Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	good_a	heart_n	see_v	5,823	5	3.2010	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26347	The necessity of the pouring out of the spirit from on high upon a sinning apostatizing people, set under judgment, in order to their merciful deliverance and salvation as it was delivered in part, upon 21. 9. 1678 being a general fast throughout the united colonies of N.E. / by William Adams ...	Adams, William, 1650-1685.; Torrey, Samuel, 1632-1707.; Flint, Josiah, 1645-1680.	1679 (1679)	Wing A499; ESTC W34144	49,745	57

and eyes opened to understand the truth and will of God to give all credit and yield all obedience thereto and shall be brought out of that spiritual mist and darkness wherein they were before involved And Isai 29 24. They also that erred in Spirit shall come to understanding and they that murmured shall learn doctrine Such as were wandring out of the way of understanding into wayes of error and wickedness and were ready to murmure be impatient and discontented to have their hearts rise against any that went about to stop them in their evil courses and thence were ready to quarrel or speak untowardly of the messages or messengers of God these shall come to themselves and set themselves to seek wisdome and understanding to learn the doctrine and will of God and shall betake themselves to and walk in the wayes of wisdome More passages to the same purpose we have in Isai 35.5 6.7 Then when by the foregoing afflictions Gods people being now fitted for mercy God shall be pleased to afford it The eyes of the blind shall be opened Those that were spiritually blind before shall now being enlightned see conceive and understand both the mystery of Godliness revealed in Gods word and his mercy and goodness manifested in his works And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped They shall now listen to the word of God speaking in his book and by his messengers that had no list to hearken to either before Then shall the lame man leap as an Hart Men shall be cured of such spiritual defects in their Souls whereby they were disabled unto sincere upright constant and chearful walking in Gods wayes And the tongue of the dumb sing Those that have least tongue or had no tongue at all to ought that is good yet shall they for joy sing and chant out the praises of him that had done so great things for them For in the wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the desert A type of the spiritual watering whereby such persons and places become fertile and fruitful that were barren of all grace and goodness before And the parched ground shall become a Pool and the thirsty Land springs of water In the habitation of dragons where each lay shall be grass with reeds and rushes The same thing in other terms Engl. Annot. Thus do these Scriptures hold forth to us the great alteration that should be wrought in sinners by the pouring out of Gods holy Spirit upon them One might then see them lamenting and abandoning their former folly and vanity and minding heaven in good earnest acknowledging and confessing their iniquity begging pardon with great earnestness flying to Jesus Christ relying on him and faithfully endeavouring to live the life of Christ to exalt him by a gospel becoming conversation Oh what a wonderful sight would this be to see such dead bones live How would this effect and ravish the hearts of those that are good How would the heart even the heart reins of godly parents rejoice when the heart of their children shall be thus wise and their lips speak right things Prov. 23.15 16. What think you of this you whose hearts are mourning for the dissoluteness of or at least that you can see no more of godliness or hopefulness in your children You are now often ashamed and your face waxes pale with care fear and distress for your poor wandring children but if you could once see them thus the work of Gods hands being formed moulded and fashioned for God how full would your hearts and mouths then be of the praises of the holy one of Israel How would you sanctify and glorify him Isai 29.22 23 Jacob shall not now be ashamed neither shall his face now wax pale But when he seeeth his children the work of my hands in the miast of him they shall sanctify my Name and sanctify the holy One of Jacob and shall fear the God of Israel 2. We should then see Christians perfecting holiness in the fear of God Making Religion their business Studying to keep all Gods commandments and ordinances blameless and to do all those things that are pleasing in his sight Labouring to be eminently holy both in their religious and civil actions Careful to prepare and dispose themselves to wait upon God in his service conscientiously rising up to meet with God in the attendance on his Ordinances Humbly reverently religiously attentively waiting upon God that one might see that the service of God is heartily intended by them and that communion with God is sincerely breathed after by them in duties and Ordinances Then we might hear them full of heavenly spiritual and lively discourse sweet and savoury words and speeches flowing from the good treasure and abundance of the heart See them edifying teaching and admonishing one another Col. 3.16 considering one another exhorting and provoking to love good works Heb. 10.24 25. Then you might see sweet agreement affection cordialness faithfulness and peaceableness among brethren bearing and forbearing one another in love Then you might see Christians amiable and exemplary in their civil conversation not in the least seeking to defraud or go beyond others not unsteady in their words or promises not conforming themselves to the world or the customes or manners thereof not disorderly not proud not froward not unmerciful not churlish not intemperate not ungrateful not worldly nor any way at least not so many wayes unbeseeming in their carriages or actions but carrying an even thred of holiness and spiritualness throughout the whole of their conversation Herein exercising themselves to have a conscience altogether void of offence both toward God and toward man with a single eye and exactly minding the Rule in all their carriage towards both Oh what desireable times would these be when piety and holiness should thus flourish When those many and grievous and too just complaints as of the profaneness and dissoluteness of many unruly and ungoverned persons so of the unchristian and unworthy carriages of Professors in many respects should cease and be no more to be found And the glory of God the honour of his Name and esteem of his Ordinances and wayes should be highly advanced by the holy and amiable lives of all his Servants This would be the consequent of an abundant gracious effusion of the Spirit upon a people 2. There would be great happiness Happy would the people be that were in such a case Their condition would be exceeding comfortable And that 1. In the enjoyment of inward peace quietness and assurance Text ver 17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever They should be kept in perfect peace Isai 26.3 Their Souls setled in quiet assured apprehensions of the grace and favour of God to them enjoying that great peace which they have that love the Law of God without any offensive disquietment There should not then be such dismal horror feizing the