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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	know_v	8,213	5	4.2899	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41587	The Christian merchant described in a sermon at first design'd for a private audience, now humbly dedicated to all the merchants of the city / by William Gostwyke.	Gostwyke, William, 1650-1703.	1696 (1696)	Wing G1321; ESTC R8785	13,854	29

a just scorn of any thing base below or unbecoming him Won't suffer him to sneak and slave it to Sin and Satan from day to day as others do But as a natural Genius inspires him with all that 's great and good and so worthy of his Ancestors and of himself Again His Breeding It has been said a Poet may be Born an Orator must be Bred but without both most certain neither will be exquisite The Merchant in his Minority is grounded in Learning and the Languages from the best Authors and by the best Professors At a hand is Curious and in several of the Mathematicks made almost Master And when bound Apprentice that is a Learner still He comes from Theory to Practice He has those special Rules set before him that with common Care he cannot fail in Business His being bound by the way he takes not for a trouble much less disparagement to him There 's no Man but is bound to serve his King his Country his Family and Friends some way or other He 's bound but 't is to One that 's bound as well to him and is to be as just and kind on the one hand as he is true and tractable on the other 'T is at a time when he needs more Care took of him than very likely he would take of himself And when with many others to be loose might be to be for ever lost And 't is but for a time Deus dabit huic quoque finem will have an end he is not to have his Ears peirc't through to perpetuate it 'T is upon terms easie to him his Master being more his Father and his Service better than many others Freedom And Advantagious to him at anothers Expence to make himself a Man and by the Trail of Pike to come to be the abler General So that in a sense he 's only bound to serve himself The Christian has his training up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord too And as the Breast-Milk he first drew became good Bloud and Spirits in him to his after-health and ever better habit of Body So the good Notions he then imbib'd turn'd as in Timothy to Principles and those confirm'd by the Reverend Masters of Assemblies enoble the dispositions and Inclinations of his Mind and enable him to every good word and work that is to the whole business of his Christian Calling Being timely told 't is best to bear his yoke in youth Now is the time he Lam. 3. 17. sets his shoulder to it Takes his Baptismal Vow upon himself enters the Lists in his own Person engages to flee youthful Lusts and manfully fight under Christ's Banner Now 't is he 's taught the Use of the Bow and Buckler the Weapons and Way of War offensive and defensive Now 't is he resolves to know him whom to know is Life Eternal and to serve him whom to serve is perfect Freedom Now 't is that subacto puro solo in a broken and contrite heart he sowes the Seed of Grace in hopes of a plentiful and joyful Harvest Now business comes thick upon him and he becomes a Man 2. Of great and uninterrupted Dealings abroad and at home He seeks he finds he veiwes he goes he comes he likes he bids he buyes he takes home he books down he layes up meets a new man acts a new part and sells to Buy that is to do all this over again And this all exprest or fairly intimated in the very Text. The many and various Dealings or rather Goods dealt in and for by the many Eminent Merchants that are are almost endless to instance and be particular in Generally speaking they are considerable either for Bulk and Quantity or for Worth and Value Such as commend themselves to the Uses and Necessities of the Most or to the Exactness and Curiosity of the greatest Our present Merchant is for goodly Pearl a thing well known here in Sickness highly Cordial in Health as rarely Ornamental With what he prudently began he still and steadily goes on to the last Seeks till he finds then leaves not till he buyes He neither starts aside to Novelties he needs not nor makes a stand in the midway as non-plust nor of a sudden gives off all as if non compos not master of his own Mind but keeps his Course and keeps his Pace till he have gain'd his Point Abroad he sends as often as the Company agrees on 't oftener if his occasions for supplies require it And sometimes goes himself to see who and how they do he deals with or the dispose or manage of what he deals in Hardships and hazards may surround but neither can surprise him who is prepar'd for the worst that can come come what will At home between Exporting and Importing and all the many requisites to both successively or together between Creditor and Debtor keeping accounts and clearing them and in Choosing the best time for all things he is so took up he has no leisure to listen to the Sirens of Temptation or be taken with them The Christian likewise has his full share of business and of as much Importance to him Has fundamental Principles as before while young to learn and make his own in riper years to make profession of and put in practice and from his own Experience to Communicate at last to after-Comers Has Revelation to adore and to believe and Reason mostly in other matters to bring himself to be rul'd by Has Truth to vindicate and Errour to oppose Has Prohibitions and Threats for his Fear to work and naked Promise now and then for his Faith to live upon Has Positive Institutions Natural and Moral Line upon Line and Precept upon Precept many directed to him to Obey A God in Heaven to know and own to Love and Fear to Serve and Honour to Trust and to delight in to Pray to and to Praise at all times On Earth Men Superiours to be Subject Equals to be Civil to Inferiours to succour help and comfort Has all Men to do all that for at all times he could wish done himself at any time in any case of need whatever And has himself to look to and take care of no small Charge no very easie task neither He has naturally speaking a resty body to break and keep under a rambling Head a wanton Eye an itching Ear a lawless Tongue an open Sepulchre of a Throat would swallow all that 's offer'd and an Heart deceitful above all things to reduce to primitive Use and Institution He has a corrupt Mind to correct and cultivate vain Imaginations vile Affections a deprav'd Judgment an obstinate Will many an oblique Wish and Desire to take to task and set to rights Has a pack of Russian and Rude Passions within him to Collar and keep in Irons Né lanient ipsum least they pull the whole house upon his head Has a World of Temptations without him to escape or overcome or they will draw him in