Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	forsake_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	41	3	10.0668	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72210	The race celestiall, or, A direct path to heauen by Henry Greenvvood, maister of arts and preacher of the word of God.	Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5.	1609 (1609)	STC 12335.3; ESTC S5239	32,701	98

godlinesse Oh it had bene better for this whorish city neuer to haue knowne the way of righteousnesse then after they haue knowne it to turne from the holy doctrine giuen vnto them For the latter end is worse with them then the beginning according to that in the Gospell If Satan be cast out and enter in againe with seuen diuels worser then himselfe the end of that man is worse then the beginning So Iulian Emperour of Rome began well and for a while imbraced the Gospell of Christ but he proued an Apostata in the end dying cursing banning and blaspheming and casting his bloud into the aire Demas followed Christ a while but afterwards forsooke him Demas hath forsaken me louing this present world Many of Christs disciples went backe and walked no more with him Thou knowest saith S. Paul that all they which are in Asia are turned from me of which sort are Phygellus and Hermogenes So we sée that many haue begun well but few haue perseuered but it were better that a milstone were hanged about the necks of such reuolters and cast into the middest of the sea for the Lord will treade downe reuolters vnder his feete as clay in the streetes He that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh backe is not fit for the kingdome of heauen He that looketh backe to his house and home hauing his mind busied in other matters cannot possibly make good work euen so he that intangleth himselfe with the things of this present world is not able to worke out his saluation with feare and trembling for where the dead carkeise is thither will the Eagles resort and where our treasures are there will our harts be also He therefore that will obteine the land that floweth with milke and hony must forget the flesh pots of Egypt and he that will obteine heauen must not cast his eyes to the earth he that is on the house top must not come downe to fetch any thing out of his house and he that is in the fields must not returne backe againe to his house He that is in the way to heauen let him not turne backe againe to this world least he be atached of the Lyon and cast into hell Lots wife for back-looking was turned into a pillar of salt And so euery man that turneth backe from the way of godlinesse shal be turned into a firebrand and burned with vnquanchable fire for whosoeuer shall deny Iesus Christ in this world shall be denied the kingdome of heauen of Christ Iesus in the world to come Back-looking and back-sliding must not be in Christians let vs therefore with S. Paul not looke behind vs but to that which is before vs namely to the reward Let vs fasten our eyes vpon heauen gates and neuer leaue running till we come at them The bride of Iesus would not turne backe from her holy race saying I haue washed my feete how shall I defile them So should euery member of the mystical body of Christ say I haue washed my selfe from my sins and by Gods assistant grace will I neuer defile my selfe any more For he that washeth himselfe saith the sonne of Syrach because of a dead body and toucheth it againe what auaileth his washing So it is with a man that fasteth for his sinnes and committeth them againe Who will heare his prayer or what doth his fasting helpe him Euen so beginning well doth nothing auaile a man vnlesse perseuerance be resolued Thou therefore that wouldst obteine pul not thy necke out of Christs yoke giue not in any case but at the very first step thou settest into this godly race resolue to perseuere to the end of thy life come what can come Manus igitur remissas genua soluta erig●te i. Lift vp your hands that hang downe and your weake knées take héede that ye fall not away from the grace of God Be not weary of well-doing Stand fast in the faith and play the men be strong take courage to you and perseuere to the ende for he that indureth to the end the same shall be blessed Esto fidelis saith S. Iohn vsque ad mortem dabo tibi coronam vitae i. be faithfull to thy death and I will giue thée a crowne of life Qui vicerit dabo ei sedere in throno c. to him that ouercommeth will I graunt to sit with me in my throne Non enim incepisse sed perfecisse virtutis est i. It is not the nature of godlinesse to begin well but to perfect the worke begun Nec inchoantibus sed perseuerantibus praemium tribuitur saith Remigius i. Neither is the reward giuen to enterers but to enders not to beginners but to perseuerers Whereupon S. Gregory saith Incaessum curritur si ceptum iter ante terminum deseratur i. He is a mad traueller that will not sée the end of his iourney and he is a fond professor that will not labour to die in the Lord. We reade in the Gospell of Iohn that our Sauiour in the end of his life sayd in this manner Opus consummaui quod dederas mihi vt facerem i. I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to do And in the houre of his death he sayd in like manner Consummatum est it is finished So should euery Christian after the example of his Sauiour labour to finish the worke which the Lord called him to do that so he may with great peace of conscience and with vnspeakeable solace of heart say vpon his deathbed with the chosen vessell in his second Epistle to Timothy Certamen bonum decertaui cursum consummaui fidem seruaui c. I haue fought a good fight and haue finished my course I haue kept the faith therefore henceforth is layd vp for me a crowne of righteousnesse which the Lord the righteous iudge shall giue me at that day and not to me onely but vnto all them that loue his appearing Such was the resolute zeale and zealous resolution of all holy Martyrs in former ages that nothing could make them forsake the profession of the glorious Gospell of Iesus Yea this was their constant answere to their bloudy butcherers Vere tunde di●elle lama seca idola tua non adorabimus potes corpora ista O Caesar cruciatibus absumere facere verò vt aliud sentiamus aut loquamur non potes tua saeuia nostra est gloria cum nos interficere credas de carcere corporis liberas citius saxa scopulosque montes de loco suo monebis quàm nobis fidem Christo datam cripies i. Burne buffet slay deuoure hew in péeces thy abhominable idols will we neuer worship thou mayst O cruell tyrant consume with torments these our mortall bodies but to make vs thinks or speake otherwise then we do canst thou neuer do thy cruelty is our glory killing vs thou dost but deliuer vs