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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	lord_n	servant_n	service_n	5,597	5	7.0128	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02189	The iaylers iayl-deliuery. Preached at Great Saint Maries in Cambridge, the 6. of February. 1619. By Henry Greenvvood, Master of Art, and preacher of the Word of God	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1620 (1620)	STC 12333; ESTC S118959	14,276	38

may bee saued On the Lord Iesus Christ THe obiect of our faith is the Lord Iesus Christ There is not a name vnder Heauen wherein saluation can be expected and had but in the name merit and power of Iesus Hee is our Iacobs Ladder on whom wee must climbe to life euerlasting Let vs not goe to Rome for a Pardon nor to Mahomet for a blessing nor to the Sorcerer for skill nor to the Magician for counsell but let vs come vnto Christ and hee will refresh vs. Quo ibimus Whither shall we goe Thou O Christ and none but thou hast the words of eternall life Lord Iesus Christ ALl the names of our blessed Redeemer are happily met together Lord his name of power Iesus his name of propriety Christ his name of Office Lord a name of power attributing to God his Essence and being shewing that hee receiued his being from none but himselfe alone as all things else haue their being from him For in him wee li●e wee moue and haue our being Christ is a Lord By power coequall with his Father By purchase redeeming vs by his bloud And therfore called Dominus Dens Dominus Electorum the Lord of the Elect. Heerein his Deity is apparant He must be thus a Lord or else hee could neuer haue beene a Iesus First a Lord to support deliuer and make conquer his humanity Againe a Lord to dignifie and make meritorious euery act done in his humanity for the saluation of his Elect. That this glorious title is duely giuen vnto our Sauiour witnesse that of the Psalmes The Lord said vnto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enimies thy foot-stoole And Thomas thus confesseth him Thou art my Lord and my God This then is no small comfort to the faithfull that they haue so powerfull and glorious a Messiah And it maketh also much against those base Heretickes that mock vs for our dependance on Christ for saluation Againe in the last place it should teach vs what manner of persons wee should bee to our Redeemer A sonne honoureth his father and a seruant his master if I then be your Lord and master where is then my feare Many would haue Christ their Iesus but few can brooke him their Lord Wee must bee conformed to this our Lord in two in grace in crosse if euer wee will be glorified with him There are fiue properties of a faithfull seruant which we must labour to haue if euer we will make account of Christ for our Lord. The first is Obedience such were the Centurions seruants He said to one Come and hee commeth to another Goe and he goeth to another Doe this and hee doth it O that wee were such obedients to our Lord The second is Diligence He toyleth and labours dayly in his masters seruice for his masters aduantage and gaine so industrious and laborious should wee be for the glory of our Lord Iesus The third is Reuerence if his master doth but bend his browes hee quakes and trembles so when our Lord seemes angry we must with Noah be moued with reuerence The fourth is Patience if his master correcteth him hee beares it meekely quietly and patiently so when wee are chastised of our Lord wee should vndergoe it with meekenesse and patience The fift is Loue if his master bee wronged or reuiled he will not beare it with patience but stand vp to reuenge it so if wee heare or see our Lord Christ blasphemed and his most holy Profession derided it should be a Simeons sword to pierce our soules Iesus THis name was giuen him by an Angell before hee was conceiued in the wombe and a reason thereof rendred Because hee should saue his people from their sinnes Hee saues vs from sinnes Guilt Punishment Regiment From sinnes guilt and punishment by his imputatiue passions from sinnes regiment by his merits and graces applyed and deriued vpon vs and by his actiue obedience imputed he doth entitle vs to the glory of heauen Old Simeon acknowledged Christ such a saluation Mine eyes haue seene thy saluation yea and my saluation thine for sending mine for sauing thine for loue mine for life Mine eyes haue seene this saluation And the spirit of Mary also exulted in this her Sonne Sauiour And all you that would finde him a Iesus from Hell bee carefull yee finde him a Iesus from sinne Christ CHrist signifieth Anoynted In the Old Law they anointed three Kings Priests Prophets And for the worke of our Redemption Christ was necessarily anoynted to a triple Office with the oyle of holinesse aboue his fellowes He was anoynted to be a King Prophet Priest To be a King a type whereof was Salomon to be a Prophet a type whereof was Dauid to bee a Priest a type whereof was Melchisedech Melchisedech not Aaron Aaron a Priest but not a King Dauid a King but not a Priest Melchisedech both King and Priest King of Salem and Priest of the most high God and therefore a notable type of Iesus Hee was anoynted to bee a King to rule his Elect and protect them hee was anoyuted to bee a Prophet to teach his Elect and direct them hee was anoynted to be a Priest to ransome his Elect and redeeme them If Christ be thy Christ as King then the Diuell reignes not in thee but Christ if Christ bee thy Christ as Prophet then his word not thy will is the rule and square of all thine actions if Christ bee thy Christ as Priest then thy affections are slaine concerning sinne and thy whole man sacrificed to God And thou shalt be saued THe reward of our faith is the saluation of our soules Blessed is the estate of Christianity for it is rewarded with inexpressible felicity The benefit of beleeuing is multiple First heereby wee are adopted the children of God Yee are all the sonnes of God by faith in Christ Iesus Secondly hereby our sinnes are forgiuen vs as we reade in the Gospell Confide fils remittuntur tibi peccata Beleeue my sonne and thy sinnes are for giuen thee Thirdly hereby we haue right and interest in all Gods blessings of this life Godlinesse hath the promises of this life as well as of that which is to come Fourthly hereby we are freed from the damnation of hell Now then there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Iesus which walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit Lastly hereby we shall be possessed with the saluation of heauen the glories and ioyes whereof are so great as they cannot bee numbred so precious as they cannot be valued so lasting as they are euerlasting Neither eye hath seene nor eare hath heard nor heart of man hath euer imagined the thousand part of this heauenly felicity Beleene on the Lord Iesus Christ thus thou shalt bee saued and thine houshold If then to bee members of Christ Iesus bee so blessed a condition O let