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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	pomp_n	renounce_v	vanity_n	3,174	5	10.1762	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37053	A sermon preached before the Artillery Company at St. Andrews Vndershaft, August the 30th 1670 and at their earnest request, published / by William Durham.	Durham, William, d. 1686.	1671 (1671)	Wing D2833; ESTC R232861	14,278	37

Psalm 18.29 We never go forth in our own strength but we are worsted seldome in his but we prevail It was by his help that David leapt over the wall i.e. conquered all difficulties when his Enemies thrust sore at him that he might fall God was his strength Psalm 118.30 and that supported him There 's no man more obliged to prayer then the Soldier because none conflicts with greater difficulties and dangers therefore above all men they ought to continue in prayer and watch in the same with thanksgiving That 's the first part of a Soldiers Duty Watch. Coll. 4.2 2. We come to the second Stand fast in the Faith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The word imports a firm and stable standing it behoves the Soldier to keep his ground to stand stoutly to it and rather then fly to dye upon the Turf A duty then which nothing is more frequently commanded to a Christian Soldier Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free Stand fast in one spirit Gal 5.1 1. Phil 21.1 Thes 3.8 Stand fast in the Lord. And here Stand fast in the Faith 1. In fide Deodata In that Faith which ye have given and plighted to God There was among the Romans a Military Oath given to all their Soldiers obliging them to be faithfull to their Generals and their Cause We have all of us taken Sacramentum Militiae Our Baptismal vow ingages us to be faithful Soldiers to God and to renounce the World the Flesh and the Devil Contestamur nos Diabolo renuntiare pompae Angelis suis says Tertull. We have made our publick protestation and solemnly abjured the delights of the Flesh the Pomps and Vanities of the World with the Devil and all his works and all this we are ingaged to not only by promise but by a solemne Vow made to God before Angels and Men we were not only unjust but forsworn if we should not keep it Remember that the Oath of God is upon you Who is more odious then a Renegado who is sentenced as a Skellum and hang'd in effigie What greater persidiousness then for a Soldier transire in castra inimicorum to run from his Colours into the Enemies Camp and to become a Soldier and Vassal to them 1 Sam 22.7 whom he hath solemnly abjured What Saul said once to his People Can the Son of Jesse give you Vineyards and make you Captains of thousands I may say on better grounds Can the Devil give such rewards as God can that you forsake God to serve him What will you answer when the Devil shall plead with Christ for your souls at the last day as Saint Cyprian brings him in pleading his title to those who profest themselves Christians and lived not answerable to their profession the Question was Whose they were Gods or the Devils and to whom they did belong The Devil he urges Lord they say that thou art a righteous Judge and I appeal to thine owne Judgment whose these Souls are thine or mine for my part Non crucem pectuli non cruorem fudi non coelum promisi c. I never suffered upon the Cross for these men never shed one drop of blood for them never promised them Heaven nor did they ever promise or ingage to be my Servants All those things thou hast done for them and this they have done to thee Yet no sooner could I hold up my finger but they would break all thy Laws forget all their Vows and Obligations and serve me before thee Be thou thy self a just Judge and give sentence whose they are Thine or Mine Consider I beseech you what defence you can make against such a Plea 2. Stand fast In fide a Deo accepta In the Faith that was once delivered to the Saints This is that which is chiefly meant in all the former Scriptures and which Saint Jude bids us earnestly to contend for Verse 3. Be ye stedfast and unmoveable saith Saint Paul as to points of Faith and as to matters of practice 1 Cor. 15. Ult. alwayes abounding in the work of the Lord this is that he presses on the Ephesians Ch. 4.14 that they be not as Children tost up and down by every wind of Doctrine by the slight of men and canning craftiness whereby they lye in wait to deceive but grow up into him in all things who is the head even Christ I have read of one Philetas Symsons Cron ●ad An. Mundi 3721. an excellent Poet and Critick who flourisht in the dayes of Alexander the Great and was School-Master to Ptolomeus Philadelphus that great Lover and Advancer of Learning that he was so thin and spare of body that he was fain to sole his Shoes with thick Plates of Lead least every puff of wind should overturn him How many are there that want such a poise and ballance in matters of Religion Perfect Moons-Men who hardly appear two days in the same shape of the same mind Now they are of this perswasion then of that at last of none they begin in Scepticism and which is the genuine product end in Atheism But for you being rooted and grounded in the Truth and the Love of it hold fast the profession of your Faith firm unto the end But We must take notice that 't is not to be obstinate in an Heresie to be stiff in a Schism that 's here injoyned us A man may be stedfast in his owne opinion peremptory for his Party and yet fall short of this Duty nay if he happen to be in the wrong the more tenacious he is the greater is his sin Constancy is an excellent thing if well placed Perseverance an excellent Grace but must still be ingaged in that which is good 'T is no commendation to an old-Thief that he will not be reclaimed from his former courses and company Nor do I value the sufferings of a Romish Priest though he hath the hardiness to dye at Tyburne he is not punisht for obeying God but for disobeying the just Lawes of his lawfull Prince 1 Pet. 4.15 A man may suffer as a Busie-body or as an Euil-doer and he hath the amends in his own hands he hath his reward 'T is in vain to talk of sufferings unless the Cause will bear it 't is not the suffering but the Cause that makes the Martyr 3. Stand fast 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in that Order Place and Station wherein you are set by your Great General which I add because I find it joyned with stedfastness of Faith Col. 2.5 And the Apostle was much pleased to observe their Order as well as their Stedfastness in the Faith Elsewhere we find him troubled to see some that did walk disorderly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Thes 3.6 'T is a Military word they kept not Rank and File nor regarded the Word of Command as Soldiers are obliged to do a Nihil magis in acis custodiendum est quam ut omnes milites