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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	child_n	good_a	love_v	6,316	5	6.3785	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91061	Englands impenitencie under smiting, causing anger to continue, and the destroying hand of God to be stretched forth still. Set out in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at a publike fast, Sept. 25. 1644. By Nicolas Proffet, late rector of Peters in Marlebrough, now Minister of Edminton, and one of the Assembly of Divines. Published by Order from that House.	Proffet, Nicolas, d. 1669.	1645 (1645)	Wing P3647; Thomason E16_22; ESTC R18136	45,814	55

boldly venture upon it but what shewes soever it maketh to the contrary we shall finde it a fawning enemy a sweet poyson and a deadly serpent it may be sweet in the mouth but it will be bitter in the belly as Iob 20.12 Though wickednesse bee ●reet in the mouth of the sinner 〈…〉 though he hide it under his tongue though he spare it and forsake it not but keep it still within his mouthe ●●t his meat in his bowels is turned it is the gall of Aspes within him And as the Prophet Ier. 2.19 It is an evill thing and a bitter to forsake the Lord. This Dalilah this Absalom so much affected beloved and delighted doth provoke God to anger and draw down punishment upon us sinne sets Heaven against us keepeth good things from us if famine warre pestilence or any other judgement seize on the land we may thanke sinne for it which is the only procuring cause of it God smote Israel for their sinfull forsaking him and he smote them that they might returne if this were well considered we should not so easily entertaine and imbrace this hatefull enemie presenting it selfe unto us in friendly and delightfull shapes but we look on sinne as a tender mother on the fruit of her wombe smiling upon her and representing nothing but what is delightfull unto it whereas looking upon that tender infant through the Prospective of Gods Word she might see are bell a traitor a serpent full of deadly poyson and which may prove a Iudas another Absalom if not renewed or restrained by Grace thus sinne lookt upon through the Word although in the shape of pleasure profit c. yet it is that which doth cause the Lord to be angry and in anger to smite us with bloody strokes of the destroying sword Vse 2 In the next place this Doctrine may further informe us of Gods mercy in his heavy and grievous Iudgements God smiteth that they might returne unto him his aime and indeavour is to doe Israel or another people good by smiting them he would not come to blowes at all if words would serve the turne or any warning be taken but if words will not if no warning may serve then the rod must open the eare and if it may make us returne it is howsoever from the wisedome and goodnesse of God that a sinfull people are smitten for hereby he applyeth an healing hand unto such as would perish without such meanes used for their good This is that must recover them if they be not incurable for it is the phisick which his owne wisdome hath found out and prescribed to us in recovering such as we have under our hands Pro. 22.15 Foolishnesse is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall drive it farre from him And therefore Pro. 23.13 Correction must not be withheld from the child for if he be beaten with the rod he shall not dye and in the next verse Thou shalt beate him with the rod and shalt deliver his soule from hell So that to use the rod is to shew love and care for the childs good But to spare the rod is to hate the sonne And he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes Pro. 13.24 God doth exercise his Fatherly goodnesse even in smiting that he may cause men to turne to him smiting them That of Hab. 1.12 Is worthy Observation Art thou not from everlasting O Lord my God mine holy one we shall not die thou hast ordained them for judgement and O mighty God thou hast established them for correction Where he sheweth how that although God suffered the enemies of his people to spoyle them yet he was their God and kept his Covenant with them by noting the manner and end of such a smiting he sheweth that the Lord doth order and dispose them by his providence and that he had a gracious end in such strokes not to kill but to correct them and finally there was a measure in the manner of his smiting his people by their enemies as the word Judgement doth imply they had bounds set which they could not passe Vse 3 A third Vse of this Doctrine may be to informe us concerning the use and improvement of this smiting hereby a nation and so a particular person may see whether they have made a right use of the strokes of warre or any other judgement If they have caused us to turne to him that smiteth us and that we have bin brought to learne obedience Heb. 5.8 as our Lord did by the things which he suffered and that as David saith of himselfs Psal 119.67 Before I was afflicted I went astray but now have I kept thy word thus if the Land can say and the inhabitants of it looking unto the cause of the controversy of God Hose 4.1 2. The cause of the controversy with Israel is the want of truth mercy and the knowledge of God And because by swearing and lying and killing and stealing and comitting adultery they breake out and bloud toucheth bloud There are many other sinnes which move God to be Angry with Israel some of which we noted in the Context these are for instance now if a man can say before these warres began I was a lyer but now have I cast off lying and speake the truth I was a cruell man but now am full of bowells of mercy and tender affection and humanity I was ignorant and Atheisticall without the feare of God in my heart but now have I gotten some knowledge and feare of God into my soule and so of the rest I did use profanely to Sweare made no conscience of Lying and other Sinnes but now I feare an oath speake truth and am tender of the life and just in the dealing with the state of my neighbour c. Surely this man may be said to have profited by this judgement which is become a correction unto him for his amendment and the like may be said of a nation But if it may be said of such a Nation or person because they were false unjust and ignorant before God smote the land and they are such still they were prophane Swearers before and are such still Lyers before and are Lyers still and so of the rest It is sure such a person or nation hath not made the right and true use of such stroakes which should have caused them to turne to him that smiteth them Vse 4 The last Vse we shall make of this Doctrine is examination reprehension Israel did not turne to him that smote them It is a heighnous crime laid to their charge and a very great offence The use therefore of this Doctrine by way of resolution would be examination of our selves namely that every one should consider and inquire what doe I what doe we and am not I to be charged justly with some such crime and provoking si● may it not be laid to my charge that I turne not to him that smiteth I feare it may too