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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	faith_n	fundamental_a	1,746	5	10.1277	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57738	Tragi-comoedia being a brief relation of the strange, and wonderfull hand of God discovered at Witny, in the comedy acted there February the third, where there were some slaine, many hurt, and several other remarkable passages : together with what was preached in three sermons on that occasion from Rom. 1, 18 : both which may serve as some check to the growing atheisme of the present age / by John Rowe ...	Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1653 (1653)	Wing R2067; ESTC R6082	58,271	114

old wayes I was trained up in by my parents and especially that which God had taught me by faithfull Ministers and soone was I poysoned with that Doctrine which my corrupt nature did soone close with to the great dishonour of the pretious Gospell to the grieving of the good spirit of God and the wounding of mine owne conscience which was not soon healed I began to try conclusions with God and and walked as a loose libertine and cast of the duty of prayer to God in private and so quickly I lost my communion with God and he withdraw himselfe from me and left me for a time and no sooner had God left me but Satan came in with his delusions and formed himself into an Angel of light and carryed me up into a fooles Paradise and lulled me asleep in security and carryed me on in that condition for the space of an yeare and halfe before the Lord awakenened me And no sooner had I left seeking of God in private but the Lord left me to publique shame for my heart and strength was let out in an eager persuit of the world and love of the creatures and a fearfull sleighting of the Sabbath which began to be a burthen to me and I had an odious sleighting esteeme of the Ministers of God and questioned their judgments in holding forth the word to the people and I was exceedingly perplexed with vaine thoughts and by degrees led into such thoughts as I aw ashamed to name and by this the Lord awakened me for I was exceedingly startled at it and began to consider with my self that I was out of Gods way and therefore out of Gods protection Then I began to remember from whence I was fallen but it was long ere I could do my first workes but I was resolved to turne to my first husband for then it was better with me then now But I found it a hard pluck before I found my God a reconciled father pardoning my sin of Apostacy though I sought it with bitter teares for the space of halfe an yeare And I thought to have kept it to my selfe and none should have knowen my trouble but the anguish of my spirit was so exceeding great that I could not hide it from God or man for I was afraid the Lord would have made me a publick example to all that knew me and that I should have been quite distracted and ran about the streets like one of those that children run after But when I saw there was no remedy I made my case knowen and got all the helpes I could to seek God for me When I made my approach to God I was beaten back by mine adversary and by mine owne accusing conscience which was more to me then a thousand witnesses And often those words were sounding in mine eares Him that draweth back my soule abhorreth and he that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back is not fit for the kingdom of heaven and woe to you Scribes and Pharises hypocrites and that in the 6. of the Hebrews them that have tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the world to come if they fall away it is impossible to renew them by repentance with many more places and when I would have prayed in private it was told me that God would not heare me then I replyed that I hoped God would heare him that sate at his right hand but it was replyed to me againe the Lord had said to him as he had to Jeremiah pray not for this people I was so lamentably tortured I could not sleep nor eat nor take any contentment in any relation I had and had not the Lord witheld me from that which the devill tempted me unto I had surely ended my life So low was this poore soule brought and so deep was the distresse in which the Lord left it before it was recovered indeed I cānot declare all least this relation should seeme too tedious But it pleased the Lordat last mercifuly to recover this poor distressed soule though it were long first that I may use some of its own expressions before the Lord did seale unto it its pardon many a bitter day and night it did undergoe to this very day it makes sad heavy complaints undergoes many a sharp conflict but the Lord is pleased to sanctify these and former dispensations in fuch a way as that there are few Christians in which there is so much humility mortifyednesse such sweet breathings after God such high prizings of his presence and humble attendance on the ordinances frequent use of holy duetyes to be found So famous an instance as this is might serve to poyse and ballance the loose and ficle spirits of such who begin to hang off from to be indifferent unto the good waies of God Beware of Apostacy Apostacy is a fearfull sin it is the high way to the sin against the Holy Ghost that sin which shall never be pardoned in this world or in the world to come Take heed how you medle with edge-tooles as the proverbe is Whoever falls on this stone it will grind him to powder Who ever shall clash with the great Fundamentall Doctrines the Doctrines about sin whether there be any such thing yea or no touching the resurrection Heaven hell the last Judgment he that shall play and dally with these things and take liberty to speak for them or against them such wantonnesse as this is will proove his ruine in the end Did you not once believe these things were they not once Articles of your faith how is it that you come to cast them off Oh it is the most dangerous thing in the world for a man to be medling and tampering with and at last come to a flat downright denying of the great fundamentall truths of religion the things which sometimes he beleeved and professed the beleife off this man is in a faire way to the unpardonable sin I do not say this is that sin but he that is come to this had need look to himself he is in the way thereunto without abundance of mercy to recover him Much have those to answer for and fearfull is their Judgment like to be who peremptorily and obstinately maintaine such desperate opinions that all men shall be saved alike that sin is nothing but only that men make it something by their own Melancholly fancies and timerous apprehentions b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 repete ex superioribis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hierocl This is the very Bane and cut-throat of all religion this is that which cuts the very sinewes of Godlinesse this is that which undermines the worship of God in the world and plucks it up by the very rootes Take away the name and notion of sin make it nothing who then will regard to worship feare obey the great God who will care for any of his commands Do you not think the Lord is Jealous for these things