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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	enter_v	father_n	lord_n	5,144	5	4.1091	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12341	The affinitie of the faithfull being a verie godlie and fruitfull sermon, made vpon part of the eight chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke. By Henrie Smith.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 22656; ESTC S117479	11,395	36

God and doeth it both are one for his worde is his will and therefore it is called his will As hee spake therefore of doing so hee speaketh of a certaine rule which hee calleth The worde of God whereby all mens doinges must be squared for if I doe all the workes that I can to satisfie an others will or mine owne will it auaileth mee nothing with God because I doe it not for God Therefore hee which alwaies before followed his owne will when hee was stricken downe to the ground and began to repent he cryed out Lorde what wilt thou haue mee to do as if he should saye I will doe no more as men would haue mee or as the diuell would haue mee but as thou wouldest haue mee So Dauid praide Teach mee O Lorde to do thy will not my will for wee woulde not to be taught to doe our owne will euerie man can goe to hell without a guyde Here is the rule nowe if you liue by it then you are knit to Christ. As other kindreds go by birth or by marriage so this kindred goeth by faith and obedience Hearers are but halfe kinne as it were in a farre degree But they which heare and doe are called his mother which is the nearest kinne of all Therefore if you haue the deede then you are kinne in deed There is no promise made to bearers nor to speakers nor to readers but all promises are made to beleeuers and to doers If you aske God Who shall rest in the holie mountaine he sayeth the man which walketh vprightly doeth Iustice Here are none but doers If yee aske Christ Who shall enter into the kingdome Hee saith Not they which crye Lorde Lorde though they crye twise Lorde But they which doe the will of my Father Here are none but deedes If you aske him againe howe you may come to heauen hee sayeth Keepe the commaundements If you aske him againe who are blessed He sayth Blessed are they that heare the worde of God and doe it If you aske an Angell who are blessed He sayeth Blessed are they that keepe the wordes of this booke If you aske the Prophet Dauid who are blessed Hee sayeth The man is blest that keepeth iudgement and doeth righteousnes If you aske Salomon who are blessed Hee sayeth The man is blest that keepeth the Lawe If you aske Esay who are blessed He sayeth He which doeth this is blessed If you aske Iames who is blessed He sayth The doer of the worde is blessed in his deede Here you see al these are none but doers Thus blessing and doing runne together lest any man should looke to be blessed without obedience Christ calleth Loue the greatest commandement but Salomon calleth Obedience the ende of all as though without obedience all were to no ende When Micah had gotten a Leuite into his house now he sayth I know the Lord will be good vnto mee seeing I haue a Leuite in my house so manie thinke when they haue goten a Preacher into their parish now the Lord wil be good vnto vs now Christ will loue vs now we are good sonnes seing we maintaine a Preacher amongest vs But Micah was not blest for a Leuite nor you for a Preacher But as you would haue vs doe as wee teach so GOD would haue you doe as you heare for you shall bee no more saued for hearing than wee for speaking When God created the tree he commaunded it to bring foorth fruit so when he created Faith he commaundeth vs to bring foorth workes and therefore it is called a liuely faith When our Sauiour woulde proue himselfe vnto Iohn Baptist to be the Messias in deede he saith to his disciples tel what things you haue heard seene not onely heard but seene So if we will proue our selues to be Christes kinsmen in deede we must worke that which may be seen as well as heard Iohn Baptist was not onely called the voice of a cryer which might be heard but a burning lamp which might be seene so all which are crying voices must be burning lamps Iames doth not saie let me heare thy faith but let mee see thy faith As the Angels put on the shape of men that Abraham might see them so faith must put on works that the world may see it The works which I do saith Christ beare witnes of me so the works which wee do must beare witnes of vs. Therefore Christ linketh faith and repentance together Repent beleeue the Gospell Therefore I conclude That which Christ hath ioyned let no man separate Thus I haue shewed you Christ preaching and a great prease hearing his kinsfolkes interrupting Christ againe withstanding the interruption By this you may see what a spite the diuel had to hinder one sermon therefore no maruell though hee cause so manie to bee mute no maruell though he stand so against the learned ministerie No maruell though hee raise such slaunders vpon Preachers no maruell though he write so many books against the Christiā gouernment in the Church no maruell though he make so manie ingrossers of church liuing that being themselues without conscience are vnwilling to haue the cure of soules committed to any other thā such as themselues for these men make him the god of this worlde The Diuell is afraide that one Sermon will conuert vs and wee are not mooued with twentie so the diuell thinketh better of vs than wee are Againe by this wee may knowe howe to withstande temptations whether it be the father mother brother sister kinsman rulers master or wife that tempteth As Christ would not knowe his mother against his father so thou shouldst not knowe any father or mother or whosoeuer against God If a mothers sute may be refused somtimes a mightie mans wil may be refused too he which can turne his hinderance to a furtherance as Christ did here may make vse of euerie thing Againe by this you may learne how to choose your friend As Christ counted none his kinsmen but such as heare the worde of God do it So wee should make none our familiars but such as Christ counteth his kinsmen Againe by this you may see the difference betweene Christ and the world Christ calleth the godly his kinsmen though they be neuer so poore wee scorne to call the poore our kinsmen though they be neuer so honest so prowd is the seruaunt aboue his master Againe by this yee may knowe how Christ is to be loued for when he calleth vs his mother he sheweth vs the waye how to loue him like a mother for in deede he is the mother of his mother and his brethren too Againe by this all vaunting boasting of kindred is cut of Glorie not that thou hast a gentleman to thy father but that thou hast God to thy father Glorie not that thou hast Kings to thy brethren but glorie that thou hast the Lorde to