Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	body_n	lord_n	soul_n	2,562	5	4.9092	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36980	The true and absolute bishop with the converts returne unto him : wherein is also shewed how Christ is our only shepheard, as well as our truest bishop : and also, how lamentable and miserable the condition of those men doth appeare to bee, which are out of Christs fold, out of Christs diocesse / by Nicolas Darton ...	Darton, Nicholas, 1603-1649?	1641 (1641)	Wing D273; ESTC R10864	47,823	62

of sobs who before were full of scornes what drawes now teares from their eyes sorrow from their hearts and lamentation from their cheekes because they had been so rebellious against the Bishop of their soules so long but even reprehensio apostolica the Apostles due reproofe wherein he tells them Acts 2.23 that they had taken and crucifi●d and slaine the Lord of life this done and the reproofe being serv'd upon them thus Oh how penitent doe they appeare straightway when as before they had made their faces harder then a rocke how are they prick't in heart now who before had hearts of flint Yea ●cts 2.41 ô how gladly doe they receive the Bishops charge and directions too though before they were meere enemies to all grace and piety Certainely my brethren now the Bishops processe being thus serv'd upon them as we see and they readily appearing in the Court of conscience doe minde now nothing more than to make a conscience of their lives to come continuing as the Text saith stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayer verse 42. The second Apparitour Secondly or the second Apparitor that our bishop useth over his flock whereby he summoneth them to appeare before him in the Court of conscience here is castigatio filiorum the chastisements which he sends his sons and whereby he makes them fit members of his mysticall body Thus was David summon'd to appeare at the Court of conscience and before too the great Bishop of his soule when there dyed even from Dan to Beersheba 2 Sam. 24.15 17. and that within the compasse of three dayes seventy thousand men for as we reade when the most bitter judgments of God were upon him and his people and when hee had used little conscience indeed in distrusting the arme of Heaven and trusting upon the arme of flesh and when he saw the Angel that smote the people then he cryed out and said peccavi I have sinned I have done wickedly but these sheep what have they done O let thine hand I pray thee saith he against be me and against my fathers house Here Gods chastisements wee see are an effectuall summons which brings David to appeare at the Court of Conscience and now what good use he makes thereof let the text be judge for he saith after the hand of God was upon him and after hee had made his appearance in the Court of conscience Psal 119.71 that it was good for him that he had beene in trouble that he might learne Gods statutes for before he was afflicted as he confesseth again he went wrong verse 6.7 but now he hath kept Gods word A second instance wee have in the children of Jsrael what I pray summons them to appeare before the Lord in Mizpeth and to come to the Court of conscience and to cry peccavi ● Sam. 7.6 Oh my brethren was it not digitus Dei was it not the finger of God was it not Gods chastisements on them when he suffered the Philistines to kill of them in battel about fourescore thousand men 2 Sam. 4.2 Yea in a word ●●ab 3.6 what made Ninevi that great City to appeare in sackcloth and ashes Shechaniah to be asham'd and blush Yea Daniel to cry wee have sinned Ezra 9.6 wee have done wickedly wee have committed iniquity and have rebell'd against thee unlesse it were castigationes afflictiones Dan. 9.5 Gods chastisements and scourge upon them which made them at length to give appearance in the Court of conscience and to returne unto the Shepheard and Bishop of their soules Lastly the last Apparitour that our Bishop useth for the good and comfort of his flock and which we call the great and generall Apparitour over all is vox tubae ultimae the sound of the last Trumpet Both Sea and Land shall heare its summons fully for to make their apparance at the great Court of the last judgment day according to the saying of our blessed Saviour to wit Behold I shew you a mystery we shall not all sleepe 1 Cor. 15.51 52. but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinckling of an eye at the last Trump for the Trumpet shal sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed Ezek 37 5 6. Then shall Ezekiels dry bones hearing this sound and summons receave breath againe and sinewes and flesh and skin shall cover them and they shall live Then shal the graves yeeld up their dead and dust ashes shall then live again Rottennesse in decayed nature then shall receive strength and old aged mortality shall learne then to be come immortall The deafe also then at this summons shall have a quick eare and willing or nilling shall appeare at the great Court Thus all men my brethren upon this last summons shall give their attendance waiting the judgment of the great judge who in our Text here is called the Shepheard and Bishop of our soules And now to conclude in briefe and that we may make our selves ready for his second comming 1 Thes 5.23 I will make that prayer for us all which once Saint Paul made for the Thessalonians viz. now the very God of Peace sanctifie us wholly and I pray God our whole spirits and soules and bodies may be preserved blamelesse unto the comming of our Lord Jesus Christ unto judgment who as our Apostle tells us in the Text is the great Shepheard and Bishop of our soules FINIS PAge 6. line 19. for are read care p 6 l. 2 r. for strait r. stray p 11. l. 24. for this r thus p. 14. l. 12. for that r. the p. 15. l. 26. for should r. shouldst p. 19. l. 15. for actions r. action p. 24. l. 4. for prophane r. perchance p. 24. l 11. for babling r. bubling p. 38. l. 34. for saying r. sa th p. 39. l. 13. for this r. his