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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	speak_v	true_a	word_n	8,834	5	4.4618	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15621	An A.B.C. for layemen, othervvise called, the lay-mans letters An alphabet for lay-men, deliuering vnto them such lessons as the holy Ghost teaches them in the worde, by thinges sensible, very necessary to be diligently considered.	Wither, George, 1540-1605.	1585 (1585)	STC 25888; ESTC S101869	82,014	180

for y t the● haue light to direct them by so they that direc● thē selues in their calling by the light of y e wor● goe aright and vpright because God doth giue them Therefore it is sometimes vsed for know●ledge gotten by reading and hearing the wor● preached Thirdly the day of the Lorde shall no● come soudenly and vnlooked for vppon the chil●dren of light stealing vppon them as it were theefe in y e night for y t they be endued with god●ly knowledge and therefore liue in continua● expectation of his comming and watch lookin● for it Lastly we are to exhort one another whil● it is called to daye and also to obey them 〈◊〉 whome God doth speake to day both because 〈◊〉 knowe not whether hee will speake to vs any more and also least we be excluded out of his 〈◊〉 as our Fathers were Darknesse THe Darknesse of dongeons in prisons where prisoners are voide and destitute of all comfort doth shadowe vnto vs the terriblenesse and fearfulnesse of Hell The workes of darknesse are so called either of ignoraunce of the doer which the Darknesse of the minde causeth or because they are commonly done in the night or closely out of sight or else because the dooers of them dare not and loue not to come to try their doings by the light of the Word or else because the rulers of the Darknesse of this worlde worke them in the reprobate Darknesse should make vs remember what we somtime were and what we be now called vnto and how we should therefore walke and lead our liues leaste wee declare our selues to be vnfaithfull and shewe that wee loue Darknesse better then light which is flat damnation Dawbers AS Dawbers that dawbe Walles with Morter which was neuer tempered cannot make those walles continue for that the morter crumbleth away So false and lying Prophetes that speake in the name of the Lord that which he neuer commaunded them can not make their wordes true or to come to passe as they haue promised Death THe death of all men doth admonish vs of the trueth and constancie of gods worde and how certayne that is which he once hath vttered The Death of the godly which yeelde their soules to god ioyfully shoulde make vs consider y t though death be the last enimy that shall be destroyed that is to say abolished yet he is already swallowed vp by our Sauiour Christe in victory and his sting taken away and so after a sort for euer destroyed because his power of hurting and harming Gods people is taken from him When righteous and mercifull men dye and are taken of the earth It is time for vs to looke for euilles which God will sende vppon vs for our sinnes from the sight and greefe of which God hath taken them away By this that all men dye wee are taught that all men are sinners When we see howe harde a thing it is for a man bee hee neuer so good or so welbeloued to finde another man to suffer Death for him We are to consider the vnmeasurablenesse of the loue of Christe who died for vs not onely when we were moste sinfull wretches but also moste spitefull enemies to him Further death shoulde teache vs to dye to sinne As the bandes of matrimony are set free by the Death of one of the married couple So are we by Christe made deade to the Law and freeed from the yoke seruitude and bondage of it When wee see God plague vs with the sicknesse and Death of greate numbers Then are we to enter into our selues diligently to spie the cause thereof And especially to looke whether our grosse contempt of the Worde and vnreuerent abusing of the sacrament haue not procured the same Deade men can doe nothing that liuing men should doe So when we are deade in sinne wee coulde doe none of those thinges which declare and shewe foorth our life in Christe As great a myracle therefore as it is for deade men to bee raised againe So is the chaunge that Christe hath made in those that be his Christe by dying not onely ouercame death but also him that had Lordshippe ouer Death that is the Diuell and that to this ende that Death now shoulde be no more fearefull and terrible to vs. Defence ALl outwarde means of Defence when men passing by God put their confidence in them are but vaine As Siluer Golde Horses Charriots high Towres strong Walles victualles ●trong men valiant captayns honorable persons ●age graue couneellers c. Put not therefore ●our trust in princes nor in y e sonnes of men for ●n thē ther is no help But know y t he is accursed that maketh flesh his arme Therefore though some trust in Chariots and others in Horses yet the people of God aduaunce their standerdes in the name of the Lorde And when their mighty enemies are brought downe and fallen they rise and stande vpright Dewe AS the morning Dewe soone after the sonne rising vanisheth away So the strength glory prosperity and pride of the Idolaters is by God soone brought to naught Debters IF we when we haue poore and needy debters pitying their pouerty do forgiue their debtes and then thinke that by good right we may challenge loue and the more loue where we haue moste forgiuen then are wee to thinke howe much and how deepely we are bounde to loue Christ by whom so manye and so great thinges are forgiuen vs. Dearth DEarth is procured to countries and nations by their great and grieuous offences especially by Idolatry whereof we haue example in the dayes of king Achab next by periury as appeared in the dayes of King Dauid three and ready to kicke against their keepers so is it with very manye men the more temporall blessinges and worldly commodities God heapeth vppon them the more they kicke againste him and will be the lesse ruled by his Ministers and Word Father THe naturall pietie and compassion that Fathers and mothers haue towardes their infants doth teach vs how much greater the compassion of our heauenly Father is towardes vs his children And if our Parents are ready to giue their infantes good thinges when they begge or craue then much rather we shall be denyed nothing if we in faith do begge and craue of God And if Parents be carefull according to their abilitie to prouide thinges needfull for their children how can we want any thing at the handes of our GOD which he knoweth to be good and needfull for vs Also Christe hath therefore in praying taught vs to to call him father that we might be admonished to come with such reuerence as Children owe vnto their Fathers that we come not in confidence of our selues or anye thing in vs but in confidence of his mediation by whom in whom we are made the

how euill a ring or Iewell of golde becommeth the filthy snowt of a swine that is alwayes rooting in the durt and mier so vncomely is beauty to a woman that hath not wit nor discretion to behaue her selfe Iron AS with Iron tooles sharpe Weapons are made of Iron so doth one Friend helpe to sharpen encourage and enbolden the face of an other King IT is folly for a king to put his trust in the multitude of his host and army The death of kinges and Princes sheweth vs how vaine a thing it is for vs to put our trust in men or in the sonnes of men for there is none helpe in them for their breath departeth they dye and tourne againe to their earth and then their thoughts perish If a King will see euill and wickednesse driuen and chased away out of his realme and land he must seuerely punish the wicked Yet he must mingle mercy with iustice for mercy shall establishe his throne He must also haue an especiall care to defend the poore in truth for that is an other mean to vphold him in his kingdom He must abstaine from the loue of giftes for otherwise he shall destroy his countrye He must meruailously take heede of giuing eare to vntruthes otherwise he shall be sure to haue wicked seruauntes When drosse is taken away from Siluer there proceedeth a vessell for the finer so take away the wicked from the king and his throne shall be established in righteousnesse As the height of heauens and the deepnesse of earth so the kings heart is vnsearcheable Yet his heart is in the hande of God he turneth it which way so euer it pleaseth him A poore childe that is wise is better then an old foolishe king that can not abide to be admonished or counselled For out of prison he commeth foorth to raigne when he that is borne in a kingdome commeth to pouerty and misery Woe to the land where the king is as a child without wisdome and where the Princes and Rulers giue them selues altogeather to voluptuousnesse and pleasures But happy is that land whose king God hath endued with celestiall wisedome and all graces meet for gouernment We must beware of speaking euill or thinking euill of princes For though we doe it neuer so secreatly it cannot be kept close So necessary as breath and life is for the body so be good kinges and Princes for their people and common wealth Thogh kinges and princes sometimes conspire against Christ to destroy the Church and to quench the light of the Gospell yet we are assured that all they can do nothing but whatsoeuer Gods hande and counsell had afore hande determined to bee done The king is the minister of God to take vengeaunce on them that doe euill Therefore let euill doers be afrayde of him for he beareth not the swoorde for naught Finally the king must haue Gods booke continually with him therein for his continuall direction he must read all the dayes of his life Labourers WHen we see painfull l●bourers if we bee ministers we shoulde by their example learne what paines we ought to bestowe vppon Gods flock if we be common persons wee are in them to viewe the care and paine that vigilant pastors take for vs and to consider howe worthy they are of their reward Againe when wee see eyther for want of labourers or by negligence of those which are set on work thinges doe perishe and be lost then we shoulde consider howe many thousands of soules are in daunger of perishing for want of painefull and carefull ministers and should earnestly call vpon God to thrust out laborers into his haruest Further the viewe of labourers sweating toyling and taking paines shoulde put vs in minde whereunto we are borne and also that that there is a penalty laid vpon men by God in the sweat of their browes to eate their bread To the painfull labourer sleepe is sweete whether hee eateth much or little Hee that for neede stole let him steal no more but let him labour with his hands the thing which is good that he may both eate his owne bread and also be able to giue to him that needeth Lambe WIth such patience and meeknes as a lamb is carried to the slaughter with such are the Prophets and preachers of God brought by the wicked to most cruell death For his meeknesse and innocency wherein a lambe resembleth him Christe is called the lambe of God which taketh away the sinnes of the worlde And because that as a lamb is dumbe before his shearer so hee was led to the slaughter not opening his mouth Lying AS vncomely as magnificall talke is for a poore foole so vnmeeete is lying and vntrue talke for a Prince As the deuil is the father of lies so lying is an euident token of his Children The grosse and apparant lies commonly beleeued and receiued in Popery is a manifest token of Gods iust vengeaunce vppon them to their damnation that they are giuen ouer to beleeue lies because they receiued not the loue of the trueth which punishment wee see howe it lighted vpon the Iewes whose Prophetes preached lies and the people delighted therein Who soeuer loueth or maketh lies shall neuer enter into the gates of the Heauenlye and Celestiall Ierusalem but shall haue their part and portion in the Lake which burneth with fier and Brimstome Yet wee may complaine with Dauid that there is not a godly man left and that the faythfull doe fayle from amongest the children of men Lyar. THe eares of the wicked are alwaies open to the lippes of liars and Liars are glad to hearken to the tongues of them that are accustomed to lies yet we are commaunded to flie from lying because it is amongest the things that God abhorreth Therefore we are earnestly to request at Gods handes to remooue farre from vs vanities and lies and to teach vs to speak the trueth euery man to his neighbour Lightning SO quicklye as the Lightning in the East is seene vnto the Weste so sodainely shall Christe appeare vnto the whole worlde at his second comming Light AS a dark or dimme light which a man can not discerne any thing by nor vse to his benefite but is ready so soone as it is stirred to goe quite out so is the prosperity of the wicked but God is the light of his and giueth them eyes and wisedome to eschue all the perilles and dangers of their spirituall enimies As men in the night because of the darknesse vse Lanterne and Lights that they may see their way so we ought in this blinde darke and ignoraunt world to vse the Worde as a Lanterne vnto our feete and a light to our steppes that wee may walke in those wayes that God hath prouided for vs to walke in For