Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	aaron_n	abraham_n	isaac_n	78	3	8.4240	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00935	The diamond of deuotion cut and squared into sixe seuerall points: namelie, 1 The footpath to felicitie. 1 2 A guide to godlines. 81 3 The schoole of skill. 181 4 A swarme of bees. 209 5 A plant of pleasure. 245 6 A groue of graces. 283 Full of manie fruitfull lessons, auaileable to the leading of a godlie and reformed life: by Abraham Fleming.	Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.; Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607. Footepath of faith, leading the highwaie to heaven. Selections.	1581 (1581)	STC 11041; ESTC S102282	82,454	300

knowledge wherein who so walketh he shall haue roome enough and when he runneth he shall not stumble or fall 6 In this waie once were placed our great progenitors Adam and Eue if they could haue béene content but they for sooth so busie were they and inquisitiue after another waie which the diuell put into their heads forsooke the first waie which was the safe-waie and tooke a second waie which was the waie of death wherevnto they were persuaded by Sathans subtill suggestion and ouercome at length by his malignitie and hellish vndermining tasted of the trée of life wherevpon did growe the fruite which they were bidden not so hardie of their hearts so much as once to taste Ah fooles void of wisdome and destitute of grace why did you so fie vpon your follie which hath purchased immortall shame Were you placed in the waie of perfection in the waie of plentifulnes in the waie of felicitie in the waie of blessednes in the Lords owne waie and yet would be better but sée the iudgement of God the earth by this meanes became accursed and all the ofspring of man subiect vnto death 7 There haue béene that haue walked in this waie of the Lord some though in number not manie whose names for perpetuall memorie are recorded in Scripture Among these were Enoch Noah Abraham Isaac Iacob oMses Aaron Phinees Iosue Caleb Samuell Nathan Dauid Salomon Elias Elizeus Ezechiell Isaias and diuers other whome by name to rehearse were labour necessarie I confesse but for tediousnes That these men walked not in the waie of the Lord who dare be so bold as to affirme séeing the singer of the holie Ghost hath registred the same in the euerlasting courtrolles of the holie Scripture the vnchangeable word of the eternall God whereof not so much as one iot or tittle shall passe when all things else shall be consumed and vtterlie come to naught 8 Thinke you that this waie of the Lord is anie other thing than the rich treasure hid in the field which when a man hath found he departeth for ioie and selleth all that he hath for readie monie to purchase that field Or is not the waie of the Lord that rich and pretious pearle which liked a Merchantman so well that he was content to make an exchange of all that he was worth for the same Or is not the waie of the Lord that pure and fine siluer seauen times tried in the fire and purged from all kinde of drosse so that nothing is comparable therevnto Or is not the waie of the Lord that same rich iewell house wherein are laide vp for all such as walke therein gifts of excéeding great valuation yea so excellent as that they cannot sufficientlie be commended I thinke yes and to warrant me herein I haue the expresse word of God 9 We reade in the Gospell that Iesus Christ walking vpon the sea was supposed and thought of his disciples to be a spirit for the resolution whereof Peter among the rest required to come vnto him vpon the water which being granted he lept out of the ship and walked on the waues toward Iesus but a mightie winde arising Peter was afraide and began to sinke Why was this euen because he wanted the walking-staffe which euerie one that would go in the waie of the Lord ought to hold in their hand and that is faith For had not Christ stretched out his hand and supported him he had perished had he had a thousand liues 10 Christ passing vpon a time betwéene Samaria and Galile opened the waie of his father vnto ten lepers Among these ten there was one Samaritane who onlie and alone notwithstanding the benefit which they receiued was generall had this walking staffe whereby he kept his féete right in the way of the Lord. For the other nine as soone as they were cured forgat themselues and returned not to giue thankes vnto him by whose helpe they were healed Such lepers there are among vs not a few who from the crowne of the head to the sole of the foote haue no sound place but all intected lothsome and filthie that is ouergrowne with sinne in so much that there is no part of their soule but it is attainted If among this great and infinite number one Samaritane might be found some signe it were that the graces of God are not powred vpon vs in waste neither his benefites ill bestowed 11 But it is so far vnlike that anie of vs should be a Samaritane that we shew and proue our selues rather to be Gadarens vpon whome the common prouerbe is iustlie verefied that it is no casting of pearles before swine It is now twentie and odde yeares since we haue had among vs the iewell of Gods word than the which nothing is more pretious vnto the which anie thing compared appeareth méere mucke by the which anie thing tried is found lighter than vanitie This word notwithstanding it be the trumpet whereby we are called into the waie of the Lord and continuallie moued to treade the footepath to felicitie is contemned neglected and despised the preachers of the same derided the prophaners thereof preferred the professers of it abused the suppressers thereof mainteined so that it is no maruell though the waie of the Lord be so little naie nothing at all in comparison frequented or vsed séeing the ordinarie meanes whereby we are called and lead therevnto is so careleslie reiected 12 Among manie that were healed of their infirmities deliuered of diuels and restored to their right wits we reade of thrée women namelie Marie Magdalen Ioanna and Susanna these saith the holie text ministred vnto Christ of their substance thereby acknowledging the benefits which they had receiued and declaring in like maner by their perceiuerance and knowledge of God that they were in the waie of the Lord. Is it not a shame that women which are the weaker vessels should put vs in minde what we ought to do That which they receiued was temporall it was corporall it was transitorie and yet they shewed themselues thankefull we haue had at Gods hands the riches of his truth which are spirituall and euerlasting subiect to no change vnder no alteration yet we haue not the grace to glorifie and praise God as we ought for the same naie rather we loath the truth we surfet of it such fulnes we haue thereof we are wearie of hearing it taught we prefer vanities yea diuelish vanities before it whereby we bewraie our hellish inclination and manifestlie proue how far wide we wander out of the Lords waie and leaue the footepath to fclicitie we knowe not in what corner 13 To passe through this waie we must be content to carrie the crosse euen the crosse of Christ I meane afflictions and persecutions for his holie name sake otherwise we shall not bée thought woorthie followers of him We must renoūce our selues we must forsake friends and kindred we must cast awaie wicked mammon we must refuse no tribulation no