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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	great_a	place_n	sea_n	5,022	5	6.4533	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97247	The cure of preivdice, or, The doves of innocency and the serpents subtilty wherein the originall, continuance, properties, causes, endes, issue and effects of the worlds envie and hatred to the godly is pithily laid open and applyed. By R. Junius.	Younge, Richard.	1641 (1641)	Wing Y149B; ESTC R230928	73,141	127

the people Jeremiahs saying Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord that this house shall be like Shilo and this City shall be desolate and without an inhabitant Jer. 26.8 9. And thus Elimas the Sorcerer withstood and contraried Paul and Barnabas in their preaching Acts 13.8 And this is still the manner of wicked men being better acquainted with wrangling then reasoning and deeper in love with strife then truth even to cavill against the good word of God and oppose the messenger and what they cannot maintaine by reason a feminine testinesse shall outwrangle These night-birds know right well that where the Sunne shines there is small place for them to appeare whence the Ministers preaching is as great a vexation to them as their conversation is to him and in case he hath a fire in his tongne kindled with a coale from the Altar they have a sea of water in their hearts to quench it But if some one be more specially gifted in convincing of sinne he is sure to have treble opposition if he molest Satan and dispossesse him of his strong holds Satan will molest him with a powder all the drunkards in that Parish shall fall about such a Ministers eares Yea perhaps some neighbour Ministers that pretend gravity and good will to God shall more then set them on for vertue fares hardest oftentimes from such as should uphold her Thus Satan and his instruments deale like our Pirats who will set upon rich laden ships but passe by those that are empty Nor are they to be appeased after they have once begun for that which rashnesse and folly have brought forth pride afterwards and contumacy shall maintaine to the last gaspe Vsually an ill cause once undertaken shall be maintained though with blood Nay rather then want cause they will now hate such a Minister because they have formerly hurt him as many husbands hate their wives onely because themselves have wronged them or at least love them the lesse for their owne faults all which they will defend with their tongues though they condemne it with their consciences Which men are like those wicked Jewes Acts 13.45 who would neither beleeve the doctrine which Paul preacht nor abide that the Gentiles should bee brought to the Faith of Christ For they not only forbeare to heare such a Minister themselves but will dehort all their familiars In imitation of the high Priests Scribes and Pharisees who in their owne opinion were too good too wise too holy to receive Christ into their company and not content to sequester themselves from Christ they disdained also that he should be conversant with Publicans and sinners Pride was ever envious and contumelious thinking she adds so much to her owne reputation as she detracts from others and indeede the twinckling starres at the approach of the Sunne lose their light and after regaine it not untill darkenesse be upon the deepe Yea the whiter the Swan is the more black is the Crow that 's by her 3. They will combine themselves together and say devillsh plots to destroy the godly as the new King of Aegypt with his people did against the children of Israel when they perceived them to multiply so fast Exod. 1.9.10 Thus the hundred and twenty Governors combined together to worke Daniels overthrow Dan. 6. And thus Demetrius the Silver-smith and the rest of the craftsmen which made gaine by the silver Temples of Diana combined themselves together to conspire the death of Pauls campanions Acts 19. And when Paul was rescued by Lysias the next day there were more then forty of the Jewes which bound themselves by a curse saying They would neither eate nor drinke till they had killed Paul in which conspiracy the chiefe Priests and Elders were likewise assistants Act. 23.10.14 The Apostle saith If God be on our side who can be against us But St. Chrysostom in opening of those words saith Nay rather Who is not against us if God be with us For they cast their heads together saith David with one consent and are confederate against God and his secret ones imagining crafty counsell against them saying come let us rout them out c. Psal 83.3.4 5. How wicked men agree in persecuting the truth and professors thereof we may see Acts 4.26 27. and Mark 14. where even old Annas and that wicked bench of gray-headed Scribes and Elders are content to break their sleep to do mischief and make noon of midnight As for the manner of their consultations they are lively exprest by the Author of the booke of Wisdome who bringeth them in saying thus one to another Come let us lie in wait for the righteous because he is not for our turne but is cleane contrary to our doings bee upbradeth us with our offending the Law hee was made to reprove our thoughts it grieveth us also to looke upon him for his life is not like other mens his wayes are of another fashion he vaunteth to have the knowledge of God and counteth us as bastards he withdraweth himselfe from our wayes as from filthinesse he commendeth the latter end of the just and boasteth that God is his Father Wherefore let us see if his workes be true let us prove and examine him with rebukes and torments let us condemne him to a shamefull death And then gives the reason Such things do they imagine for their owne wickednesse hath blinded them and they doe not understand the mysteries of God neither hope for the reward of righteousnesse nor can discerne the honour of the soules which are faultlesse Wisd 2.12 to 23. Qu. I But what have they whereupon to ground their accusations For the religious mans life is commonly like Pauls Philip. 3.6 unrebukeable and he walketh in all the commandements and ordinances of the Law without reproofe as Zachary and Elizabeth did Luke 1.6 Answ He that studies quarrels will easily find occasion When the Governours were resolved that Daniel should die they soone found pretences As suppose it be a private Christian they will lie in wait to finde faults in him and turne good into evill and are of so prying an observation that they will looke farther into his actions then the best man would willingly have them search But being disappointed of their hopes heare what they say We shall not find an accusation against him he is so faithfull except we finde it concerning the law of his God Dan. 6.5 And his punctuall obedience to Gods Lawes and sticking close to the Word of truth shall serve for a need Or secondly If he be a Minister they will assemble together to heare him pray and preach that so they may catch something out of his mouth whereof they may accuse him as the Scribes and Pharisees dealth with our Saviour Luke 11.54 And those Gòvernours with Daniel wherein he shall not be able to speake so warily but they will finde matter enough to insnare him as the words shall be wrested though indeed to have a great audience