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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	death_n	life_n	reconcile_v	2,136	5	9.4765	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20820	Abjuration of poperie, by Thomas Abernethie: sometime Iesuite, but now penitent sinner, and an unworthie member of the true reformed Church of God in Scotland, at Edinburgh, in the Gray-frier church, the 24. of August, 1638	Abernethie, Thomas, fl. 1638-1641.	1638 (1638)	STC 72; ESTC S100404	27,560	50

the Papists errour who confesse their sins to earthly men and not to God receiving forgivenesse of their Priest I said and not to God whereat I know they will take exceptions but they need not for millions of them confesse who scarcelie know any other God but the Priest who hath his stile booke of interrogatories where to they answere and thereafter are absolved moreover although they know GOD yet I am perswaded that confessing to the Priest they confesse not to GOD because GOD desires not the Priests help for he sayeth Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavie loaden and I will give you rest c. and yee shall finde rest unto your soules And the Royall Prophet sayeth I acknowledged my sin unto thee and mine iniquitie have I not hid I said I will confesse my transgressions unto the LORD and thou forgavest the iniquitie of my sin The ●poore Publican said not Ghostlie father but GOD be mercifull unto me a sinner And John giveth us this assurance that if we confesse our sins he is faithfull to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnesse Thirdlie all the Jesuits that ever have written scholastick divinitie agree in one voice that the remission of the confessed sins to the Priest is done by the contrition of the heart which contrition must preceed as they confesse the Priests absolution either by prioritie of time or of nature and therefore absolution and confession of and to Priests are altogether unnecessarie except it be to informe that Man of Sin of all his clients intentions of heart and actions whatsoever for they must confesse to their Parish Priest all their thoughts words and deeds once at least in the yeere under the paine of eternall condemnation or else to gather in moneyes by restitution almes penance for great sins to the Cloisters and such like ends but heere I will not insist upon the knaverie of auriculare confession hoping in GOD to let it be better known heereafter to the world They serve for admonition of my ingratitude towards my good GOD and gratious Lord against the Lord I have sinned who elected me to glory before the foundation of the world who created me in time to thy owne similitude and likenesse who by withdrawing of thy helping hand might have redacted me to nothing againe and yet by thy Divine providence thou hast conserved me so long from many perils and dangers and given me so large time of repentance who furnished me with good education and bestowed severall good gifts of nature upon me O more than brutish ingratitude Thou gave thy only begotten Son for my sins when I was thine enemie and I have gone about to destroy thy glory and his kingdome but yet my comfort is that If when we were enemies we were reconcealed to GOD by the death of his Son much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life Thirdly I must relate the sins themselves which I have committed against this gratious GOD. Alace LORD I have sinned against thee neglecting that precious time of my youth wherein I imployed more my understanding to learning then my will to pietie attending rather to become a good scholler then a good Christian conferring more with Aristotle and his followers than with Christ and his Apostles I have sinned by curiositie exposing my self in forraine Countries especiallie in Italie to occasions in conference and disputing with the Jefuits who knew cunninglie how to circumveene me and can worke their owne ends I have sinned by weake and inconstant facilitic yeelding too soone to their alluring delusions I have sinned using too much diligence in drinking the cup of their pestiferous doctrine the space of nine yeeres both in Italie and France where I studied three yeeres to their deceitfull philosophie foure yeeres to their sophisticall divinitie and two yeeres to their hypocriticall superstition or superstitious hypocrisie in their Novitiate at Rome I have sinned desiring so earnestlie after my studies to returne to my countrey for seducing of others as I had beene seduced my self using all the tricks and conceats which the wit of man or hell could affoord me to deceave the Godly True it is that I had rare masters in this calling and good help to performe my duetie to wit an ample power to difpense with all things both to my self and others I have sinned imploying my wits and travels to seduce GODS elect the space of two or three years for the most part in the North amongst my friends in and about Aberdeene Elgin and Ban●ff as likewise in Cathnes where I lived more as an yeare Chamerlane and Baillie to my Lord of Berriedail this office I made choice of that by the frequent varietie of people I might worke my owne ends without suspicion I have sinned by wresting of Scriptures perswading others to believe that whereof I had no evidence in GODS word I have sinned distilling my braines to finde out meanes make great journeyes to obtaine them and propone them to high personages for the extirpation of GODS true religion in Scotland I have sinned by not living so duerifully to my GOD these three yeeres bygone for so long time have I beene a seeming member of the true reformed Church of God as became a true and sincere reformed Christian These and many more are the grievous sins wherewith loaden with the Publican I stand afar of not worthie so much as to lift up mine eyes unto heaven but smitting my breast say GOD be mercifull unto me a sinner Fourth and lastly the word against drawes me to a consideration of my madnesse opposing my self against so strong a partie as God What! knew I not that it were hard for me to kicke against the pricks Knew I not poore Nadab and Abibu notwithstanding they were the sons of Aaron were destroyed for offering strange fire And there went out fire from the Lord and devoured them and they died before the Lord. Knew I not that Vzzah was smote to death for laying his hand of good intention to uphold the Ark from falling being shaken with the oxen that drew it And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah and GOD smote him there for his errour aud there he died before the ark of GOD. Knew I not that Corah Dathan and Abiram although they were Levits were swallowed up quicke for murmuring against Moses And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up and their houses and all the men that pertained unto Corah and all their goods Knew I not thy almightie power by the Prophet speaking this of thee And I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land Knew I not that thou art the GOD of hosts having infinite multitude of Angels for thy souldiours with all the rest of thy creatures as instruments of thy just wrath and indignation against sinners O intolerable madnesse of mine This all and much