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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	believe_v	heart_n	lord_n	3,740	5	3.8388	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35528	Of the unity of the church a discourse written a thousand four hundred and thirty years since, in the time of Decius the persecuting emperor / by Cyprian, bishop of Carthage and martyr ; most usefull for allaying the present heats, and reconciling the differences among us.	Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Fell, John, 1625-1686.	1681 (1681)	Wing C7714; ESTC R29694	19,253	46

mind that it was in the Church where thro the mercy of God they obtain'd grace And in this respect their faith is more to be commended that they withdrew from a fellowship with them in schism with whom they had bin join'd in an unconquerable confession who withdrew from the contagion of guilt being irradiated with the true Gospel light shin'd upon by the pure and bright beams of the Lord as much to be renown'd for keeping Christs peace as they were for their conquest in their conflict with the Devil I wish my beloved Brethren and withal give my counsel and advice that if it be possible not one of the Brethren may perish and our joyful mother the Church may recieve into her bosom the whole body of agreeing people But if notwithstanding her wholesome counsel she cannot recall back some of the chief ringleaders of schism and authors of dissention obstinately resolv'd to persist in their blind madness into the way of salvation yet let the rest of you who have been caught by simplicity or led by mistake or beguil'd by the cunning craft and cozenage of others disentangle your selves from the deceitful snares retrieve your wandring feet out of the by-paths of error and take the straight way which leads to heaven It is the Apostles adjuration Now we command you Brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw your selves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which he reciev'd of us And again he speaks to this sense Let no man decieve you with vain words For because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience Therefore be not partakers with them We must therefore depart from such offenders as these nay rather we ought to fly from them for fear least if one join himself to such disorderly walkers and goes with them in their ways of sin wandring from the track where the true road lay he may at last be involv'd in an equal share of guilt with them There is one God and one Christ his Church one his faith one and his people by concord are firmly cemented together into one body Unity is not to be divided nor can the same body by the dissolution of its contexture be dissever'd from its self or subsist having its bowels torn out piece-meal Whatever infant is cut off from the womb cannot live and breath apart but looseth its safety and life It is the holy Spirits admonition What man is he that desireth life loveth many days that he may see good Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips that they speak no guile Depart from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it He who is a son of peace ought to seek and follow after it and he who is acquainted with and hath any affection for the bond of charity ought to refrain his tongue from evil dissention To the rest of the divine precepts of wholesome instruction which our Lord being about to suffer dispensed he added this Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you This legacy of peace he left us and hath promised us all the gifts all the rewards he hath to bestow on condition we preserve it If we are coheirs with Christ let us abide with Christ in peace If sons of God we should be peacemakers Blessed are the peacemakers saith he for they shall be call'd the children of God Gods children ought to be peaceful of a mild spirit innocent in their discourse in affection united inviolably fastned to each other by the links of unanimity This accord was in the Apostles time So the new nation of believers kept the commandments of the Lord and held fast their mutual charity for a testimony of which this Scripture may be alleg'd And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul And again These all i. e. the Apostles continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brethren And therefore they could pray effectually and be confidently assured of obtaining what they askt of Gods mercy But unanimity is decreas'd to that low degree among us that the bounty of charitable giving is contracted They sold houses and lands then and being mindful only of laying up tresures in heaven for themselves they layd down the several prices for which their goods were sold at the Apostles feet to be distributed by them among the poor according as their necessities required But alas now adays we give not the tithe of our estate and when the Lord calls to sell we are upon the buying and encreasing hand So much hath the vigour of Faith witherd and decay'd so much hath the healthy constitution of Believers languish'd And therefore the Lord with relation to our times saith in the Gospel When the Son of man cometh shall he find faith upon the earth We see that accomplish'd which he foretold In the fear of God in the Law of righteousness in all our actions we are most unfaithful No man bears in mind the terrors of the Lord his wrath and future judgement the vengeance he will take on unbelievers and the eternal torments to which they are consign'd Which are such as would terrify our consciences if we did believe them but therefore we disregard because of incredulity If we did believe them we should avoid and avoiding should escape them Let us rouse up our selves my dearest Brethren as much as it is possible and throwing off our old sloth and sleepiness let us be watchful to observe and perform the Lord's precepts Let us be such as he hath commanded us to be saying Let your loins be girded about and your lights burning and you your selves like men who wait for the Lord when he will return from the wedding that when he cometh and knocketh they may open to him immediatly Blessed are those servants whom when the Lord comes he shall find watching We ought to be ready least the day of our departure find us unprepar'd and engag'd Let our light so shine in our good works that it may lead us out of the dark night of this world to the light and brightness of eternal day Let us carefully and vigilantly expect the sudden coming of our Lord that when he shall knock our faith may be found waking to recieve the reward of her watchfulness If these duties are observ'd if these admonitions and precepts are obey'd we shall not be taken sleeping by the deceits of the Devil but as vigilant servants of Christ in his Kingdom shall reign with him AN ADVERTISMENT WHereas in the sixth page of this Treatise there is omitted the mention of Primacy being given to S. Peter and that there was to be one Chair the which is his as also that the Church was founded thereupon words seeming to justify the pretentions of the See of Rome all which