Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	blood_n	lord_n	shed_v	1,770	5	9.8115	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54652	A caveat against covetousness occasioned by some scandalous and pernicious fruit of it, in one amongst us, whose heart went after it / written for admonition to others, by Charles Phelpes.	Phelpes, Charles.	1668 (1668)	Wing P1974; ESTC R13348	74,727	85

while yet they may pretend Godliness for so doing 2 Tim. 3. 2. 1 Pet. 2. 11-17 And it leads others who would be accounted the most free from rebellion to dishonor or not to honor principalities and powers when their profit lies at stake The grace of God instructs to render to all their due tribute to whom tribute custom to whom custom c. Now how many are there yea and of those also who repute themselves and would be reputed the best subjects and most loyal to the higher powers who yet would withhold from them what by Law or Custom is due to them and defraud them thereof yea many times steal their Customs and if they are in such places as they can ease themselves of that which of right they ought to pay they will rather lay it upon others shoulder and however it is not of ou● conscience but for wrath they do what they do and the root thereof is the love of money Rom. 13. 1-7 Tit. 3. 1-3 It 's a rare thing to be found that a man will out of conscience toward God give to the authorities what appertains to them when they can by any means avoid it and cleverly come off nor will this be done unless covetousness be abstained from so far will covetous persons be from imitating our Savior who would pay what he was not obliged to lest he should offend that on the other hand they will seek to keep and hold what they are ingaged to pay from those in power 2. So also it leads to murther or kill another and to those things which are included in and lead to the murthering our neighbor such as anger wrath c. when it is without cause or exceeds the due bounds as to the measure or continuance thereof as our Savior signifies Math. 5. 21-23 How will this iniquity followed lead men to have an evil eye at and envy the good and prosperity of another Pro. 28. 22. And to be angry with and hate those that are faithful reprovers Amos. 5. 10-12 Or secretly to wish and desire the death and removal of such by whom they may be inriched yea and actually to seek their destruction by whom they may increase to themselves and satisfie their covetous desire This led Judas to betray his Master Jezabel and Ahab to conspire and compass the death of Naboth Yea and it leads those in power to murther the innocent and those that are quiet in the land hence the Lord saith to Jehoiakim thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness and as the fruit hereof to shed innocent blood Jer. 22. 17. Ezek. 22. 13-17 Yea how doth this lead them that have the faith of our Lord Jesus to have it with respect of persons and so to despise slight and undervalue the poor and in their assemblies to bid them to set at their foot-stool while they shew great respect to such as have gay apparel especially if they have but any hope of advantage from them and herein they are guilty of murder Jam. 2. 1-11 And to hate such as rebuke them faithfully especially if they are poor in this world and he that hates his brother is a murderer 1 Joh. 3 15. Yea whence come wars and fightings amongst us strifes contentions confusions every evil work come they not from this love to and friendship of the world See Jam. 4. 1-4 and so from that wisdom from beneath which is covetousness in the root Jam. 3. 14-16 These all are joyned with this iniquity Rom. 1. 29 30. 3. So it leads unto and is the root of Adultery Fornication and such filthyness of the flesh as should not once be named amongst saints Indeed as covetousness is more largly taken so this filthyness is included in it it being such an iniquity as in which men or women not content with God's allowance and gift covet after some such person as is forbidden him of God and that which leads to this iniquity is called coveting our neighbors wife c. He hath allowed every man according to his instructions to have his own wife and every woman her own husband but this lust insinuates to us that stollen waters are sweet and that that onely will give satisfaction which is the forbidden fruit and so perswades that evil is good and good evil it is perswading that the unlawful injoyment of such or such a person will give rest to us not because it will do so in conclusion for when their lusts are satisfied they are as far from having what they proposed to themselves as before and whereas they conceited the having fellowship with such an one as is forbidden of God would tend much to their contentment and therefore they covet greedily and are even sick of this carnal love yet it proves contrary to their expectation and they are as far from rest as ever Yea the object of their love and lust many times comes to be subject of their hatred As in the case of Amnon He loved his fair sister Tamar and he was so vexed that he fell sick for her as thinking it hard for him to do any thing to her but when through the subtlety of his friend he had accomplisht his desire he hated her exceedingly though she was fair and a kings daughter and he had so passionatly lusted after her before so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her 2 Sam. 13. 1-4 15. And as covetousness is more strictly taken for a love of and desire after riches so it is that which leads persons that are capable to the committing of this sin of uncleanness hence the admonition of having our conversation without covetousness is immediately subjoyned after the Apostle said Wheremongers and adulterers God will judge Heb. 13. 4 5. As if he would signifie that the having our conversation with covetousness will apt and lead to that uncleanness so they that are freinds or lovers of the world are called Adulterers and Adulteresses Jam. 4. 4. Possibly not onely because hereby their hearts are departing from the Lord and so they commit spiritual adultery but also to signifie that the love of the world leads to outward and bodily adultery Now this love of money is the root of this evil either indirectly or more directly 1. Indirectly as when it leads into such paths as occasion mens committing such iniquity as when persons in marrying marry not according to the instructions of the grace of God and are unequally yoked and joyn themselves with such as they cannot love as is meet in that relation hence having no delight in their own yoke-fellows they even expose themselves and their yoke-fellows to any temptation and are many times taken in this snare of the Devil how many are there that pretended love to and are marryed with such as they secretly loath or however have no delight in because their heart is inclined to it's covetousness and they thus fit themselves for