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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	affection_n	heart_n	mind_n	3,804	5	5.4014	4	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

way to discouragements to cause him cease from the work so our Baruch in the Transcript did not only continue notwithstanding of all discouragements to take him off from it but his last works were his best works sowing in the Morning and at Evening not with-holding his hand not knowing whether this or that should prosper And if to all this in the 4th place you will consider and compare the manner of their repairing you will find a sweet semblance between the one and the other And 1. As he in my Text earnestly repaired that is naturally so our Baruch naturally did that which he did in repairing his piece his mind was so bent upon his work and delighted in it that he naturally cared for the things of your soul I may say in a great measure it was his meat and drink to do his Fathers will 2. He repaired earnestly that is with great fervency and affection great intentness of mind still looking and longing to have all finished which in part may excuse his engaging himself in so much work 3. He repaired earnestly that is he conscientiously used all appointed means conducing to his expected and longed for end he imployed himself both about foundation and superstructuary-work plowing and planting watching and watering old and young looking up to Heaven for the increase 4. He repaired earnestly that is he narrowly observed how things prospered and grace did grow and endeavoured neither to break the bruised reed nor quench the smoaking flax neither to over-drive what was with young nor refused the Lambs a place in his bosome 5. He repaired earnestly that is he zealously contended for the truth when it was invaded on his piece of the Wall according to his ability and humbly call'd in the help of others when Foxes greater and smaller were too many for him and daily laboured to have that taken out of the way that hindered the progress grouth and inlargment of his building And in fine if you will consider that the subject matter was Zion or work about Zion either Church-work directly or that which tended thereunto as his educating of the youth for he was either in his Church as a Pastor feeding them or in his School as a Master hewing them that they might be fit stones for the repairing of breaches leading on his people as a flock in a storm to a place where they may rest at Noon and leading them into the banquet of Wine for repast I say if you will put all these together and consider them you will sind a Transcript very like the Copy in my Text and so one worthy to be commended for our imitation and remembred with joy And now as by this comparison I have given you a just and charitable account of him who is gone so I would also give you the particular improvement of all And First Seeing a Minister and a blessed Minister who repaired his part of the Wall earnestly is fallen asleep can we behold this or hear of it who are Ministers and not hear this speaking aloud to us at least for my self who am the least of all Saints to whom this Grace is given to Preach the insearchable riches of Christ I cannot but hear both the Copy and Transcript pressing me to follow the Copy in the Text and to de cautious lest these weaknesses be found in me that were found in others We have been at much pains to attain the name of able Ministers but that which is better is to be a blessed Minister blessed our selves and a blessing to others It may be feared that many in our day are sent to make ears heavy and hearts fat till all be destroyed we must obey Gods call it 's true but is it not more comfortable to be imployed in healing of the Nations and blessed with good success in our work Doth not this call us to look to our frame and see whether we be zealous for the Lord of Hosts whether we be fire or dow in our upperside in our acting for God and whether we be of a tender heart mourning for all our own and the sins of others we reprove many sins that we never mourn over may not some of us say My moister is turned to the drouth of summer Are our conversations like the Copy do we converse with the Father and the Son and that for the obtaining grace for grace to the end that our Lord may be glorified and souls saved in the day of the Lord should we not study to receive more and to be more liberal in our devisings for God and in communicating whatever we recieve to them he sends it without respect of persons Ought not we courageously oppose the defections of the time especially when we see whether all this tends namely the depriving of us and our posterity of the Gospel will it be comfortable to some called Ministers to know at last that they were made the scourge for vexing of the true Martyrs that earnestly have and would repair their piece or that they have given way to a Sanballat and a Tobya to inhance the whole work of the repairers who yet put not forth their hand to the Work except it be to build hay and stubble on the precious foundation that out of this there may a fire break out to make desolate Zion's Palaces O where is the man that rules with God and is faithful with the Saints in our day Let neither their full cup nor the work of them that turn aside cleave unto us Can we read the Copy and not see that it calls upon us to be more active for God stirring up that gift that is in us provoking others to love and good works It 's true the enemy sows his tares casts down what we built up but should not we rebuild all again that breaches may be repaired Let us not think it enough to get our people brought in to a safe state but to a shining conversation that beauty and strength may be the two pillars in our little sanctuary in our burning bush yet not consumed Our Enemy is swift as the Eagle such as turn aside as the swift Dromedary Let us neither be slow in heart to believe nor in hand to work Let us use a holy violence and chuse rather to endure hardness to please our Master than to indulge our flesh Let us go on till we finish with that same fervency and burning zeal against all opposers and ardent love towards all the lovers of our Lord Jesus Christ keeping close to our piece of the Wall doing what we can to strengthen the hands of one another so shall we be Baruch's recorded and remunerat when our Lord comes to make up his Jewels as these who have repaired our part of the Wall earnestly and find that the Spirit of our Elias rests upon us And does not this likewise speak words of caution to us We have fallen in a tempting place of the wilderness we are in perils every where let