Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	daughter_n	son_n	succeed_v	1,811	5	9.8254	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61648	The best interest, or, A treatise of a saving interest in Christ wherein is shewn how a man may know that he hath a saving interst in Christ, how they that have not yet an interest in Christ may get a saving interest in him ... with several other practical cases / by Owen Stockton ...	Stockton, Owen, 1630-1680.	1682 (1682)	Wing S5696; ESTC R37593	197,314	400

time of Famine Gen. 41.57 And he esteemed sufferings for Christ above the highest honours and preferments of the Court For he was adopted by Pharoah's Daughter for her Son and should as Josephus observeth have succeeded Pharoah in his Kingdom who brings in Pharoah's Daughter speaking thus to her Father Hunc decrevi mihi adoptare in filium tibivero in Regno successorem I have determined to adopt this Moses for my Son and your Successor in the Kingdom yet Moses preferred sufferings for Christ above this Honour and Dignity and refused to be called the Son of Pharoah's Daughter He also preferred sufferings for Christ before the Pleasures he might have had by living in the King 's Court. 2. Observe how freely and willingly Moses embraced a suffering condition for Christ above all the Honours and Pleasures and Treasures of the Court of Egypt He refused to be called the Son of Pharoah's Daughter She did not refuse him she did not out of distast disown him but he voluntarily refused this Honour Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season He was not necessitated to undergo affliction he might have enjoyed all the delights of the Courts but it was his own choice to suffer affliction and he chose this rather than the pleasures of sin 3. Observe the greatness of the afflictions Moses made choice off the scoffs and reproaches of the Court the wrath of the King living in a low condition as a stranger in a strange Land where he kept Sheep for his livelyhood and afterward he lived forty years in a Wilderness with the People of God Moses who saw the corruption of the Court and their hatred and oppression of the Israelites knew he must expose himself to all manner of sufferings if he would joyn himself with the people of God yet he chose a Shephards life in Median rather than a sinfull life in Pharaoh's Court he chose rather to live in the Wilderness with the people of God than in all the delights and honours of the Court with a polluted Conscience 4. Observe who it was that esteemed sufferings for Christ above all the Honours Pleasures and Riches of Egypt It was Moses a wise man who had all the Learning that Egypt could afford him Act. 7.22 Moses was learned in all the Wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds It was Moses who was brought up at the Court all his days and had full knowledge of what delights honours treasures were to be enjoyed at the Court Add also the time when Moses made this choice of forsaking the honours and pleasures for this comfort to embrace an afflicted life with the people of God and that was when he was come to those years whereby he was able to make a right judgment of the enjoyments of the VVorld and of the nature of sufferings Moses when he was come to years refused to be called the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter VVhat years he was come to is expressed Act. 7.23 And wh●●●●● map the comfort old it came into 〈◊〉 as well as an hun●●● the Children of Israel And such a man as Moses who was learned in all the wisdom of Egypt and trained up from his Infancy in a Kings Court was able at forty years of age to give a right judgment of things 5. Observe what carryed out Moses to refuse the honours and pleasures of the Court and to choose affliction and to esteem the reproaches of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egyyt it was his Faith and more particularly his believing and having respect to the recompence of reward that should be given him in the other VVorld It was not his learning or his courage and magnanimity but his Faith By faith Moses refused c. for he had respect to the recompence of reward This instance and example of Moses may teach us to have an high esteem of sufferings for Christ and to be so far from stumbling at the Cross that we should esteem sufferings for Christ above all the treasures in the world But here some may say methinks I could suffer something for Christ I hope I could suffer much for Christ but I know not how to come up to this to suffer the loss of all things for Christ For how should we do to live if all we have should be taken from us A. 1. VVe must come up to this not only to suffer much but to suffer the loss of all 〈…〉 when called to it else we 〈…〉 Luk. 14.33 Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath he cannot be my Disciple Is it not better to forsake all we have and to enjoy Christ than to stick to our worldly enjoyments and go without Christ Christ is the Pearl of great price and it will be our wisdom to part with all that we have for the purchase of this precious Pearl Mat. 13.45 46. That which we have to lose is but dross and dung compared with this Pearl of price Phil. 3.8 And shall we not be willing to suffer the loss of dross and dung that we may win Christ the Pearl of price 2. All losses that we sustein for Christ shall be made up to us with an hundred fold advantage whether it be Houses or Lands or Relations all shall be made up an hundred fold if not in the same kind yet in that which is an hundred times as good or better than that which we forsake for Christ Mat. 19.29 And every one that hath forsaken Houses or Brethren or Sisters or Father or Mother or Wife or Children or Lands for my names sake shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit Everlasting Life Weigh this promise of Christ which is very encouraging in a suffering day There is a bountifull reward in this life an hundred fold compensation and an Eternal Reward in the other World Loss for Christ on Earth will prove Treasure laid up in Heaven we shall reap the comfort of it in Heaven for ever as well as an hundred fold advantage in Spiritual comforts and blessings in this life And this bountifull reward is promised not only to some but to every one that forsaketh any thing for the sake of Christ be it Houses or Lands or the dearest things or Relations we have in all the VVorld And who would not willingly part with all that he hath upon good assurance that besides an eternal compensation of all his losses in Heaven he shall have an hundred times as good or better things given to him in this Life And what better assurance can we desire for this than the word and promise of God that cannot lye 3. God can take away all we have from us in one day if we refuse to suffer the loss of all when he calls to it He can take away what we have by Fire or by suffering Robbers and Oppressors to take away our estates Psal 109.11 Let the Extortioner catch