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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	darkness_n	light_n	walk_v	4,073	5	8.1342	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13314	The hauen of pleasure containing a freemans felicitie, and a true direction how to liue well : profitable and del[i]ghtfull to all, hurtfull and displeasing to none, except it bee to such pecuish dames as do either foolishlie reiect, or carelesly neglect the dutie of chast matron[e]s / gathered out of the best approued authors.	I. T.	1597 (1597)	STC 23621; ESTC S1650	98,226	170

which healeth a man dog or those that be bitten with a mad dog which disease is not altogether vnlike those which are vexed inrage with the Diuell Rosemary purgeth the house whose roote or the roote of Hogs Fennell or Bearefoote hanged in the entry of the house chaseth away euill spirits the contagion of the plague Also Ricine which is commonly called Palma christi because the leaues thereof are like to a hand when it is stretched out doth the like So Coral Peony the Misletoe bush driueth away the falling euil if it be either hanged about ones necke or drunke in wine All which if any man thinke hee may vse in driuing away euill spirites let vanity and the superstition of the Gentiles be far from him let him vse no vaine precations or strange words which they vse for the most part who practise inchauntmentes and professe the magicall arts but let him remember that if hearbes haue any force as experience teacheth vs they haue they haue it from the Lorde For all medicines and rootes which are applied to mans body are of force not in regard of themselues but for that they are giuen of God and by his meanes haue that wholsome operation Therefore if thou do determine any thing with the helpe of hearbes trust not so much to the force of them as to God himselfe and so in expelling diseases thy labour shall haue a happy and wished successe otherwise thy good indeuors turne cleane contrarie and the end deceiue the expectation of the artificer because hee thought not on the creator of whō all thinges haue their effect or else hee wanted faith in Christ 3 Reg. 15. 2. Paca 16 Hence it came that Asa king of Iuda when hee was greeuouslie afflicted with the paine in the feete and tooke not counsaile of GOD but onely trusted to the Physition founde no helpe in their application but dyed of the gowte as the storie saieth For GOD doeth not forbid the helpe of the Phisition but that wee shoulde not trust altogither in him and haue no regarde of him which is the Authour of health and by whose gifte all thinges haue their efficacie But they do very superstitiously commit a thing not far from Idolatry Psal 7 vvho applie to inchauntments hearbs hallowed with certaine fained prayers and proceede with them to vncharme diseases for so do they apply Fearne about the summer solstice and Rue Trifolie and Veruein gathered in the beginning of the night to serue their Magicall sorceries withall wherewith they beguile the rude and vnskilfull sorte of common people and blinde their eies to get something from them and wipe them cleane of al their money and yet those vaine artificers neuer become rich This I thought good friendly reader to insert in this argument to the ende euery one may beware of those magicall in chanters and regarde from whome wee must looke for our helpe and health of our saluation contemning the vanitie and superstition of the Gentiles and by what means it becommeth vs to vse remedies prepared for vs which are plentifully granted vnto vs by the bounty of God Of the maiestie and power of God and howe many names the essence of one God diuided into three persons hath by thinking whereof mans minde receiueth peace and comfort and perfect faith towards God Chap. 59. BEcause GOD that excellent and most powerfull nature that eternall minde which is free from deathe and stretcheth it selfe ouer all is spreade ouer all and ruleth and gouerneth all thinges and indueth them with his power therefore this one Godheade for the vertue and excellencie of his workes is called by diuers names and reuealed vnto vs by manie notable termes bothe among the Hebrues and also among other nations to whome anie knowledge of his deitie happened to come So in the holie Bible hee is called Iehoua El Eloim Adonai Emanuel all which doe signifie a certaine peculiar force and vertue and do giue great power to God which hee sheweth in thinges of this worlde Wherefore when hee propounded the preceptes of the Lawe to the Iewes to bee diligentlie obserued to the ende there might bee more authoritie and reuerence added to it 〈◊〉 20 〈◊〉 5 hee saieth I am I choua the Lorde thy GOD which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt and out of the house of bondage thou shalt haue non other Gods before me By which holie and wonderfull name hee taketh to himselfe the rule and gouernement of all thinges that haue their being For seeing hee is the fountaine and welspring of all thinges in this worlde and he onely of himselfe giueth the force of being to all thinges therefore is it meete that all men shoulde bee obedient to his commaundements and submit themselues to his Lawes and looke for no other helpe of their saluation from anie thing nor turne themselues to any other God then to him that hath his beginning frō euerlasting which the Hebrues call Iehoua the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Latines existens and the lowe Dutch Een cewich Goddeliick wesen and wee God Therefore the name of this diuine essence is taken from manie thinges from the first and euerlasting power and force of beeing eternitie magnificence maiestie rule and empire to whome all thinges obey and by whome all thinges were made and are guided by his great prouidence Hee also taketh his name from peace meekenesse and clemencie that he vseth towardes mankinde Ose 3 Iole 2 Naum. 1 who in affliction and sorrowe craue his helpe and aide For El the Hebrue worde doth expresse the mercie of GOD ioyned with iustice wherewith hee vpholdeth and defendeth the godlie and punisheth the wicked or by putting them in feare reclaimeth them from sinne Naum. 2 Ose 11 Also from the light whereby hee driueth away the darkenesse errours and clowdes of the mind and inlightneth the ignoraunt with the brightnesse of his knowledge and trueth For thus saith Christ Iohn ● I am the light of the worlde whosoeuer followeth me shall not walke in darkenesse Also from fire wherewith hee kindleth and inflameth the godly with the loue of god linesse and indueth their minds with wholesome and linely doctrine Deut. 4 Hebru 13 Mich. 6 Ose 2 but the aduersaries and such as shewe no reuerence nor feare to God hee consumeth and bringeth to nothing as the sire doeth drie wood or straw Wherfore Moses and Paul do reuerently and religiously exhort vs to worship God to the end we may bee acceptable to him for saith hee God is a consuming fire therefore let euerie one carrie himselfe reuerentlie towardes him Then is also a name giuen vnto God from the bountie and liberality which hee vseth towardes those that are his whome hee will not suffer to be oppressed with pouertie nor pine awaie through want but prouideth plentifullie for them and aboundauntlie bestoweth all thinges needefull for their vse both externall for the bodie and internall peace and quietnesse of