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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
grace_n	grant_v	jesu_n	love_v	20,811	5	14.0958	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16576	An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne.	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1555 (1555)	STC 3480.5; ESTC S109265	40,298	158

persecucion muste come vpon your Can the worlde loue you whych ar none of 〈◊〉 ●orldiye men are 〈…〉 e 〈…〉 urs of your chefe enemi and can they regarde you Can Satan suffer you to be in reste which wil not doe him homage Can thys way be easye whyche of it selfe is strayght Wyll you loke to trauayll and to haue no foule way nor rayne Wil shypmen shrinke or saylers of y e sea if stormes aryse Doe they not loke for such And dearly beloued dyd not we enter into gods shippe arke of baptisme at the firste Wyll you then count it straunge if perils and tempestes blowe Are not you traueling to your heauēly citie of Herusalem where is all ioye and felicite And wyll you nowe tarye by the waye for stormes or showers The marte and fayer wyll then be past the nighte wyll fall ye can not trauayll the dore wylbe sparred the bryde wylbe at supper Therfore away with deyntie nicenes Wyll you thynke the father of heauen wyll deale more gentlye wyth you in thys age then he hath done with other his dearest frendes in our ages What waie and wether what stormes and tempestes what disease trouble and disquie 〈…〉 ies founde Abel Noe 〈◊〉 Isaac Iacob and good Ioseph Whyche of these had so faire a lyfe and restefull tymes as we haue had Moses Aaron Samuel Dauid y e kynge and all the good kynges priests and prophe●es in the olde testament at one tyme or another if not thorowe ●u●e their life did fele a. 1000. partes more misery then we haue feite hetherto As for the newe testamente lord god how great was the affliccion of Mari Ioseph ●achary Elizabeth Iohn Baptist thē whom among the children of we men none arose greater of al the ●posiles and euangelistes yea of Iesus Christ our lord the deare sonne and dearlyng of god And sithens the time of the apostles how many and great are the nomber of martyrs confessours such as haue suffred the sheding of their blo● in this life rather then they woulde be stayned in theyr iourney or lodge in any of Satans ynnes so that the stormes or windes which fel in their trauelynges myghte not touche them Wherfore dearli beloued lette vs thynke what we are and how far vnmete to bee matched wyth these wyth whom yet we loke to be placed in heauen But wyth what face can we loke for thys that are so fearful vnwyllyng and arsward to leus that whych wyll we nyl we we must leaue and that so shortli as we knowe not the tyme whan Where is our abrenouncing and forsakyng of the world and the flesh which we solēpnely sware in baptisme Ah shamelesse cowardes that we be whyche will not folowe the trace of so manye fathers Patriarks kīgs pristes prophetes Apostles Euangelystes and sainctes of god yeaeuen of the very sonne of God How many now goe wyth you lusreli as I and al your brethrē in bandes exyle for the gospel Pray for vs for god wyllyng we wyl not leaue you nowe we wil goe before you You shal see in vs that we preached no lyes nor tales of tubbes but euen the very true worde of God for the which we by gods grace a helpe of your prayers wyll wyllyngly and ioifulli geue our bloud to be ●ed for the confirmacion of the same as already we haue geuen liberally oure goodes liuynge frendes and naturall countrye For now we are certayne y t we be in the hygh way to heauens blisse as Paul sayth By manye tribulacions persecucions we must enter into gods kyngdom And because we would goe thether our selues and brynge you thether also therfore the deuyll stereth vp the coales And forasmuch as we al loitered in y e way he therfore hath receaued power of god to ouer cast the wether to stere vp stormes y t we godes children myghte goe faster makyng more spede and hast to goe on forwardes As for counterfeites and ypocrytes they wyltary and lyngertyl the storme bee paste And so whan they come the market wil be done and the dores sparred it is to be feared Reade mat 25. Thys wynde wyll blowe gods children forward and the deuils derlynges backwarde Therefore lyke gods children let vs goe on forwarde a pace y e wynde is on our backe hoyse vp the sayles lyfte vp your hartes and handes vnto god in prayer and kepe your anker of fayth to cast in tyme on the rocke of gods woorde and on hys mercye in Chryst and I warraūt you And thus much for you secondlye to consyder that afflyccion persecucion and trouble is no straūge thyng to gods children and therfore it shoulde not dismaye dyscourage or discomfort vs beyng none other thyng then al godes deare frēdes haue tasted in their iourney to heauen warde As I would in thys trouble sōe tyme that ye shoulde consyder what you be by the goodnesse of god in Chryste euen citizens of heauen though you be presently in the fleshe euen in a straunge regiō on euery syde ful of fearce enemyes and what wether and way the dearest frendes of god haue founde euen so woulde I haue you thirdly to consyder for your further comfort that if you shrynke not but go on forward preassyng to y e marke appointed al the power of youre enemyes shall not ouercome you neyther in any poynt hurt you The. 3. Chapter Trouble can not hurte gods chyldren BVt this must not you cōsider according to y e iudgemente of reason and her sense but after the iudgment of gods worde and the experience of faith Els you marre al. For to reason and experyence or sense of the outward man we poore soules whyche stycke to gods worde to serue hym as he requyreth onely are counted to be vanquished and ouercome in that we are caste into prison lose our liuinges frends goods country and lyfe also at length concerning this worlde But dearly beloued gods word teacheth other wyse and faith faleth accordyngly Is it not written who shall separate vs from y e loue of god shal tribulacyon or anguishe or persecucyon either ●onger eyther nakednes either peryll eyther sworde As it is written For thy sake are we kylled al day longe and be counted as shepe appoynted to be slaīne Neuertheles in all these thyngs we ouercome thorow hym that loued vs. For I am sure that neyther death nother lyfe neyther aungels nor rule neyther power nether thynges presente neyther thynges to come neither higth nor loweth nether any other creature shalbe able to part vs frō that loue where wyth God loueth vs in Chryst Iesu our lord Thys spake one whyche was in afflyccyon as I am for the lordes gospel sake his holi name be praysed therfore he graūte me grace wyth the same to continew in lyfe sufferyng vnto the ende Thys I saye one spake whiche was in afflicciō for the gospell but yet so farre from beyng ouercome