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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	12,106	5	9.9774	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50400	The beauty and order of the creation together with natural and allegorical meditations on the six dayes works of the creation : with the addition of two compendious discourses : I. of the creation of man after the image of God, II. of the creation of angels, with a description of their several properties / by ... Mr. John Maynard ... ; published by William Gearing ...	Maynard, John, 1600-1665.; Gearing, William.	1668 (1668)	Wing M1448; ESTC R14885	107,977	226

Feed my Sheep and so his sanctified Conscience made application of it on all particular occasions Therefore when a multitude were gathered together wondring at the miraculous gifts of Tongues bestowed on the Disciples his Conscience tells him now Thou must practise what thy Master hath commanded and so at that time he gathered some three thousand lost sheep into the fold of Christ. In the second place Conscience by vertue of the Will Stirreth up the faculties of the soul to practise this particular duty which is thus found agreeable to the general rules of duty and goodness Now in that these things are not practised this commeth from that disorder which sin hath made in the soul and that preposterous confusion of the affections leading Conscience in a slavish captivity under the power of lust so on the other side it is for evils not yet done The world promiseth a fair reward many times if men will use foul means to obtain it if riches begin to trade with the world about the matter covetousness like Iudas saith to the world What wilt thou give me and I will betray my Masters honour profane his Day defraud my neighbour oppress my poor brother c But now Conscience cometh in and laboureth to ma● the bargain and having laid up this general rule That it shall not profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul it applieth this to the case in hand therefore it will be a most miserable bargain for me to gain this which is now proposed with the hazard of my soul. This doth conscience by vertue of the understanding and then calleth up the powers of the will to help which withdraweth from the thing as unlawful and dangerous and riseth against it and disliketh it with reluctancy So Ioseph had laid up this in his heart that adultery must not be committed no not in secret because it is a sin against the All-seeing eye of God therefore when his Mistriss tempteth him he applieth this General to the particular occasion and by the force of a sanctified conscience biddeth defiance to her temptations How shall I do this great wickedness and so sin against God so David having laid up in his heart that precept in General Honour thy Father and thy Mother and knowing that under this Title of father was comprehended the King and other Magistrates and then again Thou shalt do no murther now he happeneth to come into a cave and there meeteth with Saul and hath him at advantage Saul sought to murther him pursuing him without cause against his own Conscience who was to succeed him in his Kingdome and one that was annointed by the special appointment of the King of Kings yet David will not touch him nor suffer Abishai to fall upon him who was ready to have slain him had David given way to it for against all these provocations conscience cries out God forbid that I should lay my hand upon the Lords Annointed and so prevaileth notably against all these motives So David stayed his servants with these words not suffering them to rise against Saul 1 Sam. 24.7 It is in the original he clave his men asunder it seemeth his followers began to run together desiring every one to lend his helping-hand to dispatch the mortal enemy of their Master David but David by the force of an upright conscience brake through them all and put them aside not suffering them to accomplish their bloody intendment But another time ye shall see when Nabal had dealt currishly with Davids Messengers the news of this base abuse came it seemeth somwhat unseasonably to David and found his Conscience not well awakened and so while Conscience slumbereth and mindeth not what is in hand passion condemneth Nabal and all his family to present death And whiles Anger maketh an hasty march for blood and whetteth it self as it goeth Abigail meeteth it upon the way and with a well-tempered voice not so loud and violent as to enrage fury more than already it was yet loud enough to awake Conscience she sheweth him his errour and presently Conscience being awakened soundeth a retreat maketh all lay down arms thanketh the Instrument by whom it was shaken out of slumber and kept from wallowing in innocent blood or encroaching on Gods Office by self-revenge But with wicked men Conscience many times prevaileth not in such cases she cannot be heard or being heard is not regarded Satan the flesh the world stop her mouth Now besides all this Conscience hath its employment also about the things already past if good it excuseth and acquitteth the party cheareth comforteth and is peaceable unless mis-informed so in performing good actions and so in overcomming sinfull temptations so Abigail telleth David that when he should be King he should have no trouble of Conscience for not shedding blood if according to her petition he would spare Nabals family Conscience should never accuse him for it but should hold him guiltless So you see Psal. 7. when he was falsly accused by a Benjamite for an evil he never committed how boldly conscience pleadeth his cause before the Lord and proclaimeth him innocent Again for evils done or good duties omitted Conscience accuseth yea somtimes wonderfully rageth and terrifieth it accused David Psal. 51. I have sinned c. yea it breaketh his bones as it were and grievously afflicteth his soul. But when it meeteth wi●h Iudas a son of perdition oh how it tormenteth him it driveth him out of his Meditations wherein he might please himself in the price of blood lately gained it chaseth him cut of the company of his fellows who had been his assistants in apprehending our Saviour i● driveth him into the presence of the Priests it forceth him to accuse himself to throw down his money and to hang himself never ceasing to pursue him till it had driven him quite out of the world Now besides this it recordeth and keepeth a Register and Day-book of mens actions and omissions which though now adays men will not read over by self examination yet at the last day God shall open it be-before the eyes of men and Angels Thus much for the faculties of the soul. CHAP VI. SECT 1. Use 1. HEre by way of Application we may in the first place take notice of the soul of man in a special manner as of one of the principal works of God wherein his glory is no●ably manifested He is the Father of Spirits who of himself immediately did bring forth the spirit and soul of man an excellent Creature which no sence can discern the eye cannot see it nor the ear hear it c. and as it is said no man hath seen God at any time yet God whom none in the world can see gave being to the whole world and now governeth it so the soul whom no sense of the body can discern giveth life to the whole body and governeth the body An excellent Creature it is endowed with notable faculties and we

vertues and operations yet all sweetly conspire together and make one exact harmony as in an Instrument though the strings be of divers sounds yet they make but one harmony together 2. Their particular form is the power force or efficacy of Nature stampt upon all Creatures after their kinds according to their particular beings and their conditions by which all creatures are enabled to their proper operations From this ariseth the goodnesse of the creatures 1. Generall of all creatures which is the entire perfection of all naturall power according to their natures 2. Speciall which is the reasonable creature endued with supernaturall gifts heavenly wisdom righteousnesse and true holinesse we may hence admire the wisdome of God in making things after such an excellent form and cry out with David O Lord how wonderfull are thy works In wisdome hast thou made them all God's ultimate end in the Creation is his own glory 1. For the shewing forth his glory God doth unfold himself in the Creature Five things are revealed in the Creation about God 1. That there is a God Rom. 1.20 The Prophet Isaiah bringeth many proofs from the Creation to shew that there is a God and to difference the true God from Idols and false Gods Isai. 41.26 and Chap. 42.5 2. The Eternity of God is revealed by the Creation He that made all things and time it self the measure of things must needs be Eternal Thy years are throughout all generations of old hast thou laid the foundation of the Earth and the Heavens are the work of thy hands c. Psal. 102.24 25. 3. The Wisdome of God in creating innumerable and divers things is revealed as also in the orderly disposing of innumerable things and in giving to all their natural perfections 4. The Goodness of God is revealed being 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet would he communicate his goodness to the Creature of whom he had no need at all 5. The Power of God in making all things of nothing Rom. 1.20 2. That the Creatures especially Man and Angels might give him the glory due to his name by acknowledging him to be such a God The Creatures in their kind do glorifie God their Creator and Men by taking notice what the Creatures declare of him and wh●re they make the Creatures as Spectacles to see God in them The Creatures are Doctores Theologici yea they are like Jacob's Ladder wherein we may ascend from Earth to Heaven Light was the first Creature which God made and agreeably the adorning of the World began with the light from whence other things which were to be created should be seen very probable it is that the light first appea●ed there where the Sun being carryed about in his Daily course appeareth God in the Creation proceeded 1. A negatione ad habitum when he had created the World 2. A totali privatione ad habitum when he brought forth light out of darkness 3. A partiali privatione ad habi●um when he made the Day to succeed the Night Quest. 1. In the second Days work it may be demanded Why God did not bless the Work of that Day in approving it when to every other Days Work an approbation is added And God saw that it was good Answ. There is no express mention made of an immediate approbation of this Days work 1. Because this work of distinguishing and setling the Waters in their place was then imperfect but was compleated on the third Day 2. Because on this Day as some think Hell was created which simply in it self is not pleasing to God or because the Angels fell on this Day and became Devils by their apostacy as others imagine It is also observable that in the creation the lights that were dispersed for three days were on the fourth day all found in the Sun Quest. 2. It may in the next place be demanded Why God between the Creation of the Plants and of Animals did interpose the Creation of the Stars Answ. I answer that he might shew although ordinarily the Sun and other Stars do concur to the generation of Plants as well as of Animals yet the generation of things is not simply to be referred to the Sun and Stars but to God who before the Stars were created commanded the Earth to bring forth Herbs and Plants yielding seed and the fruit-Tree to yield fruit after his kind Gen. 1.11 Before the Creation of Animals he would create the Light because for the most part they have need of the light in a special manner Moreover ye may take notice that when God made the Fishes of the Sea and the Fowls of Heaven he blessed them saying Be fruitfull and multiply and fill the Waters in the Sea and let Fowl multiply in the Earth c. Vers. 22. But when he made the brute Beasts of the Earth we do not read that he gave any such blessing at all to them intimating to us that he that will get that blessing which God giveth unto good Men he mu●t not delight in Ea●thly pleasu●es like brute Beasts but minde Heavenly things for unto those who wallow in temporal delights God will not at all give his benediction but his malediction It is also remarkable that when God made the Light the Sun Moon and Stars and the Earth and all other Creatures he saw that they were all good but when he created Man he doth not so particularly pronounce this of him as he doth of other Creatures he doth not say that he was good or bad yet are not these Creatures better than Man but inferiour to Man being all made for the use of Man the reason is because God would leave him to his choice to choose good or evil to him self and accordingly he should have his denomination as Stella noteth Quest. 3. It may further be demanded Why earthly Animals were created on the sixt Day Answ. I answer because they were differing in kinde from the other Creatures that were made before them and because they were to dwell with Man and were more like unto Man both in their ●ody and genius than either the ●irds or Fishes and also because many of them were to be helpfull and serviceable unto Man therefore were they brought forth on the same Day wherein Man was Created Man was the last work of God in the Creation for divers reasons 1. That God might shew unto us his own Order in proceeding from more imperfect things to things more perfect 2. That Man might be a little World in whom all things should be summarily contained called of the Hebrews Olam Hakaton and of the Greeks Microcosmos A little World for he hath in him the beauty of things inanimate even the chiefest as of the Sun Moon and Stars c. Gen. 37.8 9. Ezek. 28.13 14. He hath growth as Plants Genes 38.11 49.22 Sense and sensible properties with ●easts 2 Sam. 23.10 Reason and wisdome with Angels 1 Sam. 14.20 3. That God might bring forth every Creature