Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	good_a	hate_v	hatred_n	2,544	5	9.6222	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12178	The Christians portion Wherein is unfolded the unsearchable riches he hath by his interest in Christ. Whom injoying hee possesseth all things else. By R. Sibbs D.D. and preacher to the honorable society of Grayes-Inne, and master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge. Published by T.G. and P.N.	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Goodwin, Thomas, 1600-1680.; Nye, Philip, 1596?-1672.	1637 (1637)	STC 22486; ESTC S117304	16,083	102

THE CHRISTIANS PORTION Wherein is unfolded the unsearchable Riches he hath by his interest in Christ. Whom injoying hee possesseth all things else By R. Sibbs D. D. and Preacher to the Honorable Society of Grayes-Inne and Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge Published by T. G. and P. N. LONDON Printed by JOHN NORTON for JOHN ROTHVVELL and are to be sold at the Sunne in Pauls Church-yard 1637. 1 Cor. 3. 21 22 23. Ver. Let noe Man glory in Man for all things are yours whether Paul or Apollo or Cephas or the World or Life or Death or things present or things to come all are yours and you are Christs and Christ is Gods THe principall scope of the Apostle in this place is to cut off faction and over much dependance upon men who had crept into the consciences of people and set up themselves in steed of Christ As that is the pride of false teachers to set up themselves in the conscience where Christ alone should be The Apostle to prevent this saith let no man glory in man doe not glory in your teachers they are but your servants and Christs servants for all things are yours all the teachers in the World are your servants and Christs Having set downe this generall All things are yours to discourage them from glorying in Man he parcells that generall into particulars Paul or Apollo or Cephas or Life or Death 1 All persons are yours 2 All things are yours 3 All events are yours Persons Paul Apollo Cephas Things The World or Life or Death Events whatsoever can come for the present or for time to come All is yours For the persons Paul Apollo Cephas are yours therefore Peter is not the head of the Church he is named here in the third place among the rest and after the rest Whether it bee Paul or Apollo or Cephas he is yours You know who ground all their Religion on this Peter is the head of the Church and they are the successors of Peter but Peter is the Churches and therefore cannot be the head and commander The World is yours What world is the Churches 1 The World naturall is the Churches that is the frame of Heaven and Earth all things are made for man and he is made for GOD. As the wise Philosopher could say that man is the end of all things in a semi-circle that is all things in the World are made for him He is made for God in whom all things end As all things come from a point and end there againe so all things come from God and all end in God We are Christs and Christ is Gods but the World is ours and wee are Gods all things in the World are our servants for they mourne in blacke as it were for our miseries since the fall And in our restoring againe they shall bee restored they waite for the day as it is Rom. 8. 21. For the glorious liberty of the sons of God they have their happines and misery together with men But there is another World that is ours take it in the worst sense the World of wicked men all their plotts and the Prince of the World are the Churches How is this He and all his instruments are under the command of him that turnes all his designes contrary to his owne intention this is a hell to Satan and one of the cheife torments he hath that as his malice is limited by this power so his power is limited by Gods power who overshootes him in his owne bow what ever he designes against the head Christ and against his members the Church it is overturned for the good of the Church In the primitive Church some were given over to Satan that they might learne not to blaspheme It s a strange thing that Satan should teach not to blaspheme who is the author of blasphemy Yet by consequence hee afflicting their bodies thereupon they came to be wise and seemed to be moderate and sober and to be Christianly minded and not to blaspheme So the Prince of the World is ours in this by an overcommanding power that turnes all to good against his intentions For there is but one grand Monarch in the World Every Kingdome is under a higher Kingdome there is but one to whom all are subject there is one grand Wheele that turnes all the other and therefore Satan himselfe is serviceable to Gods end whether hee will or noe And then for the World of wicked men all their designes though for the present they seeme to bee against the Church yet they are serviceable to the Church for wicked men are but the Launderers of the Church as it were to wash the Church to purge the church to doe base services that God intends for the refyning of the Church and all their hatred is for the good of the Church for God suffers the World to hate his children That his children might not love the World for if the VVorld did not hate his they would love the World and it would be a dangerous love The Church is a strange corporation it is such a corporation as hath the greatest benefit by enemies The enemies of the Church are the promoters of the greatest good of the Church the very World is the churches take it in the worst sense for the wicked World that lies in mischiefe but I will not dwell upon that To goe on Or Life The life of others is the Churches Why doth God continue the life of good Magistrates and good pastors For the Church as Paul saith It were better for me to bee with Christ a great deale yet for your sakes I must continue I am content to be without the joyes of Heaven a while for your good And therefore my life is yours it is at your service for you I shall continue still And so the life of good Magistrates it is for the benefit of the Church it were better for them to be in Heaven the life of all that may be serviceable to the Church till they have acted their part and served God in their generation as it is said of David Acts 3. 36. Hee served GOD in his owne Generation so every Magistrate hath his generation a time allotted a generation to stand up in the Church and state and to serue God in his turne and then God takes him away And then the life of every particular christian is theirs for God suffers them to injoy it so long as life may be a benefit to gather the more assurance of salvation and to doe their worke that he hath given them to doe here and when they have done their worke they are gathered to their Fathers so that life is the Churches And indeede life is a speciall benefit Because bythe advantage of life we further our reckonings a good christian the longer he lives the larlarger good accounts hee hath all his sinnes are wiped away they