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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	word_n	world_n	wretch_n	27	3	8.7454	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92945	A sermon preached the last fast day in Leaden-Hall Street, in the house of one Padmore, a cheesmonger, by one of the zealous brethren, being a shoomaker, to the fraternity and holy sisters assembled together in a chamber. Being such another as Toby's dog was. The text was thus, And Paul opened his mouth, and said, men and brethren what shall we do.	One of the zealous brethren.	1643 (1643)	Wing S2642; Thomason E91_32; ESTC R12928	4,318	8

A SERMON PREACHED The last Fast day in Leaden-Hall Street in the house of one Paamore a Cheesmonger by one of the zealous brethren being a Shoomaker to the fraternity and holy Sisters assembled together in a chamber ●eing such another as Toby's Dog was The Text was thus And Paul opened his mouth ana said Men and Brethren what shall we do What Shall we doe 〈…〉 March 4. 1642 Printed in the Yeare of private instructing for John Lovel 1643. And Paul opened his mouth and said c. THis Text hath as many sentences in it as words and as the waves of the sea beating on a rocke make a great noise so this Text doth perfume this chamber wherein we are assembled together Therefore hearken and you shall heare me speake not as if I were full of new wine but as it were as indeed I am replenished with that Spirit where by we can doe all things and even to a haire cut out and divide unto you all portions of Scripture but not as the prophane men of Athens in their long studied Sermons in Oxford and Cambridge but as our spirituall brethren in London doe declare the word in their zealous exhortations to godly assemblies privately gathered together as we are now and that is to run over the words as they lye in their naturall order And Paul opened his mouth and said c. In the first place this word And comes to be considered it may be rendred by other words but not so properly for Also doth sometimes expresse as much as And but it may be compared to the spirituall profession of Religion now amongst us for and doth alwaies joyne words and sentences together and so the unity of the Spirit that is amongst us hath brought us all together into this chamber both me to preach and your neighbour Ananias and you goodman Brightman and you brother Abraham and you sister Dorcas and you sister Rebecca to heare me teach and instruct you according to the Spirit which moves in us continually in severall places marke therefore this word and for unlesse you have the true forme of godlinesse and doe read Scripture diligently and doe exhort one another mutually and doe attend to the hearing of Sermons carefully and doe despise the prophane wretches of this world and doe seperate your selves from the ungodly and be pure and holy and faithfull Psalme singers and good Christians and zealous in defence of our doctrine and resist all Authority nay even the King himselfe and strive to be all Kings and to raigne in this life and finally to be sure of your salvation and election and of your certaine places in heaven you shall never come thither therefore remember this and and to be zealous and spirituall and so and so as I said before then Earth and Heaven and Hell and all shall be yours and subject to the power of your Spirit and so I have done with And. Now what should I say of Paul Plaine Paul without welt or guard the Scripture gives him no other title but Paul he was not called Bishop Paul Doctor Paul nor Sir Paul as Batchelours of Art are in the prophane Universities this may give encouragement to me by profession a Shoomaker and to my brother the J●yner that taught in the forenoon not to be discouraged for our meane gifts in learning for we may have the light of spirituall knowledge at our fingers ends as Coblers Feltmakers and other Trade●men have in London O therefore you my zealous brethren and sisters esteeme of me and my brother we are as two Pauls sent unto you by the Spirit and we say unto you and all our beloved sisters If we sow unto you spirituall things may not we reap your carnall th●ngs we are call●d from our trades to become Teachers and Preachers and to make you know what belongs unto salvation and whereas Paul wrote a great many Epistles we spend our breath continually and waste our spirits in opening unto you the holy Scriptures We preach to you in season and out of season that you might be saved by the foolishnesse of our preaching And so we proceed from Paul to the following words expressing the action of Paul and that was he opened his mouth And Paul opened his mouth and said Opened his mouth Speech is an evident signe of the inward man for as a peece of gold is of more worth then a brasse token so holy and gracious discourse is as necessary as salt at our tables to season our talke to the edification of others Beloved we may here discover the boldnesse of Paul who had a mouth not to eat and drinke only as some have or to keepe silence when they ought sharpely to reprove the iniquities of the times and to cry downe sinne with a strong voice and to be heard preaching in the garret or on the house top no Paul was none of the fat Priests that open their mouths oftner to feed themselves then to feed their flocke But he opened his mouth as my brother in the forenoone did and as my selfe now does that is to expound the Scriptures and as hee opened his mouth so with his mouth he opened the Scriptures now there be divers sorts of opening the mouth A man may open his mouth to slander and backbite his neighbour and to disgrace us of the elect and children of predestination and because we deale roundly in opening our mouths in the reproofe of the wicked and of their prophane long lockes therefore they open their mouths against us and in a disgracefull manner calls us Roundheads But beloved let not these words which malignants have devised stop our mouths any more then butter can stop an Oven but as the heat of the one doth melt the butter and keepe the oven open so let our spirituall heats melt their malice like butter while we constantly keep our mouths still open in private preaching and exhorting one another I pray marke the simile or comparison being very worthy of your observation and rem●m●er alw●ies to keepe your mouths open by praying and singing of Psalmes we cannot salute a friend or one of the sisters but we must doe ●t with open mouth that is by speaking unto them in a religious manner at our holy meetings therefore be sure that whether you pray or sing or speake or conferre together doe it with open mouth and with much Christian boldnesse and that aloud too for Paul opened his mouth and said Sa●d What said Paul Brethren it is a common matter amongst many to say more then they understand and to say that we are ignorant in the holy Scriptures but it was onely the foole that said in his heart there was no God and so it is only with worldly fooles and the foolish malignants that have said there is in us no godlinesse but we have often said enough to approve our selves the elect children of predestination and therefore we will now see what Paul said and that was Men and