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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	word_n	world_n	worship_n	1,141	4	6.9164	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68502	A sermon, called Gods new yeeres-guift sent vnto England. Conteined in these wordes. So God loued the worlde, that he hath giuen his onely begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish but should haue life euerlasting. Ioh. 3. 16.	Nicholson, Samuel, fl. 1600-1602.	1602 (1602)	STC 18547; ESTC S114555	14,183	40

to adorne themselues so we must borrow from prophane Arts all their ornaments and with their ●poyles adorne the Temple of God So doing Learning and Religion like two Twin●es will liue and loue togither And thus much touching the occasion of these wordes Hauing found out the ●iue let vs search for the Hony conteayned in this heauenly verse GOD so loued the World that he hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but should haue life euerlasting Iohn 3. 16. THese wordes containe a Deed of guift which for our better light I branch into these sixe partes First the giuer GOD. Second the cause moouing him to this exceeding bountie which is here said to be Loue. Third the guift his onely begotten Sonne Fourth the partie to whom this Legacie or guift is bequeathed the World Fifth the frui●e following this Guift which is two foulde first a Ransome in these wordes should not perish Secondly a reward in these wordes should haue life euerlasting Sixth the hand wherewith we receiue this Guift namely Fayth whosoeuer beleeueth in him CAPVT 1. Of GOD the giuer First The giuer GOD. The wealth of a Guift appeares in the worth of the giuer and if the giuer be ●●ce the Guift is contemned but if the giuer be gra●ious in our hart the Guift is as precious in our eye While our Ships ride in ou● harbours we regard them not but when they returne from the farthest Ocean we looke for great riches If a Messenger come to vs from a meane person we giue him meane entertainement but if a Prince sende his worst Seruant vnto vs we giue him princely regarde Well God is richer then the Ocean his boosome is full of blessings God is greater then a Prince his kingdome is euerlasting And as his thoughtes are not as mans thoughts so his Guiftes are not as mans Guiftes for as he giues without merit so he giues without measure he is excellent in all his workes If he loue it 's without repentance if he hate his anger indures for euer if he giue he powres downe his blessinges if he take non hab●n●●●●●●m quod habet a●●eretur he takes away all He loues a chearefull giuer and shall we thinke him a fearefull giue● A poore man on a time begging a Groat of a King the King snipt him with this aunswere Non est Regium If an ●●rthly Prince thus stood on his Guift shall not the heauenly King regard what he giueth Christ telleeth vs that Bea●●us est da●e q●àm accipere it's a part of his Fathers blessednesse to giue And saint Augustine sayes Benefic●um est beneuola actio tribuens 〈◊〉 ●audiū●ri●uendo A benefite or guift is a work of good wil that pleasures as much in the giuing as the receauer doth in the Guift So then if Gods Guift be a worke of good-will towardes man we may m●asure out his benef●●ence by his beneuolence his worke by his will and his Guift by y ● ioy that he taketh in giuing When Goods Loue intendes a Larges the guift must needes be great The lower the Uale the more raine it receiueth and the vnworthier man is the greater Gods loue is and the richer his Guift In a word the excellencie of this Guift appeares in the excellencie of the giuer whose perfection is such as onely silence must shew it while conce●t and reason ●ie in a traunce through endles admiration A Philosopher being commaunded to tell the King what God was he asked a dayes respet and when the day was done and the King exp●cted his promise he asked two dayes which being ended he asked foure dayes and after eight the King admyring his slacknesse demaunded why he so abiourned his promise Because quoth he the more I thinke of him the lesse I know of him S. B●●nard sayth Quid est Deus Longitudo Latitudo sublimitas profundum longitudo propter aeternitat●m latitudo propter ●h●ritatem sublimitas propter ma●est atem 〈◊〉 propter sapientiam and therefore as God is wonderfull so are his guiftes Amongst men in deed the giuer may be wicked and the guift too In the 22. of Numb Baala●e was a wicked giuer and so was his guift which he offered to curse the ●●racl●tes So in Acts 8. Simor M●gus is a giuer but a cursed giuer for he thought with Guiftes to buy the guiftes of Gods spirit And such giuers were the Pha●isies for they gaue thirtie pence to betray the Lord of lyfe But as Iudas receiued the earnest penny of his perdition so they betrayed their owne posteritie to endlesse miserie In a worde the Diuell himselfe is a giuer but a wicked giuer for he offered Christ all the Worlde for an howers worship as the Pope gaue all the New-found World to the Spaniards because they should worshippe him But Dauid telles vs D●m●● est terra How shall the Diuell giue the World to Christ that can not giue himselfe an howers respite from torment his Thorne yeeldes no such Grapes his Thi●tle beares no such Figges howsoeuer like a bragging suitor he boastes of his riches Though he promise an Angell of light he payes with lyght Angels and shall haue his portion with leawd Angels in hell fire But God as he made all thinges good so doth he giue all thinges that are good Iames sayth Omne bonum est De● donum Euery good guift is Gods guift In ●eremic God sayes There is not an Euill in the Cittie which I haue not created If God create Euill for a correction much more doth he create Good for our comfort He is like the good Father that spendes himselfe in prouiding for his sonne or the kinde Mother which no sooner hath a sweete thing but she giues it her childe or the cunning Artificer who cares not what cost he bestowes on his worke to make it more beautifull So God is affected towardes his creature as he made all exceeding good so he desires the good of all especially Man whom he made for the Glasse of his glory and the Image of himselfe to be his Sonne on earth and his Heire in heauen and though heere Man is but Tennant at will yet he sittes at an easie rent the bare debt of Thankfulnes The summe of this discourse is seeing God is the giuer of all Good we must looke for all good thinges at his handes and desire nothing that is good farther then it is Gods Guift For that which is Snatcht from others is the Diuels bayte not Gods blessing The world is full of such snatching Nimrods mightie hunters for some hunt after Honour some after Pleasure and some after Profite And these thre Hunters haue almost hunted all Religion and Uertue out of our borders But let them know that Quaedam dat Deus misericorditer quaedam sinit habere iratus Whatsoeuer comes by Oppression Tyrannie Bryberie Simmonie Vsurie is not Gods guift and therefore no good guift but a pledge of his anger Therefore whatsoeuer thou possessest or desirest let