Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	child_n	father_n	heart_n	3,913	5	4.8705	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72251	The conditions of Christianity, or, The termes upon which Christ will be followed a necessary consideration for them that otherwise would bee apt to take up religion upon trust, and only keep company with Christ awhile for fashion sake / by Mr. Christopher Harvey, sometime minister of Gods word at Bunbury in Cheshire.	Harvey, Christopher, d. ca. 1602.	1636 (1636)	STC 12897.5; ESTC S5223	17,435	83

sister in Law had returned but requested her not to will her so Intreat mee not saith shee to leave thee neither to depart from thee for whither thou goest I will goe where thou dwellest I will dwell thy people shall bee my people thy God my God where thou dyest will I dye and there will I be buryed the Lord doe so to me and more also if ought but death depart me and thee Did the curtesie which Naomi had shewed her daughter in law so tye her heart unto her that she was content to leave her owne people and her fathers house and her gods to go into a strange land to strange people yea to sweare solemnly that nothing but death should depart them What could Naomi do for Ruth a woman a widdow deprived of her husband and children now not Naomi beautifull but Marah bitter to whom GOD had given much bitternes whom hee had humbled and brought into adversity whom he had loaded with an heavy Crosse yet would not Ruth leave her shee would take up her Crosse and follow her till death should depart them Oh that faithfull soule which hath taken such delight in Christ as to love him as Ruth did Naomi that forsaketh father and mother wife and children all the world to goe after Christ who intreateth us not to leave him nor to depart from him but willeth us to follow him O happy man that hath said in his heart Lord Iesus which art sweet and in whom is no bitternesse whose love is pleasanter than Wine thou call est me after thee draw mee good LORD and I will runne after thee thou biddest mee take up my Crosse see LORD I am ready I rejoyce in all adversity I thinke my selfe happy that I suffer for thy names sake I will not leave thee O LORD nor depart from thee whithe● thou goest will I goe i● into banishment I leav● mine owne Country if into prison I refuse all liberty if into reproach an● reviling I give my cheeke● to the scorners where thou dwellest I will dwell thy people shall be my people thy God my God the Lord doe s● to me and more also if tribulation or anguish or persecution or famine or nakednesse or perill or the sword yea if death it selfe depart thee and me Death must depart Ruth and Naomi death cannot depart us and CHRIST Nay where their comfort ended there doth ours begin for death joyneth us most neere to Christ it taketh the Crosse from our shoulders and setteth a Crowne on our heads It maketh an end of all the love of this world man and wife that are one flesh are but tyed till death come death undoeth all knots but this wherewith the faithfull soule is tyed to Christ for this death maketh most sure which never shall bee loosed Ye see then that by the name of Crosse is meant all affliction which God layeth on us for our tryall and that this name is used to teach us that we must endure it how full of paine or shame soever it bee and that in it Christ doth after a sort partake with us Now it followeth in our Saviours words let him take up his Crosse daily and follow mee Take it up when or how long daily This is not added by our Saviour without just cause for such is our blindnesse and overthwartnesse in such things as God commandeth us that wee seeke for starting holes to shrinke out at and either make doubt of the matter or most commonly define of our selves what sence the things must beare which it pleaseth us to call in question So our Saviour having taught his Disciples and in them us to forgive our brethren if they offend or trespasse against us as wee pray our heavenly Father to forgive us Peter in whom yet flesh and bloud and the wisdome therof remained maketh a doubt where none was what our Saviours meaning should bee when he commanded him to forgive his brother Lord saith hee thou hast taught mee to forgive my brother but thou hast not told me how oft we must know that too how oft must I so doe what Mat. 18 2● till seaven times must I doe it so oft Our Saviour answereth I say not to thee seven times but seventy times seven times so oft as hee can offend thee so oft must thou forgive him Was it not a strange matte● that Peter should make such a doubt who was taugh● to pray forgive us our trespasses as wee forgive them that trespasse against us would Peter aske how oft GOD should forgive What seven times But so ignorant and blinde are we till God have opened our eyes This was a thing which flesh and bloud had revealed to Peter that hee must forgive his brother seaven times Wherefore our Saviour to remove such a question as might bee made Lord thou ' hast commanded us to take up our crosses and follow thee when must wee doe it when must we begin how long must wee hold on when must wee lay it downe what in our age when our strength is spent for seaven dayes or a yeare Nay our Saviour hath limited out the terme dayly every day there is no vacation the terme for this exercise endeth with this life This then is another thing diligently to be noted for there are many that fault herein Christ may have all the world to follow him if it were to eate bread to bee satisfied with such things as this present life desireth but not so many when they heare that they must carry a Crosse on their shoulders Yea many there are that would bee content to take up their Crosse too and so goe with him but they would have leave for a while to bid their kinsfolkes farewell to take leave of their Parents or to bury their Fathers yea some that have without delay forsaken all and followed him that in the midst of their journey have fainted Some that have layd their hands to this plough but not wholly regarding what they had in hand have looked backe to other matters and become unworthy of the kingdome of God These all were foolish builders that had not made a perfect account of their charges Wherefore we must take this with us for one part of our reckoning that the Crosse which we talked of must be taken up every day We are not for Christs company if to day we be content to carry his Crosse but not to morrow for either ever or never Wee have therfore here to note that in this life the children of God are not to looke for any rest but that as one day followeth another and one night another so one Crosse or calamity must accompany another Then that wee must be prepared to constancy and perseverance to settle our selves and be resolved unmoveable in this point whatsoever whensoever how oft soever it pleaseth God to lay his Crosse on us to beare it willingly and follow him Such was the estate of Gods Children yea of Christ himselfe to whom it behoveth