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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
A36980	The true and absolute bishop with the converts returne unto him : wherein is also shewed how Christ is our only shepheard, as well as our truest bishop : and also, how lamentable and miserable the condition of those men doth appeare to bee, which are out of Christs fold, out of Christs diocesse / by Nicolas Darton ...	Darton, Nicholas, 1603-1649?	1641 (1641)	Wing D273; ESTC R10864	47,823	62

loynes and with ropes on our heads knowing the King of Jsrael is a mercifull King Secondly or the second manner of way how we are to returne to our blessed Iesus from whom wee have gone astray even from our Cradles to this present houre is this wee must retu●ne cum fidelitate with an assured faith and confidence that his bloud and passion hath merited our redemption and also hath merited an eternall acceptance for us into the fathers love and favour againe and the reason is this because hee that believeth so shall be saved Mar. 16.16 but hee that beleeveth not so shall be damned Oh therefore my brethren let us draw neere with a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinckled from an evill conscience Heb. 10.22 and our bodies washed with pure water Thirdly wee must returne cum detestatione iniquitatum with a loathing and detestation of our former conversations we must be weary of the burthen and pressure of our sins our former life in sinne must bee no more pleasant in our sight than your bitter gall and worm-wood is to our tastes and pallates for so will the children of GOD behave themselves when they returne to God Ezec. 36.31 according to the saying of the Prophet in this particular saying then shall you remember your owne evill wayes and your doings that were not good and shall loth your selves in your owne s●●ht for your iniquities and for your abhominations Fourthly we must returne cum sinceritate with the sinceritie and integrity of all our hearts T is not enough for us to cry Lord Lord we returne to thee and to thy kingdome and to do this only with a meere orall and verball expression with the utterance and declaration meerly of the lips and tongue but we must performe and do it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with and in the t●uth of the substance of our hearts sincerely loving nothing so dearely as to be with Christ and therefore saith the blessed father of all mankinde Mat. 15.18 fili da mihi cor tuum sonne give mee thine heart mightily disliking and condemning all such manner of men whose lips are neere him and whose hearts are far from him yea and in great wrath and indignation threatning a most dismall plague and misery to fall upon them and the kingdome wherein they live according to the words of the Prophet saying because this people honour mee with their lips and their heart is removed far from me therefore behold I will proceed to doe a marvellous worke amongst this people even a marveilous worke and a wonder the wisdome of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of the prudent shall be hid Isa 29.14 Fifthly and lastly wee must returne cum perseverantia with continuall perseverance endeavouring this so sacred a duty daily and hourely nay even till our last breath whereupon saith Salomon bee thou in the feare of the Lord all the day long and he rendreth an effectuall reason for it because that he that wandreth out of the way of understanding shall remaine in the congregation of the dead Prov. 21.16 It ought therefore to bee our daily care to bee continually busied about so sanctified a work and the rather too Gal. 6.9 because as Saint Paul saith metemus si non elanguerimus wee shall reape if we faint not that is wee shall enjoy the crop and harvest of everlasting glory if wee persevere to the end without Apostacy and therfore as S. Paul sayth be stedfast and unmoveable 1 Cor. 15.58 alwayes abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as we know that our labour is not in vaine in the Lord I say not in vaine because also an uncorruptible Crowne of life God hath promised in his mercy to bestow upon them Rev. 2.10 Mat. 24 13 witnesse his words to Smyrna thus be faithfull unto the death and J will give thee the Crowne of life and againe qui perdurabit ad finem is servabitur hee that endures to the end the same shall be saved But how shall I know saith the wounded Conscience Ob. sayeth the remorsefull heart and bosome that I doe observe all these rules and directions that I returne to my blessed SAVIOUR with Humiliation with fidelitie with a detestation of mine iniquities with sinceritie and with perseverance For the resolution of this point Sol. that thou mayest undoubtedly know when thou art effectually returned unto the great Shepheard and B●shop of thy soule Divers characters whereby wee may know when we from the practice of sinne are returned to the fold of Christ The first character 1 Cor. 2.9 take into consideration these Characters which will infallibly informe thee whether thou beest return'd or not Which characters are three First if thou beest effectually returned from the wilde and vast commons of sinne into the inclosure and pasturings of grace namely unto the great Shepheard and Bishop of thy soule then thou wilt minde nothing more than the things of a better life namely which thy blessed Saviour hath prepared and laid up for those that love him An instance for confirmation hereof we have in Saint Paul who being wean'd from the worlds vanities and entred into the fold of CHRIST mindes nothing more than a dissolution for to be with Christ saying Cupimus dissolvi I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ Besides if it be so with thee as is before spoken of thou wilt have then such an high esteeme and conceit of the happinesse that Christs Lambes enjoy and are partakers of within the fold as that for other mundane transitory and perishing matters Phil. 3.8 thou wilt account them no better than dung for to winne Christ Oh then my brethren how farre thinke you are those men from the state of holinesse yea from Christ and his fold that minde nothing else but this world how wretched are their meditations yea ô how miserably are their mindes pestered with cankering cares They lie downe in carefulnesse they rise up in sorrow and the pelse they dote on is reserved to their owne hurt Eccl. 5.13 for conclusion therefore of this point ô you that are sheep of Christs blessed pasture that are Lambes of the flock and are within Gods pale see that you shew it in your lives and conversations let the things of a better life be the chiefest treasure you set your minds upon set your affections on things that are above Col. 3.2 and not on things that are below Shew to the world that you are risen with your blessed Saviour by seeking those things above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Yea seeke you first the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof and then all other things shall bee added unto you Mat. 6.33 Secondly the second Character The second Character to testifie to thine owne bosome and also to all the world that thou art effectually returned is a