Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	apostle_n	call_v	spirit_n	1,821	5	4.7685	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45728	Heavens glory, and hells horror: or, the parable of Dives and Lazarus opened and applied Wherein, the everlasting joy of the saints and the endless torments of the wicked are discovered: for the confort of the one, and terror of the other. By J.H. a servant of Jesus Christ.	Hart, John, D.D.	1662 (1662)	Wing H955; ESTC R216587	16,435	51

HEAVENS Glory And Hells Horror OR The Parable of DIVES and LAZARUS opened and applied Wherein the everlasting Joy of the Saints and the endless Torments of the Wicked are discovered for the Comfort of the one and Terror of the other By J. H. a Servant of Jesus Christ Mat. 25.46 These shall go away into everlasting punishment but the Righteous into life eternal LONDON Printed for John Andrews at the White Lion near Pye-Corner 1662. John 5.28 29. Marvel not at this for the hour is c●●●g in the which all that are in the graves shall hear ●●●ice and shall come forth They that have done good ●●●e resurrection of life and they that have done evil to ●●urrection of damnation Heavens Glory AND Hells horror Or the Parable of DIVES and LAZARUS opened and applied Luke 16.19 20 c. There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linnen and fared sumptuously every day And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus which was laid at his gate full of sores And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich mans table moreover the dogs came and licked his sores And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by Angels into Abrahams bosome the rich man also dyed and was buried And in Hell he lift up his eyes being in torments and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosome And he cryed and said Father Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame But Abraham said Son remember that thou in thy life time receivedst thy good things and likewise Lazarus evill things but now he is comforted and thou art tormented And besides all this between us and you there is a great gulf fixed so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to us that would come from thence Then he said I pray thee therefore father that thou wouldest send him to my fathers house For I have five brethren that he may testifie unto them lest they also come into this place of torment Abraham saith unto him They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them And he said Nay father Abraham but if one went unto them from the dead they will repent And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead THese words beloved in our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ contain the Parable or rather the History as I humbly conceive of the rich Glutton and poor Lazarus In the words we have first in general the life and death both of the rich man and the beggar with the condition of them both in the life to come But more particularly in the thrée first verses we finde recorded for our instruction the lives first of the rich Glutton and then of poor Lazarus In the following verses we have the death first of the Beggar and secondly of the rich Glutton with the different condition of them both after death To begin with the first the life of the rich man and this we finde recorded in the 19. verse There was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linnen and fared sumptuously every day In the life of the rich man we have three particulars very considerable First he is here prescribed by his riches There was a certain rich man The Spirit of God here takes no more notice of the rich mans name neither of the place where he lives from whence we may take notice that God regards not those whom the world possibly may greatly honour many men perhaps might honour this mans name by affixing unto it the empty title of Worshipful or Honourable but those that despise God shall be lightly esteemed saith Solomon in that excellent Book called the Proverbs God can blot out the names of wicked men as well out of the Book of this life as out of the life to come yea many times he maketh both the names and estates of wicked men to rot and stink in this world well then may he punish their souls in the world to come The memory of the just saith Solomon is blessed but the name of the wicked shall rot God will not have the name of wicked men to be mentioned but with shame and disgrace to them as for example Jeroboam and this character followeth who made Israel to sin but the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance and the desire of the wicked shall perish Psalm 112.6 It is the great desire I know of the wicked that their names should continue for ever and for this purpopose they call their Houses and Lands by their owne names but the very desire of these men shall perish But I procéed In the second place where the rich man is described by his apparel and that is said to be purple and fine linnen which signifies not onely the greatness of his riches but the eminency of his person and place in the world namely that he was some Ruler among the Iewes Purple clothing ye know in the ornament of Kings and great ones of the world and they that wear fine linnen are in Kings houses that is they are either Kings themselves or else great Officers under Kings from whence we may observe that Greatness and Honour riches and gorgeous apparel commends us not to God it is not all the riches in the world that can save a soul it is onely grace that commends us to God God can see a pure heart and a gracious soul though they be clothed in rags for God judgeth not as men judgeth according to outward experience no he seeth many a rotten graceless soul under scarlet gowns and purple robes Among all the Kings of Israel there was not one gracious and among the Kings of Judah onely one good Josiah that walked before the Lord with a perfect heart It is true there was Asa and Amaziah and Hezekiah that the Text describes as imperfect in some things but of Josiah it is said of him He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the wayes of David his father and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left That of the Apostle 1 Cor. 1.26 doth fully confirm this truth Not many wise men not many after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called Thirdly We have the description of this rich Glutton by his fare and ●hat not onely barely described but also amplified here by the Spirit of God He fared sumptuously every day It was not now and then but every day day after day if he had done it but now and then it might have béen lawful for God doth not onely give the Creatures for our use but also for our delight and moderate feasting may be lawful yet by the way that is a good caution