Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	blood_n	life_n	shed_v	3,592	5	9.2305	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93382	A sermon preached before the Honorable House of Commons, at their monethly fast, May 29. 1644. By Peter Smith Doctor of Divinitie, minister of Gods Word at Barkway in Hertfordshire, and one of the Assembly of Divines.	Smith, Peter, d. 1652? or 3?; England and Wales. Parliament.	1644 (1644)	Wing S4142; Thomason E52_24; ESTC R9534	45,343	53

just or innocent man opprest or wrong'd and againe in hell there is no unjust or wicked man escapes unpunished And no marveil for it is heavens justice that is executed in hell But alas what briberies and unjust extortions what corrupting of all law and equitie for rewards what oppressions and what cruelties hath our Land groaned under The Prophets often call such bloudy sinnes or shedding of bloud and truly what 's a mans livelyhood other then his life Ierusalem where the seats and thrones of judgement were was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for this called a bloudy Citie And in that 22. of Ezek. vers 2. The citie sheddeth bloud saith the Lord and vers 7. In thee have they vexed the fatherlesse and the widow and ver 12. In thee have they taken gifts to shed bloud And then marke what followeth in the very next verse Behold therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gaine which thou hast made and at thy bloud which hath been in the midst of thee And he proceeds with terrible threats of vengeance which must needs follow upon bloudy sinnes And we have great cause to think that these bloudy judgements that are now upon us are justly inflicted amongst others for such crimson sinnes as these Let this then adde unto the matter of our lamentation and our humble confessions that we make to God And let all officers of Courts remember these expressions of the Prophet to despise the gain of oppressions and to shake their hands from holding of bribes Isa 33. 15. That is to shake off bribes as Paul shak'd off the viper from his hands They will prove more venemous then any serpent poysoning thy soule and bringing death eternall Thirdly I must not leave here till I have minded you of one or two sinnes more which as they are more common so are no lesse dreadfull then the former The sinne of pride in such dayes of wrath and such cause of humiliation must needs be acknowledged a sinne exceeding sinfull I look but on the outside Our hearts are onely subject to Gods knowledge And 't is a mercy to us that 't is so For so much pride and envie and deceit is harbour'd there that if we knew it we should never live in peace together I see your outward garbe and garments that * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Arrian in Epictet lib. 3. cap 2. as if a saylour should set up his flagge when the ship is sinking even now when we should put on sackcloth and lye down in ashes people will trimme themselves pride will be tricking And when the penurie of the times cannot provide rich ornaments or garments yet in such things as are cheap pride will peep out Whence else are these bushes of haire those frizlings crispings curlings poudrings and I know not what What means your paintings patchings spottings of your faces and what are those toyes that you call Fancies Are they not such as an old Writer call'd Satana ingenia the Devils fancies I know pride came from him at the first and God cast it with him out of heaven and neither he nor it shall finde the way thither againe Read Ladies and Gentlewomen that third of Isa from v. 16. to the end of the Chapter See there your stately carriage and posture of your bodies your curious knacks and deckings even a faire Pedlars stall of toyes and braveries You will tell me that there are many things there you know not much lesse are guilty of the use of them And let me answer Even herein is no little part of the pride of these daies that you so alter fashions For surely they were sometimes reputed amongst gorgeous ornaments But I would have you read the place through and see what the Lord renders unto such as use these or the like vanities In stead of sweet smell there shall be stinke and in stead of a girdle arent and in stead of well-set hair baldnesse c. vers 24. There is nothing more foolish did we rightly consider it then to shew pride in garments which are indeed the ensignes of our shame as if the thiefe should be proud of his halter They are called by r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a word in the Hebrew tongue which signifies persidiousnesse as being the tokens of our perfidious dealing with God when at first man was naked and without any shame at all They are but coverings of this vile body Phil. 3. 21. So our translation But in the Originall s 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The body of our humiliation such as we cannot think of without humbling of our soules in regard of the inordinacie and uncleannesse of it And must our pride break forth in decking this The Apostle tels us in another place The body is dead because of sinne Rom. 8. 10. Me thinkes then a course hearse-cloth may become a dead corps best Take heed I beseech you of this heaven-provoking sinne it was the first that did contend with God and it is that which God resists for ever and if he should now fight against us in these times of warre we need no other enemie he can destroy at once God regards the lowly gives grace to the humble and with such God will dwell and where he dwels all will be in safetie Fourthly I have but one sinne more that I intend to name unto you but it is one for which the land mourneth as in the dayes of Ieremy the Land of Iudah did Ier. 23. 10. The sinne of swearing the common sinne of young and old children do learn it from their parents even as soon as they can call for meat or drink It had wont to be accounted the language onely of great persons t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De ●ut Graec. affect Serm. 5. who held it a matter of breeding as Theodoret saith and an ornament of their speech to sweare by Iove or by this light c. But now not gracelesse Gentlemen alone but every base fellow thinkes it is a gracefull kind of speaking to sweare and to blaspheme especially in such oathes as are in fashion at Court It is the grief of all that feare the Name of God that we have no law quick enough to meet with such a sinne Surely the Lord fore-saw it would be so when he addes to that Precept in his Law The Lord will not hold him guiltlesse c. As if he had said Whatsoever man doth God will not let the swearer go but he shall one day come to guilty and not guilty for it And give me leave I beseech you to tell you plainly that the Lord must needs be offended that a sinne so horrid and so frequently and universally committed should go unpunished amongst Christians that professe the Name of God and that you leave all upon him as if you desired to create work for him at his great Assises when both the swearers and * Qui non vetat peccare cum possit jubet