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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	lord_n	name_n	sin_n	9,325	5	4.9381	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11530	The practise of the banckrupts of these times in whom are considered, 1. Their fraudulent and deceitfull actions. 2. The evills accompanying their courses. 3. Laws and punishments ordain'd to curbe them. 4. The charitable cure of so great an evill. A worke now very necessaary. Written in Latine by Mr Dainel Sauterius, and made to speake English for the generall good of all commerce.	Sauter, Daniel.	1640 (1640)	STC 21779; ESTC S101653	47,753	130

They therfore shall doe amisse who will be offended with friendly advise propounded for to free them from a deadly and old disease and to give them Cure and remedie 1. Banckrupts must confesse their sin● Banckrupts must necessarily confesse their sins and offences Hee that hath fallen off from God and languisheth under the burthen of his sins ought for a perfect cure of his disease perfectly to turne againe unto his God Now the first step or degree of a mans conversion is the confession of his offences He a Senec. epist that telleth his dreame may justly be concluded to be awake and he that searcheth for his sins and confesseth them may be rightly judged to be in the ready way to recovery But thou wilt say Indeed I shamed not to commit sinns but I am ashamed to confesse them O b August incredible folly art thou not ashamed of the wound and art thou ashamed to have it bound up Hee that denyeth c Plutarch concealeth and covereth his vices maketh them to take deeper root in him and he stoppeth up the way to his cure that will not open the cause of his disease to his Physitian Tell mee how will God vouchsafe to pardon that sinne which man will not vouchsafe and humble himselfe to confesse Wherefore d Eccles 4.21 for thy Souls good bee not ashamed to confesse the truth there is a shame that bringeth sinne and there is a shame that bringeth grace and glory In regard of the concealing and not confessing sinne the Kingly Prophet said When I kept e Psal 32.3 silence my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long and to encourage us to confession St Iohn saith If wee f 1 John 4.6 confesse our sinnes God is faithfull and just to forgive us our sinnes and to purge us from iniquity Thus is Confession Salvation to the Soule and the queller of vices Wherefore let not the Banckrupt conceale and hide but confesse and acknowledge his offences 2. Banckrupts must repent of their sins and leave them Secondly Banckrupts must repent of their sins for it is not enough for an offendor to confesse and lay open his sins hee ought also to repent and forsake them he that repenteth of his sins is in some sort innocent Repentance a Lactant. instit hath not the least place among the vertues because it is a correcting of a mans selfe and if when we have sinned we grieve thereat and confesse that we have done amisse and crave pardon of God hee such is his mercy will not deny us pardon unlesse we continue in our sinnes Great is the help great is the comfort of repentance it is the curing of our wounds and the hope and haven of our safety When David b Psal 32.5 betooke himselfe to this harbour and confessed his sinnes he found that God forgave the iniquity thereof for God is a most loving and kinde Father and promiseth remission c Ezek. 18.21 of sins to them that repent and will blot out all their offences who begin anew to doe justice Wherefore O sinner put a period to thy naughtinesse take a breathing time consider well thy case dispaire not hope in him whom thou fearest fly to him from whom thou runnest away deplore and lament thy wicked life so long as thou livest Turne againe d Anselm and repent lest thou having bin circumvented by the Divell to circumvent cheat and beguile others beest cheated and deprived of eternall life and beest adjudged to eternall death 3. Banckrupts must pray for pardon of their sins Thirdly Banckrupts ought daily to pray for remission of their sinnes for seeing the cry of the Banckrupts evill courses hath pierced the eares of God they ought also to cry aloud and often to God for pardon of their sins Great is the force of prayer fire a Chrysost doth not more take away rust from iron than prayer purges the filth of our sins wherfore let the Banckrupt pray now as heartily and opportunely as he hath hath sinned highly and proudly Let him prepare his heart constantly to powre out his supplications and prayers and in the end he shall prevaile for pardon With heart and tongue let him thus say O Lord though I have lost my integrity by my sinne yet have I not bereaved thee of thy mercy doe not O Lord so observe the evill of my sins as to forget the goodnesse of thy nature Be not so mindfull of thy just anger against my guilt that thou minde not thy loving pitty to poore wretches True it is that my guilty conscience hath deserved damnation and my repentance hath not been sufficient to satisfie thee But sure it is that thy mercy is beyond all my sin Therfore O Jesus bee to mee Jesus and Saviour for thy names sake let thy pitty be extended to me while the time of mercy lasteth lest I be condemned in the time of Judgment If thou takest me into thy bosome there will not be lesse roome for others 4. Banckrupts ought to repay every man his due Fourthly Banckrupts ought faithfully to repay money borrowed for to the end that a debtor may lift up pure hands and minde to God assuredly it is very expedient that he pay the whole summe borrowed for a Christian a Rom. 13.8 should owe nothing to any man but love wherefore b Senec. B. 5. of benef he that is obliged in any kind to another ought faithfully to discharge the same Hee is c Senec epist 81. not well-minded that doth more willingly borrow than repay See how Zacheus not grudgingly entertained Christ at his house yea how willingly he gave satisfaction to them whom he had defrauded which appeareth not by a bare but by a fourefold restitution when Christ told him of Salvation come to his house for thus he saith Behold Lord if d Luk. 19.8 I have wronged any man by forged cavillation I restore it fourefold So it is said of Gabael debtor to Tobias e Tob. 9.7 Vpon sight of the writing and seale he presently made payment f Plutarch Gelo the Tyrant payd the money borrowed of his subjects as soone as the occasions of his troubles were ended And Alexander g Diod. B. 17 the Great when Asia was vanquished out of his owne treasure paid the debts of his Army to their Creditors Neither indeed ought the care of a private man to be lesse for the performance of his promise and maintaining his Credit by an exact payment of the money which he oweth Above all a Christian should surpasse all Pagans and Infidels in care to pay his debts and maintaine his credit by performing his promises and Covenants 5. Banckrupts must avoid lying Fifthly a care must be used by Banckrupts in all things to avoid lying for seeing they who resolve to be rich oftentimes in their courses baulk truth sure it is that in such straying pathes a Banckrupt also