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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	good_a	hate_v	hatred_n	2,544	5	9.6222	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10056	Recusants conversion a sermon preached at St. James, before the Prince on the 25. of Februarie. 1608. By Daniell Price Master of Arts, of Exeter Colledge in Oxford.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1608 (1608)	STC 20301; ESTC S115205	21,005	38

when they returne and for sinnes sake leaue sin and leauing sins repent of sins though the lees thereof remaine in them if for righteousnes sake they labour for righteousnes though an essētial righteousnes be not inherent in thē though they do not al the good they loue but in loue desire to doe it though they leaue not al the sinnes they hate but in hatred labour to resist them by this returning the good we doe is accepted the good we desire to doe is imputed the euil we leaue is discharged the euill wee desire to leaue shal not be imputed But alas how many put from them the thought of repentance When notwithstanding that they haue their conscience accusing them their sins oppressing them Gods iudgement threatning thē Gods spirit warning them Gods mercie exciting them And yet alas yet they are so lulled in securitie as that they thinke not of their returne before the Lord quite turne them of Strabo in Geog. l. 13 These bee like those of whom Strabo writeth in his Geographie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they deferre til it be to late like to Hanniball in surprising Rome Quando potui non habui voluntatem quando volui non habui potestatē They haue vocem corvinam to cry Cras to procrastinate their returne but haue not vocem columbinā mox mox They remember not that God hath left but 2 Tenses to man praesens prateritum and hath taken the future into his owne hands to dispose therof himselfe and if they haue beene deceiued of the time past and are deceiued of the time present howe much more may they be of the time future The Saints and seruants of God are carefull vpon the first knowledge of their sins and errors to returne vnto the Lord. So did a Act. 9.6 Paule from Gentilisme in persecuting the Jewes b Mat. 26.75 Peter from Iudaisme in denying his Master c 2. Sam. 12. David from his adultery d Eccl 1.1 Salomon from his Jdolatry e 2. Chro 32.26 Hesekias the father f 2 Chro. 33 12. Manasses his son g Act. 8.37 The Ennuch h Act. 10 1. Cornelius the i Iud. 2.5 Israelites k Ioan. 3 6. Ninivits l Iud. 7.19 Bethulians m Act 8 12 Samaritanes n Thessalonians and infinite more The vse of this doctrine is that we confesse that we haue al gon astraie and done wickedly euerie one of vs hath wandered out of the waie and therfore that wee seek to the throne of grace there to seek this conuersion this especial gift of God this ioie of Angels this salue of sinnes this hauen of sinners denied to Angels and therfore they became deuils denied to deuils and therfore they remaine damned and only a gift bestowed on the sonnes of God O howe oft hath repentance and conuersion beene preached and yet how little hath it beene affected Jt hath beene preached by Naoh to the old world by Lott to Sodome by Moyses to Aegypt by the Prophets to Israel by Iohn Baptist to Christ by Christ before the Apostles and by many thousands of the Saints and seruants of God since in many places and how often it hath bin preached in this place and to this presence the very wood and stones and seats and senclesse creatures cābear witnesse O it wil be to late to returne Corpus cū causa when the sentence of condemnation is come from the Kings bench Come therfore let vs worship and fal downe and kneele before the Lord our maker for hee is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture to daie if ye wil heare his voice harden not your harts and now euen now while it is time and daie remember to returne vnto the Lorde whatsoeuer thou art that hast straied from the Lord by pride returne by the holy waie of humilitie or by hard harted crueltie returne by the blessed waie of mercy or if by envie returne by charitie or if by couetousnes returne by liberalitie or if by drunckennes returne by sobrietie or if by filthinesse returne by chastitie In a worde J end this point with the words of our prophet in the 5. verse of this chapter O house of Iacob come yee let vs walke in the light of the Lord Esay 2.5 And so J come to step a step higher from the goeing to their going vp Come and let vs goe vp They goe and walke and clime and goe vp They continue 2. Perseuerance Goe vp they perseuere with Hanniballs souldiers they proceed forwards in their iourney notwithstanding the rough rocks and craggy clefts of the Alpes God cannot abide haulting in his seruice delaying in religion loitering in profession limmits in Christian procession he cannot but distast any snaile-like withdrawing anie peece-like recoilling any Hypocriticall faining anie wearisome fainting anie Dial-like staying anie poole-like standing anie Ephraimite starting anie foolish virgin neglecting anie drowsey Apostle sleeping The professiō of a Christian must not be like to Fabia in Quintilian Quint. which for 30. yeares to gether would not confesse she was a yeare elder or like to the sunne in Ioshuaes time that stood still or rather the sunne in Hesekiah his time which went backward or like to that Mounke who in his quotidian deuotions St Thom● Moore was wont to saie the 1 daie Gloria Patri the 2 filio the thirde spiritui sancto and in the ende it was sicut erat in principio Iuc in dialog Eras in chuy●…ds Ho● de a● Pot. dubling ouer his orisons or like to Mandrabulus in Lucian who the first yeare offred a sheep of gold the second a sheep of siluer the third a sheep of brasse or in a word like to the picture in the Poet Definit in piscem mulier formosa superné Many there be who make good entrance but weake cōtinuance they runn wel at the first but they either tier or retire they begin in the spirit end in the flesh the blossomes be faire but when their fruit should be ripe it is rotten their beginning is good laudable but the end is lewd and damnable The Lorde hateth these and therfore as the especial thing hee requireth in a Christiā is to be faithful so the most especial thing in the faithful is to bee perfect euen to be faithful to the death The Doctrine that I hence gather from the words goe vp Doctrine is this that the Christian that hath entred into pathes of righteousnesse Reason must resolue to walke therein al the daies of his life The reason of this doctrine is the position of Christ himselfe he that putteth his hand to the plow draweth it backe is vnfit for the kingdome of heauen A Christian therefore must remember that as God is α and ω so he wil haue his servants to run from α to ω from the beginning to the ending in the constant professiō of the faith they