Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	1,422	5	9.5903	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B15838	Tvvo sermons preached by Master Henry Smith: with a prayer for the morning thereunto adioyned. And published by a more perfect copy then heeretofore; Sermons. Selected sermons	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1610 (1610)	STC 22768; ESTC S117490	89,948	135

for a long time they seeme to wash the Aethiopian or the blacke Moore the more they wash him the more they gall him and yet hee is an Aethiopian still but in the end the Arke standeth and Dagon falleth downe and truth triumpheth ouer falshood hauing got the victorie and light chaseth away darknesse with the brightnesse thereof Why 1. Sam. 5. 8 then doth this darkenesse continue amongst vs still To him that asketh what Scrpture haue you against it it is sufficient to answer what Scripture haue you for it For if the word command it not God reiecteth it and will say who hath required these things at your hands But what is this for euery idle word you must giue account as our Sauiour Iesus Christ saith Matth. 12. And whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne Rom. 14. 23. They aske what shall wee not say God bee with them Why should you Why say they must wee say nothing What if thou doe not What saiest thou when thou mentionest the death of thy first fathers Adam Seth Enos Enoch Noah Doest thou lesse loue these not praying for them then thou doest them for whom thou saiest God be with them c. But thou hast speeches enow to vse if thou wilt needes say somewhat and leaue such superstitious and offensiue sentences if hee bee a good man thou maiest say the Lord bee thanked for his deliuerance or the like but if hee bee not then thou maiest say God grant wee may doe better then hee hath done and that by his fall we may learne to rise from sinne or some such thing whatsoeuer hee bee thou maiest say as Dauid said of his childe giuing a reason why hee would not pray for him any longer benig dead Can I call him backe againe I shall goe to him but hee shall not returne to mee or any other words so they bee wise and therefore not against the word What then is to bee done As Iacob said to his wiues and children Giue me your idols that I may bury them so say I vnto you giue mee your superstitions that I may bury them that they may remaine with you or in you no longer to the dishonour of God offending of your weake brethren or to my griefe For I am iealous ouer you and because you are mine and I am yours O that my voice were as the whitle-winde to beat downe roote out and blow away all your superstitions that they may no longer raigne amongst you or rather O that Christ which is our light were come into vs all and shined so bright that wee were ashamed of all our darknes of all not of mind onely but of will also and of workes that wee no longer would walk in darknes for few haue the wil to walke according to the word either in darknes or light wee can see to sinne in the darke aswell as in the light and doe rather because the light discouereth both the harlot and the theefe so they are afraide of the light but assured bee wee where light is not Christ is not for Christ is light and let none bee afraid to seeke this light which is so good so excellent and so profitable for Iohn 1. vs. For it doth not onely descrie it selfe but all other things round about it Therefore if thou haue this light thy faith thy feare thy loue will shew it selfe and good things cannot now hide themselues for hee that is light doth delight to please God in the light It is no maruell though a man stumble in the darke but hee which stumbleth in the light is not very strong because hee seeth his way before him Once we stumbled at euery straw when we walked in darkenesse for then wrath had a fall pride had a fall lust had a fall drunkennesse had a fall penurie had a fall ignorance had a fall or if you will pride rose and wee fell lust rose and we fell c. Were Aegypt as light as Goshen wee should haue Idolaters as ioyfull as true worshippers but there is palpable darkenesse tedious fearefull and of long continuance in Aegypt cleare light onely in Goshen therefore flie Egypt but if thou liue in Aegipt that is walke in darknesse or commit wickednesse though thou sinne in the darke the light will bewray thee and thy conscience will accuse thee and condemne thee for it Therefore now giue ouer darkenesse and arme thee with light for our life shineth like the light therefore now we should be Israel for Israel is reuolted But many Scrouls may bee written of our sinnes and thus the Gentiles are as Gentiles still Hee that beleeueth not the word is an Infidell he that beleeueth not God is an Atheist he that worshippeth any thing more then God is an Idolater euery mans conscience shall condemne himselfe Yet men will leaue godlinesse for riches but they will not leaue riches for godlinesse What madnesse Yea the Iewes neuer serued God at any time with such deuotion as many doe now their gold and their riches O intollerable wickednesse For many there are that could be content neuer to die but liue euer heere with their riches and pleasurs And is not the godly more despited for his godlines then the wicked for his wickednesse Are not the members of Christ more hated and worse entertained by vs then the limbes of satan So dearely euery one loues sinne and drawes sinne vpon sinne till their be a chaine of many links and monsters therein drawn most lothsome And though wee of our selues run swiftly to hell yet the most driue vs to make vs hie faster they come vnto vs and say your fathers loued vs well and said vnto vs if you will bee faire you shall be wise if you will be drunke you shall be rich c. Yea euery one pointeth and shweth vs the way that leadeth to destruction and how few are the number of them that do shew vs the way of vertue and golidnesse And thus wee are euen as froward as those Iewes that striue who shall come into hell first Who did euer thanke God that he was not borne an hundred yeeres agoe when ignorance spred ouer all and all Aegypt was smitten with darknesse or that the Lord hath nor left him to himselfe to become an Atheist or an Epicure which liues without God in the world We haue all Gods gifts offered vs but we haue refused them Christ brought light but wee had rather he had brought darknes for we loue darknesse more then light The Angels the heauens the word the spirit are light and we that see it are darknesse for we cannot abide light but are like an Owle that flieth out of a bare field from the light of the day such a death is day vnto vs. Faith is flowne away truth is become a pilgrime and euery string is out of tune He that should weepe and be sorrowfull laughes and truth is brought to the ground yea poore truth is pesecuted to death but sinners are stubble