Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	draw_v	faith_n	sprinkle_v	1,168	5	10.6414	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91481	David restored. Or An antidote against the prosperity of the vvicked and the afflictions of the iust, shewing the different ends of both. In a most seasonable discourse upon the seventy third Psalme, / by the right Reverend father in God Edward Parry late L. Bishop of Killaloe. Opus posthumum.	Parry, Edward, d. 1650.	1660 (1660)	Wing P556; Thomason E1812_1; Thomason E1812_2; ESTC R209776	187,261	357

both kindes it is Good 1. That we esteem Goodnesse which carries a consonancy to Justice and right reason In this Approach there is true Judgement here there is no failing or deceit and in Reason whome can the creature better draw nigh unto then its maker or a Son then to his indulgent Father or the sheep but to the protection of their shepheard under whose wing can we shelter our being with better security then his who gave it to us 2. That is lookt upon as good which according to Gods commandement which is absolutely Holy Just and Good Rom. 7. and this is such Come unto me Math. 11.28 draw nigh unto God Iam. 4.8 Thirdly that is Good which brings benefit and profit with it This is the common measure of Goodnesse of which there are few that pronounce any other Verdict If then as the Prophet formerly assures us They that withdraw themselves findes Ruine and Perdition to be their portion and lot It must follow that they that draw nigh to him finde the greatest security whilst the heathen cries Procula Jove procul a fulmine Christians experimentally evidence That the neerer to that shelter the further from stormes and that hand which wicked men feel to their destruction underprops these from danger and although temporall calamities overtakes them yet no more shall burden them then they can beare Those waters shall not overwhelme them The Lord knoweth how to deliver the Godly out of Temptations 2 Per. 2.9 and being that contrariorum contraria sunt consequentia That Positive Good those full influencies of mercy and favour which they enjoy those that are a far of are deprived of and this the relation of these words to the former cleer up They that are far of from thee shall perish But it is good for me to draw neer Good by such a positive goodness as is contrary to their evill of misery Thus the very description of wicked mens calamities give notice of Good mens blessednesse and oft times the peculiar contrarieties are expressed Isa 65.13 14. They shall sing for Joy but ye shall houle for vexation of Spirit How highly beneficiall this approach is we need not goe farther then this Psalm to finde out Good for God is good to Israel and teaches them out of his sanctuary to overcome and triumph over the greatest temptations Good for he is the strength of their hearts aand their Portion for ever Good for they are present with him and he with them He upholds them by their right hand and will receive them into Glory In confidence of all which the Apostle Heb. 10.29 We are not of them who draw back to perdition but of them that believe to the saving of the soul The blessing of security is not only their Portion but they are happy in the addition of the positive blessing of salvation It doth therfore highly concern us not to be befooled out of these high benefits nor to be inticed from these mercies which are our own by eternall appointment and temporall Promise our own by possible interest and certain Purchase by Christ Mercies in number many tender in exhibition and perfectly good and therefore we may safely conclude that It is good to draw nigh unto God And the Apostles exhortation Hebr. 10.21.22 may be very seasonably entertained here Let us draw neer with a true heart in full assurance of faith c. having our hearts sprinkled from an evill conscience and our bodies washed with pure water let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for he is faithfull that Promised That which follows is The Prophets second Resolution which is practicall and declared by matter of fact I have trusted in the Lord. I have doe and will continue to trust in him It is familiar with the Hebrews to expresse the Tence past present and to come under one notion and verbe and good men oft utter their Resolutions in the Preter tence Thus Jacob I have waited Gen. 49.18 wherein he reflects not only upon what He had done but resolves upon the same to the end Pilat to signifie his unalterable minde cries What I have written I have written Ioh. 19.22 There is in man a double Resolution one of that which he will do the other of that which he is a doing That is antecedent this Consequent to the act That is of the beginning this of the continuance Resolution of Good is to be joynd with immediate practise In matters prescribed by God the former is alwaies good never evil and occasion may oft require that some time may be interposed between the determination of the heart and the execution Yet it is more safe and commendable not to linger and deferre but to joyne action to Resolution for he that once begins hath done more then halfe his duty And there are some precepts of God concerning which though the resolution be alwaies good yet the interposall of time and the not actuating thereof with a present execution proves both dangerous vicious and disobedient God commands the love of himselfe to resolve this is vertuous but to delay and in the interim to turne to the Creature is perniciously sinfull God Commands all men every where to repent And although I believe there is no heart so gracelesse but resolves to repent before he dies and hopes he shall have time to do it yet too many delay and put off so necessary a worke which is exceeding sinfull It concernes us therefore in wisdome to cast a diligent eye upon those duties whereof the Apostle saies Now is the accepted time as faith Repentance and casting off of sin in which as delay is not to be admitted so no time to be interposed in the execution but to determine in doing and to do in determining and to joyn practise and resolution that our resolutions may not herein be of what we will doe but of what we do of what we may in part be said to have done To those that linger defer let their pretence be never so specious Eliahs word may be put to them How long halt ye between two opinions If the Lord be God follow him but if Baal then follow him 1 Kings 18.21 In the Prophets Resolution two things are to be treated of first the Act which is trust in God The nature of trust in God Secondly the specification of the object by such notions as render him an object worthy of this trust For the first which is the applying The difference between assent and Trust fixing setling of his trust in God It is an act somewhat more then beliefe of assent and reacheth farther then a meer Conclusion of the Judgement For 1. Assent may be where this Trust is not Thus the Devils are so fully convinc't of the maine of there being a God as they cannot but assent thereunto yet do not they trust in him nor doe they expresse any such thing in their actions for otherwise they would not