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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	pray_v	prayer_n	supplication_n	1,875	5	11.3215	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09676	[A sermon at Marlborough on 1. Tim.iv.16.]	Pinner, Charles.	1596 (1596)	STC 19945A; ESTC S119185	18,821	51

then they should haue turned them from their evil way from the wickednes of their inventions And Paul in the seconde of the second to the Corinthians speaking of the power of this pure sincere handling of the word of God saith Now thanks be be vnto God which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ 2. Cor. 2.14 seq and maketh manifest the savor of this knowledge by vs in every place For we are vnto God the sweete savour of Christ in them that are saved and in them that perish●●d the one we are the savour of death vnto death to the other the savour of life vnto life and who is sufficient for these things For we are not as many which make marchandize of the worde of God but as of sinceritie but as of God in the sighte of God speake wee of Christ And in the fourth of the same Epistle Therefore faith he seeing that we haue this Ministerie 2 Cor. 4.1 seq as we haue received mercy we faint not but haue cast from vs the cloakes of vnhonesty and walke not in craftines neither handle wee the worde of God deceitfully but in declaration of the truth we approoue our selues to every mans conscience in the sight of God From whence he gathereth this conclusion If then our Gospell be hidde it is hid in them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blinded the mindes to wit of the vnbeleevers that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ which is the image of God should not shine vnto them As if not by a fine or fraudulent but by a full and an honest handling of the worde of God he had done sufficient to convince the vnbeleevers to reveale their reprobation and to cast their condēnation vpon them selues And the same minde hee also testifieth in the first to the Galathians For nowe saith he preach I más doctrine or Gods or go I about to please men for if I should yet please men I were not the servant of Christ Thus the Prophets Esaie and Ieremie Paul the Apostle for this point of syncerity looked to their doctrine And what do we Tell it not in Gath and publish it not in the streetes of Ashkelon 2. Sam. 1.20 least the daughters of the Philistins reioyce least the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph Yes tell it to the very skorners and to the greatest amongst them that never almost such vowing to the sinnes of men by them that should make all the world to bend But tel them withal what Ieremie saieth populus meus it a amant My people love it well they will haue it so Thus this disease in you my brethren of the Laitie to loue your sinnes so well that they must not bee reproved hath infected and bread this weakenes in many of vs Ministers to let them alone not reproove them And when the Sermon or cold Collation is ended the pride and self-loue the tyrannies cruelties and oppressions of men their greate open adulteries in the sight of the sunne their riot and wantonnesse covetousnesse briberies blasphemies what shall I saie the heape of all their sinnes together are fast a sleepe for vs wee wake them not and they fester in the soule and are now so strong that they will not obey the bridle they say with the rebels in the second Psalme Psal 2.3 Let vs breake their bands asunder and cast awaie their cordes frō vs. And according to their power so is their pride and the power of manie yea all almost so greate the staffe of discipline beeing fallen downe that they said it not only but do it in deede This bringeth mee my brethren vnto the third and last point to bee regarded mattending our doctrine name lie the Manner in which first is required a spirituall ●●●dnesse such as was in the Prophets and Apostles of Iesus Christ without the which thee shall even feare the fares of men For so did Ieremie at the first vntill the Lorde which sent him thrust him forward thus Trusse vp thy lo●nes and arise speake vnto them all that I commaund three bee not afraide of their faces Ierem. 1.17 least I destroie thee before them And so did Ezechiel vntil the Lord in the third chapter made him a promise thus Behold I haue made thy face strong against their faces Ezech. 3. and thy forehead hard against their foreheads I haue made thy forehead as the adamant harder then the flint feare them not therfore neither bee afraide of their looked because they are a 〈◊〉 house And least me may thin●● that this was the maiestie of the Prophets onlie and that the Gospell must treepe lower to the becks of men the Apostle in the fourth in the Colostians praieth the saithfull to praie for him that God saieth he may open vnto vs the doore of vtterance Coloss 4.3 to speake the mysterie of Christ And then he addeth that I may 〈…〉 as it becommeth mee to speake And how that is hee sheweth in the si●●h to the Ephesians where making the same request to them to praie for him Ephes 6.18 seq hee saieth Pray alwaies with all manner prayer and supplication in the sphrite and watch thervnto with all perseverance supplication for all Saintes and for mee that vtteraunce may bee given mee that I may open my mouth boldlie to publish the secret of the Gospell whereof I am the embasse dour in bondes that therein I may speake boldly as I ought to speake As I ought to speake saith Paul for such speech both becommeth the maiestie of the Gospell and armeth vs against their lookes which 〈…〉 are so bent against us 〈◊〉 when wee pr●●th vnto them as if wee were 〈◊〉 ●●rthy to looke vpon them And this 〈…〉 make as lowde and lift vp our voices as Esai● is commounded in 〈◊〉 eight 〈◊〉 fifteth chapter thus Crie as the ●h●oa●e and cease not lift vp thy voice like a ●●umpe●● and shew my people ther transgresson the house of I ●●ob their sinces Euen as th●br●w 〈…〉 hattes all ●●lleepe in their 〈…〉 this 〈◊〉 halfe 〈…〉 and extent of 〈…〉 I 〈…〉 ●●●the 〈…〉 is so spiri●●●●● and 〈…〉 all 〈…〉 which fa●●●● vnto verie trembling Example of Paul himselfe so greate an Apostle in the second of the first to the Cor●●thians 1. Cor. 2.3 And I saith hee was among lyon in weakenesse in fear and in much trembling Why Paul● euen because ●●●h was 〈◊〉 wea●● 〈…〉 that ●●thing 〈…〉 him 〈…〉 in ●s 〈…〉 w●rdes should 〈◊〉 in 〈…〉 mindes of 〈◊〉 as himselfe ●●●where confesse●● of this effect of his Min●●ter●● And such trust 2. Cor. 3.4.5 saith hee haue ●●ves through Christ to God Not that wee are sufficient of our selues to think ●●●ny thing a● of our selues but out suff●ciencie is o●● God And the●●●●● 〈◊〉 reno●●●ce●h all him 〈…〉 had 〈…〉 Law or Philosophie or had 〈…〉 t●ught ●●●h● 〈…〉 I saith he● 〈…〉