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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	offer_v	sacrifice_n	thanksgiving_n	3,189	5	10.9292	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40635	Peace and holiness in three sermons upon several occasions / by Ignatius Fuller.	Fuller, Ignatius, 1624 or 5-1711.	1672 (1672)	Wing F2390; Wing F2391; Wing F2392; ESTC R2184	61,487	158

words the LXXII translate thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and from them St. Mark with respect to the sence 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Every gift of Sacrifice or every Sacrifice shall be salted with Salt So that two things our Lord says 1. Every one shall be salted with fire that is of them of whom he was speaking who should indulg their vitiousand depraved affections They 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 should be salted with fire i. e. with both their eyes and hands and feet should be confined to the Worm that doth not dye and the Fire that is not quenched A plain allusion to the perpetuity of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Philo of them that offer sacrifice p. 851. Paris 1640. fire upon the Altar of the burnt-offerings for Philo observes it was a Law of the exterior Altar Fire shall burn incessantly upon the Altar and though he makes that sacred Flame a Symbol of our incessant Gratitude yet our Lord refers to the consuming quality of it and in respect to the great Act of his Justice God himself is called a Consuming Fire And indeed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies as well to be consumed as to be salted So the Prophet the Heavens shall vanish as Heb. 12. 29. Deut. 4. 24. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Esai 51. 6. Sym. Aqui. Comminuetur in salis moduns conterentur Nobil Jer. 38. 11. Vim cons●●mendi Smoak 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hence 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 old rotten rags which Abedmelech supplied the Prophet with to save his body from the Cords by which he designed to take him out of the Dungeon And in that respect Salt is like to Fire that it hath a faculty of consuming as well as fire with this difference it consumes but part whereas Fire to use Philo's words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 consumes the whole Every Sacrifice shall be salted with Salt here our Lord takes the word in its proper signification and intimates that every one who would be an acceptable Sacrifice unto God must refine and preserve himself pure from all evil and corrupt Affections as the Sacrifice is by Salt from all putrefaction The Summ is this Every man must by all means suffer some or other consumption either by way of Salting or by way of burning This is the Vitious person who will not mortifie nor crucifie his sinful Lusts and Affections he shall be salted with Fire like the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shall be wholly burnt up and consumed i. e. go whole into a state of perdition The other is the Vertuous Man the true and real Christian who is contented to part with Hand or Foot or Eye or whatsoever else shall stand in competition with his obedience to his dear Lord and Master Jesus Christ He like the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is salted with Salt a part of him only is consumed and he enters maimed into a state of life The Holy Scriptures frequently allude ●s 34. ● 6. Jer. 46. 10. to both these Sacrifices To the first My Sword shall be bathed in Heaven behold it shall come down upon Idumea and upon the people of my curse to judgment the Sword of the Lord is filled with blood c. For the Lord hath a Sacrifice in Bozra and a great slaughter in the Land of Idumea To the second I beseech you by the mercies of God that you present your Rom. 12. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bodies a living Sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable Service So St. Peter We are an holy Priesthood 1 Pet. 2. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to offer up spiritual Sacrifices acceptable unto God Such as are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prayers and Eucharists offered up by worthy persons these are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 J. Martyr as the holy man speaks the only perfect and acceptable Sacrifices unto God In allusion hereunto St. Paul Col. 4. 6. would have our speech always seasoned with Salt i. e. defecate and refined from every thing that is putrid corrupt and rotten The former words of this Verse are thought to be loco non suo however may be shut up in a Parenthesis and so we are at the Text. Have salt in your selves and have peace one with another But here I cannot but observe another quality of Salt viz. it s Vnitive or Henotic 'T was of old a Symbol of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eustath Union and friendship which is never more seasonable than in our approaches to that God who is One. Of its use in holy things our Books abound with instances Immunis aram fi tetigit manus Non sumptuosa blandior hostia Salientem micam salis granum intellige quod saliat cum in ig nem missam sit Forphyr Far pium is mola salsa which Greeks call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Schol. on Homer Barly mingled with salt Mollibit aversos penates Farre pio saliente mica i. e. An innocent life with a little Mola salsa shall propitiate your Houshold Gods sooner than whole Hecatombs without it So Tibullus Omnia noctis Farre pio placant saliente sale A little flower and salt expiats all the errours of the night So likewise of its use in civil conversation hereto Aeschines refers when he tells us we ought highly to esteem the salts of the City and the publick table Hither also must we refer the Symbol 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Laertius in vita Pythag. p. 222. edit Lond. 1664. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Reverentia nunsae of Pythagoras salem apponito set on the salt by which he would that we should not dissolve friendship because salt preserves every thing from putrefaction and is made of the most pure and liquid things viz. Water and the Sea as Gyraldus observes So salem mensam ne praeterito despise not the salt and table whence the Reverence of the table was put for the law of friendship as Juvenal Claudian Euripides in Hecuba Theccritus in Hyla use it and for that reason the Antients were wont to set it before their Guests before all other meat But I shall end this observation with one antient and one modern testimony of this custom The first is of Origen speaking of Judas In his Comments of St. Matthew the Traytor Neque salis ejusdem neque mensae neque panis communicati memor That he was mindful neither of the same salt nor table nor the bread which our Lord communicated to him The second is of Baron Sigismond who reports the Czar has no greater expressions of his kindness than to send from his table bread and salt idque maximi honoris loco habetur which is esteemed a very great honour which he himself received when Ambassadour both from Maximilian and Ferdinand to Basilius He was also invited to dine with the Prince with these words Sigismunde comedes sal panem nostrum nobiscum

I shall say no more but most vehemently beseech you as you will answer it in the day of Judgment when you shall be proceeded with by that man whom God hath appointed to judg Act. 17. 31. the World according to your works not according to your opinions that your lives and conversations in the World be agreable to your knowledge and that if you know the tenour of the new Covenant you would observe your parts of it that you would give just and but just respects to Truth knowing that the peace of God is more worth than notion knowledge or understanding Eph. 4. 3. And that together with the verity you would consider the necessity of every Proposition it being in the judgement of the learnedst of our Kings together with his excellent Amanuensis and of all Royal and Majestick K. Ja●●●s Is Casaubon minds not barely the best but the only expedient to preserve the unity of the Spirit i. e. Church which is a spiritual body in the bond of peace That you would seclude neither your selves nor others out of the Communion of the Church but for such causes as you have very full rational assurance will shut them or your selves out of the Kingdom of Heaven Excommunication if the Churches proceedings be clave non errante being summum futuri judicii praejudicium a vehement presumption of succeeding condemnation That in your daily reading of the holy Scriptures whose perfection and perspicuity in all necessary Articles I have been wont to inculcate to you you would carefully collect all the instances of your duty towards God your Neighbour your selves in all your relations to the Civil and Sacred Societies whereof you are constituent parts and that you would acquaint your selves with the arguments and motives with which our Lord and Master Christ together with the blessed Apostles and Evangelists do endeavour to induce you to the observation of them And then remember that not every one who Mat. 7. 21. shall say Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doth the will of the Father which is in Heaven All Controversies in Religion I would wish you to decline by reason of the great damage which has thereby accrued to Religion through the weak mesnagery and defence of it and to Religionists by leavening their spirits with pride peevishness and passions and so that which was designed by God to serve the noblest ends of man Is by that old deceiver's subtile play Made the chief party in its own decay And meets that Eagles destiny whose breast Felt the same shaft which his own feathers drest As the matchless Orinda sings Consider much the magnificent Commendations and Characters which St. Paul gives to Charity 1 Cor. 13. Let it be conspicuous in all the actions of your lives I shall summ up all I shall now say to you in these 12. Rules of an holy Life laid down by a worthy Dr. Jer. Taylor Prelat 1. Believe all the Articles of that Faith whereinto you were Baptized 2. Worship God constantly with Natural Religion i. e. Prayers Praises and Thanksgiving 3. Take all opportunities to Commemorate the Death of Christ by the participation of his Body and Blood 4. Live Chastely 5. Be Merciful 6. So use the World as that it always give place to Duty 7. Be Just in your Dealings 8. Be Humble in your Spirits 9. Be Obedient to Government 10. Be Content in your Fortunes and Employments 11. Let the Love of God inflame you to your Duty 12. And if you shall be afflicted be Patient and prepared to suffer for the Cause of God These are twelve signs of Grace and the man upon whom they are found is the son of God as surely as he is his Creature And now my Friends let me assure you that it is some trouble to me that the first present I should make you in this manner should be a bundle of Cypress But so our wise God would have it I move you not now to follow her with Crowns and Hymns nor do I understand how nor designe to prepare the incombustible Oil of the Antients with which I might supply a Lamp consacrated to her memory which might burn so long as that found some while since in the Appian 1500 years Pancerol Licetus Mancinus Way in the Sepulchre of Tulliola the Daughter of Cicero But all that I design all that I desire is that that which was prepared for her Herse may adorn your Closets Yea that you would look upon her and learn to live and learn to die In the ensuing Papers you have the Rule of our Religion and you have an Example too Follow her so far as she followed Christ and it is hard to say where she step'd aside where she stay'd behind 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Naz. Orat. 20. So often as you see the Armories of her Parentage or your left Hands remind you of her Funerals Call to mind a great Example of Vertue and Goodness so Illustrious and Conspicuous that there remain'd no doubt but only whether the Universality or Sincerity of her Obedience was the greatest VALE ET SALVE ANIMA O ANNAE FELICISS NOS EO ORDINE QUO NATURA PERMISERIT TE SEQUEMUR S. T. T. L. Rom. 8. 2. For the Law of the Spirit of life hath made me free from the Law of sin and death THat Mortality was an original condition of Humane Nature will appear to him who shall consider these seven Observations following 1. That before Adam sinned the procreation of man was designed whereas such as shall partake of the Resurrection of the dead marry not because they do not die 2. That he hungred and was provided of meat whereas Immortality needs neither meats nor the belly God will destroy both it and them 3. That his Body was animal which St. Paul makes all one with vile corruptible and mortal 4. That Christ Jesus who hath taken away sin all its force and punishment hath yet left his dearest Saints liable unto death 5. That the first man was of the earth earthy and we forasmuch as we die and corrupt are said to bear his Image 1 Cor. 15. 6. That God planted a Tree of Life in the Garden which needed not if man had been created not liable unto death 7. That all the causes of natural mortality within us or without us did exist as well before as after Man had sinned Yet notwithstanding sin was the way to actual death and that the wages of it It being usual with God to do that upon occasion which he hath power absolutely to do i. e. to make use of the instances of his Dominion to serve other designs of his Providence which help us to understand that first threatning In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt die the death i. e. Thy strength supported by the tree of life shall begin to languish and fail Thy Oyl at length shall be exhausted and thy Lamp shall