Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	good_a	lord_n	spare_v	4,493	5	10.0175	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20390	Two precious and divine antidotes against the plague of pestilence; or any other judgement incident vnto vs Giving excellent instructions and comforts vnto all that well vse them in time of neede. The first prescribing holy preservatiues against this, or any other plague: written by a Christian and charitable well-willer vnto his countrey. The second, setting downe sweete consolations for such as be visited by the plague: written by a famous, learned, and faithfull pastour, vnto some of his flocke in the time of their visitations.	S. P., fl. 1625.	1625 (1625)	STC 680; ESTC S118833	14,265	22

vpon vs and make vs as worthy to be beloved in and through thy Sonne Christ Iesus that Sonne of thy loue as we haue beene for our long peace and prosperitie of all the Nations of the earth admired even so be it Lord so be it This is the first and generall Remedie which a Nation must vse for the removall and preventing not onely of the Plague but of any other judgement whatsoever namely true repentance which stands in sorrow for sinne and reformation 2 Chron. 7. 13. 14. Ierem. 18. 7. 8. Isa 1. 19. 20. Iere. 14. 11. 12 of life If yee consent and obey yee shall eate the good fruits of the Land but if yee refuse and be rebellious yee shall be devoured with the sword for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Now if so be I cannot prevaile with the whole Land then I turne to you that feare the Lord I hope to haue audience in your eares If yee cannot prevaile for others yet make sure of your owne soules learne to hide your selues to build an Arke for the safetie of you and yours But yee will say how may that be done I answere 1. If yee would not partake with the Plagues of the times be not pertakers of their sinnes Come out of her my Revel 18. 4. people saith God be yee not partakers of her sinnes least yee also be partakers of her glagues if yee will needs sinne with them looke to be plagued with them Deut. 4. 3 4. Those that went with others after Baal peor were destroyed but those that cleaved to the Lord were kept aliue Zeph. 2. 3. Seeke yet the Lord all yee meeke of the earth which haue wrought his iudgement seeke righteousnesse seeke lowlinesse if so be yee may be hid in the day of the Lord his wrath The way to be hid in the day of the Lord his wrath is to seeke after lowlinesse to carry our selues meekly and to walke humbly the lowest shrubs are safest from stormes to seeke after righteousnesse to walke circumspectly and warily shunning the sinnes of the times even more then the Plague it selfe to keepe our selues vnspotted of the world to saue our selues from this froward generation the infection of sinne is farre more dangerous then the infection of the Plague that indangers the body onely this indangers soule and body for ever how should we shunne it therefore How had we need to abstaine from all appearance of evill not onely from the flesh but from all the garments spotted with the flesh the more wicked 1 Thes 5. 22. Iude. 23. the times grow the more holy we should grow the more iniquitie abounds the loue of many waxeth cold the more blamelesse and zealous in good duties we should striue to be like bright orient starres the deeper they goe in the darke night the brighter they shine thus Noah shined in his generation Though Aegypt be full of darknes yet let Goshen be light though Israel play the harlot yet let not Iudah sinne We are Christians we professe our Hos 4. 15. 2 Cor. 6. 14. 15. 16. 17. selues to be children of the light let not vs therefore haue any fellowship with the vnfruitfull workes of darknesse but reproue them rather let not fornication or any other vncleannesse be once named amongst vs let not vs defile our garments Revel 3. 4. 2. It is not sufficient that we partake not with the sinnes of the times but we must mourne for the sins of the times we must take a view of the abominations committed in Sion and worke our hearts to such a sorrow as may make our eyes to gush out rivers of teares because men keepe not God Psal 119. 136. his law then God will wonderfully preserue vs As he preserved iust Lot out of Sodome when it was consumed with fire 2 Pet. 2. 7. brimston from heaven because his righteous soule was vexed from day to day with the vncleane conversation of the Sodomites There was a marke set vpon all the true Mourners in Sion that when the Angell of the Lord came to smite they might escape so Ezek. 9. 4. Ieremy because he wished his head a fountaine of teares Iere. 9. 1. that he might weepe day and night for the sinnes of his people see how the Lord preserved him alone when all the rest Iere. 39. 11. 12 were carried into Captivitie these things are written for our learning 3. We must mourne for our owne sinnes and labour to forsake them It is sayd of Iosiah that because his heart melted 2 King 22. 19. 20. at the Law read both for his owne sinnes and the sinnes of his people and he humbled his soule before the Lord that therefore he should be put to his graue in peace and his eyes should not see the evill that God would bring vpon the Land So if like good Iosiah our hearts even melt within vs and we humble our soules vnfeinedly before the Lord for our sinnes God will worke wonderfully for vs and we shall find gratious experience of his goodnesse towards vs if God spared Ahab for his counterfeit humiliation and would not 1 King 21. 27. 29. bring the evill in his dayes how much more will he spare those that humble their soules before him in truth And as we must grieue for our sinnes so we must forsake our sins he that hideth his sinnes shall not prosper neither in soule nor body he lyeth open to all dangers but he that confesseth and Pro. 28. 13. forsaketh them shall find mercy God will be mercifull to his soule and preserue his body He that walketh vprightly walketh safely saith Salomon he that laboureth to the vttermost of his power to cleare himselfe from all sinne to purge his heart from all hollownesse not cherishng any one beloved sinne to be vpright in his way walking in all the Commandements of God without rebuke such a man is a safe man he is sure nothing can hurt him It availeth nothing to burne Iuniper to smell to Wormewood to take somwhat in a morning and to vse many outward meanes against the Plague so long as our soules are not severed from our sinnes it is this inward vncleannesse that is the cause of that outward the Plague-soare of sinne wherewith our soules are infected causeth the Plague vpon the body sever your sinnes then from your soules if ever yee meane to keepe the Plague from your bodies say to these menstrous cloathes Get yee hence Fourthly We must trust in God for safety and deliverance though we may vse all good and lawfull meanes yet we must not rest in the meanes but goe to God for his blessing and depend vpon him for the successe The Lord Nahum 1. 7. is good and a strong hold in the day of trouble he knowes all those that trust in him he knowes that is he approues of them after an especiall manner He is a strong hold to such in the day