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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	aaron_n	bear_v	memorial_n	143	3	11.3117	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26694	Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...; Selections. 1674	Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668.; R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.	1674 (1674)	Wing A976; ESTC R22421	168,509	338

his presence in our hearts Seventhly In putting his glory into our hands This is the greatest trust that can possibly be 〈◊〉 into our hands this is more worth than all the world for all the world was made for this end to promote Gods glory Yea it is better than the blood of Christ for the end is better than the means Now the blood of Christ was shed to this end for the glory of God Now then what a great trust is this that is intrusted with you in your hands surely he loves you well that trusts his glory with you Your unworthy walking will more dishonor Christ than any thing in the world beside None can honour Christ as you and none can dishonor him as you let me put in that by the way They that have such a Jewel put into their hands had need be careful I hope by this time you are fully convinced that the love of Christ is a surpassing love Use There are two things that I shall hence presse you to 1. To Remember 2. Answer and imitate this love of Christ. First To Remember this Love O Christians be sure that you never forget such love as this Cant. 1. 4. We will remember thy love more than Wine this is the duty that I am pressing you to thus to remember Christs love Brethren methinks it should be impossible for you to forget such love as this Methinks it should be needlesse to bid you remember this love Let my right hand forget her cunning rather than I should forget the love of Christ. Let my tongue forget to speak rather than not to speak of this love We should sooner forget to eat than for get Christ. And yet how apt are we notwithstanding though we have to●… much reason to remember him to have the memory of Christ and his love out of our minds the memory of Christ should be written upon us in Marble and Brasse never to be blotted out Consider this love is a mindful and a memorable love First A mindful love Never had persons so mindful a friend a●… we have in Christ our names are ever before him they are engraven upon the palms of his hands He can as soon forget himself as forget us he can as soon forget his heart as forget us Exod. 28. 29. And Aaron shall bear the names of the Children in the breast-place of Judgement upon his heart when he goeth in unto the holy place for a memorial before the Lord continually Here you may see what a mindful friend Christ is for these things were typical of Christ. Observe●… 1. The place where the names were to be written upon the breast-place of judgement upon his heart 2. The 〈◊〉 why they were written there For a memorial before the Lord. He hath your names there that he might never forget you 3. Observe the ●…petuity of this for a memorial before the Lord continually And observe these were to be carryed by the high priest before God when he went into the high place Christ hath not forgotten our names now he is gone into the high place You know how it was with the Butler when he was gone into Pharoahs presence he forgot Joseph and all his afflictions But Christ he remembers Joseph and his afflictions all the while though he be in heaven Secondly It is a memorable Love As Moses spake of the night of Israels deliverance it is a night much to be remembered so say I of this love of Christ it is a love never to be forgotten If Christ do bear your names upon his heart methinks that you should ever bear his name upon you hearts The love of Christ is worthy to be for a perpetual memorial upon our hearts And therefore I may say to you of Christ as they of him he is worthy for whom thou shouldest do this Quest. But what kind of remembrance should we have of this love Answ. It must be a feeling and a lasting remembrance First A feeling remembrance it should not be a bare Historical remembrance of Christ but all your affections should be drawn out after Christ. He did not onely remember you his remembrance of you was an affectionate remembrance he hath made it to appear with a witnesse Such should our remembrance of Christ be Secondly A lasting remembrance it should not be at the quickning of a Sermon or the like but an abiding remembrance of him Brethren our remembrance of Christ should be a living remembrance It should be with us as with a loving husband that hath lost his wife it seems that where ever he is she should be with him thus it should be with us we should have Christ ever with us VVhat Solomon speaks of the Law of Christ we should say of the remembrance of Christ. When we go it should lead us when we awake it should talk with us Prov. 26. 22. So Cant. 1. 13. A bundle of Myrrhe is my well-beloved unto me he shall lye all night betwixt my breasts That is say the Dutch Divines the love of my beloved especially of his death and sufferings shall continucially be upon my heart and I will keep it close with me to be my Nose-gay and the like He shall lye between my breasts that is I will keep the remembrance of his love upon my heart to comfort me Secondly As you should remember so you should be careful to imitate and answer his love Beloved as the Apostle says of Gods love to you what manner of love is this c. So it should be said of your love to Christ what manner of love is this that you bear to Christ It should be such a love as that people may be forced to say what manner of love is this that they bear to Christ Labor to have such a love to Christ so great a love as that all other things may be nothing to you in comparison of the love of Christ. And when you have loved Christ as much as you can weep that you can love him no more A SACRAMENTAL Speech grounded on Eph. V. 2. But walk in love as Christ also hath loved us and given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice unto God MY beloved this subject of the love of Christ to sinners is indeed an inconceivable Subject I have been backward to medle with it for how shall I speak of that which I do not know For the love of Christ passeth all knowledge Yet I shall a little open it to you and shall make it appear that the love of Christ is great to his people though I cannot comprehend it in the length and breadth and height and depth of it yet this we may know that he hath a very tender love to us Rev. 1. 5. To him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood Christ hath loved us and would you have a proof of his love to us he hath loved us and washed us He found us in our sins as swine in the mire