Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	call_v	ghost_n	holy_a	2,960	5	5.1813	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11074	Meditations of instruction, of exhortation, of reprofe indeauouring the edification and reparation of the house of God.	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1616 (1616)	STC 21342; ESTC S100007	103,738	488

that it is sufficient to beleeue the Church there mans minde is perswaded to rest in that beleefe and careth not to beleeue the word for it selfe Such a perswasion fastneth the eye on men and turneth it from the word of light which giueth light to the simple and might and would be seene it selfe Indeede it is an excellent couer for a bad Religion for it keepes men within the pale of securitie since they must aske their teachers only whether their teachers bee deceiued By the same rule may the Alcoran also be established or any the most pestilent Herisie if men must bee bounded by their teachers and not looke beyond their teaching But farre more blessed are they if they be also blessed with thankfulnesse who may looke Diuine truth in the face and loue it for the beauty which themselues behold in it And as men haue happinesse hereby so hath God his glory who scorneth that his word should haue men to giue their word for it It is a word that standeth by it selfe it approoueth it selfe And lest men should say that the former trust helpes the weakenesse of men and not of the word they shold know that God hath taken course himselfe that man should not still continue in such a weaknesse that still might neede such helpe For as he giues the word to shine from without so hee giues his Spirit to shine within that the light of the Spirit might apprehend the light of the word Let vs not therefore forsake this inuincible rocke of Christian religion euen a self-approuing and selfe-establishing authority of the word For as hreby it is strong in it own strength so beareth it selfe vnmoueable against all exception so herein it excelleth all errors and heresies since none of them can stand in their own power Bee this then the priuiledge of the word neuer to be lost 24 There are in man naturally three knowledges of good and euill one of reason which is true as farre as reason guides it Another of instinct imprinted into the nature of man at his creation such a knowledge thinks it good to loue our children to relieue the distressed and thinks the contrarie euill Hereto is ioyned that naturall affection which Paul commends Rom. 1. but in this sometimes is excesse sometimes defect and therfore it must be aduanced or lessened as the measure of reason requires A third is of lust and somtimes called by vs humour which esteemes things good or euill out of some blind affection not for any reason or iust cause So some loue killing and hate mercy some loue trouble and hate quietnes some loue nothing but wealth some vtterly neglect it some thinke fame to be good and honestie foolishnesse This came with the fall and hereof we must take heed in all our actions for this is that darknesse which brings foorth the workes of darknes and leades to eternall darknes 25 The things of the next world are as certaine as these heere for the same word that said Let these be and they were saith also There are such incomprehensible things prepared for them that loue God They are as certainely known by faith as these by sight as truly though not so largely For Moses saw them certainely else perchance for them would he not haue forsaken the certaine pleasures of sin And the Word saith that his faith truly saw God and no one true thing is more true then another Againe the things inuisible are certainly better then the visible for holy men haue euer despised the present for those to come The hart can conceiue temporall things but not eternal and that which is of God is infinitely inferior to God himselfe But what is the reason then that we chuse them not being certainly knowne and farre better The reason is because our station is natural elementarie and grosse and likenesse makes loue onely to like Therefore also the things aboue being supernatural and pure must haue a minde of like temper to loue them There must be a new station a second worke euen stinting and crossing nature Yea wee must haue a minde lifted aboue nature to loue things aboue nature wee must bee raised aboue flesh into an heauenly knowledge to see heauenly truth not sinking with beasts into the low region of seeing touching and tasting Thus lifted vp and made spirituall we shal discerne and approue spirituall things as the naturall man doth the obiects of nature Therefore let vs importune God the Father of this better nature that hee will distill into vs some drops of that heauēly dew which may giue vs heauenly mindes and make vs to loue the things of heauen as much as flesh and blood doth things of earth Surely vntill then the wise Naturalist thinks happinesse folly and then the spirituall man demonstrably seeth and prooueth all present things to bee vaine vanitie Vntil then we are but great children or brute beasts concluded vnder the senses and we then onely are men whē we get the image of God our Father which both knowes him and is knowne of him Such were they whom God made at first such are they whom God now makes againe 26 If euery thing bee desirable according to the benefit thereof then either prosperitie or aduersity may be loued and neither determinately hated or cōdemned For either is very profitable to a man and most commonly aduersitie Let vs therefore cease to despise it in others or impatiently to beare it in our selues since aduersitie hath whipt many to heauen when prosperity hath coached more to hell Let vs leaue off with children onely to desire pleasant things and growne into men in Christ let vs desire wholesome things It is better in good sadnesse to be saued then in good fellowship to be damned 27 The Church truely and rightly calleth God her saluation By God is not one person only meant but the whole three persons For God the Father through his Son by the holy Ghost saueth vs. God the Father principally out of a fundamentall loue elected vs appointed gaue the means by which this election might produce saluation God the Sonne principally did put himselfe into the very work of our saluation and became the maine matter meanes and treasurie thereof God the holy Ghost principally distributeth and imparteth by particular gift and application the saluation which was fore-ordained by the Father and is treasured vp in the Sonne So the whole Trinitie ioyneth together in this our happinesse it being absolutely necessarie toward our saluation that there should be an election and appointment of the meanes an actuall exhibition of the meanes appointed and an actuall application of the meanes exhibited Therefore when wee say we are saued by Christ we meane not that wee are saued by the second person onely and the humane nature vnited to him but with Saint Paul we meane that whole God was in Christ and reconciled the world to himselfe Accordingly in our due thanksgiuings whē we praise God for his gifts toward