Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	apostle_n	faith_n	jesus_n	2,585	5	5.9640	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93790	Halting stigmatiz'd in a sermon preached to the Honorable House of Commons on the monethly fast day, Octob. 25. 1643. at Margarets Westminster. By Arthur Salvvey, pastour of Severne-stoake in the county of Worcester. Published by order of the said House.	Salwey, Arthur, b. 1605 or 6.	1644 (1644)	Wing S522; Thomason E77_13; ESTC R17704	11,333	28

men Acts 14.8 9 10 11. But when the Barbarians saw the Viper upon his hand then they cryed out he was a Murderer Act. 28.4 Thus have many behaved themselves towards you Honorable Senators when you cured the Creeples I meane such as were Creeples in their estates and liberties when you took away Ship-money Monopolies and the like burdens when you made the lame to walke opening the Prison doores unto such as were in bonds when you made the dumbe to speake opening the mouthes of many silenced Ministers then they could say Oh this is a blessed Parliament We had been undone if it had not been for this Parliament but when they saw the viperous brood of malignant Adversaries unto our Religion and Lawes in Arms against you then what multitude of Creeples did presently appeare Most were I wish I could not say are lame on one foot yea of too many I may say utroque poplite they are lame on feet And what are the motives that prevalle with these men Are they not such as swayed these Israelites peace peace peace upon any tearmes Court-favour and the like And may not I take in the Quousque also How long halt ye What halt still after so many satisfactory Declarations from the Parliament I may adde so many visible declarations from heaven the Almightie Lord of Hoasts most convincingly discovering his owning of the Cause wherein poore servants have so freely ingaged themselves in wonderfull preservations gracious deliverances glorious victories Honorable Senators Hath there not beene halting within your wals Have not many of your members unworthily forsaken you and miserably deserted the glorious cause of God The Lord open their eyes and heale their backslidings Vse 2 And thus I proceede unto the second Use of this point and it affords matter of deep humiliation And now I may take up the Prophet Ieremies Patheticall wish Ier. 9.1 Oh that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountaine of teares that I might weepe day and night Shall I say for the slaine of the Daughter of Gods people Indeed there is cause enough to weepe abundantly for the precious blood that hath been shed by the hands of Malignant and blood-thirsty men But I may adde for the halting the generall halting of the Nation there is abundant cause of bitter mourning Oh that the serious and sad consideration hereof might make deepe furrowes upon our hearts this day If the Lord should come to set a marke upon such as mourne for all the abominations that are done in the Land as once he commanded in the Prophesie of Ezekiel Ezek. 9. I feare that but a few of us should receive it And may I not take in the Quousque also the How long mentioned in my Text for a sad aggravation of our iniquitie and a powerfull motive unto deepest humiliation In our petitions unto God we sometimes use very earnest and importunate expostulations then we double and treble our Quousques How long O Lord wilt thou be angry with the prayers of thy people How long wilt thou forget me O Lord How long O Lord holy and true Shall we not consider how often we have put the Lord to his Quousques also How long ye simple ones will ye love simplicitie O Ierusalem wash thy heart from wickednesse How long shall vaine thoughts lodge within thee Woe unto thee O Ierusalem wilt thou not be made cleane When shall it once be Shall not we put the Quousque into our confessions also and judge ourselves this day for our long continuance in our sinnes and rebellions against God Doth it not become us to say Lord how long have we halted How long have we continued in a Laodicean temper May not I take up the Lords complaint uttered by the Prophet Amos in the fourth Chapter of his Prophesie and presse that aggravating Yet mentioned foure times in that Chapter And make use of the like complaint delivered by the Prophet Micah Chap. 6. vers 9. and 10. The Lords voyce crieth unto the Citie and the man of wisdome will see thy name heare the rod and who hath appointed it Are there yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked and the scant measure that is abominable So may I say Are there yet Neuters Vterques Waverers Are there yet halting Malignants notwithstanding the long continuance of so many heavy Judgements upon this Land Vse 3 And now I descend to an Use of Exhortation in the inforcement of the Prophets counsel or advice which is the second generall mentioned in my Text in these words If the Lord be God follow him but if Baal then follow him The Prophet speaketh thus hypothetically not as if he doubted whether Iehovah or Baal were the true God but he secretly checks their fluctuating and wavering and presseth them to resolution zeale and constancie We must not follow God a farre off as Peter followed Christ and when we are espied deny him as he did nor trembling as the people followed Saul not for a time onely as Demas who forsooke Paul and clave unto this present world but we must follow him in truth as Samuel counselleth 1 Sam. 12.24 and cleave unto him with purpose of heart as Barnabas exhorteth Act. 11.23 We must follow him fully as Caleb did Num. 14.24 We must cleave unto him and not depart from following him as it is registred of Hezekiah unto his everlasting praise 2 King 18.6 We must grow in grace 2 Pet. 3.18 And our last workes should be more then our first which was Thyatira's commendation Revel 2.19 Let us resolve to follow him in worship and manners worshipping him according to his revealed will and ordering our conversation according to his holy word And that we may be thus entire and constant let us take into our most serious consideration these ensuing Directions Take up the profession of godlinesse upon good grounds and for right ends Act in the strength of Jesus Christ I can doe all things saith the Apostle through Christ that strengthens me Phil. 4.13 Get your hearts warmed with the love of Jesus Christ which the Apostle calleth a constraining love 2 Cor. 5.14 For as reward hath an attractive and punishment an impulsive so love hath a compulsive facultie Reward draws punishment drives but love is most efficacious in the perswading of us unto the discharge of our dutie Lastly fixe your faith upon the promises study Moses his opticks eye him that is invisible Heb. 11.27 And eye the threats also Looke upon that good which God promiseth as the greatest good and upon the evill which he threatneth as the greatest evill And Honorable Patriots I beseech you suffer the word of exhortation let it be your chiefest care to follow God in your personall holinesse and in the promoting of a nationall Reformation Follow him personally It will be your greatest honour to be his servants You are very high in your civill priviledges but there is a priviledge of which Saint Iohn speaks that