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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	affliction_n	eternal_a	moment_n	4,141	5	9.1958	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30128	Christian behaviour, or, The fruits of true Christianity shewing the ground from whence they flow in their godlike order in the duty of relations, as husbands, wives, parents, children, masters, servants &c. : with a word of direction to all backsliders / by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1663 (1663)	Wing B5492; ESTC R14817	52,342	160

God himself saith he is not fit Cut him down why doth he cumber the ground Luke 13. 7. Lastly Consider to provoke thee to Good Works thou shalt have of God when thou comest to Glory a reward for every thing thou dost for him on Earth Little do the People of God consider how richly God will reward what from a right principle and to a right end is done for Him here not a bit of bread to the poor nor a draught of water to the meanest of them that belong to Christ or the loss of a hair of your head shall in that day go without its reward Luke 14. 13 14. Mat. 10. 42. For this light affliction and so all other pieces of self-denyal which is but for a moment worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory 2 Cor. 4. 17. I tell thee Christian be but rich in Good Works and thou shalt have more then Salvation thy Salvation thou hast freely by Grace through Christ without works Ephes. 2. 8 9 10. but now being justified and saved and as the fruits hereof reviewed by the holy Ghost after this I say thou shalt be rewarded for every work that proves good For God is not unrighteous to forget your works and labour of love which you have shewed to his Name in that you have ministred to his Saints and do minister Heb. 6. 10. 1 Cor. 3. 14. Moses counted the reward that he was to have for a short suffering with the People of God of greater worth than the Treasures of Egypt the smiles of the King or the honour of his Kingdom Heb. 11. 25 26 27. In a word Let the disappointments that do and shall most surely befal the fruitless Professors provoke thee to look with all diligence to thy standing For First Such a one is but deceived and disappointed touching the Work of Grace he supposeth to be in his heart he thinks he is a Christian and hath Grace as Faith Hope and the like in his soul yet no fruits of these things manifest themselves in him indeed his tongue is tipt with a talk and tattle of Religion poor man poor empty man faith without works is dead thy hope shall be as the giving up of the Ghost thy gifts with which thy soul is possessed are but such as are common to Reprobates thou art therfore disappointed God reputeth thee still but wicked though thou comest and goest to the place of the Holy Jam. 2. 19 20. Job 11. 20. 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3. Secondly Therefore all thy joy and comfort must needs fall short of saving comfort and so leave thee in the su●● notwithstanding thy joy is the joy 〈◊〉 the * Pharisees and thy gladness as th●● of * Herod and the longest time it can last it is but a Scripture * moment * Joh. 5. 33. * Mark 6. 20. * Job 20. 5. Alas in all thy gladness and content with thy Religion thou art but like the Boy that plays with Brass instead of Gold and with Counters instead of that which will go for currant Coin Thus if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth or disappoints himself Gal. 6. 3. Thirdly This is not all but look thou certainly for an eternal disappointment in the Day of God for it must be thy lamp will out at the first sound the trump of God shall make in thine ears thou canst not hold up at the appearance of the Son of God in his Glory His very looks will be to thy profession as a strong wind is to a blinking candle and thou shalt be left only to smoak Oh the alteration that will befall a foolish virgin she thought she was happy and that she should have received happiness with those that were right at the heart but behold the contrary her lamp is going out she is now to seek for saving Grace when the time of Grace is over her Heaven she thought of is proved a Hell and her God is proved a Devil God hath cast her out of his presence and claps the door upon her she pleads her profession and the like and she hath for her answer repulses from Heaven So are the pat● of all that forget God and the Hypocrit● hope shall perish whose hope shal be cut off and whose trust shall be the Spiders web though he lean upon his house it shall not stand he shall hold it fast but it shall not indure Mat. 25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Luke 13. 25 26 27 28. Job 8. 13 14 15. Take heed therefore thy Soul Heaven and Eternity lies at stake yea they turn either to thee or from thee upon the hinge of thy Faith if it be right all is thine if wrong then all is lost however thy hopes and expectations are to the contrary For in Christ Jesus neither Circumcision availeth any thing nor Uncircumcision but Faith which worketh by Love Let no man therefore deceive you with vain words for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the Children of unbelief For the Earth that drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it and bringeth forth Herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed receiveth blessing from God but that which beareth Briars and Thornes is rejected and is nigh unto cursing whose ●nd is to be burned Gal. 5. 6. Ephes. 5. 3 4 5 6. Heb. 6. 7 8. Objection But what shall I do who am so cold slothful and heartless that I cannot find any heart to do any work for God in this World indeed time was when his Dew rested all ●ight upon my branches and when I could with desire with earnest desire be doing and working for God but alas now 't is ●therwise Answer If this be true thy case is sad thou art to be pittied the Lord pitty thee ●nd for thy recovery out of this condi●ion I would give thee no other counsel than was given to Ephesus when she ●ad lost her first Love Remember ●aith Christ from whence thou art fallen ●nd repent and do thy first Works c. Rev. 2.5 Mark Thy first Works is to enter into a serious considering and remembrance from whence thou art fallen remember that thou hast left thy God the stay of thy Soul and Him without whom there is no stay comfort or strength for thee to either do or suffer any thing in this World Without me saith He you can do nothing John 15. 5. A sad condition the remembrance of this for certain is the first step to the recovering a back-sliding heart for the right remembrance of this doth bring to mind what loss that sou● hath sustained that is in this condition how it hath lost its former visits smiles and consolations of God whe● thy Conscience was suppled with the Blood of thy Saviour when every step thou tookest was as it were in Honey and Butter and when thy heart could meditate terrour with comfort Job 29 2 3 4 5 6. Isa. 33.