Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	dead_a	life_n	trespass_n	5,011	5	10.5955	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28334	Bravch's work finished a sermon preached at the funeral of that painful labourer in the Lords vineyard, Mr. James Sharp, and now published at the earnest request of his friends / by Nicholas Blake ...	Blake, Nicholas, Preacher of the Gospel.	1681 (1681)	Wing B3135; ESTC R12944	19,062	36

stage of his race wherein he run as one that resolved not to rest till he had all finished This made him grasp in so much work as his day was capable of and made him assiduous daily in teaching the younger sort And lest you should think that we only blazon his Virtues and Excellencies I shall therefore compare his weaknesses with that other Baruch the son of Neriah a worthy man indued with all the excellencies of the other and who yet through manifold tentations fell under a distemper that would have spoilt him if God had not cured it by Jeremiah And first As manifold and long Trials run Baruch the son of Neriah into a high distemper in his expression and made him cry out Wo is me now Jer. 45.3 So this our Baruch by reason of his was so far prevasled upon by them as to be disordered in his expression making him speak faintingly and discouragedly Wo is me now especially that his last trial most to be lamented considering that it did arise from them not only of his own house but of his own bowels which no question did aggravate his trial as it did the Master's My own familiar friends Psal 38. Judas was the betrayer of him 2. As this distemper discovered it self in his expression so likewise in his heart and affection and made him faint in his sighing such waters coming into the soul are bitter and oft-times overwhelms the spirit and then weaknesses appears viz. fainting in his sighing courage failing and despondency prevailing over the man 3. This distemper seized the mind of the one and of the other so that as the one could find no rest so no more could the other soul and bones vexed as Psal 6. till he came to this which you see where the wearied are at rest and the wicked cease from troubling The Lord save you from being such troublers of faithful Ministers lest when you cease to trouble them you be troubled 4. This distemper affected the grace of prayer in both and that as the one did seek great things for himself which would not have been so great but with respect to the time wherein God was threatning to pluck up what he had planted so our Baruch and many more might be guilty of that at such a time and lest I should be mistaken as if I intended worse than the Copy I shall lay before you the three great things that both might be supposed to seek after As first This was Baruch's infirmity in that being wearied and tossed with publick business he did too peremptorily desire-freedom and exemption from this noise Moses himself groaned under this and said Have I born this people that all the trouble of them lyes upon me Which was the occasion of Gods taking of the Spirit from him and giving it to others So it might be the great thing that our Baruch desired to be freed from the noise he met with in his work that occasioned some remarkable changes in his pilgrimage that I in love not only cover but apologize for by what is said 2. This was Baruch's infirmity in that he was too sollicitous about the countenance and favour of great men that were no great friends to the Truth and it was too much for him to seek this when their faces were set against God So it may be some of you will be ready to say that our Baruch was weak in this that he sought very much to do his duty faithfully to God and yet so as to please all parties which put him on some things which a prejudged person may be ready to remember looking over all the excellencies that were in him but if such as Baruch may be thus far prevail'd on by tentations let us take heed lest we also be tempted 3. It was too great a thing in Baruch and spoke out his weakness in that he sought so much to be excused and exempted from some particular crosses that better than he had met with and were lying under as Jeremiah's imprisonment So this might be the weakness of our Baruch too peremptorily to desire to be excused from that cross which in all appearance did so much crush him who had run with the horse-men under other trials I come now in the third place to take a view of both in their Work and to set Work against Work Baruch in the Text repaired his piece of the Wall and so did ours And first Our Baruch not only repaired but stirred up the gift of God that was in him that he might do his work the better and did what he could to provoke others to zeal and good works the best confirmation of this will be your zealous up-stirring of your selves and provoking one another to follow this Copy that he hath laid before you 2. As he in the Text did repair and rebuild so our Baruch made it his business to re-edifie what was at any time broken down both in doing the same things and repairing the same piece of the Wall again that he might repair the breach As his work was to quicken such as were dead in sins and trespasses so to restore such to life as through security and untender walking had lost much of what they had and the little that remained in a readiness to dye 3. As Baruch in the Text did not only repair breaches but reformed what was amiss in the work what marred the beauty of the Building so our Baruch not only made it his work to bring you into a fase state but did what he could to make you rise and shine seeing your light was come and the glory of the Lord risen upon you 4. As Baruch in the Text so repaired as to streng-then he not only did work and strong work as to his own piece but did strengthen the hands of other Repairers so our Baruch not only laboured to streng-then the feeble of his own flock and to make the fearful heart strong but did what he could to streng-then that piece that belonged to other repairers by his frequent Lecturing in several places 5. As he in the Text was no lingerer so our Baruch no sooner was he sent but he run he had the Hinds foot did not linger long a labourer no loiterer as a man fit for his Masters use and prepared for every good work as one newly come up from the washing bearing Twins a noble design for the glory of God and for the salvation of the souls of others as one winged with faith and hope with love and longing to have all finished 6. He was such a Repairer as did his work with a holy violence knowing that the strong man was not easily cast out and that the kingdom could not be taken but by force and that either against himself because he had not finished his work or against others who either had laid by their work or advanced slowly in it 7. As Baruch in the Copy continued at work till all was finished and did not give