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	hell_n	worm_n	1,009	5	9.7957	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05318	An exhortatory instruction to a speedy resolution of repentance and contempt of the vanities of this transitory life. By Samson Lennard	Lennard, Samson, d. 1633.	1609 (1609)	STC 15460; ESTC S108479	125,824	546

consider_v how_o great_a joy_n be_v promise_v unto_o thou_o in_o heaven_n how_o great_a torment_n be_v prepare_v for_o thou_o in_o hell_n which_o that_o thou_o may_v avoid_v and_o attain_v the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n see_v how_o easy_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v that_o be_v require_v of_o thou_o in_o this_o world_n that_o be_v 51.4_o psal_n 51.4_o only_o with_o a_o contrite_a heart_n and_o a_o assure_a faith_n in_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n jesus_n to_o cry_v out_o against_o thou_o 32.5_o psal_n 32.5_o o_o lord_n against_o thou_o only_o have_v i_o sin_v and_o do_v evil_a in_o thy_o sight_n i_o will_v confess_v against_o myself_o my_o wickedness_n which_o if_o from_o thy_o hart_n thou_o utter_v unto_o god_n he_o will_v remit_v thy_o sin_n and_o will_v remember_v thy_o iniquity_n no_o more_o yea_o before_o thy_o mouth_n can_v utter_v this_o confession_n thou_o shall_v feel_v in_o thy_o hart_n thy_o remission_n and_o with_o joy_n &_o comfort_n thou_o shall_v assure_v thyself_o thy_o sin_n be_v forgive_v thou_o god_n require_v this_o confession_n out_o of_o a_o pure_a heart_n to_o no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o forgive_v the_o mercy_n of_o our_o redeemer_n have_v temper_v the_o severity_n of_o the_o old_a law_n wherein_o it_o be_v often_o write_v 19_o exod._n 19_o he_o that_o do_v this_o or_o that_o shall_v be_v stone_v to_o death_n but_o our_o creator_n who_o have_v turn_v the_o rigour_n of_o the_o law_n into_o mercy_n have_v appear_v in_o our_o flesh_n 20._o levit._fw-la 20._o and_o have_v promise_v mercy_n not_o death_n to_o as_o many_o as_o shall_v true_o repent_v and_o confess_v their_o sin_n o_o wonderful_a compensation_n &_o strange_a vicissitude_n of_o thing_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v reveal_v those_o sin_n unto_o god_n that_o be_v never_o hide_v from_o he_o and_o yet_o for_o so_o poor_a a_o service_n receive_v so_o unspeakable_a a_o reward_n as_o remission_n of_o sin_n the_o prophet_n david_n have_v commit_v that_o heinous_a and_o bloody_a sin_n against_o vriah_n have_v no_o soon_o cry_v out_o unto_o the_o lord_n i_o have_v sin_v but_o present_o he_o receive_v comfort_n the_o lord_n have_v remoove_v thy_o sin_n from_o thou_o the_o prodigal_a son_n 15._o luke_n 15._o who_o depart_v from_o his_o father_n spend_v his_o substance_n with_o riotous_a live_n do_v only_o say_v father_n i_o have_v sin_v against_o heaven_n and_o before_o thou_o and_o present_o his_o father_n run_v out_o to_o meet_v he_o kiss_v he_o o_o short_a speech_n i_o have_v sin_v three_o word_n that_o shut_v the_o mouth_n of_o hell_n and_o open_v the_o gate_n of_o paradise_n o_o pity_n o_o clemency_n o_o the_o unspeakable_a mercy_n of_o our_o god_n who_o in_o many_o thing_n be_v grievous_o offend_v and_o with_o one_o word_n of_o repentance_n be_v present_o please_v forgive_v all_o our_o sin_n and_o open_v his_o bosom_n of_o mercy_n unto_o we_o there_o be_v no_o offence_n so_o grievous_a but_o by_o repentance_n it_o may_v be_v pardon_v and_o the_o lord_n know_v not_o how_o to_o deny_v he_o that_o with_o a_o humble_a &_o contrite_a heart_n fall_v down_o before_o he_o for_o he_o that_o before_o this_o humble_a confession_n be_v the_o god_n of_o revenge_n become_v afterward_o the_o father_n of_o mercy_n and_o of_o a_o severe_a judge_n he_o be_v make_v a_o pitiful_a father_n it_o change_v the_o sentence_n of_o his_o divine_a justice_n and_o open_v to_o the_o bottomless_a depth_n of_o thy_o misery_n the_o bottomble_v depth_n of_o his_o mercy_n to_o the_o fountain_n of_o thy_o iniquity_n the_o fountain_n of_o his_o goodness_n it_o give_v unto_o thou_o to_o who_o neither_o the_o heaven_n nor_o the_o earth_n be_v secure_a refuge_n and_o security_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o christ_n jesus_n christ_n have_v open_v his_o side_n unto_o thou_o do_v thou_o likewise_o open_v thy_o mouth_n unto_o he_o and_o say_v loe_o i_o will_v not_o refrain_v my_o lip_n o_o lord_n thou_o know_v and_o therefore_o my_o dear_a brother_n why_o fear_v thou_o to_o confess_v thy_o sin_n unto_o god_n since_o by_v not_o confess_v thou_o can_v not_o hide_v they_o by_o confess_v thou_o shall_v make_v god_n propitious_a unto_o thou_o who_o by_o deny_v thy_o sin_n thou_o can_v not_o make_v ignorant_a of_o they_o in_o his_o judgement_n he_o will_v spare_v thou_o if_o in_o thy_o confession_n thou_o spare_v not_o thyself_o if_o we_o acknowledge_v our_o sin_n 1.9_o 1._o joh._n 1.9_o he_o be_v faithful_a and_o just_a to_o forgive_v we_o our_o sin_n and_o to_o cleanse_v we_o from_o all_o unrighteousness_n chap._n ii_o that_o nothing_o be_v hide_v from_o god_n and_o that_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n the_o secret_n of_o all_o heart_n shall_v be_v reveal_v thou_o slave_n of_o sin_n whither_o fly_v thou_o thou_o carry_v with_o thou_o thyself_o whither_o soever_o thou_o fly_v thou_o own_o conscience_n fly_v thou_o not_o it_o have_v no_o place_n to_o fly_v unto_o it_o follow_v thou_o it_o depart_v not_o from_o thou_o the_o sin_n it_o have_v commit_v be_v within_o which_o do_v miserable_o afflict_v it_o and_o while_o the_o gnaw_a worm_n die_v not_o in_o it_o even_o in_o this_o life_n it_o feel_v the_o torment_n of_o hell_n the_o corruption_n that_o be_v in_o a_o ulcer_n grieve_v not_o be_v cast_v out_o and_o sin_n torment_v not_o when_o by_o confession_n it_o be_v detect_v but_o thou_o think_v otherwise_o and_o so_o long_o as_o thy_o sin_n be_v secret_a unto_o thyself_o all_o be_v well_o but_o thou_o must_v understand_v that_o howsoever_o man_n be_v ignorant_a of_o they_o yet_o from_o god_n they_o can_v be_v hide_v man_n look_v upon_o the_o outside_n god_n search_v the_o hart_n god_n see_v not_o as_o man_n see_v man_n look_v upon_o the_o face_n god_n upon_o the_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o creature_n invisible_a to_o his_o eye_n but_o all_o thing_n be_v naked_a and_o open_a unto_o he_o he_o see_v he_o behold_v all_o thing_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o place_n hide_v from_o his_o omnipotency_n to_o he_o all_o heart_n lie_v open_a all_o will_n speak_v and_o he_o pierce_v into_o the_o depth_n of_o every_o man_n thought_n he_o inquire_v more_o exact_o into_o they_o than_o the_o heart_n itself_o &_o know_v they_o more_o inward_o and_o therefore_o there_o can_v be_v no_o place_n to_o lie_v none_o to_o dissimulation_n and_o it_o profit_v nothing_o to_o include_v thy_o own_o sin_n within_o thy_o own_o conscience_n for_o thy_o inward_a part_n lie_v open_a unto_o god_n and_o as_o thy_o ear_n be_v to_o thy_o voice_n so_o the_o ear_n of_o god_n be_v to_o thy_o thought_n can_v thou_o then_o think_v thyself_o hide_v from_o god_n since_o the_o secret_n of_o thy_o heart_n lie_v open_a unto_o he_o can_v thou_o think_v he_o see_v thou_o not_o commit_v uncleanness_n that_o see_v thy_o first_o thought_n when_o thou_o wente_v about_o it_o he_o know_v all_o thing_n before_o they_o be_v and_o can_v thou_o think_v he_o know_v they_o not_o when_o they_o be_v before_o thou_o do_v commit_v these_o sin_n he_o know_v they_o when_o thou_o do_v commit_v they_o he_o be_v present_a and_o can_v thou_o think_v if_o thou_o confess_v they_o not_o he_o can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o they_o yea_o by_o how_o much_o the_o more_o thou_o refuse_v to_o confess_v thy_o sin_n by_o so_o much_o the_o more_o do_v thou_o lay_v they_o open_v before_o god_n thou_o hide_v not_o thyself_o from_o the_o lord_n but_o the_o lord_n from_o thou_o for_o thou_o take_v a_o course_n not_o to_o see_v he_o that_o see_v all_o thing_n not_o that_o he_o shall_v see_v thou_o thou_o can_v not_o see_v he_o but_o yet_o invisible_o he_o see_v all_o that_o thou_o do_v do_v thou_o think_v thy_o sin_n be_v not_o see_v by_o he_o because_o they_o be_v not_o punish_v by_o he_o yea_o he_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o angry_a with_o thou_o because_o he_o vouchsafe_v not_o even_o now_o to_o be_v angry_a with_o thou_o now_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o thy_o damnation_n because_o thou_o abuse_v the_o patience_n and_o long_a sufferance_n of_o so_o good_a and_o merciful_a a_o god_n for_o the_o lord_n have_v see_v thy_o sin_n not_o that_o he_o may_v approve_v they_o but_o condemn_v they_o not_o to_o favour_v they_o but_o to_o punish_v they_o not_o that_o he_o may_v always_o suffer_v and_o attend_v but_o at_o the_o last_o punish_v thou_o with_o a_o more_o heavy_a revenge_n for_o do_v thou_o think_v that_o god_n be_v like_a unto_o thou_o that_o he_o see_v thy_o sin_n and_o will_v let_v they_o pass_v unpunished_a indeed_o he_o be_v like_a unto_o thyself_o if_o he_o will_v do_v so_o but_o assure_v thyself_o he_o do_v but_o defer_v the_o punishment_n he_o take_v it_o not_o away_o thou_o on_o the_o other_o fide_fw-la will_v not_o only_o not_o punish_v they_o but_o

desire_v the_o more_o to_o have_v thy_o company_n to_o death_n who_o thou_o can_v not_o better_v obey_v than_o if_o thou_o daily_a sin_n by_o his_o suggestion_n and_o be_v fall_v care_v not_o to_o rise_v again_o wherein_o while_o thou_o yielde_v thy_o consent_n thou_o seem_v to_o have_v make_v a_o sure_a bargain_n with_o he_o and_o because_o thou_o be_v irrecoverable_o fall_v thou_o must_v necessary_o be_v his_o companion_n in_o his_o fall_n too_o to_o live_v to_o thou_o that_o be_v infect_v with_o the_o dangerous_a plague_n of_o so_o many_o sin_n be_v not_o to_o live_v but_o to_o confound_v life_n and_o to_o approach_v near_o and_o near_o to_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n thou_o be_v alive_a in_o thy_o body_n but_o dead_a in_o thy_o mind_n that_o life_n be_v not_o to_o be_v call_v life_n whereby_o thou_o live_v only_o unto_o death_n for_o it_o be_v better_o for_o thou_o that_o every_o day_n do_v die_v in_o thy_o soul_n that_o in_o body_n thou_o die_v quick_o better_o that_o thou_o live_v not_o at_o all_o that_o thou_o be_v not_o bear_v than_o by_o sin_n to_o die_v daily_o as_o often_o as_o thou_o sin_v so_o often_o thou_o deserve_v eternal_a death_n which_o if_o for_o one_o sin_n thou_o deserve_v what_o do_v thou_o for_o many_o for_o million_o of_o sin_n for_o so_o many_a and_o so_o great_a sin_n how_o intolerable_a shall_v hell_n be_v when_o for_o one_o so_o many_o and_o so_o unspeakable_a torment_n must_v be_v endure_v for_o there_o shall_v every_o man_n have_v his_o damnation_n so_o much_o the_o more_o intolerable_a by_o how_o much_o the_o great_a iniquity_n he_o have_v here_o but_o to_o thou_o that_o have_v no_o good_a thing_n to_o allege_v for_o thyself_o but_o whole_a mountain_n of_o sin_n against_o thyself_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o utter_v what_o plague_n and_o punishment_n do_v belong_v i_o can_v not_o wonder_v sufficient_o how_o thou_o can_v sleep_v secure_o and_o enjoy_v thy_o pleasure_n without_o fear_n for_o if_o thou_o be_v odious_a to_o a_o king_n who_o thou_o have_v offend_v and_o do_v every_o hour_n expect_v from_o he_o the_o sentence_n of_o a_o cruel_a death_n will_v thou_o laugh_v and_o attend_v thy_o pleasure_n now_o then_o ●ince_n for_o thy_o many_o and_o great_a offence_n the_o sentence_n of_o eternal_a death_n be_v pronounce_v against_o thou_o and_o the_o lord_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v have_v mercy_n on_o thou_o still_o expect_v thy_o conversion_n have_v defer_v his_o sentence_n which_o perhaps_o to_o day_n nay_o this_o very_a hour_n he_o will_v execute_v upon_o thou_o how_o can_v thou_o as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o assure_a peace_n be_v secure_a thou_o be_v in_o great_a danger_n that_o go_v to_o thy_o rest_n with_o a_o conscience_n clog_v with_o one_o mortal_a sin_n than_o with_o seven_o of_o thy_o deadly_a enemy_n doubtless_o if_o thou_o do_v but_o see_v thy_o own_o soul_n thou_o will_v blush_v at_o the_o foulness_n thereof_o and_o if_o thou_o know_v how_o great_a danger_n thou_o run_v into_o by_o sin_n thou_o will_v think_v of_o nothing_o more_o than_o how_o to_o avoid_v it_o by_o sin_n thou_o make_v god_n thy_o enemy_n the_o devil_n dry_a lord_n and_o thou_o that_o be_v first_o by_o adoption_n the_o son_n of_o god_n after_o sin_n be_v make_v the_o servant_n and_o slave_n of_o the_o devil_n yea_o of_o sin_n itself_o and_o that_o which_o be_v worst_a of_o all_o of_o so_o many_o lord_n as_o of_o sin_n whosoever_o commit_v sin_n 8.34_o joh._n 8.34_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o sin_n a_o wicked_a man_n though_o he_o reign_n be_v a_o servant_n of_o sin_n a_o just_a man_n though_o he_o serve_v be_v a_o free_a man_n nay_o he_o want_v not_o kingly_a power_n that_o know_v how_o to_o rule_v his_o own_o affection_n god_n so_o hate_v sin_n that_o for_o the_o hatred_n thereof_o he_o destroy_v almost_o all_o his_o work_n the_o whole_a world_n by_o a_o general_a flood_n yea_o to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v utter_o kill_v it_o he_o give_v unto_o death_n yea_o the_o shameful_a death_n of_o the_o cross_n his_o only_a beget_v son_n and_o be_v not_o his_o hatred_n great_a towards_o his_o enemy_n that_o to_o be_v revenge_v upon_o he_o will_v kill_v his_o own_o son_n god_n neither_o in_o heaven_n nor_o upon_o earth_n have_v a_o friend_n so_o dear_a unto_o he_o but_o if_o he_o find_v he_o pollute_v with_o mortal_a sin_n he_o be_v present_o odious_a unto_o he_o and_o that_o vessel_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v that_o sinner_n he_o throw_v down_o into_o hell_n fire_n for_o a_o wicked_a man_n and_o his_o wickedness_n be_v alike_o odious_a unto_o god_n as_o if_o thou_o have_v rather_o to_o cast_v a_o vessel_n full_a of_o corruption_n yet_o of_o great_a price_n into_o the_o sea_n than_o to_o scour_v and_o cleanse_v it_o of_o the_o filth_n thereof_o must_v not_o that_o filth_n and_o corruption_n be_v very_o hateful_a unto_o thou_o for_o which_o thou_o be_v content_a to_o lose_v so_o precious_a a_o vessel_n and_o as_o a_o love_a mother_n if_o she_o shall_v cast_v her_o little_a infant_n who_o she_o dear_o love_v into_o a_o burn_a furnace_n there_o to_o perish_v must_v it_o not_o be_v some_o great_a matter_n very_o hateful_a unto_o she_o that_o can_v urge_v she_o to_o such_o cruelty_n against_o her_o own_o child_n sin_n as_o much_o as_o it_o displease_v god_n so_o much_o it_o please_v the_o devil_n insomuch_o that_o from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n he_o have_v ever_o watch_v without_o weariness_n how_o to_o allure_v man_n unto_o sin_n and_o though_o he_o obtain_v his_o purpose_n with_o innumerable_a number_n of_o man_n yet_o he_o be_v never_o satisfy_v after_o thou_o have_v once_o sin_v thou_o be_v so_o far_o forth_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o devil_n that_o present_o by_o his_o own_o right_n he_o may_v challenge_v thou_o to_o be_v his_o and_o cartie_n thou_o with_o he_o to_o eternal_a torment_n if_o he_o be_v not_o stay_v by_o the_o great_a mercy_n of_o god_n expect_v thou_o to_o repentance_n it_o be_v better_o for_o thou_o to_o have_v a_o thousand_o devil_n in_o thy_o body_n than_o one_o deadly_a sin_n in_o thy_o mind_n and_o therefore_o say_v anselme_n if_o i_o shall_v here_o see_v the_o shame_n of_o sin_n and_o there_o the_o horror_n of_o hell_n and_o that_o i_o must_v necessary_o be_v overwhelm_v by_o the_o one_o i_o will_v rather_o cast_v myself_o into_o hell_n than_o suffer_v myself_o to_o fall_v into_o a_o insensible_a feel_n of_o my_o sin_n yea_o i_o have_v rather_o be_v purge_v and_o purify_v from_o sin_n to_o enter_v into_o hell_n than_o pollute_v with_o the_o contagion_n of_o sin_n if_o it_o be_v possible_a it_o may_v be_v so_o possess_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n if_o sin_n be_v more_o to_o be_v detest_v than_o hell_n what_o can_v be_v more_o detestable_a than_o sin_n if_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n there_o be_v no_o torment_n in_o hell_n no_o adversity_n can_v hurt_v if_o no_o iniquity_n do_v bear_v rule_n for_o it_o be_v only_a sin_n that_o can_v hurt_v and_o bring_v to_o pass_v that_o no_o other_o thing_n can_v do_v good_a so_o long_o as_o thou_o continue_v in_o sin_n thou_o can_v do_v nothing_o that_o be_v good_a for_o as_o a_o root_n give_v no_o moisture_n to_o a_o rot_a bough_n nor_o the_o sun_n any_o light_n to_o a_o blind_a eye_n so_o thou_o as_o a_o rot_a and_o dead_a member_n of_o the_o church_n for_o who_o will_v say_v thou_o be_v live_v that_o have_v no_o feel_n of_o compunction_n in_o thy_o heart_n be_v deprive_v of_o all_o that_o good_a that_o be_v or_o can_v be_v in_o the_o church_n and_o thou_o be_v rob_v of_o all_o that_o good_a that_o ever_o thou_o have_v do_v in_o thy_o whole_a life_n and_o of_o all_o those_o virtue_n and_o grace_n which_o at_o the_o first_o thou_o receive_v at_o god_n hand_n in_o as_o much_o as_o they_o stand_v thou_o in_o no_o stead_n to_o the_o attainment_n of_o eternal_a life_n as_o a_o dead_a man_n have_v no_o power_n either_o to_o enjoy_v his_o own_o good_n or_o to_o get_v other_o and_o beside_o a_o thousand_o other_o evil_n that_o follow_v sin_n the_o miserable_a torment_n of_o thy_o own_o conscience_n follow_v thou_o whithersoever_o thou_o go_v for_o sin_n while_o it_o be_v commit_v please_v be_v commit_v it_o torment_v for_o the_o worm_n thereof_o never_o die_v and_o in_o this_o life_n the_o torment_n thereof_o be_v but_o a_o entrance_n to_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v 49.20_o ps_n 49.20_o o_o man_n when_o thou_o be_v in_o honour_n thou_o understoode_v not_o but_o be_v compare_v to_o the_o beast_n that_o perish_v and_o be_v make_v like_o unto_o they_o thou_o that_o through_o the_o merit_n of_o christ_n jesus_n be_v make_v worthy_a of_o heaven_n and_o all_o