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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	gospel_n	grace_n	spirit_n	6,643	5	5.3130	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36873	The love of God, or, Love divine being the subject of these ensuing meditations / collected out of Mr. Gorings English translation ; originally penned by Peter Du Moulin ... ; digested into divine poems by William Wood ...	Wood, William.; Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.	1656 (1656)	Wing D2588; ESTC R37780	15,390	32

Divine it hath no sympathie For the Philosophy that 's naturall With Nat'ralists is deemed best of all Contrarily the Scriptures do decla●e That nat'rall love with heavenly holds no share For since that Sathan hath defac'd the Image Of God in Adam and in Adam's Image Man's turned towards the world in his desires From heav'n to earth his groveling thought retires Our carnall thoughts our Mundane base delights Hold enmity against the God of spirits If any one have grace his God to love The gift's not ours but God's that dwells above Therefore our Jesus saith in 's Gospell Law None comes to him except his Father draw And blessed 〈…〉 and 〈◊〉 Did pull us out ●id●us●ful 〈…〉 The sacred verity of this 〈…〉 in●●r●'d We must love God bee use he lov'd us first This also 〈…〉 and firm● effect Of Gods true love if 〈…〉 Next under heave●● 〈…〉 w● should require More then this grace to love with whole de●●●● For to the faithfull this doth testifie That God with 's love his soul shall satisfie This lov 's the very first effe●● of faith Traceth Gods image as the Scripture 〈◊〉 It is the mark and 〈…〉 For they are endow'd wit● love and fil●ull fear This love 's the so●● of vertues 〈◊〉 and oth●● Hath soveraign eminen●● 〈◊〉 elder brother She sits as Judge our 〈…〉 reg●leth Summs up the La● 〈◊〉 Judg● and 〈◊〉 This love sustaineth 〈◊〉 did S●●ph●● A ladder that can each ●● high as Heaven She 's peace of conscienc●● y●elding that content Is superexcellently 〈◊〉 Yea it is such I dare ●ith boldnesse say Gives us a ●aste of Heav'n ●● this our day It here begins the u●●on endlesse ●●st Communion with God amongst the blest Our thoughts and muse in this sweet meditation Cannot soar up to higher contemplation For what is th●●● th●n God that i● so gr●●t Or then his love to tell on o● to ●eat The profit likewise surely is no lesse Then it is sweet which no tongue can expresse Men are not good nor bad because that they Beleeve and trust but that they do obey 'T is said they 'r good even those that love good things None else is such but God the King of Kings Who not alone in goodnesse doth transcend But makes there so that love him to the end Let 's be instructed by Gods holy Spirit That 's love it self so shall we heav'n inherit And which will form our hea●●● unto the frame Of reall love and not a love in 〈◊〉 Least we should take a love corporeall In lew of love that 's true and spirituall An itching love that is importunate A furious heat our brains in 〈◊〉 ●●ate To wit of vices that 's extr●●mly ill For chief vertue● which God's ●ests fulfill A brutish sicknesse 〈…〉 For a perfection that 's Angell 〈◊〉 'T is doubtlesse 〈◊〉 of him that shall dispose Himself to love his God i● one of those Neglects all base and by consider●●ions For serving God with willing inclinations Though he incurre the worlds malignant hate He 's not dejected nor 〈…〉 Starts not nor shrinks for all 〈…〉 disdain This worlds harsh hatred bring● th●e ●ndlesse gain Earths brittle pleasures Heav'ns afflicting rod Do work the weal of them which love their God Evills turn blessings not to on● b●fall Whom God shall scourge with stripes corporeall The bodies sicknesse proves a speciall cure Unto the soul the Magi hold it sure Heavens high Phisitian by 〈…〉 skill Can cure with poison that wa● wont to kill His strokes are balm as holy David saith Matter of patience for to try our faith The passive sufferer meekly bears his Crosse And for Gods cause he values not his losse The●e sufferings are like scarrs upon the face And honours man received in bloody chase Conformities unto our Captain Christ As Christian soldiers numbred in his list And all through under propping of this love Tartnesse i● temp●red that it sweet doth prove And maketh us entirely to rejoyce Some one will say and thereto doth assent Th● love of God'● a ver●ue excellent And that to love him we before must know What is this duty which to him we owe And that our knowledge here is most obscure Both dimme and dark bemisted and impure Yet in no wise we must forbear forget To study knowledge that 's before us set Our Ignorance must have no toleration Nor cause neglect in God's negotiation Of God although our knowledge be but small It us incites to love him therewithall One glimpse of his most radiant rayes and gleams Exceeds the Sun with his most splendent beams The knowledge knowing God with dark'ned sight Surpasseth nat'rall and the Gentiles light So if a prisoner do in dungeon lye And at a think some beam of 〈◊〉 espy● By that he knows the beauty of the light Which comforteth the silly Captive wight The petty portion and the 〈◊〉 of skill In knowing God whose fulnesse all things fill Sufficient is for to delight our taste With 's excellence above the Heav'ns plac't And with his love our souls so to enflame His love alone gives cause to blesse his name Besides God's knowledge that 's made known to any May savingly sufficient be to many The debts we owe to God by obligation For 's goodnesse in his love 〈◊〉 admiration Are fully set forth to ●● in his Word As sacred Oracles the same record Which Paul the convert preaching hath not spared But Gods whole Councell unto us declared The fi●st degree of the love of God is to lo●● God because of the good which he doth ●● ●●d which 〈◊〉 to receive of him THe first and lowest step is God to love Mercies received hereto may us move On this degree David did much rejoyce Blessed his God because he heard his voyce For so it must be truly ●nderstood God will be lov'd in tha● hi● doth us good It 's God that made preserves and doth us guide Instructs our souls for bodies doth provide Redeems ●s by his Son next by his Spirit He sanctifies us Heaven fo● to in h● it Directs us by his Word him for to serve Makes us his friends we shoul'd not from him 〈◊〉 Yea ev'n his children with himself 〈◊〉 Such love like this as yet 〈◊〉 ever none Plato in his blind way to God 〈◊〉 thanks For three things which he harsh●●● in their ra●ks First making him no Beast but made hi● 〈◊〉 Next born a Greek and no 〈◊〉 Yet to his lustre more to make it shine He termed was Philosopher Divine We that in quainter Schooles have been instructed In better wayes of pray●e have 〈◊〉 conducted His name of us ought also to be blest For three things likewise which are here exprest First that in mercy men he did 〈◊〉 make Next that of holy truth we do partake Thirdly ' mongst those who Christians called 〈◊〉 He makes us faithfull on ●● through his ow● 〈◊〉 A fourth ●e'l adds that by his own dec●●●ing He did adopt 〈…〉 world had b●●ing For if a