Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	conscience_n	faith_n	unfeigned_a	2,594	5	11.1136	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54857	The signal diagnostick whereby we are to judge of our own affections : and as well of our present, as future state, or, The love of Christ planted upon the very same turf, on which it once had been supplanted by the extreme love of sin : being the substance of several sermons, deliver'd at several times and places, and now at last met together to make up the treatise which ensues / by Tho. Pierce.	Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.	1670 (1670)	Wing P2199; ESTC R12333	120,589	186

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have_v not_o he_o be_v more_o inclinable_a to_o grant_v our_o prayer_n than_o we_o common_o have_v be_v to_o yield_v obedience_n to_o his_o command_n what_o shall_v we_o many_o time_n have_v do_v for_o food_n and_o raiment_n how_o can_v we_o sow_v in_o the_o spring_n with_o any_o expectation_n to_o reap_v in_o autumn_n this_o may_v therefore_o be_v sufficient_a to_o free_v his_o promise_n from_o the_o objection_n that_o he_o perform_v more_o of_o it_o than_o we_o have_v do_v of_o the_o condition_n on_o which_o it_o be_v make_v nay_o as_o his_o promise_n be_v vast_o great_a than_o we_o have_v the_o goodness_n to_o deserve_v so_o his_o performance_n of_o it_o be_v more_o than_o we_o have_v the_o impudence_n to_o require_v for_o if_o we_o love_v he_o but_o little_a he_o grant_v we_o much_o if_o we_o obey_v he_o but_o seldom_o he_o thank_v we_o often_o and_o if_o he_o give_v we_o not_o all_o we_o ask_v it_o be_v because_o we_o do_v not_o love_v he_o with_o all_o the_o love_n that_o he_o require_v such_o as_o employ'_v our_o whole_a strength_n in_o the_o constant_a keep_n of_o his_o commandment_n sect._n 16._o the_o objection_n be_v thus_o answer_v and_o the_o promise_n of_o our_o saviour_n thereby_o make_v clear_a i_o proceed_v from_o the_o second_o to_o the_o three_o topick_n which_o i_o propose_v that_o be_v to_o such_o a_o kind_n of_o reason_v as_o the_o natural_a man_n himself_o will_v not_o easy_o contradict_v sect._n 17._o first_o it_o will_v be_v grant_v by_o all_o the_o world_n as_o well_o by_o the_o jew_n as_o by_o the_o christian_a as_o well_o by_o the_o heathen_a as_o by_o the_o jew_n as_o well_o by_o the_o atheist_n as_o by_o the_o heathen_a all_o will_v say_v with_o one_o mouth_n that_o they_o desire_v to_o be_v happy_a and_o that_o happiness_n be_v so_o lovely_a they_o can_v choose_v but_o desire_v it_o perfect_a happiness_n be_v the_o object_n which_o alone_o can_v fall_v under_o the_o liberty_n of_o the_o will_n it_o be_v as_o natural_a to_o desire_v it_o as_o for_o a_o stone_n to_o tend_v downward_o indeed_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o mistake_v but_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o refuse_v it_o i_o say_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o mistake_v a_o false_a happiness_n for_o a_o true_a and_o to_o refuse_v the_o true_a happiness_n in_o adherence_n unto_o a_o false_a one_o but_o happiness_n can_v be_v refuse_v by_o any_o man_n who_o do_v believe_v it_o be_v true_o such_o consummate_v happiness_n be_v the_o centre_n towards_o which_o we_o all_o travail_n let_v our_o error_n and_o vice_n be_v what_o they_o will_v and_o however_o we_o may_v differ_v about_o the_o way_n that_o lead_v to_o it_o yet_o we_o agree_v in_o our_o intention_n to_o hit_v the_o end_n for_o though_o there_o be_v that_o seek_v death_n and_o with_o hell_n be_v at_o agreement_n and_o pull_v destruction_n upon_o themselves_o with_o the_o work_n of_o their_o hand_n yet_o it_o be_v because_o they_o mistake_v their_o bliss_n not_o because_o they_o prefer_v their_o misery_n every_o man_n in_o the_o world_n do_v love_v the_o quench_n of_o his_o thirst_n desire_n be_v the_o thirst_n of_o every_o man_n soul_n satisfaction_n be_v the_o quench_n of_o all_o desire_n and_o though_o a_o man_n wander_v never_o so_o much_o in_o the_o way_n that_o he_o be_v go_v yet_o the_o end_n of_o his_o journey_n be_v satisfaction_n so_o that_o aim_v as_o we_o do_v at_o be_v happy_a and_o set_v out_o as_o we_o do_v from_o the_o pure_a hand_n of_o a_o creator_n we_o shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o miss_v of_o happiness_n be_v there_o not_o many_o way_n of_o err_a betwixt_o the_o circumference_n and_o the_o centre_n epicurus_n go_v one_o way_n eudoxus_n another_o diodorus_n a_o three_o herillus_n a_o four_o the_o stoic_n a_o five_o the_o peripatetic_n a_o six_o as_o have_v be_v 6._o elsewhere_o observe_v the_o gymnosophist_n a_o seven_o the_o herodian_o a_o eight_o the_o mahomedans_n a_o nine_o and_o we_o who_o be_v christian_n do_v go_v a_o ten_o but_o all_o agree_v in_o their_o desire_n of_o be_v as_o happy_a as_o it_o be_v possible_a this_o i_o therefore_o set_v down_o as_o my_o first_o postulatum_fw-la and_o as_o that_o which_o will_v be_v grant_v by_o man_n of_o all_o sect_n that_o though_o happiness_n be_v mistake_v by_o several_a sect_n and_o as_o diverse_o define_v as_o it_o be_v misunderstand_v yet_o to_o be_v absolute_o happy_a in_o the_o general_a notion_n of_o the_o word_n be_v the_o common_a desire_n of_o all_o the_o world_n sect._n 18._o it_o will_v second_o be_v grant_v by_o man_n of_o all_o sect_n that_o a_o man_n happiness_n do_v consist_v in_o the_o complete_a satisfaction_n of_o his_o desire_n for_o our_o desire_n be_v our_o capacity_n or_o our_o emptiness_n of_o soul._n how_o much_o soever_o we_o do_v desire_n so_o much_o we_o want_v and_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o now_o because_o there_o be_v nothing_o which_o nature_n hate_v more_o than_o to_o be_v empty_a or_o in_o want_n there_o can_v be_v nothing_o more_o natural_a than_o to_o covet_v a_o fullness_n or_o satisfaction_n but_o the_o large_a of_o vessel_n can_v want_v no_o more_o than_o it_o will_v hold_v nor_o can_v it_o covet_v more_o than_o will_v make_v it_o full_a and_o therefore_o the_o fill_n of_o our_o desire_n vessel_n of_o infinite_a capacity_n can_v choose_v but_o be_v that_o wherein_o our_o happiness_n do_v consist_v which_o fulfil_v of_o our_o desire_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o contentment_n or_o satisfaction_n sect._n 19_o now_o hence_o it_o follow_v avoidable_a that_o if_o a_o man_n happiness_n do_v consist_v in_o the_o complete_a satisfaction_n of_o his_o desire_n and_o if_o that_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o absolute_a contentment_n or_o self-sufficience_a and_o if_o the_o commandment_n of_o christ_n do_v tie_v we_o up_o or_o oblige_v we_o to_o such_o contentment_n then_o his_o commandment_n of_o necessity_n do_v make_v it_o our_o duty_n to_o be_v happy_a and_o by_o consequence_n a_o happiness_n to_o do_v our_o duty_n in_o this_o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v deny_v no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o by_o the_o atheist_n unless_o it_o be_v that_o christ_n commandment_n do_v oblige_v we_o to_o contentment_n or_o self-sufficience_a and_o that_o will_v easy_o be_v prove_v by_o the_o tenor_n of_o they_o which_o himself_o have_v sum_v up_o in_o the_o 12_o chap._n of_o s._n mark_n v_o 30_o 31._o where_o all_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n be_v say_v to_o hang_v upon_o these_o two_o hinge_n thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n with_o all_o thy_o mind_n with_o all_o thy_o soul_n and_o with_o all_o thy_o strength_n and_o thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o now_o he_o that_o love_v god_n with_o all_o his_o heart_n will_v in_o he_o set_v up_o his_o rest_n his_o whole_a delight_n will_v be_v in_o he_o his_o whole_a dependence_n will_v be_v on_o he_o he_o will_v not_o love_v either_o the_o world_n or_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n in_o whatsoever_o state_n he_o be_v he_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o be_v content_a he_o will_v not_o with_o martha_n be_v solicitous_a and_o careful_a of_o many_o thing_n but_o espowse_n with_o mary_n the_o one_o thing_n that_o be_v necessary_a 41._o he_o will_v be_v inward_o full_a of_o joy_n in_o the_o holy_a ghost_n his_o conversation_n will_v be_v in_o heaven_n and_o the_o tranquillity_n of_o his_o conscience_n will_v be_v the_o beginning_n of_o his_o bliss_n thus_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v with_o he_o who_o be_v perfect_o amorous_a of_o his_o maker_n and_o perfect_o amorous_a of_o his_o maker_n he_o needs_o must_v be_v who_o love_v he_o with_o all_o his_o heart_n and_o soul._n this_o be_v the_o sum_n of_o our_o whole_a duty_n towards_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o