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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	eat_v	idol_n	weak_a	2,180	5	9.3570	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84015	The English hermite, or, Wonder of this age. Being a relation of the life of Roger Crab, living neer Uxbridg, taken from his own mouth, shewing his strange reserved and unparallel'd kind of life, who counteth it a sin against his body and soule to eate any sort of flesh, fish, or living creature, or to drinke any wine, ale, or beere. He can live with three farthings a week. His constant food is roots and hearbs, as cabbage, turneps, carrets, dock-leaves, and grasse; also bread and bran, without butter or cheese: his cloathing is sack-cloath. He left the Army, and kept a shop at Chesham, and hath now left off that, and sold a considerable estate to give to the poore, shewing his reasons from the Scripture, Mark. 10. 21. Jer. 35.	Crab, Roger, 1621?-1680.	1655 (1655)	Wing E3089; Thomason E826_1; ESTC R25357	16,709	21

that is silly or foolish sluttish or covetous or an ill Husband or a Drunkard Others be condemned for often feasting and wearing fine cloaths swearing and lying so that all sorts are laughed at and judged but our selves whilst wee our selves are doing the very same things and this is the fruit that grows upon the Tree called Christning or baptizing the Child into the Fathers faith which is an admirable Tree if it be true that the child can be in Christ by the Fathers faith and no falling from Grace then let us consider whether Adam did believe in Christ and if it be found he did then this baptisme would have saved all the people from Adam to this day and will do from this day forward for the Child being baptized into the Fathers faith groweth up and begetteth children and cannot fall away baptizing children into their faith and so forward So that if God had been as wise as we in our own conceit he might have saved the lives of all his Prophets and Apostles and people too but the most High is now once more beginning to break through the clouds of darknesse in poor innocent forms of earth raysing them up from carpenting fishing and Tent-making to confound the high and mighty for the wisdome of man is foolishnesse 1 Cor. chap. 1. Now let us compare this inferiour feast called Christning with the feast of Christ among the multitude and see which was best exemplary to the people and which produced most good to soul and body and consider the example of Christs birth in a Manger with the pomp and pride of childrens births in our dayes Again consider what feast there was when Christ was baptized of John I think we shall find none at all Then let us see what Christ had at his feast with the people he being able to command stones to be bread or water to be wine was also able to command rost Beef or pig but he was to be exemplary to all people on earth in all his actions and doctrine made an innocent feast for the people with barly loaves and fishes Mat. 14. But some will object and say he was able to work miracles and we are not To which I answer If we as he were able to command all things and yet would have nothing at our feast but barly loaves and fishes what advantage would our power be to this Feast the Feast being innocent without hurting any creature that breathed on earth but on the contrary he endeavoured to preserve and to reconcile the people to God with sound words of instructions uttered with love peace and meeknesse with motions of healing all people that were brought to him So that you may see a great difference betwixt his feast and the other Again he often went to the Feast of the Jews and to a wedding to shew forth the power of his father in turning water into wine but we never finde that ever he was drunke or eate bit of flesh at any of their Feasts or Wedding The Passeover was his owne Feast and did belong to the fulfilling of the law of the Father in his flesh even for a disobedient people which the Lord by Moses brought out of AEgypt from their flesh pots into the wilderness to purifie their bodies with Angels food called Manna which they ground in mills or beat in morters to make in Cakes But they loosing their grosness grew leane and hungry and murmured and rebelled against the Lord lusting after the flesh pots of AEgypt Their desires being much and strong the Lord granted them flesh even as he granted them a King and his wrath and plegue came with it as you may see in Numb. 11.33 Psal. 78.31 While the flesh was yet between their teeth before it was chewed even then the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people and the Lord smote the people with an exceeding great plague Thus you see what miserable creatures we are being bred up with flesh and blood onyons and garlick all under Mars who God hath made governor over that humor that lusteth after flesh and blood which is made strong in us by feeding of it as I my selfe may speak by experience for if God had commanded mee to forbeare flesh before I had knowledg of this my discourse although he had sent an Angel or a man working miracles I doubt I should have judged all to be of the Devill for the lust I had after the sweetnesse of flesh even as the rich men in these our dayes will deny the Scripture wherein Christ commanded the rich man in the Gospel to sell his goods and give to the poor But they will say it reached no farther then that one rich man should for say they if we should believe this Scripture to extend to us we should make the poor richer then our selves So it seems by this that they had rather deny this Scripture and many more that speak to this purpose even Christ and all rather then to part from their riches this would have been my condition in ignorance Therefore let not the rich men mistake me and think that I would have them sell their goods before God hath enlightned their understandings let them see the danger of keeping it for then they would play the Hypocrites and doe as bad to themselves as if they had kept it although good to others this would be the condition of every one that shall forbear flesh or beere as in relation to God because it is a sinne against the body or bodies and soules of men Except any man thinks he sinnes against God in eating to him it is sinne because he is weake and doubteth So he ought to forbear because of his scruple as you shall see in Rom. 14.8 1 Cor. 8.10 For if any man see thee which hath knowledge fit at table in the Idols Temple shall not the conscience of him which is weak be boldned to eat those things which are sacrificed to Idolls you may observe from this that he that walketh by another mans light before he is fully convinced in himselfe if he buildeth on sand he will fall in the Tempest because he hath lost his tender light of his scruple which Paul endevored to strengthen in every one of his brethren let them be of what opinion they would in matter of conscience It s very plaine in Rom. 14. and very few in these dayes beleeveth it for we all cry out against many opinions yet every one would have his owne opinion justified we may as well cry out and condemn every one his Neighbour because they differ in physiognomy and so condemn the work of God without us as well as within us but this is rebellion against our Maker for the Scripture commandeth us not to judge one another in matter of conscience towards God but for the sinne against our brethren and neighbours we ought to know the Tree by his fruits So that any man or men in Countreys