Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	lord_n	rain_n	2,129	5	9.7306	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11616	Omnibus & singulis Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland.	Scot, Patrick.	1619 (1619)	STC 21858.5; ESTC S119563	36,236	124

place of Scripture or by conference with some learned Diuine you may bee informed for as the Scriptures haue in them that height and depth to exercise the Learned so haue they that easinesse and plainenesse that the simple maybe comforted taught they are that admirable Riuer both shallow deepe wherein as the Lambe may wade the Elephant may swimme and it is only the dulnesse of our capacitie that makes them hard to vs and the Vale of our hearts that cannot bee remooued except by him that hath the Key of Dauid that opens where no man shuts and shuts where no man opens Delight most in such places of Scripture as serue best for your instruction in your owne calling for many men are too busie in other mens callings Fides per auditum Rom. 10.17 1. Sam. 2.30 Esay 28.14 2. Tim. 3.16 17. and neglecters of their owne The hearing of Gods Word by the Scriptures and by Pastors the practice thereof will giue you knowledge worke Holinesse in you breake downe your naturall corruptions and fill you with strength against all assaults SECT IIII. PRayer is a simple vnfained humble and ardent opening of the heart before God wherein we either aske things needful for our selues and others or giue thanks for benefits receiued it is either publique in the Congregation of the faithfull or priuat when we pray alone There be foure chiefe reasons that ought to induce vs to Prayer first the commandemēt of God secondly our sinnes which driue vs of necessitie to God for life succour and help Thirdly our weake nature being of it selfe vnable to subsist requireth Prayer to strengthen it as a house pillars to vphold it Lastly the subtiltie of the enemy who euer attendeth to ouerthrow vs euen in those things we thinke to be best done ought to sturre vs vp vehemently to Prayer The excellencie of Prayer is manifest by the dignitie of the Commander and the admirable effects that follow it The Commander is God Lord of Heauen and earth of our life and death the Fountain of all goodnes the effects thereof are such that Prayer proceeding frō a faithfull soule and squared by Gods Word will stay the Sunne to end our victories the falling of the raine from heauen and at our desire againe send down plentie of it to increase the fruits of the earth for our comfort it will pierce the heauens for mercie and pardon for our sinnes stay the wrath of God against vs for the same and obtaine whatsoeuer good thing is needful for vs in this life or in the life to come z In Oratione sedulo curādum est ne intermissione aliqua repentè facta rursus languascere incipiat anim● alacritas Barnard de progress relig Mat. 7.7 Luke 18.1 Rom. 12.12 Ephes 6.18 Col. 4.2 1. Tim. 2.8 Let your Prayers bee daily without intermission for deuotion that is deferred vpon conceit of present vnfitnesse or worldly respects at last groweth irkesome and altogether neglected suffer not your heart to entertayne the least thought of lothnesse in the taske of deuotiō but violētly breake thorow such motions with a deepe check to your selfe for your backwardnesse And because holinesse doth not like a Ionah 3.6 7. Ionas Gourd grow vp in a day it is better to goe on safe and sure then for an hastie fit as many doe run out of winde and then stand still Goe to Prayer as you would goe to the water to swimme goe not hot in but take a time to coole your selfe by Meditation b Homo in faciem Deus in praecordia contemplatur Aug. feeling that your words touch the very depth of your Soule c Animaduerto Deum non tam adorantium precibus quàm innocentia sanctitate laetari gratioremque eum qui delubris eius puram castamque mentem quàm qui meditatum carmen intulerit existimare Ambros l. b. 3. Prou. 30.12 Frame not your Prayers as some hypocritically do according to the fantasies of your owne braine neither as others superstitiously thinke to mooue God by iterations and babbling neither with the proud Pharise presuming vpon your owne worth but like vnto that poore Publican humbly with all reuerence d Exod. 3.5 Ad beatitudinem rectè consequendam omnia fugienda sunt corporis corruptibilia August de Ciuit. Dei throwing off the shooes of your corrupt affections prostrate your selfe at the footstoole of Gods Throne of Grace demanding nothing that is repugnant to his will lest you tempt him e Mat. 6.8 who out of his insearchable Wisdome knoweth best what is good for you In your Prayers haue a speciall care that you keepe euer as a patterne before you that Prayer f Mat. 6.9 set downe by the Mercy-Master Christ Iesus called the Lords Prayer It is the pure Fountaine from whence the Riuers of Life must flow SECT V. MEditation is a carefull consideration or a deuout calling to mind and examination both of our spirituall and temporall estate by a serious contemplation of Gods goodnes towards vs what dutie he requireth of vs towards him and for his sake to our neighbour and how wee haue performed the same what reward remaineth for the godly and punishment for the wicked that wee haue an account to render not onely of euery mis-spent day but of euery idle word in what estate either spirituall or temporall we stand for the present This holy Meditation stirreth vs vp to a thankfulnesse for Gods goodnes to sorrow and repentance for our by-past offences and to a setled resolution of amendment of our liues in time to come g Psal 49.3 Contemplante animo nihil altius sublimiusue esse potest Ciel Rhod. l. 25. c. 12 Meditatiō is the most soueraigne cure of the soule in it keepe this course retyre your self euery day at some fit time to your h Mat. 6.6 chamber Studie Field or some secret place and hauing prayed to God for a recollected minde enter into a consideration of your sinfull estate i 1. Cor. 11.28 examine your self take notice of your passions disposition and inclination whereby you may come to the knowledge of your selfe and by calling for helpe from God resolue k Fortior est qui se quàm qui fortissima vincit moenia Amb. to conquer your selfe as a walled Citie Call to minde if any vnkindnesse hath passed betwixt you and l Rom. 3.10 Mat. 5.22 your neighbour or any other and if you remember any remnant or the least cole of Enuie or Malice lurking vnder the Ashes of your peruerse nature wipe away and extinguish them by not m Ephes 4.26 Mat. 6.14 15. letting the Sunne goe downe vpon your wrath for he that craueth pardon and will not forgiue is like vnto him that breaketh downe a Bridge that he must passe ouer himselfe In your Meditation inquire diligently n Non potest praesentem diem rectè viuere qui se non eum quasi vltimum victurum esse cogitat