Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	sleep_v	sow_v	tare_n	1,022	5	12.2153	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11067	The arte of happines Consisting of three parts, whereof the first searcheth out the happinesse of man. The second, particularly discouers and approues it- The third, sheweth the meanes to attayne and increase it. By Francis Rous.	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1619 (1619)	STC 21338; ESTC S116243	106,766	542

seruant not as a Companion much lesse as a Master yea let her vse it as if shee vsed it not euen as one readie not to vse it when happinesse shall call her from the world or when vanitie losse and decay shal call for the world from her A third reason of watchfulnesse is the watchfulnes of our Aduersarie euen that crooked Serpent who is the Prince of darknesse and the enemie of Mans happinesse This is the roring Lyon who still seeketh whom hee may deuoure and of this kind are specially carelesse and secure men for such he is sure may most easily be deuoured This is the enuious man that soweth tares among the wheat while the good man sleepeth euen in the sleeping time of our securitie hee watcheth most for a mischieuous malicious seed-time Neither let any man maruell that this keeper of the dungeon of infelicitie is so vigilant and carefull to fill his prison for Enuy as a mayne disease hauing throughly seized him this gnawing malady giues him no ease but in the ruine and destruction of others and the onely comfort of his wretchednesse is to get good store of company to be wretched with him Neither need wee to goe farre for an example patterne of the same thing for very violent is the same sicknesse among men and in them is also a communication of the same serpentine nature for they can excellently repine at superioritie there is no greater quarrell among many then this that one doth excell and goe before another And if it be so powerfull in men wee may allow it to be more powerfull in meere Spirits for the greater is the eminence of their nature the greater is the eminence of the corruption of that nature according to the rule the corruption of the best is worst But let vs make a medicine of this Scorpion and this we shall doe if the same Enuy which keepes him waking to deuoure bee a remembrance to vs to keepe our selues waking that we be not deuoured Is not our owne preseruation as sweet to vs as our destruction is to him If our enuious neighbor promise to watch vs a good turne wee will watch our selues that wee may haue no neede of his good turne but this spitefull Serpent from the beginning is sealed vnder a couenant of continuall enmitie and shall not his malice be a spurre in our sides and a thorne in our brests to keepe vs waking therefore giue no sleepe to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eye-lids while thou art in a life of combate but still beleeue for it is plaine enough to be beleeued that a watching Angell is too hard for a secure and sleeping man Indeed it is true he is too hard for vs in our best watching did not a higher Watch-man keepe vs who neither slumbers nor sleepes The watchfull eye of that greatest Spirit is our Preseruer against the watchfull cursed inferiour spirit but this withall wee must know that God loues to watch ouer them that watch ouer them selues his watching is an example to vs not a discouragement he will haue vs to doe what wee can for our selues and then what wee indeuour to doe and cannot he will doe for vs the Mariners must stay in PAVLS ship to doe their indeuours else those could not bee safe whom God did meane to saue He hath giuen vs soules and these soules he hath inlightned and sanctified that wee might discerne and foresee Satans policies this gift of his he will haue vs to make vse of and not to looke to haue that done by him which hee hath giuen vs power to doe our selues But if wee take away our owne watching wee prouoke GOD also to take away his for if wee bee not worth our owne watchfulnesse much lesse are wee worth his And then if wee be wholly forsaken both of God and our selues wo to him that is thus alone he is one of those that are fittest to be deuoured Euill and mortall concupiscences enter in by swarmes into such a soule al good thoughts are presently carried away as seede by the Fowles of the aire The Vine of our soul dressed with the bloud of Christ and watered with the Spirit is abandoned to the wildest Bore of this worlds wide Forrest But on the other side you cannot anger this Destroyer worse then to spie his nets and his traps and if hee see you make a custom of marking and shunning them it is great ods but he will remoue his engines His first plot was to cast vs into a drunken darknesse that hee might handle vs being blind at his will and pleasure And this darknesse is the Deuils pale at this day by which hee incloseth the sonnes of darknesse euen naturall men that they are taken at his pleasure Yea such men vvonder when they see the sonnes of light watchfull in their wayes they hold them to bee but scrupulous fellowes to watch against one whom they neither see nor feare But indeed the lesse hee is seene the more he is to bee feared for hee doth farre more hurt to them that see him not then he can doe to them that see him Therefore the children of wisedome lighten their eyes with the Spirit and Word of God by these Lamps through the night of their owne nature they espie the snares of Satan and auoid them For this double-vnited Light is the thred that must leade vs through this Maze of temptations vnto the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God If we abide in this Light we are out of the iurisdiction of the kingdome of darknesse wee are escaped into the protection of the Father of Light and in this light of his we walk into his owne primitiue Light But being translated into this Kingdome of Light let vs not then make our selues secure but still stand vpon our watch for sleeping becomes the night and not the light And as wee haue before receiued some incitements to watch our enemies so now let vs consider some motiues which may incourage vs to watch and welcome our friends euen the Messengers of grace which are sent to leade vs into the Eternall habitations To this end let vs first weigh who it is euen how great is that Prince which visiteth vs by such messages of grace it is euen the King of glory that knocks at our soules gates by the fresh supplyes of his Spirit Maiestie vouch safeth to visite Miserie and Omnipotence sendeth strength to Infirmitie what remains then but that the euerlasting Dores of our soules presently open themselues wide that the King of glory may readily enter in We must open large windowes in our hearts that the Sun of righteousnes may powre in a large light and heate when hee visiteth vs in the mornings of grace But far be it from vs to be far from home when God commeth to see vs. Far bee it from vs to let him passe as a stranger that lodgeth not for a night And surely if he be vnregarded