Selected quad for the lemma: child_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
child_n breast_n mother_n suck_v 2,417 5 10.4894 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A10740 A vvorkeman, that needeth not to be ashamed: or The faithfull steward of Gods house A sermon describing the duety of a godly minister, both in his doctrine and in his life. By Charles Richardson, preacher at S. Katharines, neere the Tower of London. Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617. 1616 (1616) STC 21019; ESTC S115966 57,940 78

There is 1 snippet containing the selected quad. | View original text

though_o he_o will_v not_o turn_v from_o his_o wicked_a way_n 3.19_o ezech._n 3.19_o and_o so_o die_v in_o his_o iniquity_n yet_o he_o shall_v deliver_v his_o own_o soul_n true_a it_o be_v that_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o desire_n of_o every_o good_a minister_n that_o if_o it_o please_v god_n all_o his_o people_n may_v be_v convert_v and_o so_o come_v to_o salvation_n but_o if_o this_o can_v be_v effect_v but_o that_o the_o lord_n do_v rather_o by_o his_o ministry_n make_v they_o faggot_n for_o hell_n fire_n and_o though_o his_o preach_n be_v the_o savour_n of_o death_n unto_o death_n unto_o they_o all_o and_o not_o the_o savour_n of_o life_n unto_o any_o 16._o 2._o cor._n 2.15_o 16._o yet_o if_o he_o have_v faithful_o and_o conscionable_o do_v that_o that_o be_v require_v of_o he_o he_o shall_v still_o be_v a_o sweet_a savour_n unto_o god_n and_o herein_o our_o condition_n that_o be_v god_n husbandman_n be_v far_o better_a than_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o earthly_a husbandman_n when_o he_o have_v cast_v his_o seed_n into_o the_o ground_n if_o the_o harvest_n do_v not_o answer_v his_o expectation_n he_o lose_v not_o only_o his_o labour_n but_o his_o seed_n also_o but_o if_o we_o have_v do_v our_o duty_n to_o the_o uttermost_a of_o our_o power_n though_o for_o any_o thing_n that_o we_o can_v see_v as_o the_o prophet_n say_v we_o have_v labour_v in_o vain_a 5._o isa_n 49.4_o 5._o and_o spend_v our_o strength_n in_o vain_a and_o for_o nothing_o yet_o our_o judgement_n be_v with_o the_o lord_n and_o our_o work_n with_o our_o god_n and_o though_o our_o people_n will_v not_o be_v gather_v by_o our_o ministry_n yet_o shall_v we_o be_v glorious_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n yea_o though_o our_o people_n out_o of_o a_o froward_a disposition_n do_v wrong_v we_o and_o offer_v we_o injury_n yet_o we_o must_v not_o give_v over_o our_o pain_n a_o mother_n cast_v not_o away_o her_o child_n though_o it_o have_v make_v her_o breast_n sore_o with_o suck_v but_o with_o patience_n endure_v the_o smart_n to_o do_v the_o child_n good_a so_o must_v we_o 4.2_o 2._o tim._n 2.24_o 25._o &_o 4.2_o as_o the_o apostle_n command_v we_o suffer_v evil_a man_n patient_o and_o instruct_v they_o with_o meekness_n that_o be_v contrary_a mind_v proon_v if_o god_n at_o any_o time_n will_v give_v they_o repentance_n etc._n etc._n nay_o we_o must_v not_o be_v discourage_v though_o our_o people_n become_v our_o enemy_n and_o persecute_v us._n as_o many_o time_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v especial_o if_o we_o be_v sincere_a in_o our_o ministry_n and_o do_v plain_o rebuke_v they_o 19.17_o levi._n 19.17_o and_o not_o suffer_v they_o to_o sin_n then_o they_o rage_n and_o then_o they_o use_v all_o their_o power_n to_o work_v we_o trouble_v as_o indeed_o that_o speech_n of_o luther_n be_v most_o true_a to_o preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n sincere_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o draw_v upon_o a_o man_n self_n all_o the_o fury_n of_o hell_n and_o the_o devil_n and_o all_o the_o power_n of_o the_o world_n and_o it_o be_v a_o most_o dangerous_a kind_n of_o life_n to_o offer_v a_o man_n self_n to_o so_o many_o tooth_n of_o satan_n this_o be_v the_o condition_n of_o all_o the_o prophet_n and_o apostle_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o the_o scripture_n and_o there_o be_v but_o a_o few_o faithful_a minister_n at_o this_o day_n but_o they_o have_v experience_n of_o it_o but_o we_o must_v not_o faint_a for_o fall_v this_o 4._o de_fw-fr consid_fw-la lib._n 4._o but_o rather_o as_o bernard_n say_v if_o they_o be_v of_o a_o hard_a forehead_n we_o must_v also_o harden_v we_o against_o they_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o hard_a that_o will_v not_o yield_v to_o a_o hard_a and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o the_o lord_n say_v to_o the_o prophet_n ezechiel_n that_o though_o the_o people_n 9_o ezech._n 2.6_o &_o 3.8_o 9_o with_o who_o he_o have_v to_o deal_v be_v rebel_n and_o thorn_n and_o scorpion_n yet_o say_v he_o i_o have_v make_v thy_o face_n hard_o against_o their_o face_n and_o thy_o forehead_n hard_o against_o their_o forehead_n i_o have_v make_v thy_o forehead_n as_o the_o adamant_n and_o hard_a than_o the_o flint_n fear_v they_o not_o therefore_o neither_o be_v afraid_a at_o their_o look_n and_o the_o like_a commandment_n do_v the_o lord_n give_v to_o the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n 1.17_o jerem._n 1.17_o thou_o therefore_o say_v he_o truss_v up_o thy_o loin_n and_o arise_v and_o speak_v unto_o they_o all_o that_o i_o command_v thou_o be_v not_o afraid_a of_o their_o face_n lest_o i_o destroy_v thou_o before_o they_o we_o may_v not_o be_v dumb_a and_o cowardly_a dog_n that_o dare_v not_o bark_v at_o man_n beard_n if_o they_o be_v great_a and_o of_o any_o power_n but_o we_o must_v be_v of_o generous_a spirit_n not_o fear_v the_o face_n or_o big_a look_n of_o any_o man_n and_o indeed_o see_v we_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n we_o need_v not_o fear_n but_o that_o he_o will_v protectus_fw-la in_o the_o discharge_n of_o our_o duty_n we_o see_v that_o great_a man_n in_o the_o world_n do_v bear_v out_o their_o servant_n much_o more_o will_v the_o lord_n bear_v out_o his_o servant_n that_o do_v he_o faithful_a service_n in_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o word_n as_o he_o promise_v the_o prophet_n jeremiah_n behold_v 19_o jer._n 1.18_o 19_o i_o have_v make_v thou_o this_o day_n a_o defence_a city_n and_o a_o iron_n pillar_n and_o wall_n of_o brass_n against_o the_o whole_a land_n etc._n etc._n for_o they_o shall_v fight_v against_o thou_o but_o they_o shall_v not_o prevail_v against_o thou_o for_o i_o be_o with_o thou_o to_o deliver_v thou_o say_v the_o lord_n the_o use_n of_o this_o doctrine_n for_o the_o people_n be_v first_o to_o reprove_v they_o that_o account_v the_o minister_n life_n to_o be_v a_o easy_a life_n as_o the_o most_o of_o they_o think_v that_o we_o get_v our_o live_n easy_o we_o take_v no_o pain_n but_o patter_n on_o a_o book_n a_o little_a etc._n etc._n but_o we_o see_v by_o that_o that_o have_v be_v speak_v that_o they_o be_v great_o deceive_v our_o saviour_n christ_n compare_v the_o work_n of_o a_o minister_n to_o thing_n of_o great_a labour_n as_o to_o plough_v fallow_a plant_v rear_v a_o house_n feed_v of_o cattle_n and_o such_o like_a in_o all_o which_o great_a pain_n and_o diligence_n be_v require_v cato_n say_v agricult_a in_o lib._n the_o agricult_a he_o that_o till_v the_o ground_n must_v not_o sit_v still_o for_o he_o have_v always_o something_o to_o do_v and_o indeed_o the_o work_n of_o the_o husbandman_n be_v never_o at_o end_n sometime_o he_o fallows_n sometime_o he_o stir_v sometime_o he_o carry_v out_o his_o compass_n sometime_o he_o sow_n sometime_o he_o harrow_n sometime_o he_o weed_n yea_o every_o month_n bring_v with_o it_o new_a work_n so_o the_o minister_n that_o be_v god_n husbandman_n if_o he_o have_v a_o care_n to_o do_v his_o duty_n well_o shall_v find_v husinesse_n enough_o to_o keep_v he_o from_o be_v idle_a and_o howsoever_o it_o be_v true_a that_o he_o do_v not_o toil_v with_o his_o body_n so_o much_o as_o the_o other_o do_v yet_o his_o labour_n be_v much_o more_o profitable_a the_o master_n of_o the_o ship_n seem_v to_o be_v idle_a he_o stir_v not_o the_o pump_n he_o drive_v not_o the_o oar_n he_o ride_v not_o the_o rope_n he_o do_v no_o other_o work_n that_o be_v painful_a to_o the_o body_n and_o yet_o his_o study_n and_o care_n be_v more_o available_a to_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o ship_n than_o all_o their_o labour_n in_o like_a manner_n we_o may_v say_v of_o faithful_a minister_n as_o seneca_n say_v of_o philosopher_n and_o a_o great_a deal_n more_o true_o they_o do_v not_o lead_v a_o idle_a life_n their_o ease_n and_o rest_n be_v more_o profitable_a to_o man_n than_o other_o man_n sweat_a and_o run_v up_o and_o down_o nay_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v well_o consider_v it_o will_v be_v find_v that_o the_o continual_a exercise_n of_o his_o mind_n in_o diligent_a study_n and_o the_o enforce_n of_o his_o voice_n in_o deliver_v the_o word_n do_v more_o enfeeble_v and_o weaken_v the_o body_n than_o any_o other_o bodily_a labour_n as_o seneca_n say_v well_o declam_fw-la well_o in_o prolog_n declam_fw-la the_o weariness_n of_o the_o wit_n be_v no_o less_o than_o the_o weariness_n of_o the_o body_n but_o more_o secret_a and_o luther_n make_v no_o bone_n to_o say_v that_o the_o labour_n of_o the_o husbandman_n have_v no_o proportion_n to_o our_o toil_n and_o sweat_v and_o whosoever_o shall_v compare_v they_o both_o together_o shall_v easy_o see_v this_o to_o be_v true_a the_o husbandman_n that_o toil_v all_o the_o year_n in_o the_o field_n have_v a_o sound_a complexion_n