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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	fear_v	lord_n	remembrance_n	1,962	5	9.9520	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79526	Two treatises. The first, The young-mans memento. Shewing [brace] how why when [brace] we should remember God. Or The seasonableness and sutableness of this work to youth. The second, Novv if ever. Proving 1 That God gives man a day. 2 That this day often ends while the means of grace continues. 3 That when this day is ended, peace is hid from the soul. Being an appendix to the former treatise. / Both by John Chishull, minister of the Gospel.	Chishull, John.	1657 (1657)	Wing C3904; Thomason E1684_1; ESTC R209165	115,394	265

word that cometh out of our lips Prover 15.2 3. The tongue of the wise man useth knowledge aright but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishnesse The eys of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good hee is advising to a discreet and wise ordering of words not only to speak according to knowledge but also according to discretion to do and speak every thing and word seasonably and suitably and to edification and this he urges from this Thou art under the eye of the Lord and what sad effects the want of this consideration hath brought forth let the Scripture beside our sad experience declare Hear what account David gives of this Psalm 10.11 He hath said in his heart God hath forgotten hee hideth his face hee will never see it Hee rips open the heart of the wicked and shews the reason of his practical wickedness We have the very sinews of sin that strengthen the hands of wicked men They slay the widow and the stranger and murther the fatherlesse yet say the Lord shall not see neither shall the God of Jacob regard it If thou wouldest therefore be found walking in an even path and avoid the steps of the wicked keep thine eys upon God and that thou mayest do this First Consider that God will eye thee whether thou eyest him or no it s the commendation of a picture when it is drawn so that the eye of it is upon thee wheresoever thou standest to behold it the Image of God is rightly drawn upon thy soul when thou seest his eye is alwaies towards thee Secondly Consider that thou livest no longer then whilst thou art present with God and God with thee whilst thou walkest without God in thine eye thou liest under a cloud and a damp is upon thy spirit coldness and deadness must needs seize u●on thy heart when it is withdrawn from the eye of the sun Psal 16 11. Thou wilt show me the path of life in thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore As the Epicure said A man doth live onely whilst he doth enjoy his pleasure So may I say Thou dost live no longer then thou art with God See what the Apostle sayes of such as are strangers to the life of God they have a name to live but are dead or if thou art not altogether dead yet thou livest only in the root as the tree doth in winter when the leaves and fruit fail who can tell whether it be alive or dead there is little difference between a dead one and that So indeed it is with the people of God whilst they neglect this great duty there is little difference betwixt carnal people and them Thirdly Consider how thou art engaged to this duty as thou professest thy self a Christian it is thy duty as a Professor to walk as Christ walked He that saith he abideth in him ought himselfe also to walk even as he walked 1 Joh. 2.6 If thou wouldest know how he walked consult with Psal 16.8 I have set the Lord alway before me because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved And if you doubt whether this be meant of Christ or not see Act. 2.25 For David speaketh concerning him I foresaw the Lord alway before my face for he is on my right hand that I should not be moved You see the fruit which is from hence stability in the ways of God therefore he had assurance that he should not be moved Fourthly Consider this was Davids frame and therefore not onely imitable but attainable also Psalm 25 15. Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord Psalm 139.17 18. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me O God! how great is the summ of them If I should count them they are more then the sands when I awake I am still with thee Why should not this engage us and encourage us to endeavour this thing seeing that the Saints of old have attained unto it why should we not go and do likewise Fifthly Consider such a frame of spirit is very dear unto the Lord and a People that so live are very precious unto him he sets much by such a people who carry him much in their eye Mal. 3.16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkened and heard it and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon his Name God will be sure to think upon those for good who think much upon him the Lord enters their names upon the List for preservation takes special notice of them Not that we should think that the Lord hath any need of a Register to keep things in remembrance but that the Lord might hereby speaking after the manner of men give his people good assurance that they should not be forgotten by him that whoever were neglected in an evil day these should be provided for these are his Jewels as he calls them Now we know if a house be on fire a man will run and catch the Jewels that he hath in his house or the Children that he hath and save them from the flames Thus will God save his precious ones Oh here you may see how good it is to have God in our thoughts for one thought of him shall not be lost God will not only cause their prayers to return into their bosoms but their thoughts shall come home at such a time Sixthly Consider such a frame will bee very sweet unto thee thou wilt find it at present a very choice frame of spirit to have God much before thee David found sweet refreshments here when he could not find any comfort from any visible thing he then had it in his thoughts within him Psa 94.19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soule Psalm 139.17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me O God! how great is the sum of them David seems to be ravished with the sweetnesse of the thoughts of his heart he does as it were travel with a desire to expresse that sweetnesse which he found in the very thoughts of God and because they were inexpressible he propounds this in a question to the Lord who only was able to give an answer How precious are thy thoughts O God! The worldlings thoughts or the wantons thoughts or the voluptuous mans thoughts are not cannot bee half so sweet unto him as the thoughts of God are to a soul that sincerely converseth with him Seventhly Consider that the more thou conversest with God the sweeter will his name and waies be unto thee when thou hast once made entrance into this duty and hast tasted the sweetnesse of it thou wilt not know where or when to end David speaking in commendation of the ways of God hath this expression I know no end therof And in that Psa 119.96 I have seen an end of all perfection but thy Commandment is exceeding