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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	good_a	great_a	people_n	3,792	5	4.4298	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19292	The mysterie of the holy government of our affections Contayning their nature, originall, causes, and differences. Together with the right ordering, triall, and benefit thereof: as also resoluing diuers cases of conscience, incident hereunto. Very necessarie for the triall of sinceritie, and encreasing in the power of Godlinesse. The first booke.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1620 (1620)	STC 5700.5; ESTC S113515	32,207	168

thereof in the presence of God and so labour for the acceptance of it aboue the worth thereof in the merit of Christ and we also maintaine the Spirituall Combate betweene the Flesh and the Spirit 9. If our affections run more vpon heauenly then earthly things and wee can begin our desires for earthly things from a spirituall ground and so can vse them with a spirituall desire still to thriue in grace and to a spirituall end namely to further vs to Heauen this is an argument of the circumcising thereof thus may wee learne to order them aright 10. Our affections must begin from our selues to others and from others returne vnto our selues againe 11. Wee must labour to quicken and order our Affections by Prayer Singing and Meditation especially 12. In most weightiest Occasions we must especially watch ouer our affections because now Satan will by them peruert vs herein 13. Our affection must be sutable to the qualitie of the Obiect and hence to be rightly iudged Concerning others Our affections are to bee ordered thus towards Men. First According to the diuersitie of Gods graces in them so must wee affect accordingly and not according to outward endowments of Nature or Worldly Happinesse For this is to haue respect of Persons and so is condemned Iam. 2 3 4. Act. 10. 34 35. Secondly According to present Necessitie so wee must affect those that are in greatest present Want howsoeuer farre inferiour in Grace to others that are not in such extremitie and out of our tender compassion minister present reliefe vnto them that so it may appeare wee doe it for Gods sake and not vpon any goodnesse in them expecting our recompence from the Lord which we are like to loose from men Thirdly Whereas there are some Callings on Earth which doe in some sort represent the Maiestie and Office of God as the Calling of the Magistrate Minister c. Therefore herein also there must be a wise ordering of our Affections As that howsoeuer in generall we must affect where there be best Graces yet now if the case stand betweene a Magistrate though wicked and a priuate Christian wee must more affect the Magistrate because he is the Image of Gods Maiestie Power c. and in regard of his Place and Office is to execute the Will of God whether for good or euill and so is an image of Gods free and absolute Power I say in these respects we must more lone feare and regard the Magistrate then any priuate Christian howsoeuer superiour in spirituall Graces The Reasons are First Because the outward Calling of the Magistrate and such Gifts as may concerne the same is that which the Lord in wisdome hath set ouer not onely the persons of priuate men but euen their best Gifts also either to reward them for the Good they doe or else to punish them for the Euill they doe yea to correct them also for the good they may doe because they haue fayled in the measure thereof so that wherein we thinke we haue most cause to spurne at gouernment because happily it layes the burthen vpon the wrong horse vexing the Doues and acquitting the Crowes as hee sayth Yet herein we haue greatest cause to loue the Magistrate As not onely being herein an Image of the Diuine Prouidence in bearing with the wicked in great patience and correcting his children but also expressing herein the Diuine Goodnesse first of his generall Prouidence to the Wicked in sparing them and therein his speciall Prouidence to the Godly in sparing the Wicked for the triall of his Children and so of his Goodnesse herein to his Saints in correcting them here that they may not be condemned hereafter and so of his speciall Prouidence to the Wicked in hardning them by his patience to the Day of Slaughter The like may bee said concerning the Faithfull Minister That whereas hee is the Interpreter one of a thousand to declare vnto Man his Righteousnesse Iob. 33. 22. Yea is so gracious with God as both to be the Mouth of God vnto the people the Lord reuealing his Will for our saluation by their Ministerie aa also to bee the Mouth of the People vnto God both to obtaine Blessings for them and also to remooue Iudgements from them Exod. 32. So that if hee doe not pray for them the Lord will not heare their prayers Ierem. 14. 11 12. If he pray for them the Lord will be gracious and pardon their Offences And so hee is as the Chariots and Horsemen of Israel to preserue the Land from desolation and maintaine the peace thereof Therefore as these are worthie of double honour 1. Tim. 5. 17. so wee must affect them accordingly as those which watch ouer our Soules and must giue vp their account for vs that so they may giue it vp with Ioy and not with Griefe Heb. 13. 18. Yea howsoeuer the person of the Minister may be exorbit●●t and scandalous yet in regard of his Calling wee are bound to heare him And if wee affect him not we cannot profite by him ●hee may benefite vs though himselfe be reproued 1. Cor. 9. Yea with the Apostle If Christ be preached whether of Enuie or Uaine-glorie or any such by-respects yet wee must reioyce in the Truth and the rather embrace the same as hauing herein a gracious triall of our Sinceriti● that wee receiue the Word not with respect of Persons for the Uessels sake but as from the Lord 1. Thess. 2. 13. and in Obedience to his Ordinance As also hauing matter to exercise our spirituall Wisdome in discerning things that differ to seuer the truth of the Word from the scandals of the Parson to trie all things and hold that which is good 1. Thess. 5. Yea herein wee haue singular matter to exercise our Loue both in praying for his Parson that God may make him more profitable and so mourning for his Defects as that by our Meekenesse and Humilitie wee seeke by all holy meanes to winne him to more faithfulnesse by being faithfull in the obedience of that Truth which hee hath deliuered as knowing that our sinne is the cause that our Pastour is so defectiue And therefore mourne wee especially for our owne Sinnes so wee may giue him example to doe the like or else make him herein inexcusable Which as it reproueth the giddinesse of our people which heape vp Teachers vnto themselues according to their owne Lusts forsaking and disgracing those whom God hath set ouer them vpon pretence of their insufficiencie of Gifts or other defects so it ought to aduise vs to be humbled for our owne sinnes when any such stumbling blockes are offered Assuring our selues That if wee can truely examine and compare not out vaine and presumptuous Affections after the most eminent Gifts but our measure of profiting answerable to the meanest Gifts in truth wee shall find if wee deale truely with our owne Hearts may I not speake of those