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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bring_v	judgement_n	sin_n	1,845	5	4.8807	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42544	A caveat to the standing Christian, and to him that thinketh he standeth by William Gearing ...	Gearing, William.	1666 (1666)	Wing G433; ESTC R14121	41,281	62

hearing of the grievous falls of others into sin they think they abhor such courses and though others commit such sins they should not It was Peter's case when our Saviour told him he should deny him he abhorred the naming of it being confident of himself though all the rest of Christs Disciples and others should deny him yet he should not he loved Christ too well to deny him his self-confidence supplanted him and gave him that fearful fall 1. God punisheth self-confidence with subtraction of his grace seeing the child will go alone let him go alone 2. God puts them out of his protection by giving such up to some strong temptation that they may fall and that for these ends 1. That Christians may see their own weakness that they are as unstable as waters if they are not bank'd in with divine grace their corruptions will soon run abroad the imperfection of our sanctification causeth weakness as young tender Plants are weak and bowed every way 2. That by their falls they may learn to take more heed A burnt child will dread the fire a wounded conscience will make a Christian more circumspect sin worketh good in the godly occasionaliter occasionally though not causative causatively Quia inde redeunt cautiores humiliores because they go out from sin more cautious and more humble saith S. Austin 3. That God may have more of their company and of their dependence upon him Children after they have received some hurt by a fall will keep close to their Mothers side and will have them to hold them lest they fall again God is then more sought unto from his people for supporting grace God hath more of their dependence on him lest they fall again into the like sins CHAP. VI. Vse 2. BE exhorted to take heed to your selves Walk circumspectly Eph. 5.15 Such as travel in slippery paths or ways troublesom to be found are careful to look to their feet to observe their marks and turnings so must it be with him that wil travel safely through the slippery and dangerous way of this worlds wilderness saith a good Divine of ours 〈…〉 de 〈…〉 A man that walketh over a narrow bridge in fear walketh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 exactly circumspectly his eye is on his feet lest he step aside and fall into the river Ponder the paths of thy feet saith Solomon that thy ways may all be ordered aright Prov. 4.26 Circumspection is a Christian Life-guard it makes a Christian like that Beast in the Revelations full of eyes within and without eyes without to make him to look to his ways that he fall not eyes within to make him to take heed to his heart that he be not deceived A Christian is then in his watch-tower when he walketh circumspectly that man walketh most surely that walketh most tremblingly Blessed is the man that feareth always Tantus gradus certitudinis quantus gradus sollicitudinis Do you fear judgments do you fear to be destroyed of the destroyer do you fear the arrows of divine vengeance then fear sin you need not fear judgments if you fear sin he that takes heed of falling into sin doth in that take heed of falling into misery he feareth Hell most that is most afraid of sin Should any put out this question what shall I do that I may avoid judgments the best answer is take heed that ye fall not for if ye sin be sure your sin will find you out if you fall into sin you shall certainly fall into the hands of the living God I shall therefore shew you Of what we must take heed To what we must take heed 1. Of what we must take heed 1. Take heed of all sinful occasions Occasio facit furem opportunity makes a thief many a man is overtaken with a sin being first overtaken with an opportunity the argument which the Harlot used to entice the young man was now is an opportunity Prov. 7.19 Come let us take our fill of love for the good man is not at home he is gone a long journey So Joseph's Mistress useth the same argument When Joseph went into the house to do his business and there were none of the men of the house there within she caught him by the garment saying Lye with me Genes 39.11 12. It is a note of a wicked man to wait for opportunities of sinning The Adulterer waiteth for the twilight saith Job 2. Take heed of the first rise of sin a sinful motion a sinful thought take these hellish brats and dash their brains against the stones Magna vis in minimis there is great force in the smallest things a spark of fire hath burnt an house to the ground a flash of lightening which vanisheth in a moment hath done the like As Sampson said of the jaw-bone with which he slew a thousand Philistines with the jaw-bone of an Ass a poor inconsiderable engine for war have I slain heaps upon heaps so the Divel by a sinful thought by a sinful motion hath slain multitudes of men 3. Take heed of making a parley with a temptation it is not safe to play with the edged tools of Hell Eve entertained conference with the Serpent about the fruit wherewith he tempted her and Gods threatnings and we feel the smart of her fall to this day Temptations to sin are to be resisted not to be debated upon we have a promise if we resist the Divel he shall flye from us if we are afraid of the temptation that assaileth us we shall be angry against it and shew our anger in making a quick resistance against it and so prevent or expell the sin suggested 4. Take heed of tempting company Peter's being in the High-Priests Hall was the occasion of his sad fall He that findeth and feareth his proneness to any sin Quid tibi necesse est in ea ver sari domo in qua necesse est quotidie aut perire aut vincere Hier. Ep. 47. de suspect contuber whether gluttony drunkenness uncleanness c. must keep out of vicious company and occasions leading to those sins and resolve with David to flye whatsoever may draw him thereunto and say with David Away from me ye wicked for I will keep the Commandments of my God Psal 119. Tempting company puts a man upon a necessity either of perishing or conquering So S. Hierom intimateth Why must you needs live in that house in which you must needs either perish or vanquish every day A circumspect Christian is loth to be put to either 5. Take heed of the least act of sin It is notable what a Learned man saith They are effects of former sins and causes of the latter and that not only by Gods just judgment permitting it so but also by coherence and affinity one sin brings on another a lesser draws on a greater as lesser sticks do set the greater on fire a little Thief put in at a window sets open the doors to let in the greater in the body