Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	abundance_n	speak_v	tongue_n	2,464	5	7.4469	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02194	A treatise of the great and generall daye of iudgement necessarie for euerie Christian that wisheth good successe to his soule, at that great and terirble day. By Henrie Greenwood, Master of Arts, and preacher of the word of God. With an addition of certaine godly prayers the contents appeare in the next page.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1606 (1606)	STC 12337; ESTC S119048	37,421	106

of euill They put off from them the euill day namely the day of death and iudgement and boldly approach to the seate of iniquity a matter much to be lamented Let euery Christian therefore haue a care of the expence of time least had I wist comes too too late for the damned in hell if they had this fauoure of God to liue on the earth againe and to haue hell broken loose which they shal neuer haue granted they would liue so strictly as they might bee Chronicled for admirable spectators to the whole world It is the duty therfore of euery man to imitate that person that vigilant person that carried alwaies about with him in his pocket a little clocke and when hee heard it sound hee would instantly examine himselfe how he had spent that houre thus should Christians examine themselues that they may neuer bee examined of the Lord iudge themselues that they may neuer be iudged of the Lord and account with themselues that they may neuer be brought to an account of the Lord. Thus much for the second part of this text namely of what thinges we must giue an account But I say vnto you of euery idle worde c. Before I speak of the third parts of this text namely of the Iudge to whom wee must giue an account I thinkest very necessary to speake of a few things which beeing wel considered wee may bee able to abstaine from idle words and shall haue the lesse account to make at that day Three things therefore there are which being performed we shall abstaine from idle words 1 A man must cōsider what he speaketh 2 To whom he speaketh 3 When he speaketh 1 What hee speaketh Peter telleth vs what we ought to speak in his first Epistle Jf any man speak let him speak as the words of God Againe Paule to the Ephesians saith Let no corrupt communication proceede out of your mouth but that which is good to the vse of edifiing that it may minister grace to the hearer So that we ought to speake aboue all things of God and his word of good and honest matters if wee will shew our selues to be true Christians and abstinent from idle words Wee shoulde say with Dauid I will alwaye giue thanks to the Lord his praise shall be in my mouth continually We should resolue with Iob and say My lippes surely shall speak no wickednesse and my tongue shall vtter forth no deceipte then shall we vse our tongues to that purpose to which they were created The tongue in Hebrew is called Kebod id est gloria Glory because it is an instrument to sing forth the glory of God vpon earth If wee vse our tongues to this purpose then may wee truely say with the Poet Lingua quid melius What is better then the tongue But if it bee abused to the dishonour of Almighty God if it bee an vntamed member vttering out idle and euill words then may wee conclude with the Poet and say Lingua quid p●es eadem What is worse than the tongue Let euery Christian therefore shew himselfe as hee professeth a Christian in his speeche For out of the aboundance of the heart the mouth speaketh Euen as the heart standeth affected so is the speach of euery man For Lingua est mentis interpres the tongue is the interpreter of the mind the chaste man speaketh chastly and honestly the wanton speaketh lewdely and luxuriously the enuious person speaketh bitingly and bitterly Euen as by his speeche a man may bee knowne what countriman hee is so a man by his speeche may bee knowne to what kingdome he belongeth There are three kingdoms men by their talke may be known to which of these they belong There is 1. Prouincia coelestis the kingdome of heauen and the speach of this country is praising of God talking of his worde giuing of thankes for the greate benefits wee haue receiued and speaking of diuine and heauenly matters hee therefore that speaketh on this maner Id que non hypocritice that is Not hipocritically For Simulata sanctitas duplex inquitas counterfeit holinesse is double vngodlines surely appertaineth to the kingdome of heauen 2 There is prouincia terrestris the kingdome of earth and the sp●ach of this country is talking of terrene end earthly matters ●●ozling with the mole in the Cranies terrarumque poris and in the pores of the earth quite contrary to the nature of man for Os homini sublime dedit saith the Poet coelumque tueri inssit God gaue man a lofty face and bad him looke aloft and hold vp his head toward heauen According to that of Iohn Qu●de terra est de terra loquitur He that is of the earth speaketh of the earth And againe They are of the world therfore speak they of the world 3 There is prouincia infernalis The kingdome of Hell and the language of this countrey is swearing forswearing cursing banning blaspheming if therfore thou seest such a one it is to be feared that he belongeth to the prouince of hell Thou therefore that wouldest belong to Gods thrice blessed kingdome thou that wouldest abstaine from idle words so haue the lesse account to make thou must beware what thou speakest thou must talk of God of his word of holy heauēly matters 2 He that would abstaine from idle words must consider to whom he speaketh if hee speaketh to a foole be must vse fewe wordes for hee spendeth his breath in vaine if he speaketh to a froward and contentious person hee must vse mild and gentle words or else bee taketh the bellows to quench the fire if he speaketh to a wise man hee must vse no vaine Cautologies or needlesse repetitions for frustrà fit per plura quod fiers potest per paucior●t It is in vaine to vse many words whē we may as wel be conceiued in few If these things be not cōsidered we may yea speaking of diuine and holy matters offend in idle words 3 If wee would abstaine from idle words wee must also consider when to speake saith Salomon There is a time to speake and a time to hold ones peace Saith one there is a time when something may be spoken there is a time when nothing may be spoken but there is no time when all things may be spoken These three things wel considered of vs we shal abstaine from idle words and haue the lesse accounte to make at the day of iudgement Againe euery Christian as he ought to imitate Christ in al things so he ought to imitate him in his words Gregorie saieth that Omnis Christi actio nostra debet esse instructio id est Euery action of Christ ought to be to vs an exāple of imitation Christ had three things in his wordes worthy of consideration which wee must likewise labor to haue if we will abstaine from idle words 1 He had veritatem in verbis