Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	evil_a	fruit_n	tree_n	3,899	5	10.3735	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73373	Christs kingdome Described in seuen fruitfull sermons vpon the second Psalme. By Richard Web preacher of Gods word. The contents whereof follows after the epistles.	Webb, Richard, preacher of God's word.	1611 (1611)	STC 25150A; ESTC S123316	169,960	226

out of house and home and pay you your wages according to your euill deserts in that lake that burneth with brimstone and fire where you shall be tormented for euermore For you know that euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruit must be hewen downe and cast into the fire according to Iohn the Baptists words in the third of Mathew and the tenth verse thereof For as you your selues after you haue taken some paines and bestowed some cost in the planting of an orchard do looke that the same orchard should bring forth fruit not for other men but for your selues your owne vses and if it happen that any trees therein do waxe barren and fruitlesse you will cut them downe and not suffer them there to remaine So you must thinke that the Lord will deale with you Behold you are his orchard and vineyard he hath taken great paines with you and hath bene as it were at great cost and charges to plant you as he speakes of Israel in the fifth of Esay and the beginning thereof and he lookes that you should bring forth fruit not to your selues or to the world or to the diuell but to the honour and praise of his name Now then if you shall be barren or bring forth wild fruit much displeasing vnto his Maiestie assure your owne soules that he will not spare you but cut you downe and not suffer you to grow in his orchard still as our Sauiour doth most excellently declare by the parable of the figge-tree in the 13. chapter of the Gospel according to Saint Luke and about the beginning thereof Wherefore I beseech you serue ye the Lord your God and worship him be obedient vnto his voyce and let no commandement of his seeme grieuous or irkesome vnto you but endeuor you to obserue and keepe them all And as he that hath called you out of darknesse into his maruellous light is holy so be you holy in all manner of conuersation knowing that we are deliuered out of the hands of our enimies to this end that we should serue the Lord without feare all the dayes of our life in holinesse and righteousnesse before him Luke 1.74.75 And therefore in one word submit your selues vnto the Almightie at all times and in all matters and do as Iames doth will vs for to do when he saith Be ye doers of the word and not hearers onely deceiuing your owne selues Iam. 1.22 Thus farre shortly for the worship or seruice it selfe which doth belong to God the Father now followeth the maner how it must be yeelded vnto him For as God doth respect the matter of euery worke so he hath an eye also vnto the maner of the same as you may see most euidently by the story of the Scriptures and namely by the first chapter of Esay and the sixth chapter of Mathew where you may finde that he doth euen loathe and reiect almes fastings prayers sacrifices and other holy duties which are commanded by his owne Maiestie for that they are not done in the same manner as they ought to be Note it I pray well by the way and make vse thereof to your selues that in all your wayes you may not onely looke that the worke it selfe which you go about be correspondent to the will of your God but also besure that you do it with that holy mind and affection in euerie respect as it ought to be done both by you and others And seeing that here are three things required of vs by name in the seruice of the Lord as noting out the right manner how it must be exhibited vnto him namely feare ioy and trembling labour you to haue them all established within your owne soules and rest not till they be rooted there within you For they will do you exceeding much good and fit you euery way vnto your duties The first of them which is feare will make you carefull of all the commandements of God and cause you to faile in none of them The second of them which is ioy will make you constant and stable and cause you neuer to be weary of well doing For the more delight that a man doth take in a thing the more willing is he for to do it and it is a kind of death vnto him to be abridged from it The third and last of them which is trembling will make you humble and lowly and cause you neuer to swell for any good which you shall euer do For he that doth tremble doth suspect his owne workes and dare not trust in them but doth seare lest some iudgment will fall vpon him for some defects therein Thus in a word or two I passe ouer the manner of Gods worship as being a thing not so cleare in it selfe but somewhat questionable whether to wit it be agreeable to the spirit of God in the text or no for some may doubt thereof But yet on the points themselues I will stand more largely vpon as on matters which are most euident and beyond all question and doubt whatsoeuer The first of them is feare In feare saith the text or after some with reuerence both come almost to one end but the former word is the better of the two and he meanes the feare of his children who are loath to offend him not so much for feare of punishment as for loathsomnesse on their part of loue to displease his Maiestie or to cause him to be angry with them for any thing There is a two-fold feare the one is holy and good called filiall or childish the other is bad and naught termed seruile or slauish The filiall or childish feare is such an one as is in children towards their parents who do reuerence and feare them as being vnwilling to offend them any way whether by words or deeds through the tender loue and affection which they do beare towards them The seruile or slauish feare is such an one as is in bond-slaues towards their maisters who do reuerence and feare them and are loath to displease them whether one way or other through the dread and feare of punishment which otherwise they are sure to haue if they offend and do contrary to their duties So that some do feare the Lord through loue and care to offend him and others againe do feare him through dread of punishment and power to torment them Of the former of these is mention here made not of the latter It may be defined thus It is a reuerence of Gods Maiestie in our hearts whereby we are made vnwilling to offend him in any thing and most willing to please him in all things through the loue which we beare towards him and the great excellency of superioritie dignity power and goodnesse which we see in him farre aboue our selues and all other creatures besides This is a vertue most necessary and requisite for all Christians whatsoeuer For hereupon hang the whole seruice of God and all graces that belong to man as might at