Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	bring_v	good_a	treasure_n	13,062	5	10.6433	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92083	Zimri's peace: or, The traytor's doom & downfall. Being the substance of two sermons preached at Apethorp in the county of Northampton. By John Ramsey Master of Arts, and minister of East-Rudham in the connty [sic] of Norfolk.	Ramsey, John, Minister of East Rudham.	1661 (1661)	Wing R227; Thomason E1057_10; ESTC R208079	26,510	35

Jehu the surviving King who reigned in his stead together with the speech of one to the other The parts of the Text are two The Division of the Text. 1. The Speaker Jezebel in the Pronoun She. 2. The Matter of the Speech Had Zimri c. The Speaker in the Text is Jezebel 1. The Speaker Jezebel she in the Pronoun She Acursed Woman as Jehu stiles her v. 34. cursed in her death Thrown out of a window by the Eunuch trodden under foot by Jehu 's horses and her forlorn Carkas devour●d by Dogs to a very small reversion of her skull and ●e●t and the palms of her hands v. 33 34. as if an head that plotted and hands that practised so much mischief and see● so swift to shed ●l●od were not meat good enough for Dogs to eat N●●●her was she more accursed in her death th●n life A notorious Id●la●●r the Daughter of Ethbaal King of the Zidonians and a Zealous Worshipper and server of Baal 1 Kings 16.31 A cruel and bloudy Persecutor that slew the Prophets of the Lord 1 Kings 18.13 Threatned Elijah with the loss of his head and made him flee for his life 1 Kings 19.2 3. And yet this Idolatrous and bloud-thirsty Jezebel le ts fall and drops down a sound and wholsome speech touching the certainty and equity of divine vengeance which pursues Murtherers and Usurpers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it traces them hard at heels and even hunts them to destruction An Observation noted upon he qualification of the Speaker A wicked person may somtimes speak well Observe then from hence (c) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Athenaeus Diphue sophist lib. 5. That a wicked person may sometimes speak well I say sometimes but not alwayes (d) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arist Eth. lib. 1. cap. 6. for One Swallow maketh not a Summer nor doth one speach or action though never so holy and good infallibly demonstrate or clearly evidence the unspotted innocency and unstained integrity of the Party The true and faithfull Servants of God are habitually good and yet actually bad as were Noah David Peter and some others they tread awry now and then and in some things do amisse And it is most true of them who though sound at the Core yet have some specks and spots of corruption which is noted of the Pomegranate (e) Non est malum punicum in quo non est aliquod gratum putre There is none so clear and sound wherein there is not a rotten kernel Wicked men on the other side are sometimes actually good and habitually bad And so was King Abimeleck in taking Sarah into his custody and so far justified and acquitted by God himselfe Gen. 20.6 I know thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart There may be the innocency of a particular speech or action where the person is extreamly vicious and abominable (f) Aug. de Baptismo contra Donatistai lib. 6. c. 2. Quicquid verum à quocunque dicitur à Spiritu Sancto dicitur Ambros 1 Cor. c. 12. v. 3. Omne verum à veritate verum est est autem Deus veritas Augustin lib. 83. quaest q. 1. Cur Deus famulum suum cum quo ipse tanta talia loquebatur ab alienigena passus est admoneri In hoc Scripturo nos admonet per quemlibet hominem detur consilium veritatis non debere contemni Augustin lib. Quaest supra Exodum q. 68. In arundine sterili solet uva pendere We may happily though rarely meet with a sweet and pleasant Grape upon a dry and withered stalk as Augustine speaks of the Donatists For howsoever our Saviour tels us Mat. 12.35 A go●d man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things yet doth it not necessarily follow that who so bringeth forth this good treasure of works and words should ipso facto aut dicto be forthwith a good man There was not any of the true Prophets that had clearer Visions and Revelations of Christ than the false Prophet Baalam who is marked out by S. Peter to have gone astray and loved the wages of Iniquity 2 Pet. 2.15 Vbi benè nemo melius ubi malè nemo pejus An Angel of Heaven could scarce speak better nor the Divel himself do worse Cunning Caiaphas spake he knew not what like St. Peter in the Mount and yet being High-Priest foretold the expediency of Christs death John 11.50 51. wherennto himselfe was accessary by consent and counsel and so was a Prophet and Murtherer both together Sunt in impiis quandoque Dona Dei sine Deo Wicked men may have the spirit of Prophecy and many shall say unto Christ at the latter day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy Name Mat. 7.22 They may have besides I say not the spirit of prayer which consisteth in the fervor and ardency of spirit and is an inseperable effect and fruit of the Spirit of Adoption Galat. c. 4. ver 6. Yea they may have a rare and extroardinary gift of prayer so as to expresse their own and other mens desires to God ex tempore and a sudden with volubility of tongue fleetnes and fluency of language varietie and quaintnesse of expressions inlarged and lengthned devotions to the admiration of others and sometime to the deceiving of their own souls There is a Spirit of prayer which is the portion of Gods children and the gift of prayer a common and a general gift and no way concludes a sincere and sound Christian Such graces as these Gratiae gratis datae non gratum facientes as Divines stile them that are freely conferred upon us not in reference or order to our own salvation but for the instruction and edification of the Church the common good and benefit of others These These I say are to be found in wicked and ungodly persons The subject of the Text Jezebel an Heathenish Idolater and outragious persecutor le ts fall a pertinent and pithy speech That is the second generall part of the Text. 2. The matter of the speech The matter of the speech Had Zimri c. That may be considered two manner of ways 1. First in Thesi simply and absolutely in it self 2. Secondly in Hypothesi in reference and relation unto Jehu to whom it is here applyed 1. 1. In Thesi Observe we in the first place the matter of the speech in Thesi and so it affords us these three specialties 1. Therein we have three specialties The Traitor Zimry 2. The Treason slew his Master 3. The successe and issue of his Treason and that laid down by way of interrogation Had he peace The first circumstance that presents and offers it self in order is the Traytor Zimry and may be looked upon in a threefold relation 1. 1. The Traitor in a threefold relation As a Servant to his Master 2. As a Subject to his Sovereign 3. As a Captain to his Generall First 1. As