Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	drink_v	eat_v	supper_n	10,350	5	9.1429	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92710	Meanes to prevent perishing. Or, The usefulnesse of the saving knowledge of God. Discovered in these particulars; I. The blessed tendency the knowledg of God hath to bring men to salvation. II. The one-ness of the Father, Son, and Spirit. III. The excellency of Christs person. IV. The excellent nature of eternal life. By W.S. a servant of the Lord Jesus.	W. S.	1658 (1658)	Wing S198; Thomason E955_3; ESTC R207616	60,676	76

and pursues him for his life with open violence and this must other men expect as well as David if they be men of knowledg and walk wisely and be like to be of use either in Church or Common-wealth those that are not sound at the core will indeavour to work them sorrow if this man say they know the peoples right so well and the Magistrates duty so well and begin to talk thus he will soon get the power out of our hands down with him and so likewise if a man be able to speak of God or the things of God to the comfort and edification of others a bad Ministry will soon be devising something to work this man grief Oh say they if this man get into credit with the people we shall soon grow into contempt therefore let us remove him further if it be possible and yet although this and much more then this be true knowledg though it be attended with the crosse yet is it a jewel worth getting with labour and travel which although it may cost a man dear yet it will bear its own charges when it is gotten Another Objection may arise in the hearts of some from the 1 Cor. 8.1 Knowledg puffeth up but charity edifieth This may seem to cast some contempt upon knowledg therefore I must take a little time to open this text unto you I therefore intreat you to look into the beginning of the 7 chapter and there you shall find that the Corinths wrote an epistle or letter to Paul for satisfaction in some cases of conscience among others this is one that some of the members of the Church of Corinth went to the Idols temple together with the Idolaters did eat of the the meat sacrificed to Idols to the offence of some and seandal of the Gospel now as it seems to me the Apostle in that 8 chapter layes down their arguments which they made use of for the defence of this practise and there in that place he answers them first upon their own ground that if it should be granted them that indeed they did proceed upon grounds of knowledg as it was supposed by them they did to eat of that meat yet there practise must needs be evil the unbeleeving Corinths still being hardened by this means in their old sinfull way of eating it to the defiling of their consciences and the weak brethren likewise would be drawn upon doubtfull grounds to do it to the wounding of their consciences and this Paul tels them could not stand with charity and gives them to understand that a knowledg separated from charity or that acted in opposition to charity would prove of no better use but to puff up the heart of him in whom it was for when men will imply their parts to out-wit the weak and bring crafty arguments to defend sinful actions it is no wonder that such a knowledg as this tends to swell and puffe up the heart of him that thus abuseth his wits now although the Corinths did plead grounds of knowledg for their practises and the Apostle there gives it the same name yet you may see by what follows in the 9. 10 Chapters that he did not account their practise their light and their knowledg but their sin and their errour for saith he in the 10 chap. Flee from Idolatry and if it were Idolatry it could not be knowledg and there the Apostle brings clear instances to prove it so one from the Lords Supper there he tels them that they that eat and drink that together are one communion one bread and that whosoever eat of Israels sacrifices were partakers of their Altar and tels them it was the table of Divels that they eat of and that they could not eat of it and of the Lords table both bidding them not to provoke the Lord. asking them if they were stronger than he so that whosoever minds these arguments and considers wherefore they are brought will see that here is nothing against knowledge but against a proud conceit of it for indeed the more any man knows of God the humbler he will be and when you see any man proud and puffed up with his knowledg you may be sure he is no more indeed intruth but a conceited fool therefore I pray you take heed to use all the means the Scriptures do prescribe for the getting of knowledg hear pray read and make the word your dayly meditation David had more understanding then his teachers by this means therefore use it and whatsoever you can find in the word of truth to be a means prescribed for the getting and increasing of it I beseech you use with all faithfulness diligence and humility and he that thus seeketh it shall find it and he that findeth it findeth the ready way to eternal life and so much for this Use Vse 4. I shal now come to the next use and that must be a word of exhortation to all those that know God or profess to know him Beloved there are many duties lying upon you wherein you are eminently concerned I shall lay some few of them before you at this time The first is this if you know much or any thing at all take heed of abusing your knowledg to the service of any sin there be several wayes by which this may be done First beware you do not use your knowledg to defend sin or to make fair pretences for it when men pervert there knowledg for so base an end as that is and indeavour to turn the simple-bearted out of the way by making excuses either for bad principles or for evil practises it is a very dangerous sin when a man useth knowledg to corrupt himself or others and by that very means that tends to lead him to eternal life he posteth the faster toward hell how sinfull and provoking must this needs be to the Lord the more precious any thing is the more abominable it is to abuse it Next take heed you make not knowledg a stalking horse for pride or covetousness or any other cursed lust if a man should preach Christs Gospel never so painfully and yet his secret end be the advanemcent of his own honor this man serves pride and vain glory in what he doth and not the Lord Jesus and so likewise if a man preach the truth never so diligently all his dayes but doth it for a livings sake and not for the works sake he will be found in what he hath done a servant of covetousness and not of Christ and when men can go from place to place for tenor twenty pound a year more wages it is in my judgment such a sad selling of the gifts of God for money if gifted they be that it would make a man tremble to think of it I do not speak as if wages were altogether unlawful if it be Christs wages a reward freely contributed by such as are won thereunto for the love they bear to the Gospel then I know it is