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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	duty_n	young_a	youth_n	20	3	7.5354	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01453	The portraitur of the prodigal sonne liuelie set forth in a three-fold discourse.1. Of his progresse. 2 Of his regresse. 3. Of his ioyfull welcome home. Published by Samuell Gardiner Batchler [sic] of Diuinitie.	Gardiner, Samuel, b. 1563 or 4.	1599 (1599)	STC 11579; ESTC S105696	153,821	288

giueth Principijs obsta se●o medicina paratur Ouidius Cum mala per long as inualuere moras It is good to stop an euill in the beginning that it doe not proceed to a greater mischiefe the medicine commeth too late when the wound and dis ease through sufferance and continuance is grown incurable A similitude It is too late then to wash a garment which is nowe consumed and rotten with dirt and filthinesse A similitude that hath long aboade in it Hee doth peruerslie who hauing a beautifull standing cuppe of golde and hath verie precious balme giuen vnto him to put into the cup will not put it in before the cup hath stoode long before full of filthie lyquor and doth now retaine the force and strength of the sauour of the liquour So is he as bransicke and preposterouslie peeuish who when GOD hath giuen him the precious balme of his holie grace and his cup may ouerflowe hee will not accept of it in his young age but will first fill his vessell fall of sinne and filthinesse till hee come to bee olde ● similitude It is good to withstande the enemie at the first assaulte and not to suffer him to enter into the cittie or to chase him out at the first entrance it is harde to driue the strong manne out of possession and it is too late to resist his forces when as he hath inuaded similitude and gotten thy strong holds It is too late for thee to powder thy meate and to sprinkle it with salte alreadie greatlie tainted and much sa●●ring of corruption and swarming with Flie blowinges similitude Hee that mindes to prooue an expert rider hee will beginne betimes and at ten yeares olde hee will bee practising and assaying with himselfe what he is able for to doe Hee that intendeth a shepherds life A similitude will endeuor with a sling to be dealing when he is a boy he wil vse himselfe betimes to a shepheards scrip and hee will harden himselfe asore hande to abide the wrath and violence of the seasons Thus ye see howe in worldly matters we knowe our opportunities by these therfore let vs be taught to knowe our times for our religious duties Our youth which is our best time is also the best for the seruice of God let vs then in this time seeke by all meanes to subdue sinne and to stir vp the spirit to all works of godlines If wee doe not this but let our youth haue his ryotous race this will followe of it one sinne will hale and drawe on another One sinne draweth on an other so as in shorte time with this prodigall young man wee shall as it were be nothing else but sinne Well saith learned Gregory Greg. lib. 25 moral cap. 12 Peccatum quod per poenitentiam non diluitur mox suo pondere aliud trahit Sinne which is not done awaie with repentance with the waight and burden of it draweth another after it To the like effect Saint Augustine Aug. lib. 5 contrae Inlianum speaketh thus Vnum peccatum est poena alterius vnum peccatum Dominus permittit vt aliud puniat One sinne is the punishment of another and God suffereth one sinne to take vengeance of another as it is written in Saint Iohn his Reuelation Reuel 22 Hee that is filthie let him be filthy still When as Cain laboured of the sinne of Enuie he staide not there but his enuie brought forth murder Ge● 4 his murder heresie supposing he could hide his iniquitie from God and last of all hee fell into vtter desperation the very next doore to perdition and destruction In Dauid wee haue an example of the like For first sinne brought forth lust 2. Sam. 1● lust adultery adulterie the murder of an innocent man The like may bee saide of Peter Hee first simplie denied Christ Mark 14 hee secondlie more boldelie stoode to the deniall but thirdlie verie impudentlie hee bound it with banning and most accursed swearing When as Iudas prooued a thiefe hee grewe a murmurer disdaining and grudging the deuotion of Marie Magdalen ●on 12 and after that a traytor and finallie a desperate destroyer of himselfe This prodigall companion when hee first became vntowarde he neuer rested vntill he grewe past grace and came to the extremity and top of al inquity This is the mischieuous operation of sinne these be the dangerous and damnable effects thereof ●imilitude As a stone that is cast into the water raiseth vp a bubble and that immediatly raiseth vp another so one sinne occasioneth another vntill we grow obdurate and hardened in our sinne When Samson gaue consent to be bound of Dalila ●g 16 hee came so into bondes as hee coulde not come out beeing first bounde with greene cordes that were neuer dried secondly beeing bounde more surelie with new ropes that were neuer occupied but thirdlie seuen locks of his heade were platted with the threeds of the woofe and were fastened with a pinne but last of all hee was shauen and depriued of his strength and deliuered vp into the hands of the Philistines who did cruellie entreate him and so from one mischiefe he ran into all danger So euerie sinner if he taketh not good heed from one sinne falleth into a thousand his ende is farre woorse then his beginning ●say 5. He draweth iniquitie as the Prophet sayth with cords of vanitie and sin as it were with cartropes He is still faster bounde in the diuels Chaines till the iron enter into his verie soule to the destruction of his soule Osea 4 If a man maketh entrance into a sinne by swearing hee proceedeth with lying and breaketh out into stealing whooring and killing and blood toucheth blood And what is the cause hereof Trulie onelie this in that a sinner hath no feeling of his sinne A sinner hath no feling of sinne One sinne doth more vex and torment a iust man then huge heapes of sinnes do an vngodly person There is no element that is heauie in his spheare A similitu● If a man that would swimme plungeth himself into the bottom of a ryuer albeit he be couered with neuer so much water yet is not that water anie burthen vnto him so long as he abideth and continueth in the riuer but out of the riuer a bucket of that water laid vpon his shoulders is too heauie for him for th●● is the Element out of his place and by meanes therefore is burdenson A simili●●●● A scoppe of water whilest it is in the Well may bee haled and dragged to and fro of a childe but beeing eleuated aboue his element and raysed v●●boue the toppe of the water it requireth the strength and force of a mans arme A similitude He that eateth Onions smelleth not the grosnes and ranknes of their sauour but another who commeth nigh him dooth soone perceiue and feele it Thou hast swallowed vp O