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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	worship_n	worship_v	worshipper_n	161	3	11.1629	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12706	A sermon preached at Whaddon in Buckinghamshyre the 22. of Nouember 1593. at the buriall of the Right Honorable, Arthur Lorde Grey of Wilton, Knight of the most Honorable order of the Garter, by Thomas Sparke pastor of Blechley	Sparke, Thomas, 1548-1616.	1593 (1593)	STC 23024; ESTC S102431	51,655	100

drunkennes to thirst as it pleaseth God by Moyses to speake to his people of Israell in that time Deu. 29. ver 19. For if wee shoulde doe so in the woordes there immediately following the Lorde telleth vs what we shall surely trust vnto namely that he will not be mercifull to any such But his wrath and ielousie shall smoke against such and euery curse written in the booke of the lawe shall light vppon them and hee will put out their name from vnder heauen Wherefore to conclude this part let eve●● of ●s learne to doe as Ieremi hath councelled vs Lam. 3. vers 40. that is search and trye our waies and turne vnto the Lorde lifting vp our handes and heartes vnto him in the heauens for mercy to vs and out Lande for as he faith in the twenty two verse of that Chapter our manifolde and great sin● considered so we haue cause to say also it is the Lordes mercies that we bee not consumed And further let Ezechiel teach vs this one lesson more that not onelye ●ee our selues euerie one for his owne particuler must thus turne to God from all our sinnes but that wee must cause others so to turne or else he will not once promise vs that iniquitie shall not be our destruction Cap. 18 vers 30. For euery man is bound to do what lyeth in him to draw on those that any way by his vocation in Church or common weal he hath a charge of And but that I hasten to the consolation I shoulde here teach you that this conuersion of ours to God must bee speedy without procrastination constant without interruption harty without dissimulation vniuersal without exception hūble without ostentation and yet faithful without all distrust or doubting For thus hath the word taught it ought to be if we would haue it to be acceptable before the Lorde to put of his iudgementes from vs that otherwise by our sinnes we haue deserued But let thus much suffise touching the Prophets complaint and the vse that wee are to make of it and nowe let vs proceede to the comforte or consolation that hee giues in these wordes of his Wherin as I haue said we are to consider whom be comfortes and therefore how he describes them then how he comforts them and therefore what the comforts be that he sets down for such He describes them in general to be every one that walketh before God in the latter verse and in the former more particularly to be righteous or mercifull men of these thinges therefore now orderly as they are preposed let vs consider By walking by an vsuall Metaphore in the scriptures we are to vnderstande liuing and hauing our conuersation in which sence saith God to Abraham Gen. 17. ve 1. walke before mee and be thou vpright that is ●ot and haue thy conuersation And 1. Corint 9. by a like metaphore the life of a Christian is compared to the running of a race the consideration of which metaphors may and ought to teach vs that as it is our dutie according to Christes counsail Luk. 13.24 to striue to get into this way wherein wee must walke and run and that betime ●e cause it is written Eccl. 12. vers 1. remember th● creator in the daies of thy youth whiles the euill daies comes not nor the yeares approach wherein thou shalt say I haue no pleasure in them so likewise when wee are got in that wee maie neither stande still nor goe backe but that we are to walke and runne right forwarde taking heede that neither we run round about nor ●ow of this side now o● that And therefore we haue a r●●t giuen vs. Heb. 12. vers 13. to make straight steps vnto our feere and there also we are ●arned to take heede of al halting in this way lest so we beturned out of the way Thus therefore to walke or to runne this race importes that therein there is some difficultie and that there had neede bee good paynes taken thereabout Whereuppon the Apostle Paule in the foresaide place to the Corint 9. hauing saide so run that ye may obtaine to prouoke vs not to think it much though so to do cost vs some paines he first tels vs that they that striue for ●asteries though they do it to obtain a corruptible crowne yet abstayne from all thinges that might hinder them and then hee layes before vs to the same ende his owne example howe that hee the better to runne this race bett downe his own bodie and brought it into subiection verse 25.27 And Hebrewes 12. verse 1. most plainelye hee calles vppon vs to cast awaye euery thinge that presseth downe and the sinne that hangeth so fast on and so then saith let vs runne with patience the race that is set before vs c. Wherefore the difficultie hereof considered we had need euery one to runne vnto God for helpe in this case saying with Dauid Oh that my wayes were directed to keepe thy statutes teach me O Lorde the way of thy statutes direct mee in the path of thy commandementes Psal 119. vers 5.33.35 Nowe touching this our walking seeing it must hee as I haue saide or else it is not that that heere the Prophet requires in those whome hee woulde comforte sure wee maye bee that there is prescribed vs by GOD who would haue vs to walke before him that is so that he may take pleasure and delyte in our walking some perfect rule from which wee maye not decline either to the right hande or left and this surely is his owne reuealed will and ●oorde For that is an ancient rule of God in matter of his seruice ye shall put nothing vnto the woorde which I commaunde you neither shall yee take ought there from as wee reade Deuteronomie 4. vers 2. and therefore saith he Esay 8. To the Lawe and to the testimonie if they speake not according to this woorde it is because there is no light in them ver 20. And therfore euen kings are commaunded by the Lorde to reade in the booke of the Lorde all dayes of their life Deuteronomie 17.19 And Iosua particularly to meditate therein daye and night that it might neuer depart out of his mouth that he might obserue and doe according to all thinges written therein neuer turning from the rule thereof either to the right hande or lefte Iosua the first verse 7. and 8. And wee may bee sure God is at the same point still and euer will bee and therefore both Isaiah the 29. verse 13. and Matthew 15. verse 9. as Christ hath alleadged it wee may see that both in the old testament and newe God hath counted them but vaine worshippers howe neare so euer they drawe vnto him in woordes whose feare is taughte by the preceptes of menne teaching for doctrine mens preceptes all which kinde of worshipping or seruing of God Paule condemne vnder the name of will worshippe or voluntarie religion though otherwise it carrie neuer such shew of humblenesse