Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	fire_n	hell_n	worm_n	1,679	5	10.4739	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57599	Loyalty and peace, or, Two seasonable discourses from I Sam. 24, 5 viz., David's heart smote him because he cut off Saul's skirt : the first of conscience and its smitings, the second of the prodigious impiety of murthering King Charles I, intended to promote sincere devotion and humiliation upon each anniversary fast for the Late King's death / by Samuel Rolls.	Rolle, Samuel, fl. 1657-1678.	1678 (1678)	Wing R1880; ESTC R25524	110,484	255

mean_v the_o infirmity_n of_o it_o if_o they_o live_v to_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a so_o certain_o conscience_n will_v call_v man_n to_o a_o account_n if_o not_o in_o health_n yet_o in_o sickness_n if_o not_o live_v yet_o die_v yea_o if_o not_o die_v so_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v dead_a for_o conscience_n be_v a_o king_n that_o never_o die_v as_o they_o say_v in_o law_n rex_fw-la nunquam_fw-la moritur_fw-la and_o they_o will_v find_v it_o in_o the_o next_o world_n by_o the_o name_n and_o nature_n of_o a_o never_o die_a worm_n and_o as_o the_o proverb_n say_v nullum_fw-la tempus_fw-la occurr●t_fw-la regi_fw-la the_o king_n time_n never_o lapse_v some_o man_n will_v find_v that_o conscience_n have_v not_o lapse_v or_o lose_v any_o time_n like_o creditor_n that_o lose_v their_o debt_n and_o privilege_n of_o sue_v for_o they_o for_o want_v of_o demand_v they_o within_o such_o a_o term_n of_o year_n but_o will_v recover_v all_o its_o arrear_n and_o sue_v they_o till_o they_o have_v pay_v the_o uttermost_a farthing_n we_o proceed_v in_o the_o next_o place_n to_o the_o eight_o query_n which_o i_o propose_v to_o speak_v of_o viz._n the_o quomodo_n or_o how_o and_o in_o what_o manner_n it_o be_v thas_o conscience_n do_v use_v to_o smite_v man_n for_o sin_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o conscience_n do_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d at_o sundry_a time_n and_o in_o divers_a manner_n first_o of_o all_o conscience_n do_v sometime_o smite_v man_n very_o gentle_o and_o easy_o with_o light_n and_o soft_a touch_n as_o old_a ely_n do_v his_o son_n when_o he_o say_v it_o be_v not_o a_o good_a report_n which_o i_o hear_v of_o you_o my_o son_n you_o make_v the_o lord_n people_n to_o transgress_v 1_o sam._n 2._o chap._n v._o 24._o it_o whip_v man_n sometime_o as_o mother_n use_n to_o do_v their_o infant_n child_n with_o a_o small_a twig_n and_o a_o soft_a hand_n whereby_o they_o be_v rather_o scare_v than_o hurt_n and_o touch_v they_o with_o that_o tenderness_n as_o one_o will_v touch_v the_o apple_n of_o one_o eye_n but_o second_o conscience_n do_v many_o time_n correct_v man_n smart_o smite_v they_o severe_o yet_o not_o so_o but_o that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o bear_v it_o as_o you_o shall_v hear_v some_o man_n say_v of_o those_o fit_n of_o the_o stone_n gout_n or_o colic_n which_o they_o have_v feel_v that_o they_o be_v very_o painful_a indeed_o but_o they_o thank_v god_n such_o as_o they_o be_v able_a to_o undergo_v and_o but_o able_a it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o ever_o some_o man_n can_v do_v to_o bear_v that_o burden_n of_o a_o wound_a conscience_n which_o lie_v upon_o they_o but_o they_o make_v a_o hard_a shift_n with_o much_o ado_n rub_v along_o a_o little_a more_o weight_n add_v to_o they_o will_v sink_v and_o over-whelm_a they_o their_o conscience_n correct_v they_o in_o full_a measure_n though_o not_o above_o measure_n and_o this_o it_o may_v be_v be_v the_o case_n of_o thousand_o their_o conscience_n give_v they_o their_o full_a do_v though_o they_o destroy_v they_o not_o with_o a_o hypercatharsis_n three_o but_o some_o there_o be_v a_o case_n two_o frequent_a in_o the_o world_n though_o not_o so_o common_a as_o the_o former_a who_o conscience_n do_v smite_v they_o ad_fw-la extremum_fw-la viriuna_fw-la and_o lay_v on_o upon_o they_o with_o all_o their_o might_n who_o conscience_n thunder_n and_o lighten_v upon_o they_o as_o god_n do_v upon_o the_o israelite_n from_o mount_n sinai_n exodus_fw-la 19.16_o and_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o there_o be_v thunder_n and_o lightning_n and_o a_o thick_a cloud_n upon_o the_o mount_n and_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o trumpet_n exceed_v loud_a so_o that_o all_o the_o people_n that_o be_v in_o the_o camp_n tremble_v and_o mount_v sinai_n be_v altogether_o on_o a_o smoke_n because_o the_o lord_n descend_v upon_o it_o in_o fire_n the_o smoke_n thereof_o ascend_v as_o the_o smoke_n of_o a_o furnace_n and_o the_o whole_a mount_n quake_v great_o with_o such_o like_a terror_n so_o far_o as_o a_o creature_n may_v imitate_v his_o creator_n so_o do_v conscience_n sometime_o clothe_v itself_o if_o a_o beast_n do_v but_o touch_v the_o mountain_n to_o allude_v to_o the_o passage_n at_o mount_n sinai_n it_o be_v stone_v or_o strike_v through_o with_o a_o dart_n heb._n 12.20_o i_o mean_v if_o a_o brutish_a thought_n do_v but_o touch_v a_o man_n mind_n so_o terrible_a be_v the_o sight_n thereof_o as_o aggravate_v by_o conscience_n that_o he_o may_v say_v as_o moses_n 21._o i_o exceed_o quake_v look_v with_o how_o grim_a a_o countenance_n and_o with_o how_o incense_v a_o heart_n ahasuerus_n look_v upon_o haman_n when_o come_v out_o of_o his_o garden_n he_o find_v that_o proud_a traitor_n fall_v upon_o the_o bed_n where_o hester_n his_o queen_n be_v and_o say_v of_o he_o will_v he_o force_v the_o queen_n also_o before_o i_o in_o the_o house_n hester_n 7.8_o with_o such_o a_o aspect_n and_o with_o such_o a_o rage_n do_v conscience_n accost_v some_o man_n cause_n their_o face_n to_o be_v cover_v present_o with_o shame_n and_o confusion_n do_v it_o not_o fall_v upon_o some_o man_n like_o a_o bear_n rob_v of_o her_o whelp_n or_o like_o a_o man_n under_o jealousy_n upon_o he_o who_o he_o suspect_v of_o which_o solomon_n say_v it_o be_v the_o rage_n of_o a_o man_n he_o will_v not_o spare_v in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o wrath_n conscience_n seem_v sometime_o to_o vie_v with_o death_n in_o the_o point_n of_o terror_n and_o to_o make_v itself_o more_o a_o king_n of_o terror_n than_o he_o for_o sin_n be_v the_o sting_n of_o death_n and_o conscience_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o sting_n of_o sin_n that_o death_n be_v less_o terrible_a than_o a_o enrage_a conscience_n be_v manifest_a because_o thousand_o fly_n or_o have_v flee_v from_o a_o pursuant_n conscience_n to_o hide_v themselves_o in_o the_o valley_n of_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n and_o have_v choose_v rather_o to_o fall_v into_o their_o own_o bloody_a and_o murderous_a hand_n than_o to_o remain_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o conscience_n how_o many_o pursue_v by_o conscience_n have_v repair_v to_o a_o melancholy_a beam_n as_o one_o call_v it_o or_o any_o thing_n they_o can_v make_v a_o gallow_n of_o as_o it_o be_v to_o a_o city_n of_o refuge_n or_o to_o the_o horn_n of_o a_o altar_n that_o be_v have_v choose_v strangle_v rather_o than_o life_n the_o jew_n allow_v but_o thirty_o nine_o stripe_n to_o be_v give_v even_o to_o malefactor_n 1_o cor._n 11._o but_o conscience_n will_v give_v thousand_o and_o million_o fetch_v blood_n at_o every_o stroke_n stone_n colic_n strangury_n be_v the_o name_n of_o three_o little_a torture_n compare_v to_o that_o of_o a_o wound_a and_o wound_a conscience_n for_o so_o it_o be_v that_o a_o wound_a conscience_n will_v wound_v if_o we_o wound_v it_o it_o will_v wound_v we_o that_o ever_o gnaw_v worm_n if_o we_o tread_v upon_o it_o will_v sure_o turn_v again_o nothing_o can_v make_v the_o torment_n of_o rack_a and_o burn_v seem_v small_a but_o the_o great_a torment_n of_o a_o torment_a conscience_n all_o i_o have_v say_v be_v easy_a to_o believe_v if_o we_o but_o consider_v some_o man_n have_v prefer_v hell_n itself_o before_o the_o smiting_n of_o a_o incense_a conscience_n so_o judas_n when_o he_o go_v and_o hang_v himself_o though_o other_o it_o may_v be_v have_v be_v prevert_v from_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n chief_o by_o consider_v that_o what_o be_v say_v of_o god_n may_v as_o true_o be_v say_v of_o and_o to_o conscience_n psal_n 139._o if_o i_o make_v my_o bed_n in_o hell_n behold_v thou_o be_v there_o some_o it_o may_v be_v fear_n that_o never_o die_a worm_n in_o hell_n more_o than_o the_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n we_o read_v of_o as_o suppose_v that_o the_o torment_n of_o conscience_n be_v all_o in_o all_o as_o to_o the_o pena_n sensus_fw-la or_o the_o positive_a punishment_n which_o the_o damn_a do_v there_o undergo_v say_v not_o the_o lion_n be_v not_o so_o terrible_a as_o he_o be_v paint_v or_o conscience_n as_o i_o have_v describe_v it_o for_o it_o alone_o can_v tell_v thou_o how_o terrible_a it_o be_v of_o it_o as_o of_o the_o great_a god_n may_v be_v say_v who_o know_v the_o power_n of_o his_o wrath_n according_a to_o his_o fear_n so_o be_v his_o wrath_n the_o terror_n of_o conscience_n be_v as_o boundless_a as_o the_o extent_n of_o fear_n which_o be_v a_o passion_n that_o know_v no_o limit_n the_o sea_n be_v bound_v by_o sands_n but_o the_o dread_v of_o conscience_n hardly_o by_o any_o thing_n no_o boanarge_n or_o son_n of_o thunder_n like_o to_o conscience_n no_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n nor_o yet_o of_o injustice_n so_o terrible_a as_o that_o two_o witness_n serve_v in_o other_o court_n conscience_n be_v a_o

what_o i_o do_v though_o all_o the_o world_n beside_o be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o than_o if_o all_o the_o world_n beside_o know_v it_o and_o my_o own_o conscience_n know_v nothing_o of_o it_o for_o if_o conscience_n be_v dispose_v to_o take_v vengeance_n on_o i_o and_o to_o call_v i_o to_o a_o strict_a account_n for_o what_o i_o have_v do_v i_o know_v it_o can_v create_v punishment_n for_o i_o beyond_o all_o that_o man_n can_v inflict_v or_o that_o can_v be_v inflict_v by_o any_o hand_n save_o he_o who_o be_v able_a to_o cast_v soul_n and_o body_n into_o hell_n fire_n and_o in_o that_o regard_n be_v the_o only_a person_n who_o i_o ought_v to_o dread_v and_o reverence_n more_o than_o my_o own_o conscience_n for_o as_o self_n murder_n be_v the_o worst_a and_o cruel_a of_o all_o murder_n so_o self-smitings_a and_o what_o be_v they_o but_o reflection_n of_o conscience_n be_v the_o terrible_a of_o all_o smiteing_n they_o be_v those_o arrow_n of_o the_o almighty_a that_o stick_n in_o man_n heart_n and_o the_o venom_n thereof_o drink_v up_o their_o spirit_n what_o pity_n be_v it_o that_o many_o man_n never_o learn_v to_o fear_v themselves_o enough_o till_o they_o come_v to_o feel_v themselves_o so_o sharp_a upon_o and_o so_o uneasy_a to_o themselves_o that_o they_o can_v bear_v it_o no_o long_o that_o they_o seem_v a_o great_a hell_n to_o themselves_o than_o hell_n itself_o will_v be_v which_o be_v spira_n case_n it_o be_v one_o good_a answer_n wherewith_o to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o tempter_n how_o can_v i_o do_v this_o wickedness_n and_o sin_n against_o my_o own_o conscience_n how_o can_v i_o look_v my_o conscience_n in_o the_o face_n if_o i_o comply_v with_o such_o a_o temptation_n or_o rather_o how_o dreadful_o will_v conscience_n stare_v i_o in_o the_o face_n when_o i_o have_v do_v it_o i_o have_v rather_o displease_v the_o whole_a world_n than_o displease_v that_o part_n of_o myself_o which_o be_v call_v conscience_n for_o if_o that_o once_o be_v angry_a and_o continue_v so_o i_o shall_v have_v no_o joy_n in_o my_o life_n all_o my_o comfort_n will_v be_v embitter_v it_o will_v give_v i_o for_o beauty_n ash_n for_o the_o oil_n of_o joy_n mourn_v for_o the_o garment_n of_o praise_n the_o spirit_n of_o heaviness_n it_o will_v be_v coloquintida_n or_o death_n in_o the_o pot_n of_o all_o my_o enjoyment_n they_o feel_v conscience_n lest_o who_o fear_v it_o most_o and_o they_o who_o in_o one_o sense_n be_v most_o afraid_a of_o conscience_n be_v usual_o lest_o hurt_n by_o it_o as_o parent_n love_v not_o to_o strike_v those_o child_n who_o they_o can_v sufficient_o over-awe_n and_o deter_v from_o mis-doing_a without_o strike_v they_o so_o i_o have_v do_v with_o the_o 5._o use_v a_o six_o shall_v be_v this_o sith_o conscience_n be_v so_o dreadful_a a_o smiter_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v every_o man_n concern_v to_o maintain_v peace_n amity_n and_o a_o good_a correspondence_n with_o his_o own_o conscience_n that_o it_o may_v either_o not_o smite_v he_o at_o all_o or_o in_o measure_n so_o as_o he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o bear_v it_o stay_v if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v its_o rough_a wind_n in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o east-wind_n not_o thrash_v out_o the_o fitche_n with_o a_o thrash_a instrument_n nor_o turn_v about_o the_o cart_n wheel_n upon_o the_o cummin_n but_o beat_v out_o the_o fitche_n with_o a_o staff_n and_o the_o cummin_n with_o the_o rod_n to_o allude_v to_o what_o be_v say_v of_o god_n isaiah_n 28.27_o correct_v he_o but_o in_o measure_n though_o it_o leave_v he_o not_o altogether_o unpunished_a as_o god_n promise_v his_o people_n jer._n 30.11_o school_n boy_n who_o have_v master_n eminent_o severe_a be_v concern_v to_o make_v as_o few_o fault_n as_o ever_o they_o can_v and_o to_o please_v they_o as_o much_o as_o ever_o lie_v in_o their_o power_n as_o ever_o they_o hope_v to_o sleep_v in_o a_o whole_a skin_n such_o a_o master_n be_v conscience_n if_o it_o set_v on_o now_o the_o way_n to_o give_v it_o content_a and_o to_o keep_v it_o quiet_a with_o we_o be_v as_o follow_v direct_v 1._o see_v that_o conscience_n itself_o be_v well_o advise_v and_o inform_v like_o a_o jury_n that_o have_v receive_v full_a instruction_n from_o the_o judge_n else_o it_o may_v chance_v to_o chide_v we_o sometime_o upon_o pure_a mistake_n as_o the_o weak_a people_n be_v usual_o the_o most_o querulous_a what_o serve_v the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o what_o more_o proper_a use_n can_v be_v make_v of_o pious_a and_o able_a minister_n of_o our_o acquaintance_n with_o judicious_a and_o experience_a christian_n than_o that_o by_o the_o help_n of_o all_o these_o our_o conscience_n may_v be_v guide_v into_o the_o way_n of_o truth_n neither_o be_v it_o easy_a for_o we_o to_o imagine_v that_o in_o case_n we_o do_v use_v all_o these_o mean_n to_o inform_v our_o conscience_n aright_o that_o god_n will_v suffer_v they_o to_o err_v in_o any_o great_a and_o dangerous_a instance_n direct_v 2._o when_o we_o have_v get_v our_o conscience_n well_o advise_v our_o next_o business_n shall_v be_v to_o consult_v and_o advise_v with_o our_o conscience_n when_o conscience_n have_v hear_v what_o god_n have_v to_o say_v to_o it_o we_o shall_v hear_v what_o conscience_n have_v to_o say_v to_o we_o as_o god_n give_v his_o law_n to_o moses_n and_o moses_n to_o his_o people_n so_o god_n speak_v first_o to_o conscience_n or_o give_v his_o law_n to_o conscience_n and_o conscience_n in_o god_n name_n give_v law_n to_o we_o if_o we_o pay_v not_o that_o respect_n to_o our_o conscience_n to_o consult_v with_o they_o they_o will_v never_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o we_o but_o think_v themselves_o slight_v and_o affront_v conscience_n expect_v that_o every_o man_n shall_v say_v to_o it_o by_o your_o leave_n and_o may_v it_o stand_v with_o your_o good_a like_n before_o he_o enterprise_v any_o matter_n of_o concernment_n when_o a_o man_n have_v any_o thing_n in_o design_n the_o first_o question_n to_o be_v ask_v be_v be_v it_o lawful_a to_o be_v do_v and_o of_o who_o shall_v a_o man_n ask_v that_o but_o of_o his_o conscience_n leaving_z thar_z to_o inform_v itself_o the_o best_a it_o can_v by_o all_o the_o way_n and_o mean_v aforesaid_a for_o as_o god_n take_v it_o ill_o when_o the_o israelite_n sit_v down_o to_o eat_v and_o drink_v with_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o ask_v not_o counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n so_o will_v conscience_n when_o we_o do_v any_o thing_n of_o importance_n and_o do_v not_o first_o ask_v its_o counsel_n and_o repair_v to_o it_o as_o to_o a_o oracle_n direct_v 3._o if_o thou_o will_v not_o have_v conscience_n smite_v thou_o then_o when_o conscience_n be_v yet_o in_o doubt_n and_o suspense_n be_v thou_o in_o suspense_n also_o suspend_v act_v till_o conscience_n become_v resolve_v according_a to_o that_o good_a old_a say_n quod_fw-la dubitas_fw-la ne_fw-la facias_fw-la remember_v the_o apostle_n word_n he_o that_o doubt_v be_v damn_v if_o he_o eat_v because_o he_o eat_v not_o of_o faith_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v not_o of_o faith_n be_v sin_n rom._n 14.23_o as_o also_o the_o exhortation_n which_o the_o same_o apostle_n give_v v._n 5._o let_v every_o man_n be_v full_o persuade_v or_o assure_v in_o his_o own_o mind_n mean_v of_o the_o lawfulness_n of_o that_o which_o he_o take_v in_o hand_n he_o that_o will_v maintain_v peace_n and_o friendship_n betwixt_o conscience_n and_o himself_o or_o rather_o that_o will_v have_v his_o conscience_n good_a friend_n with_o he_o let_v he_o await_v the_o full_a resolution_n and_o satisfaction_n of_o conscience_n before_o he_o presume_v to_o act_v direct_v 4._o he_o that_o will_v escape_v the_o severe_a stroke_n and_o smiting_n of_o conscience_n let_v he_o take_v heed_n of_o do_v any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o express_a distate_n and_o command_v of_o thereof_o of_o go_v if_o i_o may_v so_o express_v it_o to_o tarshish_n as_o do_v jonah_n when_o conscience_n will_v send_v he_o to_o nineveh_n of_o go_v to_o the_o west_n when_o the_o commission_n which_o he_o have_v receive_v be_v for_o the_o east_n conscience_n be_v very_o impatient_a of_o be_v contradict_v and_o that_o man_n and_o woman_n shall_v proceed_v point_n blank_a contrary_a to_o its_o counsel_n and_o command_n next_o to_o that_o indignation_n wherewith_o you_o may_v imagine_v the_o great_a god_n resent_v it_o when_o the_o israelite_n of_o old_a make_v this_o stubborn_a reply_n to_o his_o prophet_n jeremy_n jer._n 44.16_o viz._n as_o for_o the_o word_n that_o thou_o have_v speak_v to_o we_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o will_v not_o hearken_v unto_o thou_o but_o we_o will_v certain_o do_v whatsoever_o thing_n go_v forth_o out_o of_o our_o own_o mouth_n to_o burn_v incense_n unto_o the_o queen_n of_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n