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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	good_a	great_a	will_n	4,822	5	5.8442	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16192	A sermon preached at the Charterhouse before the Kings Maiestie, on Tuesday, the tenth of May. 1603. By D. Blague, Deane of Rochester, the Kings chaplaine.	Blague, Thomas, d. 1611.; H. H.	1603 (1603)	STC 3115.3; ESTC S114335	8,862	32

vnto it For Princes and Magistrates we remember with their stile and titles of honour but the name of God passeth with contempt and too often with blasphemy Call ye this Religion THis Lord hath his Law in which he will haue no competitors aut solus aut nullus S. Peter calles it Gala adolon pure milke without any mingle-mangle It is called Thora of Iara to teach because it instructeth euery one what to chuse what to refuse Hony is sweet to a sound taste but the Law of God to a sound Professor is sweeter then the hony and honycombe Gold is precious but to me the law of my God is dearer then thousands of gold and siluer Life is sweet yet the Martyrs of Christ respected not their liues to keepe the testimony of a good conscience Therefore that which is sweeter then hony more precious then gold and dearer then life that ought all men to delight in But such is the law of the Lord. Blessed is the man whose delight is in it that is the first step to blessednesse affirmatiuely YOu know there is no life withoutsom delight the error is in the choyse but where delight is there is cherefulnes so the Hebrew word Chephets enforceth a readinesse a willingnesse to all good Amor meus pondus meum Where loue doeth leane both wit and will doe bend thēselues A little plucking drawes a man whither he willingly goes A little wind driues a great ship with the stream Where God writes his Law in any mans heart there is cherefulnesse This made Dauid to runne in the way of Gods commaundements and when his footesteps fayled he wished O that I had wings like a Doue to performe it Gods seruāts must be like to Angels most swift in their seruice To a willing minde nothing is hard or heauy for loue makes all things light To such Christs yoke is sweete his commandements are not grieuous because their delight is in them FRom this delight proceedes Meditation the second step to Blessednes affirmatiuely This Meditation is like to digestion for vnlesse the meate digest in the stomake it nourisheth not the body vnlesse the wheate corne dye in the ground it springeth not vp againe so vnlesse the Word take roote in your hearts by meditation it profiteth not S. Iames compares an idle hearer to a man that looks his bodily face in a glasse and with the turning of a hand forgets it Which of you walketh through a greene meddow and gathereth not a flowre Who comes into an Orchard tasteth not the fruite thereof So bring home somewhat from a Sermon that ye may be the better for it THis delight and meditation must not be for a spurt but day and night for godlines is a iourny wherein must be no faynting It is not sufficient to begin wel but ye must continue in well doing In Christianis non initia sed fines petuntur With what earnestnes doe men run in a race yet but one receyues the price In the spirituall race runne all that all may obtayne for in heauen is roome enough Hence may the Preacher learne this Attende lectioni for cursed is hee which doeth the Lords worke negligently Capite h●s praedones sayd Eschines the Orator qui nauigant in mari verborum Katch me these Pirats which sayle in a sea of words and run a sentence out of breath Hence may the King gather a sweete meditation that so long as the Law of God is his Counseller all things shall prosper with him God will be his Lord Protector and keeper whithersoeuer hee goeth He wil keepe all his bones so that not one of them shall be broken He wil preserue his going out and his comming in from this time forth for euermore Generally God hath promised to all the faithfull I will giue my holy feare into your hearts that ye shall neuer depart from me And I doe assure you with the Apostle That God which hath begun this good worke in you will perfit it euen to the day of Christ Hac itur adsuperos This is the high way to Heauen God for his mercies sake write these lessons in our hearts and teach vs to frame our liues thereafter that in the end wee may obtayne that Kingdome which he hath prepared for all his elect people through Iesus Christ our alone Sauiour To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory both now and euer Amen FINIS