Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	believe_v	faith_n	unbelief_n	3,235	5	10.7449	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19270	A briefe homily wherein the most comfortable and right vse of the Lords Supper, is very plainly opened and deliuered, euen to the vnderstanding of the vnlearned and ignorant. Made to be vsed throughout the Diocesse of Lincolne, before euerie celebration of the Lordes Supper, in all such churches and parishes as haue not a sufficient hable preacher allowed vnder the hand and authentike seale of the Bishop there, and to be read by the minister of each such place, so distinctly and in such sorte, that all which shalbe then assembled, may well heare and marke the same.; Certaine sermons wherin is contained the defense of the gospell nowe preached	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1580 (1580)	STC 5684.5; ESTC S118236	7,401	16

vnto him most heartie thankes for the same and the residue of his benefites not at this present time onely but euer hereafter vntill the time of his comming This is the godly and Christian trial of our selues which if we do vse by the grace of Gods spirite working in vs we shall become either worthie guestes or much more fit then otherwise we should be without such triall Happily some will thinke that this admonition is a terrour and torment to their consciences to feare men from comming to this blessed Sacrament rather then an exhortation or incouragement vnto it For if the danger be in it selfe so great as the vnworthie receiuer eateth dampnation to himselfe and the preparation and triall so straight as you haue made it it were better neuer to come to it For what one is there among a thousand that doeth in this manner trie his conscience or if he doe he must needes feele so great want and imperfection either in sorrowe for his sinnes or in sense of Gods wrath or in weakenesse of his faith or in the study of new life or in the coldnesse of his charitie or in his feblenesse to giue thanks to set forth the glorie of God or in al these things that he must needes be ouerwhelmed in conscience and feared to make himselfe partaker of these holy misteries But dearely beloued Let not this feare shake our consciences nor driue you backe from this blessed table This examination and triall must be within the bounds of humane frailtie and God in this as in all other doinges for Christ his sake will vse his mercie and clemencie for he knoweth our corruptions and imperfections and will haue regard of our infirmities Onely let vs not be secure slack and negligent but feeling by this triall great want in our selues let vs with lowly humble confessing heartes acknowledge the same and say vnto God I am sorie O Lord for my sinnes but not as the grieuousnesse of them requireth augment O Lorde by thy spirite the sense of thy wrath in mee I beleeue and knowe with other Christians that thy sonne hath shedde his bloud for me but increase my faith O God helpe mine vnbeleefe I desire to liue according to the calling of a Christian but the fleshe and the world maketh this study colde in me therefore doe thou strengthen me with thy blessed spirite I knowe it is my bounden duetie to yeeld vnto thee immortall thankes aswell for all other thy benefites as principally for the whole worke of our redemption by the death of thy dearely beloued sonne But I feele this zeale to be so faint and feeble that it is nothing according to my duetie and for that cause I lift vp mine eyes to the throne of thy mercie humbly desire thee to pardon al my imperfections and to heale all mine infirmities The sense and knowledge of my weaknes may not feare me frō this holy table For this heauenly feast is a medicine for them that be sick a comfort to them that be penitent sinners a free and liberall gift to such as be poore and haue nothing of them selues Christ in this feast is giuen as meat without which we know we must of necessitie perish And he is giuen as life vnto vs therefore without him we can haue nothing but death The best worthinesse that we can bring to these reuerend and holy misteries is that we confesse our owne vnworthines that thy mercie may make vs worthy that we despaire in our selues that thy grace may comfort vs that we humble our selues to the end thy goodnesse may raise vs vp that we accuse our selues to the end thy sonne by his merite may iustifie vs. For though of our selues we are hable to do nothing yet by him we shalbe hable to do all thinges These or like cogitations if we haue in preparing our selues to that blessed nourishment of our soules he that breaketh not a bruised reede nor putteth out smoking flaxe will not cast aside our infirmitie but wil mercifully receiue vs. The sorrowfull Father which with care for his sonne cried vnto Christ I beleeue Lord but helpe mine vnbeleefe Though his faith as it might appeare was very weake yet obtained he his purpose at Christ his hand to haue his sonne by miracle healed If our faith be but as a graine of mustard seede yet it wil much preuail with Gods mercie The Apostles of Christ which were admitted to his last supper were notwithstanding weak touched with many infirmities although thei were not altogether wicked faithlesse as Iudas was they beleeued in Christ they loued Christ they loued one another yet at the very table of the Lord they shewed their weaknes Peter not w tout some reproch of y e residue preferred himself before thē al Though al other saith he be offēded by thee yet wil not I be offended by thee They ambitiously contended among themselues which of them shold be the greater I wil not mentiō that immediately after Supper they through timerousnes fled from Christ for the time forsoke him which was an euident token of the weaknes of their faith after the knowledge of his doctrine experience of many wonderfull miracles Yet it pleased the great mercie of our sauiour fauourably to accept them and to admit them as singular instrumēts of his grace We may not therefore for our weakenes imperfection despaire or refuse the comfort of that heauenly table but rather let vs in all dutifull sort approch thervnto pray most hartily euerie one of vs al that we may be fit and worthy guestes for the same which God our Father grant vs for his sonnes sake Christ Iesu our sauiour by the working of his moste holy comfortable spirite to whom be all honour prayse and glorie for euer and euer Amen FINIS Matth. 26.26 Mar. 14 22. Luk. 22.19 Rom. 10.17 1. Cor. 11.24 1. Cor. 11. ver 24 25 26. Gen. 6. ver 18. 9. ver 9. 19. ver 9 11 12. Rom. 4. ver 11. Gal. 3. ver 26 27 28. 1. Cor. 12. ver 12.13.27 Io. 6. ver 57. 1. Cor. 11. ver 18 21 22. Ephe. 3. ver 17. Io. 1. ver 29. Heb. 9. v. 14 Io. 6. ver 47 Ephe. 3. ver 17. 1. Cor. 11.28 Deut. 6. ver 5. Leuit. 19. ver 18. Matth. 22 ver 37 39. Deut. 27. ver 26. Gal. 3. v. 10. Iohn 6. ver 47 53 54. Iohn 3. ver 16. Marke 1. ver 24. 3. ver 11. Rom. 6. ver 1 2 3 c. 1. Cor. 1. ver 24 25 26. 1. Cor. 1. ver 27. Psal 78. ver 39. Iohn 6. ver 36. Marke 9. ver 24. Matth. 17. ver 20. Matth. 26. ver 33.