Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	apostle_n	sin_n	world_n	6,776	5	5.1990	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45719	Englands faithful physician, or, Precious soul-saving and soul-searching remedies through grace faithfully applyed for the healing and preserving this sinful, sick nation from ruine and destruction whereby this heavy judgment of God in visiting us with the plague and pestilence which we have lain under may upon our hearty and unfeigned repentance, may be prevented for the future among us : together with a speedy way to grace and salvation through together with a speedy way to grace and salvation through Jesus Christ.	Hart, John, D.D.	1674 (1674)	Wing H947; ESTC R29865	8,060	31

shall as briefly as I can proceed to Application 1 Jerusalem ye know was called the holy City of God and unto the people of Israel above all other Nations in the world did God manifest his love and I pray you what nation or people is there at this day to whom God hath so manifestly appeared ●s unto us May not the people of England as well as of Judah be called the people of God the joy of the whole earth What Nation or people is there at this day in the world that hath statutes and judgements like unto us is their any nation under the sun that hath such plenty of the means of grace as we have Have we not line upon line precept upon precept Sermon upon Sermon Mercy upon Mercy one mercy upon the neck of another mercy for our bodies peace and plenty in abundance mercy for our souls the glorious light and liberty of the Gospel and yet notwithstanding we remain as sinfull as ever Are not we with Capernaum lifted up to heaven in Gospel mercies I pray God we be not for our unbelief and unfaithfulness under all the means of grace thrown down ere long to hell in Gospel vengeance Did the Lord by fire from heaven utterly destroy Sodom and Gomorrah with the Cities about them for their sins who never had the Gospel preacht amongst them assuredly then if we who have the Gospel so abundantly repent not we also shall likewise perish For let me tell you in the words of the Apostle Heb. 10.26 If we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth there remains no more sacrifice for sins but a certain fearful looking for of judgement and fiery indignation For as Jude saith Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints to execute judgement upon all and to convince all that are ungodly O sinners consider I beseech you 't is time to look about you O consider what will everlastingly become of thy precious and immortal Soul is life and Salvation worth nothing Christ offers life and salvation to every one of you and will not ye come to him that ye may have life life everlasting O for the Lords sake sinners do not delay the time any longer now is the day of salvation get life and salvation when it may be had do not leave the undone which will be the utter undoing of thy own soul if the work of grace and turning to God be repentance be left undone thy soul will be undone had you rather lose your souls then leave your sins O what fools and madmen are ye sinners to neglect an inheritance with the Saints in light an everlasting kingdom and Crown of Glory for a few base sinful pleasures whose latter end will be bitterness O sinners I beseech you for the Lords sake I beseech you let the time past of your lives suffice you to have lived in sin and now even now while it is called to day that ye would consider the things which concern your everlasting peace You do not know whether ever ye shall have another call or no this may be for ought you know the last hour of the day to you death is at hand the bell must toll thy soul and body must part and if it part in sin it shall meet again in sorrow Is there any thing of greater concernment to you then the salvation of your souls I am sure there is not The redemption of the soul is precious nothing but the bloud of Christ is able to save a soul and will ye despise and trample upon that bloud by which you may be saved Consider that of our Saviour What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul Ten thousand worlds will never be able to countervai● the loss of one soul I beseech you then in the words of the Prophet Wash you make you clean the bloud of Christ is as a fountain opened for you to wash you from your sins put a way then the evil of your doings cease to do e●●ll learn to do well and then who knows whether the Lord will turn and have mercy upon us See what the Lord saith Jer. 16 17. Amend your ways and your doings end obey the voice of the Lord your God and the Lord will repent him of the evil he hath pronounced against you If you will unfei●●dly repent you of your sins God will certainly repent him of his punishments as he did unto the Ninevites Yet forty days saith the Lord and Nineve shall be destroyed and yet you see upon their speedy and unfeined repentance the Lord was appeased Now surely Englands sins cry a loud in the ears of God for judgments upon us may not God say unto us as the Prophet Isaiah saith Isa 5. O England what could I have done more then I have done unto thee How hath the Lord as it were digged about us with a wall of defence in preserving us from those judgements which other nations have so severely tasted of how hath God kept us from the hands of bloudy persecutors how hath the Lord appeared to us in preserving us from the devouring sword that we have not as other Nations been swept away in a moment by the raging of cruel enemies What heavenly and blessed influences of the Gospel we have long enjoyed Ah but how little fruit have we brought forth We have not lived Gospel lives neither have our conversations been suitable to it Instead of grapes we have brought forth wild grapes this many years hath God waited upon us expecting fruits of repentance and emendment of life and may we not fear if we do not suddenly repent us that God may as he said of that fruitless fig tree cut us down and destroy us for hitherto we have brought forth nothing but leaves the leaves of profession we have protest much of the knowledge of God but how little of the power and practice of Religion and Holiness hath appeared in our lives and conversations Doth not envy and wrath and malice and all manner of wickedness and cruelties abound at this day Hath God given us our lives for a prey and shall we thus wickedly require the Lord Ah sinful Nation and unthankful people laden with iniquity shall the mercy of God in sparing us thus long and giving us so long a time of repentance incourage and imbolden us in our sins God forbid The grace of God saith the Apostle T it 2. that brings salvation teaches us that denying ungodlyness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world There is no getting to heaven in the broad way of sin for broad is the way saith our Saviour that leadeth unto death heaven would no more become an impenitent wicked sinner then the most lovely and costly Palace of the greatest Emperor would become a swine that has been wolowing in the mire Heaven is a City of happiness everlasting happiness and there is no