Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	grace_n	love_v	2,786	5	6.0792	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09319	The sinners safetie, if heere hee looke for assurance by Richard Barnerd ...	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1609 (1609)	STC 1963.3; ESTC S1489	43,261	108

conclude when men are wicked yea in a high degree of vngodlinesse we shewe the cause in one word when wee say they are gracelesse Therefore if the feare of the greatest The vse with exhortation discommoditie or desire of the benefit of the greatest good in anie thing may moue vs to seeke for it to auoide the one and possesse the other let then the goodnes of vertues moue vs to seeke after them to attaine vnto them let vs embrace them and euermore liue in the holy practise of them for nothing worse then to want them and nothing more profitable then to haue them It followeth Brethren The parties exhorted all those hee meaneth as had attained 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fratres vterini to faith in Christ and did make profession of the Lord Iesus verse the first whome here hee calleth by The meaning the name of brethren as vsuallie the Apostle Saint Paule also doth in his Epistles who tearmeth those to whom he writ euen the Gentiles brethren not by nature not by nation nor by kindred but by profession Doctrine The Prophets before Christs comming a thing to be noted though they spake vnto their owne nation and people of one stock yet in their prophecying Note well they did call vpon the people by the name of Israel Children of Israell Inhabitants of the land and so forth but neuer by the name of brethren as Peter begun in the Act. 2. 19. and the Apostles elsewhere to shew a difference of the lawe and the Gospell euen in the messengers the one sort messengers of the lawe were seuere and spake further off from affection of loue the other publishers of glad tydings were louing messengers of peace spake as to children of their father and brethren in Christ as the Apostle doth here In which hee sheweth first his loue to them whome hee wrote vnto In which grace ministers must Instructiō for ministers teach if euer they will do good Rancor and malice are not fit for preachers of peace neither cholerick passions in proclaiming ioy by the promises of the Gospell loue abandoneth the one bridleth the other yet so as there remaineth a godly zeale to rebuke sinne as we see the Apostles did Doctrine Secondly he declareth his great humility equalizing the saints all of them the meanest as the greatest with himself an other vertue for ministers a vertue A pattern for ministers of incomparable estimation It is the stadle where God will cock vp his graces a chest for his secrets his owne lodging place there delighteth he to dwell It is Humility commended Esa 57. 15 Mat. 11. 29 the grace which hath the promise of grace and one of the vertues by which Christ himself commended himselfe vnto his disciples therein to bee followed of them It procureth loue it allureth mens hearts to haue a good liking of such yea and winneth reuerence for he that humbleth himselfe shall bee exalted This is not spoken to take away order Preuentiō of an obiection in superiority but onely to beate downe pride that men may walk in humility Neither may hence the inferiour presume to chalenge equalitie because the superiour descendeth lower then his place It is humility in the better when he maketh himselfe meaner then hee is but it is arrogancie in the other to aduance themselues thereby beyond that they are If men in authority finde any so presumptuous let them claime their due to suppresse that pride which they may doe with commendation Doctrine Againe hence may bee noted that men by profession of Christ become cōioyned Iam. 1. 18. in a fraternity and brotherhood They haue God to their father who hath begotten them by his word the Church is their mother that bare them for she is called his wife they haue all one elder brother the Lord Iesus al in him taught by Christ to call God father Mat. 6. Therefore let vs acknowledge this brotherhoode not onely by calling so Vse and exhortation one another as the custome was in the primitiue Church but by liuing as brethren in the dueties of loue Let vs not be called Rabbi for wee are brethren Mat. 23. 8 Let there be no dissension amongst vs as Abraham said for we are brethren Be Gen. 13. 8. at peace one with another O how amiable Psal 133. 〈◊〉 a thing is it for brethren to dwell together in vnity But ah alafle hath our profession brought vs to any such practise where is any thing lesse then loue seeke for vnity and behold enmitie Loue is not Euery man for himselfe as we now vse but it is carefull for other whom wee little regard The life of loue is brotherly kindnes but what shall I say more we haue lost this goodnes kind to none no not to our owne kindred carefull for none but for our selues Selfe loue hath withered vp all brotherly compassion that we cannot shew forth any workes of mercy with cōmisseration But where loue is wāting there God is lost for God is loue where this brotherhoode is neglected there the commandement of loue is not regarded and where this is out of vse there is nothing rightly performed Therefore let vs better bethinke our selues hereof remembring our profession to minde this duetie beleeue wee cannot our vnion with Christ without communion of his Church and pray wee cannot to GOD but with regard of brotherhood saying Our father If then wee haue either truth in professing soundnes in beleeuing or a right minde in praying wee must walke in loue towards our brethren for preseruation of this holy fellowship e●en vnto the end Amen Giue rather diligence This word rather 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The exposition Luk. 11. 28 is not here a note of choise as if men might choose whether they would bee diligent or no but it is a preferring of one thing before another and is also a secret correction of the ill disposition of na●ure which hath a rather that is a will and desire to the things of this life then to seeke diligently after heauenly vertues the good things of the life to come And it is as if hee had said Though by A Paraphrase nature you be apt to bee diligent for the things here for bodies welfare yet I aduise you for soules safetie to giue rather diligence to get heauenly graces Doctrine In which hee teacheth that men naturally make an ill choise preferring things of the world which haue an end before things spiritual which haue no end And this we suck from the breasts of our first parents Adam and Eue who beleeued Satan before God in hope of earthly good aduentured the Lords displeasure and the losse of Paradise for the gaine of an apple Esau would despise his birth right for a mease of pottage the Gadar●●s would want Christ rather then their swine Israelites desire the flesh pots in Egypt before the heauenly Manna Demas biddeth adue to