Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	baptism_n	ghost_n	holy_a	19,371	5	6.1968	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08002	A commemoration of the inestimable graces and benefites of God, infused through the bryght lyght of the knowledge of his holy word, in our most dradde soueraigne lorde Henry the eyght, by the grace of God kyng of Englande and of Fraunce, defender of the the fayth, lorde of Irelande, and in erth the supreme heed next and immediate vnder Christe of the Churche of Englande, with hartye prayse and thankes gyuyng vnto God for the same, / composed uppon the glad prophecy and ioyefull psalme of Benedictus dominus deus Israel. &c..	Pylbarough, John.	1540 (1540)	STC 20521; ESTC S94811	17,194	36

after he was called and yet dyed moste myserably And therefore as Christe saith perseuer in goodnes and thou shalt be sure to be saued by Christis deth Let vs then hauing continually before the eies of our hartes the vnspekeable goodnes and mercy of god shewed vnto vs through the lyght of his most holy worde not onely serue and honour him our selfe in perfecte holynes and rightuousnesse before hym all our dayes but so shewe and sette forthe vnto out chyldren and suche other as we haue in charge vnder god howe great thinges god hath doone for vs newe Israelites that they also and frome generation to generation maye lyke wyse serue and honour hym for euer more ¶ Et tu puer propheta altissimi uocaberis preibis enim ante faciē domini parare uias eius Ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi eius in remissionem peccatorū eorum Per uiscera misericordie dei nostri in quibus uisitauit nos oriens ex alto Illuminare his qui in tenebris in umbra mortis sedent ad dirigendos pedes nostros in uiam pacis LYKE AS ZACHARIE after that he had prophecied set forthe Christes incarnation the moste comfortable helth saluation of mans soule and lauded praysed god therfore he dyd also prophecienge set forthe the graciouse qualities of his yonge sonne Iohn for as moche as he Et tu puer ꝓ pheta altiss● mi uocaberis Prçibis en● ante faciem domini parare uias eius then knewe hym by the remembraunce of the reuelation of the angell before he was conceyued to be a necessary minister appoynted of god and therfore called hym the prophete of the mooste hyghest god to go before hym to make redy his ways and to do other diuine ministeries for him It is conuenient also that we nowe that Christe is playnely and truely by his holy worde shewed and set forth vnto vs and as he were newe borne agayne for vs with all hartye good wyll and mynd shuld auance into perpetual fame our said moste soueraygne lorde the kynges moste excellent maiestie whom by very expert perception of most godly commodities we know nowe to be a necessary minister of god for our both bodely and gostly helthe And as it was shewed by the aungell that many shulde reioyse in Iohns natiuitie euen so haue we great ioye through the light of goddes holy worde in the mooste ryghtuouse restitution of his godlye title power and mynystery ouer vs wherof he and his most noble progenitours haue be long by vsurpation depriued And beinge also replete with the grace of god both after the interpretatiō of the name of Iohn and his graciouse antecellent vertues resembled to Iohns and for his blessed trauayle in true settynge forthe his lorde and maister Christe maye be and ought to be estemed of vs an other Iohn Baptist and holy prophete of the mooste hyghest god In whose syght by his godly minystration his highnes gothe before hym to make redy and playne his wayes in the soules of vs his regenerate people of Israell commytted by hym to his charge whose hyghnes also declarynge the true Ad dandā scientiā salutis plebi eius difference betwene the very ryght and pryncypall thynges perteynynge to our saluation and thaccidentall laudable ceremonies and rites not perteynynge necessarylye to our saluation lyke as Iohn Baptist putteth difference betwene his baptisme of penaunce in water onely and Christes baptisme in the holy goste affyrmynge his baptisme to gyue neyther remission of synne nor spiritual grace but Christes baptisme to gyue them bothe abundantely dothe gyue vnto vs by the syncere preachynge and settyng forth of the most comfortable gospelle knowlege and vnderstandynge In remissionē peccatorum eorum of the helthe of our saluation whiche is Christ the only remytter and pardoner of sinne throughe the tendernes of goddes holy mercy towardes Per uiscera misericordie dei nostri in quibus uisitauit nos oriens ex alto Zacha. 6. Psal 77. Illuminare his qui in tenebris in umbra mortis sedent ad dirigendos pedes nostros in uiam pacis vs. And not by any other meanes or sacrifice then by the deathe of Christ which for the nones came from aboue lyke a spryngynge light of iustice to lyght vs whiche satte and abode lōg both in the darknes of the ignorance of god in the shadowe of deth which folowid vs euery where for our synne And to directe and leade the fete of our soules from the obstinate rebelliouse generation of our forefathers whose hartes were not directe vnto god nor theyr spiryte beleuynge in god but rather in mennes traditions and fictions besydes Christes gospell into the waye of gostly workes of ryghtuousnes before god whiche is peace with god to whom be eternall glory prayse and empire for his before rehersed inenarrable graces and benefytes infused in our sayde moste soueraygne lorde wherof he hath also imparted vnto vs so plentyfully that thrughe the bryght lyght of goddes moste holy worde we be bothe borne agayne a peculiar fortunate and blessed people of god in pure knowlege of hym and also delyuered from the horrible captyue thraldome of our moste cruell and tyrannous enmies the dyuell and the byshoppe of Rome Desyryng yet also goddes infinite goodnes so to illumyne with his holy word other temporal prynces and rulers and theyr people whiche yet sytte in lyke darkenes and shadowe of deathe as we dyd bycause god hath not shewed nor opened his iugementes Psal 147. vnto them lykewyse as he hath done vnto vs that they with vs and we with theym all vsurped power the only rote of discorde betwene and in all nations and of all other abhominations growen therby clerely extincte myght participate the aforesayde godly ryghtuousenes and peace with god As one heuenly flocke vnder one moste chiefe herdeman Chryste commytted by hym to the sondrye charge and gouernaunce of kynges prynces and other temporall rulars vppon erthe And fynally hauynge a continual deuoute meditation of goddes sayd graces and benefytes Let vs diligently in mooste harty wyse according to Pauls exhortation in this behalfe praye vnto god for the moste ioyfull prosperytie Tim. 2. and longe good helthe of our sayde mooste soueraygne lorde the kynge the moste gracious lady quene Anne his moste lawfull noble wyfe and the moste noble Prynce Edwarde his moste lauful sonne and heyre apparant and vnto vs most excellent preciouse tewel treasure And that god wyll vouchsafe bothe to adde vnto eyther of the termes of theyr lyues prefinite and appointed as he added vnto the good Ezechias and also grant that the sayde Prince may late longe succede his Ezec. 38. sayde moste noble father bothe in kyngdomeand graciouse vertues with increace of chyldren to them bothe also Vsque in consummationem seculi And after this worldely reygne celestially to reygne with god Amen FINIS LONDINI in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum