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	heart_n	see_v	3,500	5	3.2632	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62089	Being for ever with the Lord, the great hope, end and comfort of believers what it is, and how to be obtained and forethought of / preached by Matthew Sylvester ; and published at the publick request of Mr. Ri. Baxter, at the hearing of it.	Sylvester, Matthew, 1636 or 7-1708.	1688 (1688)	Wing S6329; ESTC R34636	31,001	96

innocence and designs of such a Person as the Son of God was ingaged in such Mediatorial Work and all pursuant to this great Design That Life and Immortallity might be intail'd upon us who our selves could not live till he himself had undergone and conquer'd Death Nor would he bring us to himself but under such advantages and upon such terms as should evidently and greatly minister to universal satisfaction and renown So black was that thick Cloud wherein this Sun of Righteousness did set and pass into his glorious State thus to prepare our way to himself in Heaven as that the sight thereof made his awakened Soul to tremble and to solicite God for help Mark 14.34 Heb. 5.8 9. Yet through this Cloud he wrought his Way to diffuse his Glory through the Heavenly Regions and to make the Hosts and the Inhabitants thereof the amazed Witnesses of his triumphant Grace and Faithfulness And thence to afford those Influences which should prepare us for and suit us to that State. Blessed is Heaven that Christ is in it and blessed are holy Hearts below that Christ in Heaven is theirs and for them Christ there inthron'd and imploy'd for us should loosen all our Hearts from all save what his Heart is upon His Work and Presence in that holy Place hath both its Voice and Force He speaks not now to us in roaring Thunder-claps from the burning Mount nor doth that Blood through which God brought him from the Dead and consecrated the High Priest of our Profession to his most noble Work within the Vail cry like the Blood of Abel for Revenges to fill our Hearts with Enmity or Anguish but it is an alluring grateful Whisper from betwixt the Cherubims of Grace and Glory a Call to Pisgah thence to behold Emanuel's Land that promised and expected State of Holiness and Joy hence therefore let us send our Hearts to Christ as a poor Widow's Mite only to acknowledg our Obligations to him and to testify how much we love our Lord and Head. And O thou Prince of Life and Glory thou Oracle of Truth the sealed Amen of all God's Promises and of our glorious Expectations thou Conqueror of Graves of Hearts and Hell whom to behold is our great Hope and Joy for without Thee the Prince of Life we cannot live and never look to know what it is indeed to live till we be got to Thee Lend us a Beam of Light to view thee by that every Look may melt our Hearts and make them shine and burn That thus our Admirations and Affections may bear some small proportion to their Object and more effectually secure us from losing Hearts below and throwing them away upon unworthy things We lose Affections in mistaken worth and thou get'st little else hereby but Slights and Stabs and all because we know not Thee the Lord of Glory How little is thy Love admir'd by us because we feel it not how little are we affected with thee because we have not seen thee how little do we bemoan our absence from thee because we are so little apprehensive of what thy glorious Presence so liberally produces and dispenses how easily are we courted and prevail'd upon to forget thee because we do so little think upon and are so little affected with thy Wounds below and thy Worth and Joys above Eyes have not seen Hearts cannot love O lift and help and warm and fix and conquer all O let our Hearts be made as fast and pure as Heaven Let preparations be compleat in Hearts as well as in those Mansions of eternal Glory with thy self which thou hast order'd and incourag'd us to expect O let not Grace and Love as large as Heaven be under our Feet any more but upon our Hearts Could ever Heaven be ours or found and valu'd by us as Heaven indeed without thy Sufferings Triumph Grace and Presence And can we think on Heaven indeed and yet forget the Throne of Majesty and Grace that is there and him that sits thereon acting pursuantly to this delightful Hope that we shall see him in his Meridian Glory and be with him for ever 10. Let nothing have or influence your Hearts below but that which suits the Heart of Christ above All must be like the Lord that are to live with him and he that hath this Hope in him must purify himself as Christ is pure 1 Joh. 3.2 3. Whatever Christ died to start below he lives above to propagate to vindicate and compleat He hath as true a Heart for Godliness now as ever and he was call'd the Holy Child after his Exaltation Acts 4.27 Christ's Heart is pure so are his Joys for they are the Joys of Holiness in its utmost luster vigour and extent You must be pure or Christ and you must part the Constitution of the heavenly State admits of no disorder His holy Soul abhors what seems to shake his Father's Throne He cannot bear it that a filthy Soul should stand before him for God's Name is in him Exod. 23.21 In that he lives he lives to God Rom. 6.10 He dy'd with Holiness upon his Heart and as a Martyr for it as well as to make an atonement for us 1 Pet. 2.22 23. With a pure Heart he went to Heaven and can you think that Purity can wast and rot when fac'd with the most immediate Visions of God and entertain'd with all things most expressive of God's complacency in it Surely God's greatest Favours must bear the clearest Characters and Signatures of his essential Purity and Holiness Hath Holiness lost its Interest in Heaven since Christ went thither Or hath Sin gotten ground by Christ's ascent to Glory O Sinners be no longer doting Fools and stupid Sots Lay by your Venom and cleanse your Hearts and Hands Jam. 4.8 1 Cor. 6.9 to 11. The Heart the Blood the Inheritance the Crown and Triumphs of our Lord are all engag'd to revive Holiness in the World Psal 130.4 Dote not upon deceitful Riches Christ is the Pearl of Price by whom you are to be inrich'd in every thing Let not the Mammon of Unrighteousness usurp the Throne of Christ the over-valued World is a perfect Enemy to Christ to Heaven and Heavenliness Be not perplexed nor over-charg'd with Cares be not intangl'd whilst you are allow'd to be imploy'd Take heed of Delilaes lest you lose your Locks and be bereav'd of your Christian Strength and Hopes Fear not the Frowns prize not the Smiles of Mortal Dust beyond Divine Allowance Christ hates Competitors Christ did it not below he loves it not above Be not buri'd alive in Sloth Rom. 12.11 there is nothing in Heaven but Life and Joy in full conformity to all the Laws and Purposes of that compleat Theocracy Diligence brings in rich Delights 't is Sloth that makes Hell so full and Heaven so empty Be not high-minded neither court nor cherish Self in any dress by Pride and Rage Haman's preferment made him but high enough to reach a Halter Learn