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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	aaron_n	ark_n	manna_n	17	3	10.1275	5	false

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A09744	The vvhole sermons of that eloquent diuine, of famous memory; Thomas Playfere, Doctor in Diuinitie Gathered into one vollume, the titles thereof are named in the next page.; Sermons	Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609.; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Path-way to perfection. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Heart's delight. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Power of praier. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Sick-man's couch. aut	1623 (1623)	STC 20003; ESTC S105046	300,452	702

signifies swiftnesse so we must tioine Mithkah and Cashmonah sweetnesse swiftnesse both together f Hieron Epist. ad Fabiolam Mansionc 26. and as soone as we haue pitched in Mithkah as soone as we haue tasted and seene how sweet the Lord is presently we must remoue our tents from thence and pitch in Cashmonah presently wee must follow hard and runne not onely sweetly but also swiftly in this way of peace which leadeth vnto life Tell me wherefore saith Christ againe g Cant. 4.13 speaking of the praise of his spouse Thy plants are as an orchard of pomegranats but onely to teach vs that toward the marke is the fifth degree of perfection For a Pomegranat hath many graines within him in his case and a little round circle or a crowne without him vpon his head Now these graines being sweet in tast and red in colour are orderly set one by another and point vp or as it were look vp altogether to the crowne To intimate thus much that wee which are plants of the Church as an Orchard of Pomegranates must grow and goe on still toward the ma●k not onely when we enioy the sweete taste of pleasant prosperity but also when wee beare the red colour of bloudy persecution (h) Meminit malogranatorum quòd rubore granatorum oblectent suauitate grat● sint Quod ad colorem ad ardentem ecclesiae charitatem referri potest Mercerus Mal● pu●●a sanguineorubent colore scilicet Martyres Halgr●nus in cant l. 7. Idem Beda Haim● habent in com in hunc locum and consenting in a kinde of conformity and perfect peace vnity one with another we must point vp altogether with the finger of faith to Christ looke vp continually with the eie of loue to our head who by being first crossed is now come to be crownd with honor glory In the arke of the couenant there was the golden pot that had Manna and Aarons rod that had budded and the Tables of the testament● and the propitiatory or couering and a crowne of gold round about it i Heb 9.4 Exod. 25.11 O how notably and maruellously do these things sort and agree together the Pomegranate and the Arke the sweete taste and the pot of Manna the red colour and the rod of Aaron the order of the graines and the tables of the testament the head of the pomegranate and the couering of the Ark the crown vpon that head and the crown about this couering To insinuate thus much that we which are like an orchard of Pomegranates must also bee like the Arke of the couenant being builded and reared vp stil toward the mark not onely when our Lord feedeth vs with the sweete Manna of his mercy but also when he afflicteth vs with the sharp rod of his correctiona●e alwaies keeping the tables of the testament which are the commandements of perfect loue to God and to our neighbour (k) Gnull●maije malion peccud●aia hak●ri● monin Targú Iuumes tur pleni praeceptis sicut malogranata Montanus that by faith in Christ who is the couering the propitiation for our sins we may obtaine the golden crowne of life K. Darius vpon a time by chance opening a great pomegranate and being dema●ded of what he wold wish to haue as many as there were graines in that pomegranate answered in one word of Zopyrusses a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. 〈◊〉 Apoth Regum Now Zopyrus was a right noble and a valiant Knight who seein● the king his Maister could hardly surpriz● Babylon where the traitero● Assyrians were entrenched bethought himselfe of a wonderfull strange practise He went home to his owne house caused his seruants to rent his whole body all ouer with scourging him to cut off his nose his lips and his eares (b) Domi se verberibus laceraritoto c●rpore iubet nas●m labia aures sibi praecidi Iustin. lib. 1. in fine Then straight wayes running to Babylon hee made the Assyrians beleeue that Darius had mis-used him in this sort because hee had spoken in their behalfe counselling him to breake vp his siege to remoue his Army from assaulting their Citie They hearing this tale the rather thinking it to be true because they saw him so shamefully disfigured in his body were perswaded to make him their chiefe captaine By which meanes he betraied them all and surrendred both them and their city into his masters hands O most faithfull louing subiect O most worthy and couragious heart One Pomegranet full of such graines yea euen one graine full of such valour and vertue is sufficient for a whole country either to recouer it if it be lost or to keepe it that it be not lost O that I could tell where to finde such a man O that I could tell where to see but one such amongst vs all I would I assure you honor the very ground he goes vpon kisse euen the shadow of his feet Well beloued I pray God I pray God with all my heart that his sacred maiesty whom the Lord for his glory sake alwaies shield and defend that his sacred maiesty I say may find very many yea may see vs all as true to God and him and to our country as Zopyrus was to his Prince That if any time of tryall should come we may haue so much good will holy manhood in vs as to pul our selues vpon the pikes and ieopard a ioynt yea venture the martyring and mangling of our whole body euen the losing our liues rather then either forraigne enemies or homebred rebels should haue their wils of vs knowing that our life is fraile and mortal we may die euery moment but for a man to doe some notable peece of seruice before hee die and to sheath his sword in the sides of his enemies to kil if it be but one that is a sworne rebell to his God to his prince to his country this indeed is a most honourable and a most glorious thing this is it which shall be chronicled and registred and remembred yea and rewarded for euer But to returne to the marke againe We which are plants of the Church like an orchard of Pomegranets like the Arke of the couenant must loue not onely the head of the Pomegranet and the couering of the arke but also the order of the graines the tables of the testament not onely the sweet tast and the pot of Manna but also the red colour the rod of Aaron It is a miracle and would amaze any man to consider how zealous the Christians were in the Primitiue church how vnsatiably they thirsted after the crowne of martyrdome what roddes with Zopyrus what rackings what wilde beasts what broilings they endured How in a manner if I durst say so they suffered almost as horrible torments when they died for Christ as Christ did when he died for thē Well well so great and so absolute so

Lord. Delight thy selfe in the Lord. O remember for the loue of God remember this worthy sentence of an auncient father f Omnis creatura vil●scat vt creator in corde dulcescat Let all creatures seeme vile vnto thee saies hee that onely thy creatour may seeme sweete vnto thee Armenia a noble lady beeing bidden to king Cyrus wedding went thither with her husband At night when they were returned home her husband asked her how she liked the Bridegroome whether shee thought him to be a fayre and beautifull prince or no Truth sayes shee I know not For all the while I was forth I cast mine eyes vpon none other but vpon thy selfe So basely did this noble lady esteem of king Cyrus beauty who was the Monarch of the world in respect of that entire good will affection she bare to her husband which was so great that her eies could neuer be from him And so must we set God alwayes before our eyes and n●● once looke aside or bee enamoured with any gaud of worldly glory but despise euery blaze of beauty whatsoeuer th●t may draw vs from beholding our heauenly husband and delighting only in him which is fayrer then the children of men Saint Paul being rapt vp to the third heauen knows not whether it were with the bodie or without the body And because we should marke it well once he 〈◊〉 it downe twice That he was rapt vp to the third Heauen he is sure that hee ●eard words which no man can vtter he 〈◊〉 sure that hee was exceeding delighted in the Lord he is sore But whither his body were with him or no he knows not So much did he forget and neglect euen his owne body which is so neere and so deare a thing in comparison of that incomparable delight which then he tooke in the Lord. S. Peter seeing but a glimpse of Christs glory vpon Mount Tabor stood so astonished and amazed with it that hee was in a sort besides himselfe whan he was at that time beside Christ. Master sayes he i 〈…〉 ood for vs to be here As if he should 〈…〉 e sayd Now farewell Galilie and all my goods farewell fellow Disciples and all my friends farewell wife and al the world so I may inioy this heauenly sight and bee continually thus delighted in the Lord. Holy Ignati●● going to his Martyrdom was so strangely rauished with this delight that he burst out into these words Nay come fires come beasts come breaking of all my bones come racking of my whole body come all the torments of the Diuel together vpon mee come what can come in the whole earth or in hell either so that I may enioy Iesus Christ may be continually delighted in the Lord. And so must thou deare brother insult ouer all creatures and exsult only in thy 〈◊〉 Thou must contemne all beautie as Armenta did yea thine owne bodie as Paul did yea all the world as Peter did yea thy very life as Ignatius did and bee content to doe any thing though it were to bee torne and pulled in a thousand peeces or for a time if it were possible to suffer all the paines which the fiends and furies of hel can inflict vpon thee so as in the end thou maiest delight ●●ther the Lord in thy selfe or thy self 〈…〉 Lord. Then then He shall giue thee and not He shall giue thee onely but The desires also and not The desires onely but Of thy heart also Then he shall giue thee the desires of thy heart And againe I say He shall giue thee and againe I say The desires and againe I say Of thy heart Then he shall giue thee the desires of thy heart Then though thou hast a long time plaied the vnthrift and wasted all the goods in the world yet if with the lost childe thou returne home againe to thy fathers house he shall grant the● thy hearts desire and receiue thee with minstrelsie dauncing and all manner of festiuall ioy that plenty of bread which nourisheth euery hired seruant in his house shall much more feede thee which art his louing childe vnto euerlasting life Then though all the leekes and onyons of Egypt which is the world haue failed thee yet if with Israel thou depend onely vpon God he shall distill the dewe of his grace into thy heart and lay aside a chosen raine for thee and cause thee to drinke of the sweete christal streames of his pleasure and giue thee to eate of that hidden heauenly Manna which no man knoweth but he that receiueth it Then though all the clothes and couerings in the world cannot keep thee warme yet if with Dauid thou be a man according to Gods owne heart he shall send thee that misticall Abishag which shall comfort thy heart and make thee hot and feruent in spirit which shall renue thy strength and make thee young againe and lus●y as an Eagle Then though thou haue a long time lost thy labour in seruing Laban which is the world yet if with Iacob thou returne home againe to thy fathers house God shall meete the by the way and as the Prophet Osey speaketh he shall allure thee as thy paramour and leade thee into the wildernes and there speak according to thine owne heart friendly louingly vnto thee And euen as louers are oftentimes disposed for the nonce to take a fall one of another the stronger of the weaker so God shall wrestle a fall with thee as he did with Iacob and yeelde so much in loue to thee as that he shal suffer thee to giue him the fall and to preuaile against him Iesus what exceeding loue is this why we are not euen nowe in the name of God inflamed with the loue of God and wholly rauished with delight in the Lord At least wise I maruell what a mischiefe many base minded worldlings meane that they had rather feed vpō the huskes of hogges then the bread of man that they had rather eate the onyons of Egipt then the Manna of heauen that they had rather lie a cold frozzen shiuring in sin then be reuiued and cherished by Abishag that they had rather take vnsupportable paine to serue Laban then take vnspeakeable pleasure to serue God By vpō it what a vile folly is this what a starke madnes is this what is this els but to be euen bodily tormēted wheras they might be most spiritually delighted what is this els both to goe out of one hel into another hell wheras they might goe out of one heauen into another heauen For why do you beloued why doe you tell me so much of I know not what of a worme that neuer dieth of a fire that neuer is quenched of a lake that burneth with Brimstone of weeping gnashing of teeth Thus I tel you good christians and I tell you truely and God in heauen heares what I say though you heare me not I tell you as loud as euer I can that to serue sinne so