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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	according_a	scripture_n	true_a	1,770	5	4.4847	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75693	An argument proving, that according to the covenant of eternal life revealed in the Scriptures, man may be translated from hence into that eternal life, without passing through death altho the humane nature of Christ himself could not be thus translated till he had passed through death.	Asgill, John, 1659-1738.	1700 (1700)	Wing A3926; ESTC R208477	45,123	107

AN ARGUMENT Proving That according to the Covenant of Eternal Life revealed in the Scriptures Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life without passing through Death altho the Humane Nature of CHRIST himself could not be thus translated till he had passed through Death Nec vanis credite verbis Aspicite en faciatque fidem Conspectus Anno Dom. 1700. THE PREFACE TO them that knew not the reason it look'd like a Whym for the Man in the Gospel to walk about the streets with his Bed upon his Back on the Sabbath-day while the rest of the People were at their Devotion And perhaps it may seem more odd in me to bolt out an Argument in Divinity as a Bone of Contention into the World at a time when the rest of Mankind are so deeply engaged in Secular Affairs But he that regardeth the Wind will never sow and he that waiteth for Times and Seasons will never do Business And as that seeming whimsical Man said to them that reproved him He that made me whole the same said unto me Take up thy Bed and walk So say I to them that affront me He that revealed this unto me the same bad me tell it abroad as a watch-word to be given out from one to another every Man to his Fellow as fast as he receives it Let him that heareth say Come And having thus delivered my part of the Message I look upon my self to have no more to do with it afterwards than you have But hereby I shall know whether this Doctrine be mine or no. If it be mine it will sink and fall and die But if it be his that I think 't is it will kindle it self like a Firebrand from one to another till it hath set the World in Arms against Death And having thus left the decision of the truth of it to the success I begin to feel my self more easy under it And as the four Leprous Men said to one another in the Gate of Samaria If we sit here we are sure to die with Famine and if we go into the Camp of the Syrians we can but die by the Sword So I have said to my self If I submit to Death I am sure to die and if I oppose it I can but be kill'd and die And should I be baffled in this Essay I can lose nothing by it but that little Credit with the World which I value not in comparison of this Attempt And as those four desperate Men venturing themselves upon this Resolution did thereupon find that they had been before more afraid than hurt So in making this Sally against Death methinks I have discovered it to be rather a Bugbear than an Enemy And therefore as they having filled themselves with Plunder thought it their Duty to go and tell the news to them that were ready to perish So I can't satisfy my self to eat my Morsel alone without communicating to them who I know with my self must by reason of Death be all their life-time subject to Bondage And as their glad Tidings of plenty was never the less welcome to the King and People of Israel for being brought to them by Men poor and miserable So if my News be true in it self why should it fare the worse for being told by the greatest of Sinners And perhaps this qualifies me to be the Messenger lest one more holy should seem to be honoured with it for his own personal Sanctity I remember a sudden Retort once given me by a Lady to whom I excused this my Emulation by the Example of Enoch But you are not so good as he was for Enoch walked with God And this might have puzled me had not Paul in his List of Worthys counted upon the Translation of Enoch as done by Faith By Faith Enoch was translated that he should not see Death Why then if I have as good a Faith for this purpose as he had I am in this point quoad hoc as good a Man as he was tho I fall short of him in all his other Qualities Nor is it to be expected that any Assembly of Divines should be employed in such a Business as this They inclose themselves within the Pale of their own Church and whoever breaks through that Fence is prosecuted as a Trespasser upon their Jurisdiction And thus the Jewish Priests excommunicated a Layman for teaching them Religion Thou wast altogether born in Sin and dost thou teach us and they cast him out But he that had opened his Eyes took him in And such an exchange I should reckon no great misfortune But is it not a shame That this Enoch in the beginning of Time so long before the receipt of the Promise should attain to that Faith in Christ which we that have seen him crucified before our eyes think a Sin to offer at But having been tempted to commit this Sin like a true Mother's Child of my grand Parent Eve I would tempt my Friends to do so too And all I ask of them is this Having abstracted the study of seven years Recluse into less than two hours reading I only desire the perusal of it at a time of leisure when Men and Women design to be serious and think most of themselves And then I flatter my self that they will find it not the most unpleasant hour that ever they spent in their life For this I know that nothing is more pleasant to us than News and what I have said was never said by Man before And this I know that notwithstanding the defection of our Natures nothing is more pleasant to Man than Truth And what I have said is true And a Truth that all the Gainsayers shall not be able to resist Tho it be in contradiction to the most received Truth in the World That all Men must die An Argument proving That according to the Covenant of Eternal Life revealed in the Scriptures Man may be translated from hence into that Eternal Life c. ANTE obitum felix nemo supremaque fata is a fiction of Poets And that old Motto worn upon Tomb-stones Death is the Gate of Life is a Lie By which Men decoy one another into Death taking it to be a thorough-fare into Eternal Life Whereas it is just so far out of the way For die when we will and be buried when we will and lie in the Grave as long as we will we must all return from thence and stand again upon the Earth before we can ascend into the Heavens Hinc itur ad Astra Now the Assertion of Christ concerning himself was that Man by him may live for ever And this is that Magnetick which hath drawn the World after him For as he said to us Except your Righteousness exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of God So we may say of him Except his words exceed the words of common Men what should we follow him for And thus when he