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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	flame_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	17	3	9.3228	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15779	A treatise, shewing the possibilitie, and conueniencie of the reall presence of our Sauiour in the blessed Sacrament the former is declared by similitudes and examples: the latter by the causes of the same.	Wright, Thomas, d. 1624.	1596 (1596)	STC 26043.5; ESTC S111546	105,764	270

elected vnto him indue their soules with grace bring them to the ioyes of heauen O zeale of all zeales O loue of al loues most worthy of God to permit himselfe to be trode vnder the fee● of wicked sinners to exalt his faithfull to fellowes of angels O holy Dauid thou thoughtst man was greatly extolled because that God had laide vnder his feete Oues boues pecora Sheep oxen and beasts of the field but what wouldst thou haue saide if thou hadst seene Christ in an hoaste and for thy loue permit an heretike to treade him vnder his feete but Psal ● Magnus Dominus laudibus nimis magnitudinis eius non est finis our Lord is great most worthy of praise and there is no end of his greatnes O that wee could immitate in parte this zeale of Christ and by gratitude acknowlege this singular benefit Ah who would mone imprisonmēt for the zeale of confessing that faith which hee appointed Who would bee grieued with fetters stinch grosse fare hard beds restraint of liberty losse of life to glorifie him who is so zealous of our eternall glory Ah deere christian imagine to see the Iews or heretiks pricking this sacred angelicall and diuine hoast with pinnes and kniues in contempt of Christ his religion all for thy cause for that he instituted this sacrament for thee to receiue determine whatsoeuer shuld befall to remaine so long as those formes retaine their nature force wold not such an horible spectacle on one side make thee tremble and on thother side the patience and loue of Christ dissolue thy heart into a maine of teares yet too often such cases haue fallen and many in England God knowes haue bin present at such terrible tragedies god pardon the actors Moreouer this sacrament was instituted for many effects the which all argue the zeale of the institutor for hee did not onely ordain it as a meate or a conduct of grace to confer many celestiall fauors vnto vs but also as medicine to remoue many euils from vs for doth not this preseruatiue from prison diminish the flames of concupiscence doth not this fountaine of light expel the cloudes of ignorance doth not this life of grace abolish the death of sinne doth not the heate of this boyling bloud reuiue the remissenes and coldnes of our charitie all these euills and more our zealous Sauiour did well foresee and prouide for in the institution of the Eucharist The second sort of zeale which permitteth no consorts in amitie that preiudicate the full scope ample possession of the heart as pregnantly appeareth in this sacrament as the first because hee that commeth hither vnprepared not so disposed as this Table requireth eateth his iudgement For what reason 1. Corint ● because he diuideth his loue for in euery transgression of Gods commaundement the sinner preferreth the loue of the creature before the Creator and consequently violateth that fidelity the spouse ought to the spouse of her soule by making the creatures riualls with God the which iniury GOD will not tolerate for he intendeth to be beloued wholie and entirely and will haue no loue preferred nor equall to his The Diuell would be content to haue halfe our loue because by theft hee stealeth that belongeth not vnto him but God who is our Father will haue it whole as those two women which sued in contention for one ● Reg. 3. childe before Solomon the true mother would haue all or none the false mother was contented with halfe Nec mihi nec tibi sed diuidatur Neither to me nor to thee but let it be diuided sayde shee that would haue depriued the true mother of her right Likewise Pharao was at last well contented that the children of Israel should depart out of Egypt but Exod. 10. he would they should leaue behind them their heards of catel and flocks of sheepe so the diuell would iuggle those soules he cannot draw to heresie or atheisme with bestly delights sensualities that therby he might dismēber their harts diuide them with God But what said Moses we wil go al men women children cattell sheepe there shal not remaine so much as the hoofe of a beast in Egypt So ought good soules to say who prepare thēselues deuoutly to receiue this bread of life we will offer our selues wholy to God bodie soule wits and wils all we know and all we can there shal no part of vs be left vnconsecrated vnto him And indeed let vs really and with sound iudgemēt consider without any particular inordinate affection if my Sauior giue me himselfe wholy in his person his soule bodie by most intire perfect loue alas why should I diuide my affection from him why should I not sacrifice my selfe wholy to him who dooth sacrifice him selfe heere wholy for me since I know certainely my loue can neuer be perfect except it be consummated in him Besides what an extreme iniury do I offer him to prefer any before or make equal with him is not this to plaie the part of the Iewes who refused Christ Matth. 27. Marke 25 demanded Barabas is not this to spoile God of his regal crowne and dignitie and set it vppon the head of a miserable creature For if God be God then hee must be loued as God and aboue all and all for him because so eminent a maiestie the title of creation conseruation redemption iustification and glorification exact it of vs. That God in this sacrament sheweth a certain extasie of loue which is the third effect Ca. 4 THe learned diuines following that notable saying of Saint Dio Areopagita Deus passus est extastim prae amore God suffered extasie in his passion especially for loue conclude that in verie deede our sauiour Christ was after a certaine manner abstracted from himfelfe for loue the which although it seemeth something harsh and hard to be admitted yet in verie deede the effects were such that hee seemed for loue to haue forgotten himselfe his maiestie and glory to remember vs for so saint Paul insinnuateth in these Phil. 2. words exinnaniuit semetipsum formam serui accipiens hee exinnanited himselfe taking the forme of a seruant What is this exinnanition but an extasie an abstractiō from his glory maiestie and highnes he made himselfe mortall passible little subiect to hunger thirst heat and cold labour sweat and wearines who was immortall impassible immensiue who feedeth the birdes of the ayre the fishes of the sea the beasts of the land the lillyes of the field the angells in heauen hee lieth in a manger hungry and cold and he of whom was principally saide non accedet Psal ● ad te malum flagellum non appropinquabit tabernaculo tuo No euill shall come neero thee nor no scourge approach to thy tabernacle rauished out of himselfe for loue was made vir dolorum a man of griefs Isa 53. suffering so many and so