Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	able_a	fear_v	hell_n	3,987	5	8.4133	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96104	Jerusalems glory, or, the saints safetie in eying the churches security, wherein is shewed the captives redress: being an invitation to all the different minded men in the world to become one; with the advantage of unity, and the danger of variety from the example of the saints and servants of God, as well in former as these latter times. Offered to the view of the 97 builders imployed in that work, for the building of the true temple, and all others. / By Thomas Watson, a lover of peace.	Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.	1661 (1661)	Wing W1131; Thomason E1856_4; ESTC R210370	59,985	120

not a slavish fear nor a dreadful fear nor a terrifying fear no this is such a fear that is here made mention of that may well be compared to that that the Apostle calls love yea perfect love that casteth out all such slavish fears and God promiseth further to be her security No one shall ever move any of her stakes neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken And he will not only be her safety to keep her secure but he will take vengeance of her enemies also and plead her Controversie with those that rise up against her surely any one would think that Zion might sleep securely I but Zion is here spreading forth her hands crying Woe is me now my Soul is wearied because of Murderers as if she should have said my Comforter hath left me my Beloved is gone my joy is turned into bitterness my melody into sadness my mirth into sighing and sobbing yea as she plainly expresseth Esai 49.14 The Lord hath forsaken me and my God hath forgotten me Yea just now was this Prophet a proclaiming her Deliverance and the opening of her eyes as you may read in the following Verses Though a Woman forget the Child that sucketh at her Brests yet will not I forget thee No he then shews her that He had engraven her upon the palms of his hands and ●id her behold it So that as I said before the Church of God and the People whom he loveth with an unmeasurable and ever abiding love may be at such a loss that many times they may think the Lord hath withdrawn his affection clean from them but I seldom find but God stayeth up their hearts so as to trust in him that their Deliverance must be through him though many times he tryeth their fidelity and zeal to him and his Name and at other times doth afflict them for their backsliding and careless walking to bring them to a more clear understanding that so they may walk worthy of such a God who hath laid up so good things in store for them I might speak a great deal more to this manner of Gods dealing with his choicest and peculiar people in this life but I shall forbear to speak any more in this particular but shall refer what my intention is to speak further till we come to speak of them I mean the Children of God yea those that are dear unto him jointly in their duty There is a second Affliction incident to these beloved ones but whereas you have them conquered in the former as it were you now have them Conquerours and Champions for now the Captain of their Salvation bids them go on and fear not so that now neither life nor death nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come is able to separate them from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus Now here you have the Shepherd leading forth his Sheep into the pleasant pastures of content and now they know his voice so well that they will not give ear to strangers what though they be tempted with all the strangers seeming delights with his rich rewards according to appearance with all his promises of preferments and all the inchantments that he seemeth to present them withal yet all these will not intice them from those fruitful pastures nothing can allure them from this contented medow where they have the presence of their delightful Shepherd giving them their meat in due season so that stolen waters do not seem sweet to them nor bread eaten in secret pleasant to them no they know that the assotiates and resorters thereunto shall have their portion with Unbelievers in a place or degree far remote from their rest from their content from their delight For their delight is in the Law of the Lord their God and to manifest his praise and his glory in working wonderfully amongst the sons of men and to declare unto others what God hath done for them and for the welfare of their Souls And all sorrow and sighing will flee away from them neither the voice of mourning shall any more be heard in the midst of them for the Lord that is their Redeemer is also their Husband who bideth them awake and put on their strength their beautiful garment for the uncircumcised and unclean shall no more come into thee what though thou hast drunk the Cup of the Lords fury in times past yet thou shalt henceforth drink it no more but it shall be taken forth of thy hand and given to them that spoiled thee Esa 52.1 2. and the last verse of the 51 Ch. So that now thou maist arise from the dust and sit still for the Lord will redeem you from all your captivities that have been the occasion of your distressedness that have caused you in times past to howl and weep you shall be delivered from all your burthens that ye have unjustly born for the Lord hath taken upon him to plead the Controversie of his People So that now they need not fear what befals their bodies for they have a sufficient and satisfactory content that it shall fare well with their Soul They fear not him that is able to kill the Body and can do no more but him that is able to kill both Body and Soul and to cast them into Hell What though the world rage against them and their neighbours envy them and their kindred and chiefest of their Relations here below do make a mocking and scoffing at thee is it any more than the Captain of your Salvation hath engaged you to by his sufferings Know you not that if you will be his Disciples you must wear your Masters Livery Yea though it be dyed in as deep a Crimson as his was on the Cross Is it not sufficient that the servant is made equal with his Master I am sure any earthly servant would account it a great favour that he should be admitted to have a garment made of the same piece of cloath that his Master doth wear himself even so will all these that have experienced the honour and reward that is laid up at the end of their journey which no man can prevent or hinder them of receiving Therefore I say these are not at all amazed at these things no they are no more than the honourable garments that all the guests of the Bride-chamber must put on yea and that with much willingness too if it be laid down for you or tendered unto you for surely there is no man but will rather chuse a Diamond than a Cornelian if he hath experience of the worth of both in mens esteem even so will all those that have experienced the love of Christ Jesus and the content that is in his wayes and the reward that shall be received by owning of him in Truth and Righteousness upon the face of the earth in the presence of all contemners of it and all contrariers of it they will shew themselves to be Children of their Father

when he shall appear in his glory to shew us the heavenly mansions that he hath prepared for us therefore let us use all endeavours possibly we can to nourish that more noble Seed and let us beware we do not stifle it in its womb but rather seek to cherrish it by feeding upon moderation that so its Birth may be hastned and its glory manifested and then thy pleasant pastures will be beautified with that incomparable Lilly even righteousnesse that so it may produce the effectual crop of peace and holiness without which no man can see God let us not become only hearers of the word but doers of it also knowing that the time past may suffice us to walk as we have walked in the vanity of our minds therefore now let us seek to lay aside all such superfluities of naughtiness that we may learn to receive the grafted word in meekness that is able to save our souls and not to spend our time in eying the seeming delights of this world but rather manifest your selves to be such as seek a Kingdom whose foundation is laid in truth and righteousness and to lay up our Treasure where neither Moth nor Canker can polute nor thieves break thorough to steale away that so we may ayme at that mark in which we may have just cause of joy in the end for where our Treasure is there will our hearts be also so shall we approve our selves to be the friends of God by doing the will of God and then our beauty will become perfect thorough his comeliness and we shall receive an unction from the Holy One whereby we may come to know all things yea even the deep things of God and to persist from one degree of righteousness to another and to treasure up for our selves that hope that will purge out all uncleanness and cause us to walk more wisely and to mourne over him whom we have pierced that neither grave nor death may have any more then what was assigned them from the beginning that so we may joyfully and conqueringly sing O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory This is the conquest that we have gained if we Love God we shall not want that spiritual food because he loveth us and hereby shall we know if we love him or not for he that loveth God keepeth his Commandments and his Commandements are not grievous unto him Thus desiring each one that shall peruse this my vulgar yet more loving present to wholly uncloath themselves of all envy least whereas they think to dart my weak endeavours with any envions dart they over-strein their hand in venting it and so make themselves altogather unfit for their more expedient war by seming to inflict any former grudge upon this my present Treatise but I would advise any one that hath any thing against me to let me suffer for that in that nature that they do suppose me to be guilty in rather then to defame any one thing here that their conscience may tell them is truth and let them render me what they please I hope I shall have love enough to banish all thoughts of envy that may seek to encroach into my delightful Treasury from whence this small Treatise did proceed I know many may be retorting upon me for the vulgarness of my Speech but let them conclude had I had as much leasure to indite as they may have to peruse each word I might have mended some of those expressions that they may judge correctible but let not any envy my mean instructions knowing that they might proceed from as effectual a fountain of fervency as if they had had the glosse of more curious wits assuring themselves it is an easier thing to correct an error in anothers Book or to think they can then to write a Book void of others sensuring the same by them if not proving it thus let it suffice each of my superiours that I have not any ways hindered the building of the Temple intentionally but rather endeavouted to lend them my helping hand to hew one small Stone fit for the builders use and if I finde that my endeavours may any wayes further or hasten the work I shall have great cause to rejoyce and it will be a great encouragement for me to persevere in my intended work and to continue seeking to pleasure you with one more effectually wrought therefore let me entreat you not to dispise the workmanship of this I knowing my self altogether unworthy to be employed so far as to take theis work in hand yet if my willingness stir up the Spirits of any in the persuance of this work let them attribute the honour of it to the chief owner of the work by whom I was both employed and instructed and if any thing may prove advantagious to you in this my invitation of love repay it to my Instructer and do not set up an Image in your hearts to bestow any thing of obedience to it but sacrifice your whole heart to him from whom you receive your life and beeing that so we may presse forward toward the marke of the price of the free calling of God by yielding him all the preheminence of what he hath wrought for us and let us manifest our selves to be his servants by planting the fruitful Vine of Love that so our Lords Vineyard may yield him its propper fruits in due season and as he hath demonstrated himself to be a God and a Father to us so we may resign up the strength of our minds to serve him in his commands and then we shall receive the reward of good servants which will be unto us of more value then all the delightsome Husks of this life which at the best are but transitory and changeable as in respect of our more durable riches What though all the unfrequent gusts of persecution may meet us in our progress into the several Revolutions in this world whence possibly we may receive the losse of all other seeming pleasures by those that are contradictors of the truth yet here will be our comfort that we have a treasure that no man can take from us if we keep close to the truth no one can take away that treasure that is laid up for all those that shall be found Conquerours by the overcomming of the lusts and pride of this world in their exactness in the wayes of truth their pleasure will be in desiring to be at their home and center knowing that there they shall take their repose whereas before they are dissolved from their earthly tabernacle or house of this life persecutions and afflictions are or ought to be as welcome guests as joy is expedient in that that is to come and herein is that ancient saying verefied that the way to Heaven is thorow a Hellish state of persecution therefore in thy highest aspirings let this be thy aim that Gods pleasure may be thine and take up thy Crosse and follow him not valuing