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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	condition_n	young_a	youth_n	14	3	8.1418	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39227	The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...	Eliot, John, 1604-1690.	1678 (1678)	Wing E512; ESTC W4384	172,517	138

above others where the same word in the Original is used Gal. 1.14 and he was brought up at the feet of Gamaliel a very learned Doctor Act. 22.3 The matter of our learning is chiefly the Scriptures that is the book above all books to train up youth in the knowledge thereof as Timothy was 2 Tim. 3.15 The next book to that is the book of Gods creatures the works of God where all the liberal Arts are to be found and learned And the next books are the books labours and works of learned men and especially of holy men who lay open the Treasures of wisdome and knowledge which are laid up in Jesus Christ laid out displayed and revealed in the Scriptures and explained to our Capacityes in the Books and labours of holy and learned men That Jesus according to his humane nature increased in wisdome is here testifyed of him as his body and Soul grew in capacity to receive more and more addition of wisdome so the Hol● Ghost filled him more and more with wisdome when he was a Child he was filled with wisdome Luk. 2.40 according to the measure of his capacity and as he grew up his virtue was more and more exerted and he was still more and more filled and increased in wisdome Jesus was full of grace and as the habits were drawn out by new Objects into act so his wisdome increased The means that Jesus Christ us●d were those above named Luk. 2.46 he was among the Doctors both hearing them and asking them questions And no doubt such as taught in the Synagogues where he lived had him to be their frequent if not constant hearer And that Jesus did read the Scriptures there is no doubt to be made of it because he hath commanded us to search the Scriptures wherein he was so expert that Luk. 24.27 beginning at Moses and all the Prophets he expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself That Jesus meditated and prayed which are two exercises of the Soul so neer of kind that they are seldome asunder especially when we meditate on Religion the Scriptures And how abundant our Lord Jesus was in prayer is greatly witnessed in the Gospels Thus Jesus Christ hath set a pattern to all scholars and Christians who all are the Scholars of Jesus how we may increase in wisdome Wisdome entereth into the Soul by degrees so it entered into the soul of Jesus because he increased in wisdome We find two kinds of soul food milk for Babes strong meat for men Heb. 5.14 and Jesus Christ made use of both these kinds of Soul food the Scriptures are the purest spiritual milk in the world 1 Pet 2.1 2. the sincere milk of the Word that ye may grow thereby such babes as are born of the Spirit by receiving into their Souls the ingrafted word they relish no food but such as is grounded upon and deduced from the Scriptures such was the food that Jesus fed upon whereby he was filled with wisdome we see that Jesus Christ hath sanctified Schools of learning and all good means of education of youth in knowledge and wisdome and did perfectly fulfil the Law of God therein for us 5. He increased in stature As his Age and Years came on so his humane nature grew he grew up a comel● young man well featured and proportioned in all his limbs unto that measure of stature that was appointed to him of God his body visibly grew as his Soul grew invisibly unto that glorious measure which the Lord had appointed for it to attain unto Though the carnal persecuting world vexed and incensed by his holiness and faithful ministry were blinded with the black smoak of envy and his person obscured by poverty and a low condition and therefore saw no beauty nor any thing desireable in him yet in Gods eye he was his pleasant Child and in the Churches eye he was a glorious person we beheld his glory the glory of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and Truth Joh. 1.14 6. He increased in favour both wi h God and man he was a very gracious holy youth a young man eminent in Religion eminent in Sabbath worship in Synagogue worship in Family worship in Temple worship all his converse and discourse was holy heavenly and religious he behaved himself in all things as a darling Child of God And in his converse with men he was of a civil kind courteous and affable conversation so that all Gods people did love him honour him and reverence him in their hearts though the wicked and prophane contemned him yet in their consciences they could not but have a reverent esteem of him So he grew in favour with God and man Thus he lived and carryed himself until he was about thirty years of Age. In this course of his Earthly pilgrimage he had opportunity to obey God in all the Commandments of the Law The whole System of the obedience of man in walking towards God in holiness according to the first Table of the Law and in righteousness towards man according to the second Table of the Law was performed by him and he never failed in one jot or Tittle of the Law but did perfectly fulfil it Such particular commands as his Sex or calling c. gave him not opportunity actually to perform those h● did virtually and habitually perform and that was acceptable to God for Adam if he had stood in Innocency should not personally have performed the Commandments peculiar to Children yet should acceptably have fulfilled the whole Law And the times that Jesus lived in were such trying times as did put him often upon most eminent acts of obedience 〈◊〉 he came to the Church of the Jews when they were at the worst that ●ver they were and under the deepest degree of Apostacy which filled all men with tryals and temptations and rendred it a difficult work to keep true and upright in his obedience to God Yet Iesus kept his integrity without the least spot blemish or stain 1 Pet. 2.22 23. he came also at a time when the Jews were subdued by and subjected unto the Roman power which condition did render the times very difficult to keep a good Conscience and to walk with God in truth and sincerity Yet notwithstanding these and such like difficulties Jesus Christ held fast his integrity and walked in all obedience to God and towards all men with perfect Innocency In this course of his humane life he perfectly fulfilled the Law of God And all this he did as our Saviour and Mediator and Surety The first Adam ought to have fulfilled the Law but he did not he fell into sin before he had kept the Law therefore Jesus Christ the second Adam he undertaketh to perform that which he left unperformed he hath perfectly fulfilled the Law by his active obedience this perfect obedience of Jesus is imputed unto believers and God doth account it unto us as if we had