Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	child_n	husband_n	parent_n	3,987	5	7.8229	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63939	An essay upon the works of creation and providence being an introductory discourse to the history of remarkable providences now preparing for the press : to which is added a further specimen of the said work : as also Meditations upon the beauty of holiness / by William Turner ...	Turner, W. (William), fl. 1687-1701.	1695 (1695)	Wing T3346; ESTC R8093	77,474	214

immediate presence into the Court of Heaven nothing that hath any spot or blemish or wrinkle must come into that Holy Quire All the dogs and all the impenitent unpurified sinners are banished thence all those unclean beasts are shut out of the Coelestial Ark No unclean thing shall enter there c. Good Angels are disobliged by the impurity of our lives and good Men are ready to say David Psal 101. 3. Depart from me c. It leaves a blot of deformity upon our Reputation Sin is a dishonourable thing it brings shame to us for its real effect it brings shame to us for its real effect and puts our Names into a dark Eclipse Whose glory is their shame Phil. 3. 19. What fruit had ye in these things c. The Name of the wicked shall rot Prov. 10. 7. In short almost all the sins that men are guilty of renders their Actions deformed their Lives unlovely their reputation noisome their Memories putrid in the eyes of God and all good Men and to make this more evident suppose a Scheme of our own Societies our present age exposed to open view in the presence of the Gravest Catoes the Wisest Senators the Holy Angels the Blessed Jesus the Almighty God the Searcher of Hearts and the Book of all Mens Actions unclasped and laid open to the eye of the whole World as they will shortly be without any hopes or possibility of Dissimulation or Hypocrisie how eager then and solicitous do ye think would all impenitent sinners be to sew leaves together to fain Excuses to hide in rocks to cover their shame to veil over their deformity In the mean time what makes the prophane Rabble abscond so industriously from the searching eyes of wise and good men what makes them that are drunken drunk in the night and they that commit fornication do it within the Confines of the close Curtains and every sinner desire the Twilight yea the thickest darkness and most Men put on Cloak to hide their Wickedness were it not that sin in its own nature is deformity at least is so esteemed in the eyes of them that judge according to right reason and the light of Truth Where 's the Man that dares avow wickedness in its own Colours and will plead for vice and profess Debauchery even Atheists themselves the grossest sinners of all others would fain prove Truth and Vertue on their side and they dare hardly speak with their mouths what they would willingly entertain in their hearts That there is no God nor Heaven nor Hell nor Vertue nor Vice in the whole World The fool hath said in his heart there is no God Secondly I would perswade to worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness 1. Beauty is an amiable thing 'T is lovely and inviting and as the Orator saith if we desire to observe a Decorum in those things that relate to our Bodies to our Garments to our Gestures we should be much more so to keep up a Decency and Beauty in all our Actions especially when we are conscious that an Omniscient Eye seeth all we do and Angels do still attend us and all our secret things shall sortly be broughtly into Cognisance before the whole World Turpe quid c. 2. All things that are true wise and good are beautiful Indeed there is nothing of Decency in any thing else but what is conform to a holy rule and what dares abide the examen of the Light and the Tryal of a searching eye Ignorance Error and Vice are apt to sneak and the guilty sinner hates the light because his deeds are evil Only Truth and Goodness as being conscious of their own Beauty Order Loveliness and Excellency are bold to appear before the Noon sun And therefore Sirs if there be such excellent qualities as these in the world be exhorted to pursue after them if Religion be lauidble Christinaity excellent a sincere Devotion a fervent Zeal a warm Charity and an Honest Life have any thing of Beauty and Commendation belonging to them if it be a pleasant thing to pour out the Soul in Prayer to offer Eucharists and Hallelujahs to the God of your Mercies to pay Devoirs to the King of Heaven to fing his Praises upon the Harp and Heart to live humbly holily and righteously in the sight of Men Do Sirs dare to take some pains to pursue carefully after these things Phil. 4. 4 8. 3. This Beauty of Religion commends it to the Approbation of the World and makes the Church shine to those that are without It represents it lovely and inviting to all Beholders and therefore for the sake of those incredulous souls that yet lye under prejudices and the disadvantages of an ill prospect we should do what we can to make our light shine before men and our Graces give a lustre to our Principles that if it be possible and as much as lies in us we may charm Proselytes court the Love and Embraces of the incredulous world stop the mouths of contradicting sinners make Proselytes of all that know us and are acquainted with our Conversations let our Words be true our Speech savory our Tables sober our Port grave our Actions honest and our Worship Evangelical and every instance of our lives impress'd with a tincture of Grace Holiness and Heaven and then our faces will shine and our light extend it self round about us to the Reputation of our Religion and the inviting or silencing of very Enemies 'T is a pleasant thing to behold the Sun but 't is much more so to behold the Son of Righteousness in his full glory shining in the Church and communicating his graces in plentiful manner to them that dwell on Mount Zion to see the Priests cloathed with righteousness and the Saints shouting aloud for ioy Psal 132. 9 16. To see the Disciples of the Holy Jesus in their Wedding Garments cloathed with such Raiment as may qualifie them for the Espousals of the King of Heaven the Ring on their hand and a Crown of Glory upon their head and the best Robes in the whole World the best manners the most amiable Graces for their common wear and their heads anointed with Oyl the most costly Ointments the Consolations of the Holy Ghost the peace of Conscience inward and spiritual joy their feet shod with the preparations of the Gospel of Peace to see all Orders and Ranks of Men among us keep up Order and Decency and Love in their full strength and vigour to see the Husband loving the Wife and Wife reverencing the Husband the Parents providing carefully for and instructing their Children and the Children dutiful and loving and faithful to their Parents Servants obedient to their Masters with fear and trembling in the singleness of their heart with good will doing service as to the Lord and not as to Men and Masters again doing the same things unto them forbearing threatning knowing that they also have a Master in Heaven the Prince ruling in justice