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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04906	The triall of truth wherein are discouered three greate enemies vnto mankinde, as pride, priuate grudge, and priuate gaine, ...	Knight, Edward.	1580 (1580)	STC 15047; ESTC S106835	64,206	178

such lyke occasion S. Peter in his first Epistle sayth Wherfore laye aside all maliciousnesse guile dissimulation enuy and all backbityng as newe borne babes desire that reasonable milke which is without corruption that ye may growe therein if so be that ye haue tasted howe pleasant the Lord is to whome yee come as a liuyng stone disallowed of mē but chosen of God and precious but ye as liuyng stones are made a spirituall house and an holy priesthood for to offer vp spirituall sacrifice acceptable to God by Iesus Christ As it is testified in the scripture Beholde I put in Sion an head cornet stone elect and precious and he that beleeueth on him shall not bee ashamed vnto you therefore which beleeue hee is precious but vnto them which beleeue not the stone which the builders refused the same is made the heade stone in the corner and a stone to stumble at and a rocke to offende them which stumble at the worde and beleeue not that whereon they were set Wherefore to the ende that wee may examine in our selues howe euery one is framed agreeable to Gods good pleasure against the day of his visitation I haue here thought good to set downe the maner of the reedifiyng of the new Arch of London Bridge Wherein may be noted the differēce be twixt a priuate work and a work for a commonaltie commoditie of the people in generall The maner of the proceeding in the saide worke First the olde frame of building was taken downe to the grounde which to most mens iudgemēts as trauellers by wold haue iudged the foresaid olde building of sufficiencie to haue continued the charge which the same had before supplyed of long tyme wherevpon diligent searche was made and the grounde woorke was founde so imperfected by reason of the sundrye imperfections that were founde therein In so muche as it was thought needefull by those that had the ouer sight thereof that the foresaide olde building shoulde bee taken downe as it was for auoyding of further danger hauing a respect vnto the time of the yeare when the visiters and founders dyd take the same in hande In so muche as all the olde defaulted buildyng beyng rydde out of the way and expert workemen beeyng come to searching of the foundation they found the olde pyles whereon the stone worke stood in so euil cōditiō as it was thought most needful that many should be displaced out of their seates which appeared not to be done without paynefull labour And beyng brought to passe new Pyles of the perfectest wood that could be prouided was ordeyned and set in the seate and places of the old For the better perfourmance wherof euery pyle so set was not don without like tedious labour cuerye one beeyng armed and calked with Iron To the ende to make their way the perfecter So to withstande any impedimentes which myght haue hindered their enterance which was perfourmed in as hard a maner as if the same had bin a newe forceable worke For by reason of continuance the olde grounde worke was loth to yelde Albeit that nowe by the perfect experience of cunning workmen there is placed vpon the well grounded foundatiō of Pyles a durable stone-woorke to the defence of all stormy tempests so workmanly handled as one stone is fastened to an other in their ioynyng together with Iron catches thereby to keepe them from startyng out of their offices beeyng pointed in the ioyntes with Sowder Rozen Tallow and Pitch as a compound of forceable effect needfull about such a worke to the ende that no impedunent should growe or enter in betweene the ioyntes beyng preuented by suche good meanes In such sort as now vpon the saide foundation there is erected a well conditioned and substantiall frame Wherein is to bee noted the fruite of the workmens diligence In the perfourmance whereof it doeth appeare eche workeman to haue well sufficiently discharged their seuerall charge and vocations to the well likyng of the Founders and beholders In such wise as when it is considered what benifite and commoditie is lyke in short processe of tyme to grow to the foūders therof Then is it not to be thought to haue beene more chargeable then in tyme the same may be profitable Which stately building being compared with the reedifiyng and building vp of the house of God which consisteth not in Temples made with stones according to the traditiōs of men Albeit God requireth a house of prayer whereas the people may in all reuerence congregate themselues together As in the Churche there in all obedience to be in a readines with attentyue eares reioysing hearts to heare the diuine seruice of God and that our hearyng may bee rightly with a gladsome desire to heare Christ speake vnto vs by the mouth of the minister and godly Preachers out of the worde of God thereby to learne to folowe Christ by obedience in honest conuersation of lyfe For Christ hath alwayes allowed better of obedience then of sacrifice As appeareth in the first Booke of Samuel When it repented God that euer he had made Saul Kyng by reason of his disobedience Albeit Saul had spared the best of the sheepe and of the Oxen of the Amalekites to sacrifice them vnto the Lorde Wherein Saul obeyed and hearkened vnto the voyce of the people and turned away from the worde of the Lord. In so muche as it was tolde Saul by Samuell That forasmuche as he had cast away the worde of the Lorde The Lorde would cast away Saul and rent away his kyngdome from him In which parcell of scripture it is woorthely to bee noted howe muche God hath beene pleased in former ages with obedience and displeased with the contrary As this one exsample may lead vs vnto That the voyce of a man may awake one out of sleepe So that hee beginneth to start and aryse but then if hee straight wayes falleth a sleepe agayne vntyll we see him stande and goe wee may not truely say he is perfectly awaked Albeit in folowing obeying Christ it is not ment that wee neyther can nor must doe all things that he hath done before vs but to folowe him in godly conuersation of lyfe and obedience as neare as we may otherwyse what doeth it auayle to professe much and to practice litle Wherby we are admonished to ioyne practice with our profession in the repairing and building vp of the house of God in all godlinesse and humilitie and with more diligence and care then was vsed in about the reedifiyng of the foresaide building of London Bridge which as you may perceiue in the former discourse was not easily perfourmed without great cost and labour So ought all Christians to bende them selues to the vttermost of euery their powers all to agree in one generall consent and vnitie of brotherly loue whereby the Lordes house myght speedily goe forwarde And not as Manasses against Ephraim and Ephraim against Manasses and both