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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	law_n	life_n	sin_n	30,658	5	5.5906	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09092	The faithfull shepheard the shepheards faithfulnesse: wherein is for the matter largely, but for the maner, in few words, set forth the excellencie and necessitie of the ministerie; a ministers properties and dutie; his entrance into this function and charge; how to begin fitly to instruct his people; catechising and preaching; and a good plaine order and method therein: not so as yet published ... By Richard Bernard, preacher of Gods Word.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1607 (1607)	STC 1939; ESTC S101671	78,081	104

with Stentors voice and then when either the excellency of a thing the greatnesse or strangenesse thereof requireth it Esa 1. 2. Ier. 22. 29. Interrogation made vpon occasion of time place and person from the matter in hand and the reasons it is much vsed in Scripture it enforceth the conscience to answer it makes the hearers iudges of the matter and so causeth them will they nill they to goe on with the speaker Compellation which is a calling vpon the hearers to a consideration of the thing spoken this stirreth vp attention and fetcheth in againe wandring thoughts Obseruation this is making of request intreating the auditorie to grant somewhat this argueth loue and humilitie it winneth by meekenesse an assent fit for any but neuer to bee vsed but when the matter hath beene well beat vpon before and enlarged sufficiently Optation when we fall to wishing to declare our desire and good will towards them it procureth good will Prosopopeia the feigning of a person when we bring in dead men speaking or giue voice vnto senselesse things as Rom. 8. this is patheticall and moouing Apostrophe which is a turning of the speech suddenly to some person or thing from that which we speake of it is to be vsed in some great matter as speaking of Churches calamities we must foorthwith turne our speech to Christ to respect his spouse or speaking of mans disobedience we might turne our speech to the earths obedience to condemne him Lastly Sermocinatio or Dialogisme which is when a question is made and foorthwith readily answered as if two were talking together this figure S. Chrysostome vsed much but more S. Augustine it stirres vp attention and makes the matter manifest with delight this our Sauiour vsed speaking to the people of Iohn Baptist. Many more there are but these are most in vse And thus much of the vse of Instruction Correctine vse III. Vse of Doctrine is correctiue which is when the lesson is vsed against corruption in maners vice and wickednesse whether it be for omission or commission In this the Prophets spent much as all their writing shew so Iohn Baptist Whence it ariseth and how to follow it Christ and his Apostles as their works declare This vse ariseth not onely from a doctrinall proposition but by the contrarie from the vse of instruction In following this First plainely lay downe the fault of How to prooue a thing to be a sin omission or commission Secondly if need require sometime proue it a fault either by the definition of sinne or by some expresse word condemning it or a negatiue commandement forbidding or by a dehortation or by consequent it being referred to some commandement negatiue or by the contrarie to an affirmation from the opposite vertue or by threats against it or by example of some penitent person for his fall thereinto as Dauids numbring of the people repented of or els by some punishment for the offence By these the sinne may be made manifest if any should doubt of it as manie doe of vsurie manie of non Residencie manie only of a reading Minister To disswade from vice and how to do it III. Disswade from the same by reasons First by a negatiue commandement dehortation the condemning of it by godly men and heathen writers Secondly by threats temporall and eternall Thirdly the fruits thereof and disprofit inward and outward publike and priuate to a mans selfe and other Fourthly examples of punishment in Scripture in approoued mens writings and of home-obserued iudgements of selfe knowledge by true relation and in Chronicles the Prophets vsed to alleage iudgements in their owne nation Deut. 11. 2. 6. Ierem. 7. 12. Deuter. 24. 9. Luk. 17. 32. 1. Cor. 10. 6. Fiftly similies liuely depainting the crime with comparison betweene it and other to make it to appeare odious as Salomon theft adulterie together IV. Shew how to giue it ouer and how to attaine to the contrarie vertue and goodnesse And heerein reprehension and reproofe and the vse of Rhetoricke is necessarie with the figures to make the disswasion and reprehension more forcible vpon the reasons which are also to be enlarged and enforced vpon the offenders consciences The affections and effects to be wrought in the hearers are these What to work in the hearers to make them leaue sin and how to effect it I. Shame of the fact by noting the filthinesse the basenesse of the thing to such a man of those qualities place and age as he before such and such in this or that place such a time before the holie Angels and God himselfe II. Compunction of heart by shewing our slauerie to the Diuell the curse of the Law the strangenesse and greatnesse of that sinne the fiercenesse of Gods anger against sinne in giuing the Law in punishing without respect all sorts the horror of an accusing conscience the agonie of death his short time of life apt to sudden death the terror of the last iudgement hell fire the eternall torture III. Louing and true compassion to themselues and others by shewing the escaping of these dangers and procuring to themselues and others much good if they repent IV. True repentant sorrow euen with teares by vrging their miserie internall externall eternall places inuiting to repentance examples of Prophets and Christ speaking with teares examples of repentant sinners liuely brought foorth mourning and lamenting If these stirre not then lay before them Christs dying for sinne his agonie in the Garden and crying vpon the crosse his vnspeakeable loue to bring and free vs from sin and lastly the outcryings of the damned in hell their weeping and howling and all too late V. True and reuerent feare of God and hatred against sinne VI. Hope of mercy by Gods promise and oath by his readinesse to forgiue examples of forgiuenesse c. And thus much also of the third vse of doctrine vz. Correction IV. And the last is Consolatorie which is when the doctrine Consolatorie vse is vsed to raise vp the spirit with comfort which is humbled and cast downe and to encourage such as be obedient So did Moses Exod. 14. 13. Esai 2. Kings 19. 6. Zach. 8. 11. 12. 13. Our Sauiour Christ Iohn 14. 1. The reasons of Comforts and Encouragements particularly How to comfort whence to raise them vp must be framed according to the discomforts and discouragements being diuers inward outward publike priuate in bodie in good name goods c. But generally from Gods prouidence his promises of helpe and blessings his minaces against the enemies of the godly his power his constancie from the benefits of tryall from experience of Gods former loue and examples of patience and of deliuerances the short abiding heere and durablenes of a happie estate after death As before is requisite the vse of Rhetoricke so heere in this place likewise The affection to be wrought chiefly hereby is ioifulnesse to be of a cheerfull spirit with patience hope and constancie And