Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	angel_n	holy_a	saint_n	5,193	5	5.8081	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14008	The true trial and turning of a sinner. Or, three plaine and profitable sermons teaching the search and triall of our waies, repentance of sinne, and true turning vnto God. The summe whereof was preached at Feuersham in Kent Aug. 3. 1606. By Thomas Tuke.	Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1607 (1607)	STC 24317; ESTC S111515	67,815	193

rise vp against vs and make vs also take vppe armes against the Lord H●●e that hateth suert●●hippe saith Salomon is sure but hee that hateth sinne is surer For if it bee a a righ● h●tred it is an infallible demonstration● of our loue to God and of the g●atious operation of his Spirit within vs and the ready way to scape the greatest euill If it be the badge of a man predestined to glorie to contemne a vile person then he which despiseth sinne which makes men vile despiseable may assure himselfe of glory if he do despise it for the vilenesse of it and for that it is derogatorie to the glory of God Wouldst thou therefore be sure of the mercy of God to the saluation of thy soule then turne from thy sinnes and hate them For hee that confesseth his sinnes and doth forsake them shall finde mercy What life more ioyfull can a man wish to leade whilst hee lines in this world then in this life to be assured of an euerlasting ioyfull li●e in the world to come What greater pleasure can a man take and taste of in a world of wo● then to beleeue and know that vnspeakable and perpetuall pleasures are prepared for him in a world of weale What sweeter sweetnesse and more pleasing pleasure can a man in this life feele and enioy vpon the earth below then in beeing certainly perswaded in his conscience that he shall be partaker of the sweete and amiable communion of the Lord in the life to come alo●t in the heauens What greater comfort can comfortlesse wretches as all men are by nature receiue of the God of comfort then by his word to bee surely certified of eternall comforts What greater glorie can a mortall man bee glad of and more truly glory of in his inglorious vale of miserie then that hee is by the King of glory secured and by the word of his own mouth assured of immortall glorie in his glorious kingdome vpon his high and holy mountaine With what sweeter mercy can a miserable sinner bee refreshed in his soule then of the God of mercy to receiue a promise of the euerlasting mercy But God doth promise life libertie health and happinesse to euery man that will forsake his sinnes Neither doth he onely promise vs if we doe turne from our sinnes felicitie in the heauens but also peace and prosperitie vpon the earth Therefore Dauid saith What man is he that desireth life and loueth long daies to see good Let him eschew euil and doe good c. And the Lord by Ieremy saith Amend your waies and your workes and I will let you dwell in this place Whensoeuer the Israelites truely repented of their sinnes then GOD changed his frowning countenance and smiled vpon them but when they prouoked him by their sinnes then he turned their estates and oftentimes gaue them vp vnto their enemies So that our sinnes doe make a diuorcement betweene vs and Gods benefits Let vs therefore like valiant princes labou● to subdue them When sinnes begin to die then the sinner beginnes to liue Let not sinne reigne within vs let it not defile vs. But as our Sauior ouerthrew the tables of the mony changers and cast out those that profaned the temple by marchandizing in it so let vs his seruants scourge out our sins out of the temple of our hearts and let vs labour to ouerturne and conquer them The Lord saith that his pleople shall dwell in safetie when hee hath executed his iudgements vpon all their enemies so we shall liue in peace when our sinnes are executed and put vnto the sworde And when we haue ouermastered one sinne then wee must set vppon another like the Ichneumon which as Pliny writeth hauing ouercome one enemie prepareth himselfe to combat with another Let vs neuer be content till we haue gotten the victory of them all being like minded to Alexander th great who as Lucane recordeth thought nothing done whiles any thing remained vndone Hee that turneth from all his sinnes and laboureth to subdue them all dooth shew himselfe a true conuert a prince of spirit and an vtter enemy to the kingdome of Sathan Wee all desire to escape all outward dangers and to haue our bodies free from wormes b●les botches and all other deformities of body wherefore should we not then be as carefull to anoyd the dangers and dangerous diseases deformities and enormities of our soules The least bodily disease is shunned why should wee not then feare and preuent the least spirituall disease Many sands though small will sinke a shippe as soone as a fewe great milstones so many sinnes though little in comparison of other will destroy our soules as well as a fewe great ones Foxes are enemies to sheepe as well as wolues though not so dangerous so smaller sinnes are enemies vnto our soules as well as the greater Christ will haue both the great and the little Foxes taken for he saith both destroy the vines so let vs take and turne from all our sinnes little and great for all are noysome to the vineyard of our heartes and hinder our spirituall growth Kill them all and the vines of Gods graces shall flourish and abound within vs. And though one sinne be sometimes c●●●rary to another as couetousnesse and prodigalitie and looke diuerse wayes as Sampsons foxes yet are they ioyned in their tailes with a firebrand of vengeance in the midst wherewith without speciall care they wil fire mens soules as Sampsons Foxes did the Philistines come Wouldest thou not offend thine heauenly Father that did create thee that doth preserue thee that hath bestowed his only sonne vpon thee then forsake thy sinnes A gracious childe forbeareth all thinges which are offensiue to his father Wouldest thou escape the whirl-winde of Gods wrath then flie from sinne Wouldest thou bee deliuered of an intollerable burthen then cast away thy sinnes which are a burthen to thy soule and will otherwise presse thee downe to hell Those which are vexed with the Night-mare feele as it were a mountain vpon them and wish earnestly to haue it remoued But there is more oddes betweene the weight of sinne and that weight which they suppose they feele then there is betwixt a mountaine and a mole-hill Wouldest thou not bee iudged of those in the ende of this world whom now perhaps thou doost contemne yea and condemne Wouldest thou not haue thy religious wife to iudge thee that hath laine in thy bosome thy gracious childe that hath come out of thy loynes thy seruant which hath bene at thy becke wouldest thou not I say be one day iudged of these then iudge thy selfe and turne from thy sinnes For the Saints shall iudge the worlde yea and the wicked Angels Wouldest thou haue the holy Angels sing a song for thee in the heauens as Deborah did for Iael then turne from thy sinnes for there is ioy in heauen at the conuersion