Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	jesus_n	write_v	4,982	5	6.3891	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11219	A godly learned and fruitfull sermon Made vpon the fourteenth of Iohn in which is plainely set foorth the true looue of Christ, the markes whereby the children of God are knovven and the commodities vvhich that looue bringeth. By D. S. 1584.	D. S., fl. 1584.; Jordan, John, fl. 1584.; Squier, Adam, d. 1588, attributed name.	1584 (1584)	STC 21483; ESTC S112128	14,988	38

found shall perish to giue because it ioyneth the hart of man vnto God to a fountayne for that it refreshed the minde to a precious stone because it beautifieth the soule to fire because it warmeth the affection to a garment for that it couereth the turpitude of offences to oyntment for that it supplieth the inward partes Experience of this loue hath béen seen in the death of many Marters they dyīg for the zeale and loue which they did beare vnto God and his trueth consider what they left what way they went and what they looked for what they left wée sée what way they went wée haue heard and perfectly séene what they attayned vnto we sée not but béeleue they left things transitory and vayn they passed through torments paines they attained no dout vnto that which was promised them of God namely euerlasting ioy and endles felicitie Besides these there be many examples set foorth vnto vs in the holy Scriptures how ardently the holy men of God haue from time to time looued the Lord. Abraham shewed the zeale of his looue towardes God when hée was ready to offer his sonne Isaack in sacrifice Iosua béeing olde called the people of Jerusalem vnto him and warning them of many thinges aboue all other thinges hée said take héede most diligently of this that you loue your Lord God It is written of Dauid that with his whole hart he did praise the Lord and looued God that made him The Appostle Saint Peter answered our sauiour earnestly sayīg Lord thou knowst I loue thée Saint Paule had such loue towardes God he that accoūted all things vile that he might winne Christ Again how earnestly dooth he encourage all men to continue in this loue saying Who shall seperate vs from the loue of Christ shal tribulation or anguish or persecutiō or famine or nakednes or perill or sworde Thus I wil end this first braunche with request which the said Saint Paule made to the Philippians saying if therbe therfore any consolation in Christ if any comfort of loue if any fellowship of the spirit if any compassiō and merry fulfil my ioy that ye be like minded hauing the sāe loue béeing of one accord and of one iudgement which thing if we doo not wée shall shew our selues the vnthankfullest creatures that euer God created The second braunche setteth foorth hovv and by vvhat meanes our looue tovvards our sauiour Christe may bee knovven cheefly in keeping his vvord for thus he saith if any man looue me he vvill keep my vvord THe word of Christ in this place is takē as well for y e doctrine which he hīselfe taught with his owne mouth Viua voce as also for that which his ministers haue set foorth doo or shall teach not only out of the newe but also out of the olde Testament as is manifestly shewed in y e xvi Chapter written by Saint Luke in these woords They haue Moyses and the Prophets let them heare them againe Christe speaketh of the Scripturs of bothe Testaments where he saith Iohn 5. Scru tamini scripturas search the Scriptures And the rather to mooue all people to credit and embrace his word he shewed y t it is not his word in respect that hee is man but in respect y t he is God for thus he saith Mea doctrina non est mea sed eius qui misit me My doctrine is not mine but his that sent mée again in the viij of Iohn he sayth I doo nothing of my self but as the father hath taught me euen so I speake these things which saying of Christ may not onely confirme the fayth of the godly knowing that y e doctrine which is taught them is the woord of God but also it is a lesson vnto all Preachers that they teach nothing to the people but that which may be confirmed by Gods words my doctrin is not mine but his that sent me for they are the messengers and Legats of y e most high God and of his sonne Christ Jesus not to teach the people what they lyst but that which is spyed within their commission of Gods worde whosoeuer therfore cannot rightly say of the doctrine which he teacheth my doctrine is not mine but his that sent me that man seduceth him selfe and the people which hée teacheth But the Papists and other here tiques cānot rightly say the said words but they teach the doctrine of men and not the pure woord of God it followeth therfore that they seduce themselues and the people also It séemed good to our God and heauenly father that the holy scripturs should be sette foorth to men chéefly for that cause which is set down in the twenty Chapter written by S. Iohn where it is sayd Haec scripta sunt vt creditis quia Iesus est filius Dei et vt credētes vitam habeatis in nomine eius These things are written that ye might beléeue that Jesus is the sonne of God and that in beleeuing you might haue life through his name Héere is plainly set downe the end why the holy Scriptures concerning Jesus was giuē namely that we might haue fayth in the sonne of God and the end of this fayth is to haue euerlasting life Sithence then that this woord is so profitable vnto vs it behooneth vs to kéepe it not locked vp in chests and cloyesters as the papists kéept it not in woords onely as the Pharisies kept it but in faithfully hearing it beléeuing it and practysing it in our liues as the holy Vigin Mary kept it We haue many examples in the book of God how from time to time the word of God hath béen regarded with Gods people The people sayd vnto Moyses all the wordes which the Lord hath said wée wil doo Hely taught Samuel right wel that he should say vnto the Lord that spake vn to him speak on Lord for thy seruāt hear reth When Esdras redde the booke of the lawe from morning vnto midday it followed that all the people wept for ioye when they heard the wordes of the law of their God when the word of God came from Ionas to y e King of Niniuy without delay he rose out of his princely seate did his apparell off and sat him downe in asijes After the lame mā was healed which is spoken of in the thirde Chapter of the Actes of the Apostles and Peters sermon ended many that heard his sermon beléeved as is shewed in the fourth Chapter of the Actes thus wée sée howe the word of God hath béen regarded in times past of Godlie people And what is the cause that the worde of God is not more regarded and followed in these our dayes sithence it is not so plentifully taught among vs what bée the Bishoppes and Ministers onely in fault or are the Maiestrates and Rulers only to bée blamed or bée the common multitude alone culpable herein no surely in mine opinion no one society