Selected quad for the lemma: concern_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
concern_n	right_a	rule_n	sport_n	40	5	13.0808	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97360	The works of the judicious and learned divine Dr. Thomas Taylor, part 1. sometimes preacher of Aldermanbury, London. Published by himself in his life time, in several smaller volumes, now collected together into three volumes in fol. two of which are here bound together. The first volume containing, I. An exposition on the 32. Psalm ... The second volume containing, I. An exposition of the parable of the sower and seed, on Luk. 8. ... The third volume is in the press, and will containe in it, I. The progress of sts, to full holinesse ...	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1659 (1659)	Wing T560A	683,147	498

Affection Wee must eat and drink with moderation of affection not to sit at it as though wee had nothing else to do as many who bring themselves under the power of the creature such as cannot bee without the Pot at their mouth or without the Pipe at their nose men of whom the Apostle speaks that corrupt themselves with the creatures losing sobriety modesty chastity health and reason it self Here is an utter perverting of God Ordinance who hath given us his creatures to refresh and help our selves by them but men instead thereof hurt and destroy themselves by them 5 Time Fifthly For the time Wee must not so eat and drink as wee eat up also too much time for so wee hinder our selves in our Callings which wee ought specially to further Redeeming the time Eph. 5.16 Numbers set down to eat and drink and in feasting and feeding their bodies never feel the passage of three or four hours whereas to sit out a Sermon one hour long is very tedious so little care have most men of feeding their souls 6 Sweetness Sixthly In eating desire to taste the goodness and sweetness of God himself in his creatures else have wee no better use of them than the brute creatures Say to thy self O Lord how sweet and good art thou in thy self who canst put such sweetness in thy creature 7 Communication Seventhly Wee should use good and savoury speech as salt to our meat to acknowledge Gods bounty and goodness to praise him and to edifie others Our empty and barren hearts cannot tell how to wear out the time of feasting but either in trifles or inviting of others to eat and drink who need rather bridles than spurs Quest What no other speech but of Scripture How then should wee bee merry Answ It is true That commonly all other speech but carnal is unsavoury But a Christian must consider 1 That hee eats and drinks before the Lord and his speeches must become the presence of God who heareth and expecteth that all the speech of Christians bee better than silence 2 All the speeches of Christians ought to savour of sobriety and wisdome and the grace of the heart for whom call wee to our tables but Gods children by profession who must be like themselves every where 3 God hath given us leave to bee merry but with this only restraint Bee merry in the Lord not against him nor setting him out of sight as those who never think themselves merry but in rude and ungodly behaviours and speeches unbeseeming Christians Plato and Zenephon thought it fit and profitable that mens speeches at Meals should bee written And if Christians should so do what kinde of books would they bee Eightly ● Meditation of four things In our eating and drinking wee must bee careful to season our hearts with these and the like Meditations 1 How prone wee are to know immoderate joy and provoke God in our feasts Job was suspicious of his sons sent to them to sanctifie themselves and afterward himself sacrificed for them 2 That wee shall not want incitements or provocations of such as are invited with us or otherwise to forget our selves which incitements wee must watch against and arm our selves aforehand I remember the story of Antigonus who being invited to a place where a notable Harlot was to bee present asked counsel of Menedemus what hee should do Hee bad him onely remember that hee was a Kings Son Good men may bee invited where none of the best may meet them the best counsel is to keep in minde that they bee Kings Sons Gods Children and a base thing it were to bee allured from their profession by the ungodly 3 To consider in our eating and drinking our own end and mingle our feasting with a meditation of death As Joseph had his Tomb in his Garden to season his delight with meditation of his end Alas this feeding and feasting is but a little repair of a ruinous house which must go down The Egyptians had a Skeleton or carkass brought into their feasts to the same purpose So do thou set thine own carkass before the eye of thy minde and it will moderate thee in the pampering of it 4 Consider how many poor ones want some of thy superfluity It is a great sin of great men to drink wine in bowls and eat the fat and to forget the affliction of Joseph Amos 6.6 Therefore Neh. 8.10 Eat the fas and drink the sweet and send part to them for whom nothing is prepared Say with thy self Who am I to bee so full when many are hungry That I should abound when so many want How am I indebted unto God to be thankful and shall I requite his love with such unkindness as to grow wanton idle and forgetful of him when hee is most mindeful of mee Must I eat and drink to rise up to play No I must bestir mee in such duties wherein I may express much love for much love CHAP. XXV Rules for the right ordering of our selves in our sports THese concern 1 The matter and kinde of our sports and playes 2 The manner of using them aright 3 The right ends First Rules for sports 1 Matter of them not 1 Holy things 2 Nor unholy The matter of our sports must bee in things which our consciences tell us are lawful or indifferent Therefore 1 Holy things as phrases of Scripture must not bee played with Thou shalt fear the holy Name of God not delight thy self in swearing 2 Sinful things are not to bee matter of our sport As 1 To make a man drunk or swear or to laugh at such persons for this is a matter of sorrow to see Gods Image so defaced And Davids eyes gushed out with Rivers of tears to see such spectacles 2 Unlawful sports as Playes and Interludes which are the representations of vices not to bee named among Christians besides mens wearing of womens apparel the incentives of lust and fewellers of fleshly flames Heathen Law-givers have banished such out of their Countries 3 Mixed dancing of men and women together never read of in Scripture with approbation and here in our Text noted to bee the fruit of Idolatry Riot Drinking and all other dissolute behaviour Would God the root and tree and all branches laden with such fruit were quite stubbed up The Heathens themselves condemned it Nemo nisi aut ebrius aut infanus tripudlat It was an ordinary speech among the Romans None but either a Drunkard or a mad man danceth It were too long to infer the sentences of the Heathen The general consent of Fathers and the determinations of Councils made against this wicked and lascivious practice Basil in a Sermon of his concerning Drunkenness saith God made our knees not to caper like Goats but to bow to the worship of God and our Lord Jesus Christ And Viret on the seventh Commandement Chorca in circulo centrum diabolus circumferentia ejus Angels Therefore let the