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	love_v	sin_n	9,337	5	4.8347	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86356	The good old vvay, Gods vvay, to sovle-refreshing rest: discovered in a sermon preached to the Right Honorable the Lord Maior and court of aldermen of the citie of London, at their anniversary meeting on Wednesday in Easter weeke at Christ-Church, Apr. 24. 1644 being the day of the monethly publike fast. By Thomas Hill B.D. Pastor of Tychmersh in Northampton shire. Imprimatur, Charles Herle.	Hill, Thomas, d. 1653.	1644 (1644)	Wing H2023; Thomason E48_4; ESTC R11496	52,548	61

THE GOOD OLD VVAY GODS VVAY TO SOVLE-REFRESHING REST DISCOVERED In a Sermon Preached to the Right Honorable the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen of the Citie of London at their Anniversary meeting on Wednesday in Easter Weeke at Christ-Church Apr. 24. 1644. being the day of the Monethly publike Fast By THOMAS HILL B. D. Pastor of Tychmersh in Northampton-shire Prov. 14. 2. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man but the end thereof are the wayes of death Psal. 139. 23 24. Search me O God and know my heart try me and know my thoughts And see if there be any wickkednesse in me and lead me in the way everlasting Isa 2. 3. And many people shall goe and say Come yee and let us go up to the mountaine of the Lord to the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his wayes and we will walke in his paths Imprimatur Charles Herle London Printed by Ric. Cotes for John Bellamie and Philemon Stephens 1644. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE The Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen with other Citizens of the Renowned City of LONDON I Doubt not but there are many amongst you Right Honourable and Worthy Citizens yea very many who seriously set their faces towards Sion The whole Kingdome hath abundantly tasted the excellent fruites of your reall forwardnesse in this good way Travellers are usually as glad of Guides as of Companions especially in doubtfull wayes And wee are fallen among so many Questionists and such thick mists of strange Doctrines obscuring the good way so much that we had need seeke cleere direction otherwise wee may soone be at a losse We heare of Antinomians who deny the Law to bee a rule of life to Saints Wee heare of Socinians who in a manner overthrow the Gospel denying the satisfaction of Christ We heare of Arminians who undermine the Covenant of Free-grace that they may gratifie Free-will We heare of Anabaptists who with-hold Baptisme the Seale of that Covenant from the Infants even of such as are in Covenant We heare of others who question the Truth of our Church and of our Ministry in and by which so many thousand soules have been new borne to God Yea we heare of some grown to that desperate height that they say there is no need of Ministry or Ordinances flattering us with hope of new Apostles glorious discoveries by them Hereby Religion is much mangled and well meaning minds not a little distracted which way to take It is the Ministers worke to warne against enemies to direct against errors to carry the Lanthorne and Candle of Gods Word before people in the darke that they may find the best way What sparkes of light this plaine Sermon holds forth were at first blowne up by your desire and now by your importunity being made Publike are kept burning The good Lord who despiseth not the day of small things quicken your Spirits hereby in Heaven-way I shall heartily rejoice if your attention in hearing shall be seconded with intention in acting over that Counsell which was given you from the Word of God This is the best commendation of a Sermon to walke in the light and heat of it in your conversation what is wanting in the strength and lustre of this Discourse will in part be supplyed by its seasonablenesse In these times of Reformation we should bee often put in mind to stand see inquire As in building we beware of mistakes in the foundation In Physicke of errors in the first concoction in both these they are dangerous because hardly corrigible So in journeys we should wisely watch against erring both at our first setting out and especially when we come to a great turning if then we mistake the right way we shall not easily recover How carefull was Ezra to seeke of God a right way when he was going from Babylon to Jerusalem Hee proclaimed a Fast for that purpose at the River Ahava and that a most religious ground Ver. 22. We in England are now engaged in counsels of Reformation that w●e may remove further from Babylon towards Jerusalem And by the good hand of God upon us we are under his owne Ordinance an Assembly of Ministers is called to discover the Scripture way It is worth much importunity in Fasting and Praying that being come to so great a turning upon so grand a change in the Church of England wee may cleerly find the good old way Wee must expect Satan who stood at Joshuahs right hand to resist him when hee was about Temple-worke will now use all his methods to p●rplexe and to mis-lead us to involve us in difficulties and in angle us with errors If he cannot wholly turne us out of the good way he will indeavour to cast stumbling-blocks in it and by variety of opinions to multiply divisions about it yea hee knowes how by faire pretences and by good words to cousen us into bad wayes New-England affords us a sad instance of this policy A worthy Divine of their owne tells us by what sleights the Antinomians Familists and Libertines infected the Churches there As they would lift up themselves saith hee so also their opinions by guilding them over with specious termes of Free grace glorious light Gospel Truths as holding forth naked Christ c. and this tooke much with simple honest hearts who loved Christ especially with new Converts who were lately in bondage under sinne and wrath and had newly tasted the sweetnesse of Free-Grace being now in their first love to Christ they were exceeding glad to imbrace any thing that might further advance Christ and Free-Grace and so dranke them in readily Yet be not discouraged I beseech you your wise and powerfull Saviour hath the Government upon his owne shoulders he can easily rebuke Satan well knowing how to confute errors resolve doubts and compose differences hee can conquer the greatest difficulties or remove them with advantage to his owne Cause and your Soules Doe not despaire but Gods Counsels are ripening towards such a time when you may find rest after your long motion stability after your many shakings and when you shall reape the harvest of all the prayers and good indeavours you have sown and receive rich interest for all the blood and Treasure you have expended in his Gospells Cause Who knowes but London by the Free-Grace of God after all these blacke and bloody clouds may have cause to coine Money as they did in worthy Mr. Farrells time who had been so much opposed and threatned in reforming Geneva and other Cities with this Posie on the one side Light after a long darknesse and on the other side Our God fights for us You have had many visible Providences as well as precious promises encouraging you to persevere in the good way Hee hath wrought wonderfully for you and by you his good hand remaine upon you till he bring you to ervelasting rest The Lord refresh London with the