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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	father_n	jesus_n	lord_n	17,123	5	3.7490	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61865	Conscience the best friend upon earth: or, The happy effects of keeping a good conscience Very useful for this age. By Henry Stubbes, Minister of the Gospel.	Stubbes, Henry, 1606?-1678.	1677 (1677)	Wing S6029C; ESTC R222100	33,441	135

him smite me I will not be of●ended with him I will not smite a●ain when he fmites me it shall be ●s a precious Oyntment The mean●ng is Let him smite me with Re●roofs let him reprove me deal ●ithfully and plainly with me And Sirs I fear that my self and many of my Brethren in the Ministry may have much to answer for another day for that we do not deal more faithfully more plainly and downrightly with Souls Ministers are under a Temptation to please their Hearers as well as others and are loth to offend them but God forbid that Christs Ministers should be Servants of Men or Men-pleasers or Women-pleasers Let them look to it that they please their Lord and Master Christ. Direction IX Set upon nothing on which you cannot on which you dare not pray for a blessing Never undertake any thing never be imployed about any thing upon which thou dost not dare to pray for a blessing 1 Tim. 4. 4 5. Every thing is sanctified by the Word and Prayer I must have a Word to be my Rule for it and I must make a Prayer for a Blessing on it else I can not except that it should be sanctified and blessed to me Now Sirs how many things are there that we do that we dare not pray to God for a Blessing on It may be you spend two or three hours at the Looking Glass can you pray for a Blessing upon the time so spent can you pray for a Blessing upon your dressing and attiring your selves and habiting your selves in the way and manner that you do can you pray O Lord let this way of habiting and dressing my self be for thy Glory and for my Good and for the example of others Dare any of you go and make a prayer to God foe this Adventure not upon any thing upon which you dare not pray for a Blessing Direction X. If you would not have Conscience to reproach you Set about all in the name and strength of Christ. For that is the rule which the Apostle giveth Col. 3. 17. And whatsoever ye do i● word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do all according to the will and the command of Christ do all by the strength and help of Christ and do all to the Glory of Christ. 1. Do all according to the will and command of Christ. In Mat. 18. 20. The name of Christ signifies his command 2. Do all by the strength and help of Christ. In this sense also is the name of Christ used Luke 10. 17. and Psa. 44. 5. Luke 17. 3. Do all to the Glory of Christ which is sometimes to be understood by his name as Psal. 31. 3. Oh that People would ask themselves Is this according to the will and command of Christ that I am now a doing can I expect the strength and help of Christ in that I am now a doing is this for the Glory of Christ which I am now ● doing When thou art about 〈◊〉 Duty say to Christ all our sufficien●●cy is of thee we have none of our own 2 Cor. 3. 5. Joh. 15. 5. Say as Paul I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me Phil. 4. 13. And thus I have given you ten Directions how you may so live that Conscience may not reproach you Case II. I come now to speak a little to the second case What if we have neglected these rules and directions which have been laid before us If you have neglected to walk according to rule and have given Conscience just cause to reproach you and if Conscience does reproach you and if you ask me How may we get the reproaches of Conscience wiped off and get Conscience quiet again I answer in two words Repent and Believe 1. Repent of that before the Lord which Conscience reproacheth you for mourn for it be ashamed of it judge and condemne your selves for what is past resolve against it for the time to come this is a good course If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 Cor. 11. 31. For if we would judge our selves we should not be judged and if we acknowledg our transgressions and accept of the punishment of our iniquity Read Lev. 26. 40 41 42. There is not a better way to wipe off ●he reproaches of Conscience then by the tears of repentance Follow the example of that Woman that came behind our Lord and Saviour and washed his feet with her tears and wiped them with the haires of her head A service perhaps that you would be loath to put your hair to but Sirs if you would have Conscience to be quiet then seriously set upon the work of Repentance 2. Believe By Faith set Christs Blood on work to wipe off the aspersions and reproaches of Conscience to purifie and pacifie Conscience get Conscience sprinkled with the Blood of Christ Heb. 9. 14. You read of one Mat. 15. 28. that set the Pity and Power of Christ on work to make her Daughter whole Jesus answered and said unto her O Woman great is thy Faith Be it to thee even as thou wilt Christ seemed not to regard her a while but she followed him and set his Pity and Power on work Faith will set the Blood of Christ on work to wipe of the reproaches of Conscience The Centurions Faith set Christ on work to heal his Servant Lord saith he my Servant lyeth at home sick of the Palsie grievously tormented And Jesus saith unto him I will come and heal him The Centurion answered and said Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my Roof but speak the word onely and my Servant shall be healed And Jesus said unto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou hast believed so be it done unto thee And his Servant was healed in the self same hour Mat. 8. 13. The Lepers Faith did set Christ on work Mat. 8. 2 3. And there came a Leper and worshipped him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him saying I will be thou clean and immediately his Leprosie was cleansed The Father of the Child that had a deaf and a dumb Spirit his Faith set Christ on work Mark 9. 23 24 25. Jesus saith unto him If thou canst believe all things are possible to him that believeth And straight way the Father of the Child cryed out with teares Lord I believe help thou my unbelief The Faith of the Woman diseased with an Issue of Blood set Christ on work Mat. 9. 21. For she said within her self If I may but touch the Hem of his Garment I shall be whole And it followes the Woman was made whole from that hour The Faith of the poor Leper set Christ or work Luke 17. 19. And Jesus said unto him Thy faith hath made thee whole And likewise the Womans Faith Luke 7. 48. set Christ on