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	almond_n	blossom_n	106	3	11.3787	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65292	A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1663 (1663)	Wing W1121; ESTC R38240	88,353	194

14.8 Shew us the Father and it sufficeth 3. A love of Benevolence which is a wishing well 〈◊〉 the Cause of God He that is indeared in affection to his friend wisheth all happinesse to him This is to love God when we are well-wishers we desire that his Interest may prevail our Vote and Prayer is that his name may be had in honour that his Gospel which is the Rod of his strength may like Aarons Rod blossom and bring forth Almonds 4. The Properties of love 1. Our love to God must be entire and that ex parte subjecti in regard of the Subject it must be with the whole heart Mark 12.30 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with all thy heart In the Old Law an High Priest was not to marry with a Widow nor with an Harlot not with a Widow because he had not her first love nor with an Harlot because he had not all her love God will have the whole heart Hos. 10.2 Their heart is divided The true Mother would not have the child divided nor God will not have the heart divided God will not be an Inmate to have only one Room in the heart and all the other Rooms let out to sin It must be an entire love 2. It must be a sincere love Eph. 6.24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Iesus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in sincerity Sincere quasi sine cera it alludes to Honey that is pure and hath no Wax in it Our love to God is sincere when it is pure and without self-respects This the School-men call Amor amicitiae a love of friendship We must love Christ propter Christum as Austin saith for himself as we love sweet Wine for its taste Gods Beauty and Love must be the two Load-stones to draw our love to him Alexander had two freinds Ephestion and Craterus Ephestion saith he loves me because I am Alexander Craterus loves me because I am King Alexander The one loved his person the other loved his benefits Many love God because he gives them Corn and Wine and not for his intrinsecal excellencies Lycurgus would have Virgins to be married without dowry because their Husbands should marry them purely for love We must love God more for what he is than for what he bestows True love is not mercenary You need not hire a Mother to love her child A soul deeply in love with God needs not be hired by rewards he cannot but love him for that oriency of beauty that sparkles forth in him 3. It must be a fervent love The Hebrew word for love 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies ardency of affection Saints must be Seraphims burning in holy love To love one coldly is all one as not to love him The Sun shines as hot as it can Our love to God must be intense and vehement like the Coales of Iuniper which are most acute and fervent Psal. 120.4 Our love to transitory things must be indifferent we must love quasi non as if we loved not 1 Cor. 7.30 But our love to God must flame forth The Spouse was amore perculsa Sick of Love to Christ Cant. 2.5 We can never love God as he deserves As Gods punishing us is less than we deserve Ezra 9.13 so our loving him is lesse than he deserves 4. Love to God must be active it is like fire which is the most active element it is called The Labour of Love 1 Thes. 1.3 Love is no idle grace it sets the head a studying for God the feet a running in the wayes of his Comandments The love of Christ constrains 2 Cor. 5.13 Pretences of love are insufficient True love is not only seen at the Tongues end but at the Fingers end 't is the labour of love Those living creatures Ezek. 1.8 had wings and hands under their wings an Emblem of a good Christian he hath not only the wings of faith to flie but hands under his wings he works by love he spends and is spent for Christ. 5. Love is Liberal it hath Love-tokens to ●estow 1 Cor. 13.4 Charity 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is ●ind Love hath not only a smooth tongue but a kind heart Davids heart was fired with love to God and he would not offer that to God which cost him nothing 2 Sam. 24.24 Love is not only full of Benevolence but Beneficence Love which enlargeth the heart never straitens the hand He that loves Christ will be liberal to his Members he will be eyes to the blind feet to the lame the backs and bellyes of the poor shall be the furrows where he sows the golden Seeds of liberality Some say they love God but their love is lame of one hand they give nothing to good uses Indeed faith deals about invisibles but God hates that love which is invisible Love is like new Wine which will have vent it vents it self in good works The Apostle speaks it in honour of the Corinthians that they gave to the poor Saints not only to but beyond their power 2 Cor. 8.2 Love is bred at Court it is a Noble Munificent grace 6. Love to God is peculiar He who is a Lover of God gives him such a love as he bestows upon none else As God gives his children such a love as he doth not bestow upon the wicked electing adopting love so a gracious heart gives to God such a special distinguishing love as none else are sharers in 2 Cor. 11.2 I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chast Virgin to Christ. A Wife espoused to an Husband gives him such a love as she hath for none else she doth not part with her conjugal love to any but her husband So a Saint espoused to Christ gives him a peculiarity of love a love incommunicable to any other namely a love joyned with adoration Not only the love is given to God but the soul Cant. 4.8 A garden enclosed is my Sister my Spouse The heart of a Believer is Christs Garden the Flower growing in it is love mixed with Divine Worship and this Flower is for Christ alone to smell to the Spouse keeps the Key of the Garden that none may come there but Christ. 7. Love to God is permanent it is like the ●ire the Vestal Virgins kept in Rome it doth not go out true love boyls over but doth not give over Love to God as it is sincere without hypocrisie so it is constant without apostacy Love is like the Pulse of the body alwayes beating 't is not a Land-floud but a Spring As wicked men are constant in love to their sins neither shame nor sickness nor fear of Hell will make them give over their sins so nothing can hinder a Christians love to God Nothing can conquer love not any difficulties or oppositions Cant. 8.6 Love is strong as the Grave The Grave swallows up the strongest bodies so Love swallows up the strongest difficulties Cant. 8.7 Many