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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	judge_n	judge_v	judgement_n	2,891	5	6.1190	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53272	The first, last, or, The formal hypocrite further from salvation (as to the way of God's ordinary working) than the prophane sinner being the substance of several sermons preached in course at a lecture in the countrey / by J.O. ...	Oldfield, John, 1627?-1682.	1666 (1666)	Wing O219A; ESTC R17591	60,026	155

not knowingly bank any much less make obedience to one a cloak of disobedience to another 8. Add one more briefly The Formalist is regardless of his own heart A stranger to that Duty Solomon presses Prov. 4.13 Keep thy heart above all keeping This is if I may so speak the very Formalis Ratio the Essence of Formality that the heart is wanting in all he doth he hath an eye to his Conversion as far as it is obvious to the eye of others but lets his heart run at liberty Now the sincere Christian's work is most within his greatest care is in weeding dressing keeping clean watching over his own heart he hath a wary eye to every entrance and out-going of the soul Thus you see some rude draught of a Formalist Judg your selves by these Characters and if you find cause apply the Text and Doctrine to your own hearts rectifie your mistakes and judg of your selves as the Word judges of you it may do you good for this is not a judgment of final decision but of trial and discussion which may bring you into the right way 4. The fourth and last Use I shall make of the Doctrine is Exhortation in which 1. A word to the Prophane 2. To the Formalist CHAP. VII The fourth and last Vse of the point viz. Exhortation And first to the Prophane That they will improve their hopes Prosecuted 1. by Directions 2. Encouraging Motives 1. TO you that wallow in the mire of sin and drink the very dregs of iniquity see your hopes your possibilities your probabilities for Heaven and lay hold on them possibly some of you may conceit your case hopeless and desperate but take not up such sad conclusions There is yet hopes in Israel concerning this thing say not then with the Eunuch and stranger Isa 56.3 The Lord hath utterly seperated me from his people Behold I am a dry tree Nor with the Apostate Jews Jer. 2.25 There is no hope c. Despair will make you desperate 'T is the Epicures language 1 Cor. 15.32 Let us eat and drink for to morrow we die q. d. Let us take our fill of pleasure and voluptuousness here we know not what our portion will be in another world none are so obstinately wicked as they that have hardned themselves by despair I have read of one who after a first and second relapse from purposed and promised Reformation being the third time visited with sickness sent for his Minister who minding him of his former promises and failings in performance aggravating his sin upon him he told him that except he did speedily and seriously repent and put away his Harlot who was then in his house there was no hope of his Salvation His reply was Say you so can I not be saved except I put her away Then I will do as well as I can while I live so calling for Wine Cards and that Woman he spent his time which was but three or four days in mirth and pleasure and so in a moment went down into the grave Oh take heed of bringing your selves to this pass That Scripture is notable Job 15.21 24. A doleful sound is in his ears Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid Here 's his despair or horror of Conscience see the effect of it Vers 25 26. He stretcheth out his hand against God and strengthneth himself against the Almighty he runneth upon him even on his neck upon the thick bosses of his bucklers Some wild Beasts when hunted to a stand will turn again and fly in your face So do sinners when grown desperate even fly in the face of God himself 'T is the Devils ordinary way when he hath drawn men into sin and kept them in it as long as he can when they begin to think of turning to perswade them there is no hope Oh but consider the Text possibly thy case may be more hopeful then many a one that passes in the world for a sincere Christian yet the door is open the Golden Scepter is held out thy case is not desperate make it not so by going on still in thy wickedness Presumption begins obduration but despair heightens and compleats it If once thou drink in this deadly conclusion That there is no possibility of Salvation for thee thou wilt then bid defiance to God This made one shoot his darts against Heaven another throw up handfuls of his own blood crying out Vicisti Galilaea O Galilean thou hast overcome A third wish himself above God that he might be able to grapple with him and a fourth lay violent hands upon himself and become his own Executioner This is it that makes the Devil a Devil Jam. 2.19 He believes and trembles 'T is a Hell worse then Hell it self See therefore and lay hold on thy opportunity Publicans and Harlots saith the Text go into the Kingdom of God art thou worse 'T was a cheering word to poor blind Bartimeus Mar. 10.49 Be of good comfort rise he calleth thee The same I may say to you he came to call sinners and are not you such to repentance Oh that you would now imitate that poor blind man who V. 50. cast away his Garment rose and came to Jesus Acts 13.43 with 47 48. See how the Gentiles rejoyced and flockt in when God vouchsafes them an invitation Poor souls They thought God had cast them off and not reserved such a blessing for them therefore they are even ravished with the glad tidings and become as Corn fully ripe that shakes into the hand of the Reaper or as mellow fruits dropping into the mouth of him that gathers them Oh that this discovery of the like hopes for you prophane sinners might have the like operation upon you Oh that I could hear some poor soul pouring out such breathings as these What Is there hopes for me for me an old Drunkard an unclean wretch c Will Christ vouchsafe to give me a call an invitation Is it possible that I that have spent my choice time exhausted my best Spirits c. upon sin should yet be in a possibility of Heaven Is it thy pleasure dear Saviour to bestow thy Blood and Merits thy Grace and Spirit yea an heavenly Inheritance a Crown of Glory on such a dead dog as I am Surely though none could have less hope yet none hath more need then I since there is a peradventure I will go in if I perish I perish Oh take the Prophets Counsel Isa 55.7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon Give me leave to sub-join two or three words of Direction and as many of Encouragement 1. Come within the call of Christ lie at the Bethesda of Ordinances put your selves under the Physicians hands if you will be cured Faith comes by hearing Rom. 10.17 Miss not an opportunity you know not when the Spirit will