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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	rejoice_v	use_v	weep_v	1,848	5	9.5776	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61645	A stock of divine knowledge, being a lively description of the divine nature, or, The divine essence, attributes, and Trinity particularly explaned [sic] and profitably applied the first, shewing us what God is : the second, what we ought to be / by the late learned and laborious preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory, Richard Stock ...	Stock, Richard, 1569?-1626.	1641 (1641)	Wing S5693; ESTC R34616	191,839	352

that I am and it can onely be said of him that he is I am Reas 2. The next Reason is Because he is the creator of all things even of time it selfe and whatsoever was before time must be eternall If God made time he must needes be before time and therefore he must needes be eternall for whatsoever is within time is temporall and momentary I cannot see saith Saint Austin that there should be space of time in eternity why because space of time is made by the motion of things past and to come I cannot see any such thing in eternity for there nothing is past for then that which is should cease to be nothing to come for then that should have beene alwayes which yet is not Reas 3. The third Reason is Because he is the author and giver of eternall life to those that have it Thence it appeares that he must needes be eternall himselfe for whatsoever can give eternity that is eternall there is an eternity that hath a beginning and so the Angels and soules of men are eternall but that is such an eternity as differs from the eternity of God all Angels and the soules of men though eternall are in themselves corruptible and capable of an end but by the power and goodnesse of God they are kept still the soules of the wicked to torment and the soules of the godly to eternall life The good Angels to glory and the apostate angels to hell fire and thus we have made the point cleare Vse 1. The Uses then are these first here is incouragement in life and death It incourageth to goe on in a pious course and though we meet with black tongues although we meet with scoffes though we beare the markes of the Lord Jesus yet let us goe on still here is our comfort God lives for ever to reward and recompence us for that which we shall suffer therefore this serves to encourage us to goe through reproach and evill speeches because God lives for euer there is no greater incouragement for a souldier that is in the field to make him fight then the hope of reward and that he hath a rich Generall that will reward him yet he hath this discouragement it may be the Generall may dye in the battaile and then who shall reward him for that he hath done and so according to the proverbe that which is done for old men and children is all lost because old men dye and children forget so we may say whatsoever is done for man is lost But this King lives for ever whosoever thou be goe on in the service of God and thou shalt have plenteous reward as the Apostle saith Heb 10. God is faithfull and he will not forget your worke and labour of love so we may make it our use he will not forget the blasphemies and scoffes that men undergoe in his service thus saith Saint Austin he that rejoyceth in his soule now shall one day be sorrowfull because that God is eternall he that rejoyceth in worldly things the time will come that he will sorrow on the other side the children of God which joy in God shall rejoyce when the world shall weepe will a man have a lasting joy cleave first to the eternall God goe on in a good course be not discouraged Vse 2. The last Use of this Attribute of God that he is eternall that as he is the first so he is the last so the Scripture describes him then here is matter of discouragement to the wicked because they are they that contemne God and contemne his word they are they that account the proud happy they are they that scorne the yoke of Christ they are they that scoffe at those that submit themselves to God there is terrour for them have they prosperity have they honours have they bags full when all these part and they goe out of the world then God lives to recompence them for Christ saith Luke 19.27 Let those mine enemies that would not have me to rule over them be bound hand and foot This may cut the combs of all such as scorne at and disgrace Gods people Oh that you could alwayes thinke of this eternity of God! he lives for ever Remember this when you are sicke and when you are well oh then what goodly promises have the Ministers from you how carefully you will walke before God but you like Atheists thinke God is mortall like your selves it is undeniable that you think thus for if Atheisme had not possest your hearts this would have awakened you oh that this would be thought upon oh the vanity and toyes that your hearts are possest withall Alas you must give an account to God for every penny gotten oh that this were written in your harts Finally then this is matter of comfort to the godly when a good man comes to dye that hath walked with God 10.20 or 30. yeeres and yet is loath to depart from his wife and children and friends he should stirre up his heart to be willing for he goes to that God that lives for ever and therefore he should not feare to goe to him As a Father reports of an old Christian when he was to dye found himselfe unwilling he saith to himselfe Why art thou afraid to goe to him whom thou hast laboured to serve 70. yeeres then this shall be the reward of the godly mans well doing in this life in the life to come he shall goe to God that lives for ever this may comfort him that he hath a God that will give him a plentifull reward glory and happinesse hereafter OF THE IMMVTABILITY OF GODS NATURE CHAP. X. I TIM 6.16 Who onely hath immortalitie dwelling in light THE perfection of God as you have heard is made knowne to us by his Attributes and his Attributes be of two sorts either communicable or incommunicable such as cannot be ascribed to any other and of the first sort of these you heard the last day In the next place we are to handle two more and these are his immutability and his infinitenesse and now concerning the first of these the Immutability of God according to our order the question is Quest What is the Immutability of God Ans It is an incommunicable Attribute whereby he is void of all corruption and alteration This attribute is given to God divers wayes there is an immutability of his nature and there is an unchangeablenesse of his course and of his will but we will not here speake of any other immutability but the unchangeablenesse of his nature for the immutability of his Counsell and his Will will fall in their place to be spoken of I say this is an incommunicable Attribute because it is not common neither can be attributed to any other but God for though there are things that are immutable yet they are subject of themselves to alteration the soules of men are subject of themselves to alteration through the condition of their creation but they are