Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	fear_n	fear_v	servile_a	2,946	5	12.3591	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14879	The plaine mans pilgrimage. Or iovrney tovvards heaven Wherein if hee walke carefully he may attaine to euerlasting life. By W.W.	Webster, William, treatise writer.	1613 (1613)	STC 25181; ESTC S101835	77,422	180

neuer throughly vnderstand it O what a benefit had Salomon lost if he had lost his wisdom which God gaue him euen as great a benefit doest thou loose if thou loose the knowledge of Gods will Wilt thou know what this renuing is It is the repairing of the Image of God vntill wee be like Adam when hee dwelt in Paradice As there is a whole old man so there must bee a whole new man The old man must change properties with the new man that is wisdome for wisdome loue for loue feare for feare his worldly wisdome for heauenly wisdome his carnall loue for spirituall loue hsi seruile feare for Christian feare his idle thoughts for holy thoughts his vaine words for wholsome words his fleshly workes for sanctified workes Thus much of our regeneration and new birth which may bee called the Christian mans practise because it concerneth euery Christian to seeke for that foode which belongeth to the renued man according to the saying of Saint Peter 1.2.2 As new borne babes desire the sincere Milke of the word that yee may grow thereby The nourishment and food for there generate man 9. NOw followeth to bee obserued for the benefit and duty of the renued man that hee may proceed and grow on and dayly increase more and more in faith and feare of Iesus Christ whereby wee receiue all our growth and increase in God And therefore hee hath giuen vs speciall meanes that is the meditation and liuely preaching of the word of truth Therefore the Apostle by a figuratiue and borrowed speach earnestly presseth them to thrist and to long for the word of God euen for the foood of their soules for there are two births mentioned in the Scriptures the one fleshly and naturally by propagation from the first Adam whereby original and our birth sinne as it were a Serpents poyson passeth and transfuseth it selfe into vs the other is heauenly and spirituall by renouation from the second Adam which is Christ whereby grace and holinesse is deriued and brought vnto vs. In this latter and better birth God is our father to beget vs the Church his spouse our Mother to conceiue vs the seed whereby wee are bred and borne againe is the word of God the Nurse to feed and cherish vs are the Ministers of the Gospell and the food whereby wee are nourished and held in life is the Milke of the word Therefore in as much as children which are new borne cannot increase in growth and stature but must needs dye and come to dissolution vnlesse they bee continually fed and nourished with wholsome food It behooueth therfore all the faithfull and godly who are quickned and reuiued in the life of God as new borne babes to desire the sincere Milke of the word that they may grow by it Let vs now therefore come to the perticuler parts which issue and spring from the seuerall branches of this scripture First here is noted a preparation if wee will be bettered and increase by the word we must be as new borne babes Secondly our affection and duty when we are new borne we must desire Thirdly the matter and obiect of our desire is the Milke of the word Fourthly the quality of the milke that must be sincere lastly the vse and end for which we desire it that wee may grow thereby Now for the first poynt we must be as new borne babes for Children we know are principally commended for simplicity and harmlesnes And therefore all those which will profit in the schoole of Christ and receiue light and comfort by the preaching and meditation of the word are heere taught to become as babes to lay aside all maliciousnes and to bring holy and sanctified heartes to the hearing of it For we are neuer fit to heare and learne of Christ til we be reformed and newly renewed and changed againe for the secrets of the Lord as Dauid sayth is with them that feare him Psal 25.14 God wil not admit no sinfull soules into his secrets for wisedome wil not rest in the defiled soule nor in a body that is subiect to sin Therefore if we wil haue the Lord to blesse our hearing and reading we must wash and rence out the dregges of sinne that are frozen in vs that is wee must purge the leuen of maliciousnes that soureth our soules we must cast vp our couetousnesse and pride and our flothfulnes and for this is the cause why there are so many sinfull and non proficient hearers of the word because there are so many sinful hearers Wherfore to shut vp this poynt we must be as babes because Christ reueileth knowledge and wisedome to none but to babes And yet we must not be babes only but new borne babes which haue new soules a new life new members new affections imparted vnto them for we must be changed and new fashioned in euery part And therefore they which are implanted into Christ are called new Creatures because neither the old heart nor the old man nor the old eare nor the old eye wil serue the turne but all must be changed and new framed againe for whatsoeuer is borne of the flesh is flesh If we wil haue it spirit that is fit for Gods worship who is a spirit and wil be worshipped in spirit and truth we must be borne againe of the spirit the sence heereof made the prophet Dauid crye out create in me a cleane heart O God and renew a right spirit in me So let vs neuer rest seasoning our soules til all bee sanctified for then we are fit to vnderstand euery part of Gods will when wee bee in euery part new borne againe Wee may see the Apostle maketh no other accompt of the vnregenerat then of a dead man and therefore that they must be quickned and new borne againe before they can practise or performe any vitall action in the life of God Christ is resembled to a vine and wee to the branckes for that al iuyce and sap whereby the branches spring and liue issueth ariseth from the roote of the vine So all graces and goodnes that is in vs droppeth and distilleth from the riches of the person of Iesus Christ so vntil God blesse our hearts they be wicked and fruitlesse Therfore as an vncleane fountaine cannot send forth sweet water nor a bad tree bring forth good fruit no more can the corrupt and wicked heart of the vnregenerate bud and bring forth any good and vertuous actions Thus much of our condition and preparation whereby wee haue learned with how holy and with how sanctified affections we ought to repayre the hearing of the word of God Now it followeth our duty and affections when we are new borne we must not be children in wauering and inconstancie because the Apostle sayth that God hath furnished his church with pastors and teachers that we be noe more children wauering and carried about with euery wind of doctrine nor we must not bee children in vnderstanding and knowledge because

for this cause couetousnesse is called Idolatry Now the Apostle to make vs to loue godlinesse hee calleth it by the name of great gaine heare wee may see that God doth not command men to bee godly onely because it maketh for his glory but because godlinesse is profitable to vs. Also for godlinesse is not called gaine in respect of God but in respect of vs it is gaine to vs but it is duty to him so it is not called a health in respect of vs because it is the health of our soules so it is not called a kingdome in respect of God but in respect of vs because wee are intituled to the kingdome by this difference from the reprobates Now put all the good things in the world together and the goodnesse of all is found in godlinesse to shew that the godly are as well as merry as content with their loue towards God and Gods loue towards them as other are with health and wealth and pleasure Therefore it is said of the godly The feare of the Lord is their treasure But the riches of the world are called earthly transitory snares dung as though they were not worthy to bee counted riches and therfore to draw the earnest loue of men from them the holy Ghost brings them in with such names of disdaine to disgrace them with their louers But when hee comes to godlinesse which is the riches of the soule then hee calleth it great riches heauenly riches vnsearchable riches euerlasting riches with all the names of pleasure and all the names of happinesse The worldly man hath a kinde of peace and ioy and riches but it cannot be called great because they haue not enough they are not content as the godly are therefore godlinesse hath his honour to be called great gaine Riches makes bate but godlinesse makes peace riches breeds couetousnesse but godlinesse brings contentation riches makes a man vnwilling to dye but godlinesse makes a man ready to die therefore onely godlinesse hath this honour to be called great riches such ioy such peace is in godlinesse and yet no man couets it For this is the quality of vertue it seemeth nothing vnto a man vntill he haue it but when hee hath found it hee will not then loose it againe for all the world because it brings him to be contented with that he hath Now because contentation is of such a nature that it can please it selfe with pouerty aswell as riches as though it had all which they wanted and this contentment wee owe to godlinesse because it is not possible for a wicked man to bee contented but the godly man hath found that which all the world doth seeke that is enough It is sildome seene that contentation is found in riches therefore the Apostle teacheth vs to seeke it in godlinesse saying Godlinesse is great riches and this riches the world seldome thinketh of but when Godlinesse commeth vnto a man it saith Peace be in this house peace be in this heart peace be in this man and this is the signe whether Godlinesse bee in a man if hee haue ioy and contentment with that he hath if he haue much he can say with Saint Paul I haue learned to abound if he haue little I haue l●arned to want that is if we haue much as Abraham as Lot as Iob as Iacob c. Yet it cannot corrupt his mind for though the godly man be full of riches yet his heart is not rent his minde is not troubled his countenance is not changed because he remembreth that these things were giuen him to do good such a commander is contentation that wheresoeuer shee setteth foote an hundreth blessings waite vpon her in euery disease shee is a Physitian in euery strife shee is a Lawyer in euery doubt shee is a Preacher in euery griefe shee is a comforter Therefore if wee see a man contented with that hee hath it is a great signe godlinesse is entered into him for the heart of man is made the temple of God and nothing can fill it but God alone Therefore blessed is the man whom godlinesse doth make rich saith Salomon and bringeth no sorrow of heart with it Pro. 10.22 these are the riches which at the last wee must dwell with when all the rest which we haue lyed for and sworne for and fretted for and broken our sleepe for and lost many a Sermon for will forsake vs like seruants which change their Maisters then godlinesse shall seeme as great gaine vnto vs as it did to Saint Paul and hee which loued the world most would giue all that hee hath for a dram of faith that he might be sure to goe to heauen when he is dead though he went towards hell so long as he liued Thus wee may see the fruites of godlinesse and the fruits of couetousnesse for if wee bee couetous wee shall neuer haue enough although we haue too much but if we bee godly wee shall haue enough though wee seemed to haue nothing therefore what counsell is there to be taken herein but as our Lord Iesus councelled his Disciples Bee not friends to riches but make you friends of riches and know this that if wee cannot say with Saint Paul in what estate soeuer we are in wee haue learned therewith to be content that is whether we be riche or poore in health or sicknesse or in any other estate whatsoeuer if contentation be not there then godlinesse is not yet come vnto that man for the companion of godlinesse is contentation which when shee commeth will bring vnto vs all good things Thus much for this first part wherein is contained the beginning of our Pilgrimage iourney beeing strangers here placed in this world and withall hauing all other creatures giuen and made in subiection for the vse and seruice of man And so consequently man himselfe while he remaineth a Pilgrim to ferue God his Creator with true faith obedience and holynesse of life all his dayes and that all earthly things be made indifferent for the vse and seruice of man with a breefe note how the most part of this world doe runne contrary in this point and doe not take care of that duty and businesse for which alone they were created and placed here in this world and is also declared what great dangers and destructions such runners away fall into with an admonition to all true Christians which are but strangers and Pilgrims in this world and hauing many enimies to encounter withall and for the auoyding the dangers of them wee ought to bee carefull to distinguish truly betweene spirituall and worldly care which is recited in the story of Martha and Mary by our Lord and Sauiour Christ himselfe Also that God hath giuen two vocations vnto men the one heauenly and spirituall for the soule the other earthly and temporall for the body therefore as God hath giuen these vocations to euery Christian to beexercised therein the one for our selues the other for God and that