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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	faith_n	patience_n	temperance_n	4,962	5	11.6128	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02190	Markes and no markes, of the Kingdome of Heauen: or, A treatise of things neccessary, vnnecessary, to the Kingdome of God. By Henry Greenewood Master of Art, and preacher of the word of God	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1634 (1634)	STC 12334; ESTC S119046	14,649	53

corruption So wée receive from the 2. Adam a double blisse Imputation of his merits Derivation of his graces And no man shall bee justified in his merits that is not sanctified by his graces Vse 1 1 The Papist is then condemned that makes works his righteousnes not Christ Vse 2 2. The blind worldling is also here convicted that makes riches not righteousnesse the seale of his souls for Heaven That worldling Luke 12.18.19 was a foole in graine that trusted in his graine and never looked for faith no not so much as a graine of mastard-séede rich people if they have not the riches of Christ shall never enter into the Kingdome of Heaven for my text saith here that the Kingdome of GOD is righteousnesse not riches peace not pleasures joy in the holy Ghost not carnall mirth and laughter Vse 3 3. If righteousnesse be a marke of the Kingdome of God then first and above all things let us seeke the Kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof none but the incorrupt shall dwell in Gods holy hill Psal 15.2 what if we have all the world and want sanctity who can expresse our infelicity the Lord create in us all new hearts the Lord of his mercy renew in us all right spirits unholy unhappy unholy unhappy Vse 4 4. In the fourth place wee may plainely see how few of mankind shall be saved how few doe wee find among men righteous truely pious wée may take up justly in our times the cry and complaint of David Psal 12.1 helpe Lord helpe for good and godly men decay what a pity it is that this world should bée made for so many and the world to come for so few Vse 5 5. If righteousnesse bée the soundest and surest marke of a member of the Kingdome of God then how farre from Heaven are such as mock men for righteousnesse and despise such as precisely seeke to serve the Lord O generation of vipers how shall ye fly from the anger to come how shall yée escape the damnation of Hell Vse 6 6 If righteousnesse bee a marke of the Kingome of God then wickednesse is a badge of a limme of the Divell if vertue and knowledge and faith and temperance and patience and godlinesse and brotherly kindnesse and love bee assurers of Heaven then ignorance and infidelity and gluttony and drunkennes and covetousnes impatience and prophanesse and maliciousnesse are proofes of damnation The plague of plagues is to bee wicked For as righteousnesse brings peace and joy so ungodlinesse brings horrour Hell and torments everlasting Thus much for the first of the thrée Heavenly markes of our happinesse namely Righteousnesse The second thing that prooves a man a member of Christ a Citizen of the Kingdome of God is Peace The Kingdome of God is righteousnesse and Peace Peace is twofold 1. Good 2. Bad. Good peace is fourefold 1. With God Rom. 5.1 2. With the Conscience 3. With our Brethren 4. With our enemies Psal 147.13 Bad peace is an agréement in evill as was the peace of Simeon and Levi Herod and Pilate our peace must bee joyned with truth Zachar. 8.16 and with holinesse Hebr. 12.14 The thrée first are here meant whence let us observe this point for our instruction That every member of Christ is at peace with God through Jesus Christ from whence springeth a twofold peace of conscience with the Brethren This peace of conscience ariseth from the remission of our sinnes and our reconcilement with God through Jesus Christ Christ therefore is called our Peace and the Prince of Peace and Peace-maker Ephes 2.24 Esay 9.6 Colos 1.8 Concerning this inward peace I will propound these 4 questions First how this peace is gotten By two 1. By grieving for our sinnes done against the Law 2. By applying the promises of the Gospell for reunission Secondly how may this inward peace be preserved By these thrée 1. By avoyding all but especially knowne sins 2. By doing every duty uprightly though not perfectly 3. By often confessing our sinnes and craving pardon for them Thirdly May this peace be lest or no The sense of it may bee lost for a time but the thing it selfe never And it is lost by these thrée 1. By some or other grosse actuall sinne 2. By neglect of some or other duty 3. By some or other strong fit of temptation It fareth with the soule as it doth with the body sometime well sometime ill faith hath his swoones and this state of the soule is lively resembled by these The Sunne un●●● a Cloud a man in a trance ●●ées dead in Winter Fourthly Now is this peace got●●● againe being once lost ●y these ●●●e 1. By remembring Gods former mercies 2. By companying with the Godly 3. By attending the publike ministery 4. By renewing our repentance more seriously 5. By private and earnest prayer There is in the third place ano●●er peace a famous marke of the ●hild of God and that is peace with ●●e brethren This peace Abraham sought with 〈◊〉 when their servants fell foule ●●out grounds Gen. 13.8 David ●●ught to live peaceably with all ●●n Psal 120.7 and perswades 〈◊〉 men to peace 34.14 seeke peace ●●d ensue it The like doth Paul ●om 12.18 As much as lyeth you have peace with all men God is ● God of peace Christ is the Pri●●● of peace the Gospell is the Gosp●● of peace Heaven is a place of pea●● therefore let us live in peace t●●● the God of peace may be with us Vse 1 First here appeareth the hap●●nesse of a Christian he is at pea●● with his God Rom. 5.1 being ju●●●fied by faith wee are at peace w●●● God through our Lord Jesus Chri●● and on the other side the case of a ●●probate is very miserable Esay 5● 21. There is no peace to the wi●●ed saith my God Vse 2 2 Let every man breathing lab●●● to maintaine the peace of a good ●●●science for this peace is a Iew●● indéede a continuall feast Th●● Paul indevoured to kéep a cleare co●science both toward God and ma● Act. 24.16 Vse 3 3. Such as live in strife and c●●tention not in love and peace a●● members of Satan For the Kin●dome of God is righteousnesse a●● peace Let us then imbrace peac● as wee live together let us love ●●gether to this end let us take héede ●● such things as may hinder peace ● Pride for as wée reade in the ●roverbs onely by pride commeth ●●ntention Prov. 13.10 2. Malice 3. Revenge 4. Envy ● Fiercenesse 6. Busi-medling 7 ●ebate 8. Strife 9. Whispering 10. Backbiting 11. Tale-bearing The Kingdome of God is peace ●nd joy in the holy Ghost Righteousnesse brings peace and peace joy when wée sée God well pleased and reconciled with us and made our loving heavenly friend through Christ how can wée then ●ut joy By joy is meant the swéet motion of a Christian soule chéered up and made glad partly by the present sense of Gods love shed into