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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	knowledge_n	sin_n	sin_v	2,885	5	9.7377	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19511	Christ his crosse or The most comfortable doctrine of Christ crucified and ioyfull tidings of his passion, teaching vs to loue, and imbrace his crosse, as the most sweete and celestiall doctrine vnto the soule, and how we should behaue our selues therein according to the word of God. Newly published by Iohn Andrewes minister and preacher of the word of God at Barricke Basset in the country of Wiltes. Wherein is contained, first the chiefe and principall motiues and causes, that should moue and stirre vs vp to the earnest meditation of his passion. Secondly, with what minde we should come to his meditation. Thirdly, how divers and manifold is the meditation of the passion. The fourth part intreateth of the types, and figures contained in the old Testament, touching the passion of Christ.	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1614 (1614)	STC 594; ESTC S115373	48,402	86

And as our Saviour Christs power was not so much magnified in curing one that was but a few daies sicke Ioh 5 8. as in curing him that was thirtie eight yeares diseased so the mercy of God is not so much magnified in curing a small sinner or a few sinnes as in curing of great sinners his goodnesse sheweth it selfe for when they haue so humbled themselues by returning vnto God by true repentance that with the Centurion they can send their friends that is their zealous and ful beleeuing prayers vnto Christ with this message Lord I am not worthy thou shouldst enter vnder my roofe but Luk 7. 6 7. speake the word and my sinnes will be cured or with Peter Lord depart from me a sinfull man then shall they finde Luk. 5. 8. their soules cured their sinnes pardoned Christ wil come to them in mercy Thus much concerning the false repentance with this short perswasion to withdrawe men from the same Now followeth the true repentance Wherin first let vs consider that there is no doctrine in the Church 2. The true repentance of God so necessary as the doctrine of repentance amēdmēt of life neither doth the holy ghost so much labour in all the Scripture as he doth to beate repentance into mens heads it was the only sermon which Iohn Baptist preached while hee prepared the way for Mat. 3. 2. Christ Repent for the kingdome of God is at hand This repentance is not defined altogether by this word poenitentia because as Divines saie it doth not comprehend totum terminum à quo ad quem from whom and to whom we must returne But this is the true Repentance which the latines interpret by this word Resipiscentia or Conuersio which is not only a changing of the minde but it is Recessus à malo a forsaking of euill accessus ad bonum and returning vnto that which is good reuertimini vsque ad me saith the Lord returne as far as vnto me we must returne vnto the Lord wee must returne vnto him alone for he is the truth and the fountaine of all goodnes For better proofe that true Repentance is a turning vnto God we may proue it by the Authority of the holy Scriptures plentiously where God commandes vs to returne vnto him O yee children of Israel saith he Esa 31. 6. turne againe from your infidelity wherein you drowned your selues Againe turne you turne you from your euill Ezech. 33. 11. waies for why will yee die O yee house of Israel And again Esa 55. 7. let the wicked for sake their evill waies and returne vnto the Lord and he will haue mercy vpon them for hee is mercifull very ready to forgiue Hosea exhorting the people vnto repentance saith Come and let vs returne vnto the Lord. And againe O Israell returne vnto the Lord Hos 6. 1. Hos 14. 2. Ier. 4. 1. Ezech. 18. 30 32. thy God for thou hast falne by thine iniquitie Likewise saith Ieremiah O Israell if thou returne returne vnto me As much saith Ezechiah returne vnto the Lord cause others to returne away from all their transgressions Therefore this returning vnto the Lord as a Father saith ought not to be done carelesly but Lavandum est cor poenitētiae lacrymis we must wash our harts in the troubled poole of Bethesda in the troubled teares of repentance having an inward sorrow of the minde wrought by the holy Ghost for the sins before committed against so good and gracious a God ioyned both with a perfect faith to be forgivē for Christ his sake and also with a full and determinate purpose from henceforth to amende and lead a new life Now beloued the holy scripture alleageth that true repentance hath two principall parts mortificatio vivificatio mortifying the old man the quickning of the new man mortificatiō cōtaineth first acknowledging of sin secondly a sorrow and griefe for sinne thirdly a flying and shunning of sin vivification which is the quickning of the new man cōprehendeth those things that are contrary to mortificatiō which is first acknowledging of Gods mercy the applying therof in Christ secondly a ioyfulnes thence arising thirdly an ardent or earnest endeavour to sinne no more we may adde vnto true repentance those 4. parts as afore said the first Contrition of the heart in the which wee ought for to be sorrowful for these three things first for the sin we haue committed secondly for the good we haue omitted thirdly for the good time wee haue lost so that we may plainely see that Contrition is a feare and sorrowfulnesse of conscience which perceiveth that God is angry with sin is sory that we haue sinned Now to speake more largely of it let vs knowe that contrition also comprehēdeth these two things first the knowledge of God requiring obedience and discommending disobedience and not remitting sin without a full and perfect satisfactiō either in respect of obedience it selfe or else in respect of punishment secondly the discussing or examining our own nature of our thoughts our wils our affections and al our actions and deeds according to the square and rule of Gods lawes in every point whereby we are lead and brought to the knowledge as wel of our filthines as also of our iust condemnation Therefore S. Paule willeth vs to examine our selues and call our soules to daily 2. Cor 13. 5. account thus did Sextius when the day was ended and the night come wherin he should take his rest he would aske his minde what evil hast thou healed this day what vice hast thou stood against in what part art thou bettered In the which examination if wee throughly cōsider we may easily finde that we offend God three manner of waies that is by the delight of the thought by the lapse of the tongue and by the pride of works those three are to be cured by three contrary remedies the delight of the thought by inward sorrow and contrition of the heart the lapse of the tongue by confession of the mouth in the examining of our selues and the pride of workes by our vpright liuing al these being rightly done shewe that we are in the way of true Repentance And thus much for the first part The second part of Repentance Secondly Repentance requireth also confession not Auricular but before God and craving of pardon in seeking and most earnest entreating the helpe merciful fauour of our Saviour Iesus Christ Now of this confession I haue already spoken of in the thirde motiue which doth declare the weaknes of our nature but to speake more largely of it Chrysostome saith that nothing pleaseth God more then Confession if it bee ioined with true contrition and that it is a part of humiliation and ever ioined with true repentaunce because they cannot be truely humbled repent who confesse not their sins vnto God neither wil he giue them pardon for God couers when men