Selected quad for the lemma: life_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
life_n	believe_v	everlasting_a	only_a	4,227	5	6.5529	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78070	The little Bible of the man or the Book of God opened in man by the power of the Lamb. Wherein God is the spirit or inside of the book, and man the letter or out-side of it. In whom, as in a glass, you may both behold the spirit and letter of the holy Scriptures in the new man; fulfilled and explained from Genesis to Jeremiah. This is the first volume of Gods Book in man. Written by a weak instrument of the Lords, Capt. T. Butler.	Butler, Thomas, Captain.	1649 (1649)	Wing B6339; Thomason E1260_2; ESTC R208898	105,337	331

good though it be not so high excellent as the other for to love God without all as Job did when the Lord stript him as I may say stark naked left him hardly a rag nay almost took his life away besides yet in the midst of this it is said he sinned not but blessed God who giveth and taketh blessed be the Name of the Lord. And again Though thou kill me yet will I put my trust in thee This is a greater degree of love nay a stronger love to love the Lord without all as the Disciples said Lord we have left all and folowed thee There is more of God in this then to love God in all when we have what heart can desire the Lord filling ful our cup every one that hath the smoaking flax can be praising God when they are wel prosper enjoying richly every thing but few in death sickness wars misery want nakedness in the Cross can say Blessed be the Lord. SECT XVI §. 16 The strong grounds of the souls love to God when as Gods love is such to us and much more abundant also ANd is there not much ground for this love with all our souls to God if well and rightly consider First Is it not he first that loves us above all things Heaven Earth Creatures Angels putting all things in subjection to us to make us to have dominion over all The Apostle can tell us He took not upon him the nature of Angels but mans Secondly And is not the Lords love to us with all his soul when he again loves us before all before either Hills or Mountains were brought forth or any world was even from everlasting to everlasting hath he and doth he love us We were the first in mention though the last in execution Thirdly The Lords soul love is beyond all O the heighth depth bredth length of this Love John 3. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life And again Who loved us and washed us from our sins in his Love And again When we were sinners and enemies Christ dyed for the ungodly And again God first loved us and behold what manner of loveit was that we should be called the sons of God Fourthly The Lords Love it is without all without money or money worth Ho ho every one that thirsteth come to the waters and drink come buy wine and milk without money and without price And again When he saw us in our blood he said unto us live then was the time of love Fifthly And his love is within all for all things are beloved and preserved for our sakes and good he blesses all we take in hand goings in and comings out abroad and at home in soul and body being his trees planted by his living waters and always bringing forth his fruits and whatsoever we do he prospers it This is the Lords love to his people and how can they chuse but love him thus then and make him the Beloved of their souls for he alone is worthy for he is sweet gracious holy heavenly wise blessed the fairest amongst ten thousand he is all fair indeed there is no spot in him SECT XVII The Soul that loves Christ desires to live §. 17 with him WHere thou feedest The Soul that loves Christ desires to live no where and no longer then she may live with Christ for her life is hid with God in Christ Jesus She saith as Ruth said As the Lord liveth where thou goest there will I go thy Country shall be my Country thy Friends my Friends thy God my God and nothing but death shall part thee and me And is it not so here with the Spouse and her Beloved as Man and Wife they will live together and not asunder the Woman forsakes Father and Mother and all to be joyned to her Husband So here the Soul is restless till she be with him SECT XVIII §. 18 The Soul that loves Christ desires to live upon him feed on him AGain the Soul that loves Christ desires not only to live with him but to live upon him to feed as he feeds to sit at one table with him in his Kingdom to lie in one bed with him and to fare as he fares to feed upon his dainties his hony and hony-comb his corn wine and oyl to feed upon his love mercy and truth his grace and righteousness to hang upon his lips and Christ Jesus to be his dayly Bread that Manna that comes down from heaven that he that eats thereof shall never hunger more So that his presence and pleasures are its appointed food And again To know and do his will shall be her meat and drink SECT XIX §. 19 The Soul that loves Christ will live as he lives NAy yet further the Soul that loves Christ desires not only to live with him to feed upon him only and nothing else but it farther desires to live as he lives in the same life the same way to live as the Lord lives be it in shame or in honor in mourning or in joy in peace or trouble in want or in abundance in having nothing or in having all things all is one yet herein is their desires perfected in being made like unto him in all things not only in the Cross Death but in his Rising Ascending in the Throne with him in this they rejoyce and are exceeding glad SECT XX. They love if they live §. 20 AGain they that love Christ thus they live no longer then he lives and loves them When he doth but hide his face they are troubled when his love ceases their life ceaseth for they live in him and by him and through him SECT XXI §. 21 If we love Christ we shall love the flock of Christ ANd where thou makest thy flocks to lie down at noon If we love Christ we shall also love the flock of Christ If we love him that begat we shall love him that is begotten He that saith then that he loveth God and hateth his brother is a lyar and the truth is not in him For he that loveth God loveth his brother also He must needs love that which God loves and hate that which God hates and so be like unto God For this is his Commandment That we love one another as we have him for an example And if we say we are in the light and do not love our brethren we are altogether in darkness and know not the light SECT XXII §. 22 Christ and his flock are together CHrist and his flock are always together there Christ is and there they are He their Shepherd and they the sheep of his pasture They shall not want for any thing that is good either for pasture of still waters of comfort or garments of righteousness or guiding the Lord leads them or for oyl or their cup filling or their table spreading they have all things Thus he feeds them