Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	holy_a	sabbath_n	45,615	5	10.2433	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04816	The burthen of a loaden conscience: or the miserie of sinne set forth by the confession of a miserable sinner.	Kilby, Richard, d. 1617.	1608 (1608)	STC 14950; ESTC S100262	42,020	107

earnestly to God in your heart that God will giue him grace rightly to vnderstand and well to vtter that which is needefull to be preached Doe not desire to heare fine words or wittie conceits for the word of God is most powerfull to saluation when it is most plainly preached because the minde intending onely the will of God the heart yeeldeth wholly to the working of the holy Ghost Although the preacher be long in his sermon yet be not wearie but giue heed to his words vntill he haue made an ende for it is a dishonour vnto God if you neglect to heare his messenger Take heede that you doe not giue any occasion to other folk to turne their minde from seruing God to gaze vpon you or to looke vpon any thing which you bring into the Church with you for so you should doe much harme vnto them and wrong vnto God All the while that you are in the Church keepe your mind steadfastly vpon God let nothing mooue you to turne your eies this way or that way but as a diligent waiting man attend vpon your Lord and master who will be greatly pleased to see your heart and mind earnestly intended vnto him Satan will practise many deuises to turne your heart from God specially by shewing you fine and beautifull women who doe commonly come glistering into the Church after seruice is well begun and then sit or stand in the sight of men When seruice is done betake your selfe vnto God and depart out of the Church for it is no fit place to talke of worldly matters If you must needes reckon or paie or receiue money vpon the Sabbath day yet let it be after euening praier Were I worthie to giue you counsell you should eate and drinke very measurably at Sondaie at dinner that you might be the fitter to serue God also in the afternoone Many come sieldome in the afternoone because they cannot find in their heart to leaue their worldly pleasure or profit and some thinke they can serue God so well at home as at Church But doe not you loose euening praier least you loose that which is praied for He is no good seruant that will not waite vpon his master both at dinner and at supper And goe you to Church for there all the parish ioyneth in praier with you wherefore you shall be heard the sooner Some that you make least reckoning of may be in greater fauour with God then your selfe and then you shall speede the better in praying with them What cause soeuer you alleadge of not comming to Church others will be readie to follow your example for they will thinke they may as well loose their praiers as you The better daie the better deede therefore loue to doe any worke of charitie to such as neede vpon the Sabbath daie to releeue the poore to visit the sicke to counsell the counsellesse to comfort the comfortles and to make peace betweene parties that are in disagreement Delight not much in worldly pastime for it is like the burning of thornes which make a great crackling for a little while but by and by all the noise commeth to nothing O take it vpon mine experience if you wedde your heart to worldly ioy you shall in the ende be ioilesse Therefore giue your minde to consider rightly of time to come and set your loue and delight vpon God and a good conscience for that is a continuall feast which neuer will forsake you And if you had once well tasted it you would not exchāge it for all the worlds good I say againe acquaint your heart with heauenly ioie betime for as that cloath which is thoroughly died blacke will afterwards take none other colour so the heart which is fully possessed with the loue of worldly ioie will very hardly be turned to loue the ioie of God Our blessed Lord God for Iesus Christs sake vouchsafe to giue you grace that you may rest in him and ioie in him which is the right keeping holy of the Sabbath day O The terrible wrath of almightie God I horriblie dishonoured my father and mother euen from my birth vntill they were dead and buryed Therefore I could neuer take good roote in any place whithersoeuer I came great meanes of happinesse haue beene offered vnto me but thorough want of grace I haue alwaies liued wretchedly and runne into many grieuous aduersities I began to dishonour greeue mock and scorne my deare mother so soone as I coulde speake and fell into an hellish vngraciousnes wherewith I haue disgraced and misused my selfe euer since In time also I began to dishonour and greeue my father in which cursed sinne I continued till his death Therefore fewe and troublesome are the daies of my life and that which is worst of all an euill ende is falling vpon me All children take warning by me honour your parents in heart in word and indeede Reuerence them obey them diligently and striue to please them Then will God surely blesse you and you shall prosper in bodie and soule But if you will be leade by the deuill to despice your parents to disobey them and greeue them God will despice you greeue you and destroy you If you haue any waie misbehaued yourselues to your parents cry them mercie vpon your knees and humblie intreat them to praie vnto God that he will forgiue you If your parents doe neede your helpe help them to the verie vttermost of your power When they be sick goe vnto them tarrie about them be readie and put forth your selfe to to doe any thing for them O that children did know what is the worth of a fathers or mothers blessing when their hearts be comforted by the dutifullnesse of their child They would rather then faile creepe vpon their hands and knees to please them The Deuill knoweth this to be true and therefore blindeth childrens eyes and hardneth their hearts least they by honouring their father and mother should procure to themselues the manyfold blessings of God When your parents die mourne for them and bury them in seemelie sort Neuer endure to say or heare any worde against your father or mother If you haue any grandfather and grandmother you must honour them as your father and mother Honour your vnckles auntes brethren and sisters yea and all your kindred for your fathers and mothers sake Moreouer honour all them that haue beene freindes to your father and mother you must honour the King as your father for he vnder God preserueth you in peace from iniurie and violence You must loue your country as your mother for in it you were borne and brought vp You must honour them that are in authoritie vnder the king and all your superiours For they are meanes to keepe good order that you may liue a quiet life in all godlinesse and honestie Meddle not with state-matters aboue your calling for it is a spice of a rebellious nature to call the doeings of higher powers into question and to

and am defiled with fleshly lust which hath consumed my bodie and cancred my soule so that I am before God a most ougly monster and a detestable loathsome wretch This hellish fire was first kindled in my heart by seeing lewde behauour and harkening to filthy talke whereby I grewe to be of so beastly an imagination that I could hardly see or heare anie thing but presently I turned it to some meaning of lust To quench this fire I some time thought vpon Origens remedy sometime I purposed marriage but all in vaine for to this daie I continue inflamed with it and neuer had the grace to be freed from it O all ye children of men liue in the feare of God and beginne betimes to hate this foolish and filthie sinne for if it once take possession of your heart it will haunt you like an euill spirit Therefore doe not endure to see heare or thinke any vnclennesse If any beginne to talke read or sing matter of beastlinesse flee out of their compaine for it is the deuill that setteth them a work to fire your hearts Whatsoeuer lewd ballet booke or picture cōmeth to your hands teare it all to peeces or burne it to ashes for whosoeuer made it the deuill deuised it for your destruction If God doe see that you hate all causes of filthinesse he will loue you deerelie and many excellent graces he will giue vnto you Parents and gouernours of children keep them carefully from the delite of this sinne It is not good that boyes and girles should lie in bed together nor plaie in priuate places for the deuill watcheth his time to work his temptation vpon them It is strange and I should not beleeue it but that I remember it since I was a child how younglings will draw one an other to this filthie sinne All people if you desire by the grace of God to be preserued from this fierie filthines in the name of Iesus Christ settle your hearts to praie and to practise for chastitie O most holy Lord God who in the beginning of this world didst make man and woman and marrie them together ordaining that they should with so vndefiled hearts increase their kind as in eating and drinking they nourish their bodies But euer since Sathan by temptation had drawne them awaie from thee thine holy ordinance is broken for people doe rather giue themselues to the delight of beastly lust then to the desire of blessed increase Whereupon they pamper and paint out themselues that they may followe their filthinesse allure one an other thereunto Moreouer by the procurement of our old enemie the deuill this world is so full of temptation that I am continualy in danger by seeing hearing or some one waie or an other to be infected by loathsome lust yea although there were not such abundance of outward alurements yet mine owne heart is readie to betraie me to the deuill Therefore I doe humbly beseech thy blessed maiestie that it may please thee to preserue me from all temptations of lust all the daies of my life And if it be thy will that I shall marrie good Lord giue vnto me a vertuous wife that we may christianly liue together not in the vnsatiable lust of vncleanes as they that know thee not but in such godly temperāce that our minds may be holy our bodies healthie our children if thy pleasure be to send vs any holy and able to doe thee seruice Most mercifull God grant me this my prayer for thy sonne Iesus Christs sake to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory henceforth for euermore Amen Now with daily prayer ioyne diligent practise Giue your selues to some good exercise and labour flie from idlenesse Pamper not your bodies with gluttonie and drunkennesse but vse verie sober diet abhor all brauerie of apparel be cloathed only as becommeth a christian in your degree Whatsoeuer it be that mooueth you any way to the thought or desire of lust leaue it and turne from it I doe heartly wish holinesse to al people but being a wreched man I doe specially intend my confession vnto men All men young or old I beseech you giue your heart and mind to holy thoughts and heauenly desires detest all motions of filthinesse which tend to displease God destroie you bodie and soule Doe not muse of woman nor let your eies be delighted in behoulding their beautie and finenesse giue no regard to their coie behauiour tripping and dauncing Take no pleasure in hearing their delicate talking sweet singing and amorous playing for the deuill is readie when you are any way touched with delight of women presently to kindle his fire in your heart Be not much familiar with any woman specially alone for it will cause danger to you and suspition to others If you see a woman to be verie fellowly iudge her not for she may be good but be you a stranger vnto her least Satan make you naught Doe not dally iest or plaie with woemen least it happen vnto you as to the flie that playeth about the cādle till she haue spoyled her flying As you must carefully keepe your selues from being enflamed with lust so also you ought to take great heede that you giue none occasion to enflame any of Gods people O what an hellish part it is to ioyne with the deuill in tempting others A man and his wife should not dally one with an other in the sight of any no not of their owne children least it mooue them to euill thoughts An heathen man among heathen people was put to great disgrace because he kissed his wife in the sight of his daughter This is a notable example for christians that make no conscience to infect others by word and deede apparell gesture and euerie waie that can be deuised ●th 18.6 you knowe that Christ saith it were better for a man to be cast into the sea with a milstone about his necke then to giue any occasiō to make an other to sinne O ye women I pray you that for Christs sake ye will consider why God was so displeased with the daughters of Sion Esa 3.16 for their fine attire and wanton behauiour and also why the holy Ghost doth will christian women to decke themselues with vertues and not with costly raiment Surely it semeth to me that one cause is the great danger of men who are inticed to lust by the trimnesse of women And is not an other cause the wasting of Gods goods vpon vaine ornaments Take heede least God doe one daie call you to a reckoning for euerie pennie idly bestowed and for euerie man by your meanes tempted O the modestie of women what an heauenly preseruatiue and remedie it is against lust Yong men pray humbly and feruently to God that you be not stained with lust and if you finde your bodies dangerouslie subiect thereunto striue to keep your minds cleane Rather then yeild to any vnlawfull act of fleshlinesse intend your selfe