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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	death_n	jesus_n	life_n	7,914	5	4.4320	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19605	The crib of ioy containing spirituall exercise, for Christmasse. S. Steuen. S. Iohn. Innocents. Circumcision. Epiphanie.; Crib of joy.		1611 (1611)	STC 6039.5; ESTC S120351	14,693	50

one in the schooles another before the councell and a third at the stake 1 Out of the Colledge came Libertines Cyrenians they of Alexandria Cilicia of Asia Act. 6.9 and disputed with him and were not able saith Luke to resist that wisedom and spirit by which he spake vers 10 VVisedom without spirit had bene ouer dull and ●●●ttie so many to one might easily haue ouercrowed him Spirit without wisedome had bene furie exception might haue bene taken to his intemperancie but wisedome going before as a guide and spirit following to set an edge vpon it this victorie was easily got 2 Since arguments could not preuaile of disputers they became sergeants they ranne vpon him vers 12 caught him and brought him to the Councell suborned false witnesses and produced them against him VVhereat Steuen was so litle daunted as all that sate in the Councell saw his face as the face of an Angel not onely for confidence and maiestie which was Angelical vers 15 but especially that heauenly ioy possessing his heart in that he was counted worthie to suffer reproch for Christ made him a cheerfull countenance This heauen he felt within him Act. 7.56 and lifting vp his eies he saw another about him readie to receiue him and the Sonne of man standing at the right hand of God Did Steuen espie him standing whom Paul affirmes to sit at the right hand of the Maiestie It is true Heb. 1.3 the King of glorie sits vpon the throne in the highest places But while his blessed Martyr Steuen shall stand before the Councell as a witnesse for Christ Christ will appeare standing before his Father as an intercessour for Steuen 3 Iustice will not conuict him they make a tumult Act. 7.57 stoppe their eares lest his words might pierce their hearts run vpon him all at once The reasons and accusations are blunt stones be sharpe enough they cast him out of the citie vers 58 and stone him and yet herein is his greatest triumph for he commends his soule by faith vnto God his praier in charitie for his persecutors and both were accepted of his soule receiued and crowned with glorie and the young man Saul at his conuersion enioyeth the fruite of Steuens prayer If Martyrs then be so happie so wise so valiant so chearfull so Angelicall that neither schoole nor court nor death nor diuell can preuaile further then to hasten their eternall blisse let S. Steuen be in the catalogue of ioyfull daies and let his example arme vs to fight vnder the same banner SAINT IOHN STeuen of a faithfull Christian full of the Spirit was made a Deacon a Martyr a leader of that band Iohn of a Disciple whom Iesus loued became an Euangelist an Apostle as an Eagle flying higher in diuine mysteries and looking more steadily vpon the Sunne of righteousnesse then others Steuen glorified God by his death Iohn by his long life Steuen by sowing his bloud Iohn by planting the Church in diuers nations did glorifie God Steuen by his example taught vs how to suffer Reuel 1.9 Iohn foretold in his Reuelation what things we must suffer both arme vs with patience in persecution Steuen offered himselfe at once Iohn by peece-meales whose life was a continuall martyrdome This Disciple excelled the rest in three prerogatiues 1 He was beloued of Iesus aboue other he writ more of his owne knowledge which he had seene with his eies and heard with his eares then others and left greater monuments behind him then others not of his owne fame but of the greatnesse of that little Babe which lieth in a manger and yet fils heauen and earth Iohn was knowne by the name of the Disciple whom Iesus loued but then what moued Iesus to affect Iohn more then the rest may be curious to enquire and more difficult to find out vnlesse it was because he was yonger then the rest of his followers and yet more constant and resolute For a yong man to follow Christ it is rare and therefore amiable If we vrge youth vnto that they tell vs as the diuell told Christ we torment them before their time Mat 8.29 For commonly the prodigall son is the yonger Luk. 15.12 Therefore since Iohn was like that purple wooll Heb. 9.19 wherewith Moses is said to haue sprinkled all the people both died in the woll himselfe with pietie and an instrument also to besprinkle others with the bloud of Christ it may be for this cause he was more loued then ordinarie So was yong Samuel fauoured of God so was Dauid a man after Gods owne heart for he was a man of God from a lad and so was little Daniel Dan. 10.11 a man greatly beloued as Gabriel telleth vs vnto whom no lesse reuelations were declared for the old Testament then were vnto Iohn for the new This louing affection vnto religious youth our Sauiour might learne of his Father as S. Paul learned of him to loue his yong scholler Timothie to whom he writ as often as vnto any Church which hee had planted A goodly motiue to shew especiall tokens of familiaritie vnto Iohn in suffering him to aske questions in secret to leane vpon his breast and to sucke wisedome from him Me thinks Iohn was vnto Christ among his Disciples as Beniamin was vnto Ioseph among his brethren twice beloued and brother on both sides by father and mother For Iohn was the adopted sonne of his heauenly Father by grace as also of his earthly mother by fauour For he spake from the Crosse to the Virgin of Iohn Ioh. 19.26 Behold thy sonne and to Iohn he said Behold thy mother This was the fruite of his constancie and perseuerance who staied by it when the rest fled who spake litle and held out when Peter said much Luk 22.33 and ranne away A sword pierced through his soule also as well as his mothers when his eies beheld the speare pierce the side of his Lord and Sauiour Ioh. 19.35 Thus was Christ Alpha and Omega vnto Iohn who was Aleph and Thau vnto Christ who began betimes and held out to the end Ezek. 9.4 marked in the forehead with the letter Thau the last letter of the Hebrew Alphabet 2 This is that Disciple which testifieth these things Ioh. 21.24 and we know that his testimonie is true Againe 1. Ioh. 1.1 That which we haue heard which we haue seene which we haue looked vpon which our hands haue handled of the Word of life declare we vnto you So he ended his Gospell and so he began his Epistles who saw and heard and felt more then the rest Mat. 17.2 He saw the Sonne of God in his glorie he saw him in his full eclipse he saw him when his face shone like the Sun and his garments glistered white as snow and againe when the same face was spit vpon Mat. 27.30 vers 35. and his garments deuided Hee saw him glorified on mount Tabor with Moses and