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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	life_n	live_v	power_n	7,425	5	5.0486	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04627	The true inquisition or The sad soules search Preached at Newport, May 29. 1632 in the primary visitation of the worshipfull Mr. Edvvard Burbye, Archdeacon of Winton. dBy W. Iones, B. of D. preacher to the Isle of Wight, and Vicar of Arreton.	Jones, William, b. 1581 or 2.	1633 (1633)	STC 14748; ESTC S119450	13,625	31

as I have heard some of them say we shall bring fees to the Court and nothing shall be the better But I pray you consider in the meane time ye forsweare your selves and incurre the heavy wrath of God For God will not take it for an excuse that ye say though we should present the Iudge will not reforme The Iudge shall beare his owne burden and what a fearfull thing it is for you to fall into the hands of the living God by that abominable sinne of perjury Wherefore what conceit soever ye have had here tofore touching these visitation Courts Now I admonish you in the name of him who shall judge both quick and dead present all offenders against the Canons without fear or favour ye are ordained as the eyes and watchmen of the Iudge in every parish And if yee were carefull according to your oath wherewith you binde your soules every visitation to present drunkards swearers raylers scolds slanderers ribaudes sowers of discords fornicators adulterers Sabbath breakers c. Doutlesse iniquity would not abound in every parish as it doth Lastly I may say to the whole Congregation and to every sort and degree from the highest to the lowest that if we would search and try our wayes by the rule of Gods word they will appeare very irregular yea more those things wherein we walke most sutable to Gods will t is to be feared we do them only superficially for forme and fashion rather than for conscience and obedience to God and his word We which are Gods Ministers for the most part preach for forme and ye which professe your selves to bee Gods people heare for forme For when the sermon is ended we all depart and thinke upon it no more as if we had fully done our dutie in speaking and yee in hearing and there were no more required at our hands This is the cause why though there be so much Preaching in the land daily yet there is very small progresse in piety Which being so what remaines but that I admonish you all and my selfe also in the words of the second part of my text to turne againe to the Lord This is the onely course for all that have gone astray as you may see Ioel 2. 12. 13. there the Lord exhorts the sinnefull Iewes and all that have sinned as they did saying Turne yee even to mee withall your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning and rent your hearts not your garments and turne to the Lord your God for he is gracious and mercifull slow to anger and of great kindnesse and repenteth him of the evill i. If wee weepe and rent our hearts for all our wandrings and turne from all our by-pathes to serve the Lord in sobriety righteousnesse and godlinesse God will remove from us all the plagues and judgements which he hath sent or threatned But if we goe on in our evill wayes then the Lord will powre downe his vialls of indignation upon us God will wound the hairy scalp of such as go on still in their trespasses Psal 68. 21. Wherefore I say againe for a conclusion let us throughly search and try all our wayes and whiles t is called to day begin to turne to the Lord our God with all our hearts and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning Oh let us rent teare our soules with godly sorrow for all our transgressions of Gods ordinances and especially at this time for our formall and perfunctory usage of these visitation Courts which are ordained meerely for the reformation of the faults of the Country so shal not iniquity be our destruction for the Lord desires not the death of a sinner but rather that he should repent and live This repentance unto life he give us who gave himselfe for us even Iesus Christ our righteousnesse To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be honour and power everlasting Amen FINIS