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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	peace_n	spirit_n	unity_n	1,812	5	8.9331	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00686	A briefe conference betwixt mans frailtie and faith wherein is declared the true vse, and comfort of those blessings pronounced by Christ in the fifth of Matthew, that euery Christian man and woman ought to make and take hold of in their seuerall tentations and conflicts: laide downe in this plaine order of dialogue, to helpe, if it please God, the conceit and feeling of the simplest. By Geruase Babington.	Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610.	1584 (1584)	STC 1082; ESTC S108359	56,099	166

heare the Lorde I say that neuer lied Blessed are the pure in hart for they shal see God you heare his seruant Dauid againe Blessed is that man in whose spirit there is no guile no guile I say againe and the Lord giue vs strength Against discouragement from peacemaking the seuenth temptation YOur next complaint is of slackenesse that créepeth vpon you daily more and more in laboring to pacifie disagréeing neighbors against which your conscience crieth and indéede with cause for it is a great offence hatefull to God and hurtfull to the common wealth in generall and to manie a man in seuerall But in the name of God Frailtie strengthen your selfe by an earnest consideration of the great excellencie of that Christian vertue of peace and vnitie and fix not your eie so much vppon the acceptaunce of men that haue euer had their corruptions and euer wil. The vertue you shall finde in verie high degrée commended vnto men by the holy scriptures of God in many places and by manie arguments but I will referre the noting and naming of them to your owne diligence and content my selfe in a short spéech with a verie fewe Beginning first with that notable Psalme of the Prophet Dauid wholie spent in this matter Where the first argument is this That which is good ought euer greatly to be regarded and maintained amongst men but much more if it both be good pleasant too for these both do not euer concurre together But such a thing is peace and loue amongest men For beholde howe good and pleasant a thing it is brethren to dwell together in vnitie behold I say and euen marke it earnestly Therefore it ought to be regarded and maintened euer to the vttermost of our powers amongst vs. His second argument is this that which casteth a comfort from it like the precious ointment that was appointed for the priests of the Lorde Aaron and his successors and euen such a comfort as that ointment hath when it is not sparingly dropped but euen plentifully powred and so plentifully as that it runneth down euen from the top of the head to the skirts of his clothing that is a notable thing amongst men and by all meanes to be retained and sought but this is peace and vnitie loue and agréement amongst them Therefore to be regarded and maintained greatly His third argumēt is this That which being had is to men as the dew descending from the mountains to y e ground and being wanting is as the want of moisture to the earth that is thrice néedefull gainefull and good to men but such is vnitie peace and loue euen like the dew of Hermon that fell vpon the hill of Sion Therefore to be regarded and maintained greatly His last and not his least argument wherewith hée endeth both this matter and that Psalme withall is this That which pulleth vppon men euen all the temporall blessings of God and life for euermore that is a thousand times profitable both to them and theirs but such saith the prophet is peace and vnitie loue and agréement amongst men therefore to be regarded and maintained greatly Thus you sée one mans iudgement and that such a mans as had abundance of Gods most blessed spirite to direct his heart to thinke and penne to write and as in trueth was euerie waie then renowmed and now remaineth by the Lord himselfe in high degrée aboue others commended to vs. Unto whome if you adde some other Scriptures you shall more peraduenture be cōfirmed with diuersitie though this indéede were sufficient Consider therefore also those often repetitions of Christ in the gospell My peace I giue to you my peace I leaue with you loue one an other for this is my commandement that you loue one an other as I haue loued you and hereby shall men know that you are my disciples if you loue one an other yea a new commandement I giue you that you loue one an other Woulde euer the Lorde Jesus haue thus gone ouer and ouer it againe and iterated charge vpon charge in this order if it had not béen a most excellent vertue in euerie countrey towne and house loue and agréement Marke againe that most earnest exhortation of the Apostle Paule vnto the same in his epistle to the Ephesians desiring them in his bondes for the Lordes cause that they would support one an other thorowe loue indeuoring to keepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bonde of peace And why For there is one bodie and one spirite one hope of calling one Lorde one faith one baptisme one God and father of all c. A most vehement and vrging reason if I should folowe it and laie it plainer open And marke a multitude of other places to the same conclusion which assuredly the Lorde would neuer haue vttered but that the price of peace vnitie and loue is verie precious in his eyes and to all estates a most soueraigne good in the worlde Sée also howe sensiblie thinges in nature carie vs to this consideration For by experience we finde it that if the heauens agrée to moysten the earth and the earth being moystened to giue her increase we are all the better for their vnitie and if they should but euen a litle while either of them denie his office quickly and greatly should we féele the smart of it also Therefore iudge by this the fruite of good agréement Againe if the humors in mens bodies be at an agréement not one aboue an other but verie equally as is best proportioned and mixed all the whole bodie is comfortable prospereth and doth well but if once any one aboundeth or wanteth and their swéete harmonie is broken then by and by the whole bodie féeleth it and if a reconciliation be not made with conuenient spéede it perisheth Therefore iudge by this the fruit of good agréement Againe if the members of the bodie well agrée to doe their seuerall duties all is well but if either eye denie to guide foote to goe hande to reach stomacke to digest or so foorth streight the whole bodie falleth to hurt And therefore sée by this the fruite of good agréement Last of all euen in musicall instrumentes marke how well we like the noyse so long as euerie string doth kéepe his iust proportion how presently we stop our eares from hearing if any one be out of tune twitched vp too high or let downe too lowe and all the musicke is marred All which and manie moe in nature sounde vnto vs and as they can deliuer it out that great is the fruite comfort and good of peace and loue amongst men and as great the euill as odious the sight if any one member in his own vaine conceite be twitched ouer high or negligently slacked ouer much whereby that fit proportion is not kept that euer soundeth sémeth swéet For then will followe assuredly ere the time bee long the proofe of Christ his spéeche A