Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	law_n	sin_n	transgression_n	2,243	5	10.5323	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15713	The christians mourning garment	Worship, William.	1603 (1603)	STC 25987; ESTC S113276	27,165	63

sinnes dyed so déepely in crimson that time hath not yet worne out colour If thou thinke thou canst blesse thée from the euill to come make a couenant with thine eyes as Iob did yet let thy heart be griped Iob. 31. 1. and twinged in regarde they haue heretofore béene rowling and extrauagant eyes Thirdly haue respect to the description of sinne Sinne is the transgression of the Law Wherein obserue first what this lawe is which thou breakest Secondly who this God is whom thou offendest First then let it damp thée disquiet thy soule to consider that in euery loose thought by thée conceiued and in euery vnsauory word by thée vttered and in euery lewd déed by thée committed thou hast violated Gods law which law is farre more excellent than the beautifull frame of the whole worlde though in each part it be good and in all the parts together excéeding good For such is our purblindnesse that the great booke of Nature is not able of it selfe to direct vs to the true God as much resembling that Athenian Aulter wherein was written Vnto the vnknowne God but the lawe written Acts. 1. ● 23. pointeth as iust to God as the finger to the dyall and which commends it most of all Psal 19. 7. conuerteth the soule Go to now miserable wretched sinner canst thou by thy dissolute life cracke and disestéeme of this matchlesse Iewell and when when thou hast done wilt thou not enter into a sad and sober consideration opening the sluces of thine eyes and sending forth a swift current of teares Would not that fellon be hangd in chaines who hauing broken most notoriouslie the wholsome lawes of his Prince takes no thought at all but reuiles and playes at Tables all the while he is in prison with his héeles in yrons and his neck in suspence Yes verily Wel then take héed For if after thou hast lift vp thy horne most insolently and pusht downe the incompararable statutes of the Lord thou be not ashamed of thy selfe and confounded in thy selfe but doest feast when thou shouldst fast sing when thou shouldst sobbe laugh when thou shouldst wéepe thou art as néere in quality to the aforesaid théefe as can be well imagined and therfore likely to come to some heauie and fearefull end Secondly take knowledge who he is that enacted this law which thou hast transgressed so shamelesly It is no earthly Prince nor Potentate a creature finite ready to huffe out life at euery moment but it is Iehouah Esa 40. 12. that mighty God who spannes the heauen and measures the waters in his fist in respect of whom all nations are but as the drop of a bucket nay nothing nay lesse Nah. 1. 2. than nothing euen vanity The God of anger who hath his way in the whirlewinde and in the storme at whose sight the earth is burnt the mountaines quake the hils melt the deuils shudder O my déere brother how can thy hart be light sith thou hast offended so great a Maiesty Why doest thou not put sack-cloath about thy loynes and an halter Kings 1. 20. 31. about thy neck with the seruants of Benhadad and crye out Mercie good Lord good Lord graunt mercy for we haue heard that the King of Israell is a mercifull King If thou hadst committed but petit treason against an earthly Prince I perswade me it thou mightst be admitted to his presence thou wouldst stoope and looke forlornly with a palish chéeke and vnkeambd beard neglected apparell vsing these mutes as vocall spokesmen and intercessors for thy pardon and all because The feare of the King is like Prou. 20. 2 the roaring of a Lion And is thy hart so crusted and rough cast that thou wilt not throw thy selfe euen below the earth for displeasing that glorious and fearefull name The Lord thy God Shall a Grasse-hopper Deu. 28. 58 out-face the omnipotent Clay the Potter filth Puritie Darkenesse Light A wispe of stubble a consuming fire a sinner of sinners the holyest of all holyes Surely if these perswasions make no dint nor impression thy hart is harder than the Smiths Anuile yet hearken still I beséech thée to the nature of this God who chiefly ioyes in getting him honor by his boundles mercie If this make thée not bewéepe thy personall sinnes thou hast not so much as a sparkle of grace truly working in thée Wilt thou not be gréeued for offending thy God who loued thée before thou wast Ephe. 1. 4. borne yea before the first stone of the worlds foundation was laide who was thy hope when thou hungest vpon thy mothers brest who guarded thée with Angels as thou layest spralling in thy Cradle and hath euer since fed thée cloathed thée preserued thée Didst thou deserue the least of these blessings If thou say thou didst thou art a lyer and there is no truth in thée For I say vnto thée that he might haue made thée a Dog or a toade or a Serpent haue done thée no wrong at all Euen when thou wast a delightfull burden to thy mother taking thy pastime in her wembe and hauing no other mouth but thy nauell then euen then wast thou odious to God in thine owne nature because conceiued in sin Neither must thou thinke this to be rigor for thy selfe canst not abide a yong Woolfe for that he hath in him the spawne and cruelty and will destroy the flock when he comes to full growth Why wilt thou recompence the Lord euill for good and not rather pine away like the Hart that findeth no pasture for displeasing so indulgent louing a father whose kindnesse is stretched out still Behold this God hanging for thy sake vpon the crosse loe how he stretches out his arines to imbrace thée loe how he bowes downe his head to kisse thée loe how his hart is opened with a speare to loue thée to loue thée an vndutifull and gracelesse child vnworthy indéede to be called his childe And yet he giues not period 1. Cor. 12. 12. to his goodnesse but layes thée nearer his heart marrying thée vnto him and calling thée Christ by his owne name to manifest the wonderfull yet reall coniunction betwixt him and thée O the depth of the riches of the mercy of this God who hath hereto adioined another singuler benefit What is that He hath decréed that thou shouldest be borne not a Turke or a Jew but English then there not when Pharaoh of hell and Antichrist his vicegerent made all true Israelites weary of their liues with all manner of spirituall bondage which they laid vpon them most cruelly but when he set the Diadem on the head of that virgin Quéene who hath giuen vs already thrée and fortye yeares of Iubilee wherein we sit peaceably vnder our vines go ioyfully to the Church to heare the golden bell of Aaron ring sweetely in the Pulpit to feele the fragrant smell of his Pomegranats Be glad yée heauens at this

with it Giue vs therfore such a competencie sufficiencie of these outward blessings as thou in thy heauenly wisdō séest most néedful for vs. Grant these things good father to vs here present to al thine absent praying thée in speciall fauour to remember our frinds kinsfolks in the flesh al our good neighbours welwillers al those for whō we are bound to pray by nature by deserts or any duty whatsoeuer for Iesus Christes sake our only mediator to whom with thée and the holy Ghost be giuen al praise glory both now and for euermore Amen An Euening prayer to be vsed in priuate families O Eternall God and our most louing deare Father we thy vnworthy children doe here fall downe at the foote of thy great maiesty acknowledging from our harts that we are altogeather vnworthy to come néere thée or to look towards thée because thou art a God of infinite glory and we are most vile and abhominable sinners such as were conceiued and borne in sinne and corruption fuch as haue inherited our fathers corruptions and also haue actually transgressed all thy holy statutes and lawes both in thoughts wordes and déedes before we knew thée and since secretly and openly with our selues and with others our particular sinnes are moe then can be numbred for who knoweth how often times he offendeth But this we must néedes confesse against our selues that our hartes are full of pride couetousnesse and the loue of this world full of wrath anger and impatiencie full of lying dissembling and deceiuing full of vanity hardnesse and prophanenesse full of infidelity distrust and selfe-loue full of lust vncleanenesse and al abhominable desires yea our harts are the very sinks of sinne and dunghils of all filthynesse And besides all this we doe omitte the good things we should doe for there are in vs great wantes of faith of loue of zeale of patience of contentment and of euery good grace so as thou hast iust cause to procéede to sentence of iudgement against vs as most damnable transgressors of all thy holy commaundements yea such as are sunke in our rebellions and haue many times and often committed high treason against thy maiestie and therefore thou maiest iustly cast vs all downe into hell fire there to be tormented with Sathan and his angelles for euer And we haue nothing to except against thy maiesty for so doing sith therein thou shouldest deale with vs but according to equity and our iust deserts Wherefore deare Father we doe appeale from thy iustice to thy mercie most humbly intreating thée to haue mercie vpon vs and fréely to forgiue vs all our sinnes past whatsoeuer both new and olde secret and open knowne and vnknowne and that for Iesus Christes sake our onely Mediator And we pray thée touch our harts with true griefe and vnfained repentance for them that they may be a matter of continuall sorrow and hart smart vnto vs so as nothing may gréeue vs more than this that we haue offended thée being our speciall friend and father Giue vs therefore deare Father euery day more and more sight and féeling of our sinnes with true humiliation vnder the same Giue vs also that true and liuely faith whereby we may laie sure hold on thy Sonne Christ and all his merites applying the same to our owne soules so as we may stand fully perswaded that whatsoeuer hee hath done vppon the crosse he hath done for vs particularly as well as for others Giue vs faith good father constantly to beléeue all the swéete promises of the Gospell touching remission of sinne and eternall life made in thy sonne Christ O Lord increase our faith that we may altogether rest vpon thy promises which are all yea Amen Yea that we may settle our selues and all that we haue wholy vpon them both our soules bodies goods name wiues children and our whole estate knowing that all things depend vpon thy promises power and prouidence and that thy word doth support and beare vp the whole order of nature Moreouer we intreat thée O Lord to strengthen vs from aboue to walke in euery good waye and to bring foorth the fruits of true faith in all our particular actions studying to please thée in all things to be fruitfull in all good works that we may shew foorth vnto all men by our good conuersation whose children we are and that we may adorne and beautifie our most holy profession by walking in a Christian course and in all the sound fruits and practise of godlinesse and true religion To this end we pray thée sanctifie our harts by thy spirite yet more and more sanctifie our soules and bodies and all our corrupt naturall faculties as reason vnderstanding will and affections so as they may be fitted for thy worship and seruice taking a delight and pleasure therein Stir vs vp so vse prayer watchfulnes reading meditation in thy lawe and all other good meanes whereby we may profit in grace goodnes from day to day Blesse vs in the vse of the meanes that we may daily die to sin liue to righteousnesse Draw vs yet nearer vnto thée help vs against our manifold wants Amend our great imperfections renue vs inwardly more and more repaire the ruines of our harts aide vs against the remnants of sinne Enlarge our hearts to run the way of thy commandements Direct all our steps in thy worde let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer vs. Assist vs against our speciall infirmities and master sinnes that we may get the victorie ouer them all to thy glory the great peace comfort of our owne consciences Strengthen vs good father by thy grace holy spirit against the common corruptions of the world as pride whoredome couetousnes contempt of thy Gospell swearing lying dissembling deceiuing O dear father let vs not be ouercome of these filthy vices nor any other sinfull pleasures fond delights wherewith thousands are carried headlong to destruction Arme our soules against all the temptations of this worlde the flesh and the diuell that we may ouercome them all through thy helpe and kéepe on the right way to life that we may liue in thy feare and die in thy fauour that our last dayes may be our best dayes and that we may end in great peace of conscience Grant these things good Father and all other néedfull graces for our soules or bodies or any of thine throughout the whole world for Iesus Christs sake In whose name we further call vpon thée as he hath taught vs in his Gospel saying Our Father which art in Heauen c. A prayer to be vsed at any time by one alone priuately OLord my God heauenly Father I thy most vnworthy childe do here in thy sight fréely confesse that I am a most sinful creature damnable transgressor of all thy holy laws commaundements that as I was borne bred in sin stained in the wombe so haue I continually brought sorth the