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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
evil_n	evil_a	heart_n	thought_n	2,080	5	8.0009	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13120	The gaines of seeking God In two sermons, preached in the parish church of VVestminster: by Christopher Styles.	Styles, Christopher.	1620 (1620)	STC 23412; ESTC S122483	26,139	54

God before whom wee must stand to render our account at the Day of Iudgement this made holy Dauid faithfully to apply his heart vnto Wisedome after hee knew how few dayes he had to liue this knowledge and vnderstanding is the true difference betweene Man and Beast and therefore wee reade of Pauls complaint that he had fought with Beasts at Ephesus after the manner of men that is beastly men carnally minding earthly things but not sauouring the things of God and surely he that is ignorant of these things may be said to haue no soule as we reade of Ephraim Who was said to bec like a Doue deceiued without a heart Hose 7.11 that is without a soule worldly wisemen are euen like Moles and beasts In terra sapienter se habent supra nihil vident They behaue themselues orderly vpon Earth but see nothing concerning the mysteries of Heauen but it is the soule doth teach vs to vnderstand wisedome secretly O giue mee vnderstanding and I shall liue Secondly Iudicando praesentia hoc iudicium nihil aliud est quam reddere cuique quod suum est This iudgement is nothing else but for vs to giue euery man his owne Therefore let euery man arise and sitting in Iudgement vpon the Throne of his soule let his thoughts accuse or excuse let his conscience witnesse and let his memorie giue right Iudgement in all things concerning himselfe and God and man For himselfe let him forsake sinne For God let him punish sinne For men let him doe good Righteousnesse is nothing else but not to sinne Iustus quod contra Iustitiam fecit per lachrimas punit A iust man punisheth that sinne with teares which hee hath committed by frailtie If wee would iudge our selues we should not bee iudged therefore Whatsoeuer yee would that men should doe vnto you euen so doe yee vnto them for thus is the Law and the Prophets God hath ordained vs to bee Iudges in the Court of our consciences that we might arraigne our sinnes and put them to death This is the wisedome of the soule neuer to consent to any though neuer so good if hee doe the things that are euill and neuer to contradict any man though neuer so euill if hee doe the thing that is good This Iudgement can no waies bee so truely performed as by the helpe of the memorie in our soules one of the powers of the soule that keepes the whole course of our life in the comlinesse of good order Thirdly expectando futura bona expecting good things to come which proceed from the grace of God through a good conscience and this is in the choyce of the will Many things seeme hard to the vnwilling but nothing is vneasie to a good will for if a small reward in this life makes vs esteeme great labour little toyle how much rather should our eternall reward of that blessednesse to come make vs cheerfully to meet all confronting troubles and comfortably to expect all succeeding graces and offered blessings which God hath assured to them that obediently serue him who would not expect the reward promised yea though he be a sinner seeing God is mercifull The Psalmist thus reasoneth with his fainted soule Why art thou so heauie O my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God for I will yet giue him thanks which is the helpe of my countenance and my God Three things doe moue the soule in willingnesse to waite for the blessings of Gods reward First the Charitie of our adoption who being slaues to Sinne and Satan by Iesus Christ are now called the sonnes of God Secondly the truth of his promise who is neuer forgetfull of his Couenant made to a thousand generations Thirdly the possibilitie of his performance to whom all power belongeth and who is mercifull to reward euery man according to his works The Husbandman patiently expecteth the fruits of the earth and a good pawne is counted a sufficient securitie We haue Gods Word and Sacraments and Christ himselfe hath laid downe his life for vs cum opus proficit praemij fiducia crescit when the worke is finished the expectation of the reward encreaseth Thus behold wisedome is infused into man by the powers of the soule and this is the first qualitie to be obserued in the soule sapientiam docet it teacheth vs wisedome Secondly munditiam seruat it preserueth vs in innocencie and sanctitie the Psalmist propounds a question and answereth himselfe Who shall assend into the Hill of the Lord or who shall rise vp in his holy place euen hee that hath cleane hands and a pure heart and hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitic nor sworne to deceiue his Neighbour hee shall receiue the blessing of the Lord and righteousnesse from the God of his saluation And what part of man can performe this but the soule the soule and spirit only keeps the heart from euill thoughts the mouth from corrupt communication the hands from hatefull works so that hereby wee are taught the soule preserueth vs innocent in heart in word and in deede No man putteth a precious oyntment which hee is desirous to preserue and keepe 1. Cordis into a vessell that hath beene vsed to filthie and corrupt sauours therefore wash your hands O sinners and cleanse your hearts you double minded keepe your hearts cleane that would receiue the graces of God for God will not send downe his grace to enter into that heart that is accustomed to sinne It is easier to make him rich that hath a great substance left of Parents and is carefull to preserue the same then for the prodigall that hath already consumed the inheritance of his fathers So hee that yet hath preserued the vertues of nature may more easily be inriched with the graces of the Spirit then hee that hath lost the innocencie of his soule The life and spirit yea euen the vnderstanding of the heart is of the soule and comprehended in this one word soule this is the great Wheele that sets all the rest agoing vnto good or euill as it is so are they euen all the parts and members of the bodie The innocencie of the soule consisteth in the forsaking of sinne and following of grace when we cease to doe euill and learne to doe well if the heart be free from euill thoughts all the bodie shall be free from sinne therefore when God willed Ierusalem to wash her heart from wickednesse that she might be saued he concluded how long shall euill thoughts remaine within you there sinne beginnes Ier. 4.14 there the rootes are fastned pluck vp the rootes then and it shall bee impossible for sinne to prosper It was Dauids petition Make me a cleane heart O God and renew a right spirit within mee Thus you see the soule and spirit keepe the heart in innocencie and so all the bodie shall be cleane from sinne also the soule and spirit of man while hee liues must keepe the