Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	heart_n	law_n	love_v	6,424	5	6.4721	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56917	A brief discovery of the three natures viz., humane, divine, devilish, the rootes or originals of the politike states of Caesar, Christ, Antichrist in relation to a former treatise discovering the said three states, and withall farther clearing the usefulnesse thereof : whereby also is laid open to humane reason the impossibility of compulsive ecclesiasticall government to be of divine institution, and that liberty of conscience is to be allowed by all unto all, holding the bounds of civility, fully confirmed by principles in nature and Holy Scripture : humbly presented to the serious consideration of the High Court of Parliament / by Michael Quintine.	Quintyne, Michael.	1642 (1642)	Wing Q226; ESTC R13006	12,945	21

eternity of evill and misery the humane nature being thus subjected under the power of justice God is free in the compassion of his love to bestow his Spirit and redemption where he please and in his wrath and displeasure to reject and cast away whom he will who and what shall contend with his Maker Rom. 9.20 21. The nature of the spirituall substance the immortall soule the formall part of the essence of man it issueth from God or the devill and is one of the said two Fathers or Fountaines of Spirits and it will be sufficiently set forth in the discovery of their natures But that the soule of man receives his being and participateth in nature as aforesaid take a few proofes from principles in Nature and Positive truth of Divine Writt Man begets a Sonne in his owne likenesse in the nature of his materiall substance but the often contrarietie in the spirits of parents and children as godly parents and wicked children wicked parents and godly children the unlikenesse in that part proveth them no soule Parents Likewise in case Parents should beget soules when as often times the father and mother are contrary in nature of spirit what shall be their Off-spring in that respect The Scripture sheweth plainely that the children of God in respect of their soules and the nature of them are said to be borne of God Joh. 1.13 Joh. 3.6 God is called the Father of them in respect of that part of their essence Matth. 5.16 and ver 48. Luke 12.32 Christ cleareth this point to the full discovering the Fountaine or Father of the spirit of the Jewes who went about to kill him Joh. 8.42 and 44. and in Heb. 12.9 the Holy Ghost tearmes our naturall parents Fathers of our flesh and God the Father of Spirits The divine nature spirit qualitie or disposition of God which most specially of any part of his essence sets him forth to be what he is the onely and absolute good Matth. 19.17 is infinite love every part of the whole creation doth testifie the truth thereof which he made not to supply his owne want the continuall supply of the sundry wants of the whole earth doth the same the great mountainous worke of love never to be forgotten by the sonnes of men the giving of the price of Redemption his onely begotten sonne his expresse Image who laid downe his life for his people fulfilling the will of his Father Ioh. 3.16 17. A testimony without exception proving the nature of God to be infinite and matchlesse love Rom. 5.8 The nature and qualitie of all things is the most eminent part of their essence and so it is the most pernicious part by which God is made knowne to the sonnes of men for his nature or spirits sake which is love hee is called love 1 Ioh. 4.16 for a testimony hereof alwayes to stoppe the mouthes of lyers and their father whose envie would cloud all the favour of God towards poore men besides the state of humane Policy God hath from Adam unto this day from time to time instituted a state of Divine policy in publike testimony and visible acknowledgement of the fellowship which he hath with his redeemed ones and now according to the fulnesse of time manifesting the fulnesse of his love in paying downe the full price of Redemption the perfection and full accomplishment of the worke of salvation of his divine Nature which is perfect love and goodnesse he hath instituted a visible state of divine Policy for the sonne of his Love the Captaine of salvation and his people of Love here upon earth which is composed of love not onely for matter and forme but also in respect of state and platforme and the Lawes and Ordinances thereof upon what can man thinke or looke and not see the tender mercies of God over all his workes Psal 145.9 And that the Nature Spirit or disposition of the whole Hoast of God both men and Angels is Love the Word of God cleareth it experimentally by the ministring of the Angells and by the Morrall Law of God both Tables written in the hearts of men which are made partakers of the divine nature for by love is the same fulfilled Rom. 10.13 The nature Spirit or disposition of the Divell from whom every base spirit deriveth his measure of unnaturall lewdnesse both men and Angels of the devilish broode is infinite envie Loves opposite the first Act that ever the devill did unto mankinde proveth the truth thereof for in his hopelesse desperate fallen estate without any expectation of reliefe to himselfe he treacherously deceived man in the time of his innocencie and by delusion and flattery through rebellion against his Maker drew him into the thraldome of sinne and misery notwithstanding it could be no abatement to his owne Gen. 3. and ever since man hath subsisted in an hope of redemption from time to time and in sundry ways hath the nature of the devill beene largely expressed to be envie her selfe which is alwayes so ready to worke mischiefe that she pines at the good of any witnesse the case of Adam Abel and Iob yea all of note for uprightnesse upon record in Scripture from age to age farther testimony hereof is 1 Chron. 21.1 1 Pet. 5.8 The severall states of Policy which God did opportunely institute in the world for the good and comfort of men the upright in speciall against which none but the nature of the devill boundlesse envie could except or vilifie them yet the chiefest of them hath she undervalued and by delusion hath drawne the chiefe of the earth in the state of civility and the greatest part of temporizing subjects thereof likewise to tread the same under foote and all that apparantly incline thereunto and hath caused the earth the great ones greatest part therof to set up countenance and support a state of Tyranny in matters of conscience wherein is disorderly forced together with violence divine and civill things to the confusion of both the service he willeth and delighteth in even the utter undoing of the whole earth In the time of the state of the Jewes which God ordained as a great light to shew the world that he had visible fellowship with such as feare him and to preserve them in holinesse then and therein how did the envie of the devill and his crew shelter such oppression and grosse abuse of Gods holy things which grew to such an height of hipocrisie that they were not ashamed without Law or Reason yea contrary to both to put to death equity yea Love himselfe the very Sonne of God whom none could convince of sinne which effected the confusion of their house Matth. 23. and since the desolation thereof and Gods election of the Kingdome of his Sonne in the state of love composed of matter and forme of love Subiects won by love Volunteers worshipers in spirit and truth Joh. 4.23 24. How hath matchlesse envie beene palpably manifested to be the nature of the devill