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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	lord_n	put_v	trust_v	2,318	5	9.5906	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07289	Saint Peters watch word the end of all things is at hand / digested into eight chapters, and published by R.M. minister ; perused and allowed.	Mavericke, Radford, b. 1561?	1603 (1603)	STC 17683A; ESTC S450	71,286	178

thy selfe the Lord is not slacke in ●omming as thou countest slackenes but tarrieth patiently yet a verye little while expecteth thy repentance take heede therfore that thou doe not according to the hardnes of thine heart which cannot repent heape vnto thy selfe wrath Rom. 2.5 against this great day of wrath and declaration of the iust iudgement of God So much briefly touching the error of the open Atheist and saint Peters reply thereunto Now the error of the secure or vnrighteous steward The securitie of the vnrighteous Stewards though it bee very dangerous yet it is not altogither so impious One saith that there shall be no iudgement the other saith My master will deferre his comming vnto iudgement for so saith the vniust steward Surely my master wil deferre his comming and thereupon he giueth himselfe licence to sinne and to liue securely in this world So then the cause of so great securitie as is now in the worlde euen of such as voluntarily confesse and acknowledge Iesus Christ to bee their maister euen in those whome hee hath reposed great trust and committed many talents vnto their credite and gouernance yea many such as hee hath made ruler ouer his wholehouse not only to keep good rule themselues but also to keep many other in good order I say the cause of all this security in thē is noted in this one word surely my Master will deferre his comming against which sinne of securitie our sauiour himselfe doth inueigh most sharpely saying Math. 24.15 Who is a faithfull seruant and wise whom his Maister hath made ruler ouer his houshold to giue them meat in season Blessed is that seruant whom his maister when he commeth shall find so doing verily I say vnto you he spall make him ruler ouer all his goodes But if that euill seruaut shall say in his heart my maister doth deferre his comming and begin to smite his fellowes and to eat and to drinke with the drunken that seruants master will come in a day when he looketh not for him and in an houre that hee is not ware of and will cut him of and giue him his portion with hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Vpon these wordes then of our sauiour Christ I may well conclude this generall affertion that there is no securitie in this world and that they who other they be that liue securely liue most dangerously without speedie repentance are like to be onertaken in their sinnes and hereafter to be punished eternally The second generall obseruation is that as there is no time of securitie in this world by reason wee are to expect the end thereof euery day so is there nothing in this world that can secure vs No earthly thing that can secure vs. because euery thing shal haue an end as the Apostle saith The end of all things is at hand No trust then or confidence to bee set then in any worldly thing Sampsons strength Croesus riches Solomons glorie Absolons beautie all must vanish away friendes though neuer so mightie wise men though neuer so politique valiant men though neuer so frolicke cannot secure vs no not a moment of time Oh that in time then we would learne to bee wise and put no confidence in transitorie things Ier. 9.23.24 that we would folow the counsell of the Prophet Ieremie Let not the wise man glorie in his wisdome nor the strong man glorie in his strength neither the rich man glorie in their riches but let him that glorieth glorie in this that he vnderstandeth and know me saith the Lord for I am he that sheweth mercie iudgement and righteousnesse in the earth Hence is it that saint Paule concludeth 1. Cor. 1.31 Let him that glorieth glorie in the Lord and he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall neuer bee confounded Therefore the Psalmist truly sayth Psal 118. It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in man it is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in Princes He that ●rusteth in God hath ● sure refuge And if the Lord be angry yea but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him On the contrary the scripture saith of the wicked that liue die in their sins or else shall liue wickedly till the day of iudgement come vpon them that they shall say to the mountaines and rockes Fall on vs Reuel 6.16 and hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can stand So that this is the briefe conclusion of the second obseruation that nothing in this life or in this world may or can secure or keepe vs from the daunger of that great day of which saint Peter forewarneth vs but onely our trust and confidence in God which the faithfull haue in him by the meanes of Christ See then how much we are beholding to saint Peter for giuing vs this Watchword The ende of all things is at hand No time of daliance in this world Whereby wee are taught that there is no time of daliance nor any place left vs to bee secure in this world alwayes we must watch and pray because wee know not what houre the sonne of man will come Math. 24.36 as Christ himselfe sayth Of that day and houre knoweth no man no not the Angels of heauē but as the dayes of Noah were so likewise shall the comming of the sonne of man bee for as in the dayes before the floud they did eate and drinke marrie and gaue in marriage vnto the dayes that Noah entred into thee Arke and knew nothing vntill the floud came and tooke them all away so shall also the comming of the sonne of man be Watch therfore saith our Sauiour Christ for yee know not what houre your maister will come Of this bee sure if the good man of the cause knewe at what watch the theefe woulde come he would surely watch 〈…〉 therefo●● we mu●● looke for him euery day Luke 21.34 and not suffer his house to be digged through Therefore be ye also readie for in the houre ye thinke not will the sonne of man come For the same cause is it that Christ giueth vs this great caueat Take heede to your selues least at any time your hearts bee oppressed with surfetting and drunkennesse and cares of this life least that day come vpon you at vnwares For as a snare shall it come vpon all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth watch therfore and pray continually that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to passe and that ye may stand before the sonne of man But oh good God how is this caueat of Christ forgotten in this age of ours When the care of this life and the desire of gaine haue almost choaked all godlinesse or