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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
virtue_n	death_n	know_v	resurrection_n	1,580	5	9.6777	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88417	England faithfully watcht with, in her wounds: or, Christ as a father sitting up with his children in their swooning state: which is the summe of severall lecvtures painfully preached upon Colossians 1. / By Nicho. Lockyer, M.A. Published according to order.	Lockyer, Nicholas, 1611-1685.	1646 (1646)	Wing L2794; Thomason E321_1; ESTC R200573	432,053	511

Christs being in us carries some proportion to this and is so applied by the Apostle The eyes of our understanding being enlightned that we might know the exceeding greatnesse of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead Ephes 1.19 God was in Christ that is he did put forth an exceeding great power in him and by this wrought in and by him exceeding great things raised him from the dead so saith the Apostle Christ is in us what 's that why he doth put forth an exceeding great power in us and by this raiseth us from the power of sinne satan and selfe and enables us to walke as spiritually alive that is according to the will of the Spirit of Christ and not according to our owne lust Divine communion at such a heigth as makes union and similitude to Christ speakes Christ in us according to the Scripture using of this phrase No act that Christ did for us but there is a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a communion of the vertue of it in us life death resurrection ascention that is an importing of the same Spirit and power that did all these in Christ according to such a measure as to worke similitude to all these in us That I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering or the participation of his suffering t is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being made conformable to his death 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 configuratus made together in likenesse one shapt and formed by another so exact that there is a consimilitude one forme in two as it were consimilitude with Christ is Christ in us The expression being opened doe but note one thing what a forlorne seat Christ chooseth in this world great ones choose seats sutable to their ranke places of great worth rich fertile pleasant You may see the course of great ones in this by Lot he chose the plaine of Jordan which was for fertility and pleasantnes like the garden of God Gen. 13.19 Christ chooseth the poorest and the meanest place in all the world the poorest and meanest place in all the world is the soule of man this is poore in extremity poore and naked Revel 3. your soules are starke naked your bodies have some covering and some estate but your soules are destitute of all not a ragge of covering not a farthing of estate utterly destitute That which makes wealth and worth upon the soule is the beames of loving kindnesse shining upon them and these are utterly gone from the soule My loving kindnesse will I not utterly take from you T is a speech of dread and hints what is our state naturally Christ is utterly gone from the soule not a beame of loving kindnesse shines upon it There is nothing to speake properly within or without that estate but that which hath loving kindnesse wrapt up in it things thus considered man is the poorest creature in all the world in the front of wrath not any thing he hath within or without that hath a beame of loving kindnesse What Job speakes of some externally that may be said of him and of all us internally and naturally considered He cald them children of fooles yea children of base men Job 30.8 Beni beli Sem children without name that is without any worth As some are externally of no worth so are all of us internally consider our condition naturally and our soules are namelesse soules worthlesse soules if you will give a name to your soules you cannot in justice give them any name that imports any worth but such as may import worthlesnesse to the utmost The prodigall when he came to see the poverty of his inside said call me not by any name of worth let my soule goe namelesse of any such title I am not worthy to be called thy sonne We may not be called possessours of any thing naturally no not heires to any thing that is Divinely good we are creatures of no hope in our naturall condition nothing in possession nor nothing in reversion and yet such beggerly creatures Christ useth to sit downe in Meeke sitting upon an Asse Math. 21.5 An Asse is the poorest and the despisedst thing one of them that is and yet this Christ chuseth to make his seat Base things of the world things which are despised hath God chosen saith the Apostle and as if this were not enough to set forth the worthlesnesse of the things he chuseth for his seat hee addes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 non existentia and things which are not that have no existence our soules are so farre from any bravenesse of being that it is most proper to say they have no being at all if you will call your soules any thing call them things which are not and yet in these things which are not that is of any worth doth Christ looke him out a seat and dwelling Which is Christ in you The seat which Christ chuseth is very mean and very unclean which is the second particular which speaks the forlornnesse of a thing Poore people and poore houses when cleanly are desireable but usually poore persons are nasty and filthy too which makes them loathsom to us and yet Christ chuseth the poorest and the filthiest places for his seat Your uncleanest part is your inside the soule is the sinke of the man very excrement very rottennesse Psalme 5.9 wickednesses Havvoth the expression notes extention not a roome in the soule but foule very foule so that it is more proper to call every faculty and every operation every organ and organization wickednesse then wicked You have Elihu setting out this to Job notably Why is thy spirit turn'd against God and then speaking about the spirit of man sets it out to the life what it is it is filthy saith he it stinks it stinks abominably this is the case of every man saith he What man is he that is borne of a woman that he should be cleane he puts no trust in his Saints Job 15.16 Nithgnab Nèèlach the heavens are not cleane in his sight how much more abominable and filthy is man abominable and stinking The same word is used Psalme 14.3 and so translated in the Margin stinking and this doth agree notably with the type the grave which is cald the heart of the earth doth but resemble the heart of man and there Christ took up his seat and his lodging and what more filthy than the grave t is stinking nothing like it stinking abominably and yet in this doth Christ take up his seat his rest his solemnest rest no place that is so solemnly possest and taken up as the grave the seat which Christ hath here is a grave our soules are a Golgotha and yet in no place doth Christ so solemnly seat himselfe as in the soule of man 'T is a mean place 't is an uncleane place that Christ chuseth to

death in sin to which the death of Christ is without profit this is when the soule will goe his own way Many walke by no rule all is fish that comes to net all is contentfull that sutes to a carnall affection conscience jogges these soules sometimes and then they talke of Christ that he hath dyed for their sinnes but poore soules they doe but talke If the faith of such persons forementioned were faith indeed and no fancie the soule would be crucified with crucified Christ I am crucified with Christ They which indeed appropriate the death of Christ die with him in affection first and then in action by little and little according as the death of Christ is more and more beheld The death of Christ is of double vertue it makes a death of guilt and a death of the very being of sin The bodie of sin as well as the soule of sin is dead The bodie is dead saith the Apostle speaking of corruption Corruption keepes in a bodie all that while 't is alive all powers combine to beate out their owne way as will best carry the world afore it and winke at if not scoffe at the way of Christ this soule crucifies Christ but is not crucified with him The sin of this age is bloudy wickednesse therefore doe we bleed Surely we bleed not so much for small sin our sin is crimson and scarlet coloured wee crucifie Christ his truth his people therefore doth he crucifie us Light rises so doth malice 't is nothing to the men of this generation to speak bitterly to murther bloudily their own convictions Christ shall die at the dore rather then they will open love to him to destroy the advantage of this time A man crucified to Christ is crucified to the world you that kill not the lusts of the world you kill Christ but not believe on him and his bloud shall be upon you not to take off guilt but to bind on guilt till you die till bloud goe for bloud 'T is a very bloudy time in which we live trials murther love to Christ to one another heartie affection to Christ can hardly be found men are so taken up with their own ends Povertie is marching towards us like an armed man all is falling flesh shakes at this and treads upon Christ and treads out his bowels to keepe up such wretches as these know not their wretched condition they have not tasted of the bloud of Christ nor know what Christ is now doing Christ is now avenging the bloud of his Covenant upon all that tread upon it men that doe not so take hold of his bloud and death as to bleed and die with him in name in state in person shall bleed and die by him this time is a discovery of unbeliefe and a recompence Unsensible persons are below discipline these therefore I must let goe Where conscience bleedes the bloud of the crosse may be of use and to these in the last place I will addresse my selfe Soules are loaded and troubled about many things but where the distresse is about eternall life whether shall I live or die Whether shall I live where Christ is or not 'T will be reliefe to such a burthened heart to thinke what Christ can doe for him in this case Thou hast a tender friend in Heaven and thy soule is precious to Christ he hath shed his bloud that thou mightest not die nor more despaire Things are very well between God and Christ he hath stood in the person of many and discharged well his undertaking the favour of God is at his dispose whom he intercedes for with his bloud escape the wrath of God 'T is sad to me to see how some soules sinke they thinke peace an impossible thing for them ever to attaine What is not peace Christs Is not Heaven Christs Is not kingdome power and glory Christs That all is Christs methinkes should quiet the cryings of conscience That God is at peace with Christ should generate faith in the most complaingest soule 'T is a facile thing for Christ to procure the favour of God but how should one get Christs favour And Christ is solicitous how to get thy favour Christs favour comes farre easier to us then Gods favour did to him he doth not expect your bloud to get his favour to accept him is to gaine him his favour is free all that he expects is that poore soules would but trust him and imploy him with their estates that they would imploy him and none else to procure the love of God and eternall blessednesse Could I trust Christ with my estate I know all would be well but I cannot believe Why know this that Christs bloud hath ingaged God to give faith and every grace else unto thee what thou wouldest doe and canst not let not that deject put out that grace you have When a man cannot goe into the poole 't is hopefull to lie neere it for one or other may take him up and carry him in thither whither he cannot goe himselfe Pained soules speake of nothing but the bloud of Christ prize nothing in comparison of this hence must come thy ease if ever out of these pantings spring faith unto joy Christ takes up these creeples of a sudden and carries them into the poole of his bloud You that have the Kings evill stand in the way of the King and though you cannot cure your selves yet you will lie as faire for cure as you can In a spirituall sense be thus prudent in the middest of all your soule-paines say If ever any thing give me ease it must be the bloud of Christ if ever any thing quiet my conscience it must be Christs bloud sprinkled upon it out of these honourable thoughts of proper remedie proceedes remedie to the soule Matter of faith and matter of love should spring from this point if one had time to goe this way The bloud of the crosse speakes love in strength love as strong as death what speakes it in Christ should make it in us No such Sermon of love in the Bible nor in the Creation as the bloud of the Crosse Enlarge this your selves in deeds COLOSSIANS 1.20 Whether they be things in earth or things in Heaven DIvine friendship according to its formalitie and causalitie I have handled according to its extent I am now to pursue it to wit how farre it reaches which is noted in these last words To things in earth and to things in Heaven This Scripture is difficult yet other Scriptures compared with it will helpe us to see something into it By things in earth is meant the Elect called and uncalled By things in Heaven is meant Saints and Angels By reconciling of all these to himselfe is meant the gathering of them all into one spirituall bodie under one head the Lord Jesus Christ by vertue of which the state of fallen man is restored the state of blessed Angels confirmed all to concenter in one common blessednesse for