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	world_n	13,220	5	5.1546	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97249	A hopefull way to cure, that horrid sinne of svvearing. Or an helpe to save swearers, if willing to be saved: being an offer or message from him, whom they so daringly, and audatiously provoke. Also a curb against cursing.	Younge, Richard.	1645 (1645)	Wing Y160AB; Thomason E24_2; ESTC R211952	24,628	17

guesse that you are not For doth not our Saviour tell us also That out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak eth Mat. 12.34 and that we shall know men by their fruits That every good tree bringeth forth good fruit and a corrupt tree evill fruit Mat. 7.16.17.20 and 12.33 Doth not St. Iames say If any man among you seemeth to be religious and brideleth not his tongue that man deceiveth himselfe and his religion is vaine Iames 1.16 You may flatter your selfe but evill speaking discovers an evill heart A corrupt streame is an ill signe of a pure fountaine neither shall you perswade me that good wine is in the vessell when only vinigar comes forth if the words be hellish and prophane we may flatly conclude that the heart also is wicked If you blessed God with your soule you would not blaspheme him with your tongue Yea could you rappe out oaths in such a manner as you doe if your conscience were not seared and your heart hardned and you past felling and destitute of all grace No it s impossible for the least sparke of the true feare of God in your heart would be as a bridle to curbe in this unruly evill of the tongue that it should not run so at randum nor burst out either into wicked or vaine swearing If yee love me saith our Saviour keep my commandements Iohn 14.15 Now what sin will a man leave for Christs sake if he will not leave this which is every way unprofitable and many wayes hurtfull And what though the naturall man who wants both the eye of faith and the light of Gods word and spirit can perceive nothing amisse in his owne heart yet one that is spirituall may 1 Cor. 2.14.15 The disease appeares not many times to the Patient himselfe yet when he talkes idly the Phisutian knowes he is even sick to death But what needs all this when you fret and spurne against the good word of God and swell against your reprehender when with Balam and Herod you grudge to be stayed in the way to death and fly'upon those who oppose your perdition which is an infallible argument that you are utterly destitute of the feare of God Yea he that will not heare of his faults is not capable of amendment Yea to be exasperated with good counsell and in stead of penetency to breake into choller when fury sparkles in those eyes which should gush out with water it is an evident signe of one that shall perish Pro. 29 1 Read the words and tremble a man that heardneth his necke being of ten reproved shall suddainly be destroyed that without remedy see more Pro. 1.24.25.26 to 33. Whence it is the Prophet tells Amazia I know that God hath determined to destroy thee because thou hast done this and hast not obeyed my councell 2 Chro. 25.16.20 and that the Holy ghost speaking of Elyes sonnes saith that they would not hearken unto uor obey the voice of their father because the Lord was determined to destroy them 1 Sam. 2.25 That sin is past al cure which strives against the cure Hearbs that are worse for warering Trees that are lesse fruitfull for dunging and pruning are to be rooted out or hewen downe Even salvation it selfe will not save those that spill the potion and fling away the plaster When God would have cured Babylon and she would not be cured then she is given up to destruction without further warning Wherefore boast what you will of a good heart yea sweare also that you feare God I know and am assured that you have not the feare of God before your eyes as the Apostle speaking of unbeleevers phraseth it Rom. 3.18 For as St Iohn saith If any man love the world the love of God is not in him 1 Iohn 2 15 so if any man love swearing or cursing the feare of God is not in him for it cannot be that the true feare of God and ordinary swearing cursing should dwel together in one man Yea dead are they while they live that live in this sin Eph. 1 2 3 Col. 2.13 Math. 8.22 Iames 2.17 2 Cor. 4.3 4.2 Thes 2 9.10 Nor ought beleevers by the rule of Gods word to eate or keepe company with such 2 Thesalo 3.6.14 Ephes 5.5.7 1 Cor. 5.11 1 Tim. 1.10 But of this sinne see more In Mr. Downames Treatise of swearing Mr. Dod upon the third commandement A late treatise called Sinne Stigmatized Out of which three bookes I have improved my owne tallent for the honour of the giver and profit of the hearers And as touching Puritanisme have but patience and your selfe shall confesse that those are not puritanes who are generally so reputed but their accusers viz. Papists Prophaine Ignorant and meere civill men prelaticall Arminian Scandalous and Malignant Ministers who are pleased either out of Ignorance or malice to tearme and repute them so Yea I will make it so plaine by Gods assistance that every one present shall acknowledge the religious to be innocent and there accusers to be guilty of the same things which you and the world blinded in judgement judge of them and most unjustly lay to their charge whether you meane by a puritane One Who is pure in his owne eyes Or who saies and does not seemes and is not Or who under a shew of religion cosens the world Or who stumbles at strawes and leapes over blocks Or who is over ridged and sensorious Or who is singular in his judgemment and practise Or who is unquiet and contentious amongst his neighbours For this is the case the men of the world thinke all that are scrupelous and conscionable to be puritanes but they know upon good ground from Gods word all who barke out this odious name to bee indeed ranke Puritanes and grosse Hypocrites and that they are in the condition of blind persons who rushing one upon another in the way either complaines of the others blindnesse but neither of his owne for for the most part he alone that is guilty will be casting these stones complain of anothers unsavory breath when his lungs only are corrupt Thus the Author goes one in the conference tell he hath compleated his promise and answered all the usual questions in controversie betweeen the Word and the World as every one shall find that reads the cure of Misprision Postscript YOu that feare God or have any bowells of compassion towards the precious soules of those poore ignorant men women and children whom you heare to sweare and curse as doggs barke that is not more of curstnes then out of custome wish them to read these few pages at least the first 5. or 6. which I thought fit to print even as I found it in the beginning of a Manuscript And in case you perceive good come of it give of them to your friends and neighbours At Iames Crumps a Booke-binder in Little Bartholmewes Well yard you may have as many Gratis as you shall be pleased to distribute Finis Imprimatur J. Downam Errata Pag. I under the title for postcript read postscript Pag. 1. l. 1. 22 23. 25. for swaring r. swearing Pag 1. l. 28. for kil read kill therfore he must continue it pag. 3 l. 30. for unpardonable r. rests unpardonable Pag. 4. leave out the 5. last lines p. 4. l. 21 for there faith 1. their faith or ofter better security p. 5.1.19 for well they deserve it r. well they deserve it pag 6. l. 26. for heirers r. heires

sentence Depart from me yee cursed into everlasting fier prepared for the Devil his Angels Mat. 25.41 No longer excuse nor defend it but repent of it and forsake it And so much the rather for that of all other sinnes this sinne of swearing is the most in excusable First Because it is a sin from which of all other sinnes we have most power of abstinance as I shewed you before and the easiar the thing commanded is the greater guilt in the breach of it and the lighter the injunction the heavier the transgression as St. Austine speakes and Adam his eating the forbidden fruit sufficiently proves Secondly because it is a sinne to which of all other sinnes we have the fewest temptations for all thou canst expect by it is the suspition of a common lyer by being a common swearer Or that thou shalt vex others and they shall hate thee for it bringeth not so much as any apearance of good unto us to induce us for whereas other sinnes have their severall bayts to alure us some the bayte of profit some of honour some of pleasure this sinne is destitute of them all and only bringeth much losse here namely of credit and a good conscience and the losse of Gods faviour and the Kingdome of heaven hereafter which is of more vallew then ten thousand worlds which shewes that thou lovest this sinne only because it is a sinne and swearest out of meere malice and contempt of God which is most fearfull and as a man would thinke should make it unpardonable I am sure the Psalmist hath a terrible word for all such if they would take notice of it Let them be confounded that transgresse without a cause Psal 25.3 Swearer O but God is mercifull and Christ came into the world to save sinners witnesse the Theefe upon the crosse who was heard by him at the last houre Messenger I grant the Lord is exceeding mercifull and gratious slow to anger and abundant in goodnesse and truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiving ●●iquity transgression and sinne for he proclaimes himselfe so Exod. 34.6 7. But he will by no meanes cleare the ungodly 〈…〉 And no marvell that this fearefull imprecation should fall from the Prophets mouth for that man is bottomlesly ill who loves vice meerely because it is a vice and because God most strictly forbids it He is a desperate prodigeous damnable wretch who rather then not dye will anger God on set purpose But as if swearing alone would not presse thee deepe enough into hell thou addest Cursing to it a sinne of an higher nature which none use frequently but such as are desperately wicked it being their peculier brand in Scripture as how doth the Holy Ghost stigmatize such an one His mouth is full of cursing Psal 10.7 and Rom. 3.14 or Hee loveth cursing Psal 109.17 and indeede whom can you observe to love this sinne or to have their mouthes full of cursing but ruff●ines and sonnes of Beliall such as have shaken out of their hearts the feare of God the shame of men the love of heaven the dread of hell not once caring what is thought or spoken of them here or what becomes of them hereafter yea observe them well and you will finde that they are mockers of all that march not under the pay of the Devill And whence doe these monsters of the Earth these hellish miscreants these bodily and visble devills learne this their damnable cursing and swearing are not there tongues fired and edged from hell as Saint James hath it Iam. 36. yea it is the very language of ●he damned as you may see Revel 16.11.21 Only they learne it heare before they come thither and are such proficients therein that the devill counts them his best schollers and setts them in his highest forme Psal 1.1 well they deserve it with whom the language of hell is so familiar that blasphemy is become their mother tongue Besides it is the very depth of sin roaring and drinking is the horse way to hell whoring and cheating the foot way but swearing and cursing followes Corah Dathan and Abiram And certainely if the infernall Tophet be not for these men it can challenge no guests But see how witlesse gracelesse and shamelesse even the best are that use to curse for I passe over such as call for a curse on themselves saying God damne me confound mee the devill take me and the like which would make a rationall man tremble to name because I were as good knocke at a dead mans grave as speake to them Thou art crossed by some one perhaps thy wife child or servant or else thy horse the weather the dice bowles or some other of the creatures displease thee and thou fallest a cursing and blaspheming them wishing the plague of God or Gods vengeance to light on them or some such hellish speech falles from thy foule mouth And so upon every foolish trifle or every time thou art angry God must be at thy beck and come downe from heaven in all hast and become thine officer to revenge thy quarrell and serve thy malicious humour O monstrous impiety O shamelesse impudency to be obhorred of all that heare it not once taking notice what hee commands in his word As blesse them that persecute you blesse I say and curse not Rom. 12.14 and againe Blesse them that curse you and pray for them which hurt you Luk. 6.28 which is the practise of all true christians 1 Cor. 4.12 But this is not one halfe of thine offence for whom dost thou curse alasse the creatures that displease thee are but instruments thy sin is the cause and God is the Author 2 Sam. 16 11. Psal 39.9 10. Gen. 458. Ioh 1.21 from whom thou hast deserved it and ten thousand times a greater crosse But in stead of looking up from the stone to the hand which threw it or from the effect to the cause as Gods people doe thou like a mastiffe dogge settest upon the stone or weapon that hurts thee But in this case who are you angry withall Does your Horse the dice the raine or any other creature displease you alasse they are but servants and if their master bids smite they must not forbeare they may say truely what Rabsheke usurped Jsa 36.10 Are we come without the Lord and all that heare thee may say as the Prophet did to Senacharib 2 King 19.22 Whom hast thou blas●themed and against whom hast thou axalted thy selfe even against the holy one of Jsrael And what will be the issue the causelesse curse shall not come where the curser meant it Prov. 26.2 yea though thou cursest yet God will blesse Psal 109.28 but thy curses shall be sure to rebound backe into thine owne brest Psal 7.14 15 16. Prov. 14.30 Cursing mouthes are like ill made peeces which while men discharge at others recoile in splinters on their owne faces Their words and wishes be but whirle winds which being breathen forth returne againe to the same place