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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
rest_n	day_n	enter_v	sabbath_n	3,353	5	9.6983	5	false

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B04886	No power but of God, and yet a power in every creature, or, A word in season, to all men not void of grace, or deprived of reason wherein is held forth that the Almighty God is not wanting to us in impowering of us, but we are wanting to him, in not improving our talent for him ... / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1651 (1651)	Wing P4238A; ESTC R187132	119,586	280

things yet they ●…nowledge me in their deeds just as those ●●rds of Paul Rom. 9. 32. Wherefore because 〈◊〉 sought it not by faith but as it were by the ●●●ks of the Law for they stumbled at that 〈…〉 bling stone Now this word as it were ●●t were unfolded as now it lyes sealed 〈◊〉 should finde most men seeking righte●●snesse if not absolutely by the Law 〈◊〉 as it were by the works of the Law 〈◊〉 Believ In this that thou hast said O ●●w I have nothing to except against for ●●e we both agree though there was a ●●s-understanding between us at first yet it true the fault is not in thee O Law that ●●n put thee in the room of Christ no ●…ore then the brasen Serpent was in fault ●●om the people did Idolize the fault ●●s in the people and not in the Serpent at this day mens seeking righteousnesse 〈◊〉 thee becomes their own evill not thine ●●d as thou hast said though men will not knowledge that they seek righteousnesse 〈◊〉 the Law yet they doe seeke it as it were by the workes of the Law Now here lyeth one of the greatest 〈◊〉 ferences between the Law and the Gosp●● both speak of working and both speak resting onely herein lyes the difference ●●der the Law before Christ was come 〈◊〉 people were to work first and rest aft●●wards that is they were to work six day●… and rest the seventh when they had d●● their work then enter into rest n●● under the Gospel we are to rest first 〈◊〉 work afterwards for as the Sabbath of 〈◊〉 was the last day of the week so our Lo●● day of rest is the first day of the week 〈◊〉 are first to receive a Kingdome that cannot moved Heb. 12. 28. and then next to se●● God acceptably with reverence and godly f●● We are first to believe and then in then●… place to shew our faith by i●● works 〈◊〉 are first to see our interest in the promis●… and then to cleanse our selves from all filthi●● of flesh and spirit Into what soever house 〈◊〉 enter we are to say peace be to this house first fore we are to shake the dust off our feet as a w●… nesse against them So much concerning fr●●dome from the Law by Christ that fulfill the Law c. What Christ hath delivered us from and restored us unto Shall onely speak of two things more 〈◊〉 briefly viz. First what we are delivered from by ●…hrist Secondly what we are restored unto First what are delivered from and here 〈◊〉 I might instance in many things I shall ●●ely make mention of two First we are delivered from sinne Secondly from death the wages of sin First we are delivered from sinne Isa 〈◊〉 6. it was all laid upon him and so we came free Rom. 6. 18. 22. verses com●●red together 1 Pet. 2. 24. 2 Cor. 5. 21. ●…atth 8. 17. Rom. 6. 11. Col. 1. 22. 1 Thess 〈◊〉 13. Secondly those and onely those that ●●e in Christ are delivered from death the ●●ges of sinne O death saith Christ I will ●●thy death Isa 25. 8. He hath swallowed up ●●th in victory 1 Cor. 15. 55 56 57. O death ●●ere is thy sting O grave where is thy victory ●●e sting of death is sinne and the strength of ●●e is the Law But thanks be unto God who ●●eth us the victory through our Lord Jesus ●…rist c. So then by Christ a believer is ●●ed from the Law First from the curse Secondly from the condemning powe●… Thirdly from sinne and Fourthly fro●… death Secondly let us a little consider as wh●● we be delivered from so what we are r●…stored unto I shall not undertake to 〈◊〉 forth this in the heigth and breadth dep●● and length but onely give a hint to it 〈◊〉 I have ability and time knowing that I a●● straitned in both Ye were servants you be now friends 〈◊〉 Christs Joh. 15. 15. And if that be too little ye are Sonn●… and Daughters If that be too little are calls you his B●●thren and Sisters Heb. 2. 11. If that be too little he calls you h●● Chosen Spouse and Wife Rev. 21. 9. If that be too little he tells you that yo●… be members of his own body 1 Cor. 12. 12 If that be too little he tells you that yo●… be heirs with him Rom. 8. 17. If that be too little to expresse the abu●…dantnesse of his love to you he tells yo●… That the glory which the Father gave to him 〈◊〉 hath given to you that you may be one as 〈◊〉 Father and he is one If that be too little he tells you Tha●… you be joyned to the Lord you are one spirit 1 Co●… 6. 17. If this be too little he tells you indeed ●…hat all these things above-mentioned are ●●t a taste of what you shall shortly be Joh. 3. 12. Oh thou most noble overcomming Saint ●●rvant of the most High God heir of pro●…ises and Son of Sion Consider what ●●ou art come from and now by Christ ●●me to Heb. 12. 22 23 24. But ye are come ●●to Mount Sion and to the City of the living ●…od the heavenly Jerusalem and unto an innu●…erable company of Angels to the general assem●●y and Church of the first born which are writ●●n in heaven and to God the Judge of all and to ●●e spirits of just men made perfect and to Jesus ●●e Mediator of the new covenant and to the ●…ood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then ●●at of Abel Now manifestly and truly mayest thou ●…ay I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine ●●e that toucheth me toucheth the apple of his ●●ye My Father is so tender of me that he ●…akes all the wrongs done to me as done ●…o him●…elfe he that persecutes me perse●…utes him Act. 9. 4. And he that hath pity ●…nd compassion on me the Lord takes it as ●…one to himself Matth. 25. 40. David said Who am I that I should be son in ●…aw to King Saul but I may say Who am I that I should be Son and heire yea cohei●● to the King of Kings I was a dry a●● barren tree fit for nothing but burning b●● I shall flourish like a tree planted by t●● rivers of water O how often did he call how earnest●● did he knock how powerfully did 〈◊〉 strive how long did he wait upon me b●…fore my stubborn heart would yeeld If 〈◊〉 had never loved me I had never loved hi●… If he had never drawn me I had never r●● after him If he had never sought me 〈◊〉 had been straying in the wildernesse of in●…quity and feeding in the fields of vanity 〈◊〉 most are but now he hath avouched himself to be mine and I have avouched m●… self to be his Hos 2. 19. I will betroth thee 〈◊〉 me So I became the Bride the Lamb●… wife First Christ comes and woes me 2 Co●… 5. 20. Secondly he gets my good will and became his 1 Joh. 12. Thirdly he makes my soul fruitfull Joh.