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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	abel_n	blood_n	cry_v	2,397	5	9.4770	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09266	An introduction to the worthy receiving the sacrament of the Lords Supper by that late learned minister of Gods holy word, William Pemble ... ; published since his death by his friend.	Pemble, William, 1592?-1623.; Capel, Richard, 1586-1656.	1633 (1633)	STC 19580.5; ESTC S2842	67,079	98

contentments and hee will be an enemy to all that thus controule him Wherfore you see how dangerous t is to trust our selves wherein without great heed taken we may be Christs bitter enemies when we thinke we are his deare friends Let this be observed by those that are apt to thinke Oh if Christ liv'd on the earth or the Apostle Paul or some other of those famous men were alive to preach unto us wee would honour them with all possible reverence we would kisse the ground they trod on chaine our eares to their lips follow them heare them obserue them doe as they bid vs. Fond conceits of men that know not what they say such was the opinion of the Pharisees touching the old Prophets Oh had we then lived c. such was the rich mans dreame in hell Oh father Abraham but if one come from the dead Wee know how vaine these imaginations were and will alwayes prove Men admire vertue when they see it not and the old proverbe is true Dead men doe not bite The Prophets are dead Christ is gone to heaven Paul preaches no more their names are now most honourable t is a credit to bee their Disciples and as for their writings we can chuse either not to reade them or not to apply them But did we indeed s●e the holinesse hum●lty zeale severity against sinne strictnesse of conversation still living and breathing in these men were Christ againe in that his humbled estate or any of his servants to preach unto us out of our Pulpits should they with their accustomed boldnesse and zeale freely rebuke the disorders that are amongst all sorts of men the Atheisme Infidelity Profanenesse Pride Luxury Oppression c. that are now in the Christian world Christ must be crucified againe and scorned as much as ever Paul should againe be accused by many a Tertullus for a pestilent fellow and mover of sedition throughout the world Act. 24.5 Amaziah would make a complaint upon Amos to Iereboam that Amos hath conspired against him in the midst of the house of Israel and that the Land is not able to beare all his words Amos 7.10 Ahab would againe call Eliah a troubler of Israel and his enemy because hee reproves him of his Idolatry covetousnesse and murder 1 King 13.17 21.20 Looke what measure they found in their times the same they should finde The reason is manifest from that of Salomon the rightious is an abomination to the wicked impiety and ungodlinesse abhorres the fellowship of holinesse puritie they that doe evill will hate the light and that of Christ stands good for ever Ioh. 7.7 The world hateth me because I testifie of it that the workes thereof are evill It hated him then in his owne person it hates him now in his Word Sacraments Ministers and Ambassadors all which are by ungracious men yet calling them for Christians derided scoffed contemned and trampled upon by a thousand indignities and hate him it will still so long as Christ by his Word Ministers shall rebuke men of all their ungodly doings It is not possible that men should ever love those in whom as Salvian speakes Nihil vident suum quoniam Dei totum they see nothing agreeable to their own humours because all things agreeable to Gods will To conclude then let us not thinke that because wee are baptized professe Religion heare the Word receive the Sacrament wee are therefore such as doe truely love and honour the Lord Iesus Christ. No let us goe upon a surer ground and that is that most certaine and infallible rule which Christ gives Iohn 15 14. Yee are my friends if you doe whtsoever I command you Hee loves him truely that loves to obey him and for his sake will bee content to doe any thing he bids him be disobedient and pretend what thou wilt thou art an enemy of Christ and Christ an enemie of thine Thinke of this seriously as many as God shall touch their hearts to goe unto the Sacrament that they may first purge their soules of their inward rebellion and naturall hatred of Christ lest whilst they in the Sacrament seeke for life by his death they become guilty of his death And remember that as the bloud of Christ sprinkled on the soule by an holy faith speakes better things than the bloud of Abel namely for mercy and pardon to bee given us so where t is despised and troden under foot being counted as an unholy thing it cries much ●owder for vengeance than did the bloud of Abel and deserves a sorer punishment than any transgression against Moses Law Heb. 10.28 29. Thus we have seene the nature and quality of this sinne of Vnworthy partaking at the Lords table it followes that we goe forward unto the meanes which the Apostle here prescribes for the avoiding of this sinne and that is diligent examination of a mans selfe before hee come unto the Sacrament This the Apostle sets downe vers 28. in these words Wherefore let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of that Bread and drinke of that Cup. The words need not any curiosity in the division or interpretation of them The sence is plaine Here 's a duetie commanded unto us that 's Examination of ones selfe and here the time or particular occasion that requires it that 's Before we come to the Sacrament T is not put to our discretion the words are imperative Let a man examine let him eate He must doe both but first examine then eate The practicall conclusion that hence issues out is this It is a necessary duty of every one first to examine himselfe before he presume to come to the Lords Table In unfolding unto you this point of most excellent practice in Christianity let us ascend a little from the particular to the generall first touching upon the nature necessity and use of Selfe-examination considered at any time then descending to the explication of this duety with its particular relation to the Sacrament To examine ones selfe is in briefe to take a true suruey of our spirituall estate in grace This done by comparing our present condition what wee finde in our selves with the Scriptures The Scriptures are they that supply unto us all Articles to be inquired of telling us what is good and required of us what evill and forbidden to us They acquaint us with the nature of every sinne of every grace making a full discovery of the kindes and properties of both When now a man shall question himselfe upon such interrogatories as these Such and such sinnes are forbidden in the Word and they that love and live in the practice of them are wicked and gracelesse persons Am I one of them that delight in doing such things Againe Such and such graces and dueties are required of all thos● that are truely good and godlie men Have I those graces Doe I practice those dueties The conscience being thus examined will returne a true answer to every