Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	jesus_n	lord_n	vengeance_n	2,277	5	9.8623	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93730	The absolute truth, and utmost certainty of the word of God and that all things which are contained in the scriptures, yea to every tittle and iota thereof, will be fulfiled : demonstrated in a discourse on Rom IX. 6 / by Richard Stafford ...	Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703.	1699 (1699)	Wing S5107F; ESTC R200365	26,764	34

the Hyssop on the Wall from the greatest to the smallest for his Providence and Government of things is comprehensive of and extensive even unto sparrows and the hairs of our head the more inconsiderable Creatures and every least thing that belongs to us All one as to Angels or Men or to the yet greater Works of the Creation So as that same Word in Scripture doth speak of all things that are done on this Earth So Reciprocally whatever is done or comes to pass or happens here it is all a fulfilling of the same Word There is hardly any thing whatever be it of greater or less moment but some Places in the Book of the Lord do speak thereof either in express Words or near to the same purpose There shall the great Owl make her Nest and lay and hatch and gather under her shadow There shall the Vultures also be gathered every one with her Mate Seek ye out of the Book of the Lord and Read No one of these shall fail no one shall want her Mate for my mouth it hath Commanded and his Spirit it hath gathered them Isa 34. 15 16. As the Apostle saith Doth God take care for Oxen So doth his Word speak of Cormorants and Bitterns and Ravens Wild Beasts and Satyrs Schreech Owls and Great Owls and Vultures and Thorns and Nettles and Brambles Yes verily it doth and of all the things in the Earth and even of the very Times and Seasons of the Year How Grass doth grow upon the Mountains and Herb for the use of Man Observe this last which leads again towards our Subject and Intended matter For as the same Apostle Paul goes on to add Saith He it altogether for our sakes For our sakes no doubt this is VVritten 1 Cor. 9. 10. So as there is a certain Connexion and Linking on together of all the Creatures and Works of God whither Living or Inanimate So they have each severally and all together a yet greater Connexion Tendency and Relation to us Men and Women It is so Written of them and so Gods speaks of them in his word for our sakes in order to us as they are somewhat concerned and do belong unto the Exercise and Administration of his Kingdom and Dominion over Men He being the God unto whom we and all the other Creatures besides have to do It is but a small matter as to these outward visible present things But the Kingdom of God is within you And the chief and only matter is as each stands in Subordination Subserviency and Tendency to the invisible and future State of things and that is Branched out only one of these two ways Salvation or Condemnation Happiness or Misery The Word of God hath its effect upon all Men and Women of every Countrey Nation and Language from the beginning of their Generations unto the End thereof one of these two ways Go ye into all the World and Preach the Gospel to every Creature He that believeth and is Baptized shall be saved and He that believeth not shall be Damned Mark 16. 15 16. He that obeyeth all the whole Word of God shall be saved but He that obeyeth not the Word of God shall be Damned He that observes all things whatsoever Christ hath Commanded Christ will be a Saviour unto him But He that doth not observe all things whatsoever Christ hath Commanded He is without the Covenant and Benefit of a Saviour and He shall Perish For the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven in flaming Fire taking Vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Who shall be Punished with Everlasting Destruction from the Presence of the Lord and the Glory of his Power It is Reported of Chrysostome who was in his Generation a Preacher unto a very Numerous Auditory in the City of Antioch Where the Disciples were first called Christians And I would to God they had never been called any thing else since that He should say that if He was to Preach before all the Men and Women living upon the Earth and such a thing were possible for them all to be gathered together and his Voice could reach them all as such a thing might be now effected by Printing and an Universal Publication of the several Copies which would be a very good work if it were so done He would choose for his Text these Words O ye Sons of Men How long will ye turn my Glory into shame How long will ye Love Vanity and seek after leasing Selab Psal 4. 2. So if the like was here to be supposed as indeed it might be of good effect if it were so done there could not be a more proper Subject chosen then what hath been here insisted on To shew How that the Word of God will have its effect upon those Multitudes Multitudes in the Valley of Decision Joel 3. 14. So as to decide their future State and Condition one way or another As the Proverb is among the Latins Ye may guess at the Bigness of Hercules by his Foot So we may make some estimate of this Generation of Men and Women now living upon the Earth by such a mixt Multitude Assembled together of Saints and Sinners As there are probably of both sorts so it is abroad in all Parishes of this Nation and also in all the other Habitable Parts of the Earth Some will believe the things that have been spoken and some will believe them not Some will obey these Words and some will obey them not And Perhaps of this latter sort some will be found who will sin yet more Violently and Earnestly and Greedily because such Words of Soberness and Truth have been declared unto them They will make if they can the Preacher a Liar and what lies in them the Word of God of none effect As if it was not able and sufficient to Convert Sinners from the Errour of their ways in that themselves are resolved not to be Converted by it There be those abroad in the World who do not Hear or Read this and if they do not altogether so perversely and obstinately against the Word Preached for they hear little or none at all and it may be out of a secret Consciousness that their own Lives are not Answerable thereunto nor yet will they Regulate their Life and Manners according to it and they imagine that then to Hear or Read the Word of God will but so much the more increase their Sin and Guilt These do not consider how that the Height and Abomination of Iniquity is set forth throughout the Old Testament In refusing to Hear Gods Words The Spirit it self calleth them This Evil People which refuse to hear my Words Jer. 13. 10. Which I would were more attended unto even by the very Worshippers of God that when an opportunity is given or Door is open to hear the Word Preached they count it a matter indifferent they may hear or let it alone But let such