Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	cause_n	error_n	writ_n	1,472	5	9.3274	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49962	The great day of judgment handled in a sermon preached at the assizes at New-Bristol, Octob. 7, 1687 / by the reverend and learned Samuel Lee, M.A., sometimes fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxon ; accompany'd with preparatory meditations upon the Day of Judgment, by Mr. Cotton Mather.	Lee, Samuel, 1625-1691.; Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.	1692 (1692)	Wing L896; ESTC R41402	29,252	97

there shall be a deadly Stupefaction in the World As to sit under Night-Shade breed a Stupor This will be the Effect of being in the Night shade Walks of the World How are most of us asleep so that one can hardly get so much at any good Discourse on foot among us See Math. 24.39 And knew not till the Flood came and took them all away so shall also the Coming of the Son of man be Remember that on your Knees ¶ This comes from want of Consideration God says O that they would Consider See Psal 119.59 T is said They Considered not for their Hearts were hardened No Hammer can break this stone but Gods T is only Gods Fire and Vinegar that can cause the Nether Milstone of our Hearts to Crack And it works in Consideration Consideration is the Glory of a man and it would be our Happiness But for Inconsiderateness This comes 1. From an Innate Inclination People be not of Thinking Spirits They are for Pastime Oh dreadful Word a Word for the Divel to put into our Hearts The Fatness of Heart spoken of by Isaiah is mention'd Six times in the New Testament No Text of the Old Testament so often cited Which is to be thought on Blood is sometimes Congealed like a Serpent in the Heart Such Hearts have we Men are against Prick't Hearts though the Corruption cannot otherwise come out but the Divels will ●uck their Blood for ever 2. From a Judicial Obsignation God says to His Ministers Go Preach at such a place and harden the People there Oh with upl●fted Hands beg Lord let me not be Sealed up under this hardness This Hardness will be turned into shrieks in Hell See Exod. 9.10 From this Hardness t is that men will Scoff at a Little Expression of a Minister but every such Scoff shall cost you a Thousand years in Hell This Nigrum Theta marks for Hell 3. From a Confaederation with Sin and with Sinners T is not our Cannot but our Will not that undo's us Famous Fenner ha's Writ well of this Self-Murder Sinners as Cleopaira take the Asp of Inconsiderateness and put it to their Breasts And Sinners harden one another They are for a Priest that will be Drunk with them and for a faithfull Preacher they think much Learning ha's made him mad They are as Psal 50. end So I should come to our Saviours Question What do ye more than others III. But our Lord ha's given us a gracious Premonition about the Day of Judgment You have the Voice of the Archangel now in your Ears God forewarns 1. By notable foregoing Judgments Every Feavour is a warning of the Fire of Hell Every Dropsy is a Warning of the River of Styx Every causualty is a Warning Have you not been sick and said If God spare me I will be better Well said Pharaoh Have you not heard of the late Earth quakes in Italy and one at New-Haven lately Have you not Rumours of War with the lygre Heathen Our Saviour speaks of these things as Warnings 2. By Ministerial Denunciations As Loud as I can I tell you all in the further Corners yonder The Day of Judgment is Coming And 3. By Angelical Ministration We have their Inward Workings on our Spirits We have Heavenly Infusions from them and we have Operations of Gods Holy Spirit The Knock then is as in Rev. 3.20 Behold I stand at the Door and Knock if any man hear my Voice and open the door I will come in to him and will s●p with him and he with me Besides this Near the Time the Voice of the Son of God shall be heard through the Whole World l●ke the Roaring of the Sea This is when the Judgment is just beginning And ●●e Angels shall Trumpet with a greater Noise than that at Sina●● Upon the whole Observe and Bewayl the horrible Stupidity of the World The Inconsiderate soon grow Debauched Speak to them of Judgments they will kick and say Out be gone you Hypocrite Well The Divel is in that Tongue Lament these as Monica did her Filium tot Lacrymarum Be much with God for them Leave not until God strike the Arrow of His Loveing Vengeance into their Hearts What if this Bible be Gods Word Sinners Where are you then As in the story of the Hermite Remember The Seasons of Grace are sew When the Spirit of God comes nigh to the Heart And row Take some Antidotes against security Antidote I. Consider the Wonderful Suddenness 〈…〉 Day of Judgment 〈…〉 ●●at if you Dy before you go 〈◊〉 of the Assembly A Last Day ●ill come Who knows which Pal●●● Mors will take first Antidote II. Consider As our Lord comes like Theef like Lightening so the sent●nce will be Irreversible and the Judg●ent Unavoidable Gold will not bribe Charon The Wicked shall not stand in Judgment but they shall be there Antidote III. Consider the Impossibility of Escape●●● Judgment is past There can 〈◊〉 no Writ of Error no Appeal Think on Eternity and let the ●●pressions of it be kept in the Ima●●●ation of the Thought of your Hearts 〈◊〉 ever FINIS ADVERTISEMENT THere is lately Published 〈◊〉 little Book Intituled The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Spirit in a Discourse which Laye● open the Manifold and Amazin● Wounds of a Troubled Conscience and Pours the Balsame of Seasonable Counsils and Comforts into those Terrible Wounds By the Reverend Cotton Mather Sold at the Book-seller's Shops 〈◊〉 Boston Price bound 1 s. Stich'd 8 d.