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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	body_n	soul_n	spirit_n	17,497	5	5.6554	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74906	The rules of dispute, practised by Christ and his apostles, for deciding the controversies of that age, and our rule for the determining of our own. Or, The right use of spiritual weapons, against spiritual wickedness, and the darkness of this world in the Christians warfare against hereticks, schismaticks, Eph. 6.12 with false prophets and deceivers. Herin are also briefly explained, I. The terms set down in scripture, or the grounds of Christian dispute. II. That the form thereof may appear more cleer, you have herein several cases in scripture debated under the same form, and the places whence the arguments are drawn. / By an unworthy witness of the name and Gospel of Christ, John Brayne.	Brayne, John.	1653 (1653)	Thomason E715_12	16,735	28

to their own sense far from the minde of God 5. As they buffeted Christ so these persecute Truth 6. As they mocked Christ so these call Truth Heresie Schism deceit 7. As the Priests cryed Crucifie Christ so these cry Suppress the Truth make Laws against it binde up Truth as Christ was bound not suffering it to be preached 8. As Christ had a reed put in his hand and was called King so Truth is mockt and derided by men that seemingly profess it 9. As Christ hath been buryed so the Truth at the time of whose rise God shall send an Angel or Messenger to roll away the stone thereon whose wisdom shall make the keepers to tremble and become as dead men A work shortly to be done These keepers will tell the people lyes and say Truth was stollen out of the grave and not raised by the power of God You that are learned take heed hereto and consider what I say Illustr As Aarons Priesthood died with Christs ascension so Truth rising puts an end to Romes Priesthood who as Mat. 3.10 will prove that ax that roots up the corrupt trees of Errour among men Reasons why I compare Christ's handling to Truth 's by us are 1 Christ faith he is the Truth what is done in one is done in the other 2. As Christ suffered for witnessing to Truth so now Truth suffers for witnessing to Christ In a word look what Christ was to the disciples or Church that Aristotle is to the Scholars in the Academies whose opposition one to the other appears from these principles 1. Aristotle teacheth and by dispute maintains that Man consists onely of a soul and body whom all the now Academicks follow against the doctrine of the Gospel 1 Thes 5.23 2. Say Aristotle's now-disciples The souls go to heaven or hell immediately after death Says Christ and the Word It is the spirit that returns to God and the soul goeth to the grave Acts 2. 3. Aristotle says A privatione ad habitum non datur regressus against the doctrine of the resurrection held out in the Gospel 4. Says Aristotle Ex nihilo nihil fit which denies the doctrine of the Creation Et quod honestate virtute est summum bonum Vide Lactant. de falsa sapientia cap. 6. 5. Says he The World is eternal and Nature the God of it Aristotle out of his Learning and Wit brought forth this deadly fruit with much more like this which tends onely to Atheize men whose writings like a filthy dunghi● sending forth rotten savours is to be abominated and his practice and rules of dispute as the weapons of the darkness of this world to be laid aside by all that love God and profess subjection to Jesus Christ and the Gospel and desire to be made wise thereby to salvation or otherwise they do by Truth as the Philistine Harlot by Sampson cut off his hair rob him of his strength at last put out its fight and make way to make it grind in the mill of error the best of them not making their Arguments speak from the Scripture but endeavour to make the Scripture speak from their Arguments which is no less then abomination before God and is usually done without shew of reason or shadow of truth My necessity disables me or I could clear how the very places from whence God takes the Scripture-Arguments in the proof of truth and seem to agree with Aristotles Philosophy do yet in the nature and use of them so differ that the one is never to be understood in the other O therefore that men would search the Scriptures and learn learning and wisdom thence by which onely men may be made wise to God and be saved In Answer to some who in opposition to a late Treatise written by me question whether the Judicial Law of God be binding to Gentiles as well as Jews I Onely propose in stead of much else that may be said this one thing That if the Ten Commands are binding to all then the Judicials are no less binding 1 The Judicials being comprehended in one of the Ten Commands so as that they are in and of the same and not to be by any destroyed but it proves a destruction in part to the Decalogue and are as branches issuing from their root 2 The punishments are as the life of the Law the Law being indeed no Law longer then its Judgements are put in execution 3 The punishments are not as mens exceeding the offence or less then the offence in which is its Justice or injustice as What equality is there between a few pence and a mans life or a few shillings and a mans liberty the maintainance of his family I farther commend the necessity in execution of malefactors that the witnesses be the prime executioners on whom the blood of the executed was to fall and so alone the Nation to be free from the guilt thereof which now this Nation is lyable to the gui●t of all blood unjustly spilt because shed by others then the witnesses contrary to Gods institution It being the custom of the witnesses to say in execution of malefactors His blood be on us and on our children and so the Nation to be free thereby from it In the last place I wish the now form of swearing men in judgement may be considered of by these Queries First Whether God gave his Name in judgement to be sworn by but in that judgement his own Law prescribes 2 Or whether the Name of God may be administred by men judging by humane Laws 3 Whether if men swear they are to swear by lifting up the hand to God and by God or his Name on or by a book 4 If by a book whether by the Gospel or the Law which is the rule of judgement 5 Whether the now swearing upon the book be not a Popish idol and a meer delusion 1 As it is distinct from God and contrary to his institution 2 As it is a corrupt translation and not indeed the truth of God All which its high time for the now Magistrate professing the knowledge of the true God to look into who hath so delivered and doth so deliver them that they may deliver the Nation from bondage and make them free according to God and his Truth in all things To whom be praise and glory FINIS