Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	heart_n	let_v	lord_n	3,181	5	4.0879	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54422	Some fruits of a tender branch, sprung from the living vine being a collection of several sound and godly letters, written by that faithful servant of God, Benjamin Padley. With diverse living testimonies to that innocent life, in which he walked, and continued to the end of his day.	Padley, Benjamin, 1658 or 9-1687.	1691 (1691)	Wing P161; ESTC R217466	26,941	57

and miserable wanting all things And therefore it is so he that strives to heap up Treasures of this World runs himself into a snare and shall fall into a pit Also said Christ how hardly shall they that are rich enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Verily I say unto you it is easier for a Camel to go thorow the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter into the KINGDOM of GOD and also he saith in another place Seek ye the Kingdom of Heaven first and then all things needful shall be added unto you And take no thought for to morrow for to morrow shall take thought for the things of it self and therefore I desire thee let not thy mind out after these things but labour to lay up Treasures in Heaven where the Thief cannot Steal nor the Moth cannot Eat nor the Rust cause to decay and let the fear of the Lord possess thy heart and then thou wilt indeed know that the Lord careth for his Children and will not suffer any who puts their trust in him ever to be ashamed or to want any good things for he fills the Hungry with good when the rich and the full he sends empty away Secondly That thou let not out an evil spirit to watch over any with an evil eye to look out at the weakness of others or when thou can spy a fault in another to take an advantage against them or to give thy self any encouragement to give self any liberty but watch over that spirit to keep it down lest while thou art thus watching over others the Enemy get in and so deprive thee of the blessing which the true waiters do receive and are made partakers of 3dly Take heed of Murmuring at the prosperity of any or because as thou may think another may be accepted of above thee but watch over that to keep it down for that is Cain's Nature by which the world is guided and whereby every one are striving to be greatest and if that get power in thee it will eat out thy life and peace with God and Union with his People For God is no respecter of persons but every one as they come truely to walk uprightly before him are accepted of him neither doth he require more of any then he gives them power to do for where much is given much is required so as there is but an improvement of the Talent which God hath given to profit withal all shall be well at the latter end and therefore they that do well shall be accepted but they that do evil sin lyeth at their doors And Lastly I desire thee take heed of letting in an evil spirit of prejudice against me as to say in thy heart as the Rebellious Israel did of old Who made thee a Judge and a ruler over me for that is that spirit which would Fly the Cross and escape the Judgments which must come upon it before thou can be accepted of the Lord or be a fit Tabernacle for him to dwell in for the Lord God Almighty who knows the secrets of all hearts knows and is my witness this day that I have no such design as either to judge thee or rule over thee but to the contrary I desire that I may be as a servant to thee and help to bear thy burthens in any thing that may tend to the welfare of thine immortal Soul and therefore I desire thee sink down into Gods fear and let his dread possess thy heart and read it in the coolness of thy spirit and in singleness of heart without partiality then thou wilt come to see that I do not write to thee these things by the invention of my own brain or in my own will but the Lord is pleased to make me an instrument in his hand to stir thee up to remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth and to seek after a Saviour while he is to be found and therefore do I once more beseech thee slight not the day of thy visitation nor put the day of the Lord afar off nor trust not in lying vanities to say in thine heart thou shalt have long life and thou may take a little pleasure in thy young years and then thou will serve the Lord in thy old age and after such and such a thing is accomplished thou will leave off thy life of vanity and then thou wilt serve the Lord Oh! take heed of giving way to it the more it overcomes thee and the further thou goes on in that way the harder will be thy return and the danger is great whether ever thou may return or not therefore bend the twigg while it is young and turn to the Lord before sin be too much rooted in thee for as an old Crooked Tree cannot be made straight and fit for the building without much hewing even so they that sin is much rooted in and have long persisted in wickedness will hardly be redeemed from under the bondage of it but however not without many stripes therefore whilst the Lord in his mercy is thus calling and inviting with so many tender invitations of love hearken unto him for the day hastens upon all wherein it shall be said He that is holy let him be holy still and he that is filthy let him be filthy still yea the day of the Lord will come that shall burn as an oven and all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble before the fire and shall be utterly consumed so that there shall be no place found for them and so I desire thee deal justly and truly with thy own soul and learn a bridle to thy Tongue that in all thy Spiritual and Temporal Exercises thy Conversation may be ordered aright both before God and Man For saith James chap. 1. v. 26. If any Man seem to be Religious and bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his own heart this Mans Religion is vain so it is not a profession that will serve any though he may have the form of Godliness yet if he want the power God will not accept him but will cut him off as an untimely Grape from the Vine for it is not leaves but fruit that God looks for therefore let us labour to bring forth fruit to the glory of the Lord lest when he comes to look for fruit he find nothing but leaves and so curse us as he did the fig tree and like dead branches hew us down and cast us into the fire So dear brother I desire thee deal faithfully and uprightly with all Men with whom thou hast to deal and the Lord will bless and prosper thee in all thy out-goings and in-comings but if thou deal otherwise thou need expect nothing but a Curse from his Hand Remember Joseph of Old who being a Just Man and faithful to God though he was a bondslave brought a blessing upon the whole Nation of the Heathens that when all the Nations about him was ready to perish with