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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	forgive_v	lord_n	trespass_n	3,485	5	11.3824	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10514	A faire vvarning Declaring the comfortable vse both of sicknesse and health. Deliuered in seuerall sermons at Saint Maries in Douer, by Iohn Reading minister and preacher of Gods words.	Reading, John, 1588-1667.	1621 (1621)	STC 20789; ESTC S115682	47,243	64

comely Blacke that is dis-coloured with sinnes but comely with the beautie he putteth on her who calleth her his fayre one Calisto in the fable fled her fellow Beare●… forgetting her owne ill shapes They flye vs sinners themselues by so much greater sinners by how much more forgetting they are ●…nners they looke for a Church not on earth to be found Saul sought A●…ses and found a kingdome they seeke a kingdome not to bee found but shall finde I will onely say men like themselues Gods Church like Iacobs flocke consisteth of spotted sheepe saints but full of blemishes Be not discouraged if thou see sinne liueth thou canst bee but partly spirit and the ●…lesh will lust against it after the building the Temple of Concord 〈◊〉 Rome the slaues warres engarboyled their ●…erritories afte●… we haue erected the Temple of peace in a good conscience and in a good part subiected sinne yet wee must looke for the slaues warres the rebellion of inordinate affection which in this life will neuer leaue vs secure conquerors Our righteousnesse consisteth sayth Augustine rather in the free remission of sinnes then of vertues perfection witnesse that dayly prayer which Christ taught vs Forgiue vs our trespasses Here some infirmitie or other creepeth on the best Conqueror our sinnes subdued by a dangerous conflict deny vs all securitie and keepe vs busied in a continuall and carefull command And thus concl●…deth mans iustice is to haue God his Lord himselfe his subiect his soule master of his body and his reason ouer sin either by subduing or resisti●…g it Paul sayd I count not my selfe th●…t I haue attained to it but I follow We but follow perfection in this life wee obtaine it in the life to come At Rome the temple of vest was placed out of the gates so it is with vs we haue here no rest especially no truce with sinne no rest from it that is reserued for heauen he forgiueth here but purgeth from all when hee brings vs into that life in which the saints neither will nor can sinne any more Death shall end sinne death is a true viper it ki●…th i●… wicked parents though Gods children by the me●…s of Christ like Paul at Melita shake it off into the fi●… sinne is deaths mother but the hastie kinde 〈◊〉 through her mothers bowels Sin began death death endeth sinne death came into the world thorow sinne sinne goeth out of the world through death At death the Lord will tell vs as Moses of the reuengefull Egyptians Feare not ●…ohold the deliuerance of the Lord which he will shew to you this day the sinnes yee haue seene ye shall neuer see them againe This sinne no more then seemeth to respect a comparison betwixt his life past and to come and the same is required at our hands that we sinne no more That is first that we repent vs of our sinnes of which I shall hereafter speake We cease to be sinners when we doctruely repent that euer we haue beene sinners Secondly as much as possibly we may wee must change the habits of our minde True repentance is not a bare confession but a change of our former minde and purpose vpon a better consideration the conuerted yong man answerd his lewd acquaintance wel wondring why he knew her not she saying Ego sum sed ego non sumego I am not now my former selfe Thirdly we must take heede we fall not backe to our 〈◊〉 sinnes Sinne like Aetna's fire hath some intermissions but when we thinke it extinguished it flameth out a fresh the more we sinne the more difficult the cure but relapses are most dangerous When the proud Tyrant Amurath secure of victory thought the battle done his danger was begun in his liues ending a Christian soldier supposed slaine rose vp and stroke him to the heart When wee are secure and thinke right worthily of our selues some sinne or other will as it were rise from the dead and fall vpon vs dangerously Fourthly we must be heartily displeased with our sins sinne like the poyson of the Aspe affecteth with a drowsie delight where it hurteth mortally some among the Triballs sayd Plinie if they were angry could kill with their eye that which he said of them thou shalt thus find true of sinne bee angry with it and thou killest the heart of it Sinne is a wanton fondling if it be not loued it wil die Lastly striue against thy sinnes if thou yeeld not thou hast ouercome In Gods esteeme wee cease to bee what wee vnwittingly are sinne leadeth the Saint like a captiue Israelite to Babylon He goeth but against his desire he deuiseth how he may returne to another purpose saith Gregorie that good soule is gone home which languished abroade This is the summe giue not thy consent to sinne but if thou haue consented let it not please thee if sinne haue pleased thee bee now heartily displeased that sinne euer pleased thee in this life God looketh not so much for a man not sinning such is our fraylty such his mercy as vnwilling to sinne repenting resisting sinne endeauouring not to sinne As Brutus wrote to the Pergamenians when they had giuen his enemy Dolabella money if you haue done it willingly you confesse you haue offended me if against your wills shew it then by giuing me willingly So sayth the Spirit in effect as yee haue yeelded your members seruants to vncleanenesse euen so now yeeld your members seruants to righteousnesse shew that you sinned vnwillingly by seruing God more willingly Sinne no more To which obserue these rules of practise 1 Remember alwayes thou art in the presence of God This ●…eple knew him not that healed him but Iesus knew him and the cause of his disease The Samaritan woman acknowledged he told her all that euer she had done God told Israel he would send his Angell before them to keepe them in the way but sayth he beware of him and 〈◊〉 his voyce prouoke him not Set vp the Arke that Dagon may be cast downe Remember that the eye of Iesus is euer vpon thee if thou lookest he should protect thee prouoke him not we forget God when wee dare sinne remember euer thy wayes are before the eyes of the Lord. 2 Secondly remember that all thy thoughts words and actions shall come into iudgement 3 Thirdly bury not the checks of thy conscience the conscience is an excellent counsellour and will deale faithfully if all the world would flatter thee thy conscience will neither flatter nor conceale neither giue rest till sinne like Ionah be throwne out the diuell sleepeth in the sinners bosome but giueth no true rest Ion●…hs sleep was the ships vnrest 4 Fourthly guard the passages of thy soule Keepe thine heart with all 〈◊〉 Iob will teach thee a part who made a couenant with his eyes the Recabites a part