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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	accuse_v	evil_a	excuse_v	1,813	5	9.4788	5	true

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A57738	Tragi-comoedia being a brief relation of the strange, and wonderfull hand of God discovered at Witny, in the comedy acted there February the third, where there were some slaine, many hurt, and several other remarkable passages : together with what was preached in three sermons on that occasion from Rom. 1, 18 : both which may serve as some check to the growing atheisme of the present age / by John Rowe ...	Rowe, John, 1626-1677.	1653 (1653)	Wing R2067; ESTC R6082	58,271	114

of God and he beginnes with jealousy l Aquinas 1ma 2dae Quaest 28. Art 4. Jealousy is an affection proceeding frō strength and intensnes of love and that which stirres it up is somewhat that would rob a man of the quiet and sole enjoyment of what he desires God loves himselfe and his own glory above all and good reason for it he being the highest and most supreme good Sin in its proper nature and intention goes about to rob him of what is nearest to him and therefore no wonder if he be jealous This jealousy of his is manifested in the next wordes The Lord revengeth the Lord revengeth the Lord taketh vengeance m Cum vero ait Dominus semper est in Heb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ut intelligant Deum verum omnipotentē sibi esse iratum qui nullins potentiâ prohiberi aut impediri possit Ribera The name of Jehovah is thrice repeated in this one verse this he doth to shew that it is the true and living God he that is omnipotent whose power and wrath none can resist that was fallen out with them and become their enemie And n Ter autem ulciscens sive ultor dicitur quod asseverationem magnam habet maximamque in dicat certissimam ultionem etenim Ternarius magnam vim habet ad amplificandum Ribera the name of vengeance is as oftē attributed to him the Lord revengeth revengeth will take vengeance which shewes the terriblenesse of his wrath and the certainty of it There are also two other expressions that set forth the greatnesse and certainty of his wrath he is furious or as the Margin hath it that hath fury which best suits with the Originall which hath it o Dominum irae vocat ira indignatione praeditum q.d. nonnunquam ostendit se esse iratum quū infligit graves poenas Vatabl. the Lord of Anger that is one that is armed with wrath and indignation against his enemies shewes himself to be angry by inflicting grievous punishments on thē p Ego 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 non Simpliciter accipio pro irâ sed pro efectu irae Calv. in loc This is intimated in the other expression he reserveth wrath for his enemies The word wrath is not againe repeated in the originall but is taken from that which went before to make the sense compleat He is the Lord of wrath he hath plagues punishmēts enough at his cōmand these he reserves keepes by him for a fit time then be sure he will execute them to the utmost 3. The third Particular By what wayes and meanes hath this wrath of God been manifested to men Answ These two waies 1. By naturall light 2. By the light of the word 1. By the light of nature or of conscience There is such a power left in all mens hearts which is called conscience that upon q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sic Hie ocles in versum sin commited or good omitted summons men to the tribunall of the supreme Majesty telling them that they owe punishment to that soveraigne justice for the commission of the one and the omission of the other The Gentiles who had nothing but the light of nature had this court of r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 appellat idem Hieroc judicature erected in them Rom. 1. last Who knowing the judgment of God that they which commit such things are worthy of Death c. This was a principle rivetted and seated in all their hearts this they knew full well they ſ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vid. Bez. in textum acknowlegd it as true though they were ignorant of and denied many other truths that they which committed such and such sinnes were worthy of Gods wrath for that is meant by Death that bearing the name of death here which is called wrath in the 18. verse Hence it was that many of the Heathens spake of a t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. adv Col. golden eye a revengefull eye an eye of justice that saw all and would be revenged for all the wickednesse that men committed This is farther set forth in that famous text Rom 2.15 where the apostle speaking of the Gentiles sayes their conscience also bearing witnesse and their thoughts the meane while accusing or els excusing one another When they had sin'd their consciences accused them and told them this they ought not to have done and there was one that saw and would take vengeance for this the t Neque enim sensus esse videtur cogitationes se mutuò i.e. aliam aliam accusâsse aut excusâsse sed inter se quasi alternatim aciper vices eum in quo reperiebantur prout nempe unus idemque nunc òene nunc male ageret operaque virtutum ac vitiorum vices quasdam inter se obtinerent similiter cogitationes inter se vices nunc excusa ndi nunc accusandi habu isse Ladov de Dieu meaning is not so much as the letter of the word seems to import as if so be the thoughts themselves did grate one upon another one thought allowing it self when it was good and condemning it self when it was evill but the plainer sense seems to be that they had accusing thoughts when they did evill and excusing thoughts when they did well the man or person acquitting or accusing himselfe in his own thoughts according to the difference of his actions his own thoughts which is no more then the exercise of conscience justifying him when he did well and condemning him when he did otherwise Most men if not all especially when they fall into some grosse sin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. de his qui sero à numine puniuntur they have this warning or remembrance from Conscience thou hast sinned thou wilt be damned for this another day Now God by this meanes discovers his hatred against sin and his wrath hanging over the sinner Conscience is Gods officer it is his Herald to proclaime his wrath to men If one Prince send his Herald at armes to another Prince or a Generall of an Army sends his challenge by drum or trumpet there is then open warre and all men know it God hath set up this light in men by which he proclaimes open warre to them in case they sin against him Wouldest thou know whether God be angry yea or no look within doest thou feel no gripes or prickings there doth not thy heart secretly x 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Idem sink and fall after such a sin Oh miserable man what have I done certainly I have brought my y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hiercel self under the displeasure of the Almighty If thy conscience be not stupid or seared there are such secret remembrances as these are z 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Idem And this is one way by which God instructs the sons of men what the nature of sin is and what they must expect if

the second great edition of his wrath if I may so speak And the third was in that of Sodom and Gommorah these he l 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 constituit ●ez pone●s Vulg. constituted framed for an * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hesych example that is for a signe a token a sure a standing remembrance of what he meant to doe with others in the like kind And therefore is it said unto those that m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ph. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hes after should live ungodly If any had a mind after this to play the Atheists to cast off all the thoughts of God of religion and to riot it in their lusts as the Sodomites they might here see as in a map what their doome was like to bee S. Paul reckons up a whole Catalogue of Judgments which befell the Israelites 1. Cor. 10.11 It is said now all these things happened to them for ensamples the meaning is not that those Judgments came by chance upon them for how could they then be intended as examples as he saies they were Neither doth he say divisim and a part that these things happened and were examples but he speaks conjunc●im knitting them up both in one sentence they happened as examples or for examples that is those things which corrupt and carnall hearts look upon as chances and misfortunes he in the course of his providence orders that they should come to passe that they might be examples therefore in the 6. verse it is said these things were our examples or they were * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 made our examples being ordained and appointed of him so to be Examples that is patterns n 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phav samplers and similitudes of what he intended to doe in after times These were some of the first draughts and coppies of his judgments that men might see as he had begun so he intended to goe on and therefore they are said to be examples written for instruction or admonition Examples they were so in their primitive intendment and they are written too left upon record that we might take warning by them on whom the ends of the world are come The last age of this world is like to be the worst and therefore is it said in the last dayes perilous times shall come for there shall be sinners of such and such a sort 2. Tim. 3.1 Now God hath provided for this before hand he hath given many noteable examples of his judgments in former ages which men if they were wise would hide in their hearts and keep ever by them and that was his end in makeing such examples that they might be for admonition o 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Admonitionē pretiosum vocabulum ●uo significatur rectis monitis mens quasi prius emota suo loco restitui vel antea fluctuans componi Eez. in 1. Cor. 10 a pretious word as one calls it signifying the bringing of the mind back to it selfe againeby some wholesome rebuke or other that was formerly out of its place or els it signifieth the setling of the mind that before was fluctuating and wavering All men are apt to think sleightly of sin they look upon sin as a harmlesse thing that hath no venome nor sting in it they play and dally with it as little children would do with a Snake All this while the understanding is a sleep the mind is out of its place it judges not of things according to the nature of them But when the Lord from heaven beginnes to shoot his arrowes when they see men taken in the midst of their impieties and punished with some grievous and fearfull judgments then the mind beginnes to be awakened and a mans thoughts begin to recollect themselves certainly sin is not such a trifle it is not a toy an empty notion as the most of men doe make it These are the warnigs of God to men his judgments executed in the world are as so many monūents standing remembrances of his displeasure against sin This is the last reason of the point The Application followes The first vse may be a word of Terror it is able to shake the heart of every unrepentant sinner under heaven Is there such wrath in God as hath been opened hath it been all along manifested and revealed have his judgments confirmed it this may strike a dampe a terror on the heart of every wretched unrepenting sinner in the world Here thou mayest see what thy case is and what thy doome will certainly bee the wrath of the great God the God of heaven and earth is kindled against thee it burneth and waxes hot against thee yea it will one day consume thee and destroy thee it will tumble theeodwn into endlesse easelesse remedilesse torments This were enough to shake the proudest Nimrods of the world and to make the most stout hearted sinner tremble like an aspen leafe would he but consider it The case is plaine and cleare the judgment sure and certaine The wrath of God is revealed from heaven it s a plaine a manifest thing it s written with a sun-beame and there needs be no question of it thine owne conscience that araignes accuses and condemnes thee it s the voice and cry of conscience if thou lyest in such and such abominations thou must be damned the word sayes it the Law hath pronounced it a thousand times over and over the gospell that ratifyes and confirmes it and the judgments of God executed in the world they put it out of doubt Oh miserable man or woman who ever thou bee be thou young or old rich or poore be thy rank or condition whatsoever it be that lyest in thy secret thefts adulteries oaths prophanations of the sabbath whose heart riseth at God and his waies that lovest thy ignorance wordlinesse or what ever sin it bee that I cannot name in which thou livest and art resolved so to doe Oh miserable forlorne creature The God of heaven and earth is set against thee the God of heaven earth is resolved to plague punish thee Art thou able to dwell with everlasting burnings or to stand before a devouring fire Art thou a fit match for the Almighty canst thou grapple with thy maker art thou strong enough to overcome his Almightynesse What is become of all the mighty sinners in the world what is become of the world of the ungodly Were they not all swllowed up together and devoured as in a moment What is become of the wicked Sodomites Were they not consumed with fire and brim-stone Nay that 's not all they suffer the vengeance of eternall fire Jude 5.7 they lye flaming in the fire of hell and are scorched with the wrath of God there for ever What is become of Cain and Judas and all the rabble of the ungodly Hath not this wrath of the Lord lighted on them and are they not for ever miserable this is thy doome portion