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	heart_n	sprinkle_v	2,758	5	11.3113	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54962	The Plague checkt, or, Piety will either prevent or alter the property of the plague ... together with sundry other things in a letter written by a friend to sundry of his godly friends ... with respect to the present times ...		1665 (1665)	Wing P2336; ESTC R8032	44,854	85

commission such a paper to say Peace be unto this House and be sure if the Son or Daughter of Peace be there the Peace shall rest upon it notwithstanding the Plague be in it and whether it come as a tryal or as a punishment I would advise them to bid it welcome accept it kisse the Rod and the hand that holds it drink the cup which though it may be bitter yet may prove wholsome and not poisonous in the least hear the Rod and who hath appointed it quarrel not with it but fall under it study you to please God in what you do or suffer and that God may please you in what he orders out and all will be well I would aske you concerning your Souls and Spiritual Conditions have you not minded God hitherto nor acquainted yourselves with him and the Mysteries of his Will things that concern your Eternal Peace have you not yet believed repented set to it now and make it your businesse you may have but a little time to spend in the world improve it to as good purpose as you can let not a minute run out to waste the nearer you are to your journeys end make the more haste that your work may not be to do when you have no time left to do it in knowing that there is no Believing Repenting self-Humbling and making peace with God No such Work in the Grave whither you are going be deeply humbled for your neglect of Hearing Reading Praying and other Duties of Godlinesse and now cry mightily urge God with his Attributes and plead thus Lord thou art stiled a Father of Lights and wilt thou not send light into my dark soul thou art the God of all Grace and shall I dye in a gracelesse condition thou gavest Christ and that of thine own free accord when there was no moveing of thee in the least to such a purpose and he hath shed his blood pacified thy wrath satisfied thy justice brought in everlasting righteousness and is now at the right hand to make Intercession for poor sinners and shall I that now cry for him fly to him be never the better for him not one drop of his blood to purge my conscience onely by the way let me Animadvert upon that which is the common apprehension and expression of men that one drop of Christs Blood was sufficient to save a world for my part I am not clear in that it must be heart blood life blood that must be shed by him to make an Attonment but to direct your proceed in the way of your Plea Lord thou hast given me a natural life and breath and wilt thou not give me spiritual life and breath I have the natural senses of hearing seeing tasting feeling and so forth and Lord shall I be wholy a stranger to spiritual senses these things am not I able to perform in my own behalf by my own power Oh put forth thine make me such as thou wouldst have me to be and I shall be such it is said of Abraham thou foundst him faithfull and of David thou foundst him a man after thine own heart thou wouldst never have found them so if thou hadst not made them so make me such and thou shalt find me such thy grace is as sufficient to pardon and sanctifie and renew me as ever it was for any poor sinner in the World If I dye and damne and perish there is no profit in my blood the dead praise thee not the damned will not nor can If I perish I shall never love thee and honour thee If thou wilt save me I shall be a lasting Monument of freest love and richest Grace and Mercy Oh then Magnifie thy Mercy upon me and let me not be Fuel for the burning but Timber for the building yet let me further drive and deal with you and use my uttermost to fasten my nails in you you are humane creatures oh see that you be new creatures you are a part of the first Creation that is wofully degenerated and defaced see that you be a part of the second Creation which is performed in Christ Jesus in whom all Gods acts of Grace are performed you have natural understandings pray that God would give you spiritual understandings David fetched an argument from this consideration that Gods hand had made him fashioned him and urged in the strength thereof Oh give me understanding that I may keep thy Testimonies Psal 119. You have bodies but do you not consider that you have souls that are infinitely more to be valued then your bodyes the losse whereof the whole world will not countervail you live a natural life but do not you know that there is a spiritual life which is infinitely better look to live that life you eat and drink daily for the body there is a spiritual meat and drink provided which your souls have as much need of as your bodyes have of the Perishing food oh make out after that You are carefull to cloath your bodies and shall your fouls be naked You prize and study to keep and maintain your outward liberty spiritual liberty is far better and will you please your selves in spiritual bondage to sin and the Devil oh make out after this spiritual liberty knowing that if the Son shall make you free you shall be free indeed You are carefull to maintain your bodily health and is it good that you should have sick souls let me aske you will you love darknesse rather then light sicknesse rather then health bondage rather then liberty death rather then life your disease better then your Cure your Plague better then your plaister will you chose rather to be in the hand of a wounding killing Devil then in the hand of a healing recovering curing Christ will you choose rather to be damned and go to Hell then to be eternally saved and put into the possession of eternal Mansion above you are subject to a bodily Plague which may seize you and it may be hath know you not there is a worse Plague the Plague of the heart you must dye how soon you know not oh look after an interest in Christ which is the best interest look for Faith and free Justification Repentance and Renovation seconded with Real and Universal Reformation get the blood of Christ which is the blood of sprinkling upon your Consciences which will purge away your Guilt bring in Peace and kill the Worm which if not killed will killingly gnaw on you to all Eternity I say again you must dye once take heed of dying twice there is a second death and that is the most formidable you must dy but look to this that death do not kill you do you kill sin and you will kill death too you must dye but let it be your seeing of death as it is said of Simeon Luke 2. Let not death see you with a Mortifferous killing sight you must dye let it be but a tasting of death as the Scripture phraseth it let it

and momentous The Lion hath roared who will not tremble The Lord hath spoken who can Prophesie Besides let my maine designe I drive plead for me which is Non ad captundam sed ad exprimendam benevolentiam promovendam fidem resipiscentiam not to catch at mans respect and esteem others know how little I deserve it and I know it as well as they My Reverend Brethren can give me my price and so can I of myself its low by agreement on all hands onely I have this to say for my self I am of a self-discouraging Spirit and disposition and cannot put forth my self amongst my betters as some can I think I have been a little disadvantaged upon that accounts but it matters not And if I be a foole in thus expressing my self I say as Paul Beare with me a little in my folly and indeed bear with me It may be further said that I prefix a Title which the following discourse Answers not till toward the last other matters are agitated first and that that suites the Title comes up in the rear To that I say t is true but most of the matters held forth refer to the present sad Providence and have a tendency to promote a due improving and a happy removing of the Plague Besides the Title Page signifies that there are sundry other things held forth besides a Check given to the Plague One thing more in Nature as we say in Schooles that which is Primum in intentione is Vltimum in executione that which is first in intention and purpose prove last in execution and performance why not so here Again it may be you seem to discover a male-contented spirit with respect to the present Times and administrations To that I say I am better known then to be ill affected to Magistratical Government I have all along pleaded and pressed submission to Kings and Magistrates and such as are in Authority over us and that for Conscience sake onely wish that the greatest severity might not proceed against such as desiring to act according to a judicious and well informed Conscience cannot and that meerly out of tendernesse come up in all circumstantials to answer magistratical impositions I meddle not at all with the Laws and Statutes but touch with gentlenesse upon the executive part and those who are betrusted therewith who possibly may not act from that culmnesse and composednesse of Spirit and with that gentlenesse and tendernes that were to be wished especially toward such as would be glad with all their hearts to come up to the most full and compleat subjection that is required and have otherwise learned Christ then to allow themselves in any turbulency or Seditiousnesse of Spirit any immoriterousnesse and refractorinesse contrary to the word of God and inconsistent with a good conscience ●f it be said that I take upon me to deal with persons in the publick Ministry and others also and to advise and counsel them and am I not too busily medling this way too much assuming I say I have been a publick Preacher as well as they and I could give account what approbation I have found from such as have been of highest rank in their way and of their perswasion but I forbear And though I am farr very farr short of their Parts and Abilities yet I may compare with them for years being now an aged man and why may I not be permitted to suggest somwhat to them in a way of Counsel and Advise Job would not despise the Counsel of a Servant If it be said I plead the cause of meeknesse and earnestly presse it but discover a sharp and tart Spirit c. I say that meeknesse and sharpnesse as the occasion may be are not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but may very well consist together Moses and Paul were Eminent and most Exemplary for their Meekness but yet could be hot and quick and did as the Cause required shew themselves men of mettle full of zeal And who would not be zealous very zealous when Athiesme and Prophaness do so Impetuously break in upon us as a Flood When there is so much dishonour done to God such indignities offered to Christ and his Grace such a spirit of Malignity and desperate Opposition made and manifested against the power of Godlinesse Once more it may be said I appear too friendly to Fanaticks I say there are that are so called that are not so indeed I would the definition of such a one were genuinly and properly draw up and given out according to truth and let them wear the Coat that it best fits Let me ever be a Cordial friend to such as fear God honour the King minde real godlinesse and study to expresse the power of it walk circumspectly labour to keep Faith and a good Conscience and their Garments of holy Profession close about them clean upon them not being spotted by the world that make it their daily care to walk with God as Enoch and Abraham did to approve themselves to Christ to keep clear of sin and closs to the ways of holiness making it their design when others shall be found to shame and dishonour they may be found to praise and glory in the appearing and Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ and such as these the world will hate Maligne Persecute and judge the scum off-scouring of men so Paul and his companions were accounted 1 Cor. 4. 13. We are made the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Purganienta the Excrementa as Erasmus renders the Word Thus I say the World will count them and it cannot do no otherwise blinde besotted World as it is But it matters not God will love them Christ will own them and honour them their Consciences will befriend them and if God love it matters not who hate if Christ be for us it matters not who be against us if the Scriptures be on our side it matters not who rise up in opposition if Conscience be a friend we need not passe though the World be our enemy and all the devils of hell too as to be sure they will They are in the saddest condition that have God and Christ and Conscience and Scriptures against them I have often thought and said it were better for a man to have an Army of Ten Thousand men in Battel array against him then to have one Text of Scripture against him and so might I say of a Saints Prayer My Brethren and Friends I have Done t is a poor Do such as it is accept I told you in the beginning ●he desire of a man is his kindness If I have done anything tending to the glory of my dearest God my Sweetest and most Pretious Jesus any thing that may conduce to the promoting any benefit to your Souls or any other it s enough Now to him that is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his Glory with exceeding Joy to the onely wise God our Saviour be Glory and Majesty Dominion and Power now and ever Amen FINIS I. am 1. 1. 2. 3. 6. 20. 22. cap. 1. 8. cap. 3. 42. 9. cap. 2. 14. cap. 4. 13. 16. Cap. 3. 39. 40. 41. 42. 28 29. 19. Levit. 26 41 Isaias 26. 9. 1 Kin. 8. 38. Joh. 5 14. Ps 85 8. Lam. 3. 21. 22 23. 24 25 26. Psal 80. 4. Psal 66 5. Psal 75. 8. Deut. 32. 41. Psa 7. 13 14 Deut. 32. 41 Ps 91. Job 34. 31 32. Psal 116. 3 Psal 94. 18 17. Psal 116. 7 9. Psal 6. 4. 5. Isaiah 38. 19 20.