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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	ghost_n	sin_n	sin_v	2,468	5	10.3762	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13561	Three treatises The pearle of the gospell, The pilgrims profession: and A glasse for gentlewomen to dress themselues by. To which is added A short introduction to the worthy receiuing of the Lords supper. By Thomas Taylor, Doctor of Diuinity, and late preacher of Aldermanbury Church in London.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Pearle of the gospell. aut; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Pilgrims profession. aut; Gunter, H.; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Glasse for gentlewomen to dresse themselves by. aut; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Short introduction to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. aut	1633 (1633)	STC 23856; ESTC S113869	74,858	266

sinnefull men estrange thy selfe from their courses walke as one deliuered from this euill world if not yet in respect of place yet in respect of new qualities thou shalt haue GODS protection and see the sa●uation of the LORD when all the wicked Inhabitants of the earth shal● call for the hils to couer them and the mountaines to fall vpon them to hide them from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can stand FINIS A PROFITABLE MEMORIALL OF the Conuersion Life and Death of Mistris MARIE GVNTER set vp as a Monument to be looked vpon both by Protestants and Papists I Could not better spend some part of the dais of my mourning for the losse of my deare Wife then in setting downe briefly some Passages of her course and Pilgrimage that the happy memory of her graces and vertuous life might euer liue with me both for incitation and imitation And if my desires were strong to make them more publike for the direction of some others I hope it will rather be charitably ascribed to the working and stirring of my affection towards her Ashes than to any vanitie of minde or ostentation in her Besides I am sure that if a Protestant had beene seduced from vs as shee was called out of Popery and had liued and dyed so zealous in that Religion as shee did in this the aduersaries would haue made their aduantage of it and published the same as one of the miracles of their Church And I see not but it may be as lawfull for me as it may proue profitable for others to set downe the known Truth concerning her that as shee was in her life so also she may happily continue now after her death an happy instrument of Gods glory in earth as I am assured shee is a vessell before him filled with his glory of heauen THis gracious Woman was for birth a Gentlewoman but descended of Popish Parents who dying in her infancy shee was committed vnto the tuition of an old Lady honourable for her place but a strong Papist who nousled and mis-led this Orphan in Popery till shee came about foureteene yeeres of age at which time this Lady died Upon which occasion God hauing a mercifull purpose towards her conuersion by his good Prouidence brought her to the seruice of that Religious and truly honourable Lady the Countesse of Leicester who entertained her with more than ordinary respect both because of her young yeares as also because shee was allied to Sir Christopher Blunt then husband to the honourable Countesse at whose request his Lady had taken her into her care To this Honourable Countesse shee came a most zealous Papist and resolute as soone as possibly shee could apprehend a fit opportunity to conuey her selfe beyond the Seas and become a Nunne for she then thought that that was the surest and likeliest way to get Heauen which as shee had an earnest desire to attaine so would shee take the nearest way which shee thought would bring her thither But shee could not so closely carry her secret deuotions and intentions but that by the carefull eye of her Honourable Lady they were soone discouered and not sooner discouered then wisely preuented for presently her Lady tooke from her all her Popish bookes Beades and Images and all such trumpery and set a narrow watch ouer her that shee might bee kept from her Popish Prayers and not absent her selfe from the daily Prayers of the Family which were religiously obserued further requiring her to reade those Prayers that her honour daily vsed to have in her private chamber with her women Her Ladiship also carefully preuented her from her Popish company and counsel by word or writing for neither might shee write nor receive any letter without the view and consent of her Honour Shee also constrained her to be countable for the Sermons which shee heard in the house which were constantly two euery Sabbath day for the increase of the sound knowledge of God which is the onely Hammer of Popery And hereby shee in short time obtayned great ability to communicate to others the substance of those Sermons which shee heard the rather because it was constantly obserued by all the women in that honourable Family to come together after the last Sermon and make repetition of both And this shee did as yet for feare but still with this reseruation that shee would keepe her heart for Popery and trusted that God would bee merciful vnto her as Naaman in this which shee did onely through feare and constraint But God who in his owne time worketh in his owne meanes beganne to worke in her first a staggering in her old way For when she saw the holy conuersation of that Reverend Preacher Master I. W. who was then Chaplin to the Countesse shee began to perswade her selfe that surely this mans godlinesse must needs bring him to Heaven And then the reverend respect of the man made her begin to give some better eare to his Doctrine to examine his proofes and to reverence his Ministry whereby in short time it pleased God that shee was won to beleeve the Truth and renounce her former superstition and ignorance And as it is the property of a true Convert being converted her selfe she endeuoured the conversion of others and was a great helpe and furtherance to the publique Ministery that way For this was a thing which that honourable Familie tooke speciall knowledge of and there were many that had great cause to blesse God for her in that respect Now presently Satan that Dragon that watcheth to deuoure every man-child which shall be borne unto God begins to rage and reach at her with strong and violent temptations and first hee terrified her in that shee had sinned the sinne against the holy Ghost for shee had played the deepe dissembler and being in heart a Papist yet joyned with the Protestants whom shee held for Heretickes and all this against her knowledge and conscience and so fiercely and incessantly hee followed this temptation as that shee was perswaded it was impossible that euer this sinne should or could be pardoned And this temptation was pointed and sharpened with that dreadfull and foule suggestion of selfe murder as if the remedy of the sin against the holy Ghost were to destroy ones selfe While shee was thus long tossed tumbled in these waues and billowes of Satanicall suggestions wherein she was so low cast and dejected still concealing her griefe as shee almost despaired of recovery It pleased God to direct that Reverend Preacher who was her Father in Christ whom shee ever after embraced with the most entire love of the most naturall Childe to entreat of this sinne and to shew what it was and by whom and in what manner it was committed To which Doctrine shee diligently harkening and by examination of it and her selfe finding that shee had not so sinned after illumination nor