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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	word_n	world_n	10,980	5	4.7056	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04405	The Christian's companion under soul-exercise : or, A sermon preached at the Hole of the Gate-rige in the parish of Bathgate and shire of Linlithgow. May 26. 1678. By Mr. John Mosman.	Mosman, John, ca. 1634-1693.	1678 (1678)	Wing M2857AA; ESTC R180720	15,365	25

THE CHRISTIAN'S COMPANION UNDER SOUL-EXERCISE OR A SERMON Preached at the Hole of the Gate-rige in the Parish of Bath-gate and Shire of Linlithgow May 26. 1678. By Mr. John Mosman Psalms 77.1 and 2 verses I cryed unto GOD with my Voice even unto GOD with my Voice and He gave Ear unto me In the day of my Trouble I sought the LORD my Sore ran in the Night and ceased not my Soul refused to be comforted THE TEXT Psalms 77.1 and 2. Verses I cryed unto GOD with my Voice even unto GOD with my Voice and He gave Ear unto me In the Day of my Trouble I sought the LORD my Sore ran in the Night and ceased not my Soul refused to be comforted IT is no great Difficulty to stay some Folks Grief and to Comfort them against their Sorrow for it is but small and upon a small account But it will not be an easie thing to stay the Grief and Comfort the Soul that is afflicted under the Exercise of Christs absence And it is no wonder it be so for there is none that can come and make up the want which He makes when He goes away There is none in Heaven nor in Earth that will fill His place If the Soul miss Him that has Real Love to Him it will be a very vain thing to offer a hyre to that man to give ov'r seeking of Him be his Difficulty what it will And it is as vain a thing to bid that man seek CHRIST through Difficulties that has no Love to Him for the man that has no Respect to CHRIST will never follow Him throw Temptations and Difficulties Now in thir Words that we have read to you ye have these three or four particulars First Ye have a great piece of Distress and sore Trouble that this afflicted man was in at this time he was in a sore and lasting Trouble even both Night and Day Secondly Ye have his Carriage and Behaviour while under his Trouble he is not Idle he is concerned with his own Souls Case and he rests not till he carry that to the Throne Thirdly Ye have his Success he comes very good speed he carries his Case in before the Throne and he is heard and answered and gets very good News from Heaven and these are more Comfortable News nor any News from any Corner of the Earth a Man cannot hear any News from any Corner of the World that can or will Refresh him so as good News from Heaven will do Lastly Ye have this remarkable in the Words he sets all down upon Record he keeps all in Register that it may never be forgotten by him so long as he lives Now I shall Observe five or six Notes from these Words and shall but speak a short word to each of them and so shall close The First Thing that I Observe is this That there is some things which a Christian should never forget there is some things that a Christian should keep in Memory so long as he liveth yea there is some things that a Christian would set down upon Record or Register upon his Soul to be keeped to the fore till his Dying Day A Second Note I Observe is this That a Christian under Sore Trouble or Perplexing Trials may be very sore put to it he may have very hard Labour and be brought very Low before that he obtain an Out-gate I cryed says he it is a Token that he was sore put to it when put to Cry A Third Note that I Observe is this That it is no small Matter for a Christian to get a Prayer sent up to GOD in the day of his Sore Trouble and Affliction I cryed even unto GOD Was there any other body to Cry to nor to GOD indeed no but what tho' It is no small Work or Importance for a Christian to get his Prayer directed to Heaven in the day of his Sore Trouble A Fourth Note that I Observe is this That ordinarly these Duties are most Successfull which are gone about against most Discouragement and which a Man followeth through maniest Temptations The Work that a Man sets too against maniest Discouragements and pursues against maniest Oppositions in his Way ordinarly that Work or Duty will prosper best I cryed and He heard me I was once no able to speak at all when I was laid by or with a Temptation but when I laid the Temptation aside and cryed then He heard me A Fifth Note that I Observe is this that the Trouble that a Christian is sometimes exposed too is so great that it admits of no Intermission it admits of no Vacancy Delay or On-waiting There is here no Vacant Time neither Day not Night In the Day of my Trouble my Sore ran in the Night and ceased not He had neither Days Rest nor Nights Rest Lastly Ye may Observe this Note from the Words and it is this That the Day comes or is coming wherein the Christian shall speak of all his Sore Troubles and Sad Afflictions as things bygone as things over as of things past as of things done For ye see he speaks here of thir things as of things done and bygone My Soul Refused to be Comforted and my Sore ran in the Night but it is over now and bygone Now the First Note that I shall speak a little too shall be the first of these which is this That there are some things that a Christian would never forget but that he would keep in perpetual Remembrance he would Register them on his Soul for evermore But may ye say What are these things that a Christian should never forget I lle tell you of four or five things that a Christian should never forget so long as he lives First How near hand Hell sometime of day he was Secondly What a heartsome Welcome the LORD gave him in the Day of his Distress and Low Condition how kindly He Intertained him And Thirdly How seasonable GODs appearance for him was And Fourthly What CHRIST has done in his behalf what great things CHRIST has done for him And Lastly What he has done against CHRIST All these five things a Christian would never forget he would keep them in his Memory while he lives Now as to the First of these that ye would never forget how near hand Hell some Day ye were and how little there was betwixt you and Eternal Ruine betwixt you and everlasting Flames If ye remember this ye will have great Benefit thereby And I shall say but these three things to it First If ye remember how near hand Hell ye once were O but this will make CHRIST very much Precious and will commend Him to your Souls O shall I ever forget Him will the Soul say that came in betwixt me and my Ruine when there was but one step betwixt me and Death Christ went in betwixt me and that and O shall I ever have an Ill Thought of Him that when I was going in at the Pits Brink He came