Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	life_n	love_n	love_v	2,826	5	6.6025	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43200	A seasonable vvord, or, A plain and tender-hearted epistle to all sincere hearts in Parliament, Army and countrey, who have any willing, though weak desires to glorifie their Heavenly Father in their holy conversations : wherein is briefly urged, that Gods doing calls for the saints duties, experience of divine love requiring Christians seriously to eye it, and in their hearts and lives to act in a suitableness to it by Thomas Hearne, a friend to the truth.	Hearne, Thomas.	1650 (1650)	Wing H1309A; ESTC R10367	8,963	14

A Seasonable VVord Or a Plain and Tender-Hearted EPISTLE TO All Sincere Hearts in Parliament Army and Countrey who have any willing though weak desires to glorifie their Heavenly Father in their holy Conversations Wherein is briefly urged that Gods doing calls for the Saints Duties Experience of Divine Love requiring Christians seriously to eye it and in their Hearts and Lives to Act in a Suitableness to it By Thomas Hearne A friend to the Truth Luke 1. 74 75. That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness all our dayes 2 Chron. 32. 25 26. But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit received for his heart was lifted up Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself Jer. 7. 9 10. Will you walk after other gods and say we are delivered to do all these abominations Matt. 15. 8 9. These people honor me with their lips but their heart is far from me but in vain do they worship me Judg. 5. 8. They chose new gods then was War in the gates Printed at London in the Year 1650. A Word to the People and two Words to the ARMY Dear friends YOu whose hearts God hath touched into whose hearts the glorious light of the Lord Jesus hath shined cannot but and that with grief of of soul confess with me That as it was foretold by our Saviour who knew things as well in their events as beings That the love of many should wax cold So may we say now in our sad and dismal dayes that love to and zeal for God and godliness is quite decayed Christians alas every where falling into spiritual consumptions apace Holiness that glorious ornament of the Gospel is now by some laid as a garment out of fashion watchfulness over our corrupt hearts and crooked wayes is by some who I think not presumption to say were never fully acquainted with the pretious excellency of Gospel truths nor the deceitfulness of their self deceiving hearts laid aside As a poor legal carnal imployment but t is no wonder to see the father of lies to insnare such who are easily turned aside from the good old way of spirituall stedfastness Such as are of roving minds do seldom bottom on any thing whiles such that may be called eminent and solid Philosophical subtleties do most take with aiery and criticall spirits empty notions quiet that heart though different from the rule too who is ignorant of the glory of the Lord in truth resting on his soul Satan transforms himself into the likeness of an Angel of Light to keep poor souls from knowing and injoying that light at whose right hand are pleasures for evermore Seeing now that vanity so abounds and folly hath gotten a fear which hereto fore was a footstool to truth although I am conscious to my self of mine own weakness and not ignorant neither how in laying out my self to publique view I shall be exposed to the judgment of many outside Christians and therefore critical spirits yet notwithstanding all these pleas of Satan and mine own carnal heart to the contrary I have adventured abroad referring the event of this my sincere and retired endeavors to advance the glory of God to him alone who by his Arm makes weak things strong Did not many able Christians both for parts and experiences as I hope more consult their own concernments then the glory of God they could not be so dull in such a day as this is when so few in sincerity plead for truth I am sure there was another spirit in those sons of God to appear for truth of old Moses aimed so at Gods glory that he had rather dye then Gods hand should fall upon the Israelites which would so redound to Gods dishonor So Paul of the Jews Rom. 10. 1. The Lord lay not this sin to their charge Who are furnished with all suitable accommodations and yet will not appear but to my business Friends many of you have a long time tasted of mercy How do you prize the God of mercy Is he your praise who hath been your Saviour I am fearful of many of you that you are almost drowned in forgetfulness of God Christ was lovely to you Is sin deadly now The Cavaleers are gone out of your Counties Doth corruption raign in your hearts Doth the injoyment of peace ingage you to bless the God of peace if not what 's the cause of this dismal change Surely I see by your life what you love Souls be serious and ask your hearts these questions 1. Whether you walk as a people that own and remember the mercies of God you have been a long time under the wing of divine love are you now warmed by the beams of the Sun of righteousness you have much given from God in a way of grace ah what do you return in a way of practise you have your desires granted are your promises of glorifying God made good Surely friends rebellion still owned and acted in such an age of so much light against a God of so much love is lamentable indeed 2. Whether your hearts and resolutions are now as much ingaged against the unfruitful works of darkness as once they were Is sin lovely now which once was deadly Is that your crown now which once was your contempt Is holiness your tryumph now Is God your end is Scripture your rule Try your hearts and see whether you can say that Gods Word is your solace sins ruine your rejoycing Truly to know God and not to affect God is a knowledg which will bring miserable experience on us all at the last t is a sad sign of a declining soul when the pretious things of the Lord Jesus are lookt on as things indifferent taken or left all alike surely such never saw Christ in his Robes of gladness who are more glad of sins raign then of sins ruine holy activity for God and Truth once deadned that soul is almost past recovery 3. You my dear friends tell me and put this to your hearts whether such have any room in your hearts who to our eye and conscience appear holy exact sincere though not of your judgment as to the circumstantials of the Gospel time was when that pretious predsient was followed by you Mal. 3. 16. They that feared the Lord spake often one to another but now those that are not of your way they shall have none of that food from heaven which God hath made you therefore Stewards of that you might communicate to all of the houshold of Faith I once thought this Truth to be Orthodox that all that in sincerity love the Lord Jesus should be of one minde heart and resolution so far as to impart the minde of God each to other Not meeting together because not of one judgment hath almost drawn on a general vail either of carelesness or prejudice who otherwise are eminent and sincere if union with the Father be not a ground of communion with the Saints