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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	david_n	lord_n	nathan_n	4,238	5	12.7447	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10906	A visitation sermon preached at the Lord Archbishops trienniall and ordinary visitation, in St. Margarets in Canterbury, vpon Aprill the fift, 1630. By Francis Rogers, Doctor in Diuinity, and minister of that parish.	Rogers, Francis, d. 1638.	1633 (1633)	STC 21176; ESTC S116094	13,546	28

not Balsome and healing salues but red powders and corrosiues to eate the flesh to the bones and after powreth in Balme and layeth on saluing playsters So Preachers must not lull dead consciences into dead sleepe of security with the comfortable promises of the Gospell vnlesse they bee first humbled by the terror of GODS Law Therefore first preach the Law then the Gospell Thus did God to Adam in Paradise saying Adam where art thou Who told thee thou wert naked Hast thou eaten of the forbidden tree And then Adam conuicted in his conscience was comforted by the Gospell that The seede of the Woman should bruise the head of the Serpent Thus did Nathan to Dauid Thou art the man thou hast killed Vriah the Hittite and taken Bershaba his wife And Dauid being humbled by the sight of his sinne crying I haue sinned was then lifted vp by the Gospell Thou shalt not dye for the Lord hath taken away thy sinne Thus did Peter the 2. of the Acts hee told the Iewes they had killed the Lord of life and then pricked in their consciences they cryed Men and brethren what shall wee doe Then Peter comforted them with the Gospell saying Repent and amend your liues and bee baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus for the remission of sinnes Lastly Quamdiu Note heere How long to speake We must not vnder zeale make Religion tedious but as in the Hebrue I haue written vnto you in few words so Quicquid percipias breuis esto be short especially if you come to visit a weake and sicke person For the people If wee must preach and our preaching must bee pleasing yea it will bee so to the spirituall though not carnall man then yee must heare with obedience Yee must not bee like a galled Horse to kicke and fling when his strayne is searched If a Mayden tell her Mistris shee hath spots of durt in her face and bring her a Glasse to see them will shee breake the Glasse and chide the Maide Will shee not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 water and a towell to wipe them away 〈◊〉 So if wee tell you your soules sinnes and lay them open out of GODS Word as a Glasse to conuince your consciences shall yee bee offended at vs or should you not striue to wash your soules cleare by teares of repentance and amendment of life If the Chyrurgion cut your flesh and tortor you with setting your broken bones yee are not angrry but pleased with him And so must yee not maligne the Preacher if hee harrow your consciences bee it yrkesome to flesh and blood for a time Wherefore as Lydia attended to what Paul preached So doe yee willingly hearken to your Pastor If his doctrine bite at the first that yee say to him as the Diuell did to CHRIST Are thou come to torment vs before our time Yet when GODS Spirit shall direct you and turne your hearts yee will say as Dauid did say to Abigal Blessed bee thou Abigal and blessed bee thy counsell and blessed be GOD which sent thee to giue me this counsell So when wee preach and you heare wee teach and you practise wee reproue and you amend Vtraque conseruant et omnia saluata sunt cum Deus nec inueniat in plebe quod puniat nec Sacerdos potest habere quod doleat sayth Augustine Both doe preserue and all things are safe when GOD seeing the people to endeauour well will in mercy finde no occasion to punish and afflict them and when the Minister seeing the attention and practice of his flocke shall haue no occasion to grieue that his labours are in vaine in the Lord. God grant in his mercies that wee may so preach and you may so heare as God may bee glorified his Church edifyed and our soules comforted through IESVS CHRIST our Lord and onely Sauiour AMEN FINIS