Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	affection_n	love_v	true_a	4,053	5	4.6245	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26645	Mirabile pecci, or, The non-such wonder of the peak in Darby-shire discovered in a full, though succinct and sober, narrative of the more than ordinary parts, piety and preservation of Martha Taylor, one who hath been supported in time above a year in by H.A.	H. A.	1669 (1669)	Wing A9; ESTC R13065	43,707	98

Death would often and ordinarily be breathing forth God be thanked The poor persecuted Members of Christ have been formerly known by the Name of The praising People 3. Her Patience was so eminent when she was most exercised under sorrows that one of her constant impartial Visitors told me That in her afflictions she had exercised as much patience as ever he read or heard of excepting Christ himself She would ordinarily witness her patience by her lying still and quiet under her greatest troubles She would with a very composed countenance bear up head and heart under sickness and pains of body and scoffes and reproaches upon her Name and Innocency never complaining of the greatness or continuance of these It is the glory of Patience to be silent and submissive under the greatest lashes of Providence to receive the Rod with a smiling Face to bear its own burden chearfully without inordinate sorrow or fretting discontent The truly patient Soul labours more to improve then remove the Cross This can as it were stand still upon the floting Waves contemplating the All-seeing Eyes of Heaven It can with Paul and Sil●● sing in the Stocks and exalt and triumph though the Enemies gets the day Thus the Followers of Jesus in the first days of the Gospel did take chearfully the spoiling of their goods they went away rejoycing that they were counted Worthy to suffer Affliction they did joy nay they did glory in tribulation I will not say but Martha might be a little startled when affliction did at first make the onset but she would presently re-assume her forces and stand out against the shock or combined strength opposition Patience is well-skill'd in Chymistry it an draw meat out of the eater and fetch sweet out of the strong it can exstract matter of serving and praising God out of the greatest paenal evils that can fall upon it while on this side the bounds of Eternity One once asking Martha Why she blessed God for the evil of sorrow she replyed to this purpose That she tasted Honey at the end of the Rod. 4. Her Hope or if you will Faith for I shall unite these together they being pretty neer akin or at the least neer Neighbours usually living under one roof and drawing breath together She had an advantageous Art of casting Anchor upward and of Hawking Expectation within the Vail she would live very well upon a Promise this was the ground of her stocking up such precious Treasures yea she would make a good shift to live upon things not seen Because there was no use of these rare Graces in another world therefore I suppose she determined to make her utmost advantage of them while she was in this By these she stay'd and supported her Soul upon the chief Corner-stone under the greatest sorrows difficulties improbabilities and contradictions of Sense and carnal Reason She looked upon the engaged Power and Truth of an ever gracious God to be sufficient for her to content her self and bear up her heart withal This was the ground of her solemn Resignation and sound Dependance this made her give her All to God and expect and look for All from God She did not only roll her self on God but acquiess and rest satisfied in him alone She saw the barrenness nay the baseness and universal emptiness of Self and the Creature and this made her go beyond both to Christ as one willing to close in with and stick to him upon any terms She looked upon a Christ obtained by the greatest losses to be the greatest gain this made her think her shipwrack very happy because by it she was unexpectedly thrown upon the sho●●s of Eternity She was ready to think ad say That 〈…〉 had not perished and been miserable s he should 〈◊〉 have been saved or ha●py She so employ'd these two noble useful Grace●●●at she alwayes lived either by Evidence or 〈◊〉 Recumbence She was often observed to make very fair for Assurance though she delighted to language all her Discourse in thi● affair by those humble sweet and commendable words Good Hope 5. Her Zeal was notably display'd in the warmth and fervour of her Love and Language for God and the Gospel She would not hear the Holy Name of the one abused but she would throw forth some prudent Reproof or R●m●r● into the way of the Prophane She would not hear the Duties or Dignities of the other set light by or scoff'd at but she would with humble boldness attempt their vindication Pious zeal not only puts a lustre upon but life into all the Affections of the Soul it s that which makes us run and not be weary and walk and not f●int it makes us in a manner fly about the business of God Where this is prudent knowing and sanctifi'd it puts valour into the heart of the ●hristian and makes him do all that ever he can keeping his proper sphere against Sin and for a life of Holiness When our Affections gro● du●l and heavy its good to put life into them again by fetching this Coal from the Alter not from the common Hearth The warmest Region is not too hot for the well-advised sober Saint yet indiscreet Zeal which is the Torrid Zone proves too hot for him to dwell in 6. Her Love was once so happy as to embrace every thing that came from God by this Affection she would run and pursue after the desirables of another world Her soul seemed to act freely and superlatively in this It was her judgment That the best way to Love God in a due measure was to love him out of measure Some have observed her weep and sigh for love to God It s the good saying of an eminent Person of this Nation speaking concerning Seraphick Love That he alone loves Gods as much as he ought that loving him as much as he can strives to repair the deplored imperfection of that Love with an extream regret to find it no greater Once a pious Suffolk Minister weeping as he sat at Table and being asked the reason of it he answered Because he could love Christ no more True Evangelick Love knows no doubts no dangers no difficulties this having God for its only object can do as Jacob did Endure the scorching heat by day and the most bitter pinching cold by night The words of the Spouse in that last of the Song of Solomon are surpassing to this purpose Set me as a seal upon thine heart as a seal upon thine arme for Love is as strong as death jealousie or ardent burning love is as cruel as the Grave the Coals thereof are Coals of Fire which have a most vehement Flame Many Waters cannot quench Love neither can the Floods drown it if a man would give all the substance of his House for Love it would be utterly contemned 7. Her Perseverance did consist in her abiding Patient under sorrows her continuing firm in the Faith notwithstanding reproaches and frequent temptations to the contrary It s an