Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	jesus_n	lord_n	love_v	17,226	5	6.5880	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85716	A Christian new-years gift or exhortations to the chief duties of a Christian: Written in Latine by Harbot. Grimstone, Esquire, one of the members of the House of Commons in Parliament. Translated for the more publick benefit.	Grimston, Harbottle, Sir, 1603-1685.	1644 (1644)	Wing G2029; Thomason E1210_1; ESTC R208799	15,712	128

flesh shall behold God my Saviour whom I shall see my self with these eyes and not another Job 19.25 In his bosome will I repose my hope 5 When crosses contrary to flesh and bloud are to be undergone for God and heavens sake sweeten the bitter Cup with this sugar and honie O my soul The sufferings of this present life are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us These light and short afflictious which are but for a moment work in us a farre more exceeding weight of glorie while we look not at the things which are seen but the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporall but the things which are not seen are eternall Rom. 8.18 With this handkerchief that excellent wrastler S. Paul wiped away all the sweat of his most hard labours by the proposall of this prize the other most valiant souldiers of Christ fought with beasts with flames with gibbets nay with death it self and overcame 6 If through strong temptations thou feel thy self falling into the pit of despair especially on thy death-bed cast forth this Anchor of hope and say Why doest thou make shipwrack of thy self O my soul Put thy trust in God for I will yet give him thanks who is the help of my countenance and my God Psal. 43.5 Cast thy burden upon him he will not suffer thee to fall for he is infinitely good more ready to give then we to ask or hope He is thy Father who made thee and made so much of thee that he gave his onely begotten Sonne to redeem thee a bondslave And for three and thirty years together how much did he do and suffer for thy sake And now thou hast this same Jesus an Advocate for thee with the Father who is the propitiation for thy sinnes and his blood shall cleanse thee from all sin 1. Joh. 2.1 O be thou with me my dear Jesus help thy humble supplicant lest thy bloud be shed in vain for me by thy help I shall hope as long as I live and though warre rise up against me yet shall not my heart be afraid CHAP. III. The Exercise of Love to God and zeal of his glory THou shalt use these ejaculations to enflame thy mind to the love of God It is written Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy mind all thy strength He that loveth not abideth in death Matth. 22.37 He who loveth not his brother 1. Joh. 3.19 how much more he that loveth not God Thou therefore commandest me to love O good God and threatnest death eternall death if I love thee not Is it not torment enough not to love thee or need we be tied by laws and threats to love thee Am I so blind as not to know thy manifold blessings and graces and immense perfections or rather am I so stupid and senselesse that I have no heart to love thee O thou infinite goodnesse Thou bottomlesse sea of goodnesse Thou immense goodnesse it self And now if love ought to be requited with loving again what love is that which can equallize thy love Thou lovedst me from eternity before I was or could gainsay thy love Thou createdst soul body and all things else which were nothing to thee for my sake and conservest them for me to this day Thou hast given thy Angells charge over me to keep me in my wayes even then ah wretch when I am sinning against thee Thou hast prepared for me an exceeding great reward and hast called me into thy grace that I might inherit it And when I fell away so oft and lost thy love yet didst thou call me back again unto repentance The cogitation of this is pleasant to my soul But O far more sweet O sweetest Saviour that thou shouldest daigne to become Man to suffer so bitter and horrid things and at last to die upon the Crosse for me O cruell me who crucified thee But that which lies sweetest of all upon my soul is That when thou wert about to die thou ordainest the Sacrament of thy precious Body and Bloud a wonderfull token of thy love towards me And now to make amends for so great benefits thou requirest onely that I love thee again O Love exstasie of love How doest thou deserve O thou infinite goodnesse to be loved of all and above all created things So let me love thee therefore O Jesus Thou Saviour of lovers and onely love of all that are saved Let the fire of thy love consume me quite that so I may live and die for love of thy love as thou vouchsafedst to die for love of mine When thou hast thus blown this fire of Divine Love then let it break forth into these flames O my God! my infinite goodnesse I do love thee above all created beings I love thee with all my heart with all my mind and with all my strength am stedfastly purposed to keep all thy righteous commandments and to conform my self to thy most holy will And why do I love thee thus but because thou art infinitely more lovely then it is possible thou canst be loved of me for thy unmeasurable perfections sake thy incomprehensible power most unsearchable wisdome for thy unbounded Holinesse and goodnesse sake viz. For thine own sake O Father Sonne and Holy Ghost three persons and one God! I will love thee above all things who art become all things to me 2 Frequent this duty often chiefly when any tentations befall thee for it helps much thy perseverance in grace 3 Often looking up towards heaven thou shalt crave this excellent gift of love toward God with this short prayer O Thou love which art alwaies flaming and never exstinct my God Love inflame me with the fire of thy love Ah! too late do I love thee O Beauty so ancient and so fresh too too late have I loved thee Make me to know my self and to know thee that so I may despise my self and love thee 4 Be glad whatsoever happens to thee if thou find that Gods providence would have it so Reioyce though adversity and afflictions befall thee and let righteous Jobs song be thine As the Lord pleased so is it Blessed be the Name of the Lord Job 1.21 5 Be sorry if any thing happen repugnant to the will of God if any man sinne and offend God let this trouble thee And do thy endeavour to prevent such deeds and remove the offence when it is committed if thou canst 6 If the devil tempt thee with any grievous temptation pray thus Thou permittest me to be tempted O Lord to try me whether I love thee or not yet thou wilt not suffer me to be tempted above what I am able I know that without thy grace I should contemn thee O thou universall goodnesse and to please that enemy of Mankind incurre eternall death for a momentany pleasure But I have sworn and am stedfastly purposed to keep thy