Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	darkness_n	life_n	light_n	10,138	5	6.6375	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B14212	A sermon preached before his Maiestie at the court at Greenewich the 2. of Iuly. 1632. By Geo: Iay Mr. of Arts and late student of Christ-church in Oxon	Jay, George, b. 1597 or 8.	1632 (1632)	STC 14479.3; ESTC S103190	11,906	30

arise unto him out of every action Wee are not our owne saith the Apostle wee are bought with a price 1. Cor. 6.20 therefore glorifie God in your bodies and in your soules The whole man must bee faithfull in giving God his glory the thoughts that we thinke they must bee religiously and faithfully conceived to the honour of God I will giue thankes unto God secretly amongst the faithfull saith the Psalmist Psal 111.1 And yet not onely in our thoughts secretly but in our words openly in the congregation as it followeth in the end of the same verse And as we must bee faithfull in glorifying him in our thoughts and words so likewise in our deeds the light whereof must so shine before men that they seeing our good works may glorifie God our Father which is in Heaven And note what a strict course the Lord hath taken for the gathering up of this tribute of his glory out of every thing He will call us to a reckoning for our secretest cogitations Inquisition shall bee made into our very thoughts If you speake but a word that doth not some way or other tend to his glory t is an idle word and we must account for idle words in the day of iudgement if then wee doe a deed that aimes not at this end shall we thinke not to bee questioned for it Wee must all appeare before the iudgement seate of the Lord to giue an account of those things that we haue done in the body Therefore our body and our soule our thoughts words and deeds must all bee ordered and husbanded so faithfully and iustly that God may haue his due his Honour and his Glory by it And if wee haue beene faithfull in a little hee will make us Rulers over much Math. 25.23 And by way of commendation tell us It is well done good and faithfull servants and then bid us enter into our Masters ioy where wee shall haue a Crowne of life if wee haue discharged our duety as much as in us lyes and beene obedient and faithfull unto Death And that is my second part the continuance extent or measure of our thankfulnes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which hath a twofold meaning and may yeeld us matter of instruction both wayes For first 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is unto death and then it signifies such a service and such faithfulnesse as will not shrinke at any affliction or prosecution whatsoever but goes on couragiously and resolutely if need be to the laying downe of our life and continues faithfull even unto death Secondly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies untill death and then it betookens such a service and such an obedience as continues all our life long never failes of the discharge of ' its duty as long as we haue a day to liue but continues and goes on from day to day from yeare to yeare as long as we haue any being even untill death First then our duty must be strong substantiall well wrought and close woven and such as will not shrinke neither with the water of affliction nor with the fire of persecution nor be shaken with the winde of temptation but indure all extremities even death it selfe We must be faithfull unto death And then it must hang upon the same threed that our life doth and both must runne on together and as long as the one lasteth so long must the other and our service must be faithfull untill death First then of the couragiousnesse of our service that it must not shrinke at any thing no not at death it selfe Omne majus continet in se minus that every lesser thing is conteyned in the greater is a ground and principle in nature which every man knowes If then our service must be faithfull unto death which is extremum malorum the greatest of evills then it must bee faithfull unto persecution imprisonment losse of goods disgraces and reproches which are but lesser evills even petty and slight afflictions as the Apostle calleth them My sonne sayth Solomon when thou entrest into the house of the Lord prepare thy Soule for temptations and our Saviour in the 10. of Matthew sayes if any man will follow me and be my Disciple let him take up his Crosse and follow me let him deny himselfe not make dainty of any thing he hath no not of his life He that will save his life shall lose it and hee that desires to have a Crowne of life must bee faithfull unto death The way to Heaven is not paved with the pleasures of this world nor strow'd with the flowers of humane delights but through many tribulations wee must enter into the kingdome of Heaven sayth Saint Paul in the 14. Acts 22. And our Saviour which is our head he hath led the way and trod the path before us and first wore the crowne of Thornes before he put on his Crowne of glory hee first served his Father faithfully unto death and then was rewarded with a Crowne of life No sooner doe we enter our selves into the service of God and put on us the livery of him that is the Father of lights but presently the whole kingdome of darkenesse is up in armes against us the Prince whereof leads the battaile and he warrs against us with all the temptations that his malice can suggest And not content with his owne strength hee stirs up the world against us ●●●ur Saviour tels his Disciples because you are not of the world therefore the world will hate you and this hatred it will shew by defaming our Credit spoyling us of our goods persecuting of our bodies yea sometimes by taking away our liues too Nay further this subtill adversarie of ours like a politicke Statist will not onely warre against us with open hostilitie but he will stirr up enemies within our owne gates and kindle a fire in our owne house and raise up this traiterous and rebellious flesh of ours which we nourish in our owne bosomes like a false brother to seduce and entrap us this flesh perplexeth us with feares enveigles us with hopes allures us with baites distracts us with cares and torments us with paines and vseth a thousand sleights and fetches to make us betray our Christian profession and revolt from that God to whom in our baptisme we swore our alleageance to be his constant souldiers to fight under his banner and to doe him faithfull service in spight of the world the flesh and the Devill or all extremities that can betide us whether they are the miseries of nature the frownes of fortune yea or the losse of life even unto death it selfe This is the vow this is the profession and this is the promise that wee haue made in baptisme And wee haue it sealed and confirmed with the signe of the Crosse the sacred signiture and character whereof stands imprinted in our foreheads to testifie to the world that we haue made such a vow to heaven and to encourage us to confront any enemy being armed