Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	devil_n	sin_n	soul_n	4,124	5	4.9357	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80446	Saul smitten for not smiting Amalek according to the severity of the command: and the residue of the spoil sentenced to death, which Saul preserved and spared alive, (to wit) man, woman, infant, suckling, oxe, sheep, camel and ass. Being an allegorical allusion to the present passages of the times, delivered in a sermon at Somerset-House, May 1. upon the dissolution of the late Parliament. Also, a great and notable blow is given at the serpent, the ruine of the whore and her familie determined; wherein is discovered what she was, and is, and the several husbands that have married her, deceased from her, and been decieved by her; also the several children which by her have been brought forth and nursed up, with a dissolution of all unjust government, laws rules and worships exercised over mens lives, liberties and estates, and the restoring of all just government, the peoples rights and priviledges by the Lord Jesus, into its perfect state. As apprehended by Richard Coppin.	Coppin, Richard, fl. 1646-1659.	1653 (1653)	Wing C6104; Thomason E711_8; ESTC R207121	28,322	36

unto you in Egypt and delivered you from thence so I remember also what the Amalekites have done unto you how they laid wait for you in the way as you came up out of Egypt therefore my design is to bring them down and lay them low even to the ground and so cause you peaceably and quietly to pass along through by and over all the wayes Isa 5.9 ch 24.10 Hag. 1.4 laws forms and religions of men and not suffer you to stay or rest in any thing to abide in any house or form till you are come to that which is your rest indeed even him who is the stay and staffe of all men where and at which time you shall rest in the Lord from all your labours sorrows troubles and fears and from all the hard bondage wherein you have been made to serve Isa 14 3. by the Egyptian task-masters and the oppressive Amalekites For no sooner are we brought out of Egypt as out of that dark carnal ignorant state which we are in while under the Law but we are ready to enter into the house of bondage as into some Church-fellowship or other where we are tyed up to Forms and Ordinances and are subject to the Amalekites till the Lord takes us by the hand leads us forth Psal 5.8 and carries us on Now that most men in their several wayes and forms say they are travelling passing and pressing forward toward something that is before pretending they aim at God and his glory Christ Heaven and happiness as that which is at a distance from them and shall one day be attained by them when they are gone out of this body and not before and cannot abide to hear of coming to it and living in it while they are in this body and many there are that endeavour to keep the people from the present enjoyment of this and cry out against it as blasphemy and count them blasphemers that shall decare it and all to keep up a kingdom of their own in the place of Jesus Christ and so to keep people still in Egypt as in a in a dark ignorant troubled oppressed burdned state and condition and not suffering them to goe on comfortably chearfully and peaceably towards their rest and peace out of Egypt into the land of Canaan as into a state of light life and holiness in the Lord Jesus a land flowing with milk and honey who would bring us into that holy and good land the land of rest which is himself and who would now bring us from off all our own wayes to the wayes of God from off all our own works to the works of God Psal 55.8 and so from off all our own thoughts and affections Ephes 3.1 2. and desires to the thoughts affections and desires of God to be taken with the delight and embraces of himself in his own spirit and no longer to be led by the spirit of the Devil and false Prophet into bondage and captivity but that we might be led by the Spirit and power of the Lord Jesus into peace and liberty which is the Kingdom of the Lord. Rom. 8.14 15 16. And now the Lord to make all this good in us and to us which is to bring ut into his kingdom he first makes it good in and to himself for us Rev. 15. Rom. 8.29 32. Ioh. 17.13 as the first begotten of the Father among many brethen and so we come to enjoy all in him to have it fulfilled in us and enjoyed by us at it is now fulfilled and injoyed in him by the Father to which he is now ascended Now wherefore did our head the Lord Jesus thus ascend and glorifie himself Isa 26.19 but that we as his body might also ascend and be glorified together with him and wherefore did he first descend into hell to us Ephes 2.6 but that he by his eternal power and strength might raise us up out of hell and so ascend into heaven with us and there lead Captivity captive for us and thus doth he work out mans redemption to bring managain to his Primitive rest wherein is mans salvation CHAP. II. Concerning Amalek and the many stumbling blocks that he lays in the way of the people how and what they are NOw concerning this oppressive Amalek which is here spoken of in the text that doth thus oppress the people and endevour to hinder their coming up to their rest and salvation in the Lord Jesus let us consider what and where he is and if we truly examine our selves we shall finde him to be within us as well as without us and we never come to have a true knowledge of him without us till we have first had the knowledge of him within us and those that have him inwardly do act with him outwardly but he first appears within us and there discovers himself what he is for as the spirit of a man is passing out of Egypt as out of bondage and captivity towards its rest and center in the Lord Jesus we see the devil in us sometimes let loose for a season carrying our spirits Rev. 22.7 our mindes wils and desires away captive at his will into some restless unsatisfied condition or other as from the Lord where he hath darkened all the appearances of good things to us 2 Cor. 4.4 blinded the mindes of them that beleive not that they might not see the glory of God and so layes many stumbling blocks in their way to cause them to fall but I remember it saith the Lord and my design shall be to take them out of the way Isa 40.4 and to slay the devil that laid them and all that belongs to him Now those several stumbling blocks which appear to be laid in the way of a soul which some stumble at What 's meant by stumbling blocks and others go over appears to be sin sorrows troubles the fear of the Devil death hell and damnation together with all unjust Laws and Acts made by men contrary to the Law of God which is perfect Freedom Psal 19.7 all and whatsoever else that may appear to be laid in the way of a souls peace and freedom are these stumbling blocks and he that lays them is the devil who is always seeking whom he may devour 1 Pet. 5.8 and still waiting whom he may betray or catch in and with the snares and baits that he hath laid and doth still lay to that purpose and though men may appear in practise to do this yet I know no other but the devil that is the chief Agent in this Work under God that lays them to hinder poor souls from coming up to live in the pure and perfect enjoyment of their peace rest and freedom in the Lord Jesus or Kingdom of Heaven and he that is appointed to encounter with him and that overcomes him is the great Captain of our Salvation Rev. 12.7 8. Zech. 9.8 the Lord of Hosts who