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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	new_a	spirit_n	stony_a	5,825	5	11.8725	5	true

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A67748	Englands unthankfulness striving with Gods goodness, for the victory as Abaslom [sic] strove with David, whether the father should be more kinde to the son; or the son more unkinde to the father. Or, enough (being wel weighed) to melt an heart of adamant. By R. Younge, florilegus. In reference to Leviticus 19.17 and Isaiah 58.1. In reading whereof, reflect upon your selves; hearken to conscience; and what concerns you, apply it to others, as David did Nathans parable, 2 Sam. 12.1, to 8. And Ahab the prophets, 1 King.20. 39, to 43. Want of application makes all means ineffectual; and therefore are we Christians in name only, because we think out selves Christians indeed, and already good enough.	Younge, Richard.	1643 (1643)	Wing Y152; ESTC R218135	77,968	74

the 〈◊〉 is knowne by the fruit whe●…es it be good or evill as our Saviour shewes Mat 7. 16 17 18 20 and ●…2 33. Yea Unbelievers may be knowne from Christians by their want 〈◊〉 fruit We more then suspect want of sap in the root of a Tree if we ●…de barrennesse in the Branches If either it have bad fruit or no fruit 〈◊〉 is but a dead saith And the true ●…od of grace is cease to doe evill 〈◊〉 to doe well E●…ay 1. 16. 17. For as grace enters into the heart sinne ●…oes out like aire out of a Vessell when wine is powred in Therefore ●…dmit thou wert a negative Christian and couldest not be charged with any ●…of this that I have proved against thee much the better when thou 〈◊〉 reprobate to every good worke The Fig-tree was cursed not for bearing ●…ll fruit but because it bare no good The evill servant was not bound ●…nd and foot and cast into prison for wasting his Masters goods but for not gaining with them And those Reprobates at the last day shall be 〈◊〉 depart into everlasting fire not for wronging or robbing of any bu●… not giving not comforting Wherefore as thou hast heard thy sinne commission laid open so now I will doclare unto thee thy sinnes of 〈◊〉 sion which also would be minded 2. Thou braggest and thankest God with that Parisee Luke 18. That thou art just and payest men their dues but art thou holy like●… and dost thou pay God his dues also Art thou effectually called and 〈◊〉 come a new creature by regeneration being begotten and borne a new of 〈◊〉 by the immortall seede of the Word and the Spirits powerfull working 〈◊〉 it Is thy heart circumcised or rather hath God taken away the stony 〈◊〉 out of thy flesh and given thee a new heart and put a new spirit into 〈◊〉 even his owne spirit whereby thou hast union and communion 〈◊〉 Christ and partakest of the divine nature Dost thou finde an appr●… change wrought in thy judgement affections and actions to what th●… were formerly Art thou changed and renewed in every part pow●… and faculty Is thy understanding enlightned thy minde renued thy 〈◊〉 changed thy affections sanctified c. Hath the Old-man changed w●… the New-man worldly wisedome with heavenly wisedome ca●… love for spirituall love servile feare for christian and siliall feare 〈◊〉 thoughts for holy thoughts vaine words for holy and wholsome word●… fleshly works for works of righteousnesse c. as if thou wert cast int●… new mold even hating what thou formerly lovedst and loving what th●… formerly hatedst For as without this new birth there is no being saved as 〈◊〉 Saviour himselfe affirmes Ioh. 3. 5. So he who thinks he is borne a ne●… and finds not a palpable change in his judgement affections and actio●… does but deceive himselfe 3. Art thou more knowing then the men of the world as havi●… the light of Gods spirit and the Eye of faith above them Art thou bro●… out of darkenesse into marvell●…us light Are thine eyes opened to 〈◊〉 the wonders of Gods Law is that Vaile or Curtaine which was forme●…drawne over thy heart 2 Cor. 3. 15. 16. taken aw●…y by 〈◊〉 and th●…turned from the power of Satan unto God Dost thou receive the Word wi●… all readinesse not as the word of men but as it is indeed the word of 〈◊〉 And hath it wrought in thee mightily hast thou found it by experien●… to be quick and powerfull sharpe c. as it followes Heb. 4 12. Even excelli●… all other Bookes as Wheate doth the Cha●…fe Hath the Law which is 〈◊〉 just good spirituall not onely convinced thee of sinne but so cleared 〈◊〉 sigh●… that thou canst now discerne sinne in every thought word and ac●… on of thine Dost thou see thy selfe out of measure sinfull as 〈◊〉 guilty of all manner of concupisence as having broken every one of th●… righteous precepts Exod. 20. more times and waies then thou hast hi●… on thy head Not being able of thy selfe to thinke a good thought 〈◊〉 that all the powers of thy soule and Members of thy body are wholly ●…nd originally corrupted Dost thou see thy sellse as guilty of Adams sinne 〈◊〉 being in his loynes as any Heire is lyable to his Fathers Debt And 〈◊〉 knowledge that thou broughtest a world of sinne into the world with ●…hee and deservedst to dye so soon as thou didst begin to live That thine ●…standing is darkned and dulled thy judgement blinded thy will 〈◊〉 thy memory disordered thy affections corrupted thy reason 〈◊〉 thy thoughts surprized thy desires intrapped and all the facul●…ies and sanctions of thy soule no better then poysoned That of thy 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 not onely weake but even dead to what is good moving ●…o more then thou art moved That thy best workes are faulty all thy ●…nnes deadly thy nature corrupted originally That thou art swift to ●…ll evill but to all good immoveable 4 A●… thou ashamed of thy former conversation Dost thou bewaile ●…nd mourne bitterly for all thy sinnes actuall and originall of omission and commission secret as well as knowne lesser as well as greater evill thoughts vaine and unprofitable words as well as sinfull actions Yea as well for the evill which cleaves to thy best workes as for thy evil works grieve for thy unprofitableness under the meanes of grace being more sorry for offending so good a God then for that it doth or might bring thee shame or punishment in this life or in Hell Dost thou finde thy selfe in a lost condition confessing that thou hast deserved all the plagues of this life and that which is to come And groaning under the burden of sinne dost thou utterly dispaire of all helpe in thy selfe Doth it make thee solicitously careful in the use of all meanes to attaine faith in the promise of Gods mercy made in Christ as finding no rest untill thou gettest some assureance vehemently hungring and thirsting after and earnestly praying for the pardon o●… sinne waiting on the Lord with patience Dost thou hate sinne thorowly and universally Art thou grieved for the abominations that are done by others to the dishonour of God and slander of Religion or the ruine of mens soules Dost thou account spirituall judgements as the blindnesse of mens minds hardnesse of their hearts c. more woofull then any temporall judgement the world is so sensible of and troubled at 5 Dost thou often and upon all occasion go to God in prayer praying by the power of the spirit in Christ●… 〈◊〉 and with the understanding also according to 〈◊〉 w●… An●… a●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of thy sins and 〈◊〉 dost thou chiefly pray for the pardon of sinne the 〈◊〉 of grace and for the assistance of Gods spirit that thou maist more ●…mely believe more soundly repent more zealously doe more patiently su●…er and more constantly persevere in the practice and por●…ession of every duty striving against deadnesse of spirit and distractions as an

for soul or body even to the least bit of bread we eat or shall to eternity of which we could not well want any one Christ hath purchased of his Father for us and yet God the Father also hath of his free grace mercie given us in giving us his Son for which read Psal. 68. 19. and 145. 15 16. and 75. 6 7. Yea God is many time●… working our good when we least think upon him as he was creating Adam an help meet for him when he was fast a sleep And as much do we owe unto God for the dangers from which he delivereth us as for he great wealth and dignities whereunto he hath alwayes raised us Now if we are so bound to blesse God for his external temporal inferiour earthly perishing benefits what praise do we owe for the lasting fruits ●…f his eternal love and mercy and how thankful should we strive to be ●…ich shall be the next thing treated of Now what should we render unto the Lord our God so good and gracious in way of thankfulnesse for all these his mercies for favours be●…owed and deliverances from danger binde to gratitude or else the ●…ore bonds of duty the more plagues for neglect The contribution of ●…essings require rotribution of thanks or wil bring distribution of plagues Neither could we possibly be unthankful if we seriously thought upon ●…hat God gives and what he forgives For in reason hath he contrived 〈◊〉 many wayes to save us and should not we take all occasions to glorifie ●…m hath he done so much for us and shall we denie him any thing that 〈◊〉 requireth of us though it were our lives yea our souls much more 〈◊〉 lusts We have exceeding hard hearts if the blood of the Lambe●…not soften them stony bowels if so many mercies cannot melt them ●…as Christ crucified for our sins and should we by our sins crucifie him again 6. Now the meditation of what God and Christ hath done for us ●…ould make us do what we are able for him again For did Christ all ●…is for us and shall we do nothing for him for our selves like savours●…quire like gratitude He that confers a benefit upon a grateful nature ●…bs him of his liberty and self also and in one and the same act makes ●…m a vassal and himself his master Wherefore if we have any inge●…ity in us it will make us to direct all our thoughts speeches and actions 〈◊〉 his glory as he hath directed our eternal salvation thereunto But to help and further you herein if you be willing so to do take ●…se few directions First Let these things be never out of the mindes memories mouthes 〈◊〉 those whom Christ hath done thus for O let us I say remember as we ●…ould never forget Si totum me debeo pro me facto quid jam addam pro ●…facto saith holy Bernard If I owed my whole self unto thee for gi●…g me my selfe in my creation what have I left to pay for giving thy 〈◊〉 for me to so cruel a death ●…o procure my Redemption which was not 〈◊〉 cheap as my creation Great was the benefit that thou wouldst create 〈◊〉 of nothing but what tongue can sufficiently expresse the greatnesse of 〈◊〉 grace that thou didst redeem me with so dear a price when I was ●…se then nothing We are full of thy goodnesse O let our hearts run 〈◊〉 with thankfulnesse yea let so many of us as have either heart or 〈◊〉 in the next place say O Lord What is man that thou art so minde●… of him Psal. 8. 4. And O man what is God that thou art so unmindful of him And then conclude with What shall I render unto thee Lord for all these thy benefits but love thee my Creator and Redeemer and become a new creature I will serve thee ô Lord by the assistance 〈◊〉 thy'grace because thou hast given me my self but much more hono●… thee because thou hast given me thy Son Christ 7. Nor can any man in common reason meditate so unbottomed love and not study and strive for an answerably thankful demeanure 〈◊〉 a friend had given us but a thousand part of what God hath we sho●… heartily love him all our lives and think no thanks sufficient What price then should we set upon Jesus Christ who is the life of our lives a●…soul of our souls But thirdly this should at least make us part with our nearest dea●… and sweetest darling sins to serve him in righteousness and holiness ev●…day every hour all the dayes of our lives Even every sin for what 〈◊〉 should be so dear to us as Gods onely Son was to him Do we then 〈◊〉 Gods sake not spare our dearest sin when God for our sakes did not spa●… his dearest Son Yea what a brutish and barbarous unthankfulness and shame were that God should part with his Son and his Son with his own precio●… blood for us and we not part with our sinful lusts and delights 〈◊〉 him 8. Fourthly Hath Christ done all this for us his servants so mu●… and so many wayes obliged unto him let us do what we are able for h●… again 1 Let us be zealous for his glory and take his part when 〈◊〉 see or hear him dishonoured Nor can there be any love where there no zeal saith Augustine Well-born Children are touched to the qui●… with the injuries of their Parents And it is a base vile and unjust 〈◊〉 gratitude in those men that can endure the disgrace of them under wh●… shelter they live 2 Let us seek to draw others after us from Satan Him 3 Do we all we can to promote his worship and service 4 Ta●… all good occasions to publish to others how good God is and what hath done for us 5 Let us wholly ascribe all the good we have or to free grace and give him the glory of his gifts imploying them our masters best advantage 6 Let us that we may expresse our tha●… fulnesse to him shew kindnesse to his Children and poor members 〈◊〉 are bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh Ephes. 5. 30. 7 Abhor we 〈◊〉 selves for our former unthankfulnesse and our wonderful provoking him 8 Hearken we unto Christs voice in all that he saith unto us a●… express our thankfulness by our obedience Yea all this let us do if we it but for our own sakes For what should we have if we did thus s●…Christ who hath done all these things for his enemies neglecting and 〈◊〉 honouring him True we cannot properly be said to do any thing for him that have we have from him Or if we could give him our bodies and souls they ●…ld be saved by it but he were never the better for them yet we may do these and many the like things which he accounts and rewards as done to himself CHAP. V. 1. NOw these things we ought to do thus thankful we ought to be to God for his inestimable and unspeakable benefits