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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	sin_n	soul_n	wound_v	2,163	5	9.3309	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02567	The Passion sermon preached at Paules Crosse, on Good-Friday. Apr. 14. 1609. By I.H.; Passion-sermon	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1609 (1609)	STC 12694A; ESTC S120929	27,290	102

not finished Two qualities striue for the first place in these two opinions Impietie and absurdity I know not whither to prefer For impietie here is GOD taxed of iniustice vnmercifulnesse insufficiencie falshood Of iniustice that he forgiues a sinne and yet punishes for that which he hath forgiuen vnmercifulnesse that hee forgiues not while he forgiues but dooth it by halfes insufficiencie that his raunsome must bee supplyed by men Falshood in that hee sayth It is finished when it is not For Absurdity how grosse and monstrous are these Positions that at once the same sinne should bee remitted and retained that there should bee a punishment where there is no fault that what could strike off our eternall punishment did not wipe off the temporall that hee which paid our pounds sticks at our farthings that God will retain what man may discharge that it is and is not finished If there bee any opinions whose mention confutes them these are they None can be more vaine none had more neede of soliditie for this proppe beares vppe alone the weight of all those millions of Indulgences which Rome creates and selles to the worlde That Strumpet would well neere goe naked if this were not These spirituall Treasures fetch in the Temporall which yet our reuerend and learned Fulke iustly cals a most blasphemous beggerly principle it bringes in whole chests yea mines of gold like the Popes Indies and hath not so much as a ragge of proofe to couer it whether of Antiquity of Reason of Scripture Not of Antiquity for these Iubilie Proclamations beganne but about three hundred yeares agoe Not of Reason how should one meere man pay for another dispense with another to another by another Not of Scripture which hath flatly said The bloud of Iesus Christ his sonne purgeth vs from all sinne and yet I remember that acute Sadeel hath taught mee that this practise is according to Scripture what Scripture Hee cast the money-changers out of the Temple and said Yee haue made my house a denne of thieues VVhich also Joachim their propheticall Abbot well applies to this purpose Some modest Doctors of Louan would faine haue minced this Antichristian blasphemie who beganne to teach that the passions of the Saints are not so by Indulgences applyed that they become true satisfactions but that they onely serue to moue God by the sight of them to apply vnto vs Christes satisfaction But these meal-mouthed Diuines were soon charmed foure seuerall Popes as their Cardinall confesseth fell vpon the necke of them and their opinion Leo the tenth Pius the fift Gregorie the thirteenth and Clemens the sixt and with their furious Bulles bellow out threates against them and tosse them in the ayre for hereticks and teach them vpon paine of a Curse to speake home with Bellarmine Passionibus sanctorum expiari delicta and straight Applicari nobis sanctorum passiones ad redimendas poenas quas pro peccatis Deo de bemus that by the sufferinges of Saintes our sinnes are expiated and that by them applyed wee are redeemed from those punishmentes which wee yet owe to God Blasphemy worthy the tearing of garments how is it finished by Christ if men must supply Oh blessed Sauiour was euery drop of thy bloud enough to redeeme a world and doe we yet need the helpe of men How art thou a perfect Sauiour if our Brethren also must be our redeemers Oh ye blessed Saints how would you abhorre this sacrilegious glory and with those holie Apostles yea that glorious Angell say Vide ne feceris and with those wise Virgins lest there will not bee enough for vs and you goe to them that sell and buy for your selues For vs we enuie not their multitude Let them haue as many Sauiours as Saintes and as many Saintes as men wee know with Ambrose Christi passio adiutore non eguit Christs passion needes no helper and therefore with that worthy Martyr dare say None but Christ none but Christ Let our soules die if he cannot saue them let them not feare their death or torment if he haue finished Heare this thou languishing and afflicted soule There is not one of thy sinnes but it is paid for not one of thy debtes in the s●roll of God but it is crossed not one farthing of all thine infinite ransome is vnpaide Alas thy prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them yea the confidence of prosperity Thou sayest God is mercifull thy Sauiour bounteous his passion absolute All these and yet thou mayest bee condemned Mercifull not vniust bountifull not lauish absolutely sufficient for all not effectuall to all Whatsoeuer God is what art thou Here is the doubt thou sayest well Christ is the good Shepheard wherein Hee giues his life but for whome for his sheepe What is this to thee while thou art secure prophane impenitent thou art a VVolfe or a Goate My sheepe heare my voyce what is his voyce but his preceptes where is thine obedience to his commandements If thou wilt not heare his law neuer hearken to his gospel here is no more mercy for thee then if there were no Sauiour He hath finished for those in whome hee hath begunne If thou haue no beginnings of grace as yet hope not for euer finishing of saluation Come to me all yee that are heauie laden saith Christ thou shalt get nothing if thou come when he calls thee not Thou art not called and canst not be refreshed vnlesse thou be laden not with sin this alone keepes thee away from God but with conscience of sinne A broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise Is thy heart wounded with thy sin doth griefe hatred striue within thee whether shal be more are the desires of thy soule with God doest thou long for holines complaine of thy imperfections struggle against thy corruptions Thou art the man feare not It is finished that law which thou wouldest haue kept and couldest not thy Sauiour could and did keepe for thee that saluation which thou couldest neuer worke out alone alas poor impotent creatures what can we doe towardes heauen without him which cannot moue on earth but in him hee alone for thee hath finished Looke vp therefore boldly to the throne of GOD and vpon the truth of thy repentance and faith know that there is no quarrell against thee in heauen nothing but peace and ioy All is finished he would be spitted on that hee might wash thee hee would bee couered with scornefull robes that thy sinnes might be couered he would be whipped that thy soule might not be scourged eternally he would thirst that thy soule might be satisfied he would beare all his Fathers wrath that thou mightest beare none hee would yeelde to death that thou mightest neuer taste of it he would be in sense for a time as forsaken of his father that thou mightest be receiued for euer Now bid thy Soule returne to her rest and enioyne it Dauids taske Prayse the Lord O my soule and What