Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	holy_a	lord_n	sabbath_n	1,384	5	9.5267	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04495	The mothers legacie, to her vnborne childe. By Elizabeth Iocelin; Mothers legacie to her unborne childe	Jocelin, Elizabeth, 1596-1622.; Goad, Thomas, 1576-1638. aut	1624 (1624)	STC 14624.5; ESTC S105581	25,697	155

forget how great the sin is and so by little and little thou maist get thy selfe a habit of it Reproue it in thy friend if hee will brooke reproofe but it is to no end to reproue a scorner Rebuke not a scorner lest hee hate thee but rebuke a wife man and he will loue thee Prou. 9. 8. Alwayes keepe a watch before thine owne lips and remember that thou needest not sweare if thou doest not accustome thy selfe to lie For if thou vsest to tell truths thy word will bee as currant as thy oath I hope thy calling if God hath made thee a man will bee of authority to reproue this vice in others and not to delight in it thy selfe If thou beest a Daughter remember thou art a Maid and such ought thy modesty to bee that thou shouldest scarce speak but when thou answerest thou art young speake if need bee and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked Eccles. 32. 8. Whatsoeuer thou bee thou hast a calling which thou must not dishonour thou art a Christian and Christ commaunds thou shalt not sweare at all Mat. 5. 34. The next vice too too common in this age is Drunkennesse which is the high way to hell a man may trauell in it from sinne to sinne till the Deuill shew him hee can goe no further as a Traueller from Inne to Inne till hee come to his iourneyes end Oh thinke how filthy is that sinne that makes a man a beast all his life and a Deuill at his death Solomon askes To whom is woe to whom is sorrow to whom is strife to wbom is murmuring to whom are wounds without cause and to whom is rednesse of the eies And in the next verse answers Euen to them that tarry long at the Wine and to the end of the Chapter sets forth the miseries occasioned by this vice Prou. 23. That thou maist auoid this sinne be carefull in the choise of thy friends for it is they that will betray thee to this sinne Neuer make choice of a Drunkard to thy companion much lesse thy friend For our Kingdome hath of late afforded more examples of those who haue beene slaine by their friends in a drunken quarrell than those that haue fallen by the enemies sword and how vnfit is hee to bee a friend that when thou shalt haue need of his counsell will haue his head instead of wisdome fild with wine and adde rather griefe than comfort to thy necessities And againe what secret thou shalt trust him with thou maist bee sure shall be vomited forth and all thy comfort must bee He did it vnwillingly when hee knew not what hee did Thus thou seest to bee a Drunkard is to bee a man vnfit for Gods seruice or good mens company I beseech God giue thee grace to detest it Next I must exhort thee from a sinne that I cannot name thou must search thine owne heart for it It is thy darling sin that which to enioy thou couldst resist all others at least thou thinkest so But doe not harbour it search diligently for it in thine owne nature and when thou hast found it cast it headlong from thee It is thy soules subtill betraier and all thy other sins depend vpon it There is not so much danger in all the rest that thou contendest with as in this one that thou art loth to call a sinne Thy other sinnes are like a rebellious multitude in a common wealth which wanting a head doe little harme This is their head cut it off and thou shalt see all thy other sins dispersed as an army of fearfull Rebels when they heare their great leaders head hath kist the blocke 10 When thou hast spent the day in religious and honest exercises in the euening returne againe to some good meditation or study which conclude with prayer commending thy selfe to God and so shalt thou ioyfully goe to thy supper which done and the time of rest come as thou begannest in the morning so shut vp the day with humble thanksgiuing for all the benefits that day receiued hearty repentance for all thy sinnes committed naming and bewailing them For thou knowest not if thou repentest not to night whether thou shalt liue to repent tomorrow And though thou wert sure of it yet the oftner thou makest euen thy accounts with God thy sleepes will bee the sounder and thou shalt awake with a heart full of ioy and ready to serue the Lord. Last commit thy selfe and all that is thine to God in zealous Prayer vsing Doctor Smiths euening prayer as his morning both which though they be for a family yet are they easily reduced to a priuate mans prayer So going to bed take thy rest beginning and ending in him who is both first and last Thus spend the six dayes thou hast to labour in that thou maist bee ready to celebrate the Sabbath to which there belongs another Remember 11 Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day This duty so often and earnestly commanded by GOD himselfe in the old Testament so confirmed to vs in the new by the Resurrection of our Sauiour in memory whereof it is called the Lords day and perpetually celebrated by the Church yet in these dayes as if wee neither had part in the creation nor redemption of the world too many keepe no Sabbath or at the most but a shadow of a Sabbath Where almost can wee finde one that will lose a good bargaine rather than make it on the Lords day Or that will bridle his owne desires to sanctifie that day Seeing therefore this danger in which thou maist easily bee entrapped by the Deuils subtilty and following the multitude I cannot but with all my power exhort thee carefully to keepe the Sabbath to which end I pray thee marke well the fourth Commaundement Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day six dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt doe no manner of worke thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter thy man seruant nor thy maid-seruant nor thy cattle that is within thy gates For in six dayes the Lord made Heauen and Earth the Sea and all that is therein and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and hallowed it If thou wilt bee won to the due obseruation of this day as an obedient seruant see God commands Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day If as a louing and dutifull sonne see how GOD perswades thee by equity grounded vpon his owne bounty to thee Hee hath giuen thee six dayes to doe thine owne workes and hee requires but one of thee What canst thou say for thy selfe why thou shouldest not wholly that day giue thy selfe to his seruice Lastly if thou wilt learne how to serue him as a good Scholler he teaches thee an admirable way both by rule and example First by rule Thou shalt doe no manner of worke in it then by

words and what thou speakest bee sure to vnderstand fully for it is a grating to the eare to heare a man talke at randome If thou desirest to better thy selfe modestly aske a question of those whom thou seest to haue knowledge to resolue thee and bee lesse ashamed to confesse thy ignorance than by holding a foolish argument to betray it And euer auoid that scornfull fashion of questioning a man who thou knowest cannot make thee a satisfying answer neither make a scorne of his ignorance for bee assured hee knowes something that thou dost not know If God haue giuen thee a ready wit take heed thou abuse it not At no time maintaine arguments against the truth especially in sacred or morall matter for it is hard to doe it without offending the God of truth and by it thou maist harme thy weake brother but the greatest harme will bee thine owne when thou commest to giue account for thy idle words In thy mirth shun such iesting as may make thee offensiue scoffing becomes not a Christian. Prise not therefore the froth of an idle wit before the faith of a vertuous friend And I pray thee asthou wouldest haue blessings multiplied vpon thee let no speech passe from thee that may grieue chaste eares How hatefull is obscene speech in rude people But it makes one of gentle birth odious to all honest company Solomon saies A wise man conceales k nowledge but the heart of a foole publisbeth foolishnesse Prou. 12. 23. and hee that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life 13. 3. and in the 14. 5. The lips of the wife preserue them To conclude let thy tongue and thy heart goe together hate dissimulation and lying and God will loue thee which I humbly beg of him 9 If thou keepe thy thoughts holy and thy words pure I shall not need to feare but all thy actions will bee honest But my feare thou shouldest know the way and yet goe aside will not suffer my counsell to leaue thee alone till thou come to thy iournies end First then bee careful when thou art alone that thou doe nothing that thou wouldest not doe if men saw thee remember that Gods eye is alwayes open and thine owne conscience will bee witnesse enough against thee Next bee sure that no action of thine may bee a scandall to thy profession I meane to the profession of the true Religion This indeed is as much as to say to thee Eschew euill For there is not the least sinne thou canst doe but the enemies of truth will bee glad to say Loe this is one of them that professes God in his mouth but see what his life is Therefore a great care ought a Christian to haue especially those whom God hath set as lights in his Church Whatsoeuer thou art about to doe examine it by Gods Commandements if it bee agreeable to them goe on cheerefully and though the end answer not thy hopes neuer grieue nor grudge but bee glad that Gods will is performed and let thy trust in him assure thee that all things worke together for the best to them that loue GOD. And though it appeare a crosse be assured it is a blessing Therefore make right vse of it examine thy selfe what sinne thou hast committed that may challenge that punishment repent of it and reconcile God vnto thee bearing thy Crosse with patience and doubt not hee that depriued thee of thy hope to try thee will if thou beare it well giue thee as great or a greater blessing than thou hopest for But if thou shalt finde that thy attempts will not endure that triall breake from them and tell the Deuill in plaine termes thou hast a light to discerne his snares by and therefore scornest to be his slaue For beleeue mee my childe if thou shalt out of any worldly respect doe a dishonest act it may bee thou maist thriue in it a while but the end is miserable Oh the burthen of a wounded conscience who can beare If thou seest others thriue grow great in such courses reade the 73. Psalme there thou shalt see Dauid himselfe confesses his foot had wel-nigh slipt when hee saw the prosperity of the wicked Hee describes all their felicities but at the last when hee went into the Sanctuary hee found what their end was how they were set in slippery places c. and then hee cries Whom haue I in Heauen but thee And I haue desired none in the earth with thee Alas all their labour is but to build a paper house vpon the sand which though it bee neuer so glorious to looke vpon a small tempest will shatter it When if thou lay the foundation of thy happinesse vpon Christ the rocke of thy saluation and build it with zealous seruice of him according to truth then though the flouds beat against it and huge tempests threaten it thou needest not feare for thy wals will stand fast and thy foundations will secure thee It were enough to perswade any man to bee honest if hee would consider the day of affliction and store vp the comfort of a quiet conscience against it came for onely that discernes the patient Iob from despairing Caine. Caine hideously cries out his punishment is greater than hee can beare Iob sighs forth Loe though hee slay mee yet will I trust in him Indeed till affliction comes the worser sort of men appeare to bee the happiest but then the chaffe is soone knowne from the wheat the good man knowes his crosse is good for him beares it patiently and casts his care on Christ his heart knowes no repining nor his tongue other complaining but Shall I receiue good from God and not euill On the contrary when affliction fals vpon those who haue laid their foundation on the sand alas they haue no comfort they are either ashamed or besotted they cannot finde God nay they will not seeke him but in stead of seeking counsell from him they are not ashamed with forsaken Saul to implore the Deuill What doe they lesse that seeke after Witches for lost goods cure for themselues their children or cattell I hope there are but few of these but I know where God is once forsaken man is apt to fall into the depth of sinne It is grace meere grace that preserues Gods children from these dangerous fals of which grace I beseech Almighty God make vs all partakers And to conclude how I would haue thee square thine actions whatsoeuer thou doest remember that thou art in the presence of God who will expect an account from thee so thou wilt not dare to doe euill and thou wilt doe well cheerefully because thou art sure it pleases the Lord who fees thy willingnesse and will not leaue thee vnrewarded The vices most reigning in these times I must particularly aduise thee to shun first swearing For Gods sake let your communication be yea yea and nay nay for what is more saith Christ commeth of euill Keepe not company with a swearer lest custome make thee