Selected quad for the lemma: woman_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
woman_n	enmity_n	seed_n	serpent_n	8,737	5	10.2957	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62052	The pastors farevvell, and vvish of vvelfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon by George Swinnock ...	Swinnock, George, 1627-1673.	1662 (1662)	Wing S6280; ESTC R39111	44,281	80

him They are his by promise I entred into covenant with thee and thou becamest mine I will be their God and they shall be my people Now because they are his therefore they go to him for protection I am thine save me Psa 119.94 and therefore he affords them his special and gracious presence Israel is holiness to the Lord the first fruits of his increase all that devour him shall offend evil shall befall them Jer. 2.3 None can wrong God in any thing that is his at an easie rate Secondly The worlds enmity against them The sheep need some Dogs to defend them that have so many Wolves to devour them They who have many and mighty enemies surely want some faithful able friend this was another ground why Christ commended his Disciples to God I have given them thy word and the World hath hated them because they are not of the world even as I am not of the World Joh. 17.14 Father keep thy Children for they are surrounded with a wicked World whose tender mercies are cruelties Alas what shall become of thy lambs who are ever amongst roaring ravenous lyons if thou shouldst not protect them The old enmity between the Serpent and the Woman is not yet neither ever will be worn out There are natural antipathies between some creatures for which little reason can be given As between the Lyon and the Cock the Elephant and Boar the Cammel and Horse The Serpent saith Aristotle will rather flie into the fire then come near the boughs of a wild Ash but there is a greater antipathy between the seed of the woman and the seed of the Serpent An unjust man is abomination to the just and he that is upright in his way is abomination to the wicked Prov. 29 ult The Eagle saith the Philosopher hath continually enmity with the Dragon and Serpent Saints are Eagles they have enmity with the Serpentine brood but it is odium offencionis they hate wicked mens sins but not their persons They loath the poison but not the cup in which it is As tender Physitians they hate the noisom disease but pity the patient thus the unjust man is abomination to the just but the wicked hate the godly odio inimicitiae with a hatred of perfect enmity wishing evil to their persons and working it to the utmost of their power They that are born after the flesh persecute them that are born after the spirit their rage is so great that were their power answerable to their malice they would cut Israel off from being a people that the name thereof might be had no more in remembrance Indeed every Christian may say as David They hated me without a cause the World hath no just cause to hate and curse the people of God but there is a reason of all their rage and wrath enmity and cruelty against the Saints and that is because they are Saints Wherefore did Cain imbrue his hands in his own Brothers blood Because his own works were evil and his brothers righteous 1 Joh 3.12 The light is burdensom and greivous to Owls and Bats and all night Birds the light of a Saints holiness is offensive to sinners that are used onely to the deeds of darkness nay the greater the light the more painful to their sore eyes Swine cannot endure sweet odours Those that are unclean and delight to wallow in the mire of vice hate the fragrant purfumes of grace The pleasant smell of Spikenard is poisonous to them Horse-flies are kild with Oyntments Now if Saints fight with enemies that are more politique and powerful then themselves they must be conducted by one that is strong indeed or they will be forced to leave the field Besides it is an engagement to God to help his people because for his sake the world hates them A Prince counts it a dishour to forsake him who hath ventured his life and lost his limbs in his cause and quarrel Thirdly Their own Impotentcy They are not able to take care of themselves and therefore must be commended to another In the Civil Law there is provision made for out-casts there are some Hospitals to entertain them By the common law if parents die there are Officers appointed to take care of poor fatherless Children With God the fatherless find mercy Hos 14.3 Those that are Orphans want a Guardian Children which cannot go alone need their Mothers helping hand The strongest Christian is but a child and except God hold him by his right hand will every day get many falls and knocks The greatest Saint is but a glass without a bottom which cannot stand any longer then it is held Hence they are compared to anew born infant which is both polluted and ready to perish if nonetake care of it Ezek. 16.5 If beleivers dangers be temporal their defence must be the Almighty and eternal God or they are foild We have no strength but our eyes are unto thee saith 2 Cron. 20.12 They cannot do the ordinary actions of nature without his assistance who is the God of all grace in him we live and move and have our beings Act. 17.14 They live in him and move by him as they have their beings from him If the fountain fail the streams soon are dryed up If God denieth his influence man droppeth into earth Inesse est de essentia creaturae Inherence is essential to the creature When spiritual perils overtake them they cannot hold out without Gods protection When Hezekiah was left but a little in his own hands how much doth he discover the pride of his own heart Though Peter seemed so resolute and valiant a Captain as to go before all the Apostles in courage yet when Christ did but for an hour or two withdraw how shamefully doth he flye back like a Coward the weak breath of a Maid bloweth down the strong Castle of his confidence If God do but depart from Sampson his strength departs also and the Philistines may make what pastime with him they please The holiest man is no match for a Devil If our God leave us our defence is departed from us and the uncircumcised one will make sport with us indeed All our power for sacred performances is wholly from another Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing 2 Cor. 3.5 To think we suppose is an easie thing but unless God help it is too hard for us God gave Israel their Manna every day or they could not have subsisted God must give us fresh supplies of his spirit in every duty or they cannot be rightly performed The greatest fulness of a Christian is not the fulness of a fountain but of a vessel which because always is letting out must be always taking in The Conduit which is continually running must be always receiving from the River The Christians disbursements are great and constant therefore such must his incomes from God be or he will quickly prove a bankrupt Habitual grace it self lieth as water at the