Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	death_n	law_n	sting_n	14,720	5	12.3318	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61197	The royal and happy poverty or, a meditation on the felicities of an innocent and happy poverty: grounded on the fifth of Matthew, the third verse. And addressed to the late and present sufferers of the times.	Sprigg, William, fl. 1657.	1660 (1660)	Wing S5081; ESTC R221805	40,412	115

pollution and corruption of their Natures the Leprosie of sin that cleaves to them they 'l never desire the Angel may move the waters or go unto the pool of Bethesda to the fountaine of Christs blood to wash and bathe their souls in Iordan till they finde and feel their souls stung by the fiery Serpents of sin till they feel the sting of the guilt of sin stick in their souls and consciences they 'l never by the eye of Faith look up to the brazen Serpent Christ Jesus that was lifted up upon the Crosse that they may receive health and healing to their souls Till they are sencible of those breaches and ruines the fall of Adam hath made in their natures till they are sencible of those wounds and bruises those mortall wounds sin hath given them they will never go to the Physitian of souls for cure to have the balm of Gilead applyed to their wounds to have oyl and wine poured into them Till they are sencible of that issue of blood that is upon them and have in vain spent all their substance on other Physitians and fruitless remedies they will not presse after Christ to touch the hem of his Garment to receive vertue and healing from Him Till they are sencible of the misery into which they are fallen and the irrecoverablenesse of their estate they will never beg the putting forth of the hand of Gods mercy and the arm of his Almighty Power for their rescue and deliverance Till men are sensible of their blood-guiltiness they 'l never fly to the City of Refuge to avoid the pursuit of Gods Vengeance the pursuit of the Avenger of Blood Till they are sensible of their own vileness they 'l not fly to the Ark of the New Covenant to be preserv'd from that deluge of wrath that is to come upon the workers of iniquity Till men are sensible of their own barrenness and unfruitfulness in all the works of holiness and righteousness and that the Axe of Gods Judgements is laid to the root of every tree that bringeth not forth fruits worthy of repentance and newness of life and that it shall be hewn down and cast into the flames of Gods Vengeance and become the fuel of eternal fire the fuel of his Eternal Wrath and displeasure I say till by the Eye of Faith they discern and believe this they 'l never desire to be grafted into the true Vine Christ Jesus that they may receive sap and influence from him and so become fruitful and abound in the works of righteousness till we are sensible that we are dead in trespasses and sins we shall never desire the quicknings and enlivenings of Gods Spirit till we are sensible of and groan under the burden and weight of the guilt of sin we shall never desire ease of Christ till we are sensible of that body of death we carry about with us of that Law in our members rebelling against the Law of our minds of that power dominion rule and tyranny that sin hath obtained over us captivating us into the obedience of the Law of sin and death we shall never groan to be deliver'd into the liberty of the Sons of God that we may serve him without fear and be able to lead captivity captive For so long as men are of opinion with the Church of Laodicea that they think they abound are rich and full they will never acknowledge that they are poor blind and naked and by consequence become Suitors at the Throne of Grace that they may receive Crowns and Thrones of Glory To conclude this particular so long as men have any reeds of their own righteousness to lean unto though but broken reeds and such as will rather wound and pierce their sides than yeeld any strength or support unto them they 'l never build their Faith on the Rock of Ages Christ Jesus So long as they can fit and please themselves under the gourds of their own righteousness under the shadows of their own performances so long as they have any thing to skreen them from the heat and scorchings of an inkindled conscience I say till the Sun of Righteousness be arisen and hath scorched their Gourds and burnt up all their pleasant Bowers they will very hardly be perswaded to take shelter under the Cross of Jesus And therefore upon this account poverty of spirit is a blessed and happy condition for that it is an awakened state and gives men a true prospect and discovery of their estate and condition for that it brings them acquainted with their wants with what they stand in need of 2 Poverty of spirit is a fruitful state your low and humble valleys are crowned with the greatest plenty are most rich and fruitful the lowest trees and meanest shrubs have their boughs laded with the greatest encrease as appears in the Vine and other trees whereas high mountains tall trees and stately Cedars are commonly steril and barren and their great bulk but a burden to the earth No man plants a Vineyard on the top of an hill they are the low and humble souls in which God delights in whose hearts he plants his fear and ingrafts the Graces of his Holy Spirit on whom he causes the influences and Dews of Heaven to descend and bestows the Watrings and Sanctifications of his Spirit These are those blessed Souls that the Psalmist resembles to Trees planted in the Garden of God by the rivers of water which bring forth their fruits in season and whose leaves shall never wither never fade shall know no Autumn no Winter but alwayes thrive and prosper God hath chosen the mean the weak and base things of this world to confound the wise and mighty that so no flesh might glory in his presence that the wise man may not glory in his wisdome least it be turned into folly nor the strong man in his strength least it be turned into weaknesse nor the rich man in his riches least they be turned into poverty and penury but that who so glories may Glory in the Lord And this is that makes the Gospel such a Riddle such a Mysterie to the World that God raises a Worm the Worm Iacob to thresh the Mountains a little David a small young Stripling to discomfit a great Goliah Goliah the Champion of the Philistims a small Rod to cleave in sunder a mighty Rock as sometimes Moses did in the Wildernesse to smite an Host of Philistims with the jaw bone of an Ass to cause the proud and stately Walls of Iericho to tremble and shake for fear and at length drop down to Rubbish at the blast of a few Rams-horns Now if you ask the reason of this why God hath chosen such weak contemptible means such despicable and despised instruments to accomplish and bring about the great designs and purposes of his will the grand Councils of his Mind It is his jealousie of his honour that none may rob him of his Glory that all may acknowledge as sometimes the