Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	lord_n	servant_n	serve_v	7,269	5	6.9164	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12202	The spirituall favorite at the throne of grace. By the late learned, and reverend divine Richard Sibbs Doctor in Divinity. Published by the authors owne appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent unperfect copies	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.	1640 (1640)	STC 22512; ESTC S103004	21,096	106

these breathings to God for grace and comfort these spirituall breathings they shew that there is a spring within and spirit within whence these vapors and desires come therefore they are accepted of God because they spring from his owne Spirit And because they are pointed to heaven-ward to shew that a man is turned for it is put here instead of turning Turne yee to me saith the Lord and he answereth here instead of turning My desire is to feare thy name Because when the desire is altered then the frame of the soule is altered a man is turned another way the desire is the weight of the soule What carries the soule but desire Now when the soule is carried another way then before it argues an alteration of the frame therefore it pleaseth God to accept of thē I beseech you let us often enter into our owne soules and examine what our desires are which way the bent of our soules is what cause we would have to flourish and prevaile in the world Christs or Antichrists for God esteemes us by the frame of our desires Who desire to feare thy Name And prosper I pray thee thy servant this day NOw he comes to his petition Prosper I pray thee thy servant this day Hee doth not capitulate with God for particular matters much for he knew hee had to deale with an all-wise God but hee commends his petition in generall Prosper I pray thee thy servant c. He was to attend the King and he was in his attendance to mind the state of the Church for the re-edifying the walls and gates of Ierusalem now saith he in generall Prosper thy servant he leaves it to God how and in what manner being to deale as I said with an infinite wise God onely he prayes in generall prosper thy servant this day He comes againe with his relation of servant to teach us alway when wee come to God to looke in what relation we stand to him whether we be true servants or no what work we doe for him in what reference we doe what we doe whether we doe it to please him as servants or no I said something of the relation of servant before I will adde a little here because he repeates it foure or five times in this short prayer In all our services wee should looke to God for our ayme in our workes shew what they are whether they come from servants or no As the stamp upon a token makes it if there be a good stamp on it it is not the matter that makes it current A stamp on silver makes it current as well as gold though the metall of gold be better So when things are done because God commands them to please God as a service to him this makes it good that we are servants indeed that the relation is good When we goe about the service of the Church or Country or place we live in to thinke I doe God service here and doe it as a service to God who will be honoured and served in our service to others herein I am a good servant though the matter of my service be a common base and meane matter yet it hath a stamp upon it it is Gods will God hath placed and planted mee here and he will be served of me in this condition at this time though the matter of it bee an ordinarie thing I know it may helpe the good of the Church it hath reference to the will of God and the good of the Church Thus if wee doe what wee doe with an eye to God in the place where hee hath set vs that wee doe it as to him we are Gods servants whatsoever the worke is And let us remember oft to thinke of it to bring it in our prayers Master say they when they were ready to be drowned dost thou not care that we perish They put him in minde of the relation they were in to him So when we can put God in minde of our relation Father we are thy children Lord we are thy servants it will strengthen our faith and hope of all good Will a Master suffer his servant to miscarrie in his service surely God will never turne away true hearted servants that have served him a long time It puts us in minde of our duty and serves to strengthen our faith for as it is a word of service on our part so it is a promising word of all good from God Doth he expect that Masters should bee good to their servants because they have a Master in heaven and will not the great Master of Heaven be good to his servants you see how he followes the relation Prosper thy servant this day WHat is included in this word prosper It includes not onely successe which is the maine upshot of all but all that tends to good successe prosper thy servant this day that is direct thy servant this day how to doe and to carry himself And likewise assist thy servant when thou shalt direct him assist him by thy strength direct him by thy wisedome prosper him with thy grace give him good successe in all It includes direction and assistance and good successe in that he saith prosper thy servant it includes these things First of all that in our selves there is neither direction nor wisedome nor abilitie enough for successe we have not power in our selves to bring things to a comfortable issue so it inforceth selfe deniall which is a good disposition when we come to God in prayer And then againe to attribute to God all both wisedome and strength and goodnesse and all here is a giving to God the glory of all when hee saith prosper thy servant this day Then in the third place here is a dependance upon God not onely acknowledging these things to be in God but it implies a dependance upon God for these Prosper me Lord I cannot prosper my selfe thou who art the Creator hast wisedome and strength and goodnesse enough therefore I depend upon thee upon thy wisedome for direction and upon thy strength for assistance I depend upon thy goodnesse and all for a blessed issue here is dependance Againe in the fourth place here is a recommendation of all by prayer a recommendation of his inward dependance upon God for all Now Lord prosper thy servant So that when we come to God for any prosperity and good successe let us remember that wee bring selfe-deniall and an acknowledgement of all excellencie to be in God to guide and direct and assist and blesse us And remember to depend upon him to cast our selves on him to bring our soules to close with the strong and wise and gracious God that God and our soules may close together And then commend all by prayer to cast our selves and our affaires and to roll our selves as the Scripture saith and all upon God and then wee shall doe as the holy man Nehemiah did here we shall desire to good purpose that