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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	fire_n	set_v	tongue_n	3,652	5	9.4006	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15621	An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.	Wither, George, 1540-1605.	1585 (1585)	STC 25888; ESTC S101869	82,014	180

children of God and that we doe not enuy prosperity to such children of God as he aduaunceth neither yet disdaine nor contemne the basest of those to whom God vouchsafeth to be a Father and aduaunceth to the dignity of his children The ioye that a father conceiueth and expresseth when his sonne that hath been wild and an vnthrift returneth to frugalitie and thriuing expresseth to vs how pleasant and acceptable a thing to God the conuersion of a sinner is He by whose ministerye it pleaseth God to regenerate vs and beget vs a new ought to be esteemed of vs as our father Fathers THe ordinary course of the world teacheth vs that fathers get and laye vp in store for their Children and for that purpose make no spare of labour trauaile and toyle in viewing whereof the ministers of the Worde are to learne the paines and care that they shoulde haue for their flocke of whome God hath made them fathers to make no spare of them selues but to bestow them selues and all their giftes fully and wholly vpon their flocke And as a Father comforteth exhorteth and beseecheth his children euen so ought a Minister his flocke A father ought carefully to teach the lawe of the Lord vnto his children and moderately to correct them Fatherlesse WE are to take heede how we contemne or neglect the fatherlesse for God is the Father of the fatherlesse and his fatherly care is howrely seene in prouiding for them Feast WHen Friendes meet at Feastes and banquettes they giue them selues to bee merrye and exile all cares and thoughts that might hinder mirth out of their minds then they should remember that those ioyes that their banquet bringeth them to at that time a good conscience would aforde them continually and therfore should study and care to keepe a good conscience Further in the middle of feasting men must take heed that God be not for-gotten nor his liberality vnthought on but that there be of it amongest them a thankfull remembraunce Fieldes WHen in the Corne fieldes we see Tares grow amongest the wheate till Haruest which can not well be rooted out afore we are admonished that wicked hypocrites and other euill men of whom there is hope that they may be conuerted shall be alwayes in the outwarde account of the Church till the ende of the worlde But it is euill husbandry to let tyne and such other weedes grow as both may easelye bee discerned and also are noysome and hurtfull vnto the corne Also if we hurt our neighbours fielde we are to make recompence with the best y t groweth in our owne field Further we ought not to encroch by remouing y e bonds or taking away the landmarkes of our neighbours field Fier GOD taketh vengeaunce of his enemies by Fier For as Fier quickly consumeth stuble and straw so the wrath of the Lorde kindleth as Fier and consumeth the wicked for contemning his word and for the wickednesse of their inuentions Experience hereof we haue in the destruction of Sodome and Gomorrha by Fier The burning of Nadah and Abihue Aarons sonnes The plaging of the people that murmured by fier The burning of two hundred and fifty that offered incence vnto the Lord by Fier that proceeded from the Lorde The consuming with fire from heauen of the twoo Captaines and their bandes which were sent for Eliah It appeareth manifestly therfore that our God is a consuming fier and that all his enemies are but as thornes briers which are easely and quicky consumed by fier but fier shall not hurt the godly because God is with them and protecteth them Hereof we haue manifest experience in the three children cast into the fierie furnace by the King of Babell The worde of the Lorde hath also the same property that God hath for it shall be to the vngodly as fier to consume them and the vngodly to it as wood to be consumed by it The Church of God also shall by the iust iudgement of God be a fier to consume the vngodly withall euen all the enemies of his people The Princes and Captaines of Gods people shall be vnto their enemies round about them as Coales of fier to wood and as fierbrandes in a sheafe of straw to consume all that lift vp their handes against them The gospell also is a fier which Christ by his preaching kindled vpon the earth As by fier mettalles so by the word euery mans workes shall ve examined and tryed what they be As a very little fier kindleth neuer so great a heape of matter apt to kindle so the tongue setteth the whole course of nature on fier and is kindled it selfe of hell Fier purgeth and fineth metalles so God purgeth the drosse of his children by afflictions And as it is a common matter to trye Golde and Siluer by fier so it should not seeme straunge to the children of god to be tryed by tribulations Fisher. AS Fishers with nets and hookes catch fishe in great number so shall they that GOD stirreth vp to execute his iudgements against any people catch and destroye great plentie of them On the other side when it pleaseth God to bestowe his graces in abundaunce then his Preachers shall be like y e Fishers that fish in the maine Sea and shall catch men with the preaching of the Worde in as great aboundaunce and varietie as Fishers doe fishe Therefore Christ called his Apostles from fishing and made them Fishers of men And when they had laboured all night and caught nothing yet in the day they cast out againe at the commaundement of Christ and inclosed a great nomber to teach vs neuer to dispayre though we doe not see that we winne any by the word For God will for vs espy oportunitie for that purpose Firmament THe brightnesse of the firmament setteth out the glorious estate of those in the resurrection of the iust who shal be found wise with godly wisedome Flaxe THe care of Christe in bearing with the weaknesse and infirmities of his children is set out in the similitude of not quenching of smoking flaxe Fleshe THey that trust in the helpe of men and not of God of fleshe and not of spirite because of the multitude of their warlike furniture shal fal and perishe togeather with their helpes For cursed is the man that trusteth in man and maketh fleshe his arme and with-draweth his heart from the Lord. Cease therfore from man whose breath is in his nostrelles For wherein is he to be esteemed Trust vnto the Lord with al thine hart and leane not vnto thine owne wisedome for the wisdome of the fleshe is enimytie against God and therein dwelleth no goodnes The carnall man is sold vnder sinne and fleshe longeth continually against the spirit and the fruites thereof are all kindes of impietie