Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	heaven_n	name_n	trespass_n	2,191	5	10.7839	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58125	The Christian monitor containing an earnest exhortation to an holy life, with some directions in order thereto : written in a plain and easie style, for all sorts of people.	Rawlet, John, 1642-1686.	1686 (1686)	Wing R347A; ESTC R32275	44,028	60

to see how you would perform the same Take heed then of abusing his mercy and breaking your promise Moreover I might shew how your professing to believe the Creed engages you to live well according to the holy faith you profess which is a doctrine according to godliness But lastly the very prayers you put up to God lay the same engagement on you even to serve and please this God whom you Worship To instance briefly in the Lords prayer whilst we call God Our Father c. ought we not to love and honour him to obey him and submit to him as our heavenly Father Whilst we pray that his name may be hallowed his Kingdom come and his will done in Earth as it is in Heaven ought we not our selves to honour his name and advance his Kingdom by obeying his Laws and by doing his will constantly and chearfully as the Angels do in Heaven to the utmost of our power Praying for daily Bread teaches our dependance upon God and engages us to serve him by whom we are maintained When we pray God to forgive our Trespasses as we forgive others this strictly binds us to forgive those that offend us as ever we hope for mercy from God And when we pray not to be led into temptation but delivered from Evil this should restrain us from running into temptation and make us careful to avoid all sin and the occasions of it To the same purpose I might also mention the Prayers of the Church to which I hope you come frequently Therein you begin with the Confession of your sins and ought you not to forsake as well as confess them And in the end of the confession you pray God for Christs sake to grant that you may lead godly righteous and sober lives And almost in every prayer you will find somewhat to this effect Now I hope you are in good earnest in these your prayers else you do mock God and affront him instead of worshipping and pleasing him But if you do heartily desire these things which you pray for then you will do your part for the attainment of them and will diligently endeavour to live in so holy and good a manner as you pray that you may do And if you thus add diligence to your prayers Gods grace will never be wanting for your assistance 5. Consider also how just and equal all Gods commandments are such that our own Reason cannot but approve of them as being most agreeable to us as we are Reasonable Creatures To instance in the chief of them is it not most just and fit that we should love God above all who is the best and most perfect of all Beings and from whom we receive all our good things Ought we not to pray to him who alone can hear and help us and to give thanks and praise to him who is the Father of mercies Is it not most reasonable that Children should obey their Parents and Subjects their Rulers and that all men should live in peace and love with one another and speak truly and deal honestly as they would be dealt with Is it not most fit and decent for a Man to eat and drink moderately so as makes most for his health To be modest and chast in all his conversation Will not every Man 's own Reason acknowledge the equity and fitness of these and the like precepts And for some that do seem more severe there may be given very good reason for them also So that plainly all Gods commands are the wise and wholesome counsels of a most tender Father who forbids his Children nothing but what 's hurtful and requires nothing of them but what makes for their own good even to deal iustly to love mercy and to walk humbly with their God Mic. 6. 8. Christs Yoke is easie and his burden light Matt. 11. 30. Gods service is perfect freedom as we daily stile it in our prayers And his commandments are not grievous 1 Joh. 5. 3. Shall we not then be so dutiful to our heavenly Father yea so wise for our own good as to obey these most reasonable and gracious laws which he has given us So just and equal they are that we cannot break them without offering a kind of violence to our selves and going contrary to the reason of our own mind They are light to the eyes and joy to the heart sweeter to a good Man than honey and the honey-comb as the Psalmist oft speaks As suitable are Gods commands to our natures and as useful and healthful to our Souls as the most wholesome food to our Bodies And for a Man to direct his whole carriage and behaviour according to the laws of God is as much his wisdom as it is to go cloathed in decent Apparel and to eat and drink what is good for his nourishment But on the other hand for one to run naked about the Streets to fill his mouth with mire and Dirt to cut and mangle his own Flesh is not a greater sign of folly and madness than for a Man to live according to his own lusts rather than after the laws of God which are so agreeable to our Reason and do so plainly conduce to our own truest interest and advantage both in this Life and that to come as will appear by what follows 6. Consider therefore in the next place that it is a most certain truth That the leading of an holy and good Life is in all respects very greatly for a Man 's own benefit and comfort even in this present World Godliness is profitable for all things It makes for the quiet of our Minds the health of our Bodies the encrease of our Estates and procures us much credit and esteem much love and good will among our Neighbours Yea it commonly brings along with it all manner of Blessings and makes the en●oyment of them more sweet and pleasant and keeps off a great deal of trouble which wicked men bring upon themselves and affords much support and ease under those afflictions which the providence of God may lay upon us Insomuch that no Man of what rank and condi●ion soever can lead a truly comfortable Life except he lead an holy and good life All this is frequently taught in Scripture and may easily be manifested by clear Reason Or if that be not sufficient it is also most plainly to be 〈◊〉 by daily experience that they who truly fear God have much more peace and comfort in this World than wicked and loose livers that make no Conscience of their Ways If I should make the comparison only betwixt a sober Man and a Drunkard which do you think has the better of it in this Life How often do the great drinkers not only waste their Estates but destroy their Health weaken their Brains and shorten their Lives How often do they fall into quarrels get wounds and bruises and sometimes death it self either by fighting or by one sad accident or other Sometimes the very Children in