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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
A20734	A funerall sermon preached at Watton in Hertfordshire, at the buriall of the ancient and worthy knight, Sir Philip Boteler, Decemb. 9. 1606	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1607 (1607)	STC 7116; ESTC S110134	29,412	80

is Popish pollutions as the context or coherence in both places sheweth Neither was hee a backeward professor as many are who haue no care of religion but manifested his forwardnes by diuers good signes As first by frequenting the holy exercises of religion abroad and hauing them duely performed at home Secondly by louing reuerencing and countenancing faithfull Ministers Preachers of Gods Word For this I doubt not to auouch that the religion and deuotion of me● towards God may be discerned by n● one signe better then by the respect which they haue to Gods Ministers Fo● as our Sauiour saith he that receiueth y● receiueth me and he that desp●seth you despiseth me For as he that despiseth a Minister in respect of his calling doth euidently bewray himselfe neither to ha● any grace nor yet to desire any because the grace which either hee hath or desireth ordinarily is procured by the Ministery as I could shew at large so he that loueth and reuerenceth a Minister for his calling sake as this worthy Knight did he doth shew that he hath found the Ministery of the Word to bee the power of God to his saluation Of his loue to other my brethren in the Ministery the great concourse of Ministers at this present to honor his funerall is a sufficient euidence As touching my selfe I do with thankfulnesse acknowledge the greatnes of his loue manifested towards me diuers waies wherein he may seeme to haue followed the graue aduise of the Greek Orator in that he hath made me to inherit that loue friendship which from a child he did euer beare to my father Thirdly his forwardnes appeared by louing and fauouring those that were honest and religious and hampering those who were otherwise disposed who now perhaps will vtter their spleene and by their slanderous speeches proue that 〈◊〉 he honored and loued those that feared God so such vile and naughty persons as themselues were odious in his sight Which is one good note of the child of God as the holy Ghost witnesseth Psal. 15. 4. Beloued in the Lord it is no small token of a member of Christ when a man loueth the members of Christ for their godlines and vertues sake For they their are of the world hate those that bee in Christ. And as a wicked man is an abomination to the godly euen so a godly man is an abomination to the wicked Iohn therefore setteth this downe as a special signe hereby saith he we know that we are translated from death to life because wee loue the brethren I hasten to his cariage among men and first in his dealings as a priuate mā wherein he was I speake of his generall course a strict obseruer of truth in hi● words of iustice in his deeds of fidelity in his promises But chiefely conside● him in the discharge of his calling For a mans calling is that stāding wherin God hath placed him to exercise his faith and obedience that therein hee may glorifie God and doe good to men Consider his priuate calling as he was an housholder or head of his familie And therein acknowledge with me his great loue and fidelity to his wife his fatherly prouidence towards his children and nephewes his great wisedome and care in gouerning his seruants and preseruing them from those horrible vices which as they be vsuall now adaies in great families so no doubt will pull downe the fearefull iudgements of God vpon them I meane swearing and swaggering and finally his goodnesse and bountie towards those whom he found diligent honest and frugall But his publique calling as he was a Magistrate and gouernour in the Common-wealth doth now call me vnto it Wherein all I doubt not who did not mislike him for his iust seueritie either against themselues or such as were neere vnto them wil freely acknowledge that he was a very good Iusticer and a very notable good Common-wealthes man both for his sufficiencie and wisedome which was great and also for his great zeale and good affection towards his countrie and couragious resolution to shew himselfe forward in good causes The truth whereof if we did not sufficiently see whilest wee enioyed him I dout we shall too well feele by wanting him And thus you haue heard of his sobrietie and gouernment of himselfe of his faith and religion towards God and of his iustice charity towards men In all which you are not to vnderstand me as though I went about to maintaine that he had no infirmities or that he neuer failed in any particulars for alas is many things we offend all and highly i● that man to be commended whose generall course is such as I haue described Yea happy and thrice happy is that man who hath a setled and vnfaine● purpose of obseruing those duties of sobrietie iustice and pietie though besid● his purpose he faile in many particula● through infirmitie for 〈◊〉 a one no doubt is the true child of God And as these signes did shew that he liued in the Lord so the same added to his demeanor in the time of his sicknes will proue that he died in the Lord. I wil begin with his Christian charitie in forgiuing those that had offended him in giuing satisfaction to such as thought themselues wronged in seeking to bee reconciled with such as he might thinke did beare any grudge towards him which being considered together with the greatnes both of his mind and state will seeme no small argument of great Christianity And herein he did acknowledge as he had cause the good prouidence of God towards him in giuing him occasion whilest he was aliue and able to answere for himselfe to cleare himselfe as to my vnderstanding hee did of diuers imputations which otherwise might perhaps haue proued scandalous after his death No lesse commendable was his Christian pietie towards God shewing it selfe in the time of his sicknes not onely in the exercises of religion as often hearing of the word preached receiuing the Sacrament more than once to assure him of his vnion and communion with Christ daily inuocation of the name of God but also in approouing his faith and patience being by a long and sharp sicknesse so throughly tried In respect whereof I may not forget his behauiour at two especiall times the one a weeke before his death when as his speech being taken from him hee supposed the time of his dissolution to bee at hand And therefore minding to prepars himselfe for death he calleth by signes for inke and paper and as hee could writeth the names of diuers Ministers and some other his faithfull friends whom he would haue sent for that they might bee both assistants vnto him by the● prayer and godly counsaile in the agonie of death as also witnesses of hi● faithfull departure But before the● came it pleased GOD to restore h● speech whereby to his owne and the● comfort he made a notable confession of his faith which also he then sealed