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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	deed_n	light_n	manifest_a	2,272	5	9.7572	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10036	The doctrine of the sacrament of the Lords Supper handled. And plainely layd open out of the 1. Cor. 11. 23.24. &c. Wherein the nature of this sacrament is faithfully discussed, the matter of it, together with the necessity of often receiuing, truly declared; the words of consecration embowelled, and errours with the cauills of papists soundly confuted. By Richard Preston preacher of Gods word at Rushden in Northamptonshire.	Preston, Richard, d. ca. 1624.	1621 (1621)	STC 20283; ESTC S115177	102,646	398

and furely hee that dwelleth amongst them dwelleth amongst Diuells Rome is called an H●bitation of Di●●ells R●u 1● ● Vse 2 2 This may be a warning to all men that seeing treacherie is thus odious euen to take heed of it and to contain themselues in all bounds of loyalty towards those to whom they owe their duties then they shall giue cause of better speeches more loue and greater regard of their persons Againe the Apostle saith The night that he was betraied obseruing that Iudas tooke the time of darkenesse to practise his treachery Learne That It is the property of wicked men to obserue the closest times for wicked practises they loue holes and cornes that their mischeiuous proiects may bee kept secret and close Iudas takes his fit time of darkenes to worke the death of our Sauiour Iesus Christ he was loath that his ●●llo●● Apostles should bee acquainted ●●d with his intended treacherie which makes him go so s●●●●tly to worke And to ●●sist in some other particulars we shall see that it hath beene euermore the practise of all wicked men to employ themselues busily in most wicked and vngodly practises when they are priu●te or in dark So Paul doth testifie 1. Thes 5.7 that They who are drunken are drunken in the night and Iob saith Iob 24.15 That the Adulterer waites for the twilight The theefe steals in the night Mat. 13.3 The enemy soweth Tar●s when m●n are asleepe and murderers come in darknesse to w●●cke then malic● vpon their enemies c. 1 Their deedes are euill Reas 1. and they date not shew them openly like Owles vnder couert all day long but whē night comes they let them flye abroad like flinder mice and bold Backs in the aire Ioh. 3.20 Euery man saith the Euangelist that doeth euill hateth the light neither commeth to light lest his deedes should bee reprooued These euill doers are like bad shop-keepers that trade in naughty wares they commonly haue darke ware-houses and shops to keepe their ware in that the buyer might not discerne whether it be merchantable or vendible The vncleane person will not act his filthinesse in the brightnesse of the Sunne nor before any people no not before a little child lest he shold be discried and his vncleannesse made knowne Vse 1 1 This may serue to ouerthrow the practise of the Papists those Iesuit is all Friers 〈…〉 bellied Monkes that lye close in holes and corners in c●lls ●●ues and cloysters farre ●●●●p●●d from the society of ●●●s that they may set their wits on ●enter-hookes to ouerthrow the Church of God and destroy the Lords annoynted they pretend much good by their ●●●ke life and er●mit●call solitarinesse The yeare ●8 gunpouder plot when their heads ●●st out proiects for the destruction of Gods seruants Let their owne purposes speake for them how much good they intēded to bring to passe by their exemption from humane society This I dare speake for them that if the men of their confederacy Obad. 7. and they that were at peace with them h●●● not d●c●●●● them they had vtter●y d●stroyed v● and 〈◊〉 ●and and let me t●●● them that the Lord wil one day magnifie his iustice against them 〈◊〉 their ●●●●●tifull maintenance of their secret ●●●●●ons then neither th●● t●n ho●●s or Kings nor the seuen heads nor their power and bloody warres their Spanish Inquisition their ●assacres their two ●●aiterous ●olledges Buls and E●com●●nications not the Councell of Tr●nt Order of Iesult●s ●●gling of Images false miracles and Legends lies and equiuocations falsifying of authority and Cloyster policies will vphold their tottering state but down it must with al their props and be burnt with fire Reu. 17.16 Vse 2 2. This may be a terror to all wicked men that work mischief in the darkest night and closest place the Lord will one day lay open and discouer their close and mischeiuous practises when nothing shall be giuen them for their reward but horror shame and confusion of face Consisider this thou hypocrite thou parricide thou that giuest faire words but obseruest the times of darkenesse for the worke of mischiefe and to destroy thy best friend as Iudas did his Master the Lord hath taken notice of thy wickednesse and wil punish thee openly for it Consider this thou vnchaste and lecherous person An pudet id facere in conspectudes ac testibus Angelis quod nō pudet facere in conspe ●tu hominum Erasm that can●●● o● away with the light but takest thy pleasure in the closest hooks and darkest nights that blushest to sinne before men though not so in the sight of God the Lord will open thy sinne also and exclude thee out of the Kingdome of heauen 1. Cor. 6.3 Consider this you couetous Magistrates that take close bribes which for feare of the law you dare not bring to the light 1. Cor. 4.5 Ad Lunae ●umina visus eris The Lord that lightens things hidde in darkenesse will bring to light your bribing and close wicked dealing Yet let all sinners that haue hitherto committed sinne in secret consider that if they run with Sisera into some priuate house or with Adam into some secret bush or compasse themselues with the darke hangings of the bed or runne with Sarah behinde the dore or take the midnight with the theese yet the Lord will find them out and at the last day punish them in the view of the whole world Vse 3 3 This may teach vs to bring our works to light and not as Backes and Owles to bee ashamed of the day Oh let the light try our practises whether they bee sound and sincere and the people of God know them that we may not be ashamed of thē at the last day Ioh. 3.21 Hee that doeth truth comes to the light that his deedes might bee made manifest that they are wrought according to God If we should flye the face of God and take the night for a maske and darkenesse for a couering 1. Thes 5.5 walking not as children of the day but as children of the darkenesse the light of the day would vtterly shame vs and the beames of the Sunne would witnesse against vs. Oh therefore let vs so worke while it is yet day and neuer feare to bring all our workes to the triall of the day Let vs be bold in this Psal 139.23 and say with the Prophet Dauid O God try me and search my thoughts Thus much of the time of the institution of the Lords Supper now it remaineth to deliuer the matter and the manner of the institution which things wee shall the better know and learne if wee lay downe what a Sacrament it Definition of a sacrament Sacrificiū visibile inuisibilis sacrificij sacramentū Aug. de ciuit dei li. 10 c. 5. A Sacrament is a visible signe of an holy thing or a visible forme of an inuisible Grace but because in this briefe definition