Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	eternal_a	life_n	wage_n	6,981	5	11.0985	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95855	The way to true happinesse, or, the way to heaven open'd. In a sermon before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, Jan. 28. 1654/5 / By Ralph Venning.	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1655 (1655)	Wing V232; Thomason E830_8; ESTC R207438	31,836	56

thistles Oh no Gal. 6.7 8. Be not deceiv'd mistake not your selves God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that he shall reap he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting And saith the Apostle Rom. 6.16 Know ye not that 's strange Know assuredly that to whom ye yield your selves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousnesse that is unto life He that is now thy Lord and Master he that is now thy Soveraign and King will then pay thy wages 'T is a short question Whose Will do you do if the will of men verily you have your reward if the will of sin you shall have sins wages which is you may heare it but how will you bear eternal death Surely men that like sins work will never like sins wages But if thou do the Will of God thy wages shall be his gift eternal life Well then try for Gods sake and your soules sake try your selves for you may know whose you are and shall be The third word or head is for exhortation let every one then that names and calls upon the Name of the Lord as he loves his soule depart from iniquity alas if you will not depart from iniquity for Gods sake you must there 's no remedy you must depart from God for iniquities sake and shall iniquity be dearer to you then God and your souls Why call you me Lord Lord Le ts either lay aside the Name of the Lord or our iniquity for what hast thou to do thou bold impudent daring sinner to take Gods Name into thy mouth and hatest to be reformed doest thou think that he will hold thee guiltlesse that takest his Name in vain Oh no he will require his Name and glory at thy hands Because God keepeth silence doest thou think he gives consent thinkest thou that he is such an one as thy self No no he will reprove thee and set thy sins in order before thy face and ask thee how thou durst say Lord Lord by way of Profession Prayer ●nd Appeal and yet wouldest not depart from iniquity what wilt thou answer when he riseth up thou wilt then stand speechlesse as being self-condemned Oh let me then beseech you to do the Will of God be not hearers of the Word but doers also lest you deceive your selves What is it to make a good Profession and not to make good the Profession what is it to be a Christian as farre as if it be no further then a few good words will go what is it to speak Christ fair to say Haile Master and kisse him if thou kick with the heel against him Trust not in lying words which cannot profit you will ye steal murther commit adultery sweare falsely burn incense to Baal and walk after other gods your belly and your covetousnesse and come and stand before me in this house and say The Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord are these Is this house which is called by my Name become a den of robbers in your eyes Behold saith God even I have seen it and will require it Good words will never engage God to be a Patron to bad works Think ye to lean upon the Lord and say Is not the Lord among us behold thou art called a Jew and restest in the Law and makest thy boast of God and knowest his Will Behold all this what will it come to if thou through breaking the Law dishonourest God and causest his Name to be blasphemed what wilt thou do in that day when God shall judge thee according to this Gospel My beloved let me beg you for your precious and immortal soules sake not to dally with God not to trifle away these few moments of yours on which eternity depends but up and be doing the Will of God that it may go well with you for ever 'T is said of some 2 Kings 17.33 That they feared the Lord but served their own gods but saith the text v. 34. They feared not God for they do not after the Commandments which God commanded Jacob. Alas my beloved how often must I say it 't is not a forme of Godlinesse 't is not saying Lord Lord 't is not quaint civility nor specious morality much lesse painted hypocrisie that will bear you out opinions will not passe for Religion in the day of judgement nay do not think as I may say to make Christ a pack-horse to lay thy sins on his shoulders and thou in the mean time to keep them in thy bosome to say he hath done the Will of God and thou carest not to do his Will Alas the losse will be your own God will lose nothing as he that is wise is wise for himself so he that sinneth wrongeth his own soul Be exhorted then and suffer the word of exhortation which speaketh on this wise Do the Will of God surrender resign your selves to him as ever you expect to enter into the Kingdome of Heaven There are these two provoking Arguments from the text 1 It is for no lesse then a Kingdome yea for no lesse then the Kingdome of Heaven and is that worth nothing The Gospel is called the Gospel of the Kingdom Matth. 4.23 And the Word of the Kingdome Matth. 13.19 For by it we are called to his Kingdome and glory Shall not a Kingdome shall not of all Kingdomes this Kingdome be glorious in our eyes which is the Kingdome of glory The devil offered Christ as his greatest argument of hope to prevaile by the Kingdomes of this world and their glory but what 's that to this what 's time to eternity what 's earth to Heaven what are visibles to invisibles what the things of sense to things of saith what this glory to that which is to be revealed We all naturally love greatnesse and glory and can there be greater glory or more glorious greatnesse then this to be Kings to God here Kings with God hereafter and to reign with him more then a thousand years You see what a do there is in the world and I wish there be no evil done in the world for Crowns Scepters and Kingdomes do all the Kingdomes of the earth suffer violence and do the violent take them by force and shall not the Kingdome of Heaven suffer seeing 't is willing to suffer violence Oh that the violent would take it by force The nature of this Kingdome is to keepe thee from evil the Kingdomes of the earth are not I feare they are not had without much evil Well will you consider this to engage you to do the Will of God 'T is for a Kingdom 2. Consider this argument too if you neglect to day it may be too late to morrow Now or never now or never for what is your life but as a vapour that passeth away Do not you