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	life_n	saul_n	1,175	5	9.4858	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64836	A warning to back-sliders, or, A discovery for the recovery of fallen ones delivered in a sermon at Pauls, before the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the city of London / Ralph Venning.	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1654 (1654)	Wing V229; ESTC R8176	20,885	66

that never did them hurt but good all their dayes A God who when they wanted bread fed them when they wanted water smote the rock and gave them drink He was no wildernesse to them in the wildernesse While they were in a barren land God was fruitfulnesse to them he rained Manna from Heaven and fed them with Angels food and gave them Honey out of the rock c. Now after this expostulation when a man reflecting upon himself shall look back upon and read over his wayes and then finde I had no reason to break the holy just and good commandments of my God I can give God no account why I should returne to folly why I should walk after vanity lying vanities why I should forsake my first love What follows hereupon but shame and blushing so that for very shame the man repents and returnes to do his first works 2. Remembring from whence we are fallen works upon us by way of fear There is in man a fear when he hath committed evil fear falls upon him and the man is afraid lest the iniquitie of his heels should overtake him You know that no sooner had Adam sinned but the man was afraid and hid himself for fear No sooner had Cain sinned but Cain was afraid and presently his countenance fell When men fall their countenance and their courage falls When once men remember from whence they are fallen they feare lest threatnings should take hold of them and are afraid lest God should reward them according to their iniquities God shakes his rod over backsliders and threatens them that if they do not come to him he will come c. If they come not to him for their safety he will come to them for their ruine Now very feare lest the wrath and damnation which God hath denounced against sinners should fall upon them and be their portion very feare I say ingages them to returne And my beloved God doth allow in us this principle of fear none of the faculties or affections of man are extinguished but all made use of in working man God-ward God doth not only make use of a mans modesty love and ingenuity but he makes use also of that fearfulnesse that is in man and therefore you shall finde that Christ himself surely not for nought gives this rule to his own Disciples Fear not him that can kill only the body but fear him that can take soul and body and throw them into hell I say unto you Fear him And as the Apostle saith so may I Knowing the terror of the Lord we perswade men Knowing what a dreadfull thing 't is to fall into the hands of the living God we perswade men to remember from whence they are fallen and to repent 3. But then thirdly remembring from whence we are fallen works upon our ingenuity too Man is a very docible and teachable creature and is exceedingly wrought upon by courtesies and kindnesses Now when a soul sees that God doth not only threaten him in case he do nor come in that he shall be damned but also promises him in case he do come in that he shall be welcome that he shall be saved this so works upon mans ingenuity that he cannot finde it in his heart to stand it out against such a God A God of love and kindnesse who promises all the entertainment that love can make for poor souls and Oh Lord how sweet will that be God deals not with man after the manner of men Jer. 3.1 They say saith God If a man put away his wife and she go from him and become another mans shall she return again No say they by no means But I say Thou and though thou hast plaid the harlot with many lovers yet come and welcome to me saith the Lord. Now what soul can finde in its heart when God saith Come and I will pardon all thy backslidings I will forgive all thine iniquities I will entertain thee and remember thy sin no more thou shalt never heare of it again I will never upbraid thee with falling from thy first love if thou wilt return and make thine abode with me What soul I say can look God in the face and turne his back upon that face that lovely and smiling lovelooking face Who can do it I remember a very notable instance of this ingenuity in Saul towards David it 's a place worth your turning to it to reade and observe it 1 Sam. 24. You know that David had an advantage against Saul and could have cut off his head but David cuts off only the lap of his garment to let Saul know that he could for it was in his power to have done more Now said David Behold this day thine eyes sufficient witnesses have seen how the Lord had delivered thee into mine hands and some bade me kil thee would I have observed the opportunity of providence or attended to counsel I had slain thee but mine eye spared thee whose eye spared not me and I said I will not put forth mine hand against my Lord though my Lord hath put forth his hand against me Moreover my Father if thou doubt it see yea see the skirt of thy Robe in my hand for in that I cut off the skirt of thy Robe and killed thee not know thou and see for 't is undeniably true that there is no transgression in my hand that I have not sinned as 't is charged upon me as if I sought not only the Crown but the Kings life that I might have his head and then the Crown and if not Why Oh why huntest thou my soul i.e. my life to take it Here is DAVIDS plea. Let us now see the issue and successe thereof vers 16. It came to passe when David had made an end of speaking these wordes that Saul melting and weeping said Is this thy voice my son Oh my son David and Saul lift up his voice and wept and he said yea and had cause to say to David Thou art more righteous then I and he proves it clearly thus For thou hast rewarded me good whereas I rewarded thee evil and thou hast demonstratively shewed this day that thou hast dealt well with me for as much as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand thou didst not kill me which he wondred at upon this account if a man finde his enemy will he let him go well a way Oh no and at last saith the Text Saul went home Saul scorned to be so base to hunt after Davids life any more No but Saul went home Why now here is the case the very case my beloved we are all every one of us a backslidden man that 's fallen into the hands of God He might have cut off our heads but Oh mercy he only cuts off the skirt of our garments and when he hath done he shewes it us and then askes us Oh ye sinners ye sinners how can yeo hunt after my Glory how can ye hunt after my Name