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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	pass_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	17	3	9.2662	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02982	Holy zeal against sin, shewn to be an acceptable and seasonable duty : in a sermon preached at Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorset, Sept. 4th. 1700. At a quarterly lecture appointed for the promoting the Reformation of Manners. / By J. E. Minister of the Gospel.	J. E.	1700 (1700)	Wing E14B; ESTC R174804	21,249	41

of my soul to see how difficult 〈◊〉 is to engage some Ministers to put to their as●●…sting hand in promoting this work of Reforma●…ion I do not say that all are so God forbid 〈◊〉 should then fear it an awful prelude of some fore ●…udgment To see persons all life in a Ceremony but i●… God's cause to have no heart in some of the sub●…tantial points of Religion to be as dead as a stone what is it but the height of hypocrisie Our Sa●…iour himself has decided this case He hath told ●…s there are weightier matters and lesser matters ●…nd he hath branded those for hypocrites and ●…as denounced a woe against them who keep 〈◊〉 ●…other about smaller matters such as Ceremoni●… 〈◊〉 of Man's making mint anice cummin but neg●…ect the weightier matters of the Law sobrie●●…●…ighteousness peace charity faith judgment mercy You know where it is written Mat. 23.23 When we see some persons thus zealous abo●●…●…esser matters Jehu-like driving on with a furio●…●…eal and at the same time to have no regard fo●… God's honour to be careless and indifferent wh●…●…her God's law and the great things of it be observed yea or no it is a temptation to many 〈◊〉 believe that there is more than a Ceremony th●…●…s the difference between the Church and the Me●●…●…ng and that a separation is in some sort necess●…●…y to keep up the power of Religion I could heartily wish that we could unite o●…●…ne common bottom and walk together where●●… we are agreed and particularly in suppressing vi●●…●…nd prophaness now we have an opportunity fo●…●…t the supream Magistrate's countenance and goo●… It was the observation of our Blessed Lord t●… the children of this world are wiser in their gener●●…on than the children of light Luke 16.8 O 〈◊〉 it not my Reverend and dear Brethren h●… true of Ministers Shall the men of the world 〈◊〉 different Interests unite their forces to prom●… one common and general design Yea let me a●… shall the Devils themselves as I have shewn el●… where see my late Treatise Man's Sinfulness a●… Misery by Nature p. 145. unite and agree to ca●… on one common Interest against Christ and his Kin●…dom And shall not Christians shall not Ministe●… unite in opposing the Interest of Satan by ende●…vouring the suppression of vice and prophaness Tell it not in Gath publish it not in Askelon let n●… the Papists hear of it lest these uncircumcised Ph●…listins rejoyce who know that when we a●… throughly debaucht we are then fit for any Rel●…gion and so may give them new hopes In the Name therefore of our great Master l●… us lay by our lesser heats and shew our selves ze●…lous for our God by promoting in our places tha●… National Reformation that is begun in some part●… I would hope my Brethren you need not m●…tives or a spur though I take this liberty to pu●… you in remembrance Thirdly a word briefly to Private Christian●… and so I have done Is it a duty very pleasing unt●… God to shew our selves zealous for him Then pu●… this duty into practice It belongs to you as wel●… as others Shew your selves zealous for God against Sin by promoting in your places the s●… much talkt of Reformation of Manners More particularly 1. Reform your selves Begin at home You ●…ll never be able to proceed with courage in re●…rming of others whilst guilt lies at your own ●…or It will be objected first mend your selves ●…al your self The Snuffers of the Sanctuary were 〈◊〉 be of pure gold Exod. 25.38 A Ceremony ●…as one has lately noted significative of this ●…nong other truths that they must be holy and ●…blameable themselves who take upon them to reprove ●…nd reform others 2. As there is occasion Rebuke your nighbour ●…ow plain is this duty though little practised ●…ev 19.17 Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy Bro●…her and not suffer sin upon him There is indeed ●…ome prudence required in giving rebukes some●●…mes It may be done verbally or by withdraw●…ng our presence or some testimony of dislike as ●…rudence shall direct according to the circumstance ●…f time place and person 3. Lastly if after rebuke he continues obsti●…ate and other ways will not reclaim him gi●●…●…nformation against him to the Magistrate that so 〈◊〉 ●…ay be brought to condign punishment What ca●… Magistrates or Laws do though never so good ●…f none will take it on them to give information I know the Name of an Informer is become odious because the thing has been abused which ●…s either good or evil according to the matter an●…●…ause of it To inform against the godly for ma●…●…er of duty to expose them to the rage of Pers●…cutors that is wicked But to inform against th●… wicked upon the account of their sin whereb●… God is dishonoured to bring them to condign p●…nishment that is godly and a Scripture-du●… Lev. 5.1 Deut. 17.4 5. Perhaps you meet with some trouble and repro●… by giving Informations and by endeavouring 〈◊〉 reform others Well be it so Is it not our du●… to deny our selves in some cases Can we be Ch●●…stians without self-denial Pray see Mat. 24.16 Who knows but you by your zeal may ke●… off God's judgments from the land Did not Ph●…nehas turn away God's wrath from the Childre●… of Israel Is it not recorded for the incourag●…ment of others Num. 25.11 Remember that it is the Cause of God Ho●… zealous were the wicked in time past in persecutin●… the godly for matter of duty in hunting them a●… Partridges on the Mountains sparing no cos●… time or pains And shall their zeal in a ba●… cause wherein they did the Devil's works ou●… doe yours in the cause of God wherein God honour and glory is concerned Consider this God takes notice of all that yo●… do for he is Omniscient He sees your zeal your labour of love and all your trouble an●… notes it down in his book Your zeal to him is a●… well pleasing act of faith you may learn this from the instance of my Text. God was so well pleased with Phinehas his zeal that he bestowed on him an everlasting Priesthood and not only so ●…ut blest his Children for his sake Behold I give ●●…to him my Covenant of Peace and he shall have ●…t and his seed after him Who knows but that you by your zeal may derive a blessing unto ●…our posterity Besides if with Phinehas your zeal be rig●●… all be imputed to you for righteousness as his 〈◊〉 ●…sal 106.31 And God hereafter will rewa●●…●…ou for it and will abundantly recompence yo●…●…ouble Therefore comfort your selves und●●…●…l discouragements with these thoughts To conclude If Magistrates Ministers and p●●…●…ate Christians would each do their duty a●… new themselves zealous for God against vice 〈…〉 hearty promoting of the present Reformatio●… were an easy thing to drive sin into corners 〈◊〉 ●…lear our Towns of whoremasters drunkar●…●…rophane swearers and sabbath-breakers and 〈◊〉 ●…ring Religion and a shew of Godliness into 〈◊〉 ●…ute 'T would also be a means of lengthe●…●…ut our present tranquillity and of procuring ●…us many blessings as well as the averting impe●…●…ng judgments which in case this work of 〈◊〉 ●●…formation be obstructed will in all probabilit●…●…poured down on us Which God of his inf●…●…mercy prevent FINIS