Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	child_n	mother_n	womb_n	3,217	5	9.6644	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29532	Three links of a golden chain, or, Three of the principal causes of mans salvation viz, God giving his elect unto Christ, their coming unto Him, His receiving of them, doctrinally opened and practically applied as it was lately delivered unto the Church of God at Great Yarmouth / by John Brinsley.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1659 (1659)	Wing B4732; ESTC R23814	51,310	88

great Shepherd of the sheep He calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out as he saith of himself Iohn 10. v. 3. that is as Diodate explaines it his care is not only for the general body of his Church but it extendeth it self also to every particular member as need requireth leading them forth into green pastures providing for them spiritual refection and comfort And as it there followeth when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them that is guiding and protecting them being alwayes present with them and vigilant over them going before them in Doctrine and Example as our new Annotation hath it This Christ did when he was here upon earth therein setting a pattern for all his Ministers his undershepherds who according to their ability are to do the like to the sheep the people committed to them Those whom God hath given to them coming to them let them not cast them out 3. And the like may be said for Parents to whom God hath given children they coming to them in a way of duty and obedience let not them cast them out This David speaks of as a thing possible and supposable though himself had not experience of it Psal. 27. 10. When my father and my mother forsake me that is though they should And so it sometimes is natural Mothers forget their Children Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb Yea they may forget saith the Lord c. Isa. 49. 15. A thing too frequent but wherever it is found most unnatural a shame to Heathens much more to Christians who looking upon their children as given them of God are not to cast them out not to leave them as the Ostrich doth her eggs in the sand forgetting that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them as the careless nature of that creature is described Iob 39. 14 15. but to take care of them for their education and subsistance providing for them necessaries and conveniences specially if they be such as come unto them in the way of submissive obedience Obj. But what if they cast off the●r Parents Ans. Why yet both Nature and Religion obligeth the Parent not wholly ●o cast off them but to look after them as David did after his Absolom seeking their return to them Which if they shall find then are they to receive them So did the Father of the Prodigal of whom the Parable tells us When he was afar off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him Luk. 15. 20. Such affections should there be in natural Parents to their children Being given to them by God and coming to them they are not to cast them out Yet one word more and that for all Christians who have here also a pattern for their imitation teaching them in all things to comply with the will of their heavenly Father This let them do in regard of their outward temporal estates Being confidently assured of what our Saviour here saith that All that their Father giveth them shall come unto them things shall come to pass according to his all-disposing providence let them quietly and contentedly submit thereunto Only serving that providence in the use of lawful meanes let them accept what he giveth them reacheth forth to them resting contented with their Fathers portion Not greedily scraping and gathering they care not in what way by what meanes so laying hold upon that which God never gave ●hem A point which Musculus writing upon this Text applyeth in a particular way to the Kings and Princes of the earth for whom he wisheth that they would all make use of these words saying with themselves what their Saviour here doth that All tha● their Father giveth them shall come unto them And thereupon rest contented with what they have putting up the sword into the shea●h not seeking the enlargement of their Territories and Dominions as too often they ●o whereby they set the world on fire filling it with confusion and blood And what he saith to them in special let me say unto all Christians in general wishing that every of them would make the like use of these words each one saying within himself Whatever my Father giveth me shall come unto me What portion my Father allotteth me I shall have and so rest contented therewith be it more or less And making such use of the former part of this Text let them take heed of abusing the latter which covetous persons as Musculus notes upon it will be ready to do who hearing that all that the Father giveth them shall come to them they thereupon resolve to get what they can but to part with as little as they may No that which cometh unto them they will in no wise cast out This was Nabals resolution when Davids messengers came to him for some relief for their Master in his straits what saith he Shall I then take my bread and my water and my flesh which I have killed for my shearers and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be 1 Sam. 25. 11. Such Nabals there are too many every where whose resolution is whatever God giveth them not to cast it out in such a way True indeed as the same Author further noteth there is such a use which may lawfully and warrantably be made of these words viz. that those to whom God giveth estates they are not to cast them out by prodigal and luxurious spending and squandring of them but in a provident way to preserve them yet in the mean time what God calleth for either for pious or charitable uses let them not be unwilling to part with So was Abraham with his son whom God had given to him yet he was not unwilling to give him to him again In like manner are Christians to deal with their estates where God calleth for them they are not to withold them so resting contented with and thankful for their fathers portion Yea though happily it be not every wayes answerable to what they could desire It was a weakness in Abraham who in the want of one blessing a Son seemed to slight all other mercies When the Lord by way of encouragement said unto him Fear not Abram I am thy shield and they exceeding great reward he presently and passionately replies Lord God what wilt thou give me seeing I go childless Gen. 15. 1 2. Let there not be the like murmuring or repining thought in any of the Lords people In the want of some one desired mercy let them not cast out all others by a slighting and undervaluing of what they have received What they have let them know it is that which their Father hath given them and so looking upon it as their fathers portion let them receive it contentedly thankfully And what they do as to mercies