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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	day_n	earth_n	lord_n	2,722	5	3.8334	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05259	The mothers blessing. Or The godly counsaile of a gentle-woman not long since deceased, left behind her for her children containing many good exhortations, and godly admonitions, profitable for all parents to leaue as a legacy to their children, but especially for those, who by reason of their young yeeres stand most in need of instruction. By Mris. Dorothy Leigh.	Leigh, Dorothy.	1616 (1616)	STC 15402; ESTC S113606	65,870	296

victorie by the helpe of his Captaine and so long as hee is a souldier vnder him hee shall alwaies haue the victorie for the diuell himselfe is afraide of this Captaine the world will flie at his presence and thine owne affections will fall downe before thee if hee come CHAP. 35. Be not hurt by a little temptation THere is another thing which I must admonish you of that ye be not ouercome of a little temptation for that is the basest thing in the world euen as if a great Captaine should bee ouercome of a meane souldier that had neither might nor policy which must needes returne with shame to the Captaine But it is much more shame for a Christian that hath vowed to forsake the diuell the world and his owne affections to bee ouercome by the weakest of them all There be many that thinke if the diuell ouercome them not in a great sin all is well though that indeede he set them on work continually on trifles and by this meanes keepe men in some deuice or other Hee cares not what they doe so they serue not God and so he may blindfold them that they cannot see their owne sinnes And thus they are in a very dangerous and euill case and know not what they doe yet they shadow their folly that the world may not perceiue it then they thinke it is well enough Thus the diuell leads them quietly to hell and they neuer know whither they are going till they come there euen as a winde carrieth a ship and they that are in it know not where they shall bee set on shore For the diuell is a cunning fowler he will neuer lay a great baite where hee knowes a little one wil serue the turne and hee is so full of policy that hee seeth a great baite would make the partie afraide to come neere it but thus doth the diuell first hee giueth a little baite and saith to him whom hee meaneth to catch I warrant thee thou maiest take this goe neere it taste of it it will not hurt thee many swallow a greater baite then this and thou seest no hurt come of it as hee said to Eue It is but an apple it may doe thee much good to bring thee to knowledge and make thee like a God And therefore now wee see wee had neede set a speciall watch ouer our selues that we may spy the diuel when hee goeth about thus to intrap vs in his engines with his alluring baits and returne his baits againe and when hee offereth vs any of them may say I defie thee Sathan and by Gods grace haue knowledge that thou art a wicked serpent and diddest deceiue our first Parents with an apple I will not play with thy baits bee they neuer so sweete pleasant or beautifull I know thy subtiltie and I know that I serue a Captaine Christ that thou art afraide of and he will bring vs to a happier Paradice then thou didst put vs out of and hee will make mee like a God and renue the image that thou didst decay in vs. Thou didst scoffe at mee and saidst I should haue knowledg when thou wouldest haue vtterlie ouerthrowne mee yet I haue this knowledge I thanke the almightie God for it that now I can see thy policy and how thou camest to our Parents when they were alone thou thoughtest they could not stand by themselues but thou shalt neuer finde mee alone I know I cannot stand by my selfe and therefore I draw neere vnto my Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ by faith and I will attend vpon him and will not leaue his Commaundement vndone for all thy baits and alluremēts thou canst shew mee in the world where thou callest thy selfe Prince but thou gettest it by wicked policy and thou rulest it by a wicked tyranny destroying the good and maintaining the wicked bestowest thy trash on them not for any loue thou bearest to them but to make them thy wicked instruments that thou maiest doe the more hurt by them And as soone as they haue serued thy turne a while thou wilt bring them to shame in this world and euerlasting destruction in hell fire And therefore now I would haue thee know that I haue knowledge and perceiue that all these vsurping tyrants haue learned all their mischieuous policies of thee vsing all meanes they can possibly to destroy the good and with their paltrie trash which they call their wealth they winne the wicked to their wils and when they haue their purpose a while they will picke some quarrell against them although they haue no reason for it and although they follow their wicked wils neuer so much yet in the ende they will ouercome them And so Sathan dost thou deale with all that serue thee and therefore thou art an vsurping tyrant for the earth is my Lords who hath made it and all that is therein and that which belongeth vnto thee is nothing but that trash that he careth not for it is like tares and the worser sort of graine more fit to feede swine then for the children of so mightie a King as my Lord is who hath such treasure for those that belong vnto him as thou shalt neuer come neere Yet this is thy despight and enuie because thou canst get none of it thy selfe thou wouldest haue mee haue none of it neither But thou shalt not deceiue me with these earth then baits which one day my almightie God shall set on fire about their eares that loue them so well when themselues shall be suddenly strangled with the smoak thereof and it makes mee maruell how thou shouldest deceiue so many as thou dost with them for once my gracious Lorde drowned them all that loued them many times he sinketh very much trash in the sea that Pirats might see they shall sinke one day and all those that sell their soules for such trash except they turne speedily vnto my Lord and and Sauiour Iefus Christ who is a Sauiour and will saue all sinners that turne vnto him But thou art a destroyer and wilt destroy all those that follow thee thou knowest my Lord burnt Sodome and Gomorrha with other Cities which were full of the glistering drosse to shew that hee cared no more for it then Kings do for counters for if he had respected it he would neuer haue burnt it and consumed it with fire Yet thou Sathan doest deceiue worldly wise-men giuing them drosse for gold which is no better then copper counters and in the mean time thou makest thē deceiue themselues of an euerlasting treasure Earthly treasure may bee compared to glasse which is so brittle a metall it can neuer continue long for as it might bee now a man hath it to doe him good and in the turning of a hand it is broken and worth nothing euen so it is with the trash and pelfe of this world and the life of man which is but a breath and what can be of lesse power then a breath The

must aske yet thou refusest to doe it Enter into thy chamber saith he and shut thy doore Although euerie place will serue yet it pleaseth Christ to name thy chamber because he would haue a man without accumberances Euery man findeth one place or other to lodge in let them then finde the same place or some place else to pray priuately in Shut the doore saith Christ as if he should say shut thy selfe from the world and shut the world from thee it may bee thou hast some thing to say to mee that thou wouldest not haue the world to heare Oh the mercy the wonderfull mercie of Christ of man how hee became man for man And hee knew the nature of man that hee would bee loath that euerie one should know the corruption which was in him and therefore said come to me alone shut the doore no body shall know what is betwixt thee and me I know thy sinnes alreadie but I would know whether thou knowest them or no for manie a man sinneth and knoweth it not because hee knoweth not my word but if thou knowest them confesse them to mee and I will giue thee pardon for them and if thou wilt leaue them canst aske helpe of me I will giue thee grace to ouercome thē for I haue ouercome them all for thee euen in thine own flesh and thou through mine help shalt doe a greater worke for thou being a sinner shalt ouercome in thy self which is a greater worke then for me whicham God and without sin to ouercome sin and yet not you but I your Sauiour who dwell in all those that lay hold of me by true faith for without me yee can doe nothing therefore come to me follow my counsell come secretly let no body know of it for hindring you or for feare vaine glorie should follow you no man shall neede to know of it for I wil reward yon openly Oh the wonderfull mercies of Christ to man neuer able to be set out he knew that man would be desirous to haue it known that he serued such a worthy master as none could serue a better that euery one shold say he serued Christ he serued the son of God who will bring him to prefermēt Euerie one desireth to haue it knowne that hee serueth a noble master and therefore he will weare his cognisance vpon his sleeue that it may be knowne what an excellent man hee serues for it is a great credit to serue a worthie master and a man shall bee verie well accounted of for his sake but he that serueth a wicked and vngodly man shall neuer bee so well thought of because his master is wicked he is oftentimes ashamed of his masters doings so that he will neuer bee a credit vnto him and therefore neuer serue a wicked man although hee bee neuer so rich for the desire of man is to serue a master of credit and that Christ knew he knew also that man was loath to haue his sinnes openly knowne and therefore out of his great mercie and wonderfull wisdome he appointed man to confesse his sinnes priuately without which there can be no good praier He told man that he should not neede to make shew of it vnto the world for he would reward him openly and make it knowne that he serued a good master indeede for hee would giue him such graces and blessings as all that knew him should perceiue that he had them neither of the world the flesh nor the diuell nor of his owne nature but it should appeare they were onely the gifts of the almightie God Hee did not promise earth and earthly things you may see for euery venemous earthworm is full of these the vsurer that is as farre from heauen as it is to hell where if hee take not heede in time hee may finde his part he I say may bragge of his gold the extortioner whom God hateth may bragge of his siluer the couetous person whom God abhorreth hee may bragge what a deale of earth and earthly durt hee hath purchased as the Prophet saith they loade themselues with clay he doth not say God giueth it them but they loade themselues Among these foolish and abominable people whom the scripture speaketh so much against as against no man more nor so much I thinke strumpets and whores who for couetousnesse sake sell their soules and bodies and make themselues such filthie vessels in this earth that it is most loathsome to thinke of may bragge as well of their iewels and costly apparell that the world bestoweth vpon them as anie other of these couetous wretches whom God abhorreth and giueth warning that no man shall speake well of them for the holy Ghost saith Speake not good of the couetous whom God abhorreth And that thou maiest know it is no worldly trash that God bestoweth on thee know that the diuell calleth himself the prince of this world and so one would think he were for these outward things are most commonly bestowed vpon the wicked but that which God will bestow on thee is a treasure which the wicked ones haue not nor are neuer like to enioy except they leaue their wicked waies and goe priuately to the Lord Iesus Christ and lay open their miserable estate to him and craue his pardon and grace to liue a new life and then he will giue thee the greatest treasure that man can imagine euen a most heauenly treasure hee will giue thee faith which will bring thee to the euerlasting kingdome of heauen he will giue thee patience to beare al the crosses troubles in the world hee will giue thee humilitie which will fill thee full of grace and make thee in fauour with God and man he will giue thee his grace so plenteously that thou wilt speake alwaies the truth and keepe thy promises though it bee neuer so much to thy hinderance in the sight of the world Nay in the sight of the world it must needs be a praise to thee for the world seeth that euery earth-worm can breake their promise or turne it so that it is worse then a promise breaking for it sheweth that they are full of hyprocrisie dissemblers and would serue the world and would not haue the Diuell know it but the diuell will not bee so deceiued hee maketh account the world is his and hee hampereth all those that loue it in chaines and hee will haue the world know it that it may bee a witnesse on his side at the day of Iudgement Nay his owne conscience will bee a witnesse against him at the day of iudgement that breaketh his word euen at that dreadfull day when the trash for which hee so lightly regarded his promise shall bee consumed with fire brimstone then will hee wonder hee could thinke it would bee so long before that day would come and now seeing it is come hee fully perswadeth himselfe that his paine will neuer haue an end If thou thinkest that