Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	anger_n	lord_n	slow_a	2,036	5	9.7827	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51788	Præparatio evangelica, or, A plain and practical discourse concerning the soul's preparation for a blessed eternity being the substance of several sermons preach'd at Leeds / by Timothy Manlove ...	Manlove, Timothy, d. 1699.	1698 (1698)	Wing M455; ESTC R6789	123,238	196

●●steneth and scourgeth every Son whom he receive Heb. 12.5 6. Direct 2. Take special care that no secret Lust 〈◊〉 indulged no wilful Sin maintained nor allowed 〈◊〉 Sin will breed Doubts and Fears and Sorrow● as naturally as a putrified Carcase doth Vermi●● unless ye be given up to a reprobate Sense If 〈◊〉 will make your VVounds bleed afresh no wo●●●● if you feel the smart and anguish of them If you weaken the Habits of Grace by contrary Acts you may thank your selves that ye cannot discer● the sincerity of those Habits If ye grieve the Spirit who should comfort you what can ye expect but to be in the Dark and so disconsolate If you play at fast and loose with Conscience and run counter to its Dictates you may be sure 〈◊〉 will wound you for your Folly and pay you home for the Affronts you put upon it If you will harbo●● the Enemies of your Lord how can ye look for the Light of his Countenance That Darkness you labour under is self-contracted these Clouds where of you complain are of your own raising If you set up your Idols in your Hearts God will answer you according to your Idols Ezek. 14.4 In short if you will be making bold with Sin that Sin will cause Sorrow and Trouble if there be any Life of Grace to feel it Indeed if the Case be thus with you ye have great reason to bless God that ye are disquieted and not given up to searedness of Conscience and therefore I say away with your Lust 〈◊〉 ye expect the Comforts of the Spirit of God 〈◊〉 the Assurances of his Love Direct 3. Tho you want these special Comforts of Assurance do not overlook those general Grounds of Encouragement that are still before you These are firm clear and certain how wavering doubtful and dark soever your Thoughts of your own particular Case may be These are still at hand how far soever the Evidences of your Sincerity are to seek These are the great Foundations upon which your Comforts must be built and therefore you ●●●d need to understand and digest them thorowly and lay the Apprehensions of them deep in your ●ouls Viz. 1. It is certain that God is infinitely Good and that his Love Mercy and Compassion to poor Sinners cannot be measured He hath proclaimed his Name that is his Nature Exod. 34.6 7. So Psal 103.8 The Lord is merciful and gracious slow is Anger and plentious in Mercy Isa 55.7 He will abundantly pardon or multiply to pardon vers 8. For my Thoughts are not your Thoughts neither are your Ways my Ways saith the Lord. For as the Heavens are higher than the Earth so c. q. d. quanto sum sub●imior tanto clementior Grot. By how much I am higher than you by so much I am more merciful Remember all the Goodness of the Creatures is derived from him and therefore he must needs be infinitely better than they all How is it that you call his Power Omnipotence his Wisdom or Knowledg Omniscience and yet entertain such poor narrow Thoughts of his Goodness Is he not All-good as well as Almighty and All-wise Are not his Attributes all alike Infinite Is it not the Device of Satan to hide the Goodness of God from you and to fill you with black unworthy Thoughts of him that he may either quite keep you from him or make your walking with him uncomfortable Therefore I say lay this dow● as a fundamental Truth and accordingly stay you●selves upon it viz. That however it be yet 〈◊〉 is Good 2. It is also certain that the Satisfaction of Christ is of infinite value And that he is full of To derness and Pity to poor Sinners Whatever he 〈◊〉 or suffered had a transcendant Excellency and Men in it from the Dignity of his Person he was God as well as Man And his Compassions to poor Sinners are every where set forth in the Gospel 〈◊〉 earnestly did he treat with them in order to their Reconcillation and Peace with God! How feelingly did he weep over them How affectionatly did he pray even for those that persecuted and hated him to the Death He disdained not to conv●●se with the meanest Persons the poor and infirm had free access to him How readily did he she● Mercy to their Bodies to prepare them for the Belief and Entertainment of that greater Mercy be bad in store for their Souls 3. Pardon and Life are freely offered to you all without exception if ye will accept thereof upon the reasonable terms of the New Covenant The way is open Whosoever will let him take the water of Life freely God was in Christ reconciling the World to himself None are excluded by the tenor of the Gospel but such as exclude themselves by their own wilful and final Impenitency Whatsoever Doubts or Difficulties arise before you still keep close to these three grand Foundations of Comfort and Encouragement Be your Case as bad as it will it cannot be desperate unless ye make it so by persisting obstinarely in it Remember the Love of God was the Cause of our Redemption by Jesus Christ and our Redemption was the Foundation of the New Covenant You have these three altogether Joh. 3.16 For God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting Life Direct 4. Waste not your Time in fruitless Musings or heartless Complaints about your doubtful uncertain state but fall forthwith to your certain Duty What though you cannot tell whether as yet you have sincerely given up your selves to Jesus Christ and accepted of him I hope you are past doubt that ye ought so to do Though ye be in the dark as to what 's past your present Duty is plain and certain The Door is open enter and live Christ is willing if you be willing he offers his Benefits to you he presseth them upon you and urgeth you to accept them Come then be of good chear arise he calleth you Gird up the Loins of your Minds sighing and complaining rid no Business Set your selves to the work with all your might Admit that you have not yet sincerely closed with Jesus Christ 't is not too late to do it now and it is a thing that must be done or you are undone forever But if you suppose or hope you have done it already it will be so much the easier to do it again nor will it be lost labour to renew your Covenant with him The advantage is great every way If your Souls be habitually for Christ draw out those Habits into exercise and that is the way to feel that you have them Thus Grace will be more discernable and Conscience more quiet while you are intent upon your Duty You may be saved though you should live and die under great Doubts and Fears as to your sincerity but you cannot be saved except you be sincere Therefore observe it much more concerns you to