Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	affection_n	heart_n	spirit_n	4,282	5	4.7204	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03351	The penitent sinners entertainement. Set foorth by Mr. Iohn Hill, Student in Diuinitie, and now Preacher of Gods Word at Dublin in Ireland	Hill, John, preacher of Gods word at Dublin.	1614 (1614)	STC 13471; ESTC S114518	31,323	88

we will labour to afflict our soules for our sinnes and sorrow for it we shall quickly be rid of it Vse 1 Sith it is so that they that haue truely repented will not onely haue good purposes and motions but also good endeauours and good actions It serues first for reproofe of such persons as would haue Gods children to thinke that they haue repented because they purpose to leaue their sinnes they will say they haue a purpose to forsake their couetousnesse to leaue their swearing Sabboth breaking their drunkennesse and such like sinnes and will proceede no further but aske them wherefore you would haue vs conceaue so well of you that you haue repented because we purpose well It is true good motions are to bee respected but if they doe not bring forth good actions they are no better then quaulmes and passions that may be in verie wicked men and hypocrites for if there be good desires in the heart there will follow certainely good endeauours and actions in the whole man Saul in a passion would confesse to Dauid O my sonne Dauid thou art more righteous then I and why did he presently fall to persecute Dauid againe was it not because the spirit of God neuer conuinced his conscience of the sinne and he neuer came to godly sorrow for the same and therefore these were but passions which died before they brought forth good actions Iudas also could come to this I haue sinned in betraying innocent blood so farre he went well but hee could not come to repentance to craue pardon for had he repented hee might haue beene pardoned and if he could haue beleeued he should haue beene saued but doing neither he was damned Such passions and quaulmes had they which in all the hast would goe and build vpon Christ they did not consider beforehand what charges it would amount vnto and whether they were able to vndertake so great a building Luk. 14.28.29 and therefore hauing begunne they could not proceede but left off and were not able to finish it So manie haue sudden flashings and passions come into their mindes to doe good things but not considering the danger nor charges that one must be at if they purpose to build vpon Christ they let their sute fall and their purposes are quickly extinct and quenched before they come foorth to action But these passions the Prophet Hosea compares to the morning dewe Hos 6.9 O Ephraim what shall I doe vnto thee O Iudah how shall I intreate thee for your goodnesse is like the morning cloude and as the Morning dewe it goeth away that is as soone as the sunne ariseth and shewes forth his beames of light it lickes vp the dewe vpon the grasse so soone passeth your goodnesse and it is of no continuance Of such a nature are all these passions and sudden quaulmes that many may haue and yet be verie sinnefull and wicked manie haue these flashings when they come to the Sacrament and will haue these purposes to leaue their couetousnesse their swearing Sabboth breaking and all their knowne and notorious sinnes and they will also purpose to pray more frequent the exercises of religion more and they will amend many disorders which are amisse if it might be all remedied with thoughts and purposes but after the Sacrament they are as prophane and sinnefull as euer they were before and are neuer a whit the better in practise and conuersation Oh before they goe to the Sacrament they will purpose to make satisfaction to such whom they haue wronged and to liue as friends with them which in times past they haue much grieued but let the Sacrament be past there is no more hearing of satisfaction nor acknowledgement of iniuries and wrongs offered yet we shall haue these vnconstant men perswade themselues they haue repented would haue others so to thinke and reckon of them but such must know that they haue not yet repented till these motions and purposes conceiued bring forth good actions in life to be practised Secondly it serues for instruction that seeing true repentance stands in resoluing and doing therefore if euer we will haue anie sound comfort to our soules and consciences whensoeuer the spirit of God hath put into our hearts good motions and good affections let vs follow them hard to bring them to perfection and then wee shall be blessed in the worke as the Apostle Iames speaketh let vs labour to doe that which Barnabas exhorts the faithfull brethren at Antiochia That with purpose of heart they should continue in the Lord. So let vs with all purpose of heart resolue to leaue our sinnes and to practise holy and good dueties let vs be like vnto this prodigall childe which did purpose and practise and so we shall haue a good testimonie to our hearts that wee haue repented Oh but I can no sooner haue a good motion come into my heart but Satan is readie to steale it out and mine owne corruption to extinguish it before I can bring it forth to action but labour to put in practize these rules which by Gods grace may helpe thee to cherish good motions further them that they come out to practise in thy life and conuersation First if wee would haue our good desires to come to good deedes wee must labour to come to sound and thorough sorrow of heart for sinnes past and let vs pluck the roots of sinne vp by the weeding hooke of godly sorrow and then wee shall bring forth good actions and therefore the Apostle Iames in the place before alleadged exhorts his hearers to purge their hearts by godly sorrow for it will breake the cords of sinne and kill it by degrees And to the intent that wee may sorrow for sinne let vs bee frequent in meditating of what sinne would haue done to vs namely haue killed vs for the wages of sinne is death and exposed vs to the euerlasting wrath of God Also consider that our sins killed Iesus Christ the Lord of life they were the murtherers and betrayers of this iust one And whatsoeuer woe or miserie hath or can befall vs in this present life is the effect of these our sinnes Thus seriously pondering of these things it will procure godly sorrow for sinne which godly sorrow will produce good actions from good motions Secondly wee must bring good reasons and arguments against our corruptions and Satans temptations for if wee fall out with the diuell and wee haue not better arguments to stand for good duties then hee hath against them wee shall not bee able to hould out For if Saul could haue had good arguments and reasons when he pursued and fought against Dauid if hee could haue considered suerly in fighting against Dauid I fight against my best friend and my faithfullest subiect yea in so doing I shall fight against God and mine owne saluation c. then hee would neuer haue followed him with such a deadly malice Iob that faithfull seruant of God hee had

wretched creature to come to the feast of God that before was eating with swine hee now comes to feast with God the whole Trinity before to feede vpon swinish meate and now to eate no worse then the body and blood of Christ by faith in the Sacrament and to afford vs these benefits First thereby to bee purged from our sinnes through the blood of Iesus Christ And secondly to receiue strength and increase of graces as faith repentance loue and other sauing graces more And not only spirituall gifts but also temporall for body state name and euery thing that is needefull for vs in euery point according to the couenant which the Lord hath made in Ezechiel 36.25 c. And if wee can come to the Sacrament with true feeling and seeing the want of grace and also being pained with carrying such a loade of sinne wee may bee assured to bee disburdened of the one and our want supplied in the other and so wee shall bee made fit guests for the Lords supper Vse 1 Sith it is so that whoso euer doth come to God with true repentance and resolution to cleaue fast vnto him shall haue as much as hee stands in neede of it serues for encouragement to poore penitent sinners that haue committed many and great sinnes that they should come to God and make their mone vnto him that hee would vouchsafe to pardone all their sinnes and giue them such graces whereby they may be assured of his fauour for certainely if wee come with repentance and resolue to become new men and to sticke close vnto him wee may expect to receiue at his hands euery thing which wee stand in neede of Others must bee intreated before they wil doe any thing but God will giue before wee aske yea hee will meete a penitent sinner halfe way if they will but looke towards him hee will runne towards them with mercy Oh but I neuer looke to liue in credit againe and to haue a merry day my miseries are so many indeede if you purpose to keepe your sinnes you must bee sure to keepe your sorrowes but if you will come to true repentance and seeke vnto God he can and will supplie all your wants and whatsoeuer crosses and losses you haue sustained hee is able to make vp your broken estate heale your name and set you in as great prosperity againe as euer you inioied for he makes poore makes rich and prosperity comes from him and he giues to all and hits none in the teeth God hath in his wardrobe all kindes of apparrell ready made if wee seeke vnto him And there is no soule so thirsty after the graces of God but if wee come in humility to him he will giue thē the sweete graces of his spirit to quench them wherefore let vs put out all carnall doubts and worldly cares and set our selues to performe our duties and wee vndoubtedly be perswaded to finde his mercies For hee that bids vs forgiue our bretheren seauenty times seauen times if they seeke vnto vs much more will God forgiue vs all our sinnes whatsoeuer bee they neuer so many nor neuer so great if wee seeke vnto him by true repentance and acknowledgment of them with griefe and sorrow If hee would seeke Paul when hee was going to Damascus to persecute the members of Christ and shew him mercy how much more will hee shew compassion to such which now haue desisted from persecuting of the Sains and committing of other sinnes and labour to seeke God by true repentance and a full resolution to serue him in truth And to conclude if God would call for Adam when hee ranne from from him to hide himselfe and all to giue him the pardon of his sinne which hee vnhappily had committed how much more will hee giue all things vnto them both temporall and spirituall which with an honest heart seeke vnto him by true repentance and godly sorrow for their sinnes for if hee bee so ready to shew mercie to such which neuer seeeke for it hee will bee more ready to giue mercy to such as in truth performe this doctrine The time being past let vs here make an end for this time FINIS