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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	believe_v	die_v	live_v	4,475	5	5.3700	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20262	A briefe & necessary instruction verye needefull to bee knowen of all housholders, whereby they maye the better teach and instruct their families in such points of Christian religion as is most meete. Not onely of them throughly to be vnderstood, but also requisite to be learned by hart of all suche as shall bee admitted vnto the Lordes Supper.	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.; More, John, d. 1592.	1572 (1572)	STC 6679; ESTC S114092	20,602	56

no ende Hee sent hys owne sonne in the similitude of synfull flesh to be a redeemer and to condemne synne in the flesh So that this is the Sauiour sent into the world euen Iesus Christ the righ teous in whom the fulnes of the Godhead doth dwell bodely that when there was no saluation in al creatures GOD myght bee in Christ and reconcile the world vn to him selfe Question If Christ through the power and vertue of his Godhead did fulfill all righteousnes and satisfie for our sinne why then was he also made man lyke vnto vs Aunswer As it was necessary that Christ should be God or els he could not haue bene so perfect righteous as the lawe of God required nor yet haue borne the heauye burden of syn So it was also necessary that he should be mā or els he had bene ryghteous onely to hym selfe and we through him had not ben sauc tified For it could not be that we should haue bene partakers of his grace if he had not ben partaker of our nature nor we could not haue bene free from the wrath of God and rigour of hys lawe except our nature in him had felt his fathers anger he perfect man for vs had bene accursed for God had so appointed that the soule that had sinned it should die and he is not like vnto man that he should repent but the woord that he had spoken he would surelye accomplishe And therfore that God myght be righteous in hys iudgement Christe was mā like vnto vs and so in our flesh offered him selfe vnto death as if he should haue sayd vnto hys father Execute O God thy iudgements against man loe beholde me a perfect man I will beare thē And thus was our sauiour Christ perfect God that he might be stronger then Sathan and take synne away and perfect man that wee might haue part of his redemption who in all thinges was lyke vnto vs synne onely excepted Question Sithe Christ God and man hath thus payde the punishment of our sinnes are we now all discharged before God Aunswer No not euery one shall be saued by Christ but they alone that doo beleue in a true fayth take hold of his mercies Question Rehearse the Articles of this fayth Aunswer I beleue in God the father c. Question Why makest thou mention of God the Father God the Sonne God the holy Ghost seing there is but one God Aunswer As the scripture teacheth vs most plainly that ther is but one God so likewyse it teacheth me that the sa●● diuine substance is distinguished into three persons into the Father the Sonne and the holye Ghost Whych three persons are one God eternall infinite most perfect in it selfe And when God shall geue vs such eyes as shall be able to see the glorious Maiesty of his Godhead then we shall haue also such heauenlye wysedome as shall easely perceiue the distinction of the persōs In the meane while we wyll beleue the truth of hys eternall woord and hate and detest all contrary heresies Question God graunt vnto vs al this sobrietie but tel me now what is the effect of the Articles of thy fayth Aunswer First I beleue that God the Father the maker of all thinges for his sonne Christes sake is my Father and therfore loueth me Secondly that God the Sonne was made mā for me hath wrought for me what so euer was needefull to saluation Thirdlye I beleue that God the holy Gost dwelleth in my hart as the seale of myne election and perswadeth me that Christes benefites are all myne worketh in mee that I dye vnto synne and lyue vnto righteousnes Question What is it that thou callest the Catholike Church Aunswer The catholicke Churche is the whole company of the faythfull which haue ben here to fore or are now or shall be to the latter ende euen the whole fellowshyp of the elect of God I beleue the God know eth them all that he hath and wyll take them all into his glory Question What callest thou the cōmunion of saints Aunswer The cōmunion of Saintes is the society that we haue all with God through Christ Iesu the employing of all Gods benefits both spiritual temporal to the mutual help and comfort one of an other according to the measure offaith that we haue receiued Thus I beleue the Saints of God wil do and while they are in this life lyue one to another Question What is it to beleue the forgeuenes of syn Aunswer To beleue that the punishment of our synnes is fully payd by Iesus Christ and therefore freely forgeuen vnto all that beleue in him Question What beleuest thou of the resurrection of the bodie Aunswer I do beleue that after thys lyfe ended my soule shal go to God that gaue it that my body shal rest in the graue till the apointed tyme then I shal see God in my flesh I my selfe shal see him myne owne eyés shall looke vpon hym euen in this body made glorious and with out al corruption like vnto the body of Christ. Question What is it thou sayest of life euerlasting Aunswer I beleue that when God shal raise againe this body ioyne agayne in one my body soule that then my body shal be without al corruptiō no more subiect to any chaūge but that Death it selfe our last enemye shal be taken away swallowed vp in victory I shall lyue so that I shal neuer dye God strengthen vs by his spirit in the inner man that we may be able to comprehēd with al his Saints what is the lēgth the breadth the height the depth that we may know the loue of Christ and be filled with al fulnes of God. Question The Lord increase this faith in vs But tell me haue we this faith in our owne power to beleue if our selues wyll Aunswer No but faith is the gift of God euen as our saluation likewyse is of our selues there is not one of vs that cā so much as name the Lord Iesus but it is wrought in vs by the holy Ghost through the preaching of the woord confirmed and made strong by the same Spirite through the vse of the woorde and Sacramentes Question How many Sacramentes are there Aunswer Two Baptisme and the Lordes Supper Question What strength of fayth haue we through our Baptisme Aunswer Baptisme is a seale and token by whych God wyll haue me assured that my syns are forgeuen me and that my lyfe is acceptable in hys sight That like as the water washeth away the filthines of our bodies so our soules throughe the bloud of Christ are made cleane frō the corruption of syn And as after our outward washing the bodye is more comely so after our Baptisme the spirit of God woorketh in vs that syn is