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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	mark_v	peace_n	upright_a	1,413	5	10.3964	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58780	The saints privilege, or, Gain by dying	Scott, Chr. (Christopher), fl. 1655.	1673 (1673)	Wing S2034; ESTC R39520	34,854	40

according to their worth but the precious sons of Sion yet esteemed as earthen pitchers where they have been hated and hooted at Behold I and the children whom thou hast given me are for signes and wonders Esa 8.18 they shall go now where they are known honour'd priz'd shining forth in the glory of their Father As a Kings Son and Heir to a Crown travelling in a strange countrey under a disguise no more set by then an ordinary man but coming home to his Fathers Court there he is honoured why thus will it fare with the Saints if once death be sent for them and in that respect gain by dying in reference to the place they change for And lastly they change a valley of tears and waters of Marah for a place that knowes not what a tear means how often is it the voice of a Saint while be lives here my tears have been my meat day and night you know what the Psalmist sayes Psal 126.5 They that sow in tears c. and he that goeth forth weeping intimating that our seed time is very watery what is this world but a Bochim a place of weeping to have a gracious heart and not wet cheeks are almost inconsistent so many occasions of weeping meet the Saints withall that they can't long keep dry eyes tears for offending God tears for present and frequent losses of their beloved tears for the sins of others whereby God is dishonoured Rivers of tears gush out of mine eyes because they keep not thy Law Psal 119.136 tears for the sufferings and oppressions of the Church and people of God By the waters of Babylon we sate down and wept when wee remembred Sion Psal 137.1 Some occasion or other still furnishing them with matter of new and fresh sorrows yea but now comes death and that carryes them from this weeping countrey and sets them in a place where tears and sorrows are not known Rev. 21.4 God shall wipe away all tears there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor crying nor pain Oh what a change is here And thus you see that in all these particulars believers gain by dying in the change of their place Then secondly as they better themselves by dying in respect of the place so also in respect of their estate and condition in this respect also Death makes them great gainers and this I shall hold out unto you in these five particulars They change labour and travel for rest and peace what is a mans life while here but labour sorrow and sweat All things are full of labour Eccles 1.8 God sent no man hither to be idle this life is for working if he will have his hands full though but of earth it shall be with travel and vexation of spirit Eccles 4.6 Yea sore travel hath God given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith Eccles 1.13 wouldst thou have blessings temporal or wouldst thou have blessings spiritual neither will come with sitting still the man in pursuite of the former he is up early a bed late and eats the bread of carefulness and the Christian that pursues the latter he carryes them not with a few yawning wishing no he must digg and delve for these too if thou cryest after knowledge If thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures Prov. 2.3 4. Would he have salvation Phil. 2.12 Luke 13.24 2 Pet. 1.10 Luke 12.19 Matth. 8.11 he must work for it work out your salvation strive to enter in at the strait gate give diligence to make your calling and election sure what blessings soever you look at t is the diligent hand that maketh rich and while life lasteth mans labour and travel will not end to be sure not the Saints whoever take their ease they must not their work is too great to sit down and sing the fools requiem Soul take thyne ease Yea but now death finishes all their labour and travel and puts them to rest though they could not have a sitting time on earth yet now they shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdome of God Rev. 14.13 Blessed are the dead which dye in the Lord they rest from their labours and Heb. 4.4 there remains a rest for the people of God though they have it not here they shall have it it remains for them what ever travel or trouble awaites their life their end is peace Psal 37.37 Mark the upright man behold the just the end of that man is peace if once death comes then they rest bodies rest and souls rest bodyes rest Isa 57.2 They enter into peace and rest in their beds yea and souls rest too if Abrahams bosome be a resting place Well that 's the first thing I think you 'l call this a gain by dying their condition is much bettered from labour and travel to rest and peace but then They change corruption and mortality for incorruption and immortality Heb. 2.15 1 Cor. 15.53 This corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality while here they are alwayes in fear of death which is a bondage as the Apostle calls it at least in expectation of it yea but then mortality shall be swallowed up of life and no more dying fears 1 Cor. 15.54 When this corruption shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality then shall be brought to pass that saying which is written death is swallowed up in victory while here what crazy bodyes do we carry about us alwayes a dying and drawing on yea but when we come above they shall have impotentiam moriendi be under an impossibility of dying though as the learned observe not absolutam naturalem for so God only immortal he only hath an absolute and natural impossibility of dying but ex gratia doni by the free gift and good pleasure of God our bodies put under an impossibility of dying any more and in this respect better with us then it should have been had we stood with Adam in his innocency for then our bodyes had had only (a) Pot●ntiam non moriendi er Hypoth si a conditional power of not dying but now a certain impossibility of dying any more Now will not our estate be much bettered till we have once got this dying work over we have cause every moment and in every corner where we come to look for him bed and board at home and abroad nescis quo loco c. (b) N●scis quo loco mors te expectat 90 omni locuto mortem expectes thou knowest not where death will look for thee therefore every where look thou for it sometimes its approach is so suddain that the same day yea hour finds thee in the ruff and leaves a cold and breathless carcass (c) Quem dies vidit veniens superbum hunc dies vidit fugien● jatentem this same death watching us every where t is our trouble but when once