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
A54278	The way to peace and happiness proposed in some instructions, given formerly by a parent to his children. Which being of concern to all, (tho of riper years) are recommended to the perusal of all sorts of people, without respect of persons or parties, age or sex.	Pennyman, John, 1628-1706.	1690 (1690)	Wing P1427; ESTC R221425	7,001	18

that are Earthly who shall commit to you Those that are Heavenly 9. Be not desirous of Riches or Honour neither covet That which is anothers but be content with your present Conditions and learn to be as well satisfied with Want as Abundance then will you follow the Steps of your Parents who have learn'd Contentment whatever befalls them 10. Beware of Jeering or Scoffing at any neither give abusive or scurrilous Language either by Tongue or Pen for Than will provoke the LORD's Anger against you and bring Reproach and Trouble upon your Parents who always disliked yea abhorred such Things 11. Be careful your Hearts and Minds be kept clean within and then you need not be advised to have your Words and Actions clean without for that will unavoidably follow 12. Be not hasty in Reproving or Correcting of any but if call'd thereto let it be in Love and in Wisdom and if the Offence be Great let it be with Severity yet not in Anger or Passion for That will harden them against you and so instead of bettering them you will thereby become Transgressors your selves 13. Beware that your Wills bear not rule in any case but let Truth and Righteousness always be the Sway of your Judgments then will you be deliver'd from that great Iniquity which hath so deeply corrupted many 14. Be sure you have regard to the Oppressed and take heed how you make Advantage of anothers Necessity but rather consider how you may be helpful unto them always remembring the Parable of the good Samaritan Luk. 10.33 15. Be Cautious for Whom you are engag'd or unto Whom you are oblig'd for such things do often prove Snares but be more ready to Give than to Receive and yet be sure to acknowledg the least Kindness for Ingratitude is hateful 16. Be not self-ended neither spend too much upon your own Particulars either in Meats Drinks Clothing or any thing else for That may be a hindrance to the Good you should do but rather be sparing in That which relates to your selve that you may be in the better capacity to do the Good you ought to perform to Others 17. Be not found in many Needless words neither contend with such as are in them for That begets strife but as They out of the evil that is in their Hearts bring forth Evil things so do You out of the Good that is in yours bring forth Good things 18. Be not grasping after Earthly Concerns for They bring Trouble and Sorrow and yet how many through their eager desires after such things have choaked that Good which once stirred in them wherefore take warning and learn this as a Truth experienc'd by Me that a Little will satisfy a contented Mind CHAP. III. 1. BE not desirous after that Knowledg which will lift and puff up your Minds neither be too prying into those Mysteries that are hid but if the LORD should reveal any thing unto you be sure of leave When and to Whom to impart it not daring either to add or diminish for That has been and is this Day a great and sore Evil. 2. Beware of taking up your Rest in any outward Form of Worship but keep in subjection to the Fear of the LORD who may lead into or out of such Things as He pleaseth so let Him be your Guide all your days thô you should be hated of All for His sake for our Eyes have seen the sad Fruits and Effects of Those that have gone about to set Limits and Bounds to His Leadings 3. Beware of Imitating other Mens Words Gestures or Actions that relate to Religious Performances for Imitators as well as Image-makers in Worship are an Abomination and yet Thousands do err and have erred herein Neither be Followers of the vain Fashions and Customs of this World but whatsoever is vertuous and of good report That you may and ought to follow 4. Be not hasty in judging other Mens Actions wherein you have neither Command nor Certainty it being not barely the Action but the Spirit from whence it proceeds that makes it either Accepted or Rejected therefore take heed lest you condemn That which GOD justifies for many are guilty herein notwithstanding it is written Judg not according to outward appearance but if you do You must as well as They witness Sorrow 5. But lest through many Words your Minds should be drawn forth and as but too too many have been hurt thereby it 's with me to conclude with those Two great and weighty Commandments viz. the First is You shall love the LORD with all your Hearts with all your Souls and with all your Strength And the Second is like unto it You shall love your Neighbours as your Selves For upon these Two Commandments depends All that can be Written or Spoken concerning your Duties either to GOD or Men. 6. My Love is sincere to All that in uprightness of Heart serve the LORD in what Profession or Persuasion of Religion soever well knowing that 't is Those and only Those that Love Fear and Obey HIM and do the Things that are Just and Right amongst Men that are accepted of HIM at this Day 7. For What doth the LORD require of Thee O Man but to do Justly to love Mercy and to walk Humbly before HIM CHAP. IV. Hear Me your Father O Children and do thereafter that you may be safe Eccles 3.1 1. IF you come to serve the LORD prepare your Souls for Temptation Set your Hearts aright and Constantly endure and make not haste in time of Trouble 2. Whatsoever is brought upon you take chearfully For as Gold is tried in the Fire so are Acceptable Men in the Furnace of Adversity 3. So incline your Ears unto Wisdom and apply your Hearts to Understanding and seek Her as Silver and search for Her as for hid Treasures then shall you understand the Fear of the LORD and find the Knowledg of GOD. 4. Happy is the Man that findeth Wisdom and the Man that getteth Understanding But where is Wisdom to be found and where is the Place of Understanding The Fear of the LORD that is Wisdom and to depart from Evil that is Vnderstanding 5. Wisdom exalteth Her Children and layeth hold of them that seek Her they that love Her love Life and they that seek Her early shall be filled with Joy and wheresoever She entereth the LORD will bless and if you commit your selves unto Her you shall inherit Her 6. But at the first She will walk with you by Crooked Ways and bring Fear and Dread upon you and torment you with Her Discipline until She can trust your Souls and try you by her Laws 7. Then will She return the streight way unto you and comfort you and shew you of Her Secrets 8. But if you go wrong She will forsake you and give you over to your own Ruin CHAP. V. POSTSCRIPT 1. MY dear Children had you well Heeded and faithfully Obeyed my former Instructions you had not needed any further

Advice or Counsel from Me touching the Way to Rest Peace and endless Happiness 2. Let a diligent Search be made in each of your Hearts and there you may see by that Heavenly and Divine Principle which GOD hath given You to be your JUDGE and LAW-GIVER whether you have not been more Remiss Disregardful and Negligent therein than you might or ought to have been However whilst my Life is spared amongst you I cannot but have a true Love Care and Concern for you All that you may not so much seek your Selves your own Honour Pleasure or Preferment or whatsoever this Life can afford as that you may be Patterns of Vertue exemplary in Goodness and Preachers of Righteousness in all your Lives and Conversations 3. This This is That will make you happy in all Conditions This is That will give you true Peace Quietness and Contentedness in the midst of all the Hurries Heats Disorders Distractions and Confusions that are at this Day I say who are come hither to this Holy Heavenly and Divine Life and feel it powerfully reigning in them Such cannot be afraid of any evil Tidings and thô they may be made to oppose and reprove Others and suffer much Abuse and Reproach for so doing yet they cannot but love and have compassion on their worst and greatest Enemies but may not love nor join to Iniquity in their Nearest and Dearest Friends Such cannot but prize and highly esteem true Nobility Vertue and Goodness in whomsoever without respect of Persons or Parties 4. Now my dear Children the occasion of my Writing at this time is not only and alone for Your sakes but for the sake of Many OTHERS who I believe are hungring and thirsting after Righteousness and who in secret are crying and saying in their Hearts Who will shew us any Good And seeing the LORD hath put it into my Heart to write both to You and Them these few Lines and to reprint my former INSTRUCTIONS I hope They will be well weighed and deeply considered of by you All for they are of Moment being not writ from the wise prying fathoming comprehending Part in Man but from the same Good Spirit that the Holy Men of Old writ and spake by 5. Wherefore upon Your and their receiving or rejecting the Counsel herein given you depends your Blessing or your Curse your Weal or Wo your Happiness or Vnhappiness your Peace and Quietness or your Trouble and Discontent for such as you sow such will you reap 6. So that it is with Me to let You and Them know as the Servant of the LORD once said to the Israelites that LIFE and Death Good and Evil is here set before You And thô the Way that leads to Life be strait and narrow yet know and that for a Truth that 't is both easy plain pleasant and exceeding yea beyond all utterance delightful to those Sincere Souls who are resigned and resolved to walk in it Such who know the Virtue and Excellency thereof have been willing to part with All that hath been near or dear unto them that they might be preserved Faithful therein neither can They leave it nor forsake it for all the Treasures Pleasures and Advantages that this World can give 7. For this Path was the Path of the Just in all Ages and which all the Holy Men did chearfully embrace and walk in and that You and I may be Followers of their Steps is the hearty desire of Your well-wishing and truly loving Father J.P. Dec. 14. 1683. CHAP. VI. This following is here inserted for the sake of some People whom it nearly concerns 1. WHen They cast up the Accounts of their Sins they shall come with Fear and their own Iniquities shall convince them to their Face 2. Then shall the Righteous Man stand in great Boldness before the Face of such as afflicted him and made no account of his Labours 3. When they see it they shall be troubled with terrible Fear and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his Salvation so far beyond all that they looked for 4. And They Repenting and Groaning for anguish of Spirit shall say within themselves This was He whom we had sometime in Derision and a Proverb of Reproach 5. We Fools counted his Life Madness and his End to be without Honour How is he numbred among the Children of GOD and his Let among the Saints 6. If a Man say I love GOD and hateth his Brother he is a Liar for he who loveth not his Brother whom he hath seen how can he love GOD whom he hath not seen 7. And this Commandment have we from Him That he who loveth GOD love his Brother also CHAP. VII THere is a Spirit which I feel and am a Witness of that cannot delight in doing any Evil nor in revenging any Wrong but delights in the Will of its Heavenly Father It willingly endures all things in hopes to meet with its own in the End its hope is to outlive all Strife and Contention and to weary out all Exaltation and Cruelty or whatsoever is of a Nature contrary to it self It is conceived in Sorrow and brought forth through Suffering for with the World's Joy it is murdered I found It being Alone and have Fellowship therein with Those who lived in Dens and Desolate Places of the Earth of whom this World was not worthy who through Faith Vertue and a good Life obtained this BLESSED and HAPPY STATE SHine forth Great GLORY shine that I may see Both how to loath my Self and honour THEE O give me Grace to mind and use Time so That I may do THY Work before I go And help and pardon me when I transgress Through Humane Frailty or Forgetfulness Mark the Perfect Man and behold the Vpright for the End of that Man is Peace THE END