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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	sin_n	transgress_v	transgression_n	6,224	5	10.7950	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67403	The life and death of the eminently learned, pious, and painful minister of the gospel, Dr. Samuel Winter, sometime provest of Trinity Colledge near Dublin in Ireland together with some rare examples of Gods gracious answers to his prayers, upon several occasions.	J. W.	1671 (1671)	Wing W59A; ESTC R40677	35,328	96

and I must now die which also came to pass for she could not be delivered XI After Doctor Winters return into England he with his Wife came to London and for a month sojourned in Doctor Drakes House In which time his second Daughter fell sick of the Twisting of the Guts She had two able Physitians Doctor French and Doctor Cox She lay in very great torture from Munday till Saturday night and the Doctors had very little hope of her Life On Saturday evening Doctor Winter came in and meeting with her Sister asked how she did Her Sister answered she thought that now she was very near unto death For that the Doctors having prescribed something to be given her in a Spoon her teeth were so set that her Aunt and she had much ado to open them to put it into her mouth But said she Sir what do you think of her Give me said he a candle that I may go into my chamber and anon I will tell you whether she shall live or die When he came down she met him at the foot of the stairs and asked him what he thought of her now He answered Your Sister will live And going up into her Chamber he spake to his Wife and bid her to use all means possible for her recovery For said he she must not dye this time His Wife begged of him not to be so confident for that she was very near unto Death and no hopes of Life remained Yet he told her Mother and Aunts that she should recover and live His Wife was much troubled at it notwithstanding all her former experiences But the next day signs of her recovery began to appear and within a little space she was perfectly well Some other instances might be given but these may suffice as evidently demonstrating that the Lord is a Prayer-hearing God That never saith to the seed o● Jacob Seek ye my Face in vain Probably the incredulous World will not believe these things to b●true● but judge them rather to be Romances and fancies than realities But there are so many Consciencious Persons and of Good credit yet living who can and will attest the Truth of them that there is no place left to distrust or doubting among those that are sober and judicious Amos 3.7 Surely the Lord God will d● nothing but he revealeth his secret un●● his Servants the Prophets John 16.23 Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my Name He will give it you v. 24. Hitherto have you asked nothing in my Name Ask and ye shall receive that you Joy may be full A Letter written by Doctor Winter to a Gentleman desiring of him a short and plain account of what was necessary to the Person that would be saved THough many things in Scripture be required of a Christian which he is bound to observe not to ●●tain any Truth in unrighteousness for whosoever p●rsisteth in any sinful course against his light of Conscience without remorse and hearty sorrow for the same sinneth fundamentally Rom 1.18 For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against a● ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness Yet there are not many things in themselves absolutely necessary to selvation without which no man can be Saved These God in much mercie hath set down in holy ●●itt that the meanest and weakest Christians may understand Luke 19.42 If thou hadst known even thou at least in this thy day the things which belong unto thy peace c. From whence 〈◊〉 may observe that a man may know many things ●●d yet not know the thing which concerns his everlasting peace The understanding is the first that lives and the last that dies I say then 1. First It is absolutely necessary that there be a work of illumination and conviction and that a clear full particular and through work be upon the understanding which must be renewed and sanctified as well as the will John 16.9 when the Spirit is come he will reprove the world of Sin because they believe not on me Eph. 4.23 And be renewed in the Spirit of your minds so that the soul see sin to be the greatest evil in the world and Christ the greatest good the only excellent and desireable thing Psal 73.25 Whom have I in Heaven but Thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee Philip. 3.8 Yea doubtless and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered to loss of all things and do coun● them but Dung that I may win Christ In the the young man in the Gospel failed for though 〈◊〉 came running to Christ yea kneeled down to him Himself being a Ruler he thought he had kept the Commandments from his youth he thought he saw a● excellency in Christ else why went he away sorrowful yet because he saw a greater excellency in the world and Embraced that rather than Christ 〈◊〉 perished Mark 10.17 Luke 18.18 2 Secondly It is necessary that the heart be broken Psal 51.17 A broken and a contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise A broken heart is the sound heart the oyl of Grace is poured into the broken Vessel as first the heart must be broken with hearty sorrow for sin as sin as it is a breach of the Law and Command of God 1 John 3.4 Whosoever committeth Sin Transgresseth the Law for Sin is the transgression of the Law We must grieve for Christ Crucified by and for us Zech. 12.10 They shall look upon me whom they have Pierced and they shall mourn as one mourneth for his only Son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first-born Till Sin is bitter to us Christ will not be sweet to us Again he must be broken down 2 Cor. 10.5 That all the strong holds of Sin be tumbled down and all those high thoughts and strong imaginations be laid low that those invincible forts of sin be level'd and the will subdued to the will of Christ Again thirdly the heart must be broken through that the heart be contrite Psal 51.17 A Contrite heart O God thou wilt not despise The heart must be as it were shivered in pieces and melted before the Lord not like an Earthen Jugg that is broken indeed but the pieces remain hard as before and thus it was with Pharaoh King of Egypt Again fourthly its necessary the heart be broken from Sin as well as for sin it s called Repentance from dead works Heb. 6.1 He that doth not break off his former sins and bid adiew to them no more to act sin and live in sin as farmerly cannot expect to be saved in the day of Christ 1 Pet. 2.24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the Tree that we being dead to sins should live unto righteousness 3. Thirdly It s necessary that we should be emptied of all self righteousness so that