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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	holy_a	son_n	trinity_n	8,730	5	10.2166	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02707	A discourse in praise of St. Andrew, the saint and patron of Scotland		1700 (1700)	Wing D1593AA; ESTC R175961	6,162	4

Gladness when he saw his Son Joseph than the Apostle's was with joy to see the Sign of that which had been the chief design of his Travels and the principal Theam of his Orations O how did his Soul leap within him for joy that he was honoured to die after this manner Now he was sure with the end of his days to obtain the end of his Faith even the Salvation of his Soul Now let out thoughts go along with him to the place of Execution and suppose our selves posted in the Ring of his Disciples and Proselites standing round the Cross and hearing our blessed Patron Preach his farewel Sermon to them in these words O blessed and happy Plants of the Christian Faith O pleasant Blossoms of the Infant Church O my exceeding great Joy and Crown my Darling and loving Babes whom I have Begot in Christ Jesus through the Gospel You know my beloved Children that after many hazardous Journies and great Toils I have at last Arrived in this City and gained many Souls to Christ in it But the Governour Ægeas who should have been a good Example to others has rejected the Gospel and stopped its Progress very much But I bless God thro' our Lord Jesus Christ That notwithstanding his Malice and Cruelty I see so many Witnesses of my Death so many Ambassadours behind me to water those Barren Places I have Planted Therefore my Dear Children be stedfast in the Doctrine which you have heard from me which indeed is not mine but his who is the Author and Father of all things it 's his whose mercy knows no limits who had Compassion on the deplorable Condition of the Sons of Adam whom the Old Sepent has endeavoured to Circumvent from the Beginning But our heavenly Father to put check to this Old Deceiver has sent beloved Son into the World to destroy the works of the Devil and to rescue his Children out of the thick mist of Darkness and bring them into his marvellous light to rescue them from the precipices of Destruction and confines of Hell into the heavenly Canaan to the place of the Spirits of just men made perfect Wherefore return never any more to abominable Idolatry which has bewitched the minds of Men for so many Ages but believe and trust in the everliving God Father Son and Holy Ghost the eternal and uncreated Trinity for God is one and three who is great without quantity whose will is his power who governs all things without trouble and there is nothing that can in the least disturb the order of his universal Empire who is always communicating and doing good to his Creatures without weariness so that we need no inferior Mediators to carry our Petitions into the Court of Heaven after the manner of the Heathen but let all your requests be put up to your omniscient Creator who will hear your Prayers and grant your Petitions by the infinite Merits of his Son Don't Grieve and Lament because I am fixed to this Cross for this Tree is to me the Tree of Life a Plank of Safety in the Shipwrack of Sinners In hoc signo Vinces 't is a Trophy which our Saviour has erected over his Vanquished Enemies in this you shall overcome Triumph and to Valiantly in after Ages Kings and Emperors shall glory to have the Sign of it for their Banners and shall rejoyce to Fight under the Standard of the Holy Jesus Lastly Dear Children let not the Allurements of this World entice you nor Honours Pleasures and Preferment ensnare you nor the most horrid Instruments of Torture affright you to run out of the right Road of a Holy Life But when the most dismal Calamities shall assault you have recourse to our Blessed Redeemer look back to his Cross and Bitter Passion which he patiently endured and all to save us from Eternal Woe and Misery These and such like Exhortations you may suppose the Holy Apostle uttered to his mourning Disciples from the Theatre of the Cross I hàve given you this Abstract of a very long Sermon the longest that ever was Preached a Sermon of Three Days for so long he lived on the Tree and spent all the time in Exhorting and Instructing his Proselites to adher to the word of Truth he had delivered to them amidst all the Temptations Miseries Calamities and Persecutions they should be trusted with for the sake of the Gospel O what rare Emblems are wrapt up in this Circumstance of the Apostles Preaching Three Days on the Cross He was Three Days fixed to his Cross to Sympathise with his Master who continued Three Days in the Grave under the power of Death He was Three Days Tormented on the Tree because his Lord was so long Chained with the Fetters of Mortality He Three Days out-braved and dared all the Cruelty and Malice of his Enemies because his Redeemer so long a time was triumphing over Death Hell and the Grave He preached Three Days from the Theatre of the Cross to signifie to his Disciples that the Church should groan under cruel Persecution for Three Hundred Years O Happy yea Thrice Happy People of Edessa who had the Honour to Hear this Mirrour of Love and Patience make his Will and Harrangue so long from the Excruciating and Tormenting Pulpit The Edesseaens were not the only Spectators of this Spectacle but the Holy Angels were Hovering over him in the Air and greatly rejoycing to see him do so valiantly altho' his Disciples were Weeping and Mourning the Heavenly Coire was Singing an Anthem which continued till his Soul was lodged in a state of Joy and Bliss now he had Fought a Fight and Finished his course and dispatched the Commission he was intrusted with and wafted above the Stars in a croud of Blessed Spirits to receive that Crown which his Master had prepared for him and not for him only but for all those that love his appearing Now my dear Country-men I have given you this short Account of our Holy Patron to the end we may imitate him in all Piety and Virtue to follow his Steps in a continued chain of Patience and Long-suffering with an unwearied diligence in being good our selves and performing all good Offices to others in extending our Charity not only to uphold the outward Shell of the frail Bodies of Men but to have a true and brotherly Compassion for their Souls by our good Example Holy Life Seasonable Admonitions and frequent Instructions weaning them from all worldly Lusts and so we shall have the honour of being Instruments of saving Souls and rescuing them from the coasts of eternal Ruin And the only way to put us in mind of these things is to preserve the Memory of Holy Men and the way to preserve their Memories is to commemorate them on these Solemn Times the Church in all Ages has thought fit to set apart for the Commemoration of the Piety and Suffering of good Men to stir up others to imitate them in their good Works and holy