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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	enter_v	righteousness_n	scribe_n	2,630	5	11.0710	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47614	The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present day in an apt and pleasant allegory ... / by B.K., author of War with the Devil, and Sion in distress.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1684 (1684)	Wing K98; ESTC R17933	96,473	173

would now and then curse it lov'd to read Romances and Song Books But poor Conscience being stifled in a little time he gave content to the whole Family in that he could mumble over a few Prayers out of a Book And that in rhe second place he could Bowl drink Healths be Drunk and cry God damn him with any of them and there was indeed never a one in all the Family that hated True Godliness more than he for he made songs of him and scoffed jeered and derided him continually and made himself and others merry with his mean low and distressed condition and also stirr'd up all the Neighbourhood to find fault and quarrel with all those who were friends and true lovers of him Godliness now perceived he was like to have but cool Entertainment at this House having waited at Riches Gate till his patience was almost worn out began to think of a removal and to Travel to some other place but before he took his final farewel he was resolved to speak his mind freely to him thereby to leave him without any kind of excuse whatsoever and therefore addrest himself to him after this manner being at door ready to depart Godli Well Riches I see now very plainly you did but flatter me when you began to hearken to your poor Steward Conscience in order to the letting me into your House for evident it is you are grown far worse than before and have blinded his eyes by entertaining another who calls himself by my name instead of me but before I do depart I will shew you the great danger you are in and the cause of it the truth is you have got such a Crew of lose base and deceitful Servants that they will utterly undo you and bring upon you the eternal ruine of your poor soul which I design'd by my coming to you to save and make happy for ever for indeed whether you will believe it or no there was never any who entertained these graceless Villains and enemies of God but were for ever ruin'd by them at last nay and not only eternally hereafter in the World to come but many times externally here in this World therefore I advise you to do what you can to get rid of them and I will help you to far better Servants in their stead For first of all can you think it will be safe for you to keep Presumption still in your House since there is scarce a more deceitful and bloody Wretch in the World how many thousands of poor souls hath he impudently destroy'd by causing them to presume on the mercy of God and the death of Christ and yet live in Sin Pride and Covetousness and in a vile manner hating and contemning me that is to say True Godliness Doth not God say it is harder for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven and yet you are perswaded by him to think it is an easie thing and doth not the Scripture say Except your righteousness do exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of God And yet he tells you that by doing a few good deeds or by giving a little of your great abundance to the Poor your state is good enough whereas many of the Pharisees did as to acts of Charity exceedingly out-do you nay doth not St. Paul say Though he gave all his goods to feed the Poor and his Body to be burned yet without Charity that is to say true love to God and Godliness he was nothing and yet you though you slight and contem God and Godliness are taught to presume on God's Mercy who hath notwithstanding positively said concerning you and such as you are He that made them will not save them and he that form'd them will shew them no favour Isa 27.11 And then as touching your Servant Vnbelief he is such a bloody and devouring Monster that he hath sent Millions to Hell by hindring them from believing what God hath said in his Word touching his Grace and Clemency to the truly penitent and of his wroth and vengeance to the Impenitent and unbelieving Soul he will not suffer you to believe nor give credit to that word If any man loves the World the love of the Father is not in him 1 John 1.15 Nor to that word neither Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God John 3.3 And he that believes not shall be damned Mark 16.16 And many like dreadful Sentences which he will not suffer you to regard nor give the least credit to and thus he teaches you to make God a Lyar for he hath said you shall without Repentance be damned and perish in your sins but he says ye shall be saved though ye live in your sins Thirdly as to what Ignorance says of getting Pardon of Sins for a piece of Money by sending for a Popish Priest he deserves to be cheated of his Soul that will hearken to such a blind Sot who can forgive Sin but God Shall any believe that Pardon which is the gift of God can be bought with Money Sure his Holiness never learn'd this Doctrine of St. Peter whose Successor he says he is for St. Peter said to such a one as thou art Thy money perish with thee Acts 8.20 Fourthly As concerning Pride whom you entertain and hug in your bosom as a sweet and beloved Friend he hath been the ruine of many Souls likewise nay and not only Men but Angels also for 't is thought he was the principal Agent who wrought their eternal destruction and from Heaven cast them down to Hell and of Angels of Light made them Devils But Sir pray remember that word Pride goes before Destruction and a haughty Spirit before a Fall What became of the great King of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar for entertaining this Fellow was it not Pride that brought him down with a vengeance and turned him a grazing to eat straw like Oxen Dan. 3.4 Moreover what became of Herod the Great who was so fond of this Companion Did he not bring God's heavy wrath upon him in such a fearful manner that a blessed Angel was sent to smite him with Death immediately and he was eaten of Worms Acts 12.23 Have you not read that the day cometh which shall burn as an Oven and all the proud and all that do wickedly shall be stubble Mal. 4.1 This haughty Villain Pride is one of those seven things as Solomon shews which God hates Prov. 6.16 If you will not Riches be perswaded from hence to turn him out of your House even take what will follow Fifthly Vain-hope I know is one that hath kept up your spirits and spoke peace to you all along but he is fitly so called for he will leave you like a deceitful false-hearted and treacherous Friend when you come to fall into distress You hope to be saved and so did many thousands that are now in Hell but alas what

fierce Armed Horse into the Battel when he hears the Trumpet sound Come Thoughtful Consideration if thou adhere to him will learn thee to know God and thy self and to find out the miserable condition thou and all men are in by nature he is the Key that openeth the door for me to enter the innermost Room of thy Heart though it is true he cannot open it without help Nay furthermore he is the Looking Glass or rather the very eye of thy Soul whereby thou maist veiw thy self and see what a condition thy Soul is in hereby thou maist espie thy Debts thy Danger thy Duties thy Defects thy Safety the course thou dost follow the Company thou dost keep finally the place and End whereunto thou drawest nay he will give thee a view of all Gods proceedings and dealings with men ever since the Creation of the World the reason why God sent his Son his Gospel his Spirit his Servants and takes so much pains to bring men to Salvation Nay and thou also by his help maist find that all the means God uses to bring thee to a true sight and sence of Sin and Wrath and to recover thee out of thy fallen estate will prove vain and ineffectual to thee let therefore the Consideration of the danger thou maist escape through harkening to him on the one hand and the great advantage thou maist receive on the other together with the absolute necessity of nourishing and cherishing of him and standing up for him if thou wouldst be happy engage thee not to be discouraged to incline to him nor regard what any speak against him for he will cause thee to hear glad tidings nay and be in part an instrument to let me in which if thou dost I will bring thee acquainted with God and Jesus Christ nay help thee to a room in his heart and lead thee into union and communion with him and give thee much glorious Light yea and help thee to pardon of Sin peace of Conscience and joy in the Holy Ghost and make thee a Son of God give thee a place in the heavenly Family feed thee with the Bread of Life cloath thee with glorious Robes which sparkle like Diamonds yea make thee rich rich in Faith in Knowledg in Experiences truly rich alwaies rich eternally rich yea and set a Crown of Glory upon thy head make thee an Heir of Heaven and Earth thy renown also hereby will be great thou shalt have Angels to guard thee Christ to serve thee God to honour thee O love me who would lead thee into Christ's bosome and cause thee to sit in heavenly places make thee to triumph with Seraphims and sit down with thy glorified Redeemer upon the Throne of God for evermore Is it possible such a friend should fare no better than my great Master have no place where to lay his head Is it possible men should deal with me and my poor Friend Consideration as the Inhabitants of Sodom did deal with the three heavenly Messengers that entred into Lot's house viz. quarrel with us abuse us and offer violence to us shew their spleen against us who seek to preserve them from being consumed and who whilst we are with them stay the hand of Heaven from falling upon them the hand of the destroying Angel that they perish not and endeavour to make them for ever happy possessing all true felicity and free them from all misery Does not every man desire after that which is good Was ever any man in love with Torment Is it not every ones Interest to study how to prevent it Why then sure Thoughtful Consideration cannot but have thy affection unless thou dost contemn Rivers of Pleasure inconceivable Glory even the inexhaustible Riches of both Worlds and chusest rather Anguish Death Hell and sulphurous Smoke and Flames for thy Portion And now to take off what Difficulty saies against entertaining of Consideration he basely insinuates that to muse and ponder upon the great concerns of Godliness and another World is a hard and difficult Work Whereas to undertake great and hazardous and dangerous Atchievements for worldly advantages this is notwithstanding presently undertook men do not care how difficult the work is if it be but profitable and shall this be a stumbling block in thy way What will not men call difficult if they have no mind to it How should some Houses be built Bridges over great Rivers be made Fields be sowed and dangerous Voyages to Sea be undertaken Shall the Carpenter say O 't is difficult and the Husbandman say O 't is difficult and the Mariner say 't is difficult and so lay it all aside Nay Is it not sad that bloody Papists and other wicked enemies of the Gospel should not think any thing too hard and difficult to undertake to suppress and destroy Godliness And yet many who profess a love to me do not care to encounter with small difficulties about Consideration how to entertain and embrace me though it be their only business and chief interest in all the World Were a man's House on fire over his head and he like to be burn'd would not he think of wayes to get out because it was a difficult work to do 'T is not because Considerations about Heaven and Happiness are so hard and difficult but because men have no will nor love to these things other things are more in their affections Besides the rarest things are not obtained but through great difficulty What hazzards do men often run for honour and worldly riches Oh! what projects and contrivances do they find out And wilt thou desist this work because it is difficult Consideration saith one that spotless Virgin that joy of Angels that envy of Devils that Off-spring of God the Ladder whereby men climb to Heaven is thought hard though nothing be more easie 't is a thing portable and 't is alwaies to be had it s alwaies in season alwaies at hand alwaies in call no burden in a Journey no Load in a Voyage men may carry it with them where ever they go when they travel abroad when they stay at home when they sit down when they rise up they need not go beyond Sea to fetch or envolve many Books to be Masters of it they need not sail to the Antipodes to compass it nor dig under ground to find it they need not to ransack the Indies to inrich themselves with it they need not sell their Lands and Houses to purchase it nor run the hazzard of Sword and Fire to secure it they need not clamber Mountains to possess it nor wade through Rivers to inherit it Strong Stupidity Men do not think it hard to carry talents of Lead or mountains of sin on their backs and yet they think Consideration difficult who like a faithful friend would tell them how to be rid of that load that will except they get faith in Christ or receive True Godliness into their hearts sink them down into the lowest