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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	aaron_n	affliction_n	moses_n	25	3	6.8836	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03694	The Christian gouernour, in the common-wealth, and priuate families described by Dauid, in his 101. Psalme. Guiding all men in a right course to heauen. Herewith also a part of the parable of the lost sonne. Luke 15. Both expounded and opened by Robert Horn. With the doctrines and vses thence arising. The more particular contents see on the page following.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.	1614 (1614)	STC 13821; ESTC S121133	164,903	442

for his wastes and secretly for his good by his heauenly Father to bring him to repentance and by repentance home to himselfe Where wee are to consider the kinde of punishment and effects thereof verse 15. the kinde of punishment was the straites of hunger such as the Land endured and he vvas in For the Lord set pouertie before him and sent miserie into him that inwardly and outwardly hee might draw him to himselfe vvith strong cordes of loue Hose 2.8 9. before no doubt he had knocked at the dore of his heart by the word that is by exhortations admonitions threatnings promises and there was no opening Apocal. 3.20 Now hee knocketh by his iudgements as before by his word saying to such seruants Compell him to come in Luke 14.23 The Doctrine is when the word cannot reclaime vs God will vse other meanes to make vs to looke home God doth seeke vs by his Word if hee cannot finde vs by it hee will make vs to seeke him by his iudgements Hee will beate vs gently vpon our coates and if yet vvee continue in sinne hee will vvhip our naked consciences GOD would not cast away his people which hee knew before Roman 11.2 and whom hee deliuered from the hand of the enemie with signes and great wonders in Egipt and in the terrible wildernesse Therefore vvhen they left off to serue him in righteousnesse as they did after the dayes of Iosua and after the dayes of the Elders that ouer-liued Iosua doing wickedly in his sight seruing Baalim Iudg. 2.11 Hee taught them in mercy by his word and with great signes by the Iudges whom hee raised vp as Sauiours to deliuer them verse 16. but vvhen they would not obey their Iudges and vvhen they went a whoring after their Gods verse 17. hee made them to crie for the affliction Iudg. 3.9 that is when hee could not by gentlenesse reduce them he tried other meanes and those of some sharpenesse to winne them Iudg. 3.12.15 and 4.2.3 Of this people further it is said that when they had their desire they were not turned from their lust Moses and Aaron could doe no good vpon them Psal. 78.29.30 what did the Lord then hee strooke some vvith sickenesse and slewe some with death and when he slew them they sought him verse 34. that is when hee layd affliction vpon them and sent death among them they would stand out no longer but returned earely that is presently though more in shew then in heart And thus whom he could not reforme by his word hee reformeth or seemeth to haue reformed with strokes Ephraim and the Princes of Iudah would not giue their mindes to turne vnto God Hose 5.4 and though the Lord sent Hosea Amos Ioel and other Prophets vnto them to turne them from that spirit of vanitie and whoredomes that was in the middes of them and among them yet would they not know IEHOVA therefore hee spoiled and wounded them that is spoiled them in their estate and wounded them in their persons Hose 5.14 that they might acknowledge their faults and seeke him verse 15. Hee hid himselfe to weet in his louing countenance verse 6. that they might seeke him in affliction verse 15. and went and returned to his place ibid. that is seemed as Christ to goe further Luke 24.28 that they might constraine him saying one to another Come let vs returne to the Lord for he hath spoiled and he will heale vs he hath wounded vs and hee will binde vs vp Hos. 6.1 When Ionah would not come backe without a storme God sent out a storme or winde of commaundement to fetch him Iona. 1.4 As therefore the needle maketh way for the threed so GOD boareth the eare by piercing troubles that his word may enter that word which is the threed and twist of Euangelicall Saluation The reasons are First God loueth all his children and as many as he loueth he chasteneth Apoc. 3.19 that is breaketh them as Colts of their vnhappy touches with his rod of nurture Pro. 3.12 and here he dealeth with his children as earthly Parents doe with theirs they passe from words to blowes when words can doe nothing Secondly God will loose none of his children and therefore if they wander like strayes from their Fathers house hee will call them home by his word or vvhippe them home with chastisements Psal. 23.4 Thirdly God doth and euer will put difference betweene Sonnes Bastards Now if wee be vvithout correction wee are Bastards and not Sonnes Hebr. 12.8 and vvho can better tell how to reforme the heart then hee that made it Vses This teacheth vs when wee finde the Lords hand to be waightie vpon vs in any crosse to remember that God doth it to make vs to remoue nearer to him out of our farre Country Hee sometimes sendeth want it is that wee should sue to him for our store by repentance When vvee depart from him by sinne hee crosseth vs as he sometime did Balaam in his way● Numb 22.22 it is to make vs to leaue sinne or to turne from sin to righteousnesse God roundeth vs in the eare it is to open our eares by his corrections Hee sendeth a storme after Ionah it is as if hee had said Ionah come back He bre●keth the staffe of our bread it is to breake the sto●● of our hearts Hee striketh vs with sicknesse it is to strike vs to amendment Hee maketh vs poore in our Trades it is to make vs rich in well-doing Finally he plagueth our bodies it is to preuent a greater plague in our soules Ezek. 20.37 1 Cor. 11.32 A terrour to those who despise the Word and will not heare the Rod nor for what it commeth nor from whom Mic. 6.9 For to such what meanes remaine to reclaime them from their vaine conuersation and how neare are they to hardning Let them consider who will not open to the Lord for any knocking 's at their hearts When hee reproueth their sinnes by affliction they open their eyes to blasphemie but open no dore of the heart to God they murmure against the rod but profit not by it to goodnesse or they despise and set light by it but it toucheth them to no care of amendment Esay 1.5 Amos 4.6.8.9.10.11 Ezek. 21.13 God hath long knocked at our hearts by the amiable voyce of his Gospell and lately by the loud voyce of his windes and marueilously by the glorious voyce of his Thunder But what opening by vnfained repentance Doe vve not open presently to a great man that knocketh And shall wee put off to open to him who is greater then man or all men Shall a stranger be receiued and shall hee that oweth the house stand without Shall strange affections finde no deniall and will wee not returne to the Lord of our hearts that his louing correction may make vs whole An instruction not to faint when God rebuketh vs with roddes Heb. 12.5 Prouerb 3.11 for his chastisement● are not tokens of desertion but