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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	holy_a	jesus_n	13,652	5	5.8822	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64130	A sermon preached at the funerall of that worthy knight Sr. George Dalston of Dalston in Cumberland, September 28. 1657. By J.T. D.D.	Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1658 (1658)	Wing T392A; ESTC R219166	28,574	39

without scandal but he knew he had not lived without error but as God had assisted him to avoid the reproach of great crimes so he doubted not but he should finde pardon for the less and indeed I could not but observe that he had in all the time of his sickness a very quiet conscience which is to me an excellent demonstration of the state of his life and of his state of grace and pardon For though he seemed to have a conscience tender and nice if any evil thing had touched it yet I could not but apprehend that his peace was a just peace the mercy of God and the price and effect of the bloud of Jesus He was so joyfull so thankfull so pleased in the Ministeries of the Church that it gave in evidence where his soul was most delighted what it did apprehend the quickest where it did use to dwell and what it did most passionately love He discoursed much of the mercies of God to him repeated the blessings of his life the accidents and instruments of his trouble he loved the cause of his trouble and pardoned them that neither loved it nor him When he had spent great portions of his time of sickness in the service of God and in expectation of the sentence of his life or death at last he understood the still voice of God and that he was to goe where his soul loved to be he still increased his devotion and being admonished as his strength failed him to supply his usual forms and his want of strength and words by short exercise of vertues of faith and patience and the love of God he did it so willingly so well so readily making his eyes his hands and his tongue as long as he could the interpreters of his minde that as long as he was alive we would see what his soul was doing He doubted not of the truth of the promises nor of the goodness of God nor the satisfaction of Christ and the merits of his death nor the fruit of his resurrection nor the prevalency of his intercession nor yet doubted of his own part in them but expected his portion in the regions of blessedness with those who loved God and served him heartily and faithfully in their generations He had so great a patience in his sickness and was so afraid lest he should sin at last that his piety out-did his nature and though the body cannot feel but by the soul yet his soul seemed so little concerned in the passions of the body that I neither observed nor heard of him that he in all his sickness so much as complained with any semblance of impatience He so continued to pray so delighted in hearing Psalms sung which I wish were made as fit to sing by their numbers as they are by their weight that so very much of his time was spent in them that it was very likely when his Lord came he would finde him so doing and he did so for in the midst of prayers he went away and got to Heaven as soon as they and saw them as we hope presented to the throne of grace he went along with them himself and was his own messenger to heaven where although he possibly might prevent his last prayers yet he would not prevent Gods early mercy which as we humbly hope gave him pardon for his sins ease of his pain joy after his sorrow certainty for his fears heaven for earth innocence and impeccability instead of his infirmity Ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget cui pudor justitiae soror Incorrupta fides Nudaque veritas Quando ullum inveniet parem Faith and justice modesty and pure righteousness made him equal to the worthiest examples he was {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a good man loving and humble meek and patient he would be sure to be the last in contention and the first at a peace he would injure no man but yet if any man was displeased with him he would speak first and offer words of kindness If any did dispute concerning priority he knew how to get it even by yeelding and compliance walking profitably with his neighbours and humbly with his God and having lived a life of piety he died in a full age an honourable old age in the midst of his friends and in the midst of prayer And although the events of the other world are hidden to us below that we might live in faith and walke in hope and die in charity yet we have great reason to bless God for his mercies to this our Brother and endeavour to comport our selves with a strict religion and a severe repentance with an exemplar patience an exemplar piety with the structures of a holy life and the solemnities of a religious death that we also may as our consident and humble hope is this our Brother doth by the conduct of Angels pass into the hands and bosome of Jesus there to expect the most mercifull sentence of the right hand Come ye blessed Children of my Father receive the Kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the world Amen Lord Jesus Amen Grant this Eternal God for Iesus Christ his sake to whom with thee O Father and the Holy Spirit be all glory and honour service and dominion love and obedience be confessed due and ever paid by all Angels and all men and all the creatures this day henceforth and for evermore Amen FINIS