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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	affliction_n	exceed_a	weight_n	5,514	5	9.2940	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43816	God's eternal preparations for his dying saints discovered in a sermon at Paul's, May the 7th 1648 / by Thomas Hill ...	Hill, Thomas, d. 1653.	1648 (1648)	Wing H2022; ESTC R25713	29,286	46

things can bee yet by a present visible representation to help your sens you shall have the material Elements as it is Austins comparison When a man is upon the ground that bee may bee raised towards Heaven hee must make use of his hands leaning upon the earth So that wee may bee lifted up to Heaven Jesus Christ hath appointed these things sensible to help our Faith and then thirdly There is the Privie Seal of the holy Spirit which by a secree work doth reallize and particularize the two former Grieve not the holy Spirit whereby you are sealed to the day of redemption Ephes. 4. 30. So that it is possible God enabling them fiducially to apply such promises to themselvs and to see the work of grace clearly in their hearts and that the certainty of their salvation shall bee sealed to them 1 Joh. 5. 7. There are three that bear witness in Heaven the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one All the the three glorious Persons concur as to work so to confirm our Salvation The Testimonie the Record is v. 11. That God hath given to us eternal life and this life it in his Son v. 8. There are three that bear witness on earth the spirit and the Water and the Blood and these three agree in one which seem's to bee the Spirits Testimonie in the work of Vocation the Testimonie of Water in Sanctification and of Blood in Justification rather then the Sacraments c. It is a most sweet and excellent thing if you could attain this Brethren it is the very next door to Heaven to bee sure of Heaven the very next thing to the being in Heaven is to have a certainty of Heaven you are in the Suburbs you are in the Porch you have entered Paradise that glorious Palace when you com once to this assurance O sweet it is a very Heaven here upon earth Peace of conscience that passe's understanding and joy in the holy Ghost which is unspeakable and glorious these are the words the Scripture here use's of it as of the first fruits of Heaven Now what is this why it is indeed the beleeving and the eying of those things that are eternal and a certain knowledg as Paul speak's there in that place 2 Corinthians 4. 17. For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory Paul a man of great crosses yet you see in the midst of all had the greatest comforts a light affliction hee had told you a sad story before of his troubles that would it may bee sink your hearts and mine yet here light afflictions which were but for a moment they were great and long yet hee call's them light and momentanie what is the reason why they work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory worketh out as the spirit of God carrie's you through not by way of merit a far more exceeding weight of glory as the Spirit of God prepare's them for Heaven so Heaven is prepared for them and you shall finde it is prepared in this method by affliction as in the 1 Peter 5. 10. The God of grace that hath called you to his eternal glory make you perfect after you have suffered a while this Hyperbolical weight of glory which Paul tryed in his afflictions did uphold him It is not moral Philosophers apprehensions that could support them there was Aristides and Socrates and others that might bee called the Puritans among the Heathens who went very far and suffered much Socrates to death yet doubtless if they had nothing but meer morality it would not have comforted them As moral Philosophy wil not carry a man thorow when he com's to suffer so it is not Jesuitical fancies which som Papists have that can yield solid comfort It is a thing worth knowing I would every one knew it it is indeed in Hospinian you wil finde it in the excellent Book of that man of God that now is triumphing in Heaven hee wil tel you how the Jesuits use to raise a man to kil a King som of them the new Romanists com to venter themselvs very far and wil expose themselvs to suffer much to that which they think Martyrdom as the old Roman Heathens and others did who threw themselvs somtimes into the greatest troubles even to death it self Popularitie and Vain-glory and self-respect and such considerations may do much How do they raise a man to kil a King First they bring him to such a place and there they shew him a consecrated Knife and so many consecrated beads hanging upon it and then they deliver it into his hand O heer is the sword of Gideon Jephtah c. and pray to God to bless him and prosper him then they carry him to an Altar there they shew him the picture of Jacobus Clemens that kill'd Henry the third to animate him and then they fain as they can act a part most diabolically and seem to envy him O to what a height of happiness art thou advanced that canst kil a King It is a dangerous Religion whose principles lead to that to eat their Maker and kill their King yet this you see they do and this wil heighten a poor man for a while and som of them are so desperate and proud and vainglorious they wil do it but this wil not last this will not bee a sufficient Cordial the soveraign Cordial of all is to behold Eternitie to see him that is invisible as Moses did and to see the things that were Eternal as Paul heer did One asked the great Duke of Saxonie How came you to bee upheld in so many troubles you have met withall Saith hee I felt the Divine consolations of the Martyrs If God should let wicked men prevail and the disaffected partie of both Kingdoms who now it is clear are joyned and Ireland I doubt in too I am afraid they have all one design if God should suffer them so far and leave the Saints of God so far to themselvs to give advantage to them to suffer wicked men to prevail yet God wil carry on his cause The Revelation wil prove true they cannot undo us they can but send us to Heaven I could tel you a sad storie which I had from the fountain of a Gentleman that had don very good service to his Country in the Parliament who was one of the Eleven came to take his leave of one of the greatest Subjects in the Kingdom by his place said to him this when hee came for a Pass to go over Sea Hee thank'd him for his kindness saying Had the plot prevail'd on the other side you had not been so kindely dealt withal Therefore let us labor to acquaint our selvs with the true yet the divine Consolations of the Martyrs at least som taste of them then let the Devil and all the Malignants in Hell and on