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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	2,676	5	10.9658	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66772	A proclamation in the name of the King of kings, to all inhabitants of the isles of Great Brittain and especially to those who have hypocritically pretended to justice, mercy, honesty, and religion (as also to them who have lived in open prophaness and impiety) summoning them to repentance, by denouncing God's judgements, and declaring his mercy, offered in the everlasting gospel / warrantably proclaimed and preached by Geo. Wither ... ; whereto are added, some fragments of the same authors, omitted in the first imprinting of the book, intituled Scraps and crums, and a few which were collected since that impression, and during his imprisonment.	Wither, George, 1588-1667.	1662 (1662)	Wing W3181; ESTC R12240	34,610	74

is our Case for though that many times Our Fears our Foes our Troubles and our Crimes We have beyond hope been deliver'd from And promised in ev'ry time to come That like deliverance yet when ought fails Which we expected or a Foe prevails For our probation we are hurried streight Into a causless and a foolish fright GOD's promised Assistance we decline Catch hold of any politick Design Run this and that way to the World the Devil For help and Counsel or act any evil In such a giddy fit though we have seen And often felt what those effects have been Which will ensue Nay if long time we bear A present suffring and new troubles fear Our Faith is at a stand and we begin Immediately to let Despairings in Make Principle of Faith give way to Reason And seem Phanatick Whimsies out of season Or airy Refuges beseeming none In straits but meer Fools to depend upon Though in the Saints of old to fall off thus It was a Crime 't is greater sin in us By so much as the sinning against Grace Doth our transgressions of the Law surpass And neither Theft Adultery or Murder From GOD and Penitence will draw us further If we avoid it not For to be made More cautelous we have not only had Examples of old times and seen since then What hath befallen many thousand men In such defections but we likewise are Experienc'd in our own particular Estates and persons what will them betide Who in the dayes of Tryal start aside And by the Gospel are enlightned more Than other Generations heretofore This makes me in my present troubles wave Those wayes whereto I some Temptations have My person to redeem and to prevent The future mischiefs that seem eminent This makes me scorn to creep or fawn or sneak Or whatsoere I threatned hear to speak To an unworthy person though I could Prevail perhaps upon him if I would For were my Poverty ten times as much The King of Sodom shall not make me rich Nor were I sick to death would I implore Those false Gods which most men do now adore For health or life though I thought they could give That which I most desired to receive This among other Notions of this kind Which needful are to fortifie my mind Amid my Suffrings makes me muse on these Our common failings that if GOD so please They may be by his Grace with my endeavour A means to keep me firm to him for ever And by declaring what Experiment Hath taught to me make others confident In suffrings for his Cause and not afraid What is or what can here on them be laid For as where many Cowards are together They still beget more terrours in each other So men of Courage more couragious grow When to each other they example show Of Christian Fortitude To which good end These fruits of my spare howers I intend VII Another Scrap to them who carp at this Author 's frequent writing VVHy should you be displeas'd and have a loathing Of that which may do good and cost you nothing Or which you may pass by without offence Or giving you occasion of expence Unless you please For that which I compose On no man I against his will impose GOD is our Shield our Fortress and that Friend On whom alone we alway should depend Yet he expects an Activeness in those On whom a Christan Armour he bestows And that we put it on when there 's occasion Of War defensive or of an Invasion As also that we alwayes keep it clean And our selves ready by good discipline For of their Talents they will be bereav'd Who make not use of what they have receiv'd Yea they will be surpriz'd who times and places Neglect wherein to exercise their Graces When means is offred since it will make room And entrance for Temptations when they come If we are negligent in doing that Which to our Perseverance doth relate The Roman Legions which resided here When no foes to oppose them did appear Bestow'd their spare hours with much diligence In making Preparations for defence In times of need New Fortresses did raise Built Bridges Causeys and made easie wayes For future Marches whereby to and fro In safety they and other men might go And we must do the like if we would be From future dangers and surprizals free To which end things that seem of little use At present may hereafter much conduce Our Patience will wear out our Courage slack Our Spirits faint and cause us to draw back From needful Suffrings unless in some measure VVe daily shall improve spare time and leasure To fortifie our hearts by meditation VVhich is the nourishment and preservation Of Hope and Faith This when my Friends are gon VVhose Consolations I do feast upon VVhilst they are present if I those can void VVith whose Impertinences I am cloyd Moves me to gather up that into words VVhich their and my Experiment affords Lest that be lost which else might serve in stead Of Cordials at a sudden time of need This moves me when my Foes threat and revile To muster thus as 't were in rank and file My scatter'd thoughts and then to march up close Ev'n to the Vanguard of my furioust Foes For when we look grim Terrors in the face Without dismay it makes them to give place And though the Champions of the world do laugh To see my weapons but a Sling a Staff And Peble-stones o they will prevail when they Shall either perish or else run away This moves me when alone lest else the Devil Or my own Flesh may tempt me to some evil VVhen they shall idling find me to retire Into my self and search what vain desire VVhat hope or fear or doubtings there do lurk VVhich either may advance or counterwork Those Principles of Grace which by good use And practice I to habits may reduce This that those Notions may not fly away VVhich I find helpful makes me oft imploy My leasure times in what it seems hath so Increast my Scriblings that they nauceous grow To many Readers and perhaps to some VVho might by them advantaged become But I am pleas'd for that my tast delights Which is disgustfull to their Appetites And what at this time they disrelish may Yeeld profit with delight another day VIII An Eccho from the Thunders in the celestial Temple reverberating in part the effect of what was uttered by their Voices SIx Trumpets have been sounded forth Six Vials poured on the Earth Six Thunders have their Voices spent Yet they blaspheme who should repent And night and day a direfull cry Still beating on my ears have I Of men opprest between their paws Whose God is Gain whose Lusts are Laws And dreadful sounds of Vengeance too Are eccho'd wheresoev'r I go Though men are deaf yet speak I must Hear therefore lifeless forms of dust And sensless things that ye may bear Your Witness to what I declare For what hereafter shall ensue