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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	king_n	people_n	samuel_n	1,198	5	10.5950	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03614	Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternitie, and mans humanitie, III. The plantation of the righteous / by T.H.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1638 (1638)	STC 13739.7; ESTC S4071	32,486	158

riches and honours come then he will search the Word to see for a Dispensation this is a carnall stopping of the truth of God he will search all the wayes and try all the conclusions he can whereby he may cavill against the truth this is not the meaning of the Text however a man may cause labour to a weake Christian but marke thine owne heart if it be so I shall be vexe●… therewith therefore I will have some cavill I will no●… embrace this course therefore I will invent a way th●… it may not be lawfull to me●… When Saint Paul dispute●… with the Athenians divers o●… them encountred with Paul●… they had Argument for Argument against him that th●… Lord Jesus Christ was no●… the Saviour of the world This is the generall course 〈◊〉 a carnall heart if it may d●… vise a course against it h●… is contented if so be the●… can be no prevailing again●… it it sends farre and nee●… and gathereth Towne a●… Countrey to seeke it as 〈◊〉 Vsurer that is resolved to continue in it hee goes to fourty Ministers about it and if hee bee told of the sinne of it hee will say hee will thinke of it hee will search the devils Skull but he will invent some carnall Argument hee conferred with such a man and he told him such reasons but they blew away as a blast of wind Marke my Brethren the Lord sent Moses to convince Pharaoh and when Pharaoh said I will not let the people goe God saith Lay downe thy rod and it shall bee turned into a Serpent what doth Pharaoh then hee doth not sit downe under the miracle but sends for Magicians and they cast downe roddes and they were turned into Serpents also but Moses his rod devoured theirs yet Pharaoh hardened his heart So when the Word comes home this Word I must yeeld to this Truth I must entertaine and when the Word commeth by a mighty power they send for Magicians carnall Arguments though the Arguments out of the Word doth eat up all yet a carnall heart doth goe away satisfied and it shall be so Fourthly and lastly if by carnall reason they cannot defeat the truth they fall to flat resisting they will have their way and so Brethren they lay violent hands upon the truth 1 Sam. 8.18 The people were set a madding upon a King they would have a King as all other Nations had they thought that to be a meanes of their prosperity that would be a cause of their destruction Samuel makes a gracious Sermon to them that they might be disswaded when he had discovered all saving Arguments they doe not reply a word reasoning nay say they but we will have a King they are resolved of it as a wretched man said when one complained hee could not doe such a thing for his conscience I am master of my conscience I can doe what I will for all that Numb 24.1 2. When Balaam saw that the Lord did not give him leave it did not please him he went not as at other times but set his face towards the Wildernesse and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him It was his devise before hee would curse the Lords people he made seven Altars and seven Altars before to aske God but now hee would put it to adventure he would curse what ever came of it and thus it is with a carnall man when he sees that all his carnall Arguments fall he saith I will not pray in my Family c. Know thou that castest away the command of God here hereafter the Lords command with a curse shall prevaile against thee say hereafter I will not goe to Hell the Lord saith Matth. 25.46 These shall goe into perdition c. Reas 1. The first ground of the point why carnall men doe so is namely they cannot endure to have their sinnes removed the refore of necessity the blessed Word must be resisted every sinner loveth his sinne therefore ye shall observe when a man speaketh against drunkennes pride c. he saith he met with me he speaks against my sinnes why he spoke against sin against drunkennesse Sabboth breaking c. Nay he speakes against my person sinne is as neere as the soule will not any man strive for his life I beseech you observe it his sinne is his life therefore when the Word of the Lord would plucke●… the cup from the drunkard the Whore from the adulterer he plucks his life every thing seekes to preserve his life and will not sin doe so too to contend for hi●… life so sinne seeks to preserve it's life If that the Ministers prevaile you and 〈◊〉 must part therefore doe all you can to stop it the reason is because a mans sinne is●… mans soule Here is the very ground as it was in tha●… remarkeable passage of H●…rod touching his brother wife hee reformed many things but when Iohn said It is not lawfull for thee 〈◊〉 have her when he must either kill or be killed Heredias must downe or Iohn he loses his Harlot therefore he would part with all If the Minister meet with a man though he never knew him the Word meets with him his heart then rises and either he must be gone or the Minister gone Why Brethren what doe you doe it is your sinne we oppose a day will come when yee shall be content to part with them oh the time will come when yee shall be content to be rid of your money the drunkard would faine be rid of his cups and the adulterer of his Harlot No then these will goe downe to hell with you you cannot abide them that would kill that which would kill you the faithfull Ministers of God would kill your sinnes that to a corrupt heart is his life Reas 2. If they cannot have their sins it is a vexation to them it is a plague vexation to wicked men that they cannot have their sinnes inquiet and so as they would not be moved they would not have their conscience●… troubled but if a man would have his sinne and cursed practise hee shall have the curse of the Lord to goe with it Revel 11. vers 10. When the two witnesses were slaine they made merry in Towne and Countrey Why because the two witnesses that tormented men were slaine the Word of God tormented men it is able to make them madde why alas you naturall men damne your selves we doe not damne you but we tell you of your sinnes that will damne you one day Thirdly Note Brethren that for ever you cannot have these sinnes but they will cost you sore for these men cannot endure to bee crossed and overthwarted they would goe on smoothly in their course Acts 19.25 Paul had there preached against Idolatry c. especially against Diana Demetrius beginning to see his commodity going down marke what he saith You know that by this we have our livings therefore they came with a great out-cry Great is Diana of c. There is some