Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	godly_a	rejoice_v	simplicity_n	1,031	5	9.5439	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75270	The virgin saint, or, A brief narrative of the holy life and Christian death of Mary Wilson with some memorable passages, and occasional speeches a little before her death added thereunto ; to which is also adjoyned a sermon, preached at her funeral by Mr. Geo. Nicholson, together with several consolatory letters, written by divers ministers, to her mournful father, Mr. Richard Wilson of Crosfield in Cumberland.	S. A.; Nicholson, George, ca. 1637-1697. Sermon preached at the funeral of Mrs. Mary Wilson.	1673 (1673)	Wing A28A; ESTC R42607	83,061	185

word may be rendered a profane Fool for despising his Birth-right which showed his undervaluing of Heaven and preferring the earth before it Heb. 12.16 with Gen. 25.34 Use 3. Thirdly Is it the grand Concernment of all that would be saved to make ready for Christ's coming Then let it serve for Exhortation to press you all seriously and earnestly to make your selves ready Entertain the Lord Christ's advice in the Text Be ye therefore ready also I shall enforce the Duty upon you with two or three Considerations because I must hasten Considerations First Consider that your sasety lyeth in making ready for Christ I would think That there is not a person among you this day but would give something to know that his Soul is safe and shall be secured against all future hazards of miscarrying eternally Why my Friends I can tell you how you may have them secure enough Do but you get and make sure of that ●undamental-Readiness you were told of and abour still after Actual Preparation and your Souls will be safe and past the peril of miscarrying eternally Though you may dash sometimes against some Rocks before you get over ●●e troublesome Sea of this world yet shall not ●he Vessel of your Soul be split upon any of these ●ocks but shall come safely in into the Harbour 〈◊〉 Heaven Secondly Consider that Christ may come upon 〈◊〉 at unawares The time of his coming may ●ove a surprizal to you O then get ready my ●riends There is none of you that knoweth ●ow soon you may have a call to go from hence ●hich of your Funerals may be the next neither 〈◊〉 nor I know But this I know That few 〈◊〉 us thought that we should have seen this ●ournful day on such a sudden Was it not a ●●prizal to the most Though not to the party ●●eceased for she had strong impressions of ●●eath when others had no fear of it at all ●atch therefore for ye neither know the day nor 〈◊〉 hour wherein the Son of man cometh Mat. ● 13 Thirdly Consider what comfort it will be to 〈◊〉 in a Dying hour to know that you are ready though Death is and will be the King of Ter●●urs to others yet it will be a welcome Mes●ger to you Then shall ye be able to reckon up for one of your Priviledges yea your last Priviledg in this world according to that of the Apostle 1 Cor. 3.22 Death is yours Fourthly Consider how readily ye shall be entertained and received of Christ if you do but get ready for him There shall no stop be made but forthwith ye shall enter into Glory Mat. 25.10 And they that were ready went in with him unto the Marriage So soon as Lazarus was dead his Soul was carried into Abraham's bosome Luk. 16.22 Do but you mind to make you ready the Lord Christ will quickly pass the Sentence for your entrance into his Eternal Kingdome The Fourth Use Fourthly Is it the great Concern of all that would be saved to prepare for the Coming of Christ Then this Use may serve for Consolation to all such as have in some good measure been fitting themselves for the appearance of Christ and are still making it their business to be compleating their Readiness for his Coming It speaketh Comfort to such in two or three Particulars First Take this for your Comfort at present That you shall certainly sit down with Christ in Glory The Marriage-Supper is prepared for you and you shall be Guests at the Bridegrooms Table All the attendance that can be expected you shall have Christ himself will gird himself and come forth and serve you Luk. 12.37 Blessed are those Servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching Verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat and will come forth and serve them And what an honourable attendance is this for the Master of the house ●o wait on his Servants Secondly It speaks this comfort to them That when ever Christ cometh it shall not be a surprisal to them If you continue your preparation for Christ his Coming and do not fall asleep or grow secure again Christ will not come on you unawares you shall then speak of Christ's Coming eternally to save you as the Church peaketh of the Lord 's coming eternally to save ●er Isa 25.9 And it shall be said in that day Lo his is our God we have waited for him and he ●ill save us This is the Lord we have waited or him we will be glad and rejoice in his Salvation They are only the sleepy and slumbering Virgins that are surprized with his Coming such ●s are making ready for him and expecting him ●hall not be taken at unawares Though they ●now not the time of his Coming yet because ●hey are looking and waiting for his Coming ●hey shall not be surprized when ever he cometh ●urely I come quickly saith Christ Amen ●ith the prepared Soul Even so come Lord Iesus Rev. 22.20 Thirdly There is this further comfort also in it That such prepared Souls shall ordinarily have some comfortable foretasts of glory to come Such shall eat of the Grapes of Eshcol while they are in the way to Heaven before they come into the Land of Canaan it self I do not say that it is alwaies thus with prepared Souls a for some possibly that have diligently endeavoured to prepared themselves for the Coming o● Christ may yet notwithstanding feel nothing bu● bitterness in their spirits in their way to glory a● the case seemeth to have been with precious Heman Psal 88. throughout And the 15 vers● thereof tells us That this was his case from hi● youth up I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted The Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is translated from my youth up signifieth Childhood and cometh from a root that signifieth to shake-out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as if he had said I am afflicted an ready to die from my very shaking out of the Womb Nay possibly such Souls may some times go away in a Cloud without the lea● taste of that Glory which immediatly after Death they do fully possess and enjoy But ye● ordinarily they do more generally taste 〈◊〉 those pleasures that are at Gods right hand forevermore while they are in their way to Heaven They depart in peace as the Phrase ●● Luke 2.29 that is They die with satisfaction and comfort nay with joy and gladness Revel 19.7 Let us be glad ond rejoice and give honour to him for the Marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made her self ready And the reason is Because they have the Testimony of their Consciences according to that of Paul 2 Cor. 1.12 For our rejoycing is this the testimony of our Conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity not with fleshly wisdome but by ●he grace of God we have had our conversation ●● the world

habitual Readiness the grace of Regeneration being found within him yet may he sadly smart for his Relapses before ●e give up the Ghost Hast thou not heard before what hazards even the Godly do run for want of actual Preparation Is it a small thing in thine account to be under the Troun●ings of Satan the hidings of God's Face the ●remblings of Conscience and the terrors of Death Remember therefore from whence thou ●●rt fallen and repent and do the first works or ●●se the Lord Christ will come unto thee quickly ●nd remove thee out of thy place except thou re●ent Be watchful and strengthen the things ●hat are ready to die which yet remain for thy works are not found perfect before God Remem●er therefore how thou hast received and heard ●nd hold fast and repent If therefore thou shalt ●ot watch the Lord Christ will come on thee as Thief and thou shalt not know what hour he will ●ome upon thee Rev. 2.5 and 3.2 3. Use 2. Secondly Is it the great concernment ●f all that look to be saved to make ready against the coming of Christ Then it is th● greatest Folly imaginable to neglect making ready for Christ's Coming That man lies a●● waies under the imputation of extreme Folly that neglecteth his principal Concerns Is 〈◊〉 not an arrant Fool that will not mind his mo●● necessary Concernments wherein his very l●●● and welfare is wrapt up Quae te dementia cepit That you may see the extreme folly and ma●ness of men herein I will shew you it a lit●●● more particularly and that very briefly First That man that neglecteth making re●dy for Christ's coming he hath no regard 〈◊〉 or care of his great Soul His Carelessness about making due Preparation to meet the L●●● Jesus doth plainly speak forth thus much That whether his Soul sink or swim be sa●● or damned he mattereth it not He will●●● so much as trouble either his Head or Heart about it And is not this the greatest piece●● Folly that can be What man more mad●● foolish than he that setteth his Soul aside 〈◊〉 forgetteth or else careth not to do any th●● about it that may tend to save it Our 〈◊〉 Jesus telleth us That the Soul of man is be●●●● than the whole world for so much his wo●●● do sound Math. 16.26 What is a man prof●●● ●f he gain the whole world and lose his own Soul ●r what shall he give in exchange for his soul Now is that man any other than a simple Fool that neglecteth his Soul which the whole world cannot equalize the worth of or repair the loss of if he could enjoy it all to himself Secondly That man that neglecteth Preparation for the Coming of Christ he doth but treasure up wrath unto himself against the day of Wrath and Revelation of the righteous Judgement of God And is not he a Fool that provideth Instruments of Cruelty for himself And thus doth every one though they think it not that neglecteth to make ready for Christ's appearance I speak to such as never mind the work of Repentance but go on in a course of Sin these of all others are the greatest Fools in that they do all the while store up plagues for themselves Rom. 2.4 5 6. Thirdly The Folly of him that mindeth not making ready for the coming of Christ appeares in this That he doth but harden himself against ●he coming of Christ And is he not a grand Fool think ye that thus setteth himself against Christ Whoever hardened himself against God and prospered I do not think that every one that mindeth not to make himself ready to meet ●he Lord Jesus doth intentionally and resolredly harden himself against Christ for these ●re only that Atheistical and debanched Crew that are void of all Fear and Conscience that bid open defiance against Heaven Psal 73 9● But my Friends after you have heard it to be your Duty to make ready against that time when you shall be called to appear before Christ i● you then neglect to do it it will be interpreted of Christ to be a hardening your selves against him Because you know it to be your Duty and yet will not do it And what a Madman 〈◊〉 he that will put himself into such a posture a● will bespeak him to be hardening himself against Christ Can their hearts endure or their hands be strong in the day that God shall deal with them Ezek. 22.14 Will ye provoke the Lord to jealousie are ye stronger than he Remember it was Israels overthrow in the Wilderness that they hardened themselves against God this made their Carkases fall there so that they never came to Canaan Psal 95.8 9 10 11. Heb. 3.8 9 10 11. I shall leave but that one place further with you and then consider of it Revel 6.14 15 16 17. And the Heaven departed at a Scroll when it is rolled together and every Mountain and Island were moved out of their places And the Kings of the earth and the great Men and the Rich men and the Chief Captains and the Mighty men and every Bondman and every Freeman hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the Mountains And said to the mountains and Rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lamb For the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand You see that Christ will make the stoutest of men to tremble that harden themselves against him Fourthly Their folly appeareth by this who neglect to prepare and make ready for Christ Jesus his Coming in that so doing they undervalue Heaven And is he not to be reckoned a prosane Fool that makes no reckoning of Heaven The poor Indians folly was seen in this That they were so willing to part with their Gold for some pieces of Brass or for other Toys and Trifles that were of no great value Now that man that taketh no care to make himself ready to come before the Lord Jesus his neglect doth plainly declare That Heaven beareth to price with him For there is no man that ●ometh within the sound of the Gospel ●ut he heareth That without Repentance no salvation and that without Holiness no man shall see the Lord. Now after the declaration ●● all this in the ears of such a person If he shall sive in the neglect of looking after Repentance ●r the work of Holiness he doth evidently ma●ifest That Heaven signifieth not much to him for he that will not carefully look after the heans and also use them that relate to such an ●nd his very neglecting of the means doth bespeak him to have no great regard to the end especially when he knoweth that it is not possible in an ordinary way to come to enjoy such an end without making use of such means And will not this prove a man to be a Fool Remember that Esau is called a profane person or as the