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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	good_a	holy_a	spirit_n	3,941	5	4.8416	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51228	A sermon preached on the 28th of June, at St. Andrew's Holborn by John Moore ...	Moore, John, 1646-1714.	1691 (1691)	Wing M2553; ESTC R9456	14,371	38

retinue of Consequences would look vile and odious doth appear comely and desirable So a gratification of the most beastly Lusts is accounted rational and manly Pleasure Drunkenness goes for a free use of God's Creatures Whoredom is but a just satisfaction of the Appetites of Nature the squeezing a poor man when got within our clutches till we break him and his Fortunes to pieces is but to maintain our own rights and to preserve our Children and Posterity from beggary for the slightest Provocation coolly to spill the Blood of our Brother is to behave our selves like Men of Honour and to keep our Persons from falling into Contempt and being trampled upon Thus those things which are in themselves most loathsome and detestable neither consistent with true Peace of Conscience nor the Favour of God pass for Instances of the highest wisdom and honour and are reputed actions most worthy of men And a little present gain empty honour or sensual pleasure which dies as soon as it is tasted must be preferr'd before everlasting happiness and the fruition of the Almighty and Infinitely Glorious God to all Eternity O that those sordid and mean sensualities which sink us into a level with the brutes should be the things upon which we have set our hearts and unto which we make all our Courtship and Address O that we should be in love with those fetters with which we are dragged unto the gates of death and be so sottish as to admire the chains that confine us to the regions of darkness and will hold us fast till the terrible day of Judgment as the marks of our honour and as the true accomplishments of our Nature 4. Men make themselves a little easie in an ill course of life by hearing endless Rewards and Punishments often spoke of without applying them to their own condition They can hear Heaven discoursed of as a State of infinite Peace and Delight without being much moved therewith and they can hear Hell represented as a dismal place void of all ease and comfort and be but little troubled at it and the reason is because these things pass thorough their ears like Romances in which they do not imagine themselves to be concern'd For when a man shall hear a lively description of the Joys of Heaven will not his heart be transported and even lifted up within him if he have so loved and obeyed God in the several stages of his life as to hope he has sure ground to claim a right in them And when likewise the Terrors of the Lord are Preached unto the wicked and displayed in their true colours and they are plainly inform'd how insupportable and dreadful the condition of all those will be who shall be banished from the Presence of God the Fountain of Light and Good unto everlasting darkness certainly they must be filled with amazement and horror if they do but reflect that it is most likely that they shall be condemned for ever to dwell in that dark and doleful habitation Therefore when ever the consideration of our own title to that Glorious place doth enter into the meditations we have of Heaven it will warm the heart and enliven all our affections And as often as the poor Sinner does entertain thoughts of Hell with respect of the great danger of his going thither it will confound him and take down all his confidence and presumption For when a man once comes to reflect that the dreadful things he hears of Death and Judgment do closely and nearly concern his most precious Soul he will be ready to say with himself O my Soul Thou art in the Company of them that do foolishly and who forget God thy Happiness in another World does wholly depend upon thy behaviour in this Life this Life is very short the business thou hast to do therein is great and when a period shall be put to thy days is most uncertain wherefore if thou shouldest be surprised by a sudden Death before thy Sins are broken off by sincere Repentance thou wouldest be the most miserable of all creatures and must as unavoidably go down into the bottomless Pit there to dwell with enraged and merciless devils as ever any unrelenting Sinner has done before thee Such considerations as these will make bad men apprehensive of the vast hazard unto which they expose their immortal Souls and timely to remember their Creator lest he tear them in pieces and there be none to deliver Thus I have discovered by what arts men speak false peace unto their Souls and so far delude themselves as to fancy they shall find God Merciful at the last though they do not put away their Sins and notwithstanding they sow to the Flesh to presume they shall of the Spirit reap everlasting Life But being now to take my Leave of you and to return my Thanks for the Favours I have received from you which as they are so many and so great that I cannot duly here acknowledge them without making you uneasie by trespassing upon your Modesty so during my whole Life I shall never forget them But by my constant and hearty Prayers for your Present and Future Happiness and by embracing all opportunities of doing you Real Service I shall endeavour to shew That your Kindnesses were not misplaced This being I say the last time I am to appear among you in the capacity of your Minister I shall take the liberty now with more arguments to urge the necessity of holy living and more particularly to lay down such directions and advice as may be of most general and lasting benefit It is a noble argument we have before us to shew that the crop a man shall reap will answer the nature and qualities of the seed which he now doth sow Wherefore it will not be in my power to do you a greater good than to endeavour to increase and strengthen your belief of this important truth That they who live Wickedly shall reap corruption i. e. shall have all their labour perish and come to nothing and that they who give up themselves to the conduct of the Holy Spirit shall through its Assistance and Intercession attain Everlasting Life That therefore you may not be seduced by any of the deceitful artifices and Frauds now mentioned nor by any other wiles of Satan to depend upon the Favour of God before you have parted with every known Sin let me advise you to consider 1. That it is inconsistent both with God's Nature and your own for you to partake of the happiness of Heaven before you are cleansed from the filth of your Iniquities Goodness and Wisdom and Justice and Truth and Purity are the inseperable Attributes of the Divine Nature which stand in such a direct opposition to all wickedness that God cannot but abhor it Nothing being evil in its own nature but from the unagreeableness it hath to the Essence of God And for this reason he is said to be of purer eyes than to