Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A Word B Word C Word D Occurrence Frequency Band MI MI Band Prominent
power_n father_n son_n trinity_n 3,742 5 9.9958 5 false
View all documents for the selected quad

Text snippets containing the quad

ID Title Author Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) STC Words Pages
A02194 A treatise of the great and generall daye of iudgement necessarie for euerie Christian that wisheth good successe to his soule, at that great and terirble day. By Henrie Greenwood, Master of Arts, and preacher of the word of God. With an addition of certaine godly prayers the contents appeare in the next page. Greenwood, Henry, b. 1544 or 5. 1606 (1606) STC 12337; ESTC S119048 37,421 106

There are 2 snippets containing the selected quad. | View lemmatised text

shall goe without according to that country Prouerbe If you will not when you may when you will you shall haue nay And it is commonly seene that qualis vita finis eta as a man liueth commonly be dieth he that will liue without repentance must look to die without repentance Though God spared the thiefe at the laste gaspe yet set no man presume of that for that was a medicine against desperation and not a matter of imitation saith one God spared one that no man mighte despayre he spared but one that no man might presume Let euery man therefore in the feare of God without all delay seeke for amendmente of life Let them as Gregory wisheth Plangere plangenda Bewaile their sinnes that ought to be lamented and as they haue giuen their members as weapons of vnrighteousnes to iniquity so let them now giue them as weapons of righteousnesse to holines Repent dear brethren betimes Viue de● gratus tote mundo tumulatus crimine mundat us semper transire paratus that is Liue vnto God a thankfull wight to the world die clense thy selfe frō wickedns alwaies ready hence to fly Play the wise steward lay vp treasures in heauen for thy soul imitate the Pismire which gathers in Sommer wherby she may liue in winter Damascene reporteth an excellent Historie touching this purpose saith he There was a country where they chose their king of the poorest and basest sort of the people and vpon any dislikement taken they would depose him from his throne and exile him into an Iland where hee should bee starued to death Now one wise fellow cōsidering hereof sent mony before into that Ilād into which he should be banished and when he was banished he was receiued into the iland with greate triumph So against thou be banished by death from this world without penny or farthing for naked thou camest naked thou must go thou must prouide whils thou art in this life whereby thou maiest liue in heauen hereafter Let nothing therfore make thee deferre thy amendment but whilest Christ calleth thee run vnto him Put on Ieromes resolution who said If my mother wete hanging about my neck if my brethren were on euery side howling and crying and if my father were on his bare knees kneeling before me to detaine mee in their wicked and sinfull course of life what woulde J doe I would shake off my mother to the groūd I woulde despise and hate all my kindred and kinsfolkes and I would tread and trample my Father vnder my feete thereby to flie to Christ when he calleth me So shouldest thou resolue the amendment of life The Lord of Heauen for his sweet Sonne Christ Iesus his sake graune to th●r deere Reader and me to both of vs his holy Spirit that we may stand vnblameable before the Iudge at that great and generall day that we beeing clothed with the long white Robes of righteousnesse may be in the number of those to whom it shall be said then Come yee blessed children of my father inherite the kingdome which was prepared for you from the beginning of the world Grant this ●eer father for thy deere sonnes sake Christ Iesus our onely Lorde and Sauiour To whom with thee and the holy spirit we ascribe all power glory and dominion and stag Halleluiah to thee O blessed Trinitie for euer and euer Amen FINIS A shorte disputation betweene the deuill and the poore soule of a Christian Sathan THou hast beene a greate Sinner Soule Yes but I am not soe Sathan Thou art damned for that thou haste done Soule No thou lyest Sathā God hath promised otherwise to all that beleeue repent and amend Sathan Thou beleeuest not as thou sayest thy selfe Soule Yes I beleeue and I desire to beleeue bettter holinesse of desire doth seale Gods fauour to me Sathan Thy hearte is hard and so are al theirs whome god hath reiected Soule No sathan make the worste of it thou canst it is but a soule trance for a time the holy ghost remaineth for I feele him still Sathan Doest not thou see that god hath taken thee in hand and hath laide a heauie iudgement vpon thee Soule God indeede hath like a mercifull father taken me in hande to make mee a newe creature and like a louing father to correcte me but his mercy will he neuer take from me and no wrathful Iudgment shall be towardes me Sathan Euery Pulpit rings of thee and euery parte of scripture proclaimes thee to bee myne Soule The Lord reprooue thee sathan for this Slaunder for all scriptures and Pulpits tell me I am gods dearely bought Sathan Shewe me Gods seale for that or els thou art mine Soule I can weepe for sinne and I hate sinne in my selfe and others and I loue vertue and the vertuous which are the Armes of Christe in his seale and I find my hart formost in his place marching on to heauen Sathan This thou didst but nowe thou haste left thy first loue Soule Thou haste saide ynough for mee the loue of God is like himselfe vnchangeable his guiftes and calling are without repentance once Loue and neuer hate as once Loued and neuer hated Sathan Thou hast confessed that thou haste no such feeling in Prayer and Sermons as in times past Soule What gaynest thou by that for in Christs wooing dayes I was shewed the riches of his grace but though I see not that dayly so highly to inflame me yet Christ is neuer the poorer neither do I cease to loue him shew me any one of gods elect that feeleth his loue at al tymes alike it is not the manner of graces working thou hast no skill in graces affaires Sathan There is some matter I warrant thee against thee that God heares not thy prayer when thou callest vppon him as thou confessest Soule I know thou markest my confession but the more I confesse againste my selfe the more I magnifie Gods mercy Sathan But tell mee why God will not heare the prayer Soule Sathan God hears my prayer but his delight is to heare the prayers of his Children often therefore he doth delay Sathan God careth not for such a wretch as thou art Soule The more wretch I am in thy sighte and also in mine owne the more amiable I am to him and so auoyd sathan and speake no more A short death-bed Dialogue Sathan DEath is come and I must haue thee Soule Death is welcome but thou shalt goe without mee heere are others to carry me Christ my redeemer hath sent his Angels for me Sathan Death will carrie thee to Hell Soule No he must carry me no whither but end me the Angells must carrie mee to mine owne place I haue euidence to shewe which I will not vouchsafe to shewe thee therefore auoyde Lord Iesus that hast bought me take me I doe heere surrender my selfe to thee Amen Speake not a worde more but let thine eies be closed vp in silence Morning prayer O Lord That blessest
trueth in his words yea he reporteth of himselfe in John that he is via voritas vita the way the truth and the life He therefore that speaketh truth to his neighbour sheweth himselfe to bee the child of Christ Iesus the fountaine and origo of al truth but he that speaketh ●asings and vttereth forth lies sheweth himselfe to be the childe of the diuel the author originall of all lies 2 Christ had vt in verbis profit in his words as he spake truly so he spake profitably he neuer spake one idle or vnprofitable word throughout the whole course of his life which was aboue 32 years 3 Christ had moderamē in verbis A mean in his word● the neuer was in words excessi●e and when iust and necessarie occasion was offered hee was neuer deficient but Ladie meane I meane golden vertu● drew forth his well contriued wordes out of the rich content of his euer-flowing heart He fulfilled that saying of Iesus the son of ●h the wordes of the wise are weighed in a ballance In these three thinges should euerie one imitate Christ Iesus and then wee should abstaine as hee did from idle vaine friuolous and vnprofitable words for which a great account must be giuē the which imitation of Christ the Lord for Christ his sake graunt to all men that they being like vnto him may bee receiued to reigne with him and his holy Angels in the thrice happie heauens at that day Amen But I say vnto you that of euery idle word that men shall c. 3 To whome this account must bee giuen although in this scripture the Iudge is not expresly mentioned yet notwithstanding quod subintelligitur non d●est that which is vnderstoode is not wanting and therefore not to bee omitted This Iudge therefore before whose tribunall seat all mankinde must appeare it is Christ for he was annointed of his father into a triple office to be a Priest after the order of Melchisedech to be a Prophet after the order of Dauid to be a King after the order of Salomon Therfore Christ as hee is king ouer all in heauen and earth is this iudge before whome wee muste all appeare the truth of this is euident in the Epistle of Saint Paule to the Corinthians VVe must all appeare before the tribunall seate of Christe c. Wee read also in Iohn that the father iudgeeth no man but hee hath committed all iudgement to his sonne And in Mathew it is written that all power is giuen to Christe in heauen and in earth This was prophecied of him in the Psalme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee aske of mee and I wil giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the ends of the earth for thy possession thou shalt crush them with a Scepter of iron and breake them in peeces like a potters vessel And againe in another place Sit thou at my righte hand vntill I make thine enemies thy footstoole Yea it is an article of our faith to beleeue that Christ shall come againe to iudge the quicke and the dead Christ is therfore the iudge yea he is the vorus Index a righte Iudge for this word Index that is Iudge is as much as ius dicens id est One that speaketh iustice and Iudice that is to iudge is as much as ius dice to speak iustice and iudicium that is iudgement is as much as iurisdicium if I may so terme it that is a iust and righte speech So Christ being an vprighte iudge maintaineth iustice in iudgement hee is a iudge that will vse no partialitie but will reward euery man according to his works he is a iudge that hath no respecte of persons Men in this world may fitly be compared to actors of a Comedie vpon a stage Whereto one acteth that part of a Prince another of a Duke another of an Earl another of a noble man another of a Gentlemā another of a Magistrate another of a merchant another of a countrimā another of a seruāt one acteth one part one another so long as they are vpon the stage so long there is respect according to their parts one of another amongst them but when the Comedie is ended and the stage pulled downe then there is no such respect amongst them yea many times he that played the basest part is the best man So likewise so long as men art sūdry parts vpon the stage of this earth that is so long as men doe liue in seuerall vocations so long there is respect amongst men and that worthily but when as the Come die shall bee ended that is the day of doome shal come vpon all men when as the stage shall be pulled downe that is the earth shall bee chaunged for the earth shall neuer bee brought ad non ens to nothing but onely the corruptiue qualities shall bee consumed then shall there bee no respecte of persons amongest men yea it may bee that the poore man shall be greater before God than the rich man Yea and Besides all this vpon the earth GOD hath no respecte of persons although there bee respecte amongest men but euery man shall receiue according to his workes the Prince as wel as the subiecte the rich as well as the poore If a Iudge then should come into a citie should iudge the greatest part of the citty to death sparing no man nec precio nec prece neither by bribes nor intreaties would not euery man in that Citty be in great perplexity and feare so feare this Iudge who shall come with thousandes of Angels in greate Pompe Maiestie and Glorie into the citty of this world and iudge the greatest part of mankinde to death and damnation sparing no man neither pretto nor prece neyther by bribes nor yet by intreaties a Iudge that wil vse no partiality A Iudge that is able to destroy both bodie and soule in hell are for euermore feare this iudge this terrible Iudge this iust Iudge this strict Iudge that wil not suffer one idle word to escape in iudgement thou that hast offended this Iudge by thy manifolde transgressions thou that hast deserued for them euerlasting torments in the pit of hell feare him quake and tremble before him at the hearing of this hard saying But I say vnto you that of euery idle words that men shall speake they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement If Paule a chosen vessel and a faithful seruant of Iesus Christ was afraide of this iudgement if the iust and vprighte man Iob cried out and said Quid agam quò me conuertam cum venerit dominus ad iudicandum What shall I doe O whither shall I tu●ne me when the Lord commeth to iudgement If blessed Hilary who from the fourteenth yeere of his age serued the Lord in singlenesse of heart and in sincerity of life to his liues end was afraid of this day as it appeareth by