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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	child_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	34	3	9.0241	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89500	Meate out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and distracted times. Discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable house of Commons at Margarets Westminster on their solemne day of fast, June 30. 1647. / By Tho: Manton Minister of Stoke-Newington.	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1647 (1647)	Wing M525; Thomason E395_1; ESTC R201634	37,335	60

{non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} A good resolution and worthy to be imitated 2. Presse doctrines of Christ and the maine things of Religion some men love to live in the fire and to handle the red hot questions of the age with passion and acrimony but alas this doth no good Zuinglius was once asked by a friend Cur non contra pontificios Why he was not more keene against the Papists and preached not oftner against them He answered He would first plant the feare of God and then men would be for the cause of God To gaine men to a party before they be gained to God is not so warrantable and to presse zeale in some particular wayes doth but produce blind fury which undoeth all * Tertullian noteth it as a miscarriage of the Hereticks in his time that they were more for gaining men to a party then Christianity Suppose you presse the truth yet Christ telleth us that wisdome is * justified of her children God's ow● people are most zealous for God's truths Iude 4. They turne the grace of OUR God into wantonnesse Sense of interest begetteth the purest freest zeale for God The intent of our Ministery is not that wee should gaine men to the support of our faction and party but to Christ and Christianity Other differences would be allayed were it not that wee doe so often revive them by unseasonable agitations and indeed for the lesser differences they were better wholly laid aside then so often stirred * Calvin after his returne to Geneva would never contend about the businesse of wafercakes for which he was at first cast out though he altered not his minde in it yet would never publickly contend in that matter only many times modestly suggested what he thought was the better way 3. When you deale with the errours of the time for certainly that is necessary wee must stablish our hearers in the present truths 2 Pet. 1. 12. doe it with a great deale of caution and warinesse though I would not prescribe yet give me leave humbly to offer three things which possibly may prevent some abuses 1. Beware of loose stings and generall declamations against errours and heresies these doe but exulcerate minds prejudice our testimony and much hinder it from being received this is a miscarriage on both sides men urge their wayes in loose flings conceited nickes and implications generall outcryes of one side against superstitious antichristianisme and the men of the world words soone spoken on the other side against errours new lights and new opinions The word worketh most when it is most particular and demonstrative thunder at a distance doth not so much startle mee as a clap in my own Zenith it is good to goe by way of particular proofe and argument against opinions proove them to be errours and then call them so otherwise loose and generall invectives will make but superficiall impressions It is very observable that when James had prooved that conceit of Gods being the author of sin to be an errour then he said Jam. 1. 16. Erre not my beloved Brethren He first disputeth and then disswadeth It 's very observable too Mat. 23. from the 13. to the 33. verse that our Saviour never denounceth a woe against the Pharisees but he presently rendreth a reason for it Woe to you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for yee devoure widdowes houses c. Woe for yee shut the Kingdome of God c. Usually ungrounded zeale stayeth in generalls and ordinarily 't is out of deceit or weaknesse 2. Deale herein with all sobernesse and meeknesse wee should doe what we can to remove prejudices men drinke in truths when they are sweetly propounded God was in the still voyce the small raine falleth sweetly upon the tender grasse men presently ingage themselves to a fervour and heate and that marreth all 't is but as oyle to the flames I remember a speech of Darius when one of the Souldiers of the Campe rayled against Alexander he telleth him I kept you to fight against Alexander not to rayle against him Those Arrowes of bitter words are not the weapons of our warfare Passion sheweth wee are angry more against the person then the errour too often it maketh us forsake the maine controversie and goe on upon a wrongsent one saith he that speaketh to Kings must speake {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} with silken words he that speaketh to dissenters had need make his speech as smooth and soft as may be I am sure 't is agreeable to the Apostles advice In meeknesse instruct those that oppose themselves 2 Tim. 2 25. And in the same place he sheweth that the servants of God must be gentle and patient 3. Take heed of aggravating and greatening matters making them of more importance then indeed they are former ages were possessed with this spirit every lesser dissent and mistake was made an heresie or errour in the faith as appeareth by their catalogues Tertullian had but spoken two or three words in favour of Montanus and the Priests of Rome presently cryed him up for a Montanist and accordingly dealt with him Quo protinus offensus saith he * that wrote his life prorsus in Montani partes transivit I confesse 't is good to be watchfull to dash Babylons brats and take the little foxes Cant. 2. 15. i. e. To oppose the first and modest appearances of errour the party last amongst us began with words and would have brought in things Therefore I say 't is good to be watchfull however this will not justifie rough dealing with those that vary from us but in an expression and straining every thing to the worst sence and most odious consequences that it may appeare to be hereticall Christs own words were mistaken and wrested into a sence which he would not own he said He would destroy the Temple in three dayes Joh. 2. 19. He meant it of his body they accused him of the same words and yet they are called false witnesses Mat. 26. 61. who accused him of it because they wrested it to another sence applying it to the materiall Temple Many have a faculty of turning Eloi into Elias Molehils into Mountaines making men offenders for a word and by false glosses causing innocent things to seeme odious 4. Let me intreate you to improve your interests for brotherly and friendly collations publick Conferences cannot be had without tumult and there is a prejudice against publick Sermons and againe private disputes are more for victory then truth usually there is more of strife then love in them * Tertullian saith of his private disputation with a Jew both drew out their reasonings and through the heate of contention both went away unsatisfied But now if there were meetings instituted for the propounding of things rather by way of case then