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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	body_n	flesh_n	soul_n	20,045	5	5.6682	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19734	A sermon of S. Cyprian made on the Lordes prayer that is to wytte, the Paternoster.; De Dominica oratione. English	Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Paynell, Thomas.	1539 (1539)	STC 6156; ESTC S109176	18,749	72

his name and honoure there is anye stryfe to shewe constancy in wordes that we confesse hym with and sure truste in question wherwith we assayle other pacience in dethe wherto we contende this is to wylle to be heire wyth Chryste this is to do goddis commaundement this is to fulfyll the wyll of the father We desyre the wylle of god to be done in erthe as it is in heuen bothe whiche apperteyne to the consummation of our wyll and saluation For sythen we possesse a body of the erth and a gost of heuen we be erthe and heuen and in bothe that is bodye and gooste we praye that the wyll of god be doone Trewely there is a wrastlyng betwene the fleshe and the spirite and stryuinge oone ageynste the other they dayly contende together that we canne not doo the thynges that we wolde while the spirite seketh for heuenly and diuine thynges the fleshe coueiteth erthly and worldly thinges And therfore we ernestly desyre that betweene these two by the ayde and helpe of god agreement may be made that whan the wylle of god is fulfylled bothe of the spirite and the fleshe the soule whiche by hym is borne agayne may be saued Whych thynge the apostel Paule playne and openly declareth with his owne voyce The fleshe saythe he lusteth agaynste the spirite and the spirite agaynst the fleshe These two are so contrarye one to the other that you can not do what thinges that ye wolde The dedes of the fleshe be manyfeste whiche are adulteries fornications vnclennes fylthy wantonnesse idolatry witch-craft murder hatred contention spite wrath prouocation debate heresye enuye dronkennes glottony and suche lyke which I tell you before as I haue tolde you that they whiche do such thinges shall not possesse the kyngedome of god But the fruit of the spirite is Charitie ioye peace long sufferynge feythe mekenesse continence chastite And therfore daily yea continually we praye that the wyll of god be done concernynge vs bothe in heauen and in erthe For this is the wylle of god that erthely thynges shuld gyue place to heuenly and that spiritual and diuine thynges shulde preuayle It may also be thus vnderstande dere bretherne that bycause god commandeth ye and monyssheth vs to loue our ennemies and also to pray for them that ꝑsecute vs we shulde praye for them that be as yet erthy and haue not yet begun to be heuenly that touchyng them the wyl of god may be done whiche Christ fully dyd in cōseruynge and renewynge man For sythen he called his disciples not erthy but the salte of the erth and the apostell calleth the fyrste man of slyme of the erthe erthy the seconde of heauen heauenly with good cause we whiche oughte to be lyke god the father that maketh his sonne to ryse vppon the good and bad and sendeth rayne vpon the iuste and vniuste shulde so praye and desyre god admonishynge that we myghte make prayer for the helthe of all men That lyke as in heuen that is in vs by our faythe the wylle of god is done that as we shuld be of heuen so euē in erth that is in them beleuynge the wyll of god maye be done that they whiche as yet of theyr fyrste byrthe be erthye borne of water and the holy goost may begynne to be heuenly ¶ Procedyng forth in our prayer we aske and say Gyue vs this daye our dayly breade whiche saieng may be vnderstād spiritually and simply for bothe the vnderstandynges with diuine vtilitie profytte vnto saluation For the breade of lyfe is Christ and this is not euery mans breadde but it is oures And lyke as we saye our Father by cause it muste be vnderstande he is father of theym that beleue so we cal hym our bread For Christ whose bodye we touche is oure breade This bread we aske dayly to be gyuen vs leste we that be in Christe and receyue dayly his precious body by some greuouser offence chaunsynge whyle we be accursed out of the churche not communicating shulde be prohybited from that heuenly breadde and shulde be separated from the body of Christe hym selfe before shewyng and monysshynge I am the breade of lyfe that descended from heuen he that woll eate of this breade shall lyue for euer The breade that I woll gyue for the lyfe of the world is my fleshe Therfore whan he saythe he that woll eate of this bread shall lyue for euer it is than manyfest they lyue whiche touche his body and receyue it by the right of communion soo contrarywyse it is to be feared and prayed for leste while one accursed out of the churche is separated from the body of Christ he remayne farre from saluation hym self thretnynge and saying Excepte ye eate the flesshe of the sonne of man drynke his bloud ye shall haue no lyfe in you And therfore we aske daily our breade that is Chryst to be gyuen to vs that we that abyde and lyue in Chryste shulde not departe from his sanctification and body It may also be thus vnderstād that we whiche haue forsaken the wolde and by grace of spirituall feythe haue caste away the riches and pompe therof woll desyre onlye oure meate and foode seinge Chryst woll vouchsafe to instruct vs and saye He that woll not forsake all that he hath canne not be my disiple He that hathe begūne to be Christis disciple forsakynge all that he hath after the wordes of his mayster ought to aske his daily foode ne we may nat extend the desyres of our petition to any longe tyme. For Christ ageyn prescribeth and saith Be not ye careful for the morowe for the morow shall care for it selfe Euery daye hath inough of his own trauaile Therfore Chrystis dysciple skylfully asketh his dayly foode whiche is prohibited to be carefull for the morowe For it is bothe contrarye and repugnant in it selfe that we shuld desyre to lyue longe in this worlde whiche prayer that the kingedome of god may quickly come And so the blessed apostel monisheth forinynge strengththyng the stedfastnes of our hope and faithe Nothynge sayth he we brought into the worlde aud truely we can carye nothyng out Therfore hauyng foode and rayment let vs be content therwih For they that woll be ryche falle into the temptation and snares of the dyuell and into many noysom lustes which drowne a man into distruction and damnation For couetousnes is the roote of all yuels whiche some moch desiring haue rounne to wrecke frome the faythe and tangled theym selfes with many sorowes He teacheth not onely that ryches shoulde be despised but also that they be peryllous and that in theym is the rote of blandysshinge yuelles the blyndnes of mans mynde begyling with priuie deceyt Wherfore Christe reprouynge the foolysshe ryche man that had set his mynde on his worldly substance reioyced in him self for the great abundance of his fruites saythe in the gospell Thou foole this nyghte