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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	great_a	see_v	word_n	4,006	5	3.7673	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02028	The application of scripture. Or The maner how to vse the word to most edifying. By Thomas Granger preacher of the word at Botterwike in Holland, neere Boston, in Lincolnshire	Granger, Thomas, b. 1578.	1616 (1616)	STC 12175; ESTC S114983	17,143	32

them Answ Satan indeede by his messengers dare not admonish dehort or reprehend great ones because it would hinder the building vp of his kingdome and turne soules away from him therefore doth he by his messengers sooth and flatter them as he did Ahab Iezabell Ieroboam and such like false Prophets there hath euer beene and euer will be which at the very instant of visitation and destruction shall crie Peace Peace there shall be prosperitie health libertie and plentie all shall be well But contrarily the King of Kings and Lord of Lords dare admonish dehort and reproue all men liuing in the world by his messengers It is not they but the Lord by his owne word that admonisheth and reproueth and who dare be bold to resist the word of the Lord in whose presence the greatest potentate of the earth is but dust and ashes The wrath of the King saith Salomon is as the roaring of a Lion much more the wrath of the Lord who tormenteth not onely the body but casteth body and soule into hell fire Againe where it is obiected that they haue vnderstanding knowledge and learning heare what Ier. 5. 4. 5. Ieremie saith Ier. 5. 4. 5. Surely they are poore they are foolish for they know not the way of the Lord nor the iudgement of their God 5. I will ge● mee to the great men and will speake to them for they haue knowne the way of the Lord and the iudgement of their God but these haue altogether broken the yoake and burst the bonds a sunder Riches and honours are strong temptors and Sathan is there most busie therefore saith Salomon let mee not be too rich least I forget thee If Sathan be most busie there then the word of the Lord had neede to be most plentifull there for Sathan neither can nor will haue any nay resistance or reproofe but by the word of the Lord it is that onely that bindeth Sathan else bee will beare rule wheresoeuer hee commeth Againe where riches and honours are there are or at leastwise would be soothers and flatterers Amaziahs and Doeggs Sathans instruments and inueiglers to bend and turne riches honours power and learning yea all gifts and blessings against God against his Church and the faithfull that in the fall of them Sathans kingdome may be erected and set vp in the earth who euer since the Lord threw him downe from heauen seeketh like a rebell and vsurper to thrust the Lord out of the earth to which he layeth Luk. 4. 6. claime and whereof he maketh open challenge Luk. 4. 6. All this power will I giue thee and the glory of these Kingdomes if thou wilt fall downe and worship me where he maketh himselfe Lord and disposer of the earth and all worldly things Now if riches honours and powers be followed vpon with tempting Amaziahs Doeggs Zedkijahs and such like if they see any way laid open for them how great neede is there of the word Lord and the particular application thereof in plainenesse vprightnesse truth and sinceritie to encounter the sophistrie and particular temptations of Sathan Marke this one thing Sathans word to wit his temptations and prouocations are very strong and powerfull For first he deales with men in particular Againe he prouoketh them but to that to which they are themselues inclined Thirdly his messengers and all his instruments are deceitfull workers like himselfe cunning to humour please and to flatter men thereby to blinde their eyes and to corrupt their iudgements that in doing euill they might not know what to doe Now if we contrarily shall handle the word generally and doubtfully and also mans nature being so blinded with selfe-loue as it can make no vse thereof for it owne conuersion and reformation what great aduantage giue we to Sathan we shall stand as it were like fooles talking of by-matters and pleasing our selues with our prattle whiles the old crafty foxe the olde beaten souldiour steales away Gods sheepe the soules committed to our keeping and feeding out of our hands whereas like faithfull shepheards we should giue him the encounter according to Ephes 6. 12. the onset Ephes 6 12. Doth Sathan deale with men in particular to subuert them how much more then should we deale particularly with them I meane not to particularite mens faults in publike but in loue to giue priuate instruction exhortation counsell admonition which is too little vsed now a daies yea we haue runne out so farre from that Antichristian auricular confession as that we are fallen into the contrary extremitie like them that auoyding the rocke Scylla fall into the gulfe Charibdis and as fooles that shunning one vice runne into the contrarie vice hauing no wisedome nor discretion to keepe a meane Euen so now is the whole worke of the Ministerie in many places brought to a meere formalitie of a generall and roauing sermon on the Sabbath day and what they haue heard they know not neither can make any vse thereof but for any other matter the people neither regard their Pastour nor the Pastour the People vnlesse in Tithes gathering and looking well to haue all his due which to say the truth this deuouring and Epicurish age thirsteth rather after then after the foode of their soules Sathan in these daies changing the sheepe into wolues as in former daies he changed the shepheards into wolues Hereupon commeth this generall ignorance of the worke of the Ministerie in most people hereupon commeth the contempt of the person of the Minister hereupon commeth this light regard of the word preached hereupon commeth this petulancie stubbornenesse and wildenesse as I may say of young people prophanenesse of old people of all sorts yea vpon this cause commeth this generall corruption of manners and Epicurish liuing To conclude this point if we doe consider with our selues how the men of God dealt personally with Kings Princes false-prophets and Priests as Eliah with Ahab Elisha with Iehoram Ieremie with Pashur Amos with Amaziah Micah with Zidkijah Iohn the Baptist with Herod our Sauiour Chrst with the Scribes and Pharisees Stephen with the high Priests and Elders Peter with the people of the Iewes Saint Paul with the Apostle Peter and the same Apostle with Elimas and the high Piest we haue great incouragement and confidence giuen vs to apply the Scriptures to the corruption of the times to the worlds end which is onely the true and profitable preaching such as the Lord hath commanded yea if wee shall also consider the plainenesse vprightnesse sobrietie deuotion humilitie and reuerence to Gods word of Christians in the primitiue Church comparing our selues I say with them we shall finde our selues too generally to be but slippes and counterfeits rather the Apes of good Christians then good Christians indeede being full of pride dissimu ation and craft commonly tearmed pollicie full of intemperancie mockers of true deuotion stubborne and wilfull full of subtiltie to serue our owne worldly turnes and vses of the word it selfe But