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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
A13993	The Christians looking glasse wherein hee may cleerely see, his loue to God liuely expressed, his fidelity truely discouered, and pride against God and man, anatomised. Whereby the hypocrisie of the times is notoriously manifested. By Thomas Tuke, minister of Gods word at Saint Giles in the Fields.	Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1615 (1615)	STC 24304; ESTC S102478	58,392	160

word the loue of GOD is as strong as death for as death doth kill the body so our loue to GOD doth mortifie our loue to the world and like a strong wind it dispels the thicke and stinking fogs of rancour wrath malice And as the rising of the Sunne doth driue away the cold and dulnesse of the night and as the pouring in of wine into a vessell causeth the aire to giue place so the loue of GOD doth diminish and send packing the inordinate loue of worldly vanities and when our hearts are once warmed with it it causeth the coldnesse of our affections vnto good to depart and lessen When GOD comes into the heart as hee doth when the heart doth loue him Mammon must needs go out When wee fixe our eyes on heauen wee remoue them from the earth and when wee fall into a league of loue with GOD it cannot bee but that wee must fall out of loue and into hatred with all his enemies Therefore Dauid saith out of his loue to GOD Do not I hate them O LORD that hate thee I hate them with an vnfeygned hatred as if they were mine vtter enemies And thus wee haue had a say of the commodiousnesse of this our loue to GOD. The Excellencie thereof remaineth yet to bee discussed True loue wherewith GOD is affected is excellent in all these respects which follow First in respect of the Authour of it which is not man but GOD For loue as Saint Iohn sheweth commeth of GGD and whosoeuer loueth GOD doth it by the finger and gift of GOD. Secondly in respect of the true Endes thereof which are not base but honourable as the glory of GOD the saluation of our soule the edification of our brother the honour of our calling and that wee might not grieue the Spirit of GOD. Thirdly in respect of that of GODS which moues vs to loue which is his goodnesse because he is good in himselfe and good to vs. Fourthly in regard of the Subiects of it or the persons in whom it raigneth which are onely the beloued Saints and Seruants of GOD the excellentest of humane race and in them the Heart euen the best member in them is the Hearth or Altar on which this heauenly fire kindled by the HOLY GHOST doth lie Fiftly in respect of the manifold and excellent Attendants and Companions which waite vpon it euen all the vertues For our loue of GOD is not forlorne and solitary but like an honourable Lady very well attended Sixtly for the perpetuity thereof beyond faith and hope For whereas they shall cease when a man hath once obtain'd full fruition of the things which hee doth beleeue and to expect haue and enioy loue shall not cease but become compleate Seuenthly our loue of GOD hath three most excellent Effects to speake of no more First it makes a man officious to GOD and for GOD to Man True obedience is the fruit of loue and all obedience which is not of loue is hipocriticall and vnsauory Wee see the loue of a child forces him to obey his father though hee had not a rod not an arme So GODS Childe by his loue is moued to serue GOD yea and would study to obey hi● though hee would not strike though there were no hell to be punisht in for disobedience Yea the force of loue is such that it will make a man obey GOD though there were no After-reward of obedience Euen as wee see amongst men loue will enforce a man to doe well vnto one whom hee loues euen freely then when the party receiuing the benefite is not able now nor likely heereafter to make a requitall of it Secondly it makes a man like to GOD for GOD is LOVE and it is not the least commendation of a childe to bee like his father Thirdly hee that loueth GOD doth as it were depriue himselfe of himselfe and bestowes himselfe on GOD whom hee doth loue insomuch that hee doth dye by little and little in himselfe but GOD whom hee loueth liueth in him For the loue of GOD if sincere and feruent is of a Rauishing disposition by the which the louer is so rapt out of himselfe that hee forgets himselfe denies himselfe and is wholy in GOD whom he loueth and GOD whom he aff●cteth being in him So that this loue is able to make the louer say I liue but not I now but GOD liueth in mee For euen as the loue of the world makes the worldling liue vnto the world and the world to liue in him so as it may bee said of them in some sort They two are become one So our loue to GOD doth cause vs to liue to GGD and GOD as it were to liue in vs so as that wee are now no more Ours but His no more Two but One Neither seeke we our selues but Him Non nostra sed sua not ours but His. Eightly our loue of GOD may bee said to bee excellent in respect of that excellent and supereminent Reward wherewith GOD will recompence them that loue him how poore or meane soeuer and this is no lesse then a Crowne then a Kingdome the Crowne of Glory the Kingdome of Heauen Hearken my beloued Brethren saith Saint Iames Hath not GOD chosen the Poore of this world that they should bee rich in faith and Heires of the Kingdome which hee hath promised to them that loue him And Saint Paul likewise sheweth that the Crowne of righteousnesse euen that which CHRIST hath purchased by his righteousnesse that which GOD hath in mercy promised and in iustice will performe that wherewith righteous men shall bee rewarded shall bee rendred to them that loue his comming which onely they do that loue him himselfe Doubtlesse hee that loues not the Iudge loues not his comming to iudgement Hee then that would liue in heauen like a King let him loue GOD first on earth like a Subiect Hee that would haue that Glory let him haue this Grace Oh! how men loue the world whose pleasures are but for a season and whose ioyes are but imperfect But in the presence of GOD there is fuln●sse of ioy and at his right hand there are pleasures for euermore O! how couetous are men of riches how ambitious of a Crowne And yet Riches remaine not alway nor the Crowne from generation to generation But the riches of Glory that come By the loue of GOD are euerlasting the Crowne and Kingdome promised to them that loue him is eternall and vnchangeable The preferments profites and pleasures which the earth can affoord are obuious to the eye and not so goodly as foolish men imagine But the things which GOD hath prepared for them that loue him are such as no eye hath seene no eare hath heard no heart hath conceiued none can expresse them but they that enioy them Oh that men would therefore set their loue vpon him and remoue it from the world For

your selues which were borne within her iurisdiction for the most will say shee is a true Church of GOD Whether are they to be beleeued or yee Or do yee thinke that all they are blind and that ye are the onely men that see Well let vs beware if we think that we loue GOD let vs shew our loue vnto him by louing of his Church Secondly GOD is to bee loued in his Minist●rs which are called the Men of GOD a●d Saints by reason of their holy Office and authority which GOD hath sanctified and set apart vnto himselfe And this their Function and Ministery is not onely Sanctifyed but Sanctifying and Sauing Now whosoeuer doth l●ue these Saints as Saints doth loue God the Sanctifier of them Hee that loues this Office simply doth loue him that hath ordeined it Hee that loues the man of GOD in this Name doth vndoubtedly l●ue G●D the MAISTER Hee that loues a Minister meerely for his Ministery or as Saint Paul exhorteth F●r his worke sake hee no question loueth GOD whose seruant hee is and for whom hee worketh On the contrary they that loue not the Mi●ist●r for his Office and Labours but rather malice and molest him bec●use hee P●eacheth the Truth w●ich they distast or confuteth errours that they foster or reproueth their sinnes which they delight in as ignorance pride drunkennesse prophane swearing violating the Saboath contempt of the Ordinances and Church of GOD these men without doubt are offended at GOD and did hee come himselfe in the shape of a Man they would deale with him as they deale with his Messengers But thou wilt say thou for thy part dost loue thy Minister I aske thee Dost thou loue him euen because hee is thy Minister because hee hath authority ouer thee in GOD for the benefite of thy soule If thou dost loue him simply in this respect but do not delude thy selfe surely ●hy case is good thou louest GOD Receiuing him thou receiuest GOD But to loue a Minister for his Parentage Alliance Riches Aduancements and such worldly considerations is no token of loue to GOD it is not to loue the Minister but some circumstances belonging to him The loue of the man for his Office or for his carefull execution of it is Diuine a note of loue indeed vnto GOD And to contemne or persecute him for his very place and power or the faithfull dischargement of it is diuelish and argues the loue of darkenesse Hee that that hates the seruant how can hee loue the maister They that hang head looke vnder the browes stampe and storme at them that deliuer but their Maisters errand euen for the very doing of it they do it to the Maister that did appoint and send them And refusing or disgracing the men they dishonour their Maister But when I say GOD is to be loued in His Ministers mistake not the men For those are his True and Faithfull Ministers which are sent by GOD and who deliuers their Maisters Errand and not in steed thereof their owne errours For though hee should deliuer GODS Message and adminster the Sacraments yet if he haue no power no authority committed vnto him by GOD hee runnes vnsent And though he haue a sending yet if hee do not that Message which GOD appoint● him but brings some Nouelty coy●ed in the braine of man hee abuses his power if hee defile or mangle the Sacraments hee transcends his bounds and transgresseth his authority and therefore is to bee reproued and auoyded Thirdly GOD is to be loued in his Children All godly men haue the Name of GOD called vpon them and a new Nature created in them and are become holy through the worke of the HOLY SPIRIT in them Now hee that loues a godly man for his godlinesse a Saint for his Sanctimony a new Man for his new Nature questionlesse the same man loues GOD who is the Authour of it O● the contrary if any man say I l●ue GOD and hate his brother hee is a lyer ●or how can hee that loueth not his brother whom hee hath seene loue GOD whom hee hath not seene Hee that hates dislikes and persecutes his brother for the Truths sake for Vertues sake for that new Nature which his FATHER hath created in him and because hee liues not so riotously as himselfe doth hate dislik● a●● p●rsecute the FATHER Hims●lfe Therefore CHRIST saith Saul Saul why persecutest thou mee Whereas not hee personally b●t his Seruants and Confessours were persecuted of him And if thi● bee true which is most true That Euery one which loueth him which did beget loueth him also which is beg●●ten of him Then certainely hee which hates him which is begotten hates him also which did beget him Let men therefore take heed for he that loues GOD cannot but loue a good man for GOD and hee that hates the godly hates GOD whose Image hee sustaines He that hates true Deuotion true Zeale and a Sober Conuersation in man will neuer bee able to excuse ●im of ●a●red vnto GOD the Worker of them There is a brood of men or of diuils rather in the shape of men such as Dauid speakes of which are aduersaries to their Neighbours Because they follow goodnesse These are enemies to GOD whatsoeuer they thinke of themselues Of such the Psalmist speaketh when hee saith Surely GOD will wound the head of his enemies and the hairy pate of him that walketh in his sinnes And againe They that hate Syon shall bee all ashamed and turned backeward they shall bee as the grasse on the house tops which withereth afore it commeth forth It were good for them therefore to take vp betimes and to turne their hatred into loue There is I confesse much loue in the world such as it is Naturall loue Ciuill loue Dom●sticall loue Matrimoniall loue Fleshly loue Worldly loue Pot-loue Humane loue but little godly charity is seene among vs For who loues godlines in a man Who seekes GOD in his Neighbour Friend Childe Seruant Familiar Who studies and striues that Religion Iustice and true Christianity should flourish in his Children Seruants Friends and Neighbour● I doubt not but Turkes Moores and other Pagans loue Religious and true Christians sometimes as I am perswaded some of our Marchants and their Factors are that liue and trafique with them But loue they their Religion do they lou● them for their Christianity No no they could wish them as superstitious as themselues If therefore thou wilt giue an infallible demonstration of thy loue to GOD loue thy brother for GOD and in GOD loue his Piety his Christianity and pray that the Kingdome of GOD may be planted and establ●shed in him And as all me● should shew their loue vnto GOD by louing of his people so especially the Ministers of GOD which they shall doe by their dilligent and faithfull feeding of them Therefore our LORD will haue Peter expresse his loue vnto him