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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	brother_n	life_n	love_v	4,173	5	7.3769	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09013	The rose, and lily Delivered at the lecture, in Ashby de-la-zouch in the county of Leicester. By William Parks, Master of Arts, and curat of Chelaston in the county of Derby.	Parks, William, curat of Chelaston.	1639 (1639)	STC 19303; ESTC S102532	67,453	210

man then this that a man lay downe his life for his friends but Christ suffered for us dum inimici essemus p Rom. 5.8 10. while wee were sinners and enemies and gave himselfe to death for us while wee were q Eph. 2.1 dead in trespasses and sins Wee read of some indeed that have been ready to dy for their friends as r Cicer. Offic. Damon for his Pithyas Pylades ſ Idem de Amici for his Orestes of whom the Poet. t Ovid. Extitit hoc unum quod non convenerat illis Hic negat inque vicem pugnat uterque mori They never fell out about any thing but this which of them should first lay downe his life for the other And wee read of some that have dyed for others as S. Austine reports v De Civitate Dei li. 8. cap. 5. of Castor and Pollux the sons of Tyndarus that Pollux intreated to impart halfe his life on his brother And we read that Codrus did willingly w Iustin dy for his countrey And also it is reported x Iuv. ●ill Subeuntem fata mariti Alcesten that Alcestes did undergo the destinies of her husband and by her death redeemed his life These shewed great loves in laying downe their lives but it was for them that loved them as much or had deserved so much at their hands But Christ layd downe his life for us not onely Sine nostris meritis sed cum nostris demeritis saith S. Bernard y In Cant. Ser. 15 when we deserved no love but when we deserved as much hatred from him as was due unto his enemies and extended the fruits of that love and the benefits of that passion to all that will lay hold upon them It is written of the Cherubins z 1 Kings 6.27 that they stretched out their wings ad parietes usque to the wall on each side full ten cubits so Christ being stretched forth upon the Crosse extended his benefits to the ends of the World hee stood open to receive all commers and spread forth the branches of his love unto all therein resembling the leaves of the Lilies of the Valleyes Thirdly the Lily Lactei floris herba unde nuncupata quasi lidia saith Isidore a Orig. lib. 17 cap 9. cujus cum candor sit in foliis auri tamen species intus effulget The Lily is a milke white Flower from whence it takes its denomination from the whitenes of it and the whitenes of the Lily may signify Christs eternity And therefore S. Iohn the divine describing the parts of Christs Body sayes b Rev. 1.14 his Head and his Haires were white like Wooll as white as Snow for though c Perkins on the Rev. as hee is man he had a beginning yet in regard of his God-head he is eternall and is therefore called d Dan 7.22 the ancient of dayes there is nothing more ancient then he for he had a being when all other creatures were not being begotten of his Father before all time And therefore the Arrian out of his envious pride e Sidenham Ser. on John 8.50 is at once bountifull and injurious willing to invest Christ with the title 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but disrobes him of that glorious title and his owne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 granting him a like essence with the Father not the same equall to him in power not eternity for if he bee a sonne saith he he must be borne and if borne there was a time when there was on sonne Indeed it is true according to the course of nature but this is so farre above it that f Es 53.8 who can declare it Cum natum confitemur non tamen non natum praedicamus saith S. Hilary g De Trin. li. 12. When we confesse that he was borne we do not say that he was not borne For ubi author aeternus est ibi nativitatis aeternitas est Where the author of the birth is eternall there is also an eternity of the nativity and from an eternall begetter proceeds an eternall begetting Indeed the Word h John 1.14 was made flesh but non amiserat quod erat sed coeperat esse quod non erat saith the same Father hee ceased not to be what he was before but he began to be in a new manner that he was not before The name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iehovah derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Havah fuit he was in which name all time past present and to come is comprehended as the Rabbins k Becay on Ex. apul A●nsworth have observed is given unto Christ who is called Ier. 23.6 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iehovah tsidkenu the Lord our righteousnes intimating that hee is the same GOD that is l Rev. 1.8 that was ab aeterno from all eternity and will be in aeternum to all eternity Hee being the same yesterday m Heb. 13 8. before his comming to day at his comming and for ever even at his comming againe Heare Christ testifying of himselfe n John 5.26 as the Father hath life in himselfe so hath he given to the Son to have life in himselfe Apertissime docet saith Saint Cyrill o Th saur lib. 10. cap. 1. quod sicut pater in seipso aeternaliter vitam habet sic filius aeternaliter vitam in seipso habet As the Father hath life eternally in himselfe so hath the Son life eternally in himselfe As he was man p Athanas Creed of the substance of his Mother borne in the World so was he God of the substance of his Father begotten before the Worlds for hee is eternall being the white Lily of the Valleys But whitenes more properly signifies innocency and therefore the Latines call innocency candor which signifies whitenes and innocent men candidi white men and the holy Ghost seemes to allow it for the Church is said q Rev. 19.8 to be arrayed in fine linnen cleane and white which is the righteousnes or innocency of the Saints Seeing then that folia liliorum sunt purissima tam intus quam extra candidissima the Lily is most pure and white both within and without it fitly resembles the innocency both of Christs nature and action Nigra sunt vitia virtus candida est saith S. Bern. r In Cant. Ser. 7. vices are blacke but vertue is white So that Cicero might well affirme ſ De legibus li. 2 that Color albus praecipuè decorus Deo est the whitest colour is most agreeable to the highest Son of GOD. Absque liliis nunquam est qui absque vitiis semper est t Div. Bern. ubi supr He is never without the whitenes of the Lily that is ever without the blacknes of sinne Hee is fayrer then u Psal 45.2 the children of men And it may more truely be sayd of him then it was of Absolom w 2 Sam. 14.25 But in