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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
A81992	Seismos megas. Or Heaven & earth shaken. A treatise shewing how kings, princes, and their governments are turned and changed by Jesus Christ as [brace] King of Kings, and King of Saints. / By John Davis, M.A. sometime lecturer at Christ Church in London, and now pastour of a congregation in Dover.	Davis, John, pastor of a congregation in Dover.	1655 (1655)	Wing D422; Thomason E1601_2	153,991	331

they are in the darke and that your zeale may provoke very may You must hold out the word of life you have not onely the word of light but the word of life within you which to you is a quickning word dividing asunder between the joynts and marrow and this word of light and life this living word you are to hold out for your light must shine before men that they may see your good works before men most men are in darknesse and sit in darknesse carnal sensual men cannot receive the things of God and yet God requires such a shining in you that these men these blind men may some way see and here again observe it must be good works and good works with light not barely good words or good profession that will convince them you may talke long enough and these men will never see any good unlesse you worke it frequently and constantly You must glorifie your Father which is in heaven and they by you It was Christ his work upon earth and it s yours and he finished that work and so should you Joh. 17. Herein is my Father glorified that you bring forth much fruit so shall ye be my Disciples You must be abounding and abounding alway in the work of the Lord knowing your labour is not in vain filled with the fruits of righteousnesse which are by Christ to the glory of the Father giving all diligence and adding to your faith virtue and to virtue knowledge to knowledge temperance and to temperance patience to patience godlinesse and to godlinesse brotherly-kindnesse and to brotherly-kindnesse love These things must be in you and abound in you that ye may not be barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ You have been the servants of sin long enough now it concerns you to obey from the heart the form of Doctrine into which you were delivered It lies upon you to raise common things by holy ends and to turne outward objects into spiritual converse If you do but eat and drink walk or work work or recreate what ever ye do in word or deed it must be all to the glory of God in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks to God the Father by him Eating and drinking are but natural actions but they must have Gods glory as their end Nature may teach you to give thanks but it s the Gospel that teacheth you in your thanksgiving to haverecourse to God the Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus The meanesse of your condition must not hinder the raisednesse of you holinesse Suppose you are servants the Gospel teacheth you how to make your service to become divine Col. 3. 22. Servants obey in all things your Masters not with eye-service as men-pleasers but in singlenesse of heart fearing God and whatever you do do it heartily as to the Lord and not to men knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive a reward for ye serve the Lord Christ You must obey your Masters but so as you must declare you are fearing God while you are obeying them you must render them service but not eye-service God requires the heart for himselfe and when he requires your respect to another he requires your heart thereto How unlike is your complemental expression of saying Your servant your humble servant Sir to the singlenesse of heart here mentioned You must please men and yet not be men-pleasers but please God in the pleasing of them you must do and do heartily but as to the Lord and not to men and there 's good reason for it for of him you must receive the reward for ye serve the Lord Christ he tells you of serving men and serving Christ yea serving Christ in serving men and thus you greaten little and highten low things You should be persons of a raised manner of behaviour in all actions states and conditions in all holy conversation and godlinesse But most of all when you come to worship God who will be sanctified in his nigh ones and glorified before all the people Levit. 10. 3. To worship God is to be neer to him you are then under a promise of his special presence But then he will be sanctified either you must sanctifie him or he will sanctifie himselfe he must be sanctified either in and by you in the holinesse of your hearts or upon you in the execution of his just judgements You must not think to content your selves with pretence to worship God alone in your Closet or Family but you must worship him also before all the people and that is a glorifying him You must worship the Father Joh. 4. 24. but it must be in spirit and truth Gospel-worship hath lesse outward pompe and ceremony then that under the Law and therefore it must have more of plainesse and purity else God should be a loser You must pray alwayes Eph. 6. 18. with all manner of prayer and supplication not prate but pray repetition of words in form of confessions or petition are not prayer your praying must be in the spirit your spirits in prayer must be drawn forth and acted by Gods spirit your affections must be spiritual or you cannot pray it may be babling and howling but praying it is not unlesse it be in the spirit your heads may work and your lips may move but it s no prayer if the heart lie still the voice of words is not the voice of prayer but the sighs and groans that cannot be uttered Rom. 8. 26 27. You must lift up your souls in prayer lay hold on the strength of the Almighty and wrastle with him not letting him alone until he blesse you Jesus Christ hath set up and set open a Throne of grace and given us a boldnesse of accesse Eph. 3. 12. You must come in his Name with confidence Aske and you shall bave seeke and you shall finde knock and it shall be opened to you You must watch and pray yea watch unto prayer with all perseverance and joy Eph. 6. 18. You lose many sweet praying opportunities by not watching your season you lose the acting and improvement of many graces and obtaining of many precious comforts and sweet returnes by not persevering in prayer Far be it from you to pray as a task or as a work which you are soon weary of and glad when it is over but you must persevere in prayer and pray with joy and joy to pray You must attend at the posts of Wisdomes door Prov 8. 34. Laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyes and all evil speakings as new born babes desire the sincere milke of the word that you may grow thereby 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the sincere milke the form of wholesome words not sugared with the wisdome of words but coming in the demonstration of the spirit and with power That word desire and desire as new born babes out of

laid it onely on his shoulders Psal 2. 6. He hath set his King on his holy hill set him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies to pour out I have annointed and set him by my eternal counsel and decree yea the Father hath passed it with an oath Psal 110. His swearing is to be extended not onely to his Priestly but also to his Kingly Office so that he will never repent of his choice His right is then by the best Election 2. He hath right by Donation and that is a right with the highest love All power is given to him Math. 18. in heaven and in earth Aske of me and I will give thee the Heathen His Kingdome is all of love The Father loves and gives him the Kingdome The Son loves the Father and us and gives himselfe to us with command to love him and one another he calls us his little flock and assures us It is the Fathers good pleasure to give us the Kingdome also 3. He hath his right by Birth it is his Birthright So he is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the First-borne of every creature Col. 1. 16. v. 18. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the First-borne from the dead Psal 2. 7. Thou art my Son and then follows the inheritance and possession v. 8. I will give thee the Heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession Inheritance is the portion of a Son and his inheritance hath present possession with it although his father live for ever 4. Christ hath his right by Purchase He layes down a considerable price for his Kingdome Isa 53. 10. He makes his soul an offering for sin and then follows He shall see his seed and prolong his dayes that is having poured out his soul his blood as a drink-offering to his Father he shall prolong the dayes of his Kingdome and the good pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand 5. Lastly his Conquest gives it him 1 Cor. 15. 25. He must reigne and put all his enemies under his feet he must reigne and his enemies must be destroyed yea he destroyes that which destroyeth all namely Death he then lives and reignes reignes and conquers and justly reignes because he justly conquers Equity is surely attractive and none hath more of that then Christ and therefore unto him should we look 2. Christ hath not onely right but the most incomprehensible qualification for his Government Here on earth many have right who have not wisdome to rule Christ hath superlatively all right and all qualification He is the wisdome and power of God 1 Cor. 1. 24. In him dwells all the fullnesse of the Godhead bodily All treasures of knowledge are hid in him His anointing is with oyle of gladnesse above his fellows He hath the spirit but not by measure and that spirit resting on him Isa 11. 2. all which shew the person of Christ to be most heavenly and that with which we should most be taken 3. Christs Administrations are the highest and purest Rev. 15. 3. His wayes are just and true Psal 85. 10. Here mercy and truth meet together righteousnesse and peace kisse each other He is most absolute accountable to none but his Father He rules by will and justly too because his will is a Law what is Tyranny in the Creature is Equity in Christ His exalting his will to be our Law is righteous in him and good to us for Men to do so is to intrench on his prerogative and render themselves obnoxious to his vindictive power He makes the Subjects he rules over Psal 149. 2. Let Israel rejoyce in him that made him Let the children of Zion be joyfull in their King Their King is their Maker and therefore requireth the most observance from them 2 Cor. 10. 5. Every thonght is to be under a happy captivity to the obedience of Christ Let Tyrants be never so crafty and cruel they may restraine the body and gag the tongues of men but they cannot reach their thoughts But Christ layes his dominion there leaves us not one thought to be at our own disposal but requires all to come under him It is for the poor low governments here to be tied to Time and Place Christ rules over all all persons and things allwayes He makes all and preserveth what he hath made and orders righteously that which he hath preserved He hath gladium justitiae the sword of Justice by which he cuts up vice and defends his own people and he hath gladium belli the sword of War to destroy his incorrigible enemies Let them gather together he will scatter them let them make their nests in the Stars yet thence he will plucke them down Let them lay their plots deep and magnifie themselves to do great things yet he will turn their wisdom into foolishnesse and their plots to the advance of his own designes 4. Christs Communications are the largest 1 Joh. 5. 20. He hath given us understanding to know him that is true Men may propound something for your knowledge but they cannot give the understanding but Christ triumphs in this to give wisdome to the simple and knowledge to them that have no understanding Phil. 1. 29. Vnto you it s given on the behalfe of Christ not onely to believe but also to suffer for his sake Acts 5. 31. God hath exalted him to be a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance to Israel and remission of sin When he left the World he bequeaths no worse legacy to his Disciples then what himselfe had enjoyed Joh. 14. 27. Peace he leaves with them yea his peace to relieve their troubled and fearful hearts Eph. 4. 8. and 1● When he ascends up on high he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men Verse 12. He gave some Apostles and some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors and Teachers for the perfecting of the Saints for the worke of the Ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. To all that love his appearance and that have fought the good fight and kept the faith he as a righteous Lord and Judge hath laid up and will give a Crown of righteousnesse Now summe up all to give knowledge and faith and so all other graces to give repentance and remission of sins grace and gifts gifts to men and those men to his Church and hereafter a Crown of righteousnesse What are if these are not large Communications Every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts and shall not the consideration of Christ his bountiful giing make us desirously longing after that Title of true honour to be called his friends We have seen King Jesus upon the Throne and his Throne all glorious we have seen his Right his Qualifications Administrations and Communications Let us now in the second place veiw the Properties of his Kingdome 1. His