Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	faith_n	good_a	purge_v	1,223	5	9.3250	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10242	The heart of the king, and the king of the heart, or, A briefe vnfolding of that remarkable proverbe of the royall preacher ... written in the time of His Maiesties abode at Plimmouth, and preferred vnto him in his returne from thence, anno 1625 : together with a short meditation vpon 2. Sam. 24.15., preached at a weekely lecture in Deuon, in those fearefull times of mortalitie / by J.P. Master of Arts and minister of the gospell.	Pyne, John.; J. P.	1628 (1628)	STC 20521.8; ESTC S4427	27,924	64

pestilentiae there the Psalmist placeth them such as terme holinesse without which no man can see God pestilent peruersenesse and peeuish precisenesse such as tearme the Lords holy Embassadors as Tertullus did Paul pestilence it selfe so soundeth the Originall those Preachers who pester their sweet sinnes pestilent fellowes that is a common name with them They make them the worst of men and the scumme of the Earth And what maruaile if the pestilence the fiercest of all sicknesses and the scourge of the earth be come among vs Doth not the Extortioner take interest and the Oppressor vse violence doe they not eat like a canker into the estates of the poore going about and seeking how and whom they may ouer-reach and deceiue And doe we wonder why the pestilence breaketh in vpon vs like a mightie torrent sweepeth away our people and taketh away our increase going about like a roaring Lyon seeking whom it may deuoure Haue not many of vs vncharitably and blasphemously wished that the plague of God would light on our Brethren And now how iustly hath it euen ouertaken vs So long haue oathes curses and execrations such as a vengeance take thee and a plague on thee and God confound thee come out from vs like arrowes shot against heauen till now they are readie to returne and fall downe with a vengeance on our owne heads We haue called for them and now they are comming We haue tainted the ayre with them and now the ayre is readie to enter and infect vs. Haue not some of vs heartily wished for our Brethrens deaths that wee might compasse our designes and grow great in the World And now how deseruedly may their death in these contagious times be the bane of our whole Family Is there not the hiding if not the plotting as well as the packing vp of Murthers among vs and all perhaps for the pursing of a piece of mony And what maruell if our bloud bee corrupted and our Land vnpeopled when that bloud is concealed which cryeth for vengeance and leaueth a Land vnpurged Haue not the creatures been peruerted by vs in the intemperate and lawlesse vse of them and what maruell if wee are now readie to bee infected by them in their lawfull and moderate vse Our swelling humour of Pride and Gluttonie in excesse of fare and apparell swilling and swaggering in the most riotous manner hath made way for the swelling tumour of the pestilence spreading and raging abroad in our Land The cloathes which should haue couered our shame and haue so shamefully discouered our pride in steed of keeping vs well and warme are now readie to conuay contagion into vs. We haue shut our doores against the poore the poore hath beene separated from his Neighbour and now we are in danger of hauing our doores shut vp and our selues separated one from another We haue infested others with our particular examples of diuers pernicious deeds And now others are ready to infect vs with pestilent diseases Our humour of corrupting others hath at length brought the corruption of the humours on our selues Wee haue not feared the contagion of Sinners who haue beene notoriously incorrigible and scandalous and now we can hardly escape those whom wee iustly suspect to be infectious In our priuate familiaritie wee haue not separated the precious from the vile wee haue aduentured vpon intimate acquaintance with the most pestilent persons and peruersest Sinners and now those who haue the very sore of the pestilence running vpon them are readie to rush in among vs. In our priuate Families we haue had medly Liueries garments of Linsey-wolsey a mixture of bad seruants with some few good ones Some we haue had of both sorts to bring our dessignes to passe on both sides corrupt men that our corrupt ends might bee compassed and religious men that so they might bee coloured or countenanced Wicked Iudasses there are among vs who thinke they may sinne with liberty and purloyne for their commoditie vnder a confidence that none can espie them as long as Christs followers keepe their company And now the sicke are mingled with the sound and the one endangered by the other Our eares haue itched after Nouelties and strange opinions and now behold a new and a strange contagion is come among vs. Many of vs haue affected Sects Schisme and Separation and now the sicknesse hath made a sore rent and a grieuous separation amongst vs. It hath been heard among vs that children might not bee baptized and admitted into the Church without danger of sinne And now it may bee feared that they will not bee brought into the Congregation without danger of sicknesse Platoes communitie hath beene held by some particular Libertines and now it may be feared that one common plague is let loose to lay hold generally vpon all places To draw towards a conclusion So ill haue wee couenanted with our senses for the Lords seruice that now all of them striue to bee vnprofitable to our selues and are forced to acknowledge a grieuous subiection to the generall contagion that raigneth ouer the Land The Smell hath beene taken with effeminate if not Whorish perfumes The Eare hath beene tickled with vaine if not villanous speeches The Taste hath beene ouer-taken with Luxurie The Touch tainted with Lasciuiousnesse The Eye hath beene rolled with wandring Lusts and altogether set vpon lewdnesse So slenderly haue we guarded these Cinque-ports of our Domesticall Senses that now they are readie to let in an open enemie in open ayre to ouerthrow the whole estate of our bodies as our Cinque-ports on the Sea-coast if they be not watched may proue dangerous in-lets for our foes to enter by and endanger the bodie of our State Thus the Lord is iust but wee haue done wickedly Now once more what is the remedie whereby wee may auoid or induce him to auert his plagues To keepe our Bodies from the pestilentiall infection of the plague we obserue three speciall directions First To hasten from places infected Secondly To remoue into a pure aire Thirdly To haue the prescripts of the best Preseruatiues and Medicines Wee must take a like course for our soules against that plague of sinne First Goe out from the occasions of sinne as Peter did from the High Priests Hall Secondly Goe into a pure aire get vs a pure heart and a conscience purged to which wee may retire in all danger a heart and a conscience clensed by the wind of the Spirit cooling our concupiscence and asswaging our boyling corruptions and inspiring vs with good motions Thirdly Get vs a Peter-teare a bitter weeping proceeding from a true faith in Christ and a due contrition for sinne bewayling our corruptions the causes of these contagions That that is the onely distilled water which fortifieth vs against all Gods plagues For if his scourge once induce vs to penitence it must considering our deseruing needs endue vs with patience and then whatsoeuer befalleth vs It shall goe well with vs and happie shall we be