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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	heart_n	new_a	stony_a	5,787	5	13.2107	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67110	Hypotypōsis hygiainontōn logōn, a form of sound words, or, A scripture-catechism shewing what a Christian is to believe and practice in order to salvation : very useful for persons of all ages and capacities as well as children / composed by the pious and learned John Worthington D.D. deceased.	Worthington, John, 1618-1671.	1673 (1673)	Wing W3625; ESTC R21127	31,328	80

A. If a man say I love God and hateth his brother he is a liar for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen and whoso hath this world's goods and seeth his brother have need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him Q. Hath not Christ given a new commandment concerning the loving of our brethren A. A new commandment he hath given to us That we love one another as he hath loved us that we also love one another And as hereby perceive we the love of God because he laid down his life for us so we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren Q. Are the commandments of Christ impossible or difficult to be obeyed A. His commandments are not grievous but his yoke is easie and his burthen is light Nor hath God in any thing wearied us that we should testifie against him Q. Are we able of our selves to believe and repent and keep all the commandments of God A. We are not sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God whose grace is sufficient for us It is God that worketh in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure but as without Christ we can do nothing so we can do all things through Christ which strengthneth us Q. Are we therefore to lie idle and only to live in expectation of power from above to work in us both to will and to do what is required of us A. No verily but we are to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling because it is God which worketh in us both to will and to do that is because we are enabl ed by the concurrence of God's grace with our endeavours both to resolve firmly to do well and to perform accordingly Q. Seeing we are unable without the supply of God's grace and Spirit to keep his commandments and therefore it cannot but be absolutely necessary for us to pray to him that we may be strengthned with might by his Spirit in the inward man what encouragement have we to hope for spiritual strength upon our praying for it A. We are encouraged from those words of Christ Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you c. If ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him Q. What further encouragement have we to expect spiritual strength A. We are further encouraged from the tenure of the new Covenant which is this I will put saith God my Laws into their mind and write them in their hearts I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh and I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and ye shall keep my commandments and do them Which Promises suppose that we must not be wilfully or carelesly wanting to our selves in the use of means as is manifest by comparing these texts with Ezek. 18. 31. and James 4. 8. and many such like Q. What are the chief ordinary means which God hath appointed for the working and furtherance of Faith Repentance and all graces in us A. They are these three 1. Prayer 2. The holy Scriptures or Word of God 3. The Sacraments Q. What is Prayer A. Prayer'is the making known our requests to God and the pouring out our hearts before him that so we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need Q. How must we pray to God that we may be heard and accepted by him A. That we may be heard and accepted by God we must ask in the name of Christ and such things only must we ask as are according to his will Q. What else is necessary to make our prayers acceptable A. 'T is farther necessary to the making of our prayers acceptable that we call upon God in truth and sincerity and not with feigned lips that we pray with humility and submission saying Not my will but thine be done that we ask in faith that is believing in the wisdom power and goodness of God that we lift up holy hands without wrath or forgiving all that have trespassed against us and lastly whatsoever we ask we shall receive if we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight but if we regard iniquity in our hearts the Lord will not hear us Q. But must we not with prayers to God join also praise and thanksgiving A. Yes in every thing must our requests be made known to God by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus that in every thing we give thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we are to offer the sacrifice of praise continually unto God Q. How did Christ our Lord teach his Disciples to pray A. He taught them to pray after this manner Our Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the Glory sor ever and ever Amen Q. What is the second means for begetting and increase of Faith and all other Vertues A. It is the word of God or the holy Scriptures which are able to make us wise unto salvation for all the Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in rightcousness that the man of God and every faithful Christian may be perfect throughly furnished for every good work Q. How must we receive the word of God that it may become an effectual means of grace unto us A. We must receive the word with meekness and all readiness of mind with an honest and good heart and laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and evil speakings as new born babes we must desire the sincere milk of the word that we may grow thereby Q. It is not enough then merely to hear or read God's word A. By no means but we must meditate n the law of the Lord day and night we must lay it up and hide it in our hearts and having with an honest and good heart heard the word we must keep it and bring forth fruit with patience or perseverance for if we be hearers only of the word and not doers we deceive

should perish but that all should come to repentance Q. What duty towards God do you learn from theconsideration of his goodness and mercy A. The duty towards God that I learn from the consideration of his goodness and mercy is this that we ought to love God because he first loved us that we should praise him and give thanks unto him and be perswaded by his mercies to present our bodies a living Sacrifice holy acceptable to God which is our reasonable service Q. What duty towards man do you learn from the consideration of God's goodness and mercy A. The duty towards man which I learn from the consideration of God's goodness and mercy is this that we should be patient towards all men not rendring evil for evil to any man but do good to all even to them that hate us and to be merciful as our Father also is merciful and kind to the unthankful and to the evil and forgive one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us Q. In what especially is the kindness love and mercy of God manifested to us A. In this was manifested the love of God to us in that he sent his only begotten Son into the world to be the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world that we might live through him Q. Doth the goodness and grace of God in the Gospel give security to Sinners or shall we continue in sin that Grace may abound A. God forbid for the goodness of God leadeth us to Repentance and the grace of God that bringeth salvation teacheth us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly rightcously and godlily in this present World Q. You said that God is most just and righteous what is meant thereby A. By God's being most just and righteous is meant that God the Judge of all the Earth will do right and render to every man according to his deeds that his ways are right and equal and his judgment is according to truth Q. What duty towards God do you learn from his justice and righteousness A. The Duty towards God that I learn from his justice and righteousness is this that seeing God without respect of persons judgeth according to every mans work we ought to pass the time of our sojourning here in fear and I farther learn that when God's judgments are in the earth the inhabitants of the world should learn righteousness and acknowledge that God is just and righteous in all his works that he doth and that therefore we should not complain but be humbled and accept of the punishment of our iniquities and bear the indignation of the Lord because we have sinned against him Q. What duty towards man do yo learn from the justice and righteousness of God A. The duty towards man that I learn from the justice and righteousness of God is this to do no evil to my neighbour nor go beyond or defraud my brother in any matter the Lord being the avenger of all such but without having respect of persons to do justice and judgment which is more acceptable to the Lord than Sacrifice to render unto all their dues and to do to others as I would that they should do to me and lastly when I am reviled not to revile again when I suffer not to threaten but to commit my self as Christ did to him that judgeth righteously Q. You said that God is most true and faithful what is meant thereby A. By God's being most true and faithful is meant that God cannot lye nor deny himself that with him is no variableness nor shadow of turning but that he keepeth covenant and mercy to them that love him and keep his Commandments he will do and make good what he hath spoken nor shall any word fail of all that he hath promised Q. duty towards God do you learn from his being most true and faithful A. The duty towards God which I learn from his being most true and faithful is this that we draw near to God with a true heart in full assurance of saith and call upon him in truth for he trieth the heart and hath pleasure in uprightness he requireth truth or sincerity in the inward parts and will give ear unto the prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips Q. What farther duty towards God do you learn from his truth and faithfulness A. I do farther learn from the truth and faithfulness of God that if we suffer according to the will of God we should commit the keeping of our souls to him in well doing as unto a faithful Creator as being perswaded that he is able to keep that which we commit to him against that day and therefore will do it and that we should hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering he being saithful that promised and will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that we may be able to bear it and will establish us and keep us from evil Q. What duty towards man do you learn from God's being most true and faithful A. The duty towards man which I learn from God's being most true and faithful is this that putting away lying every man should speak truth with his neighbour from his heart and that in our mouth and spirit there should be no guile but in simplicity and godly sincerity we should have our conversation in the world For lying lips are an abomination to the Lord but they that deal truly and are upright in their way are his delight Q What is meant by this that God is All-knowing A. By God's being All-knowing is meant that he is perfect in knowledge and his understanding is infinite that he understands our thoughts a far off and is acquainted with all our ways and that there is not a word in our tongue but he knoweth it altogether neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do Q. What do you learn from God's being most wise and All-knowing A. From God's being most wise and All-knowing I learn that I ought to serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind for the Lord knoweth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts and his eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men to give to every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings Q. What is meant by this that God is Allmighty A. By God's being Almighty is meant that he is the blessed and only Potentate