Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	blood_n	purge_v	sanctify_v	1,142	5	9.4967	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43568	Christ displayed as the choicest gift, and best master: from Joh. 4. 10. Joh. 13. 13. Being some of the last sermons preached by that faithful and industrious servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Nathaniel Haywood, sometime minister of the gospel at Ormschurch in Lancashire.	Heywood, Nathaniel, 1633-1677.	1679 (1679)	Wing H1757; ESTC R218948	147,704	290

from uncleanness Zech. 13.1 Who is the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world John 1.29 Christ was without spot knew no sin was born holy that he might cover the impurity of thy conception Hath sin like a poison or leprosy spread over thy whole Soul and all thy actions are impure so that there is no soundness in thee but wounds and bruises and putrifying sores Improve Christ in this case who will wash thee in his blood Rev. 1.5 bind up thy wounds and make thee partaker of the Divine nature as 2 Pet. 1.4 Though thy sins be as scarlet he will make thee white as snow If the blood of bulls and goats sprinkling the unclean sanctified to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ who through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your consciences from dead works to serve the living Lord Heb. 9.13 14 O then look unto Christ and be healed tell him as he did Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean No Soap nor Nitre can purge it the general deluge swept away sinners but could not wash away one sin 3. Against the bondage of sin every one is by nature a bondslave to corruption Now Christ was sent to Preach as well as purchase deliverance for captives and to open the Prison to them that are bound Isa. 61.1 2. If a number of men were taken captives by the Turks and made Gally-●laves suppose some rich Merchant should lay down a vast sum of Money to purchase their liberty or a great Prince make way by the Sword for their escape or give some Prisoners in exchange for them and should this dear-bought liberty be proclaimed to all in general That whoever will apply themselves to him should be free from bondage How deservedly may those lye and dye in Chains that will not accept and make use of those easie terms If thou cry out O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me c Christ alone that Son will make you free Ioh. 8.32 33 34. 'T is not a feigned or fancied but a real liberty free indeed 4. Against the danger of sin Art thou afraid of such a corruption art thou annoyed with such a temptation and ready to say ah I shall one day perish by the hand of such a sin Then to prevent falling into sin and antidote thee against the solicitations of it with Paul run to Christ and beseech the Lord once and again till thou have that answer My grace is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12.8 9. When sin comes as a Potiphars Wife and offers thee deadly Poison in a golden Cup let Faith answer I would consent but that I am a Christian how can I do this great wickedness and sin against my Christ I cannot gratifie this or that lust but I must be disloyal to my Lord Christ. When ever temptations assault and an host incamp against thee hast to the Captain of thy Salvation as David at What time I am afraid I will trust in thee Psal. 56.3 5. Against the whole body of sin make use of Christ who came to destroy the works of the Devil Would thou have sin mortified and killed and the old man crucified nail him to the Cross of Christ that by vertue of his death sin may receive its deaths wound no corruptions can stand before Christs Cross. Rom. 6.8 Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed 1. Art thou troubled and molested with passion and transported with anger nothing so effectual to subdue and bridle that short madness as Christ. Nihil ita irae impetum cohibet sicut Iesus 'T is the property of contraries to expel one another Christ is meekness and love 2. Doth Pride that detestable sin swell thee art thou proud of wealth honour gifts friends c Nihil ita superbiae tumorem sedat sicut Iesus he is humble and lowly Mat. 11.29 3. Or that diabolical sin of envy Christ can cure thee of that rotten vice Nihil ita livoris culmas sanat sicut Iesus Who ever shewed more opposition to it than Christ who prayed that his Servants might have the same glory with him Ioh. 17.22 4. Or that idolatrous heathenish sin of Covetousness Christ alone can quench the insatiable thirst after worldly things Ioh. 4.14 Whoever drinks of this water shall never thirst Nil ita temperat sitim avaritiae sicut Iesus Thou wilt trample the Moon under thy feet and scorn to love this poor dunghil-world or be fond of these beautiful vanities and fair-fac'd nothings Lastly Dost thou feel in thy Soul the scorching heat of Concupiscence and knowest not how to rid thy self of it Go to Christ who will quickly quench that flame Nihil ita extinguit libidinis flammam sicut Iesus Christs blood is an excellent antidote against lust and will quench and not curb only that inflamation So we might add many more instances for our mortification c. 2. As a Physician to cure all Diseases Christ the gift of God is a most excellent and soveraign Remedy for all diseases and spiritual indispositions whatever the Soul ails go to Christ and he can and will help 1. For darkness and blindness none better than Christ. Do the eyes of thy mind wax dim and dark that thou canst not so well as formerly see the soulness of sin the fairness of Christ the beauty of holiness O make use of Christ who can open blind eyes and clear the sight and make you see that plainly that others can scarce perceive He can illuminate the mind anoint the eye with eye-salve Rev. 3.18 that thou maist see how naked and wretched thou art dispel all darkness and shew thee the light of life Iohn 8.12 and 12.46 If any walk in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay himself upon his God Isa. 50.10 2. Deadness Christ is an effectual remedy against deadness and lifelesness of spirit Whither should we go but unto him who hath the words of eternal life Thou hast fallen among Thieves and they have bereaved thee of all yea of life it self why Christ is that good Samaritan which puts Wine and Oyl into thy wounded Soul Luk. 10.30 he complains that ye will not come unto him that ye may have life he is called our life Col. 3.4 O derive life and strength from him 3. Hardness Art thou infected with that sore disease of hardness of heart so that thou canst not mourn for sin nor art scarce sensible of the great burden of sin and misery nor lay to heart the evils of the times but thy heart is a Rock or an Adamant O go to Christ who can and will take away the heart of stone and give thee a heart of flesh Ezek. 11.19 and 36.26 In him this gracious promise is and ever shall be yea and Amen Soak thy heart thorowly in this promise and set before

manner we may safely and comfortably make use of Christ. 1. Labour by all means to be acquainted with your spiritual condition know the state of your souls otherwise how canst thou make use of Christ suitably As suppose thou hast a blind eye or hard heart how canst thou make use of Christ to open the one or break the other as thou ought if thou knowest it not as the Apostle saith in another case 1 Cor. 11.26 Let a man examine himself and so let him eat c. So here examine whether thou hast received Christ whether he be thine before thou make use of him doth Christ belong to thee or not how canst thou without trembling think of him or approach to him when thou knowest not whether he will condemn or acquit thee in judgment nor whether he be fet for thy rising or thy fall whether he be the corner-stone and foundation of thy happiness or a stone of stumbling to break thee and grind thee to powder Luk. 2.34 Mat. 21.44 Take heed of usurping that which belongs not to thee do not ignorantly and presumptuously conceit thy self to improve Christ before thou hast received him try thy state to the bottom hands off prophane impenitent unbelievers unreformed sinners 2. Get a due sense of thy necessity and want of Christ learn to look upon thy self as altogether insufficient as of thy self to do any thing What man is most likely to make use of Christ what soul is in nearest capacity to improve him but he that knows he hath nothing can do nothing without him Will a man make use of a Physician that thinks he is not sick Will any intreat his neighbours hand to help him to do or lift that which he is perswaded he hath strength enough to do himself So if thou have any work to do as suppose to resist Satan subdue a corruption and presumest thou canst do it thy self thou art uncapable of making use of Christ as a King to suppress rebels will not call in foreign aid c. So think not your selves to have any sufficiency to do any thing that is good 2 Cor. 3.5 Empty your selves of self-conceitedness say not with Laodicea I am rich and increased with goods but know what Christ saith Ioh. 15.5 Non ait fine me parum potestis facere sed nihil Aust. Not but little but just nothing you cannot think or speak nor act in the least measure agreeable to Gods perfect will but by Christ unbottom your selves wholly cast away self-confidence that you may be fit for the Lord Jesus Christ who filleth the hungry with good things and sends the rich away empty Luk. 1.53 3. Apply Christ to thy self in particular by faith believing and being verily perswaded that Christ is able and willing to do for thee● what thou needest and what thou desirest in all thy exigencies trust him with thy work and business and cast thy self upon him as thou wouldest do on a trusty able and faithful friend as we are to receive Christ by faith so by faith we make use of him as we apply him for our justification so we improve him for continuance of it and for our Sanctification and Salvation 1. Thus the servants of God have done and prospered they apply'd Christ in their several needs and exigencies as Iob David Thomas and Paul 2. Thus the Scriptures direct and perswade us to appropriate Christ to our needing souls so we are bid to put on Christ Rom. 13.14 Taste and see that he is gracious Psal. 34.8 3. Thus Christ himself invites us to apply and improve him Come eat of my bread and drink of my wine which I have mingled Prov. 9.5 Come partake of those good things my Father would have me to communicate unto you Isa. 55.1 Ho every one that thirsteth come ye to the waters c. Joh. 7.37 If any man thirst let him come unto me and drink Mat. 11.28 Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest By these and such like passages in Scripture you see what warrant you have to apply Christ and perswade your selves that if you make use of him he will do for you that which shall be for your good Christs call gives you a warrant to go to him that you may possess these priviledges in Christ without intrusion or usurpation this is that you have to shew to Conscience you do not presume Why dost thou vile wretch go to Christ for such a blessing how durst thou that art a sinner look him in the face lay hold on Christ make use of Christ why I was invited and called If it should be asked of the guests that came in a wedding garment Friends how durst ye come hither and approach the Presence-chamber of the Kings Son they might answer We were bidden to the Wedding Mat. 22.10 12. The Scripture doth not call us by name thou Iohn and Thomas though the offer be propounded generally yet when God by his messenger speaks directly to my case and I am included here 's a dish for my hungry soul intended for me 2. For particular cases wherein this gift may be very useful as a Jesus to save us from our sins Matt. 1.21 1. It is a tryed and effectual antidote against sin that 's the greatest evil in the world Now improve Christ against the guilt the stain the temptation the bondage and the remainder of sin 1. Against the guilt of sin wouldest thou have pardon make use of Christ who hath shed his blood to satisfie infinite Justice and purcha●e pardon and remission of thy sins if thou believe in him 1 Pet. 2.24 25. He hath born them on his body on the Cross Therefore as the Apostle 1 Ioh. 2.12 these things I write unto you that ye sin not and if any man sin we have an advocate with the father Iesus Christ the righteous who is a propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but the sins of the whole world If thou hast sinned against God and guilt pleads against thee and thou hast nothing to plead for thy self thou maist go to this Advocate who will intercede for thee by vertue of his merits and so thou maist scape the Judgment of God denounced against thee Ezek. 18 4 The soul that sinneth it shall dye O apply the blood of Christ and sprinkle that upon thy Conscience that thy sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord he will heal thy bleeding wounds and drown the cry of thy sins 2. Against the stain of sin to purge and cleanse thee Dost thou find thy Soul stained with original and actual pollutions so that thou cryest out I am unclean I am unclean I was born in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me and innumerable evils committed by me do leave a macula or stain upon me O then fly to Christ who is a fountain set open to wash from sin and