Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	incline_v	keep_v	mercy_n	15,837	5	10.1140	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44341	Righteousness rained from heaven, or, A serious and seasonable discourse exciting all to an earnest enquiry after and continued waiting for the effusions of the spirit unto a communication and increase of righteousness, that faith, holiness, and obedience may yet abound among us, and the wilderness become a fruitful field / as it was delivered in a sermon preached at Harford Connecticut in New-England, May 10, 1677, being the day of election there by Samuel Hooker.	Hooker, Samuel, 1635?-1697.	1677 (1677)	Wing H2638; ESTC W1119	25,479	34

Righteousness Rained from Heaven OR A Serious and Seasonable DISCOURSE Exciting all to an earnest enquiry after and continued waiting for the effusions of the Spirit unto a communication and increase of Righteousness That Faith Holiness and Obedience may yet abound among us and the Wilderness become a fruitful field As it was Delivered in a SERMON Preached at Harford on Connecticut in New-England May 10. 1677. Being the Day of ELECTION there By Mr. Samuel Hooker Pastor of the Church of Christ in Farmington Isai 44. 3 4. For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine off-spring And they shall spring up as among the grass as willows by the water-courses Psal 80.19 Turn us again O Lord God of Hosts and cause thy face to shine 〈◊〉 shall be saved Lam. 5.21 Turn 〈◊〉 unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned 〈◊〉 our days a● of old Cambridge Printed by Samuel Green 1677. Christian Reader IT is an Observation certain and solemn that Israels Holy one is none in a peculiar manner to bare witness against the wantonness and sins of his Covenant people that have been singularly favoured and priviledged by him Amos 3.2 You only have I known of all the Families of the Earth therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities The disobedient regardless behaviour of his Sons and Daughters carrieth an excess of provocation Deut. 32.19 When the Lord saw it he abhorred them because of the provok●ng of his Sons and of his Daughters In what awful and tremend●us manner the Lo●ds anger hath been of late in special made to appear against his wilderness people is not soon or easily to be forgotten such an Adnersary the worst of the Heathen Ezek. 7.24 bruitish men and skilful to destroy Ezek. 21.31 stirred up against u●● the sword gone through the land and thereby wasting and terror de●●ation and death carried up and down how have the mighty fallen blood and flames abounded unto a fearful consumption in the midst of the earth The Inhabitants of so many Villages made to cease even in Israel and some Candlesticks also removed out of their places Alas for the vineyard that his own right hand hath planted how hath he taken away the hedges thereof t●at the Boar out of the wood sh●uld waste and the wilde Beasts of the F●rrest devour it w● h●v● been delivered to the Sword Cap●ivity and Spoil That the Lord is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his works is a truth alwayes to be acknowledged however terribld he is in dispensations towards the sons of men Sins more then enough have been found with us to deserve all our sufferings that we sin no more least a worse thing come to us is the duty incumbent and earnestly now called for however ready the Lord our God whose compassions fail not hath shewn himself in wrath to remember mercy and repent him of the evil yet will our impeni●ency if still continu●d without fail make him weary of repenting Sin not forsaken we may expect will be followed with a renewal and increase of judgement for all this his anger is not turned away but his hand stretched out still for the people tu●neth not to him that smiteth them c. Isai 9.12 13. He hath further sorer punishments to inflict on a people that by a progress in sin carry on the provocation Lev 26.16 c. for certain our s●ff●rings will be greatned if our sins be not lessened the former will rise unless the latter fall nor will any thing herein suffice short of a through work shew will not nor is it meet they should be accepted without the inside Spirit and life of conversion It is laid to Judahs charge as no little evil that sh● turned not with her whole heart but feignedly Jer. 3.10 when heart circumcision becomes generally wanting among a professing people they may look for woe Jer. 9.25 26. And yet nothing less then an almighty power can perform the thing that is needful for us herein means have not been wanting what could have been done more word and work Law and Gospel Mercies and Judgements abundantly improved to how little purpose and prevalenc● with many very many the observing eye may lawfully discover our help and hope is in heav●n heart-su●ng thither for his salvation is eminently the work before us and therein Solomons great request in behalf of the congregation of Israel is exceedingly suited to our condition 1 King 8.57 58 The Lord our God be with us as he was with our Fathers let him not leave us nor forsake u● tha●●e may incline our hearts unto him to walk in all his wayes and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgements which he commanded our Fathers protection all would have but conversion we must want may this be New-Englands mercy we shall live the heart-inclining presence of the God of our Fathers g●anted and continued to us his Spirit poured out on the seed of his people and his blessing upon their off-spring that as we are through grace the seed of the blessed of the Lord we may also be a seed which the Lord hath blessed This is of all the mercies we want the most needful weighty and desirable and accordingly with utmost care fear and faithfulness to be groaned after and waited for To awaken excite and encourage to this so necessary a work is the designe of the Treatise following the solemnity of the truth it self therein insisted on our concernment in it with its peculiar seasonableness give it abundant commendation The judicious Author was by a compassionate hand towards us pointed to this Subject and with an eminent assistance some circumstances attending him in special considered carried out in the handling of it to the great satisfaction of them that heard him That it may be not acceptable only but sanctified and made effectually successful to the attainment of the end therein aimed at by a blessing from heaven powerfully accompanying it to the minds and hearts of them that reade it as it is here after some considerable throws of difficulty delivered to a more publick view is the hearts desire and prayer of him who is Thine sincerely in our blessed Saviour John Whiting HOSEA 10.12 For it is time to seek Jehovah until he come and rain righteousness upon you IN the Words foregoing the Prophet giveth Israel a discovery of the uncomfortable tearms on which they stood at this time with God they had been disobedient and undutiful in their behaviour as appeareth in the 1 2 3 4 and 5th verses he was grieved and angry with them as in the tenth It is in my heart to chastise them The way by which he was minded to do this was the Inrode of the Heathen And the People shall be gathered against them The God of Israel is the Lord of Hosts He doth according to his will in the