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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	aaron_n	manna_n	pot_n	99	3	10.0908	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10226	The kings tovvre and triumphant arch of London. A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, August. 5. 1622. By Samuel Purchas, Bacheler of Diuinitie, and parson of Saint Martins Ludgate, in London.	Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.	1623 (1623)	STC 20502; ESTC S114343	37,106	105

but into heauen it selfe where Aarons rod blossoming from a drie sticke sheweth the resurrection of these drie bones the pot of lasting Manna foode of eternitie the Cherubim angelicall societie the Tables written by Gods finger perfect sanctitie the Oracle fulnesse of illumination None but Priests might enter the former none but the high Priest this to shew that none but Kings and Priests to God are in actuall state of grace none but Christ is ordinarily yet admitted to fulnesse of glorie This naturall house is magnificent yea when it is diabolicall it is called a Palace when spirituall a Temple for God when celestiall a building of God Of God was that symbolicall with God is the supercelestiall and that diuine in the Incarnation and now super-supercelestiall in Glorification is with God and is God All magnificent houses When God himselfe is the house and building it must needes bee beyond all names of magnificence and so wee haue it here He is the Towre of saluation Hearken you that loue buildings here is a house readie-built to bee sold to be giuen Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to buy wisdome and he hath no heart to buy to build to edifie himselfe How many build themselues out of doores and how many are spued out of their owne houses queasie with want of fire as the Maister is with store of smoke How many are racked and rent with racked rents How many fashion mongers are afraid for the fashion or are grieued to see their houses cut in fashion when themselues could not But this house is of best fashion easiest price hath all commodities of a house yea exceedes a House it is a Towre exceeds a Towre it is a Towre of saluation exceedes saluation it is of saluations of royall saluations A Towre is a House of Houses Pauperum tabernas said the Poet Regumque turres it is not onely a house for habitation but royall for the King and therefore is or ought to be spacious for circuit specious for beautie stately for situation strong with fortification rich with prouision armed with munition guarded with souldiers mounted with bulwarks towred with turrets battailed for out-looking artillerie enclosed with ditches pleasant with walkes and gardens terrible with vaults and prisons commodious with mints and worke houses Once Nature and Art in Towres conspire to procreate those double Twinnes Offence and defence pleasure and profit riches and strength or as the Text magnificans salutes magnificence and safetie The Towre of this Citie is famous in most of these but could not be a Towre of safetie to the King when Wat Tiler with a rabblement of Raskalls imposed what they list and from the King and his Towre fetcht the Archbishop then Chancellour euen from the Altar and the Treasurer with others and cut off their heads So it may bee with this Towre but not so with the Towre of his King Hee is a Towre of saluations for his King mounted on a Hil no beast may come neere whose Matter is immateriall Simplicitie whose Space is Immensitie whose Ditch is Immutabilitie whose Wall is Omnipotence whose Situation is Eternitie whose Architecture is Wisedome whose Warders are Selfe-sufficience whose Munition is Perfection whose Prouision is Prouidence whose Beautie is Glorie Ordnance his Word Battlements Omniscience Turrets Blessednesse Bulwarkes Iustice Mints Mercie Windowes Light of his Countenance Gates Grace Walks Loue Garden Ioy and is not without his Tophet his Prison-vault But what should I say more hee is more then can be told by telling or described by description his all is I. ● M and euery of these are all of these What will he not giue to that man to that King to whom he giues himselfe to bee 〈◊〉 of saluation for his King And thus are we come to the fift step for his for there are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without Christ without hope without God in the World they are his but hee is not theirs their God their Saluation their Towre but a consuming fire and they as stubble All things are his First his creatures for his wils sake they are and were created Secondly His by conseruation preserued by his goodnesse In him we liue moue and haue our being Thirdly his by disposition may he not doe with his owne what hee will the sudden lightnings say to him Loe wee are heere Fourthly his in finall reference all things are of him and for him Fiftly Christ hath other tenures and kinds of right as first of Gift Secondly of Purchase Thirdly of Descent all are borne in his Mannour Fourthly of Conquest hee hath triumphed ouer the God of the World Fiftly of Subiection in Christians which professe his Name in the Word and ●acraments are his in externall proferson are his Proper his Seruants Free-men Friends Kindred Children Heires Spouse Members All things are his in all they haue but saith Saint Gregorie Ipse sibi semper similis dissimiliter tangit dissimilia The Elements are his in their imperfect existence torpid things in being vegetables in growing sensitiues in sense Man in reason was his till he did insanire cum ratione and became by sin the Deuil 's slaue not onely dust now but by a fire from Hell consumed into the ashes of himselfe But ex massa corrupta hee hath elected some to bee his his peculiar his Saints his Kings elected predestinated adopted called iustified sanctified in his Sonne who is naturally and eternally his and we in by and for him and none but the Spouse may sing I am my Welbeloued's and my welbeloued is mine nor the new Song Apoc. 4. nor the Song of saluation Apoc. 7. but they that are sealed and haue thi● Seale The Lord knoweth who are his which is all one with this A Towre of saluation to his Sixtly His what his King so before so our Text. They are not all Israel which are of Israel nor all the seed of Abraham children In a great house are vessels of honour and dishonour Our Grandees haue their Yeomanrie and Gentrie to serue them both free our Ancestors also Villaines as other Slaues But this King is a King of Kings all his Subiects are Kings yea and Priests too in spirituall sense The seruant abideth not in the house alwayes but Free men and Kings doe howsoeuer euen there one starre differeth from another in glorie His seruice is perfect freedome and Christian Loyaltie is perfect Royaltie I am a great KING saith the Lord of Hosts and no maruell for the least of his faithfull seruants are Kings of no lesse then three whole Worlds Three whole Worlds are the right and Royaltie of euery right and Loyal Christian who which the Pope doth proudly may challenge a Triple inuisible Crowne Listen poore Artificers to this Gospell to these good tidings heare beleeue obey