Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	new_a	put_v	stony_a	4,570	5	11.9061	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08830	The benefite that Christians receiue by Iesus Christ crucifyed. Translated out of French into English, by A.G. 1573; Dal beneficio di Christo. English	Benedetto, da Mantova, fl. 1534-1541.; Flaminio, Marco Antonio, 1498-1550.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.; Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570, attributed name.	1573 (1573)	STC 19114; ESTC S120980	53,945	119

ours and so is he in very déed if we beleue so and hold our selues assured that by the same heauenly garmēt we be receiued into fauor before god For it is most certain that he as a most déere father hath giuen vs his sonne meaning that al his rightuousnes all that euer he is can or hath done shold be in our power inrisdictiō in such wise as it should be lawful for vs to make our boast of thē as if we had done purchaced des●rued them by our own strength And whosoeuer beleueth this shal find that his beléef is good and tru as we haue shewed heretofore Thē must the christian haue a stedfast faith beleef that all the goods all the graces all the riches of Iesus christ are his for sith y God hath giuen vs Iesus christ himself how shold it be possible that he hath not giuen vs all things with him Now if this be true as tru it is in déed the christiā may rightly say I am y child of god Iesus christ is my brother I am Lord of heauē earth of hell and of death of the law in so much as the law cānot accuse me nor lay any curse vpō me bicause the righteousnes of god is becom myn And this faith is it alone y maketh a man to be called a christian which clotheth him with Iesus christ as we haue said afore And boldly may this be called a great mistery whervnder are cōteined maruelous things and things not herd of cōcerning the great God which cannot enter into mans hart except god do first softē it with his holy grace as he hath promised to do by his holy prophet saying I will giue you a new hart and I will put a new mynde into you and I wyll take away the stony hart out of your bodie and I will giue you a hart of fleshe Now then he that beleueth not after the sayde maner that Iesus Christe with all the goods that he possesseth is his cannot call himself a trew christian nor euer haue a quiet and ioyfull conscience nor a good and feruent corage to doo good but shall easly faint in doing of good works yea and moreouer he shall neuer be able to do works that are truly good This only beléef and trust that we haue in the merits of Iesus Christ maketh men trew christians stowt cherful merrie louers of God readie to doo good workes possessers of gods kingdome and of god himselfe and his right derebeloued children in whome the holie Ghoste dooth truly dwell What hart is so cowardly cold and vyle which considering the inestimable greatnes of the gift that god hath bestowed vppon him in giuing him his owne so welbeloued sonne with all his perfectnes is not inflamed with an exceding carnest desyre to become like vnto him in good workes specially seing that the Father hath giuen him vnto vs for an example whereon we must continewally looke framing our lyfe after such a sort as it maye be a trew counterpaine of the lyfe of Iesus Christe forasmuch as Christe as sayeth Sainct Peter hathe fuffered for vs leauing vs an insample to the ende that we shoulde folowe his footesteppes Out of this consideracion iss●weth another kind of clothing of a manes selfe with Christ which we may terme An example clothinge for so much as the christian must frame his whole lyfe after the example of Christ fashyoning himself like vnto him in all his dedes words and thowghtes leauing his former wicked lyfe and decking himself with the new lyfe that is to wit with the lyfe of Christe By reason wherof sainct Paule sayeth Let vs cast away the works of darknesse and put on the a●mour of lyght not in feasting nor in drunkennesse nor in chambering and wantonnesse nor in stryfe but put vpon you the Lorde Iesus Christ and make no preparation for the flesh nor for the lustes therof Héeruppon the trew Christian being in loue with Iesus Christ sayeth in himself Sith that Iesus Christe not hauing anye néede of me hathe redemed me with his own blud and is become poore to inrich me I wil likewise giue my g●●ds y●● my very lyfe for the loue welfare of my neighbour And like as I am clothed with Iesus christ for the loue he hath borne to me so will I haue my neighbor in Christ to cloth himself with me with my goods likewise for the loue that I beare him for christes sake He y doth not so is no true christian for he cānot say that he loueth Iesus christ if he loue not the mēbers brothers of him and if we loue not our neighbour for whose sake christ hath shed his blud we cannot truely say that we loue Iesus christ who being equall with God was obedient to his father euen to y death of the crosse hath loued redéemed vs giuing himselfe vnto vs with all that euer he hath After the same maner we being rich hauing abundance of good things at Christes hand must also be obedient vnto god to offer giue our works al that we haue yea and euen our selues to our neighbours and brethren in Iesus Christ seruing them helping them at their néed and being to thē as another christ And like as Iesus Christ was lowly and gentle and far from all debate and stryfe so must wée set our whole mynde vpon lowelinesse méeknesse eschewing all stryfe and impatiēce as wel which consist in words and reasoning as in déeds And as in Iesus Christe hath indured al the persecutions and spytes of the world for the glorie of God so must wée with all patientnesse chéerfully beare the persecutions and reproches that are doone by false christians too all suche as will liue faythfully in Iesus Christe who gaue his life for his enemyes and prayed for them vppon the crosse and so must we also pray always for our enemies and willingly spend our lyfe for their welfare And this is too folowe Christs steppes according as sainct Peter sayeth For when we knowe Iesus Christ with all his riches to be our owne good which thing is to bée clothed with Christ and to become pure and cleane without spot there remayneth nothing more for vs to do but to glorifye God by folowing the lyfe of Iesus Christe and to do to our brethren as Christe hathe doone to vs and specially for somuch as we bée warranted by his word that whatsoeuer we do to his brethren and ours he accepteth it as a benefyte done to himself And dowtlesse seing that the trewe christians are the members of Christ we cannot do eyther good or euill too the trew Christians but wée d●● it likewyse vnto Christ in so much that he reioyceth or suffereth in his members Th●reTherefore like as Iesus Christ is our clothing by faith so also must we through loue become the clothing of our brethren haue as good care