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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	believe_v	life_n	word_n	5,871	5	4.5879	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42049	The Gregorian account, or, The spiritual watch a sermon preached to the society of the Gregories dwelling in and about the city of London and assembled in the Church of St. Michael Cornhill, June 19, 1673 / by Francis Gregory.	Gregory, Francis, 1625?-1707.	1673 (1673)	Wing G1895; ESTC R27395	22,222	36

great thief in it And sure we are though the natural Camel with a bunch and a load upon his back could not pass that narrow gate of Hierusalem which as some say though Erasmus laugh at it was called the Needle 's eye yet this moral Camel this huge and mighty sin Covetousness Theft Sacrilege though never so much laden doth often pass the Eye of man And if so if this Eye which Nature hath given us to be our Watchman do thus prove a Traitour and let in our sorest Enemies let us with Job indent and article with it and what a fair Covenant cannot doe a strong Guard must lest otherwise our own Eye prove to us what that of the Basilisk doth to others lest with one unhappy glance it strike us dead for ever 2. 'T is the great concern and must be the daily care of man to set a Watch upon his Tongue St. James styles the Tongue of man 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a little member Jam. 3.5 and yet as little as it is O what great mischief doth it work The Apostle tells us that an ungoverned tongue defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature Jam. 3.6 Mark his expression 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it defiles and fires it blacks and sullies like the smoak but withall it scorcheth and burneth like the flame I remember the Psalmist compares the language of an ill Tongue to Coals of Juniper Psal 120.4 But why to them 'T is observed that whilest the Juniper is preserved fresh and green it affordeth the coolest shade but when 't is cut down and burnt it yields the hottest Coal 'T is thus with the Tongue of man If it be well used and rightly governed it refresheth like some welcome shade but if not it strongly burns And as it fires whatever else is round about it so will it scorch the mouth that holds it too Whosoever shall say Thou fool shall be in danger of Hell-fire Matt. 5.22 Vox convitii gravioris saith Drusius One base reproach from a slanderous Tongue as it burns like Coals of Juniper so doth it kindle the flames of Hell too And methinks if the Tongue of man be thus like fire we are concerned to watch it When an house is burnt though the main flame be extinguished yet if there be some few coals left glowing within the rubbish to prevent any farther danger 't is duly watched till all fear be over Believe it there 's greater hazard from a Tongue if it be not the better lookt to Solomon tells us Death and life are in the power of the tongue Prov. 18.21 Yea and a greater then Solomon tells us too By thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalL be condemned Matt. 12.37 Here lieth jus vitae necis as we order our Tongue thus or thus so shall we either live or die and that for ever And if so let us resolve with David I will take heed that I sin not with my tongue But how will he help it thus I will keep my mouth with a bridle Psal 39.1 So we but the LXX thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I have set a guard upon my mouth But lest David's own guard should prove too weak for this unruly member he begs some auxiliaries from Heaven Set a watch O Lord before my mouth Psal 141.3 One would think that Nature had sufficiently done this already for besides two Lips without the Mouth she hath placed within 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Homer words it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a double row of Teeth like so many Palisadoes or little Pike-men to keep in the Tongue and yet notwithstanding David thinks all this guard too weak and his Tongue too strong and therefore doth thus petition his God yet once again Keep thou the door of my lips Ibid. Man's Lips like a Door must be sometimes open sometimes shut 'T is a Door of such constant use that it cannot possibly be blocked nailed or quite walled up but withall 't is a Door of so much danger that it need be constantly watched and strongly guarded 3. 'T is the great concern and must be the daily care of man to watch over his Hand I mean his Works all his works whatsoever 'T is excellent Counsel Take heed what thou doest Acts 22.26 Such counsel St. Paul gave Timothy Take heed to thy self 1 Tim. 4.16 that is to thy Conversation Thus David I will take heed to my ways Psal 39.1 that is to the course tenour and actions of my life And that we are obliged to watch against all wicked actions I need not prove since we are bid to watch over even good ones too So Christ commands Take heed how ye hear Luk. 8.18 So again Take ye heed watch and pray Mark 13.33 Yet once more Take heed that ye doe not your alms so and so Matt. 6.1 We must take heed not onely how we curse but how we pray not onely how we speak what 's naught but how we hear what 's good not onely how we rob the rich but even how we relieve the poor too Whatever our actions are natural civil or sacred we are much concerned to watch them But Secondly 'T is our great concern and must be our daily task and an hard one 't is to watch over our Inward man 'T is good Counsel which the Prophet giveth us Take heed to your spirit Mal. 2.15 'T is true man's flesh wants a Guard the Eye was a Supervisor the Foot wants a Guide the Ear wants a Monitour the Tongue wants a Curb the Hand wants a Restraint but above all here lieth our main care Keep thy heart saith Solomon Prov. 4.23 But how must that be kept The Text answers Keep thy heart with all diligence 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith the Greek Keep thy heart with all keeping omni cautelâ saith the Arabick with the utmost care and caution that can be used But you 'l say What is there in the Heart of man that needs all this watching I answer 1. The Thoughts and Imaginations that are in man's Heart have too much need to be watched What swarms of Thoughts and evil ones too are found in the Heart of man our Blessed Saviour hath thus informed us Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murthers adulteries fornications thefts c. Matt. 15.19 Tell me what strange guests are these that they should find the least harbour within the noble Soul of man Murthers Adulteries Thefts Methinks whereever we catch an Adulterer a Robber a Murtherer we should immediately clap strong guards upon them One great reason why the Officer doth search suspected houses and keeps up his Watch and his ward is to prevent the Adulterer the Murtherer the Thief or else to apprehend him And certainly if every suspected place deserves to be watcht and searched let us watch and search our Hearts too 't is like enough there