Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	fear_v	heart_n	questionless_a	18	3	17.6179	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04151	Gods call, for mans heart in 1 Knowledge, 2 Loue, 3 Feare, 4 Confidence, 5 Singing of Psalmes, 6 Prayer, 7 Hearing the word. 8 Receiuing the Sacraments. Deliuered in a sermon, by Abraham Iackson, Master of Arts, and preacher of Gods word at Chelsey, neere London.	Jackson, Abraham, 1589-1646?	1618 (1618)	STC 14294; ESTC S119409	15,280	54

loue those that loue God he will hate wickednesse because God hates it and hate wicked men because they hate God he will loue righteousnesse because God loues it and he will loue righteous men because they loue God hee will be more sensible of Gods dishonour then of his owne disgrace he will loue the image of God in wisedome in knowledge in vprightnesse of life though he finde it in a poore and deiected man in respect of this world more deare then any friend can loue the picture of his friend These and the like are the properties of that man that loues God with all his heart and with all his soule But if we take no delight to be in the house of God if it be tedious vnto vs to discourse with him by Prayer and Meditation if we preferre either our ease or our profit or our pleasure or our liues before his fauvour if wee can thinke our selues happy to be out of his sight if we can finde a delightfull recreation in the mad meriments of wicked men if we can hate that which he loues and loue that which he hates if we can be more carefull to preserue our owne credits then Gods honour nay if we can loue the image of the diuell in men drawne to the life with the pensill of iniquitie then are not we the men that loue the Lord wee may professe with our tongues that we loue him but our hearts will giue our tongues the lye because wee loue him not with our hearts 3 3. Feare When God would haue our hearts he would haue our feare My Sonne giue me thy heart that is giue me the feare of thy heart or feare me with thy heart Hence is that Samuel exhorts the people to offer vp vnto God the feare of their hearts 1 Sam. 12.24 Feare you the Lord and serue him in the truth with all your hearts c. And in Deut. 10.12 Moses tels the Israelites that the Lord requireth nothing else at their hands but to feare him and walke in his waies to loue him and serue him with all their hearts and with all their soules Questionlesse there is none of you that heare me this day but will say he feares God with all his heart but it is not inough to say so vnlesse it appeare so by tryall Well then if thou feare the Lord with thy heart certainely thy feare will be filiall it will be such as the feare of a sonne in respect of his father thou wilt be more fearefull to offend him then to beare the punishment of offence thou wilt be fearefull to commit any sinne in priuate or in the darke because thou art certaine the eye of God is vpon thee thou wilt be more troubled at the threats of Gods Word then at the checks of a mortall Man though he be thy Prince Ps 119.161 Thou wilt with the Midwiues Exod. 1.17 with the three Children Dan. 3.16 with holy Daniel Dan. 6.10 with the zealous Apostles Act. 4.19 5.29 and with faithfull Abraham Gen. 22.12 feare and worship and obey God though it be prejudiciall to thy ease to thy profit to thy preferment to thy libertie to thy life though it crosse thy reason thy affection thy hope thy expectation in future times But if thy feare be slauish if thou feare more the punishment then the offence if thou care not what wickednesse thou commit so that the eye of man be not vpon thee if thou be ready to doe that which a wicked Ieroboam shall command thee though it be neuer so contrary to the word of God fearing a temporall punishment more then an eternall condemnation if thou refuse to obey such of Gods commandements as doe any way crosse thy ease thy profit thy pleasure thy reason thy estimation with men or the like certainely thou doest not as yet feare God with thy heart and therefore thou hast not as yet any heart for God 4 4. Confidence When God cals for our hearts he cals for our trust and confidence My Sonne giue me thy heart that is relie vpon mee with thy heart lay thy trust and confidence on mee with thy heart Thus did Dauid giue God his heart Ps 130.5 I haue waited on the Lord saith he My soule hath waited and I haue trusted in his word And againe in Ps 28.7 he saith thus The Lord is my strength and my shield mine heart trusted in him and I was helped therefore mine heart shall reioyce and with my song will I praise him And as Dauid trusted in the Lord so must we We must trust in the Lord with all our hearts and not leane vnto our owne wisedome Pro. 3.5 We must haue recourse vnto him as to our onely shield and buckler to defend vs against the oppositions of our spirituall and temporall aduersaries as to our onely helpe to saue and deliuer vs in all our distresses and as to our onely preseruer to giue vs all good and necessarie blessings both for body and soule We must relie vpon him wait vpon him and repose our trust in him without respect either to reason to meanes or likelyhoods This if we doe we trust in the Lord with our hearts But if when we see no outward meanes of helpe we faile in our hopes as the Israelites did Ps 78.20 If when we are sick we send for the Physician before wee seeke to God as Asa did 2 Cro. 16.12 If when some bone of sinnes body doth as it were sticke in the throat of our guiltie consciences we hope to wash it downe with a cuppe of Sacke as many lewd surfetters on pleasure doe If when we be in any strait we make flesh our arme Ier. 17.5 If we repose our trust in our owne or others with and policie in our owne or others strength If we say to the wedge of gold thou art my confidence Iob 31.24 or to the sword thou art my safegard or to Physicke thou art my health or Flectere sinequeo superos Acheronta mouebo if God forsake me if nature forsake me I le goe to Egypt for helpe Is 31.1 nay to hell for helpe I le see what Crossing can doe what Holy water can doe what Popes pardons can doe and if all this will not doe I le haue recourse to Charmes and Exorcismes to Spels and Incantations c. If with the Prince of Israel wee will not beleeue Elisha I meane Gods Ministers when out of the word they promise vs preseruation and support against the miseries and crosses of this world against famine and want and say as he did 2 Ki. 7.2 Though the Lord would make windowes in heauen can this thing come to passe If we will trust God no further then we see him either actually reaching vnto vs his benefits or laying before vs the meanes probable in our conceit to attaine them then doe we not trust in him with our hearts because wee relye not on him without respect to reason meanes or likelyhoods 5