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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	aaron_n	manna_n	pot_n	99	3	10.0908	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16539	The last battell of the soule in death diuided into eight cof̃erences ... : whereby are shown the diuerse skirmishes that are between the soule of man on his death-bedde, and the enemies of our saluation : carefullie digested for the comfort of the sicke / by Mr. Zachary Boyd, preacher of Gods word at Glasgow.	Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653.	1629 (1629)	STC 3447; ESTC S881	434,219	1,336

her Consider well I pray you If the beholding of the glorie of an earthlie Prince so rauished the heart not of a rusticke that will easilie wonder at any thing but of a Queene yea and so that no more spirit remained in her what should it bee if we should get but as through the gra●… one sight thorow the heauens of that great God of Solomon sitting vpon his Throne If but for the quarter of an houre wee might see the meate of his Tabl●… and the standing of his seruants the attendance of his Ministers Saincts Angels casting downe their Crownes at his feete if I say wee could see these things as they are this our Spirit shuld be caried toward him wit●… such a strong bent affection tha●… 〈◊〉 should not tarie within vs but being rauished should runne out of this body of clay for to goe abide with him that made it among pleasures perfectlie abstracted from paine If God as hee is should appeare vnto vs were it neuer so little the bonds of our bodies should not be able for to fetter so our Soules but at the first sight of God they with a most flagrant desire should flutter out of sinfull clay for to enjoye his most amiable presence wherein are pleasures exempted from all hazard of surprysall That which I say giueth some light to these wordes which God said to Moses No man can see my face and liue As for the wicked I giue this interpretation that the sight of Gods face shuld kil them as light killeth darknes or as the day is the slaughter of the night But God who killeth not but quickeneth the killed of his owne chosen if by them hee were seene in the face on earth they shuld dye not a violent death but they should die for loue to bee at him At the first sight of his Face their Soules would not remaine any more in clay but loathing their bodies they should make haste for to flie to their God So soone as Steuen saw the Heauens opened the Son of man standing at the right hand of God his Soule tooke post to the heauens Albeit the Burrios thought that they chaised it out with stroakes and with stones yet it is certaine that fra once hee got that sight his Soule was more desirous to bee out of his bodie for loue of Heauen than the Soule of the most wicked man can bee desirous to abide still within for feare of Hell There is such an attractiue loue in Gods countenance that if the Soule in flesh could once see it the bodie should not bee able to keepe it any more within no not for the space of a moment As the load stone draweth vnto it the yron by a secret and vnspeakable draught so in the face of God there is such an attractiue force that of neede force the godlie Soule at the first sight of it must flie vp vnto it As the Sun by the force of his beames raised vp the vapours towardes heauen euen so if God would but turne his face to anie Soule with the least blinke thereof hee should draw vp that Soule vnto himselfe like a vapour raised vp by the force of the Sunne Consider how the sight but of his backe partes maketh many a well resolued Christian to cry vp vnto him Cupio dissolvi I desire to bee dissolued What is that but the faithfull Soule haling like an Hawke for to flie from the mortall heart as from the hand of a stranger for to come home to her Lord in eternitie O thrise happie hee whose name is in the Booke and whose Soule is in the bundle of life O the gaine that wee haue by the mercie of God in the fall of Adam In Paradise man might liue or die On earth hee now liueth and must die But in Heauen wee shall so liue that wee can no more die O blessed life of eternitie neuer to haue an end into that other world Oh that wee could spend this life in a sacred violence in pursute of that celestiall crowne of immortalitie Happie is hee who keepeth a narrow watch ouer all the stirringes and imaginations of his heart in consideration of that day Happie is hee who maketh all his joys pleasures and all his best beloued thinges below to bee by standers waiting on the seruice of that one thing which onelie is necessarie The sicke Man My Soule is so rauished with you●… speach that it flutters within mee ●… haleth to bee away from this mortalitie for to goe dwell into these heauenlie Mansions with the God of glorie Our best thinges below in their verie quintessence are defiled with the moode of home bred corruption All haue neede to be renewed in the verie spirit of their minde Let it please you Sir yet to continue in describing the beautie of Paradise The Pastour If man o●… Earth could belieue the beautie of the Heauens to be in any measure such as it is hee would bee glad at his heart to forsake the moulding cottages of clay Seeing the out-sid of heauen is so glorious what must bee the in side Solomons Temple was a type of Heauen The further a man went in he saw the greater beautie In the out most Cou●… was but an Altar of brasse for the s●…crificing of beastes Into the inward Court stood an Altar of Gold for offering of incense of sweet persum●…s But that which was in most viz Sanctum Sanctorum the Holie of holies was all full of Glorie There God himselfe was heard in a voyce beetweene the Cherubins There was the Ark called The Glorie wherin were the Tables of Gods word Aarons flourished Rod the Manna There was the Word for the instruction of the Soule There were the Almond floorishes like a pleasant Spring for rejoycing of the eye There also was Mannah for meate the type of that euerlasting Soule feast in the Heauens Behold a compend of the three most pleasāt seasons of the yeare First there was the seed of the word after that the Summer flowers of pleasure in the flowrishing Rod And last there was the fruitfull haruish of Manna for meat In a word in that Holie of holies the figure of Heauen was the Merciesea●… the speciall place of Gods residence But all the beautie of that Temple were not sufficient to expresse the shadowe of these that are aboue the starres S. Paul after that hee had beene rauished vp to the third heauens got a charge from God that hee should not tell what hee had heard or seene there Onelie this hee declared after that hee was come downe that vp into Paradise hee had heard vnspeakable words which no tongue of flesh could bee able to pronounce But though such words had beene speakable the Apostle declareth that it was not lawfull for a man to vtter them Alas what can the earthlie low creeping wor●…s of our highest eloquence expresse of these

not doe Vnbeliefe in a manner putteth the Almightie in a sort of weakenesse so that hee cannot doe As there was no sicknesse but Christ could care it if men could belieue so there is no sinne but God can forgiue it if man can repent If any sinne vnpar doned lye still beare vpon the Soule of man it is because of his vnbeliefe * Bee earnest with God that hee would increase your Faith Be of good courage Sir thogh many be the troubles of the righteous yet heere is his comfort the end of that man is peace Your Soule is trauelling in the paines of the new birth Let the Spirit of Christ be doing till he end the worke of your Saluation within you There is sweete in his gloumes and loue in his looke euen while hee seemeth to bee angrie Hee who with a silent looke first pricked and then healed the heart of Peter shall at last after your troubles wipe away your teares and yee shall weepe no more The looke of our Lord is a working looke Our beholding is but by reception of spaces but Christs looking is by emission of graces which like streames of heate and light come from the Sunne the worldes eye with a most powerfull influence Bee of good courage Sir be not dismayed in your afflictions Such is the courage of Christes Spouse that shee calleth all her troubles but a looke of the Sunne a litle black bleink wherewith the outward skin is onelie made duskie Christs will is that wee suffer heere such flea bitings that wee may know what hee hath suffered for vs in sauing vs from eternall woe Fixe your Faith in his merites which are the onelie Oyle that maketh all thinges easie euen a most precious restoratiue for a languishing and sorrow beaten Soule Be wise and ware by your doubting to confine the boundlesse mercies of your God belieue and bee saued this is the trueth of the Gospel The sicke Man But the Law of God is of a great stricknesse it bindeth all the senses and all the thoughts and imaginations of the heart to a perfect obedience vnder the paine of Maranatha This thought straineth hard mine heart and wringeth it together into a narrow roome with a predominant power The Pastour Indeede Sir the Law of God striketh vpon all that is in man and oblisheth most strict to a perfect and sincere obedience for not only dischargeth it actuall Murther Adulterie Theft and such like but also the counsels and plots and desires to practise such villanies Yea not onelie such plots which are forbidden in the Commandement which forbiddeth the euill action but also the least desire of ill though detasted and abhorred with speede The tenth Command which is last requireth such a puritie into the heart of man that it will not onelie haue it to be cleane of grosse euill thoghts fedde and petted with yeelding and consent but also it requireth that it bee free of the least impression of anie euill thought The Soule of man is like a Cristall looking Glasse If a man but blow vpon it with his breath at once it is darkned with a duskie skumme wherewith it is dimmed that till it be sweept the image of a mans face will not appeare into it So it is of sin and of our Soule the least affection or inclination to sinne is like a dimme skumme vpon the face of the Soule caused by the stinking breath of the deuill What is a filthie temptation but afflatus illius impuri Spiritus a breathing of that vncleane Spirit Thus as yee see God indeede requireth a great puritie to bee in his creature for the hammering downe of the pride of flesh puft vp with vaine and ouerweening conceits His Law requireth that his Children bee so cleane that there bee not so much as the breath of euill vpon them for to darken or mak dimme the polish of their cristall colour But heere is our comfort there is an hand in the heauen that is able to sweepe away all our sinnes whatsoeuer and make our Soule were it neuer so roustie to become cleare like gold new come out of the fornace Though yee haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the winges of a Doue couered with siluer and her feathers with yellow gold Let not the rigour of the Law affraight you Christ is hee who hath fulfilled the Law Hee hath nailed that hand writing vpon his Crosse and so hath made vs free of its rigour Sinne reigneth not in a godlie heart but so long as man is heere sinne hath in him some poysonous and pestilent rootes If wee doe not what wee can to imploy his graces faithfullie for to render his Talents with some profit hee shall say vnto vs faithfull seruant come enter into thy Masters joye Bee of good heart after that Gods anger like the Moone is come to its hight it shall beginne to waine as it beganne to waxe After a full flood shall come a low ebbe The sicke Man What then thinke yee best that I doe while I am enuironed with so many troubles and temptations The Pastour Your best is to runne euer vnto Christ in whom alone is vertue for to cure your filthie fluxe Let nothing hinder ●…ou in the way till yee bee at him By his blood he shall present you harmelesse and guiltles before Gods Tribunall Though swarmes of temptations wherein is Beelzebub the master flee buze about you bee not astonished Hold on your course till yee come to him Thogh many troubles lye into your way gird vp your loynes and run with courage through this snakie field hauing your feet shod with the preparatiō of the Gospel of peace Let griefe bee a whet stone vnto grace The sicke Man If I should now run to Christ thinke ye that I would be welcome to him after that I haue sported so long and solaced my selfe in securitie in the soft and greene way of fading pleasures While his precious word was preached I like the craftie Adder closed mine eares as from the voyce of a charme But thinke yee that hee can loue mee who is one so vnworthie to be loued a lazie drousie drooping drone altogether carlesse in the worke of my saluation The Pastour There is a great misconceit of God in most mens hearts Some there bee who with amplifying conceats make the way to Heauen broader than the Scripture like the Pharisees broad Philacteries or shaking ribbands Others againe as Balaams Asse thrusted his master to the wall in a roume way with lesse reason than the Asse they thrust aside vpon the walles of doubts or despaire as though Gods mercies were so narrow that no possibilitie were for to passe thorow By this meanes they fasten vpon God an impossibilitie to forgiue But to come to the point your question is if I think