Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	great_a	lord_n	see_v	5,118	5	3.3465	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85329	Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.	Fisher, Edward, fl. 1627-1655.	1646 (1646)	Wing F995; Thomason E1213_1; ESTC R210120	58,722	302

we might busie our mindes and spend lesse time about such matters and bend our mindes and studies more about matters of substance viz. about the Doctrine of Faith and Repentance and matters that concerne Christian practice and godly conversation and meekenesse and love amongst our selves truly neighbour Simon I am perswaded that all both godly Ministers and godly Christians that doe now live in this Kingdome have great cause to rejoyce and be thankfull to the Lord that hath let them live to see those things which we see to wit that there is now power given to godly Ministers and Elders to keep back unfit and unworthy Communicants from the Lords Table the which it is well knowne hath not beene heretofore though much desired and O that the Lord would be pleased to move the hearts of all our godly discenting Brethren to come in and joyne themselves with us that so we might rejoyce and praise the name of the Lord together but no more of this Sim. Truly Sir these your words have moved my heart to your way and I wish I were worthy to come in amongst you but I will take my leave of you and goe home and consider of what you have this day said unto me concerning the state and condition of my soule for I still feare I am not right and I see that the chiefe thing to be looked after and regarded is the true Knowledge of Christ Min I surely that is the thing indeed and O that we could all of us seeke more after that then we doe and as one in a In Bacon hi● Catachis Epistle dedicatory certaine place saith very sweetly Oh that every one in this Kingdome that truly desires to feare the name of God were so wise as to forbeare this clashing dashing themselves in pieces one against another for matters externall triviall and circumstantiall in Religion and would at length content themselves with that which is alone saving and everlasting and account it honour and happinesse enough in matters appertaining to God to be a Christian I remember I was lately told by a Christian friend of mine that one comming to old Master Dod not long before his death to desire him to resolve him about the point of Re-baptizing or some such like point he answered Friend have you made your Calling and Election sure or rather give diligence to make that sure which in my judgement was a very gracious answer Sim. Well Sir I will now take my leave of you for this time and I beseech you pray for me Min. Truly neighbour Simon I would here breake off and take my leave of you were it not that I see our neighbour Mathias looke very heavily and therefore I pray you tarry a while till I have spoken a few words unto him and then I will take leave of you both together How doe you neighbor Mathias what aileth you to be so sad what is the matter with you Mat. O Sir if you did but know how it is with me you would say I had cause to be heavie and sad Min. Weepe not man weepe not I pray you but tell me what is the matter with you Mat. O Sir I am troubled to thinke what will become of my soule when I dye Min. And what causeth this trouble Mat. Why truly Sir the hearing of your discourse with my neighbour Simon hath caused it for I thinke with my selfe that if he that is a man of such great knowledge and holy life and conversation be questioned by you and doe question himselfe whether he be in a good condition or no alas then what may I thinke of my selfe that am such a poore ignorant and sinfull man as I am Min. But I hope you are neither so ignorant nor so sinfull as you thinke you are Mat. O yes Sir it is too true the Lord he knoweth it Min. Why have you no knowledge in the fundamentall points of religion did you never learne your Catechisme Mat. Yea when I was young I learned a little but alas I have forgotten it long since Min. No I hope you doe remember some of it and therefore I pray you tell me what is God Mat. I beseech you Sir beare with my ignorance and I will answer you as well as I can I thinke God is the Maker and Governour of all things Min. Well said and how many Gods be there Mat. Surely Sir I think there is but one true God Min. Well said and how many Persons is there in the Trinity Mat. I thinke Sir there are three Min. And how are the three Persons distinguished Mat. Alas Sir I cannot tell how to answer that Min. And how did God make man at the first Mat. In his owne Image and likenesse Min. And wherein did that Image or likenesse consist Mat. Truly Sir I cannot tell you Min. Well but you say you are a sinfull man how doe you know that you are so Mat. Because I was conceived and borne in sinne and have sinned all my life time Min. And what is sin Mat. Why surely Sir sinne is to doe contrary to the minde and will of God Min. Neighbour Simon you know him better then I therefore I pray you tell me what you thinke of him Sim. Yes Sir I have known him a great while and have alwaies taken him to be a simple honest man according to his knowledge onely I must tell you I have heretofore seene him now and then a little distempered with drinke but of late he hath seemed to minde matters of Religion for I have seene him sometimes at a Lecture on the weeke day and therefore I hope he is better now then he hath been formerly Min. Well neighbour Mathias I am glad to heare that you begin to minde the best things and to frequent the hearing of Gods Word more now then formerly I pray you tell me what hath moved you so to doe Mat. Why truly Sir a friend of mine a godly religious man whom neither of you know was the first occasion of it for he telling me in an humble loving manner that he feared I was yet in my naturall estate and condition and thererefore lyable to Gods everlasting wrath and damnation in Hell his words did so worke upon me that I asked him what he would advise me to doe and he bad me be diligent in hearing and reading the Word of God and get good Divinity Bookes and one Booke he commended to me above the rest called The plaine mans path way to Heaven and truly Sir I hope the reading of that Booke hath done me much good but alas Sir my sins my sins are they that trouble me Min. But whether are they your sinnes which you have formerly committed or your present corruptions that doe trouble you Mat. Truly Sir they are both for I am troubled at my former sinnes for feare they are not pardoned and I am troubled at my present corruptions because I cannot overcome them Min. I pray you tell me one thing