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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	child_n	lord_n	praise_v	2,690	5	9.7618	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55635	A persuasive from the creatures to a perfect resignation of the will to God's. By B. Pratt, of Merton Coll. Oxon.	Pratt, Benjamin, 1676 or 7-1715.; Drapentier, Jan, fl. 1674-1713, engraver.	1695 (1695)	Wing P3178B; ESTC R218996	23,292	125

still condescends to desire you should be Happy for ever with him He has withal made ALL his Creation in their fullest Enjoyment utterly unable to satisfie the Soul of Man that so you might never rest till to that Center you arrive And to encourage us on our Way Ps 31.21 Isa 63.3 c. He (a) God's Grief at the Sinner is such as pleas'd him to offer His only Son a Sacrifice for Man's Salvation which without producing the least Discomposure causes Effects of the most sensible Pity Grieves when we slip raises us by Stratagems of Mercy when we fall lights us by his Word dissembles Anger when we wilfully Err Ps 30.5 Eph. 4.30 Ps 86.15 leads us with that Hand might have struck us in Hell and when forc'd to prevent our immediate Ruine corrects us with so Paternal a Concern as would break our Hearts might we know The Royal Psalmist after deep Contemplation of this in an Epiphonema pathetically exclaims Lord Ps 8.4 what is Man that Thou art so mindful of him or the Sons of Men that Thou regardest them Surely 't is because GOD is the LORD and changes not that we are not rather consumed O! Mal. 3.6 Ps 19.14 15. 107. from v. 1. to the end Lam. 3.22 Ps 18.50 89.5 ibid. 9. 34.3 40.6 66. that therefore Men would praise the Lord for his Goodness and declare the Wonders that He does for the Children of Men O Lord the very Heavens shall praise Thy Wondrous Works For O LORD GOD of HOSTS who is like unto THEE Now Sect. 7. this Disability of the Creatures for true Satisfaction with that sad Anxiety that attends their Enjoyment though a Subject as others has been before discoursed on shall since still I see we disquiet our selves in vain Ps 39.7 by this Mite I humbly cast as Persuasives from the Creature be fully display'd I call each Existence under the Sun VANITY for its Fruition disappoints and Results cheats To confirm you in which Solomon Homo as Victorinus styles him Hominem Excedens the Wisest Man that was who by a * As the word in the Original signifies Eccles 1.3 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 chap. ibid. ver 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. chap. 2. ver 10 11. Sedulous Search and Practick Experience travers'd the World neither wanted nor spar'd Means to ransack all in hope of Happiness Below with Me impartially consents In displaying this Vanity of Vanities I shall dissect its several Parts and accordingly treat that on this Sea of Trouble Philomuse Mat. 11.28 you may leave God to steer who will bring you to the Haven of Eternal Rest Man then Sect. 8. the LORD of the World is by Nature since the Fall so unworthy our inordinate Love that we but fling away our Time to think on Him unless with Resolution only to be Enamor'd of God or to Beware of Him when an Infant like Wax to be influenc'd by every Stamp of Vice He walks in a vain Shadow and disquiets himself in vain is as inconstant as the Wind and varies with every airy Noise Ps 39.13 Jer. 4.22 Ecclus 9.14 15 16 c. 1 Cor. 1.21 His purest Part 's disturb'd by 's Body's Ills and a sad Dream or cloudy Day can change this wretched Creature into other Thoughts An idle Story told him makes him part with dearest Friends and inconsiderately to wish their Death nor can he be persuaded whatsoe'er they are but they must merit that How ardently we love some common Goods a Fit of Choler makes us ever hate Our own Mistakes makes others bad with us So easily is Reputation lost A Frown a slip o' the Tongue or some such Nothing makes us cancel all the Bonds of Secrecy and Trust and enter into Leagues with Enemies not ended e'er they 're broke Our Favourites do with our Places change and we lov'd that Before which makes us sick to Day Thus is the Work of Heaven to speak in general become though not their Scorn for they 're All-good its Pity too who so resents our Best Performances Below as Wits of th' Age look back on theirs when School-Boys Novices Nor are we but our Heavenly Father's Love less Troublesome to Him Sect. 9. than to our selves Corruption mixes with our Purest Acts we 're short in paying Homage to our God and sin when we neglect When Thoughts of Him who 's All-conspicuous we pretend alas Eccl. 9.16 17. we cannot Think aright The Devil if he offers us the Bait we take it though we knew the Consequence nay many times prevent him by our Eagerness to Act. Inclin'd to Piety sometimes we rudely seem to teach our Father what we want as if He knew not till we told Him our Necessities Ps 56.8 139.2 3. or when to give us what we truly need we Clownishly demand what God in Mercy will not let us have and beg for present Vengeance on our Enemies He knows deserves it not or will be Penitent However we deny'd Ps 53.1 are sure there is No GOD or that regards not US But Let me LORD says Austin wish for THEE alone Solil c. 12. Allure my Longings with Thy Secret Raptures from Above those Pleasures which Thou hast reserv'd and hid as yet from them that Trust in THEE that with incessant Pantings they may wish for THEE lest th' Inward Relish being indispos'd may think that Bitter's Sweet We Fear what we should Slight but never Value what we most should Dread Like Birds false Men of Clouts do fright are taken yet by the destroying Ginn Ps 139. We care to act our Sins in private out of Mortal view regardless of the Heavenly Judge that sees We Physick our distemper'd Carcasses but mind not how our Soul 's dispos'd Or if we do not with that Thoughtfulness we ought or else relying on our proper Strength implore not Heaven's Aid So we no sooner got in Vertues Paths are weary of them quite Or if a second time to make amends like Jehu Isa 64.6 we attempt with speed alas the Journey scarce begun has tyr'd us We cease but then dissatisfy'd we force our selves a little forward but with subtle care we ar'n't expos'd thereby Thus move we on a Cripple's pace till unconsider'd Difficulties dark our Paths and then like (a) An Allegorical Description of the general Causes of Despair Those wretched People once mistaken do usually hug their Errors are persuaded against others Expositions and apply every hard Word of GOD to their own Vexation Isa 8.14 Travellers at Night on unknown Roads remote unable to return or now proceed with out-stretch'd Arms we grope incredulous of Night-Directors till at last some harmless Thunder dying in the distant Skie distracts our fearful Minds and we Despair when in some dismal Forest we are lost or from a Precipice in mighty Waters fall Our Beauty and our Wisdom too are vain Sect. 10. for they 're imperfect and