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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	judgement_n	sin_n	sinner_n	2,057	5	7.5058	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06710	A comfortable epistle, too Goddes faythfull people in Englande wherein is declared the cause of takynge awaye the true Christen religion from them, & howe it maye be recouered and obtayned agayne, newly made by Thomas Becon.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1716; ESTC S101288	27,898	66

vs. the Christen common weale of the true Israelites ●…erely oure ingratitude our vnthankeful●…s oure vnkyndnes yea oure churlyshenes towarde God and hys holye worde hath caused all these miseries worthely to fall vpon vs. We were weary of the heauenly Mauna and had a pleasure to returne vnto Egipt where we myghte syt among the greasy flesh pottes eatynge beffe and brewes knucle depe and haue our deyntye fyshes our melo●…s our cucūbers oure onyons oure garleke oure lekes c. therfore accordinge to the fylthye lustes of oure wicked hartes hath God dealte with vs sent vs agayn into the popishe Egipte to fe●…e vpon the pestilente leauen of the papisticall Phariseis euen the beggarly ceremonies ●…feling tradicions and dyrtye decrees of men in steade of Gods holy worde vnto the horrible and dredeful damnaciō of our soules as he sayth by the Psalmographe My people wold not hear my voyce Israel wolde not obeye me therefore gaue Psal. ●…1 I them vp vnto their owne hartes luste let thē folow their own imaginatiōs Here vnto agreeth the sayinge of s. Paule Because 〈◊〉 thes 2. they receaued not the loue of the truthe that they might be saued therfore wyll God send thē a s●…rōg illusiō to beleue lyes Is not this the sayng of our sauior Christ this is condēnacion that light is come into Ioan. 3. the worlde mē haue loued darkenes more thā light for their workes were euell The thing therfore that brought this cōdēnaciō this darkenes this blyndnes vpō●…s is the hating of the light of Gods worde our vnthankefulnes for the benefites of Christes Gospel our sinful lyfe replenished with all kynd of wickednes These thinges these thinges made God to withdraw the moste pleasaūt cōfortable light of his louing cōtenaūce frō vs to suffer the prince of dar kenes to shadow vs with his winges of hellish ignoraūcy deuelish blindnes vnto our great discōfort cōtinual sorow God haue mercy on vs blesse vs shew vs the light of his cōtenācē be merciful vnto vs that Psal. 67. we may know his way vpō the earth his sauing health amōg all natious Amen ¶ The. iiij Chapter BUt what is now to be done shall we Hovv●… the Christen 〈◊〉 ligion 〈◊〉 be reco●… red caste away all hope Shal we yelde our self to the pri●…e of darknes Shal we suffer our selfs cōtinually to be wrapped couered in with the dredefull cloudes of popysh blyndenes God forbid Yea rather let vs with a lusty courage bold spirite hunte out seke some meanes wherby we may be dispatched of this moste miserable plague wherewith we are at this present iustly stryken for our vnthākefulnes wicked lyfe so recouer the fauor of God that we may once agayn walke in the heauēly light of his moste glorious cōtenaūce Synne as we hearde afore drowe awaye Sin●… frō vs the benefite of Goddes moste blessed worde of hys true religiō as the prophet sayth Your wickednesses haue made a wal Esa. 59. betwen you your God your sines hyde his face frō you Now must we therfor seke how to apease the wrathe of God kyndled agaīst vs. Uerely the meane how to make God merciful vnto vs is frōhensforth to Remedies againste the vvrathe o●… God auoide that which was the cause of Gods displeasur agaīst vs of the takīg away of his blessed worde frō vs I meane syn Syn must be takē awai frō amōg vs or els c●…we neuer be recōciled vnto God nor obtaī his fauour so far is it of that we shall recouer the heauēly benefite of his glorious gospel For the Lorde our God is suche a God as 〈◊〉 wickednes The euell can not Psalm 5. dwell by hym nor the vnrighteous abyde in hys sight Sy●…e therfore which droue God out of oure host●… and with hym the ●…ght of hys blessed worde muste be weded o●… bothe of oure ha●…e and lyfe that we maye be pure before the Lorde oure God 1. Cor. 6. 〈◊〉 hym in spirite and bodye So shall we 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…emples for his godly 〈◊〉 to dwel in whom yf we once receyue i●…to oure hartes with hym we maye be sure to enioye all good thynges Nowe to put awaye synne the fyrste remedye is ear●… and vnfayned repentaunce Let vs all Repētaūce euen from the very hart be inwardly sorye for oure vnthākefulnes and disobedience agaynst Gods moste blessed will Let vs euē with teares as Peter and Magdalene dyd Matt. 26. Luc. 7. lament and bewayle oure wretchednesses beyng moste hartely sory that we euer offended so louyng a father and so mercifull a Lorde For this vnfayned repentaunce harty ●…ewayling of our synnes is an accep table sacrifice vnto God as Dauid sayth A sacrifice vnto God is a troubled spirite a Psal. 51. broken and humble hart God will not despys●… Yea God him selfe sayth by the Prophet Unto whome ●…hall I loke but vnto hy●… that is ●…owe brought and of a broken Esa. 66. spirite ●…nd standeth in awe of my wordes this way of obtayning Gods fauor taught Esa. 55. Iere. 3. Eze. 18. Math. 〈◊〉 Mar. 1. Moses and all the Prophetes Ihon Baptiste Christ and al his disciples as the holy scriptures testefie For with out repentaūce nothing is to be had of God but wrath dis pleasure and euerlasting damnatiō as our sauiour Christ sayth Except ye repent all sorte of you shall perysh But where true repentaunce cometh an earnest hate off Luc. 1●… synne with a feruent studye of innocency amendement of lyfe there lyghe the grace mercy fauour and good wil of God bent out for the penitent synner as God hym self sayth by the Prophet If the vngodlye turne awaye frome all hys synnes that he Ezec. 18. hath done and shall kepe all my statutes do iudgement and righteonsnes he shal su●…ely lyue and not dye All hys offences shal nomore be layde before hym but in hys righteousnes that he hath done shal he lyue For I haue no pleasure in the deathe of a synner sayth the Lord God but rather that he turne from hys wicked wayes and lyue Agayn as surely as I lyue sayth the Lorde Ezech. 〈◊〉 God I haue no delighte in the deathe of a synner but rather that he should turne frō hys waies and lyue Turne ye turne ye frō your euell wayes and why will ye dye O ye house of Israel Diuers examples haue we hereof in the holy scripture as the Examples of repētāce chyldren of Israel the Niniuites Dauid ●…anasses Peter Magdalene the thefe and suche other ▪ which after they repēted foūd fauoure at the mercifull hande of God As we haue folowed them in synning doyng euel so let vs folow them in repenting and doyng wel Than maye we be sure to fynde lyke fauour with them For it is written Psal. ●…4 the Lorde is at hande for them