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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	able_a	faith_n	salvation_n	3,115	5	6.7195	4	false

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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

laying vp as faithfull and good stewardes of the household of God as neede requireth we must bring it out to the benefit of the houshold And alas that any Minister which hath learning and knowledge for I speake to the ignorant which haue no knowledge for who can drawe anie thinge out of an emptie vessell that any Minister I say who hath learning and knowledge should neede to be remembred of this duetie so to take heede vnto doctrine that hee starue not the householde by keeping vppe that which hee hath layed vppe not onelie for himselfe but also for the householde Yet these are the times and the thing doeth speake it that manye though they knowe this duty and haue hearde the voyce of the Lorde in the sixth of Ieremie Ier. 6.17 Also I set watchmen over you saying take heede to the sounde of the trumpet yet their sloath desidia dulce malum their leasure and pleasure and those Sirenes within doe aunswere as there wee reade But they sayed wee will not take heede Where the Lord by the Prophet speaketh vnto the Priests as watchmenne which had taken the charge of sounding the trumpet vnto the people as Saint Paule hereunto Timothie and in him vnto vs Take heede vnto doctrine And our aunswere is theirs indeede though not in wordes for so wee doe as if wee had sayed We will not take heede Else what meaneth this great silence in many places not only where is no trumpet or voice to sounde it but even there also where is breath and voice enough What meaneth it I say that wee take so little heede but that a crooked will hath ruled the matter and saie the Prophete and Apostle what they will wee saie with the watchmen of the house of Iuda Wee will not take heede As if it were in our wils to preath or not to preach and no purse were broken no danger woulde followe to omitte doctrine Amos had a greater feare when he was sent to prophecie Amos. 3.8 The Lyon saieth hee hath roared who will not bee afraide The Lorde God hath spoken who can but prophecie And the roaring of this Lyon to feared Paul in the ninth of the first to the Corinthians that hee crieth out 1. Cor. 9.16 Vae mihi nisi Evangelizem Woe is mee the Lyon will teare mee in peeces if I preach not the Gospell knowing therefore the terrour of the Lorde wee perswade men yea Ministers and I woulde to God wee mighte perswade them for this first point of attendance or giving heed vnto doctrine namely that they deliver it vnto the people And then the nexte pointe is this what doctrine we should deliver which what shoulde it bee but that which may make vnto salvation For such doctrine the Apostle requireth of vs the matter whereof if wee looke vnto it wil saue both ourselues them that heare vs. And whence haue wee this but from the most pure fountaines of the worde of God which is the seede of our new-birth as Iames saith Of his owne will be gate he vs by the word of truth and that to immortality Iam. 1.18 even as this seede it selfe is immortall as Peter saith that we are borne a newe 1. Pet. 1.23 nor of mortall seede but of immortall by the word of God which liveth and lasteth for ever And afterwards the same word he calleth the sincere milke wherby also we grow vp after that we haue tasted how sweet the Lord is 1. Pet. ● 1.2.3 Wherefore saith he laying aside all maliciousnes all guile dissimulation envie all evil speaking as new-borne babes desire ye the sincere milke of the worde forasmuch as yee haue tasted that the Lord is sweet and good And in no other knowledge doubtles thē of this word as strong meats also wherby we grow frō faith to faith from vertue to vertue frō strēgth to strēgth vntill we attaine vnto a perfect man in Christ Iesus the Apostle requireth vs to be of a ripe age wher he thus exhorteth Brethrē be not children in vnderstanding but as concerning maliciousnes be children 1. Cor. 14.20 but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age Onlie we must see to this that this seede of our new birth be not corrupted this milke of our spiritual nourishment be not mingled this foode of our foules be not infecred but alwaies preserved in all integritie and so it will be able to saue our soules Wherefore S. Peter as before we heard exhorceth not simplie to desire the milke but as there he calleth it the sincere milke of the word And Paul alluding vnto this sinceritie and puritie of the word which we must preach calleth it faithful word wholsōe word Tit. 1.9 Tit. 2.8 2. Tim. 4.3 Tit. 2.7 wholsōe doctrine vncorrupt doctrine and oft a earnestly comēdeth it both to Tit Tim And least they might wander in seeking this word he leadeth them to the Scriptures to the Scriptures only as able to make them absolute perfectly to instruct them in every good duty if their ministery Wherfore in the 3. of the 2. to Timothie he saich The whole scripture is given by inspiratiō of God is profitable to teach to cōvince to correct to instruction righteousnes that the 〈◊〉 of God to wit Tim. 1. Tim. 6.11 so called in the 1 of Tim. the 6. 11. indeede every Minister that this mā of God may be absolute perfectly instructed vnto everie good worke to wit of his ministerie cōmitted to him And in the same chap also noting some deceivers which should waxe worse worse deceaving being deceaved 2. Tim. 3 14. as if they had erred from the rule of the Scriptures by by be addeth But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned which are cōmitted vnto thee knowing of whō thou hast learned them and that of a childe thou hast knowne the holye Scriptures which are able to make thee wise vnto salvation through the faith which is in Christ Iesus Here the church of Rome would chide if wee had time to here her for reiecting her vnwritten verities indeede verie vanities and al that heape of extors not only fathered vpon the Scriptures by false interpretations of the Scriptures but also brought in against the manifest light of the holy Scriptures And such Pharistes and blinde guides deceiving and being deceived we had to leade us Who as Iannes Iambres resisted Moses so did these also resist the truth But the prophesie of the Apostle is fulfilled in them they haue prevailed no longer for their madnes is manifest to al mē 2. Tim. 3.8.9 as theirs also was And the whore of Babilon with her cup of spirituall formicati●as is departed from vs the greatest blessing that ever came to this land But yet if wee take not heede my brethren even wee of the Ministerie unto doctrine such as even now also is allowed vs to draw to deliver