Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	death_n	end_n	life_n	3,085	5	4.3822	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70397	A companion for the persecuted, or, An office for those who suffer for righteousness containing particular prayers and devotions, for particular graces, and for their private or publick wants and occasions.	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1693 (1693)	Wing K362; ESTC R14209	54,208	172

it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it Mat. 16. 25. Let us not be weary in well-doing for in due time we shall reap if we faint not Gal. 6. 9. Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners lest ye be weary and faint in your minds Heb. 12. 2. He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in the earth Isa. 42. 4. Because iniquity of persecutors shall abound the love of many shall wax cold But he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved Mat. 24. 12 13. Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a Crown of Life Rev. 2. 10. Here is the patience and faith of the Saints Rev. 13. 10. 9. With Prayer and unwearied Devotion Be patient in tribulation continuing instant in prayer Rom. 12. 12. Take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may able to stand in the evil day Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all Saints Eph. 6. 13. 18. Is any among you afflicted let him pray Jam. 5. 13. For my love they are my adversaries but I will give my self unto prayer Psal. 109. 4. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering Not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching Heb. 10. 23 25. 10. With Charity towards Persecutors 1. When ye suffer for well-doing take it patiently for this is acceptable with God 1 Pet. 2. 20. And be ready to give an answer to every man that seeth you suffer and asketh a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and reverence 1 Pet. 3. 18. Bless those that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you That you may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven who doth good to the just and unjust Mat. 5. 44 45. Moreover Hereunto are ye called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that we should follow his steps Who when he was reviled reviled not again when he suffered he threatned not but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously 1 Pet. 2. 21 23. He was oppressed and brought as a Lamb to the slaughter yet he opened not his mouth Isa. 53. 7. When they Crucified him then said Jesus Father forgive them for they know not what they do Luk. 23. 34. They stoned Stephen and he kneeled down and cryed with a loud voice Lord lay not this sin to their charge Act. 7. 59. 60. Being reviled we bless being persecuted we suffer it being defamed we intreat or intercede for our defamers 1 Cor. 4. 12 13. 2. Let not thy heart envy sinners but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long For surely there is an end and thy expectation shall not be cut off Prov. 23. 17 18. Fret not thy self because of evil men neither be thou envious against the wicked For there shall be no reward to the evil man the candle of the wicked shall be put out Prov. 24. 19 20. Rejoyce not when thine enemy falleth and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth Lest the Lord see it and it displease him and he turn away his wrath from him to thee Prov. 24. 17 18. Charity suffereth long charity vaunteth not it self is not puffed up Doth not behave it self unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh or imputeth no evil Rejoyceth not in iniquity beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things And though I give my body to be burned and have not this charity it profiteth me nothing 1 Cor. 13. 3 4 5 6 7. Bless them which persecute you bless and curse not Recompence to no man evil for evil Avenge not your selves but give place unto wrath for it is written Vengeance is mine I will repay saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him if he thirst give him drink Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good Rom. 12. 14 17 19 20 21. 11. With Charity towards the Persecuted 1. I will weep bitterly labour not to comfort me because of the spoyling of the Daughter of my People Isa. 22. 4. O! that my head were waters and mine eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain of the Daughter of my People Jer. 9. 1. W● unto them that are at ease in Sion that lye upon beds of Ivory That chaunt to the sound of the Viol that drink Wine in Bowls and anoint themselves with the chief Oyntments but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph Am. 6. 1 3 4 5 6. Whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured all the members rejoyce with it 1 Cor. 12. 26. Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce and weep with them that weep Rom. 12. 15. 2. Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them and them which suffer adversity as being your selves also in the body Heb. 13. 3. Be not thou ashamed of the Testimony of the Lord nor of me his Prisoner but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my Chain But when he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and found me 2 Tim. 1. 8 16 17. Ye endured a great fight of afflictions partly whilst ye were made a gazing-stock both by reproaches and afflictions and partly whilst ye became Companions of them that were so used For ye had compassion of me in my bonds took joyfully the spoyling of your goods knowing in your selves that ye have in Heaven a better and an enduring substance Heb. 10. 32 33 34. Beloved thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren and to strangers which have born witness of thy Charity before the Church whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort thou shalt do well Because that for his Name sake they went forth We therefore ought to receive such that we might be fellow-helpers to the truth 3 Jo. 5 6 7 8. He that receiveth a Prophet in the Name of a Prophet shall receive a Prophets reward and he that receiveth a Righteous Man in the Name of a Righteous Man shall receive a Righteous Mans reward And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the Name of a Disciple verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward Mat. 10. 41 42. I was an hungred and ye gave me no meat thirsty and ye gave me no drink A stranger and ye took me not in naked and ye cloathed me not sick and in

against us be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions may ever more give thanks unto thee in thy Holy Church thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Particular Prayers I. For Integrity and not seeking to any evil ways for Help OH Almighty Lord thou hast reserved us for days when he that will depart from evil is like to make himself a Prey But grant me Grace to esteem no Loss comparable to that of Innnocency and of a good Conscience nor to harbour any fear like to that of thy displeasure and of the intolerable and eternal pangs of Hell-fire Let thy Laws O! my God direct all my steps in my greatest dangers Keep me more studious in all my Counsels of what is lawful for me than of what seems safe and serviceable in my necessity And never suffer me to stoop to any sin in hopes thereby to put by fleshly trouble or to serve any worldly turn In thy Providence O! Father of Mercies lyes all my safety and protection And Oh! that I may ever commit my self to that protecting Providence by keeping close to thy Commandments Oh! that I may never in any case forsake them but always look upon that as the ready way to have thee forsake me Whatever streights or dangers encompass me the ways of my duty O! Lord are the surest ways of thy mercy and of my own safety And Oh! that I may find them to be ways of preservation and deliverance at present and of everlasting peace and joy in the end through our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen II. For Constancy in Persecuted Duties 1. Against being turned aside by Worldly Dangers or Losses O! Almighty and Everlasting God Keep me constant to thy Truths and Precepts amidst all these violent Persecutions which are ready to come upon me for the same Oh! that I may stand fast in thy ways and be nothing terrified by the Adversaries thereof That I may stand fast in the evil day and contend earnestly for the Faith Let me not grow weary of well-doing or of godly suffering nor wax faint in a good Cause Enable me to stand to my duty at all hazards and to be ready if the will of God be so to witness it unto Bonds yea or even to seal it with my blood and to dye for thee as thou Blessed Saviour hast done for me Let not the fear of men make me forsake thee nor let my love of this World make me throw up my blessed hopes of a better Nor give me up for the sake of any Losses or Terrors to fall from my duty or to deny thee before men that thou mayst not finally deny me before the Angels which are in Heaven Oh! that I may never leave thee Oh! Holy Jesu because thou art a Man of Sorrows But give me Grace with Moses always to prefer the Afflictions of the godly when they are persecuted before the Joys of the wicked and to choose to be among those who suffer for Righteousness rather than among those who seem best to thrive and prosper in the ways of violence Oh! that I may not grudge to take up the Cross when that is in my way to win the Crown nor to endure a short tribulation for the Kingdom of Heaven which thou art ready to give to all that faithfully serve and suffer for thee thro' our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen II. Against being shaken in mind or scandalized 1. By the Defection of others or by Variety of Opinions O Almighty and most Merciful God! keep me from being any ways unsettled or shaken in mind about the way of thy Truth and of thy Righteousness Oh! that thy Judgments may not make us harbour any suspition of the Truth of our Holy Faith but make us see that they all come upon us to try how far we can suffer for it or to punish us because we have not been true to it They are sent O! Righteous Lord to punish the Loosness and Wickedness of our Lives amidst the Orthodoxy and Holiness of our Professions And let not any other Persons unsteadfastness in thy ways how great or numerous soever they be cause me to waver or once think of varying from the same Oh! that I may never follow weak minds in their fickleness and inconstancy nor worldly minds in Varying Belief and Professions according as they are blown about with every blast of worldly Interest or Convenience Let me not think the worse of thy Truths because others forsake them Nor run in to those who prefer the ways of worldly ease before the ways of innocence Nor grow weary of the ways of everlasting Life because others setting more by worldly enjoyments are ready to exchange them when there is hopes of present security thereby for ways of everlasting death Thy Truth O! Lord are everlasting and still the same And Oh! that my Belief and Love thereof may always be one and the same too for our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ's sake Amen 2. Or By a Reverence of any Mens Persons ESpecially O! Lord let not my reverence of any Mens Persons cause me to erre from the way of thy precepts Let not them carry me against my own Knowledge Nor suffer me to ascribe more Authority or to have more Belief in their Examples than in the plain Voice of thy Word or in the clear common Notions of Right and Wrong and of Natural Conscience If they would have me shut mine eyes against this Light let me no longer reverence or give ear to them Yea Though an Angel from Heaven should come and preach against the same let me not believe him Let God be true though they be held Lyars And let these Monitors be ever firmly thought to speak right though the most admired Persons gainsay it and both act and speak wrong Make me know O! God that thy plain Word and the known and received Dictates of Natural Honesty and Conscience are always true and faithful but that every man even the best of men are lyable to fail Let me ever bear in mind that good men may alter and lose their goodness but that evil and unrighteous things do not alter nor can ever lose their unrighteousness So that whensoever a good man falls to do a manifestly evil and unrighteous thing his doing it can onely make us think the worse of his Person but is not in any wise to make us think better of the unrighteous Action Teach me O! Lord that it is thy Law and not their Example which is to be my Rule That I am thy servant not theirs and am to hearken unto thee not unto them and to call no man Master upon earth in opposition to thee my great Master who art in Heaven Oh! therefore let thy Truths O! my God and not other mens practice be my Guide and let thy approbation and acceptance not their