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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	bless_a	jesus_n	lord_n	6,161	5	3.6174	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08770	The compasse of a Christian directing them that be tossed in the vvaues of this vvorlde vnto Christ Iesus.	A. P., fl. 1582.	1582 (1582)	STC 19054; ESTC S102898	60,800	156

the Sea and though the waters doe rage and bee troubled so that the Mountaynes doe shake at the sourges thereof yet there is a riuer whose streames shall make glad the citie of our God euen the Sanctuarie of the Tabernacle of the most highest And what is this Ryuer which the Prophet by the spirit of prophecie speaketh off here euen Iesus Christ who by the will of his heauenlye Father is made vnto vs the fountayne and head spring of all goodnesse By the streames which flowe from him wee vnderstand the most comfortable consolations of the Spirite of God which doeth testifie vnto our spirites that we are the children of God and not children onely but also heires euen Rom. 8. 17. heires of God and heires annexed with Christ A wonderfull exaltation and beholde we haue two witnesses of the same that is the Spirite of God and our owne spirites the Spirite of God in that it pricketh vs forwardes vnto prayer not onely in publike places but also in priuate corners where none seeth but the Lorde euen with vnspeakeable groaninges which can not otherwise bee expressed In that also ●t stirreth vs v● vnto other exercises of Religion as the worke of mortification dyinge vnto sinne liuinge vnto righteousnesse yea and to suffer persecution when occasion is offred because that by the same spirite we know that our labour shall not be in vaine our own spirites also in that wee doe not stubbor●ely resist these good motions of Gods spirite but striue rather by all possible meanes to make our selues tractable thereunto being vexed euen with great sorrowe at our vnwillingnesse and reioycing with all exceeding ioy when we haue gotten any strēgth against the same And thus you see what a wonderfull priuiledge al those haue which doe vnfaynedly come vnto Christ for they shall neuer pearish neither shall any take them out of his hande Well then these thinges considered what greate iniurie doe they Iohn 20 28. vnto their owne soules which denye this doctrine of predestination or foreknowledge doe they any other then denie the verye strength and pride of the Gospell for what better Gospell can we haue then to heare that the children of God can neuer pearish that nether their sinnes nor the deuils shal euer bee able to pull them out of his hand that the Lord in Christ hath decreed the same from euerlastinge what a miserable case I say are they in which bee ignorant of this nay which stubburnly resist it and wil not be instructed therin How is it possibl● for such to praye with any hope to receyu● when it is done with so litle credit which way is it possible for them to receyue any comforte whose faith is incombred with so many doubtes howe vnreuerently do they thinke of God who doe imagine of him as of a mortall man which is ignorant in the beginning of those thinges that he wil doe afterwardes and whose affection is chaunged to day from that that he purposed yesterdaye Surely these are the daungers which they do dayly fall into that eyther are ignorant or haue no credit in this poynt of doctrine which is the strength and foundation of all other poyntes of our christian knowledge and without the which let our knowledge bee neuer so much otherwise yet wee are no better then those which Sainte Iames speaketh of waueringe minded and Iam. 28 therfore vncōstante in all our wayes but to leaue these vnto him who is both able and also wil teach them better in his good time if they belonge vnto his holy election and to turne to our former byase which is the vnmoueable estate and condition of Gods Children the ground and pillar of out saith the strength whereby we stand● and the chiefest thinge wherein wee haue to reioyce as our Sauiour Christ witnesseth in the admonition that hee giueth vnto his Apostles where h●● willeth them that they shoulde not reioyce in this that the deuils or wicked spirites were subiecte vnto Luke 10. 20. them but rather in this that their● names were written in heauē which is a thinge not done in tune but beyonde all times euen before the Lord was A merueylouse benefitte and vnspeakable ● I call it vnspeakable because it cā not be attayned vnto by any fleshly wisdome which is altogether beastly in this behalfe for it is a secrete which is wo●e hid from y● naturall man then the iudgement day F●● y● remēbraunce of y● great iudgmēt doth at some time make thē tremble when theire guyltie consciences do beginne to accuse them and whe● they see and heare that those figge lea●es ●o begin Mat 24. 32. yea and are already 〈◊〉 ●●th which our Samour Christ spake of to declare that sommer is neare but tell thē of the assurance which Gods children haue in them selues of theire saluation in Christ and howe the same hath b●●ne from euerlasting and thou shalt set how farre off they will be from giuing any credit nay they will euen laugh thée to scorne and thinke that if there be any foole in the worlde thou ●●t hee as we see dyuers examples of it in scripture The wicked Iewes thought that the Apostles had beene drunken when they spake the great 〈◊〉 of God with new tongues Act. 2. 13 26. 24. as the spirit gaue them vtterance Festus likewise iudged Paul to be beside him selfe and madde when he began to speake once of the resurrection from death And no maruel though y● wicked are so farre of from receyuing this heuenly treasure because it is a newe Reuel 2. 17. name y● no man knoweth saue he y● receyueth it it is a secret which only belongeth vnto Gods children as it is writtē in y● Psalmes ●he secretes of y● Lord are reueyled vnto them that feare him and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding Well then it remayneth that wee bee thankfull vnto God who hath vouchsafed vs from euerlasting this priueledge to bee his Sonnes yea and hath warranted if Rom. 8. 16. by so sure a seale as can not be altered euen the earnest of his owne spirit The Apostles are very plentifull in yealdinge of thankes vnto God for this benefit as the chiefest of all other Blessed be God saith Sainte Paull Ephe. 1. 5. ● euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs with all spiritual blessings in heauenly things in Christ and aledginge this as the chiefest for he hath chosen vs in him before y● foundation of the worlde y● we should be holy and without blame before him in loue And againe in an other place we ought to be thankefull ● Thes 2. 13. alwayes vnto God for you brethren because hee hath from the beginnings chosen you vnto saluation through the sanctification of the spirit and the faith of trueth These such like places are very plentifully founde in scripture which to repeate I shoulde be tediouse therfore letting them passe and to speake more plainely vnto