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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	lord_n	love_v	5,446	5	6.1547	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93876	The commings [sic] forth of Christ in the power of his death. Opened in a sermon preached before the High Court of Parliament, on Thursday the first of Novem. 1649. being a publike thanksgiving for the victories obtained by the Parliaments forces in Ireland, especially for the taking of Droghedah, since which Wexford also was taken. By Peter Sterry, sometimes fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge: and now preacher of the Gospel in London.	Sterry, Peter, 1613-1672.; England and Wales. Parliament. aut	1649 (1649)	Wing S5476; Thomason E578_1; ESTC R203622	37,495	77

Particular An Expres●ion of the Reason My Strength I love thee O Lord my Strength 1 Particular The Profession of Affection I lo●e thee The Word translated Love is taken from the Belly the Bowels the Inward Parts Rechem It implyes a Three-fold Property in Love 1 Property Inwardnes Divine Love is from a Divine Principle not from Sense or Fancy but the Heart not a Guilding upon the Ou●-side of Flesh but Pure Gold growing in the Inward Hidden Mine of the Spirit He is a Jew that is One Inwardly saith St. Paul Rom. 2. 29. He is a Lover of God who is One Inwardly The true Love of God is a Spiri●uall Fire in the Bowels It consumes the Inward Parts like the Fat about the Heart which was to be consumed by Fire in all the Sacrifices Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine Heart saith Iesus Christ in the Gospel 2 Property Tenderness Love to God must be a Sensible Sympathizing L●ve The Bowels the Inward Parts are Seats of Tenderness Passion Sympathy When Two Lutes are rightly tuned one to another touch a String upon One Lute and the same String upon the other Lute will answer it with a like Sound Iesus Christ and a Saint are thus tuned by mutuall Love each to other Their Bowels are Musicall Strings Let One be touched in any Kinde and the Bowels of the Other will sound 3 Property Strength Spirituall Love hath one Seat and Root with Life our Inward Parts Love is strong as Life nay it is stronger than Life For Love is strong as Death which masters Life Cant. 8. 6. The Loving Kindnes of God is Better Sweeter than Life saith the Psalmist Psalm 63. 3. For when Life can afford no Comfo●t but is full of Bitternes the Love of God will then Sweeten Life When Life failes us the Love of God will then receive us into its Mansions So the Love of a Saint to God is Stronger then Life For he may lose his Life but not his Love to his Saviour Yea he will lay down his Life for the love of the Lord Jesus The Love of a Saint to God is stronger then Death It will carry him thorow Death make him more then a Conquerour over it Thus much for the First Particular the Profession of Affection 2. Particular the Expression of the Reason My Strength O Lord my Strength The Word is Ghazak It hath Foure Senses 1 Sense Durablenesse The Lord is a Strength upon which nothing can make Impression to shake or weaken it 2 Sense Puissance God is the Lord of Hosts He beares down all things before him 3 Sense Praevalency God can doe any thing He can bring forth all things out of the Treasury of His Fulnesse He is Full and Fruitfull He is not onely an Active Potentiality like a Living Spring but a Potent V●i●ersall Act like the Over-whelming Sea before the Dry Land appeared God can out-doe and out-goe all things in all Kindes of Excellency Activity and Fruitfulnesse Thus God is round about His own A Wall encompassing enclosing them round a Fire devouring Outwardly every Evill that would break in upon them a Light shining inwardly multiplying upon them all Formes of Life all Beautifull Glorious Manifestations shooting ten Thousand Beames of Joy into their Hearts Thus the Lord hath been a Wall to us a Sea-wall a Wall between us and a Sea of Blood The Lord hath been a Fire for us Consuming our Enemies He hath been a Light standing still over our Heads like the Sun over the Head of Ioshua while he pursued the Canaanites and made an End of them He hath been a Calme Sweet Light to us in the midst of a Thick Darknesse and a Tempest I have now gone ●ver my Text in Generall Now Honoured Patriots I hope you will give me leave and cause to repeat my Text in your Names with a little Change after this manner To Him who Excelleth To the Conquerour To the Chiefe Saviour and Singer of Israel To Iesus Christ A Psalme of Praise of the Commons of England the Servants of the Lord who spake to the Lord the Words of this Song in that Day when the Lord had delivered them from the Hand of all their Enemies and from the Hand of Saul and from the Hand of Ishbosheth that feeble Man that Man of Shame those Men of Same in Ireland by the taking of Droghedah in that Day when they saw the Lord Iesus comming out of His Place to raig●e over the whole Earth in the Power of his Death Then they said We love Thee We love Thee Inwarly Tenderly Strongly We love Thee O Lord Our Strength I come now to that which I promised as the Second Part of my Sermon and that is a Particular Doctrine taken up out of the General Sense of the Words and That is This Doctrine The Lord is the Strength of his People I will give you Three Demonstrations of this Doctrine and so descend to the Application 1 demonstr. There is a Neere and Mutual Vnion between God and a Good Man This Vnion is tied by Two Strong and Fast Knots at Both Ends Love is the Knot by which it is fastned on Gods part Faith is the Knot on a Saints part The Spirit is the String or Chain of Gold on which these Knots are Knit St. Paul saith 1 Cor. 6. 16. He that is joyned to the Lord is one Spirit No Things are so capable of Vnion as Spirits They can pene●rate descend into dwell in fill possesse one another Those things clasp one another closely indeed which are Spiritually united The Vnion between God and His People is Strict and Strong for it is Spirituall The Nature and Exercise of Faith and Repentance is best exprest by the Fulnesse of this Vnion This Vnion empties a Man of his Lusts the World the Flesh For it makes a man Spiritual a Spirit For it is the Baptisme of a Spirituall Fir● unto Repentance This Vnion empties a Man of Himself and fills him full of Iesus Christ For it makes a Man to be no more upon his owne Bottome but One Spirit with his Saviour Thus this Vnion is the Helme of Repentance and the Hand of Faith upon that Helme which turnes us quite about and makes the Great Change in us from West to East from Death to Life This Vnion empties a Man quite out of Himselfe into Iesus Christ A Man is no more One Flesh with himself but the Lord and He are One Spirit Here is excercised that Act of Repentance and Faith by which a Man thrusts away from him the Shore of Selfe or Flesh and lancheth forth● into Iesus Christ as a Spirituall Sea This Vnion is the very Eye of Repentance by which a Man weepeth out Selfe in Tears and taketh in Christ in sweet Beames It is that Mouth of Faith by which a Man breathes forth himselfe into his Saviour and sucks in Iesus Christ as a Quickning Spirit It is the Putting off Selfe and the Putting on Christ It

fulfilling of this part of the Revelation Yet we read also of the same Season as of a Season of great Trouble as also of great Triumph to the Saints themselves Trouble in the Flesh but Triumph in the Spirit because now Jesus Christ in His Members is exalted in the Power of his Death Page 12. Here is the Patience of the Saints wh●le they are ●innowed from all their H●sks and Straw that nothing may be left but pure Corn for the Ga●ner Here are they that keep the Commandements of God and the Fa●th of Jesus They are now Discovered who are built upon the Rocke of a Divine Principle who live by V●ion with Jesus Christ not looking upon things that are seen but upon things that are not seen Now is the Tryall of those who are not carryed about with the Winds of Fancy Philosophy or Divers and Delusive Spirits but cleave fast to the Commandements of God Concerning these it is Proclaimed by the Spirit page 13. Bl●ssed are the Dead which dye in the Lord namely by reason of the Troubles and Perillousnesse of these Day●s For they rest from their Labou●s and their Works follow them For the End will be suddenly The Resurrection from the Dead with the Burning up of the World and the Consummating of the Saints now maketh h●st and i● even at the Door In the yeere 1656. the Flo●d came upon the ●i●st World Then it rained forty Dayes and forty Nights Genesis 3. 12. When this Flood was spent and the dry Land appeared Noah came forth from the Ark at the Commandment of the Lord and planted a Vine About the same number of yeeres from the last Man may God rain Blood upon the Face of the Earth for the space of forty Yeeres to weare out the Race of the Wicked and to wash off the Worldly part from the Righteous In the mean time shall the Saints be lifted up above the Earth upon the Face of this Deluge being ●id with Christ in God the true Ark After this shall Jesus Christ come forth and all His Saints with him Then shall He plant Himself as a new Vine upon the Face of the whole Earth to che●r both God and Man with His Wine But the Waters of the Flood prevailed upon the Earth one Hundred and Fifty Dayes though it rained onely Forty Dayes Genesis 7. In this last Deluge God will wonderfully shorten His Worke and contract the Times Mat. 24. 22. Accordingly the Difference in Daniels last Number which reacheth to the Resurrection of the Just from His first Number is Five and no more above Forty Happy and Blessed are you that live to the Brinke of these Times Happy and Blessed are your Eyes that see Jesus Christ lifted up in the World by His Crosse This is your Season to rejoyce Now in the midst of Wars and Rumours of Wars for now your Redemption draweth nigh Luke 21. 18. Now lift up your Heads and look forth your Redeemer is comming as a Gyant refresht with Wine to run his Race thorow the World over the Necks and Brests of His Enemies When He hath finisht this Course He will come forth as a Bridegroom from His Chamber to receive you into his Everlasting Embraces Here is the Faith and Patience of the Saints Here is the Faith of the Saints to see their Saviour raigning like David in Blood Here is the Patience of the Saints to wait all this Forty yeers of His First and David like Raign for His great and last Appearing Then shall ●e come like Salomon the Prince of Peace having changed His Red Apparell for the Wh●te Garments of Righteousnesse and everlasting Joy I have done now with the Auther of the Psalme as he is described by his Name and Person David 2 Description His Relation The Servant of the Lord Davids Wisedome ●n● Courage had a great share in Victories which he obtained Yet he gives all the Glory to the Lord and puts in himselfe only under this Title the Servant of the Lord A Servant is a living Instrument David was carried from a Shepherds life through many D●fficulties and Dangers safe to a Kingdome He ownes nothing of all this Neither the Design nor the Working of it were his He was an Instrument a Toole a Weapon in the ●and of his God and no more The Highest Praises come from the Humblest Hearts Noble Patriots This is your Copy after which you also are to write in this Day of your Praises your Titles the Servants of the Lord I appeale to your own Breasts whether God hath not wrought you and perhaps is still working you to Great things beyond your Ay●● or Imagination As the Paper in a Letter so you Right Honourable have had the Honour to Convey the Words the Works of God to us But the Head that beares the Sense and Contrivance the Hand that formed them these have been the Lords nor Yours I have done with the Second Particular in the Title of the Psalm the Author 3 Particular The Occasion of the Psalme This is twofold 1. Generall 2. Particular 1 Generall A Universall Deliverance from all his Enemies to that day When God had delivered him from the hand of all his Enemies 2 Particular and from the Hand of Saul Saul signifieth Askt Saul was given to the People in Displeasure For they desired a King upon a Heathenish Ground that they might be like the rest of the Nations 1 Samu. 8. 5. Now make us a King to judge us like all the Nations They desired a King upon a Profane Ground in Opposition to their Thearchy their Government under God by Judges 1 Sam. 8. 7. They have not rejected Thee but Me that I should not reign over them This Saul was forsaken by the Lord haunted by an Evill Spirit could finde no Reliefe from It except only by the Sweet Strokes of Davids Harp Yet he hunts David all his Dayes for his Li●e as a Pa●tridge upon the Mountains David was now delivered from the Power and Malice of King Saul Yet Saul left a Son His name was Ishbosheth which signifies a Man of Shame He had the Affections of the greatest Part of the People and succeeded his Father in the Kingdome of the Ten Tribes He acted nothing in his own Person but by his Servants especially Abner his Chiefe Captain He was a Slight and a Short trouble to David He never prospered still declining He continued not above two yeares ●Sam 2. 10. He was betrayed and flain by those of his own Camp and Court God hath delivered you Right Honourable not only from Saul but also from Ishbosheth in a very great Degree by those la●e Victories and Successes in Ireland I have journeyed thorow the First Part of my Text the Title of the Psalme I passe now into the Second Part The Second Part. The Ground-work of the Psalm I Love thee O Lord my Strength This Part hath Two Particulars in it 1 Particular A Profession of Affection I love thee O Lord 2