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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	good_a	love_v	see_v	11,238	5	3.6618	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43966	The sting of death and death vnstvng delivered in two sermons in which is shewed the misery of the death of those that dye in their sins, & out of Christ, and the blessedness of theirs that dye in the Lord : preached on the occasion of the death of the truely noble and virtuous Lady Mildmay / by Leonard Hoar ...	Hoar, Leonard, 1630?-1675.	1680 (1680)	Wing H2200; ESTC R21593	30,404	33

world sufficeth them they are weary of it He is no Christian whose whole treasure is laid up in present enjoyments The Saints are of another spirit and live much upon hope Rom. 8.23 24 25. We our selves who have the first fruits of the Spirit groan within our selves waiting for the Adoption and it follows We are saved by hope now hope that is seen is not hope but if we hope then doe we with patience wait for it So 2 Cor. 5.2 c. In this we groan earnestly Their going out of this world is not their loss but their gain for to me to live is Christ and to dye is gain Phil 1.21 T is not their ruine but their redemption not their being uncloathed or stripped naked but their being cloathed upon not their going into obscurity and darkness but their glorious manifestation of being the sons of God and heirs of glory 1 Tim 6.6 Godliness in the winding up of things is great gain The going out of this life is like the ending of a fight 2 Tim. 4 6 7 8. It is not a flying of the field as those that are vanquished but the saints goe out Conquerours yea more then Conquerours I have fought a good fight the time is now come that they may fairly leave off it is the finishing of their course and the winning of their crown having kept the faith while they lived they are kept from fear in the hour of death P●i● 1.23 Having a desire to depart Love and longing to be with Christ made the world tedious to Paul that which all men naturally love and Death desirable which men naturally dread and abhor Assoon as good old Simeon had Christ in his arms Now let rest thou thy servant depart Luk. 2.29 When John Baptist saw Christ he resigns up all to him Let all men follow him Let me decrease so Christ increase my joy is fulfilled in him Joh. 3.29 30. So Paul when once he thought what it was to be with Christ to goe to God and to be with the Lord for ever he 〈◊〉 nothing that he wanted but this was the sum of his desire to be dissolved and no joy now to him but to enjoy Christ no glory but to 〈◊〉 where he is to behold his glory The love of this world ceaseth w●●● we tast of the next No matter then if the Manna of this world cea●● when we are got to Canaan Elias can easily part with his Mantle 〈◊〉 keep on his journey So a saint dying can easily part with all his present enjoyments in the hope of what is to come for how easily 〈◊〉 part with that which I know and firmly believe I shall never need That City which hath no need of the Sun Rev. 21.23 I am sure need not any thing under the moon and if a dying Saint may leave the temple of God here l●a● sure he may leave the wor'd A Child of God being thus mort sied to the world one sting of death is taken away 8. The sting of death is taken away in that it brings the Saints to higher and better things as you would take straws and pebbles out of a child hand and give him necessary bread or remove poyson and things hurt full from a sick man and give him cordials and restoratives so doth the blessed God deal with his Children He takes away this world from them or rather them from it and gives them another and a better He takes away occasions of sin and trouble and gives us salvation and rest He takes away the cross and gives us a crown He takes away temporal enjoyments and gives us eternal He takes away Earth and gives us heaven And are we any loosers by this Doe we well to be angry Is there grief and sear No sure but rather if we are in Pauls state to reckon as he did To live is Christ and to dye is gain No better way for a true Christian to better his state and advantage himself then to depart hence lay down his life No man saith Christ that hath left house or parents brethren or wise and children for the Kingdome of Gods sake but shall receive manifold here and in the life to come that which cannot be unfolded Luk. 18.29 30. The Prophet resolves that he will rejoyce in God though the Fig tree doth not blossome c. Hab. 3.17 13 Now if the gleaming of Gods gracious presence be so solacing when all lower causes of joy fail whhat will the bright shinings of Gods glorious presence be Let Ziba take all said Mephibosheth since my Lord the King is come again in peace 2 Sam. 1930. So much more may the ●●●nts of God say Let the world take all since my Lord is safe upon his throne and I am now going where I may behold his glory Death is as the Chariot that is sent from Jesus to carry his true Israels to Canaan and therefore their Spirits may now revive and say as holy Jacob. Gen. ●5 28 It is enough Jesus that was dead is alive and lives for evermore and I will goe and see him The good the grace the glory of all heaven shall now be theirs Now then may the Saints say I leave a Cottage to take possession of ●●●●cely Palace I leave my friends here and am going to the Father the holy Spirit to Jesus the Mediator of the New Testrmeut and to the Angels in light and to the Church of the first born I leave present enjoyments and goe to take up an eternal inheritance Let the loss here be as much as can be supposed the gain is as much yea more then can be expressed Ah who would now regard his stuff when he sees the Waggons and the Convoy of Angels the provision for the way and the end of his race and that Jesus is there in honour and power who would not resolve to goe and see him 9. The sting of Death is taken away in that it s given in that hour to the Saints with Faith and patience to endure temptations to resist stand in the midst of danger A dying hour is an hour of temptation yea of multiplyed violent temptations Christ found it to be the hour power of darkness Psal 22.12 13 16. Now the Prince of the world comes Joh. 14 30. Now when his time is short our bodies weak and souls perplexed many even all circumstances and accidents occasions of sorrow is a special season for the Tempter to tempt to security infidelity carnal confidence to impatience and if possible to despair and casting away of our hope Now when Satan resists God doth assist if Satan desire to winnow Christ will be sure to pray that our Faith fail not If there be Chariots and Horsemen against Elisha there is a mountain full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha 2 King 6.15 17. If God let Satan out it s but a little way if he tempt its never more then the Saints are able to bear Hence