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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	according_a	heart_n	lord_n	1,002	5	3.6719	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03351	The penitent sinners entertainement. Set foorth by Mr. Iohn Hill, Student in Diuinitie, and now Preacher of Gods Word at Dublin in Ireland	Hill, John, preacher of Gods word at Dublin.	1614 (1614)	STC 13471; ESTC S114518	31,323	88

them If this were practised wee should not so much fall out into distempers passions froward speeches and vniust actions against one another Secondly if when wee haue wronged men we would acknowledge the wrong to the party offended it would bee the best way to pacifie their hearts and to make them thinke well of vs and to affect vs notwithstanding the wrong done vnto them and if wee would greiue our selues because we haue greeued them and offended them it would bee a speciall meanes to make the party wronged to send vp many a hearty praier vnto God for the offendour that hee would vouchsafe to forgiue him as well as him selfe And this benefit will confession of wrongs doe to the party it will make our foe to become our faithfull and louing friend Thirdly if wee did vse to confesse the wrong as soone as wee haue done a wrong it would make vs beware and take heede of committing of wrongs againe For if the wife hauing wronged her husband would seriously consider what I haue wronged my husband and if I purpose to haue forgiuenes I must not only confesse the iniury to God but also to my husband This would make the wife ashamed and so by that meanes breake the necke of sinne and it worke humility in ones soule so that one should haue little lust to fall out and to wrong one againe Now fith it is not enough to confesse and acknowledge the wrongs done to men vnto God but wee must confesse it to the parties offended It serues first for reproofe of such persons that come to this point that if they haue wronged any one they will confesse it to God and so thinke they haue done enough but they must as well performe it to man as well as to God for the plaister ought to goe as far as the sore Oh but what neede there bee any confession to men when wee haue confessed it to God for none can forgiue sinnes but God but you must not only repent to God in Heauen but also aske forgiuenesse of men on earth or else the Lord will not forgiue it for hipocrites may doe the one as Iudas Saul c. But those which are truly vpright will performe them both but such as neglect this duty to man as well as performe it to God argues they are in loue with their sinne and loth to haue their nature healed and their sinnes pardoned Secondly it serues for instruction that therefore wee should take heede that we doe not wrong any one for this will follow confession and acknowledgment of the fault not only to God but the party offended for vntill wee confesse the wrong to the party and get reconciliation with him wee must not looke God in the face nor cannot haue entertainement to any of Gods ordinances as the word Sacrament prayer for the Sacrament is a loue feast for the sheepe of Christ and not for wrauling doggs Now if the husband haue giuen any angry and churlish speeches to his wife whereby shee hath taken them to heart and troubled her minde let him confesse the fault to her before hee approch nere vnto God in any of his seruices So if the wife haue wronged the husband the childe the parent the seruant the master or any one one another let them humble themselues who soeuer is guilty and acknowledge the fault to the party offended and so get reconciliation or else wee cannot lift vp pure hands without wrath as the Apostle speakes Ob. Oh but hee whom I haue wronged is not in the country how should I get reconciliation with him shall I not come to the Sacrament and other seruices till I haue confessed my fault to him that I know not where hee is Sol. Yes thou maist come to the word Sacrament prayer and the rest if thou canst finde in thy selfe a willing heart to aske forgiuenes if hee were in the Country as also if thou doest resolue within thine owne soule that if euer the party offended returnes againe into the Countrey thou wilt performe this duty Yf this bee in thee thou mayest frequent Gods ordinances Ob. But what if the party offended will bee so stubborne that he refuse to be reconciled and will not pardon mee though I acknowledge the fault and offer satisfaction for the hurt wrong committed But doe thou the worke of the Lord Sol. and let it not bee thy default and then thou shalt finde mercy of God for hee will not deale with vs according to the successe with the party but according to the vprightnes of our heart and in performing our duties let vs doe the worke and then the Lord will reward vs. And so much for this point I am not worthy to bee called thy sonne c. Here is the last duty of this repentant sinner his humility hee is well perswaded of his father but ill perswaded of himselfe This doctrine wee learne from hence That true repentance makes one see his own vnworthines the better repentance Doct. 6 the more humility they will esteeme of God to bee great but themselues to bee base as wee see this prodigall childe before there was no place in the family good enough and now there is no place in the house that is bad enough hee is not worthy in his owne eies to bee sonne to such a godly father This wee may see prooued out of the examples of all holy men when they came to repentance as Iacob I am lesse then the lest of thy mercies Nehemiah Ezra Daniel they were ashamed and confounded in their faces and that shame and confusion of face belongs to them Iob 39.37 And this wee may see in holy Iob when the Lord had shewed him his power and wisedome hee answeres the Lord Behold I am vile what shall I answere thee I will lay my hand vpon my mouth c. And in an other place Iob speakes when hee came to repentance for all his passionate and distempered words in his afflictions Iob 42.6 I abhor my selfe and repent in dust and ashes And beholding Gods purity hee saw more euidently his owne impurity and cause enough to humble and abhorre himselfe for his filthines and no longer to stand out with God in his owne innocency And Paul that worthy Apostle and seruant of God when hee came to repentance hee confessed that hee was not worthy to bee called an Apostle because he persecuted the Church of God In all which examples we see these holy men when they came to repentance they were base and vile in their owne eies and saw their owne vnworthines The reason to proue this doctrine is Because repentance opens our eies to see more perfectly Gods glorious purity Reason 1 and ones owne vilenes and impiety which will so reflect vpon vs that it will make one low and base in ones own eies as may bee seene in the Prophet Isai 6.5 when hee cryed out Woe is mee I am vndone because I am a man