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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	commit_v	sin_n	sin_v	2,906	5	9.7075	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91791	Divine consolations, or, The teachings of God in three parts ... with an answer to the objections made against it, and Doctor Crips [sic] booke justified against Steven Geree / by Samuel Richardson.	Richardson, Samuel, fl. 1643-1658.	1649 (1649)	Wing R1406; ESTC R42708	221,129	494

shews himselfe what he is Reproach What men will not follow that they will reproach Reproofe for sin Such as are wise count Reproofe a priviledge Poore persons have a priviledge above the rich in that they are reprooved Those that complaine because they are reprooved for sin shew their folly Those that are angry because they are reproved for sin hate not sin Reprove a wise man and he will love thee Riches As thornes pierce the body so Riches pierce the soule Riches are the thornes that choak the good seed and hinder the growth of good things The more Riches a man hath the more he desires The greedinesse is more sharpened by the having them then in their want There are but few that are drawn the neerer to God by Riches Rich men commonly doe the least good to others Rich mens purses and poore mens hearts would doe well together God turnes many out of their Riches because they abused them Riches insnare many and are the destruction of many Riches are thornes which if not heedfully handled will wound us before we be aware A rich man that is not liberall is unworthy the name of a Christian Riches and all outward things sooner or later will be as a lier and waters that faile and be as nothing to us Riches hath made many afraid to consesse Christ and his truth God bestows abundance of outward things upon some not for themselves for they need them not but that they might supply the wants of others and they keep them for themselves Outward things make themselves wings and fly away If Riches doe not leave us we must quickly leave them God is the Saints best Riches Religion oft payeth for mens getting Riches and oft suffers most by them He that hath riches and doth not freely part with them to good uses his heart is stollen away by them Reports No good man can escape evill and false Reports of the wicked Oft times the best suffer the worst Reports because they will be no worse Such as are much joyed at good Reports are much grieved at ill Such as cannot with patience beare ill Reports cannot live a comfortable life Rest Most men thinke and endeavour to attaine Rest Rest is de●ireable but it is not here attainable Scriptures Reading the Scriptures helpeth the judgement memory and affections conf●rmes faith and fits us to answer the temptations of Satan Such as deny and slight the Scriptures will quickly become abominable in their understandings hearts words and actions When men refuse to be bounded within the bounds of Gods Word they have fallen into great errors and heresies Security When we thinke we are safest from danger the danger is greatest Satan watcheth most when we watch least Strength God is the strength of his people When men are confident of their own strength then they are weakest God deales out strength to his people walking in his way Snares Snares lie not above but below Sin Every sin is not alike mortified in a Saint Sin is wounded by prayer and a temptation by resistance A lesser sin will make way for a greater if yee give way to a little a great deale ●ill follow Sin is deceitfull it hath many wayes and colours to beguile a man by degrees it steales the heart from God and settles it in evill The want of a true sight of sin is the cause men love fin and sleep so securely in it ●gnorance and unbelie●e want of confideration and meditation and not shunning the occasions of sin cause much ●in The way to subdue a lust is not to satisfie it and to beleeve it shall be subdued assurance of pardon is a good help against sin if the hatred of sin continue and griefe for it use the meanes and pray in faith against it such as doe so shall overcome it Sin is easier kept out then thrust out When the motions of sin doe rage it 's best quickly to take the sword of the Spirit the Word of God and fight against them Custome in sin takes away the sense and feeling of sin A man may sin by omission and commission at one and the same time and yet know of neither Some sins of omission may exceed some of commission We oft sin more and are in greater danger in lawfull things then in unlawfull because we feare grosser evils more then secret insnarements in lawfull things To be delivered from sin is a great good To desire sin is a misery and to injoy the pleasure of sin is a greater misery Those sins are most dangerous which seeme vertues and tend to make vertue a sin Few oppose sin and fewer consider the ground and reason why they oppose it Every childe of God hath some sin that easily besets him which to escape he had need to fly A beleever is as subject to commit as great sins now as those before Christ came It 's possible for a childe of God to commit a sin that he hates hath truly repented of The flesh loveth great sins as well as small ones According as a mans fight and sense of sin is so he hateth it and himselfe for it If a professor of the truth commit a scandalous sin woe to his peace and comfort for if he belong to God it shall vex and grieve him more then all the sins that ever he committed he shall finde that it 's no small matter to dishonour God it will lie heavie on his heart and make him weary of his life it will fight against hi● soule it will deprive the soule of peace and fill it with horror it shall cut his heart to consider that he hath disgraced the truth and people of God grieved the Saints and hardened others in their sin Sin defiles insnares distracts and streighteneth the soule it is the thiefe that stealeth from the Saints much of their strength and comfort Did we know what bitter paines our sweet sins will cost us we would more feare them then now we desire them we would fly from them as from the Devill God sometimes cureth sin by sin and by the bitternesse of sin God weanes his from it Sin will tire him at last that loves it best The knowledge and consideration of the end of sin chaseth away sin The lesse sensiblenesse of sin after it is committed the more hardnesse of heart there is The more there is of the will in sin the greater is the sin to forecast evill is a great evill The more deliberation and the weaker the temptation is yet sin the greater is the sin To sin against knowledge is of dangerous consequence The lesse feare we have of sinning the lesse care we have of well doing the lesse zeale in praying the lesse fruitfull under the meanes Because sentence against an evill worke is not presently executed therefore the hearts of the children of men are fully set in them to doe evill he thinkes he scapes now therefore ever Of solitarinesse It is not good for weake beleevers to affect

the robe of righteousnesse therefore they may all rejoyce alike in the Lord Isa 61. 10. Oh here is strong consolation for a fainting soule to refresh it selfe withall Use This should teach all that desire righteousnesse to goe for it to Christ where it is O soule look no longer to finde it in thy selfe for it is not there it is in Christ in him his righteousnesse is enough and good enough for thee yea best for thee therefore seek no further but rest satisfied in Christ in his righteousnesse drinke here abundantly in this sweet fountain that is bottomlesse add therefore can never be drawne dry Song 5. 1. Thy pardon is now by Justice as well as mercy therefore drinke freely Use Comfort Behold here is comfort and consolation to all that beleeve in that you have righteousnesse in Christ at all times however it be with you within or without be thy defects few or many this is a comfort to thee thou hast righteousnesse in Christ which makes thee happy for ever Now all is paid by my sweet Jesus I may goe boldly to the throne of grace I am happy now and so shall be for ever But saith the discouraged soule I cannot beleeve the Lord Jesus was made sin for me Why not for thee Because my sins are greater then others for my sins have all the aggravations upon them that can be 1. Mine are many So were those in the second and third Chapter of Jeremiah yet notwithstanding God pardoned them all as appeares Jer. 3. 21. to 25. 2. But my sinnes are great and hainous So were theirs and so were M●nasses as appeares 2 Kings 21. 4. 11. 16. and so was hers in Luk. 7. 47. and so was Pauls 1 Tim. 1. 15. yet God pardoned them all as he hath done many others if thou art a wonderfull sinner Christ is a wonderfull Saviour Isa 9. 6. 3. But my sinnes are against the Gospel So was Pauls he persecuted them that professed he made havocke of the Church entring into every house haling men and women and committing them to prison Acts 8. 3. Christ dyed for them that slew him Acts 2. 23. 38. 4. But mine are after many mercies So was Solomons he sinned against God after the Lord appeared unto him twice 1 Kings 11. 9. 5. But I have sinned against Gods intreaties to returne So did they I said after shee had done all these things Turne thou unto me but shee returned not Jer. 3. 7. 6. But I have sinned against Gods Reproofes So did they Thou hast a whores forehead that refusest to be ashamed Jer. 3. 3. 8. 7. But I have sinned against Gods corrections in not being reformed by them So did they In vaine have I smitten your children they have received no correction Jer. 2. 30. 8. But I have committed one sin often So did they Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers Jer. 3. 1 6. 9. But I have continued ●●ning for a long continuance of time So did they We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord from our youth unto this day Jer. 3. 25. 2. 22. 10. But my sins are against knowledge and conscience So was Davids concerning Bathsheba and putting to death Uriah and so did Peter sin when he said and swore He know not the man and that he was not with him Mat. 26. 69. to 75. 11. But I am fallen backe from what I have been So did they Returne thou backsliding Israel Jer. 3. 6. 12. 12. But I have willingly and resolvedly forsaken God So did they saying We are Lords wee will come no more at him Jer. 3. 31 32. 13. But I have willingly chosen sin So did they saying I have loved strangers and after them will I goe Jer. 2. 25. 14. But I have seduced others and caused them to sin So did they Thou hast also taught the wicked ones thy wayes Jer. 2. 23. And Manasseh seduced them to doe more evill then did the Nat●ous whom the Lord destroyed and made Judah also to sinne 2 King 21. 9. 11. 16. And Paul compelled men to blaspheme Acts 26. 11. 16. Manasseh a greater sinner obtained mercy ● Chron. 33. 18 19. and a lesser sinner perisheth in his sin that men may know that the Lord will have mercy on whom he will Rom. 9. 15. 15. But I have sinned as much as I could So did they Behold thou hast spoken and done as evill things as thou couldst Jer. 3. 5. 16. But my sins are after vowes and covenants So were theirs Thou saidst I will not transgresse when upon every high hill and under every greene tree thou wanderest playing the harlot Jer. 2. 25. 17. But I have justified my selfe in all my sinnes So did they Because thou saidst I have not sinned I will plead with thee Jer. 3. 35. 18. But I despaire and have no hope of mercy This is worst of all yet so did they Thou saidst there is no hope Jer. 2. 25. And when I cry he shutteth out my prayer and I said My strength and my hope is perished with the Lord saith Jeremiah Lam. 3. 8. 18. And Job said My hope hath he removed like a tree Job 19. 10. My dayes are spent without hope Job 7. 6. 13 14 15 16. David in his hast said I am cut off before thine eyes Psal 31. 22. Abraham beleeved against hope Rom. 4. 18. Yee were sometimes without hope Ephes 2. 12. Consider these were once like thee and the Lord hath had mercy on them and it may be he hath mercy for thee although thou dost not know it be not out of hope I was brought ●●w and he helped me Psal 116. 6. And so God may helpe thee also Oh the riches of his grace is unsearchable All that know his Name will trust in him Psal 9. 10. consider Exod. 34. 5 6 7. I am perswaded I have sinned the sin against the holy Spirit and that is unpardonable Heb. 6. 4. 1. Those who have committed that sinne tread under-foote the Sonne of God and c●unt the bloud of the Covenant an unholy thing and doe hare God and Christ Joh. 15. 24. 2. In that thou art afraid thou hast committed this sinne it is certaine thou hast not committed it because those that have so sinned are past feare and feeling being given up to a reprobate sense Eph. 4. 19. I am afraid he doth not love me and so nothing can doe me good 〈…〉 give way to such a thought 〈…〉 but the Lord may returne as 〈…〉 2. Is this the way thinkest thou to injoy assurance to nourish jealousies against his love shouldst thou not rather say as David How precious are thy thoughts to me O God great is the sum of them if I should count them they are more then the sands Psal 139. 17 18. The number of the sands are many yet yee see Gods thoughts of love exceeds them therefore be not afraid onely beleeve Mark 5. 36. Christ received sinners Luk. 15. 1 2. 3. If thou thinkest so because