Selected quad for the lemma: heart_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	believe_v	confess_v	salvation_n	2,765	5	7.0764	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19281	A brand taken out of the fire. Or The Romish spider, with his webbe of treason. VVouen and broken together with the seuerall vses that the world and Church shall make thereof. By T. Cooper, preacher of Gods word.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1606 (1606)	STC 5693.5; ESTC S108666	97,414	114

Nowe that thou maiest haue a testimony that thy heart is purged by this meanes obserue herein the operation of the word vpon thee hath the word broken thy heart and sent thee out of thy selfe causing thee to hunger after Iesus Christ Behold he that inuites the broken heart to come vnto him and promiseth our release of that heauy burden is now ready to entertaine thee and will reioyce thy heart by his gratious presence Nowe shalt thou bee at peace with God and reioyce in the spirit and this ioy shall no man take away Art thou in Christ Iesus rooted grounded in him now shalt thou grow vp in newnesse of life If thy heart beleeue to righteousnesse thy mouth shall also confesse to saluation and thy whole life shal be a sacrifice of obedience vnto GOD. Thou shalt be zealous for thy GOD without guile in thy calling humble in thy carriage patient in thy troubles tender hearted vnto thy brethren charitable vnto thine enemies Constant shalt thou be in thy profession and yet fearefull of thy standing Thou shalt reioyce in the Saints and be grieued at the wicked obedient shalt thou be vnto authority yet preferre God before men desirous of death in respect of thy sin and yet willing to liue in respect of others not standing at a stay in these things but still growing in grace not wedded to the world but stil waining thy selfe from it that so in the end thou maiest be deliuered out of the same Thus shalt thou be able to try the soundnesse of thy heart by the meanes and seuerall fruits thereof and thus if thy heart bee right shalt thou reioyce in Gods mercies as being very gratious recōpences of thy syncerity in this life and very vndoubted pledges vnto thee of euerlasting happines in the life to come Euen so Lord may all that are true in heart re●oyce in thy mercies which thou hast shewen vnto vs in this great deliuerance as in an vndoubted euidence that thou art yet good vnto Israel so also a certaine assurance that thou wilt neuer faile vs nor forsake vs but will deliuer thy Church out of all her troubles That the assurance hereof quieting our hearts in thee wee may not bee troubled with any euill tidings but continuing constant in our holy profession euen in the greatest rage of all thine and our aduersaries we may cheerefully runne the race that is set before vs that hauing fought the good fight of faith ha uing finished our course we may in thy good time reape the fruit of our labours and being taken away from the euils to come may for euer be ioyned with our head Christ Iesus To whom with thine owne maiesty and God the the blessed spirit be rendred and ascribed of vs and of thy whole Church all honour praise dominion power and maiestie with all humble and hearty thanksgiuing now and for euermore Amen FINIS VVicked suddaine and and fearelesse in treasons Because they vse many policies thereunto In that this sin beeedeth feare 1. Sam. 24. 2. Sam. 1. 15. Foure Policies of the wicked to giue them encouragement in their mifchiefes 1. Leagues and Confederacies 2. Secrecie 3. Varietie of Plots 4. Confidence and presumption of good successe The godly on the contrarie feare the worst These contrary effects make away to the manifestation of Gods mercy and iustice Psa. 50. 15. 1. Thes. 5. 3. VVhich is most wonderfully discouered in cōfounding these seuerall policies of the wicked 1. Their deliberat plotting is confounded by sudden defeature 2. Their manifold snares with one terrible blow Psa. 12. 4. 4. Their Confederacies scattered Here followeth the vse that is made thereof 1. Generall All men shall see it 2. Shall declare it 3. Vnderstand it to be Gods doing 2. Particular to the saints 1. To reioyce 2. To trust in God 1. Obseruation The wicked strengthen and encourage thēselues in their wickednesse and why 4. Ephes. 19. 1. Thess. 5. 3. Two sorts of meanes wherby the wicked doe encourage themselues Carnall and they are two Leagues and Confederacies Psa. 2. 2. Psa. 83. 3. So let vs strengthen our selues against thē Iudg. 1. 3 2. Carnall meanes are gifts and rewardes Leut. 16. 19. Num. 22. 18. Mat. 26. This teacheth libe ality to good purposes Mat. 23. Least the wicked condemn vs. Math. 26. Exod. 32. A third carnall meanes is hope of Honor prefermēt Genes 3. 45. 3. Ioh. 9. Use. 1. 2. Teaching vs to seeke heauē as carefully in wel-doing as these hunt sha dowes with sinne 2. Cor. 14. 17. Least otherwise they be our Iudges Spirituall encouragements to resolue the conscience Being indeed but strong delusions of Satan 2. Cor. 4. 1. Thess. 3. Esay 5. 1 Rom. 28. Ioh. 16. 2. And Antichrist 1 That it is lawfull 2. Nay meritorious 3. Of extraordinarie glorie to murther Princes 1. Iustified by Buls 2. Dispensations And bound thereto 1. By Oathes 2. Vowes 3. Sacrament Learne hence to haue the conscience rightly informed Rom. 14. 1 By the word 2. Thess. 3. 2 And obedi● therevnto 2. Thess. 2. Take wee heed of such cloakes and feare wee not such curses Psa. 910. 28. But detest wee the religion and power of Roome A second poli cy of secrecit Rom. 13. 12. Ioh. 3. 20. That which sinne delights in Mat. 25. To auoyd shame Ioh. 24. And punishment That which Satan espe●ia●● labours either That notheing punished here may receiue it wages in bell Treshams Letter to the Lord Mounteagle As did the Iewes And so doe our aduersaries carrie their mischiefs secretly 1. Least they which professe humilitie should openly be taxed with pride and ambition 2. Least they which professe holinesse should be openly charged with such horrible impietie That they delight in secrecie appeareth in their weapons In the manner of their inquisition Their incorporating of their Canon law into the lawes of nations To cloake their wickednes by lawes of the state Their secrecie● further is discouered in their weapōns VVhich are 3. 1 Sorcerie 2. Poysoning 3. Gunpowder Prooued by their weapon of poysoning In the tempering thereof that it may not kill speedilie Infecting holy things therewith that so not s 〈…〉 specting danger wee might be the sooner and yet more secretly deceiued Learne here by the way what account and to what vse se●ue their holy things Proued se 〈…〉 ōdly by their weapons of Gunpowder And thirdly by thei 〈…〉 weapons of secrecy and en●hauntments So haue they labour ed secretlie when the fact is done to auoyd the hatred punishment 1 Here the cloakes are pretences of religion 2 Impudent denying and forswearing 3 Threatning 4. Refusing of oathes 5. changing of our names 6. apparell 7. Putting on of Visors 8. Laying the fault on the weakest and accusing true religion so the fact of supers●●tion Psa. 75. 1. Psa. 18. 52. 1 Learne here not to iudge by the shew but the substance 2 Nor to feare their secrecie Psa. 27. 5. 3 So

to vse these blessings aright so by scattering thus the blessings that the Lord hath bestowed vpon vs on our selues soberly on others plentifully on our God thankfully the holy Ghost witnesseth that wee shall haue plentie and aboundance the oyle in the cruse and the meale in the battell shall not be wasted vntill the Lord bring thee to that plentie where there shall bee no more neede of these things Thus shall thou fight the good fight of faith against all the difficulties that may assault thee in these outward things and so ouercoming such euilles as by abuse they are incident vnto that little which thou hast shall be better then great riches of the vngodly as being a furtherance vnto thee of that durable riches and neuer fading honour which remaines with thee for euer in the kingdome of heauen And now enlarge thy heart and consider yet further the wonderfull conquests of thy faith What good thing is there which heauen and earth doeth afford which is not ours by the power of a liuely faith What should I tell you of the creatures of GOD the Creator himselfe is ouercome by faith Howe doeth the prayer of the faithfull preuaile if it be feruent are the heauens opened and shut by faith Yea hell it selfe and all the powers thereof are subiect thereunto Is this the victorie of our faith that it ouercometh the world Nay herein behold the glorious conquest thereof that it ouercometh him that made the world Let me alone saith God vn●o Moses where he p●aied vnto him for the people So strongly had Moses tied the Lord vnto him by his faithfull prayer What can wee desire more Behold heere the victorie of faith and learne to try thy selfe by these things whether this deliuerance hath confirmed thy faith in God whether thou bee in the faith or no And for our further triall and conclusion of these meditations consider wee what the holy Ghost addeth And all that are vpright in heart shall reioyce Therein as I take it giuing vs a notable touchstone to discerne that true righteousnesse which is of faith namely by the soundnes and vprightnesse of the heart So doth the spirit describe those that are truel● righteous so may true righteousnesse best be iudged euen frō the soūdnes sincerity of the heart for as the heart is that which principally God requires as knowing that if it be giuen vp vnto him the rest will follow So is it that which first he fittes that it may be yeelded vp vnto him as an acceptable sacrifice vnto his Maiestie by purifiing the same by faith through the Ministerie of the word And seeing the heart is the fountaine and originall of all our actions therefore the fountaine being purged the streames must needes be pure and though happily through imperfection they may in part be polluted yet seeing the fountaine is purged therefore certenly shall the streames one day bee clensed also and in the meane time wee shall bee accepted not according to the streame of our outward actions but answerable to the fountaine euen the purpose of our hearts And surely seeing we haue heerein onely boldnesse before GOD ene●y the testimonie of our conscience that it doeth not condemne vs and this not so much in regard of the present puritie thereof which is imperfect as in that by faith wee still lay hold vpon Iesus Christ in whome onely we haue boldnesse to approach the throne of grace and by whome we are assured of full perfection And seeing wee can haue no comfort in what wee doe nor incouragement to goe forward vnlesse wee haue the approbation of our conscience for the same if now our righteousnesse should only bee measured by the outward action and not by the inward purpose of the heart what boldnesse could wee haué before GOD seeing our best righteousnesse so measured is as a menstrous cloath What comfort could wee haue in our outward well doing seeing our vines bring forth so small grapes Besides this howe should I cleare my self from the note of hypocrisie if I had not an euidence frō my heart to iustifie my sinceritie seeing the hypocrite may for a time make a fairer shew then possiblely the sound Christian Nay howe shall I bee established against such slanders and reproches as are fastned vpon me how possibly shall I not sinke vnder the burden of these imputations if my righteousnesse were onely measured by my good name which is procured by my outward actions and not by the sincerity of my heart in the sight of God Oh this is it that makes the children of God not to esteeme to bee iudged of men because their hearts are cleare they know nothing by themselues this makes them to disclame the verdict of men in the court of the world and to flie to the approbation of the Lord in the court of their consciences By which as deceiuers in the opinion of men yet they are true in the sight of God their conscience bearing them witnesse of the sinceritie of their outward action though it bee mingled with much corruption and performed with much weakenesse So the sinceritie of their heart doeth not onely approue them in the sight of God but doeth also imbolden them euen against the forces of men that so they may not be discouraged in their greatest weakenesse but the power of their sound conscience approuing what is done doeth thereby prouoke them to a further measure of well doing that so hauing finished their course with ioy they may in the end attaine that crowne of glory which is laid vp for them which Iesus Christ the iust shall giue them at that day Behold here the euidence of this truth concerning the triall of our righteousnesse namely the foundnesse and sinceritie of our hearts If now hauing proued a soūd heart to be the touchstone of true righteousnesse a further triall shall bee required howe this sound heartmay bee knowne surely seeing the heart of man is deceitfull aboue al things who can know it and the searching thereof doeth onely belong to God therefore as we dare not vndertake herein any certen determination concerning the hearts of others yet because the Lord doth vouchsafe vs the assurance of our saluation in this life the test mony whereof especially proceedeth from the spirit of God witnessing vnto our spirits that we are his children as by this we are sure of the soundnesse of our owne hearts so do we not want many excellent markes of this inward sincerity Wouldst thou therfore know whether thy heart be sincere or no Consider first the meanes whereby it is purged namely by faith applying vnto vs the blood of Christ Iesus and ●eeing that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God Therefore if thou wouldst haue a testimony of the ground worke of sincerity in thy heart thou must be sure to fetch it from the power of the word