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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	blood_n	sin_n	wash_v	5,624	5	9.0032	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32052	Saints memorials, or, Words fitly spoken, like apples of gold in pictures of silver being a collection of divine sentences / written and delivered by those late reverend and eminent ministers of the gospel, Mr. Edmund Calamy, Mr. Joseph Caryl, Mr. Ralph Venning, Mr. James Janeway.	Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.; Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.; Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.; Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.	1674 (1674)	Wing C263; ESTC R13259	89,295	292

all the Mirth Sin is against the Beauty of man it takes away the loveliness of mens very Complexions Sin is against the loving cohabitation of Soul and Body it hath sowed discord betwixt them Many a falling out is there between Soul body between Sense Reason they draw several ways Sin is against man's relative good in this world That which was made for a help proves but too often an hindrance Sin hath spoil'd Society One man is a Wolf yea a Devil to another Sin will not let Husband and Wife Parents and Children to live quietly Sin breeds Divisions Factions in Church and State that there is little of Union or Order Sin is against the very being of man How many doth it strangle in the Womb How many doth it send from the Cradle to the Grave And after a few days which are but as a span sin lays all in the dust Sin hath reduc'd man's Age from almost a thousand to seventy He that 's born to day is not sure to live a day Sin is against all the good of man in this life Sin hath degraded man by defiling him and almost unman'd him Man was a very noble thing made a little lower than the Angels but alas by sin he 's made almost as low as Devils Sin hath rob'd man of his primitive Excellence of a Lord he is become a servant yea a slave to Creatures to Devils and Lusts of all sorts Sin defiles his Body The Flesh is filthy the Body is a Body of sin the Members are servants to uncleanness Take man from head to foot from the crown of that to the sole of this there 's no whole because not holy part in him Their Mouth is full of cursing and bitterness with their Tongues they use deceit the Poyson of Asps is under their Lips their Throat is an open Sepulchre Eyes full of Adultery Eye-lids haughty Ears dull of hearing yea deaf as the Adder the Forehead impudent as a Brow of brass both Hands are employ'd to work Iniquity Belly an Idol-God the Feet swift to shed blood Look within their inward part is wickedness the Gall is a Gall of bitterness the Spleen is affected yea infected with Envy and Malice Sin defiles the Soul God's Image was more in and o● the Soul than Body of man and Sin 's Ambition and Envy is to deprive the Soul of this Image Righteousness and Holiness were stamped upon man's Soul but sin hath blotted this Image and Superscription which once told from whence it came It must be new created or renewed before God own it for his because till then his Image is not legible The Flood which washt away so many sinners could not wash away sin the same heart remains after the Flood as before Sin hath deceived the Heart hardned Obstinacie vain Folly and Madness vain Thoughts and Villanous bubble and break forth from this corrupt Fountain that sets the Tongue on fire from Hell The Conscience is become evil and in many feared Sin hath almost put out man's eye and even extinguished the Candle of the Lord. Sin hath dimmed and benighted man's leading faculty the Understanding which should shew a man the difference between good and evil Sin blinds the sinner and makes him grope as the blinded Sodomites to finde the door of Hope Man hath lost his way since he lost his eyes poor man catcheth at every straw grasps every trifle Sinners are ever and most stumbling at Christ Jesus they are offended at him but cannot tell for what Would a man be led by a Dog if he were not blinde Blinde Guides dumb Dogs false Prophets lead sinners into theDitch of Sin and the Dungeon of Hell Till a man fear God he doth but play the fool he is as the Prodigal beside himself The representative of sinners and converts Man's folly to think like a fool unsteadily and rowling independantly and broken at random and rovers Sin hath made man like a beast yea not like to but a beast the Man of sin the great Antichrist is called a beast and the great ones that Daniel saw in his Vision are called beasts Sinners in Scripture are call'd ten or eleven times brutish Sinful man is like the beast in ignorance Man though he sit at the upper end of the world as the Antichristian beast doth is but a bruit that hath no understanding Sinful man is like the beast in sensuality as if he were onely Belly-wise and had no Soul to minde Sinful man is like the beast in his unsociableness and unsuitableness for Society and Communion with God and men Good men are as shie of conversing with such as with beasts Sinners are likened to the worst of hurtful beasts such as in Scripture are call'd hurtful beasts to Lyons Tygers Boars and Bears the ill-qualited and ill-condition'd Creatures Wicked men are likened to Goats for lustfulness and wantonness so are sinners the Lust of the Flesh the Lust of the Eye are the things they are taken with Wicked men are likened to Goats for stinking a Goatish smell is a stinking smell Wicked men are likened to Goats for their bold and adventurousness they climb Rocks and Precipices to brouse and feed on what they can get with hazard and in this sinners are like them too in running hazards Sinners are likened to Dogs and 't is a common name to sinners Without are Dogs Sin separates the sinner from God they are without God sinners are said to be afar off for they depart from God and go into a far Country Sin separates the sinner from the sight of God Our happiness lies so much in the sight of God that it hath the name of the beatifical Vision Sin hath separated the sinner from the life of God such a life as God lives Sin hath separated the sinner from the love of God and made him the object of his wrath Sin hath separated the sinner from Communion with God God and man kept company while man and holiness kept company Sin hath separated the sinner from Covenant-relation with God They are without God Promise and Covenant Sin in robbing man of God it hath robbed him of all things God hides his face from sinners whose loving kindness is better than life The sinner turns the back to God and God turns the back to him God hears not the sinner's Prayers God is a God hearing Prayers but sin shuts out their shouting and howling The sinner is without strength man's great strength is in Union with God separation weakens him To be a sinner is to be without strength Man was once a Sampson for strength but having parted with his Locks his strength is departed from him Man by Reason of sin is in death often in this life but in the life to come he 's in death for ever God damns no man but for sin death is but sin's wages Heaven and Salvation is not more surely promis'd to the one than Hell and Damnation is threatned to and shall be executed on

to another Sin will not suffer Husband and Wife Parents and Children to live quietly but sets them at variance they of a mans own house and bosom that eat the bread at his Table are the worst Enemies Sin is against the very being of man Sins aim is not onely that man should not be well but that man should not be How many doth it strangle in the Womb How many doth it send from the Cradle to the Grave that they have run their race before they can go Others dye in their full strength besides the havock that is made by War Man no sooner lives but begins to dye sin lays all in the dust the Prince and the Begger sin hath reduc't man's age to a very little pittance not only to seventy but to seven for among men no mans life is valued more In a moral sense sin hath degraded man by defiling him Sin hath rob'd man of his primitive Excellencie of a Lord he is become a servant yea a slave to Devils and lusts of all sorts His body is defiled their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness with their tongues they use deceit the poyson of Asps is under their Lips their Throat is an open Sepulchre Eyes full of Adultery the Eye-lids Haughty Ears dull of Hearing yea deaf as the Adder the Forehead as impudent as a Brow of brass both Hands are imployed to work Iniquity the Belly an Idol-God the Feet are swift to shed Blood Within the Gall is a Gall of Bitterness the Spleen is infected with Envy and Malice Sin hath defil'd the Soul so that man is faln short of the Glory of God and the Glory of being Gods It must be new created or renewed till God will own it for his because till then his Image is not legible Yea the Flood which washt away so many sinners could not wash away sin the same heart remain'd after the Flood as before Sin hath made the heart of man deceitful obstinate out of the heart come vain and villanous words Sin hath defiled and spoiled mans Memory and Conscience and almost put out that leading faculty the Understanding Sin hath darkened the Understanding poor man is wise to do evil but to do good hath no knowledge Poor man is covered with Egyptian thick darkness Man now like the blinde Sodomites gropes to finde the door Man hath lost his way since he lost his eyes Poor man catches at every straw and grasps every trifle Man cannot comprehend the light though it shine In the innocent golden Age man could have comprehended the least light that came from God and have seen day at a little hole he could have looked on the Sun and his eye not twinkle But now the wisdom of God the Gospel continues an hidden thing to this blinded world Man's darkness appears by his walking in all manner of wickedness who but blinde men would walk in dirt up to the ears yea over head and ears It appears that sin hath blinded man for he knows not whither he goes Men are busie in this world like a company of Ants creeping up and down from one Mole-hill to another but are not so wise for the Ants know but poor blinde men know not whither they go whether forward or backward from home or to home DEATHS Triumph Dash'd OR An ELEGIE On that Faithful Servant of God Mr. IAMES IANEWAY Minister of the Gospel VVho Resting from his most ZEALOUS and PROFITABLE Labours fell asleep in the LORD The 12th of this Instant March 1673 4. How Janeway dead spare Lord Oh spare thy Rod 'T will else too soon compleat our Icabod If thus thou snatch the Pastors who shall keep From Romish Wolves thy pretious trembling sheep If Night be coming whither may they stray When such sure Watchmen are remov'd away We lost alas one Janeway before Oh! when shall we have two such Janeways more Men whom Heav'n fram'd and sent on purpose hither To win and bring whole crouds of Converts thither Death's now grown Rigid and intends 't should seem To make our Teachers all conform to him E're we can dry our big-swell'd eyes for one Tidings surprize us that another's gone Hush then Elegiacks 'T is in vain you come Slight Sorrows Roar but mighty Griefs are Dumb. Behold our troubled Hemispere has lost Another Star whose brightness might almost Vie Lustre with the Sun whose Heav'n-bred Rays Shot forth such Flames at Darkness that our days Vnsoil'd with shades might hope to overthrow Hells Gates and make another Heav'n below But now our Skie is darkned this bright Star Being Ravisht hence our fainting Israels Car Hath lost its nimblest Wheels we change our Light For gloomy Clouds and loose our day in night That Star's remov'd whose clear enlightned Head Gilt every Eye with Flame and often led The wandring Wise men of the world to see The Sacred Object of a bended Knee For by his zealous conduct we addrest To view a CHRIST new born in every Breast This was both his imployment and delight Oh! how like Son of Thunder would he fright A stubborn sinner and an Earth-quake raise In guilty minds reflecting on their ways But then not for to break the bruised Reed Like Son of Consolation he 'd proceed With Soveraign Remedies of Gospel-Balm To heal the wounds and such Soul-Tempests calm Thus would he wooe and plead for God and then Prove no less Orator to him for men As in the early morn a sprightly Lark Springs from some Turf making the Heav'ns her mark Shoots up her self through Clouds higher and higher As if she 'd bear a part i th' Angels Quire So would he rise in Pray'r till in a trice His Soul became a Bird of Paradise If our dull faint Devotions Prayers be We must acknowledge his an Extasie Knowledge the depth of whose unbounded main Hath been the wrack of many a curious brain And from her yet unreconciled Schools Hath fill'd us with so many Learned Fools Had tutor'd him with rules that could not erre And taught him how to know himself her Furnishing his large Soul in height of measure Like a rich Store-house of Divinest Treasure From whence as from a Sacred Spring did flow Fresh Oracles to let his Hearers know A way to Glory and to let them see That way to Glory was to walk as he Thus lab'ring as Heav'ns Agent here below For others good his wasted Spirits flow His Mortal Life be freely spent that we Might gain a Life of Immortality Still Preaching Writing every way he tryes To court the World from endless miseries Admonishes the Old instructs the Young And teaches Children to speak Sions Tongue But now his painful labours all are o're Methinks I see him welcom'd at Heaven's door By crouds of Saints sent there by him before Hush then you Sighs forbear you flowing Tears You storms and showrs of nature stop your ears Let us no more with broken grov'ling numbers Disturb his Rest now rock'd in sacred slumbers Complaints are