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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	contrite_a	humble_a	revive_v	5,567	5	11.6295	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77608	Heaven on earth or a serious discourse touching a wel-grounded assurance of mens everlasting happiness and blessedness. Discovering the nature of assurance, the possibility of attaining it, the causes, springs, and degrees of it, with the resolution of several weighty questions. By Thomas Brooks, preacher of the Gospel at Margarets Fishstreet-Hill.	Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.	1654 (1654)	Wing B4943; Thomason E1446_1; ESTC R209539	332,772	663

them When Darius sent to Alexander that he would be willing to divide the Kingdom no saith Alexander there is but one Sun in the Firmament and there can be but one King in a Kingdom So saith Christ c. It is a reproach to Christ that those that have married the Master should at the same time match with the Servant The Queen may look upon her glistering Courtiers but she must live upon the King the Wife may take pleasure in her lovely Babes but she must live upon her Husband and be most observant of her Husband So gracious souls may look upon their Graces but they must live upon King Jesus they may take pleasure in their Graces but they must live upon Christ and be most observant of Christ This is the way to keep Christ and Assurance and he that walks contrary to this rule will soon find the losse of both Christ will be Alexander or Nemo he will be all in all or he will be nothing at all Though his Coat ●oh 19. 23. was once divided yet he will never suffer his Crowne to be divided His Isa 42. 8. glory he will give to none Fifthly If you would have your We have saith Cyprian no such notions as many Philosophers have but we are Philosophers in our deeds we do not speak great things but we do great things in our lives Assurance strengthened and maintained then labor to improve your Assurance improve it to the strengthening of you against temptations to the fencing of you against corruptions to the raising of your resolutions to the inflaming of your affections to the bettering of your conversations Assurance is a pearl of price he that will keep it must improve it The ready way to maintain our natural strength and to increase it is to improve it So the ready way to maintain our Assurance and to increase it is to improve it Assurance is one of the choicest and chiefest talents that ever God intrusted man with and he that doth not improve it and imploy it will quickly lose it c. God will not suffer so Matth. 25. 28. golden a talent to gather rust Win gold and wear gold improve gold and keep gold win Assurance and wear Assurance improve Assurance and keep Assurance Dionysius the elder being advised of one that had hidden great store of money commands him upon pain of death to bring it to him which he did but not all But with the remainder he went and dwelt in another Countrey where he bought an Inheri●ance and fel upon some imployment which when Dionysius heard he sent him his money againe which he had taken from him saying Now thou knowest how to use riches take that I had from thee I shall leave you to make the application Sixthly If you would have your Assurance strengthened and maintained then walke humbly with your God Mich. 6. 8. God makes the humble mans heart his house to dwell in Isa 57. 15. Thus saith the high and lofty one that inhabiteth eternity whose name is holy I dwel in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 low of spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to quicken or make to live the spirit of humble ones Isa 41. 10. the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones The highest heavens and the lowest hearts are the habitations wherein the holy one delights to dwel Now this phrase I will dwel with the humble takes in several things 1. It includes Gods overlooking the humble 2. It takes in Gods assisting and strengthning of the humble 3. It takes in Gods protection I will dwel with the humble that is I Job 22. 29. will protect him and secure him 4 It takes in Gods sympathizing with the humble 5. It takes in Gods applying Isa 63. 9. Isa 57. 18. all suitable good to the humble 6. It takes in Gods ruling and over-ruling the heart and the affections of the humble 7. It takes in Gods teaching and Psa 10. 17. Psal 25. 9. learning of the humble But 8. and lastly it includes and takes in a clearer a fuller and a larger manifestation and communication of God to humble souls ah saith God I will dwell with the humble that is I will more richly more abundantly and more gloriously manifest and make knowne my grace and glory my goodnesse and sweetnesse my loving kindnesse and tendernesse to humble souls Now tell me humble soules will not Gods dwelling thus with you contribute very much to the strengthning and maintaining of your Assurance Jam. 4. 6. But he giveth more grace wherefore he saith God resisteth the proud or as the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 word emphatically signifies he sets himself in battle array against the proud but giveth grace to the humble Humility is both a grace and a vessell to receive grace God poures in grace into the humble souls as men poure liquor into an empty vessel And verily the more grace you have the more will your Assurance be strengthned and maintained Well remember this the humble mans mercies are the sweetest mercies the greatest mercies the most growing and thriving mercies the most blessed and sanctified mercies the most lasting and abiding mercies Therefore as you would have your Assurance strengthned and maintained walk humbly with your God I say again walk humbly walk humbly with your God and you shal wear the crown of Assurance to your grave Seventhly If you would keep and maintain your Assurance then take heed and watch against those very particular sins by which other Saints have lost their Assurance Take heed of carnall confidence and security David Psal 30. 6 7. lost his Assurance by not guarding his heart against those evils Again take heed of a light slight careless and negligent spirit in holy and spirituall things The Spouse in the Canticles lost her Assurance and her sweet communion with Christ by her slightness of spirit Again take heed of a stout Cant. 5 2 3 6. compared and unyeelding spirit under the afflicting hand of God this made God hide his face from them Isa 57. 17. In a word take heed of tasting of forbidden fruit remembring what Adam lost by a taste Eighthly If you would maintain and keep your Assurance then freequently A man may easier make a seeing eie blind then a blind eye to see a man may soon put an instrument out of tune but not so soon put it in again A man is easily born down the stream but cannot swim so easily up the stream c. and seriously consider of the wonderfull difficulty of recovering Assurance when it is lost Oh the sighs the groans the complaints the prayers the tears the heart-renting the soul-bleeding that the recovery of thy lost Assurance will cost The gaming of Assurance at first cost thee dear but the regaining of it if thou shouldest be