Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	true_a	zeal_n	zealous_a	272	4	9.0583	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14879	The plaine mans pilgrimage. Or iovrney tovvards heaven Wherein if hee walke carefully he may attaine to euerlasting life. By W.W.	Webster, William, treatise writer.	1613 (1613)	STC 25181; ESTC S101835	77,422	180

man is so perfect as can be in this sinfull life put all these together and it is as if S. Paul should say Quench not the spirit by dispising of prophesying neither dispise prophesying because all do not preach alike but rather when you heare some preach one way and some another way doe you trye their doctrines by the Scriptures as the men of Berea did and then chuse that which is best and soundest and truest hauing alwayes such an eye to the truth that thou abstaine from all appearance of error so zealous the holy Ghost would haue vs of our fayth that wee set no atticle vppon our religion but that which is an vndoubted truth The spirit is quenched as our zeale our faith and our loue are quenched with sinne euery vaine thought euery vaine word and euery wicked deed is like so many droppes to quench the spirit of God some quench it with the busines of this world some quench it with the lusts of the flesh some quench it with the cares of the mind some quench it with long delayes that is not applying the motion when it commeth but crossing the good thoughts with bad thoughts and doing a thing when the spirit saith doe it not some-time a man shall feele himselfe stirred to a good worke as though hee were led to it by the hand and againe he shal be frighted from some euill thing as though he were reprooued in his eare then if he resist he shall streight seele the spirit going out of him and heare as it were a voice pronouncing him guilty and shall hardly recouer his peace againe therefore Saint Paul saith grieue not the spirit shewing that the spirit is often grieued before it bee quenched and that when a man begins to grieue and checke and persecute it that is vntill hee seeme to haue no spirit at all but walketh like a temple of flesh It is ment by the spirit the gifts and graces of the spirit the spirit of God is the spirit of wisdome and the spirit of truth No man saith Paul can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the holy ghost Againe the spirit helpeth our infirmities the same spirit beareth witnesse with our spirit that wee are the children of God it is hee that leadeth vs into all truth and openeth our hearts to vnderstand and guideth our feete into the way of peace O dispise not the wisdome of the spirit refuse not his helpe but seeke it that you may be strengthned Comfort your selues in his testimony of your adoption quench not the light he hath kindled in your hearts disdaine not his leading abuse not his mercy Abuse not the time of your visitation let not so great mercy of God bestowed on you be in vaine fulfill not your owne wils Abstaine from fleshly iusts walke in the spirit defire the best gifts and let euery man as hee hath receiued the gift so minister the same to another as good disposers of the manifold graces of God Dispise not prophecying THis admonition is as it were the keeper of the former for by prophecying the spirit is kindled and without prophecying the spirit is quenched and therefore after Quench not the spirit saith Paul shewing that as our sinne doth quench the spirit so prophecying doth kindle it this you may see in the disciples that went to Emaus of whom it is said when Christ preached vnto them out of the law and the Prophets the spirit was so kindled with his preaching that their hearts waxed hot within them This is no maruell that the spirit of man should be so kindled and reuiued and refreshed with the word of God for the word is called the food of the soule take away the word from the soule and it hath no food to eate as if you should take food from the body the body would pine therefore Salomon saith without preaching the people perish therefore hee which loueth his soule had no need to dispise prophecying for then hee famisheth his owne soule and is guilty of her death Prophecying is the preaching and expounding the word of God and hee is called a Prophet and doth prophecy that openeth vnto vs the will of God dispise not therefore to heare the word of God preached turne not away thine eare from vnderstanding God giues power to his word that it may worke according to his good pleasure it will let thee see the weaknesse of thine error and settle thee in the way wherein thou shouldest walke if it had beene dangerous for thee to heare the prophecying of the Gospel he would not haue sent his disciples into the world to preach it if Lidia should not haue liked to heare Paul preach how might she haue known God if those great numbers which heard Peter and were conuerted had dispised prophecying and would not haue heard him declare the grace of the gospell vnto them they had neuer considered the great mercy of God nor sought to bee instructed in their saluation faith commeth by hearing saith the Apostle This hath beene the meanes by which Christ hath giuen knowledge to Kings and Princes and all nations it hath pleased God saith Paul by foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue 1 Cor. 1. dispise not then to come to the Church of God to pray with the congregation of the faithful to heare the Scriptures of God read and expounded it is the blessing of God offered vnto thee he that dispiseth it shal be dispised of the Lord and he shal be left in darkenesse thus much for the negatiue parts which we must not doe It followeth to try all things and keepe that which is good AFter dispise not prophecying it followeth trie all things as if hee should say but for all that trie prophecying least thou beleeue errour for truth for as amongst Rulers there bee bad Rulers so among Preachers there bee false Preachers this made Christ warne his disciples to bee ware of the leauen of the Pharisies that is of their false doctrine this made Iohn say trie the Spirits therefore wee reade in the Acts 17.11 How the men of Berea would not receiue Pauls doctrine before they had tried it and how did they trie it It is said they searched the Scriptures this is the way which Paul would teach you to trie other whereby he was tried himselfe thereby you may see that if you vse to read the Scriptures you shal be able to trie all doctrines for the word of God is the touchstone of euery doubt like the light which God made to behold all his creatures so is the Scriptures to decide all questions euery doubt must come to the word and all controuersies must be ended at this tribunall the Scripture must speak which is right and which is wrong which is truth and which is error and all tongues must keepe silence to heare it A man trieth his friend before he trust him and shall not wee trie our faith which must saue vs Saint Paul saith Let euery

of his death and resurrection meaning thereby that we which are ioyned vnto Christ as an impe is to the stock of a tree ought so to liue of his life as there may not appeare any deformity in vs but that as he hath dyed so wee must dye also and as hee is risen againe so wee must rise againe likewise wee must dye vnto sinne and rise againe vnto newnes of life for that is the death and the life which hee speaketh of How shall wee know that wee bee in him and are made partakers of his graces but by our ●ndeauoring of our selues to keepe his commandements and soothly the only mean to know and to be assured in our selues that we dwell in Christ and Christ in vs is our keeping of his commandements as Iohn teacheth adding further that our knowing that he dwelleth in vs is by the spirit which he hath giuen vs because that by that spirit wee endeauour to follow him and to frame our selues to his will whereby we yeeld proof of the vnion that is between him and vs for euen as the children of the world witnesse themselues to be alone with the world by following their worldly lusts ambition coueteousnes and pleasures which may be likewise sayd also of the members of Sathan So in like case the Christians shew themselues to be made one with Christ by his holy spirit when they follow Christs steppes and make his life to serue them as a most perfect rule to lead their liues by What remaineth then to be done in this case soothly that we on our parts doe enforce our selues by eschewing all flothfullnesse which being hurtfull and noysome in this behalfe for as much as it is of such importance that we cannot neglect it without wilfull disappoynting our selues of our saluation and soueraigne felicity This way is narrow and rough I confesse it is so as all Christians doe and so doth Christ himselfe say it also for in as much as thereby we must forsake our selues to follow Christ which is very painfull and hard to the flesh which desireth nothing but her owne pleasures and commodities no doubt but wee feele it to bee verry bitter and burthensome but what for that yet must we take that way without stepping aside one way or other for that is the only way which after many labours and hard pinches leadeth in the end vnto life As for the other way it is very broad faire and accompanied with great pleasures but the end thereof saith our sauiour leadeth vnto death Now to consider that it is much better to go by labour to rest by tribulation to ioy by death to life then contrariwise to go by rest to labour by ioy to tribulation and by life to death and looke what estate commeth last shall bee euerlasting What thing then should hold vs back or hinder vs in the race ' if it bee the world with all the goodnes honours and pleasures thereof let vs vnderstand that all those things passe away like an arrow which is shot at a white or marke the trace whereof is not perceiued any more by the roughnes and vneasines of the way Let vs consider how there is nothing soe vneasie nor rough which becometh not easie and smooth by continuall vse If it bee the infirmity and weakenesse of our nature let vs thinke vpon him which hath promised to stand by vs to helpe vs and to strengthen vs who being good will helpe vs being almighty wil also strengthen vs conditionally that we pray to him continually Aske saith hee and it shal be giuen vnto you seeke and you shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you Prouided alwaies that wee on our side doe striue our selues for he helpeth not them that are idle and doe nothing hee giueth his spirit but it to such as feeling their owne feeblenesse and being displeased there-with doe earnestly desire and craue his spirit for helpe to such as nothing asketh nothing hee giueth it is euen hee himselfe that worketh in vs both the will and deede how-be-it not so long as wee our selues sleepe not so long as wee fould our armes a crosse and much lesse so long as wee resist him The Kingdome of GOD saith IESVS CHRIST suffereth violence and the violent pluckt it to them and who bee those violent they which beeing inflamed with great desire and zeale to fashion them-selues like to their head and doe violence and force to themselues to the intent that their nature and flesh being restrained and brideled may not cast any impediment in the way of Gods spirit which worketh in them those which feele themselues cold and lasie whether it bee in praying to God or in giuing him thankes for all thinges those that doe quicken and stirre vp themselues without suffering them-selues to goe on and to be ouer-come of their flesh Those which take paines to marke all their owne thoughts and affections and to restraine them from passing their bounds and from rouing a stray setting a sure watch vpon their mindes and following the counsell of the wise Because that from the mind commeth the welspring of al euil and finally they which by CHRISTS spirit doe incessantly crucifie the flesh with the lusts thereof And of a truth wee bee of our owne nature so contrary to GOD and so bent to the seeking of our selues and our affections are so headie and vehement and we be haled vnto euill with so great force of our flesh that we must not thinke that GOD can haue his dominion in vs vnlesse wee vse great force to ouercome and subdue our selues vnto him To conclude that they onely true marke of all Christians and right beleeuers is loue without the which a man may well talke of Christ and of the Gospell and may well haue the Sacraments and all the godly ceremonies that can be deuised and yet all shal be nothing Constancy in going forward vnto the end of our race THe fift part in this happy iorney is Constancy perseuerance to the end for if thou begin by time find the way and go a right and continue not vnto the end thy reward is with them of whom Paul saith their end is worse then their beginning There is nothing in our life which suffereth so many changes as our deuotion hot and cold in and out of and on not in one mood so long as the Sparrow sits vpon the ground Thus man is roulled vpon a wheele that neuer standeth still he is vpon the side of a hill where it is easie to slide and hard to get vp the flesh therefore the Apostle mooued with pitty seeing man stand vpon such a slippery ground as it were in a ship ready to sinke he crieth to them that stand surest take heed least yee fall that is when thou hast put on the armor of light and art in the spiritual field to fight the Lords battaile against the world the flesh and the deuill turne not backe like Demas but