Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	eternal_a	good_a	work_n	4,394	5	6.6946	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72331	Viaticum animæ or, VVholesome repast for the soule in her pilgrimage towards Ierusalem which is above Prepared, and made ready, by the diligent search, & paynes of Iohn Hodges, priest, M. of Arts and vicar of Shakerstone in Leicester-Shire.	Hodges, John.	1638 (1638)	STC 13547; ESTC S125028	34,877	287

hart with a desier of priority so that he now scornes to budge a foote who a litle before would have bin content to have licked up the very dust of thy feete Hinc Rixae I this is it Wealth begets pride which dies not issuelesse but brings forth contention Art thou rich be not high minded 1 Tim. 6.17 18.9 trust not in uncertain riches but in the living Lord which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy doe good and bee rich in good works bee ready to distribute and communicate laying up in store for your selfe a good foundatiō against the time to come that you may obtaine eternall life OPEN thy mouth for the dumbe in the cause of all the children of destruction Pro. 31. ver 8. 3 THERE is a dumbe oratour who by his silent thetorique implores our aide The poore and helplesse wretch whom God or none cares for We say to our lazers God helpe you but God sayeth to them that are godly and want helpe I will helpe where Man will not If no man else will pleade their cause God will out of the mouth of Babes and Sucklings ordaine helpe for his Oh therefore joyne in Commission with God Pro 31.9 open thy mouth judge righteously and judge the afflicted and the poore defend their cause who are not able to helpe themselves Pro. 3.8 So health shal be to thy navell and marrow to thy bones when time hath consumed it selfe and wasted these when time shall bee no more time then shalt thou inherit an eternall life P. PROVERBS 4. Vers 26. PONDER the path of thy feete and let all thy wayes be ordered aright 1. THE Devill perceiving that man by humble obedience may ascend thither from whence hee by his pride is fallen envieth him and is become a Satan that is an adversary unto him and that a malicious one a strong one and a politique one hee hath set infinite snares before our feete and filled all our wayes with traps to catch our soules he putteth into our hearts evill thoughts into our Mouths lewd speeches into our members sinfull actions when wee are awake hee stirreth us up to unlawfull deeds in our sleepe to filthy dreames if wee bee merry hee maks us dissolute if wee be sad hee laboureth to drive us to desperation Nay he doth not only labour to lead us out of the way by manifest errour but where hee sees us walking by good works there he seeketh to insnare us Seeing then thou art beset with so many temptations thou hadst need to have Argus eyes and the faces of Ianus that thou mayst looke round about on every side for feare of danger Wherefore as they that know they have enemies lying in waite for them will not goe abroade without their weapōs So thou knowing that the devill continually lieth in waite for thee seeking to devour thee shouldst have a care to thy paths that hee may never take thee at advantage for as hee finds thee he will take thee Ephes 6.11 Stand therefore alwayes compleately furnished with the whole armour of God that so thou mayst be able to withstand the assaults of the Devill and as a peice most necessarie and bee-hovefull take unto thee prayer which is a strong Tower the righteous runneth to it and is exalted Pro. 18 18. PRIDE goeth before destruction and an high minde before the fall Pro. 16.18 2 IT is Gods ordinary proceeding against proud persons to subdue and bring under their pride by vile and base meanes and then to bring them to shame when their hearts are puft up with a fond conceipt of their owne worth when Herod was lifted up and swelled in pride at the acclamations of those flatterers who told him he spake more like a God then a man Acts 12.22 then was he suddainly smitten by the Angel of the Lord and miserably consumed being eaten up of wormes Therfore labour thou for humilitie thinke basely of thy selfe and be lowly in thine owne eyes and so shalt thou be exalted in the sight of God The Sunne the higher hee is in the firmament the shorter shadow hee maketh and the neerer he commeth to the Earth the shadowes of all things are the longer So vertue the higher and the more eminent it is the lesse ostentation it maketh whereas where vertue is wanting there is nothing but pride and arrogancy even as the eares of Corne that have nothing in them but light stuffe stand perching up above all the rest but those that are laden with full graines hang downe their heads The deeper the Well is the sweeter is the Water so the more humble any man is in his owne conceipt the more acceptable he is to God and when the other in their high conceipts imagining they stand fast come tottering downe this man stands fast indeede and at the length shall be exalted with glory PREPARE thy worke without and make ready the things in the field and after build thine house Pro. 24.27 3 IN Worldly affaires deliberation is very necessary and it is held a great point of policy for a man to deliberate long before hee determine any thing for want of this wise forecast many men worthily undergoe the censure of inconsiderate and receive nothing else but a mocke for what they take in hand When Israel without the Commandement of the Lord Numb 14.40.41.42 nay contrary to his appoyntment would bee so forward as to goe up and fight against the Amalekites what was the issue presuming obstinately and rashly to goe up to the top of the Mountaine they became a prey to their enemies the Amalekits and Canaanites Num. 14.45 who smote them and consumed them unto Hormah In all thy affaires therfore whether spirituall or temporall be not too forward eyther with tongue or hand but take hands with advice in worldly busines bee sure of meanes how to compasse it before thou take any enterprise in hand and in Spirituall matters when thou purposest to give up thy Name to Christ first sit downe cast thine accompts what it will cost thee to become a Christian least not being able to undergoe the troubles that shall accompany that profession thou be found unworthy to be his Disciple Q. PSAL. 30. vers 18. QVICKEN us and we will call upon thy Name 1. NITIMVR in vetitum is not more old then true the forbidden Fruit still hangs in our eyes and we long to be tasting and whereas wee are dead Colos 3.3 and therefore should minde worldly things no more then dead men doe yet neverthelesse wee are sprightly and lively in worldly affaires but heavy and lumpish nay dead in spirituall matters So that unlesse Christ say to us Marke 4 41. as sometime to the Mayden I say unto you arise There could not bee the least endeavour in any of us to further the worke of grace in himselfe by calling upon God for as the Apostle sayeth It is not in him that willeth Rom. 9.16