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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	lord_n	prophet_n	word_n	7,026	5	4.2906	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02407	Counsel for sufferers, or Helps under sufferings from [sic]		1683 (1683)	Wing C6514B; ESTC R227098	28,641	57

belike Christ not onely in the end and forme but in the means Sin resembles a man to the Devil but sufferings resembles a man to Christ From hence Con ∣ sidera ∣ tion 1 First consider ye had need look you be right in the way of your profession least while ye suffer for God ye also suffer from God It will be a sad thing to be cast out of earth for making a profession and to be cast out of heaven for making no more then a profession to suffer for Christ here on earth and to suffer from Christ hereafter in Hell to eternity Look that ye be right in your profession and ye will finde comfort in your affliction Con ∣ sid 2 Secondly if the saints must suffer from the world then let them not suffer from one another if the beasts of the forrest Psal 22.12 the bulls of Bashan push at them let not the Lambs push one at another Doe they suffer from the world That is no great matter but to suffer from familiar friends is too much If it had been mine enemy saith David I could have born it Psal 55.12 13. and 41.9 v. but it was thou my familiar friend who took sweet councel together c. It is said in a prophesie of Christ Zech. 13.6 v. He was wounded in the house of his friends that augmented the grief Con ∣ sid 3 Thirdly let every man then enter the lists of profession but with an expectation of sufferings and afflictions Object The bullet may miss you it 's an ill Battel were none ' scapes Ans But it may hit you as well it 's strange if a man will live godly in Christ Jesus if he don't suffer persecution either by the tongues or by the hands of wicked men It was an excellent speech of the Lord Brook that he that undertakes in the way of Christianity it is a vain thing for him to think of saving any thing but his soul ye may be call'd out to resist unto Blood striveing against sin and as Gods mercy towards the end of the Churches troubles will be sweetest so the Devil's rage will be greatest and though ye have had halcyon dayes of peace and have but the prick of a pin insteed of the point of a sword yee may yet meet with the tail of the storme the worst may be behinde Second proposition is this That reproach and shame is part of Gods peoples sufferings here in the world Doct. 2 It is their portion a peculiarity of the saints to suffer shame for Christs sake They that are highly esteemed with God are commonly cast out with men They lie here oft-tymes among the pots whom God intends for the fairest Cup-board of heavenly glory in the world to come They manifested open indignity to the Apostles two severall wayes by words and by blows reproach before Magistrats is a shame in the worlds Calender Those whom God doe honour one way or another the wicked will dishonour The wickeds spight is against god but Panther-like if they can't reach the person they 'l tear the picture though the consciences of Gods people compurgats them yet the world maks no conscience of condemning Psal 44.13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours a scorn and derision to them that are round about us A reproach to men on every side hedged in and compassed about with reproaches scandals and slanders Psal 79.4 so Psal 79. v. 4. wee are become a reproach to our neighbours ascorn and a derision to them that are round about us You see the church of God where-ever at one tyme or other were under reproaches Isaac the Son of the promise was scoffed at by Ishmael Gal. 4.29 this is called persecution But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit so it is now Thus it was with holy Job when he was made an out cast by his friends Job 16.8 9. that made of him no more then a Hypocrite He teareth me in his wrath who hateth me he gnasheth upon me with his teeth mine enemy sharpneth his eyes upon me They gaped upon me with their mouth they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully they have gathered themselves together againse me And will ye step a little farther and see David In my adversity they rejoyced c. this was the measure this holy man of God met with in his tyme and the Prophet Isa saith Isa 8.18 that the professers of his tyme were signs and wonders in Israel● Zion is an out cast whom no man seeks after an out cast that no man seeks after Jer. 30.17 Lam. 1.7 21. So Jerusalem what she came to be in her distresses They have heard that I sight there is none to comfort me all mine enemies have heard of my trouble they are glad that thou hast done it And this Is common with all the saints for such as are guilty of oppression Lam. 2 15 16. are guilty likewise of Columnies so chap. 2. is this the city of solemnities All that pass by clap their hands at thee they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem saying is this the city that men call the perfection of beauty the joy of the whole earth All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee they hiss and gnash the teeth they say wee have swallow'd her up certainly this is the day that wee looked for wee have found wee have seen it Thus they please themselves with scoffing at the poor Church and people of God Psal 69.20 Lam. 3.30 Reproaches have broken my heart saith the Psalmist in the person of Christ so Lam The church there saith she gave her cheeks to him that smot her she was filled full i th reproaches Thus both the worship and worshippers of God have been made a reproach in the world The word of the Lord in the prophesie of Jer. 6.10 was a reproach unto that wicked generation Jer. 6.10 to whom shall I speak and give warning that they may hear behold the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach they have no delight in it Jer. 20. v. 18. and so chap. 20.18 he speaks again of the reproaches he met withall there he saith he came forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow that his dayes should be consumed with shame The spirit of God tells the Prophet Ezekiel Ezek. 33.30 concerning the children of the people not enemies onely but the children of the people are taking against thee by the wall 's and in the doors of the houses they snarld at the word of the Lord. Thus all the Prophets under the old and Christ and his Apostles under the New Testament have been accounted vilely off Paull call'd a seditious fellow Christ called the Carpenters Son no better title could they afford him And they thought they had hit the bird on the eye when they said have any of the Rulers beleived