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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	david_n	hate_v	hatred_n	1,155	5	10.0548	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03308	Three sermons 1. The good fight. Preached at the funerall of Henry Sommaster of Pens-ford in the country of Deuon, Esquire. Ian. 1606. 2. The worth of the water of life. 3. Dauids longing, and Dauids loue. By Sam. Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1607 (1607)	STC 13426; ESTC S116031	56,277	76

they may adorne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all things Now the principall fruit of obedience standeth in two things The one is the labouring by often and diligent examination of a mans selfe and earnest prayer vnto God and by obseruing the checkes of conscience to finde out what are his especiall sinnes whereunto he is most enclined and to crucifie them This is i Math. 5.29.30 to plucke out the right eye and to cut of the right hand To renounce those sinnes which we thinke it were some outward inconuenience vnto vs to forgoe The other thing in which obedience chiefely standeth is the making conscience of euery sinne and not for by-respects of profit or pleasure or reputation to retaine a secret determination of continuing in some one or more speciall euils Sinne is such a canker that it spreadeth secretly and there is such a chaine of sinnes that he which pulleth one draweth with it a great many Grant a litle one and a great one will follow Wherefore as it is good wisedome not onely to auoide the plague but euen euery ragge that may seeme to carry the plague so it is heauenly wisedome not only to auoide grosse sinnes but all such shewes of sinne as may beget other sinnes This marke is meet to be vrged First because there be so many hipocrites in the church many like the Ephraimites k Iud. 8.1 who were much offended with Gedeon because he called not them to the battell against Midian they would haue had the credit of it so many would haue the credit of religion that doe not care to bring credit to religion they would be thought to be some body yet make no conscience of their life or els they pinch with the l Act. 5. Lord as Ananias and reforme m Mar. 6.20 some things like Herod but not all Secondly there are many profane ones whose liues are a blemish and staine vnto the gospell through n Rom. 2.24 whom the name of God is blasphemed among papists and enemies to the truth as though the gospell did set open a window vnto carnall licentiousnes Remember this therefore also to try thy selfe by this signe if the credit of the word be deare vnto thee if thou professing it labourest to adorne it then indeed thou louest it but if thy life be a scandal vnto the gospel and a shame to religion thou liuing more like to a heathen then a Christian be thy profession what it wil be thou art an enemy to the word The fourth signe of loue to the word The fourth marke is hatred of all false religion which is contrary to the word I o Ps 119.113 hate vaine inuentions saith Dauid and againe I esteeme p ver 9.128 all thy precepts most iust and hate all false waies We must learne to beware of a fauourable and tolerable and remitting conceipt of erroneous doctrine as of Popery c. It is iust with God to turne a slacknes of zeale against falshood into a professed enmity against his truth as Saul not punishing wicked Agag grew after to persecute holy guiltlesse Dauid The fifth marke The last signe of our loue to the word is to loue it when the profession of it is most despised This is noted as a speciall fruite of Dauids loue Examine but this one Psalme q ver 23. Princes did sit and speake against me but thy seruant did meditate in thy statutes r ver 51. The proud hath had me exceedingly in derision yet haue I not declined from thy lawe Å¿ ver 61. The bands of the wicked haue robbed me but I haue not forgotten thy law t ver 69. The proud haue imagined a lye against me but I will keepe thy precepts with my whole heart u ver 110. The wicked haue layd a snare for me but I swarued not from thy precepts * ver 141. I am small and despised yet do I not forget thy precepts Here was loue No iniuries could wearie him no contempt discourage him no slaunders daunt him no subtill policies or daungers quaile him no cunning allurements could draw him from the true worship of God this was an infallible token that vnfainedly he loued the lawe It is a rare blessing when Religion is generally hated euen then to loue religion when maners are euery where corrupted then to be of good conuersation to liue vprightly with Noah x Gen. 6.9.2 when all flesh had corrupted his way to liue iustly with Lot in the midst of the filthy Sodomites to keepe pure religion with Eliah when none can be found that hath not bowed to Baal Many can be content with Iacobs vow y Gen. 28.20 the Lord shall be their God if he will giue them bread to eate and cloathes to put on but are loath to endure any hardship for the Gospell z Gen. 25.22 Rebecca being barren desired children but when she was conceiued and the children stroue together within her then was she troubled and said Why am I thus So there be some who wish to be religious but when they feele some burthen to the flesh to go with it eftsoones they are wearie Well then he that will aduenture his life credit and reputation for the word he loueth the word These be the chiefe signes of loue And so much touching Dauids loue FINIS