Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	little_a	put_v	water_n	5,400	5	6.6483	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44521	The first fruits of reason, or, A discourse shewing the necessity of applying our selves betimes to the serious practice of religion by Anthony Horneck ...	Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.	1686 (1686)	Wing H2830; ESTC R4566	37,544	144

but that thou hast lived pondus utile terra That thou hast been a dead weight in the world and hast not lived one day to the comfort and welfare of thy immortal Soul This present time is the time that God prescribes thee to watch against sin to resist temptation to get the ornament of Grace and Vertue If thou fanciest any other time may do better thou reckonest without thy Host buildest Castles in the Air and only deceivest thy self with pleasant Illusions Who should know it so well what time is fittest for this work as the all-wise God Shall thy shallow brain pretend to know better than he who made thy frame or considers and ponders things in the Ballance of his eternal Wisdom Canst thou imagine that a God bent so much upon thy good would prescribe any thing prejudicial to thy interest Doth he affirm and protest that the present time is the best and only time and darest thou contradict him or act as if he were mistaken and thy choice were best What insolence what rudeness is this and if it were no sin can any thing be more contrary to good manners What time would'st thou set apart for this necessary work What! the age of infirmity of sickness or of dotage Go and offer it to thy Governour and see whether he will accept of such weak endeavours Nay art thou so fond of weak services that thou wouldest expect none from thy Servant but when his strength fails him Wilt thou give that to God which Man would scorn and thy self do'st not care for Hath thy God deserved so little at thy hand that thou canst serve him so Is this the return thou makest him for the thousand Mercies he bestows upon thee Doth he take care of thy Soul and Body with all his strength and shall such a crawling Worm refuse to offer him that which is found and whole Hath he given his Son for thy ransome broke down the Gates of Hell to free such a slave as thou art from the Prison and shalt thou think much of remembring him with all thy heart Wilt thou make Bargains with him as Pharaoh did with the Children of Israel and limit him how much he shall take at thy hands Canst thou think so and be fearless of his anger is Vengeance asleep or is his Justice do'st thou think sunk into a fatal slumber Can God see thee thus refractory and forbear preparing his Arrows upon the Bow against thee Need he court his Servant to do his work who hath Flames enough to force him to it Wilt thou deal so basely with him who hath acted so generously for thy good What mighty purchase doth he get by thy remembring of him Is it any advantage to him when thou workest in his Vineyard Is it not thy profit he seeks and shall he after all be scorned and under-valued for his pains Hast thou any spark of Reason left and dost not thou blush at these doings What vanity or what frenzy rather hath possessed thy mind that thou talkest of being serious hereafter Mightest not thou as well say that thou wilt forbear wholesom Food some years and eat and drink hereafter If thou wouldest not cheat thy Body in this manner what hurt hath thy Soul done thee that thou wilt wrong it thus Must thy Body feed and thy Soul be starved Hath not that need of nourishment as well as thy corruptible Flesh Or do'st thou think that thy Soul will be contented with the trash thou feedest thy Body with Thy Soul stands in need of the love of God as much as thy Body doth of meat and drink That 's her food as much as Bread is of the ignobler part If she wants this she dies and falls a Prey to Wolves to ravenous Birds even to hellish Furies And shall so noble a Creature be undone for want of a little care Sinner Do'st thou know what Salvation means Is being happy for ever nothing Is it so light a thing that thou needest deliberate whether thou shalt prepare for it When the Saints of old have left Father and Mother and Lands and Houses and lost Life it self for it dost thou stand musing whether thou shalt accept of it upon the conditions of the Gospel Art thou afraid of remembring thy Creator when everlasting Treasures depend upon the choice Do'st thou believe Salvation is the confluence of all Felicity and dost thou dread an early consideration how thou shalt arrive to it Is it the Mercy that ever was Mankind and dost not thou think it worth accepting upon any terms Was it purchased by the Bloud of God and shalt thou think any thing too dear for it It is that which Angels wonder at that God should condescend to take a handful of dust and ashes into his bosom and dost not thou think it worth while to enquire what thou shalt do to be saved Salvation which to get and to attain to St. Paul runs through Fire and Water through Honour and Dishonour through a good Report and an evil Report and counteth all things dross and dung in comparison of it dost thou prefer dross and dung and a sinful careless life before it What a contempt dost thou put upon God in valuing that so little which he prizes at the highest rate Do'st thou contemn God and hope to escape Do'st thou make nothing of his Promises and Threatnings and think to go unpunished If thou allowest God to be a greater Prince than thy King will he sit silent dost thou think while thou tramplest his Authority under thy feet A temporal Prince will not suffer himself to to be baffled thus and canst thou imagine that a jealous God will connive at it It 's true God is merciful but art thou a fit Object of Mercy that despisest the riches of his goodness Will he have mercy on a sinner that had rather wallow in mire and dirt than be washed and justified and sanctified in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God Why should he shew mercy to a person that thinks his mercy a buthen and his kindness troublesome It is Mercy that calls thee to remember thy Creator now It 's Mercy that would save thee from perishing in the Deluge with ungodly men It 's Mercy that would draw thee away from thy Vanities from thy admiration of the world and from sinful compliances It 's Mercy that invites thee now to chuse the better Part and to lay up thy Treasure in Heaven If this Mercy be counted a drug and instead of being priz'd look'd upon as a thing needless and impertinent how shall Mercy plead for thee in the last day Or what apologies can Mercy make for a person that had rather have the wrath of God than that Mercy for his portion How must this please the enemy of mankind to see a Creature whom God would love run away from him and instead of remembring his Creator forget him and his Laws which are his Cordials and