Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	eternal_a	glory_n	lord_n	1,851	5	3.5358	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31076	Of industry, in five discourses viz. in general, in our general calling as Christians, in our particular calling as gentlemen, in our particular calling as scholars / by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677.	1693 (1693)	Wing B947; ESTC R12830	66,060	193

the sacrifice of praise to God It demandeth from us a continual labour of charity that we serve one another in love that we should as we have opportunity work good to all men that we should always pursue good toward one another and toward all men It obligeth us with all our powers to pursue peace with all men which considering our natural peevishness pride and perverseness is often no easie task and that we do 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 studiously endeavour to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace It chargeth on us contentedly and patiently to undergo whatever God doth impose of burthen or sufferance so that patience have its perfect work and it is a crabbed work to bend our stiff inclinations to quell our refractory passions to make our sturdy humour buckle thereto It doth exact that we should govern and regulate according to very strict and severe Laws all the faculties of our soul all the members of our body all internal motions and all external actions proceeding from us that we should check our inclinations curb our appetites and compose our passions that we should guard our hearts from vain thoughts and bad desires that we should bridle our tongues from evil and from idle discourses that we should order our steps in the streight way of righteousness not deflecting to the right hand or to the left In the discharge of this service how many rough difficulties are there to be surmounted how many great obstacles to be removed how many stout oppositions to be encountred how many potent enemies to be vanquished how many sore hardships crosses and tribulations to be endured How shrewd a task must we find it to circumcise our hearts to mortifie our earthly members to crucifie our flesh with its affections and lusts to pull out our right eyes and cut off our right hands to renounce our worldly interests to hate our nearest relations to take up and bear our cross whenever conscience or duty shall call us thereto Our calling therefore doth require great industry and the business of it consequently is well represented by those performances which demand the greatest intention and laborious activity It is styled exercise agonistick and ascetick exercise 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Exercise thy self to godliness and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Herein I exercise my self to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men wrestling 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Our wrestling is not onely against flesh and bloud but against principalities and powers running a race Let us run with patience the race that is set before us So run that ye may obtain I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling A warfare a combating War a good warfare holding faith and a good conscience fight the good fight thou therefore endure hardship as a good souldier of Jesus Christ Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things offering violence The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force watching Let us not sleep as do others but let us watch and be sober Watch ye stand fast in the faith quit you like men be strong watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation Hence the Precepts importing the general tenour of Christian practice are usually couched in terms implying great sedulity and contention of soul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Strive to enter in at the strait gate Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest Labour not for the meat that perisheth but for that meat which endureth to everlasting life Give diligence to make your calling and election sure Gird up the loins of your minds be sober and hope to the end Wherefore brethren seeing that ye look for such things be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace without spot and blameless Such is the work of our general calling and so much industry it challengeth from us with great reason indeed for that such work is needfull to our happiness and that our labour will certainly be rewarded therewith The work indeed of it self is most worthy to employ us doth most become us doth much adorn us doth best befit our divine extraction and large capacity is the noblest the handsomest the sweetest employment that could take us up but we have also the greatest inducements and encouragements possible for our industry therein There are by the divine bounty and mercy wages assigned abundantly correspondent to our work yea infinitely surpassing it there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a great or a manifold hire for our slender and simple performances there are several noble prizes highly worth our striving for with our utmost strength and contention of soul. In recompence thereof we shall assuredly gain even here in this transitory state the special favour and love of God with his constant protection and care for our good his faithfull direction and friendly assistence to guide us and uphold us in all our ways to bless and prosper our undertakings to supply us in our needs and comfort us in our distresses so that we shall lack nothing that is good that no evil shall happen to us that all things shall concur and co-operate for our benefit We shall thereby taste the satisfactions of a calm mind and a sound conscience quickned by the consolations of the divine spirit the peace of God ruling in our hearts which passeth all understanding We shall afterward when this moment is passed over and our short day's work dispatched receive from God's bountifull hand an unconceivable affluence of good things an eternal permanence of life undisturbed rest indefectible wealth ineffable joy incorruptible glory a kingdom unshakeable He saith our Lord that reapeth receiveth wages and gathereth fruit unto life everlasting To them saith St. Paul who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality God in recompence will bestow eternal life And I have saith that blessed Labourer of himself fought the good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness What more effectual spur or incentive can there be to industry in this business than to consider that which St. Paul doth so often inculcate Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth the same a recompence for the same he shall receive of the Lord and knowing that in consideration of our service done to the Lord of the Lord we shall receive the reward of the inheritance What exhortation can be more firmly grounded or strongly backed than is that of the Apostle Therefore my brethren be ye stedfast unmovable always abounding in the work of the Lord for asmuch as ye