Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	day_n	light_n	rule_v	3,304	5	10.4231	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02488	King Dauids vow for reformation of himselfe. his family. his kingdome Deliuered in twelue sermons before the Prince his Highnesse vpon Psalm 101. By George Hakewill Dr. in Diuinity.	Hakewill, George, 1578-1649.; Elstracke, Renold, fl. 1590-1630, engraver.	1621 (1621)	STC 12616; ESTC S103634	122,067	373

Promise was made him that his sonne Salomon should succeed him and that his seed should bee established in the throne Were not these strong motives to puffe up flesh and blood to make himselfe conceited and proud of his owne worth Yet heare what himselfe professeth of his humility the ground-worke of all his other vertues and abilities Psalme 131 I am not high minded I have no proud lookes I doo not exercise my selfe in great matters which are too high for mee but I refraine my soule and keepe it lowe like as a childe that is weaned from his mother yea my soule is euen as a weaned childe But what was it that kept him so lowe notwithstanding his greatnesse and so many rare excellencies and perfections wherewith he was endowed The first no doubt was the grace of God for as he gives his grace to the humble so it is his grace which makes them humble The second was those Crosses and a●●lictions both outward inward wherewith God̄ fro time to time had exercised him From my youth upward thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled minde The third was the consideration both of his naturall corruption I was borne in iniquity and in sinne hath my mother conctived mee as also of his actuall transgressions They are moe than the haires of my head and mine heart hath failed mee The fourth was the acknowledgement of his owne frailty Hee knoweth whereof we are made hee remembreth that we are but dust The fift was the contemplation of Gods greatnesse the greatest among the sonnes of men being lesse in comparison of him than the silliest worme that crawles on the face of the earth in comparison of them The sixt was the often exercising of himselfe with fasting with prayer with divine meditations and holy soliloquies with sackcloth and ashes with making his teares his drinke and minling his bread with weeping The seaventh was his studying day and night in Gods lawe according to the commandement given to the king Deut. 17. 20 that his heart might not bee lifted vp above his brethren and esteeming it above the hony and the hony comb above gold an silver yea much fined gold and precious stone The eightth and last was a full assurance free confession that God was privie to all his thoughts that hee would reward him according to his works that hee was both the Author Maintainer and Finisher of whatsoever good either in his bodie or in his soule or in his estate according to that memorable speech of Saint Paul l. Cor. 4. 7. What hast thou which thou didst not receiue and if thou didst receive it why doost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it Let our conclusion then still be in regard of all the good we either haue or doe Non nobis Domine non nobis sed nomini t●o da gloriam Not unto us O Lord not vnto us but unto thy Name give the praise Verse 6. Mine eyes shall bee upon the faithfull of the Land that they may dwell with mee hee that walketh in a perfect vvay hee shall serve me OVr Prophet having in the verse going before made knowne in part what they were whom he would not receive into his family and seruice Hee comes in this verse to tell us of what condition they should be whom hee purposeth to admit Mine eyes shall ●e to the faithfull of the Land c. It is not good that man should bee alone sayes God himselfe Gen. 2. 18. And Woe be to him that is alone saith the wise Salomon Eccles. 4. 10. And Solus vel Deus vel Daemon saith Aristotle He that desires to be alone is either of a more base or divine metall than men commonly are made of Vpon this foundation of mans sociable nature Kingdomes and Cōmon-wealths are built consisting of cities and townes and parishes and they againe of housholds and families and they againe of husband and wife parents and children Masters and Servants of which last relation I am chiefly to speake at this time Though the name and nature of a Servant were first brought into the world by the ungratiousnesse of Cham Gen. 9. 25 Yet is the impression of superiority and subjection so universally stampt upon the face of Nature that it reacheth up to heaven there being a greater light to rule the day and a lesser light borrowed from and subordinate to the greater to rule the night If wee ascend higher to the Angels there are among them principality domination nay more than so it pearceth downe to hell where wee reade of Beelzebub a Prince of Divels And experience hath farther observed that even among unreasonable creatures this forme is kept The birds being by a naturall instinct subject to the Eagle the beasts to the Lion and the Bees marvailously obeying and reverencing their Master But this truth shines yet more clearely in man him himselfe a little map or module as it were of the great world his members being subject to the head his body to the soule his appetite to reason And this principle is so deeply ingraven upon the conscience of all that the very barbarous nations who retaine any sparke of civility willingly subscribe vnto it Whether then wee looke upward to heaven or downeward to hell or outward to the creatures or inward to our selves we shall every where finde characters imprinted of superiority and subjection command and obedience domination and service To take it then as granted to bee a thing not lawfull onely but commendable nor commendable onely but as the case now stands in a manner necessary I will proceed to the unfolding of the words themselves And first of the former part of the verse Mine eyes shall be to the faithfull of the Land that they may dwell with mee Faithfulnesse in holy Scripture is taken in diverse senses Sometimes for steadfastnes and assurance of beleefe Put forth thine hand and put it into my side and bee not faithless but faithfull Iohn 20. 27 Somtimes for truth of speech Fidelis est hic sermo This is a true faithfull saying 1. Tim. 4. 9 Sometimes for the profession of Christian religion If any faithfull man or faithfull woman have widowes let them minister unto them 1. Tim. 5. 16 Sometimes for certainty constancy in performing what a man promiseth Let us keep the profession of our hope without wavering for hee is faithfull that hath promised Heb. 10. 23 Sometimes for perseverance in the truth Bee thou faithfull unto the death and I will give thee the crown of life Rev. 2. 10. And lastly sometimes for a carefull and conscionable discharge of ones duty in that place whereto he is called thus Christ is said to have been a mercifull and faithfull high Priest in things concerning God Heb. 2. 17. And Paul testifies of Tychicus that he was a faithful minister in the Lord Ephes. 6. 21. And in this sense I take this word specially to bee understood heer in my Text Mine eyes shall