Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	answer_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	16	3	8.9019	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30920	Sermons upon several texts of Scripture by George Barker ...	Barker, George, B.D.	1697 (1697)	Wing B768; ESTC R22629	136,325	300

in more need he should make to thee Art thou sure he is in the wrong thou in the right how knowest thou this thou thinkest thy self in the right so do's he Thou art confident it may be so is he Thou producest Reason and Scripture so dos he thou alledgest the consent of such and such learned and good Men whom thou greatly accounts of he do's no less Hast thou studyed and prayed for the finding out of the truth he has done so too Hast thou suffered in Testimony to what thou Judgest truth If he have not done so thou knowest not but he may be ready to do the like when God calls him to it Obi. Why but it is a dangerous Arrour Answer How knowest thou it is Canst thou shew wherein the danger of it lyes 2ly Grant it be so thou hast more need to pitty him then to quarrel with him thou hast more need to deal with him so as thou mayest best hope to bring him out of his Errour Thou oughtest to take care least by thy passionate and untoward management of the Cause of Truth thou give people occasion so to loth it that they Chuse rather to fall in with the others errours Que. But would you not have us to be Zealous Answer Yes as Zealous as you will but I would first have you to understand what for I would not have you to run without your Errand as Zealous as you will but I would have you remember that venting of Pride and peevishness in Religion Loving and admiring and violently propagating your Opinions and ways is not Zeal As Zealous as you will but first let Zeal begin at Home let it burne up your Pride and Earthliness and frowardness and then when this Smoke is gone the light of it will serve you to guide the heat of it by Alass Men talk much of Zeal but there is less true Zeal in the World then there is true Love there is as much want of Zeal as Vse of it and it must First be got before exercised and put forth the same spirit enclines to Moderation that Enclines to Zeal Vse 2. Labour for a Spirit of Moderation A meek lowly and tender Spirit It s hard practising a Duty when it thwarts Nature this is a lovely God like Spirit were it not for this in what a sad case were we who hourly try Gods patience by greater provocations then mistakes amount to Vse 3. Condemn not any for putting that Duty in practise which you allow your selves in the neglect of If you will not be moderate your selves be not angry with those who in Conscience to God desire to be so smut them not with odious Names Vse 4. Whatever ill usage thou meetest with from the World be not discouraged in the due practise of Moderation Consider it is thy Duty and though Men may reproach and Curse thee for it the blessing of a peace maker shall be upon thee from the God of Heaven I know such is the madness of the World they are ready to quarrell with every one that will not engage with them in their Contentions one against another and he that goes about to part Two opposite Partyes provokes both against himself and seldom goes away without blows from either But count it no new and strange thing to be used as the Men of God have been used before thee Continue thou in Gods work still and he will answer the damage that accrues thereby to thee Vse 5. Judge those the best Christians who being Consciencious in all other dutys do not neglect this It shews a Christian Spirit it is an Argument of the Wisdome from above Which is pure Peaceable 6ly See thou hast more Cause of humbling thy selfe then Glorying If thou hast neglected Moderation thou hast omitted a Duty deceive not thy selfe nor vainly hope to delude God by putting a good Name upon a bad practise and Calling that Zeal which God Counts Hellish Fury 7ly Conclude not there is most of Religion in such as seem the eagerest all violent heats speaks not so much strength of Nature as the oppressition of some Distemper Let not any by Sin gain the reputation of being more then ordinarily Pious 8ly Learn the Wisdome and Justice of true Religion which requires such practises from its professors as tend most to promote and secure what all generally desire and that is peace to obviate the Slanders cast upon it by the worldly wise that it disturbs societys But 2ly A Christian ought to be moderate about the Concernements of this Life the Comforts and conveniencys Health Wealth and Credit Lovers and Friends c. In these people are then immoderate when they let out their Affections too much upon any of these giving them a greater share in their hearts then of right belongs to them That we love these at all is no fault they being the good Creatures of God But that we love them otherwise then we should more then we should here is the Immoderation As 1st When we love them more then God himselfe the Gift more then the Giver whatever it be in any Creature comfort whatsoever that we find any favour and relish in any chearing and warmth by It is but a drop a spark a ray of that goodness which is in God and is used by God as a bate to allure us to himselfe In whom alone the Fountain is to be found who alone is able not onely to content but satisfye us Now then we love these more then God when 1st We take more care and paines to procure these to our selves then to win the favour of God 2ly To secure these more then we do the Love of God 3ly When we can be quiet without God while we have these let God hide his face forbeare his visits withdraw his directions and Consolations no matter for all this provided Health lasts Mony comes in the World gives us its good word and Friends their smiles 4ly When God himself cannot please us without these let him reason the case with us as Elkana with Hannah am not I better to thee then ten earthly comforts Our hearts are so hardned in sorrow for being deprived of these we mind him not but go on grieving and fretting still 5ly When we will not give God leave to deny us these to Strip us of these as he shall Judge it meet but we will either have our own will in these or we repine at him quarrel with him take no care to please or serve him But 2ly We are then immoderate when we love these more then Grace which being the Life Health Strength Beauty of the Soul a Divine participation and resemblance a reall Substantiall Solid Lasting Good Is of greater worth much more desirable As 1st When we Grieve more deeply for our want or losse of these then we do for our weakness or decay of Grace It 's a trouble to us that we have not some outward comfort we formerly had or at least hoped for and still