Lambe the tenth day and not to slay it til the foureteenth day at night that all the space betweene they might the better prepare themselues to that holy action Neither will the Lord anye other way be familiar with vs except we be sanctified Before the Lord came downe on Mount Sinai to giue his law to Israel hee appointed them three dayes of preparation wherein ●o sanctifie thēselues The Lord appeared to Moses in the fierie bush but reuealed not his will vnto him til he put off his shooes I wil be sanctified saith the Lord in all that draw nere vnto me The Lord will not take a wicked man by the hand nor haue fellowship with the Throne of iniquitie his eye is so pure that hee can behold no iniquitie vnlesse wee put off our worldly thoughts and sinfull affections whereby we haue troad in the vncleane wayes of sin it is not possible that the Lorde can be familiar with vs. All these stand vp as examples warning vs to drawe neere to this holy action in assurance of faith