Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	death_n	sin_n	3,567	5	5.2223	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48436	The Lama-sabachthani, or, Cry of the Son of God useful at all times, especially for Passion Week, and at all other times for a devout and pious soul, in its nearest approaches and addresses to its Saviour, before and after it comes to be an actual partaker of the body and blood of its Redeemer.		1691 (1691)	Wing L205A; ESTC R41448	53,617	145

is Joy unexpressible thus to be thorowly perfectly and fully employ'd in the Service of my God for my poor Souls sake This is the only Viand for my Soul to feed upon This is the Bread my Soul O Heavenly Father eats that the World knows not of This is the only Wine that cheers and makes glad the Heart of Man This is the only Cordial for my fainting and drooping Soul This is the true Water and Laver of Life to my Soul This fetches out all Spots and Stains all Pollutions and Crimes of never so deep a Die of never so long a Time of never so large an Extension never so remote in the World never so secret and closely committed These thy Closet-Tears and Sacramental-Tears mixt with the Blood of thy dying Crucify'd Saviour The composition of this Heavenly Laver. will wash and fetch all out This is the only Elixir of Life This masters the strongest Lusts the greatest Temptations This is of such Power and Force O Lord that all the Devils in Hell compact and conjoyn'd together must give way to This unties all Charms and Witchcrafts Powers and Compacts of Infernal Spirits This dissolves and breaks in pieces all that a wicked Heart murtherous Hand an incensed Enemy and an enraged Devil can do This Cordial this Laver alone transports the Soul and makes it live even in Death it self Whether of the most exquisit Pain of the Cross or the Rack or Fleaing alive or Boiling in Oil or Roasting alive Breaking on the Wheel or tearing in sunder with Wild Beasts let it be of what Nature Degree or Quality soever This Cordial bears the Soul up above the Cruelty Rage and Malice that the worst of Men or Devils can invent Nay further if this be rightly taken and made use of it appeases the Wrath of an incensed enraged and otherwise irreconcileable God O Heavenly Father this thou canst not withstand so great Force and Power have Closet-Prayers and Sacramental-Prayers One hour spent thus closely in Communion with God is worth Ten thousand elsewhere These Prayers and Tears force open the very Doors of Heaven it self And an enraged God cannot nay will not longer hold out A Saviour a Redeemer an Advocate so dear and so near a Friend in Heaven will prevall for us And from this time our Names shall be Recorded in Heaven and written in the Book of Life in Red Characters of our Saviour's Blood over every one of our Mansions he hath already prepar'd for us This is certainly the Security of our Souls against all Accidents of the Body against Battels and Murthers and against suddain Death against Fits of the Stone Distortions Convulsions Twisting of the Guts and the most exquisite Torment of the Bowels against Palsies Lethargies Apoplexies and all Deprivings of the natural Senses The countinued course of these Duties A Soul thus prepar'd and guarded is defended against all these Accidents and Distempers of the Body that may suddainly deprive us of our Sense and Reason before or when Death comes is the only Antidote against scorching and burning Feavers This preserves thee against and in decrepit Old Age and decay and loss of Senses and natural Reason This preserves thee from and in Bonds and Imprisonment Storms Tempests and Shipwracks against all Casualties and Afflictions Anguish and Tortures of the Body and being effectually apply'd against all Wounds of Conscience This Temper of Soul and Interest in a Crucify'd Saviour makes one to grow O Lord quickly weary of the World and to slight and contemn all Earthly Delights This makes thee earnestly long to be dissolved and to be with Christ This will make thee insult upon and trample under all Principatities and Powers all Thrones and Dominions and desire no longer to live than thou canst be thus dispos'd qualify'd and employ'd This will make thee O my Soul to do no Evil nor think any Evil with Allowance of Consent The Soul O Lord may and will be impos'd upon by the Body daily in one degree or other but what I do I allow not My Eyes my Ears my Nose my Tongue my Smell my Tast my Hands and my Feet they all assault daily my yoor Soul in one way or manner or other and let in a Caterva of Sins and Temptations and are Cause O Lord of this Psycomachia War between Soul and Body which the Apostle Paul too well knew and made his complain of saying I have a Will in my Members that Wars against the Will of my Mind and leads me Captivate unto Sin and Death O wretched Man that I am One look from they Heavenly Eye dear Saviour or one Glimpse of thee one hour of Closet-Devotion or Sacramental-Devotion will make me more than Conqueror over all and say again with the Apostle Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. This is all that a poor Soul can do or that God doth require of thee strong Prayers and Tears mixt with the Body and Blood of thy Saviour is all thou art able to give for Heaven it self He that calleth cryeth weepeth mourneth and cometh thus to me I will in no wise cast out This is all that God doth require of thee To do Justice love Mercy and walk humbly before thy God This shall seal the Bonds of the everlasting Covenant between God and my Soul written in my precious Saviour's Blood and he himself shall be a standing and an abiding Witness to each Covenant and I will make with thee an everlasting Covenant the sure Mercies of David and himself shall be my Advocate to plead my Title to an Inheritance incorruptible that fadeth not away reserv'd in Heaven for me O my Soul If any Man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous daily making intercession for us When thou art Meditating Praying or Reading thus my Soul take not thy Eye nor thy Heart off but go on with it thy God is at the end of it Heaven is at the end of it and thy Redeemer is at the end of it This is thy Viaticum This is Jacob's Ladder thou art ascending It 's the sure and certain way to Heaven and Eternal Life This is my Saviour's Advice and I dare and will put thee my Soul upon the Dependence and Assurance of it Ten thousand to one for thy Security Enter into thy Closet shut the Door about thee and Pray in this manner already propos'd strongly and earnestly to thy Father in private and he will reward thee openly That is give thee my Soul all things necessary for thee in this World and in the World to come everlasting Life O my Soul when once thou art come to tast this Heavenly Food and relish it aright this Cordial of Life what Sweetness what pleasures and what Delights doth it bing O Heavenly Father and ever blessed Redeemer this Laver alone to wash and rince my polluted Soul in will make it fit to be presented to the Lamb upon the Throne without Spot or