Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	believe_v	body_n	faith_n	4,273	5	5.2454	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53500	The living, dead pastor yet speaking in two sermons, preached on Bartholomews Day, Aug. 24, 1662, in Bewdly Chappel / by Henry Osland then minister there, and now published by some friends of truth.	Osland, Henry.	1663 (1663)	Wing O531; ESTC R17697	23,412	72

your choice A dead ministry is as good as none and an unpreaching Preacher is little better I mean such as preach well but live ill that look towards heaven and row towards hell Most people desire a Preacher like themselves but do you seek for one better then your selves you must some of you mend a great deal before you make the most holy and best men and a great deal more before you can be the best Magistrates and therefore for your selves you need a good yea the best Minister How much better was Joas for Jehoiadah it is but a little time and God will ask you how you came by your places and how you used your power I wish you may give a good account of both 3. As you are professors of Christianity both Magistrates and people have I pray you a special care of the honour of God in the Town God hath been honoured many years in this place godliness was eminently befriended so that the Town was eminently hated and greatly beloved for its sake the godly far and near loved it the wicked hated it and often threatned its ruine Oh let the honour of God be dear to you all Let not sensuality fleshly walking revellings chamberings and wantonness and all those luxuriances of the carnal part be found amongst you which are so contrary to the glory of God Remember God saith I will honour them that honour me 1 Sam. 2. 30. and those that set light by God shall be despised Mat. 22. Whether ye eat or drink whatever you do do all to the glory of God 1 Cor. 10. make this your end and aim in all undertakings Answer the temptation of Satan to pride lust envy gluttony drunkenness and flesh pleasing with this question Is this to the glory of God what will be the issue the end of this action will it redound to the glory of Christ how near would earth come to heaven and what a glorious resembrance would there be of the heavenly host of Saints and Angels by the sons of mortals on the earth if all they did were done to Gods honour its these base ends of pleasure profit credit ease earthly applause and honour that men prosecute on earth which makes this world so like the suburbs of hell and turns so many thousands into hell Psalm 9. For the wicked shall be turned into hell and all the people that forget God that is to glorifie honour exalt God Oh that you would observe this and all agree in aiming at and intending his honour and all of you would resolve never wickedly to sin more in Sabbath breaking swearing lest we dishonour God and cast contempt upon the dreadful Name of the Lord our God 4. My next direction is Endeavour to do the will of God and not your own live over your prayer thy will be done selfishness is a great sin and self is nowhere stronger then in the will when a man will have his own will God and his Laws are set in defiance wilfulness is the broadest plainest way to self-destruction If we should ask Why is the world so wicked it is because they are wilfull and they will have their own wills And why are so many thousands damned Because they followed their own wills and would have their own wayes and they could never be reduced to the will of God nor conquer the powers of their souls nor their earthly members to submit unto and close with the will of God but they made Idols of their own wills and then their own wills made them a worship and service of the jealous God which he abominated and their wills chose them out wayes which were cross to Gods ways And hence their perdition arose as you read of the Jews their wills choosed their own wayes then was war in the gates and God tells them Oh Israel thy perdition is of thy self thou hast destroyed thy self take heed of this wilfull refusing of the will of God and following of your own 5. Take heed of embracing damnable errors the things that God hath witnessed against especially take heed of Popery Antichrist must down and Babylon must fall though all the Kings of the earth labour to uphold them and that the Pope is the Antichrist and Rome Babylon there is more said for it then can be said against it Save thy self oh Zion from those that dwell in Babylon partake not of their sins lest you partake of their plagues the Beast and the false Prophet must be tormented with endless fire they have shed so much of the blood of the Saints that they must have blood to drink of which they are worthy You may safely lay down your lives for refusing Popery one of the late Prelates of this land hath left it on record that there is no peace with Rome Bishop Hall 6. Beware of a league with sinners let your companions be such as fear the Lord will you live in the bosome of those that must be in hell for ever such as will be enticing and drawing you from that which is good and into sin wicked companions have been the bane of many thousand souls you have choice enough there are many pretious believers amongst you of all sorts old and young rich and poor get into their acquaintance and fellowship as a man is so will his society be if sinners entice consent not Joseph himself was corrupted in dwelling in the house of Pharoah it is good breathing in a wholesome aire 7. Let not any sin raign or quietly dwell in you you may with less danger to your everlasting estate lie in a fire or dwell in an ocean of water then lie and abide in sin and yet no man will stay in a flame one hour or lie in a river or pond Oh but how long will men lie in the bed of sin and suffer sin to lie in them even till death dissolves the frame and separates the soul from the flesh and both body and soul from God Believe it Sirs sin is as bad and as full of evil as ever you heard it to be from the mouth of God or man do not lie in it till you feel it let not feeling make you believers but fetch faith from the undoubted Word of God You wonder why Ministers make such an out cry against sin why it is dayly their work to cry it down you wonder why men are so precise to stand at such a distance from the appearance of evil the shadow of sin Oh what nice men are those with you that cannot swear with you and subscribe to the Ceremonies and drink your healths Oh Sirs did you know the evil of sin the poyson that is in the smallest cup the venom that is in the least drop you would keep at the same or a greater distance from it then others do You that would not let a blemish be in your faces a small disease in your hearts Oh why will you let a sin lye in your souls a sin that will