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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	repent_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	20	3	9.1567	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59072	God, the king, and the church (to wit) government both civil and sacred together instituted ... and throughout all, the Church of England ... vindicated : being the subject of eight sermons, preached ... / and now published by George Seignior ...	Seignior, George, d. 1678.	1670 (1670)	Wing S2417; ESTC R19835	158,466	284

they fall foul one upon another cutting themselves with Knives and Lances till the blood gush out upon them these are the heats of Brethren in iniquity a friendship turned to the worst of hatred till amongst them many times blood touch blood whereas that zeal which conerns it self for God and for his Glory is the peaceable fruit of Righteousness it is a coal brought by the Ministration of Cherubims and Seraphins those Spirits that are a flame of Fire with which both mouth and lips being touched all sin is purged away and the zeal because Permanent and Constant is therefore Good Good a word that speaks all perfection as much as finite Beings are capable of it is what the B. Apostle recommends to the Galatians in the Text after he had given them an account in the verse preceding of the Temper of their Seducers a description of their wicked Zeal to pervert them from the Faith he would not have the Galatians in the last to abate any thing of their Christian Fervours for God and for his Truth It is God that answereth by fire in them against their opposers and Gainsayers and therefore let him be God this fire let it be preserved alive yea though St. Paul be absent from them For it is good to be zealously affected alwaies in a good thing and not only when I who have authority and a jurisdiction over you am present with you but out of love to the thing it self when in my care of the other Churches I have occasion to withdraw and to be absent from you In the words which are the commendation of a Pious and a holy Zeal we have these two Parts as I have before mentioned 1. Approbatio ipsa The Approbation it self 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is good to be zealous 2ly Ratio Approbandi The reason of this Approbation which is Three-fold First Ab Objecto From the Object of it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it must be in a good thing Secondly Ab Habitu From the Habit which must be as unlimited as the Object is universally good 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it must be always Thirdly Ab Occasione From the Occasion of expressing it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Not only when I your Apostle am present with you First The scope of the Text being such a Zeal commended to us as is it self a Moderation that is a Medium between luke-warm indifference and hot-headed Phrenzey in the general it is laid down as the Foundation of all That it is good to be Zealous Zeal is many times the Product of a true Repentance 2 Cor. 7.11 In that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulness it wrought in you yea what Zeal certainly then it is not alwayes it self to be repented of nay it was the Command of him who sat in the midst of the Seven Golden Candlesticks whose eyes were as a flame of Fire and his feet like unto fine Brass as if they burned in a furnace unto the Church of Laodicea that Church which was neither hot nor cold Rev. 3.19 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be thou zealous and Repent Zeal is like the Element to which it is often compared a good Servant though a bad Master a Good Servant when in subjection to in subordination with that obedience which we are to pay unto our God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 When we are fervent in Spirit serving the Lord but a Bad Master when it rules not only in us but over us transporting us so much that we forget either our Duty to God or our Charity to our Brother As bad as some may esteem of Zeal who care not to put themselves to over-much trouble for God and for his service who consult their own ease and quiet so much that they are not sollicitous what becomes of the outward Professions the publick attestations of Holiness and Piety who are for doing their own business but nothing else let the World go how it will they are not concerned so they may be permitted a lazy retiredness and unusefull privacy yet zeal is Good when it walks abroad to be seen of men when it is not a candle under a bushel but on the house top or set upon a hill the holy hill of Sion that all the Passengers may behold it and be directed by it it is transcendently Good and that in the three common acceptions of Goodness jucundum honestum utile it is a pleasant Good it is honest and of good report it is every way profitable First Zeal is Good that is it is bonum jucundum it is a pleasant good though it be the exerting of our passions there is great complacency and satisfaction in it whilst we are musing the Fire burns and we have no rest till at last we speak with our tongues the result of it is great peace to a mans Conscience when at any time he supposes that he has disburdened his Soul in the cause of God it is a comfortable reflection upon a spiritual and a holy magnanimity when a man is satisfied with himself that he is not afraid or ashamed to speak and write his mind and to act according to an honest Principle maugre all opposition and discouragement when it is rightly qualified it is an excellent pre-requisite disposing a man to be a resolute Confessour or a joyful Martyr it fits a man to suffer with great joy and gladness the spoiling of his goods the loss of his life any thing rather then make shipwrack of his faith and of a good Conscience It is not requisite therefore that a true zealot should be an ill-natured person one that is contented with any thing rather then his present state and condition of life it is not like the peevishness of Jobs wife upbraiding its self with its own integrity as if we had served our God for nought and washed our hands in innocency to no purpose therefore upon every little and light affliction we must presently curse God and die neither is it like the fretting and fuming of Jonas displeased because God is gratious because the sentence of judgment against the evil works of the sons of men is not executed speedily therefore Jonas thinks that he does well to be angry even unto death No there are the comforts of life in the heats of a holy zeal and that life is the light of God Nay further yet This Supererogating grace I want a name for it it is somthing more then Love the surplusage of it not by it self a distinct vertue for once therefore allow me the expression I say this Supererogating grace is not onely a pleasant good that is warmth and refreshment Peace that passeth all understanding to the pious soul where it is seated but it is likewise comfort and encouragement unto others how many have taken fire at such heats as these to see a Martyr die with courage and resolution was the great inducement for others chearfully to embrace the same flames the Phoenix providing