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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	diligence_n	faith_n	temperance_n	1,270	5	10.7290	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15396	A catholicon, that is, A generall preservative or remedie against the pseudocatholike religion gathered out of the catholike epistle of S. Jude, briefly expounded, and aptly, according to the time, applied to more then halfe an hundreth of popish errours, and as many corruptions of manners. With a preface seruing as a preparatiue to the catholicon, and a dyet prescribed after.; A catholicon.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1602 (1602)	STC 25673; ESTC S114006	113,250	270

prooue a dead and withered braunch and so is that faith that doeth not gather daily more strength We ought therefore to growe increase that we may appeare to be liuing braunches graft into the stocke which is Christ. First this doctrine which teacheth increase Error 49. of faith meeteth with an erroneous opinion of the papists who doe require of their people onely a weake and imperfect faith to beleeue as the Church beleeueth and say it is sufficient though they themselues be not able to giue any reason A generall confused saith not sufficient nor render any account of faith for where is nowe this edifying of our selues in faith this spirituall groweth increase of faith they grow not at all which content themselues with a rude weake imperfect general faith S. Peter otherwise teacheth that we should be readie to giue an answer to euery man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in vs. 1. Pet. 3. 15. And thus Origen expoundeth those wordes of the Apostle to our Sauiour Christ Lord increase A d●●ge nobis fidem i habentes eam fidem quae non est secundum scientiam habeamus eam quae est secundum scientiam in c 10. ad Rom. our faith Luke 17. 5. That is hauing that faith which is not according to knowledge let vs haue that also which is according to knowledge Secondly we see what they may thinke of themselues that continue in one stay their faith hope charitie knowledge zeale is the same which it was many yeres since surely such may worthily suspect themselues that their faith is dying in thē for it is most true qui non proficit deficit he that increaseth not decreaseth Wherefore euery man ought to giue all diligence to adde grace to grace vertue to vertue as the Apostle saith Ioyne vertue with your faith with vertue knoweledge with knoweledge temperance c. so shall they not be idle and vnfruitfull 2. Pet. 1. 5 6 8. And as Hierome saith Isti sunt veluti scalae gradus quam vidit Iacob these are as the staires of Fabiolae tom 4. the ladder which Iaacob sawe whereby we must scale the heauens Praying in the holy Ghost The Apostle here sheweth that the meanes whereby Doctrin 2. we are enabled to edifie our selues and to goe forward in faith is by praier he likewise teacheth what manner of praier it ought to be in the holy Ghost that is we must pray effectually zealously as the spirit shall make vs to pray Saint Iames testifieth as much saying If any of you lacke wisedome let him aske of god who giueth to all men liberally c. but let him aske in faith Iam. 1. 5. The prophet Dauid is a notable president to vs in both these points that praier is a meane to obtaine such graces as we want Psal. 109. 4. But I betake my selfe vnto praier and that it ought to be with the heart Psal. 108. 1. Mine heart is prepared mine heart is prepared O God I will sing and giue praise Exor For like as Moses with his rodde wrought wonders Elisha with his staff in such stead is praier vnto Christians but like as the Arke was couered with gold both within without Exod. 25. 11. so our praier must not consist in glorious goodly words but proceede from the golden meditations of the heart Aitiol For as God is so ought our praier to be He is a spirit and we must worship him and pray vnto him in spirit and because Ioh. 4. 24. Christ saith Come vnto me all that are wearie and I will ease you Math. 11. 28. and to him we haue accesse by praier therfore we ought to haue recourse to praier as vnto the hauen and rest of our soules If then our praiers ought to be spirituall whereunto we are stirred by the H. ghost which as the Apostle saith maketh requests for vs with sight that can not be expressed Rom. 8. 26. then first of all all lip-labour Error 50. in praier is condemned such as are all popish Popish liplabour in praiers vain● latine praiers made by simple people without any knowledge or vnderstanding of that which is praied which is contrarie to the Apostles rule I will pray with the spirit I will pray with the vnderstanding also I will sing with the spirit I will sing with the vnderstanding also 1. Cor. 14. 15. For if publike prayer ought to be made to the vnderstanding of others whereof the Apostle here chiefly speaketh much more to the vnderstanding of those themselues that pray Origen saith well vpon these words of our Sauiour If two agree vpon ●arth whatsoever they desire it shall be giuen them Math. 18. 19. that is There must be a consent of the heart in beleeuing and a ●●it consensus cordis crodendo linguae cōsitendo tract 6. Matth. consent of the tongue in confessing And secondly seeing praier is so necessarie an instrument of the soule they are grieuous offendours that so seldome vse it Daniel would not forbeare praier 30. daies vnto God though it cost him his life but vsed to pray thrice euery day Dan. 6. 10. Men now are not onely terrified from praier but comforted and encouraged to pray yet I am afraid that many passe daies weekes moneths yeares and neuer humble themselues in their priuate praier vnto God Great is the efficacie of feruent praier Iam. 5. 16. And Hierome well saith Vim facicbat precum tuarum fidelis ambitio The faithfull ambition ad C●la●ti●● as it were of your prayers was violent and forceable vers 22. Keepe your selues in the loue of God He meaneth brotherly charitie which is wrought in vs by God The loue of God is taken either for that loue whereby God loueth vs 1. Ioh. 4. 9. In this appeared the loue of God toward vs c. or whereby we loue God v. 19. We loue him because he loued vs first or for that loue whereby we loue one an other which is said to be the loue of God because it commeth of God 1. Ioh. 4. 7. Beloued let vs loue one an other for loue commeth of God and so is it taken here The Apostle then in these words exhorteth Doct. ● to perseuerance and continuance in loue that we should take heede of all offences and occasions whereby our charitie might be interrupted or broken off so that it is as great a vertue to cherish and nourish Christian loue as once to haue begunne it Testim Therefore the Apostle saith Endeauouring to keepe the vnitie of the spirit in the bond of peace Eph. 4. 3. And againe Be angrie and sinne not v. 26. that is so moderate your affections as thereby ye sinne not against charitie Examp. Thus was Abraham desirous to keepe charitie he beeing both far greater then Lot as elder in yeares his vncle by kinred and heire of Gods promises yet thus offereth himselfe vnto him seeking peace Let there be no