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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	believe_v	faith_n	save_v	4,850	5	7.0416	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06525	A very comfortable and necessary sermon in these our dayes made by the right reuerend father and faithfull seruaunt of Iesus Christ Martin Luther ; concerning the comming of our Sauior Christ to Iudgement and the signes that go before the Last Day, which sermon is an exposition of the Gospell appointed to be red in the church on the second Sonday in Aduent ; and is now newly translated out of Latin into English and something augmented and enlarged by the translator with certaine notes in the margent.	Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1570 (1570)	STC 16997.5; ESTC S2800	32,573	96

the length he will be reuenged on those wicked and desperate verlettes for the spitefull handlyng of hys holy and precious bloud No Christian man ought or cā pray otherwise then thus especially such as are molested and afflicted for the confession of Christ and preachyng of the Gospell and kyngdome of God who haue no other refuge on earth but feruent faythfull prayer He that is not thus affectioned in his mind that he doth not desire y last day with all his hart doth not yet vnderstand the Lordes prayer much lesse can he say it with his hart As I by experiēce did once plainly perceaue in my selfe at what tyme I was more delighted with other formes of prayer deuised by mās braine then with that which our Sauiour himself hath taught vs But to him that is oppressed with the miserie and calamitie of this world it will seme a swete prayer such a man will say it with all his hart For who in such a case will not desire and pray most feruently that we be deliuered from euill to the end all plagues vexations and troubles of the world may haue an end seyng we see the world will remaine as it is It will not folowyng the exāple of the Adder suffer his old skyn to be taken of that is it will not repent amend but will continue as before or rather dayly encrease more and more in wickednes Therfore of all thinges this is the best withal spede possible to departe out of it For here we liue euē as it were in a den of theues and manquellers and can hardly no not at all sometymes defēd our selues from violēt iniury and losse of life Therfore for myne owne part I care not what shift I made honest and lawfull to ryd my selfe out of the world For as S. Cyprian sayth who can haue any delight to liue in so filthy and troublesome estate and condition beyng as it were beset about with swords and daggers ready drawen agaynst vs so that it seemeth vnpossible to escape if we had a thousand liues Who in this case can be mery before he see some man come to deliuer hym But we are they which are in this case as we may easily vnderstand if we consider well our estate and condition our misery calamity the daunger that hangeth ouer our heades how busyly the deuill goeth about to entrap vs how fiercely he setteth vpon vs and how we are constrayned with great payne and trouble to award his most bitter and venemous dartes so that we can neuer haue rest What els therfore should we desire but that withall spede we may be deliuered out of these vntollerable greuaunces and daungers which is by the comming of our true Sauiour to iudgement at the last day which who so euer doth not desire he can not say the Lordes prayer nor the Articles of our fayth with his hart as he ought For with what fayth can a man say I beleue the resurrection of the flesh and life euerlastyng and doth not desire it For if a man beleue it he must nedes desire it with hys hart and be glad of it when soeuer it shall come otherwise he is no Christiā in dede neither can he iustly brag of his faith For faith is a certaine knowledge of Gods bountiful goodnes towardes vs which we tast dayly but shall chiefly and perfectly enioy it at the last day whereof we are put in mynde by three Articles of our faith by the which we are taught to say 1. We beleue that our Sauiour shal come from heauē to iudge the quicke and the dead 2. Who at hys cōmyng shall rayse vp oure bodyes 3. And receaue both body and soule together vnto the euerlastyng life This is part of our faith wher by we are iustified apprehendyng therby the mercy of God almightye towardes vs miserable synners Without the which we can not be saued For it is written He that beleueth shall be saued and he that beleueth not shall be damned Faith therfore is as I may terme it the onely staffe wherupon we must rest in this our pilgrimage beyng ouer laden with vntollerable burdens of sinne and daūgers that ensue thereof Which staffe will do vs no seruice except we take it in our handes and vse it at all tymes conuenient But we can not nor will not streatch forth our handes to receaue it except we be desirous therof Again except we desire those things which we are taught to beleue it is a manifest argument that we do not take them to be Gods benefites and to procede of his bountifull goodnes towards vs which is the propertie of the true iustifiyng faith Therfore I conclude that we cānot well say the Articles of our faith that is we can not beleue a right in Christs cōming to iudgement the resurrection of our flesh and life euerlasting except we desire that the last day may come at what time our true Sauiour will put vs in full possession of these excedyng great benefites of his Agayne a man that hath no desire of the last day doth not well vnderstand the ten commaundementes For what meaneth it when he saith I am the Lord thy God thou shalt not take my name in vayne thou shalt not steale thou shalt not kill ▪ thou shalt not commit adultery ▪ c. but that we are in daunger of al these vices and wickednesses and that such is our state and condition that without sinne and great daunger we can not liue the deuill endeuoryng by all meanes to persuade vs that we do not take God onely for our God by crafty meanes to withdraw vs from a quiet ioyfull and godly life He setteth vp idolatry raiseth vp blasphemy and vnhalowyng of Gods name he stirreth vp men to disobedience sedition wrath filthy lust robbery theft murder and all kinde of wickednes These incommodities who so euer seeth in deede would fayne be ryd of them must nedes desire the last day which is the tyme when all these and such other miseries and calamities shall haue an end Agaynst which the Lordes prayer was appointed and deuised by our Sauiour Christ as a remedy especially where he hath taught vs to say Halowed be thy name thy kyngdome come Thy will be done and deliuer vs from all euill It remaineth therfore that we vse this remedy hartely praying to God our heauenly father for these thinges which we cānot throughly and perfectly receaue before the end of the world For as I said before there is no hope of any better then this miserable estate present as lōg as the world endureth especially in this our lat ter tymes towardes the end therof it beyng now euen at the point to be cōsumed vtterly destroyed for euer For it is euen the deuils derling past all hope of amendement so that all labour that is bestowed vpō it to any such end is in vaine Which we may euidently perceaue considering