Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	devil_n	seed_n	serpent_n	4,337	5	9.5644	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86421	A garden inclosed, and Wisdom justified only of her children. Being two exercises, discovering the glory, beauty and perfection of the love of God to saints that are so comprehended, and in such a glorious inclosure: and also the sweet reflections in, and from saints, in iustifying wisdom: which were delivered at New-port Pagnell, about a yeare and a half since: for declaration whereof, the authour was then imprisoned, and since accused, for delivering of blasphemie. by Paul Hobson.	Hobson, Paul.	1647 (1647)	Wing H2274; Thomason E1188_3; ESTC R208251	44,598	118

eating nor drinking they have something against him crying out he hath a devil Christ comes another way and takes away that occasion for he comes eating and drinking but that wil not cause them to affect Truth but as they accuse the one so they accuse the other as Christ said then we may say now The spirit of Saints are alwaies too high 16 or 11.15 or too low in the judgement of the world Acts 2.13 If Saints rejoyce in their soule refreshings they enjoy by Christ then they are drunke with new wine or they say of them as they said of Iohn in another case he hath a devil or if they groan under sinne then the world cryes out they are foolish or mad and thus the spirit of the world will still except against Truth and they will seeme to take offence at some externall acting to raile against the internall glory of wisedome saying I was not against such men and women as they were Godly though the truth is that is their chiefest ground but one cries out I cannot love such a man or woman because they are Presbyterians others cries out they cannot affect such and such because they are Independents this bitternesse the Devil hath cast in amongst men and men would seeme to cover it by laying the difference on the externall forme rather then in that spirituall difference that is betwixt them and Christ but the truth is were all outward occasions in externall formes removed yet the world cannot love Mat. 10.22 but must condemne Truth Mark 13 13. The first Reason is Reason 1 Because there is an antipathie betweene the spirit of the world Rom. 8. 5.6 7 8 9. and the spirit of Saints the one is the spirit of Christ the other is the spirit of the Devil and this antipathy is expressed by God himselfe Gen. 13.15 where he saith I have put enmitie betweene the seede of the woman and the seede of the serpent the seed of the serpent is the spirit of the world and the seede of the woman is Jesus Christ The spirit of the world as it is the worlds spirit and the spirit of Christ cannot close therefore we may take up those expression vvhom God hath joyned together none can separate and those spirits that God have separated none can joyne together Secondly Reason 2 The spirit of the world and the spirit of Christ are not like each other therefore the spirit of the world cannot love Christ everything loves its like therefore by the rule of contraries Iohn 8.23 they will hate that which is unlike themselves Rom. 8.5 The third Reason which will further demonstrate the thing is this Reason 3 if all outward occasions were removed that the world cries out against yet still the world would hate Saints if an Independent turne Presbyterian or Presbyterian turne Independent if so they appeare Godly the world will hate them but if they appeare in either of these formes so they sute with the spirit of the world the world will love them but if Godly the world will hate them and the reason is because they are not of the vvorld Ioh. 15.19 The first Vse is to informe us Vse 1 that no uniformity without can cause peace within the spirit of the world towards Saints doe they hate Iohn because hee eats not Christ takes away this occasion and comes eating yet their hatred is the same If this be so then this shewes the folly of those men that thinke because of an uniformity without they shall have peace with the spirits of the world this cleerly discovers that these men understand not where the difference lyeth it is not in the forme without but in the spirit within This shews also the folly of those professors who thinketo gaine the love of the world by changing their formes which is impossible if they appeare Godly for if they appeare Godly either in a Presbyteriall or Independent form the world will hate you or in the deniall of either of them you shall enjoy no better therefore for a conclusion If any lire Godly in Christ Iesus they must suffer persecution 2. Tim. 3.12 The second Vse is of Exhortation Vse 2 to exhort all Saints not to think it strange that the world condemne them Ioh. 15.18.20 is truth hated in the Fountaine Mat. 10.24.25 and doe you thinke it shall be loved in the streames it is impossible doth the world hate Christ and do the Saints think to bee beloved of the world that 's a contradiction therefore this should also comfort those who suffer not as evil-doers but onely for holding forth the truth of Christ Let such remember what a naturalist said in an other cause It is the Crowne of a wise man to bee hated of a foole for speaking wisely and I am sure the ground why the world hates Saints is because saints in their words and actions speak forth the goodnesse and wisedom of God amongst men God is pleased to worke great things in them and great things by them and we may say when the world scornes and imprisons Saints as Christ said in another case for which of the good vvorkes that God hath done in them doe they imprison them But they are apt to excuse themselves as the Jewes did to Christ saying It is not for thy good vvorks but because thou blasphemest so they are apt to say we doe not oppose or imprison you for any good wrought in you or done by you but because you take upon you to declare the minde of God and walke in this or that kinde of form in your professing God as a Presbyteriam or an Independent form the truth is the world cannot bear the weight and worth of a Saints spirit though poor soules they thinke to cover themselves and their practises Esa 66.5 with the afore-named things Luke 20.19 20 21.22 yet God will one day uncover them Mat. 10. 26. but let this comfort Saints in the consideration that though the world condemns yet Wisedome is justified of her children And so I come to the words of the text which is a sweet affirmation and vvee may observe something from the party affirming and the matter afterward and the manner of the affirming with the occasion and the end of it but we shall draw up all into one conclusion and that is this It is the property of the sonnes of wisedome Doct. and them onely to justifie wisedome Luke 7.35 For the better understanding of this conclusion I shall observe this method First To shew you what is meant by wisedome Secondly What is meant by justifying Thirdly What is meant by wisedomes Children Fourthly The Reasons why none but wisedoms children can justifie wisedome Fifthly The Vse and applycations First Of the first What is meant by wisedome and in that wee shall observe two things First Who it is that is so called Secondly The ground why hee is so called First Who it is that is