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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	brethren_n	life_n	love_v	5,972	5	7.1555	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19280	The art of giuing Describing the true nature, and right vse of liberality: and prouing that these dayes of the gospell haue farre exceeded the former times of superstition in true charitie and magnificence. By Thomas Cooper.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1615 (1615)	STC 5692; ESTC S118543	43,483	144

THE ART OF Giuing Describing the true Nature and right vse of Liberality And prouing That these dayes of the Gospell haue farre exceeded the former times of Superstition in true Charitie and Magnificence BY THOMAS COOPER LONDON Printed for T. Pauter and are to be sold in Iuy Lane 1615. TO THE RIGHT VVorshipfull Sir Iohn Rotheram and Sir Gilbert Wakering Knights and their vertuous Ladies especiall Patrons of my studies T. C. wisheth all encrease of the blessings of Heauen and Earth Right Worshipfull THe occasions that hath moued mee to treate of this subiect of true Beneficence in these latter dayes are First to propose it as a liuely Touchstone for the triall of our holy entertainment of the glorious Gospell of Iesus Christ Secondly to confound hereby the vaine confidence of this deceitfull generation which seeme to be somewhat herein when indeed they are nothing deceiuing themselues euen as clouds without water in their false liberality And so to conuince the Atheist that saith where is the promise of his comming seeing this very decay of true loue is among other one of those pregnant signes that the day of the Lord Iesus is neere at hand that so the wise in heart may see the plague and hide himselfe And seeing he that is comming will come quickly with his reward with him to giue vnto euery one according to his work yea will come sodainly in an houre that no man knowes of ought we not alwaies to haue Oyle ready in our Lamps that so we may enter in vnto our masters ioy Surely were there nothing else to moue vs hereunto but the commandement of our heauenly Master this should prouoke vs to loue one another this should adiure vs to abound in Charity that so we might auoid eternall vengeance seeing all the commandements are fulfilled in this that we loue each other to faile in one duty is guilty of the breach of all But behold what loue the Father hath shewed vs that what was impossible to the commandement in regard of the transgression whereby sin reuiued became 〈◊〉 of measure sinfull and so the hatred increasing we had no hope but were as water spilt vpon the ground that we could not be gathered vp againe Our God which is rich in mercy through his great loue wherewith he loued vs supplied by a most gracious and wonderfull remedy namely the pretious bloud of his deere sonne as of a Lambe vndefiled without spot This is that bloud that hath spoken better things for vs then the bloud of Abel not only stopping that loud crie of Vengeance which our sinnes called for but opening vnto vs the gates of righteousnesse and enabling vs to walke in the similitude of the death and resurrection of Iesus Christ that so we might be partakers with him of eternall glory And this is that blessed Lord Iesus who hath not beene a stranger vnto vs or soiournour with vs for a season but hath beene liuely described in our sight and euen crucified among vs in the glorious and constant publishing of the Gospell of Peace And could greater loue be shewed to vs by any then that the sonne of God should lay downe his life for his And if the Lord so loued vs ought we not to loue one another Is not this our euidence that we loue God whom we haue not seene in that we loue our brethren whom we see daily Is not this our warrant that we are translated from death to life because we loue the brethren Behold then our triall of the right entertainment of the Gospell And haue wee brought forth this fruit to repentance and amendment of life Surely we must needs acknowledge that our glorious God can truly iustifie him against vs What could he haue done vnto vs which he hath not done Enquire we in the name of God of the dayes that are past which were before vs since the day that God created man vpon the earth and aske from one end of heauen to the other if there came to passe such a great thing as this or whither any such like thing hath beene heard What nation is so great vnto whom the Gods come so neere as the Lord our God is neere vnto vs in all that we call vnto him for Had euer nation the Gospell of Iesus Christ so long continued with such constant outward peace and prosperity for the better entertainment thereof Was euer nation deliuered out of so horrible a pit as was the Gunpowder treason Thus may the Lord iustifie himselfe against vs but how haue we iustified our God in a conscionable embracing of so great saluation bringing forth fruit answerable thereunto That we haue a name to be aliue who may deny vs Is not yet the Gospell preached in our streets Doe we not draw forth with ioy out of these fountaines of saluation How is it then that we bring forth wilde grapes are we not for all this euen now dead and pluckt vp by the rootes Yea if we may be beleeued our selues we say that we are rich and encreased with goods and haue neede of nothing But is not this because wee know not that we are poore and lame and blinde and miserable Are we not willingly ignorāt of the truth of our estates iudging of the same by false rules as Opinion Custome Estimation Multitude and such like and so are deceiued in our imagination esteeming our selues to be somewhat when we are nothing at leastwise nothing to what we should be Haue we brought forth fruit answerable to the time of our visitation Surely if there were nothing else to conuince our barrennesse vnprofitablenes in the entertainment of so great saluation the very bleating of the Sheep and lowing of the Oxen the cries and complaints of the poore ringing daily and piercing the heauens for their contempt and des●lations the diuisions of Ruben should cause great sorrow of heart this might iustly challenge a great decay of vnfained loue Is not Ephraim against Manasses and Manasses against Ephraim and both against Iuda Hath not the abundance of selfe-loue eaten out all hearty and true affection to each other while euery one seekes his owne and not that which may concerne the common good nay with the generall wracke of the publike weale And if wee thus bite and teare one another shall we not be deuoured of each other Learne we hence in the name of God to see the plague and hide our selues Is it not already begunne shall I say in the vttermost part of the hoast or not rather in the hoast and eyes thereof And is not the Kite ready to seaze vpon both The Lord giue vs vnderstanding in all things Is not this the day of Iacobs trauaile Doth not the Iudge stand at the doore Will not the Master come in an houre which that seruant dreameth not of and giue him his portion with Hypocrites where shall be weeping and wayling and gnashing of teeth Surely were it not that the Lord had reserued a