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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	bear_v	child_n	spirit_n	2,031	5	5.1129	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49257	The strange and wonderful predictions of Mr. Christopher Love, minister of the Gospel at Laurence Jury, London who was beheaded on Tower-hill, in the time of Oliver Cromwell's government of England. Giving an account of Babylon's fall, and in that glorious event, a general reformation over all the world. With a most extraordinary prophecy, of the late revolution in France, and the downfall of the antichristian kingdom, in that country. By M. Peter Jurieu. Also, Nixon's Chesire prophecy.	Love, Christopher, 1618-1651.; Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.; Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554.; Wallace, Lady, fl. 1651.; Nixon, Robert, fl. 1620? Nixon's Cheshire prophecy at large.	1651 (1651)	Wing L3177A; ESTC R217305	41,319	88

are such a one who can through an ill habit and bad custom curse swear and do any other bad action almost without reproof or feeling though your case be so desperate there is yet mercy with God that he may be feared and I advise you to endeavour to be still a few minutes in the morning when you awake before you rise up and then think seriously with yourself thus I have not given my being to myself I am accountable to the Author and Creator of it and this day He the LORD of all will take notice of all my actions this day he will hear all my Words this day he will know all my thoughts and at a certain time yet unknown to me when my soul must give him a full account I am not without some degree of hope that such serious reflections may be conducive to raise desires like these Oh! that I may be watchful Oh! that I may sin no more as long as I live For we must cease to do evil before we can learn to do well Therefore silence before the LORD and attention to his reproofs of instruction in your own heart which are the way to life are the first steps to come to CHRIST and to be made a real Christian. Self Enquiries for Every Morning 1. Was God in my thoughts at lying down and ●ising up and were the thoughts of him sweet and refreshing to my soul 2. In what frame is my heart this morning Do I admire the goodness of God in the last night's Sleep and for adding more time to my life and am I heartily thankful 3. Can I r●ally commit myself and all my affairs to God this day to be guided by his counsel and protected and provided for by his care and to be entirely at his disposal 4. Am I resolved to speak for God and his Glory and in the strength of Christ will I n●ither be afraid ashamed nor weary of well-doing 5. Am I a child of God and an heir of Glory and does the Spirit of God testify that I am born again If I am God's child should I not wear the garments of righteousness and take heed of defiling myself with sin should I n●t do more than others 6. Who is the greatest deceiver if my heart should I not be jealous and watchful over it where are the greatest dangers and m●st p●rnicious mistakes if in so●l concerns should I not venture the loss of all things rather than lose my precious never-dying soul 7 Who are my most implacable powerful and soul-destroying Enemies but the World the Flesh and the Devil and should I no● w●●ch and be sober so as neither to idoli●e the 〈◊〉 pamper the second nor listen to the third 8 Who is or can be my best Friend but God And should I not fear his displeasure more than death desire his favour more than life and thro' all this day love honour and obey him 9. Where is the greatest vanity and vexation but in the World And should I not live above it 〈◊〉 not Godliness the greatest gain and should I not make it my chiefest business 10. What is my heavenly work but to Strive R●● W●estle Fight and can ● do all this withou● Care Dilige●ce and Watchfulness 11. Whose eyes will be upon me all this day to observe my head and heart my Lip and Life but his who is the Judge of all the Earth And dare I Sin in his presence and affront him to his Face 12. If I should spend this day in Vanity Idleness or Sin will it not be sorrow●ul at night if I spend it holily and p●ofitably shall I not pray with greater confidence lie down more peacefully and have 〈◊〉 ●estimony of a good conscience for my rejoicing 13 How would I have this day appear at the day of Judgment Ought not my Though●s Words and Actions to be such now as I 〈◊〉 then wish them to have been 14. How may I this day order my secular business with most prudence and wisdom integrity and upligh●ness and for my real advantage 15. Am I now fit to draw nigh to God in pray●● and can I seek first and as my chief concern the Kingdom of God and his righteousness 16. Am I now willing to take Christ alone for righteousness and to devote all my time and 〈◊〉 to him And to offer him praise continually Self Enquiries for every Evening 1. What have I done this day for God and his Glory what can I look back upon with comfo●● 2. In what frame hath my heart been all this day Have I more desired heavenly or earthly things hath my jo●s been more in God and in the hopes of ●uture Glory than in worldly Riches Honours or Pleasures was my g●●ef more for sin or for the troubles of Li●e Have I more derived comfort from the broken cis●erns of created good or from God the living fountain 3. What were m● intentions Have I been sincere and maintained a conscience void of off●●c● towards God and towards man Did I eat and drink pray and converse to the Glory of Ged or was Self ●ppermost in all 4. What spiritual duties have I performed this day Did I regard the manner as well as the ma●●er and do them from conscience not from custom Did I pray servently and ●ead and m●ditate so as to affect my heart 5. How faithful diligent and care●ul have I been in my place and calling And have there been no idle hours in the day 6. What has been my company this day What good have I done them or received from them Did ● reprove exhort and strengthen encourage comfort and w●rn as the matter required 7. How have I bo●●e the crosses and troubles of the day Did I neither despise them nor saint under them neither entert●in hard thoughts of God nor utter rash words against him 8. What were my temptations this day was I easi●y d●awn into Sin or restrained and overawed by God's all-seeing eye merciful heart or a●enging hand What convict●on merey or warning did I sin against and have I repented of my sin 9. What were my enjoyments and how was my hear●●ffected under them Was I affected with the goodness of God to me in my health ●riends and estate and unfeignedly thankful for them 10. What have I learned this day have I got more heart-affecting knowledge of God and of his Glory and of myself and of my sins Of this word and that which is to come 11. What have I remembered of the word of God whether read or heard Was any 〈◊〉 sweet 〈◊〉 my soul and did I by ●aith make any promise my ow● Did any particular precept 〈…〉 12. What graces have I 〈…〉 have I lived by ●ai●h loved God and 〈…〉 for Chr●st have I had 〈◊〉 to God the 〈◊〉 as my 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 to 〈…〉 saviour 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 and to the holy 〈◊〉 as my 〈◊〉 strength and com●o●●er 13 Have I been suitably affected with the 〈◊〉 or miseries of others

they are the keys that unlock the doors of Hell propagate industry the arts and sciences travels voyages geography the globes the maps c. among the poor squander God's money in all such employments but let holy writ be always uppermost in your thoughts and the subjects of your conversations when the others are not absolutely necessary become domesticks and ●ay no more ridiculous fashionable vis●ts do not continue to make Gods of your filthy carcases with made dishes Iuscious meats and ●rinks or other vicious extravagancies you must certainly give an account of every shilling you unnecessarily lay out on your persons and families and if contrary to the observations made here and in the new testament th●n the dreadful and intolerable sentence is 〈◊〉 for an endless eternity A Seasonable Hint Dear F●llow Traveller thro' the Wilderness of this World YOU and I must soon appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ and as we may possibly never meet again in this ●if● a 〈◊〉 Hints concerning that most joyful or most awful Event may not be unseasonable The Bible is the word of the living God for all Scrip●ure is given by inspiration of GOD holy men of GOD s●ake and worte as they were move● by the HOLY GHOST The follwing Hints taken from that Divine Book deserve your immediate and most serious consideration The word of GOD assures us that you and I are Sinners for GOD hath n●lu●ed all under Sin There is none that doeth Good and 〈◊〉 not no not one we were even sh●p●n in Iniquity and in Sin did our Mother con●●ive us Another awful Truth contained in Scripture is that the wages of Sin is Hell and that it is appointed unto all men once to a●e and after Death the Iudgment that heart searching judgment where not an action in your life not a word of your tongue nor a thought of your heart will escape the notice of that JESUS who will be the Judge of both the quick and the dead then the righteous and the wicked will recei●● according to the Things done in the Body whether 〈◊〉 be good or evil The righteous shall go away into everlasting Life but the wicked will be ●ast down to Hell to be tormented with Devils and damned Spirits for ever and ever Oh how dreadful will that be to you and m● if thro' our Sins we should come into that ●lace of torment I would further ●int to you that the blessed GOD hath manifested his grace and love and hath shewn his tender pity and compassion in giving his dear Son the LORD JESUS CHRIST to be a REDEEMER and SAVIOUR of poor lost Sinners that JESUS is both God and Man in one Divine Person that he might be able to save the very worst of Sinners who come unto GOD thro' him His blood was shed on the cro●s for your Redemption from Sin Death and Hell His spotless Righteousness was wrought out for your eternal justification if you indeed and in Truth believe in him He obeyed the Law of GOD in your room and 〈◊〉 and be died that you might not die eternally and is that glorious SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESS that will arise and shine upon his People for ever and ever In order to your saving Knowledge of JESUS CHRIST your having ●aith in him and a living Union with him a very great change must pass in your heart and li●e This change is the peculiar work o● the HOLY GHOST and is called in Scripture RE●ENERATION or the NEW BIRTH Except a Man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God You know that this divine Change manifests itself by a heart deeply humbled under a sense of Sin and an earnest desire after Salvation It further shews itself by a discovery of JESUS CHRIST as a suitable compassionate and all ●ufficient Saviour and by a holy life and conversation To them that believe CHRIST is percious He is the Chief among ten thousand and altogether lovely Oh is he ●o to you and me ●xamine your heart daily on this weighty Question Do you know JESUS CHRIST Do you love him Are you devoted to him and do you put all your trust in him If you do you are happy If not your condition is most miserable L●t me beseech you by the mercies of GOD by the Love of JESUS and by the worth of your precio●s Soul that you earnestly pray O! my Heavenly FATHER forgive my Sins and ●eveal thy dear SON in me blessed JESUS let me be redeemed by thy Blood and clothed with thy Righteousness Oh! holy and blessed SPIRIT ●anctify my heart be in me a Spirit of frequent and fervent prayer Give me faith in JESUS CHRIST Teach me to love him and give me Grace to grow like him and make me what thou wouldst have me to be Guide me by thy counsel and fit me for thy Glory Let me beg of you my dear to give up your heart to these Things that we may meet in Heaven and be for ever with the LORD I conclude with intreating you most affectionately to consider these things directly Life is uncertain DEATH JUDGMENT HEAVEN and HELL are at hand and are awful Things devote your time to seek an interest in JESUS CHRIST as your SAVIOUR and REDEEMFR ask and you shall re●●ive seek and you shall find kno●k and it shall be opened unto you That the Lord may bless these hints to your Soul is the earnest Prayer of your hearty well-wisher For JESUS ' sake CHRISTIANUS The Quaker's Advice AS I have often in passing along the streets and highways heard the Most Sacred Name very profane●y made use of both by men and women and many grievously calling for damnation on themselves and one on another my heart has been and is deeply afflicted t●ereat and therefore I beseech you in the Name of JESUS CHRIST do not defile your Souls which are dear and precious by any wilful sin and amongst other things do not ta●e the Holy Name of God in vain for the Lord will not hold him or her guiltless that taketh his holy Name in vain GOD is willing to save you why should any of you lose and destroy yourselves Observe this attentively for notwithstanding all that the LORD has done and is d●ing for us such as die in their sins where he is gone they can never come Abstain from drunkenness and all excess and from every appearance of evil love one another as JESUS CHRIST hath loved you apply yourselves to the witness of God within you which reproves you for evil submit to and obey its holy manifestations and discoveries and it will do much more for you than a●● you can hear from any man This witness of GOD is the word of his Grace even the word of Life the Holy Ghost which is able to save your souls In the love of the Gospel I invite you all to come and taste how good and merciful the LORD is towards all those that return to him with their whole hearts If you