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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	heaven_n	hell_n	worm_n	1,015	5	11.0094	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29386	Division divided, or, Ruines fore-runner discovered and decyphered in a sermon before the right honourable and right worshipfull the Lord Major and Aldermen of the city of London, preached on the Lords-day, September 20, 1646, in Pauls Church, London / by one that wisheth well unto and daily prayeth for unity and uniformity in these three kingdomes.	Bridges, Walter.	1646 (1646)	Wing B4484; ESTC R23810	54,734	72

against you whether he be friend or foe Of all newes the most soule-refreshing and sin-suppressing tidings conscience is the best counsellor to a christian when he is alive and the best comforter when a man is dead yea the best executor of his will and testament conscience is the comfort of faith truth and uprightnesse and the ship wherein we carry that great venture of the Mystery of godlinesse One word more 1. Marke well that Scripture Jer. 23.23 Am I a God at hand saith the Lord and not a God a farre off a God our God is every where and conscience is Concludens scientiâ conscience is a concluding science accusing and excusing are all from conscience if awaken and if not the judgement is the greater Job 13.26 we reade Thou writest bitter things against me and makest me to possesse the iniquities of my youth This is an heavy thing when God comes neere a man thus For it is fearefull not to forget that God remembers all my sins Hos 7.2 2. He that would punish an evill conscience Judas ipse Iudae sit accusator Aug. ad loc let him but only leave it to it selfe Mat. 27.3 Judas himselfe is Judas his accuser the working of conscience in hell is set forth by a worme that never dies weeping and why for not being in Heaven for being in Hell because they are with divells there the worst of all bad company if they would cry to God and Jesus yet none would heare none would pitty and they gnash their teeth against whom themselves the acters the divells the inticers and others the provokers unto sin this is accuser judge executioner indeed 3. He that hath no conscience or at least no use thereof what shall be said to him when Joseph was intised his answer was Gen. 39.9 How shall I do this great wickednesse and sinne against the Lord Here is to see the workings of a tender conscience on the contrary where there is none or a seared conscience see the effect Luke 16.14 the Pharisees who were covetuous heard all these things and they derided him Timor Dei janitrix animae Feare of God and a soft heart keepe out thousands of sinnes which other men commit with greedinesse 4. He that hath a good conscience O what boldnesse hath he toward God and man Paul saith to the Hebrewes Heb. 13.18 Pray for us and marke the reason for we trust we have a good conscience in all things willing to live honestly What would our Apostle have precious men their precious prayers the duty God hath put upon him and the continuall danger in execution thereof ingage him to require these things why then would he have it I am a man that desire yea deserve prayers from you I have a good conscience and who would not sue to God in that supplication O Lord save all the good conscioned men in the world Nay Paul hath a good conscience in all things a rare president many make conscience of nothing many of many things but the rest they slight and sin in not a few few make conscience of all things lesser greater how therefore shall this appeare he is willing to live honestly not compelled so to do by feare gaine c. and willing to live so in all things for some referre that hither howsoever it is you here see the glory of a gracious conscience O take heed to the selfe of your selves Theodoricus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. one of the Emperours of Rome was an Arrian and one of his Courtiers desiring to ingratiate himself with his Master forthwith became an Arrian also leaving his former way of Religion the Emperour hearing of it strait commands his head to be chopt off and gives this reason If saith he he will not keepe his faith to God how will he keepe his conscience toward man I would all those that are siding time-servers to every faction would learne this The second Use which I am to make of this Doctrine 2. Use Reason of take heed is to give a reason of all these take heeds for I am to speake reason unto rationall men nay I am to speake Religion which is reason refined Division brings desolation probably and very often That 's enough but there is yet more to ingage us division brings desolation certainly if not foreseene repented prevented Chrysostome that 's more Chrysostome said once If his pulpit were the highest mountaine his voice like the voice of an Archangell and his audience the whole world he would chuse a text for himselfe and his time And so would I for my selfe and our times and it should be such a one as this I have chosen Take heed of being divided amongst your selves or against your selves Desolation is in such cases neerer than we are aware of there are degrees of the neernesse of ruine and desolation Neerenesse of mine That ground which beareth thornes and thistles is rejected and is nigh to cursing Heb. 6.8 nigh very nigh it Salvation is farre from the wicked saith David and how farre as farre as they are from it and the waies thereof and that 's farre enough Now If I should say A Kingdome City or house divided are neare to ruine and in probability like to fall one upon another how shall this be proved By a gradation from our Saviours Argument 1. If any one of these be divided against it selfe 2. But if two of these be so divided Spirituall Geography 3. If then all of these be divided 4. And if more than all the Church too begin to be divided then desolation is neare and nearer than secure men are aware of But me thinkes I see amongst us such Divisions as these 1. In Causes when Gregory the seventh differed so long with the Emperours both pretend it is for Religion and it makes the difference a great deale the more irrecoverable 2. In Principles for the Fundamentalls are destroyed and Conversion Repentance Charity Duty neglected in stead whereof Notion and nothingnesse 3. In Assumptions Most Preaching is not sound Doctrine most men regard not Preaching but such ergo most men must needs be deceived and divided 4. In Judgements we judge not aright of enemies who they are nor aright of enmities what they are nor yet aright of excellencies what they are Then comes Desolation this ushers it in What becomes first desolate by divisions and if any aske me desolation of what Paul answereth The desolation at Corinth how came it and what became desolate their very best things Preaching became an empty thing when one said I am of Paul and I of Apollo and I of Cephas 1 Cor. 1.12 Men may cry up servants so long till they forget the Master and consider not in whose name they were Baptized and who was Crucified for them and so did they verse 13. their Communions began to be desolate Paul saith of them himselfe This is not to eat the Lords Supper 1 Cor. 11.20