Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	admiration_n	work_n	zion_n	16	3	9.9347	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54509	Gods doings, and mans duty opened in a sermon preached before both Houses of Parliament, the Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, and the assembly of divines at the last thanksgiving day, April 2, for the recovering of the West, and disbanding 5000 of the Kings horse, &c., 1645 /1645 / by Hugh Peters ...	Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.	1646 (1646)	Wing P1704; ESTC R6885	39,929	55

perish in the midway The Lords desi 〈…〉 is the downfall of Antichrist love him in promoting this end and especially let me call for help hereunto from my Reverend and learned Brethren here present Ah Brethren shew your love in this work Be not offended if I leave this caution with you and let this charity begin at home amongst us for ever beware of a spirit of domination truly it is a spirit of Antichrist and it was the first great quarrell the first 300. years after Christ When Constantine had been bountifull to the Church at Rome and after was as noble to that of Bizantium now Constantinople a quarrel grew among the two Pastors of these Churches who should be called Papa which introduced the Proverb Religion begot wealth and the mother devoured the daughter Remember our old complaints against Prelates and how we have filled Parliament eares with our out-cries Let this be often with you my dear Brethren that in all the cracks flaws and ruines of States some priestly thing or other hath had the principall hand mind it in a passage or two good Jeremy past through all guards till he came to Pushur the Priest the Nobility Gentry and others were easily intreated Christ breaks upon the 〈…〉 bes and Pharisees mainly It is considerable that H●sed saith Hear Oye Priests hearken Oye People give ear O house of the King for ye have been a snare c. the poor people are betwixt the Priest and the house of the King but it is to be noted that the Priests are in the first place It lies much upon you to shew your love to the Lord in promoting his great ends 4. This love would 〈◊〉 let out to his Saints of which you have lately heard so much that I shall say but little lesse then this I cannot say No man can love the Father and destroy his children truly I cannot say ●oo much for them because they have done so much for you I pray grieve them not it may be you may grieve the Spirit of God in them do not make them sad whom the Lord would not have made sad be not angry with your deliverance because of the good hand the Lord hath made use of Why should Ezra be angry with Zer●●babel for beginning the work O●Zer●●babel with Nehemiah for ending it You know how well it will be taken in heaven that you use the heirs of that country well upon earth yea you shall do well to love them impartially It is the triall many of the world are put to which they mind not how they will demean themselves towards poor Saints And let it not be forgotten that it will be the word of 〈◊〉 the great day In that you did it not sayes Christ to one of these little ones you did it not to me The Saints may do you much good they can do you no harm I am confident their interest in heaven which they have made use of for this nation hath been a strong ingredient to your preservation● and this is your glory and may be your establishment That this Land is sown with such feed which I believe Popery Prelacy and what else is not of God doth come too late to root up You remember that great Emperour who profest he would rather be a Member of a Church of Saints then the Head of the Empire It is taken notice of that you have laid this to heart and the Saints blesse you and carry you and your counsels to heaven with them daily In all the loud cries now about differences this toucheth my heart that some men can trample a poor Saint to the dust and into the grave if they might for a Peccadillo a little distance in an opinion and an open prop 〈…〉 beastly 〈◊〉 drunkard a black-mouthed swearer an enemy to any thing that is good can live quietly and unmolested 5. And above all this love is clothed with all its glory when we shall love him in his Son and greater honour you cannot doe him then to love him in Christ in whom he hath laid up all fulnesse the character and image of all his grace and glory But what he is and how lovely what want you have of him what worth is in him and which is the way to please him is constantly suggested unto you almost from every Pulpit the mystery of Christ now discovering it selfe He is the chiefest of ten thousand his mouth is most sweet yea he is all lovelinesse He is your peace the Prince of Peace the great Peace-maker if you desire peace war must continue he hath an Iron Mace and the Nations will be delivered up unto him a stone cut out of the Mountains shall fall upon the greatest Governours in the world O love the Lord in his Son 6. It concerns us this day that our love appear in our praises and though we have had so many Victories and Mercies that we have even wanted time for our solemn acknowledgements kindnesses have come tumbling in like war one following the other that Finis unius boni gradus est futuri Yet we have wanted ●kill to manifest our love to God in his praises of which you hear much by David who sometimes seems to forget himself in this point he will like a bird having got a note record it over and over Psal. ●36 For his mercy endureth for ever His mercy endureth for ever I shall take leave to commend to you that he hath in another place Pr●●ise waiteth for thee silently in Sien though your Translation want the Adverb that gives the Emphasis There is a threefold silence in this waiting upon Gods praises As 1. There is a silence of expectation when the soule waits when to expresse his praises and therefore keeps a private Catalogue of his faithfulnesse and truth 2. A silence of admiration when the heart is even ravished to wonder and sits down silently wondering over every mercy and all his lo●e● 3. A silence of approbation when others shall set forth his praises we approve and allow and can say A 〈…〉 and this is the work at Sion about his praises in the last Psalm there are but six Verses yet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 O love him in his prai●●● 〈◊〉 him for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him for all your lashes for you could not want a ●●ig of the rod praise him for his power goodnesse love tendernesse pitty praise him that you are on this side the grave and hell yea above all for his own bosome for his dearest Son who hath hung about our necks often and wept many a compassionate tear upon our cheeks not yet wiped off Let us all take up that of the Prophet My heart is inditing some good matter the word there is the same with the bubling of the oyle in the frying Pan at the Sacrifice Every heart should now be bubling up something every one should be thinking of setting up some monument Jacob promiseth the building of a Bethel a