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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	speak_v	word_n	6,852	5	4.5022	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57428	The wonder of the world being a perfect relation of a young maid, about eighteen years of age, which hath not tasted of any food this two and fifty weeks ... : wherein is related the whole truth and no more, as it was taken from the mouth of the damsel and her mother, being a true account of her condition / written by Thomas Robins ...	Robins, Thomas.	1669 (1669)	Wing R1663; ESTC R4546	7,629	23

Righteousness Oh! What comfortable speeches is here from the Lord to poor sinners and as I may say why may not the Lord have spoken the very same words to this Damsel for truly I do fully believe that we may be bold to say that the Lord hath made a chosen Uessel of her And by Gods help I will do my best endeavour to lay it open unto you in these thrée Conditions And first of all as the latter part of the 9. Verse says I have chosen thee and not cast thee away For certainly the Lord hath chosen her for to work this great and wonderful work upon For in the first place he hath brought her body into such a condition as the like was never known or heard of before since the creation of man a body preserved with life and hath not tasted of any mortal food not of fifty wéeks and some more and therein it makes me the bolder to say I do believe she is one of the Lords chosen Uessels Secondly She hath her spéech as perfect for any to understand as she had in the time of her health and speaketh very hearty considering her weak condition of Body And thirdly She hath a far better and more perfect Memory then formerly she had in the time of her health and especially in discoursing of the Scriptures And these be my chiefest Reasons why I say that I do believe she is a chosen vessel of the Lords But indéed I do believe that if all the people were together and did all the best they could I mean all that hath béen with her and hath séen her in this condition I say if they all should do the best they can they would have much ado to perswade some to believe No it is to be feared some would rather give out some scornsin spéeches despiseing any one which would perswade them to believe it for truth But I desire such to look into the 13. of the Acts of the Apostles and about the 41. verse and there you shall find what is spoken concerning such as will not believe the Wondrous Works of the Lord I pray take notice and these be the words Behold ye despisers and wonder and perish for I work a work in your days a work which you shall in no wise be ieve though a man declare it unto you And indéed I do believe this place of Scripture was never so much fulfilled since it was Written as it is now in our days concerning this Maid a Wonder the like never known before in any age and is too true that there is too many Despisers and I pray God the Words of this Text do not too soon fall upon some of them for as the latter part of the Uerse says They will not believe though a man declare it unto them Nay there be some which have béen with the Damsel and hath séen her and yet they be very hard of belief just like unto those people which we read of in the Gospel which would not believe the words which our Saviour Iesus Christ spake to them face to face No but they laughed him to scorn as you may find it written in the eight of Luke and about the fifty second and fifty third verses and yet for all they laughed him to scorn he let them see a wonderful strange work which he wrought upon the body of J 〈◊〉 daughter in raising her from death to life And now in these our days he hath béen pleased to work a very strange work upon this Maid which I have here spoken off to sée if we will believe and not to perish through our unbeleiving hearts for he that hath a stedlast heart to believe in the Lord be shall never fall for the Lord will uphold him as David says in the 37. Psalm and the 24. verse Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Indéed happy is that man whom the Lord upholdeth I pray God give us all grace so to lead our lives that we may deserve to call for his helping hand and that we may desire the Lord to lead us in the way of truth as David said in the 25. Psalm and the 5. Verse Lead me in thy truth and teach me for thou are the God of my Salvation on thee do I wait all the day And the Lord of his mercy give us an grace to wait on the Lord day and night for the good of our salvation And to draw to a Conclusion I shall but onely give you a Word or two in the way of Exhortation and I pray God it may take place in the hearts of all that either reads it or hears it read for this I must néeds tell you if you do desire to have mercy at the Hands of God at the latter day you must strive to kéep his Commandements that is to love one another which is I am afraid a very hard thing for a great many to do And agant we should be pittiful one to another as brethren having compassion one of another as you may find it Written in the 3. Chap. of the first Epistle of Peter and the 8. verse in these words Finally be ye all of one mind having compassion one of another Love as Brethren be pittiful be courteous indeed I would desire every Christian to kéep and obey these Commandments as for forth as they be able for in so doing we may come to be in love with God and know him As you may finde it in the 4. Chap. of the first Epistle of John the 7. and 8. verses In these words Beloved let us love one another for love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is love O then let us 〈◊〉 by all possible means to love one another as Brethren and then may we boldly say we love God if we had but this brotherly love and would strive to keep his Commandements As you may find in the first Epistle of John and the 2. verse For he says there By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his Commandements And the Lord grant us all grace so to do And now to conclude I desire every one to consider with themselves what they have heard here in this little Book for although the Uollume be but small yet the matter is of a great ballew for it conterus very much to the salvation of man though in some part of it some may say it conterus worldly affairs 〈◊〉 such I make this although that my former part of this book be but as you may say worldly news yet I say it may well be called heavenly matter For so strange a wonder was never heard on before and my conscience tells me I may boldly say it is a fore 〈◊〉 to bring us into the way of Repentance Which I pray God to give us all grace so to do and that for Jesus Christ his sake And so the God of Peace Love and Unity Bless Guide and Keep us all this time hence forth and for ever-more Amen I am yours in Christ THOMAS ROBINS FINIS