Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	heart_n	love_n	soul_n	15,430	5	5.0411	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38400	England's happiness: or, The only way to make a nation truly happy proved from the testimony of the Holy Scriptures. By an English man, who heartily desires the peace and prosperity of the nation.		1687 (1687)	Wing E2978B; ESTC R216765	7,137	9

of God It was the breach of Gods Law that at the first brought Enmity into the World and a due observing Gods Law is an excellent means to root it up and drive it out of the World again for the Laws of God are binding every one to this great duty of Love and one great reason why there is no more Love amongst men is because the Laws of God are no more regarded and take notice by the way that by the Laws of God I intend all the Appointments of God so far as they are make known unto us for that Man or Woman that maketh Conscience to perform their duty toward God will certainly make Conscience of their duty towards men also and therefore will deserve to be beloved and if we love God and keep his Commandments we shall certainly love our own fellow Creatures and Countrey-men for the more we are acquainted with God the more we shall learn to Love For God is Love 1 Joh. 3.8 And the whole scope and substance of all the Commands of God relating to men between each other either in requiring them not to wrong each other or to do good one for another is Injoyning us to this great Duty of Love and to shew forth in Obedience to Gods Laws the fruits and effects of our Love to Men See Mat. 22.35 40. We find one there asking Christ which is the great Commandment in the Law Christ's answer is Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and with all thy Soul and with all thy Mind this is the first and great Commandment and the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self on these two hang all the Law and the Prophets Mark here how Christ sets forth Love to God. 1. In the Manner how it must be viz. With all the Heart and as if that Expression were not full enough he adds With all the Soul and as if that were too little he adds With all the Mind 2. He sets it forth in its Excellency This is the great Commandment and then which is much to our purpose he saith The second is like unto it How not in respect of its Object but in respect of its Nature it must be of a large extent and therefore to be measured by our Love to our selves which Love is that most excellent Jewel I am pressing you to get every one in his own Heart that we may all have it in Obedience to this great Command all over the Nation viz. To Love our Neighbours as our selves Which Duty is so much wanted that some can feed themselves beyond reason whilst their poor Neighbours are ready to perish with Hunger some can drink Wine to Excess and Drunkenness whilst their poor Neighbours drink Water and some Cloath themselves with great superfluities whilst their poor Neighbours are like to perish with Cold not regarding this great Command Love thy Neighbour as thy self Yea some are like the Lawyers spoken of Luke 11.46 Whom Christ saith Lade men with burthens grievous to be born and touch them not themselves with one of their Fingers Some also belye reproach and falsly accuse others when they will not themselves bear the least Injury from any Man all these and many other do live in Disobedience to this great Command Love thy Neighbour as thy self Which were it observed would in its fruits and effects make much for the Comfort and well being of the whole Nation for every one in the Nation loving others as themselves they would seek as much for the Comfort Prosperity and well Being of others as for their own this would prevent therefore all the wronging defrauding and cheating each other that is too much used now a dayes this would prevent also all the reproaching and reviling each other this would also prevent all the betraying and seeking to kill one another nay were this observed in all places it would prevent all the Oppression and Cruelty that is used in some parts of the World and this would cause all persons to be careful not to grieve each other as they would have others be careful not to grieve them they would also Pity and Comfort all that are in Affliction as they would be Pityed and Comforted if it were their own Case These are the excellent effects of having respect to the Laws of God in this matter Secondly If we would enjoy this precious Jewel to make the Nation happy we must put on Humility Colos 3.12 Put on therefore bowels of mercy kindness humbleness of Mind See how the Apostle here joyns these Graces together as if it were impossible for Mercy and Kindness to be in any Person without Humility Proud persons are full of Wrath and Revenge if they do but think themselves the least Injured it quickly removes their Love but where Humility is in the Heart it is not easily moved They that are too much lifted up in themselves by Pride beyond what they ought do generally too much undervalue others beyond what they ought hence it comes to pass that Subjects have sometimes undervalued their Rulers insomuch that they have presumed not only to speak against them without Cause but also to act against them sometimes to the great-disturbance of the Nation where they dwelt as sad experience hath shewn hence also it hath sometimes come to pass that Rulers in some Countreys have too little valued the Lives of their Subjects being over perswaded thereto by some proud Persons or Pride in themselves as might be proved at large but I shall instance but two What a dreadful slaughter had King Ahashuerus made in his Kingdom had not God prevented it when he sent forth to destroy in one day all the Jews both young and old little Children and Women he being Counsel'd and moved thereto by proud Haman as is recorded Esth 3. Do but consider also how low Benhadad King of Syria valued his Subjects 1 Kings 2.20 when he could not have his Proud humour satisfied by the King of Israel he threatens he would cause more men to follow him to Battle than should be sufficient to take up the dust of Samaria in their hands These are that sad effects of Pride in opposition to true Love therefore Humility is very useful for all Persons in the Case we are speaking of namely in order for all Persons to Love others as themselves and to seek the good of each other as their own and so to make the Nation truly Happy Thirdly As a further Direction in this Case let us every one enter into a deep sense and consideration 1. Of the great worth and excellency of this great Injoyment that so we may be kept on in our Duty every one labouring to obtain it whatsoever Temptation we may meet with in this World to the contrary 2. Consider that so long as any Person is living in the World without this true and real love to his fellow Creatures he is living in the breach of one of the