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life_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	7,702	5	9.5397	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08560	How and whither a Christen man ought to flye the horrible plage of the pestilence A sermon out of the Psalme. Qui habitat in adsutorio altissimi. By Andrewe Osiander. Translated out of hye Almayn in to Englishe.; Wie und wohin ein Christ die grausamen Plag der Pestilentz fliehen soll. English	Osiander, Andreas, 1498-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568. aut	1537 (1537)	STC 18878; ESTC S104259	17,345	46

of the sprynge but it remayneth clere tyll it come farther abrode from the fyrste heade therof as it maye all be sene wyth eyes and also be proued by daylye experience Yf a naturall lyghte then be so myghtye agaynste the darkenesse of the nyghte an earthen well sprynge so stronge in strynynge agaynst all standynge waters howe muche more doth it then the true euerlastynge and heauenly lyght and the only inuincible sprynge of all lyfe namely God the Lorde oure maker and Saueoure That God is the true euerlastynge and heauenly lyght wytnesseth Ihon the euangelist in the fyrst Chapter and sayeth God was the worde in hym was the lyfe and the lyfe was the lyghte of men Lykewyse also in hys Canonicall epistle in the fyrst Chapter God is lyght and in hym is no darknesse In lyke maner That he is the onely inuincible sprynge of all lyfe wytnesseth the prophete Ieremy in the seconde chapter For there sayeth the Lorde My people commytteth a dubble synne they forsake me the lyuynge sprynge of lyfe and make themselues fayre welles whyche neuerthelesse geue no water And Dauid sayeth in the .xxxv. Psalme With the is the sprynge of lyfe and in thy lyght se we lyght Yf God the Lorde thē be the true lyght it followeth that all they whyche put theyr trust in hym be as a brennynge candle for by fayth doth God dwell in our hartes and we are the lyuynge tēple of God as Paul to the Corinthians doth wytnesse more thē once Therfore sayeth Christ of hys discyples Math. v. Ye are the lyght of the worlde And of Ihon the baptyste He was a burnynge and shynynge lyght Ioh. v. Lykewyse yf God be the euerlastynge lyuynge fountayne it followeth that the faythfull be euē flowynge sprynges Therfore sayeth Christ also Ioh. vii Who so beleueth on me as the scripture sayeth out of hys body shall flowe streames of lyuyng water But this he said of the sprete which they that beleue on him shulde receaue Lyke as the darkenesse of the nyght now can hurte no earthly or worldly lyght but muste geue place and flye from y e lyght Euen so Sathan also whyche is a prynce of spirituall darkenesse can do no harme to a true ryghte beleuynge Christen man but must feare and flye from hym For God which is the euerlastynge lyghte dwelleth and shyneth in hys hart and dryueth and expelleth farre from hym all the workes of darknesse And lyke as no heape of water cā dryue backe ony foūtayne of the groūde and hynder the quycke sprynge therof and lyke as no vnclennesse can make it soule euen so also can no aduersite of this worlde take awaye or shorten ony christen mans lyfe For God whyche is the fountayne of al lyfe dwelleth and lyueth in hys harte and dryueth all hurtfull poyson and mortall sycknesses farre awaye from thence so that not only it can not harme hym but he also helpeth other people and delyuereth them by hys presēce euen as a lyght that shyneth farre aboute it and as a sprynge that alway floweth runneth maketh the groūd moyst and frutefull And thys is it that the Lorde sayeth in the Gospell in the last of Marke The tokens that shall followe them whych beleue are these In my name shall they cast out deuels speake wyth new tūges dryue away serpentes and yf they drynke ony deadlye thynge it shall not hurte them They shall laye handes vpon the sycke and they shall recouer So is it red also in the Actes of the Apostles the .v. Chapter that the syck were made whole only of saynt Peters shadow So vtterly must vanysh euery thynge that it is contrary and agaynst the euerlastynge lyghte and sprynge of lyfe where a ryght Christen man is in whom God dwelleth by a true belefe and out of whom the holy goost shyneth and floweth Let Sathan then preasse in here wyth all hys darknesse and wyth all hys hurtfull infectiō yet shall ye se in belefe that he can not take nor destroye ony Christen man therwyth yf he continue in fayth and kept God in hys harte But he shalbe smytten backe and dryuen awaye by force as y e wonderfull workes of Christe and of all sayntes do manyfestly declare Therfore is it a great shame for a Christen man to be so afrayed for the plage of the pestilence as to flye from them whom he is bounde to serue by Gods commaundement For by reason he shulde wythout all feare make haiste vnto them not onely to fulfyll Gods commaundemente but also by hys presence to helpe them yf theyr fayth do els worke with all But yf it come not to passe yet is he sure for as muche as God dwelleth in him he walketh goeth in Gods cōmaūdemēt For certaīly thys promes shal not fayl hi● Though a thousande fal at thy syde and ten thousande at thy right syde yet shall it not touch the. But wyth fayth must these wordes be taken holde vpon for naturall reason doth not comprehende them in as muche as in dede it appeareth farre otherwyse And no man nedeth to thynke nor iudge that they whyche dye of thys plage be all vnchristen and faythlesse but we ought not to doute but that ther dye therof many vertuous men and leaue many vngodly Thys is done because that death maye happen to a man two maner of wayes One waye after the commune course of nature accordynge as euery mans death is appoynted hym of God and we haue cōsented vnto it in baptyme Of thys sayeth y e prophete Iob in the .xiiii. Chapter A man hath hys appoynted tyme the nombre of his monethes standeth w t the y u hast appoynted him his boūdes which he shal not ouerpasse Another waye maye death happen to a man before the tyme by reason of hys great greuous synnes As the Lorde hath threatened by Moses that yf hys cōmaundemēt be not kept he wyl cause pestilēce to reigne Wherout it is certayne that whan they be kepte y e plage abydeth out Lykewyse sayeth he in the commaundements Honour father and mother that thou mayest lyue longe c. Out of the whiche it is certayne that hys lyfe which doth them not shalbe shortened In lyke maner sayeth Dauid in the .iv. Psal The bloud thyrsty shall not bryng theyr lyfe to the halfe nombre Wherout it is sure that they shulde lyue muche longer yf they shed not innocent bloud Lykewyse sayeth Christ Luce. xii Yf ye do not repent ye shall all peryshe as they that the tower in Siloa fell vpon Where by it is certayne that who so repenteth not maye loke for al mysfortune And of thys vntymely death only speaketh thys Psalme and promyseth the faythfull christen men that they shalbe fre from it For from the ryght appoynted death in to the whych we haue consented in baptyme we can nor shalbe delyuered Wherfore yf a vertuous ryghte Christen man dye of thys plage it is certaynly hys very houre appointed vnto hym of God whyche he