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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	begin_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	31	3	9.7041	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01539	the ioy of the iust vvith the signes of such. A discourse tending to the comfort of the deiected and afflicted; and to the triall of sinceritie. Being the enlargement of a sermon preached at Black-Friers London; on Psal. 95. 11. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1623 (1623)	STC 11665; ESTC S120494	156,256	180

Prophet if he doe but any one of them because he hath done any of these 〈◊〉 for sol take it the words would be read he shall die Yea Saint Iames therefore goeth further and sticketh not to affirme That whosoeuer keepeth the whole Law but faileth only in one point hee is guiltie of the whole Which words of his yet are not so to be taken as if a man in stealing did breake the Commandement of not committing adultery or in telling a lye the Commandement of sanctifying the Sabbath or as if a man that did at any time of infirmitie sinne against any one Commandement of God as who doth not oft euen the holiest that is did stand guilty in Gods sight as a wicked wretch and one that had no regard at all of any But his meaning is that that man that would seeme to make conscience of keeping all the Commandements of God saue one but maketh no conscience or hath no care of keeping that one doth not indeed and truth whatsoeuer he may pretend or seeme to doe make conscience of any no not of those that in that manner he seemeth to obserue The reason that the Apostle addeth there is indeed very forcible It is the same God that enacted and deliuered the whole Law that hath enioyned one good dutie as well as another hath inhibited one sinfull act as well as another If a man therefore for Conscience of Gods will and word doe exercise himselfe in any one good dutie he will consequently exercise himselfe in all other good duties that concerne him because the same God in his Word hath alike enioyned all If for Conscience of Gods will and Word he forbeare or abhorre any one sinne hee will for conscience of the same word and will of God forbeare and abhorre all other Sinnes because the sa●e God in his Word hath alike forbidden all And on the contrarie therefore hee that doth not either exercise himselfe in euery knowne dutie that concerneth him of the one sort or is not carefull to shunne euery kinde of euill act of the other sort doth not either obserue ought in the one kinde or eschew ought in the other kinde out of any true care or conscience of his dutie and obedience to God but for some other by-ends and by-respects It is a good Rule in the Schooles Hee that hath any one sinne remitted hath all sinnes remitted And so He that hath sincerely repented of any one sinne hath repented him of all And he that hath not repented him of all knowne sinne hath not repented yet of any For what is true Repentance but a returning againe into the right way And how is it possible for a man to returne into the right way as long as he wandereth still in any by-path Or how can a man repent of this or that particular sinne because it is contrarie to Gods will or offensiue in his sight but hee must needs withall repent him of whatsoeuer he knoweth to be in like manner a breach of his Law and a businesse that he abhorreth Nor doth that man indeed studie sincerely and out of a loue of God to please him in any thing that doth not as the Apostle Paul prayeth in the behalfe of the Colossians endeuour and striue to fructifie in euery good worke that he may please the Lord in all things He doth not Gods will saith Saluian well but his owne will that doth it no further than himselfe will that doth not by labouring with the Apostle Paul to keepe a good conscience in all things endeuour to approue himselfe and his courses vnto God as wel in some things as in others This Vniuersalitie therefore of care and endeuour is a good Argument of Sinceritie As on the other side it is a shrewd signe of vnsoundnesse and insinceritie when men will seeme to make conscience of performance of some good duties and yet are wholly carelesse and regardlesse of others or when they will seeme to make conscience of the forbearance of some sinnes and yet lie and liue in the ordinary practise of others which yet they cannot be so ignorant as not to know or so vnmindful as not to consider to be sinnes Thus was Herods hypocrisie detected and discouered He stood in some awe of Iohn knowing him to be a very holy man and because hee would be esteemed religious and would seeme to respect him he heard him oft and at his motion did many good things yea and it is like enough that hee outwardly reformed many things amisse that Iohn found fault with either in his Court or in himselfe But yet hee would not leaue the keeping of his Brothers wife for all that and therefore when Iohn began to deale plainly with him in that point he then brake off all and committed Iohn toward and made it euidently appeare thereby that all his former reformation and well-doing was but in shew only and for other ends And hereby also was Iehues zeale descried to be vnsound He made a great shew a while of zeale for God and his worship and Ionadab must needs along with him and see it He was zealous against Baal that was the ruine of Ahabs house and against Ahabs house which it was not for his safetie as he thought to let stand or to leaue any remainder of but he gaue way to the Calues though no lesse abominable in Gods sight and as dishonourable vnto him because that seemed to be the stay of his estate And so he shewed thereby that all his Pietie was no better than meere Policie and that he sought but his owne ends in either And in like manner when men and women shall be content to reforme their liues and conforme themselues to the will and word of God in some things but stand out wilfully in some other things refusing to practise the like reformation or to shew the like conformitie in them albeit they be in heart and conscience conuinced of their dutie therein it is an euident Argument of vnsoundnesse A second Note of Sinceritie is Vniformitie As an Vniuersalitie so an vniformitie in well doing when a man keepeth an equable tenour in his courses and cariage not strict in some things and slack in other though it may be not wholly regardlesse of them but holdeth an euen hand generally in his care and obseruance of things enioyned him by God I charge thee saith the Apostle to Timothy that thou obserue all these things without preferring one before another and that thou doe nothing partially And saith Dauid as before I haue all thy Precepts concerning all things in esteeme and I forbeare not only but euen abhorre all wicked waies And againe By thy Commandements I get vnderstanding and therefore I abhorre not some one or two but each wicked way His Zeale was not partiall but indifferently against all