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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
hand_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	6,232	5	10.0779	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02663	A notable and learned sermon or homilie, made vpon saint Andrewes daye last past 1556 in the Cathedral curche of S. Paule in London, by Mayster Ihon Harpesfeild doctour of diuinitie and canon residenciary of the sayd churche, set furthe by the bishop of London.	Harpsfield, John, 1516-1578.	1536 (1536)	STC 12795; ESTC S112490	8,697	42

¶ A notable and learned Sermon or Homilie made vpon saint Andrewes daye last past 1556. in the Cathedral churche of S. Paule in London by Mayster Ihon Harpesfeild doctour of duinitie and Canon residenciary of the sayd churche Set furth by the bishop of London Vltimo Decembris 1556. ¶ Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum Constituite diem solennem in condensis vsoque ad cornu altaris HOnorable worshipfull and deuout christiā audience the holy prophet Dauid in his hundreth and xvii psalme whēce the wordes of my theme are taken out dothe in treate of foure pointes moste mete to bee duety cōsidered and effectually of vs all practiced at this presēt Fyrst he declareth that himselfe had been in extreme perill and daunger of life and in great affliction tribulation of mynde Secondely he acknowledgeth that God of his infinite mercye and goodnes did delmer him Thirdelye that he doeth esteme those daungers and vexacions as a scourge for synne Fourthlye and laste he geueth thankes vnto GOD his deliuerer and exhorteth al other to do the like Concerning the perill he was in he sayth Circundantes circun dederunt me sicutapes My enemies compassed me round about as thicke as it had ben a swarm of Bees And againe within a while after Impulsus euersus sum ut caderem I was thruste at so sore that I was lyke to be ouer-throwne and after that he calleth him selfe lapidē quem reprobauerunt ędificātes A ston which the builders did refuse and cast awaye meaning in those .iii. places the persecution whiche he susteyned at the handes of wicked Saul who as it is written in the fyrst booke of the kinges sometime threwe a darte at Dauid sometyme sent men sodenlye Dauids house to take him in his beed and bringe him vnto him that he might be slain somtime persecuted him with an opē armye Concerning the seconde pointe whiche is how Dauid in the forsaied Psalme dothe confesse and acknowledge that god of his mere goodnes miraculous lye protected and deliuered hym it is there written Dominus suscepit me God was my help Fortitudo laus mea dominus factus est mihi in salutem God is my strength my reioysing and is become my saluatiō Dextera domini fecit uirtutem dextera domini exaltauit me dextera domine fecit virtutem The ryght hande of God hathe done myghtelye the right hande of God hath exalted me the right hande of God hath done myghtely Concerning the thirde pointe whiche is that the prophet Dauid coūteth his trou bles and persecutions as a chastisement for sinne he sayth Castigans castigauit me dominus God hathe chastened corrected me The laste and fourthe pointe is thankes geuing prouoking all other to the like This point is to be foūd in many places of the Psalme but most notably in the wordes of my theme when he saieth Constituite diem solennem in condensis vsoque ad cornu altaris Appoint you to kepe a solempne feaste in great frequencies or multitudes cōcourse of people euen reachinge to the corners of the alter It was commaunded in the old lawe that at solempne feastes the people should bringe Oxen Calues lambes or Goates to be offred vp vpon the aulter in sacrifice and that the preist shoulde sprynkell of the bloude vpō the corners of the aultar he nowe exhorteth them so to do in geuynge thankes to God for that he had deliuered him out of the handes of Saul and he moneth them to kepe a newe solemnetie for this purpose besides the accustomed feastes cominaūded in the lawe Accordynge to this example geuen vs by kynge Dauid it is our parte to vse our selfes this present daye First to remember what miserable and parilous case we were in of late yeres Nexte to consider howe God by his myghtye hande and thoroughe hys infinite mercye hathe deliuered vs. Thirdlye to perswade oure selues that wee worthely suffered those miseries for oure synnes Fourthlye to be thankefull and induce other to thākes geuing for our deliuery Whiche that ye may the rather do I intende by Goddes grace and your patience to stande vpon the twoo fyrste pointes and to set forth the excedinge greate benefite of oure reconciliation to the vnitie of the catholike churche and the horrible miseries which we were in in the tyme of schisme and diuision then no more but touche the other two partes and so committe you to God And that the thinges to be vttered at this presente by me may be to Gods honour to your edification and comforte I desyre you fyrste to helpe me with your prayers The prayers I Fynde in holye scripture that there wer two comen weales instituted ordeined and appoynted by God him selfe The one emonge the chyldren of Israell the other emong the christians The cōmon weale of the Israelites or Iewes was in tyme before the comminaltie of christendome But this in wor thines is farre before it For the thinges belōging to that estate were figures types and shadowes of thynges belonginge too christianitie The children of Israel were vnder cruel Pharao in great captiuitie thraldom until such time as god of his goodnes called them outs of Egypte and drowned their enemyes in the redde Sea lykewise is all mankinde thrall to the spiritual Pharao that is the deuil before they comme to passe thoroughe baptisme whiche because it taketh his force and strength of the bloud of our sauiour and is ministred in water maye well be lykened to the read Sea and in it all power of the deuill is quite ouer whelmed and destroyed The chyldren of Israell hauing passed the read Sea were not furth with directly conueied to the lande of promise but were faine to traueill in the baren vnpleasaunt wyldernes a longe space there abiding muche trouble and vexation Euen so christen people after their Baptisme are left in this vale of miserie here to endure many sharp perilous stormes and are not immediatly frō the Font had vp to the lande of the liuyng whiche is the lande promised to the iust In many other pointes the laws of Moyses was a shadowe of christianitie but moste especially in the kynd maner of gouernement is liuely represented the gouernment vsed in Christes churche whiche is the matter I specially purpose to set furth vnto you therfore desire you to geue good eare vnto it The cōmen weale of the Iewes in that their passage from Egypt to the lande of promise hadde twoo milers by Gods own appointmēt set ouer them Moyses and Aaron both preistes but the one that is Moyses which was the higher made preist immediatly by God the other that is Aaron made preist at Goddes commaundement by Moyses Of those two rulers the higher and worthier receiued at Gods hande all that God woulde haue sayed to the people and he deliuered it to Aaron and then Aaron deliuered if to the people or at the least instructed the people therin Contrariwise whē the people would haue