Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
glory_n	gate_n	lord_n	mighty_a	2,585	5	9.3604	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95617	Christ's government in and over his people. Delivered in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, at their late publick and solemne fast, Octob. 26. 1642. / By Thomas Temple D.D. and minister of the Church of Battersea in Surrey. Published by order of that House.	Temple, Thomas, d. 1661.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. aut	1642 (1642)	Wing T634; Thomason E127_37; ESTC R4760	39,793	55

people an employment he might well think too great for himself Samuel withall told him that God should turne him into another man if God turne us into other men 1 Sam. 10.6 and give us strengths suitable no works God cals us to shall be difficult to us God set the Israelites in a troublesome way to Canaan through the mountains and desarts but because he withall gave them his cloud by day and his pillar of fire by night to lead them they were able to break through all difficulties and all incumbrances so long as God gives us his own presence to go before us and his strengths to enable us we need not be troubled at the greatnesse or harshnesse of duties It should be ours which was St. Augustines resolution da Domine quod jubes jube quod vis so long as God gives strength for duties let us not be troubled whatever God requires of us 3. In cherishing the seeds of grace till they bee brought to a further perfection grace is but small at first 't is not with the trees of righteousnesse as it was with the trees of Paradise made perfect at once grace is but like the graine of mustardseed the least of all seeds easily kild like a scintilla a spark of fire easily quencht The devill and the world and our owne lusts are the thornes that choak our graces the stones that hinder their radication the birds of prey that devoure them while they are in the seeds wee have need of an over-ruling power to draw them forth and perfect them This is a work Christ takes into his own hand as his hand plants and sowes so it is his hand that waters and gives the encrease Mat. 12.20 He will not break the bruised reed nor quench the smoaking flax untill he bring forth judgement unto victory so farre from breaking a bruised sinner so farre from quenching the heat of grace that once begins to smoak and kindle that on the other side he will carry up the work by his own speciall strength he will cherish the seeds of grace till that holy frame of grace begun in our souls be brought to such a heigth and compleatnesse that Gods Kingdom in us shall be victorious over all opposite corruptions 4. In giving new supplies of his spirit till he bring his people to glory 't is not enough for us to have grace begun but there must be new supplies of grace continued to us 't is not only the sending of an influence from the Sun to the earth but the continuing of that influence every day must continue life in the creatures there must be a preserving power of grace from Christ as well as a begetting power Psal 73.24 as David speaks Thou shalt guide me with thy counsell and after receive me to glory We have need of a continuance of Christs counsell and direction here in the way of grace before we be received to glory There be many passages of difficulty and danger we meet with in the course of our lives in which we shall stick if Christ should not be always by us to carry us thorow The first grace given us will not perhaps be sufficient to carry us thorough great temptations and great afflictions A child may walk in a smooth way without help but not in a rugged the first measures of grace may enable us to go thorough smooth wayes of Christianity where little danger or difficulty is but when it comes to a rugged way a great triall a great temptation wee have then need of new strength Christ is like other Kings in this 't is not enough for him only to conquer but he must fortifie and continue garrisons to maintain his conquests Blessed be God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ saies St. Peter who hath begotten us to a lively hope of an inheritance and who are kept by the power of God 1 Pet. 1.5 through faith unto salvation Christ does not only beget us but also keep us by his own power through faith to salvation 5. In purifying the heart and subduing our lusts that 's the description of the comming of Christ in his Kingdom of grace he shall come as refiners fire Mal. 3.2 and as fullers soap as the fire refines the silver and takes away the drosse and as the soap rinses out spots and staines so shall Christ refine and purge his people Mat. 3.11 he shall baptize with the holy Ghost and fire and whose fan is in his hand wash throughly and destroy corruptions even as fire destroys all that stands before it Christs work while he was upon earth was exercised much in this in casting out devils if I cast out devils by the spirit of God Mat. 12.28 then is the Kingdom of God come unto you so it holds still when the Kingdom of God comes unto us there will be a casting out devils by the spirit of Christ sin will be dispossest of its former holds lust will be subdued in us When Christ comes into the heart he comes with the power of a King and the strongest lusts the most giant like corruptions shall not stand before him as David has an expression Lift up your heads O ye gates and be lifted up ye ever lasting doores and the King of glory shall come in Psal 24.7 who is this King of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battell When the King of glory Christ the glorious King mighty in battell comes into our hearts no doores of our lusts shall be able to keep him out Mich. 7.19 He will subdue all our iniquities every lust that it shall not reigne in us Sin shall not have deminion over you Rom. 6.14 for ye are not under the law but under grace If we were only under the law we should have no power against our lusts but because we are under grace under the government of Christ who rules us by the grace of his spirit therfore sin shall not have dominion over us sin shall be subdued under us Look how a conquering King comes into an enemies countrey he puls down all strong holds and breaks the power of an enemy such is the entrance of Christ as King into the heart there may bee some scattering troops the Cananites may be left in the land but all the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 strong holds are pul'd down 2 Cor. 10.4 Christ breaks the strength of sin that it shall not reigne in us 6. In creating inward peace and joy and comfort it is the office of a King to keep his subjects in a joyfull a peaceable a flourishing condition The Kingdom of God consists not in meat and drink things externall but in righteousnesse and peace and joy in the holy Ghost Rom. 14.17 Christ is first Melchisedec King of righteousnesse his government a righteous government and then King of Salem King of peace a government accompanied with abundance of inward joy and peace As