Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	die_v	fire_n	worm_n	1,088	5	9.7140	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07452	A sermon of repentance. Preached by George Meriton Doctor of Diuinity, and one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinary	Meriton, George, d. 1624.	1607 (1607)	STC 17839; ESTC S112669	18,865	40

Psa 16. 11. but shewe you now what Saint Augustine speaketh of the ioyes of Heauen and so will I passe vnto that which followeth Wee may saith hee sooner tell you what they are not then what they are Yet take a surusie of those manifolde benefits which GOD bestoweth vpon our base and ignoble bodies Shed out both vpon good and badde from the Heauens from the Ayre from the Earth from the Waters from light from darkenesse from heate from coldnesse from all the creatures shed also out by succession to exclude a loathing Doth GOD bestow vpon our bodies and promiscuaily vppon all these excellent benefits Then O Lord howe great and wonderfull are those good things which thou hast laid vp for thine Elect in the Kingdome of Heauen if these be so good which thou hast giuen to good and badde what shall they bee which thou hast reserued onely for the good if they bee soe pleasant which thou sendest to friendes and enemies howe sweete are those which thy friends shall enioy if there bee so many comfortes in the valley of teares what shall there bee in the day of marriage if thou beest so kind vnto vs in this prison of ours how wilt thon imbrace and hugge vs when we come into thy Kingdome Into that euerlasting Kingdome where euerlasting glory shall bee vpon our heads where that which we would haue shal be present with vs and that we would not haue shal be as sent from vs where there shal be a measure of ioy heaped vp shaken together pressed downe running ouer mensura sine mensura as Bernard speaketh a measure without measure Where we shall haue health without sicknesse strength without weakenesse freedome without bondage beautie without blacknesse Knowledge without ignorance plenty without want peace without trouble safety without feare life without death glory without shame Where wee shall be filled with ioy yet beeing filled wee shall still desire least our fulnesse procure a loathing and in desiring wee shall alwayes bee filled least our desire beget a greeuing to conclude neither eye hath seene nor eare hath heard nor heart of man can conceiue those excellent things that are prepared for vs. Neyther can GOD giue more nor man receiue more then we shall there inioy And is not this then a most lamentable losse to bee debarred from these ioves of Heauen Mee thinkes the remembrance of it should dismaye the heart of a wicked man When hee recounteth with himselfe that hee shall bee shutte out off doores with Dogges that hee shall be excluded from those vnspeakable ioyes which CHRIST IESVS hath bought with his pretious heart bloud that hee shall bee bereft of that glory whereof the beauty of the most glorious Creatures is but a simple shadow that hee shall be cast out from that pure bright and large place of happinesse from an Eternall Kingdome Did the losse of the Arke of 1. Sam. 4. GOD cause Elye to breake his neck This then is inough to breake a Pharaohs heart in peeces to know that after troubles heere there is no hope of harbour of rest of safty in the world to come that he shal be depryued of the face of GOD the sight of CHRIST the fellowship of the Spirit the company of holy Angells and blessed Saintes finally that hee shall haue no part in that great measure of ioy which is so infinite as it cannot enter into vs but wee must enter into it Thou good and faithfull Mat. 25. 21 seruant enter into thy Maisters ioy O wofull and vnsufferable losse more then can bee counternayled by the gayning of ten thousand Worldes Nay all the teares which shall be in Hell will saith Chrisostome neuer be sufficient to bewayle the losse of Heauen And is this all the punishment the impenitent shall sustaine shall they onely loose the ioyes of Heauen we may not stay heere They shal perish they shall likewise feele the terrible paines of Hell Many motiues are there saith Saint Hierom to stirre vs vp to amendment of our liues The consideration of the teares and of the bloud which CHRIST shedde for sinners our owne ennumerable offences the weaknesse of our bodies and frailty of our liues GODS continued mercy towardes vs his Iustice and reuenging power but especially the feare of loosing the ioyes of Heauen All these are as spurres to prick vs forward to repentance and as Trumpets to rowse vs vp from our carnall securitye Yet such is the dulnesse of many and so dead a sleepe are some in their sinnes as such motiues as these will worke but small effect in them Let CHRIST weepe till his Head and Heart ake let him suffer neuer so extreame Torments let sinnes bee as redde as scarlet and liues of all thinges most vncertaine shewe GODS mercies tell of his iudgments Preach of the losse of Heauen Yet were there no Hell to receiue them or Tortures prouided for them they would easily put off all these with a Tush and bee as resolute for their owne destruction as Hester was for the sauing of her people If wee perish wee perish Oderunt peccare mali formi dine paenae Wicked Hest 4. 16. ones must bee scarred from sinne with feare of punishments let them then set before their eyes the fearefull and horrible paines of heil These in the Scriptures are expressed by diuers Apoc. 10. names Sometimes they are called fire hee that is not written in the booke of life is sent into a lake of fire Esa 66. 14. Sometimes they are tearmed a Worme their worme shall not die Verme roditur conscientia igne cremantur corpora saith Bernard with the worme is their consciences gnawed and with the fire are their bodies burned Sometimes againe are they set out by the loathsome stench of Brimstone vppon the wicked hee Psal 11. 6. will raine fire and brimstone Otherwhiles by weeping Mat. 13. 42 and gnashing of teeth Weeping because of the fire that will not be quenched and gnashing because of the worme that wil not bee killed the one comming from Esa 65. 13. 14. griefe the other from rage Sometimes they beare the names of thirst of hunger of sorrow of shame And such penury is there in hell as there is nothing to relecue the damned which are therein The rich man begged a droppe of water and could not haue it guttam petijt saith Gregory qui micam negauit hee craued a droppe that denied a crumme Neyther is it a little torment to bee imprisoned and tortured by the vgglie Fiendes of hell by those Etheopian Angelles as Cyrill calleth them whose armes saith Cassian are like the heades of Dragons whose eyes shoote forth arrowes of fire whose teeth are like the teeth of Elephants whose tayles are like the tayles of Scorpions that is gushfull and grisly Diuils if the sight of one of them be able to bereaue a man of his wittes O how great will the horrour be when they shall all appeare And what doth the