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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	covenant_n	new_a	testament_n	4,131	5	9.2871	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01252	The comforter: or A comfortable treatise wherein are contained many reaso[n]s taken out of the word, to assure the forgiunes of sinnes to the conscience that is troubled with the feeling thereof. Together with the temptations of Sathan to the contrarie, taken from experience: written by Iohn Freeman sometime minister of the word, in Lewes in Sussex.	Freeman, John, fl. 1611.	1606 (1606)	STC 11368; ESTC S113774	85,859	215

Exodus where the Lord being to establish his fi●st which is that old couenant with the Iewes in the hand of Moses the Mediator of the old Couenant caused diuers beasts to be sacrificed and their bloods to be taken in two vessels acco ding to the two persons that is God and the Iewes with whom the Couenant was to be made and the blood to be sprinkled vpon the pillars erected for that purpose the one representing the Lord the other the people which being accordingly performed by Moses he added saying This is the blood of that couenant which the Lord hath made with you That is to say this blood is that blood by the which the Lord sealeth vnto you the couenant that before hee co●enanted with you Thus as the Lord sealed his old couenants with the blood of bullocks goats and rammes which were but tipes of Christ the body of all the shadowes So he sealed according to his vsuall maner this his Indenture of the new couenant in like maner with blood and that with the blood of his only begotten sonne And the reason why the Lord after this manner sealed his couenants was this for that vnto those people a will or a testament and a couenant were all of one nature And therefore the Apostle to the Hebrues the spirit of God in diuers places beside comprehendeth them both vnder one name or word which is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifieth either a will or testament also a couenant Now we know that a testament or wi●l and so a couenant is neuer ratified vntill the death of the testator that is the man that made the will but he being once dead the will cannot be altered but must stand vnchangeably For a man that is dead cannot alter his will or couenant The Lord therefore being immortall and therefore could not die that he might by the same vnchangeable manner ratifie and confirme his promises caused certaine beasts which represented his bodie as tipes and figures of himselfe to be slaine for him and in his stead vntill that Christ himselfe who was aboue all things God blessed for euermore should in his owne person by his owne death and the shedding of his most precious bloud estab ish and confirme this his owne good will and testament that is this new couenant afore mentioned And thereby seale sinnes and purge iniquitie so bring in euerlasting peace as the Angell speaketh to Daniel in his ninth Chapter Christ therefore by his death and bloodshedding hath established this new couenant of the forgiuenes of our sinnes in such sort as that it cannot be changed For the man being dead as the Apostle sheweth to the Hebrewes the wil is not to be altered God therfore that he might assure vs that he would not alter this his good will couenant of grace laid downe his owne life and so by his death which was by the shedding of his blood hee hath so sealed this his couenant as that it cannot be broken nor disanulled And as hereby hee hath inuincibly confirmed his couenants so hath he herein vsed no other seale to seale them withall thā that which hath been alwayes vsuall in the like cases For as all his former couenants especially the old couenant were confirmed by blood so likewise is this his Indenture sealed and so ratified by the blood of Iesus Christ which is therfore as before I said verie fitly called the blood of the new couenant for that thereby this couenant is ratified sealed vnchangeably confirmed Thus then thou hast the Lords Indenture written with his owne hand and sealed with his owne blood which is that broad seale and that seale of Armes that is vsually affixed vnto such couenants escripts And herein least thou shouldest thinke that this seale were a counterfeit or added by stealth thou art to know that the institution of this seale or Sacrament came not from man but frō God himselfe who the same night that hee was betraied ordained the same cōmaunded it to be ioyned and added vnto the word of grace and the preaching of the forgiuenesse of sinnes as infinit proofes might be alleaged if it were a mater of any doubt The truth therfore and the lawfulnes of the seale is a matter out of all doubt and controuersie What is there els then that thou requirest for the confirmation of this his or rather thine euidence Desirest thou witnesse Behold the testimonie of all the Prophets and Apostles who were the pen-men and writers hereof who therfore ought to stand for double witnesses Behold the witnes of the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost the witnes of all the faithfull of God who with one mouth as afterward in part shall appeare do confesse the same But what shalt thou need to bee carefull hereof when thou mayest bee assured that the lord if thou shew him his own writings and scriptures will neuer deny his owne hand Hauing therefore this Indenture writing of the Lords own hand follow herein the example of that godly king Ezekiah who whē he had receiued letters from Zenacherib that were blasphemous against God entred into the temple of God vnfolded them and layd them open before God to mooue the Lord the rather thereby to bowe downe his eares and to heare his requests that hee powred out before him So thou hauing receiued not from mā but from God himselfe writing euidēces not of wrath but of his free me●cie and the forgiuenesse of thy sinnes enter into thy chāber take these euidences couenants of the Lord with thee vnfold them spread them lay them open and read them before the face of God And withall after the example of Ezechiah poure forth thy prayers supplications before the Lord and say vnto him as followeth OH most merciful God the father o all comfort and consolation thou that art that strong God that forgiuest offences and passest by iniquitie in the remnant of thy possession thou that preparest the heart of the poore then openest thine eare to hearken therevnto Incline O Lord thine eare heare open O Lord thine eies and see behold O Lord the word of thine owne lips the writings of thine owne hand Of a truth Lord I haue sinned and done exceedīg wickedly in thy sight I acknowledge it confesse it before the throne of thy grace But thou O Lord according to the riches of thy mercy and louing kindnes hast promised to forgiue mine offences Yea the more to shew the stablenes of thy counsell thou hast tied thy selfe by an oath thereunto And that which is more thou hast couenanted and indented with me by thi● thy couenant to passe by mine iniquities to remember my sinnes no more And now Lord regard I beseech thee thy gracious and free mercie the oath of thy holinesse and behold the words of thine owne mouth the works and the couenants of thine owne hands sealed with thine own most precious blood confirmed by thy death

neighbors beast sware that it perished not through his default the lender ought and that by the law of God to giue credit vnto him and to rest satisfied How much more then not man but the Lord hauing sworne to forgi e thy sinnes oughtest thou to rest satisfied So that now euen in reason in co●science in equitie and in law the forgiuenes of thy sinnes ought to be a matter out of all doubt and cont●ouersie If thou receiuest the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater And yet euen with men if they haue not cast of al I say not feare of God but humanitie there is such a religion of an oath as that rather than they will forswear themselues they will sustaine any inconuenience Examples whereof we may haue plentie not onely from dayly experience but euen out of the testimonie of the word of truth H●rod swore to giue to that dancing da●sell euen whatsoeuer shee asked yea though it were the one halfe of hi● kingdome she dema●nded the head of Iohn Baptist. The scripture testifieth that albeit He●od feared the people and so a ciuill insurrection that might haue cost him his life kingdome also yet for his oaths sake hee sent his executioners I will not now dispute how lawfully to cut off his head Iephtha a Iudge of Israell if he returned with victory vowed to sacrifice vnto the Lord the first liuing thing that he met withall after his returne The Lord so disposed of the matter that his owne daughter was the fi●st that offered her selfe vnto him Neither the regard of nature nor of the life of his own daughter nor of his sinne against God although perchance hee knew not that hee sinned therein no nor any thing else could make him to break his though but vn-aduised vow But what shall I speake of these men with whom a shew of religion might seem thus to haue preuailed when it is manifest that there haue been amongst the heathen many such especially one Marcus Attilius regulus that would for their oaths sake returne againe from their owne friends countrey where they might haue rested i● peace and safetie into their enemies hands notwithstanding that they knew that there were most exquisit and picked torments the●e provided for them how many haue we known with vs who being constrained by their oath haue layd open their owne shame and secre●ie to their greatest and vttermost pe●ill If such be the reuerence of an oath taken but by God what thinke we will be the reward thereof when it is taken of God If man whose heart is aboue al things most deceit●ull will not be m●oued to breake his oath doe we thinke that the Lord who is the righteous iudge of the whole earth can be moued to forsweare himselfe The Lord will not suffer that man that sweareth to his neighbour and disappointeth him to dwell within his tabernacle nor to rest vpon his holy hill and then is it likely that he will suffer the sinne it selfe for the which hee reprooueth the man to haue place in his owne person God forbid that we should so conceue of the Lord acco nting him to be lesse constant than inconstant man If it were possible that such an imagination shuld creep into our heads as that we should thinke that the Lord would lye yet far be it from vs that we should think that the Lord would forsweare himselfe Euē this one word therefore which is that the Lord hath sworne to forgiue vs our sins should strike into our hearts such a full assurance therof as that we should rest in peace be fully satisfied and resolued therin no longer wauering as the vnconstant doubtfull minded man but rather reioice be comforted glorie in the Lord euen as my selfe haue known many of the elect of god to haue done who although before they were horribly afraid and disquieted in their own souls yet so soon as they heard this once that God hath sworne to forgiue their sins haue been exceedingly comforted and refreshed therwith haue presently shaken cast off all feare together with their doubting so that they neither feared nor doubted any longer The third Section But yet further if we measuring the Lord by our owne foot shall not giue credit either to his word or to his oth but shall for better assurance require writings and as we say euidences thereof behod herein the loue of God also who hath by his Indenture of couenāts bound himselfe to forgiue our sinnes all our offences The couenants for the more assurance you may see drawen as it were by the Lords owne hand in the 31 chapter of the prophesie of Ieremy set downe very authentically as in the very and right forme of an Indenture of couenants in this manner following This is the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those daies saith the Lord I will put my la●●es in the r inward parts wr●te it in their ha●ts I wil be their God they shal be my people And they shall teach no more e●e●y 〈◊〉 neighbour saying Know the Lo●d● for they shal all k●ow me frō the least of thē vnto the greatest of the sa th the ●or● fo● I wil forgiue their iniquities wil remember their sins no mo●e This is the Indenture of the couenant of the Lord d●awn euē by the singer of the Lord the holie Ghost Wherein in the very entrance thereof thou maiest see First the very stile of an Indenture contained in these words Th●s is the couenant so forth Secondly the parties themselues mentioned betweene whom this coueuant is made the Lord of the one side the house of Israel that is the elect houshold of God which is the Church Catholike on the other side contained in these word● That I will make with the house of Israel Thirdly the time the date as it were the term of those couenants when they should enter begin and that was especially at the time of the death of Christ cōprised in these words after those daies Fourthly the articles and co●enants themselues are set down and specified and they are three principally The first is that he will instruct them inwardly in their soules by his spirit which should write his lawes in their harts The second is that he would be their God they should be his people The third is that he would forgiue their iniquity and remember their offences no more So that here wee see the expresse Indenture of the Lord by the which he hath couenanted graunted to forgiue vs our sins and our transgressions And because that in Indentures it is not ynough to haue but one which is as the first draught but a paire that they may be giuen interchangeably therefore the Lord hath by the hand of the Apostle to the Hebrues in the eight chapter draw● the counterpane of the former word for word as it is in the former after this