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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	bless_a	forgive_v	impute_v	3,532	5	9.3933	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02735	Deaths aduantage little regarded, and The soules solace against sorrow Preached in two funerall sermons at Childwal in Lancashire at the buriall of Mistris Katherin Brettergh the third of Iune. 1601. The one by William Harrison, one of the preachers appointed by her. Maiestie for the countie palatine of Lancaster, the other by William Leygh, Bachelor of Diuinitie, and pastor of Standish. Whereunto is annexed, the Christian life and godly death of the said gentlevvoman.	Harrison, William, d. 1625.; Leigh, William, 1550-1639.	1602 (1602)	STC 12866; ESTC S117329	105,988	243

is here first in nature and order for such as God hath receiued vnto mercy as he did Paul because he sinned ignorantly through vnbeliefe In this respect they are called vessels of mercy prepared vnto glory And of this number are only they which repent and amend For as Salomon saith He that hideth his sinnes shall not prosper but he that confesseth and forsaketh them shall haue mercie If we take this title in this seuse we may see good reason wherefore it was annexed vnto the former First to shew who are truely righteous before God namely such as he hath receiued vnto mercy in forgiuing their sinnes Which plainely appeareth by Paules proofe out of Dauid who saith that Dauid declareth the blessednes of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnes without works And how prooues he the imputatiō of righteousnes without works but by the remission of sin Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiuen and whose sinnes are couered Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sinne Againe this title so taken might be added to the former to confute the sinister censure which carnall man gaue of those which were taken away in the flowre of their age iudging them to be punished for their sinnes and reiected of God it was not so they were receiued vnto mercy and those which suruiued them were reserued for punishment Actiuely it may be taken for such as shew mercy vnto others And in this sense it is opposed to a cruel man He that is mercifull rewardeth his owne soule but he that troubleth his owne flesh is cruell These two properties are alwaies found together in the same persons and therefore Christ saith Blessed are the mercifull for ther shall obteine mercie And the King in the parable which had forgiuen his seruant ten thousand talents said vnto him when he had cast his fellow seruant into prison for an hundred pence oughtest thou not to haue had pittie on thy fellow euen as I had pitty on thee and then deliuered him to the iaylers till he should pay all the debt and so will the Lord deale with men and therefore Iames saith there shal be iudgement mercilesse to him that sheweth no mercie And contrariwise he which receiueth mercie of the Lord will shew mercy vnto men For as the sunne beames lighten vpon the earth do not only heate the earth it selfe but also by their reflexion do heate the next region of the ayre so the beames of the Lords mercie lighting on the hart of any christian do not only heate him with inward comfort but also reflect backward and cause him to yeeld some comfort vnto his brethren Yet here we must vnderstand such as shew mercie vnto others as they were mercifull to their brethren so God was mercifull to them would not punish them with the wicked but tooke them away that he might free them from future calamities There be two kinds of mercifulnes the one shewed toward the soule the other toward the body an example of both we may behold in Christ when he saw the multitude scattered abroad as sheepe hauing no shepheard he had compassion on them and bad his disciples pray vnto the Lord of the haruest that he would thrust forth labourers into his haruest and presently after sent his disciples abroad to preach the Gospell among them There was mercie shewed to their soules Againe when a great multitude had bin with him three dayes in the wildernes he had compassion on them and would not send them away fasting least they should faint in the way And therefore wrought a miracle in feeding foure thousand mē besides women and children with seuen loaues and a few little fishes There was mercie shewed to their bodies There be sixe works of mercy appertaining to the soule set forth in this verse Consule castiga solare remitte fer ora Instruct them which be ignorant correct them which sinne comfort them which be heauie-hearted forgiue them that offend thee beare with the weake and pray for all men There be seuen workes of mercy appertaining to the body comprehended in this verse Visito poto cibo redimo tego colligo condo To visit them which be sicke to giue drinke to them which be thirstie to feede them which be hungry to redeeme the captiues to cloath the naked to lodge the harbourlesse and to bury the dead Many doe separate these works of mercy some will be merciful to the bodies of them which are in distresse they keepe great hospitality relieue the bodies of them which want but do nothing for their soules these are mercifull but in part they omit the chiefest works of mercy yea they are no more mercifull to men redeemed by Christs blood then they are to bruite beasts If their Oxe or Horse want meate they will feede him if diseased they will seeke help for him if he be fallen into a pit or ditch they will draw him out and wil they do no more for man hauing an immortall soule redeemed by Christ As the miseries of the soule are more dangerous so should they be more carefully regarded and pitied Others seeme to pitie mens soules but not their bodies they will instruct others admonish them forgiue them and pray for them but will not giue them one penny to help them withall being like vnto a popish prelate who being asked a penny by a poore man refused to giue it but offered to blesse him which the poore man refused because he thought that if it had been worth a penny he would not haue giuen it to him As man consisteth both of body and soule and is subiect to miseries in them both so must we be mercifull to him in relieuing of both The second circumstance obserued in the text sheweth the manner of their death They perish and are taken away There were many vnrighteous and vnmercifull men in those dayes and in that countrey yet they remained aliue when the righteous and mercifull were taken away by death It is appoynted for all men once to dye at one time or other and now the righteous did leade the way Death is the way of all the world as Ioshua calleth it and the way of all the earth as Dauid tearmeth it and the end of all men as Salomon nameth it therefore the righteous must walke this way as well as others Their flesh is grasse that withereth and their glorie is a floure that fadeth death spareth them no more then others The wise dyeth as well as the foole Yea in this respect the condition of the children of men and the condition of beasts are alike as the one dieth so dieth the other all was of the dust and shall returne to the dust No maruaile then if the condition of all men be alike As well died Abel whose sacrifice God accepted as Caine whose sacrifice God reiected as well Abraham the father of the faithfull as any children of vnbeliefe as

she was once or twice troubled with vaine speeches as of her child the killing of her husbands cattell that she thought shee saw a fire by her c. But euery one saw that these things proceeded of weakenes emptines of her head and want of sleepe which her disease would not af●oord her These fits though they were for the time griouous to her selfe and discomfortable to her friends yet were they neither long nor continuall but in the very middest of thē would she oftentimes giue testimonie of her faith striuing and fighting against her temptations Many times when the standers by iudged her afflictions at the sharpest would she call vpon God lifting vp her eyes and hands to heauen and desire him to giue her strength against her temptations Many times with a cheerefull countenance she would desire those that were by not to faint or giue her ouer but constantly to pray and helpe her against the tempter Once in the middest of her temptation being demaunded by Master William Fox whether she did beleeue the promises of God nor no and whether she could pray she answered O that I could I would willingly but he will not let me Lord I beleeue helpe my vnbeliefe which shee pronounced with a still low voyce And when he replied that if she had a desire to pray and beleeue shee did pray and beleeue and that so effectually that hell gates should not ouercome her according to that of the Apostle God accepteth it according to that a man hath not according to that a man hath not shee was much comforted thereby Once after a great conflict with Satan she said Satan reason not with me I am but a weake woman if thou haue any thing to say say it to my Christ he is my aduocate my stre●gth and my redeemer and he shall pleade for mee Sometimes when she was a●●ucted with the accusation of her sinnes and want of feeling Gods mercie she would with many a pitifull ●ob and much weeping pray to the Lord Iesus Christ to helpe and comfort her a poore wofull distressed woman and request others to pray for her And when shee was moued to make confession of her ●ath she would doe it oftentimes saying the Apostles Creede and concluding the same with words of application to her selfe I beleeue the remission of my sinnes the resurrectiō of my bodie and eternall life to mee Amen And hauing done she would pray God to confirme her in that saith euer concluding with the Lords prayer as deuoutly and reuerently as any that were present A Christian friend who by his daily attendance on her discharged the dutie of a faithfull Christian standing by told her that no temptation had befallen her but that which appertained to the child of God and that God is faithfull and true and had promised to giue an issue with the temptation whereat she expressed great comfort Maister Edward aspinwall a faithfull professor of the truth and a true Israelite was much with her in the time of her sicknes and ministred much heauenly instruction vnto her and comforted her at all times with apt places of scripture meeting with her temptations and so put the sword of the spirit into her hand He propounded to her the most plentiful comforts of God vnto his Church in the 40. 41. 42. and 43. Chapters of Isaiah vttered in such speeches phrases as might most fitly answere her discomforts Also he directed her to consider the Passion and Prayer of our Sauiour Christ for all his Iohn 17. Math 26. Luke 22. 23. But specially did he often inculcate that sweet inuitation of our Sauiour Come vnto me all you that trauell be heauie laden I will ease you But the difficulty shee had somtimes to apply these generals vnto her owne soule in particular made the case more full of anguish to her selfe and fearefull and lamentable to the standers by Albeit she acknowledged Gods maiesty mercy faithfulnes and truth yet still complayned she of her owne weakenes and vnworthines and could hardly appropriate each thing to her selfe To helpe her somewhat herein for properly otherwise it is the peculiar worke of the holy spirit of God to perswade the heart and soule of her particular interest in these generall promises shee was told that the Almighty who was merciful as she had proued and faithfull as she confessed intended all these mercies to as many as he did call and make promise to And that hee called her she must needs confesse both because that then she not onely her selfe read but heard others reade those blessed words of God vnto her and also for that in former times she had been touched with the loue of God and that his truth and had well profited in the detestation of sinne and imitation of her Sauiour in a holy life And for y● proofe thereof she was wished to remember in former times her Baptisme her frequenting of Sermons and often receiuing the most comfortable repast of the holy Communion her daily and almost continuall exercise of reading meditating and praying c. Also he assured her that neither the present agony she was in nor the speeches then in that distresse tending to the signification of despaire extorted from her were any iust causes why either she or any that heard her should iudge fearefully of her because all might see the fault was not in her will as appeared by her prayers confessions plaints sighs teares and grones to God for mercie and full assurance in the bloud of Christ but in her iudgement not able at that time to discerne the wayes of the Almightie And therein he told her she was made comformable not only to many the holy Saints of God Iob Ieremy Dauid and others more but also to her head our Lord and Sauiour Christ Iesus of whom we reade that some haue cursed the day of their birth and called for their end and darknes to couer them They haue been as men without hope and swallowed vp in despaire They haue cryed how the wrath of God hath torne them and the terrors of the almightie haue fought against them They haue had no peace in their soules nor comfort in their consciences their prayers haue beene shut from God their sinnes haue been terrible vnto them crying that their iniquities had gone ouer their heads and were a burden too hea●●e for them to heare And they haue thought themselues ●●●●●●les of shame and reproch and ●s monsterr v 〈…〉 They were grieu●d for the sinn●s of their 〈…〉 nd complained that they ●ere 〈…〉 and most miserable and wretched ●n the world yet for all this were they still the d 〈…〉 ildren of God as you ●●● this day Nay saith he I pray you co●sider what ●orments God inflicted vpon his deare Sonne on the Crosse did he not cry out My God my God why hast thou forsaken me He complained that his soule was hea●y vnto death