Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	church_n	militant_a	triumphant_a	2,791	5	11.4510	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02276	The spouses hidden glory, and faithfull leaning upon her wellbeloved. Wherein is laid down the soules glory in Christ, and the way by which the soule comes to Christ. Delivered in two lecture sermons in St. Andrewes church in Norwich. / By Iohn Collings Master of Arts, and preacher of Gods word in Saviours parish in Norwich.	Collinges, John, 1623-1690.	1646 (1646)	Wing C5340A; ESTC R174086	70,368	91

how they troub●e a worldling when they but think they heare the trumpet sounding Alarum to this dreadfull day Oh how ready are they to have their hearts like Nabals dye within them and become as cold as a stone how ready be●ore their time to cry O Rocks Rocks fall upon us cover us from the face of the lamb When they hear but those words r●peated Behold I come like a theife that ● saies this wretch is that Iesus whose blood I have trampled upon whose free grace I have despised that I saies the Spouses is the first letter of my Iesus my sweet and precious saviour Oh how glad shall I be to see my husband with his glorious retinue come to fetch me away to his bed of glory O come my precious Iesu my deare husband come quickly Oh that the dayes of my widdowhood were accomplished Oh that I could see but my husbands face in the clouds that I might say Lo this is my Christ I have waited for him Lo this is my Christ I have waited for him I will rejoyce and be glad in his salvation The world wonders what manner of spirit the Christian hath that is scared with nothing what manner of peace it is that passeth all understanding he cries out Quae est illa Who is this I must confesse the fountain though it be of a great depth may not contain it self within its owne banks but if full it must runne over The Saint must speak his joy if his heart be full It must breath out its comforts I charge you tell my beloved O ye daughters of Ierusalem that I am sick of love Ioy will speak it selfe It is not it cannot be dumb If the Bridegroome be with the Children of the Bride-chamber they cannot mourne 1. But first The ground of their joy is not knowne that is hidden they know not whence the spring cometh that maketh the fountain of their joy so brimfull as it is they see them smile but they know not wherefore 2. The measure of their joy is hidden I may know by the brook that there is water in the fountain but I cannot know by the shallow brooke what depth the water is that is in the fountaine they may say for this Who is this joyfull creature What is the Basis How great is the depth of her hidden joy what is she Who is this that commeth 4. But Fourthly The Saints sincerity is hidden From the world yea from one another infallibly The Barbarians think Paul a murtherer one day a God another day they know not what any day The disciples are readier to accuse themselves then Iudas An unmixed company of Saints is peculiar to the Church triumphant I would demand of any who plead for unmixed Congregations by what infallible mark I shall know a sincere Christian from a deceitfull hypocrite and to my thoughts that title of Visible Saints seemes to have contradictionem in terminis for if they be saints they are not visible at least the truth of their Saintship is not visible And why it is necessarily required to the constitution of Gods Church that they be such as my deceivable eye judgeth Saints which may be the eldest children of perdition and the worst of devils is such a riddle as I must professe I cannot open nor can I suppose any considerable reason be given for it It was a true saying of him To have none good is the property of a Church malignant to have all good and none bad is the property of the Church Triumphant to have some good and some bad is the property of the Church Militant Only God and their own consciences know their sinceritie O Lo d remember how I have walkt before thee saith Hezekiah God knew and his own conscience knew The Saints sincerity is hidd●n to the world they are ready to say Who is this what wine-bibber as concerning Iohn What friend of Publicanes and sinners as concerning Christ What Babler as concerning Paul What Puritan What Round-head as now adayes Who is this 5. Lastly The Saints Glory is hidden their future estate and this is one reason why the world despiseth them the world useth to make much of great men Kings and Queenes but their greatnesse must be visible the world would be kinder to them if they knew they should be their Iudges and sure enough they shall it is written The Saints shall judge the world they shall have a Kingdome when these shall go to hell and an hidden Kingdome it is 1 Cor. 2.9 Eye hath not seene nor eare heard nor can it enter into the heart of man to conceive what things God hath prepared for th●m that love him So much may serve for the Doctrinall part now let us bring what you have heard to practise 1. Let this be a cautionary reproof to the men of the world no such despised handfull of dust and ashes as the little flock the handfull of Christians the mouth of every dogge is open against them O let what thou hast heard of their glory be a bridle in thy lips and an hook in thy nostrills The least and meanest of them though c ad in raggs is a better man of better breeding of more value then thou art that abasest them though in cloth of Gold and cloak of Scarlet Saints are precious creatures First Consider ●he is the Spouse of the King of glory Mighty ●esus is her husband Art thou a gallan t and hast thou a wife of thy bosome tell me what wouldst thou do to him that in thy absence should turn her out of doores or kick her about the streets Is not the Lord Christ thinkst thou as tender of his as thou canst be of thy Spouse She is the wife of an Omnipotent Christ whose power makes him able and whose ●ove makes him willing to avenge his Spouse Verily he will teare thee in pe●ces and there shall be none to deliver thee Her husband is one that non● can stand before when he is angry If he be angry but a little Blessed are all they that trust in him O take heed if he drawes his sword wo unto thee and he loves his spouse for concerning her he hath said He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of mine eye Beware O Beware of the Apple of Gods eye I had rather lie under the feet then but tread upon the toe of Gods childe I might draw some arguments from Love as this from fear considering she is so lovely so glorious a creature But I will use but one more from the latter part of my doctrine 2. Remember she is an hidden unknowne creature we have a Proverb De absentibus mortuis nihil malum speak no evill of those that are absent or dead we may put in a third de ignotis Ingenuity commands us as well not to wrong those we know not as those that are dead or ab ent O that rhese few words might bridle the tongues of wretches from abusing that poore little