Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	david_n	hand_n	saul_n	2,591	5	9.7819	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00951	Miles Christianus, or The campe royal set forth in briefe meditations on the words of the Prophet Moses, Deut. 23, 9, 14. here under following, preached in the armie as Dungen-Leager, profitable for all sorts of men to reade; and published for the generall good of all that will read, By Samuel Bachiler, Preacher to the English at Gorinchem.	Bachiler, Samuel.	1625 (1625)	STC 1106; ESTC S114807	35,497	56

which are directly against Gods nature which we may in no wise doe upon any termes whatsoever The other respectiue as not to kill work on the Sabboth plunder burne and fire houses and corne which things God himself doth sometime and is lawfull to be done against an enimie The evill we are here forbidden is of the former nature in manners and behaviour from all which we are to absteine When Adam was in paradise Gen 2 16 17. God gaue him the libertie of all trees in the garden except the tree in the midst of the same which he enjoyned him not to touch Allowing him all trees exempting him of one But in this case God allowes no tree of sin to be approached unto he hath exempted us from everie one Lev. 18 24. Defile not your selues in any of these things and 2 Cor. 13 7. I pray God sayth the Apostle that ye do no evill not that ye should appeare approved but that ye should do that which is honest c. The reason is Gods hatred minde doth go against evill universally all as well as any who therefore hath forbidden all evill in the morall Law And in the 14 v. here following God must not se any uncleānes in them Secondly Conscience where it is of evill as it is evil forbeareth one as well as another everie one as well as any one for conscience is universall in good or evill Consect Hence then you see that we would not haue you more precise and scrupulous in your cariage and conversation among men then Gods word would haue you wherein you see no dispensation for any wicked thing The Word whereby you must be judged at the last day We dare giue you no more libertie then that doth and wish that you would take no more But let us enquire what evils specially of all evils we are to forbeare And some species and particulars conteyned under this generall First thou must keepe thee from those evils in particular which Gods word doth mention to be evils and wicked things more specially in his sight as namely Violence to those we ought to offer no violence unto See these places Deut. 2 4. a strict command And command thou the people saying ye are to passe through the coast of your brethren c. take good heed unto your selues meddle not with them Deut. 20.19 God would not suffer them to doe violence to the trees Luke 3.14 Doe violence to no man c. Psal 62 10. Davids speech to his Souldiers Trust not in oppression become not vaine in robberie This is one of that all which we are forbidden and yet too rife among us and too commonly practised by us Another is fornication or adulterie See 1 Sam. 21.4 Davids young men must keep them selues from women Which as it seemeth respected not so much the holy bread in that place spoken of as their iourney with David in the warrs although their own women and 2 Sam. 11 11. Vriah also speaks against lying with his own wife at that time much lesse would he haue his whoore by him at any time Another wicked thing is abuse of the creatures in drunkennesse and ryot which excesse in a campe is contrarie to that required in those that goe a warfare See 1 Cor. 9 25. Everie man that striveth for the masterie is temperate in all things Another wicked thing is murmuring and mutining in the Campe. See this taken notice of in those rebels Num. 16 1 2 3 11. which was to be punished with death Iosh 1 18. In a word evill speaking is wicked And that is under this Hebrew word forbidden in the text which signifieth word as well as thing keepe thee from everie evill word as well as keepe thee from everie wicked thing See Lev. 24 11 14. he that blaspheamed or as the word signifieth that pierced through the Lord his name all the Congregation stoned him And these be specially the evils when the host goeth forth we are to keep our selues from And whatsoever els is wicked and thinke no evill to be too little to be eyed Consider him Num. 15 32. that having gathered sticks upon the Sabaoth day he must be stoned without the Camp Secondly thou must keep thy self as from everie evill wicked thing so from thy particular evill which is the evil of sinn thou art most by nature prone unto David calleth it his iniquitie Psal 18 24. I will keepe my selfe from mine iniquitie As everie wise and carefull man will looke most to that humour which is most naturally predominant in him and correct it Psal 39 1. I sayd I will take heed to my wayes and because he might soonest do amisse with his tongue he would so take heed to his wayes that he would not offend with his tongue which he most feared it semes I will keepe my mouth with a bridle Consect 2. Therefore againe in case we haue fayled against this caveat haue done any evill our hearts should smite us for as much as we haue sinned against the expresse charge of Gods word And this is a signe of true grace and of Gods good spirit and of a tender conscience in a man to feele the evill he hath done A man of a tender stomack or who hath this or that grief about him if he venter to eat or drinke of a thing that is hurtfull he shall presently hear of it in that part yll affected so whosoever hath a true conscience of all evill having unhappily done any drawn away of his own lust and entised will soone complaine thereof David when he had stretched out his hand against Saul the Lords anointed the fact did not a little perplex him And thus much of this Caveat giuen the people to forbeare evill and everie wicked thing when the host especially is gone forth against the enimie Now it followeth that we consider the words of the 14 verse For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of thy Campe to deliver thee and to giue up thine enimies before thee therefore shall thy Campe be holy that he see no uncleannes in thee and turne away from thee Which words follow as a reason of the former why they must doe no wicked thing in the host The argument hath two things in it to be generally noted First a proposition concerning Gods presence among them For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of the Camp Secondly the consequence or conclusion Therefore shall thy Campe be holy c. The first is amplified from the finall cause of Gods presence among them which is to deliver them and to giue up their enimies before them The Lord thy God The Chalde applieth it to the Divine Majestie or presence so called from dwelling and fitly applyed to Christ who dwelt among us Ioh. 1. And doubtlesse the auncient Hebrewes meant it of the Messias Walketh mithallech the forme of the word noteth the frequencie of the action walking up and down and as it were to and