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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	john_n	lord_n	thomas_n	8,453	5	8.1675	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30121	The advocateship of Jesus Christ clearly explained, and largely improved, for the benefit of all believers by John Bunyan ...	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5483; ESTC R32593	109,364	242

by how muc● God hath called his Son to Offices and Place● of trust by so much he hath heaped Dignitie● upon him 'T is said of Mordecai That he wa● next to the King Ahasuerus And what then Why then the Greatness of Mordecai his hig● Advance must be written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia Esth. 10.1 2 3. to the end his Fame might not be buried nor forgot but remembred and talked of in Generations to come Why my Brethren God hath exalted Jesus of Nazareth Hath made him the only great one having given him a Name above every Name A Name did I say a Name and Glory beyond all Names and above all Names a● doth witness both his being set above all and the many Offices which he executeth for God on behalf of his People 'T is counted no little Addition to Honour when Men are not only made near to the King but also intrusted with most if not almost with all the most weighty Affairs of the Kingdom Why this is the Dignity of Christ he is 't is true the natural Son of God and so high and one that abounds with Honour but this is not all God has conferred upon him as Man all the high and most mighty Honours of Heaven He hath made him Lord Mediator betwixt him and the World. This in general And particularly he hath called him to be his high Priest forever Heb. 7.21 22 23 24. and hath sworn he shall not be changed for another he hath accepted of his Offering once forever counting that there is wholly enough in what he did once to perfect forever them that are sanctified to wit set apart to Glory Heb. 10.11 12 13. He is Captain General of all the Forces that God hath in Heaven and Earth the King and Commander of his People Chap. 9.25 26. He is Lord of all and made Head over all things to the Church Eph. 1.22 and is our Advocate with the Father O the Exaltation of Jesus Christ Let Christians therefore in the first Place consider this Nor can it but be profitable to them if withal they consider that all this Trust and Honour is put and conferred upon him in Relation to the Advantage and Advancement of Christians If Christians do but consider the nearness that is 'twixt Christ and them and withal consider how he is exalted it must needs be matter of Comfort to them He is my Flesh and my Bone that is exalted it is my Friend and Brother that is thus set up and preferred 'T was something to the Jews when Mordecai was exalted to Honour they had thereby Ground to rejoice and be glad for that one of themselves was made the Lord Chief by the King and the great Governour of the Land for the good of his Kindred True when a Man thinks of Christ as severed from him he sees but little to his Comfort in Christ's Exaltation but when he looks upon Christ and can say my Saviour my Priest or the chief Bishop of my Soul then he will see much in his being thus promoted to Honour Consider then of the Glories to which God has exalted our Saviour in that he hath made him so high 'T is comely also when thou speakest of him that thou name his Name with some additional Title thereby to call thy Mind to the Remembrance and so to the greater Reverence of the Person of thy Jesus As our Lord Jesus our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the Apostle and High Priest of our Profession Christ Jesus 2 Pet. 2. 20. Heb. 3.1 c. Men write themselves by their Titles As John Earl of such a Place Anthony Earl of such a Place and Thomas Lord c. 'T is common also to call Men in great Places by their Titles rather than by their Names yea it also pleases such great ones well As my Lord High Chancellor of England my Lord Privy-Seal my Lord high Admiral c. And thus should Christians make mention of Jesus Christ our Lord adding to his Name some of his Titles of Honour specially since all Places of Trust and Titles of Honour conferred on him are of special Favour to us I did use to be much taken with one Sect of Christians for that it was usually their way when they made mention of the Name of Jesus to call him The blessed King of Glory Christians should do thus 't would do them good For why doth the Holy Ghost think you give him all these Titles but that we should call him by them and so make mention of him one to another For the very calling of him by this or that Title or Name belonging to this or that Office of his giveth us Occasion not only to think of him as exercising that Office but to enquire by the Word by Meditation and one of another what there is in that Office and what by his exercising of that the Lord Jesus profiteth his Church How will Men stand for that Honour that by Superiors is given to them expecting and using all things to wit Actions and Carriages so as that thereby their Grandure may be maintained And saith Christ ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am Joh. 13.13 Christ Jesus our Lord would have us exercise our selves in the Knowledge of his glorious Offices and Relative Titles because of the Advantage that we get by the Knowledge of them and the Reverence of and Love to him that they beget in our Hearts The Disciple saith the Text whom Jesus loved said unto Peter It is the Lord. And when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord He girt his Fishers Coat unto him for he was naked and did cast himself into the Sea And the other Disciples came in a little Ship to wit to Shore to wait upon their Lord Chap. 21. The very naming of him under the Title of Lord bowed their Hearts forthwith to come with Joint-readiness to wait upon him Let this also learn us to distinguish Christs Offices a●d Titles not to confound them For he exerciseth those Offices and beareth those Titles for great Reason and to our Commodity Every Circumstance relating both to Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation ought to 〈◊〉 duly weighed by us because of that My●●ery of God and of Man's Redemption that 〈◊〉 wrapt up therein For as there was not a ●●in nor a loop nor a tack in the Tabernacle ●ut had in it an use of Instruction to the Chil●ren of Israel so there is not any part whe●her more near or more remote to Christ's ●uffering and Exaltation but is could we ●et into it full of spiritual Advantage to us To instance the Matter that came out of Christ's Side a thing little taken Notice of either by Preachers or Hearers and yet John makes it one of the Witnesses of the Truth ●f our Redemption and a Confirmation of ●he Certainty of that Record that God to the World hath given of the Sufficiency that is